

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.
Check out our website: http://www.headstraight.co.uk

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...
Before we go any further, let’s be clear — this season isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s not about becoming louder, tougher, more confident, or more impressive. It’s about something quieter than that. It’s about impact. The k...
This episode takes a moment to pause and reflect on what this season has explored. It revisits the quieter parts of change, including relationship shifts, moments of doubt, setbacks, and the stage where growth becomes harder ...
There’s a point where life doesn’t wait for you to feel ready anymore. School still turns up. People still expect things from you. Messages need replying to. Decisions need making. And at some point, you realise you can’t carry all…
This final episode is about moving forward without turning everything into self-work. Life continues to ask for decisions, action, and response, even when you do not feel fully clear. We talk about acting without perfect unde...
There comes a point where working on yourself stops feeling helpful and starts feeling exhausting. Not because you think growth is pointless, and not because you want to go backwards, but because you’re simply tired.Tired of another tip.Tire…

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.