38 episodes
The Safe Place Podcast Gavin Clarke
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- Health & Fitness
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4.5 • 10 Ratings
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Wondering what the story is behind the success? Here at the Safe Place Podcast we delve in to lived experience, the good the bad and the horrendous and how people are able to navigate their way through these experiences and maintain or grow their success.
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The UK's only Nurse using a wheelchair with an assistance dog - Chloe Hammond
Chloe joins us today to share her experiences as a nurse who happens to be a wheelchair user and having an assistance dog. How that experience came about from a young nurse in training and how there was solace in moving away from the NHS.
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The accident that changed my life
Danny joins us today sharing his experience of a life altering accident and how he has gone on to see a need for disabled people he intends on filling. Danny does all this with joy and wonderment and is such a fantastic guest to have on.
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From 'Crip on a Trip' to Global Client Director of Purple Goat Agency - the Dom Hyams story
If you haven't met Dom yet you need to. His story is engaging and interesting, he can tell a tale with the best of them and has insight for days. Not to mention his awareness of disability culture and the community is outstanding.
Today we talk about his experiences from starting out on Crip on a Trip where his nights out with friends were filmed whilst abroad. Dom's driven attitude and enjoyment of all things TV took him to Channel 4 and the Paralympics and now sits as Client Director for Purple Goat Agency - a truly inclusive agency.
Find Dom on IG: @domhyams
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Wheeling through the construction industry
Welcome back! Today Gemma Bailey-Smith joins us to share her insights and experiences of living life as a wheelchair user and what that looks like whilst working in the construction industry and focussing on environmental impacts.
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Getting diagnosed with ADHD when you're nearly 50 with Royston Collins
Today we are joined by the excellent Royston Collins who shares his experience of living with undiagnosed ADHD as a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community and his experience in helping people to explore their own diagnosis working at Genius Within CIC (link to their site below).
We talk about the importance of understanding intersectionality, the frustrations with the current Conservative Government and Royston's experiences that led him to working in a job and for an organisation that he loves.
Follow me on instagram: @iamgavinclarke
Find Royston on LinkedIn: Royston Collins
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Diet culture - it's all fine...honest
Today we have Alice Brackley (@alicebrackleycoaching) joining us to share her experience of living with an eating disorder. We talk about diet culture, fitness and health and wellbeing all from the lens of a disabling illness in anorexia.
It is a fitting episode for the start of the year where diet culture is rife and Alice's message is an important one - listen in to find out what she has to say!
Customer Reviews
Near Perfect
I listened to this podcast on the off chance. It is rare that a host makes you feel so at ease so quickly. Gavin is an excellent broadcaster and I would recommend this podcast to anyone who wants to understand mental and physical health, pain and recovery.
It really is a safe place
This is a lovely podcast! Very open and not afraid of the more challenging conversations but delivered in the most compassionate way. The host Gavin holds space for his guests brilliantly and the tone of the whole show is spot on!
Raw, Open and Honest
Thank you tor sharing Gavin.
Raw and honest account of your experience with mental health and some significant challenges you have faced