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Mark Whittle: Why Success Won’t Fix You

Mark Whittle is someone who’s spent years studying what actually drives human behaviour, performance, and fulfilment, and why so many people still feel lost even when they “have it all”.
 
From working with high performers, athletes and entrepreneurs to building his own platform, Mark has seen first-hand what happens when success on paper doesn’t translate to real happiness. Because for a lot of people, hitting the top isn’t the answer, it’s where the real questions begin.  
 
This conversation goes deep into identity, self-worth, and the unconscious patterns that quietly control most people’s lives. From building self-trust and discipline to recognising the decisions that shape your future, this is a powerful breakdown of what actually creates change.
 
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Key moments include:
 
✔ Why success often doesn’t fix how you feel.   
✔ The danger of tying your identity to what you do. 
✔ How to build real confidence by keeping promises to yourself. 
✔ Why most people operate unconsciously and stay stuck. 
✔ The “sliding door” moments that shape your life. 
✔ Why you need the right people around you to grow. 
 
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From Supermodel To Film Producer: Reinventing At 50+ with Caprice Bourret

Caprice Bourret is proof that reinvention doesn’t have an expiry date. 
 
From becoming one of the most photographed women in the world to building a film career from scratch in her 50s, she’s lived multiple lives and she’s still not done.
 
Three years on from her first appearance on On A Mission, Caprice is back and this time she’s gone all in. Producing, acting, writing and running entire film productions herself, often with limited budgets and no safety net, creating opportunities instead of waiting for them.
 
This is a raw, unfiltered conversation on authenticity, social media, and the world we’re living in today. From online hate and parenting in a digital age to mindset, resilience, and life after surviving a brain tumour, Caprice doesn’t hold back. 
 
A powerful reminder that you can reinvent yourself at any stage, if you’re willing to do the work.
 
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Key moments include:
 
✔ Why Caprice believes authenticity is disappearing. 
✔ Building a film career from scratch and doing everything herself. 
✔ The mindset that’s driven her success: play the game, don’t play the victim. 
✔ Her warning about influence and why she says “don’t be a useful idiot”. 
✔ How she handles online hate and protects her energy.
✔ Life after her brain tumour and the shift in her priorities.
✔ Why it’s never too late to reinvent yourself. 
 
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The Truth About Trauma, Money and Self Sabotage with Dr Dain Heer

Great to welcome back Dr. Dain Heer, internationally renowned speaker, bestselling author, and co-creator of Access Consciousness, a global movement active in over 170 countries. From a childhood marked by abuse and poverty to a career as a chiropractor who once felt suicidal, Dain’s life radically changed when he discovered practical consciousness tools that opened a completely different way of living and creating.
 
We always have so much fun when Dain’s on the show. In this conversation, he shares powerful insights on authenticity, self-judgement, and what it truly means to be you. This one’s for you if you’ve ever felt stuck trying to fix yourself, conflicted about success and spirituality, or unsure how to trust your own knowing, this episode offers grounded tools and fresh perspectives to help you create a more expansive life but be warned, we go off on a few very unexpected tangents.
 
Key moments include:
 
✔ Why Dain says heaviness is often a lie, and how truth tends to feel lighter.
 
✔ The difference between fighting darkness and feeding it, and why resisting something can strengthen it.
 
✔ Why becoming a brighter light is a greater contribution than living in constant reaction to the chaos of the world.
 
✔ The Access Consciousness tools Dain returns to again and again, including “All of life comes to me with ease and joy and glory”.
 
✔ How point of view shapes reality, and why what you decide to be true starts filtering everything you see.
 
✔ Money, receiving, and the belief that there is no such thing as a money problem, only an issue with what you are willing to receive.
 
✔ The conflict between spirituality and money, and why Dain believes money can be used to change people’s realities.
 
✔ Why force, control, and overplanning can block creation, and what happens when you start working with energy instead.
 
