How Food Companies Get Us 'Hooked' On Junk – with Michael Moss (#11)
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They're cheap, convenient, practically imperishable, and engineered to be irresistible. They’re called "ultra processed foods" and in some nutrition scientists believe they are the smoking gun.
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Mindful Myths – With Timothea Goddard (#10)
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Usually I share interviews with scientists doing research on how we can live better, healthier lives. But this week you'll hear from a different kind of expert – a mindfulness teacher who has made a big impact on my life.
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The Importance Of Good Relationships With Robert Waldinger, PhD (#09)
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In this episode I’m taking you inside my research files and a conversation I had with Professor Robert Waldinger – the director of the longest ever study on life and happiness.
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Daniel Goleman, PhD (#8)
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This episode is my extended interview with science journalist, Daniel Goleman, whose 1995 best-selling book, Emotional Intelligence helped make the science of emotions mainstream.
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Kristin Neff, PhD (#7)
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In this episode I’m talking with the self-compassion pioneer and researcher, Associate Professor Kirstin Neff.
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Judson Brewer, PhD (#06)
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If you're interested in learning how your brain works and how to use that knowledge to make healthy changes in your life, then this week's podcast is for you.
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Michael Steger, PhD (#05)
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After listening to this week's podcast, I suspect that you won't be able to stop yourself from taking a moment to reflect on what really matters to you the most in life, on what is truly important to you... and why. It with Professor Michael Stegor – a leading expert in finding meaning in life.
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Richard Davidson, PhD (#04)
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This is another extended conversation from my film, My Year Of Living Mindfully. This time it is with Richard Davidson PhD, the Director of the Centre for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Maddison.
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Elissa Epel, PhD (#03)
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This podcast is a little different from the first two. Although, like the others, this interview was done for my last documentary project, My Year of Living Mindfully, it isn’t with someone who’s specifically a mindfulness researcher. It’s with Professor Elissa Epel, a researcher at the forefront of understanding the connection between our mind, body and health. I knew this conversation would be fascinating because Elissa had already made a big impression on how my own lifestyle was influencing my hea
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Willem Kuyken, PhD (#02)
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Now, more than ever, we need discussions about the "how" of preventing and treating mental health problems. This episode features Willem Kuyken PhD, Director of the University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre. His research has earned him a place among the Who’s Who of influential scientists. His research investigating how mindfulness can prevent depression has ranked him in the top 1% of researchers in his field. Mindfulness is sometimes dismissed as "woo woo", but this interview will make you think again.
info_outlineWhen I began my year-long documentary experiment to see what would happen to my health and wellbeing if I meditated every day for a year, a key motivating force was a special issue of The Lancet which declared that every country in the world is facing and failing to tackle a host of mental health issues.
Crucially, the special issue was published before COVID19 changed the world and introduced a whole new range of global mental health challenges.
This is why I'm especially keen to share this week's podcast with you. Now, more than ever, we need robust discussions about "the how" of both preventing and treating mental health problems.
This podcast is my extended interview with Professor Willem Kuyken, who is the director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre and at the forefront of investigating how mindfulness can be used for mental health.
Although mindfulness is sometimes dismissed as "woo woo" in medical circles, Willem's research has earned him a place among the Who’s Who of influential scientists because his papers investigating mindfulness and depression have ranked him in the top one percent of researchers cited in the field.
In this podcast you'll hear:
- Why it's significant that a mindfulness intervention has been shown to be equal to medication for preventing recurrent depression
- If teaching mindfulness to teenagers can prevent them from developing depression later in life
- Why there's a good reason to be optimistic about mental health treatments in the future
I hope you enjoy the extended interview with Willem. It's such a pleasure to be able to share the material that sadly hit the cutting room floor when I made my documentary My Year of Living Mindfully.