In this episode, Dave D talks with Dave Sheridan about changes due to coronavirus and the lockdown, resilience to change, peer support... and cheese.

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Featured in this episode:

Dave Drury, Incremental Gainz

Dave Sheridan, Maximum Edge CIC 

Useful Reading:

Journal: 8 Weeks Towards Maximum Health, our own guided journal, to help you with goal setting and feeling good.  

Who moved my cheese

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In this episode, Dave D talks with Rob, a teacher in an English secondary school.

They discuss the pressures on students, resilience, pressures on teachers, school management, mental health, social media, peer pressure and more.

A really good insight into life as a teacher in the 21st century.

This episode is part of our series aimed at 11-16 year olds, but is suitable for all - including parents.

Also in this series - "Resilience", "School Pressures" and "Positive Thinking during Lockdown".

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website: http://www.maximumedge.org.uk

Twitter: @MaxEdgeCIC

Facebook: @MaxEdgeCIC

YouTube: Maximum Edge

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Featured in this episode:

Dave D on Instagram: @incrementalgainz

Useful Reading:

Journal: 8 Weeks Towards Maximum Health, our own guided journal, to help you with goal setting and feeling good.  

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In this episode, Dave from Maximum Edge CIC, and Martin from Clear Futures Communities CIC discuss the impact of Coronavirus / Covid19 on the communities they work in, family life, and the importance of asking for and offering help if you can.

Just some of the people and organisations mentioned in this episode:

• Teardrops Homeless Centre, St Helens

Please stay home, stay safe as much as you possibly can.

Find us online for more information:

websites: http://www.maximumedge.org.uk

http://clearfutures.org.uk 

Twitter: @MaxEdgeCIC, @ClearFuturesCIC

Facebook: @MaxEdgeCIC, @ClearFuturesCIC

YouTube: Maximum Edge

To help you with setting goals, our guided journal 8 Weeks Towards Maximum Health is now available on Amazon at a reduced price of £4.99  

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In this episode, Dave D talks with TJ (18) about school, friendships, social media, sexting and revenge porn, alcohol, money, gaming, snapchat, clothes labels and parenting!

A lot to cover in a short space of time, but a great insight into the life of a secondary school student.

The episode is aimed at parents of 11 to 16 year olds, but is suitable for all.

Also in this series aimed at 11-16 year olds - "Resilience", "Your Morning Routine" and "Positive Thinking during Lockdown".

Find us online for more information:

website: http://www.maximumedge.org.uk

Twitter: @MaxEdgeCIC

Facebook: @MaxEdgeCIC

YouTube: Maximum Edge

Thanks for listening, please like and share if that's your thing!

Featured in this episode:

Dave D on Instagram: @incrementalgainz

Useful Reading:

Book: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Journal: 8 Weeks Towards Maximum Health, our own guided journal, to help you with goal setting and feeling good.  

Website: Childline info on sexting useful pages about the sharing of intimate content. (It’s against the law to ask someone who’s under 18 to send a nude, even if you’re under 18 as well.)

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In this episode, Dave D talks about Positive Thinking - in particular during Lockdown for coronavirus.

What can we do to stay positive, challenge ourselves, think differently and use this time as an opportunity for growth?

The episode is aimed at 11 to 16 year olds, but suitable for all.

Also in this series aimed at 11-16 year olds - "Resilience", "Your Morning Routine" and "Health, Fitness and Pacman"

Find us online for more information:

website: http://www.maximumedge.org.uk

Twitter: @MaxEdgeCIC

Facebook: @MaxEdgeCIC

YouTube: Maximum Edge

Thanks for listening, please like and share if that's your thing!

Featured in this episode:

Dave D: @incrementalgainz

Books worth reading:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mindset-Psychology-Carol-S-Dweck/dp/0345472322

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ELITE-Think-Athlete-Succeed-Champion-ebook/dp/B07T742F4W

Our own guided journal, 8 Weeks Towards Maximum Health, is also available from Amazon, to help you with goal setting and feeling good.  

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In this episode, Dave from Maximum Edge CIC, and Martin from Clear Futures Communities CIC discuss the impact of Coronavirus / Covid19 on routine, how it is both positively and negatively affecting us and the communities we live in.

(We are working on better sound quality, as we record this conversations online so please bear with us, we are always learning)

Please stay home, stay safe as much as you possibly can.

