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A New Way of Being

Where Awakening meets real life.Stop abandoning yourself.Wake up to who you truly are,🌀 Book a free 1:1 coaching consultation: https://calendly.com/simon-wgw/find-your-flow-intro-chat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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11:51

Life Lessons Lite : Facing addiction with Tony Adams

A New Way of Being ·

2021/10/01

What can you do to help someone who is battling addiction, and what are the ways we rationalise addictive behaviours?Tony Adams - who recently celebrated 25 years without a drink - helped set up the Sporting Chance treatment clinic two decades ago.In this episode - he shares wisdom around dealing with addiction. This episode is being released in response to the large number of messages and emails we received after Paul merson spoke about his battles with addiction in the last full-length

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47:21

The cruelty of addiction: Paul Merson

A New Way of Being ·

2021/09/27

Paul Merson – the ex Arsenal, Villa and England footballer turned Soccer Saturday regular has battled issues for years with drink, drugs and gambling, which he considers to be the cruellest of the lot.Paul is currently clean and doing his bit to help others – not least through his new book Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery.It’s a stark and at times brutal account of the damage addiction can reek, and in this episode we talk about what Paul has learnt along that long road to recovery

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11:34

Life Lesson: self-enquiry

A New Way of Being ·

2021/09/23

Everything you experience - like thoughts, feelings, sensations and perceptions - come and go. But do you come and go with them?To help answer this question is philosopher Rupert Spira, who walks us through a simple but powerful process of 'self-enquiry'**My debut book - Champion Thinking: How To Find Success Without Losing Yourself - is available to buy from January 18. Drawing on some of my favourite interviews from this podcast over the last five years, I want to challenge our ideas about

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1:23:40

The self delusion: Sam Harris

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2021/09/19

Most of us believe that there is a 'thinker' in our heads, who is thinking all our thoughts.My guest this week Sam Harris -neuroscientist, philosopher, New York Times best-selling author, host of the Making Sense podcast, and creator of the Waking Up app - argues that this is an illusion. Sam says if we can clearly see this, we can largely bring an end to our own suffering.Not pain – which is inevitable – but the psychological suffering that occurs BECAUSE we identify with our thoughts.Thoughts

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13:03

Life Lesson: Not labelling things as 'good' or 'bad'

A New Way of Being ·

2021/09/17

At Wimbledon this year, newcomer Emma Radacanu reached the fourth round, but had to withdraw with breathing difficulties.It was - it seemed - a 'bad' thing. There was concern for her welfare, and questions as to whether it would impact her future Grand Slam chances.Emma then proceeded to produce one of the all time great Grand Slam performances on the way to winning the US Open as a qualifier - without dropping a set. That experience at Wimbledon hadn't been 'bad' after all, it had been a learning

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57:57

Asking for help: Sally Gunnell

A New Way of Being ·

2021/09/13

Sally Gunnell is a British athletics Great; the only woman to be Olympic, World and European 400 metres hurdles champion while simultaneously holding the World Record. While she dominated her sport in the early 1990s – Sally admits she couldn’t have done it without the team she built around her. She was ahead of her time in seeking help with the psychological side of competing - but brought in experts in other areas too for example around nutrition. And so the theme of this episode is around asking

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12:05

Life Lessons Lite: A to C thinking

A New Way of Being ·

2021/09/10

As Shakespeare wrote, "there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."Albert Ellis - founder of Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT) - ran with this idea and came up with a model to help identify the role belief plays in how we feel and subsequently act in the world.Sports psychologist Helen Davis explained how the model worksin our earlier episode on 'beliefs' and she steps up again in this bitezize episode.**My debut book - Champion Thinking: How To Find Success Without

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38:44

Embracing each moment like Roger Federer: Christopher...

A New Way of Being ·

2021/09/06

What lessons can we take from the approach, attitude and outlook of Roger Federer?Helping me answer that question is Christopher Clarey – arguably the top tennis journalist in the world. Chris has written a book called ‘the Master – the Brilliant career of Roger Federer’, in this episode we talk about what anyone can learn from the Swiss maestro – and Chris shares many stories to illustrate Federer's lessons – including around treating people with empathy and authenticity, taking care of your own

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15:06

Life Lesson: Switching your brain computer off

A New Way of Being ·

2021/09/03

The importance of powering your brain down several times a day.Sir John Kirwan - the All Black's legend who was knighted for services to mental health - shared this golden nugget with me.His is a fantastic analogy - when your computer stops working and you ring IT - what do they advise you to do?Switch it off and then turn it back on again!It's something we all need to be doing - but with our brains. And scrolling through your phone doesn't count - we need to find activities that give our brain's a

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1:17:56

Making Good Choices: Josh Warrington

A New Way of Being ·

2021/08/29

Making good choices - even when you feel like you are missing out or not progresssing as quickly as you would like.This is something Josh has done throughout his life, even in the face of peer pressure and frustration.We also talk about getting perspective in your life, stopping complaining about things that are really unimportant in the big scheme of things and why having no regrets when you are older is something worth striving for.He also shares some compelling stories about the power of the mind

