Podcasts about Kiko Matthews

In 2018 Kiko Matthews broke a World Record, becoming the fastest female to row the Atlantic solo. When she set out from Gran Canaria to Barbados, it was the first time she had rowed in the open ocean. What's even more staggering is that only a few months earlier she was undergoing brain surgery. In this episode of These Three Things Kiko shares who and what has helped inspire her to undertake some amazing challenges raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity in the process.This podcast is produced by The Podcast Coach.

Our 1000th All Black, Carl Hayman, pulled on the jersey for the first time against Samoa in 2001. He went on to wear the Silver Fern for 45 tests, then played in Europe until he retired in 2015 But it took years to understand the impact all those matches had on his brain.  He'd been enduring headaches, depression, fits of anger, frustration. Last year he was diagnosed with early onset dementia, and probably CTE - a fatal brain disease associated with repeated traumatic brain injuries. Carl Hayman is one of the more than a hundred former players taking action against World Rugby for failing to protect them. Carl and his partner Kiko Matthews join us now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In The Longest battle Emma Martins chats with people who have gone through a similar life changing situation to her own when Emma caught a virus in 2013 which completely changed her life for ever.  The virus that Emma caught in Vietnam caused a brain aneurysm which in turn has severely affected Emma's eyesight. This week Emma is chatting with Kiko Matthews who in 2018 became the World Record holder for the fastest woman to row solo across the Atlantic. In 2009 Kiko was diagnosed with Cushings disease, a condition caused by having too much cortisol in your body usually resulting from a growth or brain tumour, although this did not stop Kiko taking on the challenge of rowing across the Atlantic.  In The Longest Battle with Kiko Matthews we will find out more about Cushings disease, where Kiko's love of adventure had come from, when did Kiko decide to get into rowing, and why the challenge of rowing solo across the Atlantic. If you would like to know more about how Emma has coped with her own longest battle, do visit Emma's website https://www.thelongestbattle.co.uk (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)

Follow world record holder Kiko Matthews on a solo row across the Atlantic Ocean: 3,000 nautical miles in 49 Days 7 hours and 15 minutes.   200 women have  completed this challenge, that's it. Only 18 have done it solo. Kiko is the fastest ... and before she started training she hadn't even set foot in a row boat before. But that's not the most remarkable thing about this story. Eight months before she was due to set out Kiko was diagnosed with Cushing's Disease a rare, and often fatal, form of brain cancer. The doctors found a tumour on her pituitary gland at the base of her brain. It was life or death. Most of us would have given up at that point. Not Kiko. She received emergency brain surgery and just a few weeks later got straight back to training. This is a story of an incredible adventure: She faced huge storms, rogue waves that nearly capsized the boat. She paddled with whales, dolphins and sharks. She saw the ocean light up like stars with phosphorescence and felt what it meant to be truly alone and humbled, in the vastness of the ocean.But it's also a story about courage, about mental strength and resilience and her story will inspire you to face your own challenge, to follow your own dream, row your own ocean, whatever that may be. If you enjoy this episode, please connect with Kiko she has a book out about her experience – Kiko: How to break the Atlantic rowing record after brain surgery. Find it at Kiko: How to Break the Atlantic Rowing Record after Brain Surgery  and connect with her on social media at @kikomatthews – that’s with two Ts so watch out – and her website is kikomatthews.co.ukThank you also to Room Steals (www.roomsteals.com) for sponsoring this episode. This is the ultimate hotel hack and if you love travel you are going to want to check this out. Room Steals is a subscription service that offers you wholesale prices of more than 600,000 hotel rooms around the world. On average you will save 30% off of what the major online booking sites will charge you and their Google Chrome extension lets you check out the prices before you buy. The subscription costs $95 per year, but you're going to save loads more than that. Head over to Room Steals (www.roomsteals.com) and type in the coupon code 'armchair' for 20% off the listed price.  Check out Armchair Explorer (www.armchair-explorer.com) for background videos, photos and more on each episode. And please hit that follow button to support the show!Follow @armchairexplorerpodcast across Instagram and Facebook 

Kiko Matthews spent nearly two months rowing over 3,000 miles in the Atlantic Ocean to raise money for the hospital that twice saved her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After facing a life-threatening disease, 37-year-old Kiko Matthews set herself the challenge of becoming the fastest woman to solo row across the Atlantic, unassisted with no previous experience of rowing.   As you'll hear in today's episode, half way through her training, her brain tumour came back.   But to the surprise of many, that didn't stop Kiko from believing she could accomplish her goal.   "Sitting in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, with the closest humans to me located in space, it was easy to wonder...how the hell did I get here?   The feat not only helped Kiko achieve a world record but also gave her the opportunity to give back to the very people that helped her survive. Join me as I finds out exactly what it takes to break the Atlantic rowing record after brain surgery. Click here to find out more about Kiko.   

