Kate is a British model, actress, and musician, who has been Miss Great Britain Photogenic, Miss England Intercontinental, and the Face of Aintree 2004. Kate is also a humanitarian and works for various charity projects. Her TEDx talk about her life journey has turned into a viral Internet sensation.

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Kate Elizabeth Hallam

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    <strong><mark style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #e43425">KATE ELIZABETH
            HALLAM</mark>
        is a British model, actress, and musician, who has been Miss Great Britain
        Photogenic, Miss England Intercontinental, and the Face of Aintree 2004.
        Kate is also a humanitarian and works for various charity projects. Her TEDx
        talk about her life journey has turned into a viral Internet sensation.
        HereKate shares with us what inspires her passion to help people.</strong>
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<p>
    I was born and raised in a beautiful town called Buxton, Derbyshire, with
    farmland and beautiful green fields. My brothers and I had a very humble
    upbringing, and our childhood was fun. We would create our own magic, make
    tree dens, and run through the fields. When I was 14, my brother Chris was
    diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia. He needed a bone marrow transplant,
    and I was a match for him. So we underwent the transplant, and Professor Huen
    helped us through the process. He is an amazing man who helped cure Chris of
    cancer.
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    It was a crazy time, because I was only 14 and scared for my brother, who was
    27. But with things like that, especially with your loved ones, you just get
    on with it and do what you can. Luckily, he was cured. Since then, he’s gone
    on to have a happy family life and a beautiful daughter.
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    My brother’s recovery inspired me to raise money for cancer charities, and I
    became an ambassador for the
    <a href="https://www.anthonynolan.org/">Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust</a>.
    We raise awareness for Leukemia sufferers who needed donors. At the time when
    I donated, a bone marrow transplant was a complicated operation. They had to
    drill into the sternum and hips to take the bone marrow. Nowadays, donating
    good bone marrow is just a blood test away. I get people to join the bone
    marrow donor registries to give Leukemia sufferers a better chance of
    survival. That work gives me a lot of joy because it is a personal subject.
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    <strong><mark style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #e43425">Travel to
            India</mark></strong>
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    I have always been a traveler and love exploring new places. I was in Dubai
    when I was asked to shoot a Kannada movie in Bangalore, and jumped at the
    chance because I had never been to India, and I had heard beautiful things. I
    instantly fell in love with India and it carries a very big space in my heart
    to this day. I met my husband there – a lot of you will know him, Lucky Ali. I
    had the most wonderful experiences traveling in India and I can’t wait to go
    back.
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            Stress</mark></strong>
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<p>
    While pursuing our dreams, we all have days where we feel too stressed or
    overstimulated by external things and situations. Eventually, we realize we’re
    wanting to rush to get to that point of happiness and success, so we try to do
    everything. By the end of the day, we’re puzzled and tired. The key is to
    learn to slow down, and that comes with age.
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    We can still achieve while going at a slower pace, realizing the blessings of
    each day: taking moments to breathe; remembering to be present in each moment.
    I have been focusing on that for the last five to six years and it works
    wonderfully. There are still stressful days, we all have them, but we learn to
    manage those days and not be reactive. If something’s meant for you, you are
    going to get there anyway.
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            Joy</mark></strong>
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<p>
    Success is an interesting journey. A lot of things in life can make us feel
    less, e.g. getting turned down for a job, and we take them to heart, but the
    key to success is to keep going. There’s a famous saying that “Sometimes you
    give up when you are just about to break through,” throwing away whatever you
    have been working on, however long it’s taken you. It’s good to keep going, to
    keep positive, to be joyful, to breathe, and not always be stressed by getting
    overstimulated.
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    People tend to look at other people’s lives and think, “Oh my God! It’s not
    fair. Why isn’t my life like that?” Instead, just enjoy your life. It is
    magnificent, and it’s you who is going to make it better.
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<p>
    It’s important for me to know that I am giving back to people. It could be
    raising awareness for Leukemia sufferers, or simply putting a smile on
    someone’s face. You never know what other people are going through, and a
    simple smile can give so much to somebody. I try to work everyday in a state
    of giving rather than taking. It’s much better to give, and to give joy and
    happiness to other people.
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    I think fitness is the key to joy. Your body is your temple. Take a little
    time out each day for your body – whether you are meditating or going to the
    gym. It’s that workout that brings you joy and good vibes. My three boys keep
    me very busy, but I still go to the gym.
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        Take a little time out <br />each day for your
        body – whether you are meditating <br />or going to the gym. It’s that
        workout that brings you <br />joy and good vibes.</mark>
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    I take time out and there is no excuse for not doing that. Everybody’s got
    time to do something for themselves: whether it’s mental meditation or
    physical exercise. Exercising can help release endorphins, which keep us
    positive and lets us strive for success.
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    <strong><mark style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #e43425">Managing
            Relationships</mark></strong>
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    I have been married twice and my second marriage is to David. He is a
    well-known music producer, we have 2 boys together, and I have Dani from my
    ex-husband Lucky Ali. Life is good. Everybody is happy. Everybody is peaceful
    and we all get on well.
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    I think that is the key – when you have children, it’s important to make
    relationships work. After what I went through with my brother, when you
    overcome adversity at a young age, you realize that life is short and
    transient. It puts things into perspective. I realized that you have to
    treasure everything.
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    Not everything is going to work out for you in life, but it doesn’t mean you
    have to destroy it, or argue about it. You can walk away from things that are
    not meant for you, or that may have run their course. You can end a
    relationship and continue with a friendship. That’s what I have with Lucky,
    and it’s been especially important for Dani, our 10-year-oldson. If you work
    on the relationship, in the long run it works better for everybody.
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    Just keep things positive and breathe. Take a breath before you react to
    things. I hope everybody out there manages that.
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    <strong><mark style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #e43425">Managing Kids,
            Hobbies, and Personal Care</mark></strong>
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    I get up early – that is the key. It is challenging with three boys. I love
    getting into nature and I take time to go into the woods. Trees calm me down
    from the energy of the day. Taking little hikes helps me survive the day, and
    the busy-ness with the boys, as I don’t have any help. We make it work as a
    family, we are a team, and it’s good to remember that. I take time out for my
    boys, and for my hobbies, while I nurture my career.
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    I also take time out for myself. Meditating and going to the gym set me up for
    the whole day: fitness and a positive mind. When it gets tough, just remember
    that our parents did it for us, and we are doing it for our children; it’s the
    way it happens. Look at the joy we get from our children. We do a lot of
    running around for them, but they are going to grow up into love itself.
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