So Whats Your Story

William Mahaffy calls himself - Soldier, Prisoner, Swimmer because that depicts his life quite well....at the age of 20 after a troubled childhood and teenage years he signed up for the Army and served in what's been named "the bloodiest" Tour in Afghanistan. After getting discharged on a technicality William resorted to a life of crime whilst also suffering from PTSD. Eventually after being locke...

Alexa Brown is a serving police officer with Gwent Police since 2005 and believes her career is her destiny to protect others but openly talks about how dealing with child abuse and suicide cases made her consider taking her own life and indeed since 2017 Alexa has been coping with CPTSD (complex post traumatic stress disorder). She stresses that no-one is bullet proof when it comes to handling th...

Claire Morton is an award winning high performance coach, spiritual business coach, meditation teacher and No1 best selling author. She has also won Merseyside Woman of the year, is a master NLP practitioner and leadership development specialist, helping people shed, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem & lack of confidence, helping people in their journey of life and realise their true purpos...

Lennart Neubauer is World Champion Freestyle Youth - Windsurfing 2021. Born in Germany, living in Naxos Greece Lennart at the age of 10 looked out of his window and sat on the beach watching windsurfers glide and do tricks on the waves and started to dream about being like them - but better !! .....he first got on a board at 11yrs old then won U15 Windsurf Wave World Championship, U16 Windsurf Fre...

Naomi Holdt is a psychologist, author and speaker with over 25yrs experience in education, educational psychology & psychotherapy with a special interest in  the emotional well-being of children and young people. She talks about her own childhood, advice to parents and holistic views on how we can help ourselves and our loved ones. Naomi has in her own life worn the t-shirt so to speak and hav...

Richard Ventre shares his tips, wisdom, leadership advice and humour starting from his very humble beginnings growing up on a housing estate, climbing the career ladder to become a business focused CIO with international experience across the US, Europe and Asia, working for globally recognised companies in senior IT roles including Network Rail, MAERSK shipping, Adani and is currently Group Chief...

Claire Russell is a TEDx Speaker, Coach, Keynote Speaker, Founder & CEO of MHIB (Mental Health in Business). What makes Claire's story so credible is that she's been there and got the t-shirt, she's able to talk-the-talk and walk-the-walk because her life from the age of 13 when she had Sepsis that nearly killed her and left her with a deformed hip being told no-one would operate until she was...

David Wafer is a highly regarded and successful businessman from Liverpool, sitting as an advisory board member on various organisations and being the Chair of the IoD for Liverpool region and North West, but coming from a humble background, in this episode David talks about growing up in a deprived city, climbing the career ladder, how companies could select better candidates for roles, and Leade...

David Seeds journey from being born with a deformity in his upper chest which was concave (Pectus Excavatum), meant he was bullied during his school years and dreaded going into college. This didn't deter this incredibly strong minded, determined, talented  and tenacious individual.  At the age of 11 David underwent and incredibly painful operation and had a metal bar inserted under his rib cage.....

Mike Stoll has an extensive background in the manufacturing of clothing in Manchester UK (the former heart of the UK's clothing industry). He started his career at the age of 14 with little education as an apprentice machinist, then learning pattern making, management and sales, he quickly climbed through the ranks to become one of the most respected individuals in the industry and ran his own com...

Vinnie Potestivo is an Emmy award winning media advisor, creater, economist, industry leading talent with over 25yrs experience. He's worked with Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Simpson, Kelly Osbourne and many more celebrities. Vinnie has been hired by MTV, Bravo, VH1, TLC, CBS, HBC and many more. Brands that have utilised Vinnie's skills include Samsung, Nikon, Macy's ...   His moto is - Inspire, Impact...

Sean Stone is a film maker, media host, author, actor, poet, speaker and above all a truth seeker and spiritual activist. Son of famous film producer Oliver Stone (JFK, Natural Born Killers, The Doors), Sean was a childhood actor but at an early age become curious during his trips to Tibet, Nepal & India the stark contrast between these worlds and Hollywood. Studied American history at Princet...

Mike Goddard - stand up comedian, writer, producer, director, during his lengthy career Mike has written shows for the TV, Stage, The Westend, help personal friend Krishna Bhanji (Sir Ben Kingsley) find fame, wrote shows for Freddie Starr, Russ Abbot, had a cigarette and chat with Princess Ann, he's the creator of the hit TV show 3.2.1 with dusty bin viewed by over 15 million per episode at its pe...

