SIMON MORRELL

Controlling Fear. As a former sufferer of agoraphobia and panic attacks, I know how difficult it can be to navigate yourself out of fear, but it can be done.

Words For a Thursday. For this fine week in May, here is a selection of Simon's social media talks in which he takes in leadership, fear, respite, positivity and goal setting.

An Everyday Warrior. From a very young age, I realised my father was not a man of honour. If God sent me an angel in my wife Julie, he most certainly sent me a devil for a dad. I was just six years of age when I saw my first "heavy", a mountain of a man, sent to our house to recover a debt my father owed.

Being Bullied is a true story based on the award winning books From Bullied to Black Belt & An Everyday Warrior.

When The Snow Started Coming Down. We all fail. We all lose courage, struggle, doubt ourselves and seemingly give up, but the last one on the list is not necessarily true.

Pulling the Trigger On Your Fear. Fear can upset us, destroy our rhythm and put paid to our dreams, but used correctly, it can also be a massive catalyst for moving forward. I hope the short talk above helps you face your fears.

REAL FEAR, READ A FREE CHAPTER Ways to cope with that dirty four-letter word.

I've never kept my alcohol abuse a secret. It isn't something I am particularly ashamed of, not something to feel proud about, but my withdrawal was a desperate attempt to rid myself of hangovers, falls, arguments and ultimately the man who caused me to drink so much in the first place; my father.

Drains, a Life of Adversity. I was three years old, I had been lost in the woods and, in a separate incident, fallen down a drain where I remained for quite some time before being found and rescued by neighbouring housewives searching for me.

For Anyone Who Has Ever Been Bullied. My misery at the hands of bullies was becoming too big for me. My pain, both physically and mentally, was becoming uncontrollable. Panic attacks were my daily diet, sleepless nights almost a ritual. Something had to give. Eventually, I started doing things that frightened me outside of the bullying environment. Things that frightened me, but things I knew would eventually lead me to the path of confidence. It worked, and the more confiden

A very angry Wabbit A Very Pi**ed Off Bugs Bunny, or How to Lose Millions Bounce houses, bouncy castles, inflatable fun houses. Whatever you called them, at the time my father’s factory manufactured them, they were frowned upon by the big theme parks and blue-chip companies. Nobody wanted to be associated with something that propelled the users high in the air, banging into other users and crashing back down. It just wasn’t good for business. So when my father, Peter, reached

Writing Books and Facing Adversity. In this short film for a Wednesday, Simon talks about what it is like to write books, and then how he discovered, with the help of his friend Geoff Thompson, that adversity can be one of our greatest gifts.

Words of Hope For a Tuesday. Sometimes a few words can give us all a boost. In these two short talks, Simon tells of how setbacks aren't the end of our journey and our fears are there to be conquered. Simon is available for public speaking on fear control, overcoming adversity and achieving our goals. To book him for your location, please email me, Julie, at info@simonmorrell.com

When the IRA Came to Town, sometime ago, as I say in my office, having not long taken over my father's business, a mistake that almost cost me my life, I received a phone call that changed how I dealt and thought about conflict forever.

We Are All Resilient, We All Have Courage

Making My Mental Health Better. So many things went into the decline of my mental health (was it really any good to start with), but so many things also went into fixing it. In this short, honest series of videos, I talk about the factory my father owned and the tyranny he exercised in his heyday. Certainly, his treatment of me was not good, as you will hear in the video. But of course, the Universe sends us down ways to deal with such things, and I also address these in the

Love, a Fuel for Fear. There is more than one way to cope with fear.

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Great fun a few years ago filming the trailer for From Bullied to Black Belt in the USA. The best part being I got to train with my daughter

Recovery From Poor Mental Health