Let's be honest, we've had a lot of time to plan our next big adventure. Post-lockdown, when it's safe to do so, we want to head out on an epic voyage of discovery. No more manana manana (“tomorrow, tomorrow”) it's time to seize the day.Join us, Editor-in-Chief India Dowley and Content Editor Fleur Rollet-Manus, as we discuss (read: fight) over the trips we're going to be taking, deep-dive into why adventure travel is set to rise and consider pressing pause on city breaks for a while.  We also catch up with world-record holder and environmental activist Kiko Matthews to discuss her intrepid adventures, tackling 50ft waves and how Prince Harry fuelled her love for adventure.We'd love to know where you're going next and how you think the travel landscape might change post-pandemic. Send your voice notes to fleur@suitcasemag.com or drop us a DM on Instagram @indiadowley and @fleur_rm. For a daily dose of travel inspiration, check in with us at suitcasemag.com. Links and notes from the episode As soon as we're allowed to, we're fleeing to the Azores and you should too (provided you've had a COVID test, it's negative and you carry it with you, of course).https://suitcasemag.com/articles/azoresKiko Matthews is awe-inspiring. Discover more of her travel tales in her book.https://www.polperropress.co.uk/page/book/kiko/Read all about India's Madagascan adventure here:https://suitcasemag.com/articles/madagascar-off-road-expeditionThen, drool over Mark's photography from their epic Jordan trip:https://suitcasemag.com/articles/riders-on-the-stormSee what inspired Fleur to start planning her trip to Pakistan:Shola Karachi Kitchenhttp://www.sholakitchen.comGather inspo for your next wild getaway here:https://suitcasemag.com/articles/disconnect-reconnectStill hungry for more? Check out these issues of SUITCASE Magazine for a dose of  armchair adventure:https://suitcasemag.com/shop/vol-25-pioneer-issuehttps://suitcasemag.com/shop/vol-26-nostalgia-issuehttps://suitcasemag.com/shop/vol-23-adventure-issue

Bruce catches up with Kiko Matthews, fastest woman to row the Atlantic, and discusses all things beach cleans, education, environment and sustainability.  https://www.kikomatthews.co.uk/ (https://www.kikomatthews.co.uk/)

Kiko Matthews is a British adventurer. On 22 March 2018, she became the fastest female to row the Atlantic, solo and unsupported. Kiko rowed the 3284 miles departing Barbados and arriving in Europe 49 days 7 hours and 15 minutes later. In 2009, she had a nearly fatal pituitary tumor, which resulted in Cushing's disease. She had to undergo neurosurgery to treat it. In August 2017, she had another tumor, which occurred while she was training for the Atlantic crossing. After another neurosurgery, she returned to training and then smashed the Atlantic solo record! She's always been motivated by challenge and adventure and in narrowly avoiding death, the health scare made Kiko clear on how she wanted to spend the rest of her life. She has since dedicated herself to doing things that help people and the planet and challenging herself along th way. Kiko has numerous other impressive adventuring feats and is also a dedicated environmentalist, doing big things to clean up the world's waterways and oceans of plastic. You can readore about her latest adventures on her website. Links below. Kiko's website https://www.kikomatthews.co.uk/ Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiko_Matthews Twitter (@Kikomatthews) https://twitter.com/Kikomatthews?s=09 Insta https://instagram.com/kikomatthews?igshid=p4rblrhi0dcp LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kikomatthews

