On this weeks show we're celebrating neurodiversity week!

Its estimated that 15-20% of the UK's population is neurodiverse. This means that 1/5 of the population have different learning styles and thinking patterns are outside of what society considers as being typical.

Whist its recognised today more than ever there is still a lot of work to be done to support neurodiversity.

I talk about the challenges I faced growing up prior to getting diagnosed with dyslexia and how that affected my pink without me knowing. And subsequently now later in life why I'm asking to be referred to see if I have ADHD too. The traits I have of both of these massively impact and affect my day to day life and I explore some of the things I do and will adopt moving forward as i begin to understand my brain better and gain my full pink back.

https://www.neurodiversityweek.com/

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this week I'm trying to get to grips with my new equipment and we talk about international womens day.

International women's day is celebrated on the 8th March every year. Did you know that it was first celbrated way back in 1911 and in 1975 the United Nations celebrated it for the first time. It only took 2 years for the day to be adopted as on of the UN's international days.

We talk about why its important to celebrate it and why it shouldn't be just one day. Also we reflect on what you can do to support the UN's campaign for equality and how all of the things that they are trying to make equal can contribute to us losing our pink

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I have my first guest on this week. My very good friend Melissa Fazackely!

After over 20 years in construction within the health and safety sector, Melissa ventured out on her own last year and set up her own business. Since then has garnered international recognition for her outstanding contributions to the field. She has been honoured as one of the esteemed 40 under 40 professionals globally by the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM). In addition, Melissa's remarkable achievements have earned her a nomination for the prestigious HBFs Top 100 Women in Construction 2023.

On this weeks episode we talk through how pink she is currently feeling, how she lost her pink when her nan died. What that looked like for her and how she managed to regain her pink from that. We also touch on what she does now to maintain her pink and how that helps her to be herself.

Mellisa's website: https://www.dimensionhs.co.uk/

Mellisa's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-fazackerley-33832630/

Link to the journal: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CSZ7J1HF?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_2ZVF64JCHXBVMNFR87VN

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This week has been the most stressful one of my life, and because of this its made me have a think about resilience and how some people have more of it than others.

Being resilient can help to maintain the pink however conversely not being resilient can lead to you losing your colour!

It cna be sometimes used against you however its very subjective and personal to each of us and our own experiences.

We talk about what it is, why it's important and how we can build it up. along with a bit of bigging up the ENT team over at Manchester Children's hospital and a bit of gushing admiration for the general NHS and the services it provides.

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On this weeks episode I'm joined by the one and only Bruce and I talk about exercise, the benefits for your mental health.

I also touch on my struggles with exercise and lack of consistence and what that does to Bruce and if we both don't maintain a routine.

I'm no PT or fitness guru but the idea behind this episode was to ask myself (and you) what are the things that hold me back from doing something I not only I enjoy but something that has huge (study proven) results on benefiting mental health.

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This is my first episode. Here I talk about why I'm doing it, go off on a few rants as to why this is all happening and explain the premise of my new show.

There Might be the odd swear word in here, sometimes they just fall out

note to self - make notes of what I've talked about in order to be able to update here!

Music by Music Unlimited from Pixabay

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