This Human Life

On this episode of the World Game-Changers podcast, Paul is joined for the fifth part of a conversation by returning guest Rebecca Wheele to interview Paul and his friend Gary Clarke (a.k.a. Boatsy) about who they are, including a feminine perspective around football

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• 70s football was more of a male-oriented sport, it was very rare you saw women and families at a match, that only came about with the birth of the Premiere League in the mid-90s. In the 70s it was every man for himself, especially at away games where you had to fight your way to and from the station. It’s not right, but it was survival of the fittest. In the 80s it escalated until Thatcher’s government turned it round with bans, all-seater stadiums and cameras.
• In the 60s it was: Do as you’re told, speak when you’re spoken to, know your place, you’re only a child. That was changing, certainly in the 70s with punk rock and the rebelliousness of the teens in Britain, we were saying “we’re not going to suppress any more, we have a voice, we want to be heard”. Punk rock spoke to that and it was played out particularly in football.
• I got peer-pressured into joining the Forest Boys. I got attacked by them in Nottingham city centre and every week afterwards I seemed to bump into them in the city. They were a great bunch of lads, and they invited me to go to away games with them and I did. To be honest with you, the first day I had out with them at Arsenal was a great day out, even though we all got arrested. But once you get into it, it’s like a drug, it’s very hard to get out of it.
• I’d just got together with a class a few years ago and things were starting to get serious after about three months. My idea of humour was to say to her: “I haven’t been completely truthful with you, I really don’t know how to tell you this ‘cause it’ll break your heart, you’re sharing me with somebody else”. She gave me a load of expletives and said she didn’t think I was like that. Then she wanted to know her name. I said: “I can’t tell you what her name is”. I got a slap, which was fair, but I burst out laughing and I was told I was disgusting. Then I told her it was Nottingham Forest Football Club and we both fell about laughing. Rebecca: I think I’d feel quite cross if someone did that to me.

BEST MOMENTS

‘As a woman, and someone who hasn’t experienced violence or gang/hooligan culture, what drives you to get in a fight?’

‘I got beaten up at Southampton at the age of 15, I wasn’t a hooligan, I was a normal schoolboy!’

‘I wish I was at home having coffee and crumpets with my girlfriend rather than getting beaten up in the rain!’

‘The gang lifestyle ended my first marriage, at the time you needed five points of unreasonable behaviour to get a divorces and Nottingham Forest was mentioned three times!’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Speaking From Our Hearts Books: Volumes 1-3 (Available on Amazon)
• World Game-Changers Group

ABOUT THE GUEST

Rebecca is an artist and designer based in the South of England. She graduated from Kingston University in London 2013 with a degree in Illustration and Animation. After a shift in direction and new challenge working as a lifeguard and in management in the leisure industry, she went travelling around the world through South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. She returned to the UK, to begin a journey working commercially in art and design.

Rebecca works together with people to create logos, help with branding, design or re-vamp websites and generally loves to get involved with creative projects. She works across all industries and loves listening to people and understanding what their business is about, why they do what they do and translating this into a form of visual communication. Rebecca is a seeker of the spiritual and inspired by the power and beauty in nature; from colour, form and pattern, to how we can look to nature as a guide and teacher in life.

www.rebeccawheele.com

ABOUT THE HOST

Paul has made a remarkable transformation from existing for many years in dark, desperate despair; to now living a really healthy, happy and fulfilling life.

From an early age, he was in the vice-like clutches of the demon drink and constantly embroiled within a dark cocktail of toxic beliefs, self-hate and destructive violence.

Along with his empathetic and dedicated team of world-class coaches and mentors, Paul’s purpose is both aspiration, and deeply transformational:

Developing World Game-Changers…

He is extremely passionate about helping others to find their purpose, have a voice and ultimately, make a real difference.  

This has been built on a long and distinguished history of heart-centred coaching and mentoring.  He has also been responsible for raising significant amounts of funds for many charities and good causes around the world; positively impacting and inspiring thousands of children – mainly from challenging backgrounds – within the UK & worldwide.

Through this World Game-Changers podcast and books, he has been involved in – including being a best-selling co-author – Paul also helps others to get their own inspirational messages and stories out into the world; as well as offering support to many charitable organisations, in their development & fund-raising.

