High Performance Health

Dr Dani Gordon is a world-leading expert in CBD and medical cannabis, and joins Angela for a thought-provoking discussion about their benefits, when is the right time to use more stimulating forms of breath work, how to optimise your own wellbeing practices, as well as her authored works on the subject of CBD and resilience. KEY TAKEAWAYS Resilience is the metric which shows us how well we bounce...

Angela revisits her interview with Dr Will Bulsiewicz, and his vital messaging regarding glucose levels, and why keeping a keen eye on flattening the curve is important, as well as making sure that we have good insulin sensitivity. KEY TAKEAWAYS The mechanisms of gaining free fat are through obesity, and also through our dietary intake. The microbiome is related the way that we process our food, a...

Often we are searching for a way to connect the mind to the body in order to realise our full potential, and no one knows more about how to achieve this, than this week’s guest, Dr Tara Swart, the Chief Science Officer at Heights, pioneers of the Heights Smart Supplement, designed to boost brainpower and allow you take control of your health. Dr Swart discusses the female brain and the unique chal...

In a very special preview of a soon-to-come conversation with Dr Tara Swart, she explains about the effects of sleep, the incredible potential of the female brain, and why we should think of yoga as a mindfulness practice. Hear the full episode this Friday, 20th January 2023! KEY TAKEAWAYS Periods can be associated with lots of emotional dis-regulation which has to be learned to overcome during a...

Angela meets Adam Parker, an executive wellness and performance coach, as well as creator of the 'Ideal Day Podcast' - designed as "a fun, engaging and informative look at Personal Development and learning how to perform at your best each day" Adam discusses the value in showing up as your best self at all times through focussing your mindset and nurturing resilience, and how crafting the ideal da...

Angela shares her own personal experience from her twelve months with no alcohol, and talks about the most effective ways in which you can replace bad habits with positive new ones, ensuring that they stick for life. KEY TAKEAWAYS If you are hoping to change a habit and give something up, you need to consider what to replace it with and how this replacement can positively recreate the same experie...

Speaker, coach, and leadership facilitator, Jim Steele is one of the world’s top business performance pioneers. With clients including Google, London business school, Deloitte and Astra Zeneca, Jim’s corporate speeches are designed to deliver quantifiable performance results and are centred around practical strategies that employees can use to reach their peak potential. Jim joins Angela to talk a...

No matter where we are in our fitness journey, we all need to focus upon optimising our body composition, and in this bitesize biohack, we look at insights from the marvellous Gabrielle Lyon, and how protein consumption might be the key to making sure our physical make-up is at its best. KEY TAKEAWAYS The key to understanding body composition and optimal body mass is understanding that blood level...

In a special mini-series of episodes, Angela takes a look back at some of the highlights from the past twelve months, showcasing some of the most insightful wisdom and practical advice shared by her amazing gallery of guests. In this second retrospective edition, Angela and her guests come together to talk about the way in which we can show up as our best selves for the new year ahead, and how to...

Now is a great time to focus and reflect, and part of this is optimising our bodies for high performance. Sleep, in this respect, plays a huge part in making sure that we're at our best, and in this week's bitesize biohack, Angela looks at the insights provided by Dr Patrick Porter, and how we can achieve a more consistent state of flow, enabling us to rapidly accelerate our productivity levels. K...

In a special mini-series of episodes, Angela takes a look back at some of the highlights from the past twelve months, showcasing some of the most insightful wisdom and practical advice shared by her amazing gallery of guests. In this first edition, Angela and her guests discourse on subjects such as what intermittent fasting is, how long the fast needs to be, how supplements can help to regulate e...

If you're considering an indulgent festive period, but still wish to manage your blood glucose levels effectively, then Angela is here with a biohack, courtesy of Wade Lightheart, in which he talks about how to optimise glucose control and insulin sensitivity. KEY TAKEAWAYS There is a growing body of evidence that suggests that blood sugar dis-regulation is extremely rampant in society. There is m...

