Thank you all very much for your interest in Free The Mind Friday. I will not be posting a weekly Free The Mind Friday from this point. I will still be posting updates on Simonlee.online from time to time but these will be mostly to do with news form my new site - Unlimited Courage. After 30 years of coaching all manner of people from many … [Read more...]

Recommended film. Night Train To Lisbon. Ageing Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius, played by Jeremy Irons is a teacher of classical languages who, after a dramatic encounter with a Portuguese woman, leaves his job and spontaneously travels to Lisbon. He hopes to discover the author of a book, found in the Portuguese woman’s coat … [Read more...]

Recommended film. Last Knights Clive Owen stars as a fallen warrior who rises up against a corrupt and cruel ruler to avenge his dishonored master played by the excellent Morgan Freeman. There are not many films about the warrior codes of Chivalry or Bushido and this little gem is one of the best. It’s a movie about loyalty, honor, … [Read more...]

Recommended film. The Pyramid Texts Ray is a old boxer brilliantly played by James Cosmo, who desperately estranged from his son, talks about his loves, his regrets, and his greatest life lessons to a camera in an empty boxing gym. This is filmed almost entirely with the character talking to camera yet it works extremely well. The … [Read more...]

Recommended film. The Queens Gambit This is not a film but a series on Netflix based on the book by Walter Tevis. This is a gripping coming-of-age story of chess, addiction and trauma. Eight-year-old orphan Beth Harmon is by all appearances ordinary and unremarkable until she discovers the game of chess. Her senses are heightened and grow … [Read more...]

Recommended film. Heal This film is currently on Netflix and focuses on the biology of belief and the incredible healing capacity the mind contains. It covers the amazing example of the placebo effect, visualisation and how even life threatening terminal diseases have been overcome through the power of belief. This subject matter has … [Read more...]

Recommended film. Selma David Oyelowo stars in an incredible performance as Martin Luther King in this triumphant account of America’s civil rights struggle. We see the fear and doubt and the human side of a man and his supporters, as they rise up against a very real racism which involved segregation, brutality and murder. Once … [Read more...]

Recommended film. If anything happens I love you. This short 12 minute animation on Netflix will pack more of a punch than most films you have ever seen. This heartbreaking short film reveals the pain of bereavement and is a powerful reminder to cherish what you have and to love fully. Highly recommended. Recommended … [Read more...]

Recommended film. Official Secrets I was recommended this film recently by a close friend and it certainly didn’t disappoint. Keira Knightly is superb in the true story of Katharine Gun, who during the immediate run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, leaked a top secret NSA memo. The memo contained a joint US-UK illegal spying … [Read more...]

Recommended film. The Last Of The Mohicans I am unapologetically biased in singing the praises of this film. It’s one of the best movies I have ever seen and it had a profound affect on me when I first watched it. Not many films do this. The Last of the Mohicans is set in the 18th century frontier when the different cultures of … [Read more...]