CONTACT METHODS

Tel: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: https://www.Paul-Lowe.com

Web: https://www.worldgamechangers.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IamPaulLowe/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-d-lowe-7a78332a/

On this episode of the World Game-Changers podcast, Paul is joined for the fourth part of a conversation by first time guest Mick Garton to interview Paul and his friend Gary Clarke (a.k.a. Boatsy) about who they are, including being torn between two lovers: Nottingham Forest and Carlton Town Football Clubs.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• I (Paul) met Mick about 20 years ago at an event, we got on and arranged to meet up and talk business over a coffee and a piece of cake. Obviously there was a love of Nottingham Forest that brought us together, but I loved and respected what you were doing with Carlton Town. Later that year we did the Brian Clough Tribute Dinner. We kept in touch and I helped Carlton Town with some sponsorship.
• I (Mick) knew Gary by reputation, I’d read your book, but the first time I met you was when you came to a Carlton Town event and you introduced yourself and very kindly donated some stuff for the auction. That pattern continued for more events, including buying us all shots at the end of the night! When you really got involved was during Covid when you couldn’t watch your beloved Forest and the only game you come go and see was Carlton Town, so you came down to watch us and I remember you coming up to me saying: “Bloody hell, this is good, I’ve never been into non-league”. From then on it got to the stage where you were at pretty much every game and it built from there.
• I (Gary) met Paul at one of your events just before Covid and I bought a couple of his books because I was intrigued by him and I wanted to know a bit more about him. Paul  introduced himself and gave me his card, kept in touch and invited me on one of his podcasts for his World Game-Changers charity that he’d just set up and invited me to get involved with. Then Mick suggested a charity football match between WGC and Carlton Town as Covid was coming to an end. It was an overwhelming success and we raised more money than in our wildest dreams.
• I (Gary) get the sponsors in at Carlton now so I feel – if both Carlton and Forest are at home – I’m obligated to meet the sponsors. It wouldn’t look very good if I was at Forest when these people are coming to meet me and watch a game under my hospitality. It’s a no-brainer for me because I like going to Carlton and I like non-league football these days. I've been bitten by the bug. It’s a shame though because my son likes to go and see Forest, especially now they’ve been promoted to the Premier League, but I’m lucky because his Godfather tends to take him in my place. I’m pretty lucky really that I can do what I need to do.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Gary seemed to be, although he had a past, somebody who just wanted to do good and help people. To this day, that’s the overwhelming thing that comes across to me, you’ll go out of your way to help people.’

‘Like attracts like, you resonate with people that you know you are just going to just rub along with.’

‘I’ve got more clubs than Jack Nicklaus!’

‘My love of Carlton is for the unsung heroes – and there are a lot of them – and what they do for the benefit of the local community and particularly the younger people.’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Speaking From Our Hearts Books: Volumes 1-3 (Available on Amazon)
• World Game-Changers Group

ABOUT THE GUEST

Mick Garton is the chairman of Carlton Town Football Club.

ABOUT THE HOST

Paul has made a remarkable transformation from existing for many years in dark, desperate despair; to now living a really healthy, happy and fulfilling life.

From an early age, he was in the vice-like clutches of the demon drink and constantly embroiled within a dark cocktail of toxic beliefs, self-hate and destructive violence.

Along with his empathetic and dedicated team of world-class coaches and mentors, Paul’s purpose is both aspirational, and deeply transformational:

Developing World Game-Changers…

He is extremely passionate about helping others to find their purpose, have a voice and ultimately, make a real difference.  

This has been built on a long and distinguished history of heart-centred coaching and mentoring.  He has also been responsible for raising significant amounts of funds for many charities and good causes around the world; positively impacting and inspiring thousands of children – mainly from challenging backgrounds – within the UK & worldwide.

Through this World Game-Changers podcast and books, he has been involved in – including being a best-selling co-author – Paul also helps others to get their own inspirational messages and stories out into the world; as well as offering support to many charitable organisations, in their development & fund-raising.

CONTACT METHODS

Tel: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: https://www.Paul-Lowe.com

Web: https://www.worldgamechangers.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IamPaulLowe/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-d-lowe-7a78332a/

On this episode of the World Game-Changers podcast, Paul is joined for the third part of a conversation by first time guest Mick Garton to interview Paul and his friend Gary Clarke (a.k.a. Boatsy) about who they are, including their love of Nottingham Forest FC.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Because of what I was going through in my childhood I was looking for some kind of emotional reassurance, because my world was chaotic and violent, I loved the gentleness of David Cassidy’s music – though you weren’t allowed to admit to liking him, as a guy – I found it very soothing and still do to this day. It’s funny how music triggers the mind. Whenever I’m in a tube station in London I think of Gary because his favourite band is The Jam.
• My first suicide attempt as a kid of 13 and a half was on the back of Forest losing 1-0 to Newcastle in a replay on the Thursday night and two days later losing 2-0 to Fulham away. That was it, my world was shattered, I couldn’t cope any more. Those two games basically broke my heart. The reason I share this is because of the power of a belief system that we get in our minds. Forest was my world and I can remember at the time being physically sick, my Mum was crying because she knew what it meant to me. 
• I didn’t have the latest designed tracksuit because ADIDAS was the thing to have. If everybody had ADIDAS, I had to have something different because I was never ever part of a crowd. I’ve always been a loner, being labelled miserable, anti-social, even when I used to get into scrapes, I always operated solo. I liked to have the best of everything, but it was very traditional, which reflected my taste in music.
• By the 80s I was out of football, my head was well and truly screwed from my childhood, and my drinking was out of control, I’d lost my marriage. I vowed that one day I’d return and kill the guy that was responsible for that and all the misery he’d inflicted on me and my mother, more so my mother. I’d given up and just wanted to die. Football was not on the radar.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I used to sneak the transistor radio up to bed with me so I could listen to the games, and when I heard my Dad come up the stairs I’d quickly turn it off and put it under my pillow and pretend to be asleep.’

