Didier Soulier's Podcast

This episode is fantastic and goes into mental health issues, that many of us experience or will experience at some point. I loved talking with Mark, he’s such a great guy and a lovely soul. We talk about his best selling book and his own personal life experience. Mark gives a few good advice to fight back mental health, and his own perspective on the subject which he’s passionate about. It was a pleasure to have this conversation and I hope to catch up with Mark next year. I ask Mark the following: How did you end up with your current line of work, as an author, keynote speaker, and Coaching? How did you cope with your own mental health issues? What does The Mind Work out mean to you? How did you end up writing this book? How long did it take you to write it? What are the best tips for people suffering from mental issues? What is the if any one of the big catalysts for mental health in today’s world? Where can we find you? What do you do for fun? What do you do to relax? Any books you can recommend to m

Hi there lovelies, This week we are going back in time in 2016, when I first started my podcast, called back then Successful entrepreneurs. I had the pleasure to interview Carl Williams, to get a better understanding of the beginning of both the Jazz and Folk festivals. How he and Gerv got started and how they got to where there are today, as one of the most famous festivals right in the center of the UK. The festivals have included the likes of Chaka Khan, Soul II Soul, George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic, De La Soul, Gregory Porter, Fun Lovin Criminals, Chic Feat. Nile Rogers and Public Enemy and many more… This episode is one of my first interview, I apologise for the quality and my style of the interviewer. I used to come to both festival and provide aerial views for Carl, and used to love it. It’s an amazing place to be if you are into live music. I do hope you enjoy it thought. If you are thinking of starting a music festival there is good advice from Carl to get you started. The link for the fes

Hello my lovelies, I’m writing about this article by Kevin Kelly (https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/) which I suggest you read if you are an artist, musician, podcast host, painter, blogger or anything else creative. Kevin explain a simple idea, you do not need to be famous, or have millions of fans to have a good life. If you can find 1000 true fans, by that Kevin means, people that love you so much that they will buy anything you are selling, then if you can produce a product (album, art piece, content, podcast…) for $100 every year, and that your true fans buy it from you, that is an income of $100000 a year, that is pretty good, since research shows that anything anything after between 70 000 to 100000 will not make any happier. If this is still too high for you, you could start by aiming at 500 true fans and produce something in the rage of $60 per year, that amount to $30000 per year. Let’s be honest, $30000 a year to do what you love is not bad at all right? It’s pretty awesome if no? Thi

Hello Lovelies, Sorry I have been away last week, I did what I do when I’m overwhelmed, I hide from the world and isolate myself. Not the best tactic I agree, but sometimes it helps me put things into perspective, plus there so much time you can spend feeling sorry for yourself, that after a while it becomes boring, and you have to get up and face the world. Yes I think this period of reflection do have there place in life, it does in mine anyway. The only way is up and your face is in the floor. Like a phoenix rising from the flame. Of course this practice is not recommended, but I have to admit I do this once in a while, I feel sorry for myself, think the whole wide world don’t understand me, that life sucks, and I kinda drink my pain away, till I pass out. As I write this I see this is my old self fighting back to get control again, but since I know better know, I don’t judge myself too much, because in small set back and I learn about myself, It’s not a failure, I’m working at it, I’m working on m

Hello my dear listeners, This mini episode is dedicated to Kevin Hart autobiography. I loved this book so much I try to read it once a year, as I find it inspiring and full of great life lessons. Plus Kevin audiobook is hilarious, the guy is very funny, don’t just take my word for it just read it and I promise you will love it too. The one thing I really enjoy and try to follow as philosophy is what he calls, shoulder shrug. By that is that whatever bad things are there no point feel sorry for yourself ,which is by the way the ego talking, not the real you. You just take it and move forward, if your dream is big enough, you will find a way. Kevin says that if you are committed to better yourself, then little step back are not the end of you, life is a big test and you should see those moments as such. I got the most respect for the guy, going through his comedy material in his early days in ostile clubs, been ackle, get a chicken wings thrown at his face while introducing others act on stage, getting reje

