Own Your Health

What does the Year of the Fire Horse really mean — and why has this powerful energy historically coincided with major political and social turning points?
In this episode of Own Your Health, Katie Brindle breaks down the true meaning of Chinese New Year 2026 and the arrival of the Yang Fire Horse. This isn’t just about zodiac animals, it’s about understanding energy cycles, the lunar calendar, and how 2026 could bring significant global shifts, personal breakthroughs, and moments of radical change.
You’ll discover:

Why Fire Horse years are linked to historical upheaval

How Yang Fire energy creates optimism, passion and momentum

What this year means for career change, relationships and personal reinvention

How to use the Lunar calendar to reset, realign and avoid exhaustion

Why “unchecked power” is the shadow theme of this year

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What if looking back at your life could heal you, or quietly drain your energy?
In this episode of Own Your Health, Katie Brindle looks at the viral “2016 throwback” trend through the lens of Chinese medicine, aging, and emotional health.Katie explains why reflection can be a powerful tool for wisdom and manifestation, and why too much nostalgia can tip into grief, stagnation, and emotional blockage.
Katie also reflects on her own 2016 memories, launching a business, becoming an early 'Gua Sha' trendsetter, and the lessons that only hindsight can reveal, before breaking down how to use nostalgia correctly as a grounding, healing practice at this time of year.
Chapters:
02:00 – Nostalgia as a healing and wisdom-building tool
03:00 – Aging, women, and the myth of “losing value”
04:30 – What Katie learned revisiting her own 2016
06:10 – Being a female founder: survival, mistakes, resilience
07:50 – Trendsetting vs monetising: why both matter
09:10 – Using reflection as a manifestation practice
11:00 – The red envelope ritual explained
12:30 – When nostalgia becomes harmful
14:00 – The lungs, grief, and blocked energy
16:20 – How to reflect without getting stuck
18:00 – Aging well: looking wiser, not older
19:40 – Final takeaway: use nostalgia, don’t live in it
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In this episode of Own Your Health, Katie Brindle explains why spring actually begins in early February, why most New Year’s resolutions fail, and how breath - not supplements, not diets, not expensive treatments - is the foundation of real health.
Drawing on Chinese medicine, seasonal energy cycles, and modern practices like hyperbaric oxygen therapy, Katie shares a simple breathing technique that can help support your liver, boost energy, and reset your body for the year ahead, without spending thousands.
If you’re ready to feel better and more energised, this is where to start!
Chapters:
00:00 – Spring Starts Earlier Than You Think
01:18 – Why This Matters for Your Health
01:53 – The Best Free Health Hack You’re Not Using
04:45 – The Liver & Why Spring Can Feel So Hard
05:52 – The 3 Health Habits to Reset Your Body
06:43 – Breath: The #1 Healing Tool
09:44 – Burnout, Immunity & a Personal Wake-Up Call
10:31 – Hyperbaric Chambers: Powerful but Expensive
12:07 – A Free ‘Home Hyperbaric’ Breathing Technique
14:11 – How to Do the Turtle Breath (Step-by-Step)
16:18 – Using Breath to Strengthen Every Cell
19:15 – Letting the Body Heal Itself
23:03 – Movement: Why Circulation Is Everything
25:41 – The Simplest Way to Move Your Body
27:25 – Why Walking Is One of the Best Exercises
29:19 – Stretching, Growth & Spring Energy
30:20 – The Right Way to Set Health Resolutions
30:52 – A Free Gift for Your Health This Spring
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January gets a terrible reputation! The “Monday” of the year, full of January blues and Blue Monday dread. But what if January isn’t the problem… what if it’s the most important month for your health? In this episode of Own Your Health, Katie Brindle reframes January as a powerful, essential reset — a grounding month designed for rest, reflection, and real self-care. Drawing on seasonal health, Chinese medicine, and natural energy cycles, Katie explains why winter is meant to be inward-focused, why December exhausts us, and how January gives us a second chance to restore balance.
If you’ve ever felt pressure to “fix yourself” in January, Katie shares a radically different, and far kinder, approach to health, wellbeing, and alignment.
Chapters:
0:00 – Why January Gets Such a Bad Reputation
1:30 – The “January Blues” and Blue Monday Myth
3:10 – Why December Drains Us (And January Pays the Price)
5:40 – Solstice, the Calendar Problem & Seasonal Misalignment
8:35 – The End of the Lunar Year & Letting Go
10:45 – Decluttering Your Space to Clear Energy
13:40 – Emotional Patterns, Self-Reflection & Inner Work
16:55 – Lessons From Extreme Winter in Swedish Lapland
20:30 – Why Rest, Darkness & Stillness Heal the Body
23:15 – Preparing for Spring & the New Energy Cycle
25:40 – How to Rebrand January for Your Health
27:45 – Making Peace With Winter
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In this episode of Own Your Health, Katie Brindle is joined by her close friend Katie Nicholl (Vanity Fair’s royal correspondent and BBC contributor) for a conversation about stress, symptoms, and the wake-up call that changed everything. Katie shares how what looked like burnout, palpitations, and perimenopause stress turned out to be cholangiocarcinoma (a rare primary liver cancer), despite “normal” blood tests, and why pushing for a scan likely saved her life. They unpack the post-treatment reality: life doesn’t magically get easier after a diagnosis, so self-care has to become non-negotiable.
Chapters 
00:00 — Meet the guest: royal correspondent, author, high-stress career
00:33 — Building self-care habits that don’t collapse in January
01:05 — How they met: gua sha, “liver” themes… and what no one knew yet
02:08 — The moment: “It’s probably stress”… but the truth was liver cancer
05:18 — The scary part: normal bloods, no tumour markers —why scans mattered
06:14 — Diagnosis to surgery fast: MRI confirmed it, 11-hour operation, chemo
08:00 — After the all-clear: life stays hard, so the system has to change
09:25 — Stop the self-care guilt: how to restart without beating yourself up
10:02 — The “diary-first” rule: schedule self-care before everything else
12:32 — The non-negotiables: nature, internal vs external exercise, organ strength
15:12 — Forest bathing + “tree hugging”: why nature became her anchor
18:03 — Joy as medicine: shedding what wasn’t serving her, gratitude as a practice
22:31 — Reinvention: rage, resentment, marriage ending, rebuilding a new life
25:16 — What she’s adding now: foot baths, daily breathwork, simple routines
30:47 — Guided practice: Healing Sounds for organs (follow along)
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