Today Adrienne is sharing an episode from her other podcast, Modern Wellness Podcast. If you're not yet following or subscribed, just search for Modern Wellness Podcast wherever you get your podcasts! First up, the team discuss the price of wellness, and how we define our markers of health. This comes from Fitt Insider’s article " Consumers Are Priced Out of Wellness " The trio look at the power of visualisation, and the various forms we may or may not do it. Do you? The New Scientist reports " ...
Jul 01, 2025•41 min
Today Adrienne is sharing an episode from her other podcast, Modern Wellness Podcast. If you're not yet following or subscribed, just search for Modern Wellness Podcast wherever you get your podcasts! First up the team discuss the rise in solo-dining and solo-travel, and what it indicates for modern society. Are you a fan? “ The Joy of Being Alone in an Overcrowded, Overbooked World ” Secondly, with Ultrahuman unveiling Home, an indoor sensor tracking environmental quality, the team look at the ...
Jun 24, 2025•42 min
Today Adrienne is sharing an episode from her other podcast, Modern Wellness Podcast. If you're not yet following or subscribed, just search for Modern Wellness Podcast wherever you get your podcasts! First up, the hosts dive into the world of cortisol, addressing the algorithm and its penchant for blaming cortisol for various health issues after the Telegraph's recent article " Cortisol isn’t always bad. Here’s how to make it work for you " . Next, there's a look at ZBiotics, a genetically engi...
Jun 20, 2025•49 min
In this episode from 2022, Adrienne sits down with the incredible Eric Collins. Eric is an American businessman, serial entrepreneur, technology expert, former President Obama appointee. He is the CEO and co-founder of Impact X Capital Partners. Eric's book We Don't Need Permission How Black Business Can Change Our World is out now in stores and online. In 2011, shortly before making London his home, Eric was appointed by President Obama to the Small Business Administration's Council on Underser...
Jun 10, 2025•50 min
Adrienne continues looking back in the archives with this fascinating conversation with Dr Jonathan Reichental, looking at the future of our work. Dr. Jonathan Reichental is a multiple-award-winning technology and business leader whose career has spanned both the private and public sectors. He’s been a senior software engineering manager, a director of technology innovation, and has served as chief information officer at both O’Reilly Media and the City of Palo Alto, California. Reichental is cu...
Jun 03, 2025•52 min
As Adrienne continues to look back into the archive, we go to 2023, and share this conversation with the brilliant David Brooks. David Brooks is one of America’s leading writers and commentators. He is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times and appears regularly on PBS NewsHour and Meet the Press . He is the bestselling author of The Second Mountain, The Road to Character, The Social Animal, Bobos in Paradise, and On Paradise Drive . His book, How To Know A Person: The Art of Seeing Others De...
May 27, 2025•50 min
Adrienne looks back to a conversation she had last year with the fabulous Emily M Austen. Emily M Austen is the founder and CEO of EMERGE, an award winning PR Agency, based in London, working with global brands, including Huel, Red Bull, Spanx, and Abercrombie. The 25 strong team was started by Emily in 2012, at the age of 22, after she graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Criminology and Criminal Law. Her new book SMARTER is out on November 7th and can be preordered now . In it...
May 20, 2025•47 min
Adrienne continues her look back at past Power Hour's with this excellent episode with Dr Alex George, recorded in May 2023. Dr. Alex George is a TV doctor, best-selling author, and Youth Mental Health Ambassador to the government. Alex has become a well known and respected figure amongst healthcare professionals in the UK, from his years as an A&E doctor, bringing the nation accessible and reassuring advice directly from the frontline throughout the pandemic. His first book, Live Well Every...
May 13, 2025•56 min
Sharmadean Reid MBE is a founder, writer and creative consultant who in her 20 year career has launched an innovation led salon, a beauty tech start up and now a media company. Sharmadean’s amazing new book is out now. New Methods for Women is 49 powerful essays that offer new perspectives on life, work, self, friendships, parenthood, and relationships. Sharmadean interweaves the lessons she’s learnt, with a diverse range of thinkers, ideas and stories that have informed her approach. There are ...
May 06, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Adrienne is looking back at some of her favourite Power Hour episodes from years gone by! Oliver Burkeman worked for many years at The Guardian , where he wrote a popular weekly column on psychology, “This Column Will Change Your Life.” His books include the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals and The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking. Oliver's new book Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make T...
