A former professional footballer whose career ended through injury, Luke battled with depression, and now takes on some of the world's most extreme ultra-endurance challenges. Luke's Lowdown is full of stories, insights, tips, with plenty of laughs from what life has taught Luke on his journey in life so far. A variety of topics are covered like health & wellness, mindset, endurance sports, nutrition, mental health, fitness, and more.
Dr. Rob Bell Interviews experts as they share about Mental Toughness and Their Hinge Moment. Everyone of us is getting ready for that one moment, person, or event that will connect who we are with who we become! Will you be ready?
Hello and Welcome to The Kinetik Fitness Show, where we inspire you to live a longer, healthier, happier and more joyful life. We cover everything you need to know to be optimally healthy in your mind, body and spirit. Are you ready to become the ultimate version of yourself? Well let's dive in with your host and guide by your side, Ali West. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thekinetikfitnessshow/support
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Inspiring interviews with exciting people involved in the rapidly growing sport of OCR or obstacle course racing. Interviews with event founders, elite and normal OCR athletes, mud run fanatics, obstacle course racing businesses. Podcasts cover gear review, training, and nutrition, events, obstacles and courses and all things related to OCR or mud running and how to enjoy this dirty sport.
Welcome to The Rut. We’re here to explore the stories, psychology and deep intricacies of men’s mental health.Our mission is very, very simple: we want to finally get men talking. Talking about their issues. Talking about their problems. Talking about their mental health. There's still way too much stigma around men's mental health so we want to break down toxic masculinity one podcast at a time. If we talk, we save lives. It's that simple.We break down elements of toxic masculinity one podc ...
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Finding Your Why With Luke Tyburski
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Luke Tyburski is an ex professional footballer and adventure athlete who has completed some gruelling challenges including the Marathon Des Sables and The Ultimate Triathlon which Luke devised himself, which took him from Morocco to Monaco totalling 2000km in 12 days. Luke is also a published author and his book Chasing Extreme is his autobiography…
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Simon Bates, The Cognitive Hypnotherapist: A Therapy Session With...
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Simon Bates MNCH(Acc) BSc Cog. Sci. MNLP is my therapist, and one of the leading hypnotherapists in the country. I’ve been working with him for a long time and he’s brought me back from the brink a few times. He first qualified as a hypnotist in 1995 when he trained with Paul McKenna, Richard Bandler and Michael Neill. Since that time he has contin…
John Hudson is a Survival Instructor, Broadcaster, Writer, Public Speaker and Training Consultant whose specialist work takes him to some of the most remote and extreme environments in the world. Based in Cornwall UK, John is the British Military's chief SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance & Extraction) instructor and has been a resident survival e…
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Oliver Kamm, Leader Writer and Columnist, The Times: Mending The Mind- Exploring The Science Behind My Clinical Depression
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And welcome back, a very happy New Year to each and everyone of the hundreds of you who are listening to this podcast now. I mean, 2021 kicked off with a monstrous bang and it’s increasingly looking like a rocky ride up ahead too. And on that note, I wanted to start this episode with a plea. If you are struggling with anything at all right now, do …
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Ep 70- Suzanne Castle- Stuck is Never The Furthest You Can go.
