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Alex Staniforth

Alex Staniforth

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

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Mental Health

December 8, 2022

Feeling overwhelmed? You’re not alone.

Last month I was grabbing lunch at Pret in London Euston before a speaking gig, when the inevitable suddenly hit me. It was coming faster than the

Category iconMental Health,  Motivation Tag iconchristmas mental health,  christmas overwhelm,  long covid,  long covid recovery,  mindset,  overcoming overwhelm,  overwhelm,  recovery,  tips for overwhelm

July 15, 2022

Losing My Religion: How to Re-define Yourself

Most of us define ourselves by something. Whether that’s our job, family, hometown, or sport. Being in a box feels significant. It’s a human need to

Category iconMental Health,  Motivation,  Ultra Running Tag iconidentity crisis,  redefining myself,  rediscovering yourself,  self discovery

August 18, 2021

Impostor Syndrome: the challenge of being good enough

‘Impostor syndrome’ refers to feelings of doubting our ability, not being worthy of one’s achievements and the fear of being exposed as a fraud. This

Category icon3 Peaks Run,  Challenges,  Endurance,  Mental Health,  Running

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

November 1, 2020

Peaks and Troughs: dealing with the post-challenge blues

‘Flattening the curve’ has been of national interest this year. Peaks and troughs is one way to describe the emotional rollercoaster that we never

Category icon3 Peaks Run,  Marathons,  Mental Health Tag icon3 peaks run,  emotional rollercoaster,  endurance training,  mental health,  mindset,  peaks and troughs,  post marathon blues

October 9, 2020

The Power of Human Connection

World Mental Health Day seemed the perfect opportunity to talk about isolation. The outdoors can be a lonely place. Maybe that’s part of the magic.

Category icon3 Peaks Run,  Mental Health Tag icon3 peaks run,  alex staniforth,  getoutside,  mental health,  mental health day,  mind over mountains,  world mental health day

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

April 21, 2019

Re-homed, Relapsed, and Running in the Right Direction

In seven days 40,000 people will hit the streets for London Marathon 2019; from the elites and record-breakers, to novices, first-timers and the

Category iconMarathons,  Mental Health,  Running Tag iconanorexia,  BEAT,  bulimia nervosa,  eating disorder,  guinness world records,  lake district,  logo costume,  london marathon,  marathon training,  marathons,  mental health,  mental wellbeing,  motivation,  trainbrave,  training,  yha

January 20, 2019

Why hitting the wall might be a wake-up call

Firstly, a happy new year to my followers, old and new. I hope 2019 is as good as you choose it to be. Whether you’ve ran a marathon or not, you’ve

Category iconMental Health,  Running Tag iconbulimia nervosa,  chester marathon,  eating disorder,  hitting the wall,  injuries,  london marathon,  male mental health,  marathon setbacks,  marathon training,  mental health,  mental health in men,  running injuries,  running inspiration,  sub 3 marathon

April 18, 2018

How I Took on Mental Illness in a Marathon – and Won

Whether it's London, Boston, Manchester or another, they say you can’t run a marathon without telling everyone. Each April brings a sudden spike in

Category iconAdventure,  Marathons,  Mental Health,  Running Tag iconboston marathon,  bulimia,  depression,  eating disorders,  fitness,  goals,  Health,  london marathon,  manchester marathon,  mental health,  running,  sub 3,  sub three marathon,  training,  training for a sub 3 marathon

March 18, 2018

5 Tips to Overcome Setbacks

Besides the usual bank statements and junk mail, don’t you just love getting something in the post? This week my race number for Manchester

Category iconAdventure,  Challenges,  Mental Health Tag iconachilles tendonitis,  athlete,  how to overcome setbacks,  injuries,  IT band syndrome,  manchester marathon,  marathon,  marathon setbacks,  marathon training,  mental health,  overcoming injuries,  overcoming setbacks,  runner,  running injuries,  setbacks,  wilmslow half marathon

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

November 2, 2017

Pride of Britain Awards 2017 – Flying the Flag for Mental Health

There’s some moments in life you can never really plan for. The Pride of Britain Awards was one of those! I was honoured to win the ‘Regional

Category iconMental Health Tag iconAwards,  inspiration,  london,  mental health,  pride of britain,  wellbeing,  young minds

October 10, 2017

Eating Disorders: A Recipe that Needs to be Heard

World Mental Health Day. We seem to have a day for everything – Star Wars Day, National Doughnut Day, or even International Sheep Day.  But this is

Category iconInspiring,  Mental Health Tag iconadversity,  awareness,  challenges,  charity,  eating disorders,  Health,  mental health,  wellbeing,  wmhday17,  world mental health day,  young minds,  young people

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Back where it all began. Running with my old man! Back where it all began. Running with my old man!

