On this episode of Previously Learnt, we had the absolute joy and privilege to chat with Verity Smith. This was such an incredibly inspiring chat which is absolutely jam packed full of life lessons and insights from Verity.

Verity is a blind international dressage rider, competing at able bodied elite level and winning, and is aiming to be part of the French able bodied Olympic team.

In addition, Verity is a global speaker, singer, songwriter, author, campaigner, mountain climber and charity founder.

This conversation blew me away, the sheer positivity and 'can-do' approach Verity has is truly inspiring.

We spoke of many things, including :

• Embracing the adventure of life
• The obstacle is the way
• Stoicism
• Living in the present
• The spirit of having a go
• Making the impossible, possible
• Not being blinded by vision

I took so much from this chat, I hope you do too

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With the Lions Rugby Test Series about to kick off, it was awesome to sit down and speak with former Bath, England and Lions player, Matt Perry.

This was a fantastic chat with Matt, who is founder of Transition15, a company which accelerates high performance team dynamics, as he shared his lessons and insights drawing on sport, business and life.

We spoke of many things, including :

• What meeting principle did Sir Clive Woodward teach
• Coaching, and what makes a good coach
• Attitude, commitment and getting outside of your comfort zone
• The importance of luck
• Dealing with pressure
• Of course, it was a great opportunity to talk Lions, including thoughts on who will make the Test team, and series predictions. It was also brilliant to hear Matt's experiences as a Lion, and how he found out he was a Lion and what was it like to play in the same side as Jason Robinson

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On this episode we had the absolute joy and privilege to speak with coach and author Berend-Jan Hilberts on his first ever podcast interview.

This was such an incredibly enlightening chat as we spoke of many things, including :

• Embracing and learning from tough times
• Letting go of the illusion you can control things
• Coming home to yourself and being at ease, especially in the modern and busy world
• Materialism, and why people care about what others think
• Human mind development, from the socialised mind to adult development theory and self authouring
• Why we should understand our personalities and explore them

I really hope you enjoy and thanks very much for listening

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On this episode we have the absolute joy and privilege to be joined by Performance Coach and Men's Health Nutritionist, Josh Clamp.

I genuinely believe the advice in insights from Josh could improve your health and life, especially if you are a 40-60 year old bloke.

An incredibly insightful chat, talking about many many things, including :

• Living with authenticity and being yourself
• What does health mean on a day to day basis
• The importance of nutrition and food psychology and approaching diet and training
• Engaging with food in a positive way for both physiology and mental health
• Why you should check in on your mates
• What is the one key tip to achieving your goals
• The benefits of PPPPPP
• The impact of marginal gains
• Filtering fact from fad on social media
• How long it takes to break a bad habit
• Creating a safe space for deep conversations and how to be a good listener
• The horrific stats around suicide

If you are impacted by anything in this chat or do need to speak to someone, please do know people are there for you, please do feel free to get in touch.

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On this episode I had the absolute joy and privilege to speak with world renowned sleep expert Dr Nerina Ramlakhan.

Nerina is a physiologist, author, speaker and sleep and energy expert, and has worked with Premier League footballers, top corporate institutions and has helped millions to get better sleep.

This was an absolutely eye opening chat as Nerina states her five non-negotiables to getting better sleep.

Nerina also gave game changing advice on how to reset our nervous systems in this technologically advanced world.

We touched on many other things, including :

• Listening to yourself
• The power of journaling
• Having inner safety
• Deep listening
• Learning from the younger generation
• Steps to living a joyful life
• Is eight hours the magic sleep number?

I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening

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On this episode we had the absolute joy to sit down and chat with Dr Sarah Spelsberg.

Sarah is a Doctor and Fellow of Extreme & Wilderness Medicine.

Sarah works in the most remote outposts providing exceptional medicine under extreme circumstances - I am talking about medevacs in Artic Hurricanes and even medevacs by flying over an erupting volcano.

This was a brilliant and inspiring chat, packed full of life lessons, including :

• You can do anything
• Forging your own path
• Not giving up
• Taking charge
• Delivering bad news
• Slow is smooth, smooth is fast
• How kindness is a super power and an incredible too

I hope you enjoy it

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On this episode of Previously Learnt, we were joined by Pro Wrestler and Charity Founder, Gaz Thompson.

Doing Previously Learnt has been incredible and we have been so fortunate to speak to so many people from so many different backgrounds, and this episode with Gaz proves that point.

Gaz is a professional wrestler and founder of Kingdom Wrestling, the UK's first faith based pro wrestling charity, using sports entertainment to transform lives.

An incredibly insightful chat, and as a parent of two children myself, some of the topics were truly eye opening.

We spoke of many things, including :

• Embracing who you are
• Being a role model
• Having goals to aim for
• Anchoring your identity

Thanks for listening, let me know what you think

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On this episode of Previously Learnt, we were incredibly fortunate to hear the life lessons and insights from Steve Hill MBE.

Steve is an award winning teacher, adventurer, author and charity founder.

Steve's inspiring adventures have taken him to the North Pole, the Amazon rainforest, deserts and mountains, including Everest and Kilimanjaro.

This was a brilliant chat, touching on many things, including :

• Knowing that anything is possible
• Following your dreams
• Making a difference
• Inspiring others
• Grabbing opportunities
• Failure is not the end

Check out Steve's book, 'What's Next, Sir?' to read of his adventures that have inspired so many.

Steve's charity can be found at teamhillct.co.uk

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