‘I’ve got scars and wounds. It’s ok to be imperfectly perfect. Even though I’m imperfect and I’m imperfect in lots of ways. But, it’s what makes me, me. I think that’s the ultimate goal is to be alright with myself. That self worth. You are human you know. There’s a lot of help out there right now. Pride and Ego can kill and I just think it’s so important to ask for help’ - @paul_danan_official
From Hollyoaks to Hollywood, Uk Actor Paul Danon is no stranger to the public eye and openly speaks about his past through his platform and podcast ‘The Morning After with Paul Danon’ to share his own experiences through addiction to recovery and more to help countless people in the world who may be going through or have dealt with the same things.
This week founder Glenn Marsden caught up with Paul for an upcoming episode on the ImperfectlyPerfect Podcast and we are so grateful for him sharing and being so open and using his advocacy to help so many people.
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'My life could've been very different, had I chosen a darker path' with Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle made his acting debut in 2002, playing Ryan Naysmith of fictional football club Harchester United in Dream Team. What followed was a four-year stint as Calvin Valentine in the Uk's hit show, Hollyoaks. A successful stint on Strictly Come Dancing duly followed all whilst making an incredible impact in the UK with his career, Ricky harboured bigger ambitions and wanted to give Hollywood a go and in 2009, he boarded a plane to go after his dreams. Success came with his casting in the popular show The 100, with Ricky becoming a popular character, and then came the lead role in one of Hollywoods biggest shows 'American Gods' with Ricky being cast as the lead 'Shadow Moon' During this incredible episode, Founder Glenn Marsden chats with Ricky about his start into entertainment, through an undeniably incredible career in the UK through to taking a leap into the unknown that is Hollywood, to have some amazing success then cast as the lead in one of the US’s biggest shows.
Not only do we hear all about his amazing work, we also get to know all about the man behind the profession, his upbringing, how he navigated his whole mental wellbeing through his younger years and how things may have been completely different had he not internally chosen himself and changed his mindset on how he looked at life.
To find out more information and to keep up to date with Ricky, simply head to his socials @rickywhittle or his IMDB at: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1340638/
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A big thank you to our voice-over: Mike Christenson (voicemonkey.com)
American God's Ricky Whittle Gets Behind The Imperfectly Perfect Campaign's Global Efforts.
‘Imperfectly Perfect means everyone is perfect the way they are. In a world of social media and appearance, we’re afraid to post a picture without a filter on. Be yourself. Be that imperfect person.
If you constantly put out this fake highlight reel of yourself, you are only going to attract people who don’t really care or don’t realise they don’t care, about you.
If you put your imperfect self out there, whatever size, shape, age, look, belief whatever it is you are into, put your true self out there. We are all unique, we’re all from different backgrounds, we’re all different builds, ages, sexual orientations, religions, beliefs. We’re all special.’ - @rickywhittle
A huge thank you to ‘American Gods’ lead Ricky Whittle for his advocacy and getting behind the @imperfectlyperfectcampaign Global Efforts and sharing his story on the ImperfectlyPerfect Podcast in aims to join us all in building a legacy - a legacy that surpasses time. A legacy that provides education, healing, support, advocacy and public awareness so that the conversation around mental health disorders normalizes, enabling your children, grand children and future generations to live without stigmas attached to mental health.
We are truly grateful and we cannot wait to share this episode with you.
Join founder Glenn Marsden as he chats with Ricky about an incredible career in the UK through to taking a leap into the unknown, that is Hollywood, to have some amazing success in hit shows and films & then cast as the lead in one of the US’s biggest shows ‘American Gods’
Not only do we hear all about his amazing work, we get to know all about the man behind the profession.
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