The Bearded Gents Podcast

Looking back at the last 18months of growth since a look back at the previous 20 years of life lived, after a profound experience shaped and crystalised how the world was seen and felt.

Understanding who we are loyal to and why we are loyal to them. Does that loyalty compromise us, make us less, take us off our path, or add value to us and how we're moving forward?

Part 2 of digging deeper into the triggers of anxiety, the reason it starts in the first place and the value in confronting those triggers when we feel overwhelmed

Part 1 of understanding the triggers of anxiety and frustration when it comes to our livelihoods. Where does this anxiety come from? Why does this anxiety mess with our bigger picture?

The reasons behind why we stay when we know it's not serving us. The feelings that let us keep familiarity, justifications and the need to feel safe a priority even when it hurts.

The stories we invent about the world to protect ourselves, the way we use them to justify behaviours, how ego takes it to a different level.

Why we stop doing the things we know are good for us, the excuses and bullshit behind it, and what it may really be about.

Mick talks about the stress of FIFO life and dealing with feeling isolated, now and in the past. Delving into what that feels like, how it comes up for him, and what he's doing about it.

How far down the rabbit hole depression and anxiety can really take you, and what we might be prepared to do to escape it.

How much can be tolerated and taken before it's too much? Where lines in the sand exist and why they're there.

Goals, why we set them, why they matter, why the why matters, and how to set valuable ones.

The Ups and Downs of mental health  plus wizards and warlocks

Two dudes getting ready to tackle 2021

We talk about dreams  and a bit about Dragons 

What if's and how they shape our views of present life and our inability to live in the now. How Gareth realises that his love of England isn't quite what he thought it was.

Vulnerability, social media and when we choose to take it seriously. Who, when and where we choose to be vulnerable.

The dynamic between what we think people mean compared to what try actually mean, and how coaches and coaching adapts and adjusts to suit the coach or the coachee.

Discipline, the decisions and demands it requires of us , and the factors involved in why it is something valuable for some and elusive for others .

Gratitude , step-parenting ,vibrational frequency , appreciation, things yet to be unpacked

We look into the mind of the Tod 

Shane story is one of perseverance in the face of a stigma about anxiety, a condition that he didn't even have a name for, that put him at odds with himself and the life he was trying to live. He tells that story today because he took a step into vulnerability and is finding strength on the other side.

The bravado that humans carry can sometimes lead to situations that don't serve anyone, The classic alpha douchebag attitude , where it comes from , its pitfalls and if and when it can work for you. 

How communication factors into how we interact with everyone and everything ,where it makes relationships harder and how it can make finding connection and our kin better and easier.

Kristy's story encompasses themes we can all relate to. Her journey through traumatic childhood moments that echo through adult life, feelings of lack of worth that impact on her sense of self and relationships, to the eventual waking to the patterns that kept her stuck in this cycle and use this wakening to thrive in her own life and bring help and life to others.

Why the marketing we are sold with actually works on us, and what that says about us.