
A teen mental health podcast hosted by Mark Taylor that offers real talk and practical support for teens who want to understand what’s going on inside their head.

This episode is about one of the strangest parts of growing up — realising that you’re already doing adult life, but somehow it still doesn’t feel like how you imagined it would. You’re working, paying bills, making decisions...
I think a lot of people grow up expecting adulthood to feel more solid than it actually does.You imagine there’ll be some point where everything suddenly clicks into place. A moment where you finally feel confident, certain, and prop…
No one really tells you how heavy money feels. It’s not just numbers. It’s that constant awareness in the background—checking your balance, hesitating before you spend, wondering if you can actually afford things. Even when n...
Money has a strange way of getting into your head.Not just practically, emotionally as well.People talk about money all the time in a surface-level way. Paying bills. Earning a living. Managing finances. But very few people tal…
There’s a point in life where decisions stop feeling small. Before, choices felt more flexible somehow. You could change your mind, try things out, move on from mistakes without it feeling like your entire future depended on it. But the…
At some point, you’re expected to start making decisions that actually matter. What you’re doing, where you’re heading, what you’re saying yes to—and what you’re not. And suddenly, it doesn’t feel simple anymore. It feels hea...

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.