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Ben Aldridge offers a selection of strange and wonderful challenges designed to take you out of your comfort zone and into the unknown. Ben shows you that learning new skills, mental and physical, will help you to cultivate a stronger, healthier, more resilient mindset to face your everyday challenges. Drawing on the theoretical roots of the Stoics, Buddhism, popular psychology and CBT, Ben has created a unique programme that anyone can follow. Join Ben on his journey from anxious mess to back in control. Thanks to having undertaken these challenges himself, Ben now has an unusual selection of hobbies, a host of interesting new skills, some fantastic dinner party stories and plenty of wonderful experiences… and most importantly he now feels calmer, healthier, happier and more at peace. Split into three types of activity – mental, physical and skilful – the challenges range from climbing a mountain to sleeping on a beach in a bivvy bag in a storm to having a conversation in Japanese. Follow Ben in learning how to pick a lock, how to solve a Rubik’s Cube in under a minute and how to memorize the order of a deck of cards after seeing it only once (the ultimate party trick). Along the way, he’s eaten some repulsive insects, whilst also creating a new morning routine that freed up the time to write this book. Links: Instagram.com/freedompact Youtube.com/Freedompact (Video Interviews) freedompact.co.uk/newsletter (Healthy, Wealthy & Wise) Website: www.benaldridge.com Instagram: @dothingsthatchallengeyou Twitter: @iambenaldridge

What an episode we have for you. Today on the show, we are joined by Maria Konnikova. Maria graduated from Harvard, holds a PHD in psychology, is a journalist for The New Yorker, an International Poker Champion and if all this isn’t enough for you, she’s also a 3x best-selling author of the confidence game, How to think like Sherlock Holmes and her latest book ‘’The biggest bluff.’’ Today we are discussing Maria’s latest book - The biggest bluff ‘How I learned to pay attention, master myself and win’ which details Maria’s journey from being a complete poker novice to recruiting Eric Seidel as a mentor and becoming an international Poker champion and winning $300,000 dollars in tournament winnings. All of this is not bad from someone that when she started didn’t even know how many cards were in a deck In this episode we discuss so god damn much including the role that luck plays in our life, how to make better decisions using probabilistic thinking, becoming more confident, finding the right mentor and so much more. This is a barn-stormer into strategic thinking, mental models and making better decisions. If you get value from our work please like, subscribe and leave us a 5* iTunes rating as this really helps us grow! Links: Instagram.com/freedompact Youtube.com/Freedompact (Video Interviews) freedompact.co.uk/newsletter (Healthy, Wealthy & Wise) https://www.mariakonnikova.com twitter.com/mkonnikova

Ever wanted to become better at reading & actually retaining the information you read? In this episode of Freedom Pact, I sit down with Nick from BookThinkers to talk about how we can all optimise our reading and develop it as a habit. Let us know your favourite book of all time! DM us on Instagram with your book recommendation and we will share it! Check out BookThinkers at BookThinkers.com And check out our website at FreedomPact.co.uk Instagram: @BookThinkers & @FreedomPact Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Newsletter: freedompact.co.uk/newsletter Thank you for listening, and enjoy the show!

Today on the show, we are joined by General Stanley McChrystal. General McChrystal is a retired four-star general, former top commander of the US and international Security Assistance Forces. Stan commanded a number of elite organisations including over-seeing the capture of Sadam Hussein in 2003, as well as taking charge of the 2009 NATO-U.S mission in Afghanistan. On top of being one of the most decorated military general’s in American history, Stan is a senior fellow at Yale and teaches a graduate seminar about leadership, on top of this Stan can also boast being a 2x best-selling author of Team of Teams, as well as the book we discussed in today’s episode Leaders: Myth and reality. In today’s episode we discuss so many things. To name just a few - respect, how to gain the respect of others and how to gain your own respect. How General McChrystal makes better decisions, how to build more discipline and also how to have difficult conversations. Links: Buy Leaders: Myth & Reality: https://amzn.to/3ibWcIp General McChrystal -https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com Healthy, Wealthy & wise Newsletter - https://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter YouTube.com/freedompact (Video Interviews) instagram.com/freedompact If you get any value from our work, please share and hit the 5* button It helps so much!

