One of the very interesting things about creating a weekly podcast and facilitating long-form conversations is that you start to notice through-lines in Humanity. I've talked to plenty of people who will tell you that there is no God and I've also spoken to an equal amount that will tell you that there is. It seems to me that we are all talking about something, call it faith or spirituality, or belief or nothing - we are all talking about something. I call it the unknown and I have started to le...
Dec 01, 2019•49 min•Season 1Ep. 79
At 6 years old when his parents separated, Hohepa Te Moana aka Heps had no idea how this defining moment would forever affect the rest of his life. Bouncing from house to house and sleeping wherever possible helped him forge an innate ability to create relationships with most he crossed paths with and maintain no judgments as everyone has their story. Today Heps uses his past to cut a path to a future worth living by creating opportunities for social movements and hosting conversations on his po...
Nov 21, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 78
Why do we do hard things? If you think about it, most of us will move heaven and earth 🌍 to make life as easy as possible. I’ve been thinking about the idea of why I’m so interested in chatting with people on my #podcast who have worked through really hard things in life. In my podcast conversation with Albie Roebeck, I realised that doing hard things reminds us how hard life can be for ourselves and others and this is something that Albie recently manifested into real life by standing for 60 h...
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Guinness World Record holder, Gareth Edwards climbed to the peak of the abyss both mentally and physically when he flipped a tyre with his mate, Tom Moore for 24-hours non-stop. What most people focus on when someone does something mind-blowing like this is how it must feel to reach the pinnacle of excellence and the lessons and learning from pushing yourself to the edge. What everybody forgets to think about is what it’s like coming down off that peak and what awaits you when you get home. In t...
Nov 07, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 76
What does it mean to forgive? It really did suprise me when I read the definition, "to cease to feel resentment against". This about that for a second. I really is mind-blowing because the meaning has nothing to do with a person or thing that you are forgiving, it's about you and your ability to let go. So where does all of this fit when it comes to cancel culture, calling people out and time-stamping the online versions of us and locking them in a digital time capsule forever with no path to di...
Nov 01, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Dr. Paul Wood is someone who works on getting the little stuff right in life. On the day we recorded the podcast, Paul was trying to solve a huge problem - how to find and replace his family's broken fridge before all the food spoils? Might seem like a small thing but as we talk about in this podcast, it’s the small things in life that all add up to make the big things work. The lesson is, Paul Wood is just like you and me when it comes to day to day life BUT unlike most of us, Paul has stared d...
Oct 23, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Are we all being forced to become Dragonslayers? In this edition of GOING DEEPER, I zoom in on a podcast conversation that I had with Jimi Hunt about the learnings he gained around his need to fight for something. Jimi explained to me, after returning from a five-hour psychedelic mushroom adventure that included a fight a giant Anaconda, that the revelation from this experience was to... STOP FIGHTING. Is anyone in our modern world encouraging to stop fighting or is society today selecting for m...
Oct 16, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 75
How is Jimi Hunt and fictional supervillain, Thanos connected? The truth is they have nothing in common but Jimi’s views on death might surprise you considering he’s one of the leading experts on Mental Health in New Zealand today. In this podcast, Jimi takes us on a journey deep within the mind as he shares with us the learnings from his travels to the psychedelic dimension and his fight with a giant anaconda for five hours all in the search for lessons on good mental health. Follow Jimi's on I...
Oct 04, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Every week I go deep with my guests on the podcast with conversations that allow us to travel to the edge of our own understanding and back again. Sometimes it takes days for those lessons to sink into my brain so I’ve decided to start an offshoot series called GOING DEEPER with the goal of further analysing the lessons and ideas that I’m taking in during these mind-blowing conversations. In this episode of GOING DEEPER, I reflect on my learnings around the bystander effect and what I did to not...
Sep 28, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Akerei Maresala-Thomson is a change maker. A survivor of sexual abuse, a former police officer who arrested over 700 people and now a tech entrepreneur who has created an app called MyRivr that connects people who need help with people who offer help all from their smartphone. Akerei has studied the Data and now wants to help empower Pasifika people to connect them with each other in real life and the digital realm to acknowledge their story, capture their data and empower communities to control...
