Headstraight
Headstraight: Mental Health Support for Teens 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 Do You Stand For?
There’s a question that most people avoid for as long as they possibly can.Not because it’s complicated, but because it’s uncomfortable.What do you actually stand for?Not what you like. Not what you post online. Not what you …
What Do You Stand For?
A lot of people don’t struggle with confidence. They struggle with direction. They know what they don’t like. They know what annoys them. But when it comes to what actually guides their choices, things get blurry. And when it...
You Don’t Need to Control to Lead
When most people hear the word leader, they don’t picture someone they want to become. They picture the loud one. The controlling one. The person who takes over, interrupts, pushes their opinion, and somehow turns every …
You Don’t Need to Control to Lead
When people hear the word “leader”, they usually picture someone loud, controlling, or slightly unbearable. And if that’s your image of leadership, it makes sense that you’d rather stay out of it. But what if leadership isn’t...
You're Not Invisible. You're Influential.
There are days when you show up, get through what you need to get through, and still feel… small. You’re not saving the world. You’re not giving TED Talks. You’re not the loud one, the confident one, the person everyon…
You’re Not Invisible — You’re Influential.
Some days you just feel small. You’re showing up, getting through things, doing what you need to do — and it doesn’t feel like you’re leaving any kind of mark at all. You’re not changing the world. You’re not the loud one. Yo...
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About the Host
Creator, author and host.
I’m a Qualified/Certified Mental Health Nurse with over 35 years of 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