Episode 4: Finding Your Identity: The Journey Back From RED-S with Rowan Preece

Episode 5: Friendship: Finding Your People

In this episode we explore the topic of friendship and finding your people.  We talk about how our own friendship developed, what friendship means, how this is different for everyone, and also how to go about finding your people if you haven’t found them yet.  The main takeaway we took from this episode was how finding your people is deeply routed with being true to yourself. The people who love you the most, will be the ones you are able to be truly you around and don’t judge you for who you are.  App we mention:  https://www.meetup.com [https://www.meetup.com/]

Episode 4: Finding Your Identity: The Journey Back From RED-S with Rowan Preece

In this episode with spoke to Rowan Preece, a runner that suffered from the effects of RED-S, about his journey with identity. We spoke to him about how RED-S affected him as an individual and how it became all encompassing and stole his identity. We speak about how this has impacted Rowan today and the journey he is on to find out who he truly is. He talks about how we should give ourselves the credit we deserve for coming out of difficult times and struggles, and realise that life is a constant evolving journey. Our identity is ever changing and we are always learning about ourselves.  *Warning: This episode contains talk of eating disorders.

The Power of The Mind with Sports Psychologist, Dr Sofie Kent

In this weeks episode we speak to Dr Sofie Kent, Senior lecturer in sports psychology at Leeds Beckett University and former sports psychologist to the Wolverhampton Wanderers. She works with a number of English Football League teams and has published research with the World Badminton Federation. We spoke about how our brains are often the muscle we leave untrained and how this can be our secret weapon. We talk about how we can all implement positive strategies into our daily lives, as well as the importance of athletes opening up about their mental health. We hope you enjoy this episode and gain lots of valuable information. The charities we refer to in the episode are: https://instagram.com/sportingwellness?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://instagram.com/switchtheplayfoundation?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://instagram.com/sportingchanceclinic?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Episode 2: Injuries & How to Prevent Them with Specialist Guest Physiotherapist

In this episode we discuss how to prevent injuries, what you can do when you think you have one, and the psychological effects of injuries. We chat to specialist physiotherapist Rose from Podium Physiotherapy and discuss our own experiences with injury. If you want to seek personal physio advise at affordable prices, you can contact Rose via their practice website: https://podiumphysiotherapy.co.uk/ [https://podiumphysiotherapy.co.uk/]

Episode 1: Becky Briggs On Setbacks, Mindsets & Giving Back

Welcome back to season 2 of Is Honesty The Best Policy? We are SO excited to be back and give you some fantastic episodes. In this episode we talk to U23 European Marathon record holder, Becky Briggs. We discuss how she navigates dealing with pressure, the importance of mindset, navigating life's challenges as an elite athlete, and the value of finding the balance. Becky provides us with some valuable information that can give us all an insight into what it's like to navigate life's challenges but also how valuable it is to focus on our own journey's.