Dr. David Spiegel is a world renowned psychiatrist. He is the Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Center on Stress and Health, and Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he has been a member of the academic faculty since 1975. Dr. Spiegel has more than 40 years of clinical and research experience studying psycho-oncology, stress and health, pain control, sleep, hypnosis, and conducting randomiz...
Mar 16, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 288
The subject of consciousness has perplexed humankind for generations. While other areas of science have benefitted from a rapid increase in understanding, neuroscience and especially consciousness research has lagged. In this episode I discuss why this is the case with neuroscientist Dr Patrick House who has authored the book, Nineteen ways of looking at consiousness. Patrick's book : https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250151179/nineteen-ways-of-looking-at-consciousness
Mar 13, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 287
Personal growth happens out of sight, its incremental, but it happens when we have faith in ourselves and commit to the process, when we love the process so much that the goals take care of themselves. In this episode I list 14 ways in which you can practise the habit of personal growth.
Mar 09, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 286
Dr Jeff Rediger has studied many cases of spontaneous remission down through the years. Many of these cases have been described miracle cures, but as Dr Rediger says todays miracles simply haven't been explained by science, yet. Today's miracles are tomorrow's normal. In studying these cases and more particularly the actual patient as people, mentally and physically Dr Rediger is hoping to learn useful steps that can be replicated by others such that they too may achieve similar levels of healin...
Mar 06, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 285
Dr Carole Hooven of Harvard University has written a fascinating book called T : The story of Testerone the hormone that dominates and divides us. In this episode she outlines the significance of testosterone in terms its biological impact, but also in terms of its behavioural influences and by extension outlines why women are so different from men in so many ways. Dr Carole's book : https://www.amazon.com/Story-Testosterone-Hormone-Dominates-Divides/dp/1250236061 Dr Carole's website : http://ww...
Mar 02, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 284
Habits, whether they are good or bad habits are made up of the same components, once we know what these components are we can use this knowledge to add desired habits to our behaviour and drop unwanted habits. Surprisingly one of the major parts of good habit formation is the need to celebrate that habit immediately after doing it. BJ Fogg is an expert is behavioural science and shows us in his book how we can adopt new desirable habits and alter our behaviour for the better.
Feb 27, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 283
Society is experiencing a tsunami of anxiety, in large part due to the constant negative stimulation we get from media, social media and always being connected to the internet. We are anxious because our fight flight nervous system is constantly being activated. In this episode I talk about several easy ways of activating our calming / parasympathetic nervous system and thus dialling down our anxiety while deactivating our fight flight / sympathetic nervous system.
Feb 23, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 282
Link to Cant hurt me : https://amzn.to/3Rbu5gm David Goggins is by his own admission, an uncommon man, a label he treasures. As a former decorated navy seal he has distinguished himself not just professionally but as a person who overcame an immensely tough childhood enroute to becoming a man who lived his suffering and pain as a badge of honour. His book Cant hurt me, catalogues his journey of self-discovery and how his relationship with himself, through accountability and hardship has helped f...
Feb 20, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 281
Canadian author and motivational speaker wrote a great book with the quirky title Eat that Frog, where the 'frog' refers to that difficult thing you need to get done in on your journey to your goal and to success. This book includes many tips to help us 'eat that frog' , showing us ways we can power through the bad habit of procrastination that is hampering our ability to get things done.
Feb 16, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 280
Yoga has been used for thousands of years for a multitude of reasons. It has survived all that time as a result of its capacity to heal holistically. I spoke with Current Movement yoga instructor Sarah Robinson about her yoga journey, a journey that saw her use yoga to climb successfully out of the depths of depression as she grew to reacquaint herself with her body and her mind. You'll find Sarah on instagram at : https://www.instagram.com/current.movement/
Feb 13, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 279
In this episode I discuss the subjects of life and death with author Prof Dean Rickles in his book Life is short, which is a companion / response to the famous stoic philosopher Seneca's book, On the shortness of life, written 2000 years ago. Dean Rickles is professor of history and philosophy of modern physics at the University of Sydney, Australia, where he is also a director of the Sydney Centre for Time. His many books include Covered with Deep Mist: The Development of Quantum Gravity and A ...
Feb 09, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 278
Eight in ten people will suffer back pain at some stage in their lives and its impact on global health and the global economy is enormous, but if we acquire a habit of adopting good posture when sitting, regular movement and performing just 3 specific simple and scientifically proven exercises as outlined in this episode, we can greatly reduce the chance of our becoming another back pain statistic. In this episode I have a fascinating chat with one of the world's leading back pain experts, Dr St...
