Welcome to our second 'virtual' well-being festival - the
‘LIVE LIFE WELL WEEKENDER’ running from the
11th – 13th September 2020.
Thanks to the success of our earlier virtual weekender in May, launched in response to lockdown, we welcome you to the second of our 'virtual'
Well-being Festivals the ‘Live Life Well Weekender 2.0’, to help people better cope in these extraordinary times.
This three-day virtual festival will see the well-being community come together once again, to provide a range of expert talks, workshops, events and resources, and will explore everything from health and fitness, looking after your mental health, managing stress and anxiety, relationships and loneliness, safeguarding your children, to organising your finances, working from home,
home-schooling and studying, whilst helping you to take care of yourself and your family emotionally and physically.
Through these talks and workshops our experts and industry leaders will provide a central hub for vital and credible information, and create the discussions we all need to cope now, to help reduce the negative impacts on us and our families for the future, and better prepare ourselves for our new norm as we move towards our new lives after lockdown.
The Live Life Well Weekender is a not-for-profit event and will be accessible to all with FREE tickets for all frontline and key workers, FREE access for school, university and college students, as well as FREE tickets for those in need who are on low incomes or unemployed as a result of the pandemic.
A nominal fee of £12 per household for General Admission provides visitors with unlimited access to the whole three-days of content, of which all profits received will go charity to support the national NHS CHARITIES TOGETHER COVID-19 Appeal and local initiatives in Cheltenham & Gloucestershire.
Proudly Supported By
WELLBEING WEEKENDER 2.0
EXPLORE FESTIVAL SECTIONS
HEALTH
FITNESS
MENTAL HEALTH
FOOD & NUTRITION
WORKPLACE WELLBEING
SELF-CARE
MEET THE SPEAKERS
We are excited to welcome some of the UK's leading wellbeing experts as well as a host of regional experts hosting a variety of talks on the issues that matter most to you.
Our line-up of speakers is once again building and we are thrilled to be able to welcome back some of our best-loved speakers as well as some new faces.
September will see the wonderful BBC commentator and wellbeing campaigner Dr. Radha Modgil return, Embarrassing Bodies host and Media Doctor, Dr Dawn Harper, Psychotherapist Dr Aaron Balick, fitness expert James Golden, Happiness expert Steph Peltier, Parenting Mental health campaigner Suzanne Alderson, Founder and Editor of Motherdom Anna Ceesay, nutritionist and women's health expert Le'nise Brothers, Life-changing motivational speaker Kirsty Hulse, Empowerment speaker and coach Presenter, host and Coach Kevin Duala, Wholeman Academy Founder Anthony Astbury, ex professional Boxer and mentor Johnny Nelson among many others to be announced.
You are guaranteed to feel inspired, well informed and entertained.
AARON BALICK
PSYCHOTHERAPIST, AUTHOR, MEDIA CONSULTANT, SPEAKER.
KIMBERLEY PENA
MA RDMP
DANCE MOVEMENT
PSYCHOTHERAPY, INTEGRATING THE MIND AND BODY TO CREATE
SELF AWARENESS
DR. DAWN HARPER
MEDIA DOCTOR FOR CHANNEL 4, BBC AND NHS PRACTICING GP
DR RADHA MODGIL
PRACTISING GP, BBC MEDIA DOCTOR & WELLBEING CAMPAIGNER
STEPHANIE PELTIER
HAPPINESS CONSULTANT & MINDFULNESS COACH
SUZANNE ALDERSON
FOUNDER OF PARENTING MENTAL HEALTH, AUTHOR AND CAMPAIGNER
ED DRAPER
HEALTH AND WELLBEING SPEAKER, WRITER, PODCASTER AND SKY SPORTS PRESENTER
ANNA CEESAY
FOUNDER & EDITOR OF MOTHERDOM MAGAZINE & MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING SPEAKER
ANTHONY ASTBURY
FOUNDER OF THE WHOLEMAN ACADEMY, SPEAKER AND LIFE COACH
KEVIN DUALA
TV PRESENTER, BROADCASTER AND MOTIVATIONAL COACH RAISING AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH
JOHNNY NELSON
BRITISH RETIRED PROFESSIONAL BOXER, PRESENTER AND MENTOR
KEMI NEKVAPIL
COACH, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND FEMALE EMPOWERMENT LEADER.
