Resilience Rising Podcast

How does an adventurer deal with not going on adventures anymore? We talk about resilience for expeditions, resilience for the tough times in life we haven't chosen, social media envy, and Alastair's tip for dealing with negative book reviews in a very public manner... Alastair Humphreys is a British Adventurer and Author of 15 books. He spent over 4 years cycling round the world, a journey of 46,...

How would you feel if I told you to go and do nothing for a morning? No phones, no distractions, just you?  In the episode Fabrice Desmarescaux tells us the benefits of taking time out, and why stopping can be the key to our resilience. Fabrice Desmarescaux works with CEOs and their teams to help them reach higher levels of performance and consciousness. A partner at McKinsey & Company, Fabric...

What did the youngest public company CEO in the UK learn about resilience? How did he survive when war broke out in the street he was working? How do we develop resilience each day? Aziz Musa was the youngest public company CEO in the UK, and he had already made significant strides in the corporate world. However, it was his venture into Sudan in 2017 that sets him apart. Amidst a backdrop of poli...

'Resilience is the willingness to be stretched' How do we process tough times, how do we embrace being uncomfortable, and where does forgiveness fit into resilience? Lunden Souza is host of the Self Love & Sweat, former personal trainer turned International Online Life Coach and Master NLP Practitioner. Self Love & Sweat The Podcast is the place where you will get inspired to live YOUR lif...

How do show resilience in the midst of chaos? How can we rebuild our lives after adversity? John Spender is a 36-time International Best Selling co-author, who didn't learn how to read and write at a basic level until he was ten-years-old. He has since traveled to more than 65 countries, territories and started many businesses leading him to create the best-selling book series A Journey Of Riches....

Imogen Furlong, Imo, has an impressive track record as a cave expedition leader. Imo broke ground leading the first expeditions to the Shan plateau in Myanmar. She's also explored the deepest cave in China, was the first to complete the deepest cave traverse in Mexico, and was part of the team who connected and surveyed the longest cave in India. Her recent cave projects have been to integrate fam...

CW - we mention suicidal thoughts and ideation in this episode "Resilience is a reaction" - Isaac Kenyon talks how embracing failure, teamwork and nature have helped him manage his own mental health from a young age.  Isaac Kenyon, is a British geoscientist, eco-adventurer and international keynote speaker, who has undertaken world-record achievements while raising money and awareness for charitie...

CW: We do mention eating disorders on this episode What do solo adventurers teach us about resilience? Can we practise resilience to get us through the tough days and adversity we don't choose? Jenny Tough describes herself as an Adventurer, Storyteller, Mountain Lover. In this episode we talk about solo adventures, fear, depression, eating disorders and what resilience means to her. She is a writ...

Content Warning - We discuss an abusive relationship in this episode. How do you come back from an abusive relationship, a court case with a famous popstar, and losing all your stock due to a shipping error? Karly has done all this in the last few years and tells us how she did it, and why letting go of shame, embarrassment and a fear of failure was key. Karly Arber is an entrepreneur, Holistic He...

‘Healing is an ongoing process. That is how to start moving forward. It's not a case of getting a certificate, ticking a box, and saying that I'm healed. It's about accepting what has happened and allowing it to become part of who I am, without it defining who I am, leaving me frozen in time.’ Joe French - Out of Mind Joe French is a Film maker, Climber, Musician, Barefoot runner, and author. Comb...

Maria Coffey is an award-winning author and adventurer living in Canada and Spain. Her 13th book is out in November 2023 and called Instead: Navigating the Adventures of a Childfree Life She’s paddled a kayak all over the world; started the adventure travel company, Hidden Places , with her partner Dag; and co-founded the non-profit Elephant Earth Initiative. She’s also an award-winning writer. In...

What does walking 3000 miles across America teach Barabra about resilience? Can it prepare her for the dark side of fame and the heartbreak to come? Barbara Jo Jenkins’s three- year, 3,000-mile walk across America with her former husband became one of the most popular stories in National Geographic magazine. Barbara coauthored The Walk West, which became an international bestseller and part of the...

