Stress can affect every aspect of our lives – our jobs, relationships, sleep, and mental health. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 130 of the podcast with Dr. Deepak Chopra - someone who Time magazine has described as ‘one of the top heroes and icons of the century’. In this clip, Deepak shares some great practical tips...
Nov 11, 2022•13 min•Ep 311•Transcript available on Metacast Headaches, migraine, back, neck or joint pain, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), fibromyalgia – they’re just some of the common causes of chronic pain, which is estimated to affect between a third to half of all UK adults. If you or someone close to you is one of them, you don’t need me to tell you it can be physically and emotionally draining. You probably feel like you’ve tried everything – so today’s podcast has the potential to be a life-changing listen for you. My guest is Dr Howard Schubiner...
Nov 09, 2022•2 hr 6 min•Ep 310•Transcript available on Metacast CAUTION: This podcast episode contains swearing. By doing this one simple habit each morning you could experience transformative effects in your life. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 220 of the podcast with the wonderful Mel Robbins. Mel is one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in the world and, in this c...
Nov 04, 2022•15 min•Ep 309•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever felt held back by a habit or pattern of thinking that you feel powerless to break? Or perhaps felt frustrated by a loved one’s failure to see mistakes they’re repeating? The reason it’s so hard, says today’s guest, is that these actions are programmed into our subconscious minds from early childhood. And they affect not just our behaviour but our whole experience of life and even our risk of disease. The chances are we’re completely unaware of these programs but, importantly, we ca...
Nov 02, 2022•2 hr 40 min•Ep 308•Transcript available on Metacast Every act of kindness is significant and has more impact than you can imagine. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 104 of the podcast with pharmacist turned author, Dr David Hamilton. David has a special interest in the mind body connection. In this clip, he shares some wonderful research which shows why kindness is so go...
Oct 27, 2022•14 min•Ep 307•Transcript available on Metacast CAUTION: This podcast discusses fasting and its advice may not be suitable for anyone with an eating disorder. If you have an existing health condition or are taking medication, always consult your healthcare practitioner before going for prolonged periods without eating. Ten years ago this week’s guest published a seminal paper on time-restricted feeding (TRF) and this research was hugely influential in kick-starting a global health phenomenon, now known as intermittent fasting. Professor Satch...
Oct 25, 2022•2 hr 12 min•Ep 306•Transcript available on Metacast We know that poor diet can affect our physical health, but it can negatively affect our mental health too.. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 212 of the podcast with a leader in the field of nutritional psychiatry, Dr Drew Ramsey. Drew’s book ‘Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety’ is a powerful prescription for optimising...
Oct 20, 2022•13 min•Ep 305•Transcript available on Metacast This week’s guest is someone who I have been trying to set up a face-to-face conversation with for around 2 years. Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan athlete who is widely regarded as the greatest marathon runner of all time - he has won two successive Olympic marathons and 10 major titles. And of course, he’s the only athlete to have ever run a marathon in under two hours, which he did back in 2019 in Vienna as part of the 1:59 challenge. Although this was not recognised as an official world record bec...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep 304•Transcript available on Metacast If there is any certainty in life it is that things will never stay the same, yet so many of us struggle to embrace and accept change Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 123 of the podcast with Psychotherapist Julia Samuel. In this clip Julia explains that how we respond to change, in many ways, determines how our lives w...
Oct 13, 2022•12 min•Ep 303•Transcript available on Metacast CAUTION: Contains themes of an adult nature. Today’s guest has survived cancer twice and been hit by a truck at 70mph. By all accounts, he shouldn’t be here. Yet James Golding has gone on to be a world record-breaking endurance cyclist – and raise £4 million and counting for charity. He now believes that anything is possible and we can each achieve anything we set our minds to. If you’re feeling lost or lacking in motivation, you need to hear what this man has to say. During this powerful conver...
