In this episode we meet Anna Tomkins, creator of ‘Handbook for Today’, a set of guided journals to introduce tools and positive mindsets to encourage wellbeing and personal growth. Also, as the creator of the ‘Handbook for Getting Hitched’ journals, Anna is perfectly equipped to discuss and advise on all things relationships. John and Anna talk about her journals and how they can help to achieve wellbeing, how couples can invest in their future together by asking the right questions at the start...
Sep 29, 2022•45 min•Ep. 67
What do building a personal brand and building a relationship have in common with each other? More than you would think. In this episode John speaks to Leila Singh, expert in Career Development Coaching, Executive Coaching, Life Coaching, Public Speaking, Brand Consulting, Corporate Training and Leadership. Author of ‘Success Redefined: How to Leverage Your Natural Talents to become Limitless!‘, Leila is also the host of the podcast Mi-Brand, helping people define and present their personal bran...
Sep 22, 2022•48 min•Ep. 66
Some of the questions John is commonly asked are “How do I know if they are the one for me?”, “How do I know what to look for in a partner?” And “What can I do as I'm having second thoughts about my relationship?”. There are no guarantees when it comes to finding the right person for a partnership and you cannot make people love you no matter how hard you try. So what do we know, with certainty, amongst the complexities of loving relationships? KEY TAKEAWAYS Science, in fact, dictates that oppos...
Sep 15, 2022•15 min•Ep. 65
In this episode John talks to The Speaker with the Orange Tie himself, Steve Beckles-Ebusua. Steve is a school motivational speaker of over 20 years experience, who has reached over one million people. He also had a career in secondary school education and was a coach before specialising in the educational environment. He has spoken in many countries, including Sweden, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy and the USA. His organisation also delivers soft skills training to organisations throughout th...
Sep 08, 2022•55 min•Ep. 64
John Speaks to Gemma Margerison, Staff Development and Corporate Trainer, Coach, Speaker, Author and Trauma and PTSD support advocate. With almost a decade of experience researching and working in wellbeing and resilience, including 3 years delivering training for BAE Systems, Gemma works with staff in public and private organisations to increase their resilience, self-care, inner strength, and confidence to reduce burnout and increase self-empowerment through her business Connected. John and Ge...
Sep 01, 2022•35 min•Ep. 63
It is ok to be an optimist! John’s guest today is Steve Ody, creator of The Travelling Optimist podcast in which he meets incredible people from all walks of life from all over the world, offering stories and advice on how optimism can be the driving force towards your goals and happiness. With a background in the travel business and currently a Mortgage Advisor, Steve is no stranger to motivation and advising people on moving towards their dreams. John and Steve discuss his early influences, hi...
Aug 25, 2022•37 min•Ep. 62
John's guest today is Andree Funnell, who has spent over 20 years working as an HR and training manager in large corporate organisations. In 2002, she left full-time employment to start her own business consultancy, Aspiring Future Competence (AFC) who are based on the Essex/Hertfordshire border. AFC is a triple award-winning learning, development and coaching consultancy created to help others aspire to reach their full potential. Andree believes that core values and living authentically are th...
Aug 18, 2022•43 min•Ep. 61
This episode's guest is Eugenia Gomez, who through coaching helps to raise humanity’s vibration, guiding women into mastering their thoughts and emotions through introspection, embodiment and creative expression. She also helps women to master their intentions and thoughts and to raise emotionally intelligent children. John discusses her method of coaching, how we are conditioned to be emotionally numb, the emotional differences between men and women, how our relationships inform our coaching an...
Aug 11, 2022•37 min•Ep. 60
When discussing sex within relationships with clients John has found there is often problems with who initiates it, how often it takes place and mismatches in the level of sexual interactions. In this episode John discusses differing sexual motivations and triggers, the misconceptions of sex and the different types of arousal that most of us experience. KEY TAKEAWAYS If we take the media and entertainment view of sex we would mistakenly be under the impression that it is always motivated by desi...
Aug 04, 2022•12 min•Ep. 59
John talks with Doug Bennett, the director of Financial Freedom™, Work Optional Lifestyle Financial Planner™, a mortgage broker, coach, mentor, author and renowned international speaker. He’s been doing financial planning for over 30 years and has been working with well-respected executives, entrepreneurs and business owners in the financial industry and other business realms. He is also the chair of a board of trustees for a charity which helps severely handicapped people connect with the outsi...
