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Welcome to the Tom's Talks Podcast, where we explore the unique stories that shape extraordinary lives.
Join me, Tom Dickinson - public speaker, mindset coach and mental health advocate, as I sit down with inspiring individuals from all walks of life. In each episode, we delve into personal journeys, uncovering the pivotal moments, triumphs and challenges that have defined them. The Tom's Talks Podcast offers raw and authentic conversations that remind us we're all on our own unique path.
Tune in to be inspired, enlightened, and empowered to embrace your own story.
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Fish and a Rice Cake Guy 21 Years On | Danny Andrews on The Tom's Talks Podcast
The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs …
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
This episode discusses suicide, health anxiety and infertility. If you’re struggling, Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123.
“I didn’t choose to be a meme.”
At 16, Danny Andrews was a teenage bodybuilder beating grown men on stage. Then a BBC documentary filmed him talking through his diet, and one clip turned him into the fish and rice cakes guy, one of Britain’s first ever memes. For years he hated it and did everything he could not to be associated with it.
The meme is only the part people saw. Behind it was a lad who left home at 16, got hooked on M-Cat in a town with nothing to do, and moved to Preston with nothing to start again. Today he’s a barber with his own shop, newly engaged, and finally using the thing he spent 20 years hiding from. He’s also living with nerve damage that has left his calf paralysed, health anxiety that has him convinced something is seriously wrong, and the infertility he was too ashamed to talk about for years.
What we get into:
The BBC documentary, the phone call he thought was a prank, and how one clip went viral before he could even afford the internet
Being laughed at at house parties, his sister having to tell people he wasn’t thick, and why he hated being the fish and rice cakes guy
Growing up in Barrow-in-Furness, a rugby league town where drugs and steroids were the norm
Moving out at 16, getting addicted to M-Cat, losing his job and starting again in Preston
Finding barbering, opening his own shop at 22, and the first time he felt his family were proud of him
Collapsing out of the shower before a date, unable to feel his legs, and the emergency spine operation that followed
Finding out his calf muscle is paralysed, and the health anxiety that now affects him more than the injury itself
Living with anxiety and OCD, why he thinks he may have ADHD, and why he finds it so hard to switch off
Finding out he’s infertile, crying in the doctor’s surgery, and why he didn’t feel like a man
What it did to a past relationship, starting IVF with his fiancée, and the fears he still carries
Why talking openly takes the shame away, and how posting about it has helped him as much as the people watching
The failed rice cake business that led him onto a TV dating show, and to the woman he’s now engaged to
Laughing at him or laughing with him, and going from ashamed of the meme to proud of it
What he’d say to 16 year old Danny the day the clip went viral
Tom started sharing his own story online after losing his brother Liam, and he still gets negative comments for it. Danny’s story is a reminder that when you own the thing people laugh at, they lose their power over you.
An honest conversation about going viral, health anxiety, male infertility and learning to be proud of who you are.
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
⚠️ This episode discusses suicide in detail, as well as addiction and grief. If you’re struggling, Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123.
“I’ve got four children. And that’s never going to change.”
Tomorrow marks eleven years since Tom lost his brother Liam to suicide. Tom has spent seven years telling his side of that story. In this episode, he sits down with the people who lived it alongside him: his mum, his sister and his brother.
This episode discusses suicide, grief and mental health. If you’re struggling, Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123.
“I carried his coffin. It’s the only time in my life I felt like I wasn’t able to do something.”
Most people know Harrison from his trade skits, the bricklayer whose videos get building sites laughing at themselves. This conversation is the other side of that. He grew up in Plymouth in an old school world of construction and rugby, where if you cried you did it in private, and he carried that into his twenties.
When rugby ended he lost his structure and his identity almost overnight, and for a long time it felt like he was just existing. His marriage fell apart, he moved back into his parents’ house, and he numbed it with drink and nights out. Then in 2022 his uncle took his own life, and that is what changed what he wanted his platform to be for.
What we get into:
Growing up in Plymouth, and an all-boys school where nobody talked about how they felt
Why mental health on a building site is a money problem as much as a stigma problem - if you’re self-employed and you don’t turn up, you don’t get paid
Finishing rugby, losing his routine and identity, and feeling like he was just existing
The walk where he finally broke down and said out loud that he was struggling, and the relief that came with it
His marriage ending, the betrayal he found out about later, and what it taught him about being open in a relationship
Going to therapy this year after years of putting it off, and why he wishes he had gone sooner
Comparison, social media, and never stopping long enough to appreciate what he has achieved
How trade skits took him from the building site to around 860,000 followers, and the four years of posting most people never saw
Losing his uncle to suicide, carrying the coffin, and the only video where he has ever cried on camera
Why he believes prevention means breaking the chain earlier, long before anyone reaches crisis
What he would say to himself at 30, and whether laying bricks or making content is harder
Tom lost his brother Liam, and there is a lot in Harrison’s story that will be familiar to anyone who has lost someone: the questions that never get answered, and what it does to the people left behind. If you have been through something similar, this one will stay with you.
