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Two Blokes One Business
Two Blokes One Podcast is for Entrepreneurs who want to turn their big ideas into bigger results. Join your hosts Harvey Rivers and Adam Powell - two ex-pro footballers who built and scaled an award-winning recruitment agency (Harwell Consulting) in record time.
Each week, they bring you unfiltered conversations and insights with industry leaders, successful entrepreneurs, and performance experts - who share actionable strategies you can implement immediately to scale and optimise your business.
Whether you're dreaming of starting a business, in the early stages of your entrepreneurial journey, or scaling an existing company, you'll get practical insights on:
• Building high-performance teams
• Effective marketing & personal branding
• Sales systems that actually work
• Leadership, recruitment, & team management
• Cold outreach strategies
• Mindset & personal development
• Business growth tactics
Join the lads as they break down the exact blueprints, frameworks, and methods that transformed their startup into a thriving enterprise.
New episodes every week.
Follow now for actionable business insights from founders still in the trenches.
Two Blokes One Business
AFL, MAFS, and Entrepreneurship: Jake Edwards' Raw Story of Recovery
From playing AFL in front of 80,000 fans at the MCG… To enduring a brutal public breakup on the hit TV show Married at First Sight (MAFS)… To now running a successful buyer’s agency.
Jake Edwards’ story is one of mental resilience, transformation, and the entrepreneurial journey that few truly understand.
In this deeply personal episode of Two Blokes One Business, Jake opens up about:
✅Life after being delisted from the AFL
✅The crushing anxiety attacks that stopped him driving to training
✅His mental health collapse and suicide attempt
✅The manipulation behind reality TV production on MAFS
✅How living on a Hare Krishna farm with no phone, caffeine, or contact with the outside world changed everything
You’ll hear how mundane tasks like moving firewood and milking cows became part of a healing ritual that helped Jake rebuild from rock bottom - ultimately rediscovering his identity, purpose, and business mindset.
Now, Jake is thriving as a buyer’s agent in Queensland, using the very same resilience and focus from elite sport to serve others on their property journey - all while continuing to advocate for mental health in business.
Key Points
00:00:00 Warning about this episode
00:02:00 Jake's background and AFL career
00:11:00 Depression diagnosis
00:14:00 Panic attacks
00:21:20 Suicide attempt
00:29:20 Public speaking burnout
00:31:00 Decision to join Married at First Sight
00:37:20 Reality TV manipulation and editing tactics
00:45:00 MAFS cheating scandal
00:49:00 Introduction to Hare Krishna farm
00:52:20 Moving firewood as meditation practice
00:56:00 Life transformation during farm experience
01:16:40 Building a successful buyer's agency
If you're struggling with your mental health, you're not alone...
Please reach out to Lifeline: 13 11 14 (Australia).
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👉Connect with Jake:
https://www.instagram.com/jake_edwards_official
https://edwardsandsmith.com.au/
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👉Connect with us
https://www.instagram.com/twoblokesonebusiness
https://www.linkedin.com/company/two-blokes-one-business-podcast
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Adam Powell & Harvey Rivers are the founders of HARWELL.
HARWELL. are renowned in the recruiting space - specialising in finding top talent within the Construction, Accountancy & Finance & Labour Hire sectors. Along with eCommerce.
Their award-winning concierge approach is helping companies attract exceptional talent to their team.
👉Want help finding exceptional talent for your business?
Get in touch with Adam, Harvey, and the team at HARWELL. https://www.harwellconsulting.com.au/