The Freedom Project
Do you crave freedom & want to hit peak mental fitness? The Freedom Project is here fore those of you who live for adventure and freedom. Your host, Tom Foxley, is a mental fitness coach, former Royal Marines Commando, a freedom seeker, skier, mountaineer, and climber who lives for adventure. Tom has been coaching elite performers for more than a decade. In The Freedom Project, Tom aims to uncover what it takes to hit peak mental fitness for freedom seekers. Once per week, Tom will also get highly tactical and teach you strategies you can deploy into your own life. If you want to learn peak mental fitness, and love creating freedom, this is the podcast for you. www.instagram.com/tomfoxley
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Life doesn’t get lighter. You get stronger. In this episode, I share a hard-earned lesson from Royal Marines training—and what it means for building a meaningful, high-performance life. We’ll unpack why pressure is a privilege, how your system adapts to stress through a principle called allostasis, and what it takes to
He volunteered to be captured and sent to Auschwitz. Why? In this episode, I tell the true story of Witold Pilecki—a man whose mission to resist evil took him inside the gates of hell. We explore what made him capable of enduring the unendurable, why meaning—not muscle—is the foundation of resilience, and what this blu
You won’t become the hero of your life by accident. In this episode, I share the story of Stella—a business owner who went from stuck in indecision to living her dream day, not because of a hack or a motivational burst, but through consistent mental fitness training. We dive into the power of narrative identity, the ps
For years, I thought sensitivity was a weakness. So did an SAS operator I spoke to recently. But we were both wrong. In this episode, I share the story of how embracing my sensitivity—not suppressing it—led to some of the most powerful moments of my life. We’ll explore why emotional fitness is the key to mental strengt
Why do some of the toughest, most disciplined people in the world get stuck in their comfort zones? In this episode, I share the story of Art—a German special forces operator who could run towards danger without hesitation but found himself frozen when it came to building his future. We explore why even the strongest p
Most people think mental toughness is about being naturally hard as nails. That you’re either born with it, or you’re not. That’s complete BS. In Royal Marines training, I saw it firsthand—the guys who looked the toughest were always the first to quit. The real test of mental strength had nothing to do with muscle or c
