David Eccles
Development Director. Middleman. Trail walking, running, riding, fire lighting, BBQ’r (AKA The Rave)
Appears in 59 Episodes
Habits, Routines, and Isms: The Autopilots That Keep Us Sane?
As creatures of habit, our lives are profoundly shaped by the patterns of behaviour we repeat daily, often subconsciously. Left sock before right? Is it a coffee or a ...
Diving into Failure: Stumbling Blocks or Stepping Stones?
In our latest episode of Talking Cod, we turn the spotlight onto a topic many avoid - failure. Join Phil, Dave, and Andy as they dissect the concept of failure, examin...
Beyond the Classroom: Steve Hill MBE's Inspiring - and Bonkers - Adventures
In the latest episode of Talking Cod, Andy and Phil welcome Steve Hill MBE, an inspiring teacher who embarks on jaw-dropping adventures for charity. From scaling mount...
The Big AI Chat: Is AI about to change our lives forever?
In the latest Talking Cod, Phil, Dave, and Andy talk AI. Phil already seems to have replaced himself with an AI avatar, so we're not entirely sure if he's on this epis...
Taking Off the Mask: Finding Our Authentic Selves with The Perception Coach
In our latest episode, Phil, Dave, and Andy are joined by Jon Prince, a former Pro Poker Player turned fully Accredited Mindset Coach and Mentor, also known as The Per...
The Power of Honest Conversations
“How are you?”, “Good thanks, how are you?”, “Can’t complain!” Sounds familiar, right? We spend our lives avoiding opening up to share just exactly how we’re feelin...
Doom, Gloom, or Boom?
We’re back! After a brief sojourn, Dave, Andy and Phil return with a vengeance for series 3 of Talking Cod: A survivor’s guide to middle age. How do we react to the po...
Who Am I, Right Now?
Have you ever stopped to take stock of where you are in life, the person you are, and the person you’re not? We evolve as we ride the highs and lows of life, but do th...
Food, Glorious Food
We sometimes chow down on our grub in total autopilot, but how often do we sit back and think about our relationship with glorious food. And just what impact our ‘conv...
Big Dick Energy: the good, the bad and the ugly
Bo Stehmeier, good friend of the show and CEO of Academy-winning production house Off The Fence, is back, and boy, has he brought a mighty subject to talk about. How d...
Money, money, money
Is it the one thing you really can’t live without ? In this weeks episode we are joined by friend and listener Nick Thompson, a man who knows a thing or two about c...
Son of my father
After an incident with a pizza oven gets the better of the cod-meisters, the chaps have one of their most profound conversations yet: how have our relationships with o...
Keep on keeping on
We've all thought of giving up from time to time, whether that's on a task, a job, a relationship, or even worse, just plain giving up. But is that even an option, and...
Taking time for gratitude
While we're battling crazy schedules and impossible deadlines, we can soon lose focus on why we're doing what we do. And though we don't do it enough, building in time...
Are we too old to change our lives?
Do you ever feel like there’s no point in trying something new and just give up? Andy’s friend, Jason Boyle, joins the conversation in a special episode. Insightful...
Men behaving emotionally
Blokes. We're no good with our emotions, are we? From an early age, we're primed to keep stuff in, act strong and conform to type. But inevitably, all those emotions h...
What’s the worst that could happen?
Now there's a question. One that we've all asked ourselves many times. In this week's episode, we discuss the thought process. Do you rely on the mind or go with y...
The lies we tell ourselves
If you stopped brushing your teeth but told everyone you'd cleaned them three times a day, would anyone know you'd lied apart from yourself? That's the question our la...
Keeping imposter syndrome at bay
Imposter syndrome: it's something most of us feel at least once in a lifetime, but how do we recognise and get over this self-doubting voice in our heads? Dave and Phi...
Living with your inner chimp
The Codmasters lay bare their primitive minds in the latest episode. Can we control our inner chimps, as Professor Steve Peters explains in his seminal book The Chimp ...
