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The Next Chapter is a podcast about new beginnings, reinvention, and the power of taking ownership over your life. Hosted by Luke Jones—coach, podcast host, and lifelong student of self-development—each episode dives deep into honest stories of transformation, resilience, and practical strategies for building a life you don’t need to escape from. Along the way, we explore the role of manifestation and the magic that happens when you start following your goosebumps—those moments of excitement, intuition, and inspiration that point you toward your next chapter. You’ll hear from everyday people, experts, and inspiring guests who’ve overcome adversity, embraced change, and found the courage to start again—whether it’s breaking free from old patterns, finding purpose, or navigating life’s toughest moments. With a mix of real talk, mindset tools, and actionable tips, The Next Chapter is here to help you create momentum, trust your own journey, and write a new story—one you’re proud to live.

  1. 2d ago

    Episode 43: A Second Chance at Life: Phil's Journey From Afghanistan to a New Heart

    At 12, Phil was carrying his mum up the stairs after she'd passed out drunk. At 14 she died, and everyone blamed the drink. At 16 his dad moved out. At 18 he joined the army, earned his green beret and did two tours of Afghanistan.  At 29, a boxing injury uncovered the same rare heart disease that had really killed his mum. Two years later he was in a wheelchair, carrying 13 kilos of fluid, with his kidneys failing. After five months in intensive care and eight operations, he got a new heart in the middle of the first lockdown. Since then he's run three marathons. Phil and I grew up a few miles apart in North Bristol. With two alcoholic parents and an older brother who bullied him, the gym became his second home, and at 15 he was on stage at Mr Wales. After school he was lost. Drink and drugs on a bricklaying apprenticeship, then the army to get away from it all.  Twelve years as a commando, and weekends that were all binge drinking, until he became a dad at 25 and knew he had to grow up. Then a left hook on the pads snapped his bicep tendon. A routine operation picked up an abnormal heart rhythm, and his mum's death certificate told the rest.  In this episode Phil talks honestly about losing the career he loved, the dark place that followed, being number one on the UK's super urgent transplant list, learning to walk and eat again, and the letter he writes to his donor's family every Christmas. If you've ever told yourself you'll sort your health out later... this one's for you. What you'll hear: • Why Phil says boxing saved his life • What growing up with two alcoholic parents does to a kid • Why becoming a dad was the moment he stopped binge drinking • What five months in intensive care waiting for a heart is really like • How he lives with the guilt of carrying someone else's heart • What success looks like after you nearly lose everything Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:03 Who is Phil? 03:04 The odd one out 04:37 Two alcoholic parents 07:18 Losing his mum at 14 08:21 No one to guide him 08:54 The gym as a second home 09:46 Mr Wales at 15 11:06 Lost after school 12:29 The All Arms Commando course 14:02 Two tours of Afghanistan 16:47 Coming home from the front line 18:20 Weekends of binge drinking 19:13 The boxing injury that found his heart 21:41 A 50/50 chance 22:04 The news that ended his army career 25:11 The dark place 25:50 Fitted with a defibrillator 26:48 Falling off a cliff 29:25 A heart during lockdown 30:28 Number one on the urgent list 31:27 A seven in ten chance 32:30 Writing to his donor's family 33:38 Learning to walk and eat again 36:03 Life with a new heart 36:57 What organ donation means to him 37:47 Three marathons for the British Heart Foundation 38:24 Writing his book 40:26 What he wants his boys to take from it 41:16 Advice to his younger self 42:01 What success looks like now 43:03 From health and safety to keynote speaker 44:00 The next chapter for Phil Connect with Phil: Instagram: The Heart Transplant Commando  https://www.instagram.com/hearttransplantcommando/ Phil’s book (Kindle and paperback on Amazon):  https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09ZHWYJGB Also mentioned:  British Heart Foundation (the charity Phil has run three marathons for):  https://www.bhf.org.uk/ NHS Organ Donation (register your decision and tell your family): https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/ SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity (supported Phil when his health got worse): https://www.ssafa.org.uk/ Ready to write your next chapter? Book your free Alcohol-Free Clarity Session:  https://calendly.com/lukejonescoaching Or DM me on Instagram with the word READY: https://lukejonescoaching.com The Next Chapter. Because it’s never too late to write a better story. Send us Fan Mail Support the show If you got value from this episode, don’t just sit on it—take action.  Like, subscribe, and follow the show—it makes a massive difference and helps us reach more people who need to hear these stories.  Share this with a mate who needs the truth, leave a review, and remember: change doesn’t happen by accident.  It happens when you get honest, do the work, and show up for yourself and your family. Stay real, stay relentless, and keep building your legacy—one choice at a time. For more hard-hitting stories and practical tools, follow, subscribe, and join the conversation. Let’s be real: your next chapter starts now...

