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This week we were joined by Andy Delderfield, the founder of Alcohol Free Runners. Although Andy and David only met a  little over a year ago through one of the co-founders of Oner Year No Beer, they immediately hit it off and made a firm  friendship.  Andy’s story is that having travelled and finally settled in Spain, he began to enjoy the ex-pat lifestyle a little bit too much – spending the weekends drinking solidly and feeling like crap for the rest of the week. As a result he was overweight and depressed and his relationship with his family was suffering. He discovered the One Year No Beer Movement and after several hiccups has not had a drink in 4 years. During that time he has become a lot healthier, lost loads of weight and now runs ultra marathons. During lockdown he  ran a marathon without leaving his house and

  Jason is a former CMO of a multi billion dollar global media business who decided to completely change his life as he approached his 50th birthday. Fed up with his lacklustre energy and lifestyle Jason embraced health & fitness. In a remarkable personal transformation, Jason lost 20kg in weight, while self correcting several ailments and gaining a lust for life he hadn’t experienced since his teens.  As a fully qualified Coach and Personal Trainer, Jason now helps tens of thousands of middle aged men to live a better, healthier life through his fast growing social media fans and PT clients. From an outside point of view Jason had a life that was to be envied. A corporate job with lots of travel, for a well known organisation. People were always excited to hear more about his work once they heard what he did. But while he had a job

We welcomed Roei Samuel who founded two companies, RealSport which got acquired and then Connectd. RealSport grew to a community of over 8 million monthly unique users across UK, USA & Australia and was acquired in 2018. After spending time as an investor, he realised that many of the frustrations he felt as a founder were also true as an investor and start-up advisor. There was a distinct lack of diversity and accessibility in investment opportunities for start-ups. All the same types of deals were going to the same group of investors – stifling innovation for both the founders and potential investors. So he founded Connectd. What we wanted to talk about today was his journey to becoming a 2x founder whilst having dyslexia and ADHD. The power behind neurodivergent founders is that they build workplaces that understand that people’s brains work differently, and the power behind neurodivergent team members

  This episode was definitely a sensitive subject to touch on but one that our guest, Andy Barham, dealt with, with grace and humour.  When we started the podcast, the goal was to raise awareness of topics that men are embarrassed to speak about. Erectile Dysfunction is definitely one of those topics. Andy Barham was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Thankfully he caught it early and beat it after having his prostate removed. However one of the side effects of the operation was erectile dysfunction. While this is a common side effect in the early stages of recovery, Andy found that months went by without getting back to normal.  After trying traditional ED medicine (the “blue pills”) he then progressively had to try more extreme methods to get an erection. The only thing that worked was self-administered injections into the penis. Understandably, this wasn’t very practical. As he explains, there was

    Beau Marksohn joined us for an episode on body dysmorphia and eating disorders. He was born and raised in NYC and grew up in a household of severe abuse and neglect. As a result of this he struggled from the age of five from feeling insecure in his body.  He was always scared as a kid growing up, never felt safe, never felt any sense of consistency and never felt loved. As a result of all of this he started using food to comfort him from a very young age, which then progressed to drugs and booze before his teens. Suicide attempts, anorexia, bulimia, living an unhealthy life, ending up going from overweight to underweight. Beau then became a compulsory exerciser and . Depression, anxiety, ADHD, addiction. In 2016 he started treatment, therapy and support to tackle his addiction issues as well as depression, anxiety and ADHD. In

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/26007990/height/360/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/484848/” width=”100%” scrolling=”no” class=”podcast-class” frameborder=”0″ placement=”top” primary_content_url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/4aa7e0ae-44af-4eb3-b873-3ecf634b537c/Social_media_MIXED_WITH_SPONS.mp3″ libsyn_item_id=”26007990″ height=”360″ theme=”custom” custom_color=”484848″ player_use_thumbnail=”use_thumbnail” use_download_link=”” download_link_text=”Download Episode!” /] We are all over social media, and feel like we have to be. FOMO, the fear of missing out, we are constantly connected and compare ourselves with others. Volker had been on a social media detox for a few weeks at time of recording. However, he went back to ‘stalking’ others and finds it rather boring now to scroll other people’s images and show offs, if deliberate or not. At time of recording he said he might never go back on social media the way he used to. Scrolling Tiktok mindlessly, wasting time watching reels on Facebook or Instagram. An article recently highlights the negative effects of social media on mental health.  David likes the groups on Facebook where he made friends. And that’s where Facebook adds a lot of value connecting like

