Eoin wrote one of his first University papers on ‘International Cannabis Policy’ calling for legalisation, social reform and proper research funding, taking him on a decade long journey into the world of cannabis, hemp and CBD.

He is now the CEO and co founder of CBD drinks company 'Goodrays', creating an accessible, delicious CBD product for everyone.

We discussed his company, the benefits of CBD on mental and physical health, and a whole lot more.

Matt Barr is the host of the hugely successful Looking Sideways Podcast, an action sports journalist and all round legend.

We discussed his own start into podcasting, social medias effect on mental health and peoples tempers, dealing with criticism and our changing relationships with alcohol.

Enjoy!

Discipline. It's a scary word that conjures up images of military training and scary school teachers. But it's so much more than that, by just checking our ego, and keeping ourselves accountable for our actions, we can practice a bit more discipline in all walks of our life, whether it's trying to get a 6 pack, or a promotion at work. I also discussed how it's relative, the idea of being disciplined for one person is totally different to another.

Dave White is a legendary icon in the windsurfing industry. He is an ex world record speed champion, ex international competitor and is now a photographer and brand ambassador.

He is also a cancer survivor and is currently recovering from a severe stroke that happened in early 2017.

Great to be joined by personal coach and nutritional therapist Rory Macdonald to chat about an industry I've been very interested in since getting into this mental health space through the podcast.

Rory spent many years working a very high powered job, moving from glamorous city to glamorous city and living the work hard play hard lifestyle that came with it. This led to a period of depression before he totally changed his life to his current role as a personal coach, to people that work in a similar position, in the hopes of helping them avoid the traps he fell into.

Perhaps I've been sceptical about the coaching industry, I think I've never truly understood it, so it was great to learn about what his actual day to day job entails, and to know it's coming from a place of personal experience as well as his wealth of knowledge about staying healthy and happy. We discussed the different ways anxiety manifests itself, (including me finally talking about the way it does for me), how it's a lot more common than I think and why chewing your food for longer is much more important than you think.

This is perhaps a tougher sell than other guests (pro athletes etc), but the value I took from this conversation cannot be overstated enough, I can't wait to do another episode with Rory and do more together in the future.

Rory has also kindly offered a free, no obligation call to any of my listeners (available for the next few weeks). I highly recommend it, as I always say, the more we all talk, the easier it becomes.

Great to be joined by Wildwind Sailing beach manager and founder of Total Joyrider, Mr Joe Bennett! Having knows Joe for many years, it was great to actually sit down with him and have a proper chat about his sailing career, getting into seasons and creating a lifestyle for himself and his family that allow them to enjoy the things they love. We discussed his early career getting into the season life, to his current position being in charge of a whole team of instructors, as well as all the guests. We chatted about his process when managing people, a skill that unfortunately, many in those positions sorely lack. We chatted about everyone having a battle to fight, keeping staff happy despite the challenges of season life, social media in the young generation and a whole lot more! It's not the most heavy conversation in terms of mental health, but as I'm progressing with this podcast I think I'm realising what it is. I just want to talk to people about how they live their lives, and hopefully the listeners, and myself, can take some lessons to make daily life easier for ourselves. Joe has definitely lived a great life, and the fact he's build a lifestyle where he continues a career in what he loves, living in an amazing place and raising a family is something we can all learn from. It's amazing all the silly things, daily coffee, gadgets etc we really don't need in order to be happy A big tv always helps though 😅 Hope you all enjoy 🙏

