The Cockney Guide to Enlightenment

Accredited ADHD life coach and Mentor Robert reflects on growing up fast in a fierce, loving, and dysfunctional Scottish family and descending into crime and addiction. During his twenty-nine years of recovery, he dismantled the persona he had built to survive, became a successful businessman and turned the lifelong puzzle of ADHD into a superpower.

In this episode, we unpack an incredible journey. From humble beginnings washing dishes in a pub to achieving culinary success at Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Michelin-starred chef John's work includes openings at Gordon Ramsay's New York restaurant and his first hotel restaurant in Australia, overseeing a team of sixty chefs, and appearing on Masterchef. John's perspective on food and life was transformed after a battle with a brain tumour, leading to a profound understanding of the healing power of food and the deeper meaning of life.

Steven speaks about character traits and childhood survival mode, and he, becoming conscious, highlights societal and generational conditioning.

From the streets of Stoke Newington, the 1970s care system, addiction, and prison, Stanley broke the mould and grew into the mature masculine male society desperately needs. An accomplished writer, actor, and singer-songwriter, our conversation on childhood survival and conditioning, twelve-step recovery, parenting, and the missing rights of passage of the young was deeply insightful and inspirational.

It was a fascinating and candid conversation with the most unlikely healer I have ever met. From aspirations to be a private investigator, Ronen spent nineteen years as a Chinese antiques dealer in Sweden and Mallorca before attending a healing conference to solve a historic back problem. Two days back, Ronen found himself treating a patient on an opium bed in his antique shop and a seven-year career spanning the world of healing and teaching before opening a restaurant. Ronen's current project has the potential to heal humanity.

Displaced in London by the Iran-Iraq war, Mays struggled as a child immigrant. The cool gang looked good, but the party life in the advertising industry took its toll on her health. Mays heard a voice that guided her to the East, Yoga, and the beginning of her healing journey. Integrating the holistic world of healing with the science of nutrition and her life experience, she thrives in her well-being business, helping others find health, balance and peace.