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Suzanne Castle works with leaders and companies helping them with creative solutions because stuck is never the furthest that you can go. As a child, and professional dancer, she was involved in film and theatre, when tragedy hit; her hinge moment. https://suzannecastle.com/ 4:42 “The kiss of death for a ballerina.” 7:53 Getting through, not gettin…
Jess Macaulay is a high diver and health coach. From the surprise package of 2018, securing the first ever podium for a female British diver in the World Series in only her second appearance, to runner up in her first season as a permanent diver. Jess Macaulay is definitely a high flyer. Her first podium as a permanent diver came in Portugal, the p…
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Awareness Is Key With Paul Hughes & Leigh Ewin
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Hello and welcome everyone to episode 100. Yes we made it and a monumental moment for myself, the show and you the listener. I just wanted to start by thanking each and every listener of the show. Wether you're brand new or if you’ve listened to many episodes or even if you’ve been with me from the start. I’m thankful and grateful as I wouldn’t of …
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Denny Solomona, Sale Sharks and England: The Full Story of Drugs, Alcohol, Rugby and Recovery
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Hello everyone and welcome to The Rut, the podcast which delves into the minds of men from all walks of life to try and find answers to some of the burning questions in and around men’s mental health. A couple of months ago, this guy sat down with the Daily Mail and spoke about some of the battles he’s faced as a rugby player and as a person with h…
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Millionaires Don't Use Astrology. Billionaires Do. With Oyi Sun
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JP Morgan once said; "Millionaires Don't Use Astrology. Billionaires Do." You might be thinking what has Astrology got to do with health and fitness? Well let me tell you it has everything to do with it! My guest today is Oyi Sun a master astrologer and high performance coach. He is based in Atlanta Georgia and has been my coach and mentor since 20…
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Ep 69- Joel Goldberg- Rounding The Bases Of Relationships
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Joel Goldberg has been a member of the Kansas City Royals television broadcast since 2008, serving as the host of every pregame and postgame show on FOX Sports Kansas City. Joel built a 25-year career developing and maintaining strong relationships and last three (3) years has hosted a weekly podcast called Rounding The Bases. His book is Small Bal…
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James Sutliff, Dystonia Fighter: The Story Of The Man Who Lost His Speech Overnight
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This week we have one hell of an episode for you. In 2008, this man was flying high- he had a well paid career, he was playing semi professional rugby and he’d just met the woman of his dreams. And then, on May Bank Holiday in 2008, his life changed forever. He woke up after a night out with his mates and he could barely speak. Overnight, he develo…
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Make Your Health A Priority with Abel James
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Abel James is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Musician, and Online Creator. He’s host of the award-winning Fat-Burning Man Show, rated as Apple’s #1 Health Podcast in 8 countries with over 50 million downloads and 2000+ 5-star reviews. A “Coach to the coaches,” Abel has worked with thousands of people across the world to optimize performance, …
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Craig Maxwell-Keys, 2020 Premiership Final Referee: Battling Anxiety and Being Gay in Rugby
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Another week and another episode of The Rut where we explore, in many instances to new depths, the world of men's mental health from all angles and try to find answers to the burning questions which still swirl around by exploring people's minds. This week I'm very excited be joined by again by a friend, a truly nice guy and brilliant ambassador fo…
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Ep 68- Michele Graglia- 2020 Winner Moab 240- Don't Let Fear Interfere
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In 2011, Michele Graglia, discovered his true passion resided far away from the cameras and jet-set lifestyle of a fashion model. he started his ultra-running career. He won his 1st race in 2012, which was everglades 50 miler. Since, he has been one of top ultra-distance runners winning numerous races. In 2018, he won The Badwater 135, the race acr…
Roland Welker is a reality star famously known as the winner and toughest contestant of "Alone" season 7 reality survival series on The History Channel. Roland survived and lasted 100 Days in The Arctic wilderness to be crowned champion and win 1 million US Dollars. It is the longest anyone has ever lasted in the shows history. Roland grew up in a …
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Luke Sutton- How Addiction Almost Destroyed My Life As A Professional Cricketer
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On the podcast this week it’s a real pleasure to welcome a man who is one of the kindest human beings I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing. His story is immense for multiple different reasons. His story covers professional cricket, playing for Somerset, Derbyshire and Lancashire. He scored almost 8,000 first class runs in his career, with a top sc…
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From Plumber To Big Wave Surfer With Andrew Cotton
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Andrew Cotton is a professional big wave surfer, top level athlete, adventurer and guest speaker. He is now one of the world’s most respected big wave surfers basing himself in Nazare, Portugal and West Ireland for much of the big wave season. He also travels the globe surfing some of the biggest and heaviest waves on the planet such as Peahi in Ha…
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Alex Davis, England 7s Rugby Player: Grief is Love with Nowhere to Go
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This is a pretty timely episode for my next guest, England 7s rugby player, Alex Davis. We recorded this episode in late August, just after it had been announced that the RFU was cutting the 7s programme. However, the five year anniversary of his Dad's death was only a matter of days ago. Alex signed his first England 7s contract in 2014, making hi…
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Medicinal Cannabis With Arno Hazekamp
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Arno Hazekamp, PhD. Arno is a full time cannabis researcher with a deep understanding of biochemistry, a wide overview of the cannabis industry, and a long track record. Since 2001, he’s been a key researcher within the Dutch medicinal cannabis program, one of the first legal programs in the world. As a trained biochemist specialised in medicinal p…
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Luke Tyburski, Extreme Endurance Athlete: Depression, Using Extreme Challenges as Self Harm and Overcoming It all.