‘Your interests do change as you get older, which helps as someone who DJs.’

‘Someone said to me once: “You’ve got a really polished voice” and I said: “That’s because I used to drink Brass-O.” I actually used to drink metal polisher with some milk in it for a 'hit' because it’s almost pure alcohol. It used to knock your head off, but it gave you a hit.’

‘I lived in the past, because my childhood was so violent and so erratic I was looking for some kind of emotional security, and I found that in trips down memory lane. I clung to things like Frank Sinatra, Karen Carpenter and even my love for Forest in the 70s, I still talk about Franny Lee, Roy McFarland, the old school. I’m still, to a certain degree, not stuck in the past, but appreciative of that culture of when people stood for real values.’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Speaking From Our Hearts Books: Volumes 1-3 (Available on Amazon)
• World Game-Changers Group

ABOUT THE GUEST

Mick Garton is the chairman of Carlton Town Football Club.

ABOUT THE HOST

Paul has made a remarkable transformation from existing for many years in dark, desperate despair; to now living a really healthy, happy and fulfilling life.

From an early age, he was in the vice-like clutches of the demon drink and constantly embroiled within a dark cocktail of toxic beliefs, self-hate and destructive violence.

Along with his empathetic and dedicated team of world-class coaches and mentors, Paul’s purpose is deeply aspirational and transformational:

Developing World Game-Changers…

He is extremely passionate about helping others to find their purpose, have a voice and ultimately, make a real difference.  

This has been built on a long and distinguished history of heart-centred coaching and mentoring.  He has also been responsible for raising significant amounts of funds for many charities and good causes around the world; positively impacting and inspiring thousands of children – mainly from challenging backgrounds – within the UK & worldwide.

Through this World Game-Changers podcast and books, he has been involved in – including being a best-selling co-author – Paul also helps others to get their own inspirational messages and stories out into the world; as well as offering support to many charitable organisations, in their development & fund-raising.

CONTACT METHODS

Tel: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: https://www.Paul-Lowe.com

Web: https://www.worldgamechangers.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IamPaulLowe/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-d-lowe-7a78332a/

On this episode of the World Game-Changers podcast, Paul is joined for the second part of a conversation by returning guest Keith Amoss to interview Paul and his friend Gary Clarke (aka Boatsy) about who they are.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Paul and Gary had similar paths growing up in poor families in inner-city Nottingham with mixed fortunes and adventures in their youths. Now they’re writing a book about changing their lives round from growing up in the wrong side of the tracks to coming out the other side. They decided to name the book Angels With Dirty Faces after the iconic James Cagney film of the same name because when you go back to that iconic film that is a tale of morality underpinning it. Gary and Paul have had loads of chats over the past few years around ‘the good old days’, how they’d found themselves in certain circumstances, and how they’re in a different part of the game of life and how much of a different ball game it is.
• Football was a big part of my life, I’ve been football mad for as long as I can remember. I played football for the primary school team and that was it, all I was bothered about was football – and cricket. I got into fashion in my fourth or fifth year at school and started going to football games on my own and I noticed the fashion at the matches, it intrigued me. Then came the music and going to away games on my own, visiting different cities. Football grounds in those days were violent places and I was intrigued by it, it fascinated me, I wasn’t scared of it. I got beaten up and a couple of football games so I got in with a gang and that’s where I think I fell off the rails a little bit. Half the time you’d have to fight your way back to the train station after the away match. You got the feeling you belonged to something, and women were attracted to it as well.
• For me, hard men don’t exist, they’re a fabrication. A man’s hands might be quicker than another man’s hands, it might take him longer to cry than another man and the rule of the jungle necessitates we give people labels, that there’s a pecking order, and that dictates that he is a hard man. Even in the midst of being in that goldfish bowl, I always thought; if you lose a loved one, you cry, if you get cut you bleed. My image was a mask of stern faced, don’t come near me, don’t mess with me, I’m not letting you inside. But, what I was really saying was please don’t hurt me anymore, I’m so emotionally hurt, vulnerable and I’m dying inside. It was a façade to keep people away, get in first, kill or be killed, big boys don’t cry. It’s all a front.
• As many parallels as there are between our paths, our mindset, our hearts, I often look upon Gary as a kindred spirit, the contradiction on that is that we have ended up in the same place after all these years when our paths crossed, but the paths that we took have been very different. Yes, there is a commonality with words like violence, Nottingham Forest, drink, but my patterns in all those were completely different to Gary’s. I needed drink, it was an addiction that was formed through my win/survive at all costs mentality, which was galvanised out of my childhood. If you had a black cat mine had to be blacker, if yours was actually blacker I had two cats. That addictive personality, win at all costs… I was living a total lie and did for decades. It’s not been until recent years that I’ve bottomed it all out, I’m 13 years dry and see things so much more clearly, but I needed alcohol to get by.

