This Human Life

In today's episode of the Mastering Life Podcast, your host Paul Lowe interviews Jane McGrath. Jane first encountered cancer in the 70's when she learned that her father had lung and oesophagal cancer. He went through all the treatments: the chemotherapy, the surgery, and the radiotherapy. Unfortunately, he died in 1981 an event that started her research trips about cancer.

Then in 2009, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She said that when you have cancer, you will know it. She had panic attacks, her hormones are doing things that aren't her and she got checked right away. She went to all three treatments: the chemotherapy, the surgery, and the radiotherapy. She had some severe after-effects from the chemo, even now. Tune-in today to hear Jane's inspiring story.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Journal. When Jane and her five chemo friends were undergoing the treatment, they each kept a journal. It has a dual purpose.  Firstly, it was sort of a 'Dear Diary' for them. Also, it could be a trigger for their care team, if one day they weren't feeling well - if something seemed wrong they weren't sure what. They could then look back and see what happened within the last week; and thereby a bit of detective work - CSI-type training - just so to see if there's something they could deal with straight away.
• Support. Family. Friends. Online support. You do not need to feel alone. You will have support and you will soon find out who your true friends are.  Power of the mind. Does a strong positive mind that contributes significantly to overcoming cancer? Yes, it does. It depends on how you work with your mind. Mindset is very particularly important to start with.
• Meditation. Go somewhere quiet. Put on the earphones and meditate - it's brilliant. Try it once, and you will just see what it's like.
• Diet. When you look at what diets we had 200 years ago, or go back further, our ancestors and what we are eating now.  It's the American diet versus the Mediterranean diet because what we should be doing is the Mediterranean diet; but being half-American, Jane says she can say this.  The American diet is such rubbish. It should be blown out of existence along with certain people. It's fast food.
• Environment. It is so difficult nowadays because of so much pollution. Toxic stuff around you that contributes to cancer. Be mindful of those.
  Awareness. Be careful of what you eat, what you do. What's around you. Awareness and the power of awareness is certainly the starting point for any journey or any learning no matter what it may be.
• Childhood. Everything goes back to what you have done and eaten in childhood.
  What causes cancer? Bad sugar. Bad fat. You need to be aware of that. Yes, you can do something about it - have less. The more you can get rid of - or change it to something, more beneficial, more healthy - you are doing so much for your body and your body will pay you back a thousand-fold because it will help you, and it always will do. But you've got to help it. Your immune system is going to be shocked. Your immune system has got to come back. And that is the way you should do it, look after each other.
• Treatments. - Specifically chemotherapy, chemotherapy drugs are so toxic. If they got a tiny bit of that on their hand, or any part of their body, it burns right through like acid. If you need to go to the loo after you have been treated, there's a special loo to that other people can't go. You have to be separated. That is in a nutshell. It is killing cancer cells and really good healthy cells that look after you. no one knows the percentage of which goes.  
• Surgery. They only need to take off what needs to be taken off.
• Radiotherapy. No problems with it. It was a bore for Jane.
• I have this diagnosis. What do I do? The first thing to do is sit down, calm down, go to your happy place, and sit there for a little while.  Then, I would say, how do you want to go forward? do you want to go tell your family, tell friends, work people or first thing to do is get one of your best friends, when I say friends rather than family because the family can be overpowering at this stage. Get a level-headed friend who can be your big support who can go to appointments with you and stuff. There are some things you need to sort out but the main thing is how you're feeling at the moment.
• Look at your diet. The sooner you start pumping lovely fresh fruits and vegetables. The sooner you will be helping your immune system to fight what is gonna go on. Take out the old rubbish and take in new ideas and procedures. Start eating well and start doing exercise.
• Advice: Say, always I can work on that or I can work with that. Yes, I can change it. Write down what you eat in a week. How much of that is good? How much of that is bad? Get rid of the bad. Explore new foods, explore new lifestyles. Go for lovely long walks on nice days. Don't sit in front of the television or the computer all day. All or so many things you can change which is very easy and you can do it yourself and you will then sit back and say I did that. Oh, yes I'm really feeling good about myself. It is amazing psychological warfare takes part and say, yeah, I'm doing this, and I'm gonna keep doing it. And I think from that you would say, I'm having such fun doing this because I'm meeting all sorts of wonderful people.

BEST MOMENTS
"Yes your mind has got so much in there. Most thoughts can be rubbish. Don't worry about it. Let them be there. Recognize it and then move on. Don't try and get all your thoughts out because the more you try and get them out, the more you're thinking, I can't get them out."

"You are not your mind but it is a key part of you. It is imperative that you treat your mind with respect. But you've got to give it guidelines as well."

"I don't like calling it a battle. It is too aggressive... I actually prefer to think of it either as a journey or even better as a challenge, but I know exactly what you're saying. "

You have a symbiotic relationship with your body and with your mind. You've been together in your life and you will be together until death. You need to be able to work in sync. And if you can do that in any form, you're on a winner."

"But the one thing I wanted to do is say, I'm feeling like hell, I want to not have other people feeling like hell. I want them to be able to take something from this."

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Paul's Mastering The Game of Life Book...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819

• Paul's Emerging From The Forest Book...Emerging From The Forest

• The Mastering Life Podcast...

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mastering-life/id1421271122?mt=2

ABOUT THE HOST

Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud.  He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:

“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose. 

Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.

We achieve this by:

• Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
• Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
• Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.

Find Your Purpose – Make A Difference

Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:

‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.

He has a long and distinguished track record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life's experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.

