The Be Glad Movement from Pollyanna
by Pollyanna Charnley
Hello and WELCOME to the Be Glad Movement, my name is Pollyanna and I'm on a mission to bring you as many stories as possible of good coming out of bad and reasons to be glad. This podcast is going to be full of inspirational stories from people just like you and me who have overcome their hardships and gone on to lead even more successful and fulfilling lives. It’s a safe place where I hope those of us who are in the thick of a tough situation can come and hear how other people survived and in some cases now even credit their hardships as being the best thing that could ever have happened to them. It’s hard when you are in the middle of a crisis and it can feel lonely, you have to allow yourself to have the odd pity party, to cry, get angry, vent, process and move through the emotions. Everyone will have a different time line for doing this. The Be Glad Movement podcast is an effort to sit with you in solidarity during those dark times and then when you are ready, and onl
Episodes
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27. International Refugee Day 2020 - Gulwali Passarlay
On Saturday 20th June, this weekend, it will be world refugee day. In these unprecedented times of Covid 19 I think we are all feeling varying degrees of seperation from our loved ones but nothing quite compares to the type of story I’m so grateful to be able to share with you today. At 12 years...
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26. Jason Rawles - Living the High life but Feeling Really Low.
How could I not interview Jason Rawles, on the ‘About ’ page of Jasons website the very first line reads ‘The book of Jason is a story of personal accountability and extracting goodness from the bad.’ Everything the BeGlad Movement stands for. This is a story of a man who had various struggles...
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24. Lucy Smith - Smashing Anxiety with my Morning Routine
With the rise in mental health awareness pretty much all of us are now familiar with the term anxiety but what’s it like to discover you have anxiety and how do you learn to cope with it on a daily basis. In this episode I talk to Lucy Smith who really went through the mill with her anxiety but…
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23. Simon Harmer - The Medic Who Lost His Legs in Afghanistan
In this episode I talk to Simon Harmer Simon was a medic on patrol in Afghanistan when he stepped on an IED. He lost both of his legs. Despite his injuries Simon has gone on to do lots of charity work, fundraising and speaking events. He feels it is now his duty to serve in a different way and…
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22. Faye Kilgour - What right did I have to feel so bad?
In this episode I talk to Faye Kilgour. I think this interview is important for the times we find ourselves living through at the moment. This is a very open and honest account of a time when Faye suffered with her mental health and anxiety. At no point does Faye try to dress down her privileged...
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21. Allan Kleynhans International Keynote speaker & High End Coach
In this episode recorded back in 2018 I talk to Allan Kleynhans the international speaker and high end performance coach. Allan really is a bit of a jet setting super star in my eyes, so full of positivity and energy but he wasn’t always that way, he trained himself to be that way, in fact, at…
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20. Lauren Chiren, Educating businesses on the menopause.
Lauren was working in the international financial services sector working with teams around the world. She loved her job and the people she worked with. However things started to go wrong. She wasn’t sleeping well so would turn up to work fatigued and struggle to remember what it was she was…
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19 - Alice Bromage Empowering Success through leadership and resilience
In this episode recorded back in 2018, I talk to Alice Bromage who was in the army for over 20 years. Her career took her to some interesting places and had her working with all different cultures but in this episode specifically we talk about the effects of toxic leadership on a team and how one...
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18 Lawrenzo Jacobs - From criminal to business wordsmith
In this episode I talk to Lawrenzo Jacobs who struggled after his parents divorce, with a rebellious streak as a teenager which led him to a life of crime. It was while serving his time he discovered the power of words and the affect positive affirmations could have on his mental health and...
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17. Carrie Creed - Dealing with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome then Placenta Previa to Increta
Carrie Creed was born in 1982 with the rare genetic condition called, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. The Ehlers Danlos Syndromes (EDS) are a group of heritable connective tissue disorders generally characterized by poor wound healing, hypermobile joints, and soft velvety skin. There are currently 13...
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16. Dr Dan Maggs - Being an overweight GP was embarassing, how I finally lost it
In this episode recorded back in 2018 I talk to Dr Dan Maggs, a GP who, for a very long time struggled with being overweight. It wasn’t until a chance encounter on a skiing trip where he witnessed a man dolloping butter into his coffee did he manage to get his weight under control, intrigued?...
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15. Bohemian Bex - Rebecca Elizabeth Eager - Choosing happiness
In this vintage episode from 2018 I am joined by Rebecca Elizabeth Eager, or some of you may know her as BohemianBex. Bex story covers a lot of ground, growing up, both her parents lived with depression and as a teenager she herself suffered with anxiety and depression. Bex went on to fall in…
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14. DieselDonlow - Entrepreneur and Actor
In this episode I am joined by Diesel Donlow the American actor and entrepreneur. Diesel reached out to me via the powers of Instagram and asked to be on the podcast which was a massive compliment for the Be Glad Movement. We talk about what it was like for him growing up in Youngstown Ohio in a...
