The Brilliant Resilient Club is a podcast dedicated to people who push past their physical comfort zone to gain mental resilience. Host Bhavani Vadde speaks to some amazing individuals who’re dealing with some big challenges - trauma, loss, illness - but rather than be defeated, challenged themselves something physical and as a result now feel better than ever. She came up with the idea when she took up up cold water swimming after having to stop work as a TV reporter during the pandemic bec ...
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Ep 7: Emmanuelle Navarri: Cancer survivor to GB Triathlete
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This is the final episode in the very first season of the Brilliant Resilient Club - I'm not saying I have saved the best until last but Emmanuelle Navarri's story is certainly awe-inspiring. The TV producer and mum of three was diagnosed with a type of cancer called soft tissue sarcoma in her foot and ankle five years ago. She narrowly escaped los…
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Ep 6: Alison Jones : How streaking built my resilience - a running streak that is!
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For years she thought she couldn't run - now Alison Jones has run every day for nearly three and a half years. 'Streaking' is the technical term for running every day and Alison began her running streak on her 49th birthday aiming to complete a thousand days in a row. She's now exceeed that goal and doesn't intend to stop. Alison fits this in betwe…
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Ep 5: Mark Rogerson : Running marathons around the world after sight loss
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Mark Rogerson is someone who is resilient through and through. He suddenly lost his sight just after he turned 30 - a life changing diagnosis that led to him grieving the life he once had. Mark has adapted though and started running after he lost his sight - to raise money for the charity that suported him - the Royal National Institute Of Blind Pe…
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Ep 4: Louise Stewart: Resilience as a BBC correspondent and how it helped her through breast cancer & job loss
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OK so it's been some time since the last episode of the Brilliant Resilient Club - I've been recuperating from a couple of operations but now thankfully on the mend. And the conversations I've had with my guests on this very podcast about how to cope during tough times really helped ! This episode with Louise Stewart has hopefully worth the wait. L…
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Ep 3: Leigh Timmis : On his bike around the world to record breaker
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Now I said this podcast wouldn't all be about elite athletes - but actually this episode is! Saying that I think everyone will find what Leigh has to say interesting and relevant whether you are a high level sports person or someone like me who certainly is not. Leigh cycled into the record books in 2018 to become the fastest person to ride across …
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Ep 2: Gill Castle : From birth trauma to wild swimming with a stoma
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Gill Castle wants to show life can still be lived to the full after a traumatic birth - and she has shown just that. She suffered such rare and irreparable injuries when her son was born that she now has to wear a stoma which is an opening on the tummy that allows waste to leave the body. In this podcast Gill shares how she struggled to cope with a…
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Ep 1: Ed Accura: Tackling his fears and the myths over race and swimming
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This is the debut episode of the Brilliant Resilient Club Podcast! And we kick off with an appropriately brilliant guest. Ed Accura overcame his lifelong fear of water to learn to swim at the age 53. He was held back by myths about black people and swimming. Ed documented his swimming journey in his first film Blacks Can’t Swim and in his sequel, e…
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Introducing......the Brilliant Resilient Club Podcast
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The Brilliant Resilient Club is a podcast dedicated to people who push past their physical comfort zone to gain mental resilience. Host Bhavani Vadde speaks to some amazing individuals who’re dealing with some big challenges - trauma, loss, illness - but rather than be defeated, challenged themselves something physical and as a result now feel bett…
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