“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”

CONTACT METHOD

Email: [email protected]

http://www.paullowehearts.com/

https://www.facebook.com/PaulLoweHEARTS/

https://twitter.com/PaulLoweHEARTS

https://www.instagram.com/paullowehearts/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqmznF8VCcZKEdSfE7VlwUA

Mobile: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

ABOUT THE GUEST

3 Steps Against Cancers was created from a journal written and conversations between a group of patients, whilst undergoing chemotherapy. With input from Cancer Care Team professionals, this was developed into a book and adapted as a guide for others, to help them better understand the different elements of their treatment and how to best prepare for this journey.

Website: https://www.3stepsagainstcancers.com/  
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/3stepscancers/
Email: [email protected]

Welcome back to another episode of the HOW - Health, Others (Relationships), Wealth mini-series. Today, Paul is joined by general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and author Dr Shan Hussain to discuss the power of motivation vs inspiration, the benefits of having good physical health and the concept of a ‘N.O.R.M.A.L’ diet.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

What are the benefits of having good physical health?

First of all the key thing to remember is your body is a tool. Having great health can help you perform in business, life, give you great energy and ultimately make you happy. It’s not so much about being in great physical health, it’s about the benefits it can give you.

Aim to follow a ‘N.O.R.M.A.L’ diet with 80% of your foods following the model. Overall focus on eating whole foods that are natural and will provide you will good energy.

• Natural
• Organic
• Raw
• Meat Free
• Additive-free
• Lactose & Dairy-free

No matter what you're trying to do, it’s important to understand what your reasons behind it are. Simply take a pen and paper and write down the reason why you want to achieve your goals. By really understanding why and getting clarity on the reasons behind the reasons you will see a moment of inspiration.

BEST MOMENTS

“Motivation is superficial and doesn’t last. Inspiration is more deep-rooted”

“Beware the pursuit of perfection”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Mastering Life Podcast (#019) 

  https://omny.fm/shows/mastering-life/aim-019-balancing-the-three-principles-of-enduring?in_playlist=mastering-life!podcast

  ‘The Big Perscription’ Book:

  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Prescription-Balancing-Principles-Enduring/dp/1599327163

• Speaking From Our HEARTS (Paul's Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819

ABOUT THE HOST

Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud.  He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:

“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose. 

Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.

We achieve this by:

• Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
• Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
• Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.

Find Your Purpose – Make  A Difference!

Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:

‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.

He has a long and distinguished track-record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life’s experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.

“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”

CONTACT METHOD

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.PaulLoweHEARTS.com

Facebook: PaulLoweHEARTS

Twitter: @paullowehearts

Instagram: paullowehearts

YouTube: PaulLoweHEARTS

Mobile: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

ABOUT THE GUEST
Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit.

As a medical doctor of 18 years and founder of The Health Studio, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health and wellness in a sustainable, holistic manner.

Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programs designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems.

His best-selling book, "The Big Prescription" serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/drshanhussain?lang=en 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.shanhussain/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-shan-hussain

In today's episode of the Mastering The Life Podcast, your host Paul Lowe interviews Dr. Shan Hussain, author of the best-selling book, The Big Prescription: Balancing the Three Principles of Enduring Health. Today's topic is the foundation of health. A lot can be learned today as Paul and Dr. Shan discuss the importance of physical, emotional, and spiritual health.

They dig deeper into the three areas of wellbeing that we have an influence on. How do we focus on those three areas of our lives? We can control them. We can do something about them. The other areas that we don't have control over, let them go. There are other factors related to human's wellbeing, for example, coaching. Coaching is important nowadays. Somebody just needs to remind us of what to do to achieve our health goals in life.

Paul and Dr. Shan also talk about stress. How do we reduce stress? Is stress affecting all three areas of your life? If yes, how do you go about it? Listen now to the valuable insights and advice from Dr. Shan.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
The three areas as defined by the WHO that we have an influence on:

Physical well-being
Mental well-being
Social well-being

The aim behind what Dr. Shan tried to write in the book is to give people simple, practical, easy advice and simple changes that they can implement into their lives to naturally improve their health without the need of doctors, nurses, or medication.

• We are becoming increasingly distracted from the lifestyle elements of many diseases that have now become increasingly prevalent in today's society. It's a good reminder particularly for practising clinicians to have amongst them that lifestyle problems also require lifestyle solutions. And it's becoming increasingly obvious that we can't out medicate our way out of unhealthy lifestyle choices.
  
  

Paul's HOW Model: - Health - Others - Wealth

It's not about having a great health; it is about what we can do with great health. What we can achieve as a result of great health. Anything we want to do in life, we can do better or faster, more productively, more efficiently if we have our health at optimal levels, and we are also in a stronger position to enjoy and reap the benefits of what we do and what we achieve.

• We are trying to take people away from illness and into health. But coaching is more about taking people that are actually quite well and quite stable and quite accountable, but they want more. They want to have optimal health and energy and well-being and vitality. That's where coaching comes in. People still need support around areas of health through coaching whilst not actually being acutely unwell.
  
  

BEST MOMENTS
"We've all got the ability to adapt to or adjust or alter the perception that we have or the interactions that we have within our environment to help support our physical, and mental, and social well-being."

• "The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest patients in taking care of the human frame in diet and in the cause and prevention of human disease."
• "A good way to look at happiness is by determining how much progress we making day to day, week to week and year on year in terms of where we are and where we want to want to be and how well we're improving and meeting those areas."
• "We've got to work in collaboration together with our patients, with our clients to create solutions and ensure they're implemented and give support where necessary and also give accountability."
• "I think the point that I would make was, it's not so much what's happening around you, it's how you were responding to it, how you're internalizing it, and what you decide to how you decide to define it. And then ultimately, what you are going to do from there with."
• "It's incredible. And that there are so many other different pieces of evidence that we can put together from various research papers to support how powerful such breathing exercises can be. So whenever you remember, just 5 to 10  very deep breathes and particularly if you have a lot of anxiety or worry or stress, do it all the time, any time you can remember and just see how much better you feel, see how much confident you feel."
• "The discovery that peace, love and happiness are ever present within our own being and completely available at every moment of experience under all conditions is the most important discovery anyone can make."

