The Health Sessions

This week we welcome Amy Clover to the show. She is a writer , fitness personality for Cyberobics & McFit (over 150 gyms across Europe feature me on a big screen), motivational speaker, teacher and mental health advocate. Questions we ask in this episode: What are the lesser recognised signs of an unhealthy mindset? What strategies do you call upon if/when you're feeling low? What type of exercise...

Stu:  This week we welcome  Jim Kwik  to the show.   He is the founder of Kwik Learning and a widely recognized world expert in speed-reading, memory improvement, brain performance, and accelerated learning. For over two decades, he has served as the brain coach to students, seniors, entrepreneurs, and educators, and as an advisor to many of the world's leading CEOs and celebrities. Questions we a...

Stu:  This week we welcome  Stig Severinsen  to the show.   He is a Danish freediver. He is a four-time world freediving champion and holder of multiple Guinness World Records. He wrote Træk Vejret – mere energi, mindre stress (2009), published in English in 2010 as Breatheology – The Art of Conscious Breathing. Questions we ask in this episode: How can we improve performance with just our breath?...

Stu:  This week we welcome  Thomas DeLauer .   He is an American celebrity trainer, entrepreneur and an author, known for his writings on inflammation inside of the human body. His fitness journey started when he was 12, while studying art history in Italy. After seeing fitness models on magazine covers, Thomas became interested in creating a muscular physique of his own. He quickly developed a pa...

This week we welcome to the show Kate Kordsmeier. She is an Atlanta-based freelance food and travel writer and recipe developer for more than 100 publications, including USA Today, EatingWell, Travel + Leisure, Cooking Light, The Washington Post, Clean Eating, Conde Nast Traveler, FITNESS, Delta Sky, Women's Health, American Way, Shape, Wine Enthusiast, Vegetarian Times, The Travel Channel, SELF,...

This week we welcome to the show  Brad Davidson.  This week we welcome to the show Brad Davidson. Brad is the author of The Stark Naked 21 Day Metabolic Reset, and Creator of the nutrition program EatSleepRecover.com He is a highly respected nutrition and fitness expert, a world- renowned strength coach, and an international speaker on the topic of metabolism and performance enhancement. Brad grew...

Stu:   This week welcome to the show  Max Lugavere . He is a filmmaker, TV personality, health and science journalist and brain food expert. He is also the director of the upcoming film Bread Head, the first-ever documentary about dementia prevention through diet and lifestyle and author of the soon-to-be released, Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Br...

This week welcome to the show  Caique Ponzoni . He is the CEO and Founder of Naked Foods Bulk with 8 stores, farmers markets and online retail proving a successful concept. Caique is a passionate entrepreneur with experience in retail, marketing , graphic design and sustainability. Caique believes now is the time to expand and offer the world a new way of shopping and a greater experience as the a...

This week welcome to the show Steph Lowe. She is a sports nutritionist, triathlete and cashew butter addict from Melbourne, Victoria. She teachs how easy real food living and performance can be.  A little more about Steph: She has been gluten free for nine years now, and literally because it makes her happy. She has an undergraduate degree in Sport and Exercise Science (James Cook University, Town...

Guy and Stu catch up for the last time together as Guy is stepping down from 180 Nutrition and the 180 podcast. In this episode Guy and Stu discuss what you can expect moving forward from both of them. You can find Guy's new project here: https://guylawrence.com.au/ And Guy's new Podcast here: https://goo.gl/ft5k5n   Guy This is Guy Lawrence and welcome to a special episode of The Health Sessions...

This week we welcome to the show Dan Buettner.  He is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, and New York Times bestselling author. He discovered the five places in the world – dubbed Blue Zones – where people live the longest, healthiest lives. His articles about these places in The New York Times Magazine and National Geographic are two of the most popula...

This week we welcome to the show Sara Gottfried MD.  She is a Harvard-trained MD, bestselling author, and leading expert on hormones. She is a board-certified gynecologist who practices functional medicine, but also a regular gal—a busy working mom, constant chauffeur for my daughters, devoted wife, and spiritual seeker. In her practice, she helps women balance their hormones naturally—starting wi...