Lewis Bailey -  is a Globally well respected Personal Performance Coach working with over 20,000 private clients from top level athletes, celebrities, models and business executives (and everyday individuals too) either in one of his own Gym's, one-to-one or now via his Transcendent virtual online programme. Lewis works holistically with clients getting into there core beliefs and drivers to deliv...

Digital creators, TV Hosts, Authors, 333,000 followers on Instagram, Winner of Miss Indonesia (Maria) - Maria & Elizabeth Rahajeng are phenomenal individuals but are also very close twin sisters who lived their early lives in the USA but then returned with their family to Indonesia ...highly encouraged by their Dad to study hard and become Lawyers or Doctors, Maria & Elizabeth knew deep do...

It's a burning question a lot of people have - "wonder what's it's like to live in Australia" ? and a lot of people head to the Oceania continent for the "dream" lifestyle and there's no doubt it can be ! In this episode we hear from Joe Beighton (yes my Son) on how he's found his 4 plus years living as a Brit in Australia from landing in this far away country from home, being immersed in the cult...

Andy Mee was formerly European Marketing Director for SEGA Games but that bubble burst and although Andy's career continued to flourish and he established his own companies the pandemic hit him hard and he took solace in drink! The alcoholic type and before he knew it he had in his words "a problem" which actually cost him his marriage. Andy fortunately had a realisation that the booze wasn't doin...

Andy Walker - Founding Member (Captain of the Ship) of Mentell a Charity that provides a safe, non judgemental, confidential environment for men to "put down their baggage" "remove their mask" in a circle (online or face-to-face) of other men and openly talk about how they're feeling helping them to express themselves, share and prevent further negative thoughts about themselves, a situation, depr...

Sarah Burton - is today an author - The Knowing Within -  practitioner of Kundalini Yoga and owner of - The Gratitude programme....you might be fooled into thinking that Sarah's got it easy, well it hasn't always been that way. Sister (Sharon) died at 18 months old of cot death which changed the shape of her family from that day onwards......her Father never mentioned Sharon name and wouldn't disc...

"I glanced up into the mirror...…who was that girl staring back at me ? I didn't recognise her. It hit me, I'd lost myself. I didn't know when, I didn't know how and I certainly didn't know where" This is the story of Hannah Taylors journey or as she calls it her "metamorphosis" of self destruction and then her lightbulb moment that definitely changed her life but probably saved it too. Hannah is...

Daniel Disney is one of the world's leading experts on LinkedIn & Social Selling having generated £millions in revenue from LinkedIn, grown an audience of over 800,000 LinkedIn followers and published 2 x best-selling LinkedIn books "The Ultimate LinkedIn Sales Guide" and "The Million-Pound LinkedIn Message". With a purely sales background, Daniel brings a unique perspective to LinkedIn traini...

Nicki Martin's (founder of You need Nicki) journey began when she was very young having being diagnosed with depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions, later on in life Nicki overcame an eating disorder got married had children ran a successful business and then it all crumbled down around her, enduring a painful divorce, becoming a single Mum left penniless and homeless hustling to g...

No1 best selling Author Tara Halliday of Unmasking - The coaches guide to Imposter Syndrome. A holistic therapist & coach for over 20 years, and an imposter syndrome specialist. 70% of high achievers at some point in their career suffers from Imposter Syndrome, often leading to missed opportunities, exhaustion and, eventually, burnout. You need to know, without question, that you’re ‘good enou...

Kevin O'Neil - Founder of Breatheolution is considered the UK's version of Wim Hof ! An established Buteyko Breath Instructor, Cold Water Therapist & Influencer - Specialising in providing clients with breathing therapy helping conditions including - Anxiety, Menopause, PTSD, Stress, Trauma, Asthma, Recovery, Nervous system and Mental Health issues. ......... Kevin shares his story from self d...

This is the trailer for my 1st So What's your Story Episode as  Kevin O'Neil joins me from Beatheolution the UK's equivalent to Wim Hof - Kevin trained and studied for years under the careful guidance of Patrick McKeown - one of the Worlds leading experts in respiratory health. Kevin has helped over 1,300 clients overcome Anxiety, Menopause, Stress, PTSD, Trauma, Asthma, and many mental health iss...