In The Moment with Alex Manzi

On this week's In Focus session I discuss Life Hacks and the little things that I do each day to help improve the quality of my life.  If you enjoy the episode, please leave a review or comment. And be sure to share it with a friend who needs to hear this! thedreamersdisease.co.uk Follow Alex: IG: @IAmAlexManzi Twitter: @IAmAlexManzi

This week I welcome Haydn Elliott back onto the podcast, he is the co-owner of the F45 gym in Oxford Circus and I thought it would be super helpful to have him join me for a conversation focussed around exercise and the benefit it has on a healthy body, mind and soul. In this chat we discuss the huge number of ways you can be active plus our own personal experiences with how exercise has helped us...

I love an early morning start, so on this week's In Focus session I discuss the benefits I find from my early mornings and why I do it. "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise" - Benjamin Franklin If you enjoy the episode, please leave a review or comment. And be sure to share it with a friend who needs to hear this! thedreamersdisease.co.uk Follow Alex: IG: @IAmAlexM...

This week I am joined by Samantha Maria, who is a lifestyle YouTuber and blogger who has an incredible 2.5 million followers online. In this chat we discussed the realities of creating and making online content vs finding balance in the offline world and all of the struggles that come with it. Sammi spoke very openly about her journey and the ups and downs that come with being an online creator, y...

I've always had a bit of a funny relationship with money, so on this In Focus session I delve into how my relationship with money has changed over time - particularly in the past 9 months since leaving my full time job at BBC Radio 1Xtra in Social Media. What I have come to realise over time is that money is a means to live and not a meaning to live. If you enjoy the episode, please leave a review...

Life is all about taking ownership of your life. So in this week's In Focus session I discuss my own journey on taking more ownership in my life and how I went about doing it. Without taking ownership and standing up to your past experiences, you will never be able to grow and move forward. If you enjoy the episode, please leave a review or comment. And be sure to share it with a friend who needs...

On this week's In Focus session I am discussing burnout as it's something we all have to deal with from time to time and certainly something that I have been dealing with over the past few weeks. For me burnout isn't just something that can physically affect us, but mentally too. So I wanted to share some of my experiences with you. If you enjoy the episode, please leave a review or comment. And b...

Those of you who have listened to my travel diaries will remember I travelled around Japan for 3 weeks with my friends Adam & Tamer so I wanted to get them back on the podcast to discuss travel blues and dealing with reverse culture shock. During this chat we discuss how we’ve each dealt with coming back home and getting back to reality, what we’ve all struggled with, dealing with fomo, feedba...

I'm constantly being asked about productivity and how I manage to get so much done and make so much content. So this week's In Focus session is about my productivity when it comes to making this very podcast. I break down everything from the planning, booking guests, editing etc. Although this is very specific to the podcast, most of the productive tips and tricks I use are applicable to most area...

This week I am joined by David Speed who is the host of the Creative Rebels podcast and co-founder of Graffiti Life. In this chat we talk through David's journey of turning his hobby into a business, why he's decided to help creatives with his podcast and why he believes life is all about happiness. There's so many nuggets in this episode that I know you are going to enjoy it! If there is someone...

"When you allow your ego to control your thoughts, everything becomes an illusion" On this week's In Focus session I discuss Ego, how you can learn to understand it, why you can't trust it and how you can deal better with your ego. If you enjoy the episode, please leave a review or comment. And be sure to share it with a friend who needs to hear this! thedreamersdisease.co.uk Follow Alex: IG: @IAm...

Michelle Elman is a body confidence coach, author of 'Am I Ugly?' and creator of the ‘Scarred Not Scared’ movement. When she launched the campaign, Michelle used an image of herself in a bikini to showcase all of her scars and promote body positivity. During this conversation we discuss her 15 surgeries from age 1 up until aged 19, her journey of body confidence, her experience of dying in a hospi...

I'm back from my travels in Japan and back to normal business. In this In Focus session I share my thoughts on understanding happiness and why I believe we've got happiness the wrong way round. To me no one thing can make us happy, as our happiness can only come from within. "The truth is that the journey is the destination. The journey is where happiness lives" If you enjoy the episode, please le...