YULIYA CULLEY
RGN, INP (Independent Nurse Prescriber), BSc, MSc PRINCIPAL FOUNDER OF NOVELLO SKIN.
WHAT THE HEALTH?
CO-FOUNDERS AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST AMY ABRAHAMS AND NUTRITIONAL SCIENTIST
TORAL SHAH
KIM COLLICUTT
PRESENTER, DANCER, PERFORMER AND TEACHER
ALEXA SHOEN
THE INTERNETS LEADING CONFIDANT FOR PANICKING JOB SEEKERS FOUNDER OF #ENTRYLEVELBOSS & AUTHOR OF HOW TO GET ANY JOB YOU WANT
DARREN LAVERTY
FINANCIAL WELLBEING STRATEGIST, SPEAKER AND COACH
SUZY READING
PSYCHOLOGIST SPECIALISING IN WELLBEING, STRESS MANAGEMENT AND YOGA TEACHER
PALAO NICOSIA
BSc. (HONS), MBAcC
CO-FOUNDER OF PURELANDS ACUPUNCTURE
ANDY WEBB
CLEVER WITH YOUR CASH FOUNDER ANDY WEBB IS A POPULAR PERSONAL FINANCE WRITER AND BROADCASTER.
TRACEY COX
ONE OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST WRITERS ON SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS, AUTHOR AND SPEAKER.
ELENA SKOREYKO WAGNER
ILLUSTRATOR BOOK MAKER AND PAPER ARTIST
LUCY DONOUGHUE
HOST OF HAPPIFUL'S 'I AM. I HAVE', CONTRIBUTING WRITER & HEAD OF PARTNERSHIPS
NADENE LIDINGTON
DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC & CLINIC DIRECTOR
CAT PLUMMER
NO-BS FINANCIAL COACH HERE TO GET YOUR MONEY SHIZZLE SORTED
JAMES GOLDEN
THE FITNESS PRO - DAYLSFORD PT, EXPERT TRAINER AND SPEAKER
KIRSTY HULSE
HIGHLY QUALIFIED COACH, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND STAND UP COMIC.
SARA PRUE
FOUNDER OF SJP BEAUTY & SKIN SPECIALIST FOCUSING ON BESPOKE FACIALS, MICRODERMABRAISONS AND LIGHT SKIN PEELS.
DR RANAULF CROOKE
MBBS BSc(Hons) MRCGP DFSRH PGDip SEM AFMCP-UK
FGP AND FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE SPECIALIST
DR. SHAHZADI HARPER
THE MENOPAUSE & PERI MENOPAUSE DOCTOR & WOMEN'S WELLBEING EXPERT
SOPHIE MAY
PERSONAL TRAINER AND FITNESS INSTRUCTOR AT THE HUDDLE WITH A SPORTS NUTRITION BACKGROUND WITH A PASSION TO MOTIVATE, INSPIRE AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LOVE EXERCISE.
CLAIRE LIBBY
HEAD OF NEXT GEN AND INNOVATION AT LINAC LEARNING AND THE FOUNDER OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT-MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE I AM ME
TANJA SHARPE
QUALIFIED INTEGRATIVE COUNSELOR AND THERAPEUTIC COACH WHO WORKS FROM A HOLISTIC AND CREATIVE APPROACH
ALICE STRACHAN
PILATES, BARRE & DANCE INSTRUCTOR WITH A LIFE-LONG LOVE OF DANCE AND MUSICAL THEATRE.
FOCUSIN G ON PROMOTING HEALTH AND STRENGTH.
