When Life Gives You Lemons

Nick has a remarkably unique story. In his early twenties, he was a police officer, who became addicted to cocaine and ended up homeless in Berlin and on the run from the Albanian Mafia.  Unbelievably, Nick managed to turn his life around and has been clean for 14 years.  He is now the founder and CEO of the UK's largest addiction advisory service Help4Addiction, and I’m thrilled he’s here today t...

In June 2019 Claire Danson was a successful triathlete, winning 1st place in her age group at the European triathlon championships. 2 months later, her life changed forever, when whilst out on a training bike ride,  she was involved in a horrific collision with a tractor.  She was left with multiple significant injuries, but most notably of her spinal cord which left her paralysed with no movement...

In this conversation we speak about the fascinating topic of inherited trauma. Louisa shares some fascinating insights about her family's history and recounts how being the daughter of a Holocaust survivor has impacted her as she's grown into the successful actress and mother that she is today. Louisa made her television debut in 2001 in the popular program, judge John Deed. Over the subsequent ye...

Not only is Will a Paralympic Table Tennis Gold medallist and double world champion but in this chat he speaks so eloquently about his journey of growing up with a physical disability, then being diagnosed with blood cancer at age 7, and how his experience of that traumatic time still drives him today. Will told us how he sees himself as a 'fighter and a winner' and how he now has his sights set o...

Today I'm welcoming Daniel Geey to the podcast. Daniel is one of the UK's most highly respected sports lawyers who has worked on a number of high profile deals over the years. As well as this, he’s a published author and podcaster. Some highlights in this conversation are discussion around; being shaped by occurrences in your youth, the requirement for self reflection, the need to practice resilie...

Not only was Vicki one of the first females to reach the final round of Chanel 4's TV show 'SAS, Who Dares Wins', she then went on to row the Pacific Ocean in record breaking time, is an Arctic ultra marathon runner and basically an all round motivational woman. Hers is a story of courage and conquering fears and in this chat we discuss how Vicki found the bravery to make significant life changes,...

In 2010, David was diagnosed with a rare tumor growing into his spinal cord in his neck. Following removal of the tumor, he built himself back from scratch, literally teaching himself how to walk again.  Remarkably less than two years later, he won a gold medal in the London 2012 Paralympicsin the mixed Cox four. He then switched sports and joined the British paracycling team with aspirations to g...

Just before episode 1, this is an introduction about the who and the why of this podcast. Host Emma Levy introduces us to how the show came to be and how her own brush with adversity has inspired her to look deeper into how, when people are faced with such adversity, they are able to come back stronger.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello! I am so excited to announce the launch of my new podcast ‘ When Life Gives you Lemons’ Having worked with elite athletes for most of my career, it’s always intrigued me that a significant number of high performing individuals have encountered some form of adversity earlier in their lifetime. My fascination into this grew when I had my own brush with adversity when I was diagnosed with breas...