Brooke is talking with Asta Philpot, Campaigner, Actor and Presenter about the importance of celebrating and promoting disabled people and why acceptance of who you are is the key to being confident and achieving your dreams

When you shine who you are the whole world will shine with you and the possibilities are endless

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Being a kid was tricky but as I’ve grown older I’ve learnt to embrace myself
• My career is media based and I’m out there because I want to help people
• It was cathartic and incredible making the documentary and that other people were interested in my story
• If you have a dream you can make it happen and once you have the confidence anything is achievable
• Shine who you are, and the world will shine with you
• Live for the moment and don’t project forward, be who you are and the rest will just flow
• The dark times have made me a stronger person ad helped me to realise what other people are going through

BEST MOMENTS

‘I was born with a skill to help other people’

‘Be yourself and shine who you are and the word will shine with you’

‘Every moment in our lives is meant to be’

RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE

https://www.astaphilpot.com/home

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Disabled & Proud Podcast

ABOUT THE HOST

Disabled and Proud is the show that brings listeners a different perspective on disability. Each week this podcast highlights an awesome disabled guest speaking about their own disability; why they are proud to be disabled and why they are proud to be themselves. 

The conversations in this show will look at what challenges these amazing people face socially, mentally, physically and life in general. This show is raw, open, honest, funny, welcoming and educational. 

Disabled & Proud does exactly what it says on the tin! And whilst we are creating this space for disabled people to be unashamedly themselves, without need to conform to society, this is also not about toxic positivity. This show will be shining a big, bright light on disability without it being “Paralympic or pity”. 

As you will hear disability is WHOLE, COMPLETE & PERFECT and whilst the topic of disability can be quite heavy - and we definitely don't shy away from the bad days - this podcast is also about having fun too! Our aim is to play a part in reclaiming the word disability - turning it from inadequacy to perfection!

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