In this episode, we sit down with the accomplished author and speaker, William Murtha. With a career spanning over 30 years, William has established himself as a leading voice in the field of personal development and transformation.Throughou

#097 Light of Mind (with Mary Franklin-Smith)

Jan 29th, 2023 1h 17m

Today, Stevie sits down with Light of Mind founder, Mary Franklin-Smith.Light of Mind shares a new paradigm in mental health and wellbeing. With compassion, creativity and energy, they help individuals and businesses with mental health progra

#096 The Four Stages of Man (with Mark Whittle)

Jan 10th, 2023 1h 1m

Mark Whittle (@markwhittle_tf) is a performance and life coach, motivational speaker and host of the Take Flight Podcast. A number 1 podcast that shines a spotlight on the mindset of the highest achievers, entrepreneurs and elite athletes.Thi

#095 Coach differently (with Rhys Lovegrove)

Dec 6th, 2022 1h 51m

Keighley head coach and former Hull KR second-rower Rhys Lovegrove won 20 out of 20 in his first season as a head coach, securing promotion to the championship. “Everything that didn’t feel right for me as a player getting coached, I do the op

#094 My Mental Health After Covid (with Steve Kershaw)

Nov 17th, 2022 1h 17m

Steve has had one hell of a life. He joined the navy when he was young, played amateur rugby, went into the hospitality industry and has managed many hotels worldwide.In his own words, Steve is struggling with the hardest time of his life rig

#093 The Good, The Bad, and The Rugby (with Ollie Olds)

Nov 8th, 2022 1h 28m

Meet Ollie Olds, the man who is kicking up a storm in Welsh Rugby League, returning after retirement and 3 ACL recoveries. Ollie wanted Stevie on an episode of his well-being podcast ‘The Walkers Podcast’. We did him one better and invited him

#092 Controlling Your Finances (with Shardai Cosgrove)

Oct 25th, 2022 29m 1s

Our financial health massively impacts our mental health. The current cost of living crisis is having a huge impact. On this podcast, we talk about that and how we can get on top of it.Stevie has linked up with Fintellity cofounder Shardai C

#091 The Man Behind The Myth (with Phil Hay)

Oct 5th, 2022 1h 16m

Phil Hay is a staff writer for The Athletic, covering Leeds United. He regularly features on the Square Ball podcast and has his own podcast ‘The Phil Hay Show’ with The Athletic. He previously worked for the Yorkshire Evening Post as its chief

#090 Open Your Mind (with Elish Le)

Sep 28th, 2022 1h 41m

Stevie Was introduced to Elish Le on his travels in New York. Elish helps people attain physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing through strength training, meditation, breath-work and more. Elish has over 6000 hours of meditation practice dr

#089 Larry Holmes: Beating Muhammad Ali

Sep 7th, 2022 39m 21s

From his trip to New York, after a conversation with documentarian and PR agent Jules Feiler on the streets of the upper west side, Stevie had the opportunity to sit down with one of the best heavyweight champions that the world has ever seen.

Mate Therapy #3: Anger

Aug 16th, 2022 43m 51s

Stevie and Jon talk about what really lies behind anger and the healthy and unhealthy outlets for it.Topics include: How not being authentic contributes to anger, Using drugs and alcohol to deal with anger, Stevie smashing bins and plant pots,

Mate Therapy #2: Why Do I Beat Myself Up?

Aug 2nd, 2022 47m 27s

Stevie talks about his tendency to beat himself up in life and wonders where that comes from. It is from being a sportsman and having to take extreme accountability for performance? Is it from wanting to please people through rugby?Topics inc

Mate Therapy #1: When Do We Feel Complete?

