It's time to tell my story, Founder and Host Sarah Ann Macklin

Podcast

Show Notes

Across 7 seasons, I've had the privilege and the honour of talking to some amazing people, from so many different fields and walks of life. They come on the podcast to share their story, and so I thought it was time to share mine.

I started Live Well Be Well to encourage us to share and communicate with each other, and I hope that by sharing my story with you, I'll encourage you to do the same.

On today's episode, I open up about my childhood, my career, how I got into modelling and the highs and lows of that journey, my battles with health and in particular, my experiences with loneliness. The theme of Mental Health Week is loneliness, so I thought it was timely to tell you about my own encounters with this often overlooked issue. It was slightly terrifying to record this, I have to be honest - I've been contemplating whether to record it, yet alone put it out and go live, but unless we start talking about our own personal stories, we never come together to help one another.

For season 8 of the show I've also introduced a new exciting element: video! I'll be interviewing our guests live on video to complement the podcast, so if you prefer watching a vlog to listening to the show, or you want to have both, you now can. Head over to my YouTube channel Be Well Collective to watch today's video.

I can't wait to share this with you, so I hope you enjoy.

Timestamps

0:00 - Overview & Introduction

3:00 - Personal insights

4:00 - Dyslexia diagnosis

5:00 - Modelling

9:00 - Learning the value of money

10:00 - Loneliness

14:00 - Unhappiness

18:00 - Admitting my flaws

19:00 - Getting therapy

23:00 - IBD

26:00 - Studying for a new career

31:00 - New way of learning

33:00 - Public speaking

35:00 - Taking the next step

37:00 - Meaning of Live Well Be Well