The After Hours Lounge

I discuss my own experience with being consistent, something that I consider more important than nearly anything. You can have all the talent in the world, but if you don't show up day after day, you're never going to improve. I chatted about quitting as child, before learning the value of consistency at 18 when I started windsurfing and how thats helped me keep consistent in other aspects of my l...

Lewis Crathern is a pro Kitesurfer, motivational speaker and Global Wind Energy Council ambassador. 10 years ago he brought kitesurfing to the masses when he jumped over Brighton Pier, and since then has made a huge name for himself within the industry, taking multiple British titles and vice big air world champion in 2016. Find our more about Lewis via the link below. https://www.lewiscrathern.co...

Awesome to be joined this week by Nikki from The Bookish Mindset. Having grown up with a huge passion for reading, Nikki, like many others, decided to spend more time pursuing her passion and turning it into something during lockdowns last year. We discussed why so many people have done this, and how amazing it is that these positives have come out of such a terrible time. We discussed why reading...

Graham is an artist, vlogger, surfer and mental health ambassador of Youth Art Connect, organising art events and workshops for his community's young people down in Newquay, Cornwall. Find more about his work via the links below! http://www.patreon.com/grahamcullisart https://www.facebook.com/events/468314121130356/?ref=newsfeed https://www.youtube.com/user/gcullis1

Paul is the founder of Golden Buoy Clothing, having founded it at the start of the first lockdown in 2020. With a background in watersports and a professional career in marketing, he has grown the company to a huge level in just 1 year. Here Paul discussed how he did it, his motivations behind it and navigating the rocky road of running a company, dealing with social media criticism, staying true...

Eoin wrote one of his first University papers on ‘International Cannabis Policy’ calling for legalisation, social reform and proper research funding, taking him on a decade long journey into the world of cannabis, hemp and CBD. He is now the CEO and co founder of CBD drinks company 'Goodrays', creating an accessible, delicious CBD product for everyone. We discussed his company, the benefits of CBD...

Matt Barr is the host of the hugely successful Looking Sideways Podcast, an action sports journalist and all round legend. We discussed his own start into podcasting, social medias effect on mental health and peoples tempers, dealing with criticism and our changing relationships with alcohol. Enjoy!

Discipline. It's a scary word that conjures up images of military training and scary school teachers. But it's so much more than that, by just checking our ego, and keeping ourselves accountable for our actions, we can practice a bit more discipline in all walks of our life, whether it's trying to get a 6 pack, or a promotion at work. I also discussed how it's relative, the idea of being disciplin...

Dave White is a legendary icon in the windsurfing industry. He is an ex world record speed champion, ex international competitor and is now a photographer and brand ambassador. He is also a cancer survivor and is currently recovering from a severe stroke that happened in early 2017.

Great to be joined by personal coach and nutritional therapist Rory Macdonald to chat about an industry I've been very interested in since getting into this mental health space through the podcast. Rory spent many years working a very high powered job, moving from glamorous city to glamorous city and living the work hard play hard lifestyle that came with it. This led to a period of depression bef...

Great to be joined by Wildwind Sailing beach manager and founder of Total Joyrider, Mr Joe Bennett! Having knows Joe for many years, it was great to actually sit down with him and have a proper chat about his sailing career, getting into seasons and creating a lifestyle for himself and his family that allow them to enjoy the things they love. We discussed his early career getting into the season l...

Honoured to joined this week by 6 times paddleboard world champion, Red Bull athlete and all round legend, Casper Steinfath (@cj_steinfath) 🙌 We discussed him getting into the sport around the time it was just beginning, and almost accidentally becoming a pro and meeting Robby Naish, to then competing and what paddle boarding is like now! Paddleboarding is one of those sports that has exploded ov...

Only a short episode this week but still definitely worth the listen! It was an absolute pleasure to be joined this week by Niki Perry, founder of Blessed Yoga. I've know Niki for many years, having taught her children to windsurf when I worked out at Club Vass! Niki is the definition of positive vibes. It's one of the reasons I'd been wanting to get her on the podcast, her enthusiasm for yoga, st...