    Episode 43: A Second Chance at Life: Phil's Journey From Afghanistan to a New Heart

  2. Oct 25

    Episode 42: The Rock Bottom Had a Basement: Pete Daniel’s Journey to Three Years Sober

    At 14 months old, Pete was handed over to his grandparents. He grew up calling them Mum and Dad, and found out the truth sitting in his headmistress’s office at seven. At 17 he became a dad with 12 hours’ notice. By his forties, cocaine had cost him hundreds a week, his marriage, and very nearly his life. Today he’s three years sober, closer to his three daughters than ever, and sponsoring other men through the same thing. Pete grew up in the same village as me. He always felt like he didn’t belong. Weed, then the rave scene, then ecstasy, gave him the connection he’d been chasing his whole life. For 20 years he was a functioning addict, holding down jobs and paying the bills. Then cocaine moved into the house. Lockdown and the loss of the woman who raised him sent it through the roof. When his marriage ended, he ended up alone in a rented room, and he talks honestly about the night he looked over the edge and what pulled him back.  In this episode Pete walks us through his first 12-step meeting, the day he finally surrendered, what a sponsor actually does, and why the first sober year is harder than anyone tells you. He explains why addiction is a disease of disconnection, and what he’d say to his younger self. If you’ve ever told yourself it’s just a weekend thing... this one’s for you. What you’ll hear: Why drink and drugs aren’t the problem, they’re the solution to a problemHow a payday treat turns into hundreds a week without you noticingWhat really happens at a 12-step meeting, and what a sponsor actually doesWhy addiction is a disease of disconnectionWhy the first sober year is hard, and why it’s worth itHow getting honest rebuilt his relationship with his daughtersChapters: 00:00 Intro  01:08 Who is Pete?  02:05 Raised by his grandparents  05:10 Told the truth in the headmistress’s office  06:30 Never fitting in  10:36 Meeting his dad at 30  11:39 A dad at 17 with 12 hours’ notice  13:48 Losing his grandad  15:00 Two daughters before 23  17:42 The breakup he still regrets  20:03 Weed and the escape from grief  22:20 The decks that started the music  23:06 Ecstasy, raves and finally belonging  27:19 Twenty years as a functioning addict  30:15 Marriage and a third daughter  32:27 When cocaine took over  34:00 Lockdown and losing the woman who raised him  38:24 Keeping it secret  40:17 Hundreds a week and borrowing for food  45:50 The end of his marriage  47:08 ‘The rock bottom had a basement’  52:31 What brought him back  54:06 The people who caught him  56:41 Walking into his first 12-step meeting  1:03:30 The day he surrendered  1:07:45 What a sponsor actually does  1:11:04 Addiction: the disease of disconnection  1:15:56 Why the first year is the hardest  1:22:27 Rebuilding things with his daughters  1:25:25 A whole new world opening up  1:28:07 Sponsoring other men  1:32:00 Advice to his younger self  1:33:22 What success looks like now  1:35:04 The next chapter for Pete Also mentioned: Cocaine Anonymous UK — the 12-step fellowship where Pete found his recovery. Free meetings for anyone who wants to stop using cocaine and other mind-altering substances.  https://www.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/ Alcoholics Anonymous UK — the original 12-step fellowship, with free meetings across the UK for anyone who wants to stop drinking.  https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/ This episode includes discussion of addiction and a suicide attempt. If you’re struggling, please talk to someone. In the UK and Ireland you can call Samaritans free, any time, on 116 123.  https://www.samaritans.org/ Ready to write your next chapter? Book your free Alcohol-Free Clarity Session here:  https://calendly.com/lukejonescoaching Or DM me on Instagram with the word READY.  https://lukejonescoaching.com The Next Chapter. Because it’s never too late to write a better story. Send us Fan Mail Support the show If you got value from this episode, don’t just sit on it—take action.  Like, subscribe, and follow the show—it makes a massive difference and helps us reach more people who need to hear these stories.  Share this with a mate who needs the truth, leave a review, and remember: change doesn’t happen by accident.  It happens when you get honest, do the work, and show up for yourself and your family. Stay real, stay relentless, and keep building your legacy—one choice at a time. For more hard-hitting stories and practical tools, follow, subscribe, and join the conversation. Let’s be real: your next chapter starts now...

