Happy Habit Podcast

In this episode I discuss the subjects of life and death with author Prof Dean Rickles in his book Life is short, which is a companion / response to the famous stoic philosopher Seneca's book, On the shortness of life, written 2000 years ago. Dean Rickles is professor of history and philosophy of modern physics at the University of Sydney, Australia, where he is also a director of the Sydney Centre for Time. His many books include Covered with Deep Mist: The Development of Quantum Gravity and A Brief History of String Theory Link to Dean's book : https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691240596/life-is-short

Eight in ten people will suffer back pain at some stage in their lives and its impact on global health and the global economy is enormous, but if we acquire a habit of adopting good posture when sitting, regular movement and performing just 3 specific simple and scientifically proven exercises as outlined in this episode, we can greatly reduce the chance of our becoming another back pain statistic. In this episode I have a fascinating chat with one of the world's leading back pain experts, Dr Stuart Mc Gill.  Dr McGill's Website : https://www.backfitpro.com/ But Dr McGill's Book Back mechanic: shorturl.at/knO09

Author and therapist Eoin O Kane has written a book which outlines in simple steps how you can engage in 10 minutes of self therapy a day. It isn't meant to replace in person therapy but given that the onus in any therapy is on the client to 'do the work' between sessions, these steps facilitate our deeper understanding of how and why we think , feel and behave the way we do from day to day.

If we want to master ourselves, if we want to bring out real change in our lives, we can only do so if we engage in self awareness. Time and time again, book after book and podcast after podcast, the message is always the same, if we are to become abetter version of ourselves, we must become aware of our thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

Ryan Holiday is a prolific writer and thinker. He is fascinated by the human mind with the human condition. In his book. Ego is the enemy, he tackles a demon with which humankind has struggled for generations.  Link to My book Happy habits for mind and body >>>>> https://rb.gy/6ziwve

In this episode I delve into some of the topics and philosophies Vex King discusses in his book Happy Vibes Happy Life. Link to My book Happy habits for mind and body >>>>> https://rb.gy/6ziwve

Learning what things not to do is always helpful. Amy Morin's great book outlines basic steps that involve changing our thoughts, emotions and actions, such that we can enhance our mental strength and maximise our potential in life. Link to My book Happy habits for mind and body >>>>> https://rb.gy/6ziwve

We all overthink, obsess, ruminate which leads us to being anxious and unhappy and stressed out. Nick Trenton's book The overthinking cure , gives us clearly defined steps to help us combat our bad habit of overthinking so that we can live more in the moment and be less reactive to our worlds while being more aware of ourselves and how we think.

In today's episode I talk with eminent consultant cardiologist Dr Paddy Barrett about the simple things we can do to optimise our heart health. Dr barrett's links:  https://www.myhearthealth.ie/ Twitter : @Paddy_Barrett https://paddybarrett.substack.com/ Link to My book Happy habits for mind and body >>>>> https://rb.gy/6ziwve

In this episode I discuss many of the great ideas in Elizabeth Wilson's book Stress proof your life. The world is a stressful place, while we need some stress to function and challenge us daily, too much stress over the long-term can have devastating consequences on our mental and physical health. Of you have ever heard that stress is the number 1 killer known to human kind, believe it, because the statistics show it is true. This book details many ways to lessen our stress through altering our actions and our mindset.  Link to My book >>>>>https://rb.gy/6ziwve