Life Less Ordinary

I Became A Competitive Eater By Accident – Now It's My Full-Time Job

I would genuinely say that if I can do it, literally anybody can – you just need to be brave enough
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I Grew Up In The Notorious Westboro Baptist Church – This Is How I Left

My punishment for wearing a bikini was to be the sole target of a massive, coordinated verbal firing squad that had but one purpose – to tear me down
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After Losing My Daughter And Husband Within Two Years, I Vowed To Honour Their Lives By Helping Others

Chloe and Simon taught me how joyous, wonderful and short life is - when I look back on mine, I want to be able to say I did my best and I made a difference
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I Was The Victim Of A Deepfake Porn Plot Intended To Silence Me

It started with a misinformation campaign to discredit me as an investigative journalist. Then my face was edited into a porn video and they doxxed me.
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I Didn't Think Being A Pregnant Man Was A Big Deal. Then I Went Viral.

There is hardship in being transgender, but there’s also joy, love, resilience and family - I wanted to tell a different kind of story
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As A Soldier I Saved My Dog From A War Zone. When We Came Home It Was His Turn To Save Me.

When a stray dog wagged his tail at me on a battlefield, little did we know it would change life for both of us
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I'm The First Person With Parkinson's To Row Across An Ocean - Returning To Normal Life Is My Next Adventure

The crew had quite literally put their faith and lives in my shaky hands - was this wise? Of course it was, they don’t call me Practical Parky for nothing
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I Survived The Rwandan Genocide - And Forgave My Father's Killers

They were the neighbours who used to come to share a beer with my dad. They were the parents of the kids I played football with. My mum worked with them to sort out community programmes
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My Experience Living In A Cult For 20 Years - Here's How I Broke Free

As the cult took hold, 1,000 of us moved across the world - squandering our fortunes - to meditate in a bid to prevent certain global annihilation
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My Daughter Didn't Live Beyond Birth - But Her Short Life Reshaped Mine

I would not trade the time I had with Cerian for anything - she was our child and we loved her, no matter what kind of body she had
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About Life Less Ordinary
Life Less Ordinary is a weekly blog series from HuffPost UK that showcases weird and wonderful life experiences. If you’ve got something extraordinary to share please email ukblogteam@huffpost.com with LLO in the subject line