Losing a brother, consequent addiction & depression, and ultimately finding and maintaining peace in his everyday life through instilling a sense of purpose and presence - what an incredibly authentic conversation with Josh Jurkovich from GoVektor!

Josh drops some super-actionable tips and tricks to help keep you grounded and deal with anxious situations...

Josh's GoVektor Agency - https://govektor.com.

My 8-Day Anxiety Relief Programme - https://beherenow.one/pages/8dayarp

Anxiety Relief Bracelets - https://beherenow.one/collections/anxiety-bracelets

Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/peaceful.empowered

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I was honoured to have writer, actor & producer Deborah Lee Smith on the podcast today!

We talked about her mental wellbeing journey, her "go to" tools for wellbeing maintenance, and all about the organization she has recently founded - More Than You See - which is a one-stop resource shop for all things mental wellbeing-related: organizations, books, articles, podcasts, videos.

It provides a wealth of information for those that suffer dark times to explore, and take what they need on their journey toward recovery.

You can also follow Deb on Instagram.

For a daily dose of inspiration and present moment awareness from me, head over to Instagram…@peaceful.empowered

Or you can follow us on Facebook… FB.com/peaceful.empowered.

And if you’d like to join my FREE 8-day anxiety relief program, simply head over to www.BeHereNow.One/anxiety - where you can learn how to effectively manage anxiety using super-actionable tools, delivered straight to your Inbox – and it’s only a 3-8 minutes per day time commitment!

Today's chat with trans-masculine artist, father, educator Wes Austin was fascinating on so many different levels - he is also an all-round awesome human being.

When he's not out finding the next thing to photograph or stumbling on the next knitting inspiration, he provides online support to a variety of people struggling with issues ranging from mental health, to addictions, to LGBTQ issues. In between all that, he's the parent to an awesome teenage son on the autism spectrum and a member of a housing co-operative.

A long-term sufferer of PTSD, depression and anxiety, we cover all of the above and much more in the 30 minutes we spent chatting.

Helpful Links As Mentioned In The Show:

Accessing Inner Peace - Facebook Group

Be Here Now - Anxiety Bracelets

Today I interview a guy I’ve only recently got to know, having joined his business mastermind a couple months back.

His name is George Bryant and he’s a digital marketing guru in the US.

He’s also an incredibly authentic human being, open with his own journey in the hope that it will help others, as well as himself. 

George talks candidly about his (to say the least) challenging upbringing, his time in the military, the consequent Post Traumatic Stress Disorder he suffers, and the strategies including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitivisation & Reproccessing) therapy he's used to recover.

He was a delight to chat too, a kindred spirit on the path to mental wellness, and someone who I’ve come to respect hugely.

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Today I chat with a Jordan Brown, founder of Nerve10, a website aimed at improving the authenticity of conversations around mental health, removing the stigma, and making mental health information accessible and understandable.

Jordan has personal, familial and professional experience in the mental health space, having suffered anxiety and depression himself, helping his mother through some dark times, and finally helping others having completed a National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Family-to-Family course that helped him provide others with critical information and strategies for caring for others with mental health challenges.

In this episode I found a kindred spirit who’s experience was incredibly similar to my own – we discuss obsessive, intrusive over-thinking, our slides into depression, the relief that medication can give you, healthy routines, post-traumatic growth and the warm fuzzies, and the subsequent improvement in our connection with others as a result of our experiences.

Today I’m excited to share with you a conversation with Mark Brown, from Social Spider, a small social enterprise based in London.

Social Spider are the publishers and creators of One in Four magazine, the groundbreaking nation mental health lifestyle magazine written by people with mental health difficulties, for people with mental health difficulties.

Mark is also chief architect of the New Mental Health project, which is helping to frame some of the conversations today about the future of supporting people with multiple and complex mental health needs.

Mark himself has been diagnosed with Bipolar 2 disorder and talks frankly about his mental health challenges in this podcast.

You can hear more from him on Twitter and read various articles of his in the Guardian.

I met Adam on a retreat a couple years ago right about the time he was launching his education business – how to sell products on Amazon. You can learn more about that here.

Adam suffered a major breakdown 3 or 4 years back which I’d never had the chance to talk to him about. This was my chance, and what an enlightening conversation it was!

We cover what led up to his breakdown, his advice to others on prevention and recovery, and I personally learned some really powerful lessons - mindmaps, limiting your mental bandwidth, boundary setting– all of this stuff with a view to breaking down how folks can prevent themselves from getting into trouble.

Hats off to Adam for being so open about his journey and so generous with his advice!

If you want to find out what your purpose is here on this planet, then look no further than the man who helped me kickstart the Be Here Now mental wellbeing mission, Rick Cowley.

Part surf-bum, part yogi, part personal development guru, this inspiring chap could help you decide what it is that will fulfil you for the rest of your fleeting time in this life.

Rick believes that finding and living your purpose is the key to a healthy happy life. He believes it’s why he’s still alive after beating leukemia 20 years ago. He believes it’s the best method to overcome any illness - of body OR mind.

In this podcast, Rick shares his own transformational journey to become one that guides others to do the same. And if you're interested in learning how you might transform your own, check out his website - www.visionquestwithrick.com. I'd highly recommend the FREE starter course to get some inspiration!

She has been conducting research over the past decade and has found that “nutrition is a safe and viable way to avoid, treat and lessen mental illness.”

In today's short but insightful podcast, I interview University of Canterbury's Professor Julia Rucklidge PHD.

I discovered Julia through TEDx talk in 2014 where she delivered an enlightening talk on the importance of nutrition and it’s role in mental health.

As is often the case, the funniest amongst us often suffer some pretty unfunny personal experiences.

Man-Down.org's Tim Prideaux shares his ongoing journey with anxiety and depression - erudite, intelligent, and remarkably humorous, this episode is not to be missed!