An honest conversation about grief, mental health in the trades, divorce, therapy and what it takes to rebuild.
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
⚠️ This episode discusses suicide in detail, as well as addiction and grief. If you’re struggling, Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123.
“I’ve got four children. And that’s never going to change.”
Tomorrow marks eleven years since Tom lost his brother Liam to suicide. Tom has spent seven years telling his side of that story. In this episode, he sits down with the people who lived it alongside him: his mum, his sister and his brother.
This is the conversation about suicide bereavement that families rarely get to hear. It covers the guilt, the anger, the things they said and wish they hadn’t, and the long years of loving someone through addiction while being terrified of what might come. It also covers how a family that was nearly pulled apart ended up holding each other together.
Liam was charismatic, hilarious and fiercely loved. He quoted films constantly, gave everyone a nickname and could make a room laugh without trying. He was also in pain. After a serious accident at 16 and years of addiction, the people closest to him were left trying to help someone who couldn’t yet ask for it.
What we get into:
- The memories that still make them laugh: the film quotes, the nicknames, the Mrs. Doubtfire impressions
- Liam as a person, not just the story of how he died
- What it was like to love someone through addiction, and why the family says the drug was never really the problem
- His accident at 16, the long recovery, and the link between brain injury and mental health they only understood years later
- The impossible mix of love and anger, and being embarrassed by someone you’d do anything for
- A mum who was a mental health nurse and still carries the question: “should I have been able to fix him?”
- The funeral, the 500 people who came, and the moments from that week nobody expects to remember
- How each of them grieved differently: pulling over in the woods on the way to work, crying in the gym shower, being afraid to cry in front of each other
- The voicemail she played again and again, and the day she couldn’t remember what his voice sounded like
- “How many children have you got?” The question that still stops a grieving parent in their tracks
- How the next generation keeps Liam in the family, including a little girl who never met him but talks about her uncle all the time
- Why the occasions are harder than the ordinary days
- A poem written ten years on, read for the first time
- Tom on finding purpose in the work he does, and why it’s exhausting being in his own head
- What they’d say to Liam if they had one more day
- Advice for any family in the first year after losing someone to suicide
If someone you love is struggling, the message this family wants you to hear is simple: you’re not a burden, you are loved, and there is always a way through, even when it can’t be seen.
Whether you’ve been bereaved by suicide, are supporting someone who’s struggling, or just want to understand what grief looks like from the inside, this one is for you.
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
This episode discusses suicide, addiction and mental health. If you're struggling, Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123.
"I don't think anybody wants to really die. I think they want the pain to stop."
At 30, Adam Smith was single, overweight, jobless and back living with his mum and dad. He had been the golden boy of a hospitality career, working 80 hour weeks and drinking a bottle of whiskey on a weekend while still turning up to run the bar. Then he was signed off with depression, his partner left, three family members died in the space of a few weeks, and his employer quietly managed him out.
At his best friend's dad's wake he drank eight pints, said goodbye to his parents thinking it was for the last time, and got in the car intending to crash it. He was doing 100 miles an hour looking for a bridge when his phone rang on the dashboard. It was his mum, calling to ask whether he wanted her to drop his wallet round later.
He pulled into a lay by and cried for five hours. He has not had a drink since, and he now coaches founders and CEOs for a living, having worked with over 500 people in six years.
What we get into:
The compound years in hospitality - 80 hour weeks, drinking after shifts, and the Christmas he could only tell what day it was by how busy the bar was
Being signed off with depression, his partner leaving, and three bereavements in a matter of weeks
The wake, the eight pints, and the drive that was meant to be his last
The phone call that interrupted it, and why he puts it down to dumb luck rather than anything divine
Why he believes nobody actually wants to die, they just want the pain to stop
Giving up alcohol - the flat pint in the Lake District, the 30 days that became 60, and the Christmas he realised he did not need it
The honest reason he drank, which was never really about the drink
The moderation maths, and why "everything in moderation" falls apart the moment you count it
What 20 years of studying human behaviour tells him about why people leave cruel comments online
The Drama Triangle - victim, rescuer, persecutor - and what to say to your kid or your partner instead of "don't be so silly"
The question that defuses almost any argument at home: what do you need from me right now?
Adam coaching Tom live on camera through one of his most powerful exercises, and Tom's reaction straight afterwards
"Have you had enough pain yet?" - the question he asks every client, and why change only comes after the answer is yes
Tom has spoken before about losing his brother Liam, and there is a lot here that will land for anyone who has watched someone they love struggle and not known what to say. Adam is unusually clear about what actually helps, and it is rarely what we reach for first.