VANESSA KIMBELL
SPECIALISING IN NUTRITION & DIGESTIBILITY OF BREAD & THE GUT MICROBIOME
NATALIE COSTA
CHILD DEVELOPMENT COACH AND FOUNDER OF POWER THOUGHTS
LOTTIE-KEBLE-WYATT
PILATES, BARRE & FITNESS INSTRUCTOR & FOUNDER OF LIVE LIFE WELL - TEACHING FOR BUSY LIZZY'S MUM WORKOUT
NATASHA
DANGERFIELD
HEAD OF WESTONBIRT SCHOOL , WELLBEING LEAD.
PAULINE BEAUMONT
PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIST, BAKER AND AUTHOR OF 'BREAD THERAPY '
NATALIE PENICOTTE-COLLIER
PERFORMANCE WELLBEING SPECIALIST
STEFF WOODMAN
FITNESS INSTRUCTOR AND FOUNDER OF BODY CONFIDENT PILATES.
WHAT'S ON
TALKS
Hear from a wide range of experts in our talks and panel discussions.
These sessions will explore the wide range of issues facing our community today as we adapt to the new ways of living through lockdown. From mental health, wellness, self-care, relationships, parenting and workplace wellbeing.
Each session will be 30 minutes with 10 minutes for a Live Q&A.
MOVE
WORKSHOPS
Wake up and feel alive with our movement sessions, workouts and mindfulness practices for better physical health.
Experience new ways to move and connect with your mind and body in our guided activities. Introducing you to some fun and original activities, for every level and experience.
Each session will be 30 - 40 minutes and all Live.
LIFE
WORKSHOPS
Experience some new and fun activities in our exciting schedule of workshops.
Come and discover an exciting schedule of workshops that will get you creative this Spring.
Come together with like-minded people and learn new skills to keep you busy and calm as well as fun interactive workshops that will entertain.
Session will be individually timed.
TIMETABLE
Take a look at our full timetable for the three-day festival this September.
Take a look for the icon to identify the type of event it is and click the link to see full details.
FRIDAY FEELS 11TH
SUPER SATURDAY 12TH
SELF-CARE SUNDAY 13TH
WELL AWAKE
WORKOUT WITH JAMES GOLDEN - THE FITNESS PRO
Join Fitness trainer, lifestyle coach and consultant to the Haybarn Spa at Daylesford, James Golden - AKA ‘The Fitness Pro’ - one of the go to fitness experts in the health and fitness industry for a body-weight HIIT workout. This session will be filmed in the beautiful grounds of Daylesford.
30 MINUTE SESSION
MORNING MOVES
WELL AWAKE
MORNING MOVES
Steff Woodman is the Co-Owner of the Body Confident Bootcamp and Sweaty Betty Ambassador.
In this 30 minute workout expect an absolute stress reliever. Seff's moves are designed specifically to make you feel amazing inside and out.
Get Your Sweat On!
SESSION: 30 MINUTES
BODYWEIGHT BOXING HIIT WITH STEFF WOODMAN
WELL AWAKE
MORNING MOVES
Join this dynamic fitness class which will be a blend of strength, power and cardiovascular training with fitness pros The Huddle.
With over 30 years of experience in professional sport, the founders of The Huddle bring fitness that will inspire and encourage wellness and help anyone to improve their health and go beyond their goals.
SESSION TIME: 30 MINS
HUDDLE HIIT
MID MORNING MOVES
Alice Strachan is a globally renowned Barre instructor who has worked with Ellesse, Capezio and Neom amongst others.
Join her for a half hour total body barre class suitable for all levels.
Barre is a workout technique inspired by elements of ballet, yoga and Pilates, that focuses on low-impact movements designed to strengthen and tone your body. Feel like a ballerina as you sculpt and define!
SESSION TIME: 30 MINS
BARRE WITH ALICE STRACHAN
MID MORNING MOVES
Le'Nise Brothers is a registered Nutritional Therapist, women's hormone and health coach, yoga instructor and founder of Eat Love Move. Her mission is for women to understand and embrace their hormones and menstrual cycle and this relates to how we should exercise too.
Join Le'Nise for a 30 minute Yoga session demonstrating the different focus and flow that should be used at each stage of a woman's natural cycle. After the session Le'Nise chats to Live Life Well in greater depth all about hormones, health and wellbeing in an in-depth talk at 9.45am.
