Addiction, Childhood Trauma And Depression With Joe Wicks (The Body Coach) | E60

This is the first podcast I've done this year where we had tears. Um, and not just once. And, uh, I don't really know how to introduce this conversation. I guess, I guess the thing I want you to know is that things aren't always what they seem, and, um, really that humans all feel the same. We all feel the same emotions, the same peaks, the same troughs. And, uh, no matter what it looks like on the- the outside, things aren't always what they seem. I'm Steven Bartlett, and this is The Diary of a CEO. I hope nobody's listening, but if you are, then please keep this to yourself. (instrumental music) Visualization, that's a very relevant word, I think, to start this conversation. Because in our last conversation last year, when I asked you what you wanted to be remembered for, what you wanted to do next in your career, you told me that you wanted to have a legacy for getting kids all across this country up, exercising, and really into exercise. Sort of similar to how Jamie Oliver completely changed the way we view, like, school dinners and things. And I remember Jamie Oliver was the reason I was eating apples instead of Mars Bars when I was younger. And then, just like a couple of months later, the pandemic happens and you're getting millions and millions and- of kids in this country up, dancing, and into exercise only a couple months later. It, like, boggles my mind. I've never seen someone say something so big, such a big ambition, and then only like a couple of months later do it on a scale which nobody has ever done it before.

That's what happened. And I remember when we met and we talked about that moonshot thing, that idea of, like, having a goal so big and so out of reach that you feel like you can never- you know, almost never attain it. And that was my vision. It was to have that legacy of making an impact, you know? And I do think about Jamie Oliver. He's had amazing success as a chef, as a- you know, an author. But I think about the Jamie's School Dinners, the man who went into the schools all over the UK and said that this isn't- this isn't enough. Our kids can eat healthier. And I feel the same about school fitness and exercise and PE. Not just about obesity and the diabetes thing, but I think about our children's mental health. And I said to you that I want to have a legacy where I can create absolute, you know, national change and national, um, create awareness around fitness. And, you know, lockdown happened, and within, you know, 18 weeks that happened. So it was almost like a 10-year dream happened in 18 weeks. And I'm so proud of that, that I- I've reached that many people.

Take- take me to the start. So lockdown happens. Where does this idea come from? Like, what- what happens? How does... And then I want to hear, like, (laughs) when you saw the numbers, the amount of people tuning in every day and the impact it was having, how did all of that feel?