Dr Alex George: My Hardest Day in A&E, Family Suicide & Finding TRUE Purpose. | E89 

I lost my little brother to suicide. It was thee single event that broke me into a million pieces. My mom was first in 2015, my dad in 2018, and my 43yo little brother in 2019. I was already cracked in half and he finished the job. His death was completely avoidable but my parents didn’t bust their ass helping him get better when we were kids. It was insane to me, even as a kid. He had severe OCD. He literally tripped and fell thru life. Miserable. I now have a beautiful 21yo son that suffers with sever anxiety that leads to depression and suicidal thoughts. I have busted my tail providing him with the tools he needs to be well. Just happy is all I ask. Brain mapping has had miraculous effects in only 1 month. Pray for my boy.

The interviewer is excellent.. allows the guest to feel comfortable; he’s attentive and allows the guest to open up properly.. Dr alex is incredible, so humble.. what he said about his friend.. I’m actually crying puts life into perspective..

I loved this podcast this young man is a treasure ...I lost my only son in 2019 it seems like yesterday...he was handsome, health oriented , a force to be reckoned with .and would win in whatever he focused on his inability to let go and forgive really took him out at the highest point of his life. His death has spiraled his father into a depression that has affected our 54 year marriage. I have been caring this burden I tried seeking a few male friends of his to see if they could help him ...this podcast has helped me with an answer that I asked GOD to reveal to me...I woke up with your podcast half over ....I posted on the last half...I am now looking at the first half....I will report how this podcast has helped me.

“Passion and purpose” to be discussed at schools - couldn’t agree more! Great interview many thanks to you both

Alex is such an incredible character. It’s so good to understand the real Alex and dive into his intelligent, introspective philosophies and outlook on life. A truly inspirational individual! Thank you for this.

I lost my younger brother to suicide and it was the hardest thing ever, there was no sign or answers. Now I work in a male phyciatric rehab hospital that specialise in trauma and its helped me heal allot

Wow. The variety of guests on this podcast never ceases to amaze me. Each one providing a new perspective and something different to learn. I find it so commendable how open and vulnerable the guests can be. I use this podcast as my morning listening but have recently switched to the videos because it adds another layer. Thank you to Steven and thank you to Alex for providing content that makes a difference.

What a podcast. Hit home completely when they were talking about changing things to increase your happiness and well-being. Excited for the next pod

I finished watching this podcast this morning ... what an amazing human being Dr Alex is. I am truly grateful for your dedication to the NHS and your work with mental health & raising awareness. I wish for you good health, wealth and happiness in your life journey. 🤗 Thank you to all involved in creating such inspiring podcasts. 🤗

What a guy. Alex is amazing. Hearing him talk about his friend Freya was hard. I lost my Dad 5 months ago to Acute Myeloid leukemia. Absolutely bloody awful disease. He too achieved incredible things and told me to grab opportunities. I hope I can keep my promise to him like Alex did to Freya.

This guy is so admirable. He speaks a lot of sense and he is right, they should teach it in schools. Feel so sad for him and his family that his brother didn’t realise his full potential in time. This guy is a proper human

My beautiful brother took his own life 30yrs ago now. It was the darkest day. I thought that I was going to die myself, because I didn’t think that anyone could possibly survive pain like that. My mum was terminally ill at the time, and somehow found the superhuman strength to continue her fight..

I can relate to Alex's confidence so much, there's being confident to do something in the sense of knowing you can do it. Then there's the need to do something that gives you the confidence to do it, you do believe you can do it but you know you have to! Being uncomfortable is so hard but I once heard that every great opportunity is hidden behind a uncomfortable situation, your comfort zone is based on the things you do. I already respected you both before this but after hearing more about Alex's background and things we don't hear him talk about I respect him even more! I was so excited when I saw you were interviewing him on instagram! :)

Hearing him talk about Freya (I hope I spelt her name correctly) is one of the most heart breaking yet inspirational, heart warming things I’ve heard in a long time. I have tears streaming down my face but feel so grateful and appreciative of life at the same time! Fantastic podcast❤️

Fantastic podcast, really interesting throughout, Alex seems like a really genuine intelligent person. Couple of takeaways for me 1) Take small steps out of your comfort zone, those small steps add up and over time will lead you to accomplish things you didn't think possible. 2) The importance of surrounding yourself with amazing people and trusting them. Thanks for another awesome podcast.

If you're 6 months into owning your own business and it's just you right now (like me) - the last 20 minutes or so of this podcast is outstanding. 👏👏👏

This guy is phenomenal, he was way above love island and all of those in there but I’m so so glad we got to see him

I am more and more in awe of these podcasts! They teach me so much, each guest adds more value to my life which is soooo incredible. Thank you Steven for providing us with such valuable content :)

Really really enjoyed this episode! Makes me so happy that Alex chose the path that he decided to go down when it was SO easy to do what everyone else was doing. Can't wait for the show next week :D

One of the best RU-vid algorithm finds for me! This is my first listen and won’t be the last! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Alex is an amazing man. The kind of influencer we really need!

