Thriving Minds with Alberto Zandi Archiv
94 Episoden
1 Stunde 10 Minuten
Most people wait until they feel ready.
Andrea Thompson built her career by doing the opposite.
In this episode, Alberto sits down with Andrea Thompson, former Editor in Chief of Marie Claire UK, award-winning journalist, investigative reporter, and one of the most influential women in British media.
Andrea grew up in a home where politics, current affairs, race, representation, and social justice were part of everyday conversation. From a young age, she wanted to tell stories that mattered, especially the stories that were not being told.
Her career took her across some of the biggest names in British media, from newspapers and magazines to television. She worked undercover, investigated exploitation, reported on child labour, and exposed difficult truths in industries where power often protected itself.
Then came the role she had wanted since university: Editor in Chief of Marie Claire.
But when the dream job arrived, it came with redundancy, grief, pressure, digital transformation, and eventually lockdown.
Andrea had to rebuild Marie Claire as a digital-first brand while leading a small team, protecting the values of a legacy publication, raising two children, and carrying the loneliness that often comes with leadership.
In this conversation, Andrea opens up about ambition, risk, failure, media ethics, motherhood, leadership, representation, power, the changing role of journalism, and why doing things that scare you may be the only way to grow.
This episode is for anyone who has ever wanted to take a bigger step in life, but did not feel ready.
It is for anyone who has ever achieved the thing they wanted, only to realise the pressure was bigger than they expected.
And it is for anyone who needs the reminder that nobody is an overnight success.
You will learn:
Why Andrea wanted to become a journalist from a young age.
What undercover journalism taught her about people, power, and exploitation.
Why the media’s treatment of women has changed so dramatically over the past 20 years.
What it really felt like to become Editor in Chief of Marie Claire.
Why the dream job can still be the hardest job.
How she rebuilt a legacy magazine for the digital age.
Why leadership can be deeply lonely.
Why women have been taught to feel uncomfortable with ambition.
What it takes to balance motherhood, career, pressure, and purpose.
Why nobody is truly an overnight success.
Why Andrea believes we should all do something that scares us regularly.
Follow Andrea:
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#ThrivingMinds #AlbertoZandi #AndreaThompson #MarieClaire #FashionJournalism #EditorInChief #CareerGoals #Manifestation #WomenInMedia #JournalismCareer #FashionMagazine #MediaCareer #DreamJob
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Andrea Thompson built her career by doing the opposite.
In this episode, Alberto sits down with Andrea Thompson, former Editor in Chief of Marie Claire UK, award-winning journalist, investigative reporter, and one of the most influential women in British media.
Andrea grew up in a home where politics, current affairs, race, representation, and social justice were part of everyday conversation. From a young age, she wanted to tell stories that mattered, especially the stories that were not being told.
Her career took her across some of the biggest names in British media, from newspapers and magazines to television. She worked undercover, investigated exploitation, reported on child labour, and exposed difficult truths in industries where power often protected itself.
Then came the role she had wanted since university: Editor in Chief of Marie Claire.
But when the dream job arrived, it came with redundancy, grief, pressure, digital transformation, and eventually lockdown.
Andrea had to rebuild Marie Claire as a digital-first brand while leading a small team, protecting the values of a legacy publication, raising two children, and carrying the loneliness that often comes with leadership.
In this conversation, Andrea opens up about ambition, risk, failure, media ethics, motherhood, leadership, representation, power, the changing role of journalism, and why doing things that scare you may be the only way to grow.
This episode is for anyone who has ever wanted to take a bigger step in life, but did not feel ready.
It is for anyone who has ever achieved the thing they wanted, only to realise the pressure was bigger than they expected.
And it is for anyone who needs the reminder that nobody is an overnight success.
You will learn:
Why Andrea wanted to become a journalist from a young age.
What undercover journalism taught her about people, power, and exploitation.
Why the media’s treatment of women has changed so dramatically over the past 20 years.
What it really felt like to become Editor in Chief of Marie Claire.
Why the dream job can still be the hardest job.
How she rebuilt a legacy magazine for the digital age.
Why leadership can be deeply lonely.
Why women have been taught to feel uncomfortable with ambition.
What it takes to balance motherhood, career, pressure, and purpose.
Why nobody is truly an overnight success.
Why Andrea believes we should all do something that scares us regularly.
Follow Andrea:
Website
LinkedIn
#ThrivingMinds #AlbertoZandi #AndreaThompson #MarieClaire #FashionJournalism #EditorInChief #CareerGoals #Manifestation #WomenInMedia #JournalismCareer #FashionMagazine #MediaCareer #DreamJob
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1 Stunde 30 Minuten
You are not lazy.
You are not broken.
And you are not just tired.
This week Alberto sat down with Dr Florence Comite, Yale and NIH-trained endocrinologist, precision medicine expert, best selling author of Invincible, and one of the global leading voices in personalised health, hormones, metabolism, and longevity.
Dr Florence explains why the body can begin changing under the surface much earlier than most people realise. For many people, the first signs are not dramatic disease symptoms. They are the quiet changes we often ignore: low energy, brain fog, poor sleep, weight gain around the middle, lower libido, slower recovery, cravings, muscle loss, painful or irregular cycles, and feeling like the same habits no longer work.
In this conversation, Dr Florence explains why age 30 can become an important biological turning point, why hormones act as messengers across the body, why sleep is one of the most powerful tools for health, and why the future of medicine should be proactive, personalised, and based on understanding your own data before disease appears.
This episode is not about chasing perfection.
It is about learning how your body works, recognising the early signs that something may be off, and taking small, consistent steps that can change the direction of your health.
You will learn
• Why your body can start changing under the surface around your 30s.
• Why feeling tired, foggy, low libido, or “off” may be a sign your hormones and metabolism need attention.
• What hormones actually are, explained in simple terms.
• Why sleep is one of the most important foundations for longevity, energy, hormones, and recovery.
• How poor sleep can affect hunger, cravings, sugar, cortisol, testosterone, and metabolic health.
• Why muscle is one of the most important organs of longevity.
• Why resistance training matters for both men and women as they age.
• How sugar, alcohol, stress, processed food, and poor sleep affect your body.
• Why some people do well with fasting and others should avoid it.
• What women need to know about periods, PCOS, painful cycles, birth control, fertility, perimenopause, and menopause.
• What men need to know about testosterone, energy, libido, muscle, ageing, and andropause.
• Why identical twins can age differently despite sharing the same DNA.
• Why your genes are not your destiny, and how lifestyle can influence how they express themselves.
• Why AI and social media health advice should be approached with caution.
• The simple baby steps Dr Florence recommends for taking ownership of your future health.
This conversation is for anyone who wants to understand their body before something goes wrong.
It is for anyone who feels tired, foggy, older than they should, or confused by conflicting health advice online.