    Episode 42: The Rock Bottom Had a Basement: Pete Daniel’s Journey to Three Years Sober

  3. Oct 18

    Episode 41: From Hating the Cold to Training With Wim Hof: Ian Kirk’s Journey Back From Breaking Point (Part 1)

    In his late twenties Ian was grafting 60 hours a week in a factory, training before work, playing football after it, engaged, and paying off a new house. Then his body gave up. He was told he’d be on medication for the rest of his life, and in the same stretch his fiancée walked out.  One Friday afternoon he left work with tears in his eyes and no plan to come back. Then his best mate rang. A few years later, the man who hated the cold so much he got dressed inside the shower room was climbing a Polish mountain in his shorts at minus 20, and training to teach alongside Wim Hof himself. Ian’s story starts on the edge of Manchester, with a midwife mum and a dad on the tools, before the family moved to the Isle of Man when he was 14. At 20 he lost his best mate Billy in a car crash, and like a lot of us, he didn’t know what to do with the grief. So he partied, worked, trained and never stopped. In this episode Ian takes us through the breaking point, the phone call, and the slow road back that started with a book and his own breath.  We go to Poland, where he nearly walked out on day one, broke down in front of a sauna full of strangers, and ended up carrying people off a mountain in a sleet storm. Then he explains, in plain English, what the breath and the cold actually do to your body and your head, and why he’s watched some of the hardest men in sport break down in tears in his sessions. If you’re grafting all week, holding it all together, and quietly running on empty... this one’s for you. What you’ll hear: Why grinding yourself into the ground isn’t strength, and what it does to your bodyHow one phone call from a mate can change everything, and why you should be the one who makes itWhat the cold actually does to your mood, your energy and your headHow to use your breathing to calm a nervous system that’s always on redWhy even the hardest men break down once they finally let it outWhy a gem can’t be polished without frictionChapters: 00:00 Intro  00:54 Working-class roots and moving to the Isle of Man  07:17 Seeing your parents differently once you’re a dad  09:50 Factory life on piecework  10:57 Losing his best mate Billy  13:14 Grief, partying and going off the rails  15:59 Sixty-hour weeks and a body that gave up  19:37 The breakup and the darkest point  21:07 The phone call that came just in time  22:37 A book, his breath and starting again  25:15 A friend’s diagnosis and hearing about Wim Hof  28:19 ‘You don’t know how lucky you are to have your health’  30:06 The worst week of his life  32:41 The email that took him to Poland  36:16 Arriving in Poland, broken  40:06 Why turning back takes more courage  42:36 Playing guitar with Wim Hof  47:04 Breaking down in the sauna  49:18 Quitting his job to train as an instructor  50:52 Back to Poland and a sleet storm  57:43 Carrying people off the mountain  1:08:10 Coming home to bad news  1:09:11 Starting Inner Alchemy with borrowed tents  1:10:35 What the Wim Hof Method actually is  1:15:17 What the cold does to your head  1:17:40 Big men, breathwork and tears  1:22:29 Part two... and Ian’s final words Connect with Ian: Website: https://inneralchemy.im Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inneralchemyiom/ Ready to write your next chapter? Book your free Alcohol-Free Clarity Session here: https://calendly.com/lukejonescoaching Or DM me on Instagram with the word READY. https://lukejonescoaching.com The Next Chapter. Because it’s never too late to write a better story. Send us Fan Mail Support the show If you got value from this episode, don’t just sit on it—take action.  Like, subscribe, and follow the show—it makes a massive difference and helps us reach more people who need to hear these stories.  Share this with a mate who needs the truth, leave a review, and remember: change doesn’t happen by accident.  It happens when you get honest, do the work, and show up for yourself and your family. Stay real, stay relentless, and keep building your legacy—one choice at a time. For more hard-hitting stories and practical tools, follow, subscribe, and join the conversation. Let’s be real: your next chapter starts now...