Apr 29, 2025•46 min
Adrienne is digging into the Power Hour archives and today's episode comes from 2023. d Amy Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School. Renowned for her world-leading research into the concept of psychological safety, Edmondson has been named by Thinkers50 as the most influential management thinker in the world. In her new book, Right Kind of Wrong, Amy Edmondson - the world's most influential organisational psychologist - reveals how we get failu...
Apr 22, 2025•49 min
Adrienne is looking back at some of her favourite Power Hour episodes from years gone by! Berthold Gunster is the founder of the Omdenken, or Flip Thinking, philosophy. After studying at the Theatre Academy in Utrecht he worked as a theatre director and writer for years. Since 2001 he and his team have been offering trainings, workshops and shows about Omdenken to companies and individuals. Berthold has written thirteen bestsellers about the Omdenken theory. Flip Thinking beautifully illustrates...
Apr 16, 2025•54 min
As a Friday bonus Adrienne is sharing a recent episode from the Modern Wellness Podcast - remember to follow or subscribe if you haven't yet! Firstly there’s a look at a recent New Scientist article all about tiredness, as according to a recent analysis of data from 32 countries, as many as 1 in 5 otherwise healthy adults complain of problematic levels of fatigue. " A fresh understanding of tiredness reveals how to get your energy back " There’s a discussion about biophilic design after Fitt Ins...
Apr 11, 2025•40 min
Today Adrienne is joined by the brilliant Dr Avanti Kumar-Singh, MD . An internationally recognised Ayurveda practitioner, certified yoga therapist, and former ER doctor. Her approach brings together Western medicine with the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda that comes from her South Asian lineage. In her new book The Longevity Formula: Ayurvedic Principles to Reduce Inflammation, Increase Cellular Repair, and Live with Vitality Dr Avanti invites us to reframe our approach to aging through The Longevi...
Apr 01, 2025•47 min
Today Adrienne is joined by the brilliant Alice Wilkinson ( @alicewilkinsonwrites ). Alice is a writer, editor and journalist at The Telegraph. A previous editor of Waitrose Health, she has featured in many national newspapers and magazines. Alice also writes a weekly Substack newsletter titled 'What's the alternative?' where she takes a counterintuitive look at what matters most to millennials. Between marriage rates dwindling and the cost-of-living soaring, house sharing is becoming more and m...
Mar 25, 2025•48 min
Anne-Laure Le Cunff ( @neuranne ) is a former Googler who decided to go back to university to pursue a PhD in neuroscience. As the founder of Ness Labs and the author of its widely read newsletter, she is the foremost expert on mindful productivity and systematic curiosity. She writes about evidence-based ways for people to navigate uncertainty and make the most of their minds. Her new book Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World is out now! In this conversation, Adrienne a...
Mar 18, 2025•41 min
Today Adrienne is joined by the brilliant Jeff Wetzler. Jeff has been on a quarter-century quest to transform learning opportunities and unlock human potential. Blending a unique set of leadership experiences in the fields of business and education, he’s pursued this quest as an international management consultant to executives in Fortune 500 corporations, as Chief Learning Officer at Teach For America, and currently, as co-CEO of Transcend, a nationally recognized education innovation organizat...
Mar 11, 2025•57 min
Today Dr. Emilia Vuorisalmi ( @docemilia ) shares her journey from struggling with her own health issues to becoming an advocate for holistic health and hormonal balance. She discusses the importance of understanding hormones, particularly dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin, and how they impact our motivation, connection, and overall well-being, emphasising the need for self-awareness, the power of love and connection, and the role of nutrition in maintaining hormonal health. In The Healing Power...
Mar 04, 2025•55 min
Maya Raichoora ( @maya.mental.fitness ) is one of the UK’s leading mental fitness and visualisation experts. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Remap Mental Fitness. Day to day she works with global brands such as Nike, Gymshark, Asics, Amex and Lego. She has a decade of experience mastering the technique of visualisation and is on a mission to share it with others. As a two times TEDx speaker and public figure, her story and expertise has the power to inspire, empower and ...
Feb 25, 2025•56 min
Today Adrienne is sharing a special episode of the Modern Wellness Podcast, in which the team are celebrating the launch of Adrienne's new book, ' Decisions That Matter: How to Make Decisions in a World of Endless Choice. '. Adrienne discusses the complexities of decision-making in the modern world, the inspiration behind the book, the differences between personal and professional decision-making, and so much more. The book is out TOMORROW (February 20th) in stores and online, and you can listen...
