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HEALTH PODCASTS TO GIVE YOU A BOOST
WHETHER you’re looking for a comforting wellbeing broadcast to power you through an early start, or an in-ear personal trainer, we’ve pulled together some of the best easy-listening health and wellbeing podcasts to guide you into spring.
TED TALKS: HEALTH
Smart-thinking platform TED has a whole podcast dedicated to its best health and wellbeing lectures. Doctors and researchers share discoveries on topics ranging from mental health support for refugees, to what hospitals of the future might look like. With hundreds of hours of insightful audio on tap, this is the perfect podcast to listen to while you put in the miles on the treadmill.
10% HAPPIER WITH DAN HARRIS
AFTER Emmy Award-winning TV host Dan Harris suffered a panic attack live on Good Morning America, he discovered meditation as a way to help ease his crippling anxiety. He then wrote a best-seller on how the practice changed his life, and has now launched a podcast where he speaks to guests with amazing stories about modern life and the pursuit of happiness.
MUSCLE FOR LIFE
KEEPING fit can be as confusing as it is painful. Thank goodness for Mike Matthews, a trainer who’s podcast Muscle For Life has had more than seven million downloads. Tune in as he chews over tricky fitness quandaries, from how to improve fat loss, to the wrong and right ways to bench press.
RUN, SELFIE, REPEAT BY KELLY ROBERTS
FROM powering through bad days to dealing with pre-race nerves, Kelly Roberts’ audio inspiration is the mental primer you need to take on that 10K, half-marathon, or full 26.2 miles. Each episode is just long enough for you to put the kettle on and have a pre-run cuppa.
SLEEP WITH ME
THIS twice-weekly podcast is basically a collection of ‘silly bedtime stories for adults’, to distract you from whatever is keeping you awake. Ingeniously ambling, and told in creator Drew Ackerman’s drawling voice. You’ll be snoring in no time.