The Unplugged Health Series

Ollie & Roger are back with part two of how we tackle the stress - cortisol connection? 

How is it that you can have too much and too little cortisol? What is it? Do we need cortisol? How does it related to life's daily stresses and lions? Ollie & Roger discuss ..... Part One

To gain health, to get ahead …. do you need to give things up?   It seems that many of us feel we need to suffer or lose out to get the results we desire …. Ollie and Roger explore this concept in this week's podcast …...

Health, like many things in our modern world, gets overcomplicated.  Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) !  Here's this week's podcast with Ollie & Roger .....

The supplement industry is a multi-million $/£ industry but how are you deciding what supplements to take?  Do you really need them?  Where do you get your info from? Are you just using them like a medication - but they "natural" so presume are better ?  Roger & Ollie discuss …..  

The skin can tell us a huge amount about our health status and can tell us a huge amount about the internal environment of the body.  Could it be then that, at times, we are just covering up a health issue by putting creams, potions and lotions on top of our skin?  Could the issue be more than skin deep?

It's that time of year, the sun is out and many are getting stuck into the garden.  Many of us go at the garden with the focus of just getting the task done but could we see gardening more as exercise and take on those chores in a different way?  Roger discusses ….

How easy is it really to research health and wellness?  Do you notice that sometimes, every now and then, a certain research fact or report hits the media and then another with a different finding follows? Can they be trusted? Do they come with a weighted message? Are they relevant to you as an individual?   Ollie and Roger discuss in this week's episode of The Unplugged Health Series.        

Who hasn't been touched by Tiger Woods' 2019 Masters victory ?  Even if you don't follow golf, Tiger Woods' personal and golfing story provides us with many lessons of success and failure and really of life!  Ollie and Roger discuss what we can take from arguably the greatest modern day comeback in sport ……

Do you compete or is it just "about taking part".  Should we be encouraging competition?  Is it win at "all cost" cost or is it how we win or lose that is the true lesson in life ?  This week's Unplugged Health Series episode covers this and more  ….

This week we talk all things 'law of attraction'.  Do you have a routine to attract into your life the positive things you desire?   Perhaps you are attracting the things you do not want?   The law of attraction delivers depending where you put your energy!

Ollie is left alone this week … What's the one thing he does with all his clients?  

Have you actually considered that there are different healthcare options available to you?  Do you ask what or why when faced with a health challenge?  Why is Italy rated higher in a health index than USA despite spending less per capita on healthcare?  Roger looks at these and more topics in this episode of the Unplugged Health Series …...

Modern technology is getting a bashing for damaging our health and wellbeing.  But, can it actually be used to help us get more healthy and improve our wellbeing?  Is technology working for you or are you working for technology?  The Unplugged Health Series team discuss …..

In the last episode we discussed how our perception shapes our stress … but what can we do about it ?  How do we manage our stress?  What techniques and approaches could we make us of?

This week we discuss stress ! There is "good stress" that allows us to achieve so much; and then there is "bad stress" that causes some huge health issues.  But is everyday stress just about how we perceive it ?  Roger & Ollie discuss …...

Ollie and Roger discuss milk in this week' episode of The Unplugged Health Series.  Should we avoid cow's milk ? Does it have a place in our diet even if it was made for baby cows? What about the alternatives; how healthy are they?   Comments and opinions welcomed below. 

A continuation of The Unplugged Health Series podcast on Sleep - Part two -  with Roger & Ollie.  This episode's focus is on the disruptions that are ruining our sleep and some tip and things to consider in improving our quality of sleep.

Sleep plays such a vital part in our health, yet it is often seen as just something that happens when we go to bed at night.  In part 1  - Roger & Ollie discuss the significance of sleep and how it plays such a vital role in our circadian rhythm (our body clock), mental health, immunity, digestion, healing, recovery and general well-being.   As always we appreciate your feedback and interaction.

So the momentum is dropping and old habits die hard! You're not alone.  So why do we not keep up our New Year goals?   We discuss the art of goal setting, accountability and staying on track so you can keep to your health goals in 2019!

It's that time of year again when the old diet Fads & Myths come out.  As sure as Santa delivers on Christmas morning so to does the post- Christmas fads of the latest exercise craze/ DVD, the 'until now' secret fat burning superfood,  or that expensive, magic electronic 'thingymajiggy' that can be paid off in instalments for the rest of the year.  Roger and Ollie share their thoughts and observat...