BrainTap, 5am Starts, and Horses in the Paddock! #647

Learn more, improve your focus, and remember any name. (Yes, please). Jonathan Levi is an author and entrepreneur. Since 2014, Jonathan has been one of the top-performing instructors on online learning platform Udemy, and his thing is all about learning.  Learning more, learning faster, improving your learning skills, this is one of those Zestology podcasts that's all about the motivation/inspiration bit. His book, "Become a SuperLearner", is a bestseller in print, digital, and audiobooks. So how do we remember names?

24 Feb 202044min

A short, sweet podcast on The Joy of Missing Out. It's so important. Doing less, saying no, disconnecting and watching Dancing On Ice on the telly. Or whatever it might be. Fear of missing out, or FOMO is wrecking our lives. So this podcast is a compilation of some of my favourite podcast guests, past and future who live a JOMO life… And my thoughts on JOMO too. You'll hear Sarah Knight Katie Brindle Chris Ryan Brett Moran Between them they live on four continents, and very much walk-the-walk when it comes to doing less and enjoying life, in their own different ways.

18 Feb 202015min

Lots of people ask me how they can track their own health and wellness. What are the markers you should look out for, and how can you interpret the results. So today, in part 2 of my interview with the wonderful Beth O'Hara, we look at what two tests would be a great idea to take, and then I've taken them! So she interprets my results.  Let's see what she finds...

10 Feb 20201h

Recently I started a new diet, and it completely changed my life. Easily the biggest health and wellness change of the last 12 months. Absolute game changer, i have more energy, more in shape, less bloating, and so on. This has been the best change on a Zestology theme for a long time. So in this podcast, we look into a real passion of mine, something that Cpmplex issues - MCAS and Histamine Intolerance. Between 9 and 15% of the population have it, that might be you, and you don't even know it. We start with Beth's story, then get on to talking more generally about allergies and how they can be a killer in terms of performance, and a little about my experience of Histamine Intolerance too.

3 Feb 202046min

My favourite recent hacks to help your energy and vitality levels. Recorded on the beach - very lucky to get a dose of winter Vitamin D. More info on brain hacks: I first used this brain sensing headband about 5 years ago. Click here if you'd like to see my good friend Dr. Stephen Simpson modelling it in an earlier podcast. It is described as a personal meditation assistant that will gently guide you to a calm mind. Put on the Muse headband, earbuds, start the app, and close your eyes. You will hear changing sounds of weather based on the real-time state of your brain which allows you to obtain a deeper sense of focus and motivates you to build a highly rewarding practice. Brain hack 2 to energise you: Meditation app. You might remember I mentioned Sam Harris' Waking Up meditation app about a year ago. And I'm still using it. It makes a big difference to my day and has got me thinking about all sorts of trippy consciousness concepts. It's very simple, and introduces the listener to lots of different types of meditation. Each day is about 10 minutes so manageable. They've recently introduced a 20-minute option too. Brain hack 3 to energise you? A U.S. brain research company called Emotiv has developed a brain-scanning device with two electrodes, one for each ear (thanks to Zestology listener Sonia for flagging it up). It looks like standard ear pods, and functions like them too. I'm not keen, in fact I wouldn't even want to wear standard earpods all day connected to either bluetooth or wifi. But that aside, technology moving into user-friendly brain-scanning raises all sorts of ethical considerations, and whilst I quite like the Muse headband, I draw the line at this! What about you? Let me know.

27 Jan 202027min

Katie is the author of Yang Sheng: The Art of Chinese Self-Healing and has been practising Chinese medicine since 2002. In this podcast...  The perils of over-scheduling (I need this segment of the podcast so badly) Increasing the energy flow around the body Tapping with bamboo for circulation Fasting for energy and weight loss. Turmeric and the low-histamine diet How to navigate Glastonbury and still feel sane at the end of it. And plenty more. Enjoy x

20 Jan 20201h 9min

Niraj Naik is a certified pharmacist turned holistic health and breathwork expert. Niraj cured himself from an autoimmune condition that is considered incurable in the medical world by using a number of holistic lifestyle changes including breathwork.   Niraj is a Mindvalley and Hay House author, creator of the world's most viral infographic (?), a serial entrepreneur, international speaker, and a biohacking expert.

13 Jan 202043min

How many times have you checked your mobile phone in the last hour? Or your email? Professor Gloria Mark specialises in digital distraction, information overload and how we can adapt our behaviour to be more efficient on a day-to-day basis and more fulfilled too. She's looked at the role between Internet access and multi-tasking. (I'm not good at multi-tasking!) She's also studied the link between, stress, mood and computer usage. This is fairly astonishing and she goes into it in the podcast.

6 Jan 202039min