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September 5, 2023
Why Your Brain Wants You To Be Anxious, Lazy & Fat (And What You Can Do About It) with Dr Anders Hansen
I think it’s fair to say that human beings have got it pretty good. Compared to most of our evolutionary history we have never been richer, safer, or lived longer lives. Yet, despite that, more of us are struggling with our health than ever before. What’s going on? This is the question that my guest today has spent years trying to answer.
Dr Anders Hansen is a Swedish psychiatrist, a globally renowned speaker with his own TV series exploring the human brain and he is also the author of multiple bestselling books, including his latest two The Happiness Cure and The Attention Fix.
He believes we can start to understand the struggles of modern life by looking to the brain, where our emotions are created. The brain did not evolve for intelligence, creativity or even happiness. Its sole purpose is to help us survive and reproduce – to make it to tomorrow, alive. We have inherited the evolutionary defence mechanisms that kept our ancestors hyper alert, fearful, and able to evade danger.
The trouble is that modern life has evolved at a pace our genes and brains have been unable to match. So today, these incredible survival skills that once helped us, now show up as unwanted feelings like chronic anxiety, distractibility, an urge to overeat, under exercise and even gamble. We often see these as mental health failings – something broken that needs to be fixed, says Anders. But when you look at them through the lens of evolutionary psychology, these behaviours all start to make perfect sense.
We no longer live on the Savanna: we live in a world of abundance and super-stimulation – and, if we want to thrive, we need to work against our brains’ natural instincts.
Easier said than done? Perhaps, but this conversation contains some excellent practical advice to get you started.
Anders is someone who really wants all of us to learn how exactly our brains are wired – so we can more easily understand ourselves and our daily behaviours. He is passionate, knowledgeable and a brilliant communicator. I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with him, I hope you enjoy listening.
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July 18, 2023
How To Improve Your Memory, Supercharge Your Focus & Learn Faster with Brain Coach Jim Kwik
When was the last time you ‘learned to read’? For most of us, it was in the early years of primary school, and you probably haven’t given much thought to that skillset since. But what if you could read smarter, faster and accelerate your capacity for learning – at any age? This week’s guest is here to show you how.
Jim Kwik grew up thinking of himself as the ‘boy with the broken brain’. A traumatic brain injury at the age of five meant Jim struggled at school, taking three years to learn to read. He was teased and bullied; his potential overlooked by teachers. Today, he’s a globally renowned brain coach who’s helped everyone from university students to CEOs and celebrities to improve their productivity, cognition and focus. He does so through his talks, coaching courses, podcasts, and online content – as well as his bestselling book, Limitless.
In this conversation, he’s keen to impart his many tips, tactics, and techniques to us. We discuss why so many of us feel like we’re lacking in focus, are too old to learn, or worry that our memories are already failing. We talk about technology as a tool not a distraction, and how to structure your day with intention. And Jim explains how the 3Ms of Mindset, Motivation and Method can keep you stuck in limiting beliefs – as well as liberate you from them.
We then move on to Jim’s accelerated learning and reading techniques, and he has some fascinating and super-useful advice on how to ‘flex your focus muscle’ and become a purposeful, prolific reader who remembers and uses what they’ve read. He also shares some amazing hacks for reading 25 to 50% faster and taking in more, not less, as you do it – it’s not about skim reading or skipping words.
I can’t emphasise enough what an ideas-packed episode this is, and I know you’ll want to take action from the moment you finish listening. I hope you enjoy this motivating and inspiring conversation.
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July 13, 2023
BITESIZE | How to Be Your Own Therapist | Dr Julie Smith
Getting a bird’s eye view on our life, noticing patterns and perhaps making different choices can help not only our mental health and emotions, but our physical 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 263 of the podcast with Dr Julie Smith, a clinical psychologist, and author of the number one bestseller ‘Why Has No One Told Me This Before?’
Julie is passionate about making the tools of therapy accessible to all, and, as with all of Julie’s tools and teachings, the common theme is self-awareness.
