Positively Selfish

Ben Williams: f ormer Royal Marines Commando, coach, author, speaker, and now tech entrepreneur, having founded Loopin. His story is both incredible and inspiring - he fell into drug addiction, seriously considering leaving this world behind. From this, he managed to beat 99.9% of people to get into the Royal Marines and serve his country. As you can imagine, he developed such strong leadership sk...

Scott Walker: ex-hostage negotiator, best selling author, world renown speaker, negotiation trainer and above all, he's probably had one of the most difficult jobs in the world. When pirates have hijacked a ship, when a criminal gang has kidnapped someone, when an entire company's future is being held to ransom from a cyber-attack, Scott would get called in. He's successfully negotiated more than...

Dominic McGregor is a badass entrepreneur, mental health and sobriety advocate, author of 'I'm Never Drinking Again' and Founding Partner of the investment fund Fearless Adventures. He has a LOT of wisdom around these topics, that you need to listen to this episode to hear!!  Dominic is the ex-COO of global marketing agency Social Chain, which he co-founded with former Positively Selfish guest, St...

Welcome to PS episode 100!! Can't believe we're here at number 100!    FYI - 90% of podcasts don't get past episode 3, and 1.8 million podcasts quit after episode 1!!   This is one of the best things I've done, and so happy to have these power house working girlies as my 100th episodes, so thank you so much ladies, it's an honour ❤️   Today, we have Lauren and Fran Calvert, sisters, and both now w...

Guy is a man of many many talents and you cannot listen to this episode without learning an immense amount about yourself, your life, your career/business and how to uplevel it all.  Guy is the CEO of HSPG (where I also happen to be the MD!) - an impactful, innovative social housing real estate company supporting all angles of the UK homelessness crisis. Guy, together with his co-founder David, ha...

Dr Frankie is a NHS Junior Doctor, Media Medic and absolutely divine human, dedicating her career to researching cancer, conducting clinical trials within the treatment landscape, diving deep into our immune systems and if that wasn't enough.. she's also educating the masses on getting to know our bodies, demystifying our cycles and helping women to realise what's normal.. and what's not. Why do r...

I ask all the questions you're dying to ask.. We get the answers, and I'm still just as much in the dark as you are, but convinced that More Gainz takes home the Survivor win!! Nathan is not only one of the nicest humans on the planet, he looks like a friggin superhero and runs like one too. We chat through his insane schedule, his job(s), how he got into being a Barry's trainer - those selfies ar...

Lauren is a motivational speaker (I challenge you to be in her presence and NOT feel motivated by her insanely warm, supportive energy btw), Addiction Counsellor, and Founder of the Sober Collective (check it out on insta - @sober.collective), working with successful high achievers who struggle to break free from self sabotage and toxic behaviours.   We chatted about how a little girl from a very...

Stressing about approaching key milestones and not being 'there yet (or ever)' – owning a home, career/ earnings goals, getting married, having kids, just actually making new friends..?    Emma is the first and only life coach dedicated to helping those who are turning 30 to feel better at this transitional time. After experiencing her own personal turning 30 struggles, Emma began her mission to h...

Dr Emilia Thompson @dremiliathompsonphd is a disordered eating coach, mentor, podcast host, super honest and authentic human and my long time gym girl crush! Why do we emotionally eat? What do we do about it? How do we stop? This is Emilia's expertise, so listen in... We chat everything from emotional eating, the BS of the fitness industry and I quiz Emilia on who she hangs out with. Listen, share...

You've heard it mentioned, you may or may not have a clue what it is: let these guys clear it up for you! I ask them the questions you feel too silly to ask.. and then some :D Cue the insanely knowledgable Jack: daily learner & Crypto investor who fell down the rabbit hole 5 years a go and never got out. He has a passion for defi, NFTs and the metaverse. And Bradley: serial entrepreneur in the top...

David Birtwistle - what a legend. Founder of online fitness  business - Endeavour Life, Coach, lifestyle junkie and you may have seen him grace your TV screen from time to time as well.   We chat all things life, motivation, mindset, December nutrition and how not to lose it! And there are a definitely a few love punches in there to get your arse into gear if you're sat on the lazy bench! Listen,...

Mama-to-be or mamas, this is one for you! OPT for MAMA is a power duo of Amanda and Rachel: Amanda is a Physical Therapist specialising in perinatal care and the pelvic floor. Rachel is an Occupational Therapist trained in child development and parental education. They created OPT for MAMA to help women navigate pregnancy, birth, and postpartum with increased knowledge and empowerment.   As you ca...

