On a Mission Podcast 2.0

Dr Shawn Baker: On Health, Freedom and the Carnivore Diet

He’s been called the face of the carnivore movement but behind the headlines is a much bigger story about health, responsibility and challenging the systems that keep us sick.
 
This week I’m joined by Dr Shawn Baker, orthopedic surgeon, world class athlete and best selling author, whose radical approach to diet and lifestyle has put him at the centre of a global conversation. From his own health struggles to becoming a leading advocate for the all meat diet, Shawn’s mission is about more than food. It is about reclaiming control from industries and institutions that profit when people stay unwell.
 
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Key moments include:
 
✔ How personal health problems pushed Shawn to challenge medical orthodoxy and start experimenting with the carnivore diet
✔ Why corporate profit models mean curing disease is rarely the priority and what that means for us as patients
✔ The cultural contradictions of Covid incentives from Krispy Kreme vouchers to Eat Out to Help Out
✔ The power of personal responsibility and why most of the public still resist it even when the truth is exposed
✔ What parents, entrepreneurs and high performers can do to take small practical steps toward lasting health
✔ Why nutrition science is often captured by vested interests and how to cut through the noise
✔ Shawn’s personal mission and why he believes this fight matters for the next generation
 
This is a conversation about health, freedom and truth and the choices we all face.
 
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Ollie Ollerton: Mass Control, Identity Shifts and Waking Up

Great to have Ollie Ollerton back on the podcast for the third time.
 
Most of you already know Ollie’s story. SAS: Who Dares Wins. Ex Special Forces. Bestselling author. But this time, there was no plan. No script. No agenda. Just a real conversation between two friends.
 
It all started with an impromptu catch up over Zoom. Midway through, we both said the same thing. This would have made a great podcast. There was so much gold in there, it was just too good not to share. So we cleared our diaries the next day, hit record, and kept the energy going.
 
What followed was a fly on the wall chat about the way we’re both seeing the world now. The identity shifts. The uncomfortable truths. The pressure to stay quiet. And the growing hunger for something more real, more honest, than the surface level conversations most people are used to hearing.
 
There’s a lot in this one. No filter. Just truth.
 
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Key moments include:
✔ Why Ollie no longer cares about commercial consequences.
✔ Mass formation, media control and Covid conditioning.
✔ Addiction, trauma and the long game of healing.
✔ Personal growth through hardship and letting go of old programming.
✔ What happens when you outgrow the version of you that people still expect.
✔ Building a platform without losing yourself.
✔ Why these conversations might become a more regular thing.
 
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Dr John Demartini: Unlocking the 7 Hidden Forces That Shape Your Life

This episode is one of those rare conversations that expands your mind in real time.
 
Dr John Demartini has spent over forty years studying what makes us think, feel, and behave the way we do. He has helped some of the world’s most influential people rewrite their internal story and find a deeper sense of meaning and direction. And this conversation goes even further.
 
Back on the podcast for a powerful follow up, Dr Demartini shares what he believes to be the seven greatest powers we all have access to. Forces that can either shape us unconsciously or radically elevate our lives once we understand how to work with them.
 
We talk about values, vitality, wealth, relationships, and identity. Why so many of us live out of alignment with what truly matters. Why chasing dopamine over meaning is a trap we are conditioned to fall into. And why fulfilment only comes when we decide to live by design, not default.
 
This is not just theory. It is deeply practical, and at times confronting. Because when you understand which areas of your life are draining you and which ones are driving you, everything changes.
 
This conversation will make you think differently. About your time. Your energy. Your relationships. Your work. And most importantly, about your role in shaping the life you actually want.
 