✔ Dain’s take on goals, five year plans, and why that structure may work for some people but not for everyone.
 
✔ The difference he draws between humans and humanoids, and why so many people feel like they do not fit this reality.
 
✔ Self judgement, awareness, and why having the thought “I’m so judgemental” may actually prove the opposite. 
 
✔ AI, authenticity, and why real human energy can never be replaced by data alone
 
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How Trauma Shapes Behaviour and Identity with Jess Cunningham

In this episode of the On a Mission podcast, I’m joined by Jess Cunningham, TV personality and founder of Belief Coding.
 
Jess talks candidly about her time on the hit BBC show The Apprentice, the biggest opportunity of her life, when suppressed memories of childhood abuse surfaced out of nowhere, just as she was stepping into the limelight for the first time.
 
Trying to hold it together on the outside while everything internally was starting to unravel. What you see on the surface rarely reflects what’s actually going on behind the scenes, and this conversation shows you why.
 
We get into self sabotage, addiction and identity, and the messy reality that most people are reacting without even realising it. Jess doesn’t shy away from the dark moments as we dive into how Belief Coding originated and why she believes most people are stuck solving the wrong problem.
 
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Key moments include:
 
✔ The exact moment suppressed memories of abuse came back, just as she was about to go on The Apprentice. 
 
✔ Holding it together in public while everything internally was starting to break down.
 
✔ Why she was chasing validation and trying to prove herself on a national stage. 
 
✔ The reality behind her behaviour on TV and what was actually driving it.
 
✔ How unresolved trauma showed up through self sabotage, addiction and identity.
 
✔The link between childhood experiences and the patterns people repeat in adulthood.
 
✔ Why most people are reacting to life without understanding why
 
✔ How Belief Coding came from trying to make sense of her own behaviour.
 
✔ The uncomfortable truth that people are often solving the wrong problem.
 
✔ What changes when you stop avoiding it and actually face what’s underneath. 
 
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The Royal Family and the Reality of Public Scrutiny with Gary Goldsmith

As the biological uncle to Catherine, Princess of Wales, Gary Goldsmith is no stranger to media scrutiny, scandal and public controversy.
 
Gary made his millions in the IT recruitment world and was a prominent figure within the recruitment sector long before the press notoriety.
 
In this episode, we talk about all of it. Entrepreneurship, success and being part of the royal family. The scandal that landed him in hot water and the mindset required to withstand the public fallout.
 
Gary reflects on building serious wealth from the ground up, taking risks without guarantees, and what happens when private decisions become national headlines.
 
We also discuss what William and Kate are really like behind the scenes, his time inside the Celebrity Big Brother house, and the reality of having your character shaped in the public eye.
 
Key moments include:
 
✔ Making his millions in the IT recruitment sector and becoming a prominent figure in the industry.
✔ The risks, setbacks and financial decisions behind building wealth.
✔ The “shake” incident and the tabloid fallout that followed.
✔ Living through front page coverage and sustained media scrutiny.
✔ Royal family proximity and public perception
✔ The mindset required to handle controversy and reputational pressure.
✔ Inside Celebrity Big Brother and how reality television edits shape narratives.
✔ His candid views on Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne.
✔ Accountability, loyalty and standing by your decisions.
 
A conversation about business, notoriety, reputation and the resilience required when success and scrutiny collide.
 
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The Psychology of Not Quitting with Greg Parkin

Greg Parkin has exited multiple seven figure businesses, completed Ironman triathlons, and in his fifties is preparing to run 108 miles across the Pennine Way in winter. His life has been shaped by pressure, risk, discipline and a mindset built around pushing limits.
 
This episode explores what it really takes to build and scale at that level. The appetite for risk. The tolerance for uncertainty. The resilience required when the stakes are high. Greg breaks down the psychology that connects entrepreneurship and endurance sport, and why the same mental traits show up in both arenas.
 
