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

Sarah Ann Macklin
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Health shouldn’t feel this hard. I’ve lived it, studied it, and now I’m here to help make it make sense. A smarter, more human way to live well. Subscribe now, and start living well, for real. Instagram: @sarahannmacklin Newsletter: https://substack.com/@sarahannmacklin Website: sarahannmacklin.com #LiveWellBeWell

  1. 1h ago

    Why Your Best Ideas Come When You Stop Thinking | David Rock

    This week’s Live Well Be Well Moment is with Dr David Rock, neuroscience researcher, author and founder of the NeuroLeadership Institute. He explains why stress and a busy mind can block the insights we’re looking for, how stepping away gives your brain space to make new connections, and what you can do to make those lightbulb moments more likely. My book ‘Healthy Shouldn’t Be This Hard’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5 📖 If this resonates, you can join the thousands who read The Compassionate Cure each week.https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/ Let’s be friends!📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin/📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast💌 Newsletter: https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/

    Why Your Best Ideas Come When You Stop Thinking | David Rock

  2. 2d ago

    How to Overcome Your Deepest Fears Through Lucid Dreaming | Dream Expert Charlie Morley

    Lucid dreaming teacher Charlie Morley joins me to talk about the roughly two hours a night, around a twelfth of our lives, that we spend dreaming. Charlie has spent close to 20 years teaching people how to lucid dream, lived in a Buddhist temple for seven years, and received a Winston Churchill Fellowship to research PTSD treatment in military veterans. The turning point came at 17, when an overdose and a near-death experience left him with four months of nightmares that ended in a single lucid dream. What we explore together: •Why nightmares keep coming back, and why waking yourself up from one is "like a therapy session cut short" •How to remember your dreams, even if you think you never dream •What actually changes in the brain the moment you realise you're dreaming •Charlie's own pilot study, where over 85% of people with PTSD no longer met the diagnostic threshold after a six-day lucid dreaming workshop, and why the lucid dream itself can't be isolated as the cause •Is lucid dreaming safe, who shouldn't try it, and why you shouldn't face severe trauma alone •The four foundations to start tonight: dream planning, dream recall, the dream diary and dream signs •Slow breathing, yoga nidra, and why good sleep starts in the daytime Love, Sarah Ann 💛 My book 'Healthy Shouldn't Be This Hard': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5 Let's be friends! 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin/ 📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah 🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin 📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast Charlie Morley: 🌐 Website and books: https://charliemorley.com 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlie_morley_lucid_dreaming/ 📹 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CharlieMorley Chapters 00:00 Trailer 01:18 Introduction: we spend a twelfth of our lives dreaming 02:13 REM sleep isn't rest: you burn calories when you dream 03:53 What is lucid dreaming? 04:28 Why nightmares keep coming back: a therapy session cut short 05:40 "I never remember my dreams": how to start remembering 08:01 Vivid dreams, waking up anxious and why you should write nightmares down 10:19 What is a nightmare? Threat simulation and dreams as fire drills 13:05 The Sorbonne study: anxiety dreams before exams 14:37 Interpreting a dream from inside it: the black dog and the inner child 16:41 Inside the dreaming brain: what switches on when you become lucid 19:50 Practising skills in a lucid dream 20:54 Is lucid dreaming safe? Why you don't actually control the dream 23:16 The iceberg of the mind: how deep a lucid dream can go 27:22 Asking your dreams the big questions 28:21 "Is this woo woo?": spiritual traditions and the science 31:03 100K on YouTube and the APA special issue on lucid dreaming 32:03 Charlie's books and meeting your shadow 33:32 How it started: a dream mask advert before his 12th birthday 36:47 The overdose and near-death experience at 17 38:56 Agoraphobia, panic attacks and recurring nightmares 40:40 The lucid dream that ended four months of nightmares 43:17 Does it work for everyone? The PTSD study 49:30 85% below the PTSD threshold in the pilot, and the four-week follow-up 50:38 What the study can't prove 51:22 Why you shouldn't face severe trauma alone 53:21 Nightmares, sleep paralysis and jet lag can help you get lucid 54:41 Don't force it: be like a kid before Christmas 56:07 Technique 1: dream planning 57:05 Technique 2: dream recall 58:29 Why you forget your dream the moment you wake up 59:40 Technique 3: the dream diary 1:02:41 Technique 4: dream signs 1:04:45 Breathing and sleep: why slow breathing matters 1:07:12 Yoga nidra and charging your parasympathetic battery 1:09:15 Your dreams as a daily check-in on your mind 1:10:59 Lucid dreaming as a psychedelic experience you have in bed

    How to Overcome Your Deepest Fears Through Lucid Dreaming | Dream Expert Charlie Morley

  3. 4d ago

    Why Everyone Is Making Psyllium Jelly: What It Actually Does for Your Gut | Jordan Haworth

