Off Point at 30 Podcast

Finding yourself as a woman is a rocky journey, inspiring others is an act of grace. Here's empowerment coach Cilia Li on how she turned her personal pain and drama into something that helps others.

Charlene Aldridge describes her acting career as the therapy that's got her through heartbreaking childhood abandonment, early motherhood, and narcissistic abuse to forge her into the incredibly strong person and multi-award-winning actress, producer, writer, and viral tiktocker that she is today.

In addition to his possibly best hair in the biz and his new film The collaborator based on Mirza Waged's novel, Reiss shares all kinds of stories about being an actor, creating, finding love unexpectedly in his late 20s, and why he chose that shirt.

Actress Maia Watkins opens up about what it's like to experience and survive her brain hemorrhage, and how her recovery, holistic healing through Reiki and her Rastafarian culture has shaped her art, poetry, values and ambitions. She also told us what it's like to star in a German snickers ad with Klopp!

We got to speak with East London's very own cockney poet, writer and journalist Curly Wordy about her experience growing up in East London in the 80's, her journey through every form of writing - from journalist, to teacher, to poet - the strength and empowerment she gets from it, and everything that makes the world worth writing about. #poet #poetry #curlywordy #spokenword #art #journalism

Award-winning game developer, Taiwo Omisore is back to talk about how he developed his Top 10 iStore game Taiword, getting featured in the papers, drinking, advertising in the gaming industry, consoles vs phones, creative processes, and some more tech tips.

Our guest, Holly, is one of the UK's very few NHS surgeons with ADHD. She tells us what led to her late diagnosis, how she manages her ADHD during her intense training and career and the extreme demands of the job, discrimination, support, and her adventures in urology.

After someone unceremoniously dumped Les (by text!) there were a few things he wanted to get off his chest. This episode accidentally came about from a discussion we were having off camera at the time, but quickly got deeper into our personal trust issues and how that's shaped our lives and attitudes as we've grown up. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-podcast/support

We recorded this the day before Les moved into his first ever home after five months of waiting for solicitors to pull their shit together. He literally went home and packed his van after we wrapped. Since then it's been mayhem, but buying a place is a nightmare all the way through. Marlon talks about what it's like buying as a newly-wed couple in London, and we have a laugh and a bitch about the ordeal that most first time buyers are subjected to just to set up roots. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-podcast/support

Marlon spent two years growing up in Jamaica as a local, while Les was living the expat dream in Malaysia at the same time. We've found we had quite a lot of surprising experiences in common from our time away, like how it feels when you go home and “sound weird”, but there were some pretty shocking differences too. Anyone who's been away from home for a little while will find something in here for them. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-podcast/support

Following on from Ep 6, and guest starring a camera shy Mrs White who was absolutely not tied to her chair, Les takes the pair to task over what it's like to organise and go through with a wedding. From nightmare rip offs and keeping in step with a government that keeps changing the rules, to how it feels to finally tie the knot and live with eachother, we go through it all. The couple has since bought their first place together, which also happens to be our studio! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-podcast/support

Having found a woman who will tolerate him, Marlon made a wise move and put a ring on it. He tells his story and what a pain in the arse all that secret organising is, while Les does his best not to bring up lost loves --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-podcast/support

Starring the ever so cool Taiwo Omisore (Tai), who you may recognise from Apple's Black History Month this year, we talk tech in the world's deepest voices. From a little hobby to a profitable business, Taiwo came up the hard way. He talks about his experience developing some of the top apps on the app store and what it takes to be a tech entrepreneur. We also struggled to open a carton of juice between us. He also fixed Marlon's oven after we wrapped! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-podcast/support

A topic true to Les' heart because it affects him every day (see www.additudemag.com/author/les-steed/ for details), we have our first guest, Willow, who tells us about what it's like to be an ADHD woman too. With helpful prompts from our resident professional psychologist, Mrs White (Marlon's wife - he's punching), to keep us on track, we talk about the emotional side of being neurodiverse, the pros and cons of the condition and how it affects our work, life, love and a few bits on what it's actually like to be a little lovely but odd. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-podcast/support

