This Is Powerful With Paul Sculfor

This Is Powerful With Paul Sculfor

Anyone can be affected by addiction…it does not discriminate. In this series, distinguished British model and mindset coach, Paul Sculfor comes clean about his own sobriety and the journey it took him to get here. Each week, Paul speaks to some incredible people about mindset, mental health, addiction and recovery. Whether you're on your own path of self discovery, recovery or transformation, inspired by human stories of mental resilience or supporting someone who is struggling with addiction, make sure you follow and subscribe to This Is Powerful. Subscribe now so that you don’t miss an episode…and search for This Is Powerful with Paul Sculfor on YouTube to see all of the episodes in video form. This podcast is brought to you by the Stride Foundation.

Episodes

September 17, 2025 1 min
It is the end of season three and we are taking a break! But we'll be back...now is a great time to catch up on any episodes over the past year that you might have missed. See you back in time for Sober October.
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He might have been an entrepreneur by 12, a boxing champion by 17, and now a familiar face in Hollywood blockbusters, but he didn’t truly believe in magic until he found sobriety.

This week we welcome the powerhouse that is Tamer Hassan. The actor from the South East of London is best known for his role opposite Danny Dyer in The Football Factory, Tamer has also appeared in Layer Cake, Batman Begins, The Business, Kic...
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August 27, 2025 47 mins
Privately educated from a young age, she was bullied at school for being both a geek and a hippy, but then went on to become one of the most successful glamour models, adhering many magazine covers over the course of her career. 

The notorious Jodie Marsh began glamour modelling in 2002, appearing on Page 3 of The Sun.  Since then, she has appeared on and produced several documentaries for television including her own...
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Spotted by a leading London modeling agency at just 13 years of age, she entered a world of glamour and fame, while quietly battling addiction and eating disorders. 

Today, Ebony Gilbert is a birth doula, published poet, and devoted mum to her son George, who lives with complex disabilities. With 18 years of sobriety, Ebony has walked an extraordinary path of recovery alongside her partner Steve, who has been sober fo...
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In this episode we welcome special guest, Scott Barnhill, who's a long-term friend of Paul’s. Scott’s presence in the modeling world is iconic as one of America's models who shaped the fashion industry in the 90’s and the early 2000’s. He has fronted campaigns for luxury brands like Versace, Yves St Laurent, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, and many, many more.

Today, Scott's journey has taken a new creative direction as...
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His lowest point was that dreadful moment of clarity when he knew he had to stop drinking forever…now he knows that recovery is the new rock and roll. 

A British household face and name, Kevin Kennedy has appeared in many popular television series but is probably best known for his iconic portrayal of the “sex symbol” Curly Watts in Coronation Street. His West End credits and broader theatre work spans a w...

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This former Buddhist monk helps men break free of porn addiction.

Jeremy is a meditation teacher and coach who helps high-achieving men break free from compulsive behaviors and build lives of integrity, discipline, and deep fulfillment. 

Speaking to us today from Thailand, Jeremy is originally from the San Francisco area in California. With over 13 years of meditation experience and hundreds of days spent in ...
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He never imagined he could continue his DJ career if he left behind drugs and alcohol.

Internationally known DJ and nightclub promoter Ross Mac is now nearly 11 years sober but when he began his sober journey, Ross didn’t know anyone else who had found sobriety. In this intimate discussion that touches on challenges in finding sobriety in the music industry and the rise of sober events, Ross expresses the great import...
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Thanks to the kindness and support offered to him by a stranger in a railway station, he escaped a life of homelessness and illiteracy.

Since 2005, Andy has been delivering drug and alcohol intervention programs, drawing on his own experiences in order to connect with young people. In this episode, Andy shares how a life of chaos gave way to purpose. From an early life lived on the streets and in prisons, Andy now enj...
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She was thrown a curveball that made her question the way she was living in the now and planning for the future. 

As well as being a motivational speaker, Emma Levy is the host of the award nominated podcast ‘When Life Gives You Lemons’, where she interviews high performing individuals, from across the sporting, cultural and corporate worlds and beyond, who have been through adversity but who have then com...

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Overcoming anxiety:  regardless of what's happening around her, she now knows how to be quiet and content in her own skin. 

Carly Church is a youth advocate and outreach lead at Stride Foundation UK. Born in East London and raised in Newham by her mum and her mum’s partner, alongside her brother, she spent over 15 years in the financial industry before moving into community work. She has since supported teachers in pr...
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Paul’s wife delivers some hard truths today, that might just save your life. 

Dr. Federica Amati is Head Nutritionist at  ZOE, the science and nutrition company, Nutrition Topic Lead at Imperial College School of Medicine, and head of nutrition science at medical concierge company Wellfounded Health. 

Federica is the author of Recipes for a Better Menopause and Sunday Times Bestseller Every Body Should...
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How does a bench-pressing VIP bouncer end up in a kibbutz in Israel?

Our guest today is Jamie Skipper, an ex-doorman who left his colorful life in the past after realising he wasn’t looking to the future or living in the present. Jamie now helps kids of all ages to embrace resilience through his holistic approach. By utilizing his master NLP training and his physical skills as a personal trainer, he speaks honestly an...
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You may not know about her struggles with alcohol but she is finally breaking the silence and embracing her vulnerability. 

Suzanne Shaw is a singer, actress, and performance coach who first gained
fame with the pop band Hear’Say on Popstars. She later starred in musical
theatre and TV, winning Dancing on Ice in 2008. In 2020, Suzanne shifted
her focus to health and well-being, becoming a life coach and ad...
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June 4, 2025 1 min
Welcome back to This is Powerful! We will be back next week with our regularly scheduled interviews but in the meantime, here are some highlights of what is to come.

If you haven’t caught the roundup of Paul’s favorite bits so far, take a look. In the meantime, we look forward to sharing another season of This Is Powerful with you…take care.

Please let us know your thoughts on our listener feedback form:
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June 4, 2025 23 mins
What do you get when you combine the vulnerability of male bravado, the genetics of addiction and cloud visualisation techniques?

This is a special episode of This is Powerful. We thought it'd be good fun to put together a bunch of our favorite nuggets of information and gems of experience that our guests have shared along the way. Here's some great advice and there will be highlights of some of Paul’s favorite moment...
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We have completed season two, which is pretty incredible. Thank you, to everyone who tuned in for an episode or a few. We have now put out 37 episodes in total and we've had some incredible guests over the last nine months.

If you haven't heard all 37 of our episodes, now is a great time to catch up either here or on YouTube. 

Whilst we are taking a break, Paul will still be active on Instagram, so if you hav...
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She’s lived through trauma, illness, and violence that might make anyone justify their addiction.

Today we welcome Vicky Nicholson, an incredibly brave woman who walks us through how far addiction can take you down a dangerous path. From an exciting DJ career in her teens through a crumbling relationship with her family, and nearly taking her own life, Vicky’s life unravelled through secrecy, shame, and a daily fight ...
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Sonia Gibney shares her journey of growing up in East London with a non-English-speaking mother, an absent father, and struggling through school with severe dyslexia. 

Now 21 years into recovery, Sonia is a yoga instructor and coach with a thriving practice, whose calm presence contrasts sharply with her past. She’s dedicated to helping women and speaks powerfully about the freedom found in self-reliance, believing th...
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He had a taste of life in the fast lane but found himself desperate to escape his life-threatening habits when paranoia and self loathing took him to some dangerous places. 

Now clean for 18 years, Psychotherapist and Addiction Specialist Taner Hassan explains how self-obsessive thinking led to his massive social anxiety and how using alcohol to silence that constant internal dialogue led to his early struggles with a...
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