An honest conversation about rock bottom, suicide, sobriety, men's mental health, grief and the practical psychology of getting unstuck.
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
This episode discusses suicide, addiction and mental health. If you're struggling, Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123.
"When Liam died, all he really needed was somebody to put his arm around him and say: you're not a burden."
For this one we turned the show around. Tom has spent years asking other people the hardest questions of their lives. This time Joe asks them back, and Tom answers every one of them.
Tom's brother Liam was knocked off his scooter at 16 and spent months in hospital, some of it in an induced coma. At 18 the compensation came through. What followed was years of addiction that Tom freely admits he misunderstood completely at the time, because a decade ago nobody was talking about any of this. For a long time he just thought his brother was being selfish. Liam died at 22, and what came next was anger, self blame, and a long stretch of hating the world and himself.
This is the full story behind Tom's Talks, told properly for the first time. At the start of 2024 he had fewer than 10,000 followers. He now has over 600,000, and the whole thing started with one talk in a school and a photo of its final slide.
What we get into:
Liam's accident at 16, the months in hospital, and the compensation that landed when he turned 18
How the addiction took hold, and why Tom spent years believing his brother simply did not care
Liam's death at 22, and the anger and self blame that followed
The first talk he ever gave in a school, and the last slide that ended it: suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem
Getting paid to speak for the first time, and the moment he realised this could be a career rather than a mission he funded himself
The man who stopped him outside a club in Leeds at 3am to tell him his videos had saved his life
Becoming a dad to Daisy, the guilt of not being present enough, and what fatherhood has changed in him
Why he spends so little time on social media despite the numbers, and the one rule he has about who to follow
Why "it's okay not to be okay" is only half of it, and what has to come after the talking
The conversation he would still love to have with his brother, and the apology he wants to give him
What he would say to himself the day after Liam died
If you have ever watched someone you love change and not understood why, or lost them before you worked it out, this one will be hard to listen to and worth it anyway. It is an honest conversation about grief, addiction, men's mental health, guilt and what it actually takes to rebuild.
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
"I do think that losing my mum was the best thing that's ever happened to me."
Joe Fishburn was two years old when his mum died of pneumonia. He was raised by his grandmother, went on to medal at a European championships in gymnastics, and in 2024 became a Gladiators champion. He is also the first person we have had on who has said that sentence out loud, and then explained it in a way that makes complete sense.
This is not an episode about getting over something. Joe talks about how he only recently became able to say that line at all, and how he traces every part of his life back to a loss he was too young to remember. He is honest about the parts that were not inspiring at the time, like realising he was different when his grandma could not stand at the side of the pitch with the other parents, or the day a kid at school made a your mum joke and someone else had to tap him on the shoulder and tell him not to.
He also shares something he tells us he has never talked about publicly before, which is how his mum actually died.
What we get into:
The Gladiators trophy on his grandmother Christine's mantelpiece, and why he calls it a metaphorical thank you for everything she did for him
How his mum died, and why he had never shared it before now.
The moment he realised he had a different upbringing to everyone else, and what it is like to look at the sidelines and see other people's parents.
The your mum joke at school, and what that lands like when yours has died
How gymnastics started by accident, because he had too much energy, and became the way he processed grief without knowing it.
His first European medal, going out unprepared, getting beaten, and saying "we got exactly what we deserved"Why he calls it one of the best moments of his life and the worst, in the same breath.
The resilience lesson from gymnastics: "you're falling over 99 times to get something a little bit better on the 100th"
What pressure does to a child, and why the kids who find it easy early are often the first to quit.
Being spotted by Roddy, the trials, and driving down in a day to audition for Gladiators.
The final, doubting himself against a faster opponent, and winning anyway
Starting a YouTube channel scared of what people would think, paying a mate to film the first one, and promising himself five years no matter what
Comparison, the highlight reel, and why it has never been easier to feel behind
"Becoming is better than being"
What he would say to two year old Joe, and to 23 year old Joe on the day he won
Tom has talked before about losing his brother Liam, and there is a lot in this conversation that will sound familiar to anyone who has lost someone early: the way grief quietly shapes the person you turn into, and how long it takes before you can talk about it without flinching. If you have been through something similar, this one is worth your time.
A genuinely honest conversation about grief, resilience, mental health, family, and what adversity actually does to you when you grow up inside it.
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
This episode discusses child sexual abuse, rape, disordered eating and suicide. If you're struggling, Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123.
Chloe was nine years old when the man her family trusted to drive her to school began grooming her. The abuse went on until she was nearly 13, and she stayed silent because he told her no one would believe her.
It would be 17 years before she went to the police.
Chloe is the founder of the Be Brave Project, a podcast and platform giving survivors of sexual abuse a voice. In this conversation she shares her story with real honesty: how grooming actually works, why so many children never tell anyone, and what happened when she finally did.
