Jonny Benjamin is extraordinary!

Katie Piper's Extraordinary People

Sony Music

Health & Fitness, Arts, Society & Culture

4.8 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Jonny Benjamin tells Katie how he was talked down from a suicide attempt on Waterloo Bridge, and how he and the stranger who helped him now dedicate their lives to helping others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.7	Every runner knows the moment when everything clicks.
0:31.3	When your legs lock into a rhythm,
0:33.1	the aches float away and doubts fade.
0:35.7	Replaced by a feeling of euphoria.
0:39.3	It's why you lace up at dawn, why little rain doesn't stop you,
0:44.3	why one run turns into a habit.
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1:08.8	Hello, I'm Katie Piper and welcome to my podcast, Katie Piper's Extraordinary People.
1:15.9	Each episode, I'll meet an amazing person with an incredible story who faced adversity and came
1:21.7	through the other side to inspire others. Today I'm talking to Johnny Benjamin MBE, a mental health campaigner, author and blogger.
1:30.8	He talks with incredible honesty and insight about how he experienced mental health issues
1:35.7	from the age of three. He also discusses coming out to his religious parents and how in 2014
1:42.2	he led a social media campaign to find the man who saved his life on Waterloo Bridge
1:47.9	during one of his worst bouts of depression.
1:55.0	Hello.
1:55.9	Hiya, hi.
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