The Be Glad Movement from Pollyanna

On Saturday 20th June, this weekend, it will be world refugee day. In these unprecedented times of Covid 19 I think we are all feeling varying degrees of seperation from our loved ones but nothing qu…

How could I not interview Jason Rawles, on the ‘About ’ page of Jasons website the very first line reads ‘The book of Jason is a story of personal accountability and extracting goodness from the bad.…

With the rise in mental health awareness pretty much all of us are now familiar with the term anxiety but what’s it like to discover you have anxiety and how do you learn to cope with it on a daily b…

In this episode I talk to Simon Harmer Simon was a medic on patrol in Afghanistan when he stepped on an IED. He lost both of his legs. Despite his injuries Simon has gone on to do lots of charity wor…

In this episode I talk to Faye Kilgour. I think this interview is important for the times we find ourselves living through at the moment. This is a very open and honest account of a time when Faye su…

In this episode recorded back in 2018 I talk to Allan Kleynhans the international speaker and high end performance coach. Allan really is a bit of a jet setting super star in my eyes, so full of posi…

Lauren was working in the international financial services sector working with teams around the world. She loved her job and the people she worked with.

However things started to go wrong. She wasn’t …

In this episode recorded back in 2018, I talk to Alice Bromage who was in the army for over 20 years. Her career took her to some interesting places and had her working with all different cultures bu…

In this episode I talk to Lawrenzo Jacobs who struggled after his parents divorce, with a rebellious streak as a teenager which led him to a life of crime. It was while serving his time he discovered…

Carrie Creed was born in 1982 with the rare genetic condition called, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. The Ehlers Danlos Syndromes (EDS) are a group of heritable connective tissue disorders generally characte…

In this episode recorded back in 2018 I talk to Dr Dan Maggs, a GP who, for a very long time struggled with being overweight. It wasn’t until a chance encounter on a skiing trip where he witnessed a …

In this vintage episode from 2018 I am joined by Rebecca Elizabeth Eager, or some of you may know her as BohemianBex. Bex story covers a lot of ground, growing up, both her parents lived with depress…

In this episode I am joined by Diesel Donlow the American actor and entrepreneur. Diesel reached out to me via the powers of Instagram and asked to be on the podcast which was a massive compliment fo…

In this episode, from back in 2018, I talk to the phenomenal Mark Ormrod who was the first British triple amputee from the Afghan conflict. Despite his horrific injuries and actually being initially …

In this vintage episode of the Be Glad Movement I talk to Amanda Foster who’s husband up and left her in a whole lot of debt. Although it was a terribly dark time listen on to hear how Amanda is now …

Donna Price found herself pregnant and without a job. Her health deteriorated with the stress and anxiety until she took action and found the Prince's Trust. She now runs her own business and is a yo…

In this episode I talk to Michael Coates, one of the founders of an award winning business, Combat Pest Control and an award winning podcast, the Declassified podcast.

Michael and his friend Des set u…

In this episode I talk to Tom Dunning, the mental health runner and co author of the book ‘Surviving the war with myself.’

Tom was bullied relentlessly at school but thankfully had the comfort of bei…

In this episode I talk to Blythe Landry who is a Trauma, Grief and Addiction Coach.

We talk about her experiences growing up New Orleans as the youngest child, which for her was almost like being an …

In this episode I catch up with the super talented and dedicated Alecia Emerson Thomas from Sky 1’s the Heist and co-host of the fast growing Wild Ones podcast. I first interviewed Alecia for the Be …