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Alex Staniforth

Alex Staniforth

Adversity Adventurer, Motivational Resilience Speaker, Author and Mental Health Activist

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March 4, 2022

Embracing the Storms: How to take advantage of life challenges

After what felt like storm #306 in the last month alone, many of us probably started to ask: “what next?” The First World problems of rubbish

Category iconInspiration,  Motivation Tag iconalex adversity,  embracing the storms,  resilience,  storms will pass

April 19, 2021

3 tips for dealing with post-lockdown anxiety

Feeling anxious about life after lockdown? Most of us probably can't wait, but others will have got comfortable with the routine of working from home

Category iconInspiration,  Mental Health Tag iconanxiety,  change,  covid lockdown,  lockdown,  mental health,  motivation,  new normal,  post-lockdown,  uncertainty

February 15, 2021

This Too Shall Pass – How to keep going when you can’t see the top

It feels like lockdown has gone on forever. One false summit another. Are we there yet? Even with the vaccine rapidly underway, there’s only so many

Category icon3 Peaks Run,  Inspiration,  Mental Health Tag iconanxiety,  injured runner,  injury,  lockdown,  mental health,  mental resilience,  motivation,  overcoming challenges,  permanence,  recovery,  this too shall pass,  uncertainty

December 31, 2020

What advice would you give yourself in 2020?

Well… where do we start? Any of us could be forgiven for wanting to toss 2020 into a heap; banished like those hideous school photos we’d rather never

Category icon3 Peaks Run,  Inspiration Tag icon2020,  2021 goals,  2021 resolutions,  new year resolutions,  reflections,  resolutions

March 20, 2020

How do we keep going when we can’t see the top?

How do we keep going when we can’t see the top of the mountain? I wish I had the answer. Perhaps the scariest thing is that nobody really does.

Category iconInspiration,  UK Outdoors Tag iconadversity,  coronavirus,  covid19,  inspiration,  mind over mountains,  motivation,  pandemic,  self-care,  solidarity

December 28, 2019

Finding Your Reason to Change in 2020

Most of us are trying to change something. Get better at that. Move there. Earn more. Drive less. Give up that habit (…again). And so on. Then, at

Category iconInspiration,  Mental Health,  Running Tag icon2020,  athlete eating disorders,  dream big,  eating disorder,  eating disorder recovery,  goal setting,  marathons,  mental health,  new year resolutions,  new years resolutions,  running

August 19, 2019

The endless pursuit of more – why are millennials burning out?

Being busy seems to be a badge of honour nowadays. It’s the automatic excuse for our daily routine of spinning so many plates, rushing around and

Category iconInspiration,  Inspiring,  Mental Health Tag iconachieving goals,  alex staniforth,  burnout,  everest,  goal setting,  mental health,  mental health speaker,  mental wellbeing,  millennial burnout,  millennials,  mind over mountains,  stress,  workplace

January 4, 2018

Why Your New Year Resolutions Should Scare You

It's that time of year when Facebook is plastered with New Year resolutions, motivational quotes and renewed promises of change ahead. The gym will

Category iconAdventure,  Inspiration,  Mental Health Tag icon2017,  2018,  achieving goals,  alex staniforth,  ambitions,  climb the uk,  fitness,  goal setting,  goals,  gym,  mental health,  new year,  new years resolutions,  resolutions,  tips

August 18, 2017

Expedition tips: the kit list for a 5,000 mile adventure challenge

Whether it's climbing Everest, rowing the Atlantic, or cycling around the world, we seem to have a fascination about the equipment chosen to get the

Category iconChallenges,  Climb The UK,  Endurance,  Inspiration,  Inspiring,  Viewranger,  Westgrove Group,  YHA Tag iconadventurer,  adversity,  alex staniforth,  charity,  cheshire,  climb the uk,  ClimbTheUK,  Counties,  everest,  highest points,  icefall,  mental health,  motivational speaker,  record,  wellbeing,  young minds,  young people

CLIMB THE UK

April 21, 2017

Climb The UK – A route to all 100 UK counties!

My latest challenge nears closer - reaching the highest point of all 100 UK counties on bike, foot and kayak in just over two months. I will now be

Category iconClimb The UK,  Inspiration Tag iconadventure,  alex staniforth,  challenge,  cheshire,  climb the uk,  Counties,  cycling,  fitness,  mental health,  mental health week,  outdoors,  prince harry,  running,  walking,  yha,  young minds

Climb The UK #CTUK

February 22, 2017

Climb The UK 2017

I’ve dedicated the last few years trying to climb the highest there is. A journey that gave me so much more than expected – the amazing opportunity to

Category iconClimb The UK,  Inspiration Tag iconalex staniforth,  challenge,  ClimbTheUK,  icefall,  mental health week,  young minds

Inspirational Talks with Alex Staniforth

December 24, 2016

I have my challenges, but they don’t have me.

2016 draws to a close and “New Year, New Me” pledges clog my Facebook timeline as we reflect and set new goals: be it to lose weight, start a new job

Category iconChallenges,  Icefall,  Inspiration Tag iconadversity,  alex staniforth,  bear grylls,  cho oyu,  everest,  fundraising,  icefall,  inspiration,  mental health,  speaking,  speech problems,  stammer,  stammering,  stuttering,  walk4nepal,  young minds

May 12, 2016

What were you doing this last time year?