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This is one of the most fascinating and topsy turvy episodes we've done so far. It's an astonishing listen. I am very, very excited to welcome a good mate of mine to the pod this week… Luke Tyburski is an extreme adventurer, coach, speaker, author and one of the top endurance athletes in the world. Firstly, a huge thanks to our mutual friend Ben Sh…
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Ep 67- Nick Hardwick- Not As Good Today As I Will Be Tomorrow
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Nick Hardwick was an 11 year, NFL center for the San Diego Chargers. He was a 2006 pro bowler and played in over 136 games. He snapped to two great quarterbacks, Drew Brees & Philip Rivers. Nick retired 2015 and this Purdue Boilermaker also has a podcast titled Finding Center. 2:37 5’4 and 125 pounds. 8:50 “I don’t know why they had an interest in …
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Be The Change You Want To See In The World With Will Mellors-Blair
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Will Mellors-Blair is Co-founder and CEO of Fitpack. He is a nutrition and fitness expert with an obsession for human health optimisation. Will has given talks and presentations on this topic at some top universities and institutions. His passion and tenacity to find solutions to human health and performance led him to found Fitpack with the goal t…
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Luke Chadwick, Manchester United and West Ham Winger: United, Mental Health, and Finding the Meaning of Happiness
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This week on the podcast I sit down with former Manchester United winger Luke Chadwick for a brilliantly open discussion about his career and his battles with his mental health. Luke joined Manchester United at at 16, rising up their infamous academy as a pacy winger with a real eye for goal. He made his debut for United’s first team in 1999 and pl…
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Better In Everyday Life With Liam Cavanagh
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Liam Cavanagh is an online fitness coach, content creator and more recently a first time founder. Through a sudden dive into the world of personal development, whilst in his final year at university, he decided to steer clear of the well trodden path of finding a graduate job, and instead to pursue his dream of owning his own business. He's now get…
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Nick Ede, TV Presenter and Pop Culture Expert: Eating Disorders, Depression, Grief and I
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This week on The Rut, I’m really excited to welcome TV Presenter and Pop Culture Expert, Nick Ede to the podcast. Nick is an amazing man with a really amazing story. Since his teenage years he’s struggled with his mental health. It seemingly started in his teenage years when he started battling his mind over the way he felt he looked. His Mum died …
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66-Michael O'Brien - All Events are Neutral Until Labeled
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Michael O'Brien is the Chief Shift Officer at Peloton Executive Coaching and helps leaders prevent bad moments from turning to a bad day. He has shared his personal transformational Last Bad Day story and leadership advice on the TEDx stage, with Fortune 500 companies, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Real Simple, ABC, and NBC. Shift: creating better to…
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Chakra Healing with Belinda Davidson
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Belinda Davidson is a bestselling author, international speaker, and spiritual support. For fifteen years, Belinda worked as a professional medical intuitive, working closely with doctors and healthcare practitioners; and for over twenty years, she’s worked as a spiritual coach and mentor. Among her clients are celebrities, CEOs, and well-known bus…
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David Birtwistle, Netflix's 'Too Hot Too Handle': Bullying, Netflix, Social Media and Self-Love
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Season 2 Episode 3 is here! I sit down with the one of life's really good guys, David Birtwistle. David is one of the stars of Netflix's reality TV show Too Hot To Handle which saw 14 young, very good looking singles from around the world come together... think Love Island but without the ability to do 'bits' in a Hideaway or in the bedroom. The ai…
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Nasal Breathing with Patrick McKeown
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Patrick is the President of Buteyko Professionals International. He is also a member of the Management Board and the Advisory Faculty of the International Academy of Breathing & Health. Patrick was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and later studied in the Moscow clinic of the founder of the Buteyko Breathing Method; the late Professor Konstanti…
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Alastair Campbell: Surviving Depression and Tony Blair!
