
The Art of Living Proactively (Harnessing the Power of Your Choices)
"The Art of Living Proactively" podcast is your guide to harnessing the power of your choices and living your best life. Join host Tony Winyard as he shares insights and inspiration from experts in the fields of health, wellness, mindset, and productivity.
Each episode offers practical tips and strategies to help you take control of your life and unlock your full potential. From improving your physical health to cultivating a positive mindset, Tony and his guests explore the habits and practices that lead to success and fulfillment in all areas of life.
Whether you're looking to boost your productivity, improve your relationships, or simply live a happier, more fulfilling life, "The Art of Living Proactively" podcast has something for you. Tune in today to start harnessing the power of your choices and living your best life.
Latest episodes

Jul 19, 2022 • 36min
Catherine Chadwick - The Art of Self Craftsmanship
Habits & Health episode 75 with Catherine Chadwick, An expert in transformational guidance that provides individuals and groups with insights and tools that prioritise mental fitness training, wellness, resilience, adaptability, and mindfulness. In this episode we discuss: Compassion "The Sunshine Quotient"® Why mindfulness is so important What is meant by the "mind diet" Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/catherine-chadwick/ Habits & Health links: Website - tonywinyard.com Facebook Page - facebook.com/TonyWinyard.HabitsAndHealth Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/habitshealth Twitter - @TonyWinyard Instagram - @tony.winyard LinkedIn - uk.linkedin.com/in/tonywinyard YouTube How to leave a podcast review - tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-podcast-review/ Details of online workshops to create habits for health - tonywinyard.com/training/ Are you in control of your habits or are they in control of you? Take my quiz to find out - tonywinyard.com/quiz

Jul 12, 2022 • 36min
Mark Young - Discover the science behind the Zona Plus
Habits & Health episode 74 with Mark Young, who is on a mission to make the "Zona Plus", a household name. The device is a "blood pressure biohack", using isometric therapy to lower blood pressure and increase nitric-oxide throughout the body. In this episode, we discuss the benefits of the Zona Plus and the mission behind Zona Health. We discuss what is nitric-oxide and how it helps us. How the device helps older people with grip strength, benefits those with arthritis, what is isometric exercise and more. Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/mark-young/ Habits & Health links: Website - tonywinyard.com Facebook Page - facebook.com/TonyWinyard.HabitsAndHealth Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/habitshealth Twitter - @TonyWinyard Instagram - @tony.winyard LinkedIn - uk.linkedin.com/in/tonywinyard YouTube How to leave a podcast review - tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-podcast-review/ Details of online workshops to create habits for health - tonywinyard.com/training/ Are you in control of your habits or are they in control of you? Take my quiz to find out - tonywinyard.com/quiz

Jul 5, 2022 • 44min
Rachel Beanland - Connect With Yourself and the World Around You
Habits & Health episode 73 with Rachel Beanland, a Public Health Doctor, coach, yoga & meditation teacher. Rachel supports women in medicine using evidence-based tools, and lives in an amazing cooperative neighbourhood in the Pyrenees. In this episode we discuss: How doctors are trained and how that might be improved Breathwork Meditation & yoga Living in a cooperative community in the mountains Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/rachel-beanland/ Habits & Health links: Website - tonywinyard.com Facebook Page - facebook.com/TonyWinyard.HabitsAndHealth Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/habitshealth Twitter - @TonyWinyard Instagram - @tony.winyard LinkedIn - uk.linkedin.com/in/tonywinyard YouTube How to leave a podcast review - tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-podcast-review/ Details of online workshops to create habits for health - tonywinyard.com/training/ Are you in control of your habits or are they in control of you? Take my quiz to find out - tonywinyard.com/quiz

Jun 28, 2022 • 39min
Hans Ambachtsheer - Empowering men to take their health, physique, mood, cognition, sexual function, hormones, and ultimately their lives, to a whole new level
Habits & Health episode 72 with Hans Ambachtsheer founder and CEO of MenElite, he creates step-by-step solutions – from articles and eBooks to coaching and consulting, to education and media – for the worlds hard-charging, high-achievers to live truly limitless lives with fully optimized minds, bodies, and spirit. Hans helps to become the complete mental athlete with a flawless brain and nervous system; attain an ideal human body that fires on all cylinders from performance to beauty to hormones and beyond; or achieve true and lasting health, happiness, and longevity; He combines intense time-in-the-trenches with ancestral wisdom and modern science to make dreams a reality. In this episode we discuss: Benefits of testosterone His ideal clients Can you have too much testosterone? Issues resulting from too low testosterone How cold and heat affect it Why sunlight and vitamin D is so important Supplements Journalling and daily logs Suggestions for men of 40+ Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/hans-ambachtsheer/ Habits & Health links: Website - tonywinyard.com Facebook Page - facebook.com/TonyWinyard.HabitsAndHealth Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/habitshealth Twitter - @TonyWinyard Instagram - @tony.winyard LinkedIn - uk.linkedin.com/in/tonywinyard YouTube How to leave a podcast review - tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-podcast-review/ Details of online workshops to create habits for health - tonywinyard.com/training/ Are you in control of your habits or are they in control of you? Take my quiz to find out - tonywinyard.com/quiz

