Please Blow My Mind

I'm joined in the Campfire Studio by Alexey Papyshev aka Russia and Jack Henderson aka Hendo.   Both of these guys have their own awesome podcasts where they explore life through deeper conversations so I thought I'd bring everyone together for a podcasters podcast about podcasting.   Enjoy!   About Jack Henderson aka Hendo: Doing what I can at 19 to help as many people as I can realise they aren't as alone as they may feel: https://linktr.ee/HendosHotTopics  About Alexey Papyshev aka Russia: Host of Versus Everything podcast. Russian born immigrant. Former boxing coach. Former finance professional. Current communications professional: @rolling_russia (Instagram and Tiktok) Versus Everything Podcast (YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts)

Dr. Tim Heitland had it all... A great job as a surgeon, respect from his peers and a future laid out in front of him.  So why was it not enough and what was missing?  That's the question we dive deep into in this episode of 'Please Blow My Mind' with Will Fleming.  This episode talks about the courage needed to veer off the beaten track and the freedom that waits for you just around the corner. 

Thor Pedersen is an explorer and modern day adventurer. He is already the first person in history to visit 197 countries in an unbroken journey completely without flying, aiming to become the first to reach them all by land and sea only. He ventures the world full time and has not been home to Denmark since 2013. Thor enlightens his audience as a social media influencer, travel blogger and Red Cross Ambassador. In this podcast we get to chat with Thor about life and why behind his big journey. It's a conversation that reaches for the stars and acknowledges the realities of aim high and the fear that comes with trying something hard. You can follow Thor on his journey by clicking on the links below.  Website: http://www.onceuponasaga.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Once-Upon-a-Saga/320287321444752 Twitter: https://twitter.com/onceuponasaga Instagram: http://instagram.com/onceuponasaga YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OnceUponaSaga

Lincoln Jefferson has been involved in community engagement and management of the non-for-profit sector for over 15 years after moving from the UK where I taught as a primary school teacher and worked in a school sports partnership delivering sports programmes to over 180 schools. Lincoln loves his mahi in the community with our tamariki and rangatahi and he's excited about the journey we’re embarking on alongside the Vodafone Warriors. The potential to create something special is a great driver. The Warriors Community Foundation team is developing exciting programmes that will create a space for positive social change. The fans have been the lifeblood of the Vodafone Warriors for many years and now the Warriors Community Foundation will be the enabler to increase wellbeing within our communities.    Being able to connect with more people around Aotearoa is an exciting prospect. He waka eke noa. We are all in this together.   LISTEN TO THE FULL PODCAST ⬇️  Apple Podcasts: https://apple.

Probably one of the hardest podcast that I've ever had to publish because it deals with losing the ones you love.    After many hours of thinking about the pain one feels when you lose a loved one, I have realised that there are lessons embedded in the hurt - lessons that require your attention.    I hope you find joy and hope with this episode, I know Inga would have wanted you to love every minute of this yarn with Buck.    This episode is also dedicated to my late Mother, Rita. A believer in people, a believer in me and a believer in hope.     LISTEN TO THE FULL PODCAST ⬇️   Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BlvC8U   Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Bn0WnV   Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3miX82t Anchor.fm: https://bit.ly/3jHJpkc   

Ryan O'Connor gets paid to look deep into people's soul through their eyes.  Haha wow that might have been a bit deep but it's also kind of true.  Professionally Ryan is an optometrist but outside of helping people see better, Ryan also helps people think better by creating an amazing podcast  calkled The Stag Roar podcast, where he explores what it takes to live a life less ordinary. Featuring guests from all walks of life with topics ranging from the outdoors and hunting to creativity, business, fitness, mental health and more… In this conversation, Ryan graciously let's me re-share the podcast interview we did together for his podcast. I should also not that this podcast was the second attempt at our long-form chat because I lost the first recording that we did. Anyways, our second conversation was amazing as well so let's jump in. FOLLOW RYAN HERE ⬇️ www.stagroar.co.nz LISTEN TO THE FULL PODCAST ⬇️ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BlvC8U Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Bn0WnV Google Podcas

