Mark Dawes' Podcasts

Will I Ever Be Happy Again After Losing My Child?

Taken from Thich Nhat Hahn's book, 'The Blooming of a Lotus'

This audio is taken from a reading of Thich Nhat Hahn's book 'The Blooming of a Lotus' which is an excellent read.

This is an interview with Paul Keates, who is a good friend and professional colleague of mine. Paul is offering his services as a Life Coach and I would highly recommend him to anyone who is going through their 'Dark Night of The Soul' period or who may feel 'stuck' or limited in their belief that they can achieve what they'd love to do.  Paul's email is: paul.keates@rssltd-training.com and...

This is a podcast hosted by Adam Parr (thank you Adam for the invite) where we discuss the increasing mental health issue in the UK and the benefits of positive thinking from a neurological and behavioural point of view. A breakdown of the content with timing is as follows: 0031: Mental health first aid training and the increasing amount of people on prescription drugs. 0041: 'The Universal Human...

In this podcast I talk about why so many people who want to run their own business, be there own boss and follow their passion never do it, because they believe that they are not ready or they fear failure, or they have too many 'what if's' and not enough faith. I use two examples to illustrate how any normal, everyday person can do what they want to do. One example is Kate who has been walking th...

My Question is, Can The Use of Force Ever Be Considered An Act of Compassion? For example, if someone was physically assaulting another person could another person use physical force to stop them, and if so, could this be seen as an act of compassion? From my own personal perspective, there has to be an active element of compassion. Otherwise, I feel that we would be far from compassionate by stan...

Why You Must Do Your Own Due Diligence Before You Invest in Anything

In this podcast Trevel and I discuss the takeover of NFPS Ltd by him and Rab.   We also discuss the values of NFPS Ltd and its commitment to those we train.   A breakdown of the content of this podcast is as follows:   03:50 minutes - A woman who made contact with me asking for my help because she lost her job when she defended herself against a child with a weapon.   05:53 min...

One of the biggest regrets of the dying is that they didn't live a life of purpose, but instead lived a life doing what other people expected of them.    But most people can't 'find' their purpose.   And there's a reason for that as this podcast explains.

How Your Beliefs and Values Create Your Identity and  Control Your Behaviour. It is estimated that over 90% of all stress related illnesses are down to the lifestyle choices we make.   So what drives these dysfunctional behaviours?   This podcast explains.

How a Change In Lifestyle Changed People's Genes At the start of this study the genes of the whole group were read. Then the group was split into two groups. One group got the conventional pharmaceutical intervention. The other group were given lifestyle changes. They were taught to meditate, use stress reduction techniques and given a different diet. At the end of 90 days the genes of each group...

Why Stress Management and Mental Health First Aid Training Doesn't Work In this podcast I explain why stress management and mental health first aid training doesn't work. What you resist persists. So what you give your energy to help create it. I also talk about learned helplessness. This is another part of the stress response. And it's as damaging as the fight and flight response. It's like tryin...

How The Body Goes Into Famine Mode When In Stress When we perceive that we are in fear we trigger the stress response. When that happens the following occurs: Our blood pressure increases; Cortisol levels increase; Your Metabolism slows down; And we put weight on. So what do some people do? They go on a diet, which ..... Basically self-justifies the fact that there is no food available ... So the...

This is a very important video so please watch to the end.   It may help you and/or someone you know.    I was asked recently if I was worried about stepping down from the business.   The main reason for the question was because the person asking it was worried about their job.   That is because they were uncertain about whether or not they would be made redundant.  ...

Tell Me What You Want, What You Really, Really Want  Now, for fear of sounding like a Spice Girl, this is a very important question.   It is important because most people actually don't know what they want.   At least what they really, really want.  If asked they'll normally say something like .....  "I want more money."  "I want to be more successful."  "I want...

You Must Know What You Want If You Want To Be Successful

Energy is Light, Frequency and Information

You can have anything you want in life if you have the ability to use you thoughts to create what you want in your imagination. You also need a few other components, two of which are faith and determination.

If you don’t want to become ill, increase your chance of catching an infectious disease or dying a premature death, read on. Now that I’ve caught your attention I need to make some admissions. But I also want to share some very important facts with you too. So stay with me for a while.

Listen To This If You Are a PI Trainer. Why Mapping Over To Us Makes Sense. Some of you may be experiencing problems in being able to get a PI (Physical Intervention) Trainer Refresher Course. Or you may be fed up with the restrictive license conditions imposed by your training provider that you are bound by (which may be costing you lost business opportunities, wasted time and money). To read the...

This is a podcast about investment. Not financial investment or property investment. It is about investment in you and why that is so important. We're not here for long, so becoming a better person not only helps you bu helps humanity. Enjoy.

I recently had a conversation with someone who told me that their wife is having to have her neck surgically re-built with bone taken from other parts of her body. The injury was caused by an eight-year-old child violently pulling the member of staff's hair causing the person's head to jerk back violently. More recently in the news a teaching assistant who was ‘punched, pinched and kicked’ by a fi...

Why The Term 'Least Restrictive' Has Nothing To Do With Physical or Mechanical Restraint. Every now and then I hear someone stating things like "Staff must use the least restrictive method when restraining a patient" etc.   Or "any physical intervention must be the least restrictive option", or words to that effect.   However, those statements are wrong.   They are wrong because the...

Don't Blame Staff When You Provide Them With a System With Failure Built in (HSG48) One of the things that boils my blood is when staff are blamed for something going wrong, when the failure is systematic. What I mean by that is that the system they are provided with is at fault and/or staff are being given legally incorrect advice and instruction. The commonly held belief that incidents and accid...