Pearls of Wisdom

John Thomson creates videos for use on websites, social media and conferences... He had a very successful career in the television industry as a journalist, producer and director,  which spanned fourteen years - but he had some deep unresolved trauma from earlier in his life which lead him to become an alcoholic. He lost his job, his marriage and his family and reached his rock bottom. John has no...

Rob Blair is the owner and founder of The Commando Temple in Deptford. Commando Temple is a fabulous multi disciplined strength and movement space. Rob shares with us his time spent serving in the Royal Marines, being medically discharged and going on to set up The Commando temple . He talks about overcoming adversity, his love of people, helping them achieve their dreams and goals, overcome injur...

I met Josie eleven years ago! She had read my book 'Running to Learn' and wanted to meet me... Here she shares with us very candidly her journey to greater inner peace and ease in her life; and how she has come to create the life she always dreamed of.. Being married in a truly conscious loving relationship with the potential to create a family and home together. Her CV is impressive - a...

Steve Walker is a veteran of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, he has been homeless and is a recovering addict. Steve is also an angling genius and has just come 5th in the veterans' carp fishing championships at Fens Fisheries. This is the third in a series of podcasts where he talks about his life and his road to recovery and he always honours the part that Phoenix Heroes has played in his jou...

Cecilia Morrison celebrated her 80th birthday in July 2020! We met 10 years ago when I interviewed her following her breaking the world masters 5000m and 1500m track records for the over 70 year old age group! In this conversation Cecilia shares with us her transition from running to walking and her challenge to walk a section of the Camino de Santiago, where she raised over £5000 for Little Peopl...

Gary Stockton is the CEO and founder of Phoenix Heroes . Phoenix Heroes is a British Veteran and non-profit Community Interest Company (CIC). Based in Colchester Garrison Town, home of 16 Air Assault Brigade. They support veterans and their families that are dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Phoenix Heroes do this by acting as a structured platform to place them on different comm...

Steve Walker is a veteran of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, he has been homeless and is a recovering addict. Steve is also an angling genius and has just come 5th in the veterans' carp fishing championships, at Fens Fisheries. This is the second in a series of podcasts where he talks about his life and his road to recovery. In this podcast, Steve shares his process detox and learning to live...

Steve Walker is a veteran of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, he has been homeless and is a recovering addict. Steve is also an angling genius and has just come 5th in the veterans' carp fishing championships, at Fens Fisheries. This is the first in a series of podcasts where he talks about his life and his road to recovery. Steve shares with us his harsh childhood, his life in the army, his li...

Artist Athena Jane creates installations, imaginary worlds, projects and experiences inviting viewers, participants and audiences to step into a world between the real and the imagined and journey within.  Her work encompasses all these realms and she loves living a creative life following her inspiration, creating artwork in many ways and working with people.  Her work is highly imaginative expre...

Matt shore is a performance coach, a trainer of trainers and a mountain Leader... He has a company called 'Coaching Shore' where his strap line 'It's a sure thing', speaks of the confidence his clients have in him to help them achieve their goals... In January 2020 Matt summited Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside the Himalayas, at 6,962 feet of altitude. He tells us h...

Ian Donnelly is a renowned level 5 performance analyst, of which there are only a small group in the world. In our podcast, Ian shares with us his journey from being a semi-profession football player to qualifying as a PE teacher, his development as a coach in the States, and his pioneering influence, bringing performance analysis into top-level sport. Here he talks about the expansion of this ove...

Debs Atkinson has been living in France for the past eight years renovating a cottage with her partner Tom. They have just finished the project and are about to return to the UK to create a wildlife and nature reserve. Their dream is to create a space where nature, wildlife, animals, and people can live side by side in harmony and find peace. You can find out more about the project here at earthki...

I am delighted to share my conversation with Carrie Beleno. She is an intuitive Reiki Master/teacher and a spiritual life coach.  Carrie shares her ever-deepening and expanding personal journey, as well as giving us very valuable advice and wisdom. Carrie has written two books:  The night Yoda phoned, and Because Yoda said so. If you want to contact Carrie or find more information on her and her b...

Chloe Thomas inspires; she has a YouTube channel and an Instagram profile where she does just that! In her social media channels, Chloe shares her journey to full recovery from anorexia. She inspires, guides, and offers ideas and suggestions to recover, gain wait to live a truly healthy life. In our conversation today we explore her career as a body positive personal trainer and nutrition coach, c...

Clare is a writer amongst many other things! Here she shares with us her leap into the unknown - trusting that 'the net will appear' and the importance of creativity throughout her life, in particular, her passion for writing. Clare's passion lead her to make the big decision to leave her job at the end of last year and start a new life... If you would like to experience Clare'...

Kathy has been the chair of Friends of Sussex Hospices for the past twenty years. In our conversation, she talks about the ethos of the hospices which is to ask the dying person not 'What is the matter with you?', but instead 'What matters to you?', and about the importance of listening... Kathy tells us about what matters to her and about her current pilgrimage - walking the S...

Sue Ellam is a healer, an intuitive, and the founder of soulfully-connecting.com which is a website dedicated to the health of mind, body, and spirit and a space that offering people choices about their health on all these levels. Sue has recently created a new version of mystic-matters.co.uk which she shares with us in the podcast, offering free guidance for those seeking it.  She shares with us...

Torzi is a yoga teacher and she has her own podcast called 'That Healing Feeling'... She shares with us her love of running, adventure, and the outdoors and how yoga and meditation have played an integral part in her journey from chronic injury and the inner despair this gave her to the peace, ease, and joy she now experiences. She tells us how adversity has lead her to this place of tra...

In this episode Anadi James Taylor tells us about how he was given his name Shanti Anadi by Osho in 1991, and the significance of this in his life then and now.