When 3 bereaved fathers come together, bonded by their shared experience of Baby Loss, amazing things can happen. When Golf is added to the mix, the possibilities are endless.

On Friday 14 June 2024, Kris Lynch, Ben Seabrook and Mike Harris joined forces at Prince’s Golf Club, in Sandwich, Kent, to undertake an all day Golf challenge in support of Sands.

Sands works to save babies' lives and ensure that anyone affected by pregnancy or baby loss gets the support and care they need, in a way that works for them, for as long as they need it.

Through their fundraising efforts and thanks to the wonderfully kind donations of family, friends and followers, the boys raised over £1,800 for Sands.

This podcast episode is a raw, emotional and vulnerable account of three Fathers’ grief. It also a humorous, self deprecating and often slapstick account of three average Golfers having spent 14 hours trying to whack a small white ball into a tiny hole, multiple times over until their bodies and minds scream “No More!!!”.

Episode timestamps

0:00 The Hook

0:18 Episode introduction

4:10 Call for Help to GYH Community - Follow and Subscribe

5:10 Reflections from the Day

10:27 Prince’s Golf Club

18:09 About Sands

23:15 “Doing Life” after loss

33:36 Shoutout to fellow Golf for Sands participants

34:43 Fundraising for Sands

36:00 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

44:55 GYH is Good for You

49:04 A word to the Midwifery Heroes

53:02 Three Bereaved Dads and Their Feelings

1:04:08 Reflections on Season 1 of GYH Podcast

1:09:26 Golf is Good for You

1:14:13 Looking ahead - Season 2 of GYH Podcast

1:15:25 Listener shout out

1:18:19 Call for Help to GYH Community - Follow and Subscribe

❓About the Show:

At Golf Yourself Healthy, we believe that Golf is Good for you. Join GYH founder and podcast host, Kris Lynch, as he invites guests to discuss how Golf is helping them to live happy and healthy lives.

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In what has become part of our staple GYH diet, Kris and Ben return for the second edition of “Golf Buddies Aloud”.

We offer an update on our forthcoming Charity Golf challenge at Prince’s Golf Club in support of Sands, one of the UK’s leading Baby Loss charities. As bereaved parents, we explain why we are doing this challenge, what it means to us and how our GYH listeners and community members can support us.

We also chew the fat on various other Golf and Life related topics, including

🤬 The Angry Golfer - Kris relives a traumatic time in his Golfing life and how years of therapy and Golf Coaching have allowed him to find inner peace

🌱Growing the Game - Kris reflects on his training to become a Community Golf Instructor

😬 Guilty Pleasure - Ben tells us about his love of James “Short Side” Wilson’s voice and how it soothes him to sleep at night

🏅The Honourable Mention (Westminster) - Ben and Kris call out some of the movers and shakers in world of Golf Influencers and how they’re either inspiring us, making us laugh or growing the game in their own unique way

✂️ Cut it Out - Ben calls for a ban on multiple practice putting strokes

❓About the Show:

At Golf Yourself Healthy, we believe that Golf is Good for you. Join GYH founder and podcast host, Kris Lynch, as he invites guests to discuss how Golf is helping them to live happy and healthy lives.

🎧 Listen on Audio

Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0L379bGvlmx069xF1cmIbQ?si=aJRDptqYREuzsk4wXKz7SA

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When life gives you Lemons, make Lemonade. Or better still, Play Golf.

Reflecting on his childhood in the UK, Rob Jansz has fond memories of playing Golf with his family and friends, having fun and not taking life, nor the game itself too seriously. Then Life happened.

In the intervening years between going to University and then moving overseas to Barcelona, Spain to start a business in the Hospitality sector, Golf took a back seat in Rob’s life. He barely gave it a second thought.

That remained the case, until in 2021, when Rob experienced burnout. He needed to step off the treadmill of life and tread a different path, to find his way again. The path he chose? The fairways of the Golf course.

Since that fateful day in 2021 - which involved 36 holes of Golf and a deeply “profound experience” - Rob has been “reinventing” his relationship with Golf ever since. Not only is he loving being back out on the links again, he’s finding his people while doing so.

Through the creation of Smyle Golf, Rob is establishing a community of Golfers who enjoy some of the finer things the game has to offer. Moreover, through Smyle and through the design, creation and distribution of Habits Scorecards, Rob is introducing Mindfulness practices to the game of Golf.

As Rob explains, there’s much more to Golf than simply how many shots you took to get the ball in the hole. It’s equally important to keep track of what and how you’re feeling, whilst out on the course…

Episode Timestamps

0:00 The Hook

0:57 Episode Introduction

2:10 Call for Help - GYH Community

3:47 Introducing today’s guest - Rob Jansz

8:05 Teeing off

9:20 Spirit of Your Game

18:50 Introducing Smyle Golf

31:00 Building a Golf Community

42:20 Building Better Golf Habits

53:25 Golf Yourself Nostalgic

59:39 The Eagle Has Landed

1:05:33 Cut It Out

1:16:42 Episode wrap up

❓About the Show:

At Golf Yourself Healthy, we believe that Golf is Good for you. Join GYH founder and podcast host, Kris Lynch, as he invites guests to discuss how Golf is helping them to live happy and healthy lives.

🎧 Listen on Audio

Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0L379bGvlmx069xF1cmIbQ?si=aJRDptqYREuzsk4wXKz7SA

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📚Episode links and resources

https://www.instagram.com/smylegolf/

https://smyle.golf/