Pearls of Wisdom

Tony Hewett works in the lives of young offenders and young people with special needs and behavioural issues. He shares with us his enjoyment of his work and what he derives from what is often perceived as a difficult role. Tony is also a life time runner, and for the last ten years he has gravitated towards longer and longer distances, including running seven marathons in seven days; twenty four...

Joshua Marable has always had an interest in energy healing, wellness and creating the space for creativity, performance and healing whether in music, body work, sports and movement or business. He began his career in the music industry in audio engineering, which lead into energy body work and has naturally developed into his current role as chief innovation officer for Cipher Sports and Wellness...

Angela Rigby works in the field of physical emotional and mental health, using a complementary therapy  called Pranic Healing She tells us how she discovered Pranic healing and shares her journey to becoming a Pranic healing practitioner. Angela talks about the value of meditation and of her healing work in all aspects of life, including business and sport, as well as the  general stresses and str...

Katie Carew-Robinson has a Health Focused Career . She works as a nutritionist, a running coach, a personal trainer and delivers training in life skills . In 2018 she became the leader in Portsmouth of Good Gym Katie has been a runner since she was fourteen years old, and she shares with us how her passion for sport, health and fitness lead her to abandon her banking career and live her dream life...

Gill Butchard cared for her husband Rob during his long journey through dementia, until his death in June 2019. She shares with us her experience of caring for him, and losing her partner and best friend, even before his death. She also tells us of her own journey since his death into her new life alone. Gill became a bright light in the world of Dementia with her Facebook page 'Dementia Care...

Dr Jim Wallis is a principal lecturer in Sport Coaching and Exercise Science at the University of Brighton. He has a PhD in Emotions and Learning and talks to us about finding limits.... And much more. Jim and I first met in 2003 when he came to listen to a talk I was giving at Brighton university. And in 2008 we ran together in the inaugural London to Brighton cross country Race

Mayyah Blair is operations manager at the Commando Temple   - a multi discipline strength and movement facility in Deptford London... She is a strength coach, and she describes herself as a 'hybrid athlete'. But she says that her full time role at the moment is Mother to baby Flo who arrived on June 15th 2020. Mayyah shares with us her journey into the strength industry, her achievements...

Cathy Howells is a writer and a runner... She talks to us here about both of these passions and her recent running challenge to celebrate turning 60 years young! She writes a popular blog called Turning 60   She also shares with us how at the end of her Mother's life she was able to heal her relationship with her.

Welcome to number 4 in Bodhisattva Conversations with Steve Walker. Steve is a Veteran of the Royal Army Corps. He was homeless and a drug addict for many years... He has now been in recovery for over 18 months and he talks here about his journey so far in recovery and his plans for a brighter future. He holds Phoenix Heroes in very high regard as it was they who found him on the streets and suppo...

Katie Cole is a Mountain Leader and mountain running guide. She has also been involved with Mountain Rescue for the past four years. Running has been a huge part of her life and in recent years she has had great success as an ultra runner. Katie is also a qualified Sports Therapist and is currently training at Swansea University as a Paramedic. Katie talks to us about her life and in particular he...

Natalie Liczbinski Edwards is in the midst of a healing journey which she is just starting on the path to communicate this with others. In the next few weeks she is launching her YouTube Channel... Chronic illness has helped her change the way she views the world... She can see that the life she was living was not for her higher good and she has been coming home to herself through listening to her...

Louise Camby is a multi talented  creative producer... She has a portfolio career with her voice at the core of all she creates and produces... In this podcast Louise tells with us how she came to discover her voice and shares with us some of her voice over recordings, her love of public speaking and her passion for holding workshops to develop others in the art... Running her family business Find...

John Thomson creates videos for use on websites, social media and conferences... He had a very successful career in the television industry as a journalist, producer and director,  which spanned fourteen years - but he had some deep unresolved trauma from earlier in his life which lead him to become an alcoholic. He lost his job, his marriage and his family and reached his rock bottom. John has no...

Rob Blair is the owner and founder of The Commando Temple in Deptford. Commando Temple is a fabulous multi disciplined strength and movement space. Rob shares with us his time spent serving in the Royal Marines, being medically discharged and going on to set up The Commando temple . He talks about overcoming adversity, his love of people, helping them achieve their dreams and goals, overcome injur...

I met Josie eleven years ago! She had read my book 'Running to Learn' and wanted to meet me... Here she shares with us very candidly her journey to greater inner peace and ease in her life; and how she has come to create the life she always dreamed of.. Being married in a truly conscious loving relationship with the potential to create a family and home together. Her CV is impressive - a...

Steve Walker is a veteran of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, he has been homeless and is a recovering addict. Steve is also an angling genius and has just come 5th in the veterans' carp fishing championships at Fens Fisheries. This is the third in a series of podcasts where he talks about his life and his road to recovery and he always honours the part that Phoenix Heroes has played in his jou...

Cecilia Morrison celebrated her 80th birthday in July 2020! We met 10 years ago when I interviewed her following her breaking the world masters 5000m and 1500m track records for the over 70 year old age group! In this conversation Cecilia shares with us her transition from running to walking and her challenge to walk a section of the Camino de Santiago, where she raised over £5000 for Little Peopl...

Gary Stockton is the CEO and founder of Phoenix Heroes . Phoenix Heroes is a British Veteran and non-profit Community Interest Company (CIC). Based in Colchester Garrison Town, home of 16 Air Assault Brigade. They support veterans and their families that are dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Phoenix Heroes do this by acting as a structured platform to place them on different comm...

Steve Walker is a veteran of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, he has been homeless and is a recovering addict. Steve is also an angling genius and has just come 5th in the veterans' carp fishing championships, at Fens Fisheries. This is the second in a series of podcasts where he talks about his life and his road to recovery. In this podcast, Steve shares his process detox and learning to live...

Steve Walker is a veteran of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, he has been homeless and is a recovering addict. Steve is also an angling genius and has just come 5th in the veterans' carp fishing championships, at Fens Fisheries. This is the first in a series of podcasts where he talks about his life and his road to recovery. Steve shares with us his harsh childhood, his life in the army, his li...

Artist Athena Jane creates installations, imaginary worlds, projects and experiences inviting viewers, participants and audiences to step into a world between the real and the imagined and journey within.  Her work encompasses all these realms and she loves living a creative life following her inspiration, creating artwork in many ways and working with people.  Her work is highly imaginative expre...

Matt shore is a performance coach, a trainer of trainers and a mountain Leader... He has a company called 'Coaching Shore' where his strap line 'It's a sure thing', speaks of the confidence his clients have in him to help them achieve their goals... In January 2020 Matt summited Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside the Himalayas, at 6,962 feet of altitude. He tells us h...

Ian Donnelly is a renowned level 5 performance analyst, of which there are only a small group in the world. In our podcast, Ian shares with us his journey from being a semi-profession football player to qualifying as a PE teacher, his development as a coach in the States, and his pioneering influence, bringing performance analysis into top-level sport. Here he talks about the expansion of this ove...

Debs Atkinson has been living in France for the past eight years renovating a cottage with her partner Tom. They have just finished the project and are about to return to the UK to create a wildlife and nature reserve. Their dream is to create a space where nature, wildlife, animals, and people can live side by side in harmony and find peace. You can find out more about the project here at earthki...

I am delighted to share my conversation with Carrie Beleno. She is an intuitive Reiki Master/teacher and a spiritual life coach.  Carrie shares her ever-deepening and expanding personal journey, as well as giving us very valuable advice and wisdom. Carrie has written two books:  The night Yoda phoned, and Because Yoda said so. If you want to contact Carrie or find more information on her and her b...