She also talks about the things survivors are most afraid to say out loud, the trial that followed, and why healing is never really finished. Her message to any child going through it now is simple: you will be believed.
What we get into:
• How a trusted family driver groomed her from the age of nine, with jokes, treats and making her feel special
• The threats he used to keep her quiet, and why she believed every one of them
• The confusion and shame survivors rarely talk about, and why she now speaks about it openly
• The day she jumped from a climbing frame and broke her arm so he wouldn't be the one to pick her up
• Telling her sister at 15, and the years that followed: drinking, dangerous situations and being raped at 22
• The depression that came from carrying it alone, and how she stopped eating when she was anxious
• How her mum found out, and the call to the NSPCC helpline that led her to the police
• What a two-week trial is really like, from three days on the stand to hearing her abuser behind a curtain
• Why she felt guilty when he was sentenced to nine years, and what his possible release means when he lives ten minutes away
• Why abusers are rarely the "scary monster" people imagine, and are usually someone the child already knows
• Forgiveness, and the one question she would ask him if she could
• Consent, misogyny, and why staying silent when someone makes a rape joke is part of the problem
• The Be Brave Project, speaking in schools, and why she believes healing never fully ends
Tom also shares the night he found his brother Liam, why he believes life happens for you and not to you, and opens up about being sexually abused himself at 15.
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
This episode discusses suicide. If you're struggling, Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123.
Tom Walker was told he couldn't have a hair transplant. He walked out of that consultation feeling like he had no hope and no options - and then his first hair system left him feeling worse than the hair loss ever had.
So he learned to do it himself, in a shed at the bottom of his garden.
Tom is the founder of Hair Repair. Before that, he served in the Army, where his tour meant uncovering IEDs, and then worked shifts as an engineer at Rolls-Royce, fitting hair systems in the evenings. What started with a mate as his first client grew from the dining room to the garden shed to a brick building, and now to eleven locations including Dubai, with more than 500 specialists trained.
But this conversation is less about hair than it is about confidence. We talk about the stigma that stops people admitting they're struggling at all, the children with alopecia and cancer who come through his door, and what it actually does to someone to finally feel like themselves again.
What we get into:
• Being refused a hair transplant, and why his first hair system made him feel worse, not better
• The mate who became his first client, and why nobody noticing was the whole point
• Running a business from the garden shed around Rolls-Royce shifts, and the day the police turned up
• How hair systems actually work: real human hair, why the greys are synthetic, how often they need refitting, and why it can cost about the same as regular haircuts
• The stigma: why he didn't admit to wearing one himself for two and a half years, and what changed when he did
• Mental health, confidence and the pressure to look perfect in the age of social media
• The children who stayed with him: the boy who wouldn't take his hat off at school, and a four-year-old girl who reminded him of his own daughter
• His tour in the Army, and how he struggled after leaving
• The lockdown launch that brought in over £10,000 in three minutes
• Growing from Newcastle and London to Dubai, and the side venture that taught him a hard lesson about focus
• Whether he sees himself restoring hair, or restoring confidence
Tom also opens up about his own hair transplant, the time in his life when he wanted to take his own life, and the letter-writing exercise that helped him come to terms with losing his brother Liam to suicide. He explains why he thinks it could help anyone who's always chasing the next goal.
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
⚠️ This episode discusses addiction and suicidal thoughts. If you're struggling, Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123.
Dan's dad taught him to gamble before he was old enough to understand what it was. Fruit machines as birthday presents. Horse racing meetings as father-son days out. It was the only way the two of them knew how to bond — and it also planted the addiction that would nearly destroy Dan's life.
By 25, he'd spent close to £50,000. He was stealing to fund bets, pawning his own laptop, gambling through work shifts, and staying up until 5am chasing losses he'd never win back. A year ago, he watched a video Tom posted about losing his brother Liam — and it became the turning point that got him into his first GA meeting.
This episode is Dan's first time telling this story in full — the environment that shaped him, the father he lost, the rock-bottom night with a bottle of gin, and what it actually takes to rebuild a life around vulnerability instead of secrecy.