Hello my lovelies Break through having bad start of your day 1- Move your body (exercise, run, walk, cycle…) Anything you enjoy doing, just get out and do it, within minutes you will start to feel better, it works, trust me, try it and see 2- Read your favorite book, play your favorite music, play your favorite game or instrument for 20 minute or so. This is a great way to lose yourself in another thing that is not your own head. My head is like a bad neighbourhood, I don’t like to go there alone :-) 3- Remember a happy memory, smile, watch a funny video (fail videos always works for me) Another great way to switch your mindset, your brain cannot have opposite feelings at the same time. You can’t cry and be happy at the same time, you can’t feel sorry for yourself when you are happy and smiling. The main thing is quite simple, do something else than think about how crap you feel right now, and you will see that bad mood will go away. What can be a bad start of the day? The more you body is moving

Hello, my friends, This week I have a special request for you guys, What is your best movie of all time, top 10. I know it’s pretty hard but this is mine, and this could change a bit but there it is: Shawshank Redemption Gladiator Big fish Pulp fiction The Dark Night The GodFather Good Will Hunting Fight Club The Sea inside Untouchable (French version) Interstellar Alien The good, the Bad and the ugly The House behind the pins Senseless Dancing with wolves Citizen Kane Some like it hot No Country for Old Men Persepolis The Bellevue Rendez-vous Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Zoolander The Incredibles Toy Story Blow The Wolf of Wall Street The Grand Budapest Hotel Team America Papillon... So many but please use the link below and give me your best 10 favorite movies, I always love new movies to watch. Thank you for listening or reading, Didier Soulier Listen on Itunes Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dider-podcast/id1141054508 Listen on Google Play: https://podcasts.google.com/?

Bonjour my friends, Mini series about one of the best selling book of all time, the Alchemist. I do not want to spoil the fun so I will be brief in describing this book to you to inspire you to read it. The story is a spanish boy called Santiago, a shepherd who get this dream about a tresor by the pyramid of Egypt, and go to find his personal legend. This book is full of great moral and spiritual aspect of life, I can only say it’s a must read and you will take on what will speak to you. Santiago embarks on his journey through north africa and meet friends and thief along the way. I love that at some point the book reveals that when you are doing good with your life it affect others around you and in terms of the rest of the world. This is a short novel but is really a joy to read, it’s relevant for today's world and our envie to listen to life opportunities, unless we discard it and at some point the signs stop coming to us and we accept who and where we are. I honestly recommend this great book and you

This is part two from Mel Robbins book the 5 second rules. I‘d like to talk about discipline here, which is what the 5 second rule is I reckon, is the commitment to actually do the things you know you should be doing, and do them on a regular basic. It’s to start moving, doing whatever that is for you. Yesterday I did not feel like waiting for my mastermind group video session, but I forced myself out of the flat, wen for a ride on my bike and listen to my book which is this week the Alchemist. Such a great book, I’m doing a review on that one, it’s full of empowering metaphors about life and getting where you want to go in life. After 20 minutes riding my bike I was pumped up and my mind swing from not wanted to do anything to attend the mastermind online seminar. Is it maybe I have ADHD and so I need to be constantly moving to do my best thinking, maybe, but in getting myself out of negative mind set, I changed and wanted to improve my life, and right there and then, I realised I have to physically mov

Bonjour me lovelies, How are you doing on the great October 2019 month? Mini Episode today, on one amazing book by Mel Robbins: The 5 second rules. Mel explained why this rules will change your life. I totally get it, Mel explained how the your brain is constantly working against you, when you want to make changes in your life, and become the person you know you what and are capable of being, but your brain wil get in the way because it does not want you to fall short, to fail, to be disappointed in trying something new, and keep you in a safe position. Mel explained something I call the monkey on your shoulder, the fact that we doing things in ife not because of logic, but how we feel about it, and this can be a problem. You will not feel like exercising, most days, you will not want to start on this new project of yours, you will not feel like waking up early and so on. The trick is to stop thinking, and doing. Mel use a 5 second rules, count backwards from 5 to 0, and move, do, start. If you leave en

