Bex shares her story from early life in London, shaped by a loving family and growing up fast while her mum lived with MS and her dad worked decades in policing. She reflects on a career filled with both extraordinary moments and real trauma, and the pull she’s always felt to “give back” by passing on what works beyond policing into everyday leadership, work, and relationships.

A core theme is self-awareness. Bex talks through the “iceberg” exercise she uses with negotiators: what people see on the surface versus what sits underneath values, beliefs, emotional drivers, past experiences. Her point is simple: you can’t lead well, help well, or negotiate well if you don’t understand what’s driving you first.

From there, she makes negotiation practical and human. Active listening is the foundation. Seek to understand someone’s perspective before trying to move them. Earn trust through tone, pace, and presence not just words. She also warns against “preset scripts,” and offers softer, more opening language like “Tell, Explain, Describe,” instead of sharper “what/why” questions that can land as accusatory.

The conversation closes on transition and resilience. Leaving the police wasn’t clean or easy especially alongside losing her mum because it brought grief, identity loss, and the sudden absence of structure and support. Resilience, for her now, is broader than “cracking on”: it’s building a healthy network, setting personal challenges, choosing work that fits, keeping things fun, and learning to say no without guilt as part of protecting what matters.

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Bodhi Aldridge teaches leaders how to strip back the armour and lead from what’s real. In this conversation, he lays out his core framework for true freedom—inner, outer, and relational—and why most high achievers can win on paper while still feeling trapped.

Aaron and Bodhi explore the search for the “holy grail” and the shift from chasing success outside ourselves to reconnecting with essence within. They unpack embodied presence, attention as a leader’s greatest asset, and the difference between resistance and flow in everyday life.

They also get practical. From sitting still for five minutes a day to reflective journaling, Bodhi explains why simple daily practice matters more than peak experiences. There’s an honest look at fatherhood, midlife pressure, and the quiet question many leaders ask in their forties: Is this it?

If you’re building a business, raising a family, and navigating transition without wanting to burn everything down to find meaning—this conversation offers a grounded place to start.

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And here is the podcast he mentioned, True Freedom with Richard Stokes.

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This conversation with Tom Dear explores creativity not as artistry, but as a fundamental human capacity for problem solving. Drawing on his journey from amateur rugby into the creative and brand world, Tom reflects on the tension many high performers feel between seemingly opposing identities. Rather than choosing one side, he shares how learning to sit in the middle where structure meets play became a turning point in both his work and his sense of self.

A central theme is the distinction between pressure-driven action and genuinely creative states. Tom introduces the idea of NEA (Negative Emotional Attractor) and PEA (Positive Emotional Attractor) states, showing how urgency, stress, and constant stimulation can shut creativity down. In contrast, practices like play, nature, mindfulness, aspiration, and compassion open the space where insight and flow emerge often when we stop trying to force outcomes.

The conversation also gets practical. From simple doodling exercises to rethinking how leaders, founders, and creators approach content, branding, and idea generation, Tom offers grounded tools that help people access creativity without performance pressure. His approach reframes creativity as something already present, waiting to be unlocked rather than imported from outside.

At its core, this episode is about permission. Permission to loosen the tie, rethink how we work, and stop outsourcing creativity to “experts.” For high performers navigating transition, it’s a reminder that flow isn’t found through more force—but through creating the conditions where thinking, energy, and authenticity can reconnect.

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