Power Hour

Adrienne is sharing her recent episodes from the Modern Wellness Podcast. Follow or Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! First up, Oli, Sammi and Adrienne look at the ever expanding world of vitamins and supplements. Noting that it’s important to understand which vitamins and minerals you can get too much of, like vitamin C and calcium. Read the Cleveland Clinic article here: Yes, You Ca...

Adrienne shares her latest episode from The Modern Wellness Podcast. Follow or Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. This week on the Modern Wellness Podcast, the team look at the news that this week the American e-commerce giant Amazon launched at-home diagnostic services in six Indian cities, in partnership with Orange Health Labs, a company co-funded by Amazon’s venture arm. Though Amazon i...

Today Adrienne is sharing an episode from her other podcast, Modern Wellness Podcast. If you're not yet following or subscribed, just search for Modern Wellness Podcast wherever you get your podcasts! First up, in partnership with Wellhub , the team discuss The State of Work-Life Wellness 2025 report that Wellhub have released . Having surveyed 5,000+ employees globally to share the top issues imp...

Today Adrienne is sharing an episode from her other podcast, Modern Wellness Podcast. If you're not yet following or subscribed, just search for Modern Wellness Podcast wherever you get your podcasts! First up, the team discuss the price of wellness, and how we define our markers of health. This comes from Fitt Insider’s article  " Consumers Are Priced Out of Wellness " The trio look at the p...

Today Adrienne is sharing an episode from her other podcast, Modern Wellness Podcast. If you're not yet following or subscribed, just search for Modern Wellness Podcast wherever you get your podcasts! First up the team discuss the rise in solo-dining and solo-travel, and what it indicates for modern society. Are you a fan? “ The Joy of Being Alone in an Overcrowded, Overbooked World ” Secondly, wi...

Today Adrienne is sharing an episode from her other podcast, Modern Wellness Podcast. If you're not yet following or subscribed, just search for Modern Wellness Podcast wherever you get your podcasts! First up, the hosts dive into the world of cortisol, addressing the algorithm and its penchant for blaming cortisol for various health issues after the Telegraph's recent article " Cortisol isn’t alw...

In this episode from 2022, Adrienne sits down with the incredible Eric Collins. Eric is an American businessman, serial entrepreneur, technology expert, former President Obama appointee. He is the CEO and co-founder of Impact X Capital Partners. Eric's book We Don't Need Permission How Black Business Can Change Our World is out now in stores and online. In 2011, shortly before making London his ho...

Adrienne continues looking back in the archives with this fascinating conversation with Dr Jonathan Reichental, looking at the future of our work. Dr. Jonathan Reichental is a multiple-award-winning technology and business leader whose career has spanned both the private and public sectors. He’s been a senior software engineering manager, a director of technology innovation, and has served as chie...

As Adrienne continues to look back into the archive, we go to 2023, and share this conversation with the brilliant David Brooks. David Brooks is one of America’s leading writers and commentators. He is an op-ed columnist for  The New York Times  and appears regularly on  PBS NewsHour  and  Meet the Press . He is the bestselling author of  The Second Mountain, The...

Adrienne looks back to a conversation she had last year with the fabulous Emily M Austen. Emily M Austen is the founder and CEO of EMERGE, an award winning PR Agency, based in London, working with global brands, including Huel, Red Bull, Spanx, and Abercrombie. The 25 strong team was started by Emily in 2012, at the age of 22, after she graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Crimino...

Adrienne continues her look back at past Power Hour's with this excellent episode with Dr Alex George, recorded in May 2023. Dr. Alex George is a TV doctor, best-selling author, and Youth Mental Health Ambassador to the government. Alex has become a well known and respected figure amongst healthcare professionals in the UK, from his years as an A&E doctor, bringing the nation accessible and re...

Sharmadean Reid MBE is a founder, writer and creative consultant who in her 20 year career has launched an innovation led salon, a beauty tech start up and now a media company.  Sharmadean’s amazing new book is out now. New Methods for Women  is 49 powerful essays that offer new perspectives on life, work, self, friendships, parenthood, and relationships. Sharmadean interweaves the lesso...