Sep 26, 2019•57 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Joseph Fa’afiu wears many hats: Pastor, Community Leader, Storyteller, Family Man and so much more. One of hats or T-Shirts that Joseph also wears is one for HopeWalk. Joseph founded the grassroots suicide awareness and prevention movement called HopeWalk which leads walks globally in NZ, Australia, USA, Canada and the South Pacific all in the name suicide prevention. This year, in 2019 New Zealand has reached its highest-ever level, with 685 people giving up hope leaving all of us left behind t...
Sep 20, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 71
We are often told to ‘speak up’ and ‘use our voice’ but for many of us, the reality is that we spend way more time articulating ourselves in the digital realm instead of real-life and as we are finding out, not communicating is having catastrophic consequences in our modern world. Daryl Habraken uses his voice as a tool, as his instrument, he uses his voice for a living and in my opinion is one of the best people to talk to about the complicated society that we live in today. In scary times mayb...
Sep 13, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 70
At the age of just 19, John Borland became one of Australian's youngest detectives and has seen it all, Homicides, Terrorism, Prostitution, Trafficking and more. These days, John is a private investigator, diving deep into the Human mind and in this episode of Please Blow My Mind with Will Fleming, John talks about meaning, where he got his drive from and if Bob Lazar is telling the truth about UFO’s and Aliens or is he lying to your face. Follow John's journey here: https://www.isacorp.co.nz/ T...
Sep 06, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 69
With a seemingly unlimited about of bad news just one click away, it can feel like our world is melting from the inside out and we have front row seats to the impending doom. So where can we turn for hope? Ira Munn is a Man full of hope and he shares that hope through his story of leaving America in search of a better life in New Zealand. It turns out that hope might be built in us and all we need to do is to critically think it out of our mind into the real world and who knows, it might just sa...
Aug 26, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Huw Jones started his entrepreneurial journey 15 years ago, co-founding a parking tech company with his Dad. Although they had some initial success in launching the business, scaling and growing the start-up proved challenging. Reflecting on the lessons learned, Huw is committed to helping founders grow themselves, their teams and their ideas through coaching, consulting and mentoring services. This episode is sponsored by Float Culture: http://floatculture.co.nz/ Get 20% off your next float by ...
Aug 17, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Mike Allsop is an airline pilot who has climbed to the peaks of the world in search of adventure and meaning. In Mike's new book, High Adventure, he brings all of his hard-earned lessons together and shares how he found a way of incorporating his adventures into family life and how you can as well! In this episode of Please Blow My Mind with Will Fleming, Mike talks about his drive for adventure and the risk that comes along with that. If you are trying to find a way to take chances in your life...
Aug 09, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Beez Te Waati is opening up a portal to his Māori roots and bringing that much-needed knowledge forward into the future with Māori Movement, a program developed to bring people together through fitness, te reo, tikanga and whakapapa. In this episode of Please Blow My Mind with Will Fleming, Beez takes us on a journey back to a time before Māori Movement when he was finding out who he was and what he was now. This is a podcast about finding your path using your past to guide your future. Check ou...
Aug 05, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Professional wakeboarder Brad Smeele dedicated more than half of his life to perfecting his craft, and as a result he quickly became known as an innovator due to the level in which he pushed the limits of the sport. Brad won the 2014 trick of the year award with the worlds first double tantrum (back flip) to blind over a mega ramp. Unfortunately, just weeks later, Brad took a heavy crash attempting to land that same trick again, resulting in him breaking his neck, leaving him a quadriplegic. Bra...
Jul 27, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Gareth and Tom are two guys with a passion for helping others. They've decided to push themselves beyond the physical and mental breaking point to raise awareness for Mental Health. They will attempt a Guinness World Record for flipping a tyre the furthest distance within a 24-hour time limit. This episode is sponsored by Float Culture: http://floatculture.co.nz/ Get 20% off your next float by using the promo code ‘MINDBLOWING’ at checkout. This episode is proudly supported by SUNPIX Post: https...
Jul 21, 2019•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Maya Nova has been learning and practicing mindfulness and meditation for 20 years, including being ordained as a Buddhist nun for 2 years. Her passion is integrating mindfulness into life and work, creating energy, inspiration and presence to live life awake to each moment, as if each moment truly mattered. You can check out and follow Maya's journey here: https://www.mindbalance.co.nz/ This episode is sponsored by Float Culture: http://floatculture.co.nz/ Get 20% off your next float by using t...
