Tales to Inspire

It is not every day that you get to celebrate a 1 year anniversary! Get ready for some of our most inspirational guests throughout the year. During this episode you will be able to listen to parts of: Krish's journey (listen to full via episode 1) Sean Bailey (listen to full via episode 2) Stacey Copeland (listen to full via episode 37) Aaron Baker (listen to full via episode 17) Lorraine Lewis (...

Nick Butter is a British born runner who went from a career in banking where he was extremely unhappy to one living a life where all of his passions can be mixed together. Nick has recently completed Running around the circumference of the UK completing 42 miles a day for 128 days consecutively. Running the world and embarking on various challenges has given Nick a new perspective on life and we c...

Marian Adejokun shares her inspirational tale showing us that we can each get through our dark times for the betterment of ourselves and others. Marian has lived by the rules of life and death far greater than most people of her age. An allergic reaction to medication led to a near-death experience that changed her life forever. Stevens-Johnson Syndrome became the turning point of her life. Having...

Chris Bryce takes us on a journey of human potential, curiosity and creating impact via technology. A product of hippie parents and over 8 foster families by the time he was 18 years old. Chris is now the CEO at Dotfusion Digital (Canada & Cambodia) creating beautiful digital products all over the world. Working for the past 20 years with clients such as Cirque Du Soleil, Intuit and Mitsubishi who...

Rob Dalton takes us on a true journey of inspiration. Someone who admits to not having an extraordinary story, but in his own right so inspiring! Rob takes us on a journey of working in the Parachute regiment, how that brought about some serious struggles and how his mental health was not prioritised. He then joined the police and during his time with the police and spent a long career in the poli...

Pushpanath - 'Push' - Krishnamurthy is a British citizen, originally from Bangalore, India. Push spent three decades at the leading edge of development work across three continents, with NGOs such as Oxfam and Save the Children. At Oxfam he acquired legendary status for his pioneering work on campaigns, such as HIV/ AIDS, Make Trade Fair and Climate Change Hearings, which allowed ordinary people t...

Shane Fletcher is the Team Manager of the most successful sporting team in the world, the Crusaders Rugby team in New Zealand. Shane had aspirations of working on a farm as a child, however after travelling the world playing rugby, he found himself working as a principal of a school back in his homeland of New Zealand. Then came the opportunity of a lifetime. An offer in 2016 to be the team manage...

Today is our 50th episode. That is 50 episodes to Inspire you and what a journey it has been. We have shared stories from people around the globe and our tales have been listened to in 34 different countries. This special episode shares snippets of inspiration from Jamie Rudd, Lucy Shepherd, Luke Tyburski, Saeed Atcha and Dave Cornthwaite. Thank you for all of your support so far and remember: Don...

After reaching the lowest point in his life David Haze realised he was distracted from his true values and what made him come alive. David is now on a journey of 'self discovery', a quest to take his love for adventure and bringing people together out into the world with the aim to inspire and motivate personal growth. David has spent years behind bars in prison for committing some quite significa...

Having been through the huge highs and significant lows in Life Jaer Armstead - Jones takes us on a remarkable tale to inspire. Jaer Armstead-Jones has been a middle school English teacher in the St. Louis area since 2007. Born to a teen Mother in St. Louis, Missouri, Jaer shows us how to pursue your dreams and to inspire others along the way. Known as Mr. Jones, in all of his school classes that...

Colin Andrew is a young man building bridges in this world through the power of his voice. Born and raised in Ireland, Colin takes us on a journey through the ups and downs of following your passion to the bitter end and how music has given him the opportunity to travel the world and transcend cultures. Some people on this earth are here for a good time and some are here to make an impact, Colin s...

"Running a hundred miles is like living a year in one day" Ultramarathon runner Damian Hall has set a new record time for the 185-mile Wainwright's Coast to Coast route. The 45-year-old battled sleep deprivation, heavy rain and boggy underfoot conditions along the route, which includes 28,000ft of ascent – almost the equivalent height of Mount Everest. Damian, the holder of multiple ultramarathon...

