The Reset by Sam Delaney

When Mike, Tim and Andy lost their young daughters to suicide they felt lost, alone and engulfed by grief. Then they found each other, became firm friends and decided to walk across the UK raising suicide awareness. Inspirational, strong and funny, these are the three of the most incredible blokes I’ve ever interviewed. I hope you enjoy listening to their important and powerful story. Buy their bo...

After finding fame as a child actor in the sixties, David Charkham fell foul of showbiz temptations and sank into addiction. After seeking treatment and getting sober in the eighties, he put his efforts into helping others on their own recovery journeys. As well as working for years in the NHS, he has helped some of the biggest stars of entertainment get, and stay, sober, including Ozzy Osbourne....

Andy Cope has a Phd in positive psychology meaning he gets to actually call himself a doctor of happiness. A prolific author, in-demand speaker and founder of training company the Art Of Brilliance, Andy has spent years helping people get happy. Energetic, funny and bullshit free, he’s the perfect Reset guest. Click her to find out more about Andy’s work Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Josh Fletcher is a therapist - but not the weird type. Down to earth, funny and plain-speaking, he is on a mission to show people that therapy isn’t all about sitting on a chaise long and talking about fancying your mum. His new book ‘ And How Does That Make You Feel? ’ is a frank and entertaining guide to what a therapist actually does - and involves some brilliant anecdotes about his own adventu...

Gary Stevenson  left his trading career behind - after if almost sent him mad. He became the youngest trader in the city of London and soon he was the most successful too. But the fast living, long hours, high pressure and iffy ethics soon took its toll. On this week’s episode, he tells me his breathtaking life story. Buy Gary’s incredible memoir The Trading game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Dave was polishing off a bottle of vodka a night in his late forties. His career and his relationship were on the verge of collapse. But he thought he couldn’t live without booze. Then a call from a friend changed his life forever. Listen to Dave’s podcast  One for the Road  and read his bestselling book of the same name. Follow Dave on Instagram  @SoberDave .  Hosted on Acast....

Louis Weinstock is a psychotherapist who specialises in working with young people. He joined me to talk about  his new book , in which he outlines the myriad pressures and strains that our kids are under in the modern world. Parenting is tough - especially when your kids are teens. Louis offers some beautiful insights and tips on how to support your kids mental health without sending yourself...

Luke Turner is co-founder of the excellent music and culture site The Quietus and a contributor to the Guardian, NME, Vice and many more. As a child, Luke was obsessed with the Second World War. His new book, Men At War, examines how the war stories he loved shaped his ideas of masculinity. He joined me to discuss what it means to be a modern man. Buy Men At War here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

They call him Paul 'Dangerous' Danan for good reason. Compulsive, obsessive and adventurous, Paul often finds himself in exciting but life-threatening situations. In this episode, he reveals a fall from a building that damaged both his mental and physical health in 2023. Paul's charity Paul's directorial debut on video for 'Follow' by Phil Mac Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

How do you really get to know someone? How do you show them that you see and understand who they really are? This is what David Brooks, best-selling author and New York Time columnist, sets out to discover in his new book How To Know A Person. It contains some life changing lessons in empathy, friendship and communication. David joined me on this episode to talk about all that stuff and his own pe...

Are we all riddled with animalistic sexual urges that only society’s manners stop us from acting upon? Or is sex a bit more complicated and nuanced than that? These are the sort of questions Darian Leader tries to answer in his new book,  Is It Ever Just Sex? It’s not often we’ve had the chance to discuss hanky-panky on The Reset but Darian has some brilliantly smart ideas on the subject that...

Jules Evans is a writer, historian and practical philosopher. His first book,  ‘Philosophy For Life - And Other Dangerous Situations’  was a Times book of the year and was translated into numerous languages. It broke down some of the big ideas of ancient philosophy, in particular stoicisim, and showed how they could apply to everyday, modern life. It was extremely readable and very helpf...