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Key moments include:
 
✔ We live, moment by moment, according to our set of inner values and priorities. When we align with the highest in this priority list, the action becomes almost automatic. It is in this area where we are the most effective and efficient.
✔ If we wish to serve others and make a real, positive impact in the world, then we have to understand that self-care plays a huge part.We can't help others if we drastically reduce our potential and life expectancy.
✔ We're conditioned to believe in a wealth system that promotes quick fix dopamine hits of spending at the cost of long-term financial liability. We have to reverse this way of thinking.
✔ When it comes to relationships, we need to understand that no one is committed to us as an entity. They are committed to the fulfilment of what they value most. Even romantic feelings are utilitarian when reduced to fundamentals.
 
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Dylan Davey: From Bedroom Hustler to Celebrity Deal Maker

Dylan Davey is making serious moves behind the scenes of the A list world, but it hasn’t always been VIP parties and champagne campaigns.
 
In this episode, we hear from a natural born entrepreneur who carved out a name for himself by doing what most people are too afraid to do, backing himself completely. From his early years growing up neurodivergent and missing large chunks of education due to meningitis, Dylan learned to figure things out fast. He shares the highs and lows of building his business from scratch, starting out on £40 a week phone deals and going on to broker multimillion pound brand partnership deals with some of the world’s biggest names.
 
We talk mental resilience, imposter syndrome, and the behind the scenes reality of working in an industry that often feels like a parallel universe, the pressure, the performance, the access, and the madness that comes with it.
 
This one’s got range. Hilarious one minute, deeply personal the next, and filled with practical insight throughout. Dylan doesn’t hold back, and it’s this raw honesty that makes him such a powerful guest.
 
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Key moments include:
 
✔ Overcoming adversity and missing four years of school.
✔ Struggles with identity, neurodivergence, and imposter syndrome.
✔ Behind the velvet rope, what it’s really like working with celebrities.
✔ How personal brand helped him scale fast.
✔ Why confidence and character still win in business.
 
An inspiring story from someone who’s just getting started but already playing in the big leagues.
 
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Amber Jean: Losing Her Hair, Finding Her Power and Having The Courage To Be Seen

At just 15 years old, Amber Jean’s world changed overnight. One tiny bald patch turned into complete hair loss within a year and for the next decade she hid behind wigs, determined to survive but terrified to be seen.
 
Today she has not only embraced her hair free identity, she has built a game changing brand that is transforming the wig industry, working with household names like Gail Porter and Davina McCall, and giving women the service, products and confidence she never had.
 
In this powerful conversation, Amber opens up about the moment she lost it all, the panic attacks that blindsided her during the happiest chapter of her life, and how a yoga retreat in Goa became the turning point that changed everything. She shares the unfiltered truth about living with alopecia, why hair is so deeply tied to identity, and the emotional weight of navigating stares, questions and shame as well as the joy of creating a community where women finally feel seen.
 
We talk about wigs as both armour and accessory, the difference between hiding and choosing, and why she is breaking taboos in an industry that has been left behind for far too long.
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Key moments include:
✔ The teenage heartbreak that shaped her resilience and ambition.
✔ How panic attacks became a catalyst for deep self discovery.
✔ Going from full time wig wearer to proudly owning her hair free look.
✔ Building a brand that gives women confidence without compromise.
✔ Collaborating with icons like Gail Porter and Davina McCall.
✔ Launching the worlds first contemporary wig rental service.
 
Ambers mission is clear. No woman facing hair loss should ever feel invisible again.
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Filmmaker Charles Mattocks: On Exposing the Lies Behind Food, Pharma, and Chronic Illness

From the streets of Brooklyn to the film sets of his hard-hitting health documentaries, Charles Mattocks life has been nothing but ordinary.
 
Nephew of the legendary Bob Marley, he forged his own path, from breaking into the music industry with LL Cool J to producing award-winning documentaries that challenge the health system and expose uncomfortable truths.
 
In this episode of the On a Mission podcast, Charles shares the pivotal moment that changed everything, a type 2 diabetes diagnosis that pulled back the curtain on the food industry, healthcare, and the corporate interests profiting from poor health. What followed was a relentless mission to educate, inspire, and fight for real change, tackling subjects from reversing chronic illness to breaking the silence around menopause.
 
