184: The Good Listening To Show with Chris Grimes - Episode 184184: The Good Listening To Show with Chris Grimes - Episode 184
UK Health Radio Podcast
Chris Grimes talks with John Morrison about how family, sport and career shifts have shaped his life, all framed through the lens of golf and legacy. The conversation blends humour and reflection as John shares stories of teaching, financial advice, and decades at Henbury Golf Club with his family by his side.
38:33•5 Sept 2026
Golf, Family and Legacy: John Morrison’s Story on the Good Listening To Show
Episode Overview
- Strong parental influence can shape both career direction and personal values over a lifetime.
- Skills learned in one profession, such as teaching, can transfer effectively to a completely different field like financial advice.
- Long-term commitment to a community space, such as a golf club, can offer continuity, friendship and a sense of belonging.
- Commission-only work demands resilience and comfort with rejection, but can grow into trusted, long-term client relationships.
- Thinking about legacy prompts reflection on who and what has most significantly shaped one’s life story.
“She referred to my brother, myself and my sister as the jewels in her crown of life.”
What drives someone to seek a life without alcohol? Here, the focus shifts to how one man has built a rich, connected life where beer is part of the scenery, but family, sport and legacy really take centre stage. Chris Grimes hosts a warm, slightly quirky conversation with lifelong golfer and former PE teacher turned financial adviser, John Morrison, as part of the Good Listening To Show’s **Legacy Life Reflections** series on UK Health Radio.
Recorded with John’s wife Carol and sons Dave and Andrew watching on, the episode feels more like a family gathering than a formal interview, making it ideal if you’re into stories about identity, purpose and ageing well.
Through Chris’s playful “clearing, tree and cake” storytelling framework, John talks about the four big forces that shaped him: his formidable but loving mum (“she referred to my brother, myself and my sister as the jewels in her crown of life”), his days at St Paul’s College in Cheltenham, the slog of breaking into teaching, and the bold leap into commission-only financial advice.
You’ll hear how those shifts, plus a long marriage and tight-knit family, helped him build a life he’s proud to pass on. Golf is the running joke and metaphor: from category 1 handicaps and club championships at Henbury Golf Club, to the “veranda of doom” where bad rounds end with beer and laughter, to the idea of members “playing off the back tees” when they die.
There’s humour, honesty and plenty of gentle reflection about work, money, friendship and what it means to age with a sense of continuity. If you like the idea of thinking about your own legacy, but in a light-hearted, conversational way, this episode might nudge you to consider: who or what has really shaped your story so far?
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