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12:46

Life Lessons Lite : Amor Fati

A New Way of Being ·

2021/08/26

Amor fati means "a love of fate". The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche quoted it as his formula for human greatness.In other words – whatever happens in your life – or whatever has happened in the past – accept it fully. Not begrudgingly and reluctanctly - but as if you had chosen it yourself.The question is - how? In this short episode we explore two ways of looking at it. Firstly, through the stoic approach - where everything is an opportunity to be or do your best. Ryan Holiday - author of

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1:17:44

The Dangers of Digital: Cal Newport

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2021/08/22

How smartphones and social media may be making us more anxious and distracted - and what to do about it. Cal Newport is the author of two seminal books: 'Deep Work' and 'Digital Minimalism'. He argues that our ability to perform undistracted work on something cognitively demanding is a vital skill to train. However, the ability to perform 'deep work' is increasingly rare - not least because of the impact of smartphones and social media. Cal says that IGen - people born between 1995 and 2012 - have

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1:07:01

The healing power of hard conversations: Ed Jackson

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2021/08/15

Why self-sacrificing and people-pleasing can be selfish, while looking after yourself can be selfless.Ed Jackson suffered a devastating accident after diving into a shallow swimming pool and breaking his neck in 2017. He made a miraculous recovery despite being told he would never walk again. Ed first appeared on the show two years ago but this episode is very different. In this conversation we go deep exploring what Ed and his wife Lois have learned since his accident in 2017.They learnt to embrace

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52:36

Intuition: Chrissie Wellington

A New Way of Being ·

2021/08/09

The power of tapping into our internal guidance system - and trusting that it will take us where we need to go.Chrissie Wellington is one of the greatest athletes of all time: a four-time Ironman World Champion who broke the world record and retired undefeated.More importantly, Chrissie is a humble, kind and generous person (which is not always true of people who have reached such lofty heights!).Chrissie wasn't one of these athletes who set a goal to become World Champion aged eight and then went

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1:14:24

Remaining grounded: Laura Massaro

A New Way of Being ·

2021/07/31

Why avoiding sport's undoubted riches and ensuing fame - and remaining grounded and humble - can be a blessing. Laura was the world's number one squash player and its World Champion.However, squash doesn't get the attention of some other sports, and is overlooked by the International Olympic Committee time and again. Using her mantra 'life can only be understood backwards', Laura has come to see that avoiding the fame and fortune associated with being World Champion in certain other sport's can be a

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47:26

The Importance of Play: Helen Glover

A New Way of Being ·

2021/07/25

Remembering the importance of play - with the first woman to make a British Olympic rowing team after having children.Helen Glover is already a two-time Olympic Gold medal winner, and wasn't expecting to have the opportunity to win a third.Since winning gold at Rio 2016, Helen has given birth to three children. She has a three-year old, and a pair of one-year-old twins to contend with.She had no plans to get back in the boat, but during lockdown Helen found herself back on the rowing machine, where

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46:30

The Danger of Complacency: Colin Jackson

A New Way of Being ·

2021/07/18

In the words of one of Britain's greatest ever athletes, "complacency has a tendency to bite you on the backside".At the 1992 Olympics, Colin Jackson was hot favourite to win gold in the 110 metres hurdles, but finished seventh in the final after getting ahead of himself in the earlier rounds.Jackson won the World Championships twice thereafter and held the world record for over a decade, so he has no regrets - just lessons to share.He also talks about not letting success go to your head, harnessing

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1:22:56

The art of breathing correctly: James Nestor

A New Way of Being ·

2021/07/11

It may be easy to think – we all know how to breath, but many of us do it in a way that is not optimal for our health.This week’s guest is science journalist and best-selling author of 'Breath, the new science of a lost art' James Nestor.The science shows breathing through your nose is key, as is not over-breathing – something we are prone to doing, particularly when stressed.James has been part of some extensive research which shows the damage that mouth breathing can do, and it is pretty

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1:13:16

Embracing patience: Matt Little - Sir Andy Murray's...

A New Way of Being ·

2021/07/04

The importance of building strong foundations and not striving to reach your goal too quickly.Matt Little has coached Andy Murray for 15 years, and is the longest standing member of his entourage.He is a man who knows the importance of values, and of building strong foundations - rather than rushing to achieve success in the shortest time possible.It is about paying your dues and enjoying the journey - taking the time to smell the roses along the way - and not jumping steps in your quest to reach

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51:49

Redefining success: Tim Henman

A New Way of Being ·

2021/06/27

What does success mean? Is the simple 'winner and losers' narrative we hear about in sport and life too simplistic?Tim Henman reached six major tennis semi-finals - four at Wimbledon - and was ranked fourth in the world. And yet – in some quarters – there is a false narrative that somehow Tim didn't deliver, or choked when it mattered most. If that were true, then almost all of us are failures.In this episode - we talk about exploring your potential – rather than setting a goal and limiting yourself

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