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/25911819/height/360/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/484848/” width=”100%” scrolling=”no” class=”podcast-class” frameborder=”0″ placement=”top” primary_content_url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/4aa7e0ae-44af-4eb3-b873-3ecf634b537c/William_MIXED_WITH_SPONS.mp3″ libsyn_item_id=”25911819″ height=”360″ theme=”custom” custom_color=”484848″ player_use_thumbnail=”use_thumbnail” use_download_link=”” download_link_text=”Download Episode!” /] In this episode we spoke to William Porter who is the author of Alcohol Explained and other books on addiction. We recorded this episode just before Christmas, when you couldn’t avoid the advertising and association of alcohol to fun and celebration. Similar to Volker, William started drinking and smoking when he was 14 years old which escalated during his military and law career. But why would you give up drinking if it’s the last vice to hang on to, Volker wondered. However, after reading William’s book, Volker has started to question why would you continue drinking? William takes a very pragmatic approach in his book and strips away all the myths around alcohol and urges us to ask the question: is alcohol a pleasure and is it serving you? 87% of the population

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/25813062/height/360/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/484848/” width=”100%” scrolling=”no” class=”podcast-class” frameborder=”0″ placement=”top” primary_content_url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/4aa7e0ae-44af-4eb3-b873-3ecf634b537c/Ep_8_sleep_MIXED_FINAL.mp3″ libsyn_item_id=”25813062″ height=”360″ theme=”custom” custom_color=”484848″ player_use_thumbnail=”use_thumbnail” use_download_link=”” download_link_text=”Download Episode!” /] In this episode we speak about sleep. For David, sleep has always been an issue. We are both light sleepers, and if we didn’t have a good night sleep, we could be quite grumpy. Volker loves getting up at 5 am. It’s quiet and he has a morning routine which includes exercises and meditation. But he has to be in bed between 9 and 10 pm, in order to get a good 7 hours of sleep. Plus, he loves a 10-20 minutes nap at lunch time. Particularly when he had a busy morning, the nap resets his brain and he functions better post nap. He trained himself to take naps during his university days, working as a warden in halls of residence. It also helped him to get a better degree. Weekends could

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/25611027/height/360/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/484848/” width=”100%” scrolling=”no” class=”podcast-class” frameborder=”0″ placement=”top” primary_content_url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/4aa7e0ae-44af-4eb3-b873-3ecf634b537c/Fiona_MIXED.mp3″ libsyn_item_id=”25611027″ height=”360″ theme=”custom” custom_color=”484848″ player_use_thumbnail=”use_thumbnail” use_download_link=”” download_link_text=”Download Episode!” /] We welcomed Fiona McKinnon on the podcast, who is the CEO and Co-Founder of the Moment Company. Originally from the North East of Scotland, Fiona lives close to where David and I live, in Sussex. She has over 22 years’ experience in the advertising, media & AdTech industry. From building start-ups to working in large organisations, she has worked and partied hard like many people in the media industry. However, in 2014, she suffered severe physical and mental burnout. She had no wellbeing practice beyond extreme exercise and dirty martinis. She did not believe that meditation and therapy were for her. However, burnout led her to learn Transcendental Meditation,  study Mindfulness & Breath-work and to become a Neuro Linguistic Programming & Reiki Practitioner. She is 4 years sober and it’s fair to say

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/25619061/height/360/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/484848/” width=”100%” scrolling=”no” class=”podcast-class” frameborder=”0″ placement=”top” primary_content_url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/4aa7e0ae-44af-4eb3-b873-3ecf634b537c/Ep_7_mindfulness_MIXED_FINAL.mp3″ libsyn_item_id=”25619061″ height=”360″ theme=”custom” custom_color=”484848″ player_use_thumbnail=”use_thumbnail” use_download_link=”” download_link_text=”Download Episode!” /] This week’s topic is Volker’s expert topic. He started meditating over 15 years ago and after noticing so many benefits in his life, he wanted to pass it on. He now teaches the benefits of mindfulness to organisations. Without his mindfulness practice, Volker thinks he has been able to better cope with challenges throughout his life, such as multiple redundancies.  The difference between mindfulness and meditation is simple. Mindfulness is about being present in the moment. Buddhism principles are split in gratitude, self-awareness, compassion and mindfulness. Those are expressed through selflessness, generosity, moral conduct, patience, perseverance, strong effort and meditation. Therefore, you could argue meditation is just a tool to be more mindful, helping you to be in the moment and be more aware of yourself, giving thanks. We discussed how we do