Jordan Patterson is an addiction counsellor grew up with an alcoholic dad who collected him from school drunk. He knows about the pain and insecurity felt by the people who surround addicts. Now he helps them via the family therapy programme he runs at rehab centre, The Cabin in Thailand. His story is raw, honest and painful but his insights are really helpful to anyone who is living with an addic...

Peter Wharmby was 34 when he got diagnosed as autistic. Suddenly, big aspects of his life finally started making sense: including his struggles with mental health. While autism isn’t an illness, it presents challenges that often damage your mental health. In his bestselling book, Untypical, Peter paints a vivid picture of how being neurodivergent impacts his life. Peter was a great guest and reall...

When doctors tested award winning novelist Daan Heerman Van Voss for stress hormones, they found a record breaking level in his bloodstream. This effectively made him the most anxious man in the world. He’d had enough of living with constant worry and decided to deep dive the problem. The result is his first non fiction book,  The Anxiety Project , in which he investigates the roots of his co...

Barrie ‘Baz’ Rice was a veteran of New Zealand’s SAS before joining the world of the private security contracter. In 2004, his firm - Blackwater - became famous around the world when two of its operatives were hijacked and murdered in Iraq. What followed was a brutal and bloody conflict in post-war Iraq between security firms and insurgents. Barrie was caught in the middle of a fight that nearly c...

Katy Georgiou is a practising psychotherapist and host of the excellent music and mental health podcast  Sound Affects . How does music impact our moods and our minds? Is there really a connection between hedonism and creativity? And how can music help us in our darkest hours? I loved discussing all of this and more with Katy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Congressman Adam Smith seemed to have everything sorted: a high-flying political career plus a loving wife and kids. Then, in his forties - seemingly without any warning - his body and mind broke. Chronic pain and crippling anxiety almost incapiciated him completely. He joined me to explain how this crisis led him to seek help, open his mind to therapy and become a stronger, happier man in his fif...

Noel McDermott has been a mental health professional for over 25 years. You may have heard me as a recent guest on his excellent Wellbeing Show . A regular commentator in the media on mental health matters, Noel has his own experiences of dealing with PTSD and addiction as a younger man. He was kind enough to share his inspiring life story with me for this week’s episode. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

Best-selling author, much-loved columnist and ubiquitous presenter: Danny Wallace is the epitome of the freewheeling Renaissance man. But on this week’s pod, he opened up about some of the mental challenges he has faced: from the sense of awkwardness he writes about so entertainingly, to the anxiety of parenthood to the pain of losing his dad two years ago. This is a rare insight to the mind of on...

For this special centenary episode I am joined by one of my all time heroes: hip-hop pioneer and voice of a generation, Chuck D. We spoke about the relationship between art and mental health, his activism, his music career and the reasons behind his lifelong sobriety. Plus, his secret life painting nudes. Buy Chuck’s new book of illustrations  Livin’ Loud here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

Susanna Hoffs scored a series of hits in the 1980’s with her all-girl band, The Bangles. She has since become a solo artists and recently published her first novel, This Bird Has Flown - a romantic comedy about a one hit wonder. She joined me on the show to discuss how quitting drink changed her life for the better, why she took a therapist on the road with her and her life-changing relationship w...

Simon Waterson trains some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, from Daniel Craig to Tom Hiddlestone to Chris ‘Captain America’ Evans. He joined me to talk about his military background, the relationship between mental and physical health and what it’s like working with James Bond. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Olympic Studios in Barnes. Buy Simon’s new book “The Ten Week...

Glen Oliver was leading a pretty conventional life until a weekend in Ibiza changed his worldview forever. He quit his job in the police force and start using drugs - but things eventually got out of hand. Glen had to get sober, rebuild his life and start focussing on helping others. He talked to me about booze, trauma and his use of psychedelics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Rob Owen is an extraordinary bloke. In his late thirties he quit a well paid career as an investment banker in order to run St Giles Trust - a charity that helps rehabilitate inner city gang members. He spends his spare time undertaking extreme physical challenges - from climbing Everest to trekking the Antarctic. I spoke to him about why he decided to sacrifice riches for charity work and what dr...