A couple of weeks ago I was in the North East visiting my mum and I dropped my friend Dean Coulson a line to see if he was around for a workout.

Dean is a coach and trainer with a very similar set of beliefs to me when it comes to how to approach holistic wellbeing, and our training sessions are always peppered with fascinating conversations.

I knew Dean would make a great guest for the podcast, and the timing was perfect as his brand new book THRIVE! is published today! (July 22 2021)

Dean's personal story is inspiring, and he ended up leaving a career in IT to open a gym and become a lifestyle coach working predominantly with men. He's been practicing martial arts for 30 years and we talk today about some of the lessons he's taken from the sport that other non-practitioners could also benefit from.

We get into talking about Dean's 4 elements of health and wellbeing - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual - and keep coming back to a central question that we are always asking ourselves - though usually subconsciously - "am I safe?"

The answer to this question is often the reason why we struggle to do the things we said we were going to do, and keep repeating patterns of behaviour that we know are harming or limiting us.

As well as delving into the book, I wanted to make sure that through our conversation we extracted a few solid takeaways that you can begin to apply immediately to your own life.

You can order a limited edition hardback copy of THRIVE! from Dean's website here:

https://www.theleanwarrior.com/thrive-pre-order-page

You can also follow Dean on social media here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanncoulson

https://www.instagram.com/dean_n_coulson

https://www.facebook.com/DeanNCoulson