Feb 19, 2025•24 min
In this conversation, Luce Macleod, founder of Hair Syrup ( hairsyrup.co.uk ), shares her inspiring journey from university kitchen to building a global brand. She discusses the accidental nature of her entrepreneurial path, the power of organic growth through social media, and the value of founder-led content in connecting with audiences. Lucie shares her journey as a young CEO, discussing the importance of trust in business, the challenges of transitioning from a solo entrepreneur to leading a...
Feb 18, 2025•50 min
Today as a bonus Adrienne is sharing a recent episode from her other show Modern Wellness Podcast. Sammi, Adrienne, and Oli, start by discussing the ever booming weight-loss drug market, citing sifted's article London startup raises $410m in one of Europe’s biggest ever Series A rounds as it joins weight loss drugs frenzy . There's a discussion of the news that WHOOP have unlocked a new women's health biomarker using their user's data - but what can we learn from it? WHOOP Unlocks New Women’s He...
Feb 14, 2025•37 min
Today Adrienne is joined by Ali Abdaal ( @aliabdaal ) - doctor, entrepreneur, amateur magician, and the world's most-followed productivity expert. Ali became intrigued by the science of productivity while juggling the demands of medical training at Cambridge University and building his business on the side. While working as a doctor in the UK's National Health Service, Ali started to document his journey towards living a healthier, happier, more productive life on his YouTube channel and other s...
Feb 11, 2025•48 min
Lavina Mehta MBE, the founder of Feel Good with Lavina , is a Personal Trainer and Wellness Coach, Speaker and Mum to three boys. Lavina’s mission is to help all ages feel good both physically and mentally, and reduce risks of common chronic diseases through her concept of ‘Exercise Snacking’ and free chair workouts with her Mother in Law. Lavina was awarded an MBE from the Queen for her services to Health & Fitness during the Covid-19. Lavina's brilliant book The Feel Good Fix: Boost Energy...
Feb 04, 2025•49 min
Don't Forget: Adrienne's new book Decisions That Matter: How to Make Decisions in A World of Endless Choice is published on February 20th and you can pre-order it online now ( follow this link )! As a special bonus we're sharing an episode of Adrienne's other show, The Modern Wellness Podcast, from earlier this month. In this episode of The Modern Wellness Podcast, Adrienne, Oli, and Sammi discuss the significant roles of athletes in high fashion and the merging of athleisure with fashion indust...
Jan 30, 2025•46 min
Today Adrienne speaks to the amazing Jo Malone CBE. Jo is a legend of perfumery and innovation, going from humble beginnings in South London, to revolutionising the beauty industry and creating some of the world’s most loved fragrances. As Founder and Creative Director of Jo Loves, Jo's enduring dedication to the art of fragrance continues to inspire and captivate worldwide. Jo has teamed up with BBC Maestro to deliver her course Think Like An Entrepreneur which you can find on the BBC Maestro w...
Jan 28, 2025•48 min
In this episode of the Power Hour Adrienne speaks with integrative psychotherapist Sophie Scott about her new book, You Are Not Alone In This. They discuss the often invisible efforts of caregivers in supporting loved ones with mental health issues, the concept of masking emotions, and the importance of self-care for caregivers. Sophie shares her personal experiences and insights from her practice, emphasising the need for support systems and the recognition of burnout. In You Are Not Alone In T...
Jan 21, 2025•44 min
In this conversation, Megan Hellerer, a career coach and author of 'Directional Living', discusses the concept of living directionally rather than destinationally. She emphasizes the importance of fulfillment over mere achievement and explores how societal pressures can lead to feelings of unfulfillment among high achievers. Megan encourages listeners to embrace curiosity and make decisions based on what feels right for them, rather than what they think they should do with Megan and Adrienne exp...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 4 min
As a bonus for this week Adrienne is sharing this episode from her other show Modern Wellness Podcast. This week Adrienne, Oli, and Sammi kick off season three with a discussion on wellness trends for 2025. Think biohacking going mainstream, male fertility awareness, practical longevity, and the rise of fibre. Plus there's the new 'Modern Wellness Podcast Recommends' highlighting the best places, products, and services they've tried. Don't forget to rate/review and subscribe or follow! You can f...
Jan 09, 2025•53 min
In this conversation, Dr. Federica Amati, head nutritionist at ZOE, discusses her journey into nutrition science and public health, emphasising the importance of prevention in healthcare. She highlights the rise of chronic diseases and the need for personalised nutrition, while addressing misconceptions about alcohol and the impact of ultra-processed foods. Adrienne and Dr. Fede Amati delve into the critical importance of fiber in our diets, the role of whole foods, and practical strategies for ...
Jan 07, 2025•1 hr 3 min