    Episode 41: From Hating the Cold to Training With Wim Hof: Ian Kirk’s Journey Back From Breaking Point (Part 1)

  4. Oct 11

    Episode 40: One Last Drink on Holiday: Matt’s Journey Back to His Family

    Matt lost his dad at 17 and started grieving at the bottom of a can. For the next three decades every week looked the same. Good intentions Monday to Thursday. Friday comes round... ‘I’ve worked all week, I deserve a beer.’  He tried to stop more than once. It never stuck. Today he’s 13 months alcohol-free, out on his bike by 7 on a Saturday morning, and his 20-year-old son has told him he wants to be exactly like him. Matt’s a construction worker, a dad of three, and an old school mate of mine. Last year he messaged me and we started working together. In this episode he takes us back to the weekend away when he walked round a corner holding a four-pack of Stella and saw the look on his daughter’s face.  He talks about the drinking culture on site, the voice that tells you you’ve earned it, and why the hardest part wasn’t the first fortnight but the month that came after. Then there’s the holiday. Halfway through our work together, he told himself he’d have one last drink.  What happened next is the reason we’re sat here a year on. We finish with Christmas Eve over the fields with his daughter instead of in the pub, the morning conversations he has with the man he wants to become, and the message his son sent me that I’ll never forget. If you keep telling yourself you’re not that bad, or you can do it on your own... Matt said exactly the same. This one’s for you. What you’ll hear: Why the first two weeks are easier than you think, and what to expect when the feelings hitHow one slip on holiday became the thing that shut the door for goodThe simple fridge exercise that helped Matt choose his kids over a can every timeHow to get through a holiday, a concert and the Friday banter on site without a drinkWhat changes at home when the rows stopWhy asking for help isn’t weak, and why doing it alone kept Matt stuck for yearsChapters: 00:00 Intro  00:55 Who is Matt Hobbs?  01:07 Growing up around drink  02:17 Losing his dad at 17  04:06 Good intentions Monday, back on it Friday  05:15 The drinking culture on the buildings  06:09 How do I do a wedding without a drink?  06:50 The freedom of a sober holiday  11:40 Grieving at the bottom of a can  12:47 What Saturday mornings used to look like  14:01 Coldplay at Wembley, sober  15:52 No more rows at home  18:00 ‘You’ve worked all week, you deserve a beer’  20:21 Why white-knuckling it never worked  21:25 Drinking for confidence  22:44 What his kids saw  24:28 The four-pack and the look on his daughter’s face  25:50 Why he picked up the phone  28:24 COVID and the morning four-pack  30:16 What he expected from coaching  32:20 The first month and beating himself up  34:08 ‘You stayed calm, Dad’  36:09 His whys on the fridge  39:54 One last drink on holiday  42:24 How the slip shut the door  46:25 Meditation and meeting his future self  54:06 The message from his son  58:00 Christmas Eve over the fields  58:55 How the house has changed  1:00:44 Handling Christmas, weddings and the big match  1:04:12 To the bloke who thinks he can do it alone  1:07:48 Advice to his younger self  1:09:32 The next chapter for Matt If Matt’s story sounds like yours, DM me on Instagram with the word READY for a free Alcohol-Free Clarity Session. No pitch. No pressure. Just a conversation.  https://lukejonescoaching.com The Next Chapter. Because it’s never too late to write a better story. Send us Fan Mail Support the show If you got value from this episode, don’t just sit on it—take action.  Like, subscribe, and follow the show—it makes a massive difference and helps us reach more people who need to hear these stories.  Share this with a mate who needs the truth, leave a review, and remember: change doesn’t happen by accident.  It happens when you get honest, do the work, and show up for yourself and your family. Stay real, stay relentless, and keep building your legacy—one choice at a time. For more hard-hitting stories and practical tools, follow, subscribe, and join the conversation. Let’s be real: your next chapter starts now...

