This weeks episode is a special compilation episode all about stress: what it is, where it comes from, and what we can do to manage it better in our lives. Even before the events of the past 20 months, we were living in the middle of a stress epidemic. For many years now, the World Health Organization has been calling stress, the health epidemic of the 21st century. Many of us think that we can get away with burning the candle at both ends forever. But the reality is very, very different. Stress...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep 214•Transcript available on Metacast Fear can hold us back in all aspects of our life and stop us from living a life filled with passion and deep fulfilment. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart.Each week Ill be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Todays clip is from episode 126 of the podcast with psychologist Dr Pippa Grange. Pippa believes most of us are performing at life, not living it - and in this clip, she explains why we should stop...
Oct 28, 2021•11 min•Ep 213•Transcript available on Metacast We know how vital what we eat is for our physical health. Whats less widely appreciated, despite a wealth of evidence, is just how important the right foods are for our brain and mental health. But my guest today is here to turn the science into easy steps we can all put into action. Dr Drew Ramsay is a psychiatrist and a leader in the emerging field of nutritional psychiatry. Hes assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Colombia University and founded The Brain Food Clinic in New York. Dre...
Oct 26, 2021•2 hr 38 min•Ep 212•Transcript available on Metacast Im excited to announce Ive just launched a brand new daily podcast called Built to Thrive, exclusively on Amazon Music.Instead of todays usual Bitesize episode, Ive decided to share episode 1 of the new podcast for you to enjoy. In just five minutes, Monday to Friday, Built to Thrive offers simple tips, hacks, motivation and advice aimed at helping you feel your best, mentally and physically. There's a new theme each week, with every day offering a new opportunity to improve the way you feel, wh...
Oct 21, 2021•13 min•Ep 211•Transcript available on Metacast CAUTION: This episode contains themes of an adult nature. Before he came to see me today, my guest John McAvoy took a walk around Strangeways prison. For a former inmate, that might sound an unlikely way to start the day. But for John, its the sort of thing he does on a regular basis, to remind himself where hes come from. This is Johns third appearance on the podcast, but for those new to his story, he was a teenager raised into a life of organised crime. By the age of 18 he was one of the UKs ...
Oct 19, 2021•2 hr 5 min•Ep 210•Transcript available on Metacast We all want to be happy, but what truly brings us happiness is often not what we think. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart.Each week Ill be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Todays clip is from episode 54 of the podcast with behavioural scientist and author of the books Happy Ever After and Happiness by Design, Professor Paul Dolan. Paul believes that happiness is subjective and if we free ourselves f...
Oct 14, 2021•15 min•Ep 209•Transcript available on Metacast My guest today is a revolutionary thinker and ground-breaking scientist whos on a mission to make you younger. And if that sounds promising, youll be pleased to know this podcast contains practical advice you can start to follow today. Hes Australian biologist and Harvard professor David Sinclair, author of Lifespan: Why We Age And Why We Dont Have To. David is one of the worlds leading scientific authorities on longevity, ageing and how to slow its effects. His research interest is the epigenet...
Oct 12, 2021•2 hr 17 min•Ep 208•Transcript available on Metacast When was the last time you were truly alone? When we take some time away from the storm of information we receive every day, the benefits can be transformative. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart.Each week Ill be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Todays clip is from episode 66 of the podcast with mountain runner and global icon, Kilian Jornet. One of the incredible feats Kilian has achieved is climbin...
Oct 07, 2021•12 min•Ep 207•Transcript available on Metacast This weeks episode is all about the immune system and my guest is Dr Roger Seheult. He is a California based medical doctor, who practises as a critical care doctor also specialising in pulmonology and sleep. Although you might expect an intensive care doctor to be concerned only with emergency medicine and quick fixes, Dr Seheult is really passionate about prevention. And when it comes to understanding inflammation and immunity, I cant think of a better person to explain the science. Whether yo...
Oct 05, 2021•2 hr 4 min•Ep 206•Transcript available on Metacast Stress is a physiological cycle that has a beginning, a middle and an end. And by understanding how to complete the stress response cycle, you can get rid of the stress even if you cant remove the stressor. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart.Each week Ill be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Todays clip is from episode 60 of the podcast with authors of the book Burnout: The Secret to Solving the Stres...