Jun 21, 2022 • 42min
Amy F. White - Do you feel comfortable in your body?
Habits & Health episode 71 with Amy F. White, a functional holistic nutritionist & lifestyle practitioner. Amy’s Hangry to Healthy, 3 phase approach to health and weight loss makes it possible for anyone to achieve their goals Amy's step-by-step approach clears body imbalance. The very imbalances that cause fatigue, mood swings, sugar cravings, ravenous hunger, restless sleep, brain fog and an inability to burn off body fat. Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/amy-f-white/ Habits & Health links: Website - tonywinyard.com Facebook Page - facebook.com/TonyWinyard.HabitsAndHealth Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/habitshealth Twitter - @TonyWinyard Instagram - @tony.winyard LinkedIn - uk.linkedin.com/in/tonywinyard YouTube How to leave a podcast review - tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-podcast-review/ Details of online workshops to create habits for health - tonywinyard.com/training/ Are you in control of your habits or are they in control of you? Take my quiz to find out - tonywinyard.com/quiz

Jun 14, 2022 • 37min
Magic Barclay - Your Journey to Abundant Energy and Long-Lasting Health
Habits & Health episode 70 with Magic Barclay, an Innate Immunity and Functional Health Solutions advanced practitioner, looking at root cause, finding the most natural source for supplementation and working with the 5 immune types. She treats using wholeism - looking at the whole body and all the systems rather than reductionism (as most other doctors and naturopaths do) which treat in isolation by reducing symptoms. Magic treats root cause- Why did you get sick? Why is xyz happening to you? Not 'this is how it feels, treat that'. She is a mould toxicity master- Mould is the most prolific survivor amongst organisms, it suppresses your immune system in a multitude of ways. And Magic specializes in the PNEI (Psycho Neuro Endo Immunology) of Trauma, and teaches it to other practitioners. Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/magic-barclay/ Habits & Health links: Website - tonywinyard.com Facebook Page - facebook.com/TonyWinyard.HabitsAndHealth Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/habitshealth Twitter - @TonyWinyard Instagram - @tony.winyard LinkedIn - uk.linkedin.com/in/tonywinyard YouTube How to leave a podcast review - tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-podcast-review/ Details of online workshops to create habits for health - tonywinyard.com/training/ Are you in control of your habits or are they in control of you? Take my quiz to find out - tonywinyard.com/quiz

Jun 7, 2022 • 47min
Elizabeth Gasson-Hargreaves - All disease begins in the gut
Habits & Health episode 69 with Elizabeth Gasson-Hargreaves, a Functional Medicine Practitioner and Nutritional Therapist. 15 years ago, her son Charlie had less than 24 hours to live had he not received vital antibiotics which saved his life. This had a major impact on Elizabeth. Charlie was 6 weeks old and had bacterial meningitis. Following his recovery, she had two choices: to live with fear every time her son became unwell or to understand what made him so susceptible to this disease - or dis-ease within his microbiome. This led Elizabeth on a journey of discovery and she realised that disease was more likely to be about the internal environment. Which helped her understand how important microbes were; not just for us internally, but for the soil in which we grow our food. The soil in our gut and the soil in the ground are deeply connected. As Franklin Roosevelt said, “the Nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself”. She believes everyone has the right to healthy food, grown in a way that preserves our soil, not destroys it. Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/elizabeth-gasson-hargreaves/ Habits & Health links: Website - tonywinyard.com Facebook Page - facebook.com/TonyWinyard.HabitsAndHealth Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/habitshealth Twitter - @TonyWinyard Instagram - @tony.winyard LinkedIn - uk.linkedin.com/in/tonywinyard YouTube How to leave a podcast review - tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-podcast-review/ Details of online workshops to create habits for health - tonywinyard.com/training/ Are you in control of your habits or are they in control of you? Take my quiz to find out - tonywinyard.com/quiz

