Simon Lee Maryan
15 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago -My Podcast series is about the power of human connection through sharing, exploring and learning how people connect in positive ways. What have they learned from the good, the bad and the ugly of connecting with others and how those connections have helped to shape and direct their lives both personally and professionally.
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SLM Podcast - Vic Baxter
June 27, 2023 10:34 - 35 minutes - 66.7 MBIn the first episode of my updated podcast with a new theme of Connections, I talk with Vic Baxter who has led a fascinating life in business in Oil & Gas. We discuss the importance of connections, the influence they have, how to develop and maintain them and what happens when we get it wrong.
Drew McAdam
November 23, 2022 14:18 - 1 hour - 132 MBDrew McAdam is a Mentalist /’men-ta-list/ noun. Someone skilled in non-verbal communication, who uses mental acuity, observation and suggestion. A master manipulator of thoughts and behaviour. Drew McAdam, “Scotland’s foremost mind reader” according to the BBC, has entertained and baffled representatives from almost every major commercial company you can think of. He has also demonstrated his mind-boggling demonstrations everywhere from the US to Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Sicily, and across...
Peter Lant
November 09, 2022 14:16 - 1 hour - 166 MBIn this episode of the Simon Lee Maryan Podcast, Mind Matters, I talk with Peter Lant who is a personal trainer based in Bath and runs outdoor training focusing mainly on men over 40. In this podcast we discuss his early life and the issues this caused and that he ultimately had to deal with in more recent times when his life came to a boiling point. He talks about his career choice prior to becoming a personal trainer and the catalyst for this change. How he dealt with the impact of this an...
Ric Coulson
November 09, 2022 14:09 - 1 hour - 191 MBIn this episode I chat with Ric Coulson, former Royal Marine, who talks extremely bluntly, honestly and openly about his struggles with his mental health. Ric’s struggles are from the end of his military career, during transition into civvy street up to the present. We dive into Emotional & Psychological Resilience. suicide, PTSD, loss of identity and redefining yourself. This leads on to the struggles this creates both internally and externally as well as the additional challenges that trans...
Tamsin Astor PhD
April 23, 2022 11:03 - 58 minutes - 109 MBI spoke with Tamsin almost 5 years to the day to the last time I interviewed her. Much has happened in that time and it was great to hear how her business has changed and grown and to dive into how she has managed those changes for herself and her clients. We also touch on how her family has dealt with the last 2 years and the challenges they have faced. Tamsin is an extraordinary and wonderful lady who brings oy to peoples lives personally and professionally.
Vicky Newsome-Hogan
March 22, 2022 10:12 - 1 hour - 146 MBIn this episode I talk to Vicky Newsome-Hogan, a 60 yr old Transsexual woman who was born in the east end of London and grew up in the care system. Vicky is the epitome of courage, bravery, determination and commitment.
Marcel Van der Wal
March 22, 2022 10:06 - 48 minutes - 89.8 MBMarcel runs a coaching and business consultancy and is based in Mexico with offices there and in the Netherlands, Peru and Chile with his business growing rapidly. After a work related accident that almost cost him his life, he decide to give up his job and begin to study Safety at various institutions. Marcel is very open about his experiences and why he is so passionate about wanting to help people. He has created and delivered a comprehensive package of training courses in Behavioural Safe...
Dr Lisa De Rijk - Psychotherapist and PTSD treatment trailblazer
February 28, 2022 12:17 - 54 minutes - 101 MBIn this episode I have the great pleasure of speaking with a great friend and trailblazer, Dr Lisa de Rijk. Lisa shares how she has overcome significant life challenges, what she has learned about herself through her work and we talk about identity loss, awareness and discovery, divorce and trauma and PTSD.
Tip Cullen - Royal Marine turned Actor
November 23, 2021 13:05 - 1 hour - 127 MBIn this episode Tip talks about his experiences in the Royal Marines, shining into the civilian world and training to be a professional actor. What is really interesting is the parallels he draws in comparing the military world and the world of acting. A fascinating conversation that is jam packed full of his deep experience.
Chris Michaels - Veteran, Author and creator of The Darkside Podcast
September 01, 2021 07:43 - 1 hour - 134 MBMy chat with Chris Michaels who runs the DarkSide Podcast. He talks about being medically discharged from the Navy, his difficulties with transition into civvy life and his years of suffering domestic abuse in the forms of physical, emotional and psychological violence. He has gone on to achieve so much and all his details can be found in this link to see and follow what he is doing. https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2... I love seeing people come out the other side of life's hardships ...
Great British Radio, Connect Forces Interview
June 16, 2021 15:15 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBOn Sunday 6th June I was interviewed on Great British Radio’s “Connect Forces” show by Linda Lusardi, Mike Osman and Andy Neil MBE. I talked about my military career, my work in Human Intelligence and the Uniformed Services Mental Health charity I set up. I go on to talk about the three occasions that I have been kidnapped and how this led to writing my second book, ‘The Immediate Care Process’, which is a self help book for emotional and psychological resilience and is available on Amazon.
Judith Hammond - Abusive childhood, workplace bullying & overcoming trauma
April 07, 2021 10:45 - 1 hour - 140 MBThis episode is a conversation with Judith Hammond who I first met in 2013 as we were on the same NLP Trainers course. Judith talks about being abused by her mother physically, mentally, verbally and psychologically/emotionally. Judith explains how this conditioned her through her life and how she coped with this and work place bullying, abusive relationships and always managing to find the reserves to be there for her own kids despite all this. It's a deep and emotional conversation full o...
Mark Monaghan - Royal Navy Submariner, transition to civvy life, mental health & helping veterans
April 07, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 138 MBThis episode is a conversation with Mark Monaghan, a former Royal Navy Submariner. Mark talks candidly about his experience of leaving the Royal Navy and his struggles with the transition. He talks about how in reflection, his mental health issues began before he left the Navy and it was not identified so no treatment was given. Mark is passionate about helping veterans deal with their mental health issues and with the transition into civilian life and manages a page on facebook called help ...
Tamsin Astor PhD - Dealing with cancer in 2 year old son, divorce and coming out stronger
April 07, 2021 10:00 - 59 minutes - 39.2 MBIn this second epsiode I talk to Tamsin Astor PhD who talks about dealing with her youngest son being diagnosed at the age of just 2 with Burkitt's Lymphoma, whihc is a cancer of the lymphatic system. She talks about the struggle to get her concerns heard and recognised by the doctors, hearing the diagnosis and dealing with the whole treatment process and being strong for her son, her family and herself. She talks later about her divorce and how now, ten years on her son is clear and health...
Stephen Finlayson - Army to RAF Regiment Sniper to helping kids in school & saving homeless veterans.
April 07, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 159 MBWelcome to the Mind-Matters Podcast Series. I have some fantastic interviews lined up with people willing to share their stories that fit the objective of the series, which is to explore how people have survived challenging life events and come back stronger each time without knowing how. We then delve into what they did, how they’ve changed and any proactive steps they’ve taken to continue to deliberately develop their psychological resiliancy proactively. This frst interview is with Steph...