    Episode 40: One Last Drink on Holiday: Matt’s Journey Back to His Family

  5. Oct 4

    Episode 39: Boxing Saved Him, His Son Saved Him Again: Sean's Journey to Winning Back His Son

    Fifteen years ago, boxing gave Sean what drink and cocaine never could. A focus. A way through. Twenty-six fights and nine years sober later, his ex stopped him seeing his son, and three weeks back on it took him to the lowest point of his life. Twenty months of family court later, he's raising his boy full time. And to do it, he's walked away from the sport that saved him. Sean was released by Rovers at 16, the same year his mum was diagnosed with cancer. Drink came first. Cocaine wasn't far behind. He always felt something was wrong with him and couldn't put his finger on it, so he numbed it. In this episode Sean takes us from the pubs and the police cells to the boxing gym that humbled him, and to the night he sat alone reading court papers about his son and said out loud... 'If you love him as much as you say you do, you'll stop.'  He hasn't touched it since. We talk about faith, the friends who never gave up on him, leaving a bad day in that day, and why he hung up the gloves after the head scans came back. A mate told him he'd already won the biggest fight of his life. He was right. If you're in the thick of it right now and can't see a way out... this one's for you. What you'll hear: • Why drink and drugs felt like the answer, and what they were really covering up • The one decision that ended a relapse overnight • How to stop one bad day turning into a bad month • Why the right people around you matter more than willpower • How to flip an addictive personality into something that builds you up • Why 'once is a mistake, twice is a choice' changed the dad Sean is today Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:53 An energetic kid always in trouble 02:07 Released by Rovers and the first drink 03:10 Feeling like something was wrong with him 04:22 Drink, cocaine and the comedown cycle 05:10 Fights, the police and a chip on his shoulder 07:15 From kickboxing to boxing 10:34 Sparring a future world champion 13:07 What boxing gave him 16:20 Why he got sober the first time 17:32 Relapsing after nine years 18:30 The night with the court papers 20:56 Managing mental health without the crutches 21:33 Faith and finding God 23:25 Belief, manifestation and Conor McGregor 26:57 Leave a bad day in that day 28:42 His lowest point 30:53 The friends who pulled him through 35:26 Walking away from boxing for his health 38:19 Flipping addiction into a superpower 41:36 Ricky Hatton and men's mental health 45:01 Coaching and giving back 46:49 Learning to like himself 48:03 A second chance with his son 50:45 What a good dad really is 56:13 Hope for any dad in the thick of it 1:00:06 Advice to his younger self 1:02:16 The next chapter for Sean Connect with Sean: Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/seanminall88/ Ready to write your next chapter? DM me on Instagram with the word 'READY' for a free Alcohol-Free Clarity Session. https://lukejonescoaching.com The Next Chapter. Because it's never too late to write a better story. Send us Fan Mail Support the show If you got value from this episode, don’t just sit on it—take action.  Like, subscribe, and follow the show—it makes a massive difference and helps us reach more people who need to hear these stories.  Share this with a mate who needs the truth, leave a review, and remember: change doesn’t happen by accident.  It happens when you get honest, do the work, and show up for yourself and your family. Stay real, stay relentless, and keep building your legacy—one choice at a time. For more hard-hitting stories and practical tools, follow, subscribe, and join the conversation. Let’s be real: your next chapter starts now...

    Episode 39: Boxing Saved Him, His Son Saved Him Again: Sean's Journey to Winning Back His Son

  6. Sep 27

    Episode 38: No Rock Bottom Needed: Matt's Journey to Living Alcohol-Free...