We support #MakeSundaysSpecial to encourage people to make that little extra effort on Sundays (or another day if it doesn't fit) to prepare a good meal, get dressed up, choose some great music, sit together and maybe even video call a friends and family to join you! Isolation doesn't have to be isolated.

Please #StayAtHome

Find us online for more information:

website: http://www.maximumedge.org.uk

Twitter: @MaxEdgeCIC, @ClearFuturesCIC

Facebook: @MaxEdgeCIC, @ClearFuturesCIC

YouTube: Maximum Edge

To help you with setting goals, our guided journal "8 Weeks Towards Maximum Health" is now available on Amazon at a reduced price of £4.99 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Weeks-Towards-Maximum-Health-journal/dp/1916350003 

Thanks for listening, please like and share if that's your thing! 

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In this episode, Dave from Maximum Edge, and Martin from Clear Futures discuss the initial impact of Coronavirus / Covid19 on their professional and personal lives, and the changes they have noticed already.

Please stay home, stay safe as much as you possibly can.

We support #MakeSundaysSpecial to encourage people to make that little extra effort on Sundays (or another day if it doesn't fit) to prepare a good meal, get dressed up, choose some great music, sit together and maybe even video call a friends and family to join you! Isolation doesn't have to be isolated.

Please #StayAtHome

Find us online for more information:

website: http://www.maximumedge.org.uk

Twitter: @MaxEdgeCIC, @ClearFuturesCIC

Facebook: @MaxEdgeCIC, @ClearFuturesCIC

YouTube: Maximum Edge

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In memory of Tom Boardman, 10th May 1918 - 5th January 2018

In this episode Dave D talks with Tom Boardman, war veteran from Leigh, Greater Manchester about his time in the forces during World War II and his time in Japanese Prisoner of War camps.  His resilience and survival in some dreadful conditions just show how strong we can be with the right mindset.

Thanks to Tom's son Ron, for helping to arrange this interview with Tom.

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website: http://www.maximumedge.org.uk

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In this episode, Dave D talks with Dawn Jones, aunty of the late Daniel Fox, who died after being stabbed in St Helens in 2016.

Aimed at 11 to 16 year olds, this episode talks about the effects of knife crime, consequences of carrying a knife and what the Daniel Fox Foundation are doing to tackle knife crime, following the death of Daniel.

It is mostly - but not exclusively - relevant to 11 and 16 year olds. 

Also in this series aimed at 11-16 year olds - "Resilience", "Your Morning Routine" and "Health, Fitness and Pacman"

Find us online for more information:

website: http://www.maximumedge.org.uk

Twitter: @MaxEdgeCIC

Facebook: @MaxEdgeCIC

YouTube: Maximum Edge

Thanks for listening, please like and share if that's your thing!

Featured in this episode:

Dave D: @incrementalgainz

Dawn Jones (Daniel's Aunty), from the Daniel Fox Foundation 

Non-urgent crimes, which do not need immediate police presence (for example someone you know carrying a knife) can be reported completely anonymously to the charity Crimestoppers, either online here or by calling 0800 555 111.

Photo by Scott Warman on Unsplash

#NoMoreKnives

#BladeFree

In this episode we hear Dave talking to personal trainer Gary about health, fitness....and pacman!

It is mostly - but not exclusively - relevant to boys between 11 and 16.

In it they discuss the importance of trying lots of different activities before choosing one or two to specialise in; how exercise can help your mental health; the pressures of body image; the drawbacks of weight training if done wrong; and Pacman (google it). 

Also in this series aimed at 11-16 year olds - "Resilience" and "Your Morning Routine"

Find us online for more information:

website: http://www.maximumedge.org.uk

Twitter: @MaxEdgeCIC

Facebook: @MaxEdgeCIC

YouTube: Maximum Edge

Thanks for listening, please like and share if that's your thing!

Featured in this episode:

Dave D: @incrementalgainz

Gary Fletcher: Gary's personal training website: Healthy Bodies

David Epstein's Book, RANGE: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialised World" can be found on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Range-Generalists-Triumph-Specialized-World/dp/1509843493

Our guided journal is also available to buy from Amazon.  Why not get it to help you along with goal setting and feeling good?  8 Weeks Towards Maximum Health (Guided Journal)

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