Elbows Out

In 2023 social media influencer Moona Lifts was sent home from the hospital, effectively on palliative care. For years she had been in and out of child and adolescence mental health services to treat her eating disorder, but nothing was working. Then, after a chance trip to a martial arts class with her brother she discovered the world of body building. Now with half a million tik Tok followers and almost 150k instagram followers, Moona is training for her first competition. But what has she learnt from her experiences? How has this influenced her perspective on life and relationship with her body? Award winning journalist Lucinda Borrell discusses this in Episode three of 'Elbows Out'Warning: This episode discusses eating disorders, mental health and suicidal ideation. Should listeners continue to listen to the program, please do so with care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At 27 years old, PhD student Dan ward was struggling to fight off the dreaded 'freshers flu'. Returning to his home town of South Shields, he headed to the GP, and eventually was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy ... or in his words "a big heart"Cardiomyopathy is a serious, often progressive disease of the heart muscle that impairs the heart's ability to pump blood, potentially leading to heart failure - and by 40, Dan was on life support awaiting a transplant.In this episode of Elbows Out, Dan talks to journalist Lucinda Borrell about the physical, but also mental implications of living with a long term health condition, and how these experiences have shaped his life and views of the world.Elbows Out is produced by Purple Storm Media. You can follow them on instagram on purple storm_media or if you have a story you would like to share you can get in touch on [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jaldeep Katwala has had quite the career.Currently the new director at the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media diversity, has career has taken him from his upbringing in Rotherhithe, across the world from Sunderland to Sudan.He's dipped and dived from radio to TV, and worked in the charity sector picking up the portfolio of skills he needs to campaign for diversity in today's media.In this episode of Elbows Out, we talk about his journey, what it's taught him - and how he's using that to influence today's media landscape. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.