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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)

You Don't Need MORE You Just Need To Be BETTER On this episode of Join Up Dots, we tackle the belief that “I just need more customers” is the answer to everything. But what if chasing more is actually the thing holding your business back? Instead of obsessing over followers, traffic and bigger numbers, we explore why refining what you already have — your offer, your systems, and your customer experience — creates calmer, stronger and more profitable growth. Sometimes the smartest move isn’t scaling fast, but tightening what’s already working. #JoinUpDots #BusinessGrowth...

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

Introducing Aren Deu Aren Deu is today's guest on the Join Up Dots business coaching podcast. He is a man who is on a mission, whilst still working a full-time job as a property investor for wealth & cash-flow. He says "My goal is to empower people by helping them find their voice & improve their overall health. I am on the journey of achieving this through either mentally via my Podcast: Find Your Voice, & physically through my health & fitness knowledge through tips, tricks, blogs, diet & fitness plans! Helping people has been a part of my life ever since I can recall....

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

Developing Personal Strengths My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady from Melbourne Australia who has one belief in life. That all of us are capable of being a bigger, brighter version of ourselves than we give ourselves the opportunity to be. Her official bio states that she is "is a best-selling author, workplace well being teacher and playful change activator" which is of course true but is not something that occurs by magic. Back in 1994, she was working for PR Works as a general manager where she built a profitable IT portfolio, as well as...

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

Reclaiming Your Life - Listener Struggles In this episode of Join Up Dots, David reads two deeply honest listener letters from people who are doing everything “right” on the outside but quietly struggling on the inside. One is weighed down by constant financial pressure and the fear of falling behind, the other by a slow loss of identity after years of putting everyone else first. Through calm, grounded reflections, the episode explores why overwhelm isn’t failure, why clarity matters more than ambition, and how regaining control often starts with small, unglamorous steps rather than...

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

Knowing Your Number Is The FIRST DOT To FREEDOM In this episode of Join Up Dots, we focus on the single number that quietly changes everything. Instead of chasing big income goals or shiny ideas, this episode walks you through how to work out what it actually costs to keep the lights on and why that clarity removes pressure, panic, and bad decisions. When you know your number, money stops being emotional and starts becoming practical. From there, replacing bills one by one with small, sensible income becomes achievable, calm, and sustainable. This episode is about sequence, not speed — and...

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

Calmness Leads To SUCCESS - Knowing Your Financial Figures In this episode of Join Up Dots, we hear from listeners around the world who’ve finally seen the penny drop. Miguel in Lisbon, Haruki in Tokyo, and Camila in Santiago share how they worked out the exact number they need to keep the lights on, built small incomes to cover those bills, and started quietly creating future income streams without pressure. Discover how removing urgency and focusing on essential steps can bring clarity, calm, and steady progress to your life. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and leave a review....

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

Huge Coke Dealer Turns To The Good Noa Shaw is todays guest joining us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots Podcast Now 14 years sober, Noa Shaw has truly turned his life around. One things for sure his life hasn't been easy, with a drugs and alcohol dependency taking grip at an early age. Throughout his teens and the majority of his adult life his daily routine revolved around selling or taking drugs. But eight years ago his life took a turn for the better when he wandered into a SoulCycle studio that was just opening up in Los Angeles. SoulCycle is a fitness company that is the gold...

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

Are You Building A Business Or A Stop Start Machine? In this episode of Join Up Dots, we tackle one of the most quietly exhausting problems in modern entrepreneurship: building a business that resets to zero every single month. If your income depends entirely on making the next sale, you’re not running a business — you’re stuck on a never-ending hamster wheel. This episode breaks down why one-off sales create pressure, panic, and burnout, and why true financial freedom comes from structure, not hustle. We explore the shift from transactional income to asset-based thinking, showing how...

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

So many people in life, feel that what they do, is what they will do for the rest of their lives. They go into jobs that might inspire at the beginning, but over time, little by little start to become a drag. Every minute feels like an hour, everyday feels like a month. But they put up with it until its time for retirement, when they are free to mow the lawn, walk the dog, and have nice little naps in the afternoon. Well today's guest joining us on Join Up Dots is a former senior Derby police officer, who since 1985 when he joined the force "saw the darkest side of humanity" as he says, while...

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

FINANCIAL FREEDOM means doing LESS On this episode of Join Up Dots, we dive into what really happens when you start working for yourself. From extreme burnout to the illusion of doing everything, we explore why chasing every idea or copying others can leave you exhausted and stuck. I share how slowing down, focusing on the right things, and joining the dots has not only reduced my hours but increased my impact and financial success. If you’re starting out, struggling to know what matters, or trying to balance it all, this one’s for you. #JoinUpDots #FocusOnTheRightThings...

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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.