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 journey
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 th...
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 20...
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 h...
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 h...
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 present...
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 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 mat...
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 f...
"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 st...
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 fightin...
"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 lea...
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 fam...
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. 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 ...
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. 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, 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 makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them. Support the show Check out my website: toms-talks.co.uk Follow me on Instagram: toms.talks__ Follow me on TikTok: tomstalks Subscribe on YouTube: TomsTalks
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. ...
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. 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 o...
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 wi...
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 ...
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 s...
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...
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 goe...
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...
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...
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… st...
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 c...
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...
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 we sit down with Jason Frost, AKA The Brighton Coach. At 16, he was sentenced to five years in prison. After turning his life around he's now a successful gym owner and spends a lot of his time helping those in need. By his ...
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 artist Charlie Such to talk about grief, purpose, mental health, and what it really takes to build something meaningful. After losing his mum to cancer eighteen months ago, Charlie’s perspective on...
Free-to-attend peer support groups for men across the UK https://andysmanclub.co.uk/groups/ In this powerful episode of Tom’s Talks, we sit down with Luke Ambler, co-founder of Andy’s Man Club, the largest men’s mental health charity in the UK. Luke shares the real story behind Andy’s Man Club — from its beginnings in Halifax to over 300+ groups supporting thousands of men every single week. We talk openly about why men still struggle to talk, how trauma gets buried, and why talking alone i...
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 is one of the most raw and important conversations we’ve ever had. Former professional rugby league player Dan Sarginson opens up about walking away from the sport at the peak of his career, the unseen pressures of elite perfor...
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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 journey
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