What we get into:
Growing up around gambling — and how it became the only language he and his dad shared
Placed in an environment "constantly around it," and why he doesn't blame his parents for it
The first bet with real money at 16 — and the £500-a-day habit he built at university
Stealing, pawning laptops, and running out of people to borrow from
The night before he decided to stop: a laptop, a bottle of gin, and "one more, one more, one more"
The breakdown in his mum's doorway at 11pm — and finally saying "I can't gamble ever again"
Walking into his first GA meeting at 25 and not knowing how he'd ended up there
Why he says he lost time, not money — and how gambling stole his presence from every relationship he had
The moment watching Tom's video about Liam gave him the push to actually change
Losing two relationships to the person gambling made him — inconsistent, absent, unreliable
His dad's sudden death after a routine hospital procedure, and the guilt he still carries over a decision he couldn't have changed
Working in social media for a gambling company while secretly relapsing — and what finally broke the cycle
The biggest lie every gambling addict tells themselves: "I can win it tomorrow"
Nearly a year gamble-free, and building Podcast Room Brighton with his two best friends — the space that's now helping him give back
Plus Tom on losing his brother Liam to a ketamine addiction, the argument he still regrets, and how showing up vulnerably on this podcast has quietly changed someone else's life without him ever knowing it — until now.
An honest, at times funny, and genuinely moving conversation about addiction, grief, fatherhood, and what happens when you finally stop hiding.
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⚠️ This episode discusses child loss and suicidal thoughts. If you're struggling, Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123.
Hugh was born on his dad's first wedding anniversary. He had the bluest eyes, the blondest hair, and a personality to match. Two weeks after his sixth birthday, he died - after a ten-month battle with a rare form of cancer that took hold in the middle of a Covid lockdown, while the family hid the diagnosis from almost everyone they knew.
Six days before Hugh passed away, he made his dad promise something: "Go run it, daddy. Go get the medal." Ceri kept that promise - running the London Marathon days after burying his son, crying for five and a half of the six hours, then placing the medal around Hugh's neck at the funeral home himself.
In this episode, Ceri sits down with Tom for one of the most raw, unflinching conversations this podcast has ever had - about watching a child fight cancer with more bravery than most adults could summon, the total absence of support for parents in that situation, and how he turned devastating grief into a campaign that's already changing UK employment law.
What we get into:
The moment a routine "tummy ache" became a cancer diagnosis, and the surreal 3am phone call that started it all
Life on a children's cancer ward - the bravery, the "beads of courage," and why Hugh accumulated over 2,400 of them
Why the physical treatment isn't the hardest part - it's the complete lack of support given to parents while their child is dying
The promise made six days before Hugh passed, and running the London Marathon with his son's shoes tied around his neck
Burying Hugh with the marathon medal - and what "turning pain into purpose" actually means when you live it
Founding the charity "It's Never You" - and the specific ways it supports parents financially and emotionally, including 48-hour crisis counselling
Hugh's Law: the campaign to give parents of seriously ill children the legal right to be at their bedside - and why it currently doesn't exist for children over one year old
The businesses (including Premier League football clubs) already backing the campaign, and what's blocking it from becoming law
Why nearly 50% of couples who lose a child split up - and how Ceri and his wife stayed together
The disclosure most parents are afraid to say out loud: is it selfish to ask for help when your child is the one who's sick?
What he wishes he'd known in Hugh's final two weeks, and the one thing - Legoland - he still regrets not doing
Giving up drinking, going to trauma therapy, and the small, physical tools he still uses to manage PTSD years later
What a "good life" means to him now, and the advice he gives every grieving parent who reaches out
Plus Tom on losing his brother Liam, the words he still regrets, and why he believes life happens for you, not to you.
This conversation will stay with you. Whether you've experienced loss, know someone going through it, or just need to hear from someone who found a way through the unthinkable — this is essential listening.
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Subscribe on YouTube: TomsTalksTwo Hip Replacements By 23: “I Was Told to Wait Until I'm 40" | Jack Brennan
Jack was five years old when he was diagnosed with Perthes disease - a rare condition that stops blood flow to the hip joint. By eighteen, his hips had essentially given up on him. He was told he'd need a …
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Jack was five years old when he was diagnosed with Perthes disease - a rare condition that stops blood flow to the hip joint. By eighteen, his hips had essentially given up on him. He was told he'd need a double hip replacement eventually - but not until he was in his forties. He wasn't willing to wait that long. He couldn't.
In this episode, Jack takes us through five years of chronic pain, being turned away by specialist after specialist, and the moment he broke down in an appointment and finally heard a surgeon say yes. He's brutally honest about what nobody tells you — the physical grief of learning to walk again, the mental collapse that hit once the physical pain finally lifted, and why "but you're so young" might be the most frustrating sentence he's ever heard.
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"Happiness is a choice." Morgs Cox on the hard truths most people don't wantto hear — about discipline, money, your environment, and why getting in shapeis 90% mental.Morgs is a fitness coach who built his …
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"Happiness is a choice." Morgs Cox on the hard truths most people don't want
to hear — about discipline, money, your environment, and why getting in shape
is 90% mental.
Morgs is a fitness coach who built his brand from offering free sessions at 22
to running a team and coaching business out of Dubai. He's also one of Tom's
closest mates, which is why this one gets more honest than most.
