Alex Flynn, 48, is an adventurer, athlete and motivational speaker who is also in his 13th year of living with Parkinson's Disease. He's pushing the limits to raise funds and awareness of Parkinson's. He was just 36 years old, a time when he was working as a city lawyer and at the peak of fitness when he was first diagnosed. He's since raised $500,000 (around £390,000) campaigning for Parkinson’s charities – and he has done this by putting himself through some gruelling challenges totting up a total of more than 11 million metres at races. He still wants to reach the £1Million goal. Alex has ..read more

On the first day of Lockdown two, I spoke to driven woman Emma Page, about running, about being a mental health ambassador and about helping to launch her company's Sustainability Pledge, featured in this week's Property Week. Emma recently took part in the South Downs Way 50-mile run – a lockdown challenge, with bells on. She's been running for just a few years but has managed a demanding role as Business Operations Manager at property management firm, Ashdown Phillips, with ultramarathon training and racing (including 11 marathons in one year). Running, she said, has helped her manage her o ..read more

Pete Taylor, along with his co-founder Danny Slade lead a young team of architects, working on creating beautiful spaces. Design Work Studios is an award-winning company with a focus on quality and wellbeing. Personal development and spirituality is important to Pete and that permeates through the culture of the company and in how he lives his life. You can follow his own story Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/p/CIJCWkGBwOt/ Architecture and wellness At i-wellbeing we like to look at wellbeing holistically, and so of course that includes the space we find ourselves in at home and at work ..read more

Welcome to season 2! It's January and we're in the grip of the pandemic, in the midst of lockdown 3 –  and wellbeing is very much our focus. Today I talk to Seb Royle, founder of Brighton & Hove’s largest independent coworking community of businesses and creatives, known for its lively and collaborative culture. We talk about the situation we're in and the value of collaboration and community. After a tough year, Seb paid attention to his own wellbeing and took the first week of January off. He's now back, working within the constraints we are all working within. PLATF9RM remains ope ..read more

Luice Glenday is the founder and Group CEO of MySense. She’s a data specialist and entrepreneur and created the wellbeing analytics platform in 2016, after a career in health and social care, and data analysis in government. As well as experience shaping healthcare with data, the drive to set up her business is driven by a deep-held belief in the importance of wellbeing at home, at work and beyond… https://www.mysense.ai https://www.mysense.ai/products ..read more

Kim Ingleby is a Bristol-based entrepreneur and owner of Kim Ingleby’s Mind-Body Coaching and Energised Performance. Throughout her career, Kim has focussed on optimising performance for mind, body and importantly, soul. She’s a TEDx speaker, author and through amazing fitness challenges she has raised £86K for charities. Kim has worked with business leaders and celebrities, as well as Team GB athletes, helping them to get fit and shape a better, healthier, and happier life… she continues to grow, learn and share her expertise… She's been given a nick-name of the mind-body ninja, a title that ..read more

US-based Allison Liddle is the best-selling author of three books: Life Under Construction: Designing a Life You Love; The Art of Imperfect Action - all success comes from daring to begin and Keep Going: The Steps to Create a Champion Mindset. She's a top motivational speaker, a leadership trainer, a podcast host and the CEO/Founder of Allison Liddle Consulting and President of Prosper Wealth Management. Allison’s companies have won national industry awards and trained leaders in the Top 10 of the Fortune 500. Allison is passionate about helping high achievers launch to the next level in their ..read more

Laura Willoughby is co-founder and director of partnerships at Club Soda, an organisation that helps helps people be more mindful about drinking. Whether you want to cut down, take a break from alcohol or stop drinking completely the Club Soda community can help – along with resources and courses, it's a one-stop shop for healthy drinking. We'll be sharing this pod on April 12 2021. We're just coming out  of lockdown and pubs are opening again – but before we rush back to the already booked-out bars, is it time to re-look at our relationship with alcohol? In February an ONS survey showe ..read more

The discussion about the office and the people in it, and the considerations around redesigning our workspace in the Covid era continues with Simon Roderick, MD of boutique financial services recruitment agency, FRAM Search. Simon points out the office is by no means dead but it has changed as many more of us are operating the 'hybrid' model, combining work from home with, face to face and zoom calls. The world of work is "probably" changed for a long time, says Simon, but don't dismiss the office, just yet.  Fram Search put communication high on their agenda, and in the launch issue of o ..read more

Galahad Clark is the co-founder of  Vivobarefoot, a company who, put simply make foot-shaped shoes that encourage us to connect with the ground beneath our feet – to connect with our natural world. They're also a company striving to be a force for good and a brand endorsed by wellbeing ambassadors and influencers including Rich Roll (tune into his chat with Vivo ambassador Tony Riddle) in the US and number one European podcast host,  Dr Rangan Chatterjee. Galahad is the son of Lancelot Clark and part of the Clark shoes dynasty, a company with Quaker roots that started life in 1825 ..read more