John chats to Dr Jennifer Thomas, a Motivational Speaker specialising in the 5 Love Languages and Communication. She is a Business Consultant, Psychologist, TedX speaker on ‘The 2 Essentials for Healthy Relationships.’ and Co-author of ‘The 5 Apology Languages’ and ‘Making Things Right at Work’. Her passion is to help people to find the match between how they are trying to express love and appreciation, express apologies, and what the other person in the relationship is looking for. KEY TAKEAWAY...
Apr 27, 2023•48 min•Ep. 97
John believes that to live fulfilling and happy lives we must cultivate the best relationships possible. In this episode, he will explain some of the best ways to achieve this, whatever type of relationship it is including partners, family members, friends, colleagues or acquaintances. KEY TAKEAWAYS Be present and intentional. The modern pace of life can hinder spending time with others and distract you if you do. Do not interrupt, and clarify what you hear. This requires empathy which is anothe...
Apr 20, 2023•13 min•Ep. 96
John interviews Karen Roberts, creator of the 6 Figures and Beyond Academy. She helps women who are overstressed, overwhelmed and underpaid. After 27 years in the fitness industry, owning her fitness studio in the Algarve and running numerous sports injury clinics across London, Karen left in 2016 to work as a coach for an online education company. After working on many coaching teams selling programs for others, she created her own, now she focuses on helping struggling coaches get their messag...
Apr 14, 2023•42 min•Ep. 95
Dating can be quite nerve-wracking for many but John has a few ways to make the whole experience much calmer and easier to approach as well as make the changes needed to attract the right kind of relationship partner to suit your needs. KEY TAKEAWAYS Find your centre before you date, a routine, perhaps, to help you feel calm and collected. Affirm how you are going to feel to manage your triggers and keep yourself in a good headspace. Know what you want in a partner and consider it to focus your ...
Apr 06, 2023•11 min•Ep. 94
John talks to Relationship Therapists Matt and Rebeca, founders of Aligned With Love: Relationship Breakthrough, specialists in guiding couples and individuals through their journey to have the loving, passionate relationship of their dreams. Matt works with men and Rebecca works with women, and they combine forces to work as a couple with couples. Matt & Rebecca are Certified Coaches, Clinician Hypnotherapists, Master NLP Practitioners, Cognitive Behavioural Therapists, Emotional Freedom Th...
Mar 30, 2023•53 min•Ep. 93
John delves into one of those age-old questions that are discussed throughout life; ‘What is happiness?’ He sheds some light on what happiness looks like, feels like, and how it can be attained. KEY TAKEAWAYS A meaningfully led life is not necessarily a happy one without some focus on one’s wants and needs. Temporary ‘fixes’ of happiness such as excitement and achievement of goals tend to not be sources of long-term happiness. Happiness is not a destination to be reached. Research has found that...
Mar 24, 2023•13 min•Ep. 92
Noleen Sliney is a Video Confidence & Personal Power Mentor. She helps entrepreneurs who are leaders, changemakers and visionaries who desire to achieve things that are even bigger than them, to use the power of video to BECOME and create their legacy. Known as “The Video Visibility Queen” she now helps her clients to skyrocket their video confidence, supercharge their selling confidence, become a magnet to their soul-aligned clients, and make a greater impact. John and Noleen discuss the jo...
Mar 17, 2023•44 min•Ep. 91
John interviews Mindset and Performance Coach Mandy Evill. She coaches entrepreneurs and business leaders to improve their mindset, leverage their unique skills and abilities and improve the profitability of their businesses. Through her organisation The Infinite Mind Company she has helped clients meet their maximum potential. She is also Co-founder and Director of Africa Transformation Centres Foundation which, through mindset training, provides the tools, education, and awareness for the youn...
Mar 10, 2023•48 min•Ep. 90
Most people know someone who is referred to as having passive-aggressive behaviour, but what does it mean and what negative effects can it have on our relationships? John explains why so many people resort to passive aggression, how it is utilised and how you can identify and address your own behaviour. KEY TAKEAWAYS Passive Aggression can be defined as ‘sugar-coated hostility’. It is aggression presented in a passive way which makes it easily missed, difficult to define and easily denied if poi...
Mar 03, 2023•18 min•Ep. 89
Tom Nash is Mr Divorce Coach, an internationally certified coach specialising in divorce, separation and family. Divorce and separation matters are often well served by solicitors but so often the emotional aspect is overlooked and under-supported. Tom guides his clients from their decision to separate through the difficult practicalities and responsibilities including children’s reactions to the situation, keeping a beneficial non-acrimonious relationship with an ex-partner and dealing with the...