Brits are heavy drinkers at the best of times - Marlon got a little carried away and talks about going t-total to an increasingly inebriated Les. We talk about drink culture, our relationships with alcohol, and how it affects us and the people around us for better and for worse. Also a clip from this episode actually helped get Les a job somehow! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-podcast/support

Can't go wrong with a classic - it's a minefield out there and after a year of doing his best with dating, Les has all but given up, but found a girl at last … who then dumped him just as we wrapped. From dates so dry he had to start talking about his childhood to keep the conversation going, to an oxford educated psychologist who didn't clock that he had ADHD in spite of telling him to slow his speech down for 5 gruelling hours, to accidentally being “that guy” on a date, to online dating burnout - it's been tough! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-podcast/support

A quick catch up on what we've been up to and what's in store. While we reviewed our last season for better ideas Marlon had the audacity to get married, and Les founded a company and moved house three times. We've also got a few more stories to tell from the months since Season 1. Now with better quality everything after Marlon invested in production, and Les actually sat down and wrote something for once, we hope you enjoy our new, shorter, more guesty season. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-podcast/support

While recording some promo for season 2, we accidentally recorded another episode.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-podcast/support

A chat about how people disappear from your life as you get older. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

Marlon tells a story about the time someone pulled a knife on him and his friends in University. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A bonus episode containing a New years segment recored last January before the pandemic. in this episode Dr. Lu makes a special appearance and discusses new years resolutions with Les and Marlon. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

In this episode we try something different, instead of discussing a long topic. We have a series of mini Random debates. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

In this episode we try something different, instead of discussing a long topic. We have a series of mini Random debates.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

Marlon talks about how he failed all of his exams and left school with no qualifications. He talks about how he was able to turn that situation around and how he ended up going to a top 40 University. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

In this episode Marlon talks about his weight issues and the difficulties he has faced trying to diet and live a healthy lifestyle. He also goes in depth about various different diets such as the ketogenic diet. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A chat about how comparing yourself to other people can lead to a sense of being behind in your own life. Should we get our ideas of what success looks like from other people? Or is success relative to your own journey and expectations? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A chat about if men and women can have a platonic relationship. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A chat about our careers and the transitions that we would like to make in the future. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A chat about the process involved in flying the nest and challenges you face. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A chat about how we have turned negative situations in our life's into a positive situation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A chat about the times in life where you realise you're getting old. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A discussion about what we wish we had known 10 years ago when we were aged 20 and what advice we would now give our younger selves! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A discussion about our physical health and the benefits of the ketogenic diet. Plus a snippet from the Off Point @Marlon podcast. This episode is not intended to give medical advice.if you have a health concern please speak to your doctor. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A discussion about bad money management in your early 20s, and how to develop good financial practices in the build up to your 30s. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A discussion about the difficulties supermarket shopping with Adult ADHD. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A discussion about dating people from different races and learning about other cultures. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A discussion about the positives and negatives of living with your significant other. Learning about each others habits and do's and don'ts --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A dIscussion about how we are coping during the COVID-19 lockdown. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A discussion about how it feels to turn 30 and whether or not we have achieved everything we wanted to at this age. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

How behaviours change as you transition through adulthood. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

How behaviours change as you transition through adulthood. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A discussion about modern dating and the issues caused by social media. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

Me too and that affected us growing up.A discussion about how society allowed monsters like Harvey Weinstein and R Kelly to get away with their crimes for so long. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A discussion about how your name forms apart of your personality.How people with certain names are treated differently. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A discussion about living with Adult  Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the medication involved.How we both suffer with anxiety and forms of depressions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

A discussion about personal losses and the way we have dealt with those, both romantic and physical (some bastards stole my motorbike). We talk about how it feels to be unemployed and the highs and lows of finding a place in the working world. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

Living at home and generation rent. We talk about the way it makes you feel to be in the positions we are each in. We dip into familial issues like the loss of loved ones, through death or absence and how we have dealt with them, to the pro’s and con’s of the Indonesian bum hose. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support

Who we are and where we’re at! From good jobs to bad dates, and all the teething problems of our first crack at recording. Plus....how we first met at university. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support