Oct 11, 2022•2 hr 12 min•Ep 302•Transcript available on Metacast The brain is our most vital and complex organ, and there are simple things we can all do to keep it healthy and improve its performance. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 167 of the podcast with Dr Tommy Wood. In this clip, Tommy explains why cognitive decline in later life is not inevitable and the steps we can take no...
Oct 06, 2022•11 min•Ep 301•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever thought about going into space? What it might be like to be there, how you might deal with the fear, the uncertainty, the pressure? In this week’s conversation, I speak to Tim Peake, a real live Spaceman, who can answer those questions and more. Tim was the first British European Space Agency astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS) where his work captured the hearts and minds of millions. He is an inspirational communicator of science to audiences of all ages and h...
Oct 04, 2022•2 hr 36 min•Ep 300•Transcript available on Metacast Are you getting enough sleep for productivity, good health, and longevity? Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 147 of the podcast world-leading sleep researcher Professor Matthew Walker. In this clip, we explore why getting just an extra 15 minutes of sleep a day could increase our healthspan and our lifespan, and Matthew...
Sep 29, 2022•13 min•Ep 299•Transcript available on Metacast I believe that conversation matters; that long form nuanced conversation is what we need now more than ever, to make the world a better place. And for me, part of that means exposing ourselves to new ideas, new concepts and new ways of thinking that we may previously have not been exposed to. This week’s guest on my Feel Better Live More Podcast is someone who fits that bill perfectly. Dr Zach Bush is a medical doctor and founder of the non-profit Farmer’s Footprint, created to find root cause s...
Sep 27, 2022•2 hr 5 min•Ep 298•Transcript available on Metacast RE-RELEASE: This episode first aired in October 2021. To enter to ballot for 2023 click here http://www.londonmarathon2023.com/ballot This Sunday 3rd October, I’ll be one of 50,000 people taking to the streets to run the Virgin Money London Marathon. So, in preparation for what I’m 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. It’s about the magic that happens when hundreds of thousands of people come to...
Sep 24, 2022•2 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast We can learn so much about living from people who are coming to the end of their lives. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 185 of the podcast with one of the world’s leading neurosurgeons, Dr Rahul Jandial. Rahul is the last hope for patients with extreme forms of cancer. He’s observed humanity at its most raw but also i...
Sep 22, 2022•11 min•Ep 297•Transcript available on Metacast My guest today believes that the single biggest problem with our health these days is not that we carry too much fat but that we don’t carry enough muscle. She believes that if we start to focus and prioritise our largest organ – our muscle – we can burn more fat, improve our body composition, decrease our risk of disease and increase our energy levels. Dr Gabrielle Lyon is a family medicine and osteopathic doctor who has specialised in geriatric care. What she’s seen and learned as an end-of-li...
Sep 20, 2022•2 hr 55 min•Ep 296•Transcript available on Metacast We all have times when we lack self-confidence, but loss of confidence can sometimes hold us back and stop us living the life we want to live. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 254 of the podcast with Vanessa Van Edwards, an expert in body language, facial expressions, and nonverbal communication. Vanessa calls herself ...
Sep 15, 2022•14 min•Ep 295•Transcript available on Metacast Today I’m excited to welcome Dr Gabor Maté back to the podcast for a third time. Gabor is a fellow physician, author, speaker and friend who brings warmth and wisdom to every conversation we have. He’s a renowned expert on addiction, trauma, stress and childhood development – and someone with a unique understanding of how our spiritual, emotional and physical lives are connected. Gabor’s latest book The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture is quite simply a masterpiece,...
Sep 13, 2022•2 hr 5 min•Ep 294•Transcript available on Metacast What if you could prevent ageing or even reverse it? Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 208 of the podcast with one of the world’s leading scientific authorities on ageing - biologist and Harvard professor, David Sinclair. The key to staying young, he explains, is inducing hormesis, a state of survival in our bodies, and...
Sep 08, 2022•15 min•Ep 293•Transcript available on Metacast The tired brain remembers negative experiences but forgets the positive ones. Is there a more powerful statement in favour of going to bed earlier and prioritising our sleep? Modern life has seen us push into the night, staying up later and extending our social and work lives around the clock. But this, says today’s guest, goes against what our bodies are wired to do. Russell Foster is Professor of Circadian Neuroscience at Oxford University and author of the fantastic new book, Life Time: The N...
