Remember Resilience?

Welcome back to the podcast folks and thank you for joining us once again.   Once again, if you enjoy the podcast and the theme behind it then the best way to help is by following and leaving a review on your favourite podcast platform and follow the Remember Resilience Instagram page where you can view more footage from the guests. Now on  to todays episode...Supremely hard working, humility, ins...

Welcome back to episode 4 of the new season and thanks for joining us once again. The podcast continues to grow week on week and I am genuinely delighted that many of you out there are feeling the better of listening to real stories from real people, all of whom have shown incredible resilience to overcome huge obstacles in their lives. Whether that is a self inflicted physical challenge or a life...

Welcome back to episode 3 of our second season and thank you for joining us once again.  If you are new to the podcast or have yet to follow and subscribe on your favourite podcast platform or YoutTube, leave a 5 star review or follow the Remember Resilience page on Instagram where you can find out more about each guest then please do, it really is the best way to help grow the podcast.   Today I...

Welcome back to the Remember Resilience podcast folks and thank you once again for listening. Season 2 has got off to an amazing start with the first episode one of the most popular episodes ever and I'm sure this episode will not disappoint. Before we start, This is a self supported podcast featuring real stories from real people, all of whom have overcome huge obstacles in life. If you enjoy...

Welcome to season 2 of the Remember Resilience Podcast. In episode 1 of the new season I am joined by serving Royal marine Commando, ultra endurance athelete and serial fundraiser Ben Clough. We chat about Ben's incredible physical challenges which he has smashed through in the last couple of years, from completing the 3 peaks challenge by running the 482 miles between the highest peaks in Sco...

Welcome to the Episode 12 of the Podcast folks and thanks again for joining m. Today we are joined by Scotland and Team Great Britain Rugby internationalist Rhona Lloyd. We discuss Rhona's career to date and we go back to Rhona's school years to where, as the only female out of 50 school kids, who played rugby....seen her bullied and ridiculed for playing the sport she loved. So close to q...

Welcome back to the podcast folks and todays episode is up their with my favourite. A hugely raw and emotional story of oppression and trauma turned inspiration and success. Today's guest is Brendon Singh, owner of iconic Glasgow tattoo studio Literal Ink. Brendon was born and raised in apartheid South Africa where he faced massive oppression by the caucasian race. Born into poverty with no real p...

Welcome back to folks and thanks for joining me on Episode 10 of the podcast! Today we are joined by Tania Carmona.....Tania decided to make the move from her native Mexico to Scotland 6 years ago taking up running as a way to see the country she now lives in and to meet you new people. However Tania's casual 5k's have now progressed to marathons, ultramarathons, a 100 mile and multi day e...

Todays guest....... a genuine inspiration to me, and someone who helped me massively on my record breaking 100kg to the summit of Ben Nevis challenge.....Mark Reilly. A former professional football player turned ultra endurance athlete and serial fundraiser. Mark's list of achievements are incredible. In 2008, Mark's daughter Dionne was born. It soon become apparent that Dionne's devel...

Full video available on YouTube. Welcome back to the podcast guys and thanks for joining me on episode 8. Today we are joined with 20 year old Dylan Lombard. One of only 15 people in the word diagnosed with a very rare condition known as MDP, a condition which prevents the storage of fat cells primarily affecting the face, arms and legs giving Dylan his unique appearance. Along with MDP Dylan also...

This weeks episode and quite possibly my favourite so far! Last year Ali Crawford was crowned the fittest woman on the planet at the Crossfit Games. Competing against crossfit athletes from all over the word, Ali took 1st place in the over 44age category. She is the only Scottish athlete to qualify for the CrossFit games in any age category! Ali talks about what makes her so driven and motivated b...

On 3rd July 2011, Mark Smith's life changed forever. After surviving tours of Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan Mark returned home unscathed. However on this day whilst on a training exercise in Canada, Mark was shot 7 times from a general purpose machine gun. 6 bullets destroyed his femeral artery in his groin and a 7th entered his shoulder. He was bleeding out. Mark died for a full 5 minutes on t...

Welcome back to the Remember Resilience Podcast. Today I am joined by Gerard Burns. A world renowned portrait, contemporary and Realism artist, Gerard paintings grace the walls of owners all over the world. His customer base include collectors, business people, celebrities and members of several Royal Families. However Gerard's road to success has not been easily achieved. From his humble begi...

Welcome back to the Remember Resilience Podcast. Todays guest is 2 x Paralympian and world record holder Ben Rowlings. Ben Rowlings is one of the worlds leading wheelchair racers, and is currently the fastest T34 athlete ever in Britain, in the 200, 400, 800, 1500 and 5000m races. Holding a world record in the 5000m. Ben has had to fight since the second he was born. During birth the umbilical cor...

Welcome back to the Remember Resilience Podcast. Today we are joined by Gemma Young, Scotland's all time top female powerlifter and one of the best Powerlifters in the world. She has an incredible 235kg squat, 220kg deadlift and 105kg Bench Press. Her gym is littered with medals from Powerlifting competitions all over the world. But success did not come easy for Gemma. Just 6 years ago she was a s...

This week's guest is Anne Marie Hirdman, a domestic abuse survivor who faced nearly 6 years of abuse at the hands of a serving police officer. Annie tells us of her terriying ordeal, of how she believes she was targeted, of the night she thought she was going to die, of her continued fight for justice and what she is doing to help other victims who are experiencing domestic abuse.

Today's guest is Paul McCaffery, a former mental health nurse who after dealing with so many cases of trauma, self harm and sucicide found himself in a position where his own mental health hit rock bottom. Whilst battling with his demons, he was then shocked to learn that he had developed testicular cancer. Paul was only 30. He had a family to raise and a whole life ahead of him. We hear how h...