All bullshit aside, this was in my top 3 podcasts I've ever recorded and easily the funniest one I've done. Martyn Odell (The Lagom Chef) is a chef, meal planner, ultra marathon runner and sustainability advocate. Lagom is the Swedish philosophy of living life in "balance and moderation". It's not too much, not too little but just the right amount. This is oddly something I talk about a lot, so it...

Have another podcast you lucky people. 😎 This was a bit of a big one for me. After all that's happened this week in regards to the interview with Harry and Meghan, I thought it a good time to chat a bit about my opinions and experience with these difficult issues. Everyone knows by now I'm a pretty open book, I'm very happy to talk about my past and my anxiety/depression. But I've never really ch...

Honoured to be joined this week by Joe Taylor, founder of The Wave Project. The Wave Project is a charity using surfing and spending time in the ocean as a form of therapy for young people struggling with mental and physical issues. Having taught watersports for nearly 10 years to thousands of children, it was amazing to chat to Joe about why he started the Wave Project, and the effects it has on...

This week I'm joined by construction industry veteran and host of the awesome 'Mind Your Head' podcast, Rob Muldoon. 👷🏻 Having worked on sites for nearly 20 years, Rob has a great insight into how the mental health conversation within the industry has changed. After his own personal struggles and battles, Rob is now a qualified mental health first aider, and hosts his own podcast chatting to peo...

Honoured to be joined by Parsa Nani this week! Parsa is in his 3rd year of medicine at uni, but alongside that he's an online personal trainer, viral music producer and TikTok personality. A few weeks back Parsa uploaded a video to Instagram that really struck a cord with me. In it he discussed a tiktok trend video he and his mates uploaded, only for it to be trolled by a load of girls. Of course,...

Great to be joined this week by clinical hypnotherapist, CBT coach and mental health first aider Will Everett. Will kindly invited me to do an Instagram live with him a while back, and I decided to get him on the podcast as I've always been intrigued with hypnotherapy, having been to one once before. There are so many misconceptions and stigmas attached to it. Cue ''look into the eyes not around t...

As promised a while ago, a podcast about the thing that makes the world go round... For this I brought in one of my close friends, previous guest, owner of Turtle Straws, trader and all round sustainable superhero Alex Bruce. Money is a hard one, it's so tied to our mental well-being, who among us can't say at one time or another that they've been anxious due to finances. Yet it's still something...

Honoured to have Ben West on the podcast this week, and for episode 50! Ben is a mental health activist and campaigner, having won the Pride of Britain award, and being names one of LinkedIn's changemaker's last year. He is now spearheading the campaign for mental health support to be included in University league tables, meaning in order for a uni to be recognised as one of the best in the countr...

Pleasure to be joined by old friend Dan Alldis this week! Having not seen each other for over 10 years now, it was awesome to reconnect and hear Dan's story. Dan is now based out in Dubai (Don't worry, he's not an influencer!) We spoke of what its really like living out there, it can be a bit of a mythical place surrounded in so many rumours, it was interesting to hear about what it's actually lik...

Great to be joined this week by Nick Dempsey, the most successful olympic windsurfer of all time! We discussed his history of competing in the olympic, from Sydney in 2000 finishing 16th, to ending his career on a high, winning silver in Rio in 2016. Now a coach for the Japanese team, he has experience on both sides of the line. We moved on to the training side, the sacrifices made in order to cha...

Just me on this one, talking about the original idea behind the podcast, why drinking beers was a big part of it, why it isn't so much and my relationship and history with alcohol. Enjoy, with, or without a beer 🙏🏼

Great to be joined this week by Lydia, Max and Beth, founders of Wild Swimming Cornwall. After each of their own struggles with varying mental health issues, friends Lydia, Max and Beth decided to spread their love of the ocean and found Wild Swimming Cornwall. It is a community with the aim of encouraging more people to take part in wild swimming and experience its benefits. As we discussed, thos...