Extra Healthy-ish

Want to build strength? Mental performance? Recover faster? Well, take note of your nutrition. Sports performance dietitian Michelle Cort discusses exactly what to eat for better performance across all areas of life.    WANT MORE FROM MICHELLE? Benefit Pocket offers a unique range of immersive online courses developed and guided by Australian health and wellbeing experts. Healthy-ish listeners can sign up using promo code BENEFIT45 to gain access to all of the Benefit Pocket courses for just $45 a quarter (normally $72). Click here for more info.   WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Or, TikTok here. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV here. In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The pandemic has changed the way we work-out, so what will the future hold for gym-goers? Former NRL player Ben Lucas and owner of Sydney’s Flow Athletic has just stepped off the plane after attending two international fitness expos and fills us in on what he tried and tested.     WANT MORE FROM BEN? Find out more about Ben at Flow Athletic here, or follow him on Instagram @ben_lucas1.   WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Or, TikTok here. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV here. In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Want to be better, even just a little bit? Well, you might just benefit from having a “coach”. Victoria Mills is a veteran at life coaching and discusses exactly how a coach can inspire your dream life.     WANT MORE FROM VICTORIA? Find out more about Hello Coach here, or via Instagram @hellocoachworld. For Victoria, see here.    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Or, TikTok here. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV here. In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania).   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A must-listen episode for everyone who is still a tad confused about the different types of inflammation. Dietician and gut health expert Chloe McLeod explains acute vs chronic, the role the gut plays, and the best foods to eat to fight it.    WANT MORE FROM CHLOE? Find out more about Chloe’s gut health program via Healthylife, here, or follow her on Instagram @chloe_mcleod_dietician.    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Or, TikTok here. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV here. In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It seems Australians have a new-found thirst for sobriety. Body + Soul’s Editor-in-Chief Sarrah Le Marquand drops into the Healthy-ish studio to discuss how her one-woman experiment with giving up alcohol changed her life…for the better.    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Or, TikTok here. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV here. In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you know the recovery benefits of compression boots? What about infrared saunas and NuCalm? Well, Ben Seymour is here to fill you in. The former rugby union player turned trainer, endurance athlete and partner at Recovery Lab discusses all things exercise recovery.    WANT MORE FROM BEN? For more about Recovery Lab click here, or follow him on Instagram @seemorebenny.   WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Or, TikTok here. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV here. In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The medical system can be grueling and often toxic, as Dr Neela Janakiramanan knows first hand. The surgeon and author discusses how she survived her initial years of training and shares her lessons for dealing with a toxic workplace.    WANT MORE FROM NEELA? Neela’s novel The Registrar (Allen & Unwin, $32.99) is out now, see more here. You can catch her on Twitter @NeelaJan, or via her site.    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV, here. In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Influencing people IRL all comes down to how skilled you are at persuasion, says author and presenting expert Michelle Bowden. She discusses the four different types of persuasive people (so, which one are you?) and how to use it to your advantage to boost your confidence and win at life.    WANT MORE FROM MICHELLE? You can grab Michelle’s book How to Persuade (Wiley, $22), here, or see her website here. Or, follow her on Instagram @_michellebowden.   WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV, here. In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why can self-love be so hard? Listen in as April Hélène-Horton aka The Bodzilla, a body image activist who says F-you to diet culture, fat phobia and self-hate, shares her tips for loving the skin you’re in.    WANT MORE FROM APRIL? You can follow April on Instagram @thebodzilla or see her site here. For more on Butterfly’s 20th birthday celebrations, click here.    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV, here. In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s a common couch dilemma: are you too exhausted to get up and exercise or just feeling lazy? Vanessa Bartlett is an “adrenal-friendly” lifestyle, fitness & pilates coach and discusses overtraining, burnout and how to adjust your workout accordingly and still get results.    WANT MORE FROM VANESSA? Find out more about Vanessa via her website, here, or on Instagram @vanessabhealth. Check out her YouTube channel, here.    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV, here. In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.