In this episode, Fergus is joined by Alex Staniforth: adventurer and motivational speaker.

Alex shares his experience of being bullied at school, nearly dying on Mount Everest twice, dealing with bulimia and how he turned his victim mindset into a growth mindset. Alex is now a competitive ultra-runner, alongside being the founder of the mental health charity: Mind Over Mountains.

Expect to realise the dangers of high altitude climbing.

Expect to better understand bulimia as an illness.

Expect to change your perspective of negative situations.

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In this episode, Fergus explores the questions put to him by his social media audience, and places them within his own context and perspective.

The discussion focuses on Fergus's experience with therapy, his favourite literature, his current and future training goals and most importantly, his favourite slice of pizza, and much more...

Expect to reconsider your priorities.

Expect to learn more about Fergus's current focus points.

Expect to better understand the interests of The Modern Mind community.

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In this episode, Fergus is joined by Sam Cornforth: the funniest man in fitness.

Sam is a trained actor, high-level Crossfit Athlete, content creator/comedian, and self-proclaimed man child.

We explore Sam's background, how his passion for making people smile has always come first, his move to London to become an actor, how he found Crossfit, his transition into self-employment, and the personal challenges along the way...

(And much more...)

Expect to reflect on YOUR passions.

Expect to better understand the reality of a career in acting.

Expect to hear from Sam in a way you haven't before.

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In this episode, Fergus is joined by Hazel Wallace: the founder of The Food Medic, a medical doctor, registered associate nutritionist and personal trainer.

Hazel sadly lost her father at a young age, and has since done all she can to have an impact on our understanding of health and well-being. As the founder of The Food Medic blog, Hazel has had a positive influence on thousands of lives worldwide.

Alongside this, Hazel is a medical doctor, and the author of three best-selling books - all of which we explore today.

Expect to reflect on YOUR health and wellbeing.

Expect to better understand the demands of the NHS.

Expect to reconsider success.

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Hazel's Website: https://www.thefoodmedic.co.uk 

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In this episode, Fergus is joined by Suhit Amin: 22 year-old award winning entrepreneur, teenage cancer-survivor, and founder of Saulderson Media

Suhit grew up with ambitions of becoming a doctor, but a cancer diagnosis shifted his perspective on what he wanted from life. Amidst his treatment Suhit started Saulderson Media, an influencer marketing agency that has since grown to £2.5million turnover. 

This is a fascinating insight into the mind of a highly driven, highly successful, and highly self-aware young entrepreneur, who shares with us his journey so far...

Expect to reflect on your mortality.

Expect to ask yourself what drives you?

Expect to reconsider materialism.

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In this episode, Fergus is joined by Kris King, ultra-endurance, and race director for some of the world's toughest footraces.

Kris shares his background, how he reflects on growing up without a father, what drew him to ultra-endurance events, and the lessons learnt along the way. Kris is the Race Director for Beyond The Ultimate, and the infamous Spine Race, alongside being a highly competent athlete and coach himself.

Expect to reflect on exercise as 'therapy'.

Expect to better understand the demands of extreme environments.

Expect to analyse your reason why.

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In this episode, Fergus is joined by Jonathan Pain, to debrief the psychological demands of his most recent event: 250km across the Arctic Circle...

Expect to learn more about Jonny.

Expect to better understand the fear of being in an extreme environment.

Expect to analyse your self doubt.

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In this episode, Fergus is joined by Sean Conway, who has a collection of athletic adventures too long to list.

Sean shares his background with us, how he found himself exploring the world through human-powered efforts, how he has scaled and developed such challenges over the years, what drives him at his core, and most importantly: what's next..?

Expect to learn more about the demands of professional adventure.

Expect to better understand how to consider your passions versus commerciality.

Expect to question why you do the things that you do.

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In this episode, I debrief my most recent challenge: doubling David Goggins's 4x4x48 challenge by running 4 miles, every 4 hours, for 4 days... (4x4x96)

Expect to better understand how I approached the event.

Expect to learn how YOU can nail the 4x4x48...

Expect to consider the differences between this, and a conventional ultra...

Alongside learning more about my perspective on Goggins' message.

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In this episode, Fergus is joined by James Newbury, pro Crossfit Athlete, 4x Australia's Fittest Man, and serial entrepreneur.

James shares his background with us, and how that has translated into a decorated career in both Crossfit and business. 

As well as this, we explore what drives him to push beyond the demands of his sport, and to constantly push himself to progress across the board, and how you can too.

Expect to learn what's required to get to the Crossfit Games...

Expect to better understand how to juggle business commitments.

Expect to question why you do the things that you do.

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