    For 20 years Matt's drinking looked completely normal. Then COVID turned it into four or five nights a week. There was no rock bottom. Just a Champions League night with his son, three or four pints he never planned on, and a car he had to leave behind.  Five months later he's alcohol-free, back on the golf course, and his 14-year-old son has told him he doesn't plan on drinking when he's older. Matt started where most of us did. A bottle of cider in the park at 15, sending the tallest lad into the offy. From there it was pubs, then habit, then lockdown, when there was nothing to get up for and a crate of craft beer arrived every week.  In this episode we talk about the Tuesday cave-in, the voice that says you've earned it, and why his first four months off didn't stick. He'd kept it anonymous, and that left the door open.  This time he put his name and his face on it. Matt opens up about 'no man's land'... the strange gap between drinker and non-drinker. He talks about how he handled a free-bar 60th one week sober, a cruise and his first ever sober concert, and he explains the simple technique that stops the 'go on, you deserve it' voice in its tracks. We finish on the stuff that matters most. His kids. Evenings that belong to them again. And why men need to start talking. If you've ever planned a quiet one and woken up wondering how it turned into four... this one's for you. What you'll hear: • Why you don't need a rock bottom to decide enough's enough • How boredom quietly builds a drinking habit, and how to spot it before it sets in • Why going all in with your name, your face and real accountability worked where going anonymous didn't • Playing the tape forward: the technique that shuts down the 'I deserve it' voice • How to prepare for a free bar, a cruise and a concert without a drink • What changes at home when your evenings belong to your family again Chapters:  00:00 Intro: no rock bottom, just a night at the football  01:09 Cider in the park at 15  03:37 What 'normal' drinking looked like for 20 years  04:43 How COVID turned boredom into most nights  09:02 The night he had to leave the car behind  14:02 Four months off, moderation and the Tuesday cave-in  17:29 Why last time didn't stick, and going all in this time  19:36 Accountability and putting his name on it  22:45 Switching off after work and the fridge ritual  27:09 No man's land: if I'm not a drinker, what am I?  29:09 'Sobriety is boring' and getting old hobbies back  32:03 Anxiety, confidence and taking the edge off  34:42 Playing the tape forward  37:05 A free-bar 60th, a cruise and a first sober concert  40:43 The feeling of leaving the pub sober  42:26 Evenings with his kids now  45:04 When his son found his Instagram  49:44 Advice to his younger self: talk to someone  50:55 Why men don't talk  54:52 What success looks like now  59:12 The next chapter for Matt Connect with Matt: https://www.instagram.com/walkthesoberline/ Ready to write your next chapter? DM me on Instagram with the word READY for a free Alcohol-Free Clarity Session.  https://lukejonescoaching.com The Next Chapter. Because it's never too late to write a better story. Send us Fan Mail Support the show If you got value from this episode, don’t just sit on it—take action.  Like, subscribe, and follow the show—it makes a massive difference and helps us reach more people who need to hear these stories.  Share this with a mate who needs the truth, leave a review, and remember: change doesn’t happen by accident.  It happens when you get honest, do the work, and show up for yourself and your family. Stay real, stay relentless, and keep building your legacy—one choice at a time. For more hard-hitting stories and practical tools, follow, subscribe, and join the conversation. Let’s be real: your next chapter starts now...

    Episode 38: No Rock Bottom Needed: Matt's Journey to Living Alcohol-Free...

  7. Sep 20

    Episode 37: The Man Who Rebuilt His Life After Building His Own Prison | Russell Grant

    Russell Grant had the business, the money, the six-pack on the gym floor — and privately, he was £30,000 in debt, binge drinking three or four nights a week, and building what he now calls 'his own prison.'  Nobody could see it. Everyone thought he was winning. In this episode, Luke talks to Russell about the moment everything had to change — becoming a father, doing the deep internal work on beliefs and self-worth, and rebuilding his business and his life from the ground up.  They get into self-sabotage, emotional leverage, gratitude, and why most people aren't lazy, they're just doing their best with the tools they've got — and what happens once you realise you can pick up new ones. If you're grafting flat out right now and telling yourself it's all for your family — this conversation might change how you see it. In this episode: Chasing money and status for external validation — and where it comes fromBuilding 'his own prison' — six figures in the bank, £30k in debt, binge drinkingThe mentor conversation that changed everything: "you'd already have it"Rebuilding beliefs, character and self-image from the inside outMoving to Crete and designing a life around presence, not performanceBecoming a father — how it shifted his definition of successPractical tools: emotional leverage, gratitude, and reframing self-sabotageHis message to any dad grafting flat out right nowChapters 00:00 — Intro  01:07 — What success looked like in his twenties  02:26 — Chasing external validation and self-worth  08:12 — Self-development vs. actually changing your behaviour  10:20 — Auditing beliefs — "you cannot act out of alignment with your belief system"  12:42 — Character traits and giving yourself permission  21:52 — Feeling it till you make it — visualisation and manifestation  24:09 — Building his own prison — the £30k debt and the wake-up call  29:59 — The most important sale of his life — selling himself on the real him  31:07 — Self-sabotage reframed — achieving the wrong goals on repeat  34:39 — Emotional leverage — the fear of becoming his own worst version  37:20 — Fatherhood and the new definition of success  44:31 — Gratitude and the traffic experiment  49:01 — Message to the dad grafting flat out for his family  53:09 — Two conversations that changed his life  1:02:43 — What he'd tell his younger self — "you are enough"  1:06:05 — What's next — health, the book, the Online Freedom Academy Connect with Russell: Instagram — Russell Grant 2.0 — instagram.com/russellgrant2.0TikTok — Russell Grant 2.0 — tiktok.com/@russellgrant2.0Send us Fan Mail Support the show If you got value from this episode, don’t just sit on it—take action.  Like, subscribe, and follow the show—it makes a massive difference and helps us reach more people who need to hear these stories.  Share this with a mate who needs the truth, leave a review, and remember: change doesn’t happen by accident.  It happens when you get honest, do the work, and show up for yourself and your family. Stay real, stay relentless, and keep building your legacy—one choice at a time. For more hard-hitting stories and practical tools, follow, subscribe, and join the conversation. Let’s be real: your next chapter starts now...