We get into the mindset shift that changed everything for him, why he stopped
chasing the outcome and started obsessing over the inputs, and why he believes
the biggest investment you'll ever make is your own health. We talk about
outgrowing friendships when you're on a different path, what actually happens
to people who set New Year's resolutions, and the entrepreneur's curse of
never feeling like you've done enough.Check out my website: toms-talks.co.uk
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Claire Throssell lost both her sons, Jack and Paul, in the most unimaginable way — after a family court granted their father contact. This is her story,and her warning.⚠️ Content warning: this episode contains …
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Claire Throssell lost both her sons, Jack and Paul, in the most unimaginable way — after a family court granted their father contact. This is her story,
and her warning.⚠️ Content warning: this episode contains discussion of domestic abuse, coercive control, and the deaths of children. Please look after yourself while listening.
In this episode Claire sits down with Tom and talks with extraordinary
honesty about what she survived, what she lost, and what she has spent the years since fighting to change.We talk about how domestic abuse actually begins — not with violence, but quietly, in ways that are almost impossible to see from the inside. Claire
explains coercive control and love-bombing in a way that will make a lot of people recognise their own relationship. We talk about being disbelieved. About what the family court did, and why she has campaigned so hard to change it. And about how she carries Jack and Paul with her every single day.Claire's campaigning helped change the law. If you take one thing from this conversation, let it be that the warning signs are subtle — and that saying something early matters.
This is one of the most important conversations we have had on this podcast.
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"There will be times where I sit there and go — I can stop now, and nobody would know or probably even care."That’s the moment most people quit. And according to Josh, it’s the exact moment discipline really …
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"There will be times where I sit there and go — I can stop now, and nobody would know or probably even care."
That’s the moment most people quit. And according to Josh, it’s the exact moment discipline really starts.
Josh is a competitive bodybuilder and online physique coach who walked out of a cinema at 16, called a boxing club the next morning, and has trained ever since. He came dead last at his first bodybuilding show. Ten years later, he’s competing as an open heavyweight — and he’s learned a lot about discipline, mindset, body image and what the fitness industry gets wrong along the way.
This conversation goes beyond motivational quotes and hustle culture. We talk about what real discipline looks like when nobody is watching, the sacrifices behind competitive bodybuilding, the pressure to constantly improve your physique, and where the line sits between healthy discipline and becoming your own harshest critic.
Because sometimes the habits we call “discipline” can come from a much more complicated place.
An honest conversation about ambition, self-worth, body image, resilience and what it really takes to keep showing up.
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Subscribe on YouTube: TomsTalksThe Alton Towers Smiler Crash 11 Years On | Joe & Leah
Everybody saw what happened on the ride. Nobody ever asked what happened in their parents' living room.On 2nd June 2015, Leah Washington and Joe were on one of their first proper dates when The Smiler …
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Everybody saw what happened on the ride. Nobody ever asked what happened in their parents' living room.
On 2nd June 2015, Leah Washington and Joe were on one of their first proper dates when The Smiler crash changed their lives forever. Leah lost her leg, Joe suffered life-changing injuries, and both were trapped four metres in the air for four hours.
Now, 11 years later, they're married. In this powerful episode, they share the untold story behind the headlines - from the impact on their families and relationship to the long road of recovery.
Joe also opens up for the first time about his recent mental health struggles, including depression, therapy, and the conversation with his dad that changed everything.
A raw, honest conversation about trauma, resilience, love, and hope.
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Subscribe on YouTube: TomsTalksShe Lost Her Leg on Her Dream Holiday, What Happened Next? | Sian Lord
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Sian Lord was 24 years old. It was her second day in New York. She was on the pavement, drink in hand, talking to her best friend - exactly where she was supposed to be.
Then a taxi driver mounted the kerb.
He severed her left leg below the knee, never got out of the cab to check if she was alive, and was never charged. Sian spent six weeks in hospital in America, had four back-to-back surgeries, and flew home to rebuild a life that looked nothing like the one she'd planned.
Twelve years on, Sian is a model, motivational speaker, and one of the most honest voices on disability, body image and resilience you'll find. In this episode she holds nothing back — the physical recovery, the mental battle that was harder, the years of hiding her leg, and the moment she finally stopped.Plus Tom opens up about motivation, discipline, and why without a reason why most people never follow through.
Whether you're going through something that's changed your body, your plans, or your sense of self — or you just need to hear from someone who's been through the worst and come out the other side - this one is for you.Check out my website: toms-talks.co.uk
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Lewis' Brand New Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/024164683...
Lewis Raymond Taylor was told by his own mother that he wouldn't make old bones. By his mid-twenties, he'd been to prison three times, spent seven years addicted to cocaine, and had an identity built entirely around chaos and destruction. He didn't just believe he was a bad person - he'd been told it his whole life.
Then one night in a prison cell, staring at a piece of scratched metal that passed for a mirror, something shifted. And everything changed.