In this special episode, Angela shares some empowering tips designed to help you navigate the Christmas period effectively - how to have fun but still remain on track, health-wise. People always want to maximise their fun but refrain from undoing the good work they've done throughout the year, and in this episode, Angela tells you exactly how to do it. KEY TAKEAWAYS You will feel a lot better if y...

Angela shares some invaluable knowledge from her first interview with Dr Stacy Sims, in which the discussion centred around why women should not be engaging in intermittent fasting for any length of time, and why layering in factors such as keto and exercise is not a good idea. KEY TAKEAWAYS When you eliminate things from your diet, then your body naturally asks why. Intermittent fasting, plus ket...

Dr Michael Mosley is a science presenter, journalist and executive producer. He is also the the author of the international bestselling books The Clever Guts Diet, The Fast Diet, Fast Exercise and The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet. Dr Mosley joins Angela to discuss his new book, 'Just One Thing', which is dedicated to different biohacks you can use to upgrade your health, your performance and your longe...

In this Bitesize, episode hear Dr Libby Weaver share why it’s so important to tune into yourself and exercise in a way that doesn’t push you to exhaustion As Dr Weaver explains women constantly rushing in their lives are likely to be sympathetic nervous system dominated but with slow breathing restorative practices a key to activating your parasympathetic nervous system, and lowing adrenalin, choo...

In this two hundredth episode of the High-Performance podcast, Angela’s guest is Dr Jolene Brighten a women’s hormone expert and leading authority in women’s medicineIn this in-depth interview, she talks about oral birth control and its impact and explains the crucial role  of hormones for women at differing stages of life as well as the influence of changing environmental factors on hormonal heal...

It’s vital to be, do and have if you want to realise your goals and dreams and this meditation will help you step into the best version of yourself and fulfil your greatest potential – through becoming your future self now When you develop your future self you are developing your pathway of abundance  and the potential to be the best version of yourself achieving everything you want in your life K...

Barton Scott founder of Upgraded Formulas talks with Angela about recognising and correcting mineral deficiency to achieve optimum performance and longevity He explains how a hair sample can be tested for a wide range of elemental minerals identifying levels and meaning effective action can be taken to achieve the balance that brings optimisation It’s an effective way to test regularly and underst...

In this Bitesize episode, hear an excerpt from Dr Sarah E Hill’s interview with Angela about hormonal birth control and post-pubertal brain development As the biological groundwork for the adult brain and body takes place during adolescence the introduction of synthetic hormonal birth control means that women who take hormonal birth control during adolescence have different brains than girls who d...

Stephen Flynn co-founder of The Happy Pear talks with Angela about his journey and how  The Happy Pear came to be They discuss how as products of our environment, many people now have a proliferation of sugar and processed food in their diet and why the best thing you can do for your health is to eat as many and as diverse whole foods as possible. Steve also explains why little changes made over t...

As Angela explains in this episode, November is the perfect time to think about and set your goals for next yearAngela shares  how, if you want to uplevel your life in every area you need to decide on goals that align with your values and what you really wantIf a goal is an ultimate reward the journey itself must be intrinsically rewarding to liberate your energy so setting the right goals is key...

Angela is with Tony Wrighton, best-selling author and host of the Zestology podcast discussing bio-syncing, creating new habits and the importance of a resilient mindset and accountability in creating the new habits that stick Tony also discusses histamine intolerance and his current work exploring a supplementary route to support the reduction of stimulated energy levels and shares some great bio...

In this bitesize episode, from the recent in-depth interview with Dr Stacey Sims, hear about fuelling properly before different types of training along with how to effectively use both Sprint Interval training and High-Intensity Training throughout the menstrual cycle KEY TAKEAWAYS Before training, women require protein to make sure that their resting metabolic rate recovers after exercise The car...

In this episode, Kristin Weitzel, Founder of SHERPA Breath and Cold and Warrior Woman Mode, health and high-performance maven, nutrition specialist, deliberate cold exposure master coach and host of the Wellpower podcast talks with Angela in an in-depth and wide-ranging interview They discuss the benefits of cold exposure and how understanding stress and developing resilience techniques such as br...