In this clip, we discuss how to start developing this important skill, and Julie shares a powerful tool to help us look after our happiness and mental wellbeing.
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July 11, 2023
Life Lessons From A Holocaust Survivor: Hannah Pick-Goslar (Anne Frank’s Best Friend)
For thousands of years, humans have used storytelling to enhance and change lives. From prehistoric fireside stories, to songs, novels, films, even social media reels, we are hardwired to seek identification and knowledge through hearing about other people’s experiences.
Some of my most popular podcast episodes to date have featured guests who do just this – relating their extraordinary life experience to fascinate, move and benefit all of those who hear it. And I’m honoured to add today’s guests to that list.
Ruthie Meir is the daughter of the late Holocaust survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar. Dina Kraft is Hannah’s co-writer who helped bring her incredible story to life, in the brand-new book My Friend Anne Frank. Together Ruthie and Dina bring authenticity and emotional resonance to a real-life story, that will change the hearts and minds, of all who hear it.
If you are familiar with the famous ‘Diary of Anne Frank’, Hannah appeared in it as ‘Lies Goosens’. As Ruthie and Dina explain to me, Hannah was born to Jewish parents in Berlin in 1928. After the Nazi Party was elected in 1933, the family escaped to what they believed was the safety of Amsterdam. And it was here that she met her friend, Anne Frank. The two became inseparable – until one day Anne just disappeared. Then in 1943, Hannah’s family was arrested and transported to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and somehow Hannah managed to survive, until the camp was finally liberated.
It would have been lovely to talk to Hannah herself about her story, but she actually died back in October 2022 just a few weeks shy of her 94th birthday.
This is without question, a horrifying, unimaginable, and crushing story but at the same time, within it, there are definite moments of beauty, compassion and humanity.
It really was a great privilege to talk to Ruthie and Dina about Hannah and her life. I hope you enjoy listening.
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Connect with Dina:Hannah & Dina’s book:Related Feel Better Live More Episodes:#144 Auschwitz Survivor Dr Edith Eger on How to Discover Your Inner Power
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July 6, 2023
BITESIZE | Why You Should Take a Cold Shower Every Morning for Good Health | Wim Hof
CAUTION: If you have uncontrolled hypertension or heart disease it is not advised that you start practising cold water immersion. If you have any doubt at all as to whether you are fit enough to give this practice a go, please consult a qualified healthcare professional.
My guest today believes cold exposure can help you battle disease, regulate your mood and help you connect with your true self.
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 127 of the podcast with Wim Hof, also known as The Iceman.
Wim has been described as a ‘trailblazer for human potential’ and a ‘modern legend’. He has performed incredible feats such as withstanding extreme temperatures and climbing Kilimanjaro wearing only a pair of shorts.
In this clip, he explains why taking a cold shower every morning could improve your health, reduce stress and help you take on any day.
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Listen to the full conversation with Wim Hof here:#127 Wim Hof on Waking Up to Your True Potential
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July 4, 2023
How to Burn Fat, Heal Your Metabolism and Live Longer with Dr William Li
Dr William Li is a world-renowned medical doctor who is keen to help us all understand how we can use food as medicine. He returns to the podcast to talk about his latest book, Eat To Beat Your Diet: Burn Fat, Heal Your Metabolism and Live Longer. He describes this book as an anti-diet book for people who love food. It’s a ground-breaking look at the latest science around how we can harness the power of food, to activate our innate fat-burning systems and transform our health.
We begin this conversation talking about the common foods that are marketed as healthy yet are anything but. We talk about the important role that our gut bacteria play in our metabolism, and we talk about the foods that can damage our gut microbiome, resulting in us processing food less efficiently and potentially contributing to weight gain.
That being said, Dr Li is actually really keen not to villainise any food – there are many reasons why humans choose to eat certain foods and drinks, from our innate sweet tooth to cultural, social or religious traditions. He just wants us to be mindful of what we’re consuming, how and why.