In this episode, Lewis, a diagnosed psychopath, life coach, documentary subject and author, sits down with Tom for one of the most honest, thought-provoking conversations the podcast has ever had. This isn't a redemption story dressed up in motivational language. It's a raw, unflinching look at identity, trauma, accountability and what it actually takes to rebuild yourself from scratch.Check out my website: toms-talks.co.uk
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Subscribe on YouTube: TomsTalksBecoming a Dad, HSTikkyTokky & Mindset | Q&A
We're back after a short break with an hour long Q&A answering your questions!The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what …
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We're back after a short break with an hour long Q&A answering your questions!
The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
Adam Stott left school with one GCSE. By 25 he had a six-figure salary and a £100,000 car. By 30 he was running a business turning over nearly £14 million a year. And then it started to unravel — and nobody saw it coming, least of all him.
This is one of the most honest conversations about business, resilience and ambition you'll hear. Adam doesn't just share the wins. He walks through the moment funders froze £2.5 million of his funding, the year he appeared on stage with 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather while his business burned behind him, and what it actually cost him, financially and personally, to walk away.
He also shares what he's learned from coaching over 100,000 business owners, and why most people are using the wrong strategy at the wrong time.This episode is proudly sponsored by Unthin - The UK's number 1 hairloss solution. Clinically proven to support stronger, healthier hair from within.
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At 24, Sammie Ellard-King was £24,000 in credit card debt. A third of his wages were going out the door every month — just in interest. Not paying the debt down. Just interest.Sammie is a property investor, financial educator, and founder of the Gains app. He's built a platform helping everyday people understand money — because nobody taught them. And in this episode, he holds nothing back.
This episode is the financial conversation most of us never had growing up. No jargon, no judgment — just honest, practical advice on how to get out of debt, start saving, and actually build wealth on an average salary.
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
Sam Bagshaw has a stammer. He also has over a million followers online — and he built that by doing the one thing most people are too scared to do: showing up exactly as he is.
In this episode, Sam shares what it was really like growing up with a stammer, feeling isolated, and not knowing anyone who shared his experience. He opens up about the moment he decided to start posting online, why he never edits out the difficult moments, and how stepping outside his comfort zone has helped him build a platform that’s now changing lives.
This conversation isn’t just for people with a stammer — it’s for anyone who’s ever felt different, held back, or unsure whether their vulnerabilities could be a strength.
We also discuss what a stammer actually is, how to better support someone who has one, dealing with negativity online, and the habits that help Sam manage his mental health day to day.
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
In this episode, Kieron opens up about being sexually abused from the age of 6 to 16 — something he kept hidden for nearly 20 years.
We talk about what it’s like growing up not realising something isn’t normal, the confusion and guilt that follows, and how trauma can shape your identity, relationships, and mental health for years after.
Kieron shares what finally led him to speak out, the reality of staying silent for so long, and how he’s now using his story to help others feel less alone.
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Subscribe on YouTube: TomsTalksI Lost My Wife & Unborn Child... How Do You Survive That? | Ben Kennedy (His Grief)
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
In this incredibly powerful and emotional episode of Tom’s Talks, we sit down with Ben Kennedy, also known as His Grief, to hear a story that will stay with you.
At just 32 years old, Ben lost his wife and unborn child in a matter of hours — what started as a normal day quickly turned into unimaginable tragedy. In this conversation, Ben opens up about that day — the shock, the trauma, and the reality of losing everything in an instant.
But this episode isn’t just about loss.
It’s about what comes after.
Ben shares how he navigated grief, the guilt, and the mental battle that followed — and how he slowly found a way to keep going, not just for himself, but for his young son. We also explore the importance of therapy, support systems, and how even small shifts in mindset can make a difference during the darkest moments.
This is one of the most raw, honest, and important conversations we’ve had on the podcast.
If you’re going through a difficult time, or know someone who is, this episode could genuinely help.
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The Tom’s Talks Podcast explores the stories behind the people — the highs, the lows, and the moments that shape who we become.What does it really mean to be a man in today’s world?In this powerful episode, we …
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The Tom’s Talks Podcast explores the stories behind the people — the highs, the lows, and the moments that shape who we become.
What does it really mean to be a man in today’s world?
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Tom Stroud to unpack masculinity, mental health, and the growing crisis of male loneliness.
But this conversation goes far deeper than reality TV.
Tom opens up about growing up without a father, dealing with loss, navigating social media pressure, and how a life-changing experience led him to build a thriving men’s community — helping thousands of men connect, open up, and support each other.
We explore the uncomfortable truths around modern masculinity, toxic online influences, and why so many men are struggling in silence.
This is an honest, raw, and necessary conversation.