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Speaking From Our HEARTS (Paul's Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819

ABOUT THE HOST

Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud.  He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:

“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose. 

Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.

We achieve this by:

• Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
• Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
• Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.

Find Your Purpose – Make  A Difference!

Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:

‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.

He has a long and distinguished track-record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life’s experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.

“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”

CONTACT METHOD

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.PaulLoweHEARTS.com

Facebook: PaulLoweHEARTS

Twitter: @paullowehearts

Instagram: paullowehearts

YouTube: PaulLoweHEARTS

Mobile: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

ABOUT THE GUEST
Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit.

As a medical doctor of 18 years and founder of The Health Studio, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health and wellness in a sustainable, holistic manner.

Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programs designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems.

His best-selling book, "The Big Prescription" serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.

CONTACT METHOD
Twitter: https://twitter.com/drshanhussain?lang=en 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.shanhussain/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-shan-hussain

Welcome to another episode of the HOW - Health, Others (Relationships), Wealth mini-series. Today, Paul and Trainer John (Batterby) discuss the benefits of understanding fats in our diets. John talks about the three functions of fats in our bodies and goes on to explain the roles of good fats vs bad fats and how this can affect our health, our diets and the functions of the body.

Fats provide energy and absorb certain nutrients to maintain your body temperature. You need to consume fat every day to support your functions. Good fats protect your heat whilst bad fats increase your risk of disease.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

The Three Functions of Fat in the body

1. Fats are a source of energy, your system turns to fats as a backup energy source when carbohydrates are not available. Fat is a concentrated source of energy, with one gram of fat containing nine calories, almost double the calories contained in carbs. Due to fats high-calorie count, we need to limit our intake to 20-35% calories from fats per day.
   
   

BEST MOMENTS

“When people go on diets they cut out the fats, however, this can affect the vitamins in the body”

“Fat is not a bad thing around the body”

“People tend to be scared of fats.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Speaking From Our HEARTS (Paul's Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819

ABOUT THE HOST

Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud.  He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:

“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose. 

Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.

We achieve this by:

• Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
• Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
• Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.

Find Your Purpose – Make  A Difference!

Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:

‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.

He has a long and distinguished track-record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life’s experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.

“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”

CONTACT METHOD

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.PaulLoweHEARTS.com

Facebook: PaulLoweHEARTS

Twitter: @paullowehearts

Instagram: paullowehearts

Mobile: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

ABOUT THE GUEST

John Batterby is the youngest serviceman to serve in the Falklands war. From a very early age, his ambition was to become a serviceman, following in the footsteps of his Grand-father. Joining as a chef in the Royal Navy, John become a clearance bomb disposal diver. He always had the support of his parents and after 25 years in the Navy and leaving as an NCO, went to Spain to become a Personal Trainer.

Trainer John Facebook Page

In today’s episode of the Mastering Life Podcast, your host Paul Lowe interviews Catherine Turner, mum, entrepreneur and multi-business owner. They discuss the Six Human Needs of people. Be it in business or personal life, it is better to understand these needs, to be able to carry on with their mission and purpose in life.

Catherine was working on three jobs and wanted a way out. She went into property and the rest is history, But what made her quit her jobs? Why did she want an alternative way of living? She has a mission and a purpose in life, Catherine discusses these in detail together with Human Needs, beliefs, values, goals, and strategies in today’s episode.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Certainty. Growing up, Catherine had lots of certainty in her life.  She had consistency in schooling and friends. But you can always see where the void and the lack the lack is.  There is an uncertainty about his role as a father in her life for a long time. We all want certainty and security. Security of the people around you, the team. There is freedom when you have security. It is freedom in your mind to know that you have an option to travel, give your children the best start in life, when you are financially free, when you have a certain regular income. She grew up with a single mom. Being a single mom is the hardest job in the world. She needs some certainty in some areas. Now, she focused on that lacking part of her life.
• Advice to the young generation. The world is different now since we have access to almost everything because of the internet. School is antiquated. You have to go out into the world and find someone who is doing what you want to do. Where they train, what they do, what are their routines? You also have to find people who are 2 or 3 steps ahead of you because they remember where they have started. You need to find a mentor, a coach that could be invaluable. You have to seek out these people. Remember that everything is in your phone if you want it. Contact these people.
• Pain and Pleasure. The two great motivators in life. Pain or suffering, people will say that if I can get away from it, I will do something about it. Getting away from the pain of something is very powerful to tap into.
• Uncertainty and Variety. Catherine loves the idea of travel and having that variety because she didn’t really have that growing up. One because there wasn't the certainty of income for them to go on holidays and abroad. It's really interesting that sometimes it's the thing where you've had the certainty of.  But it is the kind of certainty that gave her the reason that she wanted the variety. As a business owner, it was doing something against the norm. It is uncertain to go work for yourself and to be your own boss and not to have a guaranteed wage packet coming in. But then again, she always loved that idea kind of being her own boss and doing what she wanted to do.
• The need for significance. Some people would say that they don’t need significance, but they do. As for Catherine, she was once a dancer on stage. On stage, there is a real buzz and thrill when you hear that instant applause and congratulations. You do love to please people, to make people smile and be happy. It makes you feel better about yourself. We all need significance.
• The need for love and connection. Love, connection, marriage, and partnership. It takes time. It takes work. And Catherine is really glad they’ve got time with each other. Catherine thinks that if we would say that level 3 would be what you might seem, what you might expect to be a happy loving married couple, and then actually know that there is a level 4 of having true deep communication, connection, love and yes, definitely a kind of empathy as well with each other. Just be kind to each other. It is the simple things.

