Russell Brand is one of our heroes. An award-winning comedian, actor, author, public thought leader, a passionate activist for mental health and drug rehabilitation, Russell is also a great friend.

His career thus far has been incredible, from starting out in his early days as a stand-up comedian, to then working in television, radio, film, while also subsequently becoming one strong voice in global political commentary and drug and mental health reform. 

He is someone who now focuses on creating positive change in the world and he is truly one of our heroes. 

 Russell has his own wonderful podcast, Under the Skin, available on Luminary.

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 In this episode of The Happy Pear Podcast, Russell discusses: 

-       His journey and many transformations in life to find who he is. 

-       His first experience meeting The Happy Pear & sea swimming. 

-       Recognising emotions and how crisis moments can be important. 

-       The importance of listening to the quiet voice inside you.

-       Life principles gratitude, acceptance, serenity, doing good for others

-       Managing and understanding nervousness.

-       His creative process.

-       Balancing public and private life. 

-       The value of support structures, building community and living harmoniously.

-       Spontaneity, planning and surrendering to the moment. 

-       The power of meditation & prayer

 Also, check out Russell’s upcoming book or more appropriately an Audible Original (so only listening, no written book) is called Revelation and is being released on 25th March!

We have known Russell for years and he has interviewed us on his podcast, but we never got the chance to interview him, so we are super excited about this episode!

 We hope you enjoy it - we certainly found it a cracker! 

 Big love, 

 Dave & Steve

 Ps. Some other notable mentions in this week’s podcast were these two books if you are interested in checking them out: 

-       The Surrender Experiment by Michael A. Singer.

-       The Joy Journal by Laura Brand

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