Jeremy Thomas

Welcome to episode 145 with Jeremy Thomas, who is an author, public speaker and podcast host.

Jeremy has had a really exciting life and a lot of this is down to him living a big chunk of it with undiagnosed manic depression, a condition that is now known as bipolar.

He started off as a plugger for Decca Records in the 70’s working with the likes of Thin Lizzy and Al Green before moving away to start his own label.

It was around this time that Jeremy fell in to a deep depression that took him to the brink of suicide.  The bounce back was even more severe and for a long time Jeremy would experience bouts of undiagnosed mania and his lifestyle become more and more extreme.  It would be sometime before he was able to get help and would eventually be diagnosed with manic depression.

In this episode Jeremy takes me through his life from boarding school to the music business, and on to New York and 3 years on a Greek island.  This story takes in armed guards, a Lordship, bankruptcy and a lot of excess!

Jeremy credits attending AA and getting sober along with medication and diagnosis as the turning point and through all this is has amassed a huge amount of insight in to mental illness.  One of his talks is titled ‘How to stay sane in an insane world.’

He also hosts the Shed Talks podcast where he speaks to some incredible guests about their lives and experiences.

It was a lot of fun chatting to Jeremy and I hope you enjoy as much as I did!

Find out more at Informative, Entertaining Good Mental Health Talks with Jeremy Thomas (jeremythomastalks.co.uk)

Follow him on social media @jeremythomastalks

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