{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6ab6363f62a47b6becfebf36/6af484c74554d284bb06af62?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Alex Clarke on raising a son with Duchenne, depression and moving across the world with an ironing board","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6ab6363f62a47b6becfebf36/1794410908279-47994ba8-4440-481e-b55f-3c8b817b03d6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Giovanna and Marco head to the beautiful village of Hambleden in Buckinghamshire in the podvan to chat with dad and adventurer Alex Clark.</p><p><br></p><p>Alex shares how he left South Africa with everything he owned (including an ironing board) in the back of a Fiat Uno, before moving to London with £600 in the bank and eventually finding his way to Henley, where he met his wife Lisa.</p><p><br></p><p>He opens up about his son Ben’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy diagnosis, how the family has made travel and adventure a priority while Ben is still mobile, and the moment his younger son Zach told him he felt left out. Alex also talks honestly about depression, rebuilding his relationship with his mum, and why there’s no secret sauce to being a good parent.</p><p><br></p><p>Join us each week on Boots Off as Giovanna and Marco travel around the UK chatting to people with incredible stories.</p>","author_name":"Audio Always"}