Prof Julia Rucklidge: The Better Brain

In this episode, I spoke with Professor Julia Rucklidge. Julia is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychology, Speech, and Hearing at the University of Canterbury. Originally from Toronto, she did her training in neurobiology at McGill University and her Master’s and Ph.D. at the University of Calgary.

She is regularly featured across social media, newspaper, radio, and TV and has given over 100 invited talks across the world on her work on nutrition and mental health. Her 2014 TEDx talk has been viewed over 1.5 million times.

In this conversation, we discussed her interests in nutrition and mental illness, her own researches, and the wonderful book she co-authored, The Better Brain: How Nutrition Will Help You Overcome Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, and Stress. We touched on PTSD as well, which we also discussed. It’s such an important topic, so inspiring, so empowering, and even more relevant today than ever before.

HEALTHY BITE: Why a Localisation Movement is so Important

Welcome to another Healthy Bite. This week on the podcast, we released an eye-opening episode with environmentalist Helena Norberg-Hodge. Helena outlines even more than you may have even thought about, as you wonder where our food is produced, whether our manufacturing is in our own country, whether you’re buying your food from a local farmer, whether you are supporting regenerative agriculture and the regeneration of soil, and so much more.

Join me as we discuss more about globalisation and the localisation movement.

Helena Norberg-Hodge: Globalisation and Local Futures

Have you heard the expression “Think globally, act locally”? Today, we are going to explore both terms: Globalisation and Localisation.

My guest today is author and filmmaker, Helena Norberg-Hodge, a pioneer of the local economy movement. Through writing and public lectures on three continents, she’s promoting an economic mix of personal and social, and ecological well-being for more than 40 years. She is the founder and director of Local Futures and the International Alliance for Localisation (IAL).

In this podcast, Helena and I sat down for a chat concerning localisation, globalisation, the film The Economics of Happiness, neoliberalism, and industrial agriculture.

HEALTHY BITE | Thinking Holistically: Something We All Need to Engage With

What comes to your mind when you hear the word: HOLISTIC? Such an interesting word bandied around a lot. It conjures up all sorts of bizarre connotations.

In this Healthy Bite episode, I will be talking more about what it means to look at things in a holistic way. Tune in as I also discuss some of the highlights in my conversation with Prof Frédéric Leroy.

Prof Frédéric Leroy: The Politics of Nutrition & The Great Reset

My guest today is Professor Frédéric Leroy. Working in bio-engineering Sciences and Applied Biological Science, Frédéric’s research in the field of food science and (bio)technology is astounding.
Frédéric’s work primarily deals with many ecological aspects and functional roles of bacterial communities in (fermented) foods, with a focus on the role of animal products in the diet.
In our conversation, we discussed the politics behind nutrition, the EAT-Lancet Diet, the great reset, World Economic Forum, regenerative agriculture, and so much more.

HEALTHY BITE | The Hook Model and Becoming Indistractable

If you’re a person who has ever struggled with focus, staying on task or prioritising your life, this Healthy Bite is for you. Listen to this week’s Healthy Bite where I reflect on my conversation with Nir Eyal and his model of becoming indistractable.

Nir Eyal: How To Feel Less Distracted

Do you have trouble focusing or working without distraction? Well if so, this week’s episode is for you. I spoke with Nir Eyal. Nir writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. He is the best-selling author of Hooked: How To Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How To Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.

In our conversation, we explore behavioural design, what distraction means, and how to become ‘Indistractable’ – a term he coined which means to be living with personal integrity, being honest with yourself.

HEALTHY BITE | Why Is Life On Earth Taking Second Place To Fossil Fuel Companies

Today, in this Healthy Bite episode, I want to talk about how plastics dominate waste in the ocean. Tim Silverwood, an environmental activist and entrepreneur, took us on a fantastic voyage of his journey to The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

I thought I would also share with you some of those thoughts and some of those really great articles that came out in the same week that I had the pleasure of talking to Tim Silverwood.

Tim Silverwood: Ocean Impact Organisation & Take 3 for the Sea

Have you heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Every year, it is estimated that about 8 million tons of plastic escape into the oceans from coastal nations. This kind of pollution not only affects marine wildlife, the food we consume but also has a huge lasting effect on the environment.

My guest today is Tim Silverwood, who together with Nick Chiarelli, co-founded the Ocean Impact Organisation.

Listen to our wonderful conversation as we tackle the issues of plastic pollution on our oceans, for the wildlife, and the environment.

HEALTHY BITE | The War on Drugs, How’s It Going

The drug war goes far beyond arrests and incarceration. From education, housing, and employment to shaping public policy, we can see its impact on nearly every part of everyday life. Tune in as I reflect on the influence the war on drugs has had on the world since it began.