Life in Transition Podcast Ep:12 Spencer Brown

Life in Transition Podcast Ep:12 Spencer Brown

Former Royal Marine and England Rugby winger now plying his trade as a Strength & Conditioning/Injury Rehabilitation Consultant, Helping Reduce Injury Risk & Increasing Physical Performance. Spencer was a Marine Musician serving in the Royal Marines Band Service for 13 yrs mixing his time in the military with professional rugby and representing his country in both the 15s game on the wing and at 7s. Success Mantra I have refocused my energy into things I…

Comfort Zones

Comfort Zones

When did you last stretch yourself to the absolute edge of your comfort zone and of your personal abilities? We all need a challenge. I choose to challenge myself mentally and physically every year, some might say I go to a little on the extreme side but usually it is just to stretch the norm and the status quo. Without stretching ourselves we can all shrink and then we start to underachieve. Or is that…

Life in Transition Podcast Ep:11 Mike Jones

Life in Transition Podcast Ep:11 Mike Jones

18 years in the British Army – Former Instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) the foremost leadership academy in the world – medical discharge due to PTSD forced his transition into civvy street. Now Mike runs Leadership by Inspiration, a tailored approach to culture change, leadership and team development. Enabling senior leaders to create a culture where their employees and teams can thrive | Organisational Psychologist Success Mantra Failure/risk is neutral it’s how…

Using your compass

Using your compass

A compass is simply an instrument containing a magnetized pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it are used for navigation and orientation relative to the geographic direction – north, east, south and west. However, in life there are many more types of compass to help guide you along your journey. What compass are you using? When researching for this article I found more types of compass than I had ever…

Life in Transition Podcast Ep:10 Fabian Speiss

Life in Transition Podcast Ep:10 Fabian Speiss

Fabian Spiess is a Goalkeeper former Notts County trainee, who was born in Germany, enjoyed loan spells with Corby Town and Bristol Rovers during his time at Meadow Lane. He played for Boston United following a brief spell with league rivals Alfreton Town. Now at the end of his career he is dealing with his transition to life after football. Success Mantra Find your purpose and the hard work will follow! Best advice – Advice…

Nothing new on event day

Nothing new on event day

When we perform as a professional no stone is unturned, no surprises unprepared for and everything is ready for action. That’s how a sports person gets themselves ready for a race or a match thats how a professional soldier or pilot prepares for a battle but sadly it’s not how we prepare for a sales meeting, a presentation or an interview and we wonder why we don’t always succeed. In recent times I have been…

Life in Transition Podcast Ep:09 Matt Windle

Birmingham’s Poet Laureate by day & professional super flyweight boxer by night, Matt delivers workshops, performances and poetry-boxercise to schools, libraries, foster homes, young offenders. Matt has performed spoken word/slam poetry since 2007 while continuing his career as a professional boxer. He’s the MATT Man! Make sure you listen to the end as a massive treat he delivers one of his poems for you!   Success Mantra Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work…

80 Year Holiday

Perception is in the eye of the beholder they say – if that is the case why not perceive an 80-year life as a 80 year holiday rather than a chore or challenge. Sure there will be good times and bad times, even on a holiday, but what would that do to your mindset if you were trying to be on holiday in your head more of the time most of the time rather than…

Life in Transition Podcast Ep:08 Mel Eves

Former professional footballer with Wolverhampton Wanderers from the age of 18 – 214 appearances and 53 goals during his 9 years at Molineux, they won the League Cup at Wembley in 1980. He had a career threatening injury aged 27, rupturing his Achilles tendon he continued one for several more years before having to retire. Since football Mel has been an Independent Financial Advisor (IFA) and one of the most respected FIFA Player’s Agents in…

Life in Transition Podcast Ep:07 Nick Baxter

Nick Baxter is an English rugby union player who has represented England Students, England Sevens and the Barbarians. He was a Worcester Warriors winger before becoming the leading try scorer in national league rugby, scoring his 150th try for Pertemps Bees. He was a member of the England Sevens team in the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games.  In 2005 he received the Rugby Writers’ Union Services to Rugby Award Success Mantra Very simple here ‘hard…