Podcast Episode – Tanya Allan

Welcome to another episode of the Aquatic Mentors podcast. I am your host, Katrina van Eyk.

In this episode I interview an industry professional who has brought her knowledge from teaching studies to her swim teaching and her swim school. So please extend a big welcome to the podcast for Tanya Allan.

While completing her teaching degree Tanya realised the standard classroom teaching was not for her. After speaking with the swim school owner where her children learnt to swim, she found her calling and jumped headfirst into the swim school business when she purchased the swim school after teaching there for a short time.

Tanya developed her skills for helping anxious swimmers and designed a program which focused on recognising the fear and then taking small steps of bravery to overcome the anxiety. Her daughter enjoyed mixing with the swimmers during these programs and when she was diagnosed with Leukaemia Tanya was amazed how her daughter could articulate her feelings about the treatment so well. Tanya’s daughter showed levels of bravery not commonly seen in children during her treatments and this inspired Tanya to start a children’s cancer charity called, Bravery Box. Through her charity Tanya inspires children and teenagers going through cancer to find joy and laughter and help them celebrate their courage.

During our chat Tanya shares that her biggest inspiration is her staff at the Little Big Swim School. She enjoys watching their passion and love for the industry and share’s a recent moment when working together on the swim schools video library.

Through today’s episode Tanya shares insights into her journey, as well as her thoughts on swimming in Australia and where she see’s swimming moving to in the future.

Please share what inspiration you draw from Tanya’s interview on our Facebook page, Aquatic Mentors.

If you want to share your aquatic story then please contact me via my email: regionalswimclinics@outlook.com as I know we can all learn from your experience.

So, let’s jump in and find out more about Tanya’s journey in swimming.

Katrina van Eyk's Contact Information:

Aquatic Mentors - https://www.aquaticmentors.com.au/

Facebook - Aquatic Mentors

Regional Swim Clinics - www.regionalswimclinics.com.au

Email - info@regionalswimclinics.com.au

Facebook - Regional Swim Clinics

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrina-van-eyk-261851124/

Tanya Allan’s Contact Information:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-allan-54891b171/

Website - https://www.littlebigswim.com.au/

Email: hello@littlebigswim.com.au