<![CDATA[Interrupt The Loop with Ali Kazem]]>Most people don't struggle because they lack knowledge. They struggle because they keep getting pulled back into the same patterns – often ones shaped by what they've been through.

In each episode, Ali Kazem sits down with someone who's come through real hardship and changed direction because of it. Through the questions he asks, they get into what the person actually went through, how they processed it, and what helped them move forward – a mentor, the right environment, a daily practice, or a shift in how they saw themselves.

Across these conversations, Ali keeps coming back to the same ground: how these patterns form, what keeps us stuck in overthinking, people-pleasing, and self-doubt, and the practical tools that help us move past them. Underneath most of it is the same work – rebuilding self-worth, self-love, and self-respect.

The aim of each episode is to leave you with something tangible – a clearer view of your own patterns, and a better sense of how to relate to yourself and the people around you.

Because change begins the moment you can see the loop.

]]>https://riverside.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:24:24 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2026 20:37:20 GMT60Ali Kazem<p>Most people don't struggle because they lack knowledge. They struggle because they keep getting pulled back into the same patterns – often ones shaped by what they've been through.</p><p></p><p>In each episode, Ali Kazem sits down with someone who's come through real hardship and changed direction because of it. Through the questions he asks, they get into what the person actually went through, how they processed it, and what helped them move forward – a mentor, the right environment, a daily practice, or a shift in how they saw themselves.</p><p></p><p>Across these conversations, Ali keeps coming back to the same ground: how these patterns form, what keeps us stuck in overthinking, people-pleasing, and self-doubt, and the practical tools that help us move past them. Underneath most of it is the same work – rebuilding self-worth, self-love, and self-respect.</p><p></p><p>The aim of each episode is to leave you with something tangible – a clearer view of your own patterns, and a better sense of how to relate to yourself and the people around you.</p><p></p><p>Because change begins the moment you can see the loop.</p>episodicAli Kazemali-kazem1@hotmail.comno<![CDATA[The Bucket List Guy: Why Your Fears Are Signposts, Not Stop Signs]]>Travis Bell spent 20 years as one of Australia's most successful personal trainers, building and franchising a chain of more than 300 trainers. Then it came apart – the business, the money, his relationships and his health, all at the same time. The doctors offered antidepressants. He turned them down and went looking for what was actually causing it.

What he found in positive psychology – and in a list of things to do before he died that he'd carried since he was 18 – became the work he's done for the last 15 years as the bucket list guy.

In this episode we get into how you rebuild an identity after the one you trained your whole life for falls away.

What you'll take away:

  • Why your fears point at exactly what you should do next
  • The "stop loss" – knowing the line you'll no longer drop below
  • Happiness vs fulfilment, and why chasing the first keeps you stuck
  • How to build self-worth through proof instead of waiting to feel ready
  • Why the pain has to get big enough before anyone actually changes
  • How to pick one person to model and cut the rest of the noise
  • Why the meaning you attach to what happened matters more than what happened

Travis is a keynote speaker and coach who works with founders and thought leaders on purpose and reinvention, now based between Australia and Bali.

Follow Travis on Instagram: @bucketlistguy.travbell

🎙️ Interrupt the Loop – Ep. 2 with @bucketlistguy.travbell

]]>2925a14b-7a93-48b6-ae54-e937e3ce9e2bSat, 13 Jun 2026 22:07:22 GMT<p>Travis Bell spent 20 years as one of Australia's most successful personal trainers, building and franchising a chain of more than 300 trainers. Then it came apart – the business, the money, his relationships and his health, all at the same time. The doctors offered antidepressants. He turned them down and went looking for what was actually causing it.</p><p></p><p>What he found in positive psychology – and in a list of things to do before he died that he'd carried since he was 18 – became the work he's done for the last 15 years as the bucket list guy.</p><p></p><p>In this episode we get into how you rebuild an identity after the one you trained your whole life for falls away.</p><p></p><p>What you'll take away:</p><ul><li>Why your fears point at exactly what you should do next</li><li>The "stop loss" – knowing the line you'll no longer drop below</li><li>Happiness vs fulfilment, and why chasing the first keeps you stuck</li><li>How to build self-worth through proof instead of waiting to feel ready</li><li>Why the pain has to get big enough before anyone actually changes</li><li>How to pick one person to model and cut the rest of the noise</li><li>Why the meaning you attach to what happened matters more than what happened</li></ul><p></p><p>Travis is a keynote speaker and coach who works with founders and thought leaders on purpose and reinvention, now based between Australia and Bali.</p><p></p><p>Follow Travis on Instagram: @bucketlistguy.travbell</p><p></p><p>🎙️ Interrupt the Loop – Ep. 2 with @bucketlistguy.travbell</p>no01:05:5512The Bucket List Guy: Why Your Fears Are Signposts, Not Stop Signsfull<![CDATA[The Bodyguard: From Bullied Kid to Protecting Billionaires]]>Tommy Banfield grew up the soft, bullied kid – loved at home, but shy, insecure and sure he wasn't enough.

