About Warren

 

If you had told me years ago that this is what I would be doing with my life, I probably would have laughed at you. For most of my life, my world was crime, drugs and violence. I left school at 14 with no qualifications, went to prison twice and spent years living a life where the things I’m passionate about today — mental health, personal growth, connection and helping others — weren’t even on my radar.

 

Things started to change in 2020 when my son was involved in a serious accident. I struggled massively with what happened and eventually realised that I couldn’t keep living the way I had always lived. I needed to do something different.

 

That led me into doing my own inner work. I started attending retreats and experienced for myself just how powerful this work could be. For the first time I was looking at myself properly, understanding my past and dealing with things I had carried for years. The impact it had on my own life made me want to understand it more, so I decided to train and eventually bring this work to other people.

 

Since then, I’ve trained extensively in Holosomatic Breathwork and Bodywork completing over 800 hours of training, and qualified as an Insight Coach Practitioner. I went back into education and completed my Level 2 and Level 3 Counselling qualifications and I’m now a Level 4 Trainee Counsellor. I’ve also trained in mental health, reflective practice and psychodrama, and I continue to learn because I don’t think this is the kind of work where you ever get to a point where you know everything.Alongside the qualifications, I’ve spent years actually doing the work. I’ve worked with hundreds of men and women through breathwork, bodywork, retreats, workshops, coaching, groups and outdoor events, both in the UK and overseas.

 

But probably the most important experience I have is that I’ve been on the other side of it.

 

Before I ever held space for someone else, I was the broken man walking into a retreat for the first time. I know what it feels like to be the person sitting there wondering what they’ve signed themselves up for. Everything I now take people through, I’ve been willing to go through myself first.

 

Let’s Connect grew naturally from everything I was learning and experiencing. I realised that helping people doesn’t always have to mean sitting in a room talking about their problems. Sometimes people need somewhere to do the deeper work, but sometimes they need connection, movement, nature, adventure, new experiences or just a reason to get out of the house and be around other people.

 

So that’s what I created.

 

Today, Let’s Connect is a Community Interest Company bringing people together through free hikes, community events, breathwork, workshops, retreats, 1-to-1 support and adventures in the UK and overseas.

 

My life now couldn’t be further away from the life I once lived. I can’t change my past and I wouldn’t pretend it didn’t happen. But I can use everything I’ve lived through, everything I’ve learned and everything I continue to learn to hopefully make a difference to other people.

 

And if there’s one thing my own life has taught me, it’s that no matter how long you’ve lived one way, it doesn’t mean you have to live the rest of your life that way.