Right Side of the Brain

Send us Fan MailAvita Jay talk about her work as an actor and her experiences of stroke, her father dying of a stroke when Avita was fifteen.  Theatre includes: The Empress, Falkland Sound, The Comedy of Errors, The Winter’s Tale (RSC); Jinnistan (Òran Mór, Traverse); Favour (Bush Theatre); The Lovely Bones (Birmingham Rep); Billionaire Boy (NST Theatre/UK tour); The Secret Garden (York Theatre Royal); The Jungle Book (national tour); Bottled Up (Lyric Hammersmith); Bring on the Bollywood (national tour); We’re Stuck (Shoreditch Town Hall/national tour); Rapunzel, Warde Street (Park Theatre); Pioneer (Sheffield Crucible/tour); Unsung (Wilton’s Music Hall); The Merry Wives of Windsor (national tour); Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World (Southwark Playhouse).Television includes: Casualty; Doctors; The Good Ship Murder; Emmerdale; Silent Witness; Coronation Street; L8R.Film includes: By Any Other Name; The Rezort, London, Paris, New York; Twenty8K.Other: Avita also narrates audiobooks for Audible and works for the charity, InterAct Stroke SupportSupport the show

Send us Fan MailOriginally from Portsmouth, Adam trained as an actor at the Guildford School of Acting. He has worked in many shows across the West End and UK including Les Miserables, Sunset Boulevard, The Prince of Egypt, Sweeney Todd to name a few. With surviving at stroke at the age of 38, Adam is incredibly proud of his 'journey'so far, which finds him back at the Sondheim Theatre in Les Miserables. @adampearceuk@lesmizofficialSupport the show

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Send us Fan MailSarah manages the Greater Manchester Neurorehabilitation & Integrated Stroke Delivery Network, which she helped establish in 2015. Previously, Sarah spent much of her career within the NIHR Clinical Research Networks in senior management roles both in Greater Manchester and in London.  Cillian is a qualified Occupational Therapist with experience of working in several inpatient stroke and neurorehabilitation settings across GM. He joined the network in April 2022 as a Facilitator as part of a larger service improvement team. The team work in collaboration with local stroke and neurorehabilitation teams into support quality improvement projects which currently include: vocational rehabilitation, motor neurone disease care pathway and discharge processes. You can find out more about the network at www.gmnisdn.org.uk or on X (Twitter) @GMNISDNSupport the show

Send us Fan MailEdmund Hubbard is an independent arts consultant and a trustee for InterAct Stroke Support.  He talks about his life and the circumstances of his stroke with Nirjay Mahindru.  Details about his consultancy work can be found at www.hubbardartconsultancy.com Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn 2016, after 10 years working frontline as a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Major Trauma, Dr Bahl decided to pursue her interest in Exercise and Physical activity and retrain formally in Sports and Exercise medicine.  She now shares her working hours between being a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Kings College London, working as an Adult and Paediatric SEM Consultant at the National Centre in Loughborough and for UHL, working as a Clinical champion for Physical Activity for the Department of Health and Social care and as a Medical Examiner.  Her specialist interests include Corporate and Conference Health, Performing Arts Medicine, Post Covid recovery and Focused Ultrasound.   She  delivers webinars on wellbeing and personal sustainability for a number of clients, including HEEM and L’Oreal.  She is  a Level four personal trainer. In her non-work time she runs with her dog, dances, does yoga, escapes to her garden and is an Ambassador for InterAct, a charity that brightens up the lives of Stroke patients via live reading.  She spends as much time as possible around her teenagers, getting soundly beaten at any activities they do together, cooking dairy-free, nutritionally punchy meals and making the most of living in London.Support the show

Send us Fan MailJenny Benson is the Fundraising and Project Officer at Read for Good, a UK charity with the aim of motivating all children to read for fun, because loving reading changes lives. With a background in fundraising and communications, and in young people's mental health and activism, Jenny delights in sharing her love of literature and inspiring children and young people to embrace the power of storiesFor more details about Read for Good visit https://readforgood.org/about-us/ Support the show

Send us Fan MailSégolène is a Performer and Vocal Empowerment Coach combining voice, language, breathwork and energy therapy to help creatives find their voice in life and in art.She's taken what she's learned from the worlds of wellness, coaching and performance to help people fuel their expression, release limiting beliefs, stagnant emotions and unlock their vocal power.Instagram: @artfulsego  //  @theartfulathleteFind out more about my journey: https://theartfulathlete.co.uk/about-me The Artful Athlete Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1EtigHRBHSlcKvlEr6eTQV  The Artful Athlete Podcast on ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-artful-athlete/id1526058139Books and methods mentioned:- The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick MckeownYou can sign up to courses and find out more about the science used to improve breath on his website: https://oxygenadvantage.com/about/- Breathe by James Nestor- I would also recommend Exhale by Richie Bostock who was my introduction to Breathwork outside of performanceJacko's Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jacko.david.jackson Support the show

Send us Fan MailMarion Walker is Emeritus Professor of Stroke Rehabilitation at the University of Nottingham and a fully accredited Executive Coach. She has particular expertise in the development and evaluation of complex interventions and has published widely on moving evidence from randomised controlled trials into routine clinical care. She is a strong advocate of patient partnership and co-chaired the Nottingham Stroke Research Partnership Group for 10 years. Marion was a Trustee of the Stroke Association (2009-2019) and is passionate about supporting women in STEM subjects. Marion is an Executive Member of the International Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Alliance and currently leads on the development of Global Centres of Clinical Excellence in Stroke Rehabilitation. She is an Emeritus NIHR Senior Investigator and was awarded anMBE in the Queens New Year Honours list 2012 for her service to stroke rehabilitation and stroke survivors. In 2020 she was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from UK Stroke Forum.Support the show

Send us Fan MailHelen Daniels is a former InterAct Stroke Support Office Administrator and has recently rejoined the InterAct family as their Development Co-ordinator. Helen is a British mezzo-soprano based in Bern, Switzerland. She is a member of the Swiss Opera Studio where she is studying with Christian Hilz, and has worked with renowned directors and conductors including Olivier Tambosi and Christoph Campestrini. Helen is generously supported by the Alec Turner Music Scholarship (awarded by the General Charity of the City of Coventry).Helen has performed in masterclasses with Barbara Hannigan and Anna Stéphany; and played roles including Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia; Trinity Laban Conservatoire), Nancy (Albert Herring; Trinity Laban Conservatoire), Didone/Volupia/Hora Terza (L’Egisto; Hamsptead Garden Opera) and Lapak (Cunning Little Vixen; Cambridge University Opera Society). For more: https://www.helendanielsmezzo.com/Support the show