• Shoebox. A relationship is like a shoe box. You take stuff out of the box. Then the shoe box is empty and you have nothing to give. Why don't we put stuff into it as individuals? Then you can share between you. Humans mostly say, what is in it for me?
• Growth. It would have been like an achievement, grades you got. But it is more than that. Catherine didn't realize how much she loves to learn. How much she wants to explore different concepts. Debate things with people. Really kind of getting into the nitty-gritty until the last few years that she understood that she loves that. She loves being able to help other people grow in areas they didn't know was possible or give them some insights and inspiration.
• Contribute. We are all human. We're all here to contribute something. We're all unique. We've got a unique talent or unique gift that we can share, and inspire people with. It doesn't have to be this massive great thing that this new idea that no one's ever heard of before. It can be really just simple sharing your journey, your insights, the knowledge, and experience you've gained that someone else would have never thought about before or heard about.
• The need for contribution. Catherine very much looks at her business at how they are contributing to others, so whether that's direct to her children or to Steve (her husband), whether that's to their team. In business, she is really clear now that why she does business is not just for her anymore.
• Advice and Insight. We all have a unique set of values and insights and experiences and knowledge that we can bring to this world. And we feel that if you can tap into that then you can enjoy the journey more. You will find something that is maybe a passion and interest that will pay the bills or you pay something that pays the bills and then you can concentrate on the passion or interest. And Catherine thinks that you can merge them. People think it's not possible, but she has seen that it's possible.

BEST MOMENTS 

"Go find the person out there who is doing what you want to do, and tap into them. If you want to be the best dancer, find the best dancer, where they train, what is their routine?"

"Significance is about inspiring."

“People are maybe listening to me, and they're hearing. And I can inspire them to do something.”

“Frighten yourself with your own significance.”

"I'm going to make mistakes. By that, I am significant, so long as we learn."

"It is different when you choose to do it."

Paul: “The piece of paper (from my academic journey) meant nothing. The process it put me through, that's a different story. The 10-11 year journey was worth the process.”

"Try and enjoy the journey. Don't just keep ticking the boxes because there's no future in that. You might fool the outside world because you got a fancy piece of paper but that is totally irrelevant."

Paul: "The great learning from me was to bring that power back into me. I'm important in this. Me... I can't give what I don't have. I can't give you a fancy piece of paper but by benefiting from the process and that confidence and that inspiration, now I got something to give. That actually changed my journey significantly."

Paul quoted the Nottingham-born clothes designer Sir Paul Smith: "When I worked in the Lace Market, I was very poor. Six days a week, I worked my fingers to the bone. The seventh day what was I called my 'pure day'. That was mine. I flirt with creativity with new ideas. Nobody would put me in a box. The six days a week, I'm earning a living and surviving. The other one is mine and the rest is history…”

"I've really liked to make sure that the people in the room know that I came from where they are sitting at that point. And many at a time, I may have actually been sat exactly where they are and still to this day, I believe I'm a student of things as well. I can always be learning. I can always be growing. And so, I put myself back in those seats that I'm training too as well."

Paul quoted Maya Angelou's advice to Oprah Winfrey: “The reality is for you and every single one of us, we don't know what your legacy is going to be. It's probably when you opened the door for the old lady this morning or a smile at a stranger and that's never ever underestimated those small things that we just take for granted and that person will remember that and you don't know what effect that's had.”

“The people that are crazy enough to think they'll change the world are ones that actually do.” (Steve Jobs).

“What I love about the fact is I can do simple things still with my business that I know we're going to make a significance.”

"I just don't want this planet to survive. I want it to thrive for future generations to come."

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Paul's Mastering The Game of Life Book...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819

• Paul's Emerging From The Forest Book...Emerging From The Forest

• The Mastering Life Podcast...

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mastering-life/id1421271122?mt=2

• Steve Jobs
• https://www.toilettwinning.org/
• http://theviva.club/

ABOUT THE HOST

Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud.  He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:

“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose. 

Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.

We achieve this by:

• Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
• Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
• Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.

Find Your Purpose – Make A Difference

Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:

‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.

He has a long and distinguished track record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life's experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.

“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”

CONTACT METHOD

Email: [email protected]

http://www.paullowehearts.com/

https://www.facebook.com/PaulLoweHEARTS/

https://twitter.com/PaulLoweHEARTS

https://www.instagram.com/paullowehearts/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqmznF8VCcZKEdSfE7VlwUA

Mobile: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

ABOUT THE GUEST

 Catherine is probably best known for her public speaking and successfully training thousands of people how to create businesses that can be run from anywhere in the world on their own terms; becoming a world record-holder in the process.

She is the host of the podcast, Leveraged Lifestyle, which reached No. 1 in all Business in the iTunes podcast chart in less than 3 hours on launch. Leveraged Lifestyle is all about creating a lifestyle of freedom, through leverage, outsourcing, and systemising.

Catherine has also been investing in Property since 2012, with her main strategy now Serviced Accommodation which she – and now her team – grew from 1 to 18 properties in less than 24 months.

