Happy Easter, hope you all have a great holiday. We’ll be back in 7 days with an incredible interview with best selling author Peter Russell.
Fred Branson is the Co-Founder of Amantani UK, an award winning charity which works to improve the lives of Peruvian children. Fred established Amantani in 2007, when he noticed big problems with the educational system in remote areas. Often children were forced to walk up to 8 hours a day to get to the closest school, once they got there, exhausted, the standardised curriculum seemed irrelevant to their indigenous lives and so he set up Amantani to combat these two problems with a focus on respect for their local customs and culture. Their work has received great media attention and Fred was recently invited to give a TED Talk all about the Art of Giving.
A reader of TIME magazine asked Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This is what his answer was.
In 1999 Sue’s life hit rock bottom; she was desperately unhappy, her marriage had broken down, she had over a quarter of a million pounds worth of debt and faced the repossession of her family home. She had 3 young children to bring up all alone with no income, no idea where her next penny would come from and just £10 left in her purse. However, Sue was not going to accept this was her life. She started researching all about the power of our thoughts and the subconscious mind and learnt the fundamental principle that we get more of what we focus on. She then made it her mission to work on herself and reprogram her thinking and since then her life has completely transformed. She is an extremely successful businesswoman, recently appearing on Channel 4’s popular TV series ‘The Secret Millionaire’. She is the author of the book ‘Love Life, Live Life’, founder of the Sue Stone Foundation and a Happiness and Empowerment Coach who dedicates her life to helping others and last but not least, she is recognised as the UK’s happiest and most positive person.
When Sean was 13 he was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Disease and given 3 months to live, he survived but then at 16 the doctors discovered another totally unrelated form of cancer, Askin’s Sarcoma and this time he was given only 14 days and was read his last rites. He is the only recorded person in history to have been diagnosed with both these deadly cancers, but again Sean survived. He then became the first cancer survivor ever to Summit Mount Everest. He has since climbed the highest mountains on all 7 continents, completed the Iron Man World Championships in Hawaii and trekked to the South Pole. He is the only person in history to have accomplished what he has. He is the author of the book “Keep Climbing,” and has been voted “one of the top 8 most inspirational people of all time”.
I love this clip about choice and having self confidence to be able to trust our own intuition.
“The data for any situation is infinite….worriers are people, who think of all the variables beyond their control of what might happen. Choice is the act of hesitation we make before making a decision.” Alan Watts
Kirk Brown is Centre Teacher at Dhamma Dipa Meditation Centre and has praticed Vipassana Meditation for over 40 years. Vipassana means ‘to see things as they really are’ and is one of India’s most ancient techniques of meditation. It goes back to Buddha two and a half thousand years ago and was taught by him as a remedy for all universal ills. This is a technique and is non religious and so can be used by people from all cultures and backgrounds. It’s aim is for the complete removal of mental impurities and to result in a person’s full liberation and happiness.
Dave Cornthwaite is an adventurer, writer and filmmaker. He is best known for his Expedition1000 project, a plan to undertake 25 separate journeys of 1000 miles or more, each using a different form of non-motorised transport. He has written 3 books, spoken to audiences on 6 different continents and broken 9 Guinness world records including travelling the furthest distance by longboard after he skated 5823 km across Australia from Perth to Brisbane.
Great advice from Steve Jobs about finding and doing what you love, not settling and bouncing back from rejections and tough times. “Sometimes life can hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.”
Kirsty Hanly is one of the UK’s top cognitive hypnotherapists and personal development coaches based in Harley Street in London and has worked with some of the world’s leading coaches. She writes regularly for the Huffington Post and is a highly sort after speaker who was recently invited to present at TEDx in London.
Her passion is in helping people to let go of their blocks to success, to unlock their potential, and to create the life of their dreams.