Honoured to joined this week by 6 times paddleboard world champion, Red Bull athlete and all round legend, Casper Steinfath (@cj_steinfath) 🙌 We discussed him getting into the sport around the time it was just beginning, and almost accidentally becoming a pro and meeting Robby Naish, to then competing and what paddle boarding is like now! Paddleboarding is one of those sports that has exploded over the last decade, with it being so accessible and relatively simple, it's only gotten bigger. We discussed what its like being at the top of a sport that's in this situation. Something I really wanted to chat to Casper about was his mindset, and his determination. In between competing for world titles, a few years back Casper decided to try and paddle from his home in Denmark, across a notorious stretch of water known as 'Skagerrak', to Norway, his main sponsor, Red Bull, were also documenting the journey. He failed. Just 12km from his destination, his body just said no. as he put it 'Mother Nature gave me a slap in the face.' We discussed why that failure was actually a good thing, and really gave him some great perspective and allowed him to build up, prepare and focus to go again. A year later he succeeded in paddling all 145km across to Norway (be sure to check out the documentary, I've put the link in my bio!) He talked about his mindset of focusing on only what he can control, and trying to stay flexible with what is out of his control, something very necessary for an athlete in his sport! Finally we discussed the vikings nature of exploration, world of warcraft and danish beers. A truly epic conversation with an inspiring human. I can't wait to see what he does next! Hope you enjoy, please like, share , follow etc, it all helps me out a lot! 🙏

Only a short episode this week but still definitely worth the listen! It was an absolute pleasure to be joined this week by Niki Perry, founder of Blessed Yoga.

I've know Niki for many years, having taught her children to windsurf when I worked out at Club Vass!

Niki is the definition of positive vibes. It's one of the reasons I'd been wanting to get her on the podcast, her enthusiasm for yoga, staying positive and just life itself is infectious, and no doubt one of the reasons why, in a growing sea of yoga teachers, she stands out so much.

We discussed the physical and mental benefits of getting into yoga, why it's so much more inclusive than you think it and how COVID has helped get so many people on the mats.

A big thing we chatted about was getting her daughters into yoga at a young age. Giving young people a positive experience with something can be hard and it's a fine line with putting them off it. But yoga is different, giving people a sense of stillness and staying in the present moment is something that has no age limit.

It's been the part of yoga I've struggled with the most, my brain always darts to what I'm doing later or what I did previously and why it won't work this time. I'm excited to try and work on that side of it moving forward.

For any of my listeners, Niki has kindly offered a free session of any of her classes! Just drop them an email via this link https://www.weareblessed.co.uk and tell em I sent you!

Hope you enjoy.

All bullshit aside, this was in my top 3 podcasts I've ever recorded and easily the funniest one I've done.

Martyn Odell (The Lagom Chef) is a chef, meal planner, ultra marathon runner and sustainability advocate. Lagom is the Swedish philosophy of living life in "balance and moderation". It's not too much, not too little but just the right amount. This is oddly something I talk about a lot, so it was a great fit to chat to Martyn about his meaning behind this philosophy.

We discussed his life as a chef, working in various restaurants all over the world, the high stress environment and mental health support among chefs. We chatted about eating for pleasure, and the fine line between enjoying food and binging.

We spoke about his change after seeing an unflattering picture of himself, to then turning his fitness around and ending up running some crazy ultra marathons.

He also discussed his time working for Joe Wicks, breaking his penis doing a triathlon and some pretty eye opening stats about why we all need to stop throwing out so much of the food we buy.

Hope you guys enjoy

Have another podcast you lucky people. 😎 This was a bit of a big one for me.

After all that's happened this week in regards to the interview with Harry and Meghan, I thought it a good time to chat a bit about my opinions and experience with these difficult issues.

Everyone knows by now I'm a pretty open book, I'm very happy to talk about my past and my anxiety/depression. But I've never really chatted too much about feeling suicidal, which I have on a number of occasions. I chatted about the different worries you feel when you're talking about these issues.

When I first opened up about my mental health, I wasn't worried about people not believing me. I was worried people would think it was just a bit lame and silly. I'm glad to say I was wrong and everyone so far has been hugely supportive. But I think the reason I've never got into the more serious issues I've had is because I was worried people wouldn't believe it.

It's such a difficult issue to address for many people, I think theres just a lack of understanding and a huge amount of stigma still. The conversation around mental health has improved hugely and barriers are being broken, but I think discussing suicide is still something people struggle with.

All I can say is that talking about it helped me hugely, it doesn't have to be a big grand moment where you get everything off your chest, but just starting a conversation is a huge step. Hope you enjoy the episode 🙏🏼