Live Well Be Well with Sarah Ann Macklin | Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition

This week I'm joined by Marissa Peer, world-renowned therapist, bestselling author and founder of Rapid Transformational Therapy, and someone who has spent four decades helping people understand why they do what they do and how to change it permanently.
We explore the brain, belief and what it really means to rewire the way you think, feel and live.
Marissa Peer is one of the most sought-after therapists in the world, having worked with Olympic athletes, rock stars, royalty and CEOs. She is the founder of Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT), combining hypnotherapy, NLP, CBT and neuroscience to create lasting change. She is the author of eight books including I Am Enough and has trained over 10,000 therapists across 170 countries.
What we explore together:
Why we keep going back to things we know are bad for us
Why 80% of people share one common belief that holds them back
How the words you use are literally shaping your biology
Why your brain cannot hold conflicting beliefs and what to do about it
How visualisation during IVF can increase your chances of success by 50%
What Rapid Transformational Therapy is and why it gets results where other methods don't
Why happiness is not a destination and how to choose it right now
Love, Sarah Ann 💛
My book 'Healthy Shouldn't Be This Hard': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5
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This week's Live Well Be Well Moment with Ruby Wax, comedian, author and mental health advocate.
We delve into why self compassion feels so cringeworthy and why Ruby believes it might be the most important thing you can do for your mental health. Plus the moment Ruby discovered what took the poison away.
My book 'Healthy Shouldn't Be This Hard': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5
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This week's Live Well Be Well Moment with Ruby Wax, comedian, author and mental health advocate.
We delve into the real science behind mindfulness, not the colouring book version, but what actually happens in your brain when you practise it, and why Ruby had to go to Oxford before she believed it herself.
My book 'Healthy Shouldn't Be This Hard': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5
This episode is sponsored by:
NOWATCH: The compassionate health tracker Connecting body and mind with unique stress recovery insights so you can live fully today. 👉 15% off with code LWBW15 at https://nowatch.com/
More from me: The Great British Veg Out How to support your gut by eating more, not less https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/p/t…
Reset Your Health If your body feels off after stress, travel, or burnout, this is where to start! https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/s/r...
Free 5-recipe PDF for busy weeks https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahma...
Join thousands reading The Compassionate Cure → https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/

This week I'm joined by David Rock, neuroscientist, author and founder of the NeuroLeadership Institute, and someone who has spent 28 years answering one of the most fascinating questions in science:Why do we do what we do? And how can understanding our brain change everything?
We explore human behaviour, the neuroscience of threat and reward, and what it really means to work with your brain rather than against it.
Dr. David Rock coined the term neuroleadership and is the Co-founder and CEO of the NeuroLeadership Institute (NLI). The Institute is a 23-year-old cognitive science consultancy that has advised over 50% of the Fortune 100.  With operations in 24 countries, the institute brings neuroscientists and leadership experts together to make organisations better for humans through science.
What we explore together:
Why the brain is always making a threat or reward decision 

What the SCARF model is and why it explains almost every difficult human interaction

Why being interrupted feels physically painful and what your brain is actually doing

How insights really work in the brain and why your best ideas come when you stop trying

Why one negative comment can override dozens of positive ones and how to rewire that

What sleep, glucose and rest actually do to your ability to think clearly

Why status is one of the most powerful forces driving human behaviour and how to work with it

Love, Sarah Ann 💛
My book 'Healthy Shouldn't Be This Hard': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5
This episode is sponsored by:NOWATCH: The compassionate health tracker Connecting body and mind with unique stress recovery insights so you can live fully today👉 15% off with code LWBW15 at https://nowatch.com/
The Great British Veg OutHow to support your gut, energy, and hormones by eating more — not less.👉 https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/p/t…
Reset Your HealthIf your body feels off after stress, travel, or burnout — this is where to start.👉 https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/s/r...
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:55 How David discovered the brain's threat and reward system
06:08 Why we avoid bad things more than we seek good ones
09:00 What happens to your brain when you're overwhelmed
12:02 Brain fog — what it actually is and why it happens
14:58 The prefrontal cortex and why it matters so much
18:00 Why being interrupted is so disruptive to the brain
20:54 The difference between direct experience and narrative thinking
23:49 How to shift your brain into a better state
27:02 The science of insight — where great ideas really come from
29:47 Why your best thinking happens away from your desk
33:02 How much information the brain can actually handle
36:02 The negativity bias — why bad news hits harder than good
38:57 One negative comment vs dozens of positive ones
42:08 What happens in the brain when someone fails
44:58 How to spot where your attention really goes
47:57 Why rest is not optional for a high performing brain
51:08 Sleep, glucose and what they really do to your thinking
54:06 When you can't switch off — what the brain needs
57:07 Why doing nothing feels so hard — and why it matters
60:00 The SCARF model — status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness, fairness
62:52 Why inequality triggers such a strong brain response
66:04 The neuroscience of emotion and why it matters
69:08 Humour, connection and the brain

This week's Live Well Be Well Moment with Cindy Gallop, advertising icon, entrepreneur and founder of Make Love Not Porn.
We delve into Cindy's three step filter for online dating, how she accidentally started dating younger men, and why she built the world's first social sex video sharing platform and what it has done for couples' relationships.
My book 'Healthy Shouldn't Be This Hard': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5
This episode is sponsored by:
NOWATCH: The compassionate health tracker Connecting body and mind with unique stress recovery insights so you can live fully today.
👉 15% off with code LWBW15 at https://nowatch.com/
More from me: The Great British Veg Out How to support your gut by eating more, not less https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/p/t…

Reset Your Health If your body feels off after stress, travel, or burnout, this is where to start! https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/s/r...

Free 5-recipe PDF for busy weeks https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahma...
Join thousands reading The Compassionate Cure → https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/
Let's be friends!
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