🎙 Find Your Edge – Episode 09: James McCormack (Founder, OYL)

In this episode, John Belton speaks with James McCormack, entrepreneur, coffee expert, and founder of OYL — a functional mushroom coffee company helping people optimise their lives.

From building the Dublin Barista School and training thousands of baristas to facing stress, burnout, and rebuilding his energy and purpose, James shares the real story behind creating a wellness brand that actually works.

☕ Topics covered:

• Building and scaling a hospitality business
• Experiencing burnout — and learning from it
• Why mushrooms changed James’s approach to health and productivity
• The gap in the wellness market and how OYL fills it
• Coffee as a craft, a ritual, and a vehicle for better living

If you're into coffee, entrepreneurship, or just living and performing at your best — this one's for you.

🔗 Listen on your favourite platform:

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1kDBgpddED6eS4xww8qF2B?si=8ppLXmfBRGqm8PE56_jpIA

🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/find-your-edge-james-mccormack/id1814890890?i=1000717526390

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cT2jof78vU

📀 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/4a11618a-a401-4c11-bea5-493b0343a95b/episodes/d353bd0a-68b6-4a11-9ea3-d93f4a806e8e

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