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Gay Hendricks is a psychologist, writer, and teacher - specialising in personal growth, relationships, and body intelligence. Gay received his Ph.D. in counselling psychology from Stanford University, and twenty years later he set up the Hendricks Institute - an International Learning Center that teaches core skills for conscious living. As a coach, he’s coached more than eight hundred executives, from firms like Dell and HP. He has also written over 40 books, including The Big Leap - where...

Today on the show we have Jo Marchant - a New York Times bestselling author and speaker. Her writing explores the nature of humanity and our universe, and today we talk about her book 'Cure' all about the mind-body connection. Cure begins with a simple question: can our minds really heal our bodies? It is a controversial subject, but she studies it with the scientific rigour learnt from her PhD along with a skeptical and open mind. She uncovers evidence that our subjective thoughts, emotions...

The Speed Project is hard to explain. It is a 340-mile relay-style race from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, which started as an adventure between friends and has since scaled to global participants. It's an unsanctioned "unofficial-official" race (which means there are no official rules, and no spectators), and has been called "unsanctioned, unhinged, underground and off the grid" - as well as "the secret fight-club style race" (BBC), and "Hardest Running Race in the World" - Hypebeast) In this...

Want to say thanks for this episode and encourage future episodes? You can now Buy Me A Coffee! 💛☕️ (You can also email me on [email protected]) Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and a former editor and publisher of the Whole Earth Review. He has also been a writer, photographer, conservationist, and student of Asian and digital culture. He is also co-chair of The Long Now Foundation, a membership organisation that champions long-term thinking. He is founder of...

Welcome to Out of Hours. Joining the podcast today is Edward Sullivan, co-founder and CEO of Velocity coaching, best selling author of Leading with Heart and executive coach. His twenty-five-year career as an executive coach and political consultant has taken him around the globe coaching and advising start-up founders, Fortune 500 CEOs, and heads of state of foreign nations. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company,...

If you enjoy this episode, please buy me a coffee and send a message to show your support! ☕️ Today on the podcast we have Matt Buechele - known on instagram as Matt Booshell. You may recognise Matt from his comedic, straight-to-camera one minute monologues - as he walks through the street of new york with his airpods. He is a writer, comedian, and composer. He has always been interested in comedy, music and sketches - and today he is full time on his creative work - having written for the...

If you enjoy this episode, please buy me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ Today on the podcast we have Tim Brown, co-founder of Allbirds.   Today Allbirds is a public company, with an IPO in 2021, and almost one thousand employees. But it didn’t start that way. In fact for many years, Allbirds was just an idea, a side project for Tim Brown - who was a professional footballer for the first part of his career, even playing in the world cup. Tim was bored of the branded shoes he had to wear as...

If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ Today on the show we have Lauren Zander, life coach and author of the book “Maybe it’s You” - offering a step-by-step process that has transformed the lives of tens of thousands of her clients. Following a realisation that she’d been living a life full of lies, she decided to “clean up her life” and tell the truth. The result was a lifelong successful career in life coaching and writing. She was in the first...

If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Today on the show we have Tim Urban. Tim’s TED talk - Inside the mind of a master procrastinator - is now the third most watched TED talk in the world - totalling over 65 million views. Tim is also one of the internet’s most thought provoking writers, he started his blog Wait But Why  - originally as an attempt to exercise his creative side,...

If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! (or, support me on the podcast app Fountain!) Today on the show we have James Fox, the founder of Prison Yoga Project. Yoga changed the course of James’ life, and in 2002, he started his own organisation - Prison Yoga Project - a programme to teach trauma informed yoga and bring yoga and mindfulness to prisons. 70% of prisoners return to the...

Enjoyed this episode? Consider buying me a coffee! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Today on the podcast we have Ella Mils, the founder of Deliciously Ella. Ella started Deliciously Ella - a blog for plant based recipes - over ten years ago when she was still at university. Having been diagnosed with a chronic condition, and being in and out of hospital with drugs having no meaningful impact, she turned to the internet.  Originally she started the blog...

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Sign up to the Out of Hours newsletter here. Today on the podcast we have Kevin Kelly - the founding editor of Wired Magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor for its first 7 years. He's also: -Written a New York Times bestseller on technology and written books on the economy and on decentralization. - Been the publisher and editor of Whole earth Catalogue - an American counterculture magazine. - Founded the popular Cool Tools website in 2003, which has...

