Charlotte Evans MBE is a British skier, sighted guide and Paralympian. After an ACL injury ended her career, Charlotte was forced to examine her identity, questioning who she really was if she wasn’t a skier anymore.

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In 2020, Matt had an emergency nine-hour lifesaving operation for bowel cancer. Now five years cancer-free, Matt believes that cancer has given him a voice to talk about his experience both as a cancer survivor and the signs to look out for.

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Alex Brooker was born with hand and arm deformities, with his fingers on each hand fused, and without a bone in his right leg, resulting in his leg being amputated. Navigating self-doubt, co-hosting The Last Leg, playing in Soccer Aid and working in television, explore how what we go through shapes us.

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Rob Hosking joined the police force at age 22, and through the traumas he witnessed on the job, this began the start of a 5 year cycle of poor mental health, PTSD and struggling to never open up, leaving him with where he felt he had no other options..

Witnessing first hand the negative stigmas surrounding male mental health, and stuck in a macho culture within the Police, Rob felt like he couldn’t open up about his feelings and depression, which led to a deterioration in his mental health where he felt he had no other options..

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Dr Shanali Perera studied medicine, and whilst specialising in rheumatology, she developed vasculitis, a rare autoimmune condition. Losing herself to illness, she struggled with image and identity.. until she found art. Expressing herself through art transformed her life..

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From an early age, Paddy Rafter lived a life of addiction and trauma.

A musician, singer, painter, former college lecturer and racehorse trainer, Paddy has now brought his knowledge and experience in a book called ‘The 48 Acts, Live your life a better, deeper way’.

Taken to dark places, feeling alone, hopeless and misunderstood, Paddy has found a way out of the hell that was his everyday life, discovering a new way of life and discovering true peace and happiness.

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Ellen R. B. Smith’s story is one of facing isolation, rejection and seeking attention with acts of rebellion – shoplifting, drinking, fighting during the struggles of adolescence, Ellen was yearning for belonging, identity, and independence.

We all have a power within waiting to be unleashed.

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Missing his radius in both arms, Dennis Gerkes was born with a rare disability. Through bullying growing up to online abuse today, Dennis shares football content, continues to achieve his dreams, and lives with no limitations. Not allowing to let the bullying, negativity, and haters get in his way.

No more ‘I hope’ or ‘I wish’—it’s ‘I will.’ I will show up. I will push through. I will achieve my dreams. You’re not just hoping for amazing things; you’re making them happen.

Because if you want something in life. Go for it.

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