Headstraight
Headstraight: Real Teen Mental Health Support with Mark Taylor brings you real answers to the real issues young people face — overwhelming feelings, self-doubt, people pleasing, guilt trips, and motivation that comes and goes.
You’ll get honest guidance, practical tools, and straightforward support to help you feel safe, think clearly, and take charge of your mental health.
If you’re curious about what’s really going on inside your head, this teen mental health podcast offers relatable guidance and honest support for teens who want to understand their teen mental health on a deeper level.
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What Season 3 Taught Us About Habits, Growth, and Real Success
This season has been about spotting the patterns that hold you back and building the tools to push through. From self doubt, self-sabotage, and losing motivation, to habits, setbacks, and redefining success — we’ve tackled th...
What Does Success Really Mean? (And How to Define It for Yourself)
Success is one of those words that gets thrown around constantly, yet when you stop and actually ask, “What does success mean?”, most people can’t give you a straight answer. Parents talk about being successful at school or work. T…
Why Success Isn’t What You’ve Been Told It Is
Success gets thrown around like it’s one definition, but it isn’t. For teens and young adults, chasing someone else’s version of success often fuels self doubt and damages your emotional well-being. In this episode, hosted by...
Why Do I Always Feel Behind in Life?
We’ve all had those moments where it suddenly feels like everyone else is miles ahead while you’re still trying to get your shoes on. Your mates are getting uni offers or lining up jobs. People online seem to be building businesses, scul…
The Comparison Trap: Why You Feel Behind — and How to Escape It
That feeling of being “behind” is brutal. You scroll, compare, and suddenly it looks like everyone else has life figured out while you’re stuck. For teens and young adults, that comparison spiral fuels self doubt, triggers gu...
How to Build Habits That Last
Most of us know the feeling: a burst of motivation hits, and suddenly you’ve decided this is it — you’re getting fit, you’re staying off your phone, you’re revising properly, you’re organising your life. And for a…
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About the Host
Mark Taylor
Creator, author and host.
I’m a Qualified/Certified Mental Health Nurse with over 35 years' experience supporting young people and their families. I’ve worked in secure hospitals, eating disorder units, and CAMHS crisis teams—walking alongside adolescents during some of their toughest moments.
My focus has always been on helping young people in emotional distress—especially those who struggle to engage or are finding it hard to stay safe.
I also teach at universities and train professionals across health, education and social care to better understand what young people really need from us.
Headstraight brings all of that together. Just real conversations, grounded advice, and ideas that might actually help. That’s the goal: make it easier to understand, easier to talk about, and more useful to you in real life.
Reviews
This will help me.
- Beth Alice
- July 17, 2025
Such a great find..!
- Anon
- July 28, 2025
Always something helpful
- Elsie
- Oct. 11, 2025