These wonderful people took the time to share their experiences on Sporting Heads. Very personal and often emotional insights to help us understand the impact of sport and exercise on mental health and wellbeing.
Vidura

Professional street-dancer and qualified engineer

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Connor Spratt

Psychology graduate and ex-boxing coach from Edinburgh

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Zoe Mason

Passionate about fitness to cope with chronic pain

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Ali Macleod

Ali is a cycling enthusiast and an aspiring writer

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Francesca Turauskis

Fran is a writer and the producer of the Seize Your Adventure podcast

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Emma Martin

Personal trainer, CrossFitter and mental health speaker from Salford

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Georgie Lloyd

Sports medicine student and mental health blogger

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Sarah Herfet

Mother, SEN teacher, England Athletics Run Leader and Mental Health Champion

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Andy Holbert-Rolls

Father, husband and exercise enthusiast who runs the mental health blog AFitMind

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Paul Shepherd

Paul is a runner and campaigner for the mental health charity CALM

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Marianne Burgess

Marianne is a runner, parent, social researcher and MSc student

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Robin Fisher

Robin is a zoology student and English channel swimmer

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Sarah Gibbs

Double British indoor rowing champion and personal trainer

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Emma Couves

PhD student either in a lab, with a microscope or out running

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Sara Barnes

Wild swimmer and writer: living & working through words & water

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Sarah Hudson

Adventurer and mountaineer coping with anxiety and asthma

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Chris Tucker

Chris is a blogger and creative with a passionate interest in sobriety, mental…

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Katria Lamb

Enjoys coffee, lifting weights and breaking the stigma surrounding mental health

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Robyn Moore

Robyn is a tennis player on a mission to raise awareness of mental health issues

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Lucy Jeczalik

Enthusiastic runner and coach, sometime triathlete, GoodGym trainer

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Tim McKenna

TimetoChange media volunteer who loves exploring the world by bike

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Lucy Loveday

Lucy is a GP and Director of The British Society of Lifestyle Medicine

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Dave Hembrough

Former Olympic strength and conditioning coach who runs Hallam Barbell club in…

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Bex Gibbons

Bex is a cat loving, coffee drinking runner and cyclist

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Alex Staniforth

Alex is an adventurer, speaker, author and mental health fundraiser

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Kirrilee Bracht

A mum with a passion for open water swimming on the coast of New South Wales

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Hannah Corne

Mini Mermaid Director with a passion for raising strong, fearless, kind women

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Katie Maggs

Katie is a wild swimmer, writer, well being advocate and motivational speaker

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Susie Hornby

Susie is a primary school teacher and married mum of three

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Hope Virgo

Hope is a runner, mental health advocate, speaker and author

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Flo Sharman

Flo is a mental health campaigner with a passion for fitness and sports

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Ian Young

Ian is a British army veteran, Invictus games athlete and ambassador

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Ryan Anderton

Ryan is a mental health advocate, speaker and father from Yorkshire

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Jo Moseley

Mum to two boys, living and working on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales.

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Joe Minihane

Joe is a freelance travel journalist, editor and author.

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Gemma Bell

Gemma is a writer who loves horse riding, ballroom dancing and running

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Tom Dunning

Tom is a happily married runner on a mission to help others

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William Pullen

William is a fully qualified BACP psychotherapist based in London

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Amber Badger

Amber is a hiker, yogi and climber who works in charity communications.

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Marco Alessi

Marco is a runner and weight loss champion from Bury, Lancashire

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Helen Keith

Helen lives in the Scottish Borders with her husband and Patterdale terrier Tig

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Coralie Frost

Coralie is a triathlete and mental health ambassador for Serpentine Running Club

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Hannah G

Hannah is an outdoor educator and mental health blogger

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Karen Galpin

Married mum of two in the Cotswolds who enjoys running, yoga and baking.

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Mills

Matt 'Mills' Miller is co-founder of Ustwo, JFDI Podcaster and an ultra runner

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Jessica Robson

Jess is the founder of the community running group Run Talk Run

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Karen S

Busy working mum to two humans and two cats. Mermaid in training.

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James Martin

James is a happily married man who has fought depression and anxiety for 25 yrs

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Darren Kelly

Darren is a triathlete, train driver, husband and very proud Dad

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Stephen Peel

Stephen Peel is a dad, photographer and adventurer cycling around the world.

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