Jul 21st, 2022 40m 7s

Stevie Ward and Mantality counsellor Jon Bell sit down to talk CHANGE. Break-ups, losses of jobs, relatives, and loss of interest are all CHANGE. Change is always happening in our life but what is the best way to deal with it? What trips us up

#088 The Beauty of Failure (with Chris Hayes)

Jun 16th, 2022 50m 4s

We were absolutely buzzing to have Christopher Hayes as our latest guest on the Mantality pod. Chris is a former Royal Marine Commando, an MMA practitioner and a metal artist. After being discharged due to mental health issues Chris went throug

Golden point #2: What is Vulnerability?

Jun 7th, 2022 5m 3s

Welcome to Mantality: Golden Point!These are the moments that change the game for you. They are the golden points from the conversations that we have had that will make you think differently about your life. How to clear up any thoughts or emo

#087 Scuba Diving For Your Mental Health (With PADI’s Kristin Vallette-Wirth)

May 17th, 2022 38m 18s

After getting the go-ahead from my neurologist, I took the opportunity to try scuba diving with PADI in Playa Potrero, Costa Rica. Unable to do the standard forms of exercise, I dared to dream this might be something I would be able to do despi

Golden point #1: What’s behind men ruining relationships?

May 11th, 2022 4m 5s

Welcome to Mantality Golden PointThese are the moments that change the game for you. They are the golden points from the conversations that we have had that will make you think differently about your life. How to clear up any thoughts or emot

#086 Managing The Chimp Mind (with Ben Davies)

May 6th, 2022 1h 5m

Psychologist Ben Davies talks with Stevie about the chimp model developed my Professor Steve Peters. Ben has worked with premier league footballers and PGA tour number 1’s to get them to their optimal performance.They both talk about the key o

#085 Will Smith: What should we be thinking?

Mar 31st, 2022 1h 4m

Today Stevie, Natalie Alleston and Chris O'Connor sit down and talk about the recent Will Smith story. What should we be thinking? What lessons should we pull from this? Let us know your thoughts too by jumping into the conversation on our soci

#084 Beneath The Jersey (with Brett Delaney)

Mar 29th, 2022 1h 17m

We sit down with the man who had the greatest song from the south stand at Leeds Rhinos. “Delaney wooah, Delaney, woaah. He’s from Australia, he’ll f*cking murder ya”…Brett Delaney is an Australian former rugby league player for Parramatta Ee

#083 Mantality Counselling Hits The Big Smoke (introducing Simon Arthur)

Mar 13th, 2022 23m 43s

Mantality Counsellor for Yorkshire, Jon Bell, hosts his first podcast as we welcome our new counsellor for London to the Mantality team.Simon Arthur is a BACP registered therapist. His previous work experience, and subsequent training has incl

#082 Redefining Men’s Counselling (Introducing Lee Jewitt)

Mar 1st, 2022 54m 41s

Today we welcome Lee Jewitt to the Mantality counselling team!Lee is a former professional rugby league player of 17 years. During his sporting career, Lee was supporting players who were facing difficulties in their personal and sporting life

#081 Problem Gambling (with Adam Bradford)

Feb 27th, 2022 1h 3m

Entrepreneur, Adam Bradford, joins us on the podcast to talk about his journey in developing a new and innovative safer gambling support platform.In 2014, Adam’s world was rocked when his dad, David Bradford, was jailed for fraud after amassin

#080 Psychedelic Therapy: Trippin’ Towards a Better Life (with Manesh Girn & Johnathan de Potter)

Feb 8th, 2022 1h 21m

Today we’re joined by Jonathan de Potter and Manesh Girn, two experts in psychedelics.Manesh Girn is a PhD student in Neuroscience and has been lead or co-author on over a dozen scientific publications and book chapters on topics including p

#079 Rugby Players vs Relationships (with Dr Imogen Bicknell)

Jan 18th, 2022 1h 28m

This is part 2 of a 2 part series with Dr Imogen Bicknell where we focus on relationships.In this episode, Stevie and Imogen discuss Stevie’s commitment issues when playing rugby, family relationships, Instagram dating, how imagination can ru