And it is for anyone who wants to live longer, feel stronger, and stay healthier for as much of life as possible.
Follow Dr. Florence:
https://florencecomite.com/
https://www.instagram.com/drflorencecomite
https://www.comitemd.com/
Order Dr Florence book:
https://amzn.to/4gzaTqH
#DrFlorenceComite #ThrivingMinds #Longevity #HealthyLongevity #HormoneHealth #HormoneBalance #BiologicalAge #ReverseAging #PrecisionMedicine #Biomarkers #Metabolism #Healthspan #AntiAging #SleepHealth #DeepSleep #BloodSugar #InsulinResistance #IntermittentFasting #Menopause #Perimenopause #Testosterone #PCOS #WomensHealth #MensHealth #Epigenetics
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You are not broken.
And you are not just tired.
This week Alberto sat down with Dr Florence Comite, Yale and NIH-trained endocrinologist, precision medicine expert, best selling author of Invincible, and one of the global leading voices in personalised health, hormones, metabolism, and longevity.
Dr Florence explains why the body can begin changing under the surface much earlier than most people realise. For many people, the first signs are not dramatic disease symptoms. They are the quiet changes we often ignore: low energy, brain fog, poor sleep, weight gain around the middle, lower libido, slower recovery, cravings, muscle loss, painful or irregular cycles, and feeling like the same habits no longer work.
In this conversation, Dr Florence explains why age 30 can become an important biological turning point, why hormones act as messengers across the body, why sleep is one of the most powerful tools for health, and why the future of medicine should be proactive, personalised, and based on understanding your own data before disease appears.
This episode is not about chasing perfection.
It is about learning how your body works, recognising the early signs that something may be off, and taking small, consistent steps that can change the direction of your health.
You will learn
• Why your body can start changing under the surface around your 30s.
• Why feeling tired, foggy, low libido, or “off” may be a sign your hormones and metabolism need attention.
• What hormones actually are, explained in simple terms.
• Why sleep is one of the most important foundations for longevity, energy, hormones, and recovery.
• How poor sleep can affect hunger, cravings, sugar, cortisol, testosterone, and metabolic health.
• Why muscle is one of the most important organs of longevity.
• Why resistance training matters for both men and women as they age.
• How sugar, alcohol, stress, processed food, and poor sleep affect your body.
• Why some people do well with fasting and others should avoid it.
• What women need to know about periods, PCOS, painful cycles, birth control, fertility, perimenopause, and menopause.
• What men need to know about testosterone, energy, libido, muscle, ageing, and andropause.
• Why identical twins can age differently despite sharing the same DNA.
• Why your genes are not your destiny, and how lifestyle can influence how they express themselves.
• Why AI and social media health advice should be approached with caution.
• The simple baby steps Dr Florence recommends for taking ownership of your future health.
This conversation is for anyone who wants to understand their body before something goes wrong.
It is for anyone who feels tired, foggy, older than they should, or confused by conflicting health advice online.
And it is for anyone who wants to live longer, feel stronger, and stay healthier for as much of life as possible.
Follow Dr. Florence:
https://florencecomite.com/
https://www.instagram.com/drflorencecomite
https://www.comitemd.com/
Order Dr Florence book:
https://amzn.to/4gzaTqH
#DrFlorenceComite #ThrivingMinds #Longevity #HealthyLongevity #HormoneHealth #HormoneBalance #BiologicalAge #ReverseAging #PrecisionMedicine #Biomarkers #Metabolism #Healthspan #AntiAging #SleepHealth #DeepSleep #BloodSugar #InsulinResistance #IntermittentFasting #Menopause #Perimenopause #Testosterone #PCOS #WomensHealth #MensHealth #Epigenetics
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1 Stunde 38 Minuten
Most people saw the campaign.
Very few saw the years he almost gave up.
This week Alberto sat down with David Gandy, the world’s most recognisable male model, entrepreneur, founder of David Gandy Wellwear, and one of the defining figures in modern masculine style.
David became globally recognised through the iconic Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue campaign, a moment that helped redefine male beauty and turned him into one of the most recognisable faces in fashion. But before that breakthrough, there were years of rejection, uncertainty, lonely hotel rooms, cancelled campaigns, and moments where he questioned whether he should keep going.
In this conversation, David opens up about what it really took to survive 25 years at the highest level of fashion. He explains why he never fitted the industry standard at the beginning, why he refused to shrink himself to become what everyone else wanted, and how the very thing that made him different eventually became the thing that made him stand out.
But this episode is not just about modelling.
It is about success, identity, masculinity, fatherhood, entrepreneurship, failure, loyalty, and what happens when the image people know becomes separate from the person you really are.
You will learn:
Why David felt like the odd one out when he first entered the modelling industry.
How he dealt with rejection, uncertainty, and the years before his breakthrough.
Why the Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue campaign changed his life almost overnight.
Why becoming recognised was not enough, and why he then had to build the David Gandy name.
Why loyalty, saying no, and long-term relationships helped him build a 25-year career.
Why fashion brands fail more often than people realise.
What he learned from building David Gandy Wellwear and returning to M&S.
Why success, money, fame, and looks do not automatically create happiness.
How men are struggling with body image, identity, confidence, and modern masculinity.
Why perseverance, humility, and helping others matter more than believing your own hype.
This conversation is for anyone who has ever felt like they did not fit in, chased success thinking it would finally make them enough, or tried to build something meaningful after a difficult chapter.
It is a rare look behind the image, behind the brand, and behind one of the most recognisable men in fashion.
Follow David:
https://www.instagram.com/davidgandy_official/
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDavidGandy/
https://twitter.com/DGandyOfficial
https://www.davidgandywellwear.com/
https://www.instagram.com/davidgandywellwear/
https://tiktok.com/ @davidgandywellwear
https://www.facebook.com/davidgandywellwear/
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/DavidGandyWellwear/
#DavidGandy #Entrepreneur #ThrivingMinds #AlbertoZandi #FashionIndustry
#BusinessFailure #MaleModel #BrandBuilding #Perseverance #RetailBusiness
#FashionBrand #StartupLife #Entrepreneurship #SuccessMindset #CareerReinvention
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Very few saw the years he almost gave up.
This week Alberto sat down with David Gandy, the world’s most recognisable male model, entrepreneur, founder of David Gandy Wellwear, and one of the defining figures in modern masculine style.
David became globally recognised through the iconic Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue campaign, a moment that helped redefine male beauty and turned him into one of the most recognisable faces in fashion. But before that breakthrough, there were years of rejection, uncertainty, lonely hotel rooms, cancelled campaigns, and moments where he questioned whether he should keep going.
In this conversation, David opens up about what it really took to survive 25 years at the highest level of fashion. He explains why he never fitted the industry standard at the beginning, why he refused to shrink himself to become what everyone else wanted, and how the very thing that made him different eventually became the thing that made him stand out.
But this episode is not just about modelling.