    This week’s Live Well Be Well Moment is with Jordan Haworth, registered dietitian and gut health specialist. If you saw Jordan’s psyllium jelly go viral and wondered what the fuss was about, he explains exactly how it affects your cholesterol, blood sugar and digestion, and why most people aren’t taking enough. My book, Healthy Shouldn’t Be This Hard: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5 📖 If this resonates, you can join the thousands who read The Compassionate Cure each week:https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/ Let’s be friends!📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin/📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast💌 Newsletter: https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/

    Why Everyone Is Making Psyllium Jelly: What It Actually Does for Your Gut | Jordan Haworth

  4. Oct 30

    The Surprising Science of Prayer: Why You Don't Need Faith to Feel the Benefits | Nir Eyal

    This week’s Live Well Be Well Moment is with Nir Eyal, million-copy bestselling author of Hooked, Indistractable and Beyond Belief. My book, Healthy Shouldn’t Be This Hard:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5 📖 If this resonates, join the thousands of readers who receive The Compassionate Cure each week:https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/ Let’s be friends!📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin/📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast💌 Newsletter: https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/

    The Surprising Science of Prayer: Why You Don't Need Faith to Feel the Benefits | Nir Eyal

  5. Oct 28

    The Hardest Person To Trust After Heartbreak Might Be Yourself | Louise O'Neill

    Louise O'Neill, award-winning author, joins me to talk about A Bigger Life, her memoir of the devastating breakup she went through, and the year that followed: a dating odyssey from Dublin to Paris, London, New York and Rome, with a different date almost every night. What we explore together: •Why rejection cuts so deep, and the belief so many of us carry: "I need to improve myself because I'm not lovable enough" •The myth that there are no good men left, and how the algorithm feeds scarcity after a breakup •Her worst dates, from a catfish in France to a frightening walk in Central Park •Why "do I like them?" is a better question than "do they like me?" •Falling back in love, and how a relationship can show you where you still need to heal 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: POLSEN HEALTH: 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://polsen.health/ Let's be friends! 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin/ 📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah 🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin 📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast Louise O'Neill: 📚 A Bigger Life: https://lnk.to/ABiggerLife 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oneilllou/ Chapters 00:00 Trailer 01:20 Introduction: A Bigger Life, Eat Pray Love for the Hinge era 01:46 The breakup that came just before 38 03:00 A year of intensive healing: ayahuasca, a shaman and a Catholic priest 03:57 "I need to improve myself because I'm not lovable enough" 05:12 Why rejection brings up feelings of worthlessness 08:06 "If you want a bigger life, you have to take bigger risks" 08:56 Rejection exposure therapy: the more dates, the braver she felt 11:48 What a bigger life means to her now 12:36 "I was sorry that I hadn't left earlier" 14:05 Sponsor break: Polsen Health 15:52 Walking down the aisle without enough self-trust 16:40 The greatest betrayal: not trusting yourself 18:02 "There are no good men left": the dating cesspit myth 19:02 How the algorithm feeds scarcity after a breakup 20:42 The worst date: catfished in France 22:48 The Central Park date that turned frightening 24:02 Seeing someone again, and how to follow up 25:12 Getting ghosted 29:58 Why modern dating feels so hard: we've all been hurt 32:43 "Do I like them?" instead of "Do they like me?" 35:20 "Do not rush": eggs, engagement and the 39th birthday deadline 38:35 Why the date she was least excited about was the best 40:46 Hinge height filters and the six-foot problem 42:13 Casting the net wider: Sarah's house search 45:25 Uncertainty, ambiguity and why risk is liberating 46:42 Staying curious and the fear of ageing 49:04 "Not just a memoir, a manifesto" 51:06 A kiss under the Eiffel Tower and the parallel life 55:46 Turning 41 and the pressure of a new decade 57:46 Tools for constant worry: presence, nature and her dad 59:34 Panic attacks, beta blockers and a cracked tooth 1:02:41 Throwing away the script 1:04:32 Freedom and feeling alive 1:05:34 Falling back in love: the LA fires and meeting on Hinge 1:07:29 "I'm a really good first date": what love showed her still needed healing 1:11:26 Hyper-independence and losing her uncle at 14 1:12:54 "When I was supposed to have lost the love of my life, I had never felt so loved" 1:13:58 What's next: a new novel, West Cork, London and New York 1:16:25 Aliveness, women's health and ageing 1:19:03 The myth that women become less valuable as they age 1:20:06 Male fertility and the clock men don't talk about 1:21:22 Egg freezing and choosing motherhood on your own terms 1:23:04 The child-free friend who shaped her childhood 1:24:16 Choosing to adopt at 38 1:26:45 What does Live Well Be Well mean to you? 1:27:38 Holding on to hope

    The Hardest Person To Trust After Heartbreak Might Be Yourself | Louise O'Neill

  6. Oct 26

    ADHD, Dopamine and the Cycle of Self-Destructive Behaviour | Matt Haig | Be Well Moments

    This week’s Live Well Be Well Moment is with Matt Haig, bestselling author and mental health advocate. Matt opens up about his shoplifting addiction as a teenager, explaining how it was never about the things he stole, but the dopamine hit, and how getting arrested at 16 was what finally stopped him. My book ‘Healthy Shouldn’t Be This Hard’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5 📖 If this resonates, you can join the thousands who read The Compassionate Cure each week. https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/ Let’s be friends! 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin/ 📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah 🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin 📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast 💌 Newsletter: https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/

