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The Welsh Wim Hof and the real @iceman_hof 😂 on a random beach in Gold Coast - unreal taken in Currumbin, Queensland, Australia by @ryanstephens___

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10 years ago today I was released from prison.

I spent 9 months inside for selling drugs for a short period of time. This followed one of the lowest points of my life that I experienced while running my first business — a tattoo studio.

Things in the business became toxic. I couldn’t see a way out. I was drinking multiple times a week and telling myself I was just a 19/20-year-old enjoying life, but in reality I was depressed and lost.

When I finally walked away from the business and got a job, I started feeling like myself again within days. I realised I didn’t like the person I’d become. I decided to get rid of the last bits I had — not much — and ended up getting caught while drunk in town trying to do exactly that.

The university of hard knocks is a great teacher.

I don’t glorify that period, but I’m grateful for what it taught me. I met one of my best mates @leehandford_official_ , and everything I do now — the work, the talks in schools and colleges, supporting people in police stations who have been arrested (and more) — stems from knowing where I’ve been, the path I walked back, and the person I’ve become since.

If you’re going through something right now and it feels like the end of the world — I promise you it’s not. You can make it back. You can find a way.

Sitting in a prison cell at 21, after the pride of opening my first business at 19, was a shock to the system. I thought that was it. I thought I’d never recover. I thought Australia — and so many other things — were forever out of reach.

This week, I fly to Australia on a working holiday visa that took three years to be approved. It’s the place I’ve always felt drawn to.

For me, this is full circle.

I’m grateful for the path that led me here.

And I’m excited to see where it leads next. by @ryanstephens___

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8 months ago

“Dad, do you wanna see me ruin sunset?”

#india #kerala #sunset #kochi taken in Kochi Kerela, India by @ryanstephens___

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9 months ago

A good day to have a good day taken in Lake Como, Italy by @ryanstephens___

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4 hours ago

Bring back free pees

#freethepee #milan #italy #travel taken in Milan, Italy by @ryanstephens___

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5 days ago

Fkn love a good wave me taken in Gower Peninsula by @ryanstephens___

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10 days ago

And a £15 granola bowl if you’re like me..

(Oh and £4k in petrol) taken in Gower Peninsula by @ryanstephens___

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11 days ago

Kinda’ guy to book an ultra 24hrs before. taken in Wales by @ryanstephens___

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11 days ago

Day 2151. taken in Swansea, United Kingdom by @ryanstephens___

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13 days ago

40 miles bagged. 2nd place.

Only signed up for this yesterday, went to war today and won.

Treharris needs resurfacing as the tarmac just took a right beating.

I love this game.

#running #ultramarathon #ultra taken in Treharris by @ryanstephens___

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17 days ago

@jordanthomass got me good here 😭

@omniabali taken in Canggu, Bali by @ryanstephens___

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18 days ago

Always a little further taken in Gower Peninsula by @ryanstephens___

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19 days ago