Feb 06, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 277
Author and therapist Eoin O Kane has written a book which outlines in simple steps how you can engage in 10 minutes of self therapy a day. It isn't meant to replace in person therapy but given that the onus in any therapy is on the client to 'do the work' between sessions, these steps facilitate our deeper understanding of how and why we think , feel and behave the way we do from day to day.
Feb 02, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 276
If we want to master ourselves, if we want to bring out real change in our lives, we can only do so if we engage in self awareness. Time and time again, book after book and podcast after podcast, the message is always the same, if we are to become abetter version of ourselves, we must become aware of our thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
Jan 30, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 275
Ryan Holiday is a prolific writer and thinker. He is fascinated by the human mind with the human condition. In his book. Ego is the enemy, he tackles a demon with which humankind has struggled for generations. Link to My book Happy habits for mind and body >>>>> https://rb.gy/6ziwve
Jan 26, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 274
In this episode I delve into some of the topics and philosophies Vex King discusses in his book Happy Vibes Happy Life. Link to My book Happy habits for mind and body >>>>> https://rb.gy/6ziwve
Jan 23, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 273
Learning what things not to do is always helpful. Amy Morin's great book outlines basic steps that involve changing our thoughts, emotions and actions, such that we can enhance our mental strength and maximise our potential in life. Link to My book Happy habits for mind and body >>>>> https://rb.gy/6ziwve
Jan 19, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 272
We all overthink, obsess, ruminate which leads us to being anxious and unhappy and stressed out. Nick Trenton's book The overthinking cure , gives us clearly defined steps to help us combat our bad habit of overthinking so that we can live more in the moment and be less reactive to our worlds while being more aware of ourselves and how we think.
Jan 16, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 271
In today's episode I talk with eminent consultant cardiologist Dr Paddy Barrett about the simple things we can do to optimise our heart health. Dr barrett's links: https://www.myhearthealth.ie/ Twitter : @Paddy_Barrett https://paddybarrett.substack.com/ Link to My book Happy habits for mind and body >>>>> https://rb.gy/6ziwve
Jan 12, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 270
In this episode I discuss many of the great ideas in Elizabeth Wilson's book Stress proof your life. The world is a stressful place, while we need some stress to function and challenge us daily, too much stress over the long-term can have devastating consequences on our mental and physical health. Of you have ever heard that stress is the number 1 killer known to human kind, believe it, because the statistics show it is true. This book details many ways to lessen our stress through altering our ...
Jan 09, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 269
Dr Susana Soeberg's new book Winter Swimming, details the history and traditions of winter swimming globally as well as the mental and physical benefits of cold water immersion and suggests that it could help provide some solutions to the obesity and diabetes epidemics. My book >>>>>https://rb.gy/6ziwve
Jan 05, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 268
In this episode I talk about how to make resolutions, that are essentially just changes of habit, stick over the long term.
Jan 02, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 267
How to deal with hardship in life, told through the story of three boiling pots.
Dec 29, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 266
Some suggested new habits to adopt for the new year
Dec 26, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 265
I spoke with Linsey Blair couples and individual psychotherapist and psychosexual therapist about sex myths and the importance of intimate touch and communication and, not necessarily penetration when it comes to a healthy and positive experience of sex for both partners. You'll find Linsey here >>> https://www.ebtc.ie/linsey-blair/ My book >>>>>https://rb.gy/6ziwve
Dec 22, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 264
In this episode I speak to retired GP Hugh Bethell about his new book : Get off the couch before its too late. We talk about the mental and physical benefits of exercise which can mean something as simple as walking. Hugh's Book >>>>>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Get-off-couch-before-late/dp/173996599X Hugh's Website>>>https://exercisefitnessandhealth.info/blog/an-overview-of-exercise/ My book >>>>>https://rb.gy/6ziwve
Dec 19, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 263
Why wait to make a change or an improvement that you know you need and that you will benefit from?
Dec 15, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 262
Whether you use it knowingly or not, The Compound Effect is hugely significant in your life. Successful people understand how to take advantage of it and use it to further their progress. To buy my book Happy Habits >>>>>>>>: https://a.co/d/cqfmqBR To buy the audiobook of Happy habits >>>>> https://rb.gy/sbkhpr
Dec 12, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 261
In this episode I talk to hynotherapist Kate Bethell about what hypnotherapy is and what it can help us with. We discuss smoking addictions, insomnia and stress. You'll find Kate at : http://www.katebethell.co.uk/ To buy my book >>>>>>>>: https://a.co/d/cqfmqBR
Dec 08, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 260
In this episode I explore some of the most common teachings that recur again and again in the self-help books I have read down through the years. My book >>>>>>https://a.co/d/3M01RA6
Dec 05, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 259
