John McAvoy: How to Thrive in Lockdown #107

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Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Alternative Health, Mental Health

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🗓️ 10 April 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Many of us are struggling to adjust to this new way of life. Having spent 24 hours a day in a 12ft by 8ft prison cell for a whole year, my guest on this week’s podcast knows more about isolation than most of us. You may remember John McAvoy from episode 91 of the podcast, where he shared his inspirational story of going from serving two life sentences to breaking British and World sporting records whilst in prison. Now a free man, he is Nike sponsored athlete and gives talks to schoolchildren and has spoken at 10 Downing Street. On this podcast, John shares what he learnt from his time in isolation – lessons which we can all apply in our lives, especially now. He explains how he maintained a sense of control over his life by keeping himself mentally and physically fit and why keeping a routine, staying active and keeping ourselves present in the moment are more important now, than ever. John invites us to think of our current situation as an amazing opportunity to re-evaluate our lives and explore new things with the new found extra time. If we look at what John achieved whilst in a small isolated prison, imagine what we can all achieve in our own lives right now. As John says, this could be your moment of growth. Finally, John shares his invaluable top tips that I know will help many of you bring a sense of calm and control into your lives. Whenever I speak to John, I come out of the conversation a better and more enlightened person than I was when we started, after listening to this, I hope you do too. Show notes available at https://drchatterjee.com/107 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee/ Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee/ Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

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0:00.0	This is an amazing opportunity now for all of us.
0:05.0	My life's been pause basically.
0:08.0	All of our lives are on the pause button.
0:10.0	And it's now looking at this situation before my life was put on pause and looking at certain aspects of it and going,
0:17.0	when I press play in next week or the week after, the week after that, whenever it is,
0:22.5	but when I press play, was I really happy with what I was doing before I press pause?
0:27.5	And if I wasn't, this is an amazing opportunity to start thinking about what else you want to do with your life
0:32.2	when you do press that play button again.
0:35.3	Hi, my name is Rongan Chatterjee. Welcome to episode 107 or feel better live more.
0:46.3	So how are you all doing? You feeling good? Well, I'm actually doing pretty well today and the sun that is shining
0:52.4	here in the UK is certainly helping my mood.
0:55.3	Now, if you're a regular listener, you'll know that over the past couple of weeks, I'm
1:00.3	releasing a lot of follow-up conversations with previous guests on my show. In fact, many of these
1:06.5	repeat guests are firm favorites with you all. We've had Johann Hari, Gabel Matte, and now on today's show,
1:14.6	we have the amazing John McAvoy. Now, one of the reasons for this is because I've already
1:20.2	got an existing relationship with previous guests, and because of the current situation in society
1:25.6	and because I have to do these conversations now over technology, I think it's easier for me and my guest to quickly build up rapport and connection because we're not speaking for the very first time together.
1:39.7	Now, you may remember today's guest from my New Year's Day episode this year, where I went through,
1:45.7	in detail, his phenomenal story. Now, to recap, although he's still a young man, John's story,
1:52.2	is worthy of a Hollywood movie. He's nearly been shot dead twice by the police, was given a life
1:58.4	sentence at the age of 24 years old, has been face to face with some
2:02.7	of the most dangerous people in society. And yet despite that, he has completely transformed his
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