Feb 24, 2023•47 min•Ep. 88
In this episode in John’s series on narcissism, he will discuss the causes of narcissism, how to manage a narcissist if you choose to or find yourself in a relationship with one and if a narcissist can change for the better. The origin of the narcissist is rarely discussed, the damage that they do much more so. Is it genetic, environmental or parenting that causes someone to grow up with narcissistic traits? Related Episodes: From Codependent to independent Codependency KEY TAKEAWAYS Not everyon...
Feb 17, 2023•14 min•Ep. 87
Mindfulness is the practice of tuning into our inner world so we can understand how it controls our lives. Anna Zannides is a Mindfulness Coach for those suffering a difficult separation, illness or those experiencing work stress. She offers her advice to businesses and clients on how to identify inner habits and beliefs that may be negatively affecting our outer emotions, actions and decisions. John and Anna talk about her work in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, how she came to coaching, h...
Feb 10, 2023•52 min•Ep. 86
In our current era we fully accept that the Narcissistic personality is amongst us affecting us in all walks of life, but especially in our relationships. In this episode John advises on how you can spot a Narcissist before they attach themselves to your life and begin to apply their self serving, toxic methods. KEY TAKEAWAYS Narcissists aim to make a great first impression and come across as arrogant or pretentious. Bragging about achievements, a tendency to finger-point at others for their fai...
Feb 03, 2023•13 min•Ep. 85
This episode's guest is Ashlee Whiteman, one half of Yes2Fitness couple Ashlee and Nicky. At Yes2Fitness, Ashlee offers comprehensive fitness coaching based on the premise that you do not have to sacrifice all aspects of your life to achieve your desired level of fitness. With comprehensive health guidance in fitness and exercise, mindset, nutrition and lifestyle, Ashlee helps his clients achieve complete transformations in confidence and lifestyle for good. John and Ashlee talk about his move i...
Jan 27, 2023•34 min•Ep. 84
Continuing with his series tackling narcissism and its effect on modern relationships, John asks who are the people that are drawn to a narcissistic personality? What is displayed by narcissists that draws a potential partner in, why are they not immediately visible as a narcissist and what sort of personality do narcissists target? KEY TAKEAWAYS A narcissist will offer generosity and kindness to draw a person in only to withdraw it later, returning to it if they sense their target pulling away....
Jan 20, 2023•18 min•Ep. 83
In this episode, John chats to Luke Burrows who is dedicated to raising consciousness for all, a mission that has driven him to create and become the Founder of Raising Consciousness, a lifestyle brand and podcast that combines passions for personal growth, health, spirituality, sports, and leadership & business to inspire people to reach their goals and live their life to the fullest. John and Luke talk about how he has made such great strides at such a young age, the skills and knowledge h...
Jan 13, 2023•45 min•Ep. 82
A word commonly used in the discussion of modern relationships is ‘narcissism’ and is frequently brought up in John’s sessions with clients. As the awareness of narcissism among us grows, John is going to offer insight and clarity on its various aspects and dangers and how it can affect our search for a meaningful relationship. In this episode, John will explain the different types of narcissism that present themselves within society and their associated dysfunctions. KEY TAKEAWAYS Narcissism is...
Jan 06, 2023•16 min•Ep. 81
Happy New Year! Are you stepping into the New Year with a new relationship in mind? If so, you may want to listen to John’s 6 things that are essential to understand if we want to attract or create the healthiest relationships possible. From understanding your Attraction Style and Relationship Beliefs to what you need to do to avoid repeating all the same mistakes over again, John explains clearly how to identify and eliminate self-sabotaging habits to ensure a brighter, happier New Year. KEY TA...
Dec 30, 2022•38 min•Ep. 80
In this episode, John talks with Stacey O’Callaghan of SJS Coaching Services who helps others to achieve outstanding improvements in their lives by using a blend of psychological techniques to empower them to own and adjust their behaviour, so they feel confident to take meaningful actions so that their ideal becomes their reality. Utilising her skills as a distinction-accredited cognitive behaviour therapist, personal performance and corporate executive coach, Stacey guides individuals in their...
Dec 23, 2022•46 min•Ep. 79
Ryan Hartley is Chief Heart Officer at Always Better Than Yesterday (ABTY), which exists to help develop heart-centred leaders, teams, organisations and communities to reach their potential and make a positive impact on the world. ABTY is a heart-led organisation built on the belief that real leadership is the act of putting your own needs aside to serve others. ABTY shares this philosophy through coaching a heart-centred model and developing courses to lead its clients from the heart to how we ...