At 16 he met two ex-military men at the gym who believed in him before he believed in himself, and that one relationship set the whole arc in motion: the Royal Marines at 18, then the super-yachts, then close-protection work for some of the wealthiest people in the world.

But the outside changed faster than the inside. For years he chased a love he never felt he had, repeated the same patterns, and only started doing the real work after life handed him the lessons the hard way.

In this episode we get into what it actually takes to reinvent yourself – not the highlight reel, but the long middle where you're still the kid you were trying to leave behind.

What you'll take away:

  • Why being seen by one person can change the entire direction of a life
  • The difference between chasing worth and feeling it – and how you cross over
  • How the patterns you don't fix keep showing up until you do
  • Why the tools (mentors, discipline, books, faith) only work once you stop performing
  • What masculinity looks like without the bravado
  • Why nothing arrived until he stopped needing it to

Tommy now works as a professional bodyguard to a high-net-worth client, and is building a give-back wellness project in Mexico for young men still trying to find their footing.

Follow Tommy on Instagram: @tommybanfield1

🎙️ Interrupt the Loop – Ep. 3 with @tommybanfield1

]]>1042a79a-b479-4d6d-a6e2-22183d95a7d3Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:03:36 GMT<p>Tommy Banfield grew up the soft, bullied kid – loved at home, but shy, insecure and sure he wasn't enough. </p><p></p><p>At 16 he met two ex-military men at the gym who believed in him before he believed in himself, and that one relationship set the whole arc in motion: the Royal Marines at 18, then the super-yachts, then close-protection work for some of the wealthiest people in the world.</p><p></p><p>But the outside changed faster than the inside. For years he chased a love he never felt he had, repeated the same patterns, and only started doing the real work after life handed him the lessons the hard way.</p><p></p><p>In this episode we get into what it actually takes to reinvent yourself – not the highlight reel, but the long middle where you're still the kid you were trying to leave behind.</p><p></p><p>What you'll take away:</p><ul><li>Why being seen by one person can change the entire direction of a life</li><li>The difference between chasing worth and feeling it – and how you cross over</li><li>How the patterns you don't fix keep showing up until you do</li><li>Why the tools (mentors, discipline, books, faith) only work once you stop performing</li><li>What masculinity looks like without the bravado</li><li>Why nothing arrived until he stopped needing it to</li></ul><p></p><p>Tommy now works as a professional bodyguard to a high-net-worth client, and is building a give-back wellness project in Mexico for young men still trying to find their footing.</p><p></p><p>Follow Tommy on Instagram: @tommybanfield1</p><p></p><p>🎙️ Interrupt the Loop – Ep. 3 with @tommybanfield1</p>no01:30:3513The Bodyguard: From Bullied Kid to Protecting Billionairesfull<![CDATA[The Relationship Coach: The Real Reason You Shrink Yourself in Relationships]]>Kris Komorowski grew up in Poland feeling like he didn't fit – bullied at school, unseen at home, and carrying that weight quietly into adulthood. He moved countries, built an impressive career in fashion at brands like Giorgio Armani, and spent years running from what he hadn't yet faced before he finally stopped and everything changed.

In this episode, we get into what it actually takes to rebuild your relationship with yourself – not as a concept, but as a daily practice.

We talk about why so many men keep choosing emotionally unavailable partners, what limiting beliefs are quietly running your relationships, the difference between self-blame and accountability, why desire is sustained by interruption and not closeness, and what it means to stop shrinking yourself to fit someone else's comfort.

Kris is a relationship coach and author of How Limiting Beliefs Show Up in Relationships, working with individuals and couples on emotional availability, boundaries, and self-worth from his base in Bali.

Follow Kris on Instagram: @kriskomorowskii

]]>ede68faf-35f1-41a2-8f26-1c181366e791Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:32:02 GMT<p>Kris Komorowski grew up in Poland feeling like he didn't fit – bullied at school, unseen at home, and carrying that weight quietly into adulthood. He moved countries, built an impressive career in fashion at brands like Giorgio Armani, and spent years running from what he hadn't yet faced before he finally stopped and everything changed.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, we get into what it actually takes to rebuild your relationship with yourself – not as a concept, but as a daily practice.</p><p></p><p>We talk about why so many men keep choosing emotionally unavailable partners, what limiting beliefs are quietly running your relationships, the difference between self-blame and accountability, why desire is sustained by interruption and not closeness, and what it means to stop shrinking yourself to fit someone else's comfort.</p><p></p><p>Kris is a relationship coach and author of How Limiting Beliefs Show Up in Relationships, working with individuals and couples on emotional availability, boundaries, and self-worth from his base in Bali.</p><p></p><p>Follow Kris on Instagram: @kriskomorowskii</p>no01:28:4211The Relationship Coach: The Real Reason You Shrink Yourself in Relationshipsfull