I was returning from my second attempt to climb Everest. The Nepal earthquake put a stop to that. Three guys on my team didn't come home after an

Category iconInspiration Tag iconalex staniforth,  Avalanche,  cheshire,  climbing,  earthquake,  everest,  fundraising,  hull,  icefall,  keswick,  mountaineering,  nepal,  westgrove

April 27, 2016

Walk4Nepal – 12 Months On

Last Summer I organised a fundraising 'Walk for Nepal' in my local area. We had six people and raised £70. Every little helps, especially

Category iconAdventure,  Inspiration Tag icon12monthson,  alex staniforth,  anniversary,  Avalanche,  charity,  earthquake,  everest,  nepal,  phase,  phase worldwide,  snowdon,  snowdonia,  walk4nepal

December 31, 2015

Dealing with the festive blues

So it's the time of year when I'm as cheerful as a Turkey at Christmas, we're swamped with cheesy inspirational quotes for the year ahead, when health

Category iconInspiration Tag icon2016,  alex staniforth,  Avalanche,  blog,  book,  cheshire,  coventry house,  depression,  earthquake,  everest,  icefall,  mental health,  new year,  resolutions,  SAD,  seasonal affectivity disorder

November 28, 2015

The University of Life

Climbing Mount Everest is widely known as a pinnacle of achievement and mental tenacity in itself, but the 'Everest' ideology applies everywhere in

Category iconInspiration Tag iconalex staniforth,  cheshire,  depression,  epic7,  everest,  leadership,  mental health,  resilience,  speaking,  university

September 15, 2015

Singing for Nepal

Rest assured, I'm not singing... but I am delighted to be speaking at this great event for Nepal on the 16th October at Theatr Clwyd in Mold. This

Category iconAdventure,  General,  Inspiration

August 3, 2015

Adapt and Overcome

I couldn't climb Mount Everest, this year, or last year, so I will cycle up it. Sort of... Right now, the Nepal earthquake victims have had to adapt

Category iconInspiration,  Uncategorized Tag iconalex staniforth,  attempt,  challenge,  cycling,  everest 2015,  everest24,  everesting,  great dun fell,  himalayan trust uk,  nepal,  pennines

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You can't beat a good walk with great friends - an You can't beat a good walk with great friends - and a dog.

Grateful to get back on proper hills this week. There's something about being outside that makes it easier to open up and share what's really going on in our lives. We have less eye contact than face-to-face conversations, where we normally avoid showing emotions. That's the whole ethos @mindomountains - creating safe spaces to walk & talk, and a chance to leave some mental baggage behind.

Next Thursday 2nd Feb is #TimeToTalkDay. If you know someone who's struggling or withdrawn, make some time to talk - and get out for a walk if you can. 

Thanks @hatching_a_plan_ @danobeaumont for the company today.

#forgotthehatthough @ordnancesurvey 
@ellisbrigham
Excited to continue as an @inov_8 athlete in 2023! Excited to continue as an @inov_8 athlete in 2023!

Super grateful for the faith & support, when I still don’t know when I’ll be back running again. Even beforehand I was only really an average runner, not exactly winning races or breaking records - but hopefully what I CAN do for now is help everyone else going through their own setbacks, physically and mentally. We all know that running itself is the straightforward part. Holding on through the setbacks is the hardest training we’ll ever do.

Lucky to work with great brands supporting athletes through tough conditions, not just on the mountains and the trails, but in our everyday lives.

Photo @andymiltonphotography last April - always gets my best side! 😂

#inov8 #getagrip #endurancerunning #enduranceathlete #longcovid #ultrarunning #ultrarunner #fellrunning #lakedistrict #coniston #athletemindset #ultraendurance #mountainrunning
4:01pm. Still light! Walking with my friend @ric 4:01pm. Still light! 

Walking with my friend @richjjones today we chatted about the paradox of choice. When the conditions are great you want to make the most of them. But living on the edge of the Lakes, there's too many good options! We're incredibly lucky that even our 'boring' route is probably a day trip out for others.

Sometimes I've dragged myself out for a sunrise run, changed my route (at least twice) and ended up missing it altogether... Anyone else?! 

Too many choices = decision fatigue. 

Barack Obama was famously known for having just 2 colours of suit so he could focus his energy on more important decisions. 

Moral of the story: cut out the noise, get outside and find the beauty in every moment. 

@ordnancesurvey
@ellisbrigham

#WinterBlues #SpringIsComing
What if I fall? ... But what if you fly? Throwba What if I fall? 
... But what if you fly?

Throwback to last January, prancing around in the Howgills. My favourite training ground: a quiet kingdom of runnable hills, mindless descents, and once you're up, you're alone on the tops for miles. 

My photo archive is getting a little thin now so hopefully I'm running again soon, or you'll end up getting dog photos and trips to Ikea instead...

📸 @danieltoalphoto 

@ordnancesurvey @inov_8 @ellisbrigham #Snow #Howgills #Fellrunning #GetOutside #Downhill #WinterRunning #longcovid
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