The Mojo Podcast

As we close the  6th series we’ve been reflecting on Commitment. A concept we all understand but that can prove elusive and even fearful for us. In this series we’ve gone under the skin of Commitment - how we can commit to ourselves, to our values  our purpose - and the payoff we can see when we literally choose not to have any more choice -commitment is one of life’s beautiful paradoxes

It’s been a privilege to have these powerful and vibrant conversations - with amazing guests from the arts, business, sport, adventurers, influencers, pioneers

Everyone has brought something new and fresh - so do have a listen back to the previous 9 conversations

To complete the series I have a fabulous guest for you with her on profound story of change, consciousness and commitment - and her shift really was a massive life pivot. From medical doctor to medicine woman…

Alex Pardhy Alex is a medical Dr turned Medicine Woman with a passion for Mens work & Worldwide systems change using the tools of plant medicine, shamaism & straight Coaching. Since graduating as a Medical Doctor in 2010, she has spent nearly 10years bridging the allopatic & alternative healing Worlds in Service to the deep, lasting transformation of those she serves.

@alchemy_with_alex

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The Mojo Podcast

Hosted by leadership coach Richard Stokes from Ibiza

@mojorichard on Instagram

www.mojo-leadership.com

My guest this week is Holly Budge the founder of UK Charity, ‘How Many Elephants’, and World Female Ranger Week. Her impactful work has been celebrated worldwide, including by Sir David Attenborough and HRH Prince Edward. She was recently voted ‘Woman of the Year in Non-Profit’, listed in the Top 100 Women in Social Enterprise, and is an official UN Women UK Delegate. 

As a professional speaker Holly has inspired thousands globally to think big. Her adventurous pursuits, including summiting Everest and becoming the first woman to skydive Everest, create a platform to raise awareness and funding for conservation. To date she has fundraised over £500,000.

We speak the week of World Female Ranger Week which aims to amplify the voices of these brave women, breaking down social stigmas and shining a light on their incredible achievements and the unique challenges they face. Holly’s insights reveal a complex picture of poaching, from individuals driven by desperation to organized syndicates involved in wildlife crime. She emphasizes the moral dilemmas faced by rangers and the indispensable role women play in building community relationships and reducing corruption.

Holly’s dedication to conservation goes beyond just talking about the issues; she’s about actionable change. She passionately discusses the importance of funding in conservation efforts, encapsulating her belief that "conservation without funding is just conversation." Her campaign not only raises awareness but also aims to attract crucial support and resources.

In this episode, we delve into the profound impact of personal experiences on advocacy, the power of media in driving global awareness, and the inspiring stories of female rangers fighting against the odds. Holly also shares her new venture, Wildlife Positive Travel, offering immersive experiences with anti-poaching teams in Africa and Kenya.

www.worldfemalerangerweek.org

www.howmanyelephants.org

www.hollybudge.com

Instagram: @worldfemalerangerweek @howmanyelephants @hollybudge

Facebook: @worldfemalerangerweek @howmanyelephants @hollybudgeadventure

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybudge/

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The Mojo Podcast

Hosted by leadership coach Richard Stokes from Ibiza

@mojorichard on Instagram

www.mojo-leadership.com

My guest this week is Scott Gray is an Artist and DJ from London. He is joint founder of Ibiza's iconic Melon Bomb DJ collective and creator of the art and design brand Chapter. The Island of Ibiza (where Scott now resides) is the main influence and really kick-started  his art and musical career.

We met at Scott’s home in Ibiza - where the walls are filled with his favourite art and he serves a cracking cup of coffee.

We talked about the incredible change Scott and his wife Mandy created in their lives - when whilst on holiday in Ibiza Scott has a near breakdown moment and realised he could not continue with his stressful if successful career in recruitment. Another life called them.

Fast forward a few years and Scott followed his intuition again to bring together some fellow DJs to create the now globally renowned and frankly Island favourite  - House Music Collective Melon Bomb.

We talk about the life of a DJ, the joys the pressures the creative process and of course just what it’s like to move a crowd to your rhythms.

