The Optimism Vision: Recent Episodes
The Optimism Vision
Weekly conversations expressing visionary journeys of self improvement and growth! With features from incredible guests within sport, fitness and health industries, YOU won’t struggle to get inspired to start LIVING YOUR VISION!
Now this conversation has got to be way up there with one of my most feel-good podcasts of all time. George and Simone are raising money by running a #RoarsomeMile in aid of the ADHD Foundation. They aim to raise multiples of £350 to install Balloon Projects in as many schools as possible to celebrate Neurodiversity in children and have already raised £1500! This is a conversation I hope many of you can connect with and share with as many people as possible to showcase the visionary power of virtual positivity that our world so desperately needs more of!
If you are able to donate, please find the link to their fundraising page here.
A really short burst of optimism that will hopefully fuel your ability to turn your thoughts into actions with purpose!
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A long time in the making, Alex talks through goals and aspirations for 2022 with Tess from @Tessylr and @giddycoms on Instagram!
With the full launch of her social media business happening this year, Tessy helps us challenge the narrative and blur the lines between sport and fitness and just feeling optimistic about the year ahead.
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Alex's final podcast episode of 2021! This episode serves as a celebration for all the amazing prgress that is a product of this podcast and its visionary conversations with all the guests featured this year! What can you make an excuse to do in 2022? Alex is setting his sights on some big projects, but also celebrates the goals he set himself that fell short this past year, which is all part of his self-growth, discpline and progression.
Stay safe all, have a happy and healthy festive period and I'll see you again in 2022!
This week, Alex talks to @poppyfituk all about maintaining balance when a life within sport gets a bit demanding! Poppy is a Masters student who posts daily insights into a dedicated and discplined training schedule alongside setting her own business and personal fitness journey!
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Adding more depth to the weekend's Instagram post, Alex wants to give more insight and depth into the three things that he believes makes reaching for his vision easier. PROACTIVITY, EMPATHY and PASSION all have a part to play when you are striving to grow into a version of yourself that YOU love being every single day!
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Ever noticed how repetitive behaviours can cause other areas of our lives to be taken for granted? This is a simple concept known more commonly as The Law of Familiarity! It can be incredibly hard to notice when we're so focused on our own visionary routines. Alex helps dissect what parts of our routine can contribute to making us feel less satisfied and end up taking things for granted.
Take a second to recognise those mundane aspects of routine that may take YOUR VISION off of your GOALS and ASPIRATIONS!
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After a week absence, Alex dives back in with another solo podcast challenging the narrative of "living every day as if it was your last." At the age of 27, your brain's capabilties and your personality profile are fully unlocked. Studies suggest you have everything in your toolbox that makes you YOU. Are we still able to chop and change this idea of the age of 27? Let's find out now and give ourselves the opportunity to truly recognise what we are proud of in our lives and recognise the small changes that we may need to start living a better tomorrow, today!
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Alex is back with a solo podcast deconstructing the expectations around defining ourselves and what we stand for in contrast to the idea that definiton is static and excludes the possibility for change to occur. How can we move past 'defining' ourselves and instead embark of an optimstic journey that allows for constant evolution and the ability to flex our flexibility? Make sure you're following @TheOptimismVision for daily doses of visionary thinking!
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Matt Hardy (@MattHardyJourno) is an sport journalist who worked within the BBC production teams that brought the world Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 after a year's hiatus due to the global pandemic. Having that 'behind-the-scenes' insight that few people will ever get to experience, Alex discusses Matt's professional and personal grwoth into the industry alongside some of the standout moments of both events in terms of mental health and practice within sport.
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Alex explores the benefits of beginning a routine a lot earlier than most people with Gabby who is currently implementing a fitness routine with a religious level of dedication. At first glance, it seems incredibly drastic to begin your day at 5am. However, Gabby talks Alex through how she stays disciplined and shares her visionary growth as a person both as a powerful female in a male-dominated fitness environment, a psychology academic and maintaining a social life balance.
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Did you know it takes 66 days on average to form a new habit? Alex takes time to reflect upon his own routines and ability to create positive habits and explains how this regular pattern of accomplishments has aided him to become richer in many aspects of his life!
He challenges you as the listener to evaluate where you can encourage these positive routines in your own day to day schedules. How can you make more time to be present outside of your regular routines and instead enjoy exploring your own vision for your future self?
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Episode 6 welcomes Ellis Attree (@ellisattreetraining) who shares some incredibly transparent insights into his personal training business regimes as well as his go-to habits and goals for looking after his own fitness and wellbeing!
