What’s The Matter

Welcome to SERIES 2 of 'What's The Matter'! The pod & video cast where we talk about anything and everything with a Psychology twist. Hosted by personal development specialists and daughter-Dad duo Em & Gavin Drake. In today's episode, we talk about "connected-ness" and the importance of in-person connection, not just digital! The impact this can have on our psychology and well-being is HU...

Welcome to SERIES 2 of 'What's The Matter'! The pod & video cast where we talk about anything and everything with a Psychology twist. Hosted by personal development specialists and daughter-Dad duo Em & Gavin Drake. Today we take a walk down memory lane and learn about Gavin's story... how and why he decided to start a business in his early 30s with 2 children, a mortgage and a lot of "pre...

Welcome to episode 11 of What's The Matter, the Official Mindspan Podcast! In today's episode my Dad and I talk about social media and how this can impact our psychology & mental health... both positively & negatively! It's a beast of a topic, but one we've wanted to cover for a while now! Our aim in this episode is to help you more consciously think about social media in a way that is hel...

Welcome to episode 10 of What's The Matter, the Official Mindspan Podcast!   In today's episode my Dad and I talk about lifes' most valuable resource...TIME! People often say they value time, but whether they truly live like they value it is totally different. Be honest, do you ever (1) let time pass you by (2) wish it away, or (3) waste it? If so, this episode is for you!   Things get a little mo...

Welcome to What's The Matter, the official Mindspan podcast! Today is the final episode of our 3-part mini series on Living With Purpose! In this episode my Dad and I talk you through the process of goal setting and how to make these as fail-proof as possible! It's real, relatable... and mostly importantly its fun! Enjoy!

Welcome to episode 2 of our 3-part mini series on Living With Purpose! The main aim over this mini-series is to really help you in the process of goal setting. In this episode my Dad and I talk about the importance of identifying your personal values and how this can benefit you through life with a key focus on goal setting. We will share tools and advise to help you through this process, as well...

Welcome to episode 1 of our 3-part mini series on Living With Purpose! The main aim over this mini-series is to really help you in the process of goal setting.   In this episode my Dad and I talk about how to gain clarity, and just how important this is in the process of goal setting. Not only clarity around the future we would like, but also what is our "clear current reality". We will share tool...

Welcome to the final episode of our 3-part mini series on self confidence. In this episode my Dad and I continue to talk about "self confidence" and more importantly, mental simulation! You'll have probably spoken about this before in the context of visualisation... but we will be showing you how doing this in a positive way is really beneficial for your mindset, happiness and confidence. It's rea...

Welcome to episode 2 of our 3-part mini series on self confidence.   In this episode my Dad and I continue to talk about "self confidence" and more importantly, self TALK! There's three key forms of self talk which we engage in every day - the main one we focus on is affirmations, and we explain how positively adding these in to your day to day can have a tremendous impact on your self belief &amp...

Welcome to episode 1 of our 3-part mini series on self confidence.   In this episode my Dad and I talk about what "self confidence" is and how having low levels of it can really affect just about any aspect of our lives. We also discuss how our confidence is formed (from our beliefs) so we can help you better understand the views you have about yourself. Finally we end with our top tip for how to...

Welcome to Episode 3 of 'What's The Matter', the pod & video cast where we talk about anything and everything with a Psychology twist. In this episode you'll hear Dad and I talking about the relationship between the conscious and subconscious mind. Its the subconscious which is really "running" our lives on a day to day basis, so what we consciously choose to feed it is really important. The m...

Welcome to Episode 2 of 'What's The Matter', the pod & video cast where we talk about anything and everything with a Psychology twist. Hosted by personal development specialists and daughter-Dad duo Em & Gavin Drake. Today we talk about how our focus and direction of thought can help when dealing with challenging and difficult times. We mainly cover all things "Lock-Down" but you'll see th...

Welcome to Episode 1 of 'What's The Matter', the pod & video cast where we talk about anything and everything with a Psychology twist. Hosted by personal development specialists and daughter-Dad duo Em & Gavin Drake. Today we give an overview of to what to expect from the series, an introduction to us and our journey, plus we talk through the importance of THINKING!  It's real, relatable.....