BEST MOMENTS

‘It’s often the way with gangsters, or naughty boys and girls, they build up a cult following with hero worship, promoting the dark side of life as glamorous. Actually, it’s not. But there’s that perception.’

‘No matter what the first half of your life was like, or whatever has gone off in the past, there’s always room to change it in the second half.’

‘You’ve always had [violence] in Britain in the 50s, 60s and 70s going back to the mods and rockers and the teddy boys, people have always defended their areas.

‘The damage that was done in my formative years has taken me most of my life to unravel.’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Speaking From Our Hearts Books: Volumes 1-3 (Available on Amazon)
• World Game-Changers Group

ABOUT THE GUEST

After some years working for the UK Government in London’s Whitehall, Keith Amoss moved overseas and into the world of international organisations. He spent some 25 years doing the full range of Human Resources activities and held positions as Head of HRM and Head of Talent Management. Keith has lived and worked in five different countries in multinational and multicultural environments. In his spare time he has enjoyed lecturing for the UK Open University. Keith’s passion is helping others to develop and seeing them achieve their true potential.

https://www.keithamoss.com/

ABOUT THE HOST

Paul has made a remarkable transformation from existing for many years in dark, desperate despair; to now living a really healthy, happy and fulfilling life.

From an early age, he was in the vice-like clutches of the demon drink and constantly embroiled within a dark cocktail of toxic beliefs, self-hate and destructive violence.

Along with his empathetic and dedicated team of world-class coaches and mentors, Paul’s purpose is both aspirational, and deeply transformational:

Developing World Game-Changers…

He is extremely passionate about helping others to find their purpose, have a voice and ultimately, make a real difference.  

This has been built on a long and distinguished history of heart-centred coaching and mentoring.  He has also been responsible for raising significant amounts of funds for many charities and good causes around the world; positively impacting and inspiring thousands of children – mainly from challenging backgrounds – within the UK & worldwide.

Through this World Game-Changers podcast and books, he has been involved in – including being a best-selling co-author – Paul also helps others to get their own inspirational messages and stories out into the world; as well as offering support to many charitable organisations, in their development & fund-raising.

CONTACT METHODS

Tel: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: https://www.Paul-Lowe.com

Web: https://www.worldgamechangers.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IamPaulLowe/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-d-lowe-7a78332a/

On this episode of the World Game-Changers podcast, Paul is joined by World Game-Changers director, Kristin Johnson to interview Paul and his friend Gary Clarke (a.k.a. Boatsy) about their childhoods growing up in Nottingham and the challenges they faced growing up.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Inner-city Nottingham was a rough, tough place growing up in the 60’s, our family was very poor, to the point where the rag and bone man used to come around and gave us a cup and saucer or a goldfish. We bathed in a tin bath in a terraced house with an outside toilet and each of you had to share the same water. They humble days but there was feeling of family togetherness and a sense of the community binding together.
• Being my grandma’s favourite caused so much resentment among my cousins that we were always fighting, even with the girls – I used to fear fighting with the girls more than the boys, because the boys were straight fighters, with the girls you never knew what they were going to do next! But it also bred resentment and jealousy with my dad and my grandad.
• I remember school in the inner-city being a happy place, but kids now have missed out of a year’s schooling because of the pandemic and so many of them have fallen behind so they’re playing catch-up and that’ll affect them massively in the long term. I was introduced to violence at the age of 8, sickening violence at the hands of my step-dad, to the point where I gave my belief system over to Nottingham Forest football club. But, my world was one of extreme violence, degradation, torture, abuse, it was horrific and set the tone for many, many, many years to follow.
• At the end of the day, getting the cain, the slipper or whatever at school or at home, it was what we were used to, it was the way things were then. It’s easy to look back and say it’s wrong, and in modern day society it is wrong, and it was probably wrong then, but we didn’t know any different. Obviously, things have changed for the good now. It’s only in recent years where I’ve been having a bit of difficulty and my dad’s illness that me, my sister and my aunt have been able to talk about it. He was under a lot of pressure at the time, so I don’t blame him entirely and I’ve been able to get over it a bit.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Speaking to kids today about growing up having an outside toilet, they think I’m from another planet!’
‘My grandma was my world, I used to spend more time at her house than at my parents house, even when we moved to a better apartment, I’d rather spend the weekend at my grandmas and being taken to the football by my grandad.’
‘I had 13 cousins, 8 from one aunt and 5 from the other. In those days we used to joke that they didn’t have a telly which is why there were so many kids! But that was the norm.’
‘I think kids take too much for granted nowadays, things come to them too easily, though that’s not their fault, we adapt as kids to make the best of what we can.’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Speaking From Our Hearts Books: Volumes 1-3 (Available on Amazon)
• World Game-Changers Group

ABOUT THE GUEST

Kristin Johnson is a prize-winning/ prize-finalist writer, blogger, ghost-writing/ creative writing consultant, screenwriter, and editor.

