Van Life, Challenging Ageist Attitudes & Pro-ageing; Retire Adventurously & Positively - 014: Siobhan Daniels
01/12/22 • 56 min
Siobhan Daniels inspires young and old alike. As a woman who has endured a variety of pains life had to throw at her, she is now not only living her best life into retirement, she's on a mission to encourage others to do that too, and to promote the enjoyment of growing older. Siobhan retired from the BBC, two years ago, after a thirty-year career working as a reporter, presenter, and producer in local news. Her life's rollercoaster involved being a single mum, taking a gap year from work to backpack solo around the world, suffering burn-out, ageism, and workplace bullying, all whilst dealing with grief, and multiple symptoms associated with peri-menopause. Knowing how much she had learned and grown from her back-packing adventure at forty-nine, after years of planning, Siobhan retired to travel the UK in her motorhome, championing and campaigning for companies, products and the public to see the good in ageing. In her words, ‘you are never too old for an adventure’.
SHOW LINKS:
Siobhan Daniels' website and blog:
https://www.shuvonshuvoff.co.uk/blog
Rachel Peru's podcast:
https://www.rachelperu.co.uk/out-of-the-bubble-podcast
HeadRightOut Moment from Charlotte Boenigk
Personal training links:
www.facebook.com/moreyoufitness
www.instagram.com/moreyoufitness
Free Your Instinct:
www.facebook.com/freeyourinstinct
www.instagram.com/freeyourinstinct
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Siobhan Daniels inspires young and old alike. As a woman who has endured a variety of pains life had to throw at her, she is now not only living her best life into retirement, she's on a mission to encourage others to do that too, and to promote the enjoyment of growing older. Siobhan retired from the BBC, two years ago, after a thirty-year career working as a reporter, presenter, and producer in local news. Her life's rollercoaster involved being a single mum, taking a gap year from work to backpack solo around the world, suffering burn-out, ageism, and workplace bullying, all whilst dealing with grief, and multiple symptoms associated with peri-menopause. Knowing how much she had learned and grown from her back-packing adventure at forty-nine, after years of planning, Siobhan retired to travel the UK in her motorhome, championing and campaigning for companies, products and the public to see the good in ageing. In her words, ‘you are never too old for an adventure’.
SHOW LINKS:
Siobhan Daniels' website and blog:
https://www.shuvonshuvoff.co.uk/blog
Rachel Peru's podcast:
https://www.rachelperu.co.uk/out-of-the-bubble-podcast
HeadRightOut Moment from Charlotte Boenigk
Personal training links:
www.facebook.com/moreyoufitness
www.instagram.com/moreyoufitness
Free Your Instinct:
www.facebook.com/freeyourinstinct
www.instagram.com/freeyourinstinct
***PLEASE VOTE FOR HEADRIGHTOUT ON THE SPORTS PODCAST AWARDS:***
In the Best Urban and Adventure Category)
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Oceans Seven & 1111km Extreme Ultra-Triathlon; Strength, Meditation and Mindful Music - 013: Abhejali Bernardová
Only the 10th person in history (the 4th woman and first swimmer from the Czech Republic), Abhejali Bernardová has completed the coveted ‘Oceans Seven’ - a physically gruelling and mentally demanding open-water swim across seven channels around the world. Zoe talks with Abhejali about her more recent challenge; an Extreme Ultra-Triathlon, crossing 1111kms from Dover to Prague.
This conversation is definitely not just about swimming, running and cycling, however, as the deep and powerful methods of self-talk and managing the mind during endurance challenges are shared. With such a positive, thought-provoking and calm approach to this episode, it is an ideal opportunity to consider the condition of your own headspace prior to event preparation.
SHOW LINKS:
https://www.instagram.com/abhejali/
https://www.facebook.com/AbhejaliB
https://twitter.com/abhejali?lang=en-GB
https://abhejali.cz/ (Czech website - English site being built)
SHOW NOTES:
*Please note error in the introduction - the date of editing the show is 2nd January 2022, not 2021 as stated.
- Zoe's introduction to the guest - Abhejali Bernardová [01:39]
- Abhejali's bio: from Czech Republic, 44yrs old, runner, open-water swimmer, extreme ultra-triathlete, member of Sri Chinmoy marathon team. She is the 10th person in history, 4th woman and first swimmer from Czech Republic to complete Oceans Seven. She has completed a 6-day run and is a multiple national champion at 100kms and 24 hours. She was nominated for both 2018 and 2019 world Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year. [02:15]
- Why 1111kms? [04:33]
- What is the Oceans Seven? [05:55]
- Self-transcendence and meditation to assist the mental side of physical challenges. [08.31]
- A choice of choosing challenge in order to learn more about self. [11:05]
- Meditation techniques used. [12:17]
- Dealing with the difficult mind stuff with meditation, mantras and music. [14:20]
- The Oceans Seven criteria. [17:56]
- The support crew on boat and land. [19:14]
- Characterising an ocean - describing its personality. [21:41]
- Witnessing the bioluminescence. [24:42]
- About the training and commitment. [25:48]
- Logistics of organising the Extreme Ultra-Triathlon. [30:17]
- Funding challenges. [32:10]
- What's next? [33:03]
- Abhejali's HeadRightOut Moment. [35:08]
- How Abhejali's life has been changed. [38:17]
- Wrapping up the conversation and her book (to come). [40:41]
- Zoe's reflection on her conversation with Abhejali. [43:56]
- A HeadRightOut Moment from Iain. [45:12]
- Gained weight - up to 16st. Lost weight through walking, running and then cycling- specifically, time-trialling.
- In two years, gained a certificate in the Best British All-Rounder Competition in cycling for averaging 23mph.
- How this moment has changed Iain's life.
- Brief introduction to next week's guest - Siobhan Daniels. Motorhome living, retired, positive and pro-aging campaigner.
- Request for listeners to follow, rate and review HeadRightOut. Ratings can also be left on Spotify now.
- Thanks, good wishes for 2022 and HeadRightOut Hugs.
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Next Episode
Miles, Mountains & Menopause: Getting My Life Back - 015: Jo Bradshaw
As a business advisor who feared heights, Jo Bradshaw never would have dreamed that just a few years later she would summit Mount Everest and lead expeditions across the world. Having now reached six out of the seven highest peak summits, on each of the seven continents, Jo shares how her biggest challenge found her learning to manage the blended symptoms of grief, menopause and lockdown, and how new adventures have since been born. In her conversation with Zoe, she is so incredibly honest about how severely her perimenopause symptoms affected her and how HRT has been a total gamechanger, giving back her life. While her last mountain is still on hold, Jo talks about her return to physical training: from the endurance walking and cycling events she designed last year, to the miles she needs to cover in her newest challenge, coming up in March 2022; a race in Lapland.
SHOW LINKS:
Jo’s website - www.jobradshaw.co.uk
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_jobradshaw/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jobradshawadventurer
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-bradshaw-keynotespeaker/
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