“It's my job to unpack the hidden riches that God has blessed our young people with.” — Dr Edmond Fehoko    Dr Fehoko is currently a Te Tomokanga Postdoctoral Fellow based at the University of Auckland.   In this conversation, Ed joins us for a deep conversation about his story becoming a researcher and his area of study that is taking him on a voyage of discovery that is sometimes uncomfortable but ultimately meaningful.    LISTEN TO THE FULL PODCAST ⬇️  Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BlvC8U  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Bn0WnV  Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3miX82t  Anchor.fm: https://bit.ly/3jHJpkc   CONNECT WITH PLEASE BLOW MY MIND WITH WILL FLEMING ⬇️  https://linktr.ee/pleaseblowmymind

Ian Elford was part of a team educating people in the community who were finding studying for their driving theory test daunting and difficult so he decided to do something about it. For the next 24-hour period, he designed and created a board game called: Driven For Success.   In this conversation, we talk to Ian's story so far in creating the game, being a police officer, working for corrections and following your dream.    LISTEN TO THE FULL PODCAST ⬇️  Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BlvC8U  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Bn0WnV  Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3miX82t  Anchor.fm: https://bit.ly/3jHJpkc   CONNECT WITH PLEASE BLOW MY MIND WITH WILL FLEMING ⬇️  https://linktr.ee/pleaseblowmymind

“You should always have an opinion because if you don't then you're siding with the oppressor.” — Akash Kumar   Akash is the host and founder of THE HUMAN:NOW podcast where he discusses ideas around what it means to be in this state of time and more importantly making positivity louder.   He is an architectural and urban designer, and believes the spaces we inhabit have a direct influence on how we develop as human being. Designing positive spaces and having positive conversations is what he is all about!   In this conversation, we travel into the deep realms of connection through conversation looking for meaning in life here and beyond.    LISTEN TO THE FULL PODCAST ⬇️  Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BlvC8U  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Bn0WnV  Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3miX82t  Anchor.fm: https://bit.ly/3jHJpkc  CONNECT WITH PLEASE BLOW MY MIND WITH WILL FLEMING ⬇️  https://linktr.ee/pleaseblowmymind

“The system is an abject failure [because] we condemn people without actually understanding [them].” — Bruce Howat Bruce Howat is a former police dog handler and current Church Minister who has lived a full life with experiences and understandings that our current world could learn a lot from. In our second conversation, Bruce goes even deeper into his story and shares with us some very powerful insights and thoughts into the meaning of life and the building blocks of meaning that are relatable to everyone.  LISTEN TO THE FULL PODCAST ⬇️  Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BlvC8U  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Bn0WnV  Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3miX82t  Anchor.fm: https://bit.ly/3jHJpkc   CONNECT WITH PLEASE BLOW MY MIND WITH WILL FLEMING ⬇️  https://linktr.ee/pleaseblowmymind

I first met Tony Nelson through an email regarding my Son. You see, Tony is my Son’s maths teacher and we connected during lockdown after I reached out to ask him what I could do at home to better support my kids maths learning.    To be clear - I can educate my kid - in my way - but trying to help him follow a curriculum set by an external body - I am not so sure and that’s why I think we send them to school.    Anyways, Tony sent me a very deep and thoughtful email back with lot’s of heart and caring embedded within it and that’s when my “podcast radar” went off.  I tell my podcast guests that I get a feeling about people and that feeling makes me want to talk to them about life and I have long since learned to trust this feeling.   So I asked Tony to visit my place and to go on a voyage of discovery with me about his life and how he sees life.  It was so interesting to hear Tony’s journey - especially his weight loss journey as well as his time in the US Navy and his s

“We suggested that Humans had a special relationship with caves, they hold caves as portals to the underground.” —  Professor Ran Barkai Ran Barkai (PhD, 2000, Tel-Aviv University) is Professor at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Tel Aviv University. He codirects excavations at the Middle Pleistocene site of Qesem Cave and has published extensively on different aspects of Paleolithic and Neolithic technology, subsistence, cosmology, and lifeways.   In this conversation, we talk about the role caves played in connecting us to our consciousness and beyond!    LISTEN TO THE FULL PODCAST ⬇️  Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BlvC8U  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Bn0WnV  Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3miX82t  Anchor.fm: https://bit.ly/3jHJpkc   CONNECT WITH PLEASE BLOW MY MIND WITH WILL FLEMING ⬇️  https://linktr.ee/pleaseblowmymind

