The Self-Realized Leader with Sam Wigan

What happens when leadership stops being about fitting the mould, and starts being about being fully yourself? In this episode, Sam sits down with **Eva Hamilton MBE**, founder of Key4Life, to explore a different kind of leadership, one grounded in heart, purpose and lived experience. Eva shares her journey through burnout, trauma and transformation, and how those experiences shaped her unorthodox...

In this episode of The Self-Realized Leader Podcast, Sam Wigan is joined by Darryl Cooke, founder of gunnercooke llp, to explore what leadership looks like when integrity, compassion and self-knowledge take a front seat. Darryl shares the inner experiences that shaped his leadership journey, from his earliest desire to help and serve others, a natural ability to see what works, and a profound joy...

In this moving conversation, Sam Wigan sits down with Salma de Graaff to explore her extraordinary journey, from her father’s stories of escape across continents after the partition of India and Pakistan, to her own experience growing up mixed-race in 1970s Birmingham. Salma reflects on the challenges of belonging, cultural identity, and navigating expectations as a young woman in a Muslim househo...

How Susie Warran-Smith CBE DL broke the mould and won in the game of business - and life. From an impoverished background and a career marked by workplace bias, abuse and inequality, Susie elevated herself to become a successful entrepreneur at 55. She’s since been invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by King Charles, served as an advisor to Government, taken Non-Executive Di...

In this episode, Sam and Carly dive right into her climb to chief digital officer at Gymshark. Coming from a working class background, studying criminology at University, and her first job packing flapjacks. Her rise to chief officer level at one of the biggest brands in the world is an inspiring story. Carly talks about the importance of lateral moves, putting your head down, and developing confi...

Charlie is the master of resilience training, with a big focus on how your past affects your present. In this episode, Sam and Charlie reminisce about starting boarding school from a young age and how that has shaped their lives since. Furthermore, how traumatic experiences in later years created the foundations for Charlie’s work in resilience and leadership training.  In this episode. Charlie op...

Dev trained and worked as a medical doctor for several years before re-training as a corporate and commercial lawyer specialising in life sciences. His career to date has largely been in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry, where he has worked in senior legal, strategic, and leadership roles. He is a Partner in a VC fund, NED for two life sciences companies, and a co-founder and CMO/CLO...

In our very first episode, we sit down with @tomeasthamnutrition. Tom Eastham is a UK-based nutrition coach who specialises in helping busy professionals lose fat, gain energy, and feel more in control of their health—without extreme diets or rigid plans. Drawing from his own journey as a coach, dad, and former athlete, Tom brings a refreshingly realistic and compassionate approach to health. His...