What can we learn about resilience from the military? What works and what doesn't? Dan Zia Joseph writes and talks about mental health, resilience and leadership. He left his job as a combat engineer in the military in 2022. A soldier in his platoon surviving his suicide attempt inspired him to write a book to educate incoming leaders on the importance of proactively strengthening mental health &a...

Do I need to rename the podcast? Is talking about resilience focusing on reacting when something bad happens and not helpful?  If you want to live a full life as a human being then this is the episode for you. We talk about labels, identity, risk and change. Aneace Haddad is global nomad and executive coach who has spent over 15 years coaching leaders of multinational companies across various indu...

What can pushing our bodies to extremes teach us about resilience? How does John Kelly see failure and define success? John Kelly has completed some of the most impressive feats and results in endurance running. He became on the 15th finisher of the Barkley Marathons in 2017. Having completed three loops in 2015 and four in 2016.In 2023 he finished the Barkley Marathons for a second time. He’s won...

Russell Harvey is "The Resilience Coach". Russell takes us on a whistle stop tour of his extensive knowledge of working in resilience in this episode, including: What is resilience and why do we need it? Is change constant and how do we live with change? The 7 components of the resilience wheel How does VUCA relate to resilience How we grow confidence How we develop optimism  Russell Harvey is a L...

How do we live with grief? Lizzie Pickering offers grief guidance and is a speaker, podcaster, author and film maker. Her book ' When Grief Equals Love ' is out now. She offers guidance to private individuals and companies on the effects of grief, whether through bereavement, divorce, diagnosis or workplace change. She has 23 years of experience investigating responses to shock, trauma and grief,...

What does resilience look like from the view of a GP?  Dr Martin Brunet has worked in practice as a GP for 22 years. He also teaches GPs and other healthcare professionals in primary care about the consultation and how they communicate with their patients, as well as writing a book called The GP Consultation Reimagined, a Tale of Two Houses. In this episode we talk about patterns of the type of pe...

How does choosing to challenge ourselves and face adversity in the outdoors help us build resilience? Belinda Kirk is the leading voice promoting the benefits of adventure on wellbeing and author of the best-selling, award-nominated book Adventure Revolution: The life-changing power of choosing challenge She also hosts Adventure Mind , a ground-breaking conference series that explores the link bet...

Do you want to know how to feel better? This is a the title of Ruth Kudzi's new book - purchase here - which gives us the tools to self coach ourselves. Ruth Kudzi is an entrepreneur and educator: she runs a training business and a coaching business. Her passion is supporting people to feel better and achieve their goals using coaching techniques and Positive Psychology. She is a double best selli...

What does success look like to you? How do we learn not to resist pain and discomfort and make friends with it? Check out Lee Craigie's new book ' Other Ways to Win ' Lee Craigie competed internationally in cross-country mountain biking and represented Great Britain at World Championships and Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2016 she became the UK 24-hour MTB champion. After retiring fr...

How can we turn things around when we feel stuck or in a bad place? Can pushing limits physically help us become more resilient?  Jordan Veiga started his Set The Bar Project at the start of 2023, and it has already earned him two world records for pull-ups. It’s not just about the pull-ups and records though; it's about setting the bar for mental health awareness. He’s a full-time accountant, Tae...

"Stone by stone, seed by seed, they discover that sometimes life grows, not in spite of what is broken, but because of it." on All My Wild Mothers by Victoria Bennett On 19 October 2007, Victoria Bennett was looking forward to new motherhood. At seven months pregnant, she was excited about what was to come. But when the telephone rang, the news she received changed everything. Her eldest sister ha...

What does it feel like to be chronically ill with no hope of improvement? Where does personal resilience end and the system's responsibility begin? How can we support people going through this? These are both the themes of this episode and also of Polly Atkin's new book out now - Some Of Us Just Fall . Polly Atkin is a poet and nonfiction writer. She grew up in Nottingham then lived in East London...

How does the idea of resilience being 'bouncing back stronger' fit to experiencing traumatic life events? What can resilience in grief look like? Kate Armstrong is an avid amateur mountaineer, skier and (sometimes ultra) runner. Over the past twenty years she’s climbed across the UK and Alps, and done two serious expeditions to the Himalaya. She’s a writer – her novel called The Storyteller was pu...