The Be Glad Movement from Pollyanna Pollyanna Charnley

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 quite compares to the type of story I’m so grateful to be able to share with you today. At 12 years old, Gulwallai mother told him and his brother to leave home for Europe and never return to war torn Afghanistan. As a mother I cant even begin to imagine what that must have been like for her. Let’s listen to Gulwallais story.
#safepassage #refugees #refugee #children #afghanistan #worldrefugeeday #worldrefugeeday2020 #thelightlesssky #weareallhuman #kindness #humanity 

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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.’ Everything the BeGlad Movement stands for.
This is a story of a man who had various struggles throughout his life but through grit and determination managed to make a success of himself in the IT sales world. He was a high flier, literally flying around the world and earning hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Unfortunately all this extra cash did not buy Jason happiness, something was not in alignment. He’d lost friends and wasn’t spending time with his family or having and adventures. He got so low he realised something had to give and it was time to take response-ability for his own happiness.
Watch the full interview to hear how Jason took himself off to ask himself some probing questions and take a good long look at what he had become and how that contrasted with who he really knew he wanted to be deep down.
Jason now leads guided hikes and expeditions as well as being a keynote speaker on the following topics

Personal accountability for successNavigating leadership in businessWhat happens when your core values are conflictedHow adventure supports great leadershipLessons learnt from life in leadership
www.jasonrawles.com
https://www.theadventurerclub.co.uk/
www.beglad.co.uk
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/beglad in aid of the Samaritans 

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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 basis. In this episode I talk to Lucy Smith who really went through the mill with her anxiety but now has the tools and a killer morning routine which makes her totally unstoppable, listen on to hear her story. 

Panic attacksMental Health and wellbeingAnxietyPersonal DevelopmentCoping strategiesMorning routines
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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 work, fundraising and speaking events. He feels it is now his duty to serve in a different way and give back having been so fortunate to receive so much help while he was recovering.
In this episode we talk about
·       Simons military career
·       Being blown up in Afghanistan
·       Positive mindset
·       Casevac club
·       Giving back
http://www.blown-away.org/
www.beglad.co.uk
#Casevacclub #SimonHarmer #blownaway #veteran #medic #casevac #medicallydischarged #amputee #limbloss #ied #militarylife #paramedic #woundedservicemen #lossoflimbs #speaker #motivationalspeaker #keynotespeaker #mentalhealth #strong #inspirational #pollyanna #beglad #gladgame #begladmovement #positivemindset #positivethinking #blesma

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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 suffered with her mental health and anxiety. At no point does Faye try to dress down her privileged position and I commend her for that because the message truly is, that it doesn’t matter how much the outside world thinks you do or don’t have, illness is illness. I know incredibly fit and strong people struck down with cancer, physical fitness does not ensure we are immune to physical ailments so why should money and the trappings of what many would consider a gifted life mean that person is immune to mental illness. I’m no angel and I’ll be the first to admit that in the past I’ve come out with statements like ‘What have they got to be worried about, etc’ but as time has passed and my own demons have come to challenge me the more I know that you just cannot judge others. We simply have no idea what they grew up with and how life has impacted them. Anyway without further ado lets hand over to Faye.
Personally I feel Faye was very selfless and brave to tell her story. I know there are many people out there who feel like they aren’t entitled to feel the way they to, especially from the military community, people from the military community with complex ptsd who actually were traumatise by life before the services, then found safety in the structure of the armed forces only to suffer again when they were back into civvy street thinking they aren’t allowed to feel bad because they never went to a war zone or got a leg blow off. Please don’t compare yourself to others, reach out for help and talk about how your are feeling. My favourites as always being the Samaritans, freephone from the UK on 116 123, that number again is 116 123.
In this episode we talk about:-
Loneliness
Anxiety
Mental Health
Comparing yourself to others
Healthy practices for mental fitness
Follow Faye on Instagram here @thewhatifcoach
#loneliness #anxiety #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalillness #mentalfitness #authenticity #kindness #selflove #meditation #mindbodysoul #workingfromhome #startups #selfemployed #selfmotivation #pollyanna #gladgame #silverlinings #begladmovement #privilege 

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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 positivity and energy but he wasn’t always that way, he trained himself to be that way, in fact, at one point in his life Allan suffered terribly with depression and post traumatic stress from the conflict in Angola which he had to take part in as part of his national service as a South African. Listen on to hear how Allan turned his life around and the book which got him started with that endeavour. 
·       Growing up in South Africa
·       Conscription/National Service in the military
·       The Angola conflict
·       Napoleon Hill’s ‘Think and Grow Rich.’
·       Personal Development
·       International Speaker and Coach.
www.allanspeaks.com
@allankleynhans
www.beglad.co.uk

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