Neil Martin · Beats, Business & Life

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NEVER Give Up On Your Dreams

I ran the new Southampton Half Marathon, 28 years after watching my dad run it, finishing to hear my name read out in memory of him.

How weight loss is like a skydive

How Weight Loss is Like A Skydive

I compare my weight loss to a skydive, the rapid free fall at the start, then the slow, controlled descent once the parachute opens, and what that taught me about progress.

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Detox: Ultimate Lemon Water

My simple way to make warm lemon water using a high speed blender, said to help flush toxins and clear mucus, ready in under a minute.

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Raw Scones (Raw Cream Tea)

Raw scones made from oats, brazil nuts, chia seeds and coconut sugar, dehydrated rather than baked, served with raw jam and clotted cream.

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Raw Raspberry Jam

A raw raspberry jam made with dates, chia seeds and fresh raspberries, no cooking involved, made for a Great British Afternoon Tea on one of my courses.

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Vanilla Clotted Cream

A raw, dairy free clotted cream made from soaked cashews, coconut nectar and vanilla, made for a Great British Afternoon Tea on one of my courses.

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Beliefs = Actions = Results

A quick video from an early morning run on why belief alone isn’t enough to get results, you need to take action, especially on the days you don’t feel like it.

Illustration of a steaming roll-top bath in the evening with an open book and a mug on a wooden bath rack, and a small plant on a stool beside it

Put yourself in the diary

The bath’s run, the book’s open and a timer is set for thirty minutes. Why time for yourself makes you better for everyone else, and how to protect it.

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Neil Martin

About

Hi, I’m Neil

DJing since 1987, three decades in business, and the author of Done Beats Perfect. This is where I write it all down.

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