I think this is my favourite episode so far, thank you for bringing awesome guests with important messages on the show

I'm 34 minutes in & omg ... this is one heck of a podcast 👍💯 ..

This was such an amazing podcast, I have such respect for Alex and the way he holds himself. As he said could have taken the typical path after Love Island but, used the exposure to help others. Left this with so much to think about.

Absolutely amazing, always have time for Dr Alex. And you two together - just incredible 💙

Alex is an amazing human! The lady who he chooses to spend his life with is very lucky!❤️x

Really great chat guys! Thank you for opening up and sharing your story Alex!

You can see the goodness in his soul, it's wonderful to see the impact he's having on the world. For me, love island is pure escapism and light entertainment, it does make me aspire to put more effort into my looks, though not in a bad way

2 hours of absolute value and sincere heart..

Fantastic podcast! Very informative and love the topic that’s discussed! I am sooo happy that Dr Alex is still in A& E and serving!

Dr Alex got us through lockdown along with The Dunwells daily live. Dr Alex describing what the process was if you were hospitalised made us not afraid if we had to go hospital. The Dunwells gave us something to look forward to each day and kept us connected to 'live' music. How Dr Alex got through what happened to his brother and being alone during lockdown shows what a strong and lovely human being he is. Having empathy and sensitivity is a HUGE gift.. Thank God for him 🙏

Best interview so far. Wow he is such an inspirational to us all, literally crying when he was talking about loosing his brother. He deserves every success coming his way

Brilliant video! What an amazing interview, loved every minute!

An amazing interview. Such respect for Dr Alex who I came across during the pandemic. Thank you both.

She's your guide in angel. She is watching over you, on you're doing well. Blessings brother. 🙏🏾🤞🏾

Steven.. we need an episode of diary of a CEO of you being interview by someone else. Would love to hear your full story of how you got to where you are now. Very inspiring x

Fantastic podcast! Inspiring and helpful. Can't wait for the next one. Thanks Steven and team.

Hey Steven, just wanted to say that your podcast is quality! Your style of interviewing and the style of the podcast makes for good viewing and so far I have really enjoyed the podcasts.

This was beautiful to watch. Congratulations to you both on such an inspirational sit down 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

What an inspiration! Thank you for everything you do and being so amazing xx

I am 43 and ive brought up 5 awesome kids who have become amazing adults but find myself wondering what is my purpose and I think lots of parents especially single parents must feel alone in this, even though there are so many of us! I really like what you do here. Thank you

Excellent episode. Love the show all the way from California. I work in emergency healthcare here in Cali & can’t even fathom what free health care would be like. Our whole system is so broken.

My son and I have a word called "nervited". It's feeling nervous, but realizing that you are actually excited and the two feelings are very similar. You get nervited about things you care about.

Some people are quick to judge persona of reality star, ridicule and troll them in a cruel way for appearing on shows like love Island, but this a inspiring example of how the persona of celebrity and being a raw real human being collides to progress to something far more meaningful, dr alex could easily just slip in the background and continue his life privately and be a doctor, but the fact is that's he's using his platform to truly make a difference to people's lives speaks volumes and is a testament to his endearing personality, I've always admired people who have this ressilance, I think its lovely how he's using his education/life experiences to educated and benefit of others, what a lovely guy,and thank you Steve for organising this amazing podcast x 🙂🙂

Hearing the discussion about developing and stepping out your comfort zone and pushing yourself has come at the most perfect for me . Thank you so much for explaining and answering questions I never knew I had ❤️

Alex is a great man. Very inspiring hardworking and kind. He should be very proud of himself ❤️

What a guy. Great conversation as always.

Another amazing Podcast Steve! Love love love these episodes it brings me so much inspiration and knowledge and I just want to say Thank you 😊

Finally an influencer who we actually need

I have big respect for Alex getting into Med school coming from a mediocre average state school..that really is some achievement indeed and hearing about how he managed to overcome the sense of failure to make up for his exam results was really crucial learning for me...it seems so sad though that the very lesson he learned about "failing"and overcoming to go onto to be a doctor did not translate to his brothers life....I suppose we never really know all the things which contribute to that instance but I really can't help but feel we must get better at spotting signs and allowing people the time and space to speak.

The best person/thing to ever come out of love island👏🏼

What an episode. What an incredible human being. Thank u!

Absolutely loved watching/ listening! Thank you for a great interview

Happened to stumble across your podcast as I was looking for inspiration on how to interview guests for my own and honestly I was effing amazed, absolutely brilliant work 🔥🔥

Love the reframe of sensitivity!