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In this powerful episode of Tom’s Talks, we sit down with Jamie “The Giant” — Gladiator, former British bodybuilding champion, firefighter, and coach — to go beyond the persona and uncover the man behind the …
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In this powerful episode of Tom’s Talks, we sit down with Jamie “The Giant” — Gladiator, former British bodybuilding champion, firefighter, and coach — to go beyond the persona and uncover the man behind the size and strength.
From consuming 10,000 calories a day at the peak of his bodybuilding career to facing the harsh mental reality of body dysmorphia, Jamie opens up about the obsession, sacrifice, and identity struggles that come with chasing physical perfection.
But this conversation goes much deeper than fitness…
We explore:
- The truth about toxic masculinity, social media, and the “manosphere”
- Why core values and integrity matter more than ever
- His experiences as a firefighter, including life-or-death moments
- ADHD, late diagnosis, and how it’s shaped his life as a father
- Why being “fit” isn’t about aesthetics — but balance, purpose, and longevity
This is an honest, raw, and thought-provoking conversation about identity, discipline, mental health, and what it really means to be a good man in today’s world.
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Subscribe on YouTube: TomsTalksChildhood Sex Abuse Survivor Opens Up | Ryan Gadsby
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
He was 8 years old when the abuse started.
In this episode of the Tom’s Talks Podcast, Ryan Gadsby shares the full story of how he was groomed, manipulated, and abused by his stepfather — someone he trusted as a role model.
What makes this conversation so powerful is how normal everything seemed on the outside.
From gifts and attention… to control, fear, and silence.This isn’t just a story — it’s something every parent and young person needs to hear.
If you take one thing from this episode, let it be awareness.
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Child abuse, grooming, mental health, suicideThis episode is proudly sponsored by Unthin - The UK's number 1 hairloss solution. Clinically proven to support stronger, healthier hair from within.
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Subscribe on YouTube: TomsTalksWhy Cancer Rates Are Exploding (And What You Can Do) | Dr Anisha Patel
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
What happens when a doctor suddenly becomes the patient?
In this powerful episode of Tom’s Talks, we sit down with Dr Anisha Patel — a GP, author, speaker, and bowel cancer survivor — who shares her deeply personal journey from diagnosis to recovery, and everything that came after.
At just 39 years old, Anisha was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer — despite having no obvious risk factors. What followed was a life-changing experience that reshaped her mindset, her career, and her mission.
This conversation goes far beyond cancer. It’s about resilience, perspective, mental health, and the small habits that could genuinely save your life.
This is one of those conversations that could change how you look at your health forever.
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Subscribe on YouTube: TomsTalksI Was Ready To End My Life… Then Everything Changed | Paul Mort
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Paul Mort — a two-time UK Master Coach of the Year — for one of the most raw and honest conversations on mindset, mental health and personal growth you’ll hear.
Paul opens up about hitting rock bottom… standing on the edge of a cliff ready to end his life… and the moment he decided to change everything. From addiction, lost years, and a complete lack of purpose — to building a life of impact, speaking on global stages, and helping thousands transform their mindset.
This isn’t surface-level motivation. This is the truth most people avoid.This episode is proudly sponsored by Unthin - The UK's number 1 hairloss solution. Clinically proven to support stronger, healthier hair from within.
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Subscribe on YouTube: TomsTalksI was left at a telephone box at 10 years old... | Charlotte Jonsie
The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs …
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
In this powerful episode of the Tom’s Talks Podcast, we sit down with Charlotte Jonsie, a women's coach, TEDx speaker and mental health advocate to talk about authenticity, motherhood, mental health and the small habits that can completely change your life.
After experiencing postpartum depression and hitting one of the lowest points of her life, she rebuilt herself through small daily practices that helped regulate her nervous system, improve her mindset and reconnect with who she truly is.
From growing up in a chaotic environment to eventually stepping onto a TEDx stage, Charlotte's story is a reminder that your past doesn’t define your future.This episode is proudly sponsored by Unthin - The UK's number 1 hairloss solution. Clinically proven to support stronger, healthier hair from within.
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Subscribe on YouTube: TomsTalksThe Last Message My Son Sent Before Taking His Life | Steve Phillip
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The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them.
This is one of the hardest conversations we’ve ever had on the podcast.
In this episode, a father shares the heartbreaking story of losing his son and the phone call that changed his life forever. What started as a normal day quickly turned into every parent’s worst nightmare.
We talk about the warning signs that can be missed, the role social media can play in young people’s mental health, and why this conversation is more important than ever.Since losing his son Jordan, Steve has dedicated his life to helping others. Through The Jordan Legacy, he is doing incredible work raising awareness, educating communities and working to prevent people from taking their own lives.
https://thejordanlegacy.comIf this episode helps even one person feel less alone or encourages someone to reach out for help, it’s worth sharing.
If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out to a trusted person or a professional for support.
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