# @shareefa_j on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXuq0fJDBJj
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65253990-shareefa-j-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-29T20:37:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Shareefa J (@shareefa_j) — https://gondola.cc/shareefa_j

## Caption

“We rise by lifting others.” - Robert Ingersoll

I thought about this quote standing on the sidelines of the londonmarathon last weekend as I joined calmzone to cheer on the runners taking on 26.2 miles for Calm and suicide prevention. 

I’ve been an ambassador for Calm for 7 years now but it was my first time joining them at the cheer point and it was an incredibly uplifting experience. 

There really is nothing like marathon day. The energy on those streets, complete strangers rooting for people they’ve never met, handing out sweets, holding up signs. It brings out something in people that we don’t get to see often enough.

So many of us are carrying something at the moment. Mental health is a quiet weight a lot of people are living with, and the world isn’t making it any lighter but there’s something about giving your energy entirely to someone else’s moment that can gently pull you out of your own head.

And while cheering for others can help lift you up there’s also support available if you’re going through it, Calm have a free support and an app, available for you 365 days a year.

To every person who ran you’re extraordinary. And to our Calm runners especially, thank you.

There’s always someone out there cheering for you. Even if you can’t hear them yet.

#LondonMarathon #MentalHealth #CalmZone

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calmzone, mentalhealth, londonmarathon

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