Run Grateful - MOVE WITH GRATITUDE: Recent Episodes
Mark White
Run Grateful is pleased to announce a brand new series of podcasts where Run Grateful founder Mark White will be chatting with various thought leaders, athletes, and mindfulness experts as they dive deep into their personal stories and the point at which gratitude made a transformational shift in their lives.These insightful conversations will be raw and relatable, but also demonstrative of the incredible impact that practicing gratitude can have on our mental health and overall well-being.
A nice little bonus episode for you all!
So great to invite our good friend Paula to chat about her experience taking on the winter Spine race!
We recorded our conversation a few days or so after the finish to capture the raw emotion of what is a pretty huge challenge!
The conversation organically went into a few different spaces which was great, we are grateful for you Paula and trust everyone enjoys this as much as we did.
The last in our special series of our "MOVE WITH GRATITUDE" podcast, recorded whilst in Sydney, Australia back in Nov 2023.
Mark (founder of Run Grateful) had the pleasure of sitting down with Neil, a great guy who is so passionate about the physical and mental well-being conversation, so we grabbed some time and had a nice chat.
Neil kindly gifted us accommodation for the duration of our stay in Bondi above one of his Nimbus's spaces (Air BNB) so what better place to set up a mobile studio & chat all things wellness, including of course Neils own personal journey which has seen him and his family move across the world to Australia as originally from Ireland!
Really grateful to you Neil for the time, his act of kindness of gifted us a place to stay and of course for joining us for the main event, as Neil took on our "24 hours of MOVEMENT + GRATITUDE" event.
http://www.nimbusco.com.au/
On our recent visit to Sydney, it was a real pleasure to invite the good guys Alex and Olly over to Nimbus to sit down with Run Grateful founder Mark and chat about the incredible movement they have created with "More than a run"
We chat about the positive impact this initiative has had during mens mental health month, the money raised & awareness it has brought to a very important conversation.
We took time to chat about personal stories, love for running and much more.
We hope you enjoy the conversation and we are grateful to you both for the work you do and how you show in the world.
www.morethanarun.com.au
How great to connect in person with Olivia whilst we were in Bondi, Sydney!
We took the opportunity to sit down & record a podcast, and what a conversation it was.
Olivia is the lady behind the RUN 5, DONATE 5, NOMINATE 5 fundraising campaign that did so much good during covid times, it raised millions for charity and got so many around the world more active & outdoors, it also brought Olivia a well deserved MBE.
This wasn't Olivias first fundraise though, during our chat we spent time diving into her love and passion for fund-raising, running, founding the amazing charity run for hero's and much more.
Grateful for you & all you do Olivia, thank you for sitting down with us.
We hope you enjoy this latest episode
www.runforheros.org.uk
Run Grateful went to Bondi, Sydney, Australia!
Whilst in Australia delivering our 24 hour "MOVEMENT + GRATITUDE" event, we wanted to sit down and record some conversation with some amazing people that are doing amazing work in the local community.
In this 1st great episode of this special series, Run Grateful founder Mark chats to "Knoxy" about all things The 440 Run Club, his journey into sobriety, growing up as a sportsman and of course our special event that took place a day or so before this chat!
Its a very honest and open conversation, the emotion can be felt and the passion for building community and the power this brings to peoples lives is something that shines through.
We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did.
www.440runclub.com www.rungrateful.com
A pleasure to jump on planet zoom & chat to such a great human, Mr Alex Higham.
A founder, husband, father and good friend of Run Grateful!
We chatted about Alex's relationship with movement, his passion and love for the out doors and his journey into entrepreneurship, creating the amazing family run business Exhale Coffee.
We chat about how Alex manages everything that is going on, also the exciting next step of crowdfunding so Exhale can kick on and build on what's been achieved so far!
Thanks Alex, it was a good chat
www.exhalecoffee.com for more information
Really enjoyed this conversation with Dan Kirby, an entrepreneur, father, husband and keen runner!
As always we let the organic nature of the conversation takes the lead and we spoke about many things, in particular mental health.
Dan is a good man, doing good things and we are grateful for his time, we trust you enjoy this chat.
www.thetechdept.com
Run Grateful founder Mark White, had the pleasure of jumping on zoom to chat to Alice Light.
Alice is so great, and this was a powerful conversation.
Alice shared how she got into running, where the journey has taken her and how running has supported her, uplifted her and inspired her.
Alice is much loved in & around London in particular within the running community, is involved in some very important work and taken on some incredible challenges.
We appreciate you Alice, your willingness to show up, speak out on what you believe in and being a good friend to so many, including us at Run Grateful.