“For someone who has been abused as a child there are an extensive amount of boundaries that have been crossed and that actually physiologically impacts the brain...it actually damages the brain cells.” — Tamara Waugh    Tamara Waugh is the co-founder of EmpowerME a movement that delivers self-discovery programs to create lasting transformational growth for women recovering from sexual trauma.   In this conversation, we talk about many topics including Tamara's background in film and television and the skills of observing Human nature in the wild as well as working with past traumas to make sense of the future.    LISTEN TO THE FULL PODCAST ⬇️  Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BlvC8U  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Bn0WnV  Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3miX82t  Anchor.fm: https://bit.ly/3jHJpkc   CONNECT WITH PLEASE BLOW MY MIND WITH WILL FLEMING ⬇️  https://linktr.ee/pleaseblowmymind

“I'm going to use everything in my power to change the system. I'm going to be here pushing for change until the day I die” — Mike King   Mike King is the founder I Am Hope and The Key to Life Charitable Trust. His passion and dedication is unwavering, whether it be mentoring young people on a one-to-one basis, or visiting schools, Mike is always delivering his message of hope in some way or another.   In this conversation, we talk about the times we live in and making sense of the busy world we live in. Mike also takes us on a journey into his upbringing and some powerful moments of his life so far.     LISTEN TO THE FULL PODCAST ⬇️  Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BlvC8U  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Bn0WnV  Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3miX82t  Anchor.fm: https://bit.ly/3jHJpkc   CONNECT WITH PLEASE BLOW MY MIND WITH WILL FLEMING ⬇️  https://linktr.ee/pleaseblowmymind

“One thing my Father always said to me and my brothers is when you're in times of crisis and uncertainty - what are YOU going to do? [He said] Don't blimmin moan about it - what are YOU going to do? ” — Don Mann    Don Mann is the Chief Executive Officer for Pacific Media Network (PMN), a New Zealand public broadcaster which includes radio stations Niu FM and 531pi.   In this conversation, we talk to Don about the influences and experiences he had growing up and the path forward he is voyaging for his family, community and culture.    LISTEN TO THE FULL PODCAST ⬇️  Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BlvC8U Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Bn0WnV Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3miX82t Anchor.fm: https://bit.ly/3jHJpkc  CONNECT WITH PLEASE BLOW MY MIND WITH WILL FLEMING ⬇️  https://linktr.ee/pleaseblowmymind

Wayne Macgillivray is an educator who has reconnected to his identity through the simple act of cooking food. 'Hāngi - Food for Thought' is a charitable organisation with a simplistic goal; feed the people, teach the people. Hāngi is an earth oven; stones are heated and food is cooked in a sealed pit. Simple but far-reaching. Lighting fires before sunrise has become Wayne's meditation. In terms of a holistic view of health the notion of ahi kā - the eternal fire.

Professor Grant Schofield is a person who thinks deeply about health and wellness. On a personal level, Grant has been a mentor of mine for some time now - pushing and encouraging my thinking and celebrating the deep learning that comes from pondering the deepest of ideas together. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Grant and that it expands your mind as much as it did mine.  For those who are new to Grant, he is the Director of The Centre for Human Potential at AUT and former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Education in New Zealand. He is also the author of four best-selling books. Thank you Grant for your willingness to make education palatable for the majority of our society.

In this episode of the podcast we wrestle with meaning. The deep meaning – the meaning that the modern world does not know what to do with. Ancient thinking, customs and practices is how deep we go. I invite my friends Paul Rangiwahia & Akash Kumar to join me for a deep conversation to wrestle with the core of meaning itself.

Recently I recorded a powerful podcast with Herbert Chow that if I'm honest - I’m actually not sure what to do with it. I think I might be scared of what I recorded because It touched on the core of our Humanity - our freedom that most of us take for granted. But as I learn through my conversation with Herbert, it's the things that scare you that you must stand up and confront. Herbert Chow is a businessman born and raised in Hong Kong and in this podcast, he talks about his people’s fight to have the right to say what they what to whom they want when they want how they want. Stay strong Herbert - I hear your voice and feel your bravery. Follow Herber on social media here: www.instagram.com/herbertchowsiulung

Vika To'oala has lived an adventurous life full of variety, sadness and joy. From witnessing the gangster street life during his time at High School in America to working as a Roading Construction Worker back here in Aotearoa and now being a pivotal foundational member in staring a Pacific Island television channel called Oriana TV. In this podcast, Vika opens us and shares what it's like to be part of a tv platform start-up as well as sharing the learnings that you gain when you open yourself up to the challenges life brings your way.