Today on the podcast we have Michelle Maldonado. Michelle is the founder & CEO of Lucenscia, a human potential and business transformation firm for developing leaders and organizations, work which she started practicing originally in her corporate job. Michelle designs leadership development and coaching, and has worked with everyone from PepsiCo to the United Nations peacekeepers and humanitarian aid workers. Michelle is and does so many things - she is an entrepreneur, a business...

Today on the podcast we have Charlie Moult. Charlie works in the field of breathwork and she is a 1-1 and group breathwork facilitator and the founder of Source, a Breathwork membership. After a life changing experience on a retreat, Charlie was inspired to start training in therapeutic Breathwork practices and eventually she quit her full time job as a Chiropractor to focus on guiding transformational breath journeys for emotional and trauma release.   She’s been featured on the BBC (radio)...

How does one West Virginian farmer, suspecting foul play and seeking justice, win against one of the largest chemical companies in the world? With the help of someone called Robert Bilott. Today on the show, we have Rob Bilott, described by the New York Times as 'DuPont's worst nightmare' - the lawyer whose story was turned into a Hollywood turned into the film starring Mark Rufalo and Anne Hathaway. Rob is a corporate defence lawyer, who started this case as a small side project - a favour...

Today on the podcast we have Ben Branson, founder of Seedlip - the world's first distilled non-alcoholic spirit. Ben grew up with a a father who worked in design, and a mother from a farming family. He started Seedlip originally not from a business opportunity, but because he was curious about what he could do - and whether he could actually finish a project. He was curious to tinker with plants, and learn, and have a creative outlet experimenting with the natural world.  He officially...

Sharmadean Reid is a serial entrepreneur, based in London. She’s an inspiration to many women around the world, and is widely known for her impact on culture, the beauty industry, and women’s empowerment -  and she received an MBE in 2015 for her services.  Her entrepreneurial journey started at University, where she created a zine called WAH - a zine - as a side project. She then set up the nail salon, WAH nails, also originally as a side project. She is now founder and CEO of The Stack...

Today on the show we have Dave Potter. Dave is a retired psychotherapist, and he specialises in anxiety, stress, and trauma. He created his side project, Palouse Mindfulness, when he was a working therapist, as a way to share a particular meditation practice that has changed his life, called Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. MBSR, it’s a meditation therapy, originally designed for stress management, and it is used now for treating illnesses including depression, anxiety, chronic pain,...

Today on the podcast we have Polina Marinova Pompliano. She’s the founder and author at the hugely popular newsletter The Profile. What is the profile? The Profile is a newsletter, which started on the side when she was full time at Fortune Magazine and she has since turned into a paid newsletter, and her full time job. The Profile studies the most successful and interesting people in business, entertainment, tech, sports, and more - with the goal of sharing lessons from the most exceptional...

The Out of Hours podcast is back!  After a long wait, Season 3 is coming soon. In this season, I'll be speaking to an incredible mix of people with one thing in common - they gave themselves permission to be completely themselves, to explore the things that light them up, and to build the things they think should exist in the world. Most of them started their passions as side projects, or curiosities, and turned them into something much bigger than they thought possible.  The guests on this...

A huge thank you to our sponsor TRIBE!TRIBE are one of the UK's leading plant-based nutrition brands.  You can get your first pack for just £2 (which includes shipping) at this link (wearetribe.co/outofhours) --> use the code "TRIBEOUTOFHOURS'". About the guest Our guest today is Matt Miller, better known as Mills. Mills is best known for co-founding digital design studio UsTwo, with his cofounder Synx. They have clients like Joe Wicks, Lego, Co-op, Google’s Deep Mind and Samsung to name...

A huge thank you to our sponsor TRIBE!TRIBE are one of the UK's leading plant-based nutrition brands.  You can get your first pack for just £2 (which includes shipping) at this link (wearetribe.co/outofhours) --> use the code "TRIBEOUTOFHOURS'". Join the next Out of Hours Circle: Create consistency, meet amazing people and reach your side project potential. Join here. About the guest: Today on the podcast we have Lottie Unwin, founder of The Copy Club. The Copy Club are a community of...