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December 14, 2021

The Healing Power of Community

CAUTION: Contains swearing and themes of an adult nature.

This is the final podcast episode of the year – I have decided to take a short break from the podcast over Christmas to switch off and relax with my family and it’s that sentiment that has influenced the topic of this final compilation episode.

This is the time of year where many of us take a pause, spend time with our loved ones and think of others. So, I thought this was the perfect time to celebrate the magic that happens when community comes together. This week, my team and I have put together some of the very best inspirational clips around this topic.

Humans are not designed to be alone. We’ve evolved to live our lives as individual members of a large supportive group. Back when the human brain was doing much of its evolution, we hunted together, we ate together and we sat around a campfire in the evenings and talked together, swapping stories, songs and smiles. We’re designed to survive and thrive by being connected to one another. This is why we feel joyful and safe when we‘re getting along well with the people we share our lives with. But our modern, busy, disconnected lives can do great damage to these connections and our health.

A rising number of us are suffering from loneliness and this is not only affecting our mental health, but also our physical health. In fact, high social stress is an even bigger risk factor for dying from chronic disease than physical inactivity, alcohol intake and smoking put together! The good news is though, there is plenty we can do to build new connections and nurture the important relationships in our lives.

Research has shown time and time again, that by giving to others and to our community, we can increase our own happiness, as well as the happiness of others. In today’s episode, you will hear some heart-warming stories and uplifting advice about the healing power of community from some of my former guests including: Gabor Mate, Johann Hari, Dan Buettner, Tommy Wood, Laurie Santos, Julian Abel, Pippa Grange, The Happy Pear, Kelly McGonigal and John McAvoy.

My team and I really enjoyed putting this episode together for you. I hope you enjoy listening, and I hope it inspires you to live a more contented and connected life.

This episode includes clips from:

Episode 37 Gabor MateEpisode 94 Johann Hariepisode 67 Dan BuettnerEpisode 167 Tommy WoodEpisode 138 Julian AbelEpisode 151 Laurie SantosEpisode 38 Happy PearEpisode 126 Pippa GrangeEpisode 109 Kelly McGonigalEpisode 91 John McAvoy

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December 13, 2021

INTRODUCING | Ask Me Anything | My Morning Routine

Today’s episode is an introduction to my first Ask Me Anything (AMA) episode.  This is available in full on the members option of my podcast where you can find ad-free episodes as well as AMA episodes where I answer questions posed by members. 

In this clip, you can hear about why I now offer a membership option and I answer a question from members all about my morning routine. I talk about what I try to do every morning, how it has developed over the years and what I get out of my routine.  I also share other options for a positive start to the day that I hope will be helpful to you.

If you enjoyed this episode, you can check out the membership offer at drchatterjee.com/membership.

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December 7, 2021

How To Live Your Best Life with Jake Humphrey

CAUTION: This episode contains swearing and themes of an adult nature.

Are you looking for high performance in your life – whether that be your work life, your personal life or perhaps in a weekend hobby? Or, does the term high performance not really resonate with you? Well, irrespective of your answer, I think you are going to really enjoy today’s conversation with my guest, Jake Humphrey.

Jake is one of the UK’s best known TV presenters, and he is currently the lead Premier League football presenter on BT sport, having previously spent over a decade at the BBC covering Formula One and before that children’s television. Jake also hosts the High Performance podcast along with psychologist, Professor Damien Hughes. Together, they have conversations with a variety of different people that allow all of us to access the lessons and habits of high performance. They have recently brought all of that wisdom together into one place with the publication of their brand-new book, High Performance: Lessons from the best on becoming your best.

But what does high performance really mean? Is it something that we should be focusing on? Or, is the desire for high performance leading us to do too much in an endless quest for perfection? This is something that Jake and I talk about at length in this conversation.