    ADHD, Dopamine and the Cycle of Self-Destructive Behaviour | Matt Haig | Be Well Moments

  7. Oct 23

    Sex Expert: The Truth About Modern Masculinity, Porn and Shame | Silva Neves | Be Well Moments

    This week’s Live Well Be Well Moment is with Silva Neves, an accredited psychosexual and relationship therapist. Silva unpacks the manosphere, explaining why it’s less about ideology and more about money and fear, before sharing his clinical perspective on Bonnie Blue and the extreme end of the shame-free spectrum. My book ‘Healthy Shouldn’t Be This Hard’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5 📖 If this resonates, you can join the thousands who read The Compassionate Cure each week. https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/ Let’s be friends! 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin/ 📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah 🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin 📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast 💌 Newsletter: https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/

    Sex Expert: The Truth About Modern Masculinity, Porn and Shame | Silva Neves | Be Well Moments

  8. Oct 21

    Harvard Trauma Expert: Why Talking Therapy Alone Isn’t Enough (And the New Way to Heal Trauma)

    This week I’m joined by Frank Anderson, Harvard-trained psychiatrist, psychotherapist and one of the leading voices in trauma treatment, for a conversation that goes far beyond traditional therapy. What we explore together: • Why trauma treatment was never meant to be a single method, and what 11 years of psychoanalysis taught him about its limits • The viral “does trauma live in the brain or the body” debate, and what his close friend Bessel van der Kolk actually meant by The Body Keeps the Score • Why attraction is often about unhealed wounding, not love, and how it shaped his own first marriage • What it actually looks like to heal trauma through the body, not just by talking about it • Why he believes we’re entering “the era of the body,” and what that means for AI and disconnection 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: POLSEN HEALTH: 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://polsen.health/ 📖 If this resonates, you can join the thousands who read The Compassionate Cure each week. https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/ Let’s be friends! 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin/ 📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah 🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin 📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast Frank Anderson: 🔗 Website: https://www.frankandersonmd.com 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frank_andersonmd/ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:40 Why “trauma” is such a loaded word to open with 02:08 Generational reactions to trauma: boomer denial vs. Gen Z over-identification 03:59 Changing the whole paradigm on trauma 05:07 Why therapy alone doesn’t work for trauma 05:25 11 years of psychoanalysis and The Integrated Path to Healing Trauma 08:34 “Trauma is a violation of agency” 09:34 Regaining self-trust and reconnecting to your intuition 10:30 His first marriage and recreating his parents’ dynamic 12:37 Sponsor break: Polsen Health 14:47 People pleasing as a survival strategy, not a trauma response 18:03 The origin of his own people-pleasing: his father, Harvard and “To Be Loved” 22:02 The Bessel van der Kolk “Body Keeps the Score” debate 23:14 Working with celebrity clients in LA, and being attacked for something he didn’t do 27:18 Setting the record straight: it’s not brain OR body, it’s both 29:57 “Nobody’s trauma is the same, it’s like your fingerprint” 32:02 The pushback on his next book’s proposed title 33:52 What resilience actually is, and his own “baby in a crib” trauma 39:54 Blending science and spirituality 42:55 How trauma shows up as physical illness (asthma, migraines, back pain) 45:11 The choking sensation and learning to speak his truth 47:58 Preverbal trauma and healing through the body 50:45 Journaling, the Sarno method, and a client physically releasing repressed rage 56:17 Why trauma memories are stored differently (Ruth Lanius) 57:34 Why Frank won’t do a session without movement 58:14 Healing chronic pain through surfing and ecstatic dance 59:54 Why therapy’s 50-minutes-a-week format fights neuroplasticity 1:00:38 Healing a jellyfish-sting trauma through surfing after the Palisades fire 1:03:11 Trauma blocks love, and love blocks trauma 1:04:28 Why we’re attracted to people with the same wound 1:08:16 “Love is my husband”: 27 years together 1:16:27 Healthy love, nervous systems, and the difference between an emotion and a reaction 1:23:18 Internal Family Systems and the difference between self and soul 1:29:15 Why trauma resists a single definition 1:33:16 Holding uncertainty in the healing process 1:38:28 AI, disconnection, and “the era of the body” 1:45:27 Why Frank moved to Hollywood 1:46:19 Frank’s closing thesis: healing is possible 1:47:44 What does Live Well Be Well mean to you?

    Harvard Trauma Expert: Why Talking Therapy Alone Isn’t Enough (And the New Way to Heal Trauma)
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Health shouldn’t feel this hard. I’ve lived it, studied it, and now I’m here to help make it make sense. A smarter, more human way to live well. Subscribe now, and start living well, for real. Instagram: @sarahannmacklin Newsletter: https://substack.com/@sarahannmacklin Website: sarahannmacklin.com #LiveWellBeWell

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