In this week's special episode of The Unconventionalists podcast, Mark leruste breaks down the process of writing his book and shares why pursuing a path of meaning starts by creating a more intentional life plan.

Georgina Vestey is the producer and host of the award-winning independent podcast, “Dead Honest” who was recently named “Best Interview Podcast” at the British Podcast Awards and took gold at the LOVIE Awards 2021.

In this week’s special episode of The Unconventionalists podcast, Georgie shares the full back story of how she went from a perfectionist procrastinator to launching a truly life-changing podcast and taking on the media juggernauts to win Gold at the Super Bowl of Podcast Awards.

On the 22nd April 2017, Mark Leruste stepped on the stage at the TEDxCardiff sold out event to deliver my talk, "What they don't tell you about entrepreneurship." Today Mark’s TEDx talk has hit one million views, but the road to get there was filled with ups and downs, trials and tribulations. This special episode of The Unconventionalists podcast is the definitive account of how Mark went from being down and depressed in 2009 with a dream to one day inspire others, to delivering the most watched TEDxCardiff talk of all time.

Emily Gindlesparger is a rare human as she not only helps authors write and publish their books, she also works as a ghostwriter and is in the middle of writing her own memoire. Which is kicking her arse in all sorts of ways. Meaning when it comes down to navigating the emotional journey of putting yourself out there (be it writing a book, launching a podcast or starting a company) Emily has a ring side seat into understanding the messiness of being a creative human (and what to do about it).

This week’s inspiring guest is Jodie Cook who founded a digital agency in 2011 that was acquired in 2021 and was featured in Forbes's Europe 30 under 30 list of social entrepreneurs. She is a Forbes contributer, writes books and articles about entrepreneurship including "How To Raise Entrepreneurial Kids", "Instagram Rules" and "Stop Acting Like You're Going To Live Forever" and is an international powerlifter for Great Britain.

Alex Holmes is an award-winning podcaster, mental health coach, writer and author of "Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection" who is on a mission to tackle the mental-health and loneliness epidemic we are currently living through.

Paulina is an entrepreneur, angel investor, TEDx speaker and a founder of GrantTree whose new book “Laid Bare: what the business leader learnt from the stripper” describing leadership lessons she learnt as a burlesque dancer" is making waves.

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Somewhere deep inside, you know what your gift, purpose, and mission are. Boyd Varty, a lion tracker and life coach, reveals how the wisdom from the ancient art of tracking can teach you how to recognize these essential ingredients in a meaningful life.

Matt Essam is the author of the brand new book "Create And Prosper: How To Find Your Dream Clients And Build A Freelance Business You Love". After having worked in the creative industries for over 12 years within big agencies as well as running his own freelance business, Matt realised that being successful is about more than just adding bigger projects to your portfolio.