This bonus podcast episode is from This is Money's new special series Making the Money Work, in partnership with the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Andi Peters and Simon Lambert talk to record-breaking Atlantic solo rower Kiko Matthews. How do you fund a life less ordinary? For most of us financial life means paydays, bills, mortgages and attempts to save or invest, but for others it is very different. If you decide to row the Atlantic, are an Olympic boxer, or have made a career out of having adventures or doing comedy, what on earth do you do with your finances? In our new special podcast series Making the Money Work, in partnership with the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, we talk earnings, budgeting and savings with those whose lives and finances roam far from the norm. The five podcasts are hosted by Andi Peters, alongside This is Money’s Simon Lambert, and every fortnight over the next ten weeks you can listen to a new interview with a different special guest about their financial lives. This is Money’s Podcast will continue to appear each Friday as usual, and the Making the Money Work podcasts will be published fortnightly as a bonus episode in the feed. The first episode features Kiko Matthews, who on 22 March 2018, became the fastest woman to row the Atlantic, solo and unsupported, over 49 days, 7 hours and 15 minutes.  Through sponsorship of her world record attempt she raised more than £105,000 for King's College Hospital by the end of that year. But that isn’t even half the story, because in 2009 Kiko had been diagnosed with Cushings Disease, a rare and life-threatening condition, which causes tumours on the pituitary gland that controls the body’s hormones. That life-changing discovery led her to quit her job as a science teacher, qualify as a paddle-boarding instructor and set up her own business, before deciding to row the Atlantic, despite not being a rower. Midway through her training in 2017, her Cushings Disease returned and although she had to undergo neurosurgery, Kiko pushed on with her Atlantic rowing attempt. Since then, Kiko has focussed on environmental campaigning and recently cycled round the coasts of Britain and Ireland completing beach cleans. On this podcast, Kiko tells us her fascinating story, discusses her finances - and reveals just how you go about funding rowing the Atlantic.

We first spoke with Kiko on the 1st May 2018, where she shared more about her solo and unsupported row, 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Kiko tells more about her life, the challenges she faced and overcame, from being diagnosed with Cushing's Disease and having brain surgery only months before the Atlantic row. Kiko achieved the impossible, she broke the women's record by 5 days and crossed the ocean in 49 days, 10 hours and 13 seconds. Kiko had never rowed before deciding on this challenge! In this Tough Girl Extra podcast episode, we catch up with Kiko to find out what’s she’s been up to, how she decided on her next challenge - Kik Plastic, how she funds her life, what motivates her and what the future looks like.  Kiko does not hold back and shares all the details, she’s authentic and as real as they come! Enjoy this episode!  Show notes Kiko shares more about her backstory Deciding what to do next after her Atlantic row Doing a beach clean in Portugal  Cycling around the world and doing beach cleans… Deciding to keep it local  The logistical challenge Getting a team together to help with the planning Fundraising and needing help Biking experience! Starting the challenge on 5th May 2019 Getting into her rhythm and getting fitter  The importance of having a purpose The stand out moments from the tour Giving up hope Showing up and doing what needs to be done What the learning from Kik Plastic was The fishing industry Getting use to the hills  Talking money The power of networking  Knowing your why and building a community  The cost of Kik Plastic  The Wadi Rum Ultra  Hating running! Team Like a Girl - set up by Lauren Morton  Doing 70k in a day Shuffle running Why it was so hard walking  Comparison between the row, the run and the ride Quick Fire Questions  Final words of advice Social Media Website:  www.kikomatthews.co.uk  Twitter:  @Kikomatthews Instagram:  @kikomatthews 

Kiko is a British long-distance rower. She currently has the record as fastest female to row the Atlantic, solo and unsupported. Kiko suffers from Cushing's Disease but is always up for the next expedition!If you would like to donate to the Silverlining Charity it will be very much appreciated. All donations from this podcast will go towards Emma taking part in her next Goodwill Silverlining Mission to India. All donations are welcome, small or large we are grateful for your generosity and hope we shared awareness of an incredible brain injury charityTheme tune composed by Michelle de Jong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are thrilled to be interviewing as a Podcast Extra; Kiko Matthews from Kiko Matthews ltd - A World record holder - fastest woman to solo row the Atlantic. She is passionate about the ocean and our environment, as well as education and adventure. She was a science teacher before being a environmental athlete. In May 2019 she will be cycling around U.K. 7200km and doing 76 beach cleans along the way. if you would like to get involved then please sponsor her - www.kikomatthews.co.uk. It is an amazing show and I hope you like it as much as us!

Kiko Matthews, adventurer and campaigner is back on the pod! Since we recorded the first podcast together (Project Pod #2!) a year and a half ago a lot has happened! Following brain surgery for a rare life-threatening condition, Kiko went on to break the world record for fastest female solo crossing that she was training for last year (49 days at sea!). Kiko then took up running (in her usual style of taking up an activity she has never done before in order to do a mega challenge) and ran the Wadi Rum Ultramarathon in Jordan in October 2018. Kiko is now working on her next venture, Kik Plastic, to help people reduce plastic consumption. In 2019 she'll be cycling around the UK and beach cleaning with primary schools on her route. Kiko's approach to finding your purpose in life? Keep going, try things because you never know what's around the corner, who you'll meet or the skills you'll develop. Recorded in November 2018 **[Kiko Matthews](www.kikomatthews.co.uk)** **[Kik Plastic (Facebook)](https://www.facebook.com/kikplastic/)** **[Kik Plastic (Instagram)](https://www.facebook.com/kikplastic/)** [Guinness World Records news about Kiko's record](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/5/how-kiko-matthews-survived-two-tumours-rowed-the-atlantic-and-set-new-records-523138) [Wadi Rum Ultramarathon](https://www.wadirumultra.com/)

