Sarah Davis Adventurer, Author, Speaker Britain vs The World Today I have the pleasure of welcoming Sarah Davis as my latest guest. Sarah is an incredible adventurer and explorer, and we're going to dive into some fascinating topics today. We start off by discussing Famous British explorers and what inspired Sarah to embark on her own adventures.  She shares with us her first expedition, paddling the Nile, and how her background in project management and risk management played a crucial...

Nick Kush Special Operations EOD 7 Skydives, 7 Continents, 7 Days 2 World Records LEGACY EXPEDITIONS Welcome to another amazing guest- Nick Kush. In this captivating episode of the Straight Talk Mind and Muscle podcast, I’d like  you to meet my guest and friend, who shares his incredible experience with Legacy Expeditions. 
We began with Nick's involvement in starting- and finishing in world record fashion- the amazing project called Legacy Expeditions, which involved doing seven...

Are you aware of your surroundings?  Do you know how to protect yourself in case of actual danger? In this episode my International guest NOUR ADRA discusses the importance of situational awareness and self-defence for keeping you and our loved ones safe. NOUR, founder of Charlie Mike Concepts, emphasises the need to shorten the gap between stimulus and response, to control one's ego, and to avoid conflict.  We spoke about the difference between being in the ring with a referee and...

“Addicted To The High- A Dangerous Place To Be" Eric Hinman  - Influencer marketer, Hybrid Athlete, Ironman Triathlete, Angel Investor, Fitness, Tech, and Hospitality Entrepreneur.
 
In this episode of the Straight Talk Mind & Muscle podcast, I welcome my guest, fitness social media legend Eric Hinman to discuss his background in sports and fitness, his work in building brands in the health and wellness space, and his journey to becoming a successful endurance athlete through the use...

Today we hear the Story of 29 year Army Special Operations veteran Rick Hogg, who spent time with the 82nd, 7th Special Forces Group and “The Unit”  Tier 1 US Army Special Operations Command. His time ranged from Desert Storm deep into the post-9/11 era.

 Rick spent years as a K-9 handler in the Special Ops community, forging a very strong bond with his dog “Duco” in particular. Rick managed through years of deployments and overcame the effects of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with a...

Joe Keain, Australian Podiatrist of the year Award winner, business owner and runner. 
We discussed various topics related to podiatry and running, including barefoot running, treating younger athletes versus weekend warriors, and Joe's journey from being a podiatrist to a business owner.  From being fired from his first job to becoming a partner in a successful podiatry business, Joe shares his journey and lessons learned on Humility and continuous learning key to personal growth and...

The John Wick Movie franchise has Former CIA and Navy Seal Shawn Ryan to keep it real, and the EXTRACTION  franchise and The Gray Man has Craig "CHILI" Palmer! After 25 years in the military and 17 years in the tier 1 life at “The Unit”  Craig takes us through his incredible journey after retiring in 2014. 
From Shot Show, to  working with Kyle Lamb at Viking Tactics  and then onto meeting Director Sam Hargreave and working on the set of Extraction, Extraction 2 and The Gray Man- it has...

Greg Thompson, creator of SocP, Inventor, "What It's Like to Teach Special Forces Soldiers How To Fight" So I just finished the show with Greg, absolute warrior gentleman. It's a long 2 part listen - so strap in.  Greg has trained special operations soldiers for over a decade now, trained federal and law enforcement for over two decades, and it was an absolute pleasure to have him on.

 The things he spoke about, in regard to his martial arts background in regards to special forces,...

What an interesting conversation I had with Jason, who runs the brilliant project over at SWAMPFOXTACTICS.COM

 Jason has been involved in martial arts from when he was a young boy growing up in his Dad’s dojo - progressing on to adult life and then to later  joining the military. In fact Jason met his wife at Basic Training in the Air Force reserves  and went on to being deployed operationally in the Middle East theatres. After leaving the military, his goal was to create and produced...

It was refreshing to speak with Michael tonight- his online video content is both inspiring and educational.

 From his Kung Fu beginnings as a child to a lifelong journey of Human Development, he has constantly experimented on himself and now has that pinnacle of sweet spots in Mind, Body and Spirit. Encompassing the teachings of people like Patrick Mckeown, Prof Andrwe Huberman and Dr Shawn Baker he has learned to - 
EAT WELL TRAIN SMART BREATHE IN A FUNCTIONAL WAY Michael is now...

Today's episode is one you won't want to miss, as I had the honour of interviewing Nick Goldsmith, wilderness survival consultant, resilience speaker and author of the new book out now- Rewild Your Mind available now in all good bookstores. Nick is a former Royal Marine Commando based in the UK.  After 11 years and 6 operational deployments, he was medically discharged with a diagnosis of Complex-PTSD.  After hitting rock bottom, at times barely able to function, it was nature and the...

One thing you cannot say about Sean is he is short of ENERGY!!  In fact it was a search for energy and the truth about human nutrition that started his amazing journey -from a carbohydrate supplement owner who later identified the link between insulin and cancer post the passing of his late father -  to a carnivore diet eating Full Time Endurance Cyclist. Sean will be 51 years in September and walks his talk, and backed up by science from such amazing scientists and doctors like Professor...

She Who Dares, Wins
. ALANA STOTT MBE
 
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Alana Stott, author, philanthropist, producer, entrepreneur, publisher, and member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Oh and did I mention Mrs Aberdeen/Mrs Scotland Winner? 

What stood out the most for me was her humility, pragmatism and ability to provide and show action steps for success.

