Gary Bertwistle

The Mojo Sessions

The Mojo Sessions features in-depth conversations with the world's most interesting people. Hosted by Gary Bertwistle, who has collected a catalogue of over three hundred interviews with some of the world's most interesting minds, The Mojo Sessions podcast series takes a minimalist approach that focuses on the guest and brings you valuable and memorable conversations.

Author

Gary Bertwistle

Category

Education

Podcast website

www.themojosessions.com

Latest episode

Jul 2, 2026

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Episodes

EP 227: Sean Swarner - Hope is the Lifeline on the Climb of Your Life 04.11.2021

Sean Swarner astounded the medical community by surviving cancer twice, then climbing Mt. Everest with just one lung. Sean has stood atop the highest point on all 7 continents, skied to the South & North Poles and completed the Hawaii Ironman, the only person in history to accomplish these feats. Sean demonstrates the strength of the human spirit and one man's determination to spread a message of...

EP 226: Dr Bruce Perry - Heal Your Mental and Emotional Wounds and Move Forward 21.10.2021

Professor of Psychiatry at Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Dr. Bruce Perry's new book ' What Happened to You? ' was written with Oprah. ' What Happened to You? ' is a book that helps heal our mental and emotional wounds, wounds that many carry for decades and never give it a thought. Through ground breaking scientific & emotional insights on behavioural patterns and actual bra...

EP 225: David Rendall - Don't Ever Let Life Beat the Rebel Out of You 08.10.2021

David Rendall has a radical prescription for chronic dissatisfaction - stop working on your weaknesses and start amplifying them. His book 'The Freak Factor' outlines a simple premise, that what makes us weird can make us wonderful and that which makes us weak can also make us strong. Working with Microsoft, AT&T, as well as the US Air Force, his mission is helping people embrace what makes them u...

EP 224: Minter Dial - The Complete Playbook on How the New Leader Leads 24.09.2021

Minter Dial, author and corporate leader, walks the talk. After a 16-yr international career at L'Oreal as MD Worldwide for Redken his new book 'You Lead, How Being Yourself Makes You A Better Leader' , is a timely topic as business continues to change, shift, grow, adapt and struggle to allow people to find a fully fulfilled life. Your biggest asset in leadership is you. How can you possibly expe...

EP 223: Dr Sarah Woodhouse - The Disempowering Enemy Within 11.09.2021

Dr Sarah Woodhouse is a Research Psychologist specialising in trauma, helping people face this world and their past. Her book ' You're Not Broken',  teaches us what trauma is (it's probably not what you think), how to recognise it, why it's there and how your past is likely holding you back. Sarah explains the pitfalls of ignoring awkward, upsetting episodes and how true freedom comes from looking...

EP 222: Christian O'Connell - Why Victory Does Not Always Mean Happiness 26.08.2021

Once described as 'furiously funny' by UK's  The Times, Christian O'Connell dominated UK breakfast radio airwaves for 20 years and won every award there was. With an adoring audience of 2 million people daily, celebrities lined up to be on his show. Then he quit, moved to Australia to host breakfast on Melbourne's  GOLD104.3 and it was a disaster. His excellent book ' No One Listens to Your Dad's...

EP 221: Ximena Vengoechea - What Great Listeners Know About Being a Great Listener 12.08.2021

Do you consider yourself a good listener? Experts believe that many of us overestimate our listening abilities. There is an art to listening and perhaps why we are feeling so unheard is that it's a forgotten art. Ximena Vengoechea is a user researcher, writer, and illustrator who has worked at Pinterest, Twitter and LinkedIn. Ximena writes for Inc., The Washington Post, Newsweek, Huff Post, & Fast...

EP 220: Dr Ethan Kross - Control the Negative Chatter Loop in Your Mind 29.07.2021

Many people struggle with the downward spiral of negative chatter that infiltrates our mind. Ethan Kross, author of 'Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It', is an experimental psychologist and neuroscientist at the University of Michigan. In this conversation Ethan explains why negative self-talk, what he calls 'chatter', can hurt our health, sink our mood, strain o...

EP 219: Dr Amy Silver - Where Do We Find the Courage? 15.07.2021

Dr Amy Silver is a psychologist, a speaker and an author on the management of emotions for high performance and wellbeing. Her new book, ' The Loudest Guest: How to change and control your relationship with fear', is about managing our fears, what they are, how they impact us and the key steps to change our relationship with fear. Amy has a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, a Masters in Forensic P...

EP 218: Marshall Goldsmith - Questions for the World's #1 Executive Coach 05.07.2021

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, a member of the Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame, has been ranked the World's #1 Executive Coach and chosen as the inaugural winner of the Lifetime Award for Leadership by the Harvard Institute of Coaching. The author of 41 books selling 2.5 million copies, his books Triggers and What Got You Here Won't Get You There are recognized in the top 100 management books ever written. This...

EP 217: Dr Jim Loehr - Your Private Voice and the Strength of Your Character 17.06.2021

World-renowned performance psychologist Dr. Jim Loehr has written seventeen books. In his most recent,  Leading with Character: 10 Minutes a Day to a Brilliant Legacy, Dr Loehr contends that the single most important factor in successful achievement, personally or in business, is the strength of one's character. He has worked with hundreds of world-class performers from sport, business, medicine,...

EP 216: Candice Fox - Death Row, US Presidents, Detachment & Superpowers 08.06.2021

Candice Fox is an international best selling crime novelist who began collaborating with the world's greatest writer James Patterson. Their first novel together,  Never Never, went straight to #1 on the NY Times bestseller list and topped the UK charts. Candice has spent her life around prisons and has always been fascinated with true crime once interviewing an unrestrained convicted serial killer...

