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Richard Holt talks to people who have gone through tough times and come out the other side, hopefully stronger than before.
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Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
Seven-minute bonus episode: Sensei Tommy - black belt under Roger Gracie - breaks down the intelligent way to improve your jiu-jitsu game and avoid silly training mistakes. VERY helpful, next step is to put it into practice...
Friday Feb 01, 2019
Friday Feb 01, 2019
Writer Nick Duerden had a very active life before he was hit by an illness that left him virtually unable to leave the house. Luckily he could still type, so he wrote a book about how he used alternative medicine to try and overcome his condition. Sceptical about all of this? I was - and thankfully so was Nick...
Get Well Soon: Adventures in Alternative Healthcare is published by Bloomsbury.
Find out about Nick's other work at Nickduerden.co.uk.
Monday Jan 21, 2019
Monday Jan 21, 2019
During the day Polish Tommy works in the City, at night he teaches people how to fight. A black belt under Roger Gracie, the greatest living Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, Tommy talks about how a dedication to martial arts changed everything in his life for the better. But it has never stopped him being very silly.
Monday Jan 07, 2019
Monday Jan 07, 2019
Dan "The Snowman" Vinni is a mixed martial arts champion and has a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. But when he started he had nothing, not a single technique to his name. He has come a very long way...
See more from him on Instagram @thesnowman_mma
Friday Dec 21, 2018
Friday Dec 21, 2018
Alfie Ronald David - known as ARD to his many fans - is a former kickboxing star turned mixed martial artist. He has just signed a four-fight deal with the massive US organisation Bellator. He is tipped to go all the way to the top, but knows that at 26 he has a lot of tough fights ahead. A brilliant striker who talks about how tough it is preparing for a fight, and how he avoids getting hit.
See more on Instagram @alfierdavis and his kickboxing school is @alfiedaviskickboxing
Monday Dec 17, 2018
Monday Dec 17, 2018
Is depression in the body or the mind? It may seem like a dumb question, but that is really because often we don't know the answer. In some cases depression may be caused by simple inflammation in the body, meaning conventional anti-depressants are useless, and possibly harmful. Professor Edward Bullmore hopes his fascinating new book The Inflamed Mind could be the start of a totally new way of treating depression. It's a really fascinating read. See more at theinflamedmind.co.uk.
Monday Dec 03, 2018
Monday Dec 03, 2018
I thought that I'd already started eating pretty well. But talking to Dr Rupy made me realise that I could be doing a lot better. The best thing is he reminds us that healthy eating should be joyful, it shouldn't be about denial. Well, denial of some things, maybe. But food should make you happy when you see it. Find out more at thedoctorskitchen.com.
Monday Nov 26, 2018
Monday Nov 26, 2018
Meg Mathews has come a long way since the hard-drinking 1990s when she was the tabloid-targeted wife of Britpop legend Noel Gallagher. She now lives a very healthy life, but the menopause hit her hard. In this episode she talks candidly about how cannabis oil, or CBD, changed her life - so much that she decided to start selling her own. She gives her own brand of no-nonsense advice to other women facing similar problems at megsmenopause.com
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
Dr Marc Barton is head instructor at Jiu Jitsu Brotherhood London. Before he started teaching people how to fight, he was working at the very messy end of medicine, putting patients back together on the emergency ward. He tells us about his journey from stressed doctor to chilled out Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt. For anyone who has ever trained in martial arts - or is thinking of starting - it is a fascinating listen...