Ben Fogle: Living with Primitive Tribes and Overcoming a Mental Breakdown (E331)

Before we get started, let me tell you you can now listen to High Performance Add Free. Start your free trial now on Apple, Spotify, or head to our website so you can listen to our episodes uninterrupted. I get offered an amazing opportunity to go to Papua New Guinea and then an amazing opportunity to go to China and then outer Mongolia. And I find it very difficult to say no to those things. I'd never knowingly had a panic attack. I was doing too much, I was expecting too much of myself, and I just burst into tears. The Power of the beauty of the community of the people. It surged through me. I can still feel that to this day. That is the voice of Ben Fogel, award winning broadcaster, adventurer and best selling author.

Who today sits down with me, Jake Humphrey, and our expert, Damien Hughes. Now, Ben is a man who has spent his life battling physical challenges from climbing Everest to rowing the Atlantic. But we begin this episode By discussing a different type of challenge, Damien. Ben describes to us how in twenty twenty three a storm blew into his life and He describes the after effects of that as well as his journey back to happiness, the steps that he took. That any of us can learn.

Ben also pulls no punches when critiquing the education system, sharing his thoughts on social media trolls and What he's learned from his travels. That might just change your life. It's time to welcome Ben Fogel. to high performance.

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