Flat White Chats || Hosted by Lee Thompson

Episode 29- Ben John

Welcome to Flat White Chats; hosted by Lee Thompson. This week I welcome Ben John onto the podcast, we discuss Bens' journey into rugby, his career, his battle with concussions and the link to mental health and then finally life after rugby. Ben is now running his own fitness and rugby coaching business; which he makes use of social media and having a space in London in which to train clients as well as running online PT programmes and rugby skills programmes. Thanks for your time this week mate Ben can be found on instagram @therugbytrainer Episodes will be released weekly and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you fancy tuning in from. Please like and subscribe to the podcast. Take a look @flatwhitehchats on instagram for all updates regarding future guests of the podcast.

Episode 28- Jamie Acton

Welcome to Flat White Chats; hosted by Lee Thompson. This week I welcome Jamie Acton, former rugby league player now launching his own mental health app off the back of his rugby career. Jamie had a really interesting story all about his struggles with mental health throughout his career, how it impacted on his playing style and influenced him outside of rugby. This episode is full of knowledge bombs, thank you Jamie for your time. Jamie can be found on instagram @jamieacton Episodes will be released weekly and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you fancy tuning in from. Please like and subscribe to the podcast. Take a look @flatwhitehchats on instagram for all updates regarding future guests of the podcast.

Episode 27- Sean Laidlaw

Welcome to Flat White Chats; hosted by Lee Thompson. This week I welcome Sean Laidlaw, The man who saved a dog from Syria but in turn that dog saved his life. To hear Sean’s story from being told he would never amount to much at school to being a high flyer during his career in the Army and with the IED bomb disposal team. To then leaving the forces, having a rough turbulent time not knowing who he was or understanding his identity post army career. And then a phone call to give bad news and a working holiday to Syria changed his whole life around by finding Barrie, the adopted war dog and now runs a brilliant gym down in Thurrock with a great team and community there all buying into Sean’s ethos of training and lifestyle. Sean can be found instagram @sean_lilo Episodes will be released weekly and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you fancy tuning in from. Please like and subscribe to the podcast. Take a look @flatwhitehchats on instagram for all updates regarding future guests of the podcast.

Episode 26- The Lean Machines

Welcome to Flat White Chats; hosted by Lee Thompson. This week I welcome Leon Bustin and John Chapman AKA The Lean Machines onto the podcast. We chatted through who the boys are, there early rise into the online youtube world, current state of the fitness industry and the links between mental and physical health. It was brilliant to chat to the boys, and to learn from them during the chat. The boys can be found on instagram @theleanmachinesofficial where they chuck out an unbelievable amount of high quality free fitness and life related content. Episodes will be released weekly and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you fancy tuning in from. Please like and subscribe to the podcast. Take a look @flatwhitehchats on instagram for all updates regarding future guests of the podcast.

Episode 25- Chris Lord

Welcome to Flat White Chats; hosted by Lee Thompson. This week I welcome Chris Lord onto the podcast; Chris is an ex rugby teammate of mine who still plays for Bury St Edmunds rugby club. Chris story is one of rise to fall and then rise again, having been playing the best rugby of his career to then being diagnosed with testicular cancer and beating that off to now just having his first child. It makes for a phenomenal listen and an important message to. Chris can be found on instagram @chris_lord15 Episodes will be released weekly and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you fancy tuning in from. Please like and subscribe to the podcast. Take a look @flatwhitehchats on instagram for all updates regarding future guests of the podcast.