Website: https://www.turnerinvest.co.uk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/turnerinvest

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/turnerinvest/

Welcome to another episode of the HOW - Health, Others (Relationships), Wealth mini-series on the Mastering Life Podcast. Paul welcomes back personal trainer John Batterby to discuss the benefits of proteins in our diets. Trainer John talks about the five major roles of protein in your body, and the importance of leading a life with a balanced diet that includes protein.

It’s really important to understand proteins because protein is in every cell in the body and is an essential requirement for the health of the human body.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

The Roles of Protein in Your Body

1. Building muscles and tissues - Protein is needed in building and repairing muscles tissues if we don't get enough and exercise our muscles this can lead to health problems and other issues. Protein is necessary to the muscle system to help to repair tears and grow.
   
   

BEST MOMENTS

“Protein can be found in animal products such as meats and dairy products and also plant-based foods such as beans and seeds”

“10-35% of your calorie intake should come from protein”

“1-1.2 grams of protein per kilo of body weight”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Speaking From Our HEARTS (Paul's Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819

ABOUT THE HOST

Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud.  He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:

“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose. 

Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.

We achieve this by:

• Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
• Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
• Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.

Find Your Purpose – Make  A Difference!

Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:

‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.

He has a long and distinguished track-record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life’s experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.

“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”

CONTACT METHOD

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.PaulLoweHEARTS.com

Facebook: PaulLoweHEARTS

Twitter: @paullowehearts

Instagram: paullowehearts

YouTube: PaulLoweHEARTS

Mobile: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

ABOUT THE GUEST

John Batterby was the youngest serviceman to serve in the Falklands War. From a very early age, his ambition was to become a serviceman, following in the footsteps of his Grand-father. Joining as a chef in the Royal Navy, John become a clearance bomb disposal diver. He always had the support of his parents and after 25 years in the Navy and leaving as an NCO went to Spain to become a Personal Trainer.

Trainer John Facebook Page 

In today’s episode of the Mastering The Life Podcast, your host Paul Lowe interviews Colin Slater MBE. Colin is an octagenerian gentleman who spent his life in broadcasting and more specifically, in the world of football. Colin shares his knowledge and insights about how to master life and his views on broadcasting and football.

Colin discusses how life has changed over the span of years. He also recalls the time when high blood pressure didn’t have any medicine. He also talks about the most important characters that he met during his lifetime. Listen now to today’s episode on life and how it is an ever-changing game.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

•         Insight to life in general. Change is constant in life, and Colin has seen a lot of change over the past decades. He mentions that change is development and therefore, moving forward; but it doesn’t always. Not all changes work for the better. They are not all for the benefit of society because they don't move the world forward. But he's seen changes pretty well in every part of the world in which he had moved and had his being. He cannot think of an area where he has not seen change. He recognizes that there had been enormous changes as a result of technical improvements over the ages. Where would we be today without such improvements?
•         Medical Advancement. Previously, having a gall bladder operation would have left a big scar - not now though. Recently, a friend of Colin's also underwent the removal of a gall bladder; this time by keyhole surgery and without the subsequent external bodily scar. That's a transformation for good. In the 1940’s Colin’s father was diagnosed with high blood pressure. He was advised to lower consumption of salt and very sparingly eating red meat. There was no medicine then, his father died when he was around 46 years old. Unlike now, there is already pretty much a pill for everything.
•         Life is complex. He is not saying that it's frighteningly complex or anything like that, but he does believe that - due to relationships with others - life can often become complicated. A good example being in the workplace; you don't always agree - or even like - colleagues but nonetheless, still have to deal with whatever challenges may be presented.  Not all people are co-operative; they're not all even-tempered and not everyone is on your side - but you have still got to deal with them for the benefit of your employers and for your own development as a character, as a person.
•         Bill Shankly. The man who created what Liverpool Football Club is today. They are Bill Shankly's Club.
•         Common trait of great people - be it in broadcasting or football - is never to be satisfied with second best - always wanting to do your best. Success in life, if it's not going to be a flash in the pan, a one-off, is not achieved by sitting-back and resting on your laurels. It’s achieved by very hard, dedicated work. People under-rate how much work goes in. These people haven't just achieved what they did achieve by chance or luck.  They don't ever do that. This breed of person, they always take it on and take it further, and that's what makes them stand out as outstanding people.
•         Principles. There is something interesting about people who joined boards of directors of football clubs. He’s known so many of them over the years. He’s known them well. And he’s known that they were undoubtedly successful in business, but they run their businesses to certain principles, and they were keen always to apply those principles year in year out. “That's got us where we are and we are going to stay with our principles. We're not going to be tempted away from them.” Colin thinks that's a very fine trait.
•         Life’s purpose. What he has learned in life, and what he tried to apply day by day, it is to give off his best in all circumstances, and he picked those words carefully because it means to give, means giving of yourself.
•         Voluntary sectors. The voluntary sector helps to keep Britain going. Two examples. One is the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Saving Lives at Sea running entirely on voluntary subscriptions. Two is the British Red Cross who flourishes despite the problem of having to raise every penny for themselves. But these things only happen and were only able to achieve them because there are enough people in society, could do with more; but there are enough people in society who give themselves.
•         Poverty. An alternative to prosperity, is usually thought of and often is another 'P' and it is poverty, and we know what poverty is. Poverty is when you are scraping money together when you don't have enough money to do what really you need to be able to do. Values have changed. The value of money has changed remarkably. Colin started his working life with a weekly wage of 1 pound and 10 shillings. He knows what it is not to have enough money. He knows and remembers it. And he never allows it to leave him completely. Later on, you get more money and you can do more things like holidays, leisure time. But never allow yourself to forget those days in the past when you never had enough.
•         Things that you can’t control.  When you experience a situation that you cannot do anything about. Ask yourself. Can I do anything to change it? No, I can't. So just draw a deep breath.
•         Prosperity from Wikipedia. Prosperity is the state of flourishing, thriving, good fortune or successful social status, prosperity often encompasses wealth, but also includes other factors which can be independent of wealth to varying degrees such as happiness and health. Good health is prosperity. When you are unwell. You cannot function efficiently, and you cannot do well. Also, if you sat where other people sit, in terms of being in pain, being less comfortable living your life, and then you get to understand how they feel. So, a bit of suffering, that does that sharpen you up in recognizing that some people have that kind of set back and difficulty in all of their life and every one of their days.
•         Service above self. This principle that is hugely important. Service to others above self can sometimes cause inconvenience. So, service to society above self.
•         Words of wisdom for the young generation. When you are choosing your first job or an early job in your career, never think that money as the all-important factor that would convince you to take job A rather than job B. it isn't. What will really matter to your long-term success in life is whether or not when you join a firm, a company, whatever it is. Whenever you join, there is somebody there, who has the skill and the willingness to teach you the rudiments of the job that's something that money cannot buy.
•         Words of wisdom for those who are getting on in terms of years a bit. Every now and again, have a little review of where you've come from and where you are and where you want to be and are you content that you are on the right path? A little bit of audit of one's own life is no bad thing.
•         Words of wisdom for older people. when you get older, don't think, don't believe for a moment that this means that you have to be on the scrap heap.  No, you should still be for all your experience and knowledge greatly valued by the rest of society in a very positive way.

