54 Josh Connolly | Finding and Following Your Truth

Things I Wish I’d Known with Rachael Welford

Welcome to TIWIK- Things I Wish I'd Known, Season 5!

More deep conversations to inspire you to create positive change in your life.

*Trigger warning alcoholism & mental health

As one of the UK’s most influential mental health advocates, he regularly speaks on BBC, ITV & Channel 5 news. Josh has also spoken in the House of Commons, contributed to mental health policy and even advised the scriptwriting team on Hollyoaks. He has run resilience workshops for village schools and global brands alike. Additionally, he is an ambassador for Nacoa – a national charity supporting people affected by a parent’s drinking.

Key points from the interview:

• How Josh did not even realise that he had navigated a difficult life hiding behind self-created but unhelpful narratives.
• How avoidance is not the key - "Taking yourself out of yourself to stop you being yourself!"
• How we create dysfunctional behaviours to avoid feeling what we feel.
• Paradoxically, how alcohol was not the (original) problem and saved his life when he was 12.
• A new, functional definition of "true growth"
• Being comfortable with being uncomfortable.
• A true definition of freedom, that does not restrict people and allows people to be who they are in the context of their lives.
• How there is no "one" right answer. Many keys for many doors!
• How our beliefs need a little editing.

Reach out to Josh here: https://www.joshconnolly.co.uk/

Things I Wish I'd Known Podcast is brought to you by Rachael Welford - Women's Anxiety Coach and Therapist. For more information head to www.rachaelwelford.com or follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/rachael_welford

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