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Your brain has already decided about the stranger walking towards you. It did it before you found a single word for why, and it asked only one question to get there.
Not "do I like them?". Not "are they successful?". Something older and blunter …

Most guests dress to be liked. Anthony Flynn dressed to be caught.
He stood in front of his wardrobe before the episode and made a deliberate choice. Not the safe choice. The difficult one. Then he sat down opposite Aleksandra King, gestured at …

Here is the mental shift most businesses never make: cybercrime is not chaos. It is a mature, profitable industry — with franchises, pricing departments, career ladders and, by one count, its "first billion dollar year" already behind it. As Geof…

Most journalists worry about their byline. Geoff White worries about his front door. "The kind of people I investigate, I do not want them to know where I live," he says — and he means it literally, because the people he investigates are North Ko…

Starting a business requires courage, but scaling a business requires an entirely different psychological framework. It demands the humility to admit you are no longer the smartest person in the room, and the strategic foresight to build an econo…

In the world of business, there is a dangerous misconception that success belongs to the smartest person in the room. The truth, however, is far less glamorous. True success belongs to the person who is willing to endure the most rejection withou…

Welcome to Beyond with Aleksandra King, where resilience, ambition, and unapologetic truth collide. We don't do small talk here. We sit down with leaders, innovators, and cultural voices who have taken punches and kept moving to give you straight…

Most leaders avoid thinking about their worst-case scenario. Derrick McManus mapped his out and accepted the possibility.
On a seemingly ordinary Tuesday in May 1994, McManus—a Special Operations police officer for South Australia’s STAR Group—w…

Some conversations change the way you think about your own resilience. My latest episode of The BEYOND Podcast, with Derrick McManus, is one of them.
In 1994, Derrick was a Senior Constable with South Australia's Special Tasks and Rescue Group, the…

If there is one thing that drains ambition and destroys productivity faster than anything else in the business world, it is toxic corporate meeting culture. In a recent unapologetic episode of Beyond, Aleksandra sat down with elite public speakin…

True confidence cannot be hacked by standing in a power pose, and "fake it till you make it" is the fastest way to destroy your credibility in a high-stakes environment. In a raw and unfiltered episode of the Beyond podcast, Aleksandra unpacks th…

"I don't have time to cook." It is the most common excuse ambitious professionals use to justify fuelling their bodies with ultra-processed, inflammatory food. But high performers don't need more time; they need a better system.
In a highly actio…

Modern culture has sold us a massive lie about stress. We are constantly told that stress is a toxic, debilitating monster that degrades our performance, ruins our health, and must be eliminated at all costs. We are sold endless wellness routines…

We are obsessed with self-esteem. As a society, we constantly preach the importance of valuing yourself, loving yourself, and reciting daily affirmations in the mirror. But when it comes to actually executing on high-stakes ambitions (launching the …

On the latest episode of Beyond with Aleksandra King, Aleksandra and guest Emily Hughes explored one of the most difficult truths for modern parents to hear: you cannot fully control your child. In an era that is increasingly "trauma-informed," m…

In a world saturated with information and judgment, it is no surprise that one of the most frequently typed questions on Google is "Am I a good parent?". During a compelling episode of Beyond with Aleksandra King, Emily Hughes, a conscious parent…

In the heart of cities like London, a new kind of street-gang is operating with terrifying efficiency. They aren't just after your hardware; they are after your entire financial life. During this episode of Beyond with Aleksandra King, Jessica Ca…

Fraud is no longer just a side hustle for lone hackers; it is a global industry that now costs more than the international drug trade. According to Jessica Cath of Thistle Initiatives, over 40% of all crime in the UK is now fraud-related.
 
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If you're struggling with chronic tiredness and constant cravings, Jennifer Hanway is the woman for you. Last week, Aleksandra was joined by Jennifer, a board-certified holistic nutritionist and women's wellness coach: displaying elite knowledge …

 
The transition into perimenopause and menopause is a topic that is frequently misunderstood, feared and painted in the lens of decline by media. In this episode of Beyond with Aleksandra King, Jennifer Hanway tackles this.
She brings a refres…

In an era of "self-optimisation," many people are caught in a loop of trying to "hack" their way out of discomfort. On the Beyond podcast, Aleksandra King sits down with psychotherapist Joshua Fletcher to discuss why many popular anxiety management …

In this episode of the Beyond podcast, psychotherapist and author Joshua Fletcher (known to millions as @anxietyjosh) joins Aleksandra to demystify the mechanics of the human threat response. The conversation challenges the modern obsession with bec…

Recently on Beyond, Aleksandra King sat down with Philip Kinsella, an award-winning psychic medium and UFO researcher. Philip shares his journey from witnessing a silver orb as a child to his deep investigations into non-human intelligence and the n…

In the landscape of UK private equity, few firms possess the longevity and track record of YFM Equity Partners. Having been in operation for 43 years, YFM has seen the evolution of the British entrepreneurial spirit firsthand. On this episode of the…