First I would like to thank Matt, for his wonderful short movie that is Lobster. I really enjoy his work on my way to Birmingham as I got into the wrong train and discover the onboard entertainment platform. One option was full of shorts movies, and I devoured them all, well most of them during the 1hour and a half journey. I love the narrative, the cinematography, the grading, and paste. Really great work and I hope to see more of his creativity soon. Matt studied graphic design and photography, worked as Assistant Director on This is England, you have worked on commercial projects for Barclays, Vodafone, Budweiser, Fiat and Samsung and many more. Matt also directed ‘Trimming the Fat’ starring Matthew Horne (Gavin & Stacey) for BBC Films, wrote and directed ‘Straw Donkey’ starring Joe Thomas (The Inbetweeners). This episode with Matt Huntley was inspiring to me, and if you into filming or thinking of directing your very own short movie one day, then this episode may bring you some lights or advice.

Bonjour, what makes us happy, or what we think will make us happy? What does happiness means to us? How much money do you think you need to consider yourself happy? What type of car, what type of life, what type of holiday will give you this everlasting experience of being happy? It looks to me human, down to genetics and evolution are not program to be happy, we need to know where that big lion is so we can avoid it, we need to know where loud noise comes from to be sure we can be ready if something comes as an outside threat. Does success will bring us happiness, but then what success mean to you? A Big house, dream job, dream wife and beautiful kids, sportscar, private plane, is it fame? What if, all these things, which most are materials things when attained robes us from our lives and demand constant energy into the future and our goals to the detriment of living and experiencing the present moment? And Darren talk about positivity and positive thinking, in the mention the big scam that is the Secre

Does your morning routine looks sound like this: Waking up, Hit the snooze button faster than the speed of light, get back to sleep for another 5 minutes which turns into 20 minutes, realise I’m going to be late, rush to the bathroom and your flat mate or family member is already been there since yesterday, get dressed, rush out the door forgetting you packed lunch, if you even managed to get it down after your suppose I only got to the pub for one drink, unfortunately turned out to be 4 and a few shots, realise that everyone on your way to work is making your life hell by moving you further away from your naive thought that you could still make it on time to work even if this would only be possible if you were the owner of a rocket ship and turn a 40 minutes car journey into mere minutes...? Or does it look like this: Wake up, grab your phone, check facebook or instagram, look for interesting stories to share on my profile, maybe comment right beneath some nasty comment from someone you don’t even know

Hello, Hello it’s time for another Dider Show - I love this jingle, what do you think? I’m sorry I had a few shitty days, I have been a tiny bit down the past 2 days, for no good reason really. My podcast just made the top 5, and is currently ranked at 11 from thousands of podcast. I should be proud and not depressed. What I can I say? I know how to pick a friend if they are down, as most humans, we are awesome at helping others, but sometimes we can not help ourselves. What do you do to get yourself out of a shitty mood? Exercise, music, talking, taking a ride in your car? Please comment in the facebook post below: https://www.facebook.com/didershow/ Thank you for reading or listing Didier SOULIER Listen on Itunes Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dider-podcast/id1141054508 Listen on Google Play: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cDovL2RpZGllcnNvdWxpZXJzdWNjZXNzZnVsc3Rvcmllcy5wb2RvbWF0aWMuY29tL3JzczIueG1s Listen on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/didershow/dider-show?refi

Bonjoy my lovelies, This week, I have a little treat, if you have small children you should definitely read them this awesome book; Fantastic Mr Fox, which tells the tale of a small fox family been hunted down by farmers. The story is only short, but it’s well written and had me from start to finish. I love the easy read and the audio book narrated by and Irish Actor and comedian Chris O’Dowd is fabulous, I loved the irish accent, who doesn’t? I will not spell the story for you, just get a copy and enjoy. https://www.amazon.fr/Fantastic-Mr-Fox-Roald-Dahl/dp/0142410349 When I was in London last month, I had the pleasure to come across those short fearure films and I have contacted the director which will be on the podcast soon to talk about it, I’m so excited. First Lobsters by Matt Huntley, is the story of a lonely man in a caravan park that just found his soulmate, his neighbour Tanya. He drifts off into a fantasy about their future together. Everything would be perfect...if it wasn't the happy ending

