Andy Ramage Podcast

By saying yes to one thing, you’re saying no to a thousand other things you could be doing. Saying yes to reading a book means saying no to a conversation with a friend, swimming, or cooking. If we agree that saying yes means saying a thousand no’s, then it makes sense to fully immerse ourselves in what we’re doing, right? You have chosen this activity from a thousand others. So rather than do it...

“The true self is what you have built from your nature, not just what your nature started out with”:  David Brooks The Road To Character  Your authentic self is not a static persona that sleeps beneath your actions. You chisel your authentic self from the raw material of your nature.  You are the sculptor of your being.  You don’t have to allow life to force you into a shape of its choosing, you c...

Days Left On Earth: 17509 Business has fallen into the same trap as psychology. For years psychology was so focused on healing the sick that it forget its origins, to help those in need AND nurture talent and boost well-being.  Healing the sick is wonderful and vital. But so is creating thriving individuals. Fortunately, 20 years ago, the head of the American Psychology Association and the biggest...

Days Left On Earth: 17510  Franz Kafka was one of the 20th century’s great novelists. His short story ‘Before the law’ gave me so much courage that I wanted to share it with you. For this episode, I will read this short story and then look at the reflection I wrote in my journal. What does Kafka's parable mean to me? The man wants to be handed the law on a plate. He is posturing to be let in but,...

Days left on earth: 17511 We are so busy doing, getting stuff done, rushing, getting through it - for what?  In the hope that one day life will slow down and we can experience its wonders? But this is to assume you only experience the wonder and beauty of life when you have your to-do list is done, financial freedom, promotion, retirement… Most people are living this way. Dreaming of a perfect tom...

Days Left On Earth: 17512 A life without problems would be horrifically dull.  Yet no one welcomes obstacles. But what if your challenges are specifically designed to make you stronger?  I like how Thomas Merton describes it, “Souls are like athletes that need opponents worthy of them. If they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers.”  The universe is testing you. ...

Days Left On Earth: 17513  You can meditate all you like. Exercise like a hero Eat like a saint  But if you’re still drinking too much you’re missing an essential ingredient of performance that almost everyone overlooks. In summary - You can’t out mediate, out exercise or eat your way out of the hole a few drinks creates. These are the facts. Even a few drinks destroys the quality your sleep. All...

Days Left On Earth: 17514 You can't keep up with the Joneses because you will notice more Joneses living on a better street with better stuff as soon as you catch them. So it would help if you worked longer and harder to keep up with a moving target. You'll permanently adapt to the bigger house, better car. But you will never get the first school assembly, nativity play or netball match, sunrise o...

Days left on earth: 17516 Earning £38 per week as a football apprentice was the wealthiest I ever felt.  Living at home with no bills, with everything taken care of by my lovely mum and dad, all I had to do was play football and afford the odd night out. Driving a beat-up Ford Fiesta that you could start with a house key, with no heating, so I had to wear ski gloves in winter - I felt like a milli...

Days Left On Earth: 17516  ' It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.' - Seneca. As I read these words from one of my heroes, Seneca, the roman philosopher,  all I could think about was death. Even writing the word 'death' feels uncomfortable. To be clear, my thoughts were happy ones. I suddenly realised that no one has the right to a long life. Fait could take i...

Days left on earth: 17517 “This space that has been granted to us rushes by so speedily and so swiftly that all save a very few find life at an end, just when they are getting ready to live.” Seneca  The majority have it wrong.  They are waiting under the illusion at some point in the future, everything will be perfect, and they can live happily ever after. But it rarely works out this way. So the...

Days Left On Earth: 17519 We live like we're immortal under the assumption that there will be enough' time when we might not wake up tomorrow. The brutal reality is all around us, yet we often choose to ignore it until it's too late. A top regret of the dying, according to Bronnie Ware, is, "I wish I had not worked so hard." Ware's words are not pessimistic. They are joyous. Living under a false a...