BEST MOMENTS

•         “Character is the bedrock of all who are and of our relationships, but you have to work at all those relationships.”
•         “Perseverance is a big word in what it entails, in what it means, and what it can do for all of us in life. Persevere - persevere to the end; not just for five minutes.”
•         “I don't know what it is that galvanizes such people because it may be different qualities in different people but they get galvanized wanting to reach the top, wanting to be hugely successful and never ever being satisfied with second best.”
•         “But it's around having a purpose, a light, a direction that we need to follow because if we don't stand for something, we'll fall for everything.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Paul's Mastering The Game of Life Book...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819

• Paul's Emerging From The Forest Book...Emerging From The Forest

• The Mastering Life Podcast...

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mastering-life/id1421271122?mt=2

ABOUT THE HOST

Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud.  He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:

“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose. 

Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.

We achieve this by:

• Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
• Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
• Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.

Find Your Purpose – Make A Difference

Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:

‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.

He has a long and distinguished track record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life's experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.

“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”

CONTACT METHOD

Email: [email protected]

http://www.paullowehearts.com/

https://www.facebook.com/PaulLoweHEARTS/

https://twitter.com/PaulLoweHEARTS

https://www.instagram.com/paullowehearts/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqmznF8VCcZKEdSfE7VlwUA

Mobile: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

ABOUT THE GUEST

Colin Slater MBE is an English Sports commentator; previously serving BBC Radio Nottingham.  He has reported and commentated on football matches at Notts County since 1959, initially writing match reports for ‘The Football News’ and ‘The Football Post’ before joining Radio Nottingham in 1968.  Prior to that, Colin worked as a journalist on local newspapers in Bradford.

He was awarded an MBE in 2001, not only for his contribution to radio, but also for his work with the Football Association and his role as the Deputy Chairman of the Nottingham Bench of Magistrates (NBoM).

Colin has covered over 2000 Notts County matches for Radio Nottingham, the milestone completed in November 2007, when Notts played Macclesfield Town.

In April 2017, he announced that he was to retire from commentary duties for BBC Radio Nottingham although he would remain as the station's Notts County correspondent.  Later that year, he was named as an Honorary Life President of Notts County Football Club, in recognition of his many years of dedication to the club.

He represents the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham on the General Synod of the Church of England.

Welcome to another episode of Mastering Life with Paul Lowe. Today Paul continues his H.O.W; Health, Other (Relationships), Wealth series. Tune- in to hear Paul, and today’s guest, Personal Trainer John Batterby, discuss the benefits of carbohydrates. Learn how to avoid the bad carbs, stick to the good carbs and discover how to carb-load in a healthy and fulfilling way.

Learn the role of carbohydrates in the body and the three macro-nutrients in everybody's diet. Carbohydrates come in various forms and can be found in a wide variety of foods. Carbs are the most vital food source for the body and are essential for a balanced diet, however, some carbs are better than others.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Carbohydrates provide immediate fuel - Every cell in the human body needs glucose for fuel, especially your brain cells. Carbs provide fuel in the form of glucose, and in many forms. Simple carbs such as fructose, galactose, glucose and sucrose which are rapidly digested carbs and then, converted to fuel. These come from foods like fruit, vegetables and packaged foods that have ‘added sugar’
2. Carbohydrates that we store for energy, used later in the day - Your daily carb intake provides fuel for later use, in the form of glycogen. This form of carbohydrate plays an important role in keeping your energy levels up. Blood sugar levels should remain constant and as a result, the body converts glycogen to glucose when blood sugar levels dip.
3. Carbohydrates help to preserve your muscle - Getting enough carbs through your diet helps to increase the strength in your muscles. When immediate glucose is not available and stored carbs are depleted the body breaks down the protein the muscle fibres to convert to glucose in a process known as ‘gluconageniesis’
4. Carbohydrates for exercise performance - Your muscles store glycogen to maintain energy levels throughout an exercise. When you get moving and working your muscles glycogen feeds your muscles so that you can work out to your maximum potential.
5. Choosing healthy carbohydrates - Your body attempts to convert all carbs into glucose and therefore the type of carbohydrates you consume is vital to your health. Getting too many carbs from added sugars is very harmful. Attempt to get most of your carbs from fruit, vegetables and high-fibre foods. Try to reduce your added sugar intake to no more than 100 calories for women and 150 calories or less for men.

