Chronic But Iconic

Today, I am joined by the wonderful Elina, from OZ! How insane? Recording this podcast with the time difference was a struggle to work out but we got there woooo. What an amazing episode this is and it was a real delight to have Elina on as a guest. As a 16 year old, she has some major, soul-destroying battles she fights every day and she really does put up a good fight. Her blog documenting her chronic illness journey is going from strength to strength: www.justsoelina.com and follow her amazing Insta: @JustSoElina. Elina is still in the process of finding out the root of her health problems but she is becoming a real chronic illness advocate and is also a brand leader for Invisiyouth as I am. Supporting people battling chronic illness find purpose in their battles and make friends along the way. Thank you Elina for being so open an honest today! So glad we connect and you have become a dear friend. You were a delight, and everyone please enjoy. xo

How lucky am I? I am SO lucky, AND HONOURED this week to have Ash on the podcast talking about some VERY important subjects, such as: mental health, career paths, trans issues, diversity and just feeling confident in ourselves. Ash shares with us his story and the work he does today to try and help people find the bravery to find their voice and be the person they want to be. Ash shares his amazing story to prove we should NEVER GIVE UP on our dreams and set back's aren't failures but massive lessons to help us to continue growing and moving forward. Having had his own experiences with mental health, Ash shares good advice on self-care and self-love, which we all need to take his advice and practise to help us in our own mental well-being. Ash is always SO busy filming with his gripping and challenging storyline on one of the British top soaps - Emmerdale and this has helped him become a champion of diversity! Getting involved in the amazing National Diversity Awards and even becoming a judge at this years awards. Ash is such a lovely person inside and out and one TALENT that is for sure. He ensures he does his research, uses his own experiences and the feedback from the public to keep himself growing and developing as a person as well as an actor. THANK YOU ASH for taking the time out of your MANIC busy schedule to talk to me today and GIVE ASH a follow over on Instagram: @ash.p.x ! I hope you enjoy this episode and give it some love.

Angie Sudduth Walsh is a force to be reckoned with. Despite battling Lyme and her own struggles, after battling for years and coming out fighting she has now set up her own amazing life coaching business. Having being through all of the challenges life has thrown her way and how she has overcome so many obstacles, Angie now feels in a place where she can offer sound, honest and amazing advice that can help SO many people across the board. Whether you battle a chronic illness or not, we all have times we find challenging, go through tragedy and suffer with self-guilt, low self-esteem, confidence issues and self-loathing that we want to recover from and gain tools that we can use to protect us. Helping us live the best possible life, in the best frame of mind we possibly can. Angie targets a subject each week *example: self-love* and offers daily Facebook lives, exercises to work on, personal message and tips a long the way that will help you reach a *healthier* mindset and reach your full potential. Please visit Angie's website for more info: AngieSudduthWalsh.com. Angie's price is $37 a month/£29 a month and membership can roll on and be cancelled at anytime. However, I really don't think you will want to miss out on all the amazing skills, advice and exercises Angie has to offer. Knowledge is power and we continue to learn more and more about ourselves EVERY DAY.  Thank you Angie for helping and to continue helping me. I wanted you to come on the podcast and I am so thankful to you for coming on because I think so many of my listeners can gain SO MUCH from your programme. THANK YOU, Everyone check Angie out, she is amazing and I am so lucky to call her my dear friend. ENJOY THIS EPISODE.

Simon Green, where do we start? How lucky am I to have interviewed this amazing hero. Simon is the brightest role model. Not only surviving the odd's when it comes to his health but how he goes from strength to strength raising awareness and achieving greatness. All Simon's work, got him an honourable invite to the Queen's Garden Party this year and  was so excited to hear more about how that event went. What a privilege but one that is well deserved. Simon fights hard to gain more diversity and inclusion within our society and works tirelessly campaigning to remove judgements from our society. He is a judge for the National Diversity Awards and is pretty much a key piece of the NDA's furniture . His own story and determination doesn't just motivate the nominees he is judging but the other judges too. It is such an honour to have Simon on the podcast and I am so honoured to have him as a guest . Simon was a delight and I KNOW so many of you will enjoy this episode but also get so much motivation from it. Thank you Simon! ENJOY all, xo.