A graduate of the former Master of Professional Writing Program from the University of Southern California, she has published/ collaborated on seven books.

Her current book AIN’T “U” GOT NO MANNERS has been called ‘the Bible for social media’.

She is a member of the Desert Screenwriters Guild, Society of Children’s Books and Illustrators, and Palm Springs Women in Film and Television.

Website: www.kristinjohnson.net

ABOUT THE HOST

Paul has made a remarkable transformation from existing for many years in dark, desperate despair; to now living a really healthy, happy and fulfilling life.

From an early age, he was in the vice-like clutches of the demon drink and constantly embroiled within a dark cocktail of toxic beliefs, self-hate and destructive violence.

Along with his empathetic and dedicated team of world-class coaches and mentors, Paul’s purpose is deeply transformational:

Developing World Game-Changers…

He is extremely passionate about helping others to find their purpose, have a voice and ultimately, make a real difference.  

This has been built on a long and distinguished history of heart-centred coaching and mentoring.  He has also been responsible for raising significant amounts of funds for many charities and good causes around the world; positively impacting and inspiring thousands of children – mainly from challenging backgrounds – within the UK & worldwide.

Through this World Game-Changers podcast and books, he has been involved in – including being a best-selling co-author – Paul also helps others to get their own inspirational messages and stories out into the world; as well as offering support to many charitable organisations, in their development & fund-raising.

CONTACT METHODS

Tel: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: https://www.Paul-Lowe.com

On this episode of the World Game-Changers podcast, Paul is joined by returning guest host, Rebecca Wheele, who talks to Paul about the LEG (Life Enhancing Goal) that she directs in the World Game-Changers Organisation: Awareness Raising And Mindful Communication.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• How can you plan a journey from anywhere to somewhere else without knowing where you are, which way you’re facing. It’s a great metaphor for life, even making a cup of tea.
• Rather than just giving instructions there’s this empathy that takes it to another level. We need to be mindful of how we communicate, the tonality, words being about 7% of communication, 38% is tonality and the remaining 55% is made up of physiology. All that comes into play when we’re talking about mindful communication.
• This LEG is one of 10 that has been set up because it’s so powerful. However, there’s something that overrides it all: not being attached to the outcome. We can have that intention, create that strategy, plot that journey, but things happen that we’ve not planned for. It’s crucial not to get attached to the outcome. The vast majority of us humans want to control the situation and we create a whole story about how the outcome will be. 
• We can find it painful to be in a comfort zone of self-protection around our identity, our expectations, our ego, etc. Then to actually face the reality when you start to peel back the layers that I’m actually not that personality, I’m not that script. That is the epitome of awareness raising, then when we go on that journey of self-enquiry, self-discovery it’s not being attached to the outcome.

BEST MOMENTS
‘Awareness is the starting point for all that we do in life.’
‘Seek first to understand and then be understood.’
‘Let life happen through you, not to you.’
‘Keep on the move. Motion creates emotion.’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Speaking From Our Hearts Books: Volumes 1-3 (Available on Amazon)
• World Game-Changers Group

ABOUT THE GUEST
Rebecca is an artist and designer based in the South of England. She graduated from Kingston University in London 2013 with a degree in Illustration and Animation. After a shift in direction and new challenge working as a lifeguard and in management in the leisure industry, she went travelling around the world through South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. She returned to the UK, to begin a journey working commercially in art and design.
Rebecca works together with people to create logos, help with branding, design or re-vamp websites and generally loves to get involved with creative projects. She works across all industries and loves listening to people and understanding what their business is about, why they do what they do and translating this into a form of visual communication. Rebecca is a seeker of the spiritual and inspired by the power and beauty in nature; from colour, form and pattern, to how we can look to nature as a guide and teacher in life.
www.rebeccawheele.com

ABOUT THE HOST
Paul has made a remarkable transformation from existing for many years in dark, desperate despair; to now living a really healthy, happy and fulfilling life.
From an early age, he was in the vice-like clutches of the demon drink and constantly embroiled within a dark cocktail of toxic beliefs, self-hate and destructive violence.
Along with his empathetic and dedicated team of world-class coaches and mentors, Paul’s purpose is deeply transformational:
Developing World Game-Changers…
He is extremely passionate about helping others to find their purpose, have a voice and ultimately, make a real difference. 
This has been built on a long and distinguished history of heart-centred coaching and mentoring.  He has also been responsible for raising significant amounts of funds for many charities and good causes around the world; positively impacting and inspiring thousands of children – mainly from challenging backgrounds – within the UK & worldwide.
Through this World Game-Changers podcast and books, he has been involved in – including being a best-selling co-author – Paul also helps others to get their own inspirational messages and stories out into the world; as well as offering support to many charitable organisations, in their development & fund-raising.

