Brave Your Day

‘Tis the season to be jolly? For many people, Christmas can be fraught with a variety of stress-inducing challenges. BBC broadcaster Janice Forsyth joins us for a very special Christmas episode: a fun and frank discussion on some of the festive season’s biggest headaches, with top tips on how to survive everything from FAMILY FALLOUTS to OFFICE PARTIES, FINANCIAL STRESS, LONELINESS and more. 

Download the Christmas Survival Plan (worksheet): https://braveyourday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/My-5-point-Christmas-Survival-Plan.pdf

Join us on Wednesday 8 January 2020 for the first episode of Brave Your Day series two.

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Desi Osborne is a Glasgow-based musician and the drummer in the band 'Scheme'. Recently, he survived life-threatening health issues. His story is one of resilience and determination.

SCHEME band page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/SchemeSongs/posts/?ref=page_internal

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Alexander Millar is a Scottish contemporary impressionist artist. He grew up in the small mining community of Springside with an eye for detail, fascinated by the world around him. However, as Alexander began to question his identity and purpose in life, he became lost and alone, entering into a period of darkness and isolation. In this episode, he explains how 'letting go' freed him and helped him find healing solace and fortune.

Alexander's website: https://alexandermillar.com

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Jacque Smith lost her daughter to suicide in 2012. She speaks to us about why she decided to help others by setting up a charity promoting acts of kindness. This is a healing story of survival, love and optimism. In her search for answers, Jacque discovered her meaning.

Loveleigh Community: https://loveleigh.net

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Emily Rose Yates is an accessibility consultant, journalist and public speaker. She was the first wheelchair user to cross the Sinai Desert, and the primary accessibility consultant for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio, Brazil. We spent an afternoon with her in Glasgow, listening to her inspiring approach to new challenges and her remarkable career achievements.

Emily's website: https://www.emilyroseyates.co.uk

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New York Times journalist and author John Leland, shares some of the life-affirming stories from his book Happiness is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old. He inspires us with cross-generational lessons learned through working with a particular group of participants in the course of producing material for the The New York Times.

John's book (Happiness is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Happiness-Choice-You-Make-Lessons/dp/0374168180

John's articles (The New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/by/john-leland

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We meet Glasgow-based hairdresser and philanthropist Thomas McGovern. In 2015, after identifying a growing dependence on food banks in the local area, Thomas founded 'Hairstylists Against Hunger' to raise awareness of the issue. Thomas shares his inspiring life story and some of the people who helped to shape and influence his decision-making along the way.

'Hairstylists Against Hunger': https://en-gb.facebook.com/hairstylistsagainsthunger/

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'Calling for a movement to end ageism.'

Ashton Applewhite is an anti-ageism campaigner and author of the book 'This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism'. We caught up with her in New York to speak to her about her fight against age-related prejudice and attitudes towards growing older.

'This Chair Rocks' website: https://thischairrocks.com

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In this episode, we meet Rose Reilly - the only Scottish footballer to win the World Cup, captaining Italy. We discuss her remarkable life story and how she bravely tackled challenges and obstacles to pursue her dream of becoming a professional footballer.

Lynnie Carson's website ('We Have Your Back' song): https://www.lynniecarson.com

Scottish Women's National Team website: https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scotland/scotland-squads/swnt/

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‘When we laugh our world changes’ - Dr Madan Kataria, Founder of Laughter Yoga

Our guest for this episode is Sharon Miller, director of Joyworks - bringing organisations and individuals across the globe out of their comfort zone and into fun, laughter and wellness in a short space of time. With over thirty years of experience in education, training and the arts, Sharon is an expert on the transformative power of laughter. In this entertaining hour, she shares her inspiring life story - including her experience working with renowned yogi Madan Kataria - and helps us to understand why laughter really is the best medicine.

Joyworks website: http://joyworks.co.uk/why-joyworks/

Laughter Yoga (official website): https://laughteryoga.org

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