The Hope Initiative

Rien MacDonald

Stories with everyday people. A podcast learning about humans on planet earth. The success and struggle in their life, to help inspire hope in yours.

  1. #191 - Intricacy to Consistency with Toby Simmons

    02/04/2024

    #191 - Intricacy to Consistency with Toby Simmons

    “There's so many people that are sat in their houses right now working with some amazing idea that they’ll never put it to work because they're so scared of what the results may be. I count my blessings that I just sort of went, ‘I'm gonna spend all my money on this for a little bit’, because now coming into my future projects, I'm going with exactly the same approach, and I'll favor that over the one of buying a house or all the standard 1, 2, 3 things that you would be expected to do in society. I wanna put these things in place in a different position, and I would implore anybody who's got these sorts of ideas to just give it a go if you're in the situation too, because it can absolutely change your life. Whether it works or whether it just changes your mindset on certain things that you are used to working in.” Episode #191 of The Hope Initiative with Toby Simmons A super fun chat with Toby. He’s a consistent fella and super patient with me in getting this episode out - we recorded it a week or so before the end of 2023. In it, we discuss his bias for extreme sports, suffering from ADHD and from a young age being called up by the world to be a consistent man. A battle with suicidal thoughts in 2018 and turning things around off the back of Covid which were his “thousand days”. Toby is now in the midst of training for his first Ironman 70.3 race and we chat business, social media and training for that plus plenty more. Super grateful for his time and all of you tuning in to listen. I do hope you enjoy as much as I have putting it together 😄 Cheers Connect with the guest Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tobysimmonsuk/ Follow the legend on Strava - https://www.strava.com/athletes/21730062 Follow and connect with The Hope Initiative on; Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hopeinitiativepod/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@thehopeinitiative Music by Jess Fairlie - jessfairlie.com

    1h 27m
  2. #189 - The Art of Storytelling with Matt Allyn

    01/25/2024

    #189 - The Art of Storytelling with Matt Allyn

    “I think we get so far away from trusting ourselves. And, you know, when you do a breathwork session, or you go for a run, or you're in the shower, you have a download, and you're like, yeah, that's the f*****g thing! And then an hour goes by, and then you convince yourself out of that thing, and you do a lesser thing… “I'm gonna reach out to Lewis Howes and get him on my podcast. Like that's too audacious. I'm going to go 20 people below him.” It's like, no f*****g do the thing. You know, trust yourself!” Episode #189 of The Hope Initiative with Matt Allyn We’re finally back for 2024 and I’ve been sitting on this epic conversation with Matt Allyn for a short while now. Stoked to have had it. We discuss storytelling, creativity, how Matt shifted his life after riding across America, and so much more! Thank you for your kind words and patience, my friend. Excited to race with you at some stage this year. Connect with Matt! Matt on Instagram - https://instagram.com/matthew.allyn Subscribe to Matt’s email list - https://matthew-allyn.ck.page/ Listen to that epic conversation he had with Ryan Dreyer - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3aAY2Tx5o9mD5mIRDg8eH0?si=a47b7f995d61498d Follow and connect with The Hope Initiative on; Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hopeinitiativepod/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@thehopeinitiative Music by Jess Fairlie - jessfairlie.com Made by RUKKUS - instagram.com/makearukkus

    1h 35m
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Stories with everyday people. A podcast learning about humans on planet earth. The success and struggle in their life, to help inspire hope in yours.