Sep 30, 2021•14 min•Ep 205•Transcript available on Metacast This Sunday 3rd October, Ill be one of 40,000 people taking to the streets to run the Virgin Money London Marathon. So, in preparation for what Im told will be a life-changing day, I spoke to its Event Director, Hugh Brasher. But this episode is more than a conversation about running. Its about the magic that happens when hundreds of thousands of people come together and revel in whats possible. We begin by talking about its history, the famous atmosphere, crowd support and many other factors th...
Sep 28, 2021•2 hr 55 min•Ep 204•Transcript available on Metacast Are you sleepwalking through life, or are you really living it? Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart.Each week Ill be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Todays clip is from episode 30 of the podcast with award-winning author and expert in mindfulness and meditation Danny Penman. Its easy to live our day-to-day lives on autopilot and, in this clip, Danny gives some great tips on how we can use mindfulness...
Sep 23, 2021•12 min•Ep 203•Transcript available on Metacast Caution: Contains themes of an adult nature. The term inspirational can be overused when it comes to describing public figures. But in the case of todays guest, it couldnt be more fitting. Ramla Ali is a professional sportswoman who became the first-ever boxer to compete for Somalia in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Her incredible story is told in her new book Not Without A Fight: Ten Steps To Becoming Your Own Champion, and Im honoured to hear it from her first hand. Ramla is a former refugee wh...
Sep 21, 2021•2 hr 48 min•Ep 202•Transcript available on Metacast Experts say that with the right lifestyle, the chances are you may live up to a decade longer.But we all want to make sure we stay fit, healthy and active in our old age too. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart.Each week Ill be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Todays clip is from episode 67 of the podcast with National Geographic Explorer and author Dan Buettner Dan has led teams of researchers across...
Sep 16, 2021•15 min•Ep 201•Transcript available on Metacast Im kicking off this season of the podcast with a very special guest. Dr Andrew Weil is a pioneer in the field of integrative health and is the founder and Director of the University of Arizonas Center for Integrative Medicine where hes also Clinical Professor of Medicine and Professor of Public Health. Hes achieved global recognition as an expert on medicinal plants and alternative medicine and is blazing a trail for medical education reform in the US and around the world. Andrew has been out th...
Sep 14, 2021•2 hr 52 min•Ep 200•Transcript available on Metacast CAUTION: This podcast episode contains mild swearing. Todays guest believes that the only thing separating you from living your perfect life, is the dialogue that exists within your subconscious mind. This philosophy is very much in alignment with my own and so I was delighted to welcome Peter Crone, a.k.a the mind architect back onto the podcast for the third time. Peter is a writer, speaker and thought leader in human potential and has worked with world-famous actors, athletes and the business...
Jul 13, 2021•2 hr 41 min•Ep 199•Transcript available on Metacast RE-RELEASE: This episode first aired in December 2020. Todays guest joins me fresh from a run of autumn camps with the England football team. Hes their manager, Gareth Southgate OBE, and I speak to him about his new book, Anything Is Possible. Its not really a football memoir, but more a guide to life and there are brilliant lessons for all of us in there non-football fans included! Gareth had an illustrious career as a professional football player in the 1990s and as England manager, took the E...
Jul 09, 2021•2 hr 39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Life can be busy, and its easy to forget to make time to catch up with friends but spending time with your friends is more important than you think. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week Ill be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Todays clip is from episode 80 of the podcast with my good friend and fellow podcast host Dhru Purohit. In this clip, he explains why our friendships are so important, ...
Jul 08, 2021•17 min•Ep 198•Transcript available on Metacast CAUTION: This episode contains mild swearing. Im delighted to welcome James Nestor, the brilliant science journalist and author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art back to the podcast. James and I first spoke last September on episode 124. It was such a popular episode in fact the YouTube version is my most-watched show! And I knew there was so much more I wanted to talk about with this inspiring guest, whos such a wealth of knowledge on the untapped potential of breathwork. Since its publi...
Jul 06, 2021•2 hr 27 min•Ep 197•Transcript available on Metacast Do you think that running just isnt for you? Or do you already enjoy running? Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart.Each week Ill be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Todays clip is from episode 31 of the podcast with sports reporter, author, and endurance runner, Vassos Alexander. In this clip, he shares his inspirational journey - from being unfit and out of shape to running ultramarathons. He believes...
