BBC Radio Lincolnshire Experience- Grantham Tennis Club | DanielMarshallAdventures

On Thursday 20th April 2017  i had the chance to be on BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Talking about The Feeling Good Again Project At Grantham Tennis Club.

Me, Dale Wright, & James Prior left at 8.45 Am, to head over to Lincoln.
As we was sat in Reception melvynprior announced The Club a few times which i thought was great exposure, as people knew what was going to come up later in the program.

It was second time being on the radio in just one week, but this experience was out of this world, and totally different.

Even though i felt scared of in being broadcast to a much wider audience i also felt, relaxed, calm like it was meant to be, and that i had been speaking on the radio for years.

I Filmed a small section of the show, as i thought it would be cool to not only hear what was said but to see us all in action hehe (:

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Dale was the first one to talk, followed by James and then it was my turn.
I spoke from the heart, and being as open as i could ever be.
One thing that life has taught me is, if you hide yourself away, you can not get the support you need
not only that but people wont understand how hard of a journey its been.
I mentioned that I have suffer with mental health problems since being a kid, but i choose to not reach out for the help to feel better until the start of 2016.

Where even to this day its been a long, and hard battle to get the help to become a better person.
I had noticed on his twitter that melvynprior was already talking about mental health this week.
So it was great timing to be able to explain where i had come from, i explained about the club, and the feeling good project.
How it really did change my life to the person i am today.
I also decided as in life you have to be cheeky sometimes to also just slightly promote myself as being a photographer, why not hey ? (:

One of the comments that melvyn asked Dale was are we seeing a different person here.
and like Dale has said we have and we haven't.
I am still the same person, in one sense that i am just me, someone who has been the full circle, who wants to help others with problems they are facing in life, as we all fight stronger when we unite.

Its also been a omg wow factor of how my confidence has grown, how i have been able to help with tennis, with helping my local community grown and get known through doing photography and videos.

I could never ever believe i would have the chance to have my voice heard on the radio, and being a strong figure as such to the people that need that little extra boost of self believe, of confidence.

I am in no way a cured person, i am in no way a 100 percent all the time happy person.
it is a battle, to sometimes even go to play tennis, but i get that strength deep within to push through the day and come out the other side feeling more happy.

I could say that to get this point in my life its been easy but then i would be lieing to myself and to people with the same issues.

Mental Health is not a disease, it does mean you are mental, or you should be someone to stay away from.

Weather we know, or choose to not think about it, some point in your life you will have a mental health problem, you will need support and you will need the people there to have your backs and to lift your spirits.

I may talk about Mental Health a lot in my blogs but its because people need to be aware of what it means.
For those who at the moment do not suffer with anything, its about being the bigger person and helping those people in need. we are not monsters, to be scared of we are human just like the rest of you.

Sometimes we do not show our feelings, because of wanting the attention, or not wanting to come across as, as society puts it being mental,
i think mental health gets labelled to much.

Going back to the show, James went oh no as he was asked a question, but it was a simple question.
Could i play tennis when i first started, i could hit a ball yes.
However, i knew nothing about positioning, scoring, how to use my forehand, and backhand, to do better plays.

and i think the most worst aspect of my game was my serve.
But over the course of the 12 weeks i learned a lot, i grew as a person but overall , i had fun, i laughed, i joked, and i left feeling over the moon and just wanting the next week to fly by so i could be back to my happy place at the club again.

Tomorrow Marks the start of the feeling good again project, where i will be helping out every week, as we all have to start somewhere, and if the talent i saw with the last project can be found again then i will enjoy seeing and helping peoples talents grow.

At the end of the show, i got the chance to be in a group picture with James, Dale, melvynprior

also Having a picture sat next to the microphone which i edited both pictures in photoshop to look even more amazing !!!! hehe (:


Dress to impress is what you should always do even on radio because likes with the pictures, they can show a image of the person you have become, plus its always better to look presentable to the person your being interviewed for.

On The way back, i had amazing car journey, where we all talked, laughed and enjoyed ourself, plus i cant remember where we stopped but Dale let me take a picture of a stunning place that you can see below !!!



Overall the experience, was one for the history books, i dont aim to be famous in life, money etc, all i want is to feel more and more happy, by doing what i love and helping the community.
Having that feeling of praise is its own reward and i may not have a lot in life but i dont need gaming, a fancy place to be happy !!!

I hope that the new session at Grantham Tennis Club Really makes a difference in peoples life, and i hope i can get the chance to be on the radio again next year if the program continues.

If you suffer with mental health, the only advice i can take it, take each day as it comes, it will be a long journey and there will be a lot of days where you feel like giving up, i had so many of them in 2016.
But i am in a much better place mind and body to be more happy.
I would also say is force yourself to come out of your comfort zone, even if it takes a year so what, you can say to yourself when you have done what you set out i did it !!!!!

Small steps and loving the little things in life is all apart of your life journey.

Please feel free to share the message to people who might need help.

Thank you for Reading (:




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