This Is Powerful With Paul Sculfor

Overcoming anxiety:  regardless of what's happening around her, she now knows how to be quiet and content in her own skin. 

Carly Church is a youth advocate and outreach lead at Stride Foundation UK. Born in East London and raised in Newham by her mum and her mum’s partner, alongside her brother, she spent over 15 years in the financial industry before moving into community work. She has since supported teachers in primary and secondary schools, particularly in pastoral care, helping to create safer, more supportive environments for young people. In recovery since 2005, Carly uses her lived experience to promote resilience, connection, and honest conversation.

Join us in a conversation about the power of self-acceptance as Carly shares her insight on being calm amidst life's chaos. 

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Paul’s wife delivers some hard truths today, that might just save your life. 

Dr. Federica Amati is Head Nutritionist at  ZOE, the science and nutrition company, Nutrition Topic Lead at Imperial College School of Medicine, and head of nutrition science at medical concierge company Wellfounded Health. 
Federica is the author of Recipes for a Better Menopause and Sunday Times Bestseller Every Body Should Know This. Her approach focuses on improving overall dietary quality throughout the life course, using food as the best tool to transform health. 

This week is Cancer Prevention Week and in aid of this, Federica is joining us to speak about the links between alcohol and cancer, so that everyone can make more informed choices about alcohol and their health.

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Sign the petition here:
https://www.change.org/p/act-now-demand-a-national-alcohol-strategy-to-prevent-cancer?recruiter=1371927751&recruited_by_id=9d0e9fc0-1f88-11f0-9d20-c5cb8a607171&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_content=cl_sharecopy_490541062_en-GB:10

Look here for more data: 
https://www.wcrf.org/preventing-cancer/topics/alcohol-and-cancer/

https://www.iarc.who.int/faq/latest-global-data-on-cancer-burden-and-alcohol-consumption/

https://gco.iarc.fr/causes/alcohol/tools-map?mode=1&sex=0&population=1&continent=0&cancer=40&key=paf&age_group=3

How does a bench-pressing VIP bouncer end up in a kibbutz in Israel?

Our guest today is Jamie Skipper, an ex-doorman who left his colorful life in the past after realising he wasn’t looking to the future or living in the present. Jamie now helps kids of all ages to embrace resilience through his holistic approach. By utilizing his master NLP training and his physical skills as a personal trainer, he speaks honestly and openly about his past experiences, training hard as a bodybuilder and using a cocktail of drugs at the same time, which ended in a bad way with Jamie losing trust in himself and living with shame and guilt that he's now left behind.

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You may not know about her struggles with alcohol but she is finally breaking the silence and embracing her vulnerability. 

Suzanne Shaw is a singer, actress, and performance coach who first gained
fame with the pop band Hear’Say on Popstars. She later starred in musical
theatre and TV, winning Dancing on Ice in 2008. In 2020, Suzanne shifted
her focus to health and well-being, becoming a life coach and advocate for
mental wellness. Known for completing ultramarathons supporting mental
health charities, she now inspires others through motivational speaking, and
coaching in confidence, public speaking and wellness programs.

Paul and Suzanne had a brilliant conversation, really open and honest…about the film they starred in together 10 years ago, about the integral three c’s of sobriety and the hardest part of Suzanne’s sobriety journey, which might surprise you. 

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Welcome back to This is Powerful! We will be back next week with our regularly scheduled interviews but in the meantime, here are some highlights of what is to come.

If you haven’t caught the roundup of Paul’s favorite bits so far, take a look. In the meantime, we look forward to sharing another season of This Is Powerful with you…take care.

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What do you get when you combine the vulnerability of male bravado, the genetics of addiction and cloud visualisation techniques?

This is a special episode of This is Powerful. We thought it'd be good fun to put together a bunch of our favorite nuggets of information and gems of experience that our guests have shared along the way. Here's some great advice and there will be highlights of some of Paul’s favorite moments from the podcast so far.

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We have completed season two, which is pretty incredible. Thank you, to everyone who tuned in for an episode or a few. We have now put out 37 episodes in total and we've had some incredible guests over the last nine months.

If you haven't heard all 37 of our episodes, now is a great time to catch up either here or on YouTube. 

Whilst we are taking a break, Paul will still be active on Instagram, so if you have any questions or feedback, please get in touch!  We are back with you with more amazing guests in June but watch this space for more This Is Powerful content before then.

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She’s lived through trauma, illness, and violence that might make anyone justify their addiction.

Today we welcome Vicky Nicholson, an incredibly brave woman who walks us through how far addiction can take you down a dangerous path. From an exciting DJ career in her teens through a crumbling relationship with her family, and nearly taking her own life, Vicky’s life unravelled through secrecy, shame, and a daily fight to survive. The woman who emerged now cherishes her close relationship with her family, is a supportive wife and loving mother and an inspiration to anyone who hears her story. 

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Sonia Gibney shares her journey of growing up in East London with a non-English-speaking mother, an absent father, and struggling through school with severe dyslexia. 

Now 21 years into recovery, Sonia is a yoga instructor and coach with a thriving practice, whose calm presence contrasts sharply with her past. She’s dedicated to helping women and speaks powerfully about the freedom found in self-reliance, believing that when you go within, you will never have to go without. For Sonia, that means no longer feeling the need to be saved...she’s become her own knight in shining armor.

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He had a taste of life in the fast lane but found himself desperate to escape his life-threatening habits when paranoia and self loathing took him to some dangerous places. 

Now clean for 18 years, Psychotherapist and Addiction Specialist Taner Hassan explains how self-obsessive thinking led to his massive social anxiety and how using alcohol to silence that constant internal dialogue led to his early struggles with addiction. Paul and Taner talk about his drug of choice (MORE) and Paul’s drug of choice (PRESTIGE).

Taner has extensive experience, having worked within the field of addiction for over 16 years, serving the community in various settings for mental health including charities, the NHS and private rehabilitation. 

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