Jul 01, 2021•15 min•Ep 196•Transcript available on Metacast CAUTION: This episode contains mild swearing. My guest today is internationally acclaimed meditation teacher, speaker and author, Light Watkins. I first spoke to him back on episode 23 of the podcast, when I know he inspired many of you to start a practice of meditation by breaking down common misconceptions and stripping away some of the rules and rigidity around meditation. So we begin this episode by talking about how our own approaches to meditation have evolved. We discuss the importance of...
Jun 29, 2021•2 hr 40 min•Ep 195•Transcript available on Metacast We often think of sleep as the third pillar of health underneath diet and exercise, but Matthew believes sleep is the first pillar on which all others sit. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart.Each week Ill be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Todays guest is world-leading sleep researcher, author of the international best-selling book Why We Sleep and Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology, Matthew W...
Jun 24, 2021•15 min•Ep 194•Transcript available on Metacast CAUTION: Contains themes of an adult nature. I believe that we can all learn something about ourselves from every single person we interact with and that it is through hearing other peoples stories that we can learn the most. Todays guest has a really powerful story to share he is the singer-songwriter, Benjamin Francis Leftwich. Ive been a huge fan of his work since his 2011 debut album and I think his music connects with people in an incredible way. Bens fourth studio album, To Carry a Whale, ...
Jun 22, 2021•2 hr 56 min•Ep 193•Transcript available on Metacast We are living in the middle of a stress epidemic - the World Health Organization calls stress the health epidemic of the twenty-first century.But what can we do about it? Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart.Each week Ill be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Todays clip is from episode 56 of the podcast with neuroscientist, researcher and author of the book Stress-Proof, Dr. Mithu Storoni. In this clip,...
Jun 17, 2021•15 min•Ep 192•Transcript available on Metacast Weve been told that the more we move, the more calories we will burn but todays guest is here to explain why this way of thinking is wrong. Dr Herman Pontzer is an evolutionary biologist who researches how our deep past shaped the way our bodies work today. Over the past 20 years, Herman has conducted ground-breaking research across a range of settings, including pioneering fieldwork where he lived with the Hadza hunter-gatherers in northern Tanzania. The Hadza are considered one of the last hun...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep 191•Transcript available on Metacast Digital technology is slowly eroding downtime from our lives. The constant flow of digital noise is affecting our ability to be alone with our thoughts, to focus, and to cultivate authentic relationships.Is it time for a digital detox? Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart.Each week Ill be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Todays clip is from episode 50 of the podcast with Professor of computer science a...
Jun 10, 2021•15 min•Ep 190•Transcript available on Metacast CAUTION: This episode contains swearing and themes of an adult nature. Todays conversation is about unlocking your full potential, striving for peak performance and going big. My guest, Steven Kotler, lives and breathes flow. Hes an expert in this optimal state of consciousness, where we feel and perform at our best. And you dont have to be part of the business or sporting elite to benefit from his research. Steven believes we can all attain flow, because as humans were hard-wired to achieve. Wh...
Jun 08, 2021•2 hr 40 min•Ep 189•Transcript available on Metacast Rates of stress and anxiety are increasing and its estimated that 1 in 4 of us will experience mental health problems at some point in our lives. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart.Each week Ill be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Todays clip is from episode 61 of the podcast with best-selling author, and one of the most prominent voices in the mental health arena, Matt Haig As someone who has suffer...
Jun 03, 2021•16 min•Ep 188•Transcript available on Metacast This week's episode is a special compilation episode all about movement. As the weather is getting warmer and the days are getting longer (at least here in the UK), many of us feel a strong desire to get outside and move. But the question is, have we made movement and exercise too complicated? Have we lost sight of what it really means to move our bodies? The need to move our bodies has been gradually eroded from our modern lives and has been replaced with the modern concept of exercise. But, if...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep 187•Transcript available on Metacast So many of us these days are living lives that are not truly ours. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart.Each week Ill be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Todays clip is from episode 28 of the podcast with the inspirational wellness advocate, best-selling author and podcast host Rich Roll. In this clip, he shares his incredible journey - from someone that struggled with his health as well as alcohol add...
May 27, 2021•16 min•Ep 186•Transcript available on Metacast 
