Lessons Beyond The Classroom

He's been to prison, lived on park benches, and stolen food just to survive — and today Brodie Nitro is a self-made millionaire. This might be the most powerful conversation I've had on the podcast yet, and could be the exact spark that someone listening in their lowest point needs to hear right now..

I'm Mr Hodge, a former UK teacher who swapped the classroom for the road. On Lessons Beyond The Classroom I sit down with peopl...

"Quit your job and back yourself." That's the first thing Patrick Keating says in this episode — and after the life he's lived, he means every word.

I'm Mr Hodge, a former UK teacher who swapped the classroom for the road. On Lessons Beyond The Classroom I sit down with people living life on their own terms — and today's guest is one of my best friends in the world.

Patrick has spent 15 years travelling the world studying...

Press play, get comfortable, and let yourself arrive. A short 5 minute guided meditation to help you slow down, find calm, and come back to the present moment.

This is a bonus from Episode #5, where I spoke with Amir Khamseh — a former Tesla engineer who turned the grief of losing his mum into a new life as a meditation teacher. We did this short meditation together before recording, and it felt too good not to share on its ow...

He had it all at Tesla — then his mum passed away, and it changed everything. This is the story of Amir Khamseh on turning grief into power.

In this episode we talk with Amir Khamseh, a former Tesla engineer who walked away from his career after losing his mother — and rebuilt his life around meditation, healing and helping other people. We get into grief, the courage to start over, what mindfulness really taught him, an...

Nobody is coming to save you — and that's the best news you'll hear all year.

Too many young people leave school thinking life owes them an easy ride: a good job will fall in their lap, money comes quick, or someone else will sort it all out. This is the wake-up call I wish I'd had at 16.

I get real about why life is hard, why no one is coming to rescue you, and what actually sets people apart — learning new skills, volun...

Thailand or Vietnam — which one actually wins?

After living, teaching and travelling across both countries, Beth and I sat down to compare them properly. No tourist-board fluff, no "everywhere is amazing" cop-outs. Just two UK teachers talking honestly about what life is really like in each place.

We get into the food, the cost of living, what teaching is actually like day-to-day, the people, the weekend escapes, the culture sh...

Two big leaps. One conversation.

In Episode #2 of Lessons Beyond The Classroom, I'm joined by Reece Haslam — a British dad who packed up his entire family of 5 and built a new life in Thailand. You'll know him from @family.of.5.in.thailand on Instagram, where he documents the realities of raising kids abroad and the truth about leaving Britain behind.

CHAPTERS

(00:00) Intro & meet Reece

(02:07) Why leave the UK?

(03:34) Cost o...

Authenticity over algorithms. Welcome to Episode #1 of Lessons Beyond The Classroom — a brand new series from Mr Hodge, the UK teacher who quit the classroom to share the lessons school never taught.

📍 CHAPTERS

(0:00) Welcome to the new series

(1:04) My career-ending football injury

(2:15) Why I started this series

(3:19) Authenticity over algorithms

(5:28) Real friends & being yourself

(6:32) Chasing the footballer dream

(8:18)...

We hope you enjoy this episode with our amazing guest Liam and Sav, some of our closest friends whom we are very grateful to have spent the last 3 weeks travelling Asia with, and having them with us for the start of our journey has been special! this conversation was only a snippet of the amazing chats we have had in recent times, and we wanted to catch at least a snippet of them on camera to share with you all. enjoy!

While we conq...

Welcome back to another episode of The Mindset Curriculum - on todays episode we are delving into 9 Habits That Have Shaped My Life... For The Better!Habits are the outcome of the behaviours we display day to day, which eventually become second nature and we do them without thinking. So lets make our habits good ones, healthy ones, that are going to make us happier and healthier versions of ourselves! Watch your life change...Thank...

Welcome back to another episode of The Mindset Curriculum - on todays episode I wanted to discuss some of the feelings I am currently experiencing in the build up to our travels, the darker side of travelling that people don't tend to talk about as much, like home sickness (I have travelled a lot and been through this all before), being away from family and on the other side of the world, the build up and the mental side of things ...

Welcome back to another episode of The Mindset Curriculum - on todays episode we are discussing 'The 5 Harshest Lessons Adults Learn, That Your Not Taught In School...' Some of the hardest lessons in life are the ones that only experience and circumstances can teach us, so we wanted to share this with you from our own experiences in the hope that they may help you avoid some mistakes in your own journey and prepare better for thing...

Welcome back to another episode of The Mindset Curriculum -

Todays episode is about how we can navigate our feelings and energy levels in winter, and highlights that it is completely normal for us to feel a little low on energy, motivation and mood in winter, compared to how we may have felt a few months back in the lighter days. This is something I have been fighting through myself, motivation to train as hard, getting up early is...

Welcome back to another episode of The Mindset Curriculum - on today's episode I delved in to my TOP FIVE REASONS why you should quit your job and travel the world at some point in your life.

I appreciate this road may not be for everyone, but if you, like me, have a calling inside you to something bigger, you know there is more but your not sure what's missing... this could be for you.

Thank you for listening - please do not forget ...

Ask yourself... Do you have a growth mindset, or a fixed mindset?

Do you seek new knowledge, do you try to learn new skills, do you read? Do you look at articles, podcasts, journals to try and learn new things? Do you open yourself up to new opportunities and push yourself to be better? These are all signs of somebody who has a growth mindset, and understands the value and importance of learning - forever! There will never be a day ...

This podcast episode entails of honest opinions, some truthful stories and anecdotes from my life and my own experiences, which will hopefully open your eyes a little more as it is so easy to fall into this trap, especially as a youngster thinking that alcohol and partying is the be all and end all - it really isn't, and there is so much more to life than this. You just need to find the things you love to do that bring you joy and ...

WE JUST GOT THE KEYS TO OUR FIRST HOME IN LIVERPOOL - YAY!

But it was NOT straight forward. This episode goes through the good, the bad & the ugly, in a step by step format of everything you need to know about buying your first property in the UK, highlighting our mistakes, our findings, our biggest tips, and also some excellent recommendations for people to use in your buying process if you are in the Liverpool area too!

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