Adrienne is looking back at some of her favourite Power Hour episodes from years gone by! Oliver Burkeman  worked for many years at  The Guardian , where he wrote a popular weekly column on psychology, “This Column Will Change Your Life.” His books include the  New York Times  bestseller  Four   Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals  and  The Antidote:...

Adrienne is digging into the Power Hour archives and today's episode comes from 2023. d Amy Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School. Renowned for her world-leading research into the concept of psychological safety, Edmondson has been named by Thinkers50 as the most influential management thinker in the world. In her new book, Right Kind of Wrong,...

Adrienne is looking back at some of her favourite Power Hour episodes from years gone by! Berthold Gunster is the founder of the  Omdenken,  or Flip Thinking, philosophy. After studying at the Theatre Academy in Utrecht he worked as a theatre director and writer for years. Since 2001 he and his team have been offering trainings, workshops and shows about Omdenken to companies and individ...

As a Friday bonus Adrienne is sharing a recent episode from the Modern Wellness Podcast - remember to follow or subscribe if you haven't yet! Firstly there’s a look at a recent New Scientist article all about tiredness, as according to a recent analysis of data from 32 countries, as many as 1 in 5 otherwise healthy adults complain of problematic levels of fatigue.  " A fresh understanding of...

Today Adrienne is joined by the brilliant Dr Avanti Kumar-Singh, MD . An internationally recognised Ayurveda practitioner, certified yoga therapist, and former ER doctor. Her approach brings together Western medicine with the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda that comes from her South Asian lineage. In her new book The Longevity Formula: Ayurvedic Principles to Reduce Inflammation, Increase Cellular Repa...

Today Adrienne is joined by the brilliant Alice Wilkinson ( @alicewilkinsonwrites ). Alice is a writer, editor and journalist at The Telegraph. A previous editor of Waitrose Health, she has featured in many national newspapers and magazines. Alice also writes a weekly Substack newsletter titled 'What's the alternative?' where she takes a counterintuitive look at what matters most to millennials. B...

Anne-Laure Le Cunff  ( @neuranne ) is a former Googler who decided to go back to university to pursue a PhD in neuroscience. As the founder of Ness Labs and the author of its widely read newsletter, she is the foremost expert on mindful productivity and systematic curiosity. She writes about evidence-based ways for people to navigate uncertainty and make the most of their minds. Her new book...

Today Adrienne is joined by the brilliant Jeff Wetzler. Jeff has been on a quarter-century quest to transform learning opportunities and unlock human potential. Blending a unique set of leadership experiences in the fields of business and education, he’s pursued this quest as an international management consultant to executives in Fortune 500 corporations, as Chief Learning Officer at Teach For Am...

Today Dr. Emilia Vuorisalmi ( @docemilia ) shares her journey from struggling with her own health issues to becoming an advocate for holistic health and hormonal balance. She discusses the importance of understanding hormones, particularly dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin, and how they impact our motivation, connection, and overall well-being, emphasising the need for self-awareness, the power of...

Maya Raichoora ( @maya.mental.fitness ) is one of the UK’s leading mental fitness and visualisation experts. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Remap Mental Fitness. Day to day she works with global brands such as Nike, Gymshark, Asics, Amex and Lego. She has a decade of experience mastering the technique of visualisation and is on a mission to share it with others. As a two...

Today Adrienne is sharing a special episode of the Modern Wellness Podcast, in which the team are celebrating the launch of Adrienne's new book, ' Decisions That Matter: How to Make Decisions in a World of Endless Choice. '. Adrienne discusses the complexities of decision-making in the modern world, the inspiration behind the book, the differences between personal and professional decision-making,...

In this conversation, Luce Macleod, founder of Hair Syrup ( hairsyrup.co.uk ), shares her inspiring journey from university kitchen to building a global brand. She discusses the accidental nature of her entrepreneurial path, the power of organic growth through social media, and the value of founder-led content in connecting with audiences. Lucie shares her journey as a young CEO, discussing the im...

Today as a bonus Adrienne is sharing a recent episode from her other show Modern Wellness Podcast. Sammi, Adrienne, and Oli, start by discussing the ever booming weight-loss drug market, citing sifted's article London startup raises $410m in one of Europe’s biggest ever Series A rounds as it joins weight loss drugs frenzy . There's a discussion of the news that WHOOP have unlocked a new women's he...