Jul 28, 2022•50 min•Ep. 58
Award-Winning and MMI-Accredited Matchmaker Lara Besbrode is Founder of The Matchmaker UK. Following a successful 30 year career in PR and marketing, she reimagined her passion for people and networking, creating her own exclusive matchmaking service in the process. Lara takes an interdisciplinary approach to matchmaking, masterfully blending her skills and collaborating with UK and international matchmakers to find the most suited match. No stranger to the realm of love, dating and relationship...
Jul 21, 2022•41 min•Ep. 57
In this episode John follows on from his podcast about signs to identify a toxic relationship with his tips on signs showing you may have experienced emotional abuse in the past. One of the reasons why we find ourselves in a toxic relationship cycle is due to emotional abuse experienced in our childhood, but how can we identify when this is the case? KEY TAKEAWAYS We can repress what we went through as a way of coping. By understanding and acknowledging how your experience can affect you know yo...
Jul 14, 2022•15 min•Ep. 56
John talks to Ana Ruiz, Transformational Relationship Coach and Demartini Method specialist dedicated to maximising human awareness and potential in individuals and groups. She helps couples to do a ‘different dance’ and turn around their relationships. Ana and John discuss Ana’s childhood and her resultant trauma, her disorganised attachment style, her first relationship experiences, her discovery of bi-polar disorder and her resultant therapies and how her search for healing led to a career in...
Jul 07, 2022•42 min•Ep. 55
John talks to Eva Hunt, a consciousness coach and soul alchemist who helps people to connect with their soul, to love and thrive. For more than a decade she has combined her intuitive skills with the law of attraction principles, energy healing and spirituality to guide those in need. John and Eva discuss how she became a spiritual coach, her father and his influence on her, living in Hungary as a child under Soviet occupation and her own journey to becoming the healer she is today. KEY TAKEAWAY...
Jun 30, 2022•40 min•Ep. 54
When John works with his clients in coaching sessions one topic that often arises is the difficulty in finding and achieving an easy and healthy relationship. This is most likely because they are exhibiting habits that attract them to a particular pattern of behaviour that they are used to. How do we realise that it is actually ourselves that are maintaining and seeking these toxic relationships and break the cycle? KEY TAKEAWAYS Often our choice of relationship is a subconscious choice that ful...
Jun 23, 2022•22 min•Ep. 53
Alexandra Van Shaik is an international holistic life coaching expert in personal, business and brand development helping hundreds of clients kick start their lives and businesses in a different direction. Using a holistic approach to each client she utilises transformative techniques such as yoga, breath work and meditations as well as group travel experiences to transform and empower with positivity. Her brand work finds her helping you to tell your business story and create your vision using ...
Jun 16, 2022•45 min•Ep. 52
In this episode John interviews Jim Hughes, the founder of Untamed, the company who serves their audience through a unique brand of coaching, speaking and events. They have helped entrepreneurs, business leaders and top performing professionals all around the world move ‘from the grind to aligned’. John and Jim discuss what Jim’s organisation Untamed actually achieves for its clients, how Jim himself found his way, childhood embedded triggers and habits and living a life serving others without l...
Jun 09, 2022•50 min•Ep. 51
Dufflyn Lammers is a women’s relationship and recovery coach. If you find yourself at the end of a difficult relationship including those complicated by addiction and control issues or contemplating the end of a relationship, Dufflyn can teach you the skills needed to move through this phase and support you as a ‘Big Sister’ while you do it. John and Dufflyn discuss what it takes to keep a relationship healthy and happy using Dufflyn’s methods. KEY TAKEAWAYS Dufflyn works from the ‘outside in’ a...
Jun 02, 2022•40 min•Ep. 50
When is it appropriate to take a selfish stance within a relationship? Is it ever appropriate? Some people may say never, but being constantly providing for others needs and not looking to ourselves can be self destructive. KEY TAKEAWAYS There are reasons why we may find it difficult to put the needs of others before our own. Fear of being used or hurt could be reasons. A lot of the time we label a difficulty in saying no as guilt. But saying no is not always something to feel guilty about. The ...
May 26, 2022•11 min•Ep. 49
Johns guest is a newborn care and breastfeeding specialist, founder of The Amazing, Pain Free Birth and Beyond, new mother coach and podcast host Viviane Schima. She is a professional doula and has helped and guided mothers through their pregnancy, birth and after, supporting physically and emotionally. KEY TAKEAWAYS A doula is a person who can support you through pregnancy, labour and birth, or after you have your baby. Viviane supports her clients to ensure the mother gets the best birth exper...