Good Carbohydrates:

• Vegetables (all of them)
• Whole fruits such as apples, bananas etc
• Lentils, kidney beans, peas etc.
• Nuts, almonds, walnuts etc.
• Seeds, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds etc.
• Wholegrains, quinoa or brown rice
• Potatoes or sweet potatoes

Bad Carbohydrates:

• Sugar-filled fizzy drinks such as cola and fruit juices etc.
• White bread, pastries, cookies, cakes and ice cream
• Candy and chocolates
• French fries and potato chips

BEST MOMENTS

“Regardless of what type of sugar you ingest, your body turns it to glucose”

“When your immediate fuel needs are met, your body stores excess carbs called glycogen”

“Storing excess carbohydrates allow the body to maintain energy levels hours after consuming food”

“Getting glucose to form your muscle fibres is not the preferred way for the body to obtain glucose”

“Your muscles need the energy to keep them going”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Speaking From Our HEARTS (Paul's Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819

ABOUT THE HOST

Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud.  He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:

“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose. 

Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.

We achieve this by:

• Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
• Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
• Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.

Find Your Purpose – Make  A Difference!

Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:

‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.

He has a long and distinguished track-record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life’s experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.

“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”

CONTACT METHOD

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.PaulLoweHEARTS.com

Facebook: PaulLoweHEARTS

Twitter: @paullowehearts

Instagram: paullowehearts

YouTube: PaulLoweHEARTS

Mobile: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

ABOUT THE GUEST

John Batterby was the youngest serviceman to serve in the Falklands War. From a very early age, his ambition was to become a serviceman, following in the footsteps of his Grand-father. Joining as a chef in the Royal Navy, John become a clearance bomb disposal diver. He always had the support of his parents and after 25 years in the Navy and leaving as an NCO went to Spain to become a Personal Trainer.

Trainer John Facebook Page 

In today’s episode of Mastering The Game Of Life Podcast, your host Paul Lowe interviews Richard Gerver. Richard was a Primary School teacher and then a Primary Head-teacher for the best part of his 20-year career. Then he took a big personal risk and decided to be a freelancer for the first time.

Now working across a whole range of organizations and industries, two particular strands fascinated him. One is ‘change’ and why so many people and so many organizations find change so difficult. And the other is why we tend to over-complicate’ everything and why we believe that success and transformation in turn, have to be complicated.

Change and Simple Thinking, these are the two books that today’s guest, Richard wrote for these two big topics. This leads to the discussion of how we can make ourselves think simply and go with change so that we can live a happy and balanced life.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Richard: Sometimes, I'm feeling like a fraud onstage. Explanation: What he means in the book is that you don't have to have something complex to say, in order for it to be significant. As a Primary School teacher, you spend your days in the company of remarkable young people; all of them are under 11. You don't tend to have to intellectualize what it is you do, your interactions, your human relationships, even your planning and thinking around the teaching and learning that you deliver.
• Richard has been with former world leaders, celebrities, Nobel Prize winners and their common attribute is they all have a child-like enthusiasm for the world. They have unquenchable levels of curiosity.
• 5-year-old kids. We learn 70-75 per cent of everything in our lifetime, before we're five. There’s a  5-year period of bounty. What follows is famine. These kids have gorgeous incredible infectious levels of curiosity for the simple things in life. For them, failure is not a bad thing but a path to something.
• Tower example. When kids build a tower and it topples down, they just laugh and build it once again. They build and build until they learn how it won't topple the next time they build a tower again. As an adult, we mostly won't see the failure that way. We always think that failure is bad. We were taught that way. As we get older, we increasingly tend to avoid situations where we are likely to fail, high-risk environments.
• Failure. We have to embrace moments of failure and make mistakes. And the trick is because we sensor our behaviour based around that fear of making a mistake, failure or thinking something isn't going to work for us, yet as young children, we don't see that concept of failure as a bad thing. If we can tap into being children once again, it would greatly change our lives.
• Over nurturing and over protecting the young ones. We always seek certainty. Certainty equals stability and stability equals happiness. We are preoccupied from a very young age. We are doing what we are told and we are doing it to the best of our abilities. This guarantees a job for life, guarantees a regular income per month, and allows us to afford a holiday and so on. We were trained to seek out certainty. But nothing is really certain.
• When certainty falls. Promises are only as good as long as it is met. But how about when they fail? Education and doing what you are told, being promised a good, bright and stable future, and have a certain future. If all fails, it leads to the massive grating of the emotional and social plates where people did what they were told, and they didn't get what they're promised.
• Mindset recalibration. How can I recalibrate my own mindset? Not only so that I can survive but thrive in the future. But my family and friends can do the same thing. Many people always look at things externally when in fact; you need to look at internally. You cannot control the outside, but you can change how you react to it.
• Reinvention. Reinvention. Childhood. Power of curiosity. Children are always dissatisfied. They are hungry to know more, be more and experience more. If we can tap the 5 years old that is inside of us, we will have curiosity quotient. Together with intellect actually defines human beings and our drive to be better and create better societies.
• Curiosity. You can't lie to yourself. You can't fake curiosity. You can't be interested in stuff that you aren't interested in. Sometimes you have to be disciplined enough to push yourself through those process, and we learned that from being children. You don't have to be curious all the time, just allow yourself to be curious about the things that interest you. The trick in modern life is to make sure you find the space and time to be curious.
• Beliefs. It’s a very personal thing. As long as they don't interfere with other people. Never at the expense of other people. People are honest with themselves, you can't lie to yourself. People don't follow their own beliefs though. They either follow beliefs that are expected of them or sometimes they follow a belief system which they think is the right one to follow because other people would look at them differently and so that's the right thing to be, the right thing to want or the right thing to desire.
• Golden Nuggets by Richard. Living. Learning. Spark. Richard wants people to say that he lived his life, he never stopped learning, and his laughter is infectious.