CONTACT METHODS
Tel: +44 (0) 7958 042 155
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: https://www.Paul-Lowe.com
Web: https://www.worldgamechangers.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IamPaulLowe/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-d-lowe-7a78332a/

In this episode, the roles are reversed as Rebecca Wheele hosts the podcast! They talk about everything from what animal they would be, and self-awareness to the importance of energy in everything we do in life.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Paradoxes are prevalent in all areas of life, they symbolise the complexities of the world which is demonstrated clearly again and again in the animal world.
• Words have energy, you can tell a lot from the words people use.
• We should always try and be aware of our intentions as if we aren’t our subconscious will communicate in ways we are not aware of.
• Life's path can be very strongly created by the belief system instilled in us from ages 3-7.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I love the Elephant as it holds the gentleness and the giantness and isn’t that so true of life’

‘Energy is the boss, energy is the highest order’

‘Where your focus goes, energy flows’

‘When we go about peeling that onion, physically or metaphorically, it can make us cry’

'I heard the pyramids were built by singing'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

ABOUT THE GUEST

Rebecca is an artist and designer based in the South of England. She graduated from Kingston University in London 2013 with a degree in Illustration and Animation. After a shift in direction and new challenge working as a lifeguard and in management in the leisure industry, she went travelling around the world through South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. She returned to the UK, to begin a journey working commercially in art and design.

Rebecca works together with people to create logos, help with branding, design or re-vamp websites and generally loves to get involved with creative projects. She works across all industries and loves listening to people and understanding what their business is about, why they do what they do and translating this into a form of visual communication. Rebecca is a seeker of the spiritual and inspired by the power and beauty in nature; from colour, form and pattern, to how we can look to nature as a guide and teacher in life.

www.rebeccawheele.com

ABOUT THE HOST

Paul has made a remarkable transformation from existing for many years in dark, desperate despair; to now living a really healthy, happy and fulfilling life.

From an early age, he was in the vice-like clutches of the demon drink and constantly embroiled within a dark cocktail of toxic beliefs, self-hate and destructive violence.

Along with his empathetic and dedicated team of world-class coaches and mentors, Paul’s purpose is both aspirational and transformational:

Contributing Significantly To World Peace…

He is extremely passionate about helping others to find their purpose, have a voice and ultimately, make a real difference.  

This has been built on a long and distinguished history of heart-centred coaching and mentoring.  He has also been responsible for raising significant amounts of funds for many charities and good causes around the world; positively impacting and inspiring thousands of children – mainly from challenging backgrounds – within the UK & worldwide.

Through this World Game-Changers podcast and books, he has been involved in – including being a best-selling co-author – Paul also helps others to get their own inspirational messages and stories out into the world; as well as offering support to many charitable organisations, in their development & fund-raising.

CONTACT METHODS

Tel: +44 (0) 7958 042 155
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: https://www.Paul-Lowe.com
Web: https://www.worldgamechangers.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IamPaulLowe/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-d-lowe-7a78332a/

On this episode of the World Game-Changers podcast, Paul is joined by returning guest Collins Mureithi to tell us what’s going on in Africa including bad leadership with is contributing to a lot of injustices in countries and communities.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• One of the things that’s going on in Africa that is criminal is bad leadership. We have leaders who are politicians and one of the things that defines Africa is that we have so many politicians that are not leaders. We tend to choose politicians before leaders – Nelson Mandela was a leader before he was a politician – many Africans don’t understand who is the right leader, and it has lead to a lot of accumulations of wealth, taking advantage of the communities and the resources that are supposed to be used in the communities.
• I love the WGC family because most of the people there are servant leaders, something we as Africans really want to understand and also be able to practice. One of the platforms that the WGC is using to build Africans, especially through podcasts but also just at the monthly meetings, it’s really powerful. At the end of the day we can really feel that these Africans who are also doing amazing work in the community can also learn what is happening in your countries: why is it a developed country? Why is Africa still behind? It’s very important to exchange ideas and learn from one another.
• Young people are watching what the leaders and people of influence are doing. As a child you will always help your leader or be influenced by what is happening. As many of our leaders are corrupt and engaged in corrupt activities, this really affects the young people and children and it makes the community in Africa to be in a really bad state. People in influence and leaders are taking advantage of self-interest, they don’t want to thin about other people. But, I’m glad we’re starting to have these conversations and asking how we can move away from corruption and how corruption is affecting our communities. 
• In rural, grass roots communities there’s a lot of female genital mutilation (FGM) happening. One of the reasons for this is political. I think some of the leaders are also taking away the opportunity to empower the community to understand FGM. They are the forefathers, the family members of the people doing FGM so they enact the laws. Secondly, there’s a lack of information, people focus on issues with agriculture, health, but they don’t want to go through deep conversation about why FGM is happening. That’s why some of us have started to take initiative personally because we can wait for the institutions and the government to solve the problems – it will take too much time. We will have the conversations with leaders, elders, religious leaders, stakeholders and the police.

