Life’s a Fantastic Joke

Jake Ball
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Welcome to LAFJ.pod, a podcast by Life’s a Fantastic Joke Follow for discussions about mental health, emotional and physical wellbeing, spirituality, and human wellness hosted by @jakefball You will hear conversations about the struggles and successes of finding ✨meaning✨ in the modern world with people who intrigue or inspire me. Life’s a Fantastic Joke is a UK-based small business that sells sustainable, slow fashion clothing, sporting designs commissioned by independent artists, and which is committed to donating 25% of its profits to mental health charities.

  1. 03/03/2025

    #14 Katy Tannler - "Creativity thrives in chaos"

    Today’s guest is Katy Tännler, a British freelance Graphic Designer & Illustrator, based in Switzerland.  Admired by us for designing the iconic globe print for Life's a Fantastic Joke, she has since worked with many prestigious brands.  This conversation covers topics from imposter syndrome, faith, mental health, alternative medicine, and much more! It was recorded in December 2023. Be sure to check out Katy's artwork via her socials @katyalicetannler on IGTalking of imposter syndrome, I've been sitting on this episode for over a year but have finally broken free from the fear of perfectionism as a barrier to creativity. Hoping to share many more conversations like this one so please feel free to comment your thoughts on what you'd like to hear - from guest suggestions to interesting topics - as well as what you liked or didn't like about the episode. #creative #podcast #lifesafantasticjoke #mentalhealth #smallbusiness #sustainablefashion #artist #creative #slowfashion #circular

  2. 03/03/2025

    #13 Eniz Koltas - "Beauty in the struggle"

    Welcome to Episode 13 of the Life’s a Fantastic Joke podcast.  Our guest this episode is Eniz Koltas, who is a nutritionist, personal trainer, and coach - passionate about using his platform for helping men realise their full potential - with advice on managing mental health, boosting testosterone, building routine, and training safely in the gym.  In this episode we discuss masculinity, health, family, fitness, nutrition, icing your balls, and much more.  Note: this episode was recorded in November 2023 and while there have been numerous studies and articles written about the effects of icing your balls to increase testosterone, at the point of publishing there is no clear correlation. Listeners should do their own research before following any of the advice discussed in this episode. I hope you enjoy the show - please be sure to rate this episode with any number of stars. And remember… Life’s a fantastic joke…!  #podcast #creative #secondvideo #smallbusiness #masculinity #mentalhealth #motivation #inspiration

  3. 11/11/2023

    #12 AKIRA THE DON

    Hello and welcome back to the Life’s a Fantastic Joke Podcast with me, Jake Ball. This is Episode 12 featuring the wavelord himself, creator of Meaningwave, AKIRA THE DON! I've loved listening to Akira's music for many years now and he continues to dominate my Spotify Wrapped every year. He has released many great albums in his unique Lo-fi style which draw upon the spoken wisdom of many great names such as Alan Watts, Jocko Willink, Gary Vaynerchuck, Jordan Peterson, David Goggins, Naval Ravikant and even the words of Marcus Aurelius. This conversation covers many topics from Akira's creative process, his experience in the music industry, advice to young aspiring artists and creatives, his view on the world and his interpretation of Life's a Fantastic Joke! I hope you enjoy this episode and Akira's evident wisdom and passion - if you haven't heard his music go and check it out now! You can also follow us on Instagram @lafj.pod to see some behind the scenes workings as well as info on future guests! Let me know if there’s someone you’d like me to talk to or a topic you’d like to hear covered - see you next time! *** as always, a huge thank you to all of you who have been listening and supporting all this way. It is so encouraging to hear from those of you who find this podcast helpful! Please keep the feedback coming and keep spreading the love. 💞💞💞 *** Share it, review it, tell your boss about it, all that usual podcasty stuff would be much appreciated. We are on apple podcasts so send me those 5🌟 reviews and get following on Spotify 😘 ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Intro/outro music: Life Is by Cosimo Fogg (201) https://soundcloud.com/cosimo-fogg Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_life-is Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/9MXUHYGvBVY