I really enjoyed getting to know Scott better through this chat and he says an abundance of wisdom and advice for anyone thinking about change and anyone finding their mojo not to be in the groove they’d like.

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More on Scott...

As part of Melon Bomb, he regularly plays at Hï for Defected’s Glitterbox, at Pikes, Pacha and solo at O Beach, as well as international duties across the globe. He produces dance music under a string of aliases including Kuwahara, Capitolo Three and Chapter.

His art work often draws inspiration from the dance music scene that Scott has been involved with since he can remember. His art can be seen all over the Island in homes, private villas and business venues such as Wi-Ki-Woo, Urban Spaces and Pikes Hotel. He has exhibited at events including Smile Britannia and Urban In Ibiza and has contributed to both Pacha and Soul Survivors magazines. He has designed for many tee-shirt companies over the years, with a current collection for Wasted Heroes.

Find Scott on Instagram: @melonbombmusic  and @chapteribiza

The Mojo Podcast

Hosted by leadership coach Richard Stokes from Ibiza

@mojorichard on Instagram

www.mojo-leadership.com

Luke Sutton was a professional cricket player for nearly 20 years. He was club captain of Derbyshire CCC and also played for Somerset CCC and Lancashire CCC. Although he was primarily a wicketkeeper, he was also a very skilled batsman.

Luke is now an agent to a number of high profile sports and media stars, and an owner of multiple businesses within the sports industry.

He has weekly podcast called ‘Understanding Men’ and has written four books “Back from the Edge”, “The Death of You”, "The Life of a Sports Agent - The Middleman" and “Welcome to the Wonderful World of Wicketkeepers”.

Luke has always been incredibly honest about his struggles with addiction and mental health and his recover journey since being admitted to a rehabilitation clinic in 2011.

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The Mojo Podcast

Hosted by leadership coach Richard Stokes from Ibiza

@mojorichard on Instagram

www.mojo-leadership.com

Today's guest is Azeem Amir. Azeem is 25 and has been visually impaired since birth.

However, he has never let it be a barrier to success. Azeem plays Blind Football professionally for the England and Great Britain blind football team and is working towards achieving international success. Playing across the globe he and the team are aiming to qualify for the next Paralympics. His football skills on the pitch have paved the way for him to be a part of several national and international media campaigns, working with brands from an array of industries from across the globe.

Alongside his football, Azeem has also just completed a Master’s Degree from the University of Salford.

Azeem Amir recently became the youngest blind person to complete Tough Mudder; a gruelling 12-mile obstacle course, featuring muddy ditches, huge walls and electric fences, raising substantial funds for charity! Since running Tough Mudder, Azeem has risen to fame as a highly respected advocate for disability rights. He is now an ambassador for several disability awareness charities and organizations and through public speaking (TedTalks), coaching and workshops aims to inspire as many young people as possible to achieve their own version of success. He has just stepped into the world of Enterprise launching his own organisation called Learn With ESS, with the ESS standing for education, sport and speaking.

Learn with ESS is a workshop initiative that uses classroom and sport based activities to provide a unique and interactive team cohesion experience with the purpose of promoting the advancement of education. With the aim to benefit the public by stepping into the shoes of someone with a disability to address stigmatized issues surrounding the topic. These workshops can be tailored and bespoke to any audience to promote and highlight the importance and benefit of inclusive and empathetic mannerisms and practices. Working with educational institutions, sports clubs and corporates organisations.

Thank you to Athlete Media Group for setting up this conversation - Mojo Leadership is excited to now be partnering with AMG to bring amaing talent like Azeem to your office, boardroom or conference. For more detail please do get in touch.