We also do a deep dive on fat. What exactly is fat? Many of us have negative associations with that word but the truth is that fat is a very important endocrine organ. The problems only start to arise when we start storing too much, of the wrong type of fat, in the wrong places.
And one of those harmful types of fat is something called visceral fat – which is a harmful type of white fat, not visible from the outside, that can sit inside us, causing inflammation, hormone disruption and playing havoc with the health of our internal organs. Dr Li explains why an expanding waistline and snoring at night, could be early indicators that you have an issue with internal fat, that needs addressing.
As well as being a scientist and medical doctor, Dr Li is really a foodie at heart. And, so of course, we talk about some of his favourite foods which have medicinal properties and fat-burning potential.
He also explains why his preferred diet is something that he calls ‘MediterrAsian’ and he is keen to bust some common myths around metabolism – such as, is it true that our metabolism slows down as we get older?
This is an episode jam-packed with insights and practical information. Dr Li is an excellent communicator and full of passion. I hope you enjoy listening.
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Eat to Beat Disease: The Body’s Five Defense Systems and the Foods That Could Save Your Life †
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June 29, 2023
BITESIZE | Why Kindness is the Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had | Claudia Hammond
“Behaving compassionately improves the lives of others, it also improves our own lives. There are measurable boosts to health, both mental and physical. Behaving kindly can act as a buffer against burnout and stress, and improve our well-being. It brings us happiness and can even help us to live longer.” Claudia Hammond
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 312 of the podcast with Claudia Hammond, an award-winning broadcaster, author, and psychology lecturer at the University of Sussex.
In this clip, she brings us some of the psychology and neuroscience on why kindness matters and shares a simple practice we can all do to notice and create more kindness in our daily lives.
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Listen to the full conversation with Claudia Hammond here:#312 Why Kindness is The Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had with Claudia Hammond
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June 27, 2023
Why Allergies Are On The Rise with Professor Theresa MacPhail
This summer is already proving a tricky one for people with hay fever. Pollen counts are rising and more of us are experiencing symptoms than ever before. But it’s not just pollen. From airborne allergens to the food on our plates, or the chemicals and plants that touch our skin, around 40% of the global population has some form of allergic disease. By 2030, today’s guest reveals, 50% of us will be affected.
Professor Theresa MacPhail is a medical anthropologist and writer, who made it her life’s work to understand more about allergy after her father died following a bee sting. Her book Allergic: How Our Immune System Reacts To A Changing World, is a detailed, enlightening look at the history of allergies and their growth in line with the industrial revolution.
Why are allergies on the rise? Why is that 200 years ago, allergies barely existed, yet today we’re even seeing them in our pets and farm animals? These are some of the questions we address in this week’s conversation.
Theresa starts off talking about our immune systems and what actually happens to cause the release of a chemical called histamine – which is responsible for many of our allergic symptoms.
She also covers the main historical theories as to the cause of allergies, from the ‘hygiene hypothesis’ to the ‘farmhouse effect’ and the ‘old friends theory’. Each offers us a potential part of the explanation, but none of them in isolation are able to explain it all.
What we do know is that allergies occur in the interaction between humans and our environment. And our environment has changed so much over the past 200 years that our immune systems simply cannot keep up.
Theresa explains the body’s three main barriers to infection and allergy – our skin, respiratory system and gut. When these barriers are damaged, Theresa explains, they become more porous and can let unwanted molecules into our bodies – causing infection, inflammation, or allergy. And what’s damaging them is modern life – things like air pollution, diesel fumes, chemicals, antibiotics, to name just a few.
So what can we do to mitigate this? We cover the practical steps that people can take but it’s not just an individualised approach we need, there are much wider societal issues that need addressing as well.
Talking with Theresa, what shone through most in all her ideas was the fact that we are all part of a much bigger eco system – we are basically in constant conversation with the world around us. Our bodies are continually making decisions on what they can tolerate and what they can’t.
Yes, on an individual level, we can all try our best to build up our own barriers so that we can tolerate more of the modern environment – but the uncomfortable truth is that we all collectively have a lot more to do to protect each other and the natural world.