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This week, we sit down with Alastair Campbell, one of the UK's most prominent political and media figures and one of the world's leading mental health campaigners. Alastair has battled mental illness for 40 years. He's experienced psychotic breakdowns, been hospitalised, fought manic depression and has spent countless hours analysing, talking and u…
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Ep 65- Brian Levenson- Shift Your Mind
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Brian Levenson is the founder of Strong Skills, which provides executive coaching, speaking and consulting to elite organizations, performers and leaders. His podcast is titled Intentional Performers where he interviews a diverse group of elite high performers. He is the author of the new book- Shift Your Mind, 9 mental shifts to thrive in preparat…
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Quantifying Your Health with Bob Troia aka Quantified Bob
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Bob Troia aka Quantified is a New York City-based technology entrepreneur, biohacker, and self-quantification geek focused on the intersection of data-driven citizen science, health and wellness, human performance, longevity, and personal optimisation. Bob’s career in technology spans over 2 decades, from the earliest days of the World Wide Web (th…
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Joe Bryan, Premier League Footballer at Fulham FC: Depression, Anxiety and Football
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The Rut is back for Season 2 with a cracker to open this epic series of podcasts on men's mental health (if we may say so ourselves!). We sit down with Premier League Footballer, Joe Bryan, who plays for Fulham. Joe is not your average footballer. First and foremost, he scored two goals in the 2020 Championship Play-Off Final to bring Fulham back t…
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The Lost Art Of Running with Shane Benzie
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Shane Benzie is a running technique coach, movement specialist and researcher. He is also the author of the best selling book The Lost Art Of Running. Shane has travelled all across the world covering 6 continents, working, analysing and researching athletes and indigenous tribes. Shane has compiled a lot of this knowledge in his best selling book …
What is it like cycling to the top of Mount Everest and then running 800 kilometres in 31 days? In this episode of the Luke's Lowdown Podcast, Luke talks about his vEveresting experience, and then with only 1 single day of rest, taking on the 800 kilometre Calendar Club in August 2020. He also shares another lesson he learnt during lockdown, unders…
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Ep 64- JD Gershbein- I'm Auditioning For The Role Of Me
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JD Gershbein is a coach, consultant, and business strategist. He's founder and CEO of Owlish Communications, a consultancy focused on thought leadership development and LinkedIn strategy! https://jdgershbein.com/ 3:10 Living in the medical school shadow. 8:15 After plan A, where is plan B? 11:41 Answering the leadership call. 15:04 The biggest call…
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Weight Loss & The Menopause with Pamela Windle
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Pamela Windle returns for her 2nd appearance on the show to share her knowledge, wisdom and expertise on weight loss and the menopause. Pam is a Women's Health Coach & Hypnotherapist.Pamela helps women take control of their hormonal health and happiness.She guides women through the peri-menopause, the menopause and even through the childbirth exper…
In this episode of the Luke's Lowdown Podcast, Luke chats with his wife Vanda about what they learnt from being in lockdown together. These two discuss what they learnt individually from their time in lockdown, alongside what they learnt about their relationship as well. Vanda even takes over as host for a little while...…
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Master Your Mind, Body & Spirit with Matt Belair
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Matt Belair is A one of a kind author, speaker, conscious thought leader and podcast host. LIVING A LIFE DEDICATED TO ACQUIRING THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO HELP OTHERS ON THEIR PATHS TO GREATNESS, HAS BROUGHT MATT BELAIR TO A LEVEL OF EXPERTISE ATTAINED BY FEW. He has experience in fields ranging from mental fortitude, Zen, the pursuit of inner pea…