Keep stepping into your light, it shines bright every time you do
What a joy to jump on a podcast with Michael.
Run Grateful founder Mark White, has got to know Micheal through his work at Hylo, established in 2020 to protect the future of running and sport.
We spoke about Michael's experiences as a professional footballer, his love for running, also the life of a co-founder & being part of a new start company!
A really great guy, with a great mission.
Mark also had the pleasure of running from London to Paris with Hylo recently which was a blast!
We hope you enjoy listening to our conversation. Go check them out when you get a minute
www.hyloathletics.com
It was so great to jump on a zoom and record a lovely conversation with David Bone, someone who is a huge part of the Run Grateful team.
David took on what is rumoured to be the toughest race in the UK and one of the toughest in the world, The Spine Race.
We had a chat with David about what led him in the direction of being inspired to sign up, how he got on and also how he reflected back on this experience a few days after finishing.
We hope you enjoy listening to our conversation
What a lovely conversation with one of life's good ones!
Run Grateful founder Mark White, had a chat with Annie Bee. We chatted all things movement, running, education and more.
Showing up in life, serving other's and finding connection so we have the best opportunity to shine.
We hope you enjoy our conversation as much as we did, thank you Annie for being you!
We are incredibly excited to be continuing the conversation with Andre Coggins (@coggnitooo) an avid runner, content creator, and co-founder of the North London running club Mafia Moves (@mafiamoves_).
In Andre's words: it’s all about community. He really want to give back to his community, especially through empowering others through running. It’s all about getting people moving – there’s no presence, no cost or requirements to join a session, just show up ready to run.
In this episode, Move with Gratitude host Mark White and Andre discuss how he first fell into running and how running had given him a transformative perspective shift in his life's mission, which led him to creating Mafia Moves. Andre also speaks about his utmost gratitude towards creating such a strong sense of community through running and how this has completely altered his life’s course in a most powerful way.
If you've enjoyed this episode, we would be so grateful for you to leave a review or rating on Apple podcasts.
We are really excited to be continuing the conversation with Danny Greeves, who a multi-award winning coach and therapist who helps people feel more positive, enjoy better relationships and feel more confident.
Danny is also the winner of the Prestige Awards 2021 Life Coach of the Year Award for London and South East England and is regular expert on BBC Radio exploring issues around anxiety, anger and self-confidence.
In this episode, Move with Gratitude host Mark White and Danny dive into the different points throughout his life's journey that transformed his outlook and re-directed his path, as well as the various tools he uses to help guide others to move past trauma and seek inner peace (spoiler: using movement might be one of them!)
If you've enjoyed this episode, we would be so grateful for you to leave a review or rating on Apple podcasts.
Follow Danny on Instagram @dannygreeves or visit his website here: https://www.dannygreevescoaching.com/ https://www.runtalkrun.com/.
To kick off Season 2, we are incredibly excited to welcome two prominent gratitude enthusiasts onto the show who are passionate about spreading the benefits of gratitudewith the world and...who have the science to back up all of their claims.
As medical doctors, Farhana Sadek and Liam Smith have seen growing numbers of patients with stress, anxiety and depression over the years, now exacerbated further by the pandemic. Their own stress levels were increasing too. To help, they started practising gratitude, and encouraged family, friends and patients to join them.
What’s more? They decided to do something to help others better connect with their gratitude, so created an app called Gratitube, which is a video gratitude journal to help make practising gratitude easy, convenient and fun.
In this conversation, Move with Gratitude host Mark White and Farhana & Liam go over key research that has long pointed to the long-term benefits of gratitude practice on our mental health, personal tips and tricks on how to kickstart a consistent gratitude practice, and how they hope for the Gratitube app to help individuals around the world connect better with their gratitude.
For more information on Gratitube, visit Liam and Farhana's website: https://gratitube.app/
Or download the Gratitube app here: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/gratitube-your-video-journal/id1523984203
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To wrap up season 1, we are very happy and honoured to welcome Danny Bent onto the show!
In a few words, Danny Bent has been voted as one of the 100 happiest people in the UK. He’s a runner, entrepreneur and Guinness World Record holder. He used to compete for Great Britain in Triathlon and has an insatiable appetite for adventure, running and putting a smile on people’s faces. He is essentially a walking superlative of a human.
To describe a few other life adventures, in 2008 Danny cycled 9,000 miles from London to India. He’s pogoed across Togo, set up Project Awesome, a free fitness class around cities in the UK and is the founder of One Run, uniting the world (literally - 163,430 global runners!) through long-distance running relays.
