Evolving Door

At four year’s old, young Sheain escaped the regime of Saddam Hussein with his family, travelling on a donkey whilst under attack in a war zone.  Settling in Britain, Sheain changed his name to Lazo, and went on to become an award winning body builder and transformational coach for the highly driven, rich and famous.   Lazo has spent a large part of his life with access to a glamorous, exclusive a...

Daniel Hill is a hugely successful property developer and investor with an 8 figure portfolio, ready to retire at 35 years old. He is also the best selling author of Karma Credits, The Universal Law of Wealth, Health and Happiness as well as the host of the Blueprint podcast and proponent of creating your ‘life by design.’ A hugely driven and talented man, with a heart of gold, he is full of appar...

These short thoughts for the day are shared with you in the spirit of our shared evolution and learning. Hope they spark some insights or contemplation.

These short thoughts for the day are shared with you in the spirit of our shared evolution and learning. Hope they spark some insights or contemplation. Warning: Sexual slur word reference

These short thoughts for the day are shared with you in the spirit of our shared evolution and learning. Hope they spark some insights or contemplation.

These short thoughts for the day are shared with you in the spirit of our shared evolution and learning. Hope they spark some insights or contemplation.

The incredibly successful, wise and brave entrepreneur David Thomson, founder of Suada, speaks candidly about the reasons behind his drive to be "rich and hard." This is an especially useful discussion, packed with lots of practical advice on life, learning, business and sales, which is David's main area of expertise. We discuss David's upbringing in Scotland, spent in clubs and...

Growing up in London during the eighties, with hardworking, busy but loving parents, Shamita learnt stories from both her grandmothers about her family's magical, adventurous past yet she was always told - be good, don't rock the boat, do well. Her curious, inqusitive nature led her to be confused by these messages. Internally conflicted, she went on to do all that was required of her - to...

A deeply personal and profound conversation detailing the journey of Ansuya Devi, attorney, holistic coach and founder of Modern Ancients Sanctuary. From humble beginnings in Hackney, growing up in a large Hindu family of Mauritian Indian immigrants, Ansuya and her siblings desperately strived for balance between Eastern and Western cultures. Her move to study law in Manchester was considered a hu...

Welcome back to the Evolving Door podcast, this episode is solo episode number 4 where I share 3 things I have been thinking about recently. 1: Stability and inspiration The best thing I can do for my family is provide stability and inspiration. So first I need stability and inspiration in my own life. 2. Ungrateful change-makers Change-makers in their efforts to bring about needed change can ofte...

This week's guest Wali Khan had to leave home at 7 years old to escape the Taliban. He relocated to the UK with his mum and brother. A few years later he found himself at a hospital in Birmingham meeting two boys his age from back home in Swat Valley, Pakistan. Their sister Malala had been shot in the head by the Taliban and was being treated at the hospital in Birmingham. The boys became frie...

This week's Eclective Selectives solo episode explores three topics from the last few weeks. The first is about Declarative Language The second is about Autistic Spiderman The third is about my friend Suzanne who recently passed away Hope you like it.

Welcome back to the Evolving Door podcast everybody this the podcast for ambitious thoughtful people who want to succeed internally just as much as they do out in the world. I have a very exciting guest for you today, Hetal Baman, she's a social impact podcaster she has a podcast called Global Health pursuit. She's an engineer by background, grew up in New York or just near New York, and h...

This week's Eclective Selectives episode explores three topics that came to me when away on holiday this August. The first is about Design or Chance The second is about Respect and Dignity The third is about Not Letting Beautiful Things Turn To Poison Hope you like it.

Positive News described this week's guest Ben Hurst as a youth leader helping to rewrite the script of masculinity. I met him after his TEDxLondonWomen talk where he said 'Boys won't be boys, boys will be what we teach them to be.' He is an activist, advocate, public speaker, facilitator, model, and podcaster who is helping men and boys navigate the whole space of what it means to...

This is my first solo episode where I talk about 3 random things that have struck me in the last few weeks sharing some thoughts and reflections from my perspective. There is a follow on link from the last episode with Glen Hansard as he inspired the section on weeds with something he said to me a while back. I am planning to do more of these if you enjoy them, so please let me know what you think...

I was at Glen Hansard's band The Frames first gig at the Clifton Country Blues Festival in the west of Ireland in 1990. Shortly afterwards we became friends and it has been a wonder to witness the incredible adventure he has been on since, always with music and poetry and an eagerness to better understand himself and life at the heart of it. From humble beginnings living in Dublin's only h...

Daniel Alexander is a former youth worker, award winning film maker, a great champion of young people and a proud dad to twin girls. The trailer for his latest film, a horror adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, has been shared millions of times by fans worldwide as they get excited about the release of the short film with a feature film planned thereafter. He has developed his craft to the point where...

Mark Leruste is a former 7-figure award-winning fundraiser turned best-selling author of Glow in the Dark He’s a proud dyslexic thinker and founder of The Unconventionalists podcast and is on a mission to help one million entrepreneurs and leaders impact the world with their story. His TEDx talk was listed as the #1 TED Talk every entrepreneur should watch by Steven Bartlett (host of The Diary of...

One Small Barking Dog (OSBD) linked up with multi-award-winning producer/director Ravinol Chambers from Be Inspired Films to talk about his remarkable journey from monk to filmmaker and some essentials of what he has learned along the way. This OSBD 'In The Frame' podcast is in collaboration with Be Inspired Films and Ravs' amazing Evolving Door podcast. OSBD aims to serve and help develop the nex...

Samantha Moyo gave me a big warm hug at TEDxEastend in 2013, she had just recently sold Morning Gloryville, a sober raving movement that had grown massively over the previous year or so. I was delighted to sit down with her for this interview ten years on to discuss her life pre and post-Morning Gloryville. She was born and grew up in Zimbabwe and moved to Derbyshire in the UK at 15 years old to a...

In the last few years, we have been learning about neuro - divergence including Autism and ADHD in our own family. I knew of Ash as an up-and-coming film maker in the Midlands and saw him post that he was neuro-divergent and that he was into Airsoft and thought I would love to interview him to learn more about his experience growing up with Autism. My son is also massively into Nerf guns and thoug...

I am very excited to share the latest episode of the Evolving Door podcast. This is a very special guest and the very first interview I recorded for the podcast, please welcome Raghunath Yogi. Raghunath is a bundle of love, of fierce wit, of hurricane-level energy and of piercing passion for personal growth, individual authenticity and spiritual progress. He is larger than life, extremely engaging...

I loved talking to Jonah Sachs. He is an author, speaker and viral marketing pioneer. His new approaches to digital media have been critical in bringing the ideals of social change — such as equity, empowerment, responsibility and transparency — to the forefront of business and popular culture. He had over 60 million views on his videos even before YouTube was a thing. His first book 'Winning...

This is one of my favourite episodes. Although Madi and I had a very different start in life, we both spent many years completely absorbed in the culture, philosophy, and community of the Hare Krishna movement. We also both shared similar experiences in later life that helped us make sense of our experiences and broaden our minds on many issues. At 5 years old Madi was taken to America from Irelan...