Dec 16, 2022•48 min•Ep. 78
John meets Maria Gavriel, a full-time mum of 2 and a part-time lifestyle and business coach. Having grown several six-figure businesses over the last 15 years, Maria has gathered knowledge on how to be successful and thrive without experiencing burnout. She helps her clients discover little-known methods to increase their productivity, joy and time without costing them what matters most, their peace and happiness. By allowing her clients’ higher selves to emerge, Maria shows them how to live the...
Dec 09, 2022•40 min•Ep. 77
There may be many reasons that you have fear of commitment, not least your attachment style, your beliefs about relationships and your relationship with yourself. If you are scared of commitment, John is here to detail how you can identify the nature of your fear and also, possibly, its source. KEY TAKEAWAYS You may have commitment phobia if you prefer to keep your relationships on a superficial or casual level An insecure attachment style called ‘dismissive avoidant’ or ‘fear avoidance’ may be ...
Dec 02, 2022•13 min•Ep. 76
In this episode, we meet ‘The People Mechanic’, Gary De Rodriguez. He is CEO of Peopleistic LLC, who partner with small to mid-level organizations to resolve and evolve their people-centric issues in strategy, leadership, operations, team performance, and project execution. He is also Associate Professor at The Business Education Institute, is a Master Trainer in Humanistic Neurolinguistic Psychology and has coauthored ‘Humanistic Business: Profit through People with Passion and Purpose. His kno...
Nov 25, 2022•46 min•Ep. 75
This episodes guest is Emmi Fortin, a Breakup and Relationship Coach and Author who helps her clients process and recover from ended relationships or difficult relationships that are keeping them stuck and helps them move on to a happy and healthy partnership in which they can live the life that they want for their future. John and Emmi talk about her coaching program and the three R’s, how we develop unhealthy relationship patterns in childhood, the confrontation of bad relational habits, her p...
Nov 18, 2022•41 min•Ep. 74
In this episode John chats with Vadim Strots, Life and Career Coach and Engineering Consultant. Vadim specialises in coaching leaders in engineering, technology and science to navigate life or career decisions in these difficult and ever changing fields of expertise. Bringing a wealth of experience and expertise in Industrial Chemistry and as a trained and certified coach, Vadim helps intellectual introverts unlock the potential of their powerful minds, aids those stuck at career crossroads to d...
Nov 11, 2022•48 min•Ep. 73
It’s that time of year in the Northern Hemisphere where the nights are closing in, the temperatures dropping and we are all wrapping up and bedding in for the winter. Cuffing Season is this time of year when people get together so they don’t have to spend the cold nights alone. John asks you to consider a few things before embarking on or ending such a relationship. KEY TAKEAWAYS Cuffing season lasts all the way through to Valentines Day so people are not alone for that too. Just because this is...
Nov 04, 2022•8 min•Ep. 72
This episodes guest is Cathlyn Melvin, a coach and copywriter who helps mission driven businesses and experts by providing not only bespoke copywriting services but also by TEDx Coaching, designed to guide her clients to create the TEDx Talk that will inspire and inform their target audience of their true and heartfelt motivation and message. With a degree in theatre performance, a minor in writing, and over a decade as an educator, professional actor, and entrepreneur, she draws on diverse expe...
Oct 28, 2022•43 min•Ep. 71
In this episode John's guest is Jennifer Fanning, a YouTube strategist whose aim is to help coaches who want to scale their business using YouTube utilising her simple and fast framework for success. From guidance on being confident on camera and keeping your audience engaged, to converting those viewers to customers or clients, Jenn covers the full spectrum of what you need to know about presenting and selling on the video format. She presents a private 6 month YouTube coaching program and vide...
Oct 20, 2022•36 min•Ep. 70
Gaslighting is a term that has become more commonplace in the media and in general conversation about relationships and is often overused or misused to describe manipulative or controlling behaviour. Gaslighting is an insidious and coercive type of manipulation usually from one person to another. However, there is a self destructive behaviour that we can practice on ourselves utilising the voice in our head to belittle and manipulate that can result in and be described as Self Gaslighting. KEY T...
Oct 13, 2022•10 min•Ep. 69
John interviews Cherri Forsyth, who helps CEO's, business owners and businesses to uplift their company's Emotional Intelligence for stronger people at home and work, increasing their profit. Cherri specialises in Personal Coaching as well as corporate, as well as Grief Counselling, helping her clients to develop emotional resilience and mentoring and supporting other life coaches. Cherri and John discuss her move into life coaching, her experience of grief and move into counselling, the similar...
Oct 06, 2022•53 min•Ep. 68