  4. 05/16/2023

    All We Have Is Now. S3E1 with Laura Jessica Walker and Ilias a.k.a. INDEMO

    Hello and welcome back to the Life’s a fantastic Joke Podcast with me, Jake Ball. This is season 3 episode 1 with Laura Jessica Walker and her son Billy or Ilias a.k.a INDEMO. Laura is a mental health nurse by trade who is now a full time coach for senior leaders struggling with burnout. Indemo is an artist, songwriter and a producer who is also diagnosed with ADHD. The title of this episode is “All We Have Is Now” (alternatively “School Is Horrible, Man” We talked about 3 golden habits for managing your mental health, consistency & discipline, cold water swimming, the school system and the challenges it poses for people with ADHD, imposter syndrome and meditation (and so much more!) Go and check out the wonderful work these two do via their Instagram pages @laurajessicawalker and @iamindemo. You can also follow us on Instagram @lafj.pod to see some behind the scenes workings as well as info on future guests! Let me know if there’s someone you’d like me to talk to or a topic you’d like to hear covered. *** as always, a huge thank you to all of you who have been listening and supporting all the way into this THIRD season. It is so encouraging to hear from those of you who find this podcast helpful! Please keep the feedback coming and keep spreading the love. 💞💞💞 *** Share it, review it, tell your boss about it, all that usual podcasty stuff would be much appreciated. We are on apple podcasts so send me those 5🌟 reviews and get following on Spotify 😘 ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Intro/outro music: Life Is by Cosimo Fogg (201) https://soundcloud.com/cosimo-fogg Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_life-is Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/9MXUHYGvBVY

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    Welcome to the Life’s a Fantastic Joke podcast with Jake Ball

    Hello and welcome to the Life’s a Fantastic Joke podcast with me, Jake Ball. This is a project that I’m relaunching in 2023 to coincide with mental health awareness week. I want to have conversations about mental health, life, meaning, spirituality, and happiness with people that I’m intrigued by. The aim is to talk to guests about the struggles and successes of managing their mental health and wellbeing. Hopefully we’re going to find some common themes and that we can become more resilient by sharing stories and ideas with each other. For this 3rd season, I have decided to rebrand from Balls Deep Pod to the Life’s a Fantastic Joke podcast, taking the name of my small ethical clothing business which is committed to donating 25% of its profits to mental health charities. If you like the sound of all that, check out the Instagram page @lafj.podcast or the website lifesafantasticjoke.com … I look forward to hearing your thoughts !

  6. 10/19/2021

    Encouraging Vulnerability. S2E4 with Paul McGregor

    Welcome back to the Balls Deep Podcast! In this fourth episode of the second season I talk to Paul McGregor (@pmcgregorcom) who is a public speaker, entrepreneur, mental Health advocate and founder of every mind at work (@everymindatwork) TWs: suicide, depression, anxiety, death We talked about: Vulnerability in the workplace, Body image, Coping with loss, Self judgement & balancing Wellness with enjoying life. We also talked about Active listening, Changing perceptions around MH, And about Paul’s experience of suicide. This season has seen a bit of an extended hiatus for a number of personal reasons, most notably moving cities and starting a new job but also just the daily challenges we talk about in this episode. There are a couple of people I have earmarked to talk to to round off this season which should conclude in 2021. I’ve got a very exciting project that I’m hoping to launch by spring of 2022 so will be looking at how I can balance the podcast with that and my actual day job ! In the meantime if there’s anyone you’d like to hear me talk to or topics you’d like to hear me talk about then please get in touch ! Let me know what you think via insta @balls.deep.pod - I’ll be using interactive stories to hear your thoughts on the topics that are up for discussion. Thanks to those of you who submitted their thoughts ahead of this week’s episode ! *** as always, a huge thank you to all of you who have been listening and supporting all the way into this SECOND season. It is so encouraging to hear from those of you who find this podcast helpful! Please keep the feedback coming and keep spreading the love. 💞💞💞 *** Share it, review it, tell your boss about it, all that usual podcasty stuff would be much appreciated. We are on apple podcasts so send me those 5🌟 reviews bby and get following on Spotify 😘 💦💦💦 Big thanks to Jack AKA @jakanmusic for the super sexy super synthy “balls deep” jingle - keep listening to hear that beauty ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Intro/outro music: Life Is by Cosimo Fogg (201) https://soundcloud.com/cosimo-fogg Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_life-is Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/9MXUHYGvBVY