We go deep into the realities of filmmaking when the subject matter is uncomfortable, the battle to fund projects that could save lives, and why some of the most important health conversations are the ones least likely to be backed. Charles opens up about his personal journey, the lessons from his famous uncle, and why he believes we still have a window of opportunity to change the system before it is too late.
 
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Key moments include:
 
✔ Growing up in Brooklyn and his early encounters with racism.
✔ Breaking into music through sheer persistence and a knock on LL Cool J’s door.
✔ Lessons in humility and purpose from Bob Marley.
✔ The shock of his type 2 diabetes diagnosis and how he reversed it.
✔ Exposing the truth about the food and pharmaceutical industries.
✔ Why menopause needs urgent attention and open discussion.
✔ The challenges and breakthroughs of creating change-driven documentaries.
 
Charles Mattocks is not just a filmmaker, he is a man on a mission, and his story will leave you inspired to question more, live better, and fight for what matters.
 
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Jack Faint: Turning a Terminal Diagnosis into a Reason to Live

What a man. What a mission.
 
Jack Faint was 25 when everything changed.
 
One minute he was cycling through Melbourne on his way to work. The next, he was waking up on the pavement after a seizure, completely disoriented. A hospital scan revealed the last thing anyone expects to hear at that age, a terminal brain tumour. Grade 3 astrocytoma. Seven years to live.
 
No warning. No lead up. Just a single moment that ripped life in half.
 
But instead of giving up, Jack started fighting in his own way. He quit drinking. Cleaned up his lifestyle. Went all in on meditation. Breathwork. Nutrition. Psychedelics. He flew to India to go deeper and hasn’t stopped since.
 
He’s been doing the work most people never even touch. The painful stuff. The unglamorous stuff. And now, he’s training for a brutal endurance challenge by anyone’s standards, let alone someone living with a terminal diagnosis. He plans to run the length of India. Four thousand kilometres. Eighty days. No rest days. A world first.
 
When you’re told you’re dying, you learn how to live. Properly live. And Jack is on a mission to show what’s possible. To inspire others to take ownership of their health, their choices, their life, whatever cards they’ve been dealt.
 
This isn’t a conversation about illness. It’s about what happens when you stop numbing out and start tuning in. It’s about taking full ownership of your story, no matter how heavy it gets.
 
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Key moments include:
 
✔ The seizure that stopped everything in its tracks.
✔ Being told he had a terminal brain tumour.
✔ The surgeon’s advice that changed his whole mindset.
✔ How he used food, breath, meditation and psychedelics to take back control
✔ His experience at Joe Dispenza’s retreats and why it shifted everything
✔ The reality of facing uncertain scan results
✔ Preparing for the challenge of a lifetime running four thousand kilometres through India
✔ What it really means to reclaim your life when the clock is ticking.
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Nici Burns: Real Talk on Trauma, Healing and Taking the Long Road Back to Self

In this episode I’m joined by my brilliant friend Nici Burns, female founder of Nibu Naturals, wellness advocate, biohacker, and someone who’s been doing the work for decades.
 
But this conversation isn’t about branding or business. It’s about survival.
 
We go all the way back to the beginning. Childhood trauma, domestic violence, eating disorders, toxic relationships, the search for love in all the wrong places, and how those early experiences shape everything that follows.
 
Nici speaks honestly about the darker chapters of her life. Not from a place of drama, but from a place of ownership. From bulimia and body dysmorphia to being manipulated in her teens by much older men, there’s nothing performative here. Just the reality of what it takes to rebuild when life has knocked you down more times than you can count.
 
None of this was scripted. We sat down to catch up and ended up hitting record. What followed was one of the most open and unfiltered conversations we’ve had. No structure, no interview questions, just two friends talking honestly about life, pain, growth, and everything in between.
 