In 2009, Kiko Matthews had a nearly fatal brain tumour, which resulted in Cushing's disease. She was treated at King's College Hospital, and had to undergo neurosurgery. In August 2017, she had another tumour, which occurred while she was training for the Atlantic crossing. On 22 March 2018, she became the fastest female to row the Atlantic, solo and unsupported. Here she tells her incredible story of illness, adventure and of the time she forced Boris Becker to feel her guns!

Following a crushing diagnosis with a life threatening  disease Kiko Matthews faced a world of personal and physical challenges. Fighting for her life was to be the first of many challenges ahead and in 2018 in a bid to test herself yet again, both mentally and physically, Kiko took on a solo row across the Atlantic. The feat not only helped her achieve a world record but also gave her the opportunity to give back to the very people that helped her survive.  Join George as he finds out exactly what it takes to be a survivor.

Have you ever had a bad day or maybe found yourself feeling a little down? And thought about what you could do to feel a little better? Chances are, you probably didn't think about smashing a world record and putting yourself through a bucket load of pain in the process? Well, today's guest did just that... After facing a life-threatening disease, 37-year-old former teacher Kiko Matthews set herself the challenge of becoming the fastest woman to solo row across the Atlantic, unassisted with zero previous experience of rowing… As you'll hear in today's episode, half way through her training, her brain tumour came back. But that didn't stop Kiko from believing she could accomplish her goal of proving that anything is possible if you really want it and set your mind to it. The result? Eight months after being operated on, this incredible human being rowed the 21ft-long Soma of Essex for up to 16 hours a day, sleeping in two-hour shifts, spent 49 days at sea crossing the 3,200+ miles from East to West, smashed the previous record of 56 day (which was set by the French in 2002…Ouch!) by just over a week and now is a 2x World Record holder. Her goal was simple: to empower and inspire women to push their boundaries while supporting King's College Hospital Charity, who saved her life in 2009 and again in August 2017, raising more than £100,000 for them. Ladies and gentlemen, this is one of the craziest and most inspiring interviews I've had to date with someone who simply refuses to call herself inspiring or special. And yet, although she may be just like everyone else, she is all of that and so much more. I can't wait to hear your reactions and what was your favourite quote of today's episode over on social media by tagging me (@markleruste) and Kiko (@kikomatthews). Mark GET ON ALL THE ACTION: Subscribe and rate the show on iTunes: www.theunconventionalists.org SHOW NOTES www.theunconventionalists.com/episode/97 GET IN TOUCH Website: www.theunconventionalists.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/markleruste YouTube: www.youtube.com/markleruste Facebook: www.facebook.com/markleruste Twitter: www.twitter.com/markleruste

