The Inspiration Space Podcast

Kelly McLay tries to live life to its fullest everyday. Mom, wife, marathoner, author, keynote speaker, and traveler, she values living by the mantra, "happy days."

A two-time seven continent marathon finisher with 68+ total 42K courses under her belt, Kelly is passionate and respectful of the marathon distance. With over 20 years experience in guiding and developing travel to all seven continents specializing in sports packages, Kelly is your expert when it comes to seeing the world.

In 2018, Kelly earned her World Marathon Majors’ 6th star as well as the World Marathon Challenge finish, 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days. She is one of 49 women globally who have completed the challenge and the first woman to finish both the World Marathon Challenge and the World Marathon Majors. Kelly is a level one RRCA certified coach, a passionate Balega ambassador, and always like to take on a challenge (her next goal: IronMan).

Kelly resides just north of Boston with her husband John, daughter Scarlett and baby Bo. Outside of her family, there is nothing she takes more pride in than designing destination travel around the world, especially to marathons.

Hello. I'm back! Are you well?

Times are tough. There is no hiding that.  Our businesses have taken a huge hit. There has been frustrations and some seriously low times but we battle through and keep going.  Life is never easy to it's so essential for us to face up to the challenge ahead and not back down. The strong will survive and backing down is not an option in the current climate.

John Brame is an ex professional triathlete, philanthropist and entrepreneur.  John is hugely passionate about how having an active lifestyle can teach you so much about life.  The skills and lessons you learn from entering the active world - at an any level - are hugely transferable into other areas of your life.  This podcast is built on the foundation of what an active lifestyle can do for your physical and mental health, business and philanthropy! John is a living representation of these three areas.  It was a real pleasure to speak to him. John's latest challenge is quite amazing... to donate and follow John in more details click on the links below.

Website - https://www.johnbrame.com

Donation Link - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/john-brame-100km-a-day

bootbags™ is a 2-part project originated as an idea to further connect sports to fashion and a charity that is dedicated to giving cleats to kids in under developed communities. Founded by pro soccer players, Shane Malcolm and Jordan Schweitzer in 2019, the company is dedicated to providing quality products for traveling athletes, professionals and sports enthusiasts.

For every 5 bootbags we sell, it gives us an opportunity to give a pair of new or lightly used boots to a child in need.

Jordan is a great guy and I had a real connection whilst talking to him.  A professional footballer who plays for the Phoenix Rising and has a real love for the game.  His work outside his footballing career is astonishing and shows the kind of guy he is. Link for Bootbags is below... follow their journey.  I love businesses like this!

I first met Alex when we did a dual podcast together, #53 - Depression and Anxiety in your early 20's, over 18 months ago. This man has the unique skill of making you feel completely calm whilst speaking with him. The perspective on life that you have off the back of your conversations with him is quite incredible.  Alex has written, AND PUBLISHED, his book - 'Search for Clarity' - during the COVID19 lockdown. 

This guy is epic and it was a real pleasure to get him on the show once more!!

I have known Arby for a long time now. He was one of the founding team members at F45 Oxford Circus when we opened back in July 2018.  I have watched him grow year on year into one of the most impressive blokes I know.  He is kind, extremely intelligent and a freak of nature in a training sense.  

When he reached out to me about an incident that occurred to one of his friends I was humbled.  He wanted to use The Inspiration Space to talk about how he was feeling and how he wanted to talk about an issue that would help others.  

'Mental Health' or 'Psychological Wellbeing', as I like to refer to it, is at the core of what this platform is all about. enjoy. This one is touching.

Big love to this guy as he moves on from working at F45 Oxford Circus and onto his next step at Loughborough University.

This was a MEGA episode for me. James Haskell was one of the original people I had on my list of individuals I wanted to interview on The Inspiration Space.  It was epic to have him on the show and I loved every minute!

James Haskell is one of the best know Rugby players and sports people in the UK. Having played a large number of times for his country as well as playing around the world, James is known as much for his ability on the field as his personality off it.

Having retired in 2019 James is pursuing a career as a professional DJ and cage fighter in the Bellator organization. Along side these he spends a large amount of his time speaking on a number of topics from straight after dinner work, to serious motivation and leadership. He is also extremely comfortable hosting and being an auctioneer for any event.

James also has a smash hit podcast called house of Rugby which averages around 260k listeners per weekly episode.

Having appeared on shows such as I’m a celeb, The chase, A league of their own, question of sport, fighting talk and various other mainstream shows. James has transcended just being a rugby player.

James is also a published author of 3 books, including the best seller Perfect Fit. He has rugby guide focused on young adults called Rugby Fit, A Cook Book – Cooking For fitness and perfect fit, a training bible for both Fat loss and muscle gain.

Part time chiropractor in Nanaimo, Canada, Pat Vellner has an extensive sports background and has been competing in Crossfit since 2013. He made it to the games for the first time in 2015 on Team Crossfit Plateau 2 and have since been back in 2016-2019 to compete as an individual finishing on the podium 3 times. 

In 2020 Pat won the Crossfit Open and the 'Rogue Invitational Games' to make him the rank #1 male CrossFit athlete on the planet. He Is a huge inspiration to watch and I can't wait to see what happens as and when the CrossFit Games does come back around.

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RIGHT! Charlie Boy Peters!!! A Muay Thai Masterclass. Charlie has already won three world titles over his 12-year career in the sport. With 67 professional fights and 30 knockouts. After spending an extended period of time in Thailand, Charlie returned home to England and quickly racked up several British and English national Muay Thai titles to his name, and despite his age, has already won Muay Thai World Titles while competing against some of the biggest names in the ring.

Obscene! Not only that but he is such a nice bloke! I really really really enjoyed chatting with him and you guys will no doubt love every second of this one.

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