
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

May 10, 2022 • 47min
Suzanne Culberg - What if you overeat because you over give?
Habits & Health episode 65 with Suzanne Culberg, a mindset coach who transforms bodies and minds. She asks you to consider, what if you overeat because you over give? She is also a speaker and author of The Beginning is Sh*t, an unapologetic weight-loss memoir. She believes women often gain weight because they give too much to others. They over-eat because they over-give. Her passion for helping women is fuelled by her own weight-loss journey, going from 150kg (330lbs) to maintaining the healthy 72kg (158lbs) she is now. Suzanne helps her clients deal with negative patterns of behaviour, shed weight, build confidence, and create lasting change. Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/suzanne-culberg/ 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 3, 2022 • 40min
Adele Spraggon - Learn to see the world differently
Habits & Health episode 64 with Adele Spraggon, behavioural Expert. Her book "Shift: 4 Steps to Personal Empowerment" has won awards and transforming how people are setting and achieving their goals. Adele is an award-winning author, thought leader, and international speaker and trainer who has been awarded the 2020, Woman of Inspiration Award, and in 2021, was recognized as the Top Behavioural Expert of the Year. After decades of feeling stuck in patterns of procrastination, avoidance and quitting, all of which had her living her life below her fullest potential, Adele set out on a journey of discovery and learning. Her inquiry? Why the personal and professional methodologies she was following did not work for her. The result is the creation of her proprietary 4 Step Repatterning Technique, which she delivers through a member portal called the Pattern Maker Hub. Today she supports thousands globally to achieve extraordinary levels of happiness, peace of mind, prosperity, goal-achievement and life-fulfilment. Some of the topics we discuss in this episode: As a behavioural change expert, what she feels is the root cause of procrastination and overwhelm The best advice you can give someone to help them achieve their goals Why she studied human behaviour How working with brain-patterns differs from working with other personal development methods Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/adele-spraggon/ 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

Apr 26, 2022 • 42min
Dawn Cuckow - Crush cravings, overeating and belly fat
Habits & Health episode 63 with Dawn Cuckow, who helps people to get to the root causes of why their body is blocking their weight loss. Her approach helps discover what’s triggering cravings and belly fat, then target these imbalances so it becomes much easier to lose weight and sustain it. Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/dawn-cuckow/ 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

Apr 19, 2022 • 44min
Arthur Taniyelyan - Practicing cold control, to be happy, healthy & strong
Habits & Health episode 62 with Arthur Taniyelyan a disciple of the art of breath. He is qualified in many breathing methods including Wim Hof, The Oxygen Advantage, Breathology, Buteyko and others. He left his job as a sales manager since he discovered how he was able to help many different types of people from young children with asthma through to athletes improve their wellness and performance. Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/arthur-taniyelyan/ 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

Apr 12, 2022 • 56min
Nicola Singleton - A patient in the house
Habits & Health episode 61 with Nicola Singleton. She appeared on BBC 1's "Doctor In The House" 5 years ago with Dr Rangan Chatterjee and has gone from being housebound to recovering from ME/ CFS and Fibromyalgia. Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/nicola-singleton/ 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 Take part in Tony's free 5-day-programme - tonywinyard.com/tinyhabits

Apr 5, 2022 • 56min
Dr Mike Mew - Straightening teeth the natural way
Habits & Health episode 60 with Dr Mike Mew who qualified in 1993 as a dentist and entered the renowned Orthodontic programme at Aarhus University in Denmark, qualifying as a specialist dentist in 2004 and he continues to study the relationship between orthodontics, posture, ENT problems, snoring and sleep apnoea with the view of improving orthotropic therapy. Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/dr-mike-mew/ 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 Take part in Tony's free 5-day-programme - tonywinyard.com/tinyhabits

Mar 29, 2022 • 1h 3min
Pamela Spence - How to supercharge your next cuppa
Habits & Health episode 59 with Pamela Spence, who has been fascinated by herbs since growing up surrounded by the fragrant wet markets of Singapore as a teenager. After a hectic career in film and television, she left to study herbal medicine in 2002 and has been running a successful clinical practice, writing and teaching about herbs ever since. Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/pamela-spence/ 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 Take part in Tony's free 5-day-programme - tonywinyard.com/tinyhabits

Mar 22, 2022 • 1h 12min
Polly Bateman - Shatter the beliefs that limit your potential
Habits & Health episode 58 with Polly Bateman, mindset and performance mentor. She wants to disrupt your beliefs and break through the self-imposed barriers that limit your potential. Straight-talking, empathetic, and disarmingly humorous. After turning her own life around exponentially, she walks you through how you’ve been coded in life, why you correlate the present moment with the past, and how that automatically limits your future. Her clients come from all walks of life, from entrepreneurs and C-suite executives through to public figures and world-class athletes. Polly is also the creator of 'The Grumpit' which is an endearing new character and self-help storybook, created initially for her son and now used by many children and UK schools to help children grow in confidence and self-esteem, through learning to self-soothe via their own Grumpit. Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/polly-bateman/ 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 Take part in Tony's free 5-day-programme - tonywinyard.com/tinyhabits

Mar 15, 2022 • 45min
Teresa Bitner - How to get up again after being knocked down
Habits & Health episode 57 with Teresa Bitner Teresa who helps those who’ve been knocked down and want to bounce back to live a bold life. She’s a coach, speaker, and author specializing in resiliency, change, and loss. She helps clients with the change that happens in life and work. Building resiliency and learning steps for surviving and thriving amidst constant change which sets apart those who live boldly. We discuss how she learned how to be resilient, and understand the importance of taking responsibility Full shownotes including transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/teresa-bitner/ 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 Take part in Tony's free 5-day-programme - tonywinyard.com/tinyhabits

Mar 8, 2022 • 1h 3min
Robin Rothenberg - Yoga Therapy! Helping those with limited mobility, chronic pain and illness.
Habits & Health episode 56 with Robin Rothenberg, a Certified Yoga Therapist, Buteyko Educator, and author of the superb book, "Restoring Prana: A Therapeutic Guide to Pranayama and Healing Through the Breath". Robin has been assisting people in transforming health habits using the teachings and tools of yoga for over 35 years. She offers tele-yoga-therapy across the globe and is Program Director of an IAYT Accredited Yoga Therapy Training Program. With the pandemic, Robin’s focus has developed to support people with Long COVID in managing symptoms and regaining their energy. Don't forget, there is a transcript of every episode at tonywinyard.com 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 Take part in Tony's free 5-day-programme - tonywinyard.com/tinyhabits Full shownotes including transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/robin-rothenberg/