To The Heart Of It

A Story Of Survival 'It's A Life Sentence!' - Rotherham United Coach: Adam Rawlings

We never think that we are taking life for granted…until that day comes when death is knocking on the front door, and it is unsure if we’ll ever be able to see our loved ones again. This became all too much of a reality for Adam.Adam is the coach for Rotherham United Women’s FC, and has spent the majority of his life coaching football, dedicating himself to the game and to his athletes.In this episode…Adam discusses what it takes to make it as a professional football player, his journey to be...

How To Complete An Ironman! 'They Had To Pull Me Out The Water!' Ironman Athlete: Nic Morrison

We continue to push the boundaries of what we think is possible for our bodies, and arguably there is no tougher physical and mental accomplishment greater than that of the IRONMAN! Nic Morrison is an Ironman Athlete & Ultramarathon Runner. Competing in Ironman races all over the world; Nic never stops in his ever-growing pursuit of pushing his mind and body to the absolute extreme. In this episode…Nic discusses his Ironman training, how you can COMPLETE an Ironman, train for a Triathlo...

Zak Towlson -'To The Heart Of It' Podcast - Episode 009 hosted by Ben Edwards

Riz Iqbal -'To The Heart Of It' Podcast - Episode 008 hosted by Ben Edwards

Harvinder Singh -'To The Heart Of It' Podcast - Episode 007 hosted by Ben Edwards

Ben Edwards 'To The Heart Of It' Podcast - Dominic Palinczuk - Episode 006

Lydia Green - 'To The Heart Of It' Podcast - Episode 005 hosted by Ben Edwards

Motherhood and mental health seem to have become modern buzz words that go hand in hand. But what do they actually mean, when they are used together? NICE - the National Institute for Clinical Excellence - say that approx 20% of mother’s will develop Postnatal Depression in the first year after birth. If 1 in 5 new mother’s will suffer acutely with their mental health, why is it not being discussed and talked about as the health crisis that it is? As we will hear in this episode, mental hea...

NHS Heart Surgeon Adam Szafranek - 'To The Heart Of It' Podcast - Episode 004 hosted by Ben Edwards

Psychological resilience is termed as the ability to cope mentally and emotionally with a crisis. It’s something many of us would probably say we have, but how do we really know? Many of us probably haven’t faced the types of crises necessary to truly test our resilience, so in the face of the most dire of circumstances, what would we do? Adam Szafranek is one of those people who has his resilience tested on a daily basis. He was once a boy from a small town in Poland. Now, Adam is Head of S...

Ben Edwards 'To The Heart Of It' Podcast - Jo Jackson and Ben Edwards - Episode 003 - Part 2

Mental health and therapy has historically seemed to have a stigma attached to it that appears, on the outside at least, to have held people back from accessing it. Anecdotally, men in particular have appeared to be most resistant to it, but thankfully that tide looks to be turning … Ben Edwards is one of those men. Considered by his peers to be a stereotypical “man’s man”, Ben had no idea how the impact of his childhood and adolescence would colour his adult life, and turn his world u...

Ben Edwards 'To The Heart Of It' Podcast - Jo Jackson and Ben Edwards - Episode 003 - Part 1

Mental health and therapy has historically seemed to have a stigma attached to it that appears, on the outside at least, to have held people back from accessing it. Anecdotally, men in particular have appeared to be most resistant to it, but thankfully that tide looks to be turning … Ben Edwards is one of those men. Considered by his peers to be a stereotypical “man’s man”, Ben had no idea how the impact of his childhood and adolescence would colour his adult life, and turn his world u...