Stronger Minds
From expert chartered psychologist Kimberley Wilson, Stronger Minds cuts through the noise around mental health to give real – and qualified! – advice on how to keep your brain as healthy as possible. She covers food and nutrition, psychology, lifestyle and mental habits right through to debating the big ideas with eloquence and passion. Listen in here.
Ted Talks Health
These weekly pods come in under 10 minutes and are the perfect bite-size listens that will keep you thinking long past the stop button. Inspiring lectures on topics from menopause to memory, from some of the world’s leading scientists, doctors and lecturers. Great for on-the-go. Listen in here.
Unlocking Us
If you are yet to listen to a podcast episode from author and vulnerability researcher, Brené Brown, you are in for a treat. Drawing you in right from her intro, episodes of Unlocking Us feel raw and honest, covering the most visceral of human emotions through frank conversations with friends and peers on fear, self-doubt, trauma, race and love. Listen in here.
Open Minds With Frankie Bridge
Frankie Bridge has been vocal about her own mental health experiences, from ‘breakdown to breakthrough’ since openly discussing talking anti-depressants in the media in 2017. Since then she has launched her own platform, the Open Minds podcast, to invite guests to share their own journeys in the hope that it opens up the conversations and addresses the stigma around our country’s mental health crisis. Listen in here.
Happy Place
TV darling Fearne Cotton has become the poster girl for wellbeing with her signature warm, inviting, no airs style of interviewing. Listening in feels like a chat with mates about all aspects of wellbeing and mental health – except those mates are the likes of Paloma Faith, Tom Daley and Dawn French. A great normaliser that encourages listeners to start their own conversations and normalise mental health discussion. Listen in here.
Happier by Gretchen Rubin
From no. 1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin co-hosts the ‘Happier’ podcast with her sister, TV writer and producer Elizabeth Craft. Together, they share easy-to-implement ideas, happiness hacks, manageable methods and infectious tips to boost your happiness, every day. Listen in here.
Feel Better, Live More
Rangan Chatterjee’s ‘Feel Better, Live More’ podcast has all the bedside manner you’d expect from an experienced GP, with a healthy dose of personal insight, passion and 360-approach to health. Complimenting his Four Pillars Plan book, he takes a holistic view by discussing anxiety, nutrition, fitness, sleep and emotions. Expect the full gamut of wellbeing topics, all the while dispelling myths and debunking the science. Listen in here.
By Lydia Mansi
July 2021
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