EP 215: Alain Hunkins - The True Code Behind Leadership MOJO 20.05.2021

Alain Hunkins helps high achieving people become high achieving leaders. Working with Wal-Mart, Pfizer, Citigroup, GE, IBM, GM and Microsoft, he is the author of Cracking The Leadership Code-Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders and writes for Fast Company, Inc., Forbes and Business Insider on connecting the science of high performance with the performing art of leadership to help us build grea...

EP 214: Navy Seal JP Dinnell - A Masterclass on Commitment 07.05.2021

US Navy SEAL sniper JP Dinnell was awarded a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars with Valor and the Army Commendation Medal with Valor for his leadership and courage under fire, serving in Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit of the Iraq War. Today, he's the Director of Experiential Leadership at Echelon Front, the world's premier leadership training company, working with...

EP 213: Logan Gelbrich - A Logical Justification for Pursuing Your Dreams 22.04.2021

Logan Gelbrich, author of Going Right: A Logical Justification for Pursuing Your Dreams , owns Deuce gyms in LA, a unique group of gyms that teaches leadership and a higher standard of performance in a gym environment incorporating strength training, strongman, gymnastics, wellness, fitness, performance and group fitness. His book is a great metaphor if you want to grow, hold higher standards, mak...

EP 212: Rohit Bhargava - Take Advantage of Future Trends by Spotting the Non-Obvious 08.04.2021

Rohit Bhargava is on a mission to help the world be more open-minded and assist us to see the non-obvious ideas. A Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Rohit's insights into upcoming trends are used globally by businesses such as the World Bank, NASA, Intel, Disney, Colgate, Coca-Cola, Under Armour, and NBC Universal, to discover what's next and set themselves up to win the future. Rohit spent...

EP 211: Sam Thomas Davies - The Best Rituals and Routines for Learning 04.04.2021

Learners are earners. Sam Thomas Davies has a simple mission - he strives to publish the best free book summaries on the planet. True to his mission, Sam has created a fabulous resource sharing his top 100 book summaries... coded by category. In this conversation I discuss with Sam his process for learning, discerning important take outs, recording and storing those ideas and then being able to cr...

EP 210: Dr Jeff Spencer - Make your Peak Performance Predictable and Repeatable 25.03.2021

Dr Jeff Spencer is cornerman to some of our greatest achievers. A former Olympian, Jeff's client list boasts names such as Tiger Woods, U2, Nike, Richard Branson, as well as Tour de France winners, so it's safe to say he knows a thing or two about becoming a world class performer!  Jeff specialises in helping would-be high achievers who currently feel over committed, over extended and overwhelmed...

EP 209: Jay Samit - Your Hidden Superpower Can Future-Proof Your Business 11.03.2021

Jay Samit has an incredible resume. He's created disruptive ideas for Adobe, American Express, AT&T, Best Buy, Clinique, Coca Cola, Disney, Ford, GE, IBM, Intel, LinkedIn, McDonalds, Microsoft, Starbucks, Unilever, Visa and more. Jay held senior roles at EMI & Sony where he pioneered breakthrough advancements in video, ebooks & digital music that are used by billions of consumers every day and wor...

EP 208: Annie Duke - A Masterclass on Decision Making 26.02.2021

Annie Duke is a former professional poker player who won more than $4 million in poker tournaments, holds a prestigious World Series of Poker gold bracelet and was the leading money winner among women in World Series Of Poker history. A best selling author, her new book 'How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices' teaches us the true science of decision making, helping to explain how we...

EP 207: Adam M. Lowenstein - Finding Increased Fulfilment by Reframing Your Day 11.02.2021

Adam M. Lowenstein, author of Reframe the Day,  is a former U.S. Senate speechwriter who left the nonstop, striving-obsessed world of American politics and discovered that with some simple tweaks to the way in which he approached each day he could resist the allure of 'busyness' and find more meaning in his day and his life. In  Reframe the Day , Adam writes about practical systems we can use to n...

EP 206: Brendon Watt - How Self Judgement Can Be Damaging Your Life 11.02.2021

Brendon Watt is proof that anyone can reinvent themselves and get their mojo back. A self-confessed "complete loser" ten years ago, Brendon found himself broke, miserable and living in a spare room in his mother's house with his 5-year-old son. He then made a huge decision, to change his life... and he has!  Today he writes and speaks about the decisions and steps he took that moved an unhappy Bre...

EP 205: Dr Jenny Brockis - Intersecting Mental Well-being & High Performance 10.02.2021

Dr. Jenny Brockis is a medical practitioner and board-certified lifestyle medicine physician, specialising in brain health and mental performance. With 30 years experience Jenny has practical, science-based strategies to overcome many of life's challenges like loneliness, stress, relationship breakdowns, loss of social connection and mental health issues and the means to create well habits to help...

EP 204: Nic Marks - A New and Refreshing View on Happiness at Work and at Play 09.02.2021

Statistician Nic Marks, a fellow of the New Economics Foundation in London, asks why we measure success by productivity instead of by happiness & well-being. He developed The Happy Planet Index, a statistical method to measure, analyse and interpret happiness and then apply evidence to business, education, sustainability, healthcare and economics. He believes that our quality of life is measurable...

EP 203: Nicolas Aidoud - AI and You - What You Need To Know About AI 08.02.2021

Nicolas Aidoud is the Founder and Managing Partner of HumAIn Capital where he advises Fortune 500 companies on artificial intelligence and deep tech for positive human impact. Nicolas is very positive and pragmatic about the future impact of artificial intelligence and his approach helps us truly understand, access and make sense of AI and the technologies that are both around and in front of us,...

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