Overcoming trauma and unlocking pure happiness, with Goldie MBE, DJ, artist and actor

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Business, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Personal Journals

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Want to know how Goldie MBE became one of the most compelling artists of our time? Well look no further as this week, this maverick’s story will leave you captivated, surprised and completely inspired.

You might know him for his pioneering drum and bass music in the 90s, his gold teeth, or his acting career, but in this exclusive interview, Goldie shares how he defied the odds, having experienced abuse, heartbreak and battling addiction in his early years, to now seeing beauty in every waking moment.

After a difficult childhood spent in the care system, Goldie channelled his creative spirit into the world of art and music, carving out a stellar career and legacy in the creative world.

With success and destruction as part of his story, Goldie shares how The Hoffman Process, using creativity as an outlet, and nurturing a family that he adores, have helped him to build a life of contentment and happiness. Along this colourful journey, Goldie also reveals what he now considers to be the three most important things he couldn’t live without.

Goldie reflects with Holly on how short life really is, the many lessons he’s learnt whilst healing from his past, and if his infectious positive energy doesn’t have you completely inspired, his words of wisdom and encouragement to ‘get up and do something you’ve never done before’ will. It’s a rollercoaster of an episode.

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0:00.0	Well, what can I say? I have never had that experience before and it was completely beautiful,
0:09.0	a beautifully creative conversation with the musician and artist Goldie. I have to confess I
0:17.8	definitely was feeling nervous. I told him how nervous I was feeling and he just put me at ease.
0:24.9	He's such a gracious humble man but utterly in tune to himself, opening up about the lowest
0:34.5	moment in his life being when he turned 40 and now at the age of 57. Potentially he might say he's
0:44.1	at the happiest he's ever been a complete change round in life. So many lessons that he's learned,
0:52.7	we absolutely focused in on this sort of age where we feel that we're lost and invisible
0:58.8	and he has proper words of wisdom for us all. It's a completely inspiring conversation full
1:07.8	of f-bombs thanks to Goldie but that is him. He's the light, he's the shade, he talks about his
1:15.6	11 versions of himself and I can safely say you will never forget this conversation of inspiration.
1:23.8	Enjoy!
1:32.2	I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to Conversations of Inspiration. Back in 2006 I founded Not on the High
1:39.5	Street for my kitchen table and since then I've gone on to launch Holly and Co. I'm the UK
1:45.3	Ambassador of Creative Small Businesses and I believe that having a business doing what you love
1:50.9	is the key to a happy fulfilled life. My dream is to help everybody start theirs. I'm here to offer
1:58.0	advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement and in my view the best way to do this is by sharing
2:06.0	stories. So I've reached out to my favourite small businesses, entrepreneurs and those who simply
2:12.4	inspire me and ask them to share theirs. Here are my Conversations of Inspiration.
2:20.2	Hi Goldie, it is an honour to meet you and to say that I'm looking forward to it. I've just told
2:25.4	you I've been up since four o'clock in the morning working out how Holly Tucker is interviewing Goldie.
2:32.4	I am absolutely so proud to welcome you to Conversations of Inspiration. Welcome.
2:38.4	Yes, my wife, my dear muse, if you like, says, please, please do this for me because I mean,
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