Jul 12, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Fraser Grut is a Kiwi filmmaker who is filming a different person’s dream every single day for 10,000 days (27.3972 years!!!). Fraser will finish on Monday 25th April 2044. This episode is sponsored by Float Culture: http://floatculture.co.nz/ Get 20% off your next float by using the promo code ‘MINDBLOWING’ at checkout. This episode is proudly supported by SUNPIX Post: https://www.sunpixpost.co.nz/ SUNPIX Post is a post production facility specialising in video and audio content creation and fi...
Jul 06, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 61
“People think meditation de-stresses you and makes you zen and S#!T like that. NO meditation does not do that. Meditation shows you S#!T you need to work on.” — Jimi Hunt You can't put Jimi Hunt in a box, the best you can do is sit back and enjoy the ride! From the World’s Biggest Waterslide to helping 1000's of people climb the Mental Health continuum to infinity and beyond, Jimi Hunt is on a mission to become unf**kwithable and he wants to take YOU along for the ride. This episode is sponsored...
Jun 27, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 60
If you want to sharpen your focus, amplify your voice, play it a little less safe, build your tribe or get the traction on your change agenda that you’ve been looking for, this podcast is for you! Digby Scott is a speaker, author, mentor and facilitator who works with ‘restless go-getter’ leaders and organisations that are on a mission to make a difference. You can read the first two chapters of Digby's book, Change Makers here: digbyscott.com/subscribe Here are a couple of cool links from Digby...
Jun 21, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 59
With 22 years policing experience at the highest level, Lance Burdett has expertise in responding to emergencies and communicating in challenging situations. Lance specialised in suicide intervention and on predicting violent behaviour in his 13 years as a crisis negotiator and instructor for the NZ Police. The skills he learned through first-hand experience in varied incidents provides him with confidence that he can assist you and your organisation. This episode is sponsored by Float Culture: ...
Jun 15, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Star of stage and screen, Andre King is one of New Zealand’s premier ‘clean’ comedians who can be found performing around the world. Often appearing on cruise lines and international corporate events or gracing our screens with feature roles on The High Road (Winner - Worlds best web series and now available on light box) The Ritchie McCaw biopic and various tv adverts. Andre is also an accomplished voice artist and is best known as the voice of the iconic NZ brand Georgie Pie. Keep an eye out f...
Jun 07, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 57
“Modern life has made it very easy for us to drift into weakness and stupidity.” — Jonathan Haidt Jonathan Haidt (pronounced “height”) is a social psychologist at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Jonathan’s research examines the intuitive foundations of morality, and how morality varies across cultures. Jonathan Haidt: Moral Psychology in an Age of Outrage Thu 1 Aug 2019 @ 7:00 pm | Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna Beach, NZ: https://thinkinc.org.au/events/haidt/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0ff...
May 31, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Ryan Wilkes is a freelance filmmaker originally from Calgary, Canada, but he has been based in Christchurch for the past 4 years. He came to New Zealand to pursue his PhD in bioengineering and fell in love with filmmaking and photography along the way. In September 2019, Ryan and three of his friends will be travelling to Tanzania on a mission to paraglide from the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro and to raise $40,000 for the construction of water wells and new school facilities in the local community. ...
May 26, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 55
“Hang out with people who are different than you, if you’ve got time to volunteer, volunteer for something you’ve never done before, hang out with a different crew because I think that’s where you’ll start to think about your own moral compass.” — Dr Michelle Dickinson Dr Michelle Dickinson is a passionate researcher and teacher with a love of science and engineering. Author of No 8 Recharged and The Kitchen Science Cookbook, Michelle has made it her life mission to make science and engineering ...
May 18, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 54
"You want to be consistent and constant…ish. Sometimes you just ‘ish’ it. You’re really good for five days and then you have a blowout on a diet and you’re like ‘that’s it, I’m over it.’ Make that your ‘ish’ day." — Wade Jackson Wade Jackson is a speaker, author and high performance coach. He specialises in human development and business in action - helping you do it better, faster, leaner. This episode is sponsored by Float Culture: http://floatculture.co.nz/ Get 20% off your next float by usin...
May 11, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 53
We are all, I think, hardwired for significance, so we want certainty but we also want significance. I think we want to matter, we want to count and that’s a really interesting journey.” — Brett Jones Brett Jones is a pastor who is passionate about seeing people reach their God-given potential. In this episode, host Will Fleming invites Brett on the podcast to talk about his own journey with faith and what it means to have faith in a social media driven world. One of the questions Will runs past...
Apr 27, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 52