May 19, 2022•43 min•Ep. 48
John chats with serial entrepreneur, author and coach Stevie Kidd. With experience leading several different businesses from startup to seven figures and a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to succeed, Stevie discusses the priceless role of mindset to acquire your true potential in all aspects of your life. John asks him about himself and his work with his clients. KEY TAKEAWAYS Stevie works with clients over a two year period and at the end of that period he is able to assess who the...
May 12, 2022•54 min•Ep. 47
John chats with Nadija Bajrami, a Dublin based award winning empowerment specialist, mind coach and psychic medium. In 2021 she was included in the Brainz Magazine Top 500 Award for outstanding entrepreneurs and business owners and is also Hypnotherapist of the Year 2021/22 Dublin in The Republic of Ireland Prestige Awards. John and Nadija discuss how she became an empowerment specialist, the power of the mind, dealing with loss as a child, relationships and learning to say ‘no’. KEY TAKEAWAYS A...
May 05, 2022•43 min•Ep. 46
Do you find yourself doing things for those that claim that you are more suitable for the task than they are? Or perhaps you find yourself passing off jobs to others because “they can do it better than you”? A common manipulation is to claim incompetence within relationships to achieve the relinquishing of responsibility. John discusses this and details the methods and effect this situation can have on relationships. KEY TAKEAWAYS There are two types of incompetence, the first being weaponized i...
Apr 28, 2022•14 min•Ep. 45
This episode's guest is clinical hypnotherapist and transformation coach, Marcus Matthews. He helps people suffering from anxiety and PTSD improve their self esteem and confidence without the long term use of therapy or medication. KEY TAKEAWAYS Marcus came to his career after seeking help for suicidal thoughts led him to coaches and the mental health forum. When we are in fight or flight mode we lose our reasoning, logical parts of our minds and refer to our base narratives that we have learned...
Apr 21, 2022•44 min•Ep. 44
Every environment that you are in creates its own hierarchy of power and within relationships it can dictate how you feel and the level of control that you have. There are five bases of power in every psychological power dynamic no matter where you are or situation that you are in. Recognising power dynamics prepares you to be able to decide how much power you have, how much you hand over and how you can overcome the control others have over you. KEY TAKEAWAYS Reward power. When someone has some...
Apr 14, 2022•14 min•Ep. 43
John’s Guest is an emotional release practitioner and self healing expert, specialising in the energetics of mind-body healing. Jen Russman, a New York State resident, helps people clear their emotional blocks and release their energetic attachments to allow full healing of their physical bodies and minds. Trauma is stored in the body and blocks the correct flow of spiritual energy and needs to be cleared to fully realise potential mind and body health. KEY TAKEAWAYS When we realise that everyth...
Apr 07, 2022•44 min•Ep. 42
We all have our own ‘apology language’ which denotes the nature and style of the apologies we give and receive. However, there are those who find it very difficult to apologise at all. John explains the reasons why some people find this fairly regular social and relational occurrence so difficult. KEY TAKEAWAYS People can feel courageous and less passive if they refuse to offer an apology. They feel they are ‘standing their ground’. Some people cannot deal with being seen as at fault. They see a...
Mar 31, 2022•8 min•Ep. 41
This episode's guest is a former professional footballer who has coached world champions, Hollywood actors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, Olympians and royalty from all over the world on their physical and mental performance. Paul Webb consults with and advises clients on their own spiritual practices using his metaphysical qualifications and knowledge. KEY TAKEAWAYS Paul suffered a career ending injury very early in his youth. He found this difficult to accept and traumatic to change roles. Paul started...
Mar 25, 2022•46 min•Ep. 40
John carries out a live coaching session helping Alex to understand how she has built up her own relational patterns, relationship beliefs and attraction style. She is going to be discussing relationships in her own life to try and create a different outcome by implementing change. KEY TAKEAWAYS First of all John asks Alex about her previous relationships and the kind of people she usually draws towards herself. Drawing on Alex’s recently ended relationship experience triggered by a period of pe...
Mar 18, 2022•59 min•Ep. 39
John interviews dating coach, family therapist, author, family business psychologist and all round expert on the properties of love, Dr Diana Kirschner. They discuss her childhood, getting her PhD in Clinical Psychology, finding her ‘fairy godmother’ and finding real, passionate, lasting love. KEY TAKEAWAYS Diana was born into a family where she was the fifth girl in a family that only wanted boys. This created difficulties that saw her find solutions and ways of living which she shares with mil...
Mar 11, 2022•44 min•Ep. 38
