S1 E41 | Why Men Are Choosing Running Over Therapy

Richard Loftus is the founder of Well Run Brum, the wellbeing running group for men and a non-executive Director at the historic Birmingham recording studios, Grosvenor Road Studios and has a career spanning two decades in the theatre and live music industry.

Key Points of the episode:

• How other people pretty much knew he was gay before he did!
• His career in the arts.
• How he experienced full on discrimination in some parts of America.
• How a mental health crisis started and what he did about it.
• How he got a great person on the phone at the doctors when he called for help.
• How he recovered and now feels so much better.
• The running club he now runs.
• The difference between running away from your problems and running and "leaning in" to them.
• How the run is designed for excellent male mental health.

Learn more here:

www.instagram.com/wellrunbrum
www.strava.com/clubs/wellrunbrum
www.wellrunbrum.co.uk

Here's my personal IG:
https://www.instagram.com/richardjloftus

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