I think this conversation is wonderful deep dive into a very important topic. My hope is that anyone suffering from allergies will feel seen, and anyone lucky enough not to, will gain more empathy and understanding. I hope you enjoy listening.
*Please note that this conversation refers to studies on mice
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June 22, 2023
BITESIZE | Why Intermittent Fasting Works | Dr Jason Fung
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’?
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 285 of the podcast with Dr Jason Fung, one of the world’s foremost experts on intermittent fasting.
Dr Fung has helped countless people all around the world improve their health and well-being and, in this clip, he shares some easy ways to practise intermittent fasting and reveals why the ‘rules’ aren’t as strict as you think.
Disclaimer: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.*
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Listen to the full conversation with Dr Jason Fung here:#285 Why Intermittent Fasting Works with Dr Jason Fung
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Dr Chatterjee’s books and resources:Order Happy Mind Happy Life. UK version,† US & Canada version†Feel Great Lose Weight is available to order now. Click here for the UK version† and click here for the US & Canadian version†Dr Chatterjee’s book Feel Better in 5 is out now. Click here for the UK version† and click here for the US & Canadian version†Order Dr Chatterjee’s book The Stress Solution†Find Dr Chatterjee’s 4 Pillars of Health in The 4 Pillar Plan†Available in the US & Canada with the title How to Make Disease Disappear†Click here for Dr Chatterjee’s YouTube channelJoin the Dr Chatterjee 4 Pillar Community Tribe Facebook pageClick here to subscribe to my new newsletter – Friday Five.*DISCLAIMER: Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
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June 20, 2023
Why You Should Stop Focusing on Sleep, How To Listen To Your Body & The True Meaning of Yoga with Sadhguru
My guest this week is Sadhguru, a yogi, mystic and visionary, who has been named one of India’s 50 most influential people. He is the world’s most-watched yogi, he has more than 20 million followers on social media and more than a billion views on his YouTube channel, where he regularly shares guided meditations, wisdom, stories and guidance for living a more contented and meaningful life.
He has written two New York Times bestselling books, has been a lead speaker at the United Nations General Assembly, a special invitee at TED and has also founded the Isha Foundation, a volunteer-run social outreach organisation, that aims to improve mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing for all.
I start off this conversation asking Sadhguru for his perspective on the current sleep loss epidemic and I think his thoughts on this topic, may surprise you. Instead of focussing on sleep, Sadhguru actually wants us to widen our consciousness and concentrate on what really matters – being awake for life.
He also explains the importance of living life, more through perception rather than expression, and why he has managed to thrive on only 2-3 hours sleep a night, for much of his adult life.
Sadhguru is keen to encourage people to become more in tune with their own bodies. He believes that instead of always looking to external ‘experts’, we should spend time cultivating our own inner expertise.
Listen to your body, he says. What is it telling you? External input is not intelligence, it’s merely information. When it comes to what or when to eat, when or how much to sleep, our prescription should be what feels right and what makes us feel alive.
Having said that, he does share a few universal principles, that he thinks will help people thrive. For example, it’s better not to eat within three to four hours of bed and that we should try and eat fresh food, not food prepared hours, days or even weeks earlier, because in his opinion, this can lead to inertia, in body and in mind.
We also talk about modern, allopathic medicine and how that fits alongside more holistic, traditional modalities like Ayurveda. We both agree that while modern medicine can be an effective solution for infection and injury, it is at its core, best at emergency care not health care. And that most chronic illness comes as a result of our collective modern lifestyles – things like diet, environment and stress.
Sadhguru believes that stress is absolutely not a given in modern life and claims that he could put himself through any situation and ‘stay intact physically, emotionally and mentally’.
He also explains the true meaning of yoga – more than a series of postures, it’s a way of understanding the world. Yoga means union, and we are in union with every other organism in the living world.
This podcast is a little different from my usual episodes. Sadhguru introduces some challenging, unusual ideas and turns them into compelling arguments for living a yogic, united life. It’s an engaging conversation with a charismatic guest – I hope you enjoy listening.
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