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Crisis What Crisis?

Crisis What Crisis? provides authentic, judgement-free and useful storytelling from those who have been at the brutal, sometimes life threatening, sharp end of crisis and who survived and thrived in the process. Host Andy Coulson’s own background as a newspaper editor, Downing Street Communications Director, one-time inmate of HMP Belmarsh and now sought-after adviser to CEOs, allows him to bring a unique perspective to these conversations.

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70:33

England star Paul Stewart on turning a secret trauma...

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2025/01/21

Sensitive content: this podcast contains discussions of child abuse and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. Paul Stewart is a former England footballer who played for Manchester City, Spurs and Liverpool. But behind the success was a harrowing secret – years of unimaginable childhood abuse at the hands of a trusted coach. He shares his powerful journey from suffering to recovery – a story of pain, resilience but lasting hope.After decades of silence, Paul found the courage to speak out,

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Paul McKenna's Crisis Comforts

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2025/01/14

Paul McKenna is not just a world-renowned hypnotherapist; he’s a one man self-help powerhouse, a best-selling author, and a sought-after behavioural scientist who has helped thousands overcome their greatest challenges. And now with his new book Power Manifesting – he is on a mission to empower as many as possible to lead a better and more productive life. Here are Paul McKenna’s three crisis comforts.Full

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49:52

Paul McKenna on purpose, gratitude and living your...

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2025/01/07

We have the perfect guest to take us into a more resilient, more productive 2025. Paul McKenna is not just a world-renowned hypnotherapist; he’s a one man self-help powerhouse, a best-selling author, and a sought-after behavioural scientist who has helped thousands overcome their greatest challenges. And now with his new book Power Manifesting – he is on a mission to empower as many as possible to lead a better and more productive life. With his signature blend of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP),

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Dame Stephanie Shirley's Crisis Comforts

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2024/12/23

Having arrived in Britain as a five-year-old refugee fleeing the Nazis on the Kindertransport, Dame Stephanie Shirley went on to build one of Britain's most successful software companies. She built a business valued at $3 billion and has dedicated the last three decades of her life to philanthropy, giving away most of her personal wealth. Here are Dame Stephanie’s three crisis comforts. Full

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42:54

Dame Stephanie Shirley on 91 years of resilience and...

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2024/12/16

Having arrived in Britain as a five-year-old refugee fleeing the Nazis on the Kindertransport, Dame Stephanie Shirley went on to build one of Britain's most successful software companies. Using the pen name ‘Steve’ to be taken more seriously by clients, she built a business valued at $3 billion, turning 70 staff members into millionaires along the way. But her impact goes far beyond the business world. Dame Stephanie has dedicated the last three decades of her life to philanthropy, giving away most

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3:06

Katie Melua's Crisis Comforts

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2024/12/09

Katie Melua has sold more than 11 million albums and picked up 56 platinum awards along the way. She had her first hit aged just 19 and was thrown immediately onto the treadmill of writing, recording, tours, promotion. More hits followed, but not without a very heavy price - her sudden fame contributed to an acute psychotic breakdown in 2010. Here are Katie’s three crisis comforts. Full

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29:50

Live from the CBI Conference: Dawn Airey on breaking...

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2024/12/02

In our first live podcast recording at the 2024 CBI Annual Conference, Andy speaks to Dawn Airey CBE, one of the most remarkable figures in British media. In front of an audience of business leaders and policy makers, they discussed resilience and reputation along with the crises and triumphs that have defined her career. Dawn has spent her career thriving on challenge, and along the way earned a reputation as a bold and unapologetic trailblazer. For some who couldn’t keep pace she became Scary

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61:26

100th guest special - Singer Katie Melua on teenage...

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2024/11/25

Selling 11 million albums, more than a million concert tickets and picking up 56 platinum awards along the way, Katie Melua is one of Britain’s most successful singer songwriters. In this episode, she takes us on a very candid and emotional journey - from Georgia to Belfast to London and to fame at just 19 years old where she was thrown immediately onto the treadmill of recording, tours and promotion. But the impact of her sudden stardom took a heavy toll on Katie’s mental health. In 2010 she

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3:48

David Holmes' Crisis Comforts

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2024/11/18

On January 28th, 2009, a rehearsed stunt on set of Harry Potter went horrifically wrong. David, who had been the lead stunt double for his friend Daniel Radcliffe for a decade, was left paralysed from the chest down. His is a story of acceptance, of finding positives in the darkest of places and of the power of human spirit. Here are his three crisis comforts which helped and continue to help him reject bitterness about his old life and instead pursue a different life … one full of meaning and

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56:45

101. Harry Potter stuntman David Holmes on finding...

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2024/11/11

On January 28th, 2009, a rehearsed stunt on set of Harry Potter went horrifically wrong. David, who for a decade was the lead stunt double for his friend Daniel Radcliffe, was left paralysed from the chest down.A number of long and dangerous operations followed, many of them lifesaving. David survived but his condition is degenerative - each year bringing yet more challenge for him.From being an elite gymnast and professional stunt double for the most famous boy in the world at the time… as someone

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Lindsay Nicholson's Crisis Comforts

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2024/11/04

On the face of it, magazine guru Lindsay Nicholson has had a brilliant, glamorous and high-powered career. Yet she achieved all this whilst her own life has been marked with crisis, with drama and the most unimaginable grief. Here are her three crisis comforts which helped and continue to help her survive and thrive through the most extreme and painful experiences. Full episode https://www.crisiswhatcrisis.com/series/series-7/ Links    Lindsay’s

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100. Magazine megastar Lindsay Nicholson’s...

