Danny

Hey it’s me,

I bring people together through movement, quiet reflection and shared challenge - so you can feel more alive and allowed to be you.

Danny Bent wearing black face paint across his eyes in a close portrait

Different formats.
Same intention.

Some people find this work through shared experiences — from multi-day endurance journeys to quieter retreats — where being together, moving, and living simply allows things to surface and be released without force.

Some encounter it through speaking, where I create space for more honest conversations, stronger trust, and better ways of working together.

Some come through my book and creative projects — reflections and stories drawn from lived experience.

SOME Context

For a long time, people knew me as the happiness guy.

Watch the Project Awesome music video

I built communities, ran across countries and created energy wherever I went. I was even voted one of the happiest people in the UK.

And there was truth in that — joy, connection, movement have always mattered deeply to me.

But it wasn’t the whole picture.

That version of me knew how to lift others up, but didn’t always know how to slow down or sit with what was underneath. I stayed in motion and visible.

It worked — until it didn’t.

Danny Bent reaching toward the camera in a forest setting
Danny Bent wearing a yellow puffer jacket leaning against a tree

change wasn’t sudden or a single moment.
It was curiosity.

Therapy. Art. Time.
(and some alternative therapeutic journeys in which time doesn’t exist)

Learning how to be with, and even celebrate, the parts of myself I’d hidden or silenced - the bits shrouded in shame and that I deemed ‘not enough’.

The quieter parts. The uncomfortable ones. The ones that don’t fit a label.

That’s shaped how I work now.

Currently

The real adventure isn’t the big, impressive stride.
It’s the quieter steps within yourself.
Everything I do now comes from that deep understanding.

Danny Bent standing on large rocks outdoors

I can show you the door, it’s your job to step through.

I’m not interested in fixing people or even motivating them. I focus on creating environments where it feels possible to be honest, to feel what’s there, and to move forward without pretending.

If this resonates, you’ll find different ways in across the site.

Two books by Danny Bent including “You’ve Gone Too Far This Time, Sir!” on a wooden surface

My simple little book about cycling from London to India won awards and hit the Best Sellers which is bonkers seeing I’m dyslexic and hated school. 

Danny Bent wearing camouflage military uniform and holding a helmet

I was invited onto the BBCs ‘Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week’ as one of Britains “fittest and toughest”. Only 3 people made it to the end of the show and I was invited to join the SAS as a consequence. I had to turn them down as they didn’t have any sequin outfits.  

Danny Bent blowing a horn while wearing a medal and Norse Run scarf

I set up a human experiment - running across Iceland with 20 friends. I wanted to see if they would gain as much as me from these adventures. It turned into a fully functioning business taking hundreds of people a year across countries. I’d say the experiments hypothesis has proved correct.

Large crowd from Project Awesome gathered outdoors on steps with balloons

Through my fitness community, Project Awesome, I was voted one of the 100 happiest people in the UK and top 50 influential people in London. It wasn’t true but it was pretty cool.

Large crowd gathered in Boston during a marathon event with American flags

The run across the US was supposed to show our support to the people affected by the terrorist attack in Boston but it raised $600,000 and provided a nation with a place to express their emotions and a place to belong.

Danny Bent riding a pogo stick on a street in Togo surrounded by children

I pogo’d across Togo. Simply because it rhymed and I thought it would be ridiculous fun!