  7. 06/08/2021

    So What, Now What? S2E3 with Maria Miles

    Welcome back to the Balls Deep Podcast! In this third episode of the second season, I talk to Maria Miles (@maria.miles) who is a final year medical student and who runs the Leeds branch of Sexpression (@sexpressionuk @sexpressionleeds) - a charity which provides sex and relationship education to 11-18 year olds. CWs: sex, homophobia The topic of this discussion was “Healthy Relationships” and I wanted to ask Maria about her work with Sexpression and how Sex Ed has changed since I was at school. We also ended up talking about STD myths, defining your relationships & setting boundaries, breakups, communication, and consent. Let me know what you think via insta @balls.deep.pod - I’ll be using interactive stories to hear your thoughts on the topics that are up for discussion. Thanks to those of you who submitted their thoughts ahead of this week’s episode ! *** as always, a huge thank you to all of you who have been listening and supporting all the way into this SECOND season. It is so encouraging to hear from those of you who find this podcast helpful! Please keep the feedback coming and keep spreading the love. 💞💞💞 *** Share it, review it, tell your old schoolteacher about it, all that usual podcasty stuff would be much appreciated. We are on apple podcasts so send me those 5🌟 reviews bby and get following on Spotify 😘 💦💦💦 Big thanks to Jack AKA @jakanmusic for the super sexy super synthy “balls deep” jingle - keep listening to hear that beauty ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Intro/outro music: Life Is by Cosimo Fogg (201) https://soundcloud.com/cosimo-fogg Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_life-is Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/9MXUHYGvBVY

  8. 05/25/2021

    Belong Before You Believe. S2E2 with Tristan Lury

    Welcome back to the Balls Deep Podcast! In this second episode of the second season, I talk to Tristan Lury (@tristan_lury) who is the founder of the Bridge the Gap Football (@bridgethegapfootball) - a charity which is creating footballing communities that connect with young adults across the UK. TWs: grief, violence I wanted to ask Tristan about brotherhood and forming communities in his life, including the work he has done to start Bridge the Gap Football. We also discussed small talk and unlocking deeper convos, grief, faith, common purpose, mental health (ofc), negative masculinity (in football culture), switching off from social media et CETERA. Let me know what you think via insta @balls.deep.pod - I’ll be using interactive stories to hear your thoughts on the topics that are up for discussion. Thanks to those of you who submitted their thoughts ahead of this week’s episode ! *** as always, a huge thank you to all of you who have been listening and supporting all the way into this SECOND season. It is so encouraging to hear from those of you who find this podcast helpful! Please keep the feedback coming and keep spreading the love. 💞💞💞 *** Share it, review it, tell your childhood sweetheart about it, all that usual podcasty stuff would be much appreciated. We are now on apple podcasts so send me those 5🌟 reviews bby 💦💦💦 Big thanks to Jack AKA @jakanmusic for the super sexy super synthy “balls deep” jingle - keep listening to hear that beauty ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Intro/outro music: Life Is by Cosimo Fogg (201) https://soundcloud.com/cosimo-fogg Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_life-is Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/9MXUHYGvBVY

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Welcome to LAFJ.pod, a podcast by Life’s a Fantastic Joke Follow for discussions about mental health, emotional and physical wellbeing, spirituality, and human wellness hosted by @jakefball You will hear conversations about the struggles and successes of finding ✨meaning✨ in the modern world with people who intrigue or inspire me. Life’s a Fantastic Joke is a UK-based small business that sells sustainable, slow fashion clothing, sporting designs commissioned by independent artists, and which is committed to donating 25% of its profits to mental health charities.

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