We go deeper into his relationship with alcohol and how it became embedded in business culture and high performance environments. Greg shares how stress, identity and drinking were more connected than he realised, and how stepping away from alcohol sharpened his thinking, improved his stress tolerance and redirected his energy.
 
Key moments include:
 
✔ Building and exiting multiple seven figure businesses.
✔ The psychology behind entrepreneurs who refuse to quit.
✔ The emotional comedown after major achievement.
✔ Preparing for 108 miles across the Pennine Way in his fifties.
✔ The mental breaking point in ultra endurance and how to push past it.
✔ High functioning drinking in ambitious environments.
✔ The stress patterns that fuel alcohol use.
✔ Turning discipline into long term sobriety.
✔ Why resilience is built through discomfort.
 
A conversation about ambition, identity, endurance and the discipline required to evolve when success alone is not enough.
 
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His Father Was Murdered. He Refused to Break with Gian Power

At 23 years old, he received a phone call that changed everything.
 
His father had travelled to India for work. Days later, he was missing. Weeks later, a confession came in. Murder. The body was never recovered. The assets were taken. The legal system stalled. And overnight, Gian Power lost his hero, his security, and the life he had known.
 
This is not just a story about grief. It is about what you choose to do next.
 
In this deeply moving episode, Gian shares what it was like to navigate an international murder investigation in his early twenties while sitting professional exams in London, facing alleged conspirators across the table, and writing his own legal letters because he could not afford representation. He speaks openly about the confusion, the anger, the injustice, and the moment he realised that nobody could control how he responded.
 
Instead of allowing bitterness to define him, Gian channelled everything into building something bigger than himself. He founded The Power of Storytelling with one clear mission: to make workplaces more human. Today, the organisation works with hundreds of global brands, using storytelling, neuroscience and lived experience to change cultures from the inside out.
 
We also explore the psychological tools that kept him standing. Meditation in office bathrooms. Emotional regulation. Gratitude as a daily discipline. Turning anger into focus. And the neuroscience behind why sharing your story can literally save someone else’s life.
 
Ten years on, the fight for justice continues. But so does the mission.
 
Key moments include:
 
✔ The phone call that confirmed his father’s murder and the body that was not his.
✔ Losing his inheritance, his childhood home and financial security overnight.
✔ Facing alleged conspirators and navigating international legal failures.
✔ Why he refuses to let anger define him.
✔ Meditation, emotional granularity and the psychology of resilience.
✔ The neuroscience of storytelling and how shared experiences change the brain.
✔ Supporting the Missing People charity and the reality of unresolved loss.
✔ Building a global organisation from tragedy.
 
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Royal Marine Commando Aaron Moon: Blown Up, Written Off, Still Standing

Aaron Moon is a Royal Marine Commando whose life changed in seconds in Afghanistan when his vehicle hit an IED. He died twice on the flight home, woke from an induced coma to life changing injuries, and later faced the letter that ended his military career for good. 
 
In this episode, Aaron talks honestly about what came after, the denial, the loss of identity, the darkest period where he drifted and lost direction, and the moment he decided to take control again. He shares the mindset framework he built through it, why he calls it the Rebel Mindset, and how it became the foundation for rebuilding his life with purpose, direction, and momentum when everything else had been stripped away. 
 
Years later, Aaron came close to dying again. Another life threatening moment that forced a hard reset and exposed how easily survival can turn into stagnation if you stop pushing forward. 
 
Now Aaron is taking his message into prisons, working with men written off by the system, and preparing for his biggest challenge yet. Cycling Route 66 solo, 2,570 miles across America on one leg, chasing a world record, funding the challenge himself so that every penny raised goes directly to charity. This episode is for anyone navigating darkness, rebuilding after loss, or refusing to let adversity be the end of their story. 
 
