Jul 7, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 10 segments
What does it actually take to wake a man up? For Warrick Bidwell, it took a cardiac arrest on a mountain bike trail, 10 days in a coma, multiple strokes, a brain bleed, sepsis, and 19 days in…
Warrick BidwellGuestMatty LansdownHost
So I see a lot of people who are very stressed in the world, and I had a 20-year coaching career, and I'm sure you see similar stuff, Mattie, in your niche, is a lot of people are very affected by the lives that they are living-
Um, but as, as Westerners, we have so much choice about how we live our lives and what we're exposed to and what our, our life looks like.
It manifests itself in individual ways, whether that's a cardiac arrest and a massive heart attack and strokes or cancer or an autoimmune disease or an alcohol addiction or a food addiction, uh, y- you know, diabetes type 2.
Um, what- whatever it is that shows up, so many of those things I believe, and this is just my personal opinion, um, I believe they are the manifestation of the stress or the dis-ease in our lives.
Um, we're out of, of touch with that creative energy, um, and our own potential, and therefore, it comes out as something destructive, basically.
Uh, and so mine was, was, you know, that catastrophic event that has actually bumped me onto a very, very different path in life.
Even though I look like very much the same guy as I was two years ago externally, um, people that talk to me that know me well know that I've changed.
Yeah, it's inter- it's interesting because I think, you know, also with a young family over here, you know, there's a, there's a lot to be stressed about, uh, in the sense that, uh, the economy's not the one that I grew up in.
Probably the same for you, right? And, um, and so the finan- financial situation is stressful, and then there's all, all of this social media everywhere.
So we're getting bombarded, all of us, when we doomscroll with 1,000 different ways that you could be doing life better that you're not doing so that you could have a family or a life that looks like this Instagram, you know? Um, and, and it's, it's so, like...
It's almost, like, pulverizing, um, trying to push you down, like, and just it's, it reminds me of that Whac-A-Mole, you know?
So I see a lot of people who are very stressed in the world, and I had a 20-year coaching career, and I'm sure you see similar stuff, Mattie, in your niche, is a lot of people are very affected by the lives that they are living-
Um, but as, as Westerners, we have so much choice about how we live our lives and what we're exposed to and what our, our life looks like.
It manifests itself in individual ways, whether that's a cardiac arrest and a massive heart attack and strokes or cancer or an autoimmune disease or an alcohol addiction or a food addiction, uh, y- you know, diabetes type 2.
Um, what- whatever it is that shows up, so many of those things I believe, and this is just my personal opinion, um, I believe they are the manifestation of the stress or the dis-ease in our lives.
Um, we're out of, of touch with that creative energy, um, and our own potential, and therefore, it comes out as something destructive, basically.
Uh, and so mine was, was, you know, that catastrophic event that has actually bumped me onto a very, very different path in life.
Even though I look like very much the same guy as I was two years ago externally, um, people that talk to me that know me well know that I've changed.
Yeah, it's inter- it's interesting because I think, you know, also with a young family over here, you know, there's a, there's a lot to be stressed about, uh, in the sense that, uh, the economy's not the one that I grew up in.
Probably the same for you, right? And, um, and so the finan- financial situation is stressful, and then there's all, all of this social media everywhere.
So we're getting bombarded, all of us, when we doomscroll with 1,000 different ways that you could be doing life better that you're not doing so that you could have a family or a life that looks like this Instagram, you know? Um, and, and it's, it's so, like...
It's almost, like, pulverizing, um, trying to push you down, like, and just it's, it reminds me of that Whac-A-Mole, you know?
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