Episode 146 Resilience with Ayjay Gibson

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04/15/22 • 55 min

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From The Depths of Darkness to The Light of Success

"She made some food that night. It was time for her to get ready to start heading to bed because she knows she had to wake up early, get me to my summer school at the time."

In this episode I sit down with mental health advocate, and athlete (Olympic Weightlifter) Ayjay Gibson, we dive deep into the death of his mother who was raped and murdered, then set on fire. He has such a inspiring story that you won't want to miss. He came to Canada on his own from the Bahamas as a college student enrolling at St Clair College, he moved to the warmest part of Canada so he thought. You will have to listen to the whole episode to find about this funny story. This episode is filled with him overcoming so much adversity and being so resilient to get to where he is today! Thanks again to Rory Mitchell for setting this connection up!

Here are some of the topics we touch upon in this episode:

Mental health
Fitness
Athlete (Olympic Weightlifting)
Online gaming
Death of his mother
Anger
Self harm
Depression

Social Media Links for Ayjay:

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/ayjay.gibson/

Podcast Social Media:

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Thanks for listening and have a great day!

"She made some food that night. It was time for her to get ready to start heading to bed because she knows she had to wake up early, get me to my summer school at the time."

Here are some of the topics we touch upon in this episode:

Mental health
Fitness
Athlete (Olympic Weightlifting)
Online gaming
Death of his mother
Anger
Self harm
Depression

Social Media Links for Ayjay:

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/ayjay.gibson/

Podcast Social Media:

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/depthsofdarkside/

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/depthsofdarkside

YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-M2lpVwCgEyM85menG_nvQ

Thanks for listening and have a great day!

Previous Episode

Episode 145 Good Times Ahead with Nick Eustace

"I think that the easiest and the most basic thing is obviously to check up on them and to be there for them. But unfortunately so for me, like I'll always check up on certain guys who I know are going through certain things and I know if I were in their shoes, I would appreciate it."

In the return from our break from releasing episodes we have fellow podcaster and co host of the Good Times Ahead Podcast based out of Toronto, Ontario, Nick Eustace comes on today to share his mental health journey, and how concussions ended his hockey career abruptly back when he was 16. He is here is to raise awareness and hope for others going through a similar experience that they can take something from his story and grow from it!

Here are some of the topics that we touch upon in this episode:

him being a athlete
struggling with concussions
raising money for mental health
starting his own podcast
gratitude
advocacy
self talk
journaling

Social Media Links for Nick:

GTA Podcast YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6iDdG0cTAwRrVcVqn5drcg

GTA Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/3TOCbgeummMXV9nfjEpGrQ?si=64a5d9ad6355431b

GTA IG- https://www.instagram.com/thegtapodcast/

Personal IG- https://www.instagram.com/jibbies11/

Thanks for listening and have a great day!

Podcast Social Media:

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/depthsofdarkside/

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Linktree- https://linktr.ee/lightofsuccess

Next Episode

Episode 147 Rambling Ronnie Ft. Veronica Vetter

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"So if you can learn how to take, say like a criticism and have it there. And you're like, I see it, I hear it, but I'm not internalizing it in that way, but I'm recognizing what is being said and whether it's something that's useful for me."

We have Ronnie on the show this week, and she is the creator, writer, voice, and editor of Rambling Ronnie’s Podcast!

She is a Canadian cat mom who loves watching a variety of movie and shows, reading books, writing, and listening to podcasts. She is currently a student working full time, so when she has some extra time she dives into her pet project-Rambling Ronnie’s Podcast!

The name comes from how she is a pretty quiet and introverted person, but when she has a passion for something she will RAMBLE on about it for an obnoxiously long amount of time ( ask anyone on her WhatsApp!). She thought starting her own podcast would be a great outlet for that, as well as a way for her to talk about her interests and hopefully find likeminded people out there in the world.

Please look for her on social media, and say hello!

Social Media Links:

Linktree- https://linktr.ee/Ramblingronniespodcast

Website- https://rambling-ronnies-podcast.mailchimpsites.com/

Here are some of the topics we touch upon in this episode: