Prof Fine Book : https://shorturl.at/aeltL Animals have an incredible effect on us humans, they can dissolve a bad mood in a moment and melt our hearts on demand with a simple touch and to talk to us about the science underpinning this, is Prof Aubrey Fine who is a psychologist, a best selling author and is an expert in the field of children and an…

We're all about happy habits on this podcast and today I'm looking at happiness itself with Professor John Helliwell happiness expert who has studied happiness and the annual world happiness report every year since it was first published in 2012. We ask which countries are the happiest and why? Are those people who are married or in a long term rel…

Dr Tommy wood is an assistant professor in paediatrics and neuroscience, he's also the co-host of the Better brain fitness podcast.In this episode we explore whether you should be concerned about dementia if you are prone to losing things like your keys for example. We talk about the relationship between lifetsyle and cogitive decline.What foods an…

Today I welcome back clinical specialist Dr Morgan Nolte, in this episode we talk about the insulin model of sustainable weightloss. Crucially we explore the mindset that we need in order to achieve any goal including weight management goals. Discover the habits needed to bring about sustainable behaviour change such as committing to a goal, embrac…

Dr Stephanie Seneff author of Toxic legacy has been a loud voice in opposing the use of the weedkilling chemical glyphosate called Roundup by the agricultural sector. In this episode we explore what this chemical is and discuss how it negatively affects not only the health of animals in the laboratory but also livestock. We hear of the environmenta…

This podcast is about sharing information, quality information about how to become better versions of ourselves, physically and mentally. For information about our physical health we have historicallyrelied on scientists, nutritionists, medics, experts and government guidelines. But what happens when that information is tainted, this is what we exp…

4 in every 10 people alive right now are obese, its an enormous problem, with that in mind Im speaking with a person today who is passionate about this subject and how to tackle it. Dr Morgan Nolte, is a clinical specialist with a particular interest in sustainable weight loss management using the insulin resistance model combined with mindset and …

24 Million of people worldwide are living with Alzheimers disease, and as people live longer this number is only going to grow. In this episode we speak with author Dr Mary Newport whose own husband was diagnosed with Alzheimers at 54. She defines for us what this illness is and what the symptoms are. We hear how Dr Newport's own research led to he…

Chronic pain is an enormous problem across the entire population of the world, and anyone who has experienced pain beyond a period of several days will speak of its debilitating effects on their life. Existing pain management models are exactly that, management models, and this can involve years of prescription pain medications which can bring thei…

Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is an organizational psychologist, author and entrepreneur. He's the Chief Talent Scientist at Manpower Group, a company focused on workforce solutions. He also serves as a professor of business psychology at University College London and Columbia University. He's also the author of multiple books including: Why do so man…

Dr Sandra Kaufmann joins me, she is the author of The Kaufmann Protocol, why we age and how to stop it.Now this book differs from others in this field as it barely mentions, carbs or ketones, the emphasis in the book is about maintaining cellular health because in the end we are made of cells, trillions of them. In this episode we talk about the me…

I'm speaking with a giant of the field of audiology today Robert Sweetow is a retired Professor of audiology who worked at the Department of Otolaryngology and was former Director of Audiology at the University of California, San Francisco. We find out what audiology is and discover what the main components of the ear are.Expect to find out the dif…

I'm joined today by renowned dietitian Kristin Kirkpatrick who has co-authored Regenerative health : discover your metabolic type and renew your liver for life.The liver is a hugely important bodily organ and in this episode we find why and what its role is in some of the 300 bodily processes it's responsible for shaping either directly or indirect…

Prof Thomas N. Seyfried is an American professor of biology, genetics, and biochemistry at Boston College. He has been very vocal about the medical community's approach to researching and treating cancer, which he believes has been taken the wrong path of focusing too heavily on genetic mutations. We ask why cancer seems to be so ubiquitous today, …

Today I speak with world renowned neuroscientist, author of Life Time and sleep expert, Prof Russell Foster BSc, PhD, CBE, FRS FMedSc. He is the Director of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and the Head of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute. He is also a Nicholas Kurti Senior Fellow at Brasenose College at the University of Oxfo…

Today I'm joined by Dr Nathan Bryan who was recruited by the Nobel prize winner Dr Ferid Murad to research Nitric oxide, a molecule with an enormous potential to prevent disease.In this episode we discuss what nitric oxide is and why its so significant to the human body.We hear the role it plays in optimal cardiovascular function and how an ineffic…

If you are someone who is considering your first couch to 5km run or you have been training regularly for yearsm todays guest will be of interest to you. I talk with exercise physiologist Dr Stephen Seiler who has spent years studying the worlds best athletes, so that we can gain more knowledge about how the human body responds when we exercise and…

