Self Propelled

Keiha Dhruev Is a climber, Coach and Educator whose climbing has taken him all over the globe, developing new boulders in India. He also made it to the semi finals of the Netflix show Ultimate Beastmaster.

Keiha is currently taking a break from the norm to explore different to deliver the teaching of mathematics outside of the classroom. 

Give him a follow on Instagram: @keiha_d

Some people call him brave, some call him mad.  To face the thin air at high altitude takes a bit of both, but to Nigel Vardy, there is nothing like being on a high mountain.  Losing limbs to severe frostbite would put off all but the few, but to Nigel it was the springboard to climb, achieve and conquer.

Over the past 30 years he has climbed around the world, set mountaineering records and spoken to schools and businesses across Europe. He continues on life's adventure, forcing new boundaries and new experiences every day of his life...

As Nigel says - "I don't want to die in an unused body…”

His website is www.mrfrostbite.com and Facebook is www.facebook.com/NigelVardy.MrFrostbite

Anna Lundberg is the founder of One Step Outside, which helps experienced professionals around the world build businesses and create a lifestyle that allows them an unimagined sense of freedom outside of the 9 to 5. 

Since leaving her corporate marketing job in 2013, she’s now reimagining what success looks like and she’s passionate about inspiring and supporting others to do the same.

Found out more about Anna's work through http://onestepoutside.com

By day Alex Cooper works in advertising as a freelance writer and director of comedy adverts and spends his spare time writing and acting in his own comedy sketches.

Alex has also written articles for the Metro about alcoholism, mental health and sober dating.

You can find out more about Alex on www.alexpcoop.com and @alex_p_cooper on Instagram

Charlotte Fowles is a coach passionate about helping lost, frustrated or bored professionals rediscover their freedom and purpose. 

And most recently she's come up with a novel way to bring people together during these Coronavirus times, hosting one-track parties three times a day via Zoom.

Found out more about Charlotte's professional work on http://charlottefowles.com

And join her One Track Dance Parties on The YesTribe Facebook group @ www.facebook.com/groups/theyestribe

After burnout in 2005 Nicola Moss took time out to follow her adventurous spirit by travelling much of the world on foot, by train, plane, sailing across the Pacific & living in trees and on tropical islands with local clans. She soon realised that not all journeys involve flights, faraway places and crazy adventures, the journey starts within.

Her website is www.nicolamoss.co

Josh O’Boyle is a sports event manager who has worked on some of the UK’s largest national and international sports events, including the Tour de Yorkshire and the 2019 Road Cycling World Championships. Josh also manages the Fred Whitton Challenge, which is considered the hardest sportive in the UK.

Matt Sandrini is an author and performance coach who helps entrepreneurs focus and take action. He also likes to push his limits, he's a marathon runner and he's done some random things, like attempting to break the world record for most knuckle push-ups in one minute.

His website is www.mattsandrini.com

Isla Marsh is a snowsports instructor who loves the outdoors, adventure and cold water swimming. 

She spends her time between Japan, France, the UK and Australia and recently was given 24 hours to get out of France as Coronavirus sent the country into lockdown.

We spoke just after she arrived back into the UK.

Sean Conway is an endurance athlete and adventurer, the first and only man in history to cycle, swim and run the length of Britain. He’s also cycled around the world, crossed Europe on a bike faster than any other human, and, this is probably my favourite adventure of his, he once climbed Kilimanjaro dressed as a penguin.

The sheer scale and number of Sean’s adventurers are laid out in full on his website, seanconway.com

Matilde Tomat is an Italian eclectic existential psychotherapist, writer and artist who now lives in the UK with two cats: Virginia (Woolf) and James (Joyce). 

Matilde sees her art as very much about making sense of chaos and our conversation was fascinating, especially as we talked just as the UK went into partial COVID-19 lockdown.

Please visit her website at www.matildetomat.com and find her on Instagram on @matilde_tomat

Ray is an ex IT guy who enjoyed plenty of adventures until he broke his back in 2013 riverboarding the 2400km of the Orange River in South Africa. Since then he's joined the family business leading golf tours around the world. 

Ray's website is at www.raychaplin.com

And he's also on Instagram: @raychaplin

Sean Lineham is a  New York-based freelance Lighting Designer and Technician. He's worked in Broadcast News and Sports covering everything from the Olympic Games to the World Cup, as well as other shows like Real Housewives. 

Sean is also Production Electrician for the Not For Profit classical theatre company called Theatre For A New Audience, and we spoke just as New York City went into lockdown at the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak.

Jo Bradshaw is a former no saying height hating comfort loving Business Advisor who saw the light and found adventure! Now Jo is an Outdoor Instructor, Expedition Leader, Public Speaker and soon to be jack of most trades!

You can find out more about Jo's adventures, and especially her ongoing mission to scale the seven summits, on her website at jobradshaw.co.uk

Andy Torbet has an incredible CV. He's a former paratrooper and bomb disposal officer and now Underwater Explorer, Deep and Cave Diver, Freediver, Skydiver, Climber, Outdoorsman and real life action man.

Andy has also presented over 20 TV Series on BBC1, BBC2, CBBC, Discovery and The History Channel.

He also wears the coolest clothes to work - you'll have to visit his website at andy torbet.com for proof.

Holly Shillito is an all-round hairdressing, singing, performing, house and pet sitter who has been freelancing for 8 years.

In between travelling about cutting and colouring hair, styling for photo and film shoots, and looking after other people’s homes, Holly has gone from bedroom musician to professional singer/songwriter. 

For a hearty mix of petsitting and music, check out @hollyshillitomusic on Instagram and Spotify.

This is Self Propelled, a podcast that explores the process of turning ideas into reality, and the secrets behind keeping up momentum once you’ve started.

Join host Dave Cornthwaite for adventurous stories and conversations with self starters, athletes and entrepreneurs who need nothing more than a good idea to add a little fuel to that pilot light burning deep within us all.