Bruce Crowther is the founder of the Fair Trade Town Movement and received an MBE for his services to Fairtrade and Oxfam. Bruce shares his heartfelt story with us, helping us realise that each of us can make some sort of a difference. Bruce is also a sub-chief in New Koforidua in the Ashanti region of Ghana, where he received the Beacon prize for creative giving in 2004. In 2007, he was included...

On the 10th July 2009 Nikki's world was totally turned upside down when she had the knock at the door that every Army wife dreads, and was told that Lee had been killed. Her world fell apart. The most painful thing for me was knowing our two precious children would now have to face life without their daddy. Times were so difficult for Nikki and her children afterwards and around 9 months later she...

Nile Henry is a young entrepreneur and CEO of The Blair project, a social enterprise that is here to create a level playing field for all. Going from ' the forgotten middle' at school to showing each of us that not a single person should be left behind. Nile started his social enterprise when he was just 18 years old with the aim of making motorsport more inclusive, affordable and accessible, no m...

Today we release the tale of the quite brilliant Joe Foster. Joe is the founder of reebok, one of the worlds most successful sports brands and we go through his journey to leading a successful company and the rollercoaster journey of a life very well lived. The Foster family had been making running shoes since the 19th century and after a falling out between the Fosters, Joe decided to set up his...

Jay is the former president & CEO of Life Fitness Inc – the $1.1billion dollar commercial fitness equipment market leader. Racing up the career ladder just like everyone else, he got to the top, took up his spot in the corner office and had an epiphany. He had been climbing the wrong ladder and the view wasn't at all what he expected! Later, after moving back to the UK, Jay struggled with depressi...

Lorraine Lewis is co-founder of multi- award-winning cancer charity The Lewis Foundation, which provides free gifts and support to adult cancer patients in 14 hospitals around the Midlands. Since starting The Lewis Foundation in 2016, Lorraine has regularly delivered motivational talks to school children, universities and businesses, such as Eden Project, RCI Europe, Kindfest and Demontfort Univer...

"Society may think that disabled people are losing the battle of living a normal life, but in reality, we are living our best life, just in a unique manner" I am Nana Marfo is a young man from South London and I an aspiring disability advocate. Nana was born over three months premature and lived his first two years in a glass box, which left him with a lifelong disability called tracheal stenosis,...

"Opportunities are like standing on the platform at a train station, but the train doesn't stop to say I am an opportunity, you just have to grab one of them." Jordan Wylie was born and raised in Blackpool before he spent ten years in the army. As a kid Jordan grew up on a council estate, but whatever he lacked materially he certainly didn't lack in terms of love and support. Football was his life...

"Leadership is action and not a title" Stacey Copeland is predominantly known for playing football and boxing and her involvement in sport. As a child when Stacey played in her first primary school game, she was made to leave the football pitch because they realised, she was a girl, so it meant she had to go home and cut her hair short so she could disguise as a boy so she was able to play. At the...

Showing people how your life can impact the world, even after death with Ben Buddy Slack "Life is about having fun, whilst making an impact" Ben Buddy Slack is from Leeds and the founder and creative director of a charity called The Swan Song Project. He helps people living with terminal illnesses or dealing with bereavement to write and record an original song. After starting four years ago after...

Hannah Cox was a little bit of a naughty kid growing up. Her parents split up when she was in primary school and money was never easy to come by in her family. " I went to a restaurant for the first time when I was 13 years old, we didn't have two pence to rub together basically" Hannah knew that the way for her to get anywhere in life was to, work harder to get the things she wanted and that is e...

"There is no one more inspiring than when you meet someone and they just own who they are" Frit Tam is a British- born, Chinese, transgender filmmaker. An adventurer: a hiker, climber, stand up paddleboarder, skier, and cyclist and so much more. Frit is the founder of Passion Fruit Pictures, a place within the film industry to represent the underrepresented. As a child Frit was super sporty, but a...

Transforming your Mental Health with Louise Johnstone " I feel more like a child now, than I ever did as a child " Louise is a Dundee based person trainer and endurance athlete. She has spent her career focusing on improving the mental and physical health of women, utilising her expansive knowledge to adapt recommendations to allow each individual to strive for an improvement in their health. Loui...