S21 Ep1: Discover the healing power of water with Nick Hounsfield, founder of The Wave and One Blue World

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

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

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In this captivating episode, Holly sits down with visionary entrepreneur Nick Hounsfield, founder of The Wave and One Blue World, for an inspiring conversation about creating change, overcoming challenges, and his journey from osteopath to social impact pioneer.

Nick's story is nothing short of an entrepreneurial fairytale—a dream born from £500, a love for water, and a relentless determination to bring a piece of the ocean to Bristol. He shares the decade-long journey of building The Wave, an inland surfing destination, where purpose-driven vision meets groundbreaking engineering.

As Nick recounts the highs and lows of raising £23 million, navigating personal health challenges, including a stroke, and seeing his dream come to life, the conversation delves deep into resilience, purpose, and the power of nature. His passion for health and well-being, connection to people, and Blue Health (the therapeutic benefits of water) shines through in every story.

Key Takeaways:

The Power of Blue Health: Nick explains the concept of Blue Health—how being around water improves our mental and physical well-being.
Entrepreneurial Resilience: From facing financial obstacles to experiencing personal hardship, Nick’s story of overcoming adversity is both humbling and motivating.
A Purpose Beyond Profit: The Wave is more than just a surfing destination. It's a place that fosters connection, wellness, and social impact.
Impact and Legacy: Nick’s vision doesn’t stop at surfing. With One Blue World, he’s working to create spaces that connect communities to nature and each other, redefining how we live, work, and play.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, creative, or simply looking for inspiration, Nick’s story will remind you that the impossible can be achieved with unwavering passion and a clear sense of purpose.

Grab your pen and paper for this one—you won’t want to miss the life lessons from a man who's created waves, both literally and metaphorically.

Tune in now and prepare to be inspired by Nick’s incredible journey of creating impact through connection to water and community.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	what's the common theme about why they're not happy or not healthy it is around lack of
0:05.2	connection to people and lack of connection to nature and if you can bring those
0:09.5	together wouldn't that be the best health care system you could possibly have?
0:14.0	Have you ever heard of Blue Health? I hadn't.
0:18.0	And this week's guest has.
0:20.0	He's actually created an entire world out of it.
0:23.6	Nick Hounsfield, who was a former osteopath,
0:26.3	and he has become the visionary founder of The Wave
0:29.9	and One Blue World.
0:31.5	This is the most incredible story, a true entrepreneurial fairy tale so to speak where you start the story with 500 pounds but with a vision to revolutionise our health, our well being
0:48.5	and create a piece of the ocean in the middle of Bristol. Over 10 years Nick basically faced an absolute whirlwind of challenges.
0:59.3	As I said in this very tale we have got the lows over and over again trying to raise 23 million
1:07.4	pounds to do basically the impossible and the impossible is what he did. But with this soulful outlook with a purpose beyond his vision, the dream, in a way the dream and the vision was the lowest priority in the end.
1:25.0	Trading in smiles he said.
1:27.8	It is one of those podcasts where you're going to have to get that pen and paper.
1:31.9	You're going to have to blow away the cobwebs, you're going to have to believe that you, if you want to, can achieve the impossible because that's what Nick's unwavering determination did. So sit back, think of the impossible, and enjoy.
1:46.7	Bow your head and let your eyelids close on down where we're going.
1:51.8	You won't need to bring your frown.
1:54.4	Hi, I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to my podcast Conversations of Inspiration.
2:00.5	I've reached out to founders and those who simply inspire me to share their hard-earned wisdom with you.
2:08.0	My hope is that collectively these remarkable realizations will help you on your own journey.
2:14.2	I like to think of it as Inspiration for Life.
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