It is about success, identity, masculinity, fatherhood, entrepreneurship, failure, loyalty, and what happens when the image people know becomes separate from the person you really are.
You will learn:
Why David felt like the odd one out when he first entered the modelling industry.
How he dealt with rejection, uncertainty, and the years before his breakthrough.
Why the Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue campaign changed his life almost overnight.
Why becoming recognised was not enough, and why he then had to build the David Gandy name.
Why loyalty, saying no, and long-term relationships helped him build a 25-year career.
Why fashion brands fail more often than people realise.
What he learned from building David Gandy Wellwear and returning to M&S.
Why success, money, fame, and looks do not automatically create happiness.
How men are struggling with body image, identity, confidence, and modern masculinity.
Why perseverance, humility, and helping others matter more than believing your own hype.
This conversation is for anyone who has ever felt like they did not fit in, chased success thinking it would finally make them enough, or tried to build something meaningful after a difficult chapter.
It is a rare look behind the image, behind the brand, and behind one of the most recognisable men in fashion.
Follow David:
https://www.instagram.com/davidgandy_official/
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDavidGandy/
https://twitter.com/DGandyOfficial
https://www.davidgandywellwear.com/
https://www.instagram.com/davidgandywellwear/
https://tiktok.com/ @davidgandywellwear
https://www.facebook.com/davidgandywellwear/
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/DavidGandyWellwear/
#DavidGandy #Entrepreneur #ThrivingMinds #AlbertoZandi #FashionIndustry
#BusinessFailure #MaleModel #BrandBuilding #Perseverance #RetailBusiness
#FashionBrand #StartupLife #Entrepreneurship #SuccessMindset #CareerReinvention
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1 Stunde 21 Minuten
What if everything you believe about yourself is just a story your brain made up?
In this powerful episode, world-renowned therapist Marisa Peer reveals the shocking truth about how your mind works against you and exactly how to take back control.
Having spoken at Google, trained thousands of therapists worldwide, and helped countless clients transform their lives, Marisa shares the mindset secrets that took her from deeply insecure child to global authority on the human mind.
Marisa Peer is a bestselling author, motivational speaker, and the creator of Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT). She has spent over three decades working with royalty, rock stars, Olympic athletes, CEOs, and Hollywood actors.
Her TED talks have been viewed millions of times, and she regularly speaks at major corporations including Google.
In this conversation with Alberto Zandi, Marisa reveals:
Why your brain is a "proof-making robot" that will confirm whatever you tell it
The exact words you should say to yourself to rewire anxiety into confidence- How she overcame crippling insecurity to become a world-renowned speaker
Why most people never upgrade the most important software they own: their brain
The truth about neuroplasticity and why you can change at any age- Her relationship rules after 16 years of marriage while traveling the world
Why happiness and confidence are choices you make daily through words and mental images
Whether you struggle with self-doubt, anxiety, or simply want to understand how your mind really works, this episode will fundamentally change how you think about yourself.
Subscribe to Thriving Minds for weekly conversations with world-class experts helping you unlock the best version of yourself.
Follow Marisa Peer:
https://www.youtube.com/user/MarisaPeer1
https://www.instagram.com/marisapeertherapy/
https://www.facebook.com/marisa.peer.therapy/
https://twitter.com/MarisaPeerWatch/
Listen to Marisa Peer:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/master-your-mind-with-marisa/id1548923376
https://open.spotify.com/show/6aV9RHIrYLRcvFgwAAsypJ?nd=1
Get Marisa Peer's Books:
https://amzn.to/43ISIqL
#MarisaPeer #Therapist #MindsetCoach #BrainScience #Neuroplasticity #Confidence #SelfBelief #MentalHealth #PersonalGrowth #RTT #ThrivingMinds #AlbertoZandi
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In this powerful episode, world-renowned therapist Marisa Peer reveals the shocking truth about how your mind works against you and exactly how to take back control.
Having spoken at Google, trained thousands of therapists worldwide, and helped countless clients transform their lives, Marisa shares the mindset secrets that took her from deeply insecure child to global authority on the human mind.
Marisa Peer is a bestselling author, motivational speaker, and the creator of Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT). She has spent over three decades working with royalty, rock stars, Olympic athletes, CEOs, and Hollywood actors.
Her TED talks have been viewed millions of times, and she regularly speaks at major corporations including Google.
In this conversation with Alberto Zandi, Marisa reveals:
Why your brain is a "proof-making robot" that will confirm whatever you tell it
The exact words you should say to yourself to rewire anxiety into confidence- How she overcame crippling insecurity to become a world-renowned speaker
Why most people never upgrade the most important software they own: their brain
The truth about neuroplasticity and why you can change at any age- Her relationship rules after 16 years of marriage while traveling the world
Why happiness and confidence are choices you make daily through words and mental images
Whether you struggle with self-doubt, anxiety, or simply want to understand how your mind really works, this episode will fundamentally change how you think about yourself.
Subscribe to Thriving Minds for weekly conversations with world-class experts helping you unlock the best version of yourself.
Follow Marisa Peer:
https://www.youtube.com/user/MarisaPeer1
https://www.instagram.com/marisapeertherapy/
https://www.facebook.com/marisa.peer.therapy/
https://twitter.com/MarisaPeerWatch/
Listen to Marisa Peer:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/master-your-mind-with-marisa/id1548923376
https://open.spotify.com/show/6aV9RHIrYLRcvFgwAAsypJ?nd=1
Get Marisa Peer's Books:
https://amzn.to/43ISIqL
#MarisaPeer #Therapist #MindsetCoach #BrainScience #Neuroplasticity #Confidence #SelfBelief #MentalHealth #PersonalGrowth #RTT #ThrivingMinds #AlbertoZandi
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1 Stunde 38 Minuten
She cried every single day in the school playground.
Now her jeans are worn by celebrities and royalty, including Kate Middleton.
This week Alberto sat down with Donna Ida Thornton, founder of Donna Ida, known in the fashion industry as the Jean Queen, and one of the most distinctive voices in British fashion, to unpack what it really takes to build a brand that lasts for 20 years.
Donna shares how she grew up in Australia, struggled deeply with school, left at 16, worked multiple jobs, saved everything she could, and eventually moved to London to build a life that felt like her own.
But her story is not just about fashion.
It is about resilience, reinvention, instinct, customer connection, and learning how to keep going when business becomes difficult.
Before Donna Ida became one of Britain’s most respected denim brands, Donna worked in secretarial jobs, waitressed at night, took calls at Domino’s Pizza, fought to stay in the UK, and built the business from the ground up without waiting for permission.
In this conversation, Donna explains why fashion and food are two of the hardest industries to survive, why even the most successful entrepreneurs struggle behind the glossy exterior, why vulnerability is not weakness, and why the best founders learn to listen to their gut, ask for what they want, and bet on themselves always.