In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with remarkable a woman called Maggie Jones. She was given a terminal cancer diagnosis after doctors found tumors throughout her body, and a survival prognosis of 6 to 8 months, that was 6 years ago, incredibly not only is she still alive but she is thriving. We find out about the stress and initial em…

Prof Ellen Langer also known as the Mother of Mindfulness, became the first woman to receive tenure in psychology at Harvard University, she has spent the last forty-five-years researching mindlessness and mindfulness. She has published hundreds of articles and numerous bestselling books including her latest, The Mindful body. Her research and book…

Dr David Harper is a health educator, cancer researcher and author of Biodiet.We talk about ketogenesis, what it is, and what the ketogenic diet actually looks like.We hear about the axis of illness and the role carbohydrates play when adopting the ketogenic way of life.Dr Harper discusses the impact modern diets have on chronic inflammation and th…

Do you notice that your levels of focus and attention are getting worse? Are you finding yourself more easily distracted than you used to be? Well today's guest will be of interest to you. I'm joined by Gloria Mark she is a psychologist and is Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. Shes also…

Fiona Murden is a performance coach, occupational psychologist, a Ted talk speaker and author of Mirror thinking, how role models make us human.In this episode we ask, what exactly is mirroring is.We hear about an extreme example of mirroring, where a young girl was raised by dogs and mirrored their behaviour in every way. We ask how damaging it is…

Andrea Wachter is a psychotherapist and author. Having struggled with her own mental health issues she is perfectly placed to help those people presenting with anxiety, depression and other mental health concerns and she has been doing for the last 30 years.In this episode I ask Andrea about the difference between thoughts and feelings and why awar…

Dr Ray Dorsey is a professor of Neurology and the co author of the book : Ending Parkinsons disease. As you will hear Dr Dorsey believes this dreadful disease is entirely preventable through taking several simple steps and the case for doing so is becoming more and more pressing given this disease has exploded in case numbers in only the last 2 cen…

Dr Sean O Mara is one of the world's leading health and performance optimising physicians who loves to use his huge presence on social media to educate people on their health and demystify many of the topics that intimidate and confuse thereby, putting people back in the driving seat of their own optimal health management. In this episode we talk a…

Prof George Bonanno is Clinical psychologist and author of The end of Trauma, and The other side of Sadness. In this episode we define what trauma means as far as the professor is concerned and how it differs from the commonly accepted definition of trauma. Plus we ask why the coventional wisdom on trauma is so at odds with Professor Bonanno's find…

In this episode I speak with Phil M Jones, author and international speaker. We hear why words, something that we use all the time are quite so powerful.I ask if we really understand the significance of the words we use and how they can influence and impact people around us. Expect to learn the one mistake most people make when they are speaking to…

Thomas Gilovich is the Irene Blecker Rosenfeld Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. His work in social psychology includes the key textbook in the field, How we know what isnt so, and has written books that touch on topics such as behavioral economics and the fallibility of human reason. In this episode we talk about the subject of regret…

I'm chatting with Dr Anna Colton, she is a clinical psychologist. We talk about anxiety and why Dr Anna sees anxiety as a rocking chair and also a bully. We ask why people find it so difficult to deal with anxiety and speculate whether anxiety is tolerated because it is a familiar bedfellow. Expect to learn about why we catastrophise when we know w…

Antonio Neves is a keynote speaker, life coach and author of Stop living on autopilot, Take responsibility for your life and rediscover a bolder happier you. In this episode we hear about Antonio's view of accountability in life.We discover how Antonio's chaotic childhood (which involved 6 parental divorces and 15 different places he called home), …

Cody Royle is the man who coaches the coaches and the author of Tough stuff and Where others wont. In this episode we talk about leadership and the traits necesary to be a good leader.We hear about the significance of self-awareness and empathy when dealing with other people, especially in a team. Expect to learn how leaders and coaches are themsel…

Prof Lara Aknin is the director of the Helping and Happiness Lab at Simon Fraser University. She studies what makes people live happier and healthier lives. What a fascinating area of research and so given the fact that this podcast is all about striving to acquire a greater state of happiness, through fulfilling routines, self-improvement and heal…

Dr Michael Steger is the Founder and Director of the Center for Meaning and Purpose, and Professor of Psychology at Colorado State University. In this episode we tackle some pretty weighty issues. We discuss the meaning of our lives and the philosphy of appreciating the little moments and I reference Matt Haig and his book Reasons to stay alive, in…

Sinead Cloherty is a nutritionist, a health coach and an expert in making healthy eating, easy, tasty and fun. Shes mentored thousands of clients down through the years with thousands of followers on instagram, where she shares healthy eating tips. In this episode I ask why we have such a complicated relationship with the food we eat ? Expect to le…