In keeping up with tradition, I take a look back over 2017 and pull out some highlights of what episodes had a great impact on me. I've chosen six episodes. Can you guess what they are? It's true privilege to interview the guests we have on the show, and with a new year upon us, I think it's healthy to reflect upon the year that was. I enjoy taking a trip down memory lane. My hope is that you do t...

This week we welcome to the show  Brian MacKenzie.  He is a human performance and movement specialist. He is the innovator of the endurance, strength and conditioning paradigm. He has studied performance and movement since 2001 with altitude, hypoxia, breathing mechanics & methods, along with heat and cold exposure. He has spent a lot of his time training and understanding in and around the water,...

This week we welcome to the show author, speaker, comedian and internet Youtube sensation  Dr. Joe Dispenza . He is an international lecturer, researcher, corporate consultant, author, and educator who has been invited to speak in more than 32 countries on five continents. As a lecturer and educator, he is driven by the conviction that each of us has the potential for greatness and unlimited abili...

This week we welcome to the show author, speaker, comedian and internet Youtube sensation  Dominic D'Agostino . He is researcher and teacher with a rich degree of experience in the fields of neuroscience, molecular pharmacology, and physiology, Dominic D'Agostino, Ph. D., serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida (USF). Commanding an impressive professional and academic b...

This week we welcome to the show author, speaker, comedian and internet Youtube sensation  Dr. Michael Breus . He is a Clinical Psychologist and both a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He was one of the youngest people to have passed the Board at age 31 and, with a specialty in Sleep Disorders, is one of only 163 psychologist...

This week we welcome to the show author, speaker, comedian and internet Youtube sensation JP Sears . He is known for his satirical parodying of veganism, gluten-free fads, new age beliefs, and other "modern hippy" topics with his video series Ultra Spiritual. JP has also been a life coach for over sixteen years helping people overcome their own difficulties and personal challenges. Question we ask...

This week the roles are reversed and co-founder Stuart Cooke of 180 Nutrition is in the spot light!  On a recent trip to Sydney, he catches up friends Titans Fitness who have an amazing facility in Coogee. They also have a fantastic podcast called  Titan Muscle & Mind. This week Stu is interviewed on their podcast and we thought it would be great to share his wisdom he's learned over the years wit...

This week welcome to the show  Dr. Allison Siebecker.  Allison Siebecker, ND, MSOM, LAc, has worked in the nutritional field since 1988 and is a 2005 graduate of The National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM), where she earned her Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine and her Masters in Oriental Medicine. She was the co-founder and former medical director of the SIBO Center for Digestive Health a...

This week welcome to the show  Dr. Dale Bredesen . Dr. Bredesen is internationally recognized as an expert in the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. He graduated from Caltech, then earned his MD from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. He served as Chief Resident in Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) before joining Nobel lau...

This week's episode was a bit of an impromptu podcast as I welcome back to the show Dave O'Brien. We are also joined by Josh Komen who share his journey with leukemia. I was at Dave's facility in Melbourne hosting my workshop "Let It In' and thought it would be great to get these guys on the show. Dave has been working with Josh for past 12 months and it was fantastic to hear both sides of the sto...

This week welcome to the show Dr. David Hamilton. David has a first class honors degree in chemistry, specializing in biological and medicinal chemistry. He has the slightly geeky honour of having achieved 100% in his 3rd year university degree exam in 'Statistical Mechanics', which is a branch of quantum physics applied to chemistry. After completing his PhD, he worked for 4 years in the pharmace...

This week we welcome to the show Stephen Jepson. At age 75, Stephen Jepson is living proof of his philosophy of lifetime fitness called Never Leave the Playground.  Become smarter & sharper now.   He rides a unicycle, juggles while balancing on a bongo board, throws knives and plays jacks with both hands, walks a tightrope, swam across Iowa's Spirit Lake at age 66, and has won over 80 gold medals...

This week welcome to the show  Josh Sparks . Josh has spent the past 14 years in high growth leadership roles as CEO of sass & bide, Managing Director with Urban Outfitters Inc, and CEO of Thom Browne New York. As a lifelong health and fitness enthusiast, and with five years of powerfully personal experience with ancestral health protocols, Josh was consistently astounded at the lack of any authen...