It has been said that we are all 1 – 2 paycheques away from potential homelessness.
There are huge numbers of homeless people up and down the country, in all our cities, towns, and even villages.
My guest this week is, along with several other business leaders and more, deliberately sleeping rough on October 15th to help to raise awareness of the plight of the homeless, and to raise funds for charities which provide much-needed support to the homeless.
Join us in this episode as we discuss, amongst other things –
- How close we all are to becoming homeless
- The real reasons so many are homeless (and it’s probably not what you are thinking)
- What we can each do to help
- How society, government, and councils are letting the homeless down
- Why he is going homeless for a night
David Heffernan
The Survival Coach
Born ORDSALL, Roughest council estate in Europe. Altar boy aged 5. Served at 1st funeral aged 5. Aged 8 Grief counsellor. Man and dad split 1981. Homeless aged 16. Set up childcare centre and got A Levels whilst living rough. Arrested for Arson at 18. Eventually cleared. Death threats, Armed robberies followed. Prostitution. Identified found prostitute body burnt alive all before 20. Moved to make district – lived in a tent for a year living off land for most part. More violence and robberies. Woke up 4:30 in Bolton. Bored. 3 hours later moved to Essex. 7 hours later found a job, £400 wages sub and a room rent free for a month. Became regional manager for large retail group, Nephew died at birth, stress, went off rails. Beat 2 guys up in short space of time. Arrested and eventually cleared for 1. Moved back to Manchester. Met wife, had kids, diagnosed with muscle wasting disorder and lung defect, on 36 tablets plus 45mg morphine daily. Became unemployable, joined Avon. Top 7% in country for sales. Health worsened. Joined Utility warehouse, Became drug free, Became a trained medium. Served all spiritualist churches in North West. Attended Bradcamp and Be a better speaker, now living the dream with my future as a speaker looking damn good.
Keith Blakemore-Noble is the creator and host of The Confidence Alchemist Radio Show.
As The Confidence Alchemist, he helps performers to transform their deepest fears into their greatest strengths. For some this is conquering their social phobia around meeting strangers, for others it is beating the fear of stepping up their career into perhaps a managerial role; for yet others it is all about finding their own confidence to be them and enjoy living the life they always wanted to live but were too scared to dare.
He knows a thing of two about conquering fears and phobias and developing confidence – for far too many years he himself was painfully shy, crushingly lonely as a result, and his career hit its limits because of this. He started studying cutting edge neurosciences, conquered his “stuff”, and because The Confidence Alchemist – he has subsequently spoken to groups small and large (up to 800) in multiple countries across 3 different continents, sharing insights into how we can all become truly confident in all areas of our lives.
He has compiled and published several books and is in the process of writing his own book on confidence during 2018/9. He also occasionally performs his popular hypnosis and card magic show to thrilled audiences.
The Confidence Alchemist™ Radio Show is brought to you by the bow-tie wearing radio host, hypnotist & magician, best-selling author, Confidence Alchemist, phobia expert, and global speaker himself, Keith Blakemore-Noble.
Always with the same aim – to Transform your Deepest Fears into your Greatest Strengths – some episodes will feature Keith discussing confidence-related topics with a variety of global guests, whilst in other episodes Keith will share useful information and helpful tips.
Whether you catch us live every Thursday at noon, or via the replays or as a podcast, the only important thing is to let the wealth of life experience, coupled with real-world science-based proven technologies, be your powerful guide on your journey toward transforming your deepest fears into your greatest strengths…
- About my guest
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David Heffernan
The Survival Coach
Born ORDSALL, Roughest council estate in Europe. Altar boy aged 5. Served at 1st funeral aged 5. Aged 8 Grief counsellor. Man and dad split 1981. Homeless aged 16. Set up childcare centre and got A Levels whilst living rough. Arrested for Arson at 18. Eventually cleared. Death threats, Armed robberies followed. Prostitution. Identified found prostitute body burnt alive all before 20. Moved to make district – lived in a tent for a year living off land for most part. More violence and robberies. Woke up 4:30 in Bolton. Bored. 3 hours later moved to Essex. 7 hours later found a job, £400 wages sub and a room rent free for a month. Became regional manager for large retail group, Nephew died at birth, stress, went off rails. Beat 2 guys up in short space of time. Arrested and eventually cleared for 1. Moved back to Manchester. Met wife, had kids, diagnosed with muscle wasting disorder and lung defect, on 36 tablets plus 45mg morphine daily. Became unemployable, joined Avon. Top 7% in country for sales. Health worsened. Joined Utility warehouse, Became drug free, Became a trained medium. Served all spiritualist churches in North West. Attended Bradcamp and Be a better speaker, now living the dream with my future as a speaker looking damn good. - About your host
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Keith Blakemore-Noble is the creator and host of The Confidence Alchemist Radio Show.
As The Confidence Alchemist, he helps performers to transform their deepest fears into their greatest strengths. For some this is conquering their social phobia around meeting strangers, for others it is beating the fear of stepping up their career into perhaps a managerial role; for yet others it is all about finding their own confidence to be them and enjoy living the life they always wanted to live but were too scared to dare.
He knows a thing of two about conquering fears and phobias and developing confidence – for far too many years he himself was painfully shy, crushingly lonely as a result, and his career hit its limits because of this. He started studying cutting edge neurosciences, conquered his “stuff”, and because The Confidence Alchemist – he has subsequently spoken to groups small and large (up to 800) in multiple countries across 3 different continents, sharing insights into how we can all become truly confident in all areas of our lives.
He has compiled and published several books and is in the process of writing his own book on confidence during 2018/9. He also occasionally performs his popular hypnosis and card magic show to thrilled audiences.
- About this show
-
The Confidence Alchemist™ Radio Show is brought to you by the bow-tie wearing radio host, hypnotist & magician, best-selling author, Confidence Alchemist, phobia expert, and global speaker himself, Keith Blakemore-Noble.
Always with the same aim – to Transform your Deepest Fears into your Greatest Strengths – some episodes will feature Keith discussing confidence-related topics with a variety of global guests, whilst in other episodes Keith will share useful information and helpful tips.
Whether you catch us live every Thursday at noon, or via the replays or as a podcast, the only important thing is to let the wealth of life experience, coupled with real-world science-based proven technologies, be your powerful guide on your journey toward transforming your deepest fears into your greatest strengths…
Award-winning coach, international speaker, multi-time best-selling author, hypnotist, occasional magician, and writer of this post, Keith spent his first 40 years suffering from several phobias including being terrified of speaking with strangers. After one incident too many, he started studying and training in NLP & hypnosis to conquer his own issues, found he was rather good at it, and changed careers (aided by redundancy at just the right moment after 20 years in IT). He helps people transform their deepest fears into their greatest strengths, and having helped over 5,000 people across 5 continents, he is the UK’s #1 Fear Strategist.