Sep 06, 2022•2 hr•Ep 292•Transcript available on Metacast For the last in the current series of Feel Better Live More, I’m welcoming back someone I know you’ll love. Professor Tim Spector was my first-ever guest, and he returns for the third time today, with the very latest on gut health and personalised nutrition. Tim is a professor of genetic epidemiology and Head of the Department of Twin Research at King’s College London. He’s a world-leader when it comes to the gut microbiome – and Director of the British Gut Project – whose research has transform...
Jul 12, 2022•2 hr 46 min•Ep 291•Transcript available on Metacast What if the only thing separating you from living your perfect life is the dialogue that exists within your subconscious mind? Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 199 of the podcast with Peter Crone, also known as ‘The Mind Architect’ In this clip, he explains why we all have the power to choose how we respond to any situ...
Jul 07, 2022•18 min•Ep 290•Transcript available on Metacast CAUTION: This episode contains mild swearing. What’s holding you back from pursuing your dreams? What if the ‘when’ you’re waiting for never comes? Today’s guest believes confidence is a by-product of taking action – and she wants you to take action now. Lisa Bilyeu is a British-born but now American-based entrepreneur who co-founded the billion-dollar company Quest Nutrition. She also hosts a weekly YouTube show, Women of Impact, and is the author of the brand new book, Radical Confidence. It’s...
Jul 05, 2022•2 hr 42 min•Ep 289•Transcript available on Metacast We react to every single situation in life with our breath and we have the power to choose how we respond to any situation by controlling our breath. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 113 of the podcast with human performance specialist Brian MacKenzie. In this clip, he explains how we can use the power of our breath to...
Jun 30, 2022•11 min•Ep 288•Transcript available on Metacast Are the people around you supportive of your health goals? If you were to embark on a new routine, would your friends be a help or hindrance? For today’s episode, I was delighted to welcome my good friend James Maskell for a conversation around friendship, community and the concept of ‘group medicine’. James is a health entrepreneur, author and community builder. He studied health economics and it’s now his mission to curb rising healthcare costs across the globe with a model that puts people fi...
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep 287•Transcript available on Metacast Have we made movement and exercise too complicated? Have we lost sight of what it really means to move our bodies? Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 7 of the podcast with health and movement coach Darryl Edwards. Darryl believes movement can be medicine and, in this clip, he shares his own journey, and describes the inc...
Jun 23, 2022•12 min•Ep 286•Transcript available on Metacast CAUTION: This podcast discusses fasting and its advice may not be suitable for anyone with an eating disorder. If you have an existing health condition or are taking medication, always consult your healthcare practitioner before going for prolonged periods without eating. When was the last time you had something to eat? Was the food consumed at a mealtime, or 'just because'? My guest today has a simple but powerful message that I believe could revolutionize your health. Dr Jason Fung is one of t...
Jun 21, 2022•2 hr 56 min•Ep 285•Transcript available on Metacast Our gut health impacts so much more than simply our digestive system. The gut is now being implicated in a host of different conditions, including joint pain, brain fog, insomnia and depression. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 40 of the podcast with nutritional therapist and author, Jeannette Hyde. In this clip, Jeann...
Jun 16, 2022•12 min•Ep 284•Transcript available on Metacast CAUTION: This episode contains mild swearing and themes of an adult nature. A few weeks ago, I hosted my first ever Feel Better Live More LIVE show, which took place in a beautiful theatre in London. I’m really excited to share a recording of that conversation with you today. My guest was the brilliant author, journalist and podcast host, Elizabeth Day. Elizabeth hosts a podcast called ‘How to Fail’ which celebrates the things that haven’t gone right. She has also written two books on the subjec...
Jun 14, 2022•2 hr 50 min•Ep 283•Transcript available on Metacast 
