Founder of YO! Sushi
When he was forty, Simon Woodroffe found himself divorcing, without an income, and battling depression. A few years later he stood at the helm of a hugely successful business empire: The YO! Sushi chain and other YO ventures. ‘If someone asks me ‘what inspired you to start YO! Sushi?’ I reply: ‘desperation’!’ A TV-personality and award-winning entrepreneur, Woodroffe now tours the world as a motivational speaker. He meditates every morning together with his partner.
English Actress & Co-founder Hoffman Process UK When actress Jane Horrocks ‘lost her fun self’, she knew it was time for a change. ‘I felt stuck in my life,’ says the mother of two. Her best friend and fellow actress Serena Gordon is the UK founder of the Hoffman Process, a much raved-about 7-day personal development […]
Indigenous Peoples Explorer He lived with tribes in Africa, South-America, Greenland and the Himalayas. He has filmed himself taking hallucinogenic potions, which he credits with helping to heal his traumas. Bruce Parry, a former Royal Marines Officer and award-winning documentary maker, says there’s something about the connectedness of indigenous people that nourishes mental health far better […]
Addict Turned Substance Abuse Counsellor and Lecturer George Atiase is a London-based addiction counselor and lecturer. In this moving video, he opens up about his own battles with addiction and how he eventually learned that ‘it’s ok to be me’. Apart from his love for singing, bespoke jewelry, and his motorbike, George now devotes his […]
Mother of Child with Eating Disorder and Depression Depression and anxiety among children and teenagers has soared. Yet a staggering 70 percent don’t receive help when they need it most. When Dani Maimone’s teenage daughter developed an eating disorder and became so depressed that all she wanted to do was die, Maimone faced years of fighting […]
Author of SLOW Like most of us, Canadian journalist Carl Honore used to be obsessed with speed. Cramming as much as possible into his waking hours. But when he started speed-reading bedtime stories to his son, he realized something needed to change. ‘We hurry through life instead of living it.’ While writing several international best-sellers […]