You will learn:
• How Donna went from crying every day in the school playground to building one of Britain’s most respected denim brands.
• Why childhood anxiety can become the foundation for resilience, independence, and entrepreneurial strength.
• What it really takes to survive in one of the hardest industries in the world.
• Why you should not wait for the perfect idea, the perfect moment, or someone else’s permission.
• How Donna built her brand from a multi brand denim boutique into her own fashion label.
• Why asking is one of the most underrated skills in business.
• Why founders need to stop looking side to side and start trusting their own path.
• How to build a business around customer connection, personal identity, instinct, and consistency.
• Why real success is not about the glossy exterior, but about freedom, family, resilience, and building a life that feels like yours.
This conversation strips away the polished version of entrepreneurship and reveals what it really takes to survive, adapt, and build something that lasts.
Follow Dona:
https://www.youtube.com/c/donnaida
https://www.instagram.com/donnaidadenim/
https://www.facebook.com/donnaidadenim/
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/DonnaIdaDenim/_shop/
https://twitter.com/donnaidadenim
#ThrivingMinds #AlbertoZandi #DonnaIda #FashionEntrepreneur #BusinessResilience #Entrepreneurship #FashionIndustry #WomenInBusiness #StartupLife #EntrepreneurMindset #BusinessStruggles #PersonalGrowth
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Now her jeans are worn by celebrities and royalty, including Kate Middleton.
This week Alberto sat down with Donna Ida Thornton, founder of Donna Ida, known in the fashion industry as the Jean Queen, and one of the most distinctive voices in British fashion, to unpack what it really takes to build a brand that lasts for 20 years.
Donna shares how she grew up in Australia, struggled deeply with school, left at 16, worked multiple jobs, saved everything she could, and eventually moved to London to build a life that felt like her own.
But her story is not just about fashion.
It is about resilience, reinvention, instinct, customer connection, and learning how to keep going when business becomes difficult.
Before Donna Ida became one of Britain’s most respected denim brands, Donna worked in secretarial jobs, waitressed at night, took calls at Domino’s Pizza, fought to stay in the UK, and built the business from the ground up without waiting for permission.
In this conversation, Donna explains why fashion and food are two of the hardest industries to survive, why even the most successful entrepreneurs struggle behind the glossy exterior, why vulnerability is not weakness, and why the best founders learn to listen to their gut, ask for what they want, and bet on themselves always.
You will learn:
• How Donna went from crying every day in the school playground to building one of Britain’s most respected denim brands.
• Why childhood anxiety can become the foundation for resilience, independence, and entrepreneurial strength.
• What it really takes to survive in one of the hardest industries in the world.
• Why you should not wait for the perfect idea, the perfect moment, or someone else’s permission.
• How Donna built her brand from a multi brand denim boutique into her own fashion label.
• Why asking is one of the most underrated skills in business.
• Why founders need to stop looking side to side and start trusting their own path.
• How to build a business around customer connection, personal identity, instinct, and consistency.
• Why real success is not about the glossy exterior, but about freedom, family, resilience, and building a life that feels like yours.
This conversation strips away the polished version of entrepreneurship and reveals what it really takes to survive, adapt, and build something that lasts.
Follow Dona:
https://www.youtube.com/c/donnaida
https://www.instagram.com/donnaidadenim/
https://www.facebook.com/donnaidadenim/
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/DonnaIdaDenim/_shop/
https://twitter.com/donnaidadenim
#ThrivingMinds #AlbertoZandi #DonnaIda #FashionEntrepreneur #BusinessResilience #Entrepreneurship #FashionIndustry #WomenInBusiness #StartupLife #EntrepreneurMindset #BusinessStruggles #PersonalGrowth
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1 Stunde 32 Minuten
This week Alberto sat down with Sarah Ann Macklin, nutritionist, best selling author of Health Shouldn’t Be This Hard, founder of the not for profit organisation Be Well Collective, host of Live Well Be Well, and one of the leading voices connecting nutrition, mental health, self compassion, and the mind body relationship.
Sarah shares how she started modelling at 16, built a successful international career, and appeared to have everything society tells us should make us happy: success, beauty, social status, financial reward, and external validation. But behind the polished image, her body was sending warning signs she kept ignoring. Anxiety, exhaustion, illness, stomach problems, burnout, and eventually a hospitalisation became the turning point that forced her to rebuild her relationship with health from the inside out.
In this conversation, Sarah explains why health has become so unnecessarily complicated, why the wellness industry often sells fear instead of real wellbeing, why diets rarely work long term, why the “perfect” body does not always mean a healthy body, and why self compassion may be one of the most important foundations for long term physical and mental health.
You Will Learn
Why health should not feel as hard, confusing, or exhausting as it often does.
How Sarah’s modelling career led to burnout, hospitalisation, and a complete career change.
Why your mindset can change the way your body responds to food, hunger, stress, and health choices.
Why diets often work short term but fail long term, and what to focus on instead.
How self compassion, self worth, and emotional awareness shape your physical health.
Why supplements, fasting, protein shakes, electrolytes, sugar, alcohol, and ultra processed foods need more nuance than social media usually allows.
How to build a healthier relationship with your body, your food, your thoughts, and yourself.
Buy Sarah's best seller, Healthy Shouldn't Be This Hard:
https://amzn.to/3ROhnr9
Follow Sarah:
https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin
https://youtube.com/@UCASEE6WVp31E3FNeM-Mk_bw
https://www.facebook.com/SarahAnnOfficial/
https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast
https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin
#ThrivingMinds #AlbertoZandi #SarahAnnMacklin #NutritionalScientist #WellnessIndustry #HealthAdvice #MentalHealth #BodyImage #NutritionScience #HealthyLiving #WellnessCulture #PersonalGrowth
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Sarah shares how she started modelling at 16, built a successful international career, and appeared to have everything society tells us should make us happy: success, beauty, social status, financial reward, and external validation. But behind the polished image, her body was sending warning signs she kept ignoring. Anxiety, exhaustion, illness, stomach problems, burnout, and eventually a hospitalisation became the turning point that forced her to rebuild her relationship with health from the inside out.
In this conversation, Sarah explains why health has become so unnecessarily complicated, why the wellness industry often sells fear instead of real wellbeing, why diets rarely work long term, why the “perfect” body does not always mean a healthy body, and why self compassion may be one of the most important foundations for long term physical and mental health.
You Will Learn
Why health should not feel as hard, confusing, or exhausting as it often does.
How Sarah’s modelling career led to burnout, hospitalisation, and a complete career change.
Why your mindset can change the way your body responds to food, hunger, stress, and health choices.
Why diets often work short term but fail long term, and what to focus on instead.
How self compassion, self worth, and emotional awareness shape your physical health.
Why supplements, fasting, protein shakes, electrolytes, sugar, alcohol, and ultra processed foods need more nuance than social media usually allows.