BEST MOMENTS

•         “Whatever our philosophy or beliefs it's always going to be subject to change.”
•         “Life is a very simple game.”
•         “The longer I travel through this life, the more I envy kids under 5.”
•         “You learn nothing new by getting something right, ever. You only ever learn something new for the point of the mistake, the realization that you don't know something then you can't do something.”
•         “I can't change what's going on out there, but I can change the way I deal with it.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Paul's Mastering The Game of Life Book...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819

• Paul's Emerging From The Forest Book...Emerging From The Forest

• The Mastering Life Podcast...

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mastering-life/id1421271122?mt=2

ABOUT THE HOST

Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud.  He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:

“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose. 

Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.

We achieve this by:

• Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
• Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
• Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.

Find Your Purpose – Make A Difference

Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:

‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.

He has a long and distinguished track record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life's experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.

“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”

CONTACT METHOD

Email: [email protected]

http://www.paullowehearts.com/

https://www.facebook.com/PaulLoweHEARTS/

https://twitter.com/PaulLoweHEARTS

https://www.instagram.com/paullowehearts/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqmznF8VCcZKEdSfE7VlwUA

Mobile: +44 (0) 7958 042 155

ABOUT THE GUEST

Richard Gerver has been described as one of the most inspirational leaders of his generation. He is an award-winning speaker, best-selling author, and world-renowned thinker.

Richard began his career in education, most notably as headmaster of the failing Grange Primary School.  In just two years, he famously transformed it into one of the most acclaimed learning environments in the world; celebrated by UNESCO and the UK Government for its incredible turnaround.

Richard has since transitioned to the global stage where he uses his trademark humour and natural style to deliver passionate, provocative and authentic speeches. He draws upon the first-hand experiences and unique insights garnered from frontline education, to explore the links between great leadership, human potential, change, and innovation.

His ability to connect experiences across many seemingly different environments helps people to expand their thinking and perception of potential. It is this authenticity and uniqueness which has helped Richard win him global acclaim and invitations to speak on the most recognised stages, including TED, the RSA and BBC radio.

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Welcome to Mastering Life with Paul Lowe. Today Paul introduces his weekly quick-bite series which centres around the acronym H.O.W; Health, Others (Relationships), Wealth?

"..Something that's in 99.9% of houses throughout the world...The dreaded food label." -John Batterby

In today’s episode, your host Paul Lowe interviews John Batterby. John discusses reading food labels. It can be daunting at first but once you get used to it, it will be easy. Stay tuned...

Paul talks with Personal Trainer John Batterby about learning to analyze and comprehend the information found on the food label. Trainer John explains to Paul what to avoid, such as trans-fats and high sugars, whilst offering insights into what you should be looking for; giving great information on what to search for when aiming to make an informed and healthy choice.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Serving Size. This provides information regarding the quantity of the product. It is usually per 1 serving. But you have to check because there are some that are 3 or 5 servings.
• Calories. This information tells you how much energy you get in a pack.
• Fats. This should not be avoided as our body needs the right amount of fat, essential fatty acids that helps with inflammation, brain development, etc.
• Unsaturated – this is good for the heart.
• Saturated – this comes from meat and dairy. It causes heart diseases.
• Trans-fat – this is the worst offender. This is man-made and has no benefit at all. You will want to avoid this at all costs because it will trigger diabetes, heart diseases, cardio vascular complications, etc. Avoid this when you can.
• Cholesterol. This helps in controlling the hormones. But too much is not good.
• Sodium. This helps the blood pressure. Normally, we should consume 2000 to 3000 mg a day. But if you have a high blood pressure complication, you would need just around 1000 mg per day.
• Total Carbohydrates. This is the source of our energy.
• Processed – this will make you hungry sooner.
• Whole Grain – this has more fiber.
• Enriched/Bleached. This is processed carbohydrates. It has little nutrition.
• Whole Grains. It helps in our digestion process to make it run smoothly.
• Sugar.
• Natural - organic
• Added – this is added to change the taste of the pack. Overconsumption of this sugar will lead to high blood pressure, diabetes.
• Protein. It helps facilitate with muscle repair and growth. This is needed for our bodies to run properly.

BEST MOMENTS

“Reading the food label can seem daunting, especially at first. But after some practice, you will be able to know exactly what you look for in the labels. And over time, you’ll know what to expect before you even see itself.”

“It is not telling a full picture.”

“It is important to remember that the list is only 1 serving.”

“Keep healthy, keep wealthy.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Speaking From Our HEARTS (Paul's Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819

ABOUT THE HOST

Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud.  He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:

“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose. 

Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.

We achieve this by:

• Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
• Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
• Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.

Find Your Purpose – Make  A Difference!

Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:

‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.

He has a long and distinguished track-record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life’s experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.

“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”

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ABOUT THE GUEST

John Batterby was the youngest serviceman to serve in the Falklands War. From a very early age, his ambition was to become a serviceman, following in the footsteps of his Grand-father. Joining as a chef in the Royal Navy, John become a clearance bomb disposal diver. He always had the support of his parents and after 25 years in the Navy and leaving as an NCO went to Spain to become a Personal Trainer.

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