Brilliant Resilient Club Podcast

This is the final episode in the very first season of the Brilliant Resilient Club - I'm not saying I have saved the best until last but Emmanuelle Navarri's story is certainly awe-inspiring.The TV producer and mum of three was diagnosed with a type of cancer called soft tissue sarcoma in her foot and ankle five years ago. She narrowly escaped losing a limb - and her life. Emmanuelle says the harder the challenges in her life, the more she threw herself into physical activity - and...

For years she thought she couldn't run - now Alison Jones has run every day for nearly three and a half years. 'Streaking' is the technical term for running every day and Alison began her running streak on her 49th birthday aiming to complete a thousand days in a row. She's now exceeed that goal and doesn't intend to stop. Alison fits this in between running her business 'Practical Inspiration Publishing', hosting the 'Extraordinary Business Book Club, being head judge of the Busin...

Mark Rogerson is someone who is resilient through and through.He suddenly lost his sight just after he turned 30 - a life changing diagnosis that led to him grieving the life he once had. Mark has adapted though and started running after he lost his sight - to raise money for the charity that suported him - the Royal National Institute Of Blind People (RNIB).Since then he has ran seven marathons - he’s just completed the London one for the fourth time and has also ran marathons in Chicago , B...

OK so it's been some time since the last episode of the Brilliant Resilient Club - I've been recuperating from a couple of operations but now thankfully on the mend. And the conversations I've had with my guests on this very podcast about how to cope during tough times really helped ! This episode with Louise Stewart has hopefully worth the wait.Louise is a former BBC political correspondent who’s now moved into communications. She’s shown a fair bit of resilience in recent ye...

Now I said this podcast wouldn't all be about elite athletes - but actually this episode is!Saying that I think everyone will find what Leigh has to say interesting and relevant whether you are a high level sports person or someone like me who certainly is not.Leigh cycled into the record books in 2018 to become the fastest person to ride across Europe. His journey took him from the west coast of Portugal to the edge of Siberia. He worked with a team of scientists who helped him innovate new ...

Gill Castle wants to show life can still be lived to the full after a traumatic birth - and she has shown just that. She suffered such rare and irreparable injuries when her son was born that she now has to wear a stoma which is an opening on the tummy that allows waste to leave the body. In this podcast Gill shares how she struggled to cope with a new stoma bag, a newborn baby, post-traumatic stress, post-natal depression and having to medically retire from the job she loved as a police...

This is the debut episode of the Brilliant Resilient Club Podcast! And we kick off with an appropriately brilliant guest. Ed Accura overcame his lifelong fear of water to learn to swim at the age 53. He was held back by myths about black people and swimming. Ed documented his swimming journey in his first film Blacks Can’t Swim and in his sequel, explores the sport’s prejudice, stereotyping and cultural exclusion through the eyes of young people. These are timely discussions wi...

The Brilliant Resilient Club is a podcast dedicated to people who push past their physical comfort zone to gain mental resilience. Host Bhavani Vadde speaks to some amazing individuals who’re dealing with some big challenges - trauma, loss, illness - but rather than be defeated, challenged themselves something physical and as a result now feel better than ever. She came up with the idea when she took up up cold water swimming after having to stop work as a TV reporter during the pandemic beca...