Think Curiously

The fact you’ve tuned in tells me that you’re in search for inspiration and put simply these episodes offer you an injection of inspiration in less than 10 mins! Whether it’s a Monday morning and you’re looking for something to help kick start your week, or maybe it’s mid week Wednesday and you need something to help you push towards the weekend! We’ve got your covered!

Here’s how it works, I’ve went through each episode of the main series with a fine tooth comb and picked out, what I feel are the most poignant and inspirational moments.
This weeks Injection of Inspiration comes from the wise words of legendary Basketball coach, John Wooden. John McAllister and I sit down at his kitchen table and discuss our thoughts and experiences relative to Coach Wooden and his teachings!

Find us on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes and many more. Search 'Think Curiously Podcast in Google!

Full Episode:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6V2M8eEpjDds4X6dWltF6Y?si=86wB21D8QuKd67ioylLBTw&dl_branch=1

Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/c7129931-0b6c-4bb2-a913-41fd3e923c97/episodes/843a4d9e-ed38-48b0-aaec-1547e12c4e64/THINK-CURIOUSLYEPISODE-2-JOHN-WOODEN-OBSERVATIONS-FROM-ON-AND-OFF-THE-COURT

Website: www.think-curiously.com

Email: [email protected]

Fatherhood!.... A topic that strangely not many men actually talk about. Season four kicks off with  a conversation about that exact topic. Back in February I caught up with Mary Chappell to discuss how he is finding the new experience of being a father. The high, the lows, the emotions, the sleepless nights and everything in between!

Sponsor: www.gareth-fox.com/backbone

Website: www.think-curiously.com

The fact you’ve tuned in tells me that you’re in search for inspiration and put simply these episodes offer you an injection of inspiration in less than 10 mins! Whether it’s a Monday morning and you’re looking for something to help kick start your week, or maybe it’s mid week Wednesday and you need something to help you push towards the weekend! We’ve got your covered!

Here’s how it works, I’ve went through each episode of the main series with a fine tooth comb and picked out, what I feel are the most poignant and inspirational moments. In this episode I revisit my conversation with Lee & Don from Carpe Diem Clothing (links below) as we chat about the meaning of Carpe Diem, discuss the idea of finding calmness in the chaos and explore the Carpe Diem Mindset!

Find us on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes and many more. Search 'Think Curiously Podcast in Google!

Full Episode: 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6zJGcelBuQS02Hp8dcLd50?si=y_aE4WaVSbS02nta5Nvzjw&dl_branch=1

Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/c7129931-0b6c-4bb2-a913-41fd3e923c97/episodes/c82a08dd-3c5b-4656-8de8-e214614a8e16/THINK-CURIOUSLYEPISODE-1-CARPE-DIEM

Website: www.think-curiously.com

Email: [email protected]

Carpe Diem: https://carpediemappareluk.bigcartel.com/products

When it comes to dominating your sport, you'll be hard pushed to find a more successful sporting organisation that the All Blacks. In this episode, John McAllister and I cut from the normal 'book review' structure and discuss, using our opinions and experiences and key takeaway messages from Legacy, the book by James Kerr.

When the going gets tough, the tough start changing.

Difficult times call for different solutions.

In his global bestseller, Legacy, James Kerr goes deep into the heart of the world's most successful team, the New Zealand All Blacks, to help understand what it takes to bounce back from adversity and still reach the top.

It is a book about leading a team or an organisation - but, more importantly, about leading a life.

The kind of life that you want to lead.
 
Sponsor: www.gareth-fox.com/backbone

Website: www.think-curiously.com

Get in touch: [email protected] 

Following on from Stand Tall, Acceptance is my second attempt at Spoken Word Poetry. Taking inspiration from those around me this piece  attempts to encapsulate the struggles I've witnessed but also the strength of character that has helped that person pull through!

Acceptance

It’s what we all search for 

long before, 

we ever know what it’s for.

Words weighted in hate as others attempt to berate every sediment of our being like the girl trying to refrain from not being the same

As.

Everyone else on this merry-go-round walking on unsteady ground, feeling like she’ll never be found, as others compound her misery when they hound and try to surround her like she’ll never be found.

It’s the colour of her hair, the colour of her skin, it’s the language that she uses and yet  still gets abused.

But we should not confuse….the actions of the minority to speak for the majority. 

They Stand and stare, point fingers and laugh without a moments care. Where do you go when there’s no one there……To capture our dreams or help as a life is ripped from it’s seams. 

The sun beams and streams of light ignored as she feels abhorred-

She battles her demons and smiles politely fighting with her sobriety unhinged by society 

As it..

Drives her towards the darkness she’s so keen to escape, as she tries to erase the injuries, memories and failed contingencies. Left with mysteries of her histories from relationships as violent as the winter -seas. She finds It hard to breathe with a moments ease. Her eyes scream in silence but still she remains defiant. Awake and unbroken she keeps hopin to be taken from this place, where she can find the space to fight those demons that’s she’s trying to replace. 

