Episode 34 - “Sucking the Marrow out of Life” with Glenn Manton

Today on Moments of Clarity, I speak to Glenn Manton. 

 

Glenn Manton is a former AFL footballer playing 178 games for Essendon and Carlton. He was part of the 1995 Carlton Premiership team and forged a brilliant career on the field. Post-football he continued his athletic pursuits in multiple areas including competing in the four-man bobsleigh team for Australia. Although Glenn still keeps very active, training most days to get the best out of himself physically, it is Glenn’s mind and heart that make him truly unique. 

 

Glenn is not afraid to try new things. He talks about the need for courage and a ‘you only live once’ attitude to experience every day in its fullest - to really suck the marrow out of life. 

 

Glenn has Bachelor degrees in Teaching and Education, a Diploma in Mentoring and has worked in educational settings globally for over 25 years. He co-founded Whitelion, an organisation that works to support young people at risk in the Australian community with programs and advocacy. 

 

Glenn’s passion and purpose today is to use the power of story and personal experience to help young people learn to love themselves and in turn build positive relationships - which Glenn believes is the key to a good life. He has over 20 years experience speaking professionally in an incredibly diverse range of settings and I have seen first hand the wonderful ability Glenn has to pierce through to the core of human emotion in an instant.

 

Glenn has written multiple books including Dead Bolt, Mongrel Punts and Hard Ball Gets, Tattoo Urself, Authentic, and Put Your Damn Phone Down and is in the process of writing another.

 

You can learn more about Glenn by visiting www.glennmanton.com or following Glenn on instagram @glennmanton.

 

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Podcast by Matthew Sortino

Music by Christian Prochilo

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