We talk about the deep healing work too. From ayahuasca to spiritual practice, from meditation to letting go of shame, and why forgiving yourself can be the hardest part.
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Key moments include:
 
✔ Growing up in fear and trying to find safety in chaos.
✔ How childhood trauma shaped her relationship with food, men and control.
✔ The eating disorders that became her coping mechanism.
✔ Why ayahuasca was a turning point in her healing.
✔ The guilt that comes with motherhood when you’re still trying to fix yourself.
✔ Reclaiming her feminine energy after years of living in survival mode.
✔ Letting people help and why that’s harder than it sounds.
 
We don’t dress this up. We don’t gloss over it. This is real life. And for anyone going through their own season of struggle, this one’s going to land.
 
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Breaking In, Standing Out, And Staying True. Redefining Success Behind The Lens With One Of The UK’s Most Loved Photographers, Rachell Smith

Rachell Smith is a force behind the lens, but her journey to becoming one of the UK’s most in-demand photographers hasn’t been straightforward.
 
In this episode, we talk about how she broke into the industry, the reality of building a career from the ground up, and the creative identity she had to fight to reclaim. From sending thousands of cold emails to walking away from portfolio work that no longer felt aligned, Rachell shares what it’s really taken to get to where she is today.
 
She reflects on her time assisting Rankin, and how she’s gone on to shoot front covers for Vogue, photograph at the BAFTAs, and work with some of the most recognisable names in the industry. Rachell also opens up about launching her own magazine, Defined, navigating the emotional toll of working solo, and why having her portrait of Twiggy accepted into the National Portrait Gallery has been one of the proudest moments of her career.
 
This one’s for anyone who’s ever questioned whether they can make a living doing what they love. It’s about backing yourself before the world does, staying true to your style, and building a creative life on your own terms.
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Key moments include:
 
✔ Assisting Rankin and learning on the job.
✔ Breaking into the industry with no connections.
✔ Getting front covers and shooting for Vogue.
✔ What it’s really like behind the scenes at the BAFTAs.
✔ The creative reset that changed everything.
✔ Letting go of people pleasing and finding her voice.
✔ Launching her own magazine Defined.
✔ Her portrait of Twiggy being accepted into the National Portrait Gallery.
✔ Balancing motherhood with a demanding creative career.
✔ Navigating AI as a working photographer.
 
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Mushrooms, Manifestation and the Fight for Truthful With Zain Peer From London Nootropics

Mushrooms. Manifestation. A brand changing the game.
 
Meet Zain Peer, cofounder of London Nootropics, one of the breakout names in functional health right now. Their adaptogenic coffee blends have taken the wellness space by storm, helping people ditch the jitters, clear brain fog, and tap into something better than burnout.
 
They have gone from kitchen counter experiments to a seven figure brand, featured on BBC Dragons’ Den, backed by major health voices, and supported by a growing wave of customers who are tired of being sold nonsense in shiny packaging.
 
But this conversation is not just about what they built, it is about everything they uncovered along the way.
 
We go there.
 
Behind the scenes of the supplement industry. The dangerous loopholes in regulation. The brands selling junk science under the label of wellness. And the question nobody wants to answer, if these ingredients are so effective, why are so many people trying to shut them down?
 
We also talk about the magic in the mess. The chaos of Covid. The timing they could not have planned. The moment Chris Evans shouted about them live on air. And the Dragons’ Den offer they walked away from without blinking.
 
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Key moments include:
 
✔ What adaptogens really do to the body and why the quality matters more than people think
✔ How suppressed emotion might be linked to illness and what happens when you finally face it
✔ The science, the woo, and where it all overlaps
✔ Synchronicity, instinct, and the surreal moments that kept pointing them forward
✔ Why so much of what we are told about health is still built on broken systems
 
This one is bold. It is unfiltered. And it goes far beyond coffee.
 
If you care about your body, your energy, your focus, your health, and if you have ever had the sense that there is more going on than we are being told, this episode is for you.
 
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