I Got Back Up: Getting back up with...

Author Mark Wagstaff spent most of his twenties and thirties drinking and taking drugs. After being forced to change everything after the birth of his eldest child, Mark turned to writing and has just published his most recent novel On the Level. As global politics, modern art and street protest collide in this thriller.

Finding something you love to do during or after a dark time can change everything, as writing has done so for Mark. With an understanding of how challenging it can be to let go and break away, his only regret wasn’t taking, it was doing so much. To Mark a few years would have been enough, not a decade or more, as he does not remember much from those years.

However, without that, he would not be who he is today, and he would not change what he went through.

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Robert Common, founder and Managing Partner of The Beekeeper House, a mental health and addiction treatment centre in Thailand that is part of South East Asia’s leading mental health organisations.

Robert's inspiration to found the business came from his own experiences of drug addiction, trauma and mental health challenges.

Robert’s story begins at a young age, and his journey follows how and why he got to where he is today. How he understood to respond and not react in life, and the importance of looking for those brief moments of joy, they can be so small, but they are there. And once you see them, you will realise just how much beauty there is out there.

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Today we sit down with Katie Avery. In 2019 Katie was involved in a road traffic accident whilst at university, shattering her ankle she still continues to adapt daily.

As an osteopath herself, Katie can now relate incredibly to her patients. However, as much as it has been a dark journey for her so far, she wouldn’t change it. You don’t have to stay where you are, you can move forward, and embrace just how Katie continues to do so.

Life goes on, with or without you. Whenever you’re ready, pick yourself up and move forward. This chapter is coming to an end, so be ready for a new one and the next part of life. Give yourself the credit you deserve.

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After a terrible accident led Jane from a lifetime as a director of theatre and opera to re-evaluate her life at the age of 74, Jane began writing novels.

A pivotal moment in her life, and seven novels later, her dream of becoming a writer became true. Jane is currently promoting her final novel Quo Vardis in the acclaimed trilogy about war correspondent EG Rawlings.

For Jane, one moment is all it took. Three seconds changed her life. It can happen at any age, but you can do it. You can pick yourself up and start all over again. You can change your direction at any stage of your life.

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Kelly Crump is a body positivity influencer, swimwear model, and cancer and wellness, coach. After being diagnosed with breast cancer at 38, Kelly is living with metastatic, stage 4 breast cancer which is incurable.

A lot of people do not know how to talk about cancer, it is a word that no one wants to use. However, Kelly encourages normalising the conversation, around cancer, breakdowns, losing yourself and spreading positivity where it is needed.

After being the first female with a mastectomy scar to model for Sports Illustrated, understand Kelly’s journey from her diagnosis, to learning how to live with cancer and adapt her mindset. You are #stronger than you realise.

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Remaining undefeated Florian fights from a southpaw stance and his record currently stands at 11 wins, 0 losses and 1 draw. Of those 11 wins, he has stopped 7 of his opponents, so his current knock-out ratio is 64%.

Florian has suffered many injuries over the years including those to his hands. After winning a fight with a dislocated thumb, he has undergone hand surgeries but continues to come back stronger each time.

With the mindset of never giving up, his dreams continue to come true, especially after his last fight took place in Air Albania Stadium, a football stadium in his home country.

Be good, be kind, and remember to take care of yourself.

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Thomas Hamer, a British para-swimmer, Commonwealth, European and World Champion. Tom has dyslexia. He spent his childhood being ashamed of who he was because he could not read or write, whilst also going through family traumas.

Understand his journey of accepting who he is, how school affected him in many ways, realising that he has a #superpower in a different area, and how discovering swimming changed his #mindset and outlook on life.

Tom has become exactly who he wants to be, not whom anyone wanted him to be, and continues to follow his dreams.

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Sitting down with Talia Lazarus and Katie Crowhurst, Katie is an eighteen-year-old British para-athlete.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, everything Katie had spent her life working towards as a para-swimmer was taken away.

It was extremely tough for her, but she took the initiative to try something new, para-triathlons. And with that new exciting, but daunting step, she came back stronger and has since won a gold medal at The Commonwealth Games.

Understand Katie's journey as her life completely changed direction.

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Talia Lazarus sits down with Jon Geller. After undergoing a spinal fusion and a road of further surgeries to follow, Jon found himself suffering from depression.

Something he never thought would happen to him, he stopped recognising the person looking back at himself in the mirror.

A rollercoaster of a journey with ups and downs, Jon continues to strive towards getting back up each time he falls back down, whilst always helping others in his profession and personal life along the way to achieve what they never thought was possible.

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Ani Patas was diagnosed with Lupus at age 12, Fibromyalgia at age 15 and Hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD). A childhood that for Ani felt entirely different to many of her friends understand how she lives with autoimmune diseases, chronic pain and fatigue, whilst having battled mental health. A keen explorer, adventurer and outside lover, Ani has found little pockets of happiness to rely on and knows that she is more than capable.

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