You Don’t Need a Hamster... You Need a Therapist
Join us, Millie and Hannah, as we take on the trials and tribulations of life in our twenties and this crazy world we live in. Each week will bring a new topic for us to unpick, Hannah and Millie-style, so come along for the ride and answer the real question: do you need a hamster or do you just need a therapist?
Episodes

3 days ago
3 days ago
Chaotic in podcast as in life this week Millie and Hannah take on the topic of embarrassment - or at least they try! With tangents, confusions and parents evening trauma, they tackle the fact that although they don’t know how or why they know you need to stop feeling embarrassed!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.

Monday May 12, 2025
Monday May 12, 2025
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and, with the focus being on community, Millie and Hannah are unpicking all things community from how to find one to the importance of having one. They are firm believers that a feeling of belonging is key to your mental health and know firsthand how much the right people surrounding you can make all the difference. So sit back and listen to them let you know why - you need a community!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.

Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
Millie is going solo this week in this spin off from last weeks you need a social media detox. As we learnt last week sometimes you need to put your phone down for a while but what do you fill that time with once you have? Well in this episode Millie runs you through her favourite books from cozy classics to books that will wake you from a reading slump. Listen to Millie tell you all about why you need to read these books!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.

Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
This week we’re taking a social media detox and stepping away from online life. From total deletion to screen time limits to embracing social media for all the good and bad it can be, listen along to hear how we’re tackling the tech-filled world we live in and how we came to realise sometimes you need a social media detox!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.

Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
This week is an important topic for both of us – learning the art of walking away. We know it can be hard so join us to hear our advice on how to know when to go and how we’ve done it. As Gabriella says in High School Musical 3, sometimes you need to just walk away and don’t look back!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.

Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
The long-awaited episode has arrived - we are talking about frontal lobes! For those of you that haven’t heard, Hannah’s frontal lobe has now fully developed. Join us this week as she imparts on Millie all the wisdom that having a fully formed frontal lobe has given her and let her tell us why – you need a developed frontal lobe!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.

Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Here comes part 2 (otherwise know as “you need to go Stonehenge!”) Millie and Hannah finish their thoughts on taking a break. Listen now to hear all about Millie’s mini break, Hannah’s influence and the reason – you need to take a break!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.

Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
This week we bring you part one of a two-part episode all about taking a break. As the topic got hijacked by discussions of mental health, therapy and Hannah becoming my step mother(?), the episode didn’t end up being quite what we expected when we sat down to record, but we realised the episode we ended up with was equally valuable. So enjoy this first part and join us next Monday when we finish explaining why - you need to take a break!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.

Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Welcome to You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist. This first episode is all about us, as we introduce ourselves, the podcast and our chaotic ways so get comfy and prepare to discover that… you need this podcast!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.