In this episode, I welcome back Josh Quigley to the show.

Our first chat was in Feb/March 2018. Now, two years on, I wanted to check back in with you to see what’s been going on since. As you will hear, it’s been an eventful 2 years.

We cover a lot. Here’s a summary:
•A quick recap on Josh’s background.
•Successful Young Employee,
•Suicide Attempt – 2015 - survived
•Video went viral…talking about it…5 years ago – Just on that – talking about mental health…a a lot of progress since!
•A Turning Point for you…
•Life since early 2018?
oCycling
oTravel
oDecisions to go, stay, write, and more..
oGoals of Health and Happiness of yourself and others
•Helping to inspire others…
•Detaching more from tech
•Spending a lot of 2018 up and down and trying to find his path
•On the 14th of April 2019, starting out on his 7th attempt to cycle around the world
•This time I never looked back and cycled 14,500 miles crossing the entire length of Europe, Asia, and Australia
•Achievements
•Learnings for you…
•Setbacks
oAustralia
oBike stole in London
•Breakthroughs
•Each time – learning from them?
•Disaster in Josh’s words:
oWith just 3,500 miles to go I was cycling across America when I was hit by a car.
o21st December 2019 – an angel on your shoulder!
o16k complete…
oKnocked. Off the bike,
oHit in Texas late in the evening
oThe list of injuries…
oLuckiest guy in the world!!
oBanned from flying
oAnother Turning Point?
oMore determined than before..
oResilience – what is it that drives you to go keep going
oMindset now…
oDepression?
oMentally – impact – resilience…get back up again


Now – May 2020:
•Recovery
•Training
•Goal setting – how has this changed
•Mindset
•Lessons learned
•Planning to complete the trip?
•Future plans
oProfessional cycling
oHow do your levels compare?
oWhat time would it take to get to this level?