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Punching The Hell Out Of Stress

Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

Release Date: 12/19/2025

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Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

BRAIN Tiredness Follow UP On this episode of Join Up Dots, David Ralph explores why mental fatigue can make every part of life feel heavier than it really is — from work to health, money, relationships, and creativity. He shows how trying to “fix everything” at once can overload the brain and why focusing on one small, manageable action can create traction and restore clarity. Listeners share how they’ve started applying this idea today, tackling one task in their health, finances, work, or environment to feel lighter and more in control. #JoinUpDots #BrainTired #MentalClarity...

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Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

Listener Problem: Brain Tiredness Kills SUCCESS On this episode of Join Up Dots, David Ralph explores why feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or quietly anxious often has nothing to do with motivation or discipline, and everything to do with brain tiredness. When your head is overloaded, even simple decisions feel heavy and life starts to feel bigger than it really is. Instead of trying to fix everything or think further ahead, David shares a calmer perspective on shrinking the problem, reducing mental load, and finding traction before progress. It’s a grounded conversation for anyone who feels like...

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Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

Shawn Stevenson: Rebuilding His Body And Success By Reshaping The World Todays guest on Join Up Dots is a man who seems to have cracked it big-time, and knows exactly what he was put on this planet to do. And his mission is to make us the healthiest version of what we can be and live an amazing life everyday But unlike so many of our guests who have a childhood that was less than perfect, his life started in a very different way. As he says in his own words “I spent the first half of my childhood in a quiet suburban neighbourhood with all of the love and attention that a child could ask for....

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Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

Should I Really Become An ENTREPRENEUR? In this episode of Join Up Dots, we respond to a listener standing at the crossroads between job security and earning their own income. Stripping away the online hype, we explore the real truth about entrepreneurship – the freedom and the fear, the pride and the pressure, the growth and the loneliness. This is an honest, from-the-heart look at what it really costs emotionally and mentally to build something of your own, and why responsibility always comes before freedom. If you’ve ever felt the pull to work for yourself but worried about the...

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Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

Am I Really Speaking To Who I Want To BUY? (Troy's Problem) On today’s episode of Join Up Dots, we dive into why so many business ideas struggle not because they lack passion or effort, but because they’re trying to speak to everyone at once. Using a real listener story, David explores how clarity around your *perfect customer* transforms everything — from confidence and messaging to momentum and sales. When you stop chasing attention and start speaking to the right person, selling becomes simpler, more natural, and far more effective. This episode is a grounded reminder that growth...

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Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

Freedom, Adventure And The Travelling Life With Caroline Makepeace Today's guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast believes in travel, more travel and then when she is finished and wants a bit of rest: Travel. And this is not the pack your bags for two weeks each year, or for as many weekends as you can get, kind of adventure. She is a believer that "Your life does not have to fit in a box. You don’t have to live behind the picket fence, slave away at that full-time job that sucks you dry, and the monotonous peak hour traffic runs. You can have the picket fence and a job you love of...

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Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

Today’s guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast business interview is a man who is thriving in the online world by getting business's to ask the right questions. Originally from a small rural town in central California he started his first business installing lawns on people’s yards at the age of 16. He eventually started tinkering with and selling computers, and made his way down to Los Angeles to attend college at UCLA. It was then that he began taking on consulting gigs building websites for small local businesses with a few of his friends. After getting a request from one of these...

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Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

Lifestyle Freedom Still Has Lifestyle Hassles In this episode of Join Up Dots, David Ralph shares three real-life emails from listeners who have taken their first genuine steps towards financial freedom and discovered the truth most people never talk about: freedom doesn’t remove problems, it simply gives you better ones. Through honest reflections and lived experience, the episode explores how taking ownership of your income, time, and choices brings both hassle and fulfilment, and why that trade-off is exactly where growth, confidence, and real freedom begin. It’s a grounded, human...

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Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

Happy Xmas To Everyone - Five Pressies From Join Up Dots Welcome to our podcast, where we unwrap life's most precious gifts together! 🎁 Today, I'm thrilled to share five incredible presents that can transform your life. Passion Unveiled: Discovering your passion is like finding a treasure map to fulfillment. 🌟 #PassionUnleashed #PurposeFound The Power of Personal Agency: You hold the reins to your life's story. Realizing that you're in control, regardless of circumstances, is liberating. 🌈 #EmpowerYourself #YouAreInControl Gratitude & Mindfulness Magic: Embrace the present...

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Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

LIFESTYLE FREEDOM - The Mindset Shifts In this episode of Join Up Dots, we dive into the most common question I’m asked: *“I’d love to quit my job, but I don’t know what I can do.” Rather than chasing big ideas or dramatic leaps, this conversation strips everything back to what really matters first — covering your bills, calming the pressure, and building confidence one step at a time. It’s about stopping the overthinking, realising you don’t need to escape your job, and understanding that entrepreneurship begins quietly, alongside what you’re already doing. When you focus on...

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Punching The Hell Out Of Stress

My guest today, on the confidence boosting Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who a few years back was disappointed with the current mental health care solutions he was offered after suffering from stress in the workplace. So like so many guests, he didn't accept what he saw and decided to take action, turning to alternative therapies which got him through and beyond this temporary stress. These solutions began forming into a business idea which led him to creating Stressbox in Jan 2014, and he took these learnings into the corporate environment to help with de-stressing in companies everywhere. As they say "We are an up and coming mental wellness fitness brand with a social purpose to support the epidemic of work related stress. We succeed in this by creating innovative holistic fitness workshops, in-house talks on preventing stress and performing our epic yet different fitness class….StressBox. Our powerful class combines Boxing fitness with Mindfulness all to wonderful music to inspire and enlighten you within our 1 hour experience. We create magic moments in our bespoke classes to suit your busy schedule, at StressBox we understand that time in this hectic world is valuable so we combined Holistic health with musical fitness to have greater impact on your mindset not just your body." To succeed in this new business, he researched stress in society for 2 years via practical innovative coaching and academically using Neuroscience, the science of meditation and positive psychology. And rapidly this knowledge became a cult hit at a popular gym in Birmingham, England with teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs, and teenagers becoming fanatics with his alternative style. So why if he had an issue with stress did he then decide to build a business around it, and not run to live stress free on a hot tropical island somewhere full of bikini wearing beauties? And is this as a real life issue, or do so many people just use the word as a badge of honour nowadays? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only, Mr Liam Joe Blackwood. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Liam Joe Blackwood such as: Why so many people find themselves in situations in their lives which doesn't naturally match their skills and talents - which can obviously lead to the kind of stress which can be avoided. Why the power of visualisation is such a powerful process in building success in a persons life, and the steps that we should take everyday to bring these visions to life. Liam Joe recalls the battles he overcome in the early days to get his vision out to the world, and the steps he took to get there. Why we should never overthink anything in our lives, but simply look to do the best we can in the most relaxed method possible. That is always the best way. and lastly…. Why Liam Joe allowed himself to feel creative and playful in his life which was a complete gamechanger and turned his life around forever.