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. 22h ago

    How a Late ADHD Diagnosis Explains a Lifetime of Feeling Different | Matt Haig | Be Well Moments

    This week’s Live Well Be Well Moment is with Matt Haig, bestselling author and mental health advocate. Matt talks about being diagnosed with ADHD in his mid-40s, why he hates the word “diagnosis,” and the years of feeling like “a weirdo” before he understood why. 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/

    How a Late ADHD Diagnosis Explains a Lifetime of Feeling Different | Matt Haig | Be Well Moments

  2. 3d ago

    Sex Expert: Shame Is Killing Your Sex Life | Silva Neves | Be Well Moments

    This week’s Live Well Be Well Moment is with Silva Neves, an accredited psychosexual and relationship therapist. Silva explains why most fantasies, kinks and fetishes are far more normal than we assume, and how it’s actually shame, not the kink itself, that quietly shuts down honest sexual communication in long-term relationships. 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: Shame Is Killing Your Sex Life | Silva Neves | Be Well Moments

  3. 5d ago

    The Internet’s No-BS Doctor on Peptides, Longevity & the Health Trends to Ignore | Dr Karan Rajan

    This week I'm joined by Dr Karan Rajan, NHS surgeon turned bestselling author and Chief of Science at Throne Science, for a conversation about optimisation culture: wearables, peptides, Bryan Johnson, and why more data isn't always better data. What we explore together: •His own health scare at 28, when a routine blood test uncovered fatty liver disease from a low-fibre diet •Why "the illusion of health" might be the real cost of the wearable and wellness boom •Bryan Johnson, colonoscopies, and why the most measured man in history still missed the basics •The peptides debate: survivorship bias, zero human trial data, and what to actually ask before you try one •A hospice nurse's deathbed regrets, and what they reveal about how we're really spending our time •Creatine's kidney false alarm, and the simple blood test that solved it •The "fever dream" that became Throne Science, and the mission to catch colon cancer early 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/ PULSETTO: Vagus nerve stimulation for stress, sleep and calm. 👉 Use code SARAHANN at https://pulsetto.sjv.io/SARAHANN 📖 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 Dr Karan Rajan: 🔗 Throne Science: https://www.thronescience.com 📷 Instagram/TikTok/YouTube: @DrKaranRajan Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:05 Welcome + what's interesting Karan right now 02:19 His own health scare at 28: fatty liver, high cholesterol, low fibre 04:10 Wearables, optimisation culture and "orthosomnia" 05:56 Bryan Johnson: most measured human in history, still skipped his colonoscopy 14:51 Rick Rubin, Wilderness festival 16:12 "Illusion of health": wearables, data and fragility wrapped in a wellness aesthetic 19:09 The hospice nurse's deathbed regrets 20:23 The red cup trick, and why coffee helps you poop 24:22 Sugar substitutes and the cognitive-decline headline, unpacked 38:21 Wireless headphones and the cysts claim, debunked 42:54 Creatine and cognitive health 43:35 The kidney false alarm, and the test that solved it 49:47 Peptides: what they actually are 53:09 Survivorship bias and the total lack of human trial data 59:54 The Enhanced Games and performance enhancers 1:03:51 His own burnout and productivity 1:09:35 Why success and balance aren't compatible in this season of life 1:15:31 The Throne Science origin story 1:19:22 Sarah's own polyposis syndrome reveal 1:23:19 Closing: links and sign-off

    The Internet’s No-BS Doctor on Peptides, Longevity & the Health Trends to Ignore | Dr Karan Rajan

  4. Oct 12

    A Psychiatrists Guide to Coming Off Antidepressants | Mark Horowitz | Be Well Moments

    This week’s Live Well Be Well Moment is with Dr Mark Horowitz, lead author of the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines, the UK NHS’s official guidance on safely stopping psychiatric medication. This is a moment from the episode that stuck with me: Dr Horowitz explains the liquid tapering method for coming off antidepressants, the non-linear dose-response curve behind that “jumping off a cliff” feeling, and what a genuinely safe, gradual reduction can actually look like. 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/ PULSETTO: Vagus nerve stimulation for stress, sleep and calm. 👉 Use code SARAHANN at https://pulsetto.sjv.io/SARAHANN 📖 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/

    A Psychiatrists Guide to Coming Off Antidepressants | Mark Horowitz | Be Well Moments

  5. Oct 9

    Why Reaching Your Goals Won’t Make You Happier | Arthur C. Brooks | Be Well Moments

    This week’s Live Well Be Well Moment is with Arthur Brooks, Harvard happiness researcher and #1 New York Times bestselling author. Why does actually reaching your goals so rarely make you feel as good as you expected? Arthur breaks down the arrival fallacy and the real neuroscience behind that dopamine crash, and what it means for how you should be chasing success in the first place. 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/ PULSETTO: Vagus nerve stimulation for stress, sleep and calm. 👉 Use code SARAHANN at https://pulsetto.sjv.io/SARAHANN 📖 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 Reaching Your Goals Won’t Make You Happier | Arthur C. Brooks | Be Well Moments