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2024/10/28

Lindsay Nicholson transformed some of our best-known magazine titles including Cosmopolitan, Prima and, most famously, Good Housekeeping. On the face of it a brilliant, glamorous and high-powered career for which she was awarded an MBE in 2018. But Lindsay achieved all this whilst her own life was marked with crisis, with drama and the most unimaginable grief. In 1992 Lindsay lost her first husband, the journalist John Merritt, when she was pregnant with their second child, Hope. Five years later,

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Charley Boorman's Crisis Comforts

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2024/10/21

Adventurer Charley Boorman - whose life is full of motorbike journeys, personal challenge, crisis and resilience – shares his three crisis comforts. Full episode https://www.crisiswhatcrisis.com/podcasts/charley-boorman-on-severe-dyslexia-loss-and-the-motorbike-crash-that-almost-claimed-his-life/ Links    Charley’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charleyboorman/?hl=enCharley’s website: https://www.charleyboorman.com/ Charities: UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org.uk/Dyslexia

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99. Charley Boorman on severe dyslexia, loss and the...

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2024/10/14

You know him from his epic road trips with Ewan McGregor in Long Way Round, Down and Up but adventurer Charley Boorman’s life is full of journeys of an entirely different kind … of personal challenge, crisis and resilience.As a child actor Charley, the son of director John Boorman, starred in movies including The Emerald Forest but severe dyslexia got in the way. He then faced the devastating loss of his beloved sister before his own health crisis with cancer. Working as a builder, Charley found

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Sarah de Lagarde's Crisis Comforts

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2024/10/07

On the night of September 30, 2022, at High Barnet station, Sarah de Lagarde slipped between the train and the platform. She lost two limbs and almost her life. With resilience and an unyielding spirit, Sarah has embarked on a journey of recovery and of advocacy. Sarah’s story is one that tells a truly shocking story but also provides insight and learnings for us all. Here are her three crisis comforts. Links    Sarah’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sjdelagarde/?hl=enSarah’s

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57:28

Sarah de Lagarde on surviving horror, saying ‘thank...

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2024/09/30

On the night of September 30, 2022, at High Barnet station, Sarah de Lagarde slipped between the train and the platform. Trapped there, unseen and unheard, Sarah was hit by the train as it left the station, severing her right arm. 11 minutes after she first fell, she was struck by a second tube as it entered the station, crushing her right leg. In the aftermath of this unimaginable accident, Sarah faced long term physical and emotional challenges. Yet, with resilience and an unyielding spirit,

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Dylan Jones' Crisis Comforts

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2024/09/23

Dylan Jones is a true titan of the world of media … someone who has helped shape the cultural landscape of the UK for the last four decades. Throughout our full conversation, which is courageous and, at times difficult, Dylan’s resilience and, as he puts it, ‘very particular’ approach to crisis shines through. Here are his three crisis comforts which helped and continue to help him maintain an incredibly positive attitude. Full episode

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64:51

Dylan Jones on a violent childhood, recovery from...

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2024/09/16

Dylan Jones is a true titan of the world of media … someone who has helped shape the cultural landscape of the UK for the last four decades. A lad from High Wycombe who rose to become one of the best connected and sharpest operators here and in the US … along the way editing GQ magazine 22-year years, writing or editing over 25 books and picking up a cabinet full of awards including an OBE. He is now Editor in Chief of London’s Evening Standard. Dylan’s latest book – his memoir These Foolish

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Dr Rachel Clarke's Crisis Comforts

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2024/09/09

Dr Rachel Clarke is a dedicated palliative care doctor, passionate NHS advocate and bestselling author. In this conversation, Rachel helps us look hard at how we talk about – or too often fail to talk about - death. I urge you to listen to the full episode but for now, here are Rachel’s three crisis comforts.Links    Rachel’s Twitter: https://x.com/doctor_oxford CharityHospice Ukraine: https://www.hospiceukraine.com/what-we-do Books2024: The Story of a Heart TV adaptation of

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96. Dr Rachel Clarke on death…how to manage, talk...

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2024/09/02

Dr Rachel Clarke is a dedicated palliative care doctor, passionate NHS advocate and bestselling author. Through her work, Rachel has become a powerful voice and important influence on how we approach the ultimate collective crisis. We’ve discussed our unwillingness to make loss a part of mainstream conversation with other guests on the pod. In this conversation Rachel helps us look hard at how and why we should fix that failure. Her brilliant new book, The Story of a Heart, looks at death – and love

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