Looking for a positive boost to give you a lift at the end of January? Wanting to give your New Year's resolutions a kick-start, again? Listen to this inspiring and uplifting conversation between Gillian Straine and Alex Strangwayes-Booth.
Alex has a long history working in religious broadcasting for the BBC and has been on an inspiring journey of health and wellbeing for many years. She shares many hints and helpful suggestions in this episode that also includes themes of:
- Being brought up in a mixed-faith home
- Bringing together the Sunday programme for local radio
- The power of personal stories to make people stop and listen
- Journey into fitness
- Bladder cancer diagnosis
- The tools for facing such a diagnosis
- The importance of Judaism in her life
- The importance of community and connection
- One Year, No Beer community
- Running a half-marathon
- The power of writing down your values
- The benefits of mental health from exercise
- Running as a spiritual activity
- Yom Kippur - day of atonement practices in Judaism
- A healthy perspective on death as a means to flourish
- Coaching as a way to help people
- Positive psychology tools and techniques that help change behaviour and achieve potential
- Actively boosting your positive content
- Shema prayer practice as liberating
- Alex’s appreciation of faith’s shared from her many years of religious broadcasting experience.