Live and let live we’re told. Why are we so bold, driven towards the dissection of another for personal gain. 

When.

No matter the pain it’s just not enough, we taunt and talk, twist and turn the words of another as we try to refrain from our own truth. If the truth be told and the youth could hold, their views and opinions we could abolish untruth to premonish the youth in cognation with the next generation

Live and let live we’re told. 

If Acceptance is what we search for then why do we yearn for, the destruction of another. It’s as if we’re trying to cover…..UP who we really are. It can never  be, should never be, we should never see…this as the only way to be. 

Something a little different! Over a 6 week period, Gary in collaboration with Darran Wallace from Inspire Digital NI engaged with Primary 7 pupils from Millburn Primary School in Coleraine as they learnt about Podcasting. Pupils learnt about audio production, podcast structure and were encouraged to explore emotion through voice and music! And this is the final result of all that work and effort! A podcast, presented in it's entirety by the pupils!

In this episode, pupils share their most memorable moments from their time at Millburn, they also get the opportunity to put their presenting and interviewing skills to the test! We can't end this quick overview without a HUGE THANK YOU to Billy Ellis from Millburn Community Association who's foresight and support helped bring this project to life!

For more information on Think Curiously, visit our website:

www.think-curiously.com

Like many of you listening, I asked the same question “What is Spoken Word Poetry?”… Spoken word poetry is a form of poetry that doesn't have to rhyme, but certain parts can be rhymed to emphasize an image or give it a lyrical quality. It’s mainly a performance piece spoken by the writer, allowing the author to paint to the picture with words, placing emphasises on words, phrases or slang were needed to bring them to life.

What you’re about to hear is my first attempt at writing Spoken Word Poetry. I don’t want to give too much away and ultimately would like you to draw your own interpretation from it. Though it’s central tenant is founded on my views of conformity, how I feel we are born to with the expectation to conform, it’s a push back against social stereotypes and social structures put in place to keep us in our boxes. It asks to listener to be aware of all the outside sources of influence trying to bend mould and move you to being who they want you to be!

This week I’m delighted to be Joined by Paul McVeigh, an ex professional footballer who enjoyed a 14 year career making over 270 appearances for Tottenham Hotspurs, Norwich, Burnley and Luton Town. Paul also gained 20 senior international caps for Northern Ireland. As you’ll hear, Paul was invested in self development throughout his playing career, looking beyond retirement and it is interest and knowledge of Psychology and it’s application to Sport that we chat about this week. 

Before diving into this weeks episode I want to say a huge thank you to our sponsor Gareth Fox and his BACKBONE performance support programme. Gareth came on board with the podcast as he felt that it adds value, likewise his Backbone programme does the same, across 12 fundamental areas of your life. You can find him on Facebook and Instagram as well as his website www.gareth-fox.com/backbone.

Check out Pauls Website below: 

https://paulmcveigh.co.uk/

The Will to Win’ by Berton Braley is an inspirational poem on the fervent desire in pursuing a personal goal with relentless and consuming passion. The poem tells us if you take hold of and focus all that you are upon what it is that you want, then ultimately, ‘you will get it.

The poet urges us to give up time, peace and sleep in order to work towards the most important thing in your life. All else is supposed to take second place. Lose all fears of any kind, come what may be. If you show the courage, faith, and trust, then nothing will stop you from getting what you want.

The Will to Win’ by Berton Braley:

If you want a thing bad enough
 To go out and fight for it,
 Work day and night for it,
 Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it
 
 If only desire of it
 Makes you quite mad enough
 Never to tire of it,
 Makes you hold all other things tawdry
 and cheap for it
 
 If life seems all empty and useless without it
 And all that you scheme and you dream is about it,
 
 If gladly you'll sweat for it,
 Fret for it, Plan for it,
 Lose all your terror of God or man for it,
 
 If you'll simply go after that thing that you want.
 With all your capacity,
 Strength and sagacity,
 Faith, hope and confidence, stern pertinacity,
 
 If neither cold poverty, famished and gaunt,
 Nor sickness nor pain
 Of body or brain
 Can turn you away from the thing that you want,
 
 If dogged and grim you besiege and beset it,
 You'll get it!

This week I’m joined by Joshua De Luna Cohost of the Tea with Coconut and Plantain podcast. Josh and I connected with each other through a Facebook group of Podcasters back in November and I’ve been fortunate enough to have been a guest in his Podcast, not so long ago. In this episode we chat about love, friendships and relationships, drawing on our own lived through experiences. Don’t worry though, it’s not some kind of sloppy rom-com conversation you’d listen to whilst crying into a bowl of popcorn whilst drowning a bottle of red wine, though to be fair that doesn’t sound to bad now I’ve said it out loud.

Podcast Sponsor:
Gareth Fox : www.gareth-fox.com/backbone

S3. Ep 5 -Eimear's Wish - Sean Smyth
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0uXsxqOBxUOFobEPfVVTdl?si=x0mTcTBVRQuj3xuZquxgEg