Being Someone Else

Battle Guest Mike. Hear the battle from one of the dads from 3 Dads Walking. They've been interviewed by local news, national news, talked to M.P's, councilors, mayor's and now, me. They're are walking the East coast of the UK, Sterling to Norwich, a distance of 500 miles to raise money for PAYPRUS a prevention of suicide charity dedicated to the positive mental health and emotional wellbeing of young people. 3 Dads Walking are 3 fathers who have lost their daughters to suicide, they have raised more than £1m for PAYRUS. In this exclusive interview for person_al_battles you will hear Mike talk about his daughter Beth and how they are raising suicide awareness across the country, one step at a time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Battle Guest Jamie. Hear Jamie's battle that takes him through grief, night-shift working patterns that bring on S.A.D and incidents as a London Underground Train Driver that become hard to forget. Hear how this very podcast helped him and what happened the first time he spotted me in the VIP area at the Great North Run when I was talking to Gabby Logan and more importantly what I said back to him when we met. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Battle Guest Steve. Another broadcast from a different location, this time its from the guests man cave. A guest who doesn't suffer from mental health issues but has seen trauma most days of his 30 year career in the Fire Service. Hear how things have changed to support fire fighters over his career and how he dealt with seeing some of the most horrendous things whilst saving so many lives of the people of the North East of England. This episode is dedicated to firefighters, retired, still serving or sadly lost on duty in fire departments around the globe. This is Steve's story, someone I've looked up to my entire life...this is my brothers story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Battle Guest Revisited - It's a Loz update. I take person_al_battles back to the best pancake house in town and have a catch-up with my good friend. Instead of looking back, this episode is in the moment and looking forward. Listen and be with 2 friends talking and laughing together after their dark journeys. Come on in, have a pancake and join the friendship of big spoon and big bowl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A podcast journal. Join me as I look back over a recent difficult time and analyze what went wrong, how I fell, how I felt but more importantly, how I got back up again.Can you learn from bad experiences, is there always a silver lining and what is moon cheese? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Battle Guest Matthew.Hear Matthew's story and what happened one day when he was 10 years old when his whole world flipped upside down.How he then tried to come to terms with what happened and control the uncontrollables.From this moment something happened, a cause, a fight to make sure no-one should have to suffer as he and his family did.Listen to a story of inspiration and hope as Matthew, his family and his community decided to make a stand.Here for you is the story of how from grief, Matthew became co-founder of hope for others and a charity was born.This is the story of, If U Care Share. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Battle Guest RobynThe show goes back out on the road to meet real people telling real stories in real places.Over a hot chocolate, we learn about the struggles of Robyn and what her mental health symptoms actually meant.In a high pressure job where lives are at stake hear how Robyn deals with these battles and still wants to do her duty to society.An inspiring person who because of this meeting over a hot chocolate, I now call a good friend.This show brings people together, let Robyn take you on her journey and let us all become friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Battle Guest Al, no not me, another Al.On the show we discuss body image issues, school bullying, people pleasing and how our mindsets change as we grow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week I'm joined by Battle Guest Ruth. Ruth has had battles all her life and is still on the frontline but is also the happiest she's ever been.Find out how she manages just that and stays positive whilst inspiring others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episodes Battle Guest is Luke who talks about his battles and then what happened when he received a message, moments before he is about to run a half marathon that changed everything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.