Jake shares his own fascinating personal story about how he went from failing his A levels to becoming one of the UK’s most well-known TV presenters. We cover a wide range of topics including reframing failure, the importance of taking responsibility for every aspect of your life, and why mindset is the first thing that we should work on, even before we get to our behaviours. We also discuss how to build resilience and the importance of what Jake calls ‘world class habits’.

I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Jake – it was authentic, honest, and at times raw. I hope you enjoy listening.

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December 2, 2021

BITESIZE | How To Work Less and Get More Done | Alex Pang

Rest is so important for our health, our happiness, and our productivity, but we often think that trying to do more is better.

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 118 of the podcast with author and former Silicon Valley tech consultant, Alex Pang.

Alex realised that when he went on a sabbatical from work, he became more productive and, in this clip, he explains how we can all work less and get more done.

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#118 How to Work Less and Get More Done with Alex Pang

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November 30, 2021

Finding Balance In A Dopamine Overloaded World with Dr Anna Lembke

CAUTION: Includes themes of an adult nature.

Do you think you have an addiction, or perhaps an unhealthy relationship with a certain behaviour? It may be a behaviour that you have tried to stop in the past that you keep returning back to despite your best intentions. Well, if you do (and I cannot imagine there are many people out there who don’t), I think you will find today’s conversation eye-opening. My guest is Dr. Anna Lembke, a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine, and author of the brilliant new book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance In the Age Of Indulgence, in which she explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why our relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain.

In today’s conversation, we explore the fact that we are living in a dopamine overloaded world where everything has been made more accessible, more abundant, and more potent. We’re living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting, Facebooking, Instagramming, YouTubing, tweeting…the list is endless. And the effect is that we are now living in a world that has turned many of us into addicts.

We delve into what exactly dopamine is, why we all need it, and how getting too much of it can actually lead to pain. Anna explains that pleasure and pain work like a balance in the brain. In fact, the same parts of the brain that process pleasure, also process pain. If we tip that balance too far in the pursuit of pleasure, the brain responds by overcompensating and pushing us in the direction of pain.

But it’s not all doom and gloom, there is plenty that we can do to find the right balance and in our conversation, Anna shares some of her best practical advice that has been honed over years and years of treating patients.

We cover a wide range of topics, including why radical honesty is important for all of us, the lessons that we can learn from people who have been through recovery and the effect that isolation has on addiction. We also discuss how this problem of overconsumption can affect our kids at crucial stages in their development, and what we can do to protect them.

Anna is a world-leading expert in her field but what I love the most about her is her authenticity, compassionate manner and her passion to help as many people as she can. This was a really powerful conversation. I hope you enjoy listening.

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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Interesting Articles:

The Guardian Constant craving: how digital media turned us all into dopamine addicts

Irish Examiner Screen addicts: How smartphones have made us more dependant on dopamine

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November 25, 2021

BITESIZE | How to Reduce Stress and Anxiety by Changing the Way You Breathe | Patrick McKeown

The way we breathe is the way we live, and by changing the way we breathe we can change our lives for the better.

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 99 of the podcast with Patrick McKeown.

Patrick believes breathing correctly is the secret to better health and wellbeing and, in this clip, he explains why our emotions, sleep and our breathing are interlinked and gives some great practical tips to help reduce stress.

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 Patrick McKeown here:

#99 How Breathing Through Your Nose Will Change Your Life with Patrick McKeown

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November 23, 2021

Mel Robbins on How To Take Control of Your Life With One Simple Habit

Mel Robbins is one of the most sort after motivational speakers in the world. Her TED talk has been viewed almost 27 million times and she’s also the best-selling author of several books, including her latest one, The High Five Habit: Take Control of Your Life With One Simple Habit.

In today’s conversation, Mel explains that all of us know what we need to do for the best in any given situation but it’s acting on that knowledge that’s hard. It’s so easy to be impulsive or fall into old habits. And I think this is where Mel really comes into her own. Her approach is all about practical, real life advice that busy people with busy lives can easily implement. A prime example is something that Mel calls the five second rule. This is a rule that stops negative thinking in its tracks, and immediately breaks the feedback loop of procrastination and moves us into taking action. It changes a bias of thinking into a bias of action, giving you the confidence to try when you’re full of doubt. In fact, it’s so simple that my 11 year old son has already seen its benefits in his own life over the past few weeks.