In this episode of the Luke's Lowdown Podcast, Luke chats with Sport Psychologist Dr Rob Bell. Luke and "Dr Rob" dive deep into why it's important to rest when you need, but work as hard as you can consistently, and being comfortable when speaking with people who have conflicting points of view to your own. This episode is full of "Golden Nuggets" …
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Ep 63- Luke Tyburski- The Mental Toughness of The Calendar Club
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Luke Tyburski is an endurance athlete, coach, speaker, and Aussie. His documentary is titled " The Ultimate Triathlon" and his book is titled Chasing Extreme. His show is Luke's Lowdown Podcast. He has done some amazing feats, including the #calendarclub which is running that day of the month. Hence 1 mile-day 1, and so on. Luke Tyburski 4:04 “Why?…
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The Power Of Freedom And Truth with Brendan D. Murphy
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Brendan D. Murphy is the Truth Addict. A spiritual-intellectual and non-conformist, he is the Australian author of The Grand Illusion books. Brendan has (in his own words) a strange constellation of attributes, tastes, and talents— that are impossible to pigeonhole. Brendan has spent 20 years and some 15,000+ hours studying the fields of: Conscious…
In this episode of the Luke's Lowdown Podcast, Luke chats with Hannah Walsh about her experience in lockdown during the start of 2020. A key takeaway from this episode, and what Hannah focussed on during lockdown is to do what you enjoy. Whether that's in your day to day life, or to create a more enjoyable future. Hannah shares how she enjoyed her …
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Mental Health, Substance Misuse and Choosing Your Struggle with Jay Shifman
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Jay Shifman is a Mental Health, Substance Misuse & Recovery Speaker. He is also a coach, advocate and host of the Choose Your Struggle Podcast. Jay strives every day to end the stigma around the topics of Mental Health and Substance Misuse & Recovery by telling his story and helping others tell theirs. Jay has certifications in Psychological First …
On this episode of the Luke's Lowdown podcast, Luke chats with Jon Elliott about creating routines, the power of community and even preparing to change careers during lockdown. Jon shares his experience of working from home alongside his wife, entertaining and teaching his kids while at home, while also pushing himself to do things outside his comf…
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Ep- 62- Daniel Kelly- Whatever It Takes To Be An NFL Scout
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As a 17-year old, his parents bought him the book Secrets of an NFL Scout. From there, he’d tell his classmates, he was going to be an NFL scout and he did. Here is his story. Author of the book whatever it takes. 3:30 Obsessed with a future career. 4:25 Total leap of faith: Putting in all he had. 8:39 The first call back. 10:05 Lessons from the be…
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Love, God & Ancestral Karma with Tara Bianca
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Tārā Bianca ॐ is a love activist, spiritual luminary, speaker, and leader in transformation. Her mission is to awaken Love into the world, as well to inspire humanity to awaken and ascend to the power of Love, Joy, Peace and Equality, and to come home to the deepest, most Divine Truth of their being-ness. She is a friend to human-kind. She combines…
In this episode of the Luke's Lowdown podcast, Luke chats with another friend who has suffered from having COVID-19. Tim Etherington-Judge was a fit and healthy guy, taking on ultra endurance cycling and running events, founding numerous companies, and travelling around Europe sharing his stories and products, then he contracted the virus! Luke and…
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The Best Morning Routine with Dr. Lunide Louis
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Lunide Louis, is the host of the Best Morning Routine Ever! Podcast. The podcast is the first of its kind devoting a whole show discussing effective morning routine tips and chatting with entrepreneurs and thought leaders in their appropriate fields on how their healthy morning habits have contributed to their success. As a revered MBA professor, L…
In this episode of the Luke's Lowdown podcast, Luke chat with Will Oldham. Will had an extremely unique experience during lockdown where he started a new job in lockdown. Unable to go into the office, or meet his colleagues face to face, he shares how he navigated his way through this "weird" experience, and how he believes it will actually strengt…