SESSION TIME: 30 MINS
EAT MOVE LOVE: THE HORMONE WORKOUT
MID MORNING MOVES
BUSY LIZZY MUMS WORKOUT
BusyLizzy is the UK's leading family club offering pregnancy, postnatal fitness sessions, baby and toddler classes, talks and family events.
Local Cheltenham Resident and 'Club Owner,' Amy Clarke shows us a signature BusyLizzy workout for mums.
Expect 30 mins of exercise to raise the heart rate safely and suitable for all.
SESSION TIME: 30 MINS
MID MORNING MIND
SELF CARE FOR TOUGH TIMES WITH SUZY READING
Join Psychologist and Yoga Teacher Suzy Reading for a practical application of soothing self care for times of stress, loss and change, encompassing the head, heart and body.
Drawing on the therapeutic benefit of movement, posture, touch, and breathing, Suzy will use mental strategies including visualisation, mantras and coping tools.
Build your toolkit of yoga inspired shoulder and neck releases, breathing practices, self massage tips, and hand gestures to calm and nourish, and to move through emotions in a safe and healthy way.
This workshop will show you the inseparable nature of mental health and physical health, bringing together the healing wisdom from psychology and yoga, helping you come home to your body and become your own safe place.
SESSION TIME: 30 MINS + Q&A WITH SUZY
Working with the magic of the moon cycles
HEALTH
HAPPY HORMONES
Our body is not a machine and its about time we treated it right. In this talk we welcome Le'Nise Brothers a registered Nutritional Therapist, women's hormone and health coach, yoga instructor and founder of Eat Love Move, and Dr Shahzadi Harper, a specialist menopause doctor, interested in optimising women's wellbeing and health. Together Le' Nise and Dr. Shahzadi will look at hormones and how they affect us on a daily basis.
Both of our speakers work with women who want to get control of their health and wellbeing, to restore their equilibrium and empower them with the mental positivity to sail through whatever hormonal challenges they may be facing.
Le'Nise and Dr Shahzadi advise and help many women with hormonal issues ranging from PMS, PCOS, fibroids, endometriosis, heavy, painful, missing & irregular periods, post-natal depletion, perimenopause and menopause among many other issues.
Hormones, we all have them so lets take the time to better understand them.
SPEAKER: Le'Nise Brothers & Dr Shahzadi
MID MORNING MIND
BREAD THERAPY
Bread Therapy: The Mindful Art of Baking Bread with Pauline Beaumont.
In this 40 minute workshop join Pauline Beaumont as she demonstrates the meditative, physical and mental benefits of baking bread.
Pauline believes that when life gets challenging, simple pleasures and timeless traditions can help us manage. Bread Therapy is a love letter to the art of making real bread.
So come and enjoy this unhurried, creative activity that is joyful, calming and productive - providing a much-needed antidote to life's stresses and strains.
SESSION TIME: 40 MINS
MORNING KEYNOTE
MEANINGFUL GOALS FOR FRAGILE TIMES
Join Kemi Nekvapil, an ICF credentialed executive and personal coach, who is shaping a new paradigm for women, in leadership and life in this inspirational talk on Setting Meaningful Goals for Fragile Times.
Kemi is an internationally renowned coach who has worked in the wellness industry for 25 years. Having studied leadership and purpose at The Gross National Happiness Centre in Bhutan, trained as a yoga teacher in India with a 23-year yoga and meditation practice, Kemi understands there is a process for meaningful, connection to ourselves, our work, our families and communities.
In her coaching practice Kemi works with female leaders to unlock the obstacles that prevent value-based leadership and as a facilitator Kemi designs programs and speaks for global organisations.
In this talk, Kemi will share her insights into how you can feel empowered to fulfil your own potential even in an unpredictable world.
SPEAKERS: Kemi Nekvapil
WELLBEING
MORNING KEYNOTE
HEALTH
OBESITY : IS IT YOUR FAULT?
