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Forging Resilience
There are people in this world with extraordinary stories, people who've been forged by challenge, transition, and adversity, and most of us will never get the chance to hear them speak honestly about it. Forging Resilience closes that gap.
Host Aaron Hill draws on a deep network of military leaders, elite athletes, entrepreneurs, and coaches to have the conversations that don't happen in boardrooms or on stages. Driven by curiosity and presence, Aaron doesn't follow a script or stick to a format, he follows the story. What comes out is something rare: real, unfiltered insight from people who've been through the fire and come out the other side.
Built for high performers, leaders, founders, and anyone facing a moment that demands more of them, this is the show for people who don't fit the mould, hosted by someone who doesn't either.
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Episodes
104 episodes
S3 Ep106 James Malone: Honour the Impulse
War doesn’t stay in the past. And neither does the identity you built to survive it.Parts of this conversation go to some heavy places, including suicide and mental health. Today I sit down with James Malone, former Royal Mar...
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S3 Ep105 Jack McMillan: Slow Is the Skill
Most high performers are running on a nervous system that hasn't been given permission to recover. You feel fine. You're productive. And underneath it, you're running hotter than you know.Jack McMillan was an elite footballer who kept ch...
S3 Ep104 Helen Lunnon-Wood: Transition Series #2
Your service ends, but your decision load explodes. One day you are inside a system that tells you where to be, what to wear, and what matters. The next, you are choosing everything,for some, the smallest choices can hit the hardest.Hel...
S3 Ep103 Dr. Alice Loving: Connection Changes Everything
This is a conversation about what’s really going on beneath behaviour.We get into the gap between reacting and responding, and why most of us—especially under pressure—default to the behaviour we see rather than the feeling driving it. A...
S3 Ep102 Helen Lunnon-Wood: Transition Series #1
You can plan the exit date, but you cannot schedule who you become afterwards. Aaron Hill sits down with Helen London Wood, former RAF fast jet pilot and founder of High Flight Coaching, to talk honestly about transition as a living process tha...
S3 Ep101 Sam Smith: The Door Was Never Locked
You can spend years trying to fix a problem that was never locked in the first place. That’s the provocative premise behind our chat with Sam Smith, coach and author of The Door Is Never Locked, and it immediately changes how we think about res...
S3 Ep100 Susan Charlesworth: Preparation Beats Panic
Astronaut training sounds like a world away from everyday leadership, until you hear what Susan Charlesworth learned at the European Space Agency: the best crews succeed because they master the human skills, not because they are fearless. Susan...
S3 Ep99 Paul Blair: When Structure Disappears
What happens when the rank slides off and the real test begins? We sit down with Paul Blair, a former Parachute Regiment officer turned founder, to unpack the gritty reality of moving from elite military units to building and scaling products l...
S3 Ep98 Joel Spooner: Trust Under No Control
The room went silent when Joel’s son didn’t take his first breath. From that instant, everything accelerated: 45 minutes of resuscitation on the kitchen floor, an ambulance ride that felt like forever, and the surreal calm of a NICU buzzing wit...
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S3 Ep96 Becks Cant: Renegotiating Identity
Bex shares her story from early life in London, shaped by a loving family and growing up fast while her mum lived with MS and her dad worked decades in policing. She reflects on a career filled with both extraordinary moments and real trauma, a...
S3 Ep95 Bodhi Aldridge: The Holy Grail Within
Bodhi Aldridge teaches leaders how to strip back the armour and lead from what’s real. In this conversation, he lays out his core framework for true freedom—inner, outer, and relational—and why most high achievers can win on paper while still f...
S3 Ep94 Tom Dear: Creativity Is a Muscle
This conversation with Tom Dear explores creativity not as artistry, but as a fundamental human capacity for problem solving. Drawing on his journey from amateur rugby into the creative and brand world, Tom reflects on the tension many high per...
S3 Ep93 Charlie Radclyffe: When The Story Softens
Charlie Radclyffe's story is a hard pivot: British Army officer, injured on duty at 24, and an overnight shift from fully fit to paralysis. He speaks about the strange clarity he felt early on almost skipping the “expected” stages and how the f...
S3 Ep92 Laura Coveny: Breaking the Silence
A single report cracked the silence. When Laura stumbled across research on child sexual exploitation in gang settings, she suddenly saw her teenage years reflected back in detail language for what had been unnamed, proof she wasn’t alone, and ...
S3 Ep91 Chris Tombs: Built In The Boring
What if physical performance looked less like punishment and more like momentum? We sit down with performance coach Chris Tombs whose résumé spans World Cup-winning rugby, professional cricket, action sports, and high-performing everyday people...
S3 Ep90 Jo Bradshaw: The Mountain Within
In this episode we sit down with Jo Bradshaw, Everest summiteer, expedition leader, and leadership coach. But this conversation quickly moves beyond altitude, summits, and achievement. Jo shares a non-linear life story shaped by uncertainty, fe...
S3 Ep89 Judith Kromberg: Belonging Without Borders
In this conversation, I sit down with Judith Kromberg a political scientist shaped less by theory and more by lived experience. Judith has worked across post-conflict environments with the UN and EU, lived in multiple countries, and now finds h...
S3 Ep88 Dean Leak: Disagreeing Well
If the room is full of nods but decisions still stall, the problem isn’t a lack of harmony it might be a lack of skilful disagreement. Aaron sits down with leadership and culture coach Dean Leek to unpack how teams can turn conflict into a comp...
S3 Ep87: Carl, Ron & Jon: There's a Devil At Every Level
The moment you level up, the doubts level up too. We tackle that head-on with a lively, honest conversation about the “devil at every level” the way new goals awaken old fears and the tools that actually move you forward when motivation goes mi...
S3 Ep86 Oli Johnson: Seeing the Warning Lights Turn Red
The shine of rapid growth can hide a brutal truth: when success arrives as a sprint, your life becomes the finish line. Sitting down with Ollie Johnson, founder and CEO of Prescribe Life AI, we trace a candid journey from London finance to laun...
S3 Ep85 Joe Rowntree: When Success Feels Empty
Joe Rowntree spent years chasing the buzz on stage as a stand-up, in casinos, and on nights out that ended with him stabbed on Las Ramblas in Barcelona. A diagnosis of ADHD, a wrecked bank account and a battle with anxiety forced him to rethink...
S3 Ep 84Helen Lunnon - Wood: The Masks We Wear
Helen Lunnon-Wood knows what it means to say “good to go” and put the mask on. In this episode of Forging Resilience, we walk through the three thirds of her professional life: psychology student turned fast jet pilot, then senior military lead...
S3 Ep83 Jeannette Linfoot: Unlock Your Brilliant
In this episode of Forging Resilience, Aaron sits down with Jeannette Linfoot CEO, board advisor, entrepreneur, and host of Brave, Bold and Brilliant. From the boardroom to burnout, Jeannette has lived the highs of global leadership and the hum...
S3 Ep82 Dr. Rebecca Nicholson: Healing Moral Injuries
What happens when everything you believe about yourself and your purpose suddenly collapses? When the institutions and systems you trusted betray your core values? Dr. Rebecca Nicholson, who works at the intersection of conflict healing and res...
