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I’m delighted to have on the show today Hazel Findlay. 

It’s safe to safe Hazel is a bit of a living legend and I feel so lucky to have had this chat with her today and some of the really deep and powerful insights she shares in regard to the mind and in particularly around the concept of FEAR.

We go deep into this subject of fear and she is perfectly placed to talk about it. 

Since the talk I have been reflecting deeply about what she shared and her philosophies on life, status, failure, validation, and what success really means. We talk a lot about the inner voice and how reframing is a key tool to help overcome fear in the moment. We also discuss how to work on the mind before events and how this looks in normal day-to-day settings. 

Hazel is a world class climber and as a junior she won the British title 6 times! Quite incredible! 

She is a full-time climber and is able to pursue her passion of climbing in some of the most beautiful, exotica and dangerous locations the world has to offer. 

Recently she partnered up with Alex Honnold from Free Solo fame to for a 6-week intensive climb around Greenland helping scientists track and collect data in some of the most remote and difficult places to access in the world. We talk about this towards the end of the podcast so be sure to stick around to hear her amazing stories about that. 

Hazel is not only a world class climber but also a mental training coach running her business called Strong Mind. 

She helps individuals and teams overcome adversity and gets people to become mentally stronger with the experiences she has had and the tools she uses in order to make this happen. You will come away today with some of these insights and I am excited for you!

I know there will be plenty of amazing content in this chat that will resonate with people in all walks of life, so I hope you enjoy and come away feeling a lot clearer and more knowledgable about the mind and also to have tools to help become the best version of yourself starting today, right here and right now. 

So sit back, enjoy, open your mind, and please welcome Hazel Findlay….

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On the show today I have Paralympic sprinter Souleyman Bah

Souleyman is an incredibly guy and his story is well worth hearing and learning from.

He left his home country of Guinea as a 5-year old child largely down to the fact he has  a rare condition  called retinitis pigmentosa. An eye condition that causes a progressive loss of vision. He cannot see out of his right eye, and has partial vision in his left eye.

We take so many inspiring routes in this chat and he brings things to life with some beautiful, thoughtful and amazing analogies. I was sitting here getting goosebumps many times over and am so thankful we have had this chat and that you are listening to it now.

We talk about how at a young age the initial talent he showed as a sprinter and how it became a little too serious too early with the coaches and environment he was in. We discuss how to get the balance right with this attitude and mentality in modern sport.

We talk about his journey through the True Athlete Project and how this was a saviour for him at 19 years old. 

We also go on to discuss some specific tools for athletes such as nerves and anxiety, failure, what success actually is, habits to create high performance, reframing, plus many other deep and interesting topics. 

I have come away left feeling so inspired from his words and the way he perceives life. With all the difficulties and struggles he has had in his life he could easily have been the victim and had the “why me?” story as his narrative. But he tells us how he is able to use the struggles in life as an advantage and how to then have a platform to get his message across and inspire others. 

I am sure you will be inspired by the conversation today so sit back and please welcome Souleyman Bah…

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On the show today we have squash royalty in the form of Raneem El Weliley 

Some career highlights including winning the World Junior Open twice as well as the reaching the world number 1 position and also getting a World Championship Title in the bag. 

She won 24 PSA titles and was on the pro tour for an incredible 18 years!

She was the first Egyptian athlete to reach world no 1 in any sport.

She is also the wife of Tarek Momen who also won a World Championship Title in his career so no pressure on their young lad Shahir in the years to come! 

We had such a fun chat and she really opened up about all aspects of her life and career and some real nuggets of gold sitting in what she reflected on. 

In the show we discuss:

Parents and the pivotal role they play in a young athletes development both positive and negative.

How that at the end of the day it was all driven by fun and a deep rooted love for the sport, especially when the lows were there and in dark times.

Nerves and how best to reframe them and handle them positively.

How she prepares herself physically and mentally to access her flow state.

Handling pressure and expectations.

Dealing with bad losses.

How to focus the mind when things are going wrong within the match.

Reflecting on the drive that lead her to win the World Open title.

Plus many other interesting and fascinating subjects around the mind and getting the best out of ourselves. 

So please welcome Raneem El Welily.

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Laurence is a two-time Olympic fencer, having competed for Team GB in the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games. Upon hanging up his swords in 2016, he moved directly into a role as Performance Director of the Danish national federation, and at the start of 2022 he transitioned into a new career involving a combination of mentoring, coaching, and consultancy.

Also around the time of the Rio Olympics he became engaged with the wonderful sports charity, The True Athlete Project. In his current role as Director of Mentoring he gets to explore the most valuable and meaningful aspects of a life in sport. 

In 2021 he wrote and published his first book (Becoming A True Athlete), that describes The True Athlete philosophy for a more compassionate, holistic culture of sport.

He is a husband and father of two, living in Copenhagen, Denmark

I throughly enjoyed this chat with Laurence and feel we connected on a deep level with so many ideas and philosophies along the same lines. I feel very lucky to have had this chat with him and the awesome messages he puts across. Everyone should find something pretty deep and meaningful from this conversation. 

For anyone wanting to work on a more holistic approach to sport and life this is a must listen! This then lends into playing better and achieving more, and along the way not for life and sport just to be about the titles and status it brings, but a deeper meaning all round. 

Please sit back and enjoy my conversation with Laurence Halsted…

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