Stacey Goodwin AKA The Girl Gambler is the fairy godmother for female gamers: for those who feel they may be taking it too far, and those who are simply enjoying it all. Stacey shares all about her losing significant amounts in a matter of days, feeling so alone in her journey and everything up to where she's at now: what an honest, empowered, inspiring human and I'm so honoured to have quizzed he...

Becky, AKA, One Corporate Blonde, is a Chartered Accountant and Senior Manager at one of the Big 4 worldwide Accountancy firms, living in Manchester. She also dazzles us on a daily basis with fashion tips, new outfits and your absolute faves at a fraction of the price. Hello high-end fashion on a normal human's budget!   We chat and laugh away about corporate life, fashion faux pas, and generally...

Emma Kirk-Odunubi is a footwear expert and sports scientist with an incredible 10 years in the running industry.  Emma masters a whole host of talents: Coaching group treadmill classes and 121s at Thirdspace, being a running biomechanics nerd and trainer geek: matching the perfect footwear to the individual runner, runner, crossfitter, S&C coach and trainer at Track Life London to name a few.   Em...

Josh White, co-Founder of Canowater, shares the fascinating journey from 3 friends in full time jobs, through a load of twists, turns, rejection and determination to create one of the coolest branded, ethically sourced, infinitely recyclable alternatives to single use plastic bottles I've ever seen: CanO Water. If you want to hear how you block out negative Nancy, remain focused and stick to your...

SEX: us Brits are so prude..   Cue: Sarah Welsh for normalising sex, female sexual health, knowing our bodies (gals) and de-prudifying Positively Selfish. Thank you! The lovely gynaecology doctor and co-founder of vegan condom company HANX is doing more than ju st creating sex-care products that are kinder to us and the planet . She and her oldest school friend, Farah Kabir, are building a badass...

The beautiful Olamide Michelle exudes charisma, chill (even though she sometimes disagrees!) and the most calming aura that you just wanna be around.   Michelle is a trademark attorney, business mentor, health and wellness enthusiast, dancer, owner of Omi Brand Consulting and a total all-rounder. We love an all rounder! Michelle literally takes no BS but does it in the most beautiful, authentic wa...

I've only had a handful of guests on Positively Selfish who need absolutely no introduction and this is definitely one of them: not only a Manchester hero but a worldwide legend - Mr. Gary Neville.   His whole professional football career was dedicated to our favourite team: Manchester United, now a highly strategic entrepreneur, the best pundit on British TV, and probably one of the most heard vo...

I am gonna assume that right now, most of you would agree with me that bringing out the 'best you' and unlocking your flow is pretty high up on the agenda.   So I am buzzing that Jack has founded Flow Cognition and basically helped us do just that.   Flow Cognition is one of my new favourite brands, born in Manchester, my fave City, with a huge amount of love and care being poured into the concept...

This podcast is so aptly named after one of my absolute FAVOURITE phrases Amy uses in her incredible - beyond incredible - Barry's bootcamp classes.  Amy is an absolute hero: her physical (and mental!) feats are insane and the way she pours that motivation, inspiration and love into her clients, friends and quite frankly anyone she supports is WILD.  Not only kicking our asses in the 8:20 crew (if...

Denise is a total legend, I am SO grateful to have had the pleasure of interviewing her! Do you have money mindset blocks? Well, spoiler alert, we all do!  Denise sheds all the mindblowing light on how our engrained childhood memories can shape our successes, self sabotage and what to do with the information once you realise it. Go and listen with an open mind, and a pen and paper, as you'll be WO...

You could say Sarah Knight was the catalyst that put a rocket up my own personal development journey. She simply an absolutely incredible human: after 15 years as a book editor in NYC, she became a best selling author of the 'No F**ks given guides', TedX speaker, and she's been featured in a whole host of publications including Vogue, The New York Times, Marie Clare, Elle, Cosmo, list goes on...  ...

I'm hugely grateful to have this inspirational superstar Stuart Armfield on the show this week. We discussed the madness of the world right now, how to deal with it in a positive way and how to really truly accept yourself.   Stuart - Executive National Vice President with Arbonne and total friggin badass human - shares his thoughts on being Positively Selfish with his life lessons and foresight t...