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Today I have the pleasure of speaking to Peter Reading who is using his historical struggle with alcoholism to help other people to overcome their own struggles. ‌ From a troubled childhood to a life lost in addiction, join us on a journey of transformation. In this podcast, we'll explore one man's path from isolation to recovery, discovering his true superpower along the way. Through ups...

I talk mindset with Osteopath and Mindset Coach, Annie Osbourne If you could be a better person, would you? Better means different things to different people. Better physical health or mental health could be an example. Better skilled, a better husband or wife are other examples. Even more simpler; if you could become the best version of yourself, would you? This is Annie’s speciality. Seamlessly,...

Suicide and why people take their lives… Robust professional and personal experience are needed to answer such a question. Diane has both. Whilst treating Diane, our conversations often took interesting paths. Diane is a qualified mental health nurse and founder of CASAS (care and support after suicide) which she started to help people like herself who have lost loved ones through suicide. Listen...

Why your pain may not disappear… Has your parking sensor ever tripped when there’s nothing behind you? Pain can be the same. And pain is more of a parking sensor than a measure of damage. It triggers before damage occurs. But often pain can be anchored by our emotions, beliefs and experiences. Osteopath and Chronic Pain specialist, Pippa Cossens knows this too well. Pippa’s experience with fibromy...

Suffer from anxiety? Mind racing like a hamster wheel? And that’s without bringing in the negative thoughts that go around and around like a broken record. Anxiety is our brain’s way of protecting us from what might happen… but something has gone wrong. The absence of a threat should correct our brain but it doesn’t. This is called prediction error. Ie “I’m concerned people are looking at me… no-o...

Our understanding of pain is changing in a fantastically productive way. 80 years ago, if you would have died, the most likely cause would have been a work place accident, poisoning, a bacterial infection and other conditions which you had no control over. However, times have changed. Most of us will die of deaths that could have been delayed, and many of us live with complaints that we must be em...

During the lecture on black history which was televised by ITV ( watch here ), one of the first things I speak of is the hero story. In summary, shortly after humans first learnt that farming seeds can produce a plentiful supply of food, we see the start of the first great civilisations. The production of food allowed time for people to think. Early humans ( see online lessons on early humans here...

For those who are unaware, the Conservative Government commissioned a race report in the UK to examine the presence of institutional racism in the UK. This is in relation to the protests this side of the Atlantic which were triggered by the murder of George Floyd, May 2020 and subsequent protests in the USA. The vast majority of ethnic minorities in the UK would have predicted that the report woul...

Tousaint Louverture is, without a doubt, the most impressive man in recorded history. A man born into slavery in St Domingue (Haiti) who purchased his freedom by 30. He was a successful businessman by 50 years of age at which point he fueled the Haitian Revolution. The Haitian Revolution was a bloody ten year guerilla war. After ten years, Toussaint Louverture had led a majoritively black army, a...

My experiences of dating outside my race have been fairly predictable; give it enough time and someone is going to say something fairly inappropriate and quite possibly overtly offensive. In fact, if I were to pick a family to marry into which I suspected would be more likely to offend me on a regular basis with their sheltered perspective, ridgid processes and isolated culture, it would probably...

Why do I ask? Covid weight gain is going to cause many of us to shame the way we look. Alcohol and takeaway consumption has increased ( ref ). We will explore the function of shaming and whether it has a place when it comes to our bodies Body Acceptance is a growing trend to reduce the harmful affects of body shaming. But is this a plaster for a festering wound? Does shaming have it’s place? The f...

Rachel Greer opens up about her experience at Revitalize To those who have and haven’t been to the clinic, it may seem like a treatment is just the obvious mix of joint manipulation, massage, a quick chat and some exercises. But it often is much more complex than this. Rachel thought she might never dance again. She has a chronic hamstring strain which often stopped her from doing anything at all....

What do you think about the vaccine? | The end of the sofa scientist… or did it even exist? Elliott Reid, Osteopath and founder of the Revitalize Clinic which has provided over 6500 clients with osteopathy, physiotherapy, sports therapy, personal training, counselling, herbal medicine and more www.revitalizeclinic.co.uk “What do you think about the virus, Elliott. What did you think about the vacc...

