I met Simon Mundie when we were both ambitious young men living in London in our 20s pursuing careers in sports broadcasting. I was presenting the sport news on the Breakfast Show at Absolute Radio and Simon was playing the same role on Drive Time.

Simon has gone onto work for BBC radio and TV, but his thoughtful and insightful approach to sport and life began to articulate with his very popular podcast Don’t Tell Me The Score.

He now works as a coach and explains his service in these terms: ‘I work from a place of deep presence and focus on helping you clear the blockages that stop you from experiencing the clarity, joy and love that is your essence.’

This may sound a bit woo to some. But I love the idea of sporting flow applied to everyday life, the quest to live in the moment as much as possible. As someone who often thinks about the past and the future, past frustrations set against thinking about upcoming diary commitments, I’ve struggled with this.

Sport for me has always been a way of returning to the moment, but this conversation prompted me to wonder could we view life as sport - centring on trying to execute as well as possible and be present.

This idea of absorption in the moment is included in the theory behind The Triple Tonic workouts I do with clients - yes, we do weights etc, but there’s a lot of balls and rackets involved to keep the people I work with in the moment.

Let me know your thoughts on the ideas we discussed here.