Looking forward to seeing Steven on Dragons Den. Hope he brings a fresh perspective to the show

Fantastic video. Amazing interview!

This is the best interview I’ve seen in a long while wow

such an amazing and inspirational podcast. thank you so much x

Loved this. Thankyou 🙏❤

Slow cardio day on a Sunday at the gym today, inspired by Alex to go out and see the light, that's not the only thing Alex has done for me listening to this podcast, Alex is truly inspiring. It gave me shivers when the subject of the death of his brother came up and was discussed but forever grateful when these awful situations are discussed. Thank you

Dr Alex is a humble guy, with so much empathy for other people and understanding of both sides of a situation. Big respect. Thank you to Steven for sharing lessons learnt about having a business.

Dr Alex - Genuine and sincere guy!

Wowzers, what an interview!! Steven , this channel is getting better and better !

The one you're finding is here, Steve! 😂 Nevertheless, it was a great podcast with Alex. I loved the way he portrays the amalgamation of strength while still being a caring human. Moreover, all the things he said were quite logical and applicable. We have fears and only action can overcome it - everyone's journey has upheavals, yet it's worth it! 💪🏽 Thanks loads for finding gems and introducing them to us. Looking at your journey, you too are becoming wiser by the day. Take care! 🙏🏽

Wow. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a more heartfelt, genuine reason for saying yes to going on Love Island.

Yayyyy Dr.Alex🤩 Loved the point about selfcare- Natural light, enough sleep and non processed food etc

What an amazing guy. Incredible interview, I experienced all sorts of emotions watching this and it's the best yet

Oh my!! Actually seeing this would be surreal! 🤞🏼

Took me way too long to get round to listening to this…my sister completed suicide in 2015, so although I’ve wanted to listen to Alex talk about this - just taken til now to be ready to listen! I’m now a mental health support worker for the NHS, working in the community. Her death has changed my future for the worse, so I hope I can change someone else’s for the better ❤ Alex, your work changes lives too!

Wonderful interview, very inspirational. Thank you so much! ❤️

He's a good egg. Very interesting talk. Very honest.

Legend . Been through a lot himself and still wants to help others . Thank you for your story Alex

I remember when I use to busk on the streets, play guitar and sing, and people would come up to me and ask ' How can you do this with all these strangers staring at you and judging you?'. My reply was always the same ' You get use to it. You can get use to anything! Just keep putting yourself in the uncomfortable situation, until it becomes comfortable'. I would sometimes get verbally abused, but I know those people were just jealous and insecure. Never took it personally. It wasn't MY problem, it was theirs.

I liked this video straight away, know its going to be good

Excellent interview, Alex and thenother guests have the chance to talk so as we can see the real person,look forward to watching more on this channel

Yay the guests are getting better and better -

This is such an inspiring interview he really is a remarkable and selfless person

What an amazing, inspirational guy!!

Loved this.

This guy is smart, massively underrated and well spoken. I like him

This is my favourite one so far! Such a great interview.

loved this one!👏

Best podcast yet.

I watched the Molly Mae interview before this one. What a contrast!

When Alex says “don’t try and fix it” at the same time I mouth the same words. 😂 Another wonderful interview!

Amazing! So motivational and inspiring 😁

Again thank you! What an amazing young man ... love it

The flow...so seamless, great.

Inspirational beyond belief

1:35:00 thank you so much for talking about the family suicide

You could tell he didn’t enjoy love island when you watched it .. and he pushed himself into that experience as he promised his friend who passed away .. amazing 🤩 … he’s lovely person Alex .. he’s needed to learn things about himself

I went for a walk first thing in the morning today- without my phone - no better start to the day

What an Absolutely amazing person he is no amount of fame has changed him! To opened up his brothers subside is amazing what an amazing man he is 🙏

Great podcast, however in the discussion your having around 30mins in I do question a few things, are you ever going to be truly happy if you always think you can get something better and always push yourself to feel ‘uncomfortable’? Your life can pass you by and not allow yourself to appreciate the situation your in and it’s gone before you realise it. I think a lot can be said for being comfortable in a job or relationship and feeling content rather than always trying to chase the next big thing. Also think it’s important to say some people can take a leap of faith in something and it be the worst thing they’ve ever done and live with a lot of regrets, pushing yourself doesn’t always lead to success, the grass isn’t always greener on the other side but where you water it 🍀 Edit: but then again I’m not a millionaire 😂 just happy with my simple little life ☺️

Best interview yet.

he describes losing someone suddenly like that so accurately, the first few days are disbelief and so, so long

Yessss!!!! Laid up in bed Unwell, this is just what the doctor ordered!! Thanks again Steven 👏

Love this great interview

What an amazing chat , just wow