We also talk about The High Five Habit (which is the title of Mel’s new book) – this is the idea that by simply giving yourself a high five in the mirror each morning, you can experience transformative effects in your life. This simple exercise is about recognizing yourself and asking yourself what the person looking back at you in the mirror really needs and by doing so, Mel explains that you are retraining your brains neural pathways and convincing your subconscious that you are someone who is worthy of celebration.

This really is a wide ranging and in-depth conversation. There is something quite unique about the connection that Mel has with her audience and the way she delivers her message. I think a lot of it comes down to her raw honesty, and the fact that all of her methods are borne out of her own lived experience. She’s been there and she is very happy to share her struggles, her insecurities and her battles. I certainly got a lot out of this conversation and I think you will as well.

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#126 How to Win at Life Without Losing Yourself with Dr Pippa Grange

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November 18, 2021

BITESIZE | How To Connect With Nature for Greater Health and Happiness | Tony Riddle

Our modern lifestyles are moving us further away from our natural state, but there are ways of living that are much more in sync with our human biology.

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 71 of the podcast with natural lifestyle coach and record-breaking barefoot endurance athlete, Tony Riddle.

In this clip he explains how, through connecting with nature and our natural state, we can experience greater health and happiness.

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 Tony Riddle here:

#71 What Makes Us Human with Tony Riddle

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November 16, 2021

How To Train Your Attention and Improve Your Life with Dr Amishi Jha

Where is your attention right now? Hopefully it’s on these words – but if you’re getting distracted and are contemplating what you’ll have for dinner or running through your to-do list, please know that you are not alone. Today’s guest shares research which shows that most of us are missing up to 50% of our lives. But if you’d like to change that for the better, you’re in the right place.

Dr Amishi Jha is a neuroscientist, professor of psychology at the University of Miami and author of the brilliant new book Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes A Day, which looks at the science of attention. She wants to help us all harness the power of our attention to better meet life’s demands. And I know you’re going to find her advice useful whether it’s at work, at leisure or in your relationships.

Amishi describes the three different types of attention: the Flashlight, the Floodlight and the Juggler. She explains how they all work together to keep us not just focused but also safe, productive and agile. What’s most important, she explains, is developing the awareness to know what type of attention, or distraction, you’re experiencing at any one time.

We talk about factors which have a negative influence on our attention, namely stress, fear and lack of sleep. And how an inability to focus can not only be a consequence of poor mental health, but a cause as well. Often rumination, focusing too intently on our problems, can keep us in them. So how can we break free?

This episode is packed with practical advice on optimising attention for all-round wellbeing and performance. Amishi’s research has shown that, just as we might train our bodies in the gym, so too can we train our brains to direct our focus where we’ll most benefit. And the good news is, we can experience incredible benefits in as little as 12 minutes a day.

I really enjoyed this conversation and I hope you do too.

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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Amishi’s TED talk

How To You’re your Wandering Mind

Amishi’s book:

Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes A Day

Related Feel Better Live More podcast episodes:

#120 How To Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life with Nir Eyal

#122 Jay Shetty on How to Think Like a Monk and Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose

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November 11, 2021

BITESIZE | How to Improve Your Mental Fitness | Natasha Devon

We all know what to do to maintain our physical fitness, but we often don’t think about our mental fitness.

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 57 of the podcast with body image and mental health campaigner Natasha Devon MBE.

In this clip, she explains why it’s so important to keep our mind fit and healthy and gives some great tips for maintaining mental fitness.

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Listen to the full conversation with Natasha Devon here:

#57 Mental Fitness and Body Image with Natasha Devon MBE

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Published on November 11, 2021 16:03

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