BEST MOMENTS

‘We want to bring the mindset of serving your community without expecting anything. We, as WGC, are sensitising and training and having those conversations with the community members to understand what is the definition of the right leadership – not just in politics, but everywhere.’

‘Servant leadership is whereby a person discovers his/her purpose and is able to share or solve his/her purpose without expecting anything. It’s service to humanity through love which is the purpose of each and every one of us on this world.’

‘I believe that I need to invest in myself to understand exactly what is love. When we invest in love, we invest in skills, we invest in ideas.’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

ABOUT THE GUEST

Collins Mureithi is the founder of a grassroots youth-led organisation called Centre For Adolescent Young Change Makers. He is passionate about empowering adolescents and young people to be leaders who will become agents of positive change in the community.

He has been in the humanitarian sector for 8 years, and is an experienced community mobilizer, passionate resource mobilizer, networking and skills in youth-led organisational development.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collins.mureithi.16 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/collins-mureithi-86710520a/?originalSubdomain=ke 

Website: https://ysokenya.org/centre-for-adolescent-young-change-makers/#:~:text=Center%20For%20Adolescent%20%26%20Young%20Change,Of%20Change%20in%20the%20Community

ABOUT THE HOST

Paul has made a remarkable transformation from existing for many years in dark, desperate despair; to now living a really healthy, happy and fulfilling life.

From an early age, he was in the vice-like clutches of the demon drink and constantly embroiled within a dark cocktail of toxic beliefs, self-hate and destructive violence.

Along with his empathetic and dedicated team of world-class coaches and mentors, Paul’s purpose is both aspirational and transformational:

Contributing Significantly To World Peace…

He is extremely passionate about helping others to find their purpose, have a voice and ultimately, make a real difference.  

This has been built on a long and distinguished history of heart-centred coaching and mentoring.  He has also been responsible for raising significant amounts of funds for many charities and good causes around the world; positively impacting and inspiring thousands of children – mainly from challenging backgrounds – within the UK & worldwide.

Through this World Game-Changers podcast and books, he has been involved in – including being a best-selling co-author – Paul also helps others to get their own inspirational messages and stories out into the world; as well as offering support to many charitable organisations, in their development & fund-raising.

CONTACT METHODS

Tel: +44 (0) 7958 042 155
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: https://www.Paul-Lowe.com
Web: https://www.worldgamechangers.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IamPaulLowe/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-d-lowe-7a78332a/

On this episode of the World Game-Changers podcast, Paul is joined by returning guest Rebecca Wheele for the third part of their podcast about being in the moment in which the conversation flows from wearing masks in public, trust, music, listening to listen not to respond and creativity in general.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• To a degree there’s always a certain mask that we wear in company… or maybe there’s not. When there’s no mask you’re just being who you are which also brings in the idea that the people around you can in some way help to define you. There’s a certain degree of influence other people have on your life.
• Trust is a 100% thing. You either trust or there’s a smidgen of something else there, which is distrust. Any degree of lack of trust really comes down to there’s something there within ourselves that’s revealing. I’ve gone through times in my life where I’ve lost trust with myself, it really doesn’t even matter why or what those things were, it’s just trusting that we will be able to navigate through whatever situation and it will be OK in the end.
• Sometimes we’re just trying to help, but other times there’s something in us (the ego) that wants to give good advice for our own satisfaction. Is that a bad thing? I don’t know. But there’s definitely something to be said for listening deeply, with the heart rather than just listening to respond with something. Being with someone in their suffering can do so much, rather than offering any advice or solutions.

BEST MOMENTS

‘The idea of surrendering to the unknown is scarier than doing it. Once you do the fear disperses.’

‘Music is a very abstract form of expression, there’s such an array of music and they all speak to different parts of me.’

‘Creativity is a dance in the realms of uncertainty.’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Speaking From Our Hearts Books: Volumes 1-3 (Available on Amazon)

• World Game-Changers Group

ABOUT THE GUEST

Rebecca is an artist and designer based in the South of England. She graduated from Kingston University in London 2013 with a degree in Illustration and Animation. After a shift in direction and new challenge working as a lifeguard and in management in the leisure industry, she went travelling around the world through South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. She returned to the UK, to begin a journey working commercially in art and design.

Rebecca works together with people to create logos, help with branding, design or re-vamp websites and generally loves to get involved with creative projects. She works across all industries and loves listening to people and understanding what their business is about, why they do what they do and translating this into a form of visual communication. Rebecca is a seeker of the spiritual and inspired by the power and beauty in nature; from colour, form and pattern, to how we can look to nature as a guide and teacher in life.

www.rebeccawheele.com

ABOUT THE HOST

Paul has made a remarkable transformation from existing for many years in dark, desperate despair; to now living a really healthy, happy and fulfilling life.

