Kate Lucey

Welcome to Proper Mental episode 23!

This week I’m joined by Kate Lucey!

Kate Lucey is a journalist, editor and author.  Her recent book ‘Get a Grip, Love’ is a hilarious, honest story about living with depression, and how-to self help guide to recovering from a mental health illness.  Or as Kate says “a book about being a sad twat”.

Kate is formally the Editor at Cosmopolitan.co.uk and has written for the likes of Vice, Guardian and The Sunday Times Style.  She also writes a regularly column about mental health for Metro.

Having lived with depression for about 6 years, Kate has tried “many, many things to ignore it, fix it, make it go away and try to make herself feel better” and realised that a lot of the advice offered is not only nonsense but often offered by people who have no business offering it!

I really enjoyed her book and found it to a very useful and relatable resource for anyone with an interest in mental health and mental illness.  It’s also very funny!

Kate and I chat about receiving useless advice, how it feels to speak openly about dealing with depression and how it affects friends and loved ones.  We also chat about magic mushroom retreats, the importance of ice cream and the healing powers of trashy television.

I really enjoyed her book and found it to a very useful and relatable resource for anyone with an interest in mental health and mental illness.  It’s also very funny!

You can grab a copy here if you’re interested:

Get a Grip, Love: 2021’s hilarious, honest story about living with depression, and how-to self help guide to recovering from a mental health illness: Amazon.co.uk: Lucey, Kate: 9780008401054: Books

You can connect with Kate on Twitter @KateLucey_ or Instagram @katelucey.

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Thanks for listening!  Enjoy!

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