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The Mojo Podcast

Hosted by leadership coach Richard Stokes from Ibiza

@mojorichard on Instagram

www.mojo-leadership.com

My guest in epsiode 5 of series 6 is Sam Dean - co-founder of theHub Ibiza A very special professional community space where I live and where I’m a long standing member. Forget what you think you know about co-working spaces, what Sam and the team have created is much more as he’ll explain

This is a refreshingly candid conversation about founder energy, being an entrepreneur and a leader of a fast scaling business - which happens to be in one of the most well-known islands in the world. Professional life and Ibiza I hear you ask - isn’t that a contradiction in terms? Absolutely not AND it also adds a special flavour to Sam’s approach to business, to how he personally gets his inspiration and vision and how he makes decisions

We cover a lot of ground, Sam shares his wisdom and the benefit of his experience - the highs and the lows - we talk about Trust in your self and team, how he moves from being the Ideas guy to Executing and creating, how he escapes from short term thinking and gains his much wider perspective. And of course how’s he’s been able to commit to this project when there are so many shiny new things to chase

Insta links - @sam_plan @thehub.ibiza @thehubibizastudios

Mojo for Sam - energy, vitality, outlook and perspective

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The Mojo Podcast

Hosted by leadership coach Richard Stokes from Ibiza

@mojorichard on Instagram

www.mojo-leadership.com

Welcome back to The Mojo Podcast.

Series 6 of the Mojo Podcast is all about Commitment. A concept that has real weight and meaning for us, as we have all committed at some point in our life and perhaps you're considering a new commitment right now. It's a deeply meaningful area and I wanted to explore it further.

So for this season I'll be talking to an amazing array of guests about what commitment means to them and how it impacts their Mojo. How it feels to truly commit to yourself, to your passion & your purpose and to see the results.

Rather than sitting on the fence and no committing at all.

Because commitment really means choosing not to have any more choice.

In episode 4 I speak to LA based Comedy rebel Charlotte Fox who trained at prestigious mime and clown school in Paris. With her surreal, sassy and foxy antics, she has performed in various venues across the UK, Europe and now Los Angeles.

From sell out shows at Brighton fringe, The Bosco Spiegaltent and 5* Solo Shows at Underbelly Edinburgh Fringe and collaborated with BBC Radio 4 on award winning show The Skewer.

She was seen on BBC prime time TV, Jimmy Carr “Amazing performance!”

She has hosted The Atrium Stage @ Wilderness festival last summer.

She’s been described as: “Mighty Booshy” “Ludicrous, Surreal and Raw” “Volcanic streams of consciousness in high adrenaline comedy” …

Keep up if you can!

She also hosts international Yoga Retreats in Ibiza, Jamaica and Mexico.

Charlottes Instagram - @thepsychedlicfox

Her website - thepsychedelicfox.com

Her forthcoming Ibiza yoga retreat  - https://bookretreats.com/r/7-day-detox-yoga-retreat-in-the-hills-of-benirras-beach-ibiza

Mojo for Charlotte - Lust for Life, Swagger

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The Mojo Podcast

Hosted by leadership coach Richard Stokes from Ibiza

@mojorichard on Instagram

www.mojo-leadership.com

***EXCLUSIVE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2024 SPECIAL***

Welcome back to The Mojo Podcast.

Series 6 of the Mojo Podcast is all about Commitment. A concept that has real weight and meaning for us, as we have all committed at some point in our life and perhaps you're considering a new commitment right now. It's a deeply meaningful area and I wanted to explore it further.

So for this season I'll be talking to an amazing array of guests about what commitment means to them and how it impacts their Mojo. How it feels to truly commit to yourself, to your passion & your purpose and to see the results.

Rather than sitting on the fence and no committing at all.

Because commitment really means choosing not to have any more choice.

In episode 3 I talk to Rebecca Welch - a genuine trailblazer in her field. Totally committed to what she is doing, inspiring the next generation of referees as well as greater inclusion in football as a whole. 

Rebecca Welch became a football referee in 2010 but continued to work in her NHS post until 2019, before turning her attention to officiating on a full-time basis. 

A true trailblazer, In 2021 she became the first woman to be appointed to referee an EFL match and followed that by becoming the first woman to referee a Premier League match in 2023. 

During her career, Rebecca has also officiated games in the Women’s Super League and was referee at the 2017 and 2020 Women’s FA Cup Finals. In December 2020 she was added to UEFA’s elite women’s list, going on to referee at international level, including the Women’s World Cup in 2023.

See more on her Wikipedia page

Mojo for Becs - it's your get up and go - a positive mindset.

