How do you feel today?

Steve is a long time technologist exploring what it is to live in today’s fast changing world. Listen in as Steve tells me about:

- feeling like it’s a grind

- empty calories & finding more meaning 

- having two heart attacks before 50

- figuring out life 3.0

- ‘the dude abides’ & dudism

- becoming curious again

- making his 8 and 80 year old selves proud

- a square peg subverting from within

- being yourself & why so serious

Links:

Website: makoism.com

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/smakofsky

Instagram: instagram.com/smakofsky

Dudeism: dudeism.com

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Niall is an architect who runs his award-winning practice from rural West Wales. Listen in as Niall tells me about:

- feeling in a good mood

- a constantly evolving garden

- making your own peace with a place

- a foundation in art

- finding his own recharge button

- the positives in being older

- singing & a larger trainset

- we’re just passing through

- appreciate the blessings you have

Links:

Website: rural-office.co.uk

Instagram: instagram.com/rural_office

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/niall-maxwell-riba-frsa-a388131a

How do you feel today?: instagram.com/howdoyoufeeltoday.podcast

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Toni runs a volunteering and events company that helps people make volunteering easy. Listen in as Toni tells me about:

- feeling energised and excited

- the importance of boundaries 

- making it easy to micro volunteer 

- getting better at taking care of herself

- an earlier career in advocacy

- loneliness & running a silent book club

- learning to advocate for herself

- beach saunas, cycling, vampires & wolves

- volunteering with just an hour

Links:

Website: thesocialsociety.org.uk

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/toni-finnimore

Toni Instagram: instagram.com/tonifinnimore

The Social Society Instagram: instagram.com/thesocialsocietyuk

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Try the Mood app to See how you feel with one tap a day.

30 day free trial on Apple and Android via website: moodapp.io

Pete is a potter and an artist who takes inspiration from the West Wales coast where he lives and works. Listen in as Pete tells me about (note this chat contains a little bad language):

- feeling good and upbeat

- having more fun when you’re less self-conscious 

- critically reflecting on what you’ve made

- his beautiful home

- Dennis Sever’s 18 Folgate Street

- a love of the sea

- his son, discovering a new species & his teacher

- motorcycling & an incidental destination

- turn your f-ups into wonderful possibilities

Links:

Website: peterbodenham.co.uk

Instagram: instagram.com/st.dogmaels_pottery

Facebook: facebook.com/St.DogmaelsPottery

How do you feel today?: instagram.com/howdoyoufeeltoday.podcast

Try the Mood app to See how you feel for 30 days free on Apple and Android via website: moodapp.io

Will used to help lead the charity Campaign Against Living Miserably before starting his own consultancy to help startups fix their problems and grow. Listen in as Will tells me about (note this chat mentions suicide and contains a little bad language): 

- what drew him to CALM

- talking about suicide is the right thing to do 

- fighting work misery with his alter ego 

- benefits & challenges of running a business

- living in the moment & being grateful

- positive nihilism- wishing people well

- a love of hypnosis and ikigai

- enjoy your pleasures 

Links: 

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/will-herrmann-b4a3b38

Pay As You Go COO: payasyougocoo.com

The MOFO COFO: themofocofo.com

Campaign Against Living Miserably: thecalmzone.net 

How do you feel today?: instagram.com/howdoyoufeeltoday.podcast 

Try the Mood app to See how you feel for 30 days free on Apple and Android via website: moodapp.io

Simon is a serial entrepreneur who helps business’ he cares about to become bigger and better. Listen in as Simon tells me about:

- feeling really good

- escaping hospital after a brain haemorrhage 

- the loneliness of running a business  

- the benefits of a 4 day work week

- challenge & support

- learning from his worst experience

- publishing the company’s salaries 

- how children and businesses grow

- learn to tell stories

Links:

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/simon-ursell

website: simonursell.com

Tyler Grange: tylergrange.co.uk

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Mark stewards a historic estate to which he is bringing an increasing focus on wellbeing. Listen in as Mark tells me about:

- feeling settled after the gym

- a shifting focus on wellbeing 

- discovering he had a rare tumour  

- the impact on the people around him

- his dad not knowing he’d had cancer

- living differently & improving relationships

- hosting his first men’s retreat

- avoiding overwhelm in a relentless world

- getting out in the weather

Links:

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/markfenwick

website: brinkburnnorthumberland.com

Instagram: instagram.com/brinkburnwellness

How do you feel today?: instagram.com/howdoyoufeeltoday.podcast

Try the Mood app to See how you feel for 30 days free on Apple and Android via website: moodapp.io

Darren is a performance physiotherapist who has a particular interest in mental fitness. Listen in as Darren tells me about (note this chat contains a little bad language):

- feeling energised and relaxed

- mental fitness, the Stoics and Buddhism

- losing his dad when he was 18 

- the effect of coping through sport

- listening to a voice in his head 

- blue health and the sea 

- genuine conversations and connections

- a perfect 24 hours

- tell someone what they mean to you

Links:

website: darrenfinnegan.com

website: ⁠prohealthphysione.com⁠

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/darren-finnegan-3a036959

Instagram: instagram.com/darrenfinneganphysio

How do you feel today?: instagram.com/howdoyoufeeltoday.podcast

Try the Mood app to See how you feel for 30 days free on Apple and Android via website: moodapp.io

Michael is a solicitor who is on a mission to change the way the legal profession works. Listen in as Michael tells me about:

- feeling happy but numb

- losing his parents

- not letting your life lead you 

- 15 plus years of trying to fit in

- being what you believe to be right 

- ordinary pioneers 

- motorbiking, board games & the outdoors

- what’s changed after losing 5 stone

- be yourself & take care of yourself

Links:

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michaelburne

Instagram: instagram.com/michaelburne

Website: carbonlawpartners.com

How do you feel today?: instagram.com/howdoyoufeeltoday.podcast

Try the Mood app to See how you feel for 30 days free on Apple and Android via website: moodapp.io

Bryan is a Doctor who heads up the medical team at Sheffield United Football Club. Listen in as Bryan tells me about:

- feeling good after a 22 hour day

- a network of trusted colleagues

- trust as the most important quality

- mental health & starting a conversation

- working through the pandemic

- an all-consuming commitment

- living in Sheffield

- rehabilitation by the sea

- making time to exercise

Links:

Sheffield United Football Club: sufc.co.uk

How do you feel today?: instagram.com/howdoyoufeeltoday.podcast

Try the Mood app to See how you feel for 30 days free on Apple and Android via website: moodapp.io