In this episode, I speak with Rachel Stonehouse, an Investigative Reporter and documentary producer for BBC News and formerly for BBC NewsBeat. She recently produced and presented the documentary ‘Young and Addicted: Generation Ketamine” which too...
In this interview, Rachel Stonehouse & James Dear were featured on BBC 5 Live with Stephen Nolan, following the release of the documentary 'Young & Addicted: Generation Ketamine. James was asked to share his experience as a ketamine ad...
In this episode, I speak with Joe Ramsden, Two years ago, on the very day of this year's London Marathon, Joe found himself hospitalized for the first time amidst a series of visits, gripped by the debilitating symptoms of MS. Struggling to ...
In this episode, I speak to a truly inspiring woman, Stephanie Crean. We do not speak much about the devastating events that shaped her life due to their heinous nature and the effects that they have left on her family and community. When Stepha...
Are you addicted to alcohol or substances and finally ready to do something about it but don't know where to start?
Then this episode is for you. I talk to Marek Hyde a recovering addict who has worked in the addiction fi...
This article was written by James Dear for Meditation New Zealand Happiness... For practically my entire life I have attempted to crack the code. I jumped from one fix to the next, trying to squeeze as much fun out of it as possible, until it was exhausted. Upon facing the dark and empty void within, […]
Guest author Katy Stark I’m glad I waited until today to write this, with our rapidly changing environment, we can’t be sure where the next 24 hours will take us. I have spent the last couple of months being reminded, everywhere I go, that this day was looming. It’s hard to ignore when businesses are […]
Written by James Dear A few years ago if someone had asked me what was most likely to kill me before the age of 45, I would never have guessed it could be myself. After losing a close friend to suicide it plagued my mind that I didn’t know anything about the pain he must […]
If you are having suicidal thoughts then please know that you are not your thoughts. Someone once told me this metaphor and it really helped. Think of yourself as water. Water is pure like you. The negative thoughts that you are having are dirt that has got into the water. Despite the water being dirty […]
I got bullied a lot when I was in primary school, so when I started secondary school I felt like I had a point to prove. I started trying to be a hard man. I would pick fights with people for no reason. The way that this usually ended up was by someone's older brother […]
Guest author Marius Cuit In 2014 I left my normal life in Lithuania to follow my heart. It lead me to Austria to snowboard and to see the mountains. My aim was to find a job that could pay for food and accommodation so that I could spend all day living the dream. This is […]
Josh thinks that the first time he knew he was addicted was when he had health issues because it just seemed like fun before that. He had friends looking in on him from outside of addiction seeing him in screaming pain with no comprehension of why he continued to use. During active addiction, we both […]
Porn Researcher Jo Robertson gives us an objective rundown of the porn landscape. James shares some of his insights from the perspective of someone who has consumed porn daily to someone who made the decision to give up. He noticed a dramatic difference in his concentration levels and mental state. In the full episode, we […]
For anyone who is in a devastating situation where you have been separated from your children, Frank Hicks (founder of Guardians of Our Children Charitable Trust) gives some advice to maximise the chances of seeing your children again as soon as possible. In the full episode Frank joins us to talk about handling family disputes […]
Tina explains her experience of bipolar. She describes sweeping highs and lows. The highs fill her full of energy, and she spends all of her money followed by lows of self-doubt, shame, and negative self-talk. This is a really interesting episode, partly because Tina and I used to be in a relationship, and also because […]
How do you change your life? James talks about some of the steps that help you to change your life including your physical and psychological environment.
Is all anxiety bad? James highlights that anxiety can be a good indicator that something is not right. He describes how he would feel anxious every time he went to a pub. He finally realised that this was a helpful form of anxiety telling him that he was in the wrong place. Samantha talks to […]