How to build a healthier relationship with your body, your food, your thoughts, and yourself.
Buy Sarah's best seller, Healthy Shouldn't Be This Hard:
https://amzn.to/3ROhnr9
Follow Sarah:
https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin
https://youtube.com/@UCASEE6WVp31E3FNeM-Mk_bw
https://www.facebook.com/SarahAnnOfficial/
https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast
https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin
#ThrivingMinds #AlbertoZandi #SarahAnnMacklin #NutritionalScientist #WellnessIndustry #HealthAdvice #MentalHealth #BodyImage #NutritionScience #HealthyLiving #WellnessCulture #PersonalGrowth
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1 Stunde 29 Minuten
This week Alberto sat down with Adam Byatt, the Celebrity and Michelin starred chef, restaurateur, founder of Trinity, and one of the most respected figures in British hospitality, to unpack what it really takes to build a restaurant that lasts and succeeds for 20 years.
Adam shares how he grew up in a working class family in Essex, found food as a way into a bigger world, trained at Claridge’s (London’s most famous 5 star hotel) from the age of 15, cooked at The Square during one of London’s most exciting food eras, and eventually opened his own restaurants. But his story is not a straight line. Before Trinity became one of UK’s most respected restaurants, Adam experienced huge early success, then painful failure, financial pressure, loneliness, and the responsibility of having to rebuild with a young family depending on him.
In this conversation, Adam explains why hard work is more uncomfortable than most people realise, why failure can become one of the most important ingredients in long term success, why restaurants only last when they become part of a community, and why the best leaders eventually have to drop their ego, empower younger people, and build something bigger than themselves.
You will learn
How Adam went from a working class childhood in Essex to becoming one of the UK’s most respected chefs.
Why his early restaurant failure became essential to his long term success.
What it really takes to build a restaurant that lasts & succeeds for 20 years.
Why hard work is more uncomfortable than most people are willing to accept.
How to build a successful business around people, community, standards, and consistency.
Why Adam believes the journey matters more than the exit.
Follow Adam:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4tQodst5JD0nHzD5VX0OAA
https://www.instagram.com/adambyatt
https://www.tiktok.com/@chefadambyatt
https://www.facebook.com/AdamByattChef
https://trinityrestaurant.co.uk/
#mindset #thrivingminds #AlbertoZandi #AdamByatt #MichelinChef #TrinityRestaurant #Claridges #ChefLife #RestaurantBusiness #HospitalityIndustry #LondonChef #Entrepreneurship #FineDining #CulinaryJourney
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Adam shares how he grew up in a working class family in Essex, found food as a way into a bigger world, trained at Claridge’s (London’s most famous 5 star hotel) from the age of 15, cooked at The Square during one of London’s most exciting food eras, and eventually opened his own restaurants. But his story is not a straight line. Before Trinity became one of UK’s most respected restaurants, Adam experienced huge early success, then painful failure, financial pressure, loneliness, and the responsibility of having to rebuild with a young family depending on him.
In this conversation, Adam explains why hard work is more uncomfortable than most people realise, why failure can become one of the most important ingredients in long term success, why restaurants only last when they become part of a community, and why the best leaders eventually have to drop their ego, empower younger people, and build something bigger than themselves.
You will learn
How Adam went from a working class childhood in Essex to becoming one of the UK’s most respected chefs.
Why his early restaurant failure became essential to his long term success.
What it really takes to build a restaurant that lasts & succeeds for 20 years.
Why hard work is more uncomfortable than most people are willing to accept.
How to build a successful business around people, community, standards, and consistency.
Why Adam believes the journey matters more than the exit.
Follow Adam:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4tQodst5JD0nHzD5VX0OAA
https://www.instagram.com/adambyatt
https://www.tiktok.com/@chefadambyatt
https://www.facebook.com/AdamByattChef
https://trinityrestaurant.co.uk/
#mindset #thrivingminds #AlbertoZandi #AdamByatt #MichelinChef #TrinityRestaurant #Claridges #ChefLife #RestaurantBusiness #HospitalityIndustry #LondonChef #Entrepreneurship #FineDining #CulinaryJourney
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World Renowned Food Psychologist: 6 Habits To Stop Food Controlling Your Life - Professor Jane Ogden
1 Stunde 4 Minuten
This week Alberto sat down with Professor Jane Ogden, Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Surrey and one of the leading voices on eating behaviour, food psychology, body image, dieting, and the relationship between the mind and body.
In this conversation, Professor Ogden explains why our relationship with food is never just about food. She explores how childhood, family scripts, emotional hunger, body image, dieting culture, social media, stress, and the people around us can shape the way we eat and how we feel about ourselves. She also explains why food can become a problem when it starts taking up too much space in your mind, and why trying too hard to be healthy can sometimes become unhealthy.
You will learn
• Why food can become emotionally loaded and take up too much space in your mind
• How to tell when your relationship with food may be becoming unhealthy
• Why emotional hunger and physical hunger can be difficult to separate
• How childhood, parents, reward, punishment, and family habits shape your eating behaviour
• Why dieting, cheat meals, food rules, and cutting out food groups can create guilt, shame, and obsession
• How to build a healthier, kinder, and more sustainable relationship with food with 6 tools
Follow Professor Ogden:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-ogden-3328504b/
Get Professor's Ogden Book, How to Eat Well at Every Age: https://amzn.to/4fixJSP
#podcast #entrepreneur #mindset #motivation #leadership #success #selfimprovement #personaldevelopment #business #growthmindset #productivity #highperformance #communication #lifeadvice #inspiration
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In this conversation, Professor Ogden explains why our relationship with food is never just about food. She explores how childhood, family scripts, emotional hunger, body image, dieting culture, social media, stress, and the people around us can shape the way we eat and how we feel about ourselves. She also explains why food can become a problem when it starts taking up too much space in your mind, and why trying too hard to be healthy can sometimes become unhealthy.
You will learn
• Why food can become emotionally loaded and take up too much space in your mind
• How to tell when your relationship with food may be becoming unhealthy
• Why emotional hunger and physical hunger can be difficult to separate
• How childhood, parents, reward, punishment, and family habits shape your eating behaviour
• Why dieting, cheat meals, food rules, and cutting out food groups can create guilt, shame, and obsession
• How to build a healthier, kinder, and more sustainable relationship with food with 6 tools
Follow Professor Ogden:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-ogden-3328504b/
Get Professor's Ogden Book, How to Eat Well at Every Age: https://amzn.to/4fixJSP
#podcast #entrepreneur #mindset #motivation #leadership #success #selfimprovement #personaldevelopment #business #growthmindset #productivity #highperformance #communication #lifeadvice #inspiration
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1 Stunde 28 Minuten
This week Alberto sat down with Richard Harpin, the founder of HomeServe, investor, and author of How To Make A Billion In Nine Steps, to unpack the practical framework behind building a business that sold for $5.6 billion.
