The Cockney Guide to Enlightenment

How to start a clothing brand with £170.00. Streetwear-smart young businessman Dursun revealed how the school system didn't inspire him, and, as a young man, he treaded water in uninspiring jobs until he took the risk of breaking free to realise his true potential. Steven Rosen's gripping memoir of overcoming addiction, organised crime, and his journey to his authentic self. https://www.amazon.co....

Creative entrepreneur Edward transitioned from art at St. Martin's College to working on construction sites, managing OCD alongside extreme sports, owning a nightclub, and feeling as if he were two separate selves until he discovered a path to unify mind, body, and spirit. He now mentors clients through his unique fitness and personal training program. Steven Rosen's gripping memoir of overcoming...

Listen to Select Radio DJ and Dirty Work Digital founder Abby as she shares her story about struggling with self-doubt, hiding an undiagnosed condition, and the mix of joy and sadness that came with discovering her true self. Steven Rosen's gripping memoir of overcoming addiction, organised crime, and his journey to his authentic self. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Babylon-Steven-Rosen/dp/17391551...

Back for season four with a true man of earth. Chris, Podcaster, Mens Coach & Founder of a Mens health organisation ' Men Of Earth ', shares insights from his transition from lad culture, crime, and facing the Crown Court to finding a new purpose and direction in his rite of passage into manhood. An enlightening conversation on the growing pains of becoming a mature male who leads with integri...

Sonny's childhood in addiction-related poverty channelled his anger as a youth into criminal enterprises. With the unwavering support of his nan, he carved a new path through music, spoken word, youth work, and a strong social conscience, becoming a creative entrepreneur with his poems receiving millions of views. We spoke of the challenges and accomplishments of his life, family and balancing an...

Angela had a blockage in her business, and it shifted during a spectacular awakening. We spoke about her journey through childhood sexual abuse and the healing she found in being a parent, an entrepreneur, teacher and a Reiki Master. Steven Rosen's gripping  memoir of overcoming addiction, organised crime, and his journey to his authentic self. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Babylon-Steven-Ros...

As a child in a Glasgow tenement, Tom was gifted with the sixth sence. Spirituality stayed with Tom throughout the move to London, and his life in the scrap metal industry made for a fascinating transition, where bare-knuckle, old-school gave way to corporate boardrooms, and his deep family values opened the heart of a tough modern man. Steven Rosen's gripping  memoir of overcoming addiction,...

Grace, a channeler, musician and vocalist, who works with elements from beyond this reality, tore up the rules of self-categorisation to free an ancient power that lies within us all. Our conversation explored some hard-to-discover yet common mechanisms by which the mind, body, and spirit become entangled, as well as the tools available to raise one's consciousness. Steven Rosen's gripping  m...

Louise's life took her from Wickford in Essex to teaching in Israel, working in Ethiopian refugee camps, and serving the government and the European Parliament. Influenced by Benazir Bhutto and other leading women, she became a changemaker in the patriarchal corporate world. In 2025, following a brain bleed, she reevaluated her life and focused on teaching yoga, mindfulness, and self-esteem to you...

On a hijacked plane at eleven years old, he narrowly escaped death. His early teens became hedonistic, reckless and driven by kem sex. Diagnosed with HIV, and now a Recovery Coach and HIV Advocate, he was celebrated by the PM at 10 Downing Street. Hamish's remarkable journey is a beacon of hope, showing that transformation is possible. Steven Rosen's gripping  memoir of addiction, organised c...

A grounded and enlightening insight into addiction and the ceremonial use of psilocybin and plant medicines in recovery and healing. Steven Rosen's gripping  memoir of addiction, organised crime, and sobriety. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Babylon-Steven-Rosen/dp/1739155106 Contacts: Gerard Walsh https://www.instagram.com/psilocybin_ceremonies_mallorca?igsh=b2pmeXY5NXoycngx Steven Rosen ...

Being dragged out of bed, stripped and beaten as a seven-year-old, a light inside Dominy assured her that life would not always be like that. Having recently opened a home for vulnerable girls, our conversation had a powerful context. We discussed her childhood survival skills, how she healed, and how she evolved into the inspirational woman who supports and champions those navigating dysfunction...