Key moments include:
 
✔ Being blown up in Afghanistan and dying twice on the flight home.
✔ Why losing his military career hurt more than losing his leg.
✔ The denial and drifting that followed recovery.
✔ How the Rebel Mindset was built.
✔ Facing death again years later.
✔ Taking his work into prisons.
✔ Cycling Route 66 solo on one leg for a world record.
 
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Martin Stapleton From Combat to Cage Warriors and Beyond

Martin Stapleton (Stapes) returns to the On a Mission Podcast for his third appearance, and once again, this is a conversation that goes far beyond fighting.
 
Since we last sat down together, Martin has stepped back into the cage, this time on his own terms. A former Royal Marine Commando, a world-level MMA fighter, and an entrepreneur, Martin has lived multiple lives that demand extreme resilience, discipline, and emotional control. This episode captures where those worlds collide.
 
We talk openly about coming back to fighting in your forties, why age is often used as an excuse rather than a limitation, and what it really means to enjoy the process rather than chasing outcomes. Martin shares the reality of lockdown nearly destroying his business, draining his savings, and forcing him to rebuild from the ground up. 
 
Stapes goes deep into identity, loss, ego, and purpose. Why so many high performers struggle when one chapter ends, how identity can either anchor you or trap you, and how suffering can become a source of strength rather than something to escape.
 
We dive into emotional regulation, mental health, and the uncomfortable truth that resilience is not about never getting knocked down, but about how quickly you respond when it happens. From combat zones to the octagon to entrepreneurship and fatherhood, Martin explains how the same core principles apply, just in very different environments.
 
This is an honest and raw conversation about endurance, responsibility, and choosing to keep moving forward when it would be easier to stop.
 
Key moments include:
 
✔ Martin’s return to the cage and why he refused to let his career end on someone else’s terms.
✔ How lockdown nearly wiped out his business and the mindset that carried him through rebuilding.
✔ Why suffering is a skill and how it shaped his confidence long before success arrived.
✔ The role of ego in high performance and how it evolves with age and experience.
✔ Identity, purpose, and why losing one label does not mean losing who you are.
✔ Emotional regulation, mental health, and what real resilience looks like under pressure.
✔ Why enjoying the process matters more than outcomes at this stage of life.
 
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The Human Illusion and the Mechanics of Control with David Icke

For more than three decades, David Icke has been one of the most censored and relentlessly challenged voices in modern public discourse. Banned from countries, erased from platforms, publicly ridiculed and dismissed, yet still standing thirty five years later as many of the conversations he began have moved steadily closer to the mainstream.
 
This was never going to be a surface level conversation.
 
In this episode, David takes us through the full arc of his journey, from his early years inside the BBC and British politics to the moment his perception of reality fundamentally changed. What follows is a deep exploration of consciousness, perception, control, belief systems, power structures, and the mechanics of reality itself, not as abstract theory, but as forces that actively shape how humanity thinks, fears, complies, and lives.
 
We explore what David means by the human illusion, why he sees reality as frequency based rather than solid, and how perception becomes the primary lever of control. This conversation moves far beyond politics and into the deeper systems that influence identity, belief, religion, media, education, technology, and human behaviour at scale.
 
David also breaks down why political leaders are not where real power resides, how global systems operate through compartmentalisation, and why keeping humanity locked into rigid belief structures prevents deeper awareness. We discuss artificial intelligence, digital identity, programmable money, and why the next phase of control is not enforced through force, but through perception and consent.
 
This episode is expansive, intense, and intentionally uncompromising. It is about widening the frame, questioning what we think we know, and understanding how deeply perception governs experience in the modern world.
 
Key moments include:
 
✔ David’s explanation of the human illusion and why visible reality is only a tiny fraction of what exists.
✔ How frequency, consciousness, and perception shape human experience and behaviour.
✔ Why power does not sit with politicians, presidents, or public figureheads.
✔ The role of religion, education, and belief systems in long term mass control.
✔ Artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the future of perception based governance.
✔ Why awakening is not political, and why real awareness sits beyond left and right.
 
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