Coach · Speaker · Survivor

I know exactly what lost feels like.
And I know the way back.

I was a professional footballer whose career ended at 21. Since then I've built an award-winning gym chain and lost it to liquidation, built another business and had to walk away, and survived an illness that paralysed half my face. And underneath it all, I carried a childhood story so heavy it took me twenty-five years to tell. I finally told it at 40, on national television. Every one of those knockdowns left me the same way: lost, stuck, no idea what came next. Getting moving again is the skill I was forced to learn, and it's the skill I now coach. And the story I once couldn't tell has become the keynote I'm invited to give: in UK boardrooms, at universities, and at the FBI Academy in Quantico.

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Jamie Cartwright

Three facts about being stuck

I've tested all of them the hard way.

It doesn't announce itself

Nobody wakes up "lost". It drifts in. The job that ended, the identity that quietly expired, the Sunday-night dread that became every night. By the time you name it, you've usually been carrying it for years.

Thinking harder doesn't fix it

The real question is: when you don't feel like doing anything, how do you do something? My answer: you act in contradiction to the feeling. The low moment is the trigger, not the verdict.

It's survivable. And useful.

Every rebuild I've done started at a dead end: the dole queue, a hospital bed, a finish line I had no right to reach. Stuck is not the end of your story. Handled right, it's the chapter where it turns.

Where's the gap in your life?

The Happiness Score is the tool I’ve used on myself for over a decade. Ten areas of life, scored and ranked in five minutes, giving you a score out of 100. Because everyone knows what feeling 100% means, and almost nobody’s there. It measures the gap between what matters most to you and how it’s actually going. That gap is exactly where you’re stuck. Most people are surprised. Some are shocked. All of them know more than they did five minutes earlier.

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Ten areas, scored and ranked. See the gap that’s keeping you stuck.

Three ways I can help

MOVE30 · £79 founding rate

Coaching

Start with MOVE30: the full MOVE method as a thirty-day plan you work at your own pace, with an optional weekly group check-in. You'll leave with a plan and a set of skills that'll benefit you for the rest of your life. Starts 28 September. If you need more than that, we'll talk about one-to-one. But MOVE30 is the door in. Not therapy, not a pep talk. Clarity and a plan.

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Free · Weekly · Men

Wingman Club

A free online men's group. One hour a week: check in, say how it's actually going, swap ideas, have a laugh. WhatsApp group in between. No fees, no fixing, no fluff. The easiest first step on this site.

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Keynotes & education

Speaking

The talk audiences describe the same way every time: you could hear a pin drop. A true story of surviving the worst and rebuilding anyway. For conferences, companies, universities and safeguarding events.

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Coaching · In her own words

"I had an idea, something I am super passionate about, but I lacked confidence. Jamie provided exactly the blend of support, challenge, and clarity I needed. He helped me grow my confidence, refine my ideas, and expand my vision far beyond what I thought I could achieve. As an autistic founder, I often navigate boundaries that others don't see, and Jamie understood that intuitively. He taught me so much about myself, lessons that will stick with me. If you are thinking about jumping in with him, my advice: do it!"

Faye
Faye Startup founder
MOVE30 · Founding Cohort · Starts Monday 28 September

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Thirty days, worked at your own pace, with an optional weekly group check-in. You'll leave with a plan and a set of skills that'll benefit you for the rest of your life.

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Now.
Now.

That's the proof. This is now.

Everything on this site comes from a life that's been lost and rebuilt for real, more than once. If you're somewhere in your own version of that, start with five minutes of honesty.

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