In this conversation, Move with Gratitude host Mark White and Danny discuss the incredible power in a single person's ability to enact positive change in the world, trusting the universe when propelled in unpredictable life directions, and the right type of mindset required to be able to live your "dream life."
If you've enjoyed this episode, we would be so grateful for you to leave a review or rating on Apple podcasts.
Follow Danny on Instagram @danny_bent or visit his website: https://www.dannybent.com/
We are really excited to be continuing the conversation with Jess Robson, who is the driving force behind Run Talk Run, a global mental health support community that uses running as a means to facilitate peer support.
Having started a weekly run in central London in 2017, Run Talk Run now hosts over 160 support groups globally, to move and talk about "the heavy stuff". Jess is an advocate for making running less intimidating - without care for pace, without care for PBs - she believes running can simply be a means to connect with our peers and normalise talking about mental health.
In this episode, Move with Gratitude host Mark White and Jess discuss the low points in her life, struggling with bulimia, depression and anxiety since her teenage years. It’s only through the community and connection she found in running that she's been able to manage her mental health in a way that works. Running has played such a huge role in Jess' life - from acting as her therapeutic outlet to connecting her to like-minded mental health advocates around the world.
If you've enjoyed this episode, we would be so grateful for you to leave a review or rating on Apple podcasts.
Follow Jess on Instagram @jessicamaryrobson and become part of the Run Talk Run community by visiting https://www.runtalkrun.com/.
We are incredibly excited to be continuing the conversation with Tyler Williams-Green, a London-based runner and founder of the Outrunners Charity.
Tyler Williams Green originally founded the Outrunners charity 6 years ago in order to help runners feel more connected within the local Hackney community. From his years of working with young people across London, he noticed that there was a serious lack of opportunities for the inspiring and ambitious young people of Hackney. With this in mind, he created the Outrunners, which now runs 4 youth running clubs, as well as the largest career event, 'Run Your Career', for young people aged 8-18 across Hackney (and is supported by Facebook, Lacoste and Birch).
The Outrunners also manages a youth mentoring programme, which helps match young people with mentors to support them with the transition into secondary school. This Spring, they are excited to be launching a new adult running club, with a focus on women of colour, with the aim of getting adults who are inactive, active.
In this episode, Move with Gratitude host Mark White and Tyler discuss how he first fell in love with running, how running has significantly impacted his life's direction, and the incredible power of community that has been born through his charity, the Outrunners.
If you've enjoyed this episode, we would be so grateful for you to leave a review or rating on Apple podcasts and if you wish to make a donation to the Outunners, please visit this link: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/13593#!/DonationDetails
We are incredibly excited to be continuing the conversation with Nick Kershaw, an avid runner and founder of Impact Marathon.
Nick is the brainchild behind races in Nepal, Malawi, Kenya, Jordan, Isle of Mull and Guatemala. Since 2015, his Impact Marathon races have raised over $1.2m for grassroots organisations, changing thousands of lives and creating powerful stories as he unleashed the power of running across the globe. In this time, he has seen the power of running uplift communities, and empower individuals across 4 continents. From this experience comes a wealth of incredible stories from those he has met along the way: from creating a race on a live volcano, to finding hippos along the route the morning of the race, you never know what Nick is going to talk about, but it is always entertaining and powerful.
In this episode, Move with Gratitude host Mark White and Nick discuss how his life's path gravitated towards creating a business that combined running with fundraising and development work, leaving a comfortable corporate job in order to launch his dream initiative- Impact Marathon, and tapping into that elemental feeling of "aliveness" when organizing races around the world.
Nick is also no stranger to connecting gratitude with movement – find out just how he practices gratitude each and every morning (it might give you the chills even thinking about it).
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“I have two objectives for this project; to change minds and save lives. Running, being in nature and part of a community have all contributed to my recovery from depression and maintained wellbeing. I want to share this experience with as many people as possible, celebrating what’s possible when we put our mind to it."
Meet this week's guest, Matt Bagwell: an endurance athlete who once was on the verge of taking his own life and pulled from the brink, and is now runnings 21 ultra marathons to raise funds and awareness for suicide prevention charity CALM. Run the Country Ultra will see Matt running through every county in England and there is an open invitation to people across England to join him on one of the 21 stages of the route.
Move with Gratitude host Mark White caught up with Matt during his incredible running journey, where Matt discussed how and when honing in on his gratitude became so instrumental in his recovery process, the power of 'choosing' to be grateful, and how to best extract meaning out of the simple moments in life.
If you've enjoyed this episode, we would be so grateful for you to leave a review or rating on Apple podcasts.
