#305 Mind Over Mountains - moving to support our mental health with Alex Staniforth

The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey

As we mark Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, our featured guest on the newest Business of Healthcare episode is Alex Staniforth; adventurer, ultra runner, author, and founder of the mental health charity Mind Over Mountains, who shares his journey of overcoming challenges and finding purpose in the outdoors.

Listen now as Alex and Tara discuss:

• How Alex's charity combines walking, talking, coaching, and counselling to provide support and inspiration to individuals facing mental health struggles.
• The best way to approach fundraising challenges and the personal motivation behind them.
• Alex's own current projects including Project 500, a charity campaign to raise half a million pounds by his 30th birthday.
• Alex's experiences of failure.
• Day to day management of a mental health charity, particularly whilst dealing with personal mental health challenges.
• The importance of creating consistent habits to support mental health and wellbeing.
• We also offer some crucial advice for healthcare professionals on prioritising self-care.

https://mindovermountains.org.uk

https://www.alexstaniforth.com/

Work with THC Primary Care

I’m Tara Humphrey and I’m the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads.

To date, I’ve worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 120 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations.  I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.

I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I’m also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.

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