Viddal Riley is is a Pro Boxer, a Youtuber, a rapper, a businessman, an influencer and a whole lot more. He is also widely recognised as the former boxing trainer to Youtube sensation, KSI during his fights with Logan Paul. Viddal joins the Freedom Pact podcast to discuss his secrets to success, and how he has managed to be so successful in numerous ventures. In this podcast, Viddal also discusses the most important lessons he has learned through boxing, business and through friends like KSI, and most importantly, his family. You can also listen to the audio version of this podcast on all major podcast platforms by searching "Freedom Pact." FreedomPact.co.uk

Michael is a physician, 3x New York Times Best seller, founder of Nutritionfacts.org and you may know him from his smash hit book ‘’How not to die’’ which is one of the perennial books within the field of nutrition science. In today’s episode, we discuss Alzheimers, how to live a longer life, what one of the worlds most influential nutritionists would add and remove to someones diet to make them healthier, and also the damaging effects of a diet high in sodium. For reference as to how much of a badass Dr, Greger is - he conducted this interview and all of his other remote interviews on a walking treadmill. So apologies if you hear what sounds like walking, because yes that is Michael walking on a treadmill!! We also had a mss influx of people join our healthy, wealthy and wise newsletter so if you wish to join to get a once per week email from us with some behind the scenes stuff, the books we’re reading, quotes we’re pondering, latest scientific studies and much more with no spam then there’s a link below. As a reminder you can also find the video interviews of all these podcasts on our YouTube channel, including seeing Michael walking on the treadmill - hit the link below and smash the subscribe button. Without any further ado, I hope you enjoy this conversation with the revered Dr Michael Greger. Links: Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Newsletter: https://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter Video Interviews: YouTube.com/freedompact Instagram.com/freedompact nutrition facts.org

Ricky Norwood is a British actor, known for his on screen portrayal of 'Fatboy' on BBC's Eastenders. Ricky can also be seen starring in the upcoming Netflix original, 'The Princess Switch: Switched Again' alongside Vanessa Hudgens. Ricky joins the Freedom Pact podcast to talk about his journey to success, how he dealt with setbacks, and how gratitude is the most important trait we can develop. Follow Ricky on Instagram (@officialrickynorwood) and Twitter(RickyJNorwood) Join our 'Healthy, Wealthy & Wise' Newsletter: http://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter

Today on the show, we are joined by Dr David Perlmutter. The best-selling author of Five New York Times books as well as being a board certified neurologist. David was the recipient of the humanitarian of the year award, is one of the most sought after minds in the field of health and nutrition, has lectured at universities like Harvard, Colombia and New York, and on top of this has been interviewed by Oprah. He’s a big deal. In. Today’s episode you will learn all about how modern life is destroying your brain. From the foods we eat, to the media we consume, to the hyper-reality of social media, you would think that it would think that modern life would make us happier. But it’s done the opposite. As a world, we’re more lonely and disconnected than ever before In today’s episodes, David and I discuss some of his research into how we can detox our minds for clearer thinking, deeper relationships, and lasting happiness. Before we kick this off, just as a reminder our newsletter Healthy, wealthy and wise which goes out once per week is being greatly received. If you’re interested in some book recommendations, articles, ideas and quotes then please hit the link below. Healthy, Wealthy & Wise newsletter: https://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter Links: Instagram.com/freedompact YouTube.com/freedompact (Video Interviews) https://www.drperlmutter.com

You can call Ariane a " Queen Of all Trades", because for as much work as she put in the ring (WWE Superstar Alumni), on TV (Total Divas on E! Alumni), and as an entrepreneur. She puts just as much work into giving back to the community. Ariane works annually with the Special Olympics events and supports various organizations for children with special needs. She has additionally become affiliated with the Union Rescue Mission. Since leaving the WWE Ariane has been groomed, excited and perfectly poised to carve out the next chapters of her career. You can keep updated with her by following her journey across all social media outlets: @ArianeAndrew @freedompact FreedomPact.co.uk

Today, we are joined by Dr Tal Ben Shahar. Tal is the creator of the most popular course in Harvard’s history. When Tal was teaching positive psychology at Harvard, there were over 1400 people that enrolled onto the course, which is just NUTS! Tal is a renowned teacher and writer into positive psychology. His book Happier was a New York Times best-seller and he’s also a key-note speaker on topics such as the science of happiness, happiness studies, lasting change and flourishing in a changing world. In today’s episode we discuss how to become happier, why gratitude is so powerful, the difference between depression and sadness, why we’re so unhappy in the west despite living in the best time in human history, relationships, mindfulness, flow, self-acceptance and also on building self-esteem. Before we kick this off, just as a reminder - the video version of this interview is up on our YouTube channel and there’s also more additional notes on our newsletter which goes out every Monday morning which I’ll link below. Links: Healthy, Wealthy & Wise newsletter https://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter Instagram.com/freedompact YouTube.com/freedompact http://www.talbenshahar.com