Thanks to PGMOL for their support in making this conversation happen

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Richard 🦋

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The Mojo Podcast

Hosted by leadership coach Richard Stokes from Ibiza

@mojorichard on Instagram

www.mojo-leadership.com

Welcome back to The Mojo Podcast. 

Series 6 of the Mojo Podcast is all about Commitment. A concept that has real weight and meaning for us, as we have all committed at some point in our life and perhaps you're considering a new commitment right now. It's a deeply meaningful area and I wanted to explore it further.

So for this season I'll be talking to an amazing array of guests about what commitment means to them and how it impacts their Mojo. How it feels to truly commit to yourself, to your passion & your purpose and to see the results. 

Rather than sitting on the fence and no committing at all.

Because commitment really means choosing not to have any more choice. 

In episode 2 I meet a seriously impressive young women and the personification of commitment - Adri Brownlee - mountaineer and adventure athlete. 

Adri has summited 13 of the 14 x 8000m peaks and has achieved 2 x Guinness World Records including being the youngest woman ever to summit K2. 

Alongside climbing these epic peaks, she has also started her own Trekking and Expedition company – AGA Adventures – alongside her legendary climbing partner Gelje Sherpa.

In 2024 she hopes to complete her 14 Peaks Project and become the youngest woman ever to climb the world’s 14 x 8000m peaks and the first British woman ever to do so.

This was a highly enjoyable conversation that tracks Adri's love for the mountains back to the tender age of 8 when she pictured herself climbing Everest. The next year she became the youngest person in the UK to complete the Three Peaks Challenge aged just 9 - and where she learned she had the mountaineers mindset. 

We talk about the determination required to thrive in The Death Zone (the place above 8000 metres where human literally begin to die) and also the challenges of chasing records. Adri talks vividly about what the mountains mean to her and how she is connected to them and can hear their call.

A truly impressive woman totally committed to her passion and providing inspiration to everyone she meets.

Mojo for Adri - when nothing can stop you, which comes from persistence and consistency.

instagram: @adri.brownlee

website - www.adrianabrownlee.com

For corporate bookings and speaking engagments - please contact [email protected]

And to meet even more athletes powered by purpose - www.athletemedia.co.uk

Adri also mentioned her partner - Gelje Sherpa - @gelje_sherpa_

And her mentor - Nims Dai - @nimsdai

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The Mojo Podcast

Hosted by leadership coach Richard Stokes from Ibiza

@mojorichard on Instagram

www.mojo-leadership.com

Welcome back to The Mojo Podcast. 

Series 6 of the Mojo Podcast is all about Commitment. A concept that has real weight and meaning for us, as we have all committed at some point in our life and perhaps you're considering a new commitment right now. It's a deeply meaningful area and I wanted to explore it further.

So for this season I'll be talking to an amazing array of guests about what commitment means to them and how it impacts their Mojo. How it feels to truly commit to yourself, to your passion & your purpose and to see the results. 

Rather than sitting on the fence and no committing at all.

Because commitment really means choosing not to have any more choice. 

In episode 1 I speak to writer Ben Duwell, the author of Pine Tree Island, a historical novel about the early settlers of Ibiza.

We talk about Ben's writing process, how he get past the 'tyranny of the blank sheet of paper' and gets his words down. How he manage to balance ego and humility in the creative process and choses not to hold on too tightly to a specific outcome for his work.

We also talk about his brilliant TEDxDaltVila talk and how he committed to that project and managed to remember his words!

Ben also share many fabulous anecdotes about Ibiza past and present. We also recorded this overlooking the bay at Sa Caleta so you can almost hear the sunshine and feel the water. 

Ben lives with his family in the hills above San Juan, and from time to time comes out to do bits of theatre too!

Mojo for Ben - the source of a superpower, connection.

instagram: bendunwellauthor

Pine Tree Island: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pine-Tree-Island-Novel-Ibizas/dp/8409343681/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1706259225&sr=8-1

His TEDx talk is here: youtu.be/Z5SW6_Lp4HM

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Richard 🦋

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The Mojo Podcast

Hosted by leadership coach Richard Stokes from Ibiza

@mojorichard on Instagram

www.mojo-leadership.com