Richard’s story challenges one of the biggest myths about entrepreneurship: that you need a completely unique idea to build something great. He explains why copying and improving can be more powerful than inventing, why founders should stay small until they prove the model, why focus matters more than endless new ideas, and why hiring your replacement can be one of the most important decisions a founder ever makes.
He also shares the nine steps he believes helped build a billion dollar business, from copying and improving existing ideas, to testing before scaling, finding the right investor, hiring better people, expanding internationally, staying focused, and developing the character needed to survive the journey.
You will learn
• The 9 steps Richard created to help founders build a billion dollar business
• Why you do not need a completely unique idea to build something great
• How copying, improving, testing, and learning can create a stronger business model
• Why founders should stay small until they have proved the model works
• Why hiring your replacement can help your business scale faster
• How focus, discipline, resilience, and self belief helped Richard build and sell HomeServe for $5.6 billion
• What a billion dollar exit actually feels like, and what success and money do not solve
Follow Sir Richard Harpin:
https://www.instagram.com/richard_harpin/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/rharpin
https://www.facebook.com/harpinr/
https://twitter.com/richard_harpin
Buy Sir Richard's Book - How to Make a Billion in Nine Steps:
https://amzn.to/3R2cFpu
#thrivingminds #RichardHarpin #Entrepreneurship #BusinessPodcast #StartupAdvice #Leadership #BusinessGrowth #FounderMindset #Success #PersonalGrowth #Investing #ScalingUp #Motivation #HomeServe #EntrepreneurLife
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Richard’s story challenges one of the biggest myths about entrepreneurship: that you need a completely unique idea to build something great. He explains why copying and improving can be more powerful than inventing, why founders should stay small until they prove the model, why focus matters more than endless new ideas, and why hiring your replacement can be one of the most important decisions a founder ever makes.
He also shares the nine steps he believes helped build a billion dollar business, from copying and improving existing ideas, to testing before scaling, finding the right investor, hiring better people, expanding internationally, staying focused, and developing the character needed to survive the journey.
You will learn
• The 9 steps Richard created to help founders build a billion dollar business
• Why you do not need a completely unique idea to build something great
• How copying, improving, testing, and learning can create a stronger business model
• Why founders should stay small until they have proved the model works
• Why hiring your replacement can help your business scale faster
• How focus, discipline, resilience, and self belief helped Richard build and sell HomeServe for $5.6 billion
• What a billion dollar exit actually feels like, and what success and money do not solve
Follow Sir Richard Harpin:
https://www.instagram.com/richard_harpin/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/rharpin
https://www.facebook.com/harpinr/
https://twitter.com/richard_harpin
Buy Sir Richard's Book - How to Make a Billion in Nine Steps:
https://amzn.to/3R2cFpu
#thrivingminds #RichardHarpin #Entrepreneurship #BusinessPodcast #StartupAdvice #Leadership #BusinessGrowth #FounderMindset #Success #PersonalGrowth #Investing #ScalingUp #Motivation #HomeServe #EntrepreneurLife
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1 Stunde 11 Minuten
This week Alberto sat down with Dr Chloe Paidoussis Mitchell, the world renowned Chartered Counselling Psychologist, grief and trauma specialist, and best selling author of The Loss Prescription, to unpack what grief really is, what it does to the brain and body, and why so many people feel like they are grieving in the wrong way when they are not.
In this conversation, Dr Chloe explains why grief is not just emotional pain but a full mind, body, and identity experience, why sudden loss can dysregulate the nervous system, why denial can be a normal early response, and why people do not move through grief in neat stages. She also explores bereavement, relationship loss, trauma, family grief, delayed grief, and the difference between suppressing pain and actually healing through it.
You will learn
• What grief actually is, beyond the clichés people are usually told
• Why grief affects the brain, body, nervous system, and identity, not just emotions
• Why there is no single right way to grieve, and why people in the same family can grieve very differently
• What denial, numbness, anger, guilt, and delayed grief can really mean
• What helps in the first days after a loss, and what makes grief harder in the long term
• Techniques to heal healthy in the long term
• How to support someone who is grieving without trying to fix or rush them
Follow Dr. Chloe:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-chloe-paidoussis-mitchell-cpsychol-dcpsych-afbpss-69809b30/
https://www.instagram.com/dr.chloe.paidoussis.mitchell/
Buy Dr. Chloe's book:
https://amzn.to/4dlgy1j
#grief #mentalhealth #healing #selfawareness #trauma #emotionalhealth #personalgrowth #psychology #copingwithloss #healingjourney
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In this conversation, Dr Chloe explains why grief is not just emotional pain but a full mind, body, and identity experience, why sudden loss can dysregulate the nervous system, why denial can be a normal early response, and why people do not move through grief in neat stages. She also explores bereavement, relationship loss, trauma, family grief, delayed grief, and the difference between suppressing pain and actually healing through it.
You will learn
• What grief actually is, beyond the clichés people are usually told
• Why grief affects the brain, body, nervous system, and identity, not just emotions
• Why there is no single right way to grieve, and why people in the same family can grieve very differently
• What denial, numbness, anger, guilt, and delayed grief can really mean
• What helps in the first days after a loss, and what makes grief harder in the long term
• Techniques to heal healthy in the long term
• How to support someone who is grieving without trying to fix or rush them
Follow Dr. Chloe:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-chloe-paidoussis-mitchell-cpsychol-dcpsych-afbpss-69809b30/
https://www.instagram.com/dr.chloe.paidoussis.mitchell/
Buy Dr. Chloe's book:
https://amzn.to/4dlgy1j
#grief #mentalhealth #healing #selfawareness #trauma #emotionalhealth #personalgrowth #psychology #copingwithloss #healingjourney
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1 Stunde 3 Minuten
This week Alberto sat down with Viviane Paxinos, former Warner Bros Vice President, former AllBright CEO, and one of the most accomplished growth and transformation executives in media and digital, to unpack a career built on ambition, reinvention, resilience, and the courage to keep moving when things do not go to plan.
Viviane shares how she grew up in a Greek immigrant family in Canada, moved to London on her own, built a remarkable career across Viacom and MTV, BBC Worldwide, A+E Networks, Warner Bros Discovery, UNiDAYS, and AllBright, and then faced one of the hardest leadership chapters of her life under public scrutiny.
In this conversation, she speaks openly about ambition, burnout, public failure, identity, leadership shame, female leadership, fundraising, resilience, and what it really takes to rebuild yourself personally and professionally when a business goes through a painful transformation.
