Hearts of Courage Alessandra Boeri

Frankie Dewar joins me to share her experience from her 3000+ km cycling journey around the UK on a second hand bike after only having cycled a few times during lockdown. In this journey, Frankie interviews 51 Hikers, Swimmers, Horse Riders, Climbers, Mountaineers, Doorstep Adventurers, Stand Up Paddle Boarders and everyone inbetween. These interviews which she features on her own podcast: 'Extraordinary Ordinary You' covers the life journeys and antics of the people she interviews, hea...

Samantha Kendall Bye joins me to chat about growth mindset, mountaineering and resilience, transitioning into freelancing, Female Leadership in the Outdoors, the effect on Outdoor Expeditions during lockdown, anxiety management and more.Note: In this episode anxiety management is mentioned, I want to add here: Everyone's experiences and needs are different. What may resonate with one may not resonate with another. Selfcare also means: connecting with someone and you are not weak for nee...

We live in a society where we constantly feel we should be doing more, this idea of 'follow your passion' and 'find your purpose' which actually may encourage us to lose sight of the present moment and what really matters in life. We search for a purpose like we don't have one, when we already do. Roshan Daryanani joins me to talk about those meaningful moments that make life so fulfilling. Roshan is a maths tutor and writer. She loves chocolate chip-cookies, figuring out ways to have adventu...

Francesca Turauskis joins me to have a chat about her experience with epilepsy, the relief of getting a diagnosis, understanding epilepsy and the stigma that exists with it. She’ll also be sharing with us her adventure in walking solo the Camino de Santiago – a 500 mile journey across Spain. From her preparation, greatest challenges, favorite parts and lessons learned. Fran created her own podcast Seize Your Adventure to normalise the idea of epilepsy and guests share the hidden aspects...

Thank you to all our guests, our listeners, our supporters for being part of these meaningful conversations, connecting others, and spreading hope. And everyone offline for showing up for each other. This year has been challenging for everyone in so many ways. There has been so much loss, pain, grief, financial worry, isolation, mental health issues, and a whole lot of uncertainty. This year has also brought out great human courage and kindness in ourselves and our community.I look...

Chris Currie joins me to continue our meaningful conversation from our last episode on OCD. We will be talking about: Trusting our own process even if we make mistakes along the way, the benefits of setting a structure in order, the issue with “chasing happiness” vs staying present with our core values. We also talk about dealing with comparison and how we’re not defined by our achievements but rather how we all have an unconditional worth.-Resources mentioned in the episode: OCD Action ...