What’s The Matter

Jul 18 2023

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Welcome to ”What’s The Matter” the official Mindspan Podcast! Hosted by personal development specialists and daughter-Dad duo Em & Gavin Drake. To give you context, Mindspan is a Training and Coaching brand that has been at the forefront of mindset, attitude and psychological development training for over two decades! A long time right? Founded in the 90s by Gavin Drake, we have since been helping people & businesses enhance their performance by demonstrating the fundamental link between psychology and success! Here, we strip back all the jargon so everything shared with you is real, relatable and easy to understand (oh and also factual). So everything on this channel can help YOU change your thinking, as well as better understand yourself & others. Thanks for being here, reading this and (hopefully) subscribing! We appreciate it 🙌🏼

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Series 2, Ep 2: Human Connection | Why It’s Important & What Happens When We Don’t Have It

Jul 18 2023 35 mins

Welcome to SERIES 2 of 'What's The Matter'! The pod & video cast where we talk about anything and everything with a Psychology twist. Hosted by personal development specialists and daughter-Dad duo Em & Gavin Drake. In today's episode, we talk about "connected-ness" and the importance of in-person connection, not just digital! The impact this can have on our psychology and

Series 2, Ep 1: The Story of ’Mr Dad’| How We Got Here...

Jul 17 2023 43 mins

Welcome to SERIES 2 of 'What's The Matter'! The pod & video cast where we talk about anything and everything with a Psychology twist. Hosted by personal development specialists and daughter-Dad duo Em & Gavin Drake. Today we take a walk down memory lane and learn about Gavin's story... how and why he decided to start a business in his early 30s with 2 children, a mortgage a

Series 1, Ep 11: Social Media Psychology... The Good, Bad & Ugly!

May 12 2021 38 mins

Welcome to episode 11 of What's The Matter, the Official Mindspan Podcast! In today's episode my Dad and I talk about social media and how this can impact our psychology & mental health... both positively & negatively! It's a beast of a topic, but one we've wanted to cover for a while now! Our aim in this episode is to help you more consciously think about social media in a

Series 1, Ep 10: Our Most Valuable Resource...Time | Live Like We Value It

Feb 11 2021 26 mins

Welcome to episode 10 of What's The Matter, the Official Mindspan Podcast! In today's episode my Dad and I talk about lifes' most valuable resource...TIME! People often say they value time, but whether they truly live like they value it is totally different. Be honest, do you ever (1) let time pass you by (2) wish it away, or (3) waste it? If so, this episode is for you! Things get

Series 1, Ep 9: Living With Purpose Pt 3 | Goal Setting | How To Set Fail-Proof Goals!

Dec 09 2020 41 mins

Welcome to What's The Matter, the official Mindspan podcast! Today is the final episode of our 3-part mini series on Living With Purpose! In this episode my Dad and I talk you through the process of goal setting and how to make these as fail-proof as possible! It's real, relatable... and mostly importantly its fun! Enjoy!

Series 1, Ep 8: Living With Purpose Pt 2 | Your Personal Values | Goal Setting

Nov 11 2020 39 mins

Welcome to episode 2 of our 3-part mini series on Living With Purpose! The main aim over this mini-series is to really help you in the process of goal setting. In this episode my Dad and I talk about the importance of identifying your personal values and how this can benefit you through life with a key focus on goal setting. We will share tools and advise to help you through this p

Series 1, Ep 7: Living With Purpose Pt 1 | Gaining Clarity | Goal Setting

Oct 28 2020 34 mins

Welcome to episode 1 of our 3-part mini series on Living With Purpose! The main aim over this mini-series is to really help you in the process of goal setting. In this episode my Dad and I talk about how to gain clarity, and just how important this is in the process of goal setting. Not only clarity around the future we would like, but also what is our ”clear current reality”.

Series 1, Ep 6: Self Confidence Pt 3 | Positive Self Visualisation | The Power Of Mentally Simulating

Sep 02 2020 33 mins

Welcome to the final episode of our 3-part mini series on self confidence. In this episode my Dad and I continue to talk about "self confidence" and more importantly, mental simulation! You'll have probably spoken about this before in the context of visualisation... but we will be showing you how doing this in a positive way is really beneficial for your mindset, happiness and conf

Series 1, Ep 5: Self Confidence Pt 2 | Your Inner Voice | The Benefits Of Affirmations

Aug 19 2020 40 mins

Welcome to episode 2 of our 3-part mini series on self confidence. In this episode my Dad and I continue to talk about "self confidence" and more importantly, self TALK! There's three key forms of self talk which we engage in every day - the main one we focus on is affirmations, and we explain how positively adding these in to your day to day can have a tremendous impact on your se

Series 1, Ep 4: Self Confidence Pt 1 | How To Be More Confident | The Benefits Of Journalling

Jul 22 2020 28 mins

Welcome to episode 1 of our 3-part mini series on self confidence. In this episode my Dad and I talk about what "self confidence" is and how having low levels of it can really affect just about any aspect of our lives. We also discuss how our confidence is formed (from our beliefs) so we can help you better understand the views you have about yourself. Finally we end with our top t