You will learn
• How to build a career across media, tech, and leadership without having everything planned from the start
• What Viviene learned from leading global businesses through growth, transformation, and public failure
• Why women often internalize business struggles more personally, and how to stop doing it
• How to adapt to new industries quickly, even when you are not the obvious expert in the room
• Why success, identity, and self worth should never be tied tightly to your title
• The habits and mindset shifts that helped Viviane recover from stress, burnout, and intense professional pressure
Follow Viviane:
https://www.instagram.com/viv_paxinos/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/viviane-paxinos-378a513/
#podcast #entrepreneurship #leadership #personalgrowth #business #mindset #resilience #womeninbusiness #careeradvice #startup #wellness #storytelling #thrivingminds
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Viviane shares how she grew up in a Greek immigrant family in Canada, moved to London on her own, built a remarkable career across Viacom and MTV, BBC Worldwide, A+E Networks, Warner Bros Discovery, UNiDAYS, and AllBright, and then faced one of the hardest leadership chapters of her life under public scrutiny.
In this conversation, she speaks openly about ambition, burnout, public failure, identity, leadership shame, female leadership, fundraising, resilience, and what it really takes to rebuild yourself personally and professionally when a business goes through a painful transformation.
You will learn
• How to build a career across media, tech, and leadership without having everything planned from the start
• What Viviene learned from leading global businesses through growth, transformation, and public failure
• Why women often internalize business struggles more personally, and how to stop doing it
• How to adapt to new industries quickly, even when you are not the obvious expert in the room
• Why success, identity, and self worth should never be tied tightly to your title
• The habits and mindset shifts that helped Viviane recover from stress, burnout, and intense professional pressure
Follow Viviane:
https://www.instagram.com/viv_paxinos/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/viviane-paxinos-378a513/
#podcast #entrepreneurship #leadership #personalgrowth #business #mindset #resilience #womeninbusiness #careeradvice #startup #wellness #storytelling #thrivingminds
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1 Stunde 7 Minuten
This week Alberto sat down with Richard Mullender, the renowned former hostage negotiator and communication expert, to unpack what communication really is, why most people do it badly, and how better listening can transform negotiation, trust, persuasion, leadership, and relationships.
Richard spent decades in policing, with the final part of his career leading Scotland Yard's hostage and crisis negotiation, where the stakes were often life and death. In this conversation, he explains why negotiation is not really about talking more or sounding clever, but about understanding what the other person values, what they are feeling, what they are motivated by, and why they believe they are right.
He challenges some of the most common myths people still believe, including the idea that body language can reliably reveal truth, that asking more questions automatically makes you a better listener, and that great negotiation starts when the formal negotiation begins. According to Richard, trust starts much earlier, and the people who influence best are often the people who understand best.
You will learn
Why most people think they are listening, but are actually just waiting to talk
Why body language can mislead you, and what to focus on instead
How trust is built before a negotiation even begins
The six things Richard says you should listen for in every important conversation
Why everyone believes they are right, and how understanding that changes everything
How to negotiate better at work, at home, and in high pressure situations
Follow Richard & The Listening Institute:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-mullender-1b427910/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-listening-institute/
https://www.facebook.com/listeninginstitute/
https://listeninginstitute.com/richard-mullender/
Get Richard's books: Amazon
#podcast #negotiation #listening #communication #mindset #selfimprovement #thrivingmindspodcast
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Richard spent decades in policing, with the final part of his career leading Scotland Yard's hostage and crisis negotiation, where the stakes were often life and death. In this conversation, he explains why negotiation is not really about talking more or sounding clever, but about understanding what the other person values, what they are feeling, what they are motivated by, and why they believe they are right.
He challenges some of the most common myths people still believe, including the idea that body language can reliably reveal truth, that asking more questions automatically makes you a better listener, and that great negotiation starts when the formal negotiation begins. According to Richard, trust starts much earlier, and the people who influence best are often the people who understand best.
You will learn
Why most people think they are listening, but are actually just waiting to talk
Why body language can mislead you, and what to focus on instead
How trust is built before a negotiation even begins
The six things Richard says you should listen for in every important conversation
Why everyone believes they are right, and how understanding that changes everything
How to negotiate better at work, at home, and in high pressure situations
Follow Richard & The Listening Institute:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-mullender-1b427910/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-listening-institute/
https://www.facebook.com/listeninginstitute/
https://listeninginstitute.com/richard-mullender/
Get Richard's books: Amazon
#podcast #negotiation #listening #communication #mindset #selfimprovement #thrivingmindspodcast
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56 Minuten
This week Alberto sat down with Oliver Cookson, the renowned founder of Myprotein, the world’s #1 supplement brand, serial entrepreneur, author, and one of the UK’s most compelling self-made business builders, to unpack how he went from humble beginnings in Manchester to building one of the most recognised names in sports nutrition.
Oliver’s story breaks almost every rule people think success requires. He did not go to university, did not raise outside funding, and did not build Myprotein with a polished business plan or a big support network. He started with a £500 overdraft, built the first products himself, packed orders around a full-time job, and slowly turned a kitchen operation into a global business.
In this conversation, Oliver explains how curiosity first led him to question what was really inside protein powder, why he believed he could build and sell a better version online, and how obsessive execution, discipline, and self-belief became the foundation of everything that followed.
He also shares the reality of scaling without investors, the importance of hiring people who cover your weaknesses, the emotional toughness required to keep going, and why entrepreneurship is often far lonelier than people realise.
You will learn
How Oliver built Myprotein from a £500 overdraft, with no degree, no investors, and no safety net
Why execution matters more than credentials, and how to start before you feel ready
How to scale a consumer business through lean cash flow, referrals, and smart direct-to-consumer marketing
What great hiring really looks like, and why your senior team should cover your weaknesses
Why entrepreneurship is mentally hard, emotionally lonely, and still worth it if the mission is real
What money does and does not solve, after building and selling major businesses
Follow Oliver:
IG: mrolivercookson
X: olivercookson
Buy Oliver's book:
Bootstrap Your Life: How to Turn £500 into £350 Million
#entrepreneurship #businessstory #startupjourney #founderstory #mindset #selfgrowth #successmindset #motivation #myprotein #businesstips #hustle #resilience #podcastclips #growthmindset #startupadvice #myprotein
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Oliver’s story breaks almost every rule people think success requires. He did not go to university, did not raise outside funding, and did not build Myprotein with a polished business plan or a big support network. He started with a £500 overdraft, built the first products himself, packed orders around a full-time job, and slowly turned a kitchen operation into a global business.
In this conversation, Oliver explains how curiosity first led him to question what was really inside protein powder, why he believed he could build and sell a better version online, and how obsessive execution, discipline, and self-belief became the foundation of everything that followed.
He also shares the reality of scaling without investors, the importance of hiring people who cover your weaknesses, the emotional toughness required to keep going, and why entrepreneurship is often far lonelier than people realise.
