Dare to be Different with Craig White

This episode follows a leadership coach who has successfully rebuilt her identity after a deeply personal crisis, she reflects on her experiences with men in both family life and the corporate world, exploring how emotional suppression and an inability to hold women’s emotions shaped her childhood, her parents’ marriage, and her relationship with her father. 
This conversation connects personal grief, leadership, and emotional intelligence, revealing how these patterns need to be disrupted in order for real leaders to emerge in the workplaces and inter-personal relationships of today.
SHOW NOTES
–  Introduction and her work as a leadership coach
– Losing her baby and the health crisis that changed everything
– Rebuilding identity after grief and physical recovery
– Men, emotional suppression, and the inability to hold women’s pain
– How her parents’ marriage broke down
– Her strained and painful relationship with her father
– Parallels between family dynamics and the corporate world
– What leadership looks like when emotional safety is missing
– Redefining strength, vulnerability, and purpose
Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Lightside Financial Planning - a fiercely independent, Liverpool-based firm focused on clear, human conversations about money. 
Find out more at https://lightsidefp.co.uk/

This episode explores the journey of a former rugby player turned business owner and father of five. Through moments of reflection, he opens up about the pressures of performance, emotional growth, and what truly matters when juggling success and family life.
SHOW NOTES
How rugby and construction shaped his early identity
The role fatherhood plays in his decision-making
Why people pleasing became a hidden pattern
How family teamwork became a central value
Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Lightside Financial Planning - a fiercely independent, Liverpool-based firm focused on clear, human conversations about money. 
Find out more at https://lightsidefp.co.uk/

This episode Craig explores the inner landscape of men’s mental health with a psychotherapist who has spent decades helping her clients heal shame, regulate their nervous systems, and reconnect with their inner strength. 
With a deeply personal share, grounded insights and practical tools, this conversation invites men and women to feel again — and heal from the inside out.
In this episode, Ella reveals:
A personal story of trauma and how it shaped perception of men
Why shame and self-criticism often block emotional healing
How trauma can be stored physically and subconsciously
Why many men feel unsafe sharing emotional pain
Understanding the cycles of abuse and emotional complexity
Why nervous system regulation is key to transformation
Agreements for emotional safety in relationships
Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Lightside Financial Planning - a fiercely independent, Liverpool-based firm focused on clear, human conversations about money. 
Find out more at https://lightsidefp.co.uk/

Known for his fierce competitiveness and unrelenting drive, Mike Brown opens up in this episode about the emotional fuel behind his rugby career. From growing up with a chip on his shoulder to becoming one of England’s most respected full-backs, Mike shares the untold side of performance — anger, isolation, identity, and transformation. 
He now uses everything he learned to help build healthier high-performance cultures.
SHOW NOTES
Why anger and rejection shaped his rugby identity
How his childhood created a need to constantly prove himself
The emotional cost of elite performance
How becoming a father changed his purpose
What true leadership looks like beyond the pitch
Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Lightside Financial Planning - a fiercely independent, Liverpool-based firm focused on clear, human conversations about money. 
Find out more at https://lightsidefp.co.uk/

Former England Rugby captain and World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio shares the story behind the success — a life marked by personal tragedy, grief, leadership under pressure, and the cost of never pausing to feel. In this grounded and emotionally open conversation, Lawrence reveals how rugby became his escape, how family loss shaped his identity, and why vulnerability has taken him a lifetime to access.
SHOW NOTES
How grief shaped his purpose and drive in rugby
The emotional cost of never stopping to feel
Why sport gave him identity, validation, and structure
How being a leader meant carrying pain with silence
His mission today to help excluded young people find hope
Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Lightside Financial Planning - a fiercely independent, Liverpool-based firm focused on clear, human conversations about money. 
Find out more at https://lightsidefp.co.uk/