Ep 79. Hannah Beecham, founder of RED January

In this special edition, we speak to Hannah Beecham, the founder of RED Together to find out the answer to the biggest question of all: how we can all attempt to be active every day. I did RED January this year, something I’ve felt increasingly confident about doing because of the shift in recent years from Run Every Day to Active Every Day. We have a lovely, and enormously inspiring (and moving) chat, as Hannah tells me about how she started it all up to support her mum, who had been struggling with her mental health. So the roots of the thing has always been about managing mental health rather than achieving some kind of peak physical fitness, and I think this is HUGE. And marks what I hope is a shift in thinking in terms of sport and including it in our lives as a habit based on how it makes us feel as opposed to how it might make us look. It’s the only way we’re going to get more people moving, by understanding that sport and running isn’t punishment, and in fact can be something that people who hated exercise will end up loving and rearranging their lives to include. Because Hannah is at the heart of that movement, I thought it was so important to speak to her and find out what she’s done differently, and her thoughts on how we can all fit in being active every day, and enjoy it!This episode is sponsored by Yeo Valley Kefir - lovingly made with only the best organic British milk and 14 distinctive strains of lactic cultures for maximum gut flora diversity. Creamy and lightly tangy it literally packs billions of live bacteria in every spoonful. Available in Natural, Mango & Passion Fruit, Blueberry and Strawberry flavours, the daily boost you need to try is in the yoghurt aisle at all the major supermarkets. Find out more at Yeo Valley. We love making this podcast for you, and we hope you love it just as much. If you do, we’re asking for your support so that we can continue making it. We’ve joined up with Patreon to do that awkward thing of asking for money. But the thing is, we’re only asking you to donate less than a very average cup of coffee a month. You can become a patron of the Women’s Running Podcast for as little as £2 a month. £2! I mean, that’s nothing, right? And for that you get four whole new podcasts a month AND we’re offering you some lovely perks and, if you’re very generous, a free subscription to the digital magazine too. It’s just 50p a podcast! We’re worth that, right? Right? Come and be part of the Women’s Running podcast and we will love you forever. If you enjoy this podcast, you will love Women’s Running magazine. Right now, you can become a member of Women’s Running Plus, which includes a subscription to the magazine and tons of great benefits for just £9.99 every 3 months, saving a third off the cover price. Just enter FEB22WRPOD at the checkout.@REDJanuaryUK on Instagram, Facebook and TwitterFind out more information at redtogether.co.uk Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=67575412) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.