 During our conversation, Alana shared her experiences working with vulnerable women and raising...

Well, this was a big one!! The power couple of the United States Special Forces. Tom spent 20 years in The US Military and service in SFOD Delta ( known as Delta Force) and has gone from fighting in the Battle Of Mogadishu  ( where the movie Blackhawk Down came from) to helping people fight their inner demons alongside his wife Jen at allsecurefoundation.org . This was an amazing show talking about the journey from post traumatic stress to Post Traumatic Growth, and it was phenomenal to...

Once again, I have the honour to interview one of the best humans in the world at what they do and Sean Grogan is most definitely one of them. After a long career as a a former special investigations detective, he began teaching classes including ‘Unmasking Hidden Facial Expressions’ & ‘Body Language for Law Enforcement’ making him a human lie detector and teaching other good people the skills he has eve gone on to write a book about.

 Detecting deception is his skillset and this is...

Dallas Alexander - Finding Your Flow State- , former JTF 2 and world record sniper shot holder Dallas Alexander - Finding Your Flow State- , former JTF 2 and world record sniper shot holder, and now singer songwriter music maker. I'm throwing this one out quickly. Team, so that you are listening live right now and get a chance to get to see Dallas Alexander live at his shows.

 Jump on the website, dallas alexander.ca. Check out the show notes for his link tree, all the awesome...

Buddha Heart, Devil’s Hand- The difference between Special Forces and Normal Humans  Gregg PUP Johnson http://pakari.nz/ Welcome to the sequel!! After such a popular show the first time around, it was a necessity to have Pup back on to share his knowledge, in order to help others. We spoke about a wide range of subjects, so strap in! Starting with the difference between an SF Operator mindset -where they make life and death decisions and movements multiple times every single day vs a...

ASHLEIGH GASS  A CANADIAN IN FLORIDA-MERGING GYMNASTICS STRENGTH TRAINING (Calisthenics)  WITH TRADITIONAL STRENGTH TRAINING NUTRITION/MOBILITY/STRETCHING/MOVEMENT/STRENGTH/ www.movegst.com Firstly let me apologise for the very inconsiderate Australian wildlife you will hear in the show- bloody crows and kookaburras!! But I digress- on with the show! Ashleigh Gass- owner of movegst.com, based in Florida, successfully grew her business during the dark ages of 2020-2022 and I was intrigued...

CHRIS VANSANT   DELTA FORCE (ret) PRIVATE CONSULTANT- -VanSant, LLC On Dec 13, 2003 Chris was a part of the Delta Force team that captured Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

 20 years later Chris is now a Board Member of the amazing All Secure Foundation run by Jen ad Tom Satterly ( also former Delta) www.allsecurefoundation.org 

 Chris is a work in progress. And that compass's progress is in the right direction after a lot of setbacks and detours. Part of his mission now is to reduce the stigma...

Texas State Weightlifting Champion, Former Gymnast Rebecca Rouse is a true master in her craft- teaching mental and physical strength through functional fitness. Through the 2020-2022 era Rebecca and her US Marine Corps husband created www.semperstronger.com and now has 16 Signature Programs online and has now created a whole Cadre of excellent coaches for the company. What I love about watching Rebecca’s content is that she walks her talk and unlike so many (both males and females) is not...

The True story of Dre Baldwin, combining the story of Tom Cruise’s character Jerry Maguire and Mark Wahlberg’s character in the movie INVINCIBLE. It was an absolute honour to speak with Dre, and he is the ONLY PERSON IN 5 years of the show who has ever sent me a PERSONAL VIDEO INVITATION - Mind blowing.

 Dre is  one of the pioneers of an online business, and has literally created a bootstrap business.
From having to sell himself to over 60 sports agents, to being picked up in his first...

PART 2 Hold on tight, because this one goes DEEP AF! It was an absolute honour to speak with Nick, and to hear him so openly share his story about being in the Chennai 6 - British soldiers falsely imprisoned for 6 years - and his road to recovery after being released. Author of the book- Surviving Hell - he openly states in this show that the 1 person who saved his life was his sister. And it’s because of his friends and family that he is alive today, no longer suicidal and on recovery...

Hold on tight, because this one goes DEEP AF! It was an absolute honour to speak with Nick, and to hear him so openly share his story about being in the Chennai 6 - British soldiers falsely imprisoned for 6 years - and his road to recovery after being released. Author of the book- Surviving Hell - he openly states in this show that the 1 person who saved his life was his sister. And it’s because of his friends and family that he is alive today, no longer suicidal and on recovery journey...

I had a great sit down with Shaun Co-founder of STAIT and we talked about all things Body, Hormones, Beer, Gut Health and his chance meeting with a PhD Scientist whose expertise and research was in the field of the age related testosterone decline we currently see in the world, and what could be done to arrest this decline

. And with that- STAIT ( formerly BE SPUNKI) was born- for no other use than for Shaun to continue to improve his health, youth and manliness.

 Writing frantically...

Michael Donvito 5th Degree BJJ Black Belt and Expert Trainer for US Special Forces

 www.skallywagtactical.com and www.eliteyou.com 
I sat down with Michael and we had a chat about his amazing 30+ year journey in martial arts, his 10 black belts, continuing his father’s work in training the US Military and US Special Forces and being part of www.skallywagtactical.com and www.eliteyou.com alongside Sgt Major Jack Nevils. Thank you to Ashleigh Gass of https://movegst.com/ in Florida for...