You will learn
How Oliver built Myprotein from a £500 overdraft, with no degree, no investors, and no safety net
Why execution matters more than credentials, and how to start before you feel ready
How to scale a consumer business through lean cash flow, referrals, and smart direct-to-consumer marketing
What great hiring really looks like, and why your senior team should cover your weaknesses
Why entrepreneurship is mentally hard, emotionally lonely, and still worth it if the mission is real
What money does and does not solve, after building and selling major businesses
Follow Oliver:
IG: mrolivercookson
X: olivercookson
Buy Oliver's book:
Bootstrap Your Life: How to Turn £500 into £350 Million
#entrepreneurship #businessstory #startupjourney #founderstory #mindset #selfgrowth #successmindset #motivation #myprotein #businesstips #hustle #resilience #podcastclips #growthmindset #startupadvice #myprotein
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1 Stunde 17 Minuten
This week Alberto sat down with Georgie Coleridge Cole, the renowned founder and CEO of SheerLuxe, one of the UK’s most influential digital media brands, to unpack the real story behind building a business that shaped modern online publishing and recently reached a major acquisition milestone.
Georgie started SheerLuxe in 2007, after spotting a clear gap in the market, a trusted destination that could help people discover the best places to shop online at a time when ecommerce was still in its early stages.
What began as a simple but sharp idea evolved into a powerful modern media brand built on great content, trusted voices, first party audience, and commercial discipline.
In this conversation, Georgie shares the full journey, from her early ambition and fascination with working women, to writing the business plan with her husband, raising a relatively small amount of capital, building the first version of the platform, and learning how to not only survive but thrive through nearly two decades of change in digital media.
She explains why great businesses are built through constant adaptation, why curiosity is one of the most underrated entrepreneurial traits, and why content, people, and audience became the three pillars behind SheerLuxe success.
You will learn:
• How Georgie turned a simple market insight into one of the UK’s most recognised lifestyle media brands
• Why content, people, and audience became the core pillars of SheerLuxe’s growth
• How to build an audience, why trust is the most valuable asset in media and how to build it
• What great hiring and team building really looks like inside a fast moving founder led company
• What it feels like to sell a business for millions and millions
• Why commercial savvy is one of the most important life skills, whether you are an entrepreneur or not and how to craft it
Follow Georgie
https://www.instagram.com/gcoleridgecole/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiecoleridgecole/
Follow SheerLuxe
http://www.youtube.com/@sheerluxe
https://www.instagram.com/sheerluxe/
https://www.tiktok.com/@sheerluxe
https://uk.pinterest.com/sheerluxe/
#podcast #entrepreneurship #startupstory #businessjourney #founderstory #ecommerce #contentstrategy #mindset #workethic #leadership #thrivingminds
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Georgie started SheerLuxe in 2007, after spotting a clear gap in the market, a trusted destination that could help people discover the best places to shop online at a time when ecommerce was still in its early stages.
What began as a simple but sharp idea evolved into a powerful modern media brand built on great content, trusted voices, first party audience, and commercial discipline.
In this conversation, Georgie shares the full journey, from her early ambition and fascination with working women, to writing the business plan with her husband, raising a relatively small amount of capital, building the first version of the platform, and learning how to not only survive but thrive through nearly two decades of change in digital media.
She explains why great businesses are built through constant adaptation, why curiosity is one of the most underrated entrepreneurial traits, and why content, people, and audience became the three pillars behind SheerLuxe success.
You will learn:
• How Georgie turned a simple market insight into one of the UK’s most recognised lifestyle media brands
• Why content, people, and audience became the core pillars of SheerLuxe’s growth
• How to build an audience, why trust is the most valuable asset in media and how to build it
• What great hiring and team building really looks like inside a fast moving founder led company
• What it feels like to sell a business for millions and millions
• Why commercial savvy is one of the most important life skills, whether you are an entrepreneur or not and how to craft it
Follow Georgie
https://www.instagram.com/gcoleridgecole/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiecoleridgecole/
Follow SheerLuxe
http://www.youtube.com/@sheerluxe
https://www.instagram.com/sheerluxe/
https://www.tiktok.com/@sheerluxe
https://uk.pinterest.com/sheerluxe/
#podcast #entrepreneurship #startupstory #businessjourney #founderstory #ecommerce #contentstrategy #mindset #workethic #leadership #thrivingminds
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2 Stunden 4 Minuten
This week Alberto sat down with Dr Tim Spector, a world leading gut health expert, medical doctor, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at King’s College London, bestselling author, and co founder of #ZOE.
In this conversation, Dr Spector explains why the gut microbiome is one of the most important control systems in the human body, shaping metabolism, immunity, mood, cravings, inflammation, and even the way the brain functions.
He breaks down complex science in a way anyone can understand, and challenges some of the biggest assumptions people still have about food, calories, supplements, protein, fasting, and weight loss.
This episode is one of the clearest and most practical conversations you can watch if you want to understand what to eat, what to avoid, and how to build a healthier body and mind through better everyday decisions.
You will learn
• Why calories do not tell the full story, and why two people can eat the same food and have completely different responses
• What the gut microbiome actually is, and how it affects your brain, immune system, weight, mood, and energy
• How to identify the foods that are quietly driving inflammation, hunger, and overeating
• Why ultra processed foods are designed to make you eat more, and how to spot the worst offenders
• What a healthy day of eating should really look like, from plants and fermented foods to protein and meal timing
• The truths about keto, fasting, creatine, alcohol, supplements, and Ozempic
Follow Dr. Spector:
https://www.instagram.com/tim.spector/
https://twitter.com/timspector
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timspector/
Dr. Spector Books:
https://amzn.to/4m1KJND
Follow ZOE:
https://www.youtube.com/c/ZOE-health
https://www.instagram.com/zoe/
https://www.facebook.com/joinzoe1/
https://www.tiktok.com/@join_zoe
https://zoe.com/zoeverse
#GutHealth #Microbiome #Nutrition #HealthyEating #Wellness #TimSpector #Podcast #HealthScience #FoodMatters #ZOE #thrivingminds
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In this conversation, Dr Spector explains why the gut microbiome is one of the most important control systems in the human body, shaping metabolism, immunity, mood, cravings, inflammation, and even the way the brain functions.
He breaks down complex science in a way anyone can understand, and challenges some of the biggest assumptions people still have about food, calories, supplements, protein, fasting, and weight loss.
This episode is one of the clearest and most practical conversations you can watch if you want to understand what to eat, what to avoid, and how to build a healthier body and mind through better everyday decisions.
You will learn
• Why calories do not tell the full story, and why two people can eat the same food and have completely different responses
• What the gut microbiome actually is, and how it affects your brain, immune system, weight, mood, and energy
• How to identify the foods that are quietly driving inflammation, hunger, and overeating
• Why ultra processed foods are designed to make you eat more, and how to spot the worst offenders
• What a healthy day of eating should really look like, from plants and fermented foods to protein and meal timing
• The truths about keto, fasting, creatine, alcohol, supplements, and Ozempic
Follow Dr. Spector:
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