May 31, 2022 • 45min
Luke Chao - A Mission Is to Make Hypnosis Make Sense
Habits & Health episode 68 with Luke Chao, who uses hypnosis to help change the way people think to help tackle procrastination and bad habits. Luke talks about the premise that there is such a thing as higher-quality thinking, that it’s the thought process of somebody who does not have your problem, and that long-term change happens once you’ve adopted their principles as your own. Normally, it’s a solid grounding in what’s truthful and reassuring, or truthful and empowering. Often, his clients who feel stuck simply have never received helpful guidance as to what to think. He has many YouTube videos and custom-written treatment plans, to ensure clients understand what he believes “higher-quality thinking” entails.Luke feels hypnotherapy works best when the client listens closely to the hypnotist’s sincere, unambiguous expression of principled thinking. In this episode, we explore: What is hypnotism? How can you help someone with how to think and/or what to think? How to get clients to think like someone who does not have the issue they have Stoicism and Buddhism Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/luke-chao/ Habits & Health links: Website - tonywinyard.com Facebook Page - facebook.com/TonyWinyard.HabitsAndHealth Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/habitshealth Twitter - @TonyWinyard Instagram - @tony.winyard LinkedIn - uk.linkedin.com/in/tonywinyard YouTube How to leave a podcast review - tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-podcast-review/ Details of online workshops to create habits for health - tonywinyard.com/training/ Are you in control of your habits or are they in control of you? Take my quiz to find out - tonywinyard.com/quiz

May 24, 2022 • 47min
Amy Novotny - Life Is a Gift, Learn to Live It Pain Free
Habits & Health episode 67 with Dr Amy Novotny, who founded the PABR® Institute with the mission to provide pain, stress and anxiety relief to those who seek a naturalistic form of treatment when other treatment methods have fallen short. Her methods have helped countless people reduce and eliminate pain, stress, anxiety, orthopedic surgeries, sleep issues and the need for medications. She co-authored two Amazon #1 Best-Selling books, "Don’t Quit: Stories of Persistence, Courage and Faith" and "Success Habits of Super Achievers", which share her journey on how and why she developed the PABR® Method. Her ability to speak French and Spanish has allowed her to communicate with and help various clients from all around the world, including France, Mexico, Central America and South America. In addition Amy has ran 40+ marathons, 10 ultra marathons (including two 100 milers), completed an Ironman triathlon, photographed wildlife and landscapes all over the world that has led to several of her images being chosen as Photos of the Day, most notably National Geographic Your Shot World Top Photo of the Day. Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/amy-novotny/ Habits & Health links: Website - tonywinyard.com Facebook Page - facebook.com/TonyWinyard.HabitsAndHealth Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/habitshealth Twitter - @TonyWinyard Instagram - @tony.winyard LinkedIn - uk.linkedin.com/in/tonywinyard YouTube How to leave a podcast review - tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-podcast-review/ Details of online workshops to create habits for health - tonywinyard.com/training/ Are you in control of your habits or are they in control of you? Take my quiz to find out - tonywinyard.com/quiz

May 17, 2022 • 57min
Jay Fields - Be who you are
Habits & Health episode 65 with Jay Fields, author of the book "Teaching People, Not Poses" and the Linkedin Learning courses "Managing Your Emotions at Work" and "Practices for Regulating Your Nervous System and Reducing Stress". Jay is an educator, coach and author who has taught the principles of embodied social and emotional intelligence to individuals and organizations for twenty years. Her approach to helping people have their own back at work and in life is grounded, playful, empathic and intelligent. Her work is a blend of mindfulness, embodiment practices and psychological theories from different therapeutic modalities, all approached through the lens of Polyvagal Theory. In short, Polyvagal Theory is all about how to consciously work with yourself at the level of your nervous system. And because the nervous system so profoundly influences how we behave and the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and the world around us, She found that the foundation of any growth process is understanding how to work with it in a way that is conscious and embodied. Some topics discussed: Two habits that have had the greatest impact on Jay's life: 1. Checking in with her body on a regular basis 2. Making sure she gets outside every day Polyvagal theory Jay's LinkedIn courses Johari window Sign up to Jay's excellent blog - go to her website Johari Window: Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/jay-fields/ Habits & Health links: Website - tonywinyard.com Facebook Page - facebook.com/TonyWinyard.HabitsAndHealth Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/habitshealth Twitter - @TonyWinyard Instagram - @tony.winyard LinkedIn - uk.linkedin.com/in/tonywinyard YouTube How to leave a podcast review - tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-podcast-review/ Details of online workshops to create habits for health - tonywinyard.com/training/ Are you in control of your habits or are they in control of you? Take my quiz to find out - tonywinyard.com/quiz
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