Kiko a former teacher, now turned SUPer and adventurer, at 36, rowed 3,000 nautical miles from Gran Canaria to Barbados in 49 days! Gaining a new Guinness World Record in the process! Solo and unsupported, she was rowing for up to 16 hours a day, sleeping in two-hour shifts. What makes this story even more incredible is that in 2009, Kiko, was diagnosed with Cushing's disease, a rare condition that made even walking up the stairs impossible. The tumour on her pituitary gland also caused severe memory loss, psychosis, diabetes, osteoporosis, insomnia and muscle wastage. In order to give back Kiko stated fundraising for Kings College Hospital Charity, who helped save her life. Whilst in the middle of her training to row the Atlantic, she was diagnosed with a second tumour which was successfully removed in August 2017. In March 2018, she smashed the previous record or 56 days and in the process motivated and inspired others to challenge themselves to do the unthinkable.  During this podcast we learn more about Kiko; her life, the decisions she’s made and the challenges she’s overcome, what she has learnt on the way and why she wants to continue to inspire and motivate others. She also give a few hints about her next challenge! Show notes Thinking about her recent achievement! Wanting to move on and focus on the next thing When the dream for rowing the Atlantic came about Growing up as one of 4 children Adventures growing up, travelling and taking gap years Driving to Cape Town from the UK in a team of 4 over 6 months What she learnt on this adventure… Learning to speak honestly to people and to be honest to herself Being diagnosed with Cushing Disease in 2009 Why you have to let go of the things you can’t control and focus on what you can control The recovery process…over 18 months Going off her medication and the negative impact… Trying to find her passion Learning to stand up paddle board on the Nile Wanting to do paddle board life coaching in the future Telling her friends and family about her Atlantic Rowing Challenge! Not having the support from her family  Doing the planning at the start Deciding to do women only funding Having to deal with her tumour coming back Why it was a relief to start rowing the Atlantic Being closest to a person in space rather than on earth! Never feeling lonely or alone What a typical day was like on the water - her routine and day to day habits How she entertained herself while on the boat & getting obsessed with the data The last day and the finish Knowing her life was going to change after getting the world record What she’s learnt from this experience The next big challenge! Final words of wisdom… Where her name - Kiko came from Social Media Personal Website - http://www.kikomatthews.co.uk  Twitter - @Kikomatthews  Instagram @kikomatthews  Donate here  to help raise funds for Kings College Hospital Charity -  https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/kikomatthews   ************************************************ I'm excited to be up for an award at this year’s @womensporttrust #BeAGameChanger Awards! Please vote for me here - http://www.womenssporttrust.com/bagc2018/ *************************************************

Throughout January there are no New Year's Resolutions here on Personal Best! Instead Gillian Russell and the team are focusing on trying new things, changing our perceptions of what's possible and filling our lives with more of what's good for us so we can squeeze out some of the bad habits! Kiko Matthews explains what new things she's trying this year and how she hopes her challenge of rowing across the Atlantic will empower other women to give something new a try... Alex Rotas talks about discovering a passion for photography, her joy at photographing older athletes and why she wants her pictures to change perceptions and challenge the stereotypes many of us have about old age. Rabbi Steve Leder, author of More Beautiful Than Before, explains how pain can have a purpose and that by changing our perceptions of and approach to pain - both physical and mental - we can actually learn from it and grow.

Former Team USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was jailed for 175 years, after he was convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault. We speak to Katherine Starr who created Safe 4 Athletes, an organisation protecting athlete welfare, who says the first gymnast came to her to report sexual abuse in US Gymnastics. Kiko Matthews will try to break the world record for rowing solo across the Atlantic, despite having little or no experience in a boat. She will be raising money for Kings College Hospital in London, to say thank you for the treatment she received for a rare and life threatening condition: Cushing Disease. And we speak to the Reggae Rollers, Jamaica's first ever lawn bowls team.

Kiko Matthews shares her amazing story of training to break the world record for fastest Atlantic solo crossing by woman after overcoming serious illness. After suffering a pituitary tumour 7 years ago, Kiko decided to leave her job as a teacher, and start her her own SUP business before deciding to take up rowing in order to challenge the world record for fastest female Atlantic crossing. The path to training was not smooth sailing/rowing however - as you will hear in the intro. Kiko is a total powerhouse of ability and inspiration - choosing what seemed like a crazy goal, going out there and training to make it happen. Recorded in May 2017 More about Kiko: http://www.kikomatthews.co.uk/my-story/ http://www.kikomatthews.co.uk/100together/ Instagram: @kikomatthews

Are If's and But's preventing you from taking that first step to acheiving that special challenge that's yearning inside of you to be completed?So many of us create excuses on why we shouldn't achieve our dreams, ambitions and goals. Instead we let fear take it's grip and push our burning desire to achieve that challenge to one side. Ignoring it and allowing it to gather dust at the back of our brain. Why is that?On the show with me today is Kiko Matthews, a life enjoyer, entrepreneur and adventurer, who is attempting to become the fastest woman to solo row the Atlantic in 2018.In 2009, Kiko nearly died from Cushings Disease and 8 years on, is living her life to the full and challenging her mind and body to see what they're now capable of.After a Stand Up Paddle Board (SUP) on the River Thames in Richmond, Kiko and I chat in her big 'clean me' van eating chocolate and talking about her journey so far, how SUP'ing is a vehicle for transformation, overcoming fear, the empowerment of learning and her formula to #OwnTheChallenge.If you're ready to push your mental and phsyical limits and achieve the impossible, then listen to my conversation with Kiko now!Check out the Show Notes for useful links and photos: http://www.lillywild.com/the-lilly-wild-show-episodes/kiko-matthews (http://www.lillywild.com/the-lilly-wild-show-episodes/kiko-matthews)