Bonjour my lovelies, This week, we have Frances Trussell, Mindfulness transformed my experience of life and I'm passionate about making it accessible to all. I've taught mindfulness meditation to many hundreds of people in most settings imaginable. She has appeared on ITV1's Sugar Free Farm as Mindfulness Coach, she’s a regular speaker at events, such as the Mindful Living Show, 'Wellbeing on The Lakes'... She love to help people and has been so fortunate to work with such a diverse client base, from high profile stars & CEO's, school children to people in their 90's and everything in-between. “Whatever stage we are in life we all face the same human challenges and can all have a richer experience through mindfulness” He recently wrote her book: “You are not your thoughts” and I loved it, and I could not help but to reach out to her to have her on the show and chat about her life struggles and newly find life she adores and want to help others. I ask Frances the following: What does Mindfulness act

Hello my lovelies, This week I like to invite you to read Amanda Palmer the Art of asking. The book is full of happy, inspiring moment, the celebration of the human spirit, some sad episode, full of great advice for Non profits, and be an artist and do it yourself kind of thing. Her life story is full of awesome lessons, just read it you won’t be able to put it down. Link to Amanda’s website: http://amandapalmer.net/theartofasking/ The Second book is Your are not your thought by Frances Trussell. This book is a small read but full of great tips on mindfulness, and the tipping point to saying no more to the voices in your head that have been ruining your life up to now. France lovely voice will enchant you and relax you to the point of no return from heaven on earth, I think she should offer her voice as voiceover artist. The book has add some fantastic reviews. I loved it and I can not wait to have her next week on the show. Link to France’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/You-Are-Not-Your-Thoughts/dp/178

Bonjour my lovelies, Do you feel depressed on a regular basis, or just get that monday blue, especially in winter times? I’m prone to be more depressed in winter times, I do not feel like myself in the dark winter months, and it got worse the older I got. And of course I’m like anyone, I get a bit low from time to time, I just manage it better now than I used to. Anyway, last week I was a bit low, and I thought I would call a friend to lighten my mood a little. So there I am, dialing my mate phone: Hello, how are you doing you old fart? ( Yes I do say that to some of my friends, actually I love it when my friends insult me, I love tough love.) Anyway, the reply was, Nah mate, I’m having a shit time right now, so I inquired into the matter further and asked him what was up. After listening for about 20 minutes about his latest relationship problems, with my following advice on the matter, which he totally discarded (I found out later that month) I decided, hell shit I’m just going to ring another friends s

Hello my lovelies, This week I got two treats for you, first is the book Man's Search for Meaning from psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir who describe the of what life was in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Based on his own experience and the stories of his patients, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. Man's Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living. Here is the link: https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/product-reviews/080701429X The second treat is this documentary that made me cry for the human spirit through out, just an amazing experience, and an awesome happy ending. This Oscar-nominated documentary by Lucy Walker is about the Brazilian artist and photographer Vik Muniz and his work with the "pickers", or catadores, who eke out an existe

Bonjour my lovely listeners, This week, I would like to share with you my discontent with social pressure that you should be and possess such and such by the age of 30 or so. I’m 39, I do not own a house yet, I do not have a family of my own, I do not have what most people would call a normal job, and I do not care about any of it. I’m currently thinking of vagabonding for a full year, and I can’t not wait. Of course I will be keeping up my podcast while traveling, which I think is going to be an amazing experience. I do not feel like I wasted my life, on the contrary, I feel I have gained an amazing, life changing personal experience by moving to the UK at the age of 19 years old, doing the music band things, work in so many restaurants and bars, I have been a dessert maker, sandwich maker, a pot wash, postman, landscape gardener, a carpenter, laundry worker in hospital, hotel night watcher, and I keep adding to the list still today, because I love to try new things. Today if you listen to what so