This Is Powerful With Paul Sculfor

We have come to the end of our seventh season and we are taking a look back at some of the most powerful moments from our top-notch roster of guests this season. Our guests included models Richard B and Lara M, model agents Dean and Matt, and celebrity stylist Holly M. Together, they shared candid insights into fashion, ambition, identity and recovery, and what it means to navigate the industry sober. And included in this episode is a little something extra…an exclusive that we haven’t released until now: a chat between producer Shannon and Paul about his time in the fashion industry. This is the final episode in the season. We are taking a short break so that we can look after our own mental wellbeing and come back into the studio fresh and ready to record an exciting new season featuring some of the most powerful healers we have come across. Please take this opportunity to check out our healthy back catalogue of over 90 episodes which can be found on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Take good care and keep in touch! We love hearing what you’re up to and what brought you to us. Follow or subscribe to This Is Powerful now, and you’ll get the new episodes as soon as they are available. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, there are plenty of resources on the Stride Foundation website: https://stridefoundation.com/ Watch all our episodes on YouTube @thisispowerfulwithpaulsculfor Follow us on social media for more insights, behind-the-scenes moments, and community discussions. Share your thoughts and connect with us @this_ispowerful on Instagram and YouTube. We’d love to hear from you! Find Paul on Instagram @paulsculfor

Originally (and proudly) from Glasgow, Dean is the founder of D1 Model Management, an international modeling agency with offices in London and New York. With more than two decades in the fashion industry, Dean has built a career discovering, developing and representing talent, working across fashion, advertising and entertainment. Alongside his professional life, Dean has a deeply personal story of recovery and transformation and today, Dean combines running D1 Models with an active commitment to recovery and service, sharing his experience in the hope that honesty about both the struggles and the possibilities of recovery can help others. Paul and Dean have a frank conversation about tuning into (and out of) AddictFM, about how one is too many even though a thousand isn’t enough and there is one massive bombshell realization towards the end which was really emotional for both Paul and Dean. Follow or subscribe to This Is Powerful now, and you’ll get the new episodes as soon as they are available. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, there are plenty of resources on the Stride Foundation website: https://stridefoundation.com/ Watch all our episodes on YouTube @thisispowerfulwithpaulsculfor Follow us on social media for more insights, behind-the-scenes moments, and community discussions. Share your thoughts and connect with us @this_ispowerful on Instagram and YouTube. We’d love to hear from you! Find Paul on Instagram @paulsculfor

From a small town in Northamptonshire to the world’s biggest fashion runways, her modelling career began when she was scouted at a pub at the age of 17. Within weeks of being approached, Lara Mullen was walking for Alexander Wang, followed by a coveted Prada exclusive and shows for Givenchy, Chloé and Céline. Now after a decade in London, Lara has been sober since 2017 and is approaching life, creativity and her career from a very different perspective. Warm, down to earth and hugely inspiring, Lara talks about how cool it is to get sober young, the paradox of appearing to have it all on the outside while feeling less than on the inside, and the importance of surrounding yourself with people who are living the life you want for yourself. Follow or subscribe to This Is Powerful now, and you’ll get the new episodes as soon as they are available. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, there are plenty of resources on the Stride Foundation website: https://stridefoundation.com/ Watch all our episodes on YouTube @thisispowerfulwithpaulsculfor Follow us on social media for more insights, behind-the-scenes moments, and community discussions. Share your thoughts and connect with us @this_ispowerful on Instagram and YouTube. We’d love to hear from you! Find Paul on Instagram @paulsculfor

From humble beginnings in London, Richard Biedul rose through the ranks of a leading City law firm before unexpectedly becoming one of the world’s most recognisable male models. Richard went from law firm boardrooms to the fashion capitals of the world, before turning his attention to creativity, design and entrepreneurship. Today, Richard runs a global creative studio and, in 2025, took on his most ambitious role yet: Creative Director of British fashion house Nicole Farhi. A man who has always been unapologetically his authentic self, we talk about fighting the voice that says you are on the outside and you need to get inside at any cost and the moment everyone dearest to him intervened and changed the course of his life. Follow or subscribe to This Is Powerful now, and you’ll get the new episodes as soon as they are available. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, there are plenty of resources on the Stride Foundation website: https://stridefoundation.com/ Watch all our episodes on YouTube @thisispowerfulwithpaulsculfor Follow us on social media for more insights, behind-the-scenes moments, and community discussions. Share your thoughts and connect with us @this_ispowerful on Instagram and YouTube. We’d love to hear from you! Find Paul on Instagram @paulsculfor

Life might not always be rainbows and butterflies, but at least he no longer wakes up with a sense of impending doom In this episode we welcome Matt Busbridge, the head of the men’s division at Premier model agency who's spent the past 15 years working in one of the world's most glamorous industries. Matt opens up about the life he built, the pressures that came with it, and the moment he realised something had to change. Now more than three years sober, Matt reflects on how giving up drugs and alcohol transformed far more than just his social life. Speaking about the various pressures of the fashion industry, Matt and Paul also cover the importance of honest conversations around sobriety and that dreaded moment in the early morning hours when you realise the party is over. Follow or subscribe to This Is Powerful now, and you’ll get the new episodes as soon as they are available. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, there are plenty of resources on the Stride Foundation website: https://stridefoundation.com/ Watch all our episodes on YouTube @thisispowerfulwithpaulsculfor Follow us on social media for more insights, behind-the-scenes moments, and community discussions. Share your thoughts and connect with us @this_ispowerful on Instagram and YouTube. We’d love to hear from you! Find Paul on Instagram @paulsculfor