Emily Balcetis is a social psychologist and professor of psychology at NYU and author of Clearer, closer, better. She is fascinated by how we look at things and has performed groundbreaking research showing how we can change our perspective to attain our goals. In this episode, we hear how how what we see creates our perception of the world around …

Jonathan Malesic is a Dallas based writer and former academic who holds a PhD from the University of Virginia, he is also the author of The end of burnout, why work drains us and how to build better lives. Jonathan was a victim of burnout himself which prompted him to explore this age old phenomenon. Indeed we discuss the long history of burnout da…

Dr Alice Pailhès, Ph.D. is an Associate Lecturer in Psychology atGoldsmiths, University of London. Dr Pailhes has a partticularfascination in magic and the psychology behind magic tricks. I'm talking about how magicians use psychology to manipulate, influence, force, redirect, misdirect and distract us in order to bamboozle us with their magic skil…

Dr Michelle Segar is an award winning NIH funded researcher with at the University of Michigan with 3 decades of experience in helping people adopt healthy behaviours in a way that matches the complexity, the messiness and the unpredictability of everyday life. She is also the author of The Joy Choice, named as one of the best health books of 2022 …

Nutritional psychiatrist Dr Uma Naidoo is the author of the new book, Calm your mind with food : a revolutionary guide to controlling your anxiety. In this episode we hear about the emerging field of nutritional psychiatry and how the foods we eat can affect our mood, our emotional resilience and mental health. We hear about how inflammation can co…

Dr Terry Wahls is an author and a clinical Professor of medicine at the University of Iowa, in addition to being proof positive that food can be your medicine. She was diagnosed with MS and spent 4 years relying on a wheelchair for her mobility, so debilitating were her symptoms. She was faced with making one of 2 choices, to either give up on life…

You're probably familiar with having an MRI scan on your strained muscle, your grandmother quite possibly had her hip replaced at some point, and more and more of us are wearing devices that can alert us of irregular heart related events which can prompt us to seek medical attention. These are all everyday examples of how our lives intersect with b…

Loneliness can be so damaging at any age but especially when growing up. Few people have more experience of being friendless and lonely than Daniel Wendler. In todays episode I speak with Daniel who is now a clinical psychologist and author, and who as a teenager was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome which contributed hugely to his lack of social …

Anna schaffner is a writer, coach and professor of cultural history who has written books on the history of exhaustion, and the art of self development' She has a new book coming out on the subject of exhaustion called Exhausted: An A to Z for the weary. Anna'smission is to help clients move from a state of exhaustion to a state of vitality in thei…

Today I am talking with one of the pioneers of evolutionary medicine and evolutionary psychiatry, Professor Randolf Nesse. We discuss what evolution has to do with modern day psychiatry and how knowledge of evolution's influences on someone's mental health informs Prof Nesse's ability to help his patients.We learn whether our quest for happiness is…

Brian Malow, is a well known science comedian who uses comedy to educate people and make more accessible many of the scientific topics that can perplex. He gives regular talks on science and has interviewed many of the worlds nobel laureates in the field of science and several of the astronauts who walked on the moon. In this episode I explore with…

Dr Ian Kerner is a practising sex therapist and author of the best selling, She comes first. In this episode Dr Kerner helps dispell some commonly held misconceptions about sex.We learn that desire or lack there of is largely the reason many people choose to see a sex therapist. We hear about the assurances that women need in order to feel comforta…

Today I speak with Dr Harry Ball the co-founder of the Dental Sleep Institute. He is a physician with a background in dentistry who now helps people with sleep problems. In this episode we find out how dental issues and sleep are related.We discover what exactly bruxism or teeth grinding is and how it presents itself.We hear about restless leg synd…

Dr Stacy Sims is a physiologist who specialises in women's fitness, performance, nutrition and hormone related health. This seems ridiculous given the fact that women make up about 50% of the global population, but the vast majority of scientific data we have has been derived by studying only men, which means theres a glaring lack of science-based …

Do you have trouble sleeping, perhaps you have insomnia. Are you reaching for the coffee every morning, exhausted because it has taken you so long to fall asleep, because you've woken up multiple times or maybe you wake up super early every morning. Perhaps you're one of the many people who've been prescribed sleeping tablets, but you're looking fo…

Today I am talking with Dr Rosalba Courney , she is an osteopath who did a PhD in dysfunctional breathing, she is an integrative breathing specialist who helps people with poor breathing habits and suffer from dysfunctional breathing. In this episode we define functional and dysfunctional breathing. We discover how the body's pH is affected by the …