Days left on earth: 17519 In this episode, I tell you why 'Less But More' is a more efficient approach for those early mornings where you need to cram in as much as possible, but in reality, it's Quality > Quantity. By listening for just a few minutes, you will learn how to make your morning routines much more efficient and why doing less work will make your results higher quality. We spend so...

Visit my website www.andyramage.com for FREE workshops on how to  Today I am 48, and if I live to the same age as the Queen, I am halfway. Put another way; I have 2496 weeks left  Or 17520 days  Or not. When I first thought about how few weeks I had left a few years ago, I freaked out.  I had so much I wanted to do and not enough time. But I now feel the power of embracing the shortness of life. I...

Amanda is the CEO of the game-changing NoughtyAF - the first top-quality alcohol-free, organic, vegan, halal, low sugar sparkling. But thats not all; Amanda is an incredible businesswoman and now a fantastic ambassador for the whole alcohol-free industry. In this episode, Amanda shares her story of how she first found the courage to infiltrate the male-dominated industry of Champagne and is now le...

The Flynn brothers, David and Steven are known as the Happy Pear. And there is a secret about the lads that will SHOCK most people. The Happy Pear is the perfect name for the fun-loving, charismatic duo who are much loved in the wellness space worldwide. I first met the lads with Rich Roll on his retreat, and we became great friends. I have since visited the lads many times for a sea swim, coffee...

Ollie Ollerton  Why tough guys can manifest too Today's guest is one of the stars of the massive hit show SAS who dares wins. Ollie is a former SBS soldier, great mate and an alcohol-free legend. This episode is from a LIVE session I hosted with Ollie with my ongoing self-development mastery group, where we have a monthly special guest such as ollie, which is pretty cool. Right? And I thought I wo...

Thomas Bell  How community can save your life Welcome back Today's guest went from struggling to thriving through the power of community. It began with an alcohol-free challenge that ignited a love of Spartan races, which has resulted in Thomas creating his very own version of an endurance race to inspire connection, community and joy! Don’t forget if you want to support the show please download a...

Andy Dielderfield Unfit, overweight to ultra-endurance athlete. I have been lucky enough to see Andy’s AF adventure take him from struggling to thriving. Like many alcohol-free adventurers, Andy stop drinking and started consistently running.  Beginning with a marathon, he progressed to ultra-ice marathons and his story will blow your mind. He has even started a group dedicated to the joys of sobe...

Colm is the host of the brilliant sober mess podcast and one of most warm and genuine guys you will ever meet.  This episode was recorded in a car park just outside Dublin, 60 seconds after we first met, and shortly before we went for a hike and sea swim in the Irish Sea. When does that happen?? Well since I quit the booze almost 8 years ago things like this keep happening. The sober or alcohol-fr...

Kate and I recorded this episode in a broom cupboard at the back of the Happy Pear cafe minutes before we went for a glorious sunrise sea swim in Greystones Ireland. THIS SAYS SO MUCH!! Memorable mornings like this were not on our radar only a few years ago and here we were having never met - talking like old friends and Kate's beautiful book, ‘The Accidental Soberista’ before jumping into the fre...

Inspired by Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ and Tony Robbins here is a visualisation that will blow your mind. Do you recall how Scrooge went to bed a horrid, selfish, tight-fisted, scrooge of a man consumed by a limiting belief that being mean had helped him become successful. But then something happened that transformed his life. He was visited by the Ghosts of Christmas past, present and future....

It’s about time we leveraged the power of technology to improve our relationship with alcohol and Jonny is doing exactly that. Jonny’s ‘Better Without’ App is the world's first app for alcohol-free discovery. It’s like your alcohol-free pocket guide to the best drinks and alcohol-free ideas. Think Hitchhiker's Guide to alcohol-free! Come on in and listen in to our conversation as Jonny and I wax l...

Listen in as I share my 10 top tips to love any social occasion alcohol-free! And listen out for the unexpected ones! 

The focus of the first series of the podcast was about how people find meaning and purpose. The major insight was that most people find their meaning after a fall or stumble in life. And this is exactly how I found my purpose. Stopping drinking was a major social and business hurdle for me and the learning provided has filled my life with meaning.  The second series of the podcast will focus on my...