From the dangers of crash dieting to the effectiveness of exercise, we’ll be breaking down the government’s obesity strategy to explore how you can REALLY make a difference to your health.
Join award-winning journalist Amy Abrahams and nutritional scientist Toral Shah as they investigate the factors for a healthy life and reveal the truths behind the headlines on Covid and weight. Whether it’s the confusion over BMI, the health inequalities in BAME communities or the psychological impact of calories on menus, there’s never been more debate about what good health actually is.
In this talk, we’ll be illuminating the issues to help you feel the most informed. It’s time to rethink what you feel about food and your body.
SPEAKERS: Toral Shah and Amy Abrahams are the founders of What The Health? Events.
MORNING KEYNOTE
WORKPLACE
HOW TO COPE WITH REDUNDANCY
Career coach Alexa Shoen shares her expert advice on coping with redundancy and job searching in times of Covid-19.
Alexa Shoen is the author of #ENTRYLEVELBOSS: A 9-step guide to finding a job you like (and actually getting hired to do it), and has successfully guided thousands of jobseekers through the process of securing their next role.
If you're one of the one million people who have been made redundant or are now looking for work during the coronavirus era, Alexa will provide some much needed expert advice and support to help support you through the process.
SPEAKER: Alexa Shoen
LUNCHTIME TALK
HEALTH
LONG COVID: THE LONG-TERM HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF COVID-19
The effects of Long Covid are far reaching, with a vast array of symptoms encompassing both the physical and neurological that drag into weeks and in some cases months.
Many of those experiencing long term coronavirus symptoms were fit, active people whose lives have been completely turned upside down by the ongoing symptoms.
What do we know about Long Covid, how is it affecting people and is there help for those who need it?
Join Dr David Arnold lead research from the COVID Discovery team, and primary care nurse and respiratory specialist Carol Stonham, who will talk about the long-term effects they are seeing on patients, and what we can do to help recovery and protect our health for the future.
SPEAKERS: Dr David Arnold & Carol Stonham
LUNCHTIME TALK
BRINGING UP RACE: HOW TO RAISE A KIND CHILD IN A PREJUDICED WORLD
What does race mean for all parents? How do we talk to children about racism? How do you bring up children to confront racism? Those are the questions Uju Asika, a multiple award-nominated blogger, screenwriter and creative consultant, addresses in her new book, Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World.
We are pleased to welcome Uju, to the festival to share her thoughts and experiences of this important topic. In this talk we will explore the book, approaching race as a topic for parents and kids, her response to Black Lives Matter and her own experiences of bringing up kids in todays world.
A former journalist for publications such as The Guardian, Time Out and Salon.com, Uju has been a fixture on the parent blogging and influencer scene for years, known for her popular blog Babes About Town and her presence at events and conferences. A published poet and screenwriter, she’s written Bringing Up Race, incorporating her experiences of raising two boys in London.
SPEAKER: Uju Askia, Hosted by Ed Draper
HEALTH
LUNCHTIME TALK
WELLBEING
PPE : SUFFOCATING OUR SKIN
Join Skin Experts, Yuliya Culley of Novello Skin, and Sara Prue of SJP Beauty as they discuss the disturbing side effects of PPE on our skin.
As it becomes normality to wear face masks, shields and gloves just what exactly is this doing to our skin health? There have been reports of rashes, burning, redness, dermatitis and acne outbreaks. According to research published in the British Journal of Dermatology Hands, cheeks, and the nasal bridge are the most commonly affected areas. However, are these temporary discomforts or long lasting problems?
What can we do to protect, prevent and preserve? We talk to highly acclaimed local skin specialists to discover exactly why this is happening and what steps can be taken to minimise the effects.
SPEAKER: Yulia Culley Novello Skin and Sara Prue SJP Beauty
OVER LUNCH
PARENTING
STRESSED OUT PARENTS: HOW TO TAKE TIME FOR YOU.
Over the last five months, Parents who have had the added pressures of juggling working from home, home schooling their children and the distress due to unstable financial circumstances, are said to be one of the groups of people most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This added stress has