You can follow's Matt ultra running journey on Instagram by following @runthecountryultra or visit his JustGiving page to support his journey raising money for CALM:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/runthecountryultra
Get ready for the chairs to be switched today. Today's guest is none other than Run Grateful founder/Move with Gratitude host, Mark White, who is being interviewed by London-based runner/Move with Gratitude podcast producer Danny Easton.
A few fun facts about Mark that some of you might not know: he has held many titles over the years: father, husband, son, brother, CEO/founder, ideas man, but above all, he is a firm believer in not attaching himself to any particular label: “I am a human being first and what comes with that is my expectation around how I will be able to take on the different roles life has presented me and where my curiosity will continue to lead me.”
Mark is the founder of a company called Your Town which has live “community up” initiatives/campaigns across various UK towns, including Your Town Runners. In addition to launching Run Grateful, he recently created and founded MEUS, which is a platform to reimagine men’s health in order to support them physically, mentally, and spiritually. In 2019, Mark was voted in the top 15 social entrepreneurs in the UK by Redbull.
In this episode, Mark and Danny dive deep into the role that gratitude played in lifting Mark out of some challenging periods in his life and how transformative this mindfulness practice became for him when attaching it with movement.
Mark wished to spread the incredible effect of gratitude running with the rest of the world, creating a global movement called Run Grateful. Since Run Grateful's official launch in 2020, gratitude-themed weekends have been organized with hundreds of runners across 50 countries. Run Grateful has also created an offshoot program called WeAreNext that is focused around facilitating workshops for the next grateful generation of young adults.
Marks dream? For every single human to run/walk a grateful mile in their lifetime.
Follow Mark on Instagram @markwhite_0602
We are really excited to be chatting today with Ian Morgan. Originally from New Zealand, Ian is professional ultra runner who lives an almost nomadic life; combining his love of travel with his other true passion, running long distances.
Ian led a relatively conventional life in New Zealand before becoming an athlete, competing in international races. There were a number of significant life events including a heart attack, as well as surviving an earthquake, which made him take stock and change direction to the life he leads today.
In this episode, Move with Gratitude host Mark White and Ian discuss just how much of a transformational role running has played in his life, as well as how it enables to him to live life to the fullest, and sometimes to the extreme. Surely, Ian's deep level of gratitude surrounding the way he leads his everyday 'dream life' is also discussed.
If you've enjoyed this episode, we would be so grateful for you to leave a review or rating on Apple podcasts.
Follow Ian on Instagram @ian.morgan
We are really excited to be continuing the conversation with Lorna Mann, who is a 6 time marathoner, a trained career coach, and has 20+ years public relations and communications experience, most recently working for renowned film studio Lionsgate UK.
What's more? She took a career path pivot in 2020 and is now working in a more fulfilled way, rooted in community and living into her values of connection, authenticity and challenge. Running has connected her to some amazing communities, including Run Dem Crew and the Love Trails Collective, and has allowed her not only to travel the world but find her true self.
In this episode, Move with Gratitude host Mark White and Lorna discuss the defining moment (or age) in her life that set her onto a new direction, owning her identity as a "runner", and a few gratitude tributes to several special individuals in her life that gave her the motivation, courage, and support to strive for impossible goals.
If you've enjoyed this episode, we would be so grateful for you to leave a review or rating on Apple podcasts.
Follow Lorna on Instagram @lornamann_
We are really excited to be continuing the conversation with David & Paula, of the Camino Ultra team, whose one mission is to curate 50km ultramarathons in and around London.
What's more? Camino Ultra hopes to show local runners the many beautiful London trails (rich in history), such as the Capital Ring and London Loops, which weave their way through all the parks and forest around London. Our mission to help runners recognise that these gems exist and to give urban runners the necessary skills and access.
In this episode, Move with Gratitude host Mark White and David & Paula discuss the role that running has played throughout critical moments in their lives, how they eventually shifted towards ultra running, and the important role that gratitude can play in longer runs.
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We are so excited to be launching episode 1 of the Move with Gratitude podcast featuring the London-based, inspiring More than Runnin' crew!
More Than Runnin' is on a mission to enhance your running experience with their highly-engaging action running videos on the Morethanrunnin YouTube and Instagram channels. Through their popular video content, they effectively run, talk, inspire, and motivate runners all over the world to get out there and MOVE.
In this conversation, Move with Gratitude host Mark White and the More than Runnin' crew discuss how they fell into running, the uncertain path of finding one's life purpose, the people and experiences in their lives that have shaped them, and aspiring to always live by the words: "be inspired or be inspiring."
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