I've Spent $50K On Self Development... WAS IT WORTH IT? Welcome back to "In The Moment"with Alex Manzi... and yes, as you've read in the title I have in fact spent about 50.000 pounds (about 60.000 in US dollars) in self development in the last 3 years, and in this episode I'm going to tell you all about it. There's a lot of wrong information and misconceptions out about coaches and self development... my experience has been truly life changing. I've started with one coach, the I aded others, and groups and mentors and retreats, to transform my financial situation, but then also my relationshi ..read more

What I Learned From Interviewing 100+ Artists. Welcome to In The Moment with me, Alex Manzi, your friendly neighborhood mind sherpa. This is a special episode of the podcast for me. We're closing soon on 300 episode and I wanted to reflect an all the interviews that I made from 2017 until now. I've interviewed for this pod (that was initially called "The Dreamers' Disease") 100+ artists and creatives and I learned a lot from it. I've had known musicians like Wretch 32, Gabrielle Aplin, Sinead Harnett, Tom Grennan, Sam Tompkins. We've talked about depression, adhd, mindfulness routines, what we ..read more

The TRUTH Behind Extraordinary Results. Hello dear listeners, welcome to another episode of In The Moment with Alex Manzi! I'm your friendly neighborhood mind sherpa. I was thinking recently that... most people see some extraordinary results, achievements, and think that they're something supernatural. Out of this world. In fact, extraordinary. I had the same feeling with a friend of mine that recently ran a marathon. To me it seemed impossible. But... is it true? Because I've found out... these extraordinary results are often a result of... very ordinary actions, repeated consistently. Let me ..read more

WAITING VS CREATING: How Embracing Action Has Changed My Life. There's a substantial difference between living while waiting and living with creating. I spent many years of my life waiting. Waiting for something to happen, for my business to grow, for myself to change in someone better. And I was frustrated. Then I understood how creating, action, that is the key to actually changing your life. In this video I'll address different real life examples of what I mean by that.  00:00 Intro 00:55 Waiting Vs Creating 02:08 I spent years waiting 06:29 My business grew from nothing 07:05 The lin ..read more

From Burnout To Breakthrough: The Power Of Taking A Break. Are you sure you're taking the quality Time Out that you need? I, for one, was convinced that was resting when actually... what happened was: I was spending all my free time thinking about the tasks I needed to do during my Time In. But we need real rest to achieve what we want. Maybe, sometimes, it's as easy as deciding to take a nap, and listen to our inner wisdom... 00:00 Intro  01:09 "Free Your Mind" retreat 02:33 Quality Time In + Out 04:45 What Does It Mean? 06:52 Client example no. 1 08:38 Client example no. 2 11:57 Keith ..read more

It Changed My Life: Shifting Your Self Perception For Personal Growth. Welcome back to In The Moment with me Alex Manzi, your friendly neighborhood life coach! This time I want to tell you a story that may be useful to change your life, like it did mine. A few years ago I was pivoting towards coaching - from being a social media producer at the BBC - and I was really struggling... it was in a trip to South America to something click in my approach to the perception I had of myself... and that changed everything.  00.00 Intro 00:52 My story 03:55 What are you passionate about? 06:07 When ..read more

Hello everyone, in this episode of In The Moment I'd like to give all of you some tools to get out of anxiety and depression, and I want to start from my own life story. I can't believe it was 10 years ago when I was living constantly in depression. Like a fish in the sea, I didn't know what water is... I was just living in it, in my depression, believing it was the norm. Only after a breakdown I realized that I needed to change. In particular, I want to explore 3 key principles that have been useful to me: Recognizing, Accept, Growth. I want you to know that all of this is available to you to ..read more

The Truth About Communication In A Relationship: Unlocking One Key Secret. People often say that you need to "communicate more" in a relationship, either a romantic one or with friends, a relative or at work. Is it true though? I actually don't believe it is. Let me explain... it all depends to where you're coming from.  00:00 Intro 01:10 From the inside out 04:56 Why is this important? 05:34 Scenario no. 1 06:21 Scenario no. 2 08:43 How What do you think? Let me know, DM me at @iamalexmanzi and come join the community ..read more

How 1,000 Pieces Of Lego Taught Me To Love The Creative Process. And here we go dreamers, this is Alex, back with a new episode and... here I want to tell the story of how I fell in love with the creative process. Believe it or not, Lego, and in particular building a pirate ship of 909 pieces (yes, not really 1,000 but that looks better in the title LOL) made me realize that the end goal we often have in mind when we want something... it's just not as good as enjoying the process of building it, of doing it, of being it.  00:00 Intro 02:07 It was frustrating 04:04 What Lego taught me 09 ..read more

On this week's episode I chat with the amazing Trist Taylor: he's a successful  Business & Branding Consultant, but more importantly he's a friend who recently changed his life and his business after a difficult moment earlier this year. Together, we chat about our biggest learnings of 2022, about our difficulties, about the need to change and to always question who you are being in the world. And adjust accordingly. I wish you all a happy new year! In this episode we discuss: A life changing year How we live behind masks What success is Wanting it now Who are you being? The "self ..read more