    Episode 37: The Man Who Rebuilt His Life After Building His Own Prison | Russell Grant

  8. Sep 13

    Episode 36: The Floor Layer Who Became a Full-Time Trader | James Russell

    James Russell laid floors for a living, working every hour going because he never knew when the next job would come. Then a motorbike accident put him in a hospital bed next to a stranger who was still earning money from his laptop — and that was the moment everything started to shift. In this episode, Luke sits down with his old friend James to talk about the decade of "all hours" tradesman graft, the slow burn from flooring to affiliate marketing to full-time trading, and the four years of sobriety that changed everything underneath it.  They talk peer pressure, self-doubt, what trading actually is beneath the hype, and why James still gets up two hours early to learn something new even now. If you're on site right now wondering whether a different life is possible for someone like you — this one's for you. In this episode: Growing up on a council estate and going into the family flooring tradeThe hospital bed moment that planted the seed for changeThe slow transition from flooring to affiliate marketing to full-time tradingWhat trading actually is, explained simplyFour years sober — what changed, and why it made the business possibleBuilding Traders World and 1Life1Trade — free trading education instead of "join my course, get a Lambo"Peer pressure, self-doubt, and the advice for any tradesman feeling checked outChapters 00:00 — Intro  01:01 — Growing up on a council estate in Charlton  02:10 — Into flooring through the family business  04:22 — Married young, provider mode, working every hour  07:01 — The slow burn — knowing he couldn't do this forever  09:46 — The hospital bed moment that changed everything  11:16 — What freedom actually meant to him  15:25 — The shift from affiliate marketing into trading  20:16 — What trading actually is, explained simply  22:42 — Four years sober — the wedding anniversary story  25:49 — Would the business exist if he'd carried on drinking?  30:51 — Wanting to quit, and why he never did  35:55 — Building One Life One Trade and Traders World  42:16 — Dropping the ego and asking for help  49:14 — The biggest myth about trading  57:21 — How it's changed him as a family man  1:02:33 — His message to every tradesman feeling checked out Connect with James: Instagram — instagram.com/1life1tradeTikTok — tiktok.com/@1life1tradeTelegram — t.me/James1Life1TradeFreeSignalsApply — 1life1trade.com/applySend us Fan Mail Support the show If you got value from this episode, don’t just sit on it—take action.  Like, subscribe, and follow the show—it makes a massive difference and helps us reach more people who need to hear these stories.  Share this with a mate who needs the truth, leave a review, and remember: change doesn’t happen by accident.  It happens when you get honest, do the work, and show up for yourself and your family. Stay real, stay relentless, and keep building your legacy—one choice at a time. For more hard-hitting stories and practical tools, follow, subscribe, and join the conversation. Let’s be real: your next chapter starts now...

    Episode 36: The Floor Layer Who Became a Full-Time Trader | James Russell
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