An unorthodox and enlightening conversation with Sid, a pastor with a lengthy prison record and one hundred convictions. We discussed road rage, change, addiction, consciousness, the shadow self, and what is God. Steven Rosen's gripping  memoir of addiction, organised crime, and sobriety. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Babylon-Steven-Rosen/dp/1739155106 Sid Thurlow - https://www.facebook.com/s...

As he recovers from a psychotic episode that decimated every aspect of his life, Christopher spoke candidly about his journey through life from a biscuit factory worker in Glasgow to stockbroking in the City of London and prospecting for gold in Tasmania. Mental illness halted his successful career as a publican in South London and launched him into yachting, photography, and the heart of the Nott...

Rosemary's fascinating life journey from nursing to Money, Marketing, Essex Heart-Centred entrepreneurs, and Soul coaching. She spoke of the Harmonic Convergence in 1987, which ended her nursing career overnight, and a cosmic puzzle became more apparent to me. Steven Rosen's gripping  memoir of addiction, organised crime, and sobriety. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Babylon-Steven-Rosen/dp/173...

As the Ku Klux Klan marched outside in Western North Carolina, David celebrated his bar mitzvah. His rite of passage led to the desert, the Burning Man festival, mind-expanding substances, hedonism, and the pursuit of higher consciousness. We spoke in Mallorca, where David creates music, teaches, and utilises his entrepreneurial spirit to guide others toward their higher selves. Steven Rosen's gri...

Like Jessi, the Final show of Season Two is a Trail Blazer. The creative entrepreneur discusses how Lucid dreaming and an out-of-body experience heightened her consciousness and fueled a quest for the truth. Her latest venture, Trail, embodies her passion for good food, health, inspirational spaces, and community building. Steven Rosen's gripping  memoir of addiction, organised crime, and sob...

This conversation is a game changer. Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and wheelchair-bound in her early twenties. The medical specialists offered a radical trial cure. With two carrier bags full of drugs to take, Emmie quit a cure that was destroying her and went back to her roots with nutritional and holistic healing. Recovered and twenty years free of any symptoms, she has incorporated her Bach...

From life in a deprived South London council estate where drug dealers and armed robbers were his role models, Robert explains how he expanded his world map through jobs, including being a walking email, a smelter in a scrap yard, and plastering. When joining sales, he became fascinated with psychology, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), and how to model the mind. Our conversation was profound an...

This conversation delves below the surface of life. It is rich in techniques for overcoming the stress of modern-day living, empowering the mind and body, and reaching optimum health and hidden potential. Christopher's journey in Bio Skills began over forty years ago, when he trained himself to walk after an accident left him unable to use his legs. Since that accident, he has studied human biolog...

Isabel grew up wanting to be a good girl, despite her ancestry of adventurers and pirates. Life in the corporate world won her achievements, but a full-on panic attack on the London Tube catalysed change. Today, she celebrates the worldwide release of her new creation, Breath Cards, and discusses her breakdown, her journey of self-care and transformation, and the importance of owning and embracing...

The art of conversation flows from D.J. Nin Petit (Llewelyn) as he unpacks creativity, the fragility of the ego, where the energy of the Cosmos flows, and why an extraterrestrial entity, Bashar, from the future, empowered and shaped his life. When a violent altercation at an after-party in 2013 erupted, it became the catalyst for his mission to create a new experience, and Wake Up Dance was born i...

As a corporate accountant managing renewable energy projects, Iona's left-brain function convinced her that she was helping to heal the world. Her right brain had other ideas and gave birth to Iona Express. We spoke about the phenomenon that woke her up, got the world dancing to Maddona during Zoom lockdown parties, and transformed her world from grey to multicoloured. Steven Rosen's gripping &nbs...

A rich and empowering conversation on self-development. When Embodiment Coach Claire realised that the drugs didn't work, elocution lessons only added to her journey of self-repression, and the outworn coping mechanisms cost more than they gave. She shifted to embodied healing authenticy and developed a higher consciousness. Our conversation unpacks her decolonising journey, during which she dropp...

Accredited ADHD life coach and Mentor Robert reflects on growing up fast in a fierce, loving, and dysfunctional Scottish family and descending into crime and addiction. During his twenty-nine years of recovery, he dismantled the persona he had built to survive, became a successful businessman and turned the lifelong puzzle of ADHD into a superpower. Steven Rosen's gripping  memoir of addictio...