What does death mean to you? Is it the end of a journey, the beginning of another? I would be interested to hear your perspective so please let me know. Go to www.revitalizeclinic.co.uk/blog for more posts I had a fairly early and close encounter with death when I was 16 years old.  A great friend of mine passed. It drastically changed the way I viewed life thereafter. And I suppose this can...

Do you ever think how you can slow down the process of ageing? What you can eat and how you can move to keep the fountain of youth? Dr Harriet Holme holds her passion in improving women’s health through nutritional intervention and I had a few questions to ask her. Have a look You’ll learn: How nutrition can be a more powerful intervention than medication How herbs that our herbalist, Iulia provid...

I wanted to explore my experiences as a black man, growing up in the UK. And I have done so through reading history and attending therapy to ease the pain or at least better understand certain experiences. If you’re called a monkey or a nigger enough times, it certainly leaves a mark somewhere. But until now, when having this conversation which is rarely ever instigated by myself, I am met with ey...

Are you tired of it?... Are you tired of the barrage of information on as to whether or not veganism is good or bad? If it’s healthy or unhealthy? Good or bad for our planet or economy? Me too. Which is why, when I became plant based (diet consisting of majority plants) 4 years ago, the first thing I did was churn through books and studies to better inform me on my decision. But what led to this d...

But what is actually wrong with me? And I understand the question; ‘what is actually wrong with me?’. You want to “know your enemy”. But why do you think your enemy can be seen? If you were to take an MRI of your eye whilst you were looking at a sunflower, do you think you could see a flower on the MRI? No of course not. So why do you think that by getting an MRI on your lower back, you will see w...

Socialist Ideals There seemed to be a lack of classist tension in Ancient Egypt. Far from Feudal Europe with social upheaval being very rare (C.Diop, The African Origin of Civilisation)  . Their society was extremely wealthy, pledging us much as the equivalent of £8million worth of Gold to build their temples but every. However the Monarchy was responsible for the success of commerce. They al...

Welcome to the #ASKELL Podcast; where we explore the make up of amazing people and topics I founded the Revitalize Clinic in 2013 to provide you with the team of experts you need to be pain free, mentally well and physically fit. Contact us for your free consultation with an expert to start your journey, online or face to face I think this question is beyond important. Our inability to do what is...

Today we have Niki Mahon is a friend and of whom, I am a fan. From a young age Niki has thrived in environments such as dance and art, showing from an early age, creative flare. After completing a degree in graphics design from Bournemouth University, Niki quickly set up a side hustle, selling finely sourced jewellery online. Over the years, she has been a finalist in 3 KEIBA (kent excellence in b...

Hey There’s no doubt that the human species is starting to suffer from their own “success” and we’re having to answer far deeper, philosophical questions such as “how to responsibly generate a surplus of food” rather than “where is our next meal coming from” In light of this, I posed some more provocative questions to our group of experts such as the following: * If you could get rid of terrorism...

Hey, I have an amazing story to share with you We're truly blessed to be able to see so many individuals on a daily basis who make tremendous strides towards a healthier, lighter, cleaner version of themselves. And every so often, a client jumps all of the hurdles, picks themselves up repeatedly from countless mistakes and transforms their body and mind for the better Michael Britchfield has: lost...

This was a great episode. We kick start with a subject that is becoming an increasingly important topic of discussion; mental health. Interestingly but probably quite obviously, Dr Sahota goes to the root of the fruit. Sleep, social circles and rat race culture. What do you think about this? Are we having too deep a perspective on mental health before we take care of the superficial commonalities?...

One topic that I find very hard to curb my frustration and equally my enthusiasm on is childhood obesity. But two questions we must ask are: what are the predispositions? what are the solutions? This study  found the greatest predisposition to be parental dietary and exercise habits. Whilst Amsterdam is the only city in the world to my knowledge, to be reducing childhood obesity at a current rate...