Loneliness - The Hidden Epidemic Destroying Remote Workers | Thomas Power on Loneliness, Community, and the Work From Home Crisis

The work-from-home revolution promised freedom but delivered an epidemic of isolation. In this ActionCOACH podcast episode, host James Vincent sits down with Thomas Power, who confronts the uncomfortable truth about loneliness in 2026 and reveals why your digital connections might be making you lonelier than ever.

Drawing on Blue Zones research, Jay Shetty's strategies, and decades of experience fostering genuine connection, Thomas exposes the paradox of modern work culture: we're more connected than ever, yet more isolated than any generation before us.

What You'll Learn:

The True Cost of Remote Work: Why the work-from-home generation faces unprecedented loneliness despite having more digital tools than ever, and why Zoom calls can't replace in-person interaction.

The Blue Zones Secret: How the world's longest-living communities maintain deep social bonds and the specific practices that create genuine belonging and extend lifespan.

Why Technology Increases Isolation: The paradox of digital connectivity and how social media deepens isolation whilst creating the illusion of connection.

The CSC vs ORS Framework: Two contrasting approaches to community building-Closed, Selective, and Controlling versus Open, Random, and Supportive-and which creates lasting communities.

Jay Shetty's Blueprint: How Jay Shetty transformed from monk to influential community builder and the content creation principles that turn audiences into communities.

The University of YouTube: Why YouTube has become the world's most powerful educational platform for building communities that rival traditional institutions.

Three-Step Community Creation: The exact framework for building authentic communities through aggregation, making wisdom viral, and fostering genuine belonging.

Leadership's Role: Why leaders must address the loneliness epidemic and practical strategies for creating workplace cultures that prioritise human connection.

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The Arum Global Blueprint for Scaling with Purpose - From £2M to £14M

Arum Global transformed from a struggling £2 million consultancy losing £400,000 annually into a £14 million powerhouse with £5 million EBITDA and a perfect NPS score of 100. This episode reveals the strategies behind their 7x growth whilst serving the world's most demanding clients.

Jamie Waller purchased Arum Global in 2017, recognising its extraordinary authority with global banks and governments. Today, the company serves major clients across collections, recoveries, and debt management, maintaining the principle that "everybody deserves to be paid what they are owed, but not at any cost."

What You'll Learn:

The Network Effect Strategy: Why clients paying £25,000 for advisory work receive access to 200+ specialists and 25 years of project knowledge, consistently converting small engagements into £100,000+ relationships without traditional sales pressure.

The NPS Blind Spot: How Arum achieved a perfect 100 NPS score but wasn't generating referrals and the simple question that unlocked millions in new business from existing clients.

The People-First Growth Model: How creating a Head of People role early enabled delegation and maintained team morale through 7x growth.

Operational Excellence at Scale: How splitting operations into Advisory and Delivery Services, combined with repeatable frameworks, enables management of 20-25 projects simultaneously whilst maintaining perfect NPS.

The Vulnerability Innovation: The breakthrough project that identified £16 million in recoverable debt from £80 million sitting in "vulnerability files" for up to 10 years.

Post-COVID Professional Standards: Jamie's approach to resetting workplace expectations, from video call standards to maintaining energy across remote teams.

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Beyond Business: Understanding High Functioning Depression with Pandora Morris

Most successful business owners appear to have it all together. But what if that relentless drive is actually masking something deeper? In this revealing episode, Pandora Morris exposes a hidden pandemic affecting high achievers: high-functioning depression.

Pandora Morris, creator of the Hurt to Healing podcast, has spent 24 years navigating the mental health system whilst managing severe OCD and eating disorders. She brings unflinching honesty about living with extreme mental health conditions whilst pursuing purpose and meaning.

This conversation reveals why constantly staying busy might be your way of running from yourself, introduces "anhedonia" (the inability to experience joy), and explains why true recovery requires both changing beliefs and taking action simultaneously.

What You'll Discover:

High Functioning Depression Explained: Why high achievers mask depression through rigid routines and constant busyness, and how to recognise if you're running from your feelings.

The Inner Work Framework: What "doing the inner work" actually means - connecting with your vulnerable inner child and stripping away societal expectations.

Therapy That Actually Works: Why most therapists fail their clients, the difference between CBT, EMDR, IFS and other approaches, and why recovery is like a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle.

OCD Reality Check: Recognising OCD in yourself or your children, why people wait 10 years to seek help, and why exposure therapy is crucial.

The Beliefs vs. Actions Debate: When you need to change your belief system before taking action, when action must come first, and why talking doesn't solve everything.

If You're Constantly Busy: Ask yourself - are you pursuing genuine passions or running from sitting with yourself? Take one day this week to practice stillness.

If You Can't Experience Joy: Notice whether you can appreciate small moments. If you're constantly thinking about the next thing rather than being present, consider whether high-functioning depression might be affecting you.

For Everyone: Stop asking "how are you?" unless you genuinely have time to hear the real answer. Remember that FINE often stands for "F***ed up, Insecure, Neurotic and Exhausted."

Find Pandora's Hurt to Healing podcast on all platforms and discover the therapy approaches that might finally help you piece together your recovery jigsaw puzzle.

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