Life After Rugby - Welsh Legend Shane Williams chats with Jim Hamilton

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🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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We're joined by one of the all-time greats in Shane Williams to chat about his transition to life after rugby. It's Mental Health Awareness Week, so this episode takes an intimate look into the lives of Shane and Jim as they struggled with certain aspects of life after rugby. They discuss the highs of their careers and professional rugby, and what tools helped them cope and come to terms with some of the lows and challenges that they faced and that many people face on a daily basis like loneliness, anxiety and finding the right support network. To find out more about any of the topics discussed on this podcast, visit www.mentalhealth.org.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode, I'm with the Welsh Wizard, a legend, I call him my friend, one of the
0:06.2	best who have done it, shame Williams.
0:08.9	And as it's mental health awareness week, we talk all things mental health and we talk
0:13.4	about our transitions and we talk about loneliness in retirement.
0:18.0	And for those of you interested in finding out more information on mental health, go to
0:22.0	mentalhealth.org.uk or Instagram mental health foundation. Enjoy.
0:30.5	There's something so romantic about winter and I don't know whether that's just because
0:33.7	I'm a bit of a homebody and I love a five.
0:36.2	But I think it's just the holiday period, it's just for me, it's the most romantic period.
0:42.4	And I think anyone who's listened to my records will know that I'm quite a big fan of
0:45.6	romance.
0:47.2	Enjoy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.
0:54.8	Sam Mendes presents Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, an audible original drama.
1:00.2	The young gentleman's name would be Oliver.
1:03.2	Oliver Twist.
1:05.2	With Brian Cox as Fagan.
1:07.2	What have you seen?
1:08.2	Street boy.
1:09.2	Nicola Cochlan as Nancy and Daniel Callullia as Bill Sykes.
1:13.2	Oh look to me like a hound of my knowledge.
1:16.2	With original music by Dan Gillespie's cells, subscription required, see audible.co.uk for terms.
1:46.2	Right Shane, we're in mate.
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