It's the final part of my travel diary from 3 weeks in Japan, as I am joined by Adam and Tamer to discuss what we got up to in our final week. On this episode, we discuss what we got up to in Hiroshima, an incredible day trip to Miyajima Island, a nightmare in Lake Hakone and our final couple of nights in Tokyo. There's even a little twist at the very end! thedreamersdisease.co.uk Follow Adam &amp...

Continuing with part 3 of my travel diary from 3 weeks in Japan, I am joined by Adam and Tamer as we discuss what we've experienced, who we've met and what we've learnt. In this episode we discuss what we got up to in Osaka and Kyoto with a few hilarious stories thrown in the mix. We absolutely loved exploring Osaka and the nearby towns, with plenty of eating and drinking in the food capital of Ja...

Continuing my travel diary from 3 weeks in Japan, I am joined by Adam and Tamer as we discuss what we've experienced, who we've met and what we've learnt. In this episode we discuss our final big night out in Tokyo, a local rap battle we went to, finding Snow Monkeys, our Onsen experience and there's a twist in the tale as we end up going skiing. thedreamersdisease.co.uk Follow Adam & Tamer IG...

Taking a short break from usual proceedings as I am currently spending 3 weeks in Japan with Adam and Tamer, so I am recording a travel diary as we go to discus what we've experienced, who we've met and what we've learnt. In this episode we discuss our first few days in Tokyo and what we plan on getting up to over the rest of the trip. thedreamersdisease.co.uk Follow Adam & Tamer IG: @adammacp...

A conversation with Shocka who is a recording artist and all round sharer of positive vibes. He’s been talking a lot about mental health and the importance of self-love after finding himself sectioned in a mental health hospital on 3 separate occasions. Shocka experienced an extreme high when his rap group, Marvel, were offered a record deal, touring the country and more. Only to have it all taken...

Back in December, I tried a 48 hour water fast for the first time, where I only consumed plain water for 2 days. So, on this week’s In Focus session, I share my experience of the fast, what I learnt and the breakdown of how I felt before, during and after the fast, as well as explaining some of the benefits of fasting. If you enjoy the episode, please leave a review or comment. And be sure to shar...

I'm so excited for you to hear this episode, it's a very powerful one! I'm joined by Ben Hurst to break down Masculinity. This is a topic very close to my heart and something I've wanted to bring to the podcast for a while. I believe that discussions around male identity and masculinity should be the norm in our lives but unfortunately they're not. And this causes a lot of men harm as we are unabl...

"Meditation practice is essentially training your focus on your breath" On this week's In Focus session I discuss my experience of having recently completed 100 days of consecutive meditation and the main learnings I took from it. If you enjoy the episode, please leave a review or comment. And be sure to share it with a friend who needs to hear this! thedreamersdisease.co.uk Follow Dreamer’s Disea...

On this week's episode I am joined by the hosts of my favourite podcast, The Receipts! Milena, Tolly and Audrey have taken the podcast world by storm and have recently been snapped up by the BBC. Their open, honest conversations and hilarious stories make for some seriously good listening, as well as their 'Your Receipts' feature where they help listeners with their dilemmas. During this chat we t...

"Thinking is just another one of the trillions of processes that are constantly going on in your body" In the final part of our mini-series of In Focus sessions I am joined by experienced Life Coach and my mentor, John Dashfield, to discuss trusting the process. John and I talk through how you can trust in the process and that you're supposed to be exactly where you are in life. This is something...

A very very quick message to say an overwhelming thank you, as the podcast has just reached an incredible 100,000 downloads! Honestly, every minute you have spent listening to this podcast means so much to me!  I want you to help share this message and grow the community, by sending your favourite episode to a friend who you think will really take something from it. Let's spread the love and the p...

On this week’s episode I am joined by Haydn Elliott, who is the co-owner of F45 Oxford Circus Gym and host of the Inspiration Space Podcast. We sat down for a monster conversation about our individual battles with depression, getting projects started and what actions we both took to improve our mindsets. If you like the episode then please make sure you share it with a friend :) And be sure to lea...