Ellis has transitioned from a youth footballer to a dedicated PT with a huge array of successful clients who are fully invested in his vision of what health and fitness looks like as he is constantly looking to level up both his own game anbd the services he offers to those he inspires every single day! Check out his vlogs on his YouTube Channel for a real look at the gritty dedication and daily life of a successful PT without the fabriacated fantasty that plagues the social mediua fitness game.
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Everyone has expectations, however when someone else places a negative expectation on us, it can sometimes feel like it has to be true. Megan Partington (@megpartington_fit) dicusses monumental opportunities that helped her develop into a confident young woman. Despite being encouraged not to by people around her who she believed were instead mean to be her biggest source of confidence and inspiration, Alex and Meg share tales of progression and their travelling anecdotes as we explore the real benefits of pursuing your VISION for YOURSELF.
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Trigger warning: Infrequent reference to Suicide and Assault Injury Detail This week Alex explores the ideology behind mental fitness and with Garth Peters who used this new mentality to get him through multiple experiences many of us would not wish upon our worst enemy. He explains in depth the hollistic nature physical and mental fitness and how it can help benefit people's lives. A pen and paper is highly reccomended for this one! Please share this conversation with anyone who you think needs to hear this! Please leave a review if you're listening on Apple Podcasts to help expose the pod to ever more visionary people! Connect with Garth here: https://linktr.ee/garthpeters
For the third visionary conversation Alex dives deep with fellow Sport Psychology alumni Leon Giorgi (@lgperformance) into the origins and maintenance of Leon's optimistic approach to physical and mental wellbeing and performance. This podcast highlights the small areas of our lives that can become significant by shifting our views on our own reality to become more positive - and of course, more optimistic! Make sure to leave a review if you enjoyed whereever you're listening - especially on Apple Podcasts! Looking for a coach to guide you on your next fitness journey? Look no further than Leon's coach: @ellisattreetraining Need more optimism today? Check out everything The Optimism Vision has to offer here!
For this episode Alex is joined by Niall Carr who is proving that social media can be a platform to kickstart both a profession in sport and also a positive change in both your mindset and lifestyle. Niall shares his burning passion to not only elevate himself, but those around him. Niall lets us in on some of the things that fuel his passion for sport performance, coaching education and personal development! You don't want to miss this! Please remember to leave a review if you enjoyed this episode! See you soon! Follow @Niall_Coaching on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter! Donate to Niall's charity challenge here. Click here to check out everything @TheOptimsimVision has to offer! The music interlude was created by my great friend Kontrast! Follow him here!
Alex is thrilled to be joined by record-breaking sprinter Catherine Hardy who talks us through how she embraces her own optimism vision throughout her elite performances, education and graduate careers. This episode is sure to enhance the way you think about approaching new and unfamiliar siutuations to get the most out of fresh opportunities! Please remember to leave a review if you enjoyed this episode! See you soon! Follow Catherine on Twitter! Click here to keep up to date with all The Optimism Vision has to offer! The music interlude was created by my great friend Kontrast! Follow him here!
After completing a charity challenge to run 100 miles in a month, Alex - the founder of The Optimism Vision - explains how proving to himself he could reach his goal that he previous thought was just out of reach has impacted the way in which his lifestyle and new habits feed his vision and where it’s taking the platform in September 2020!
Alex's first guest on The Optimism Vision Podcast is the amazing Thalina who is the mastermind behind allergiesinbold.com. @AllergiesInBold rasies awareness for those with allergies. Alex is keen to explore how someone so young remains so optimistic, so passionate and so competitive when it comes to maintaining her platform alongside her education, aspirations and tennis background! This is a conversation you do not want to miss! Do you have optimism that needs sharing? Contact @TheOptimismVision on Instagram and Facebook!
Following the fallout of COVID-19, Alex has been riding a wave of motivation through new habits curated by interacting with others and his aspirations in way that would’ve been daunting pre-lockdown. We a lot of people in the exact same boat, what’s putting you ahead in the race? Alex shares a few tips on how you can start making the most of this opportunity! Let us know how you get on an @theoptimismvision on Instagram!
Alex touches on a few ideas surrounding the clichés of time being wasted, under-appreciated and wrongly valued. Time can be invested into ourselves and the people we interact with while also being saved from ventures which don’t merit that money injection. The podcast finishes by questioning the listener to be more aware of what their time means to them and highlighting what their own spending habits are.
A quick insight into what started as a personal journey became a whole mindset which has been shared with a community of like-minded people known as “The Optimism Vision”!