From an early age, he was in the vice-like clutches of the demon drink and constantly embroiled within a dark cocktail of toxic beliefs, self-hate and destructive violence.

Along with his empathetic and dedicated team of world-class coaches and mentors, Paul’s purpose is both aspirational and transformational:

Contributing Significantly To World Peace…

He is extremely passionate about helping others to find their purpose, have a voice and ultimately, make a real difference.  

This has been built on a long and distinguished history of heart-centred coaching and mentoring.  He has also been responsible for raising significant amounts of funds for many charities and good causes around the world; positively impacting and inspiring thousands of children – mainly from challenging backgrounds – within the UK & worldwide.

Through this World Game-Changers podcast and books, he has been involved in – including being a best-selling co-author – Paul also helps others to get their own inspirational messages and stories out into the world; as well as offering support to many charitable organisations, in their development & fund-raising.

CONTACT METHODS

Tel: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: https://www.Paul-Lowe.com

Web: https://www.worldgamechangers.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IamPaulLowe/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-d-lowe-7a78332a/

On this episode of the World Game-Changers podcast, Paul is joined by returning guest Rebecca Wheele for the second part of their podcast after their unplanned, free-wheeling conversation that forced them to be in the moment and how it affected them.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• I can’t remember what we talked about on the last podcast, which is interesting because that’s an indication of that pure immersion of being in the moment. Perhaps we were exploring uncharted waters, new territory which is always really interesting in a conversation where you’re dancing around different ideas at the moment. 
• We can use control if it’s serving us but having the awareness to know what’s underneath the surface of that control – it  always comes from somewhere – having the awareness to know where it’s coming from and why can really help us to navigate because then we can understand if it’s helping us or not.
• We can go through life often with the tendency to put the blame outside of us, saying things like “I’ve only ever known it this way”, “this is how I was brought up”, “this is why I’m x, y, z”. You can take back control by taking responsibility for yourself rather than putting the blame on the external.
• We carry so much baggage, and if we hold on to it or our mind wanders to something that happened in the past we can get stuck there and take it on as baggage if we don’t let it go. There’s such lightness to be experienced in life by letting go. It’s a key part of being in the moment, the moment is right now, everything else – the future and the past – lives in our heads.

BEST MOMENTS

‘We’re always changing, evolving and shifting. In some moments a need for control can be more than in other moments. People labelling themselves this or that is quite curious. We construct ourselves when we do that.’

‘To varying degrees, each individual has their experience with pain or suffering in their life and trying to escape or run away from that, or control it to not experience that again, it can get out of control by how that manifests in your life without the awareness.’

‘Any situation in life that happens can show you where you’re not free or where you’re attached to some story or something that circles back to a degree of the self.’

‘The thing that never changes within us is our true essence, our soul. Everything else that changes and shifts and dies and comes and goes is not actually us, not who we are.’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Mastering The Game Of Life Book (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679

• Speaking From Our Hearts Books: Volumes 1-3 (Available on Amazon)
• World Game-Changers Group

ABOUT THE GUEST

Rebecca is an artist and designer based in the South of England. She graduated from Kingston University in London 2013 with a degree in Illustration and Animation. After a shift in direction and new challenge working as a lifeguard and in management in the leisure industry, she went travelling around the world through South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. She returned to the UK, to begin a journey working commercially in art and design.

Rebecca works together with people to create logos, help with branding, design or re-vamp websites and generally loves to get involved with creative projects. She works across all industries and loves listening to people and understanding what their business is about, why they do what they do and translating this into a form of visual communication. Rebecca is a seeker of the spiritual and inspired by the power and beauty in nature; from colour, form and pattern, to how we can look to nature as a guide and teacher in life.

www.rebeccawheele.com

ABOUT THE HOST

Paul has made a remarkable transformation from existing for many years in dark, desperate despair; to now living a really healthy, happy and fulfilling life.
From an early age, he was in the vice-like clutches of the demon drink and constantly embroiled within a dark cocktail of toxic beliefs, self-hate and destructive violence.
Along with his empathetic and dedicated team of world-class coaches and mentors, Paul’s purpose is deeply transformational:

Contributing Significantly To World Peace…

He is extremely passionate about helping others to find their purpose, have a voice and ultimately, make a real difference.  

This has been built on a long and distinguished history of heart-centred coaching and mentoring.  He has also been responsible for raising significant amounts of funds for many charities and good causes around the world; positively impacting and inspiring thousands of children – mainly from challenging backgrounds – within the UK & worldwide.

Through this World Game-Changers podcast and books, he has been involved in – including being a best-selling co-author – Paul also helps others to get their own inspirational messages and stories out into the world; as well as offering support to many charitable organisations, in their development & fund-raising.

CONTACT METHODS

Tel: +44 (0) 7958 042 155
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: https://www.Paul-Lowe.com
Web: https://www.worldgamechangers.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IamPaulLowe/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-d-lowe-7a78332a/