  6. Oct 7

    You’ve Been Diagnosed With ADHD. Here’s What Everyone Misses Next | ADHD Expert

    Your brain isn't broken. It might just be swimming upstream. This week I'm joined by Sarah Warley, Founder of BeBright and The Key Clinic, for a deep dive into ADHD, autism, and the "post-diagnostic gap," because after years of watching families get handed a label with no map for what comes next, she built the clinic to answer the question nobody else was asking: what's actually driving the symptoms? What we explore together: •Why understanding what's actually driving your symptoms matters more than the diagnosis itself •The neurodiversity clusters: ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and why almost no one fits neatly into just one •Why labels can be both a relief and a trap, and how to know which one you're in •Retained primitive reflexes from infancy that quietly shape adult anxiety, focus and coordination •Why the "Great ADHD Myth" documentary got the debate dangerously wrong •What neurodivergent burnout actually looks like, and why it hits the highest achievers hardest 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/ PULSETTO: Vagus nerve stimulation for stress, sleep and calm. 👉 Use code SARAHANN at https://pulsetto.sjv.io/SARAHANN 📖 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 Sarah Warley: 🔗 The Key Clinic: https://www.thekeyclinic.co.uk/who-we-help 🔗 BeBright: https://bebright.ai/ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:19 Swimming upstream: symptoms vs. biological drivers 01:56 The neurodiversity clusters and how they overlap 04:45 Labels: helpful or limiting? 07:57 The origin story: a friend’s daughter and the gluten-dairy transformation 15:19 Is ADHD overdiagnosed? The Great ADHD Myth documentary controversy 20:08 Why parents see themselves in their child’s diagnosis 20:39 Oestrogen, dopamine and perimenopause-triggered diagnoses 24:37 The symptoms to actually look out for 26:38 Retained primitive reflexes explained 29:14 Why the reflexes don’t develop 30:39 The Moro reflex and the woman who hadn’t left her house in 5 years 35:48 What a diagnosis really is: epigenetics and neuroplasticity 39:54 Nutrition, biochemistry and the Walsh Institute 42:48 The five biotypes of depression 45:07 The zinc-copper imbalance: 70-80% of ADHD cases, per the Walsh Institute 47:56 Arthur’s story: from breakdown to a first at Oxford 54:10 What neurodivergent burnout actually looks like 55:56 Sarah’s own ADHD diagnosis: the Bloomberg interview 58:07 Medication: Sarah Warley’s honest take 01:01:31 Why the Key Clinic is multidisciplinary 01:03:19 21st century scurvy: light, senses and mitochondria 01:06:17 Hypersensitive hearing and the hearing curve 01:07:58 Doctor Bérard’s suicidal-depression discovery 01:13:23 Music, rhythm and neurodivergence 01:20:23 How to actually find what you love 01:21:37 Turn your hobby into your job 01:23:44 ADHD as an evolutionary advantage 01:24:15 Why creativity is being cut from schools, and why that’s a mistake 01:27:05 Becoming your own parent 01:28:37 Fun span, not just lifespan 01:29:21 “It’s not you, it’s a lousy cut” 01:30:38 Closing thought: a neuro-extraordinary mind, not neurodivergent 01:32:38 A message for worried parents 01:33:34 What does Live Well Be Well mean to you?

    You’ve Been Diagnosed With ADHD. Here’s What Everyone Misses Next | ADHD Expert

  7. Oct 5

    What It's Like Growing Up As A Sociopath | Patric Gagne

    This week's Live Well Be Well Moment with Patric Gagne, author and self-identified sociopath. We delve into Patric's childhood, when she first realised she was different from everyone around her, what school and friendships looked like, and how she learned to mask — and why understanding this changes everything about how we think about sociopathy in young people. 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/ PULSETTO: Vagus nerve stimulation for stress, sleep and calm👉 Use code SARAHANN at https://pulsetto.sjv.io/SARAHANN 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! 📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin 📹 Subscribe https://youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah?si=UbuuWvMjAcTkELPN 📱 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast?_r=1&_t=ZN-96iOW29jTRm

  8. Oct 2

    Can A Sociopath Actually Love? | Patric Gagne

    This week's Live Well Be Well Moment with Patric Gagne, author and self-identified sociopath. We delve into one of the most fascinating questions of the episode — what does love actually look like for a sociopath? What does Patric feel for her husband, how do relationships work differently for her, and what happened when she found herself in an unhealthy dynamic she kept returning to? 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/ PULSETTO: Vagus nerve stimulation for stress, sleep and calm👉 Use code SARAHANN at https://pulsetto.sjv.io/SARAHANN 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! 📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin 📹 Subscribe https://youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah?si=UbuuWvMjAcTkELPN 📱 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast?_r=1&_t=ZN-96iOW29jTRm

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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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