STOP 2 THINK

The Art and Science of Stop 2 Think Recorded shortly after cycling seventy five miles into Hungary with my brother, this episode tackles something that runs through the whole series, why knowing what to do so rarely translates into actually doing it. Ray and I got into the science of change, which is freely available to anyone, versus the art of actually sustaining it, which is where almost everyo...

The Stop Before The Start Recorded while I was on holiday with my brother, this episode gives stopping its most practical shape yet. Ray laid out a genuine, usable structure for what stopping actually involves, step by step, and I had a real realisation, in the moment, about what I am actually good at. We talked through aware, acknowledge, appreciate, act, and appraise, and why most of us only eve...

The Tangible and The Intangible I recorded this one on a genuinely significant day, what would have been Hannah's thirty ninth birthday and our ninth wedding anniversary. Ray and I went deep into faith, suffering, and the idea that what cannot be measured can still be entirely real. We talked properly, for the first time, about Romans 5:3 to 5, and what it actually means to rejoice in sufferin...

The Head, The Heart and The Habit of Intention This episode explores the relationship between what we think, how we feel, and what we actually do, and why trying to change one without the others so rarely works. It is also one of the most personally honest conversations we had recorded up to that point. I opened up about turning to sugar for comfort, both while my mum was dying and again after Han...

Here's Episode 7, in my voice, with the corrected footer. Episode 7: The Power to Stop and Listen Recorded with me back in the UK and Ray still in Indianapolis, four and a half thousand miles apart again, this episode leans right into genuine listening, both to each other and to the first wave of feedback the podcast had started receiving. We talked about the letters shared between listen and...

Welcome to Episode 6 of the STOP 2 THINK Podcast . In the previous episode, you heard the first conversation Dr Ray Sylvester and I recorded just weeks after Hannah's passing. As we continue our walks together through a suburb of Indianapolis, our conversation turns to a simple but profound question: What does it really mean to live intentionally? Many of us spend our lives reacting to circums...

Episode Overview Welcome to Episode 5 of the STOP 2 THINK Podcast . This is where it all began. After the first four episodes, where Dr Ray Sylvester and I reflected on the journey from the present day, we're now travelling back to June 2023, just a few weeks after Hannah passed away. I had travelled to America to spend time with my friend, mentor, and coach. During our walks together through...

Episode Overview Welcome to Episode 4 of the STOP 2 THINK Podcast . Over the first three episodes, Dr Ray Sylvester and I have shared where this journey has led us today. We've reflected on grief, celebration, contentment, and the extraordinary events that followed Hannah's passing. Now it's time to pause before we travel back three years. Before you hear the original conversations tha...

Episode Overview Welcome to Episode 3 of the STOP 2 THINK Podcast . Just days before the world premiere of Hannah's Story , Dr Ray Sylvester and I take a walk through the streets of London on our way to appear live on ITV's This Morning . It feels like the perfect moment to pause and reflect on a journey that began more than three years earlier with one life changing question: How do you m...

Welcome to Episode 2 of the STOP 2 THINK Podcast . In the first episode, I shared why this podcast exists and how a series of conversations with my friend, mentor, and coach, Dr Ray Sylvester would go on to change my life. Before we travel back to those original conversations from 2023, Ray and I continue reflecting on where that journey has brought me today. Recorded just a few weeks before the w...

Welcome to the very first episode of the STOP 2 THINK Podcast . Thank you for joining me on what I hope will become a meaningful journey. Over the coming weeks, I'll be sharing conversations with my friend, mentor, and coach, Dr Ray Sylvester. Some were recorded recently as I prepared for the world premiere of Hannah's Story . Others will take us back to conversations we had just weeks aft...