Chloe joins us today to share her experiences as a nurse who happens to be a wheelchair user and having an assistance dog. How that experience came about from a young nurse in training and how there was solace in moving away from the NHS.

The UK's only Nurse using a wheelchair with an assistance dog - Chloe Hammond

Danny joins us today sharing his experience of a life altering accident and how he has gone on to see a need for disabled people he intends on filling. Danny does all this with joy and wonderment and is such a fantastic guest to have on.



Enjoy!

The accident that changed my life

If you haven't met Dom yet you need to. His story is engaging and interesting, he can tell a tale with the best of them and has insight for days. Not to mention his awareness of disability culture and the community is outstanding.

Today we talk about his experiences from starting out on Crip on a Trip where his nights out with friends were filmed whilst abroad. Dom's driven attitude and enjoyment of all things TV took him to Channel 4 and the Paralympics and now sits as Client Director for Purple Goat Agency - a truly inclusive agency.



Find Dom on IG: @domhyams

Find Purple Goat on IG: @purplegoatagency or on their website: https://www.purplegoatagency.com/

From 'Crip on a Trip' to Global Client Director of Purple Goat Agency - the Dom Hyams story

Welcome back! Today Gemma Bailey-Smith joins us to share her insights and experiences of living life as a wheelchair user and what that looks like whilst working in the construction industry and focussing on environmental impacts.



You don't want to miss this one - Gemma is INCREDIBLE!

Wheeling through the construction industry

Today we are joined by the excellent Royston Collins who shares his experience of living with undiagnosed ADHD as a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community and his experience in helping people to explore their own diagnosis working at Genius Within CIC (link to their site below).



We talk about the importance of understanding intersectionality, the frustrations with the current Conservative Government and Royston's experiences that led him to working in a job and for an organisation that he loves.

Follow me on instagram: @iamgavinclarke

Find Royston on LinkedIn: Royston Collins [https://www.linkedin.com/in/royston-collins-3681244b?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app]

Head over to the Genius Within CIC website here: https://geniuswithin.org/

Getting diagnosed with ADHD when you're nearly 50 with Royston Collins

Today we have Alice Brackley (@alicebrackleycoaching) joining us to share her experience of living with an eating disorder. We talk about diet culture, fitness and health and wellbeing all from the lens of a disabling illness in anorexia.

It is a fitting episode for the start of the year where diet culture is rife and Alice's message is an important one - listen in to find out what she has to say!

Diet culture - it's all fine...honest

Welcome to The Safe Place with your host Gavin Clarke. If you loved this episode please rate us 5 stars and a review - follow us on social media and tag us in your posts.

Today we hear from Sam Watkins. Sam has recently celebrated her 45th 'diaversary' which is a celebration of 45 years since being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. We go on a journey through the highs and lows of living with diabetes and how far the treatment has come since Sam was first diagnosed. Listen in to his story!

As always you can find more on Gavin here:

Website: I am...Gavin Clarke (iamgavinclarke.com)

Instagram: @iamgavinclarke and @thesafeplacepodcast

For now though, it's time to hunker down, get comfortable and listen in, to The Safe Place.

The ins and outs of Type 1 - Sam Watkins

Welcome to The Safe Place with your host Gavin Clarke. If you loved this episode please rate us 5 stars and a review - follow us on social media and tag us in your posts. Today we hear from Sam Watkins. Sam has recently celebrated her 45th 'diaversary' which is a celebration of 45 years since being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. We go on a journey through the highs and lows of living with diabetes and how far the treatment has come since Sam was first diagnosed. Listen in to his story! As always you can find more on Gavin here: Website: I am...Gavin Clarke (iamgavinclarke.com) Instagram: @iamgavinclarke and @thesafeplacepodcast For now though, it's time to hunker down, get comfortable and listen in, to The Safe Place.

Welcome friends. Today is international day of persons with disability with a theme of hidden/invisible disabilities and to celebrate that we bring you a heartwarming conversation between two old friends. This week we have aspiring stand up comic and all round lovely chap - Ed butler.

As you know our host, Gavin, has lived with mental illness for many years. What you may not know is the first time that Gavin started to look inwardly at his own mental health was when his friend, Ed, was going through a period of mental ill health which went undiagnosed for many years. Ed recounts his lived experience with mental illness and the impact it has on his life and relationships.

This one is an eye opener! So let's hunker down, get comfortable and listen in to The Safe Place.

They thought I was crazy with Ed Butler

Welcome friends. Today is international day of persons with disability with a theme of hidden/invisible disabilities and to celebrate that we bring you a heartwarming conversation between two old friends. This week we have aspiring stand up comic and all round lovely chap - Ed butler. As you know our host, Gavin, has lived with mental illness for many years. What you may not know is the first time that Gavin started to look inwardly at his own mental health was when his friend, Ed, was going through a period of mental ill health which went undiagnosed for many years. Ed recounts his lived experience with mental illness and the impact it has on his life and relationships. This one is an eye opener! So let's hunker down, get comfortable and listen in to The Safe Place.

The Safe Place might be a cabin in the woods, a waterfall covering a cave entrance, a penthouse suite in a built up city. It is the place you go to feel comfort, to nurture your emotional wellbeing and escape the rigmarole of modern day living. Your host is proudly ’mental’ with his own story to tell both of mental illness and physical illness that has formed the person he is today - that host is Gavin Clarke the inspirational speaker and aspiring disability advocate. He is joined by guests who share their own lived experiences, some will tell you a tale of overcoming adversity, others will give you the tools to improve your own health and wellbeing and each is wholeheartedly an individual with a story to share.

The Safe Place Podcast