Last March I got my Parkrun PB at Keswick and this weekend got my slowest at Fell Foot.

The plan was to keep my heart rate under 145bpm to avoid another crash of fatigue, which meant walking most of the hills. It took the discipline of Yoda not to set off chasing people like the good old days, especially when my dad overtook me in the first km. 

I hated exercise as a kid. On holiday in France my stepmum bribed me with €2 to run a mile with him. That was a lot of money back then... I hated every minute but dad inspired me to enter a 10km race for charity, and the rest is history. Dad came to watch every race since, as I happily claimed the family record at every distance from 5km to marathon, whilst he retired to become a Parkrun tourist. 

Never thought he'd beat me again, but never forget where you started.
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#LongCovid #TheComeback #MatchingJackets #parkrun #loveparkrun #fellfootpark
#LakeDistrict #lakedistrictuk #runninginspiration #Fellfoot #windermere #parkruntourist #fatherson
Much-needed adventure inspiration from @mrmarkbeau Much-needed adventure inspiration from @mrmarkbeaumont on his Faster tour at Rheged last weekend. 

Mark is the fastest person to cycle around the world in 80 days (that's 240 miles a day... for perspective) amongst many other records. He's been a huge personal inspiration and kindly endorsed my 2nd book.

So much resonated, but a few favourite takeaways: 

- Trust the process, the bigger picture will always take care of itself. 

- Remove the faff. His team had to ensure he was on the bike by 4am, not 4:05am. That would have added an entire day to his record.

- Mark had 40 people working on his world record. He knew that if he failed, the whole team failed. 

- Good times won't last forever, but that means the bad ones won't either... 

Thanks Mark. Grab his books, talks and films if you're needing some adventure inspiration! 

#faster #worldcycle #ultracycling #markbeaumont #inspiration #80days #mindset #cyclingheroes #rheged #ultracyclist 
@speakersfromtheedge
214/214 Wainwrights complete! Somehow it's taken 214/214 Wainwrights complete! 

Somehow it's taken 12 years, 8 months and 25 days since my first summit, Souther Fell, aged 14 (swipe for evidence). For those who don't know, the Wainwrights are a list of 214 summits created by legendary writer Alfred Wainwright. There was no better hill to finish than the aptly named 'Great Cockup', with a great crowd of friends.

The record is 5 days 12 hrs 14 mins... If only we hadn't stopped for a sandwich 😂 

Meanwhile @thehodfather666 is currently climbing all 214 with a 4 stone hod of house bricks, to raise money for @mindomountains.

However fast you go, there's something strangely addictive about this collection of fells. It's been a fun project to explore the Lakes and maybe one day I'll start again to see how fast I can get around... 

📸@danobeaumont

#GreatCockup #Wainwrights #LakeDistrict #Hillwalking  #GetOutside #Lakes #peakbagging #wainwrightswalks
A big welcome to the first CEO of @mindomountains, A big welcome to the first CEO of @mindomountains, Ian Sansbury! 

When Chris and I founded the charity in 2020 we never imagined how big it would become. From the flagship event with @adventureuncovered to delivering 27 events last year, supporting 300+ people with their mental health, including the NHS, Police and Ambulance Service.

Leadership is about creating a vision, and building a great team to achieve it - like our wonderful trustees, team and 50+ freelance staff who continually go above and beyond. 

It’s also knowing your strengths and weaknesses, when ironically it's compromised my own mental health sometimes too. As the charity grows I'm not the right person to take it where it needs to be, so it can reach everyone who needs our help.

Feeling like a proud parent sending their kids off to start school, with less crying, but I'm super excited to see the charity grow and support even more people with Ian’s expertise. 

I’ll remain heavily involved as a trustee (and Chief Interference Officer) to support the team, tell the story and raise money through daft adventures… 

Thanks to everyone who's been part of the first chapter. Onwards!

#NewChapter #MyBaby  #MentalHealthCharity #MindOverMountains
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