Ant Middleton Opens Up About His Personal Demons, Being "Cancelled" & His Spirituality | E74

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

March 29, 2021

Duration

1h 38m

Channel

The Diary of a CEO

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

This weeks episode entitled 'Ant Middleton Opens Up About His Personal Demons, Being "Cancelled" & His Spirituality' topics: 0:00 Intro 1:55 Exorcising my demons 15:01 What shaped you to who you are today? 30:40 Why is being honest with yourself so hard these days? 40:59 Cancel culture 50:58 Cutting myself off emotionally 57:51 Whats the worst thing that you brought back from war? 01:02:51 How important is personal responsibility? 01:10:25 Flipping a negative into a positive 01:22:09 How to have a mindset like you? 01:31:30 Spirituality Ant: https://www.instagram.com/antmiddleton/ https://twitter.com/antmiddleton https://www.antmiddleton.com/ Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-by-steven-bartlett/id1291423644 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT7XGuZSzAMjoNWlX My book: (UK, US, AUS, NZ Link) - http://hyperurl.co/xenkw2 (EU & Rest of the World Link) https://www.bookdepository.com/Happy-Sexy-Millionaire-Steven-Bartlett/9781529301496?ref=grid-view&qid=1610300058833&sr=1-2 FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-bartlett-56986834/ Sponsors: https://uk.huel.com/ https://fiverr.com/ceo

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Ant Middleton

  guest

• Narrator

  other

• Steven Bartlett

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Ant Middleton and Narrator, Ant Middleton Opens Up About His Personal Demons, Being "Cancelled" & His Spirituality | E74 explores ant Middleton: Confronting Demons, Cancel Culture, Ego, And True Freedom Ant Middleton shares the formative traumas that shaped his mentality, from losing his father and identity as a child to becoming a soldier, then an elite special forces operator, and finally a public figure caught in a media storm. He explains his philosophy of “making friends with your demons” by facing dark thoughts head‑on, exorcising them through honest conversation, physical challenges, and continual self‑reflection. A major theme is radical self‑honesty: the moment on Job Centre steps where he dismantled his own ego became the foundation for his later success and resilience. Throughout, he argues that being true to yourself—despite cancel culture, career risk, and social pressure—is more important than protecting status, and is the only real path to meaning, mental freedom, and positive change.

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