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13. Mark Ormrod - Royal Marine, Triple Amputee, Invictus Games Hero
In this episode, from back in 2018, I talk to the phenomenal Mark Ormrod who was the first British triple amputee from the Afghan conflict. Despite his horrific injuries and actually being initially assessed dead while being casivaced in the back of a Chinook helicopter he did actually go on to...
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12. Amanda Foster - Divorce and Debt
In this vintage episode of the Be Glad Movement I talk to Amanda Foster who’s husband up and left her in a whole lot of debt. Although it was a terribly dark time listen on to hear how Amanda is now able to credit this time for making some huge and happy changes in her life including finding love...
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11. Donna Price - From pregnant and unemployed to small business owner
Donna Price found herself pregnant and without a job. Her health deteriorated with the stress and anxiety until she took action and found the Prince's Trust. She now runs her own business and is a young ambassador for The Trust. Uneployment Anxiety Titinnus The Prince's Trust Starting your own...
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10. Michael Coates - Declassified Podcast host and Combat Pest Control founder
In this episode I talk to Michael Coates, one of the founders of an award winning business, Combat Pest Control and an award winning podcast, the Declassified podcast. Michael and his friend Des set up Combat Pest Control as far more than any ordinary business. The values underpinning their work...
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9. Tom Dunning - Mental Health Runner
In this episode I talk to Tom Dunning, the mental health runner and co author of the book ‘Surviving the war with myself.’ Tom was bullied relentlessly at school but thankfully had the comfort of being able to return to a warm and loving home with stable parents and two older brothers, one of...
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8. Blythe Landry - Overcoming Addiction and Trauma
In this episode I talk to Blythe Landry who is a Trauma, Grief and Addiction Coach. We talk about her experiences growing up New Orleans as the youngest child, which for her was almost like being an only child because she was so much younger than her siblings. The effects that addiction had on…
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7. Alecia Emerson-Thomas, The Wildones Podcast and TV cop from the Heist
In this episode I catch up with the super talented and dedicated Alecia Emerson Thomas from Sky 1’s the Heist and co-host of the fast growing Wild Ones podcast. I first interviewed Alecia for the Be Glad Movement back in 2018 so head over to youtube.com/beglad to see that episode. In this episode...
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6. Kitty Waters, Overcoming Poor Mental Health by doing your Dharma
In this episode I talk to Kitty Waters about a time in her life when on the surface she seemed extremely successful although underneath she was suffering with her own poor mental health until one fateful day she discovered there was a whole maternal heritage of suffering which she had been…
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5. Jess Sands, Business Life as a Military Wife, The Independent Spouse
In this episode I talk to the lovely Jess Sands about her childhood, her love of design, losing herself to love and then finding herself again as a business woman and military spouse and podcast host of The Independent Spouse. Growing up fast with a poorly parent Loving life designing for Disney...
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4. Dave Bolton, fighting back every step of the way keeping cancer at bay
In this episode I talk to the incredible Dave Bolton about the horrific motorcycle accident he had which almost took his beloved sports away from him, he went on to defy the doctors and regained full mobility along with winning a kick boxing title. We also talk about the glioblastoma multiforme...
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3. Dwayne Fields, from Rural Jamaica to Inner City London
In this episode I talk to Dwayne Fields who arrived in London as a six year old boy who had never seen a multi story house or a double decker bus before. Hear how hard it was for him to settle in which resulted in him following the crowd until one day a terrifying incident shook him into...
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2. Ross Nichols, Leaving the Military, Loss of Identity and Rediscovery
In this episode I talk to Ross Nichols from Transition Transformers and the founder of Salisbury Coaching Circle. Ross talks about how leaving his long term career in the military affected his mental health, the dark moments and how he eventually pulled himself back from the edge. Leaving the...
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1: An Introduction to Pollyanna and the Be Glad Movement
Hello and welcome to the Be Glad Movement, my name is Pollyanna and I’m on a mission to bring you as many stories as possible of good coming out of bad and reasons to be glad. This podcast is going to be full of inspirational stories from people just like you and me who have overcome their...
About this show
Hello and WELCOME to the Be Glad Movement, my name is Pollyanna and I'm on a mission to bring you as many stories as possible of good coming out of bad and reasons to be glad.
This podcast is going to be full of inspirational stories from people just like you and me who have overcome their hardships and gone on to lead even more successful and fulfilling lives. It’s a safe place where I hope those of us who are in the thick of a tough situation can come and hear how other people survived and in some cases now even credit their hardships as being the best thing that could ever have happened to them. It’s hard when you are in the middle of a crisis and it can feel lonely, you have to allow yourself to have the odd pity party, to cry, get angry, vent, process and move through the emotions. Everyone will have a different time line for doing this. The Be Glad Movement podcast is an effort to sit with you in solidarity during those dark times and then when you are ready, and onl
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Pollyanna Charnley