Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee
Dr Rangan Chatterjee: GP & Author
“Health has become overcomplicated. I aim to simplify it” In this podcast, we hear stories from leading health experts and exciting personalities who offer easy health life-hacks, expert advice and debunk common health myths giving you the tools to revolutionise how you eat, sleep, move and relax. Hosted by Dr Chatterjee - one of the most influential GPs in the country with nearly 20 years experience, star of BBC 1’s Doctor In the House, and author of 6 internationally best-selling books, including ‘The 4 Pillar Plan’ – Feel Better, Live More aims to inspire, empower and transform the way we feel. When we are healthier, we are happier because when we feel better, we live more.Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore. For other podcast platforms go to https://fblm.supercast.com.https://www.drchatterjee.com/podcasthttps://www.instagram.com/drchatterjeehttps://www.twitter.com/drchatterjeeukhttps://www.facebook.com/DrChatterjee
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Apr 2, 2026 • 23min
BITESIZE | How To Reconnect With Joy & Improve Your Mental Health | Dr Camilla Nord #645
Dr Camilla Nord, award-winning neuroscientist and author of The Balanced Brain, explores why pleasure is vital for mental health. She talks about anhedonia, stress resilience, and how unexpected joy can reshape the brain. There’s also a striking story about a childhood hobby reigniting motivation, plus a look at social connection, pain, sleep, exercise, and the body-brain link.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 2h 23min
How To Change The Way You Breathe For More Energy, Better Sleep, Improved Blood Pressure & A Longer Life with James Nestor #644
James Nestor, science journalist and author of Breath, explores how nasal breathing could affect energy, sleep, snoring, anxiety, asthma, and blood pressure. He gets into mouth breathing, breath holds, diaphragm use, indoor CO2, travel habits, and why lung capacity may be linked to longevity.
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Mar 29, 2026 • 15min
How To Create a Spacious & Peaceful Mind - Guided Meditation With Zen Master Henry Shukman #643
Henry Shukman, a Zen teacher and meditation author, leads a calming guided practice on settling the body and easing the nervous system. He explores spacious awareness, our connection to something larger, and a simple way to notice thoughts without getting pulled in. There’s also a gentle invitation to return to presence with more ease.
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Mar 27, 2026 • 24min
BITESIZE | How to Enjoy Your Life More (Without Getting Everything Done) | Oliver Burkeman #642
Oliver Burkeman, a journalist and bestselling author on time and meaningful living, explores why life does not suddenly become calm once the to do list is finished. He talks about overwhelm, accepting human limits, redefining what winning looks like each week, and how constraints can bring focus, creativity, and a richer life right now.
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Mar 25, 2026 • 1h 21min
How To Find Meaning and Purpose At Any Age with Dr James Hollis #641
Dr James Hollis, Jungian analyst and author on meaning, purpose, and the second half of life, explores why success can still feel empty. He talks about soul alignment, inner authority, midlife as a wake-up call, depression as a signal, childhood conditioning, parenting without pressure, and simple ways to reconnect through dreams, journaling, creativity, and better questions.
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Mar 22, 2026 • 15min
A Beautiful 10 Minute Loving Kindness Meditation - Guided Meditation With Zen Master Henry Shukman #640
Henry Shukman, a Zen master and founder of The Way app, leads a gentle loving kindness meditation focused on the heart. He guides a simple practice of settling the body, softening stress, and starting with self-compassion. From there, the attention widens to health, happiness, loved ones, and compassion for everyone.
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Mar 20, 2026 • 24min
BITESIZE | How to Make New Habits Stick (& Break Old Ones) | James Clear #639
James Clear, bestselling author of Atomic Habits and a leading voice on behavior change, explores why tiny daily actions matter more than dramatic goals. He talks about systems over outcomes, the four laws that make habits stick, the power of the two-minute rule, shaping your environment for success, and why lasting change starts with identity.
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Mar 18, 2026 • 2h 19min
The New Science Of Preventing Dementia: Protect Your Brain, Boost Your Focus, Resist Cognitive Decline with Dr Tommy Wood #638
Dr Tommy Wood, a neuroscientist and physician who advises elite athletes, explores why many dementia cases may be preventable. He digs into how aging beliefs shape brain health. He unpacks stimulation, movement, recovery, and social connection. There’s also a look at tired-yet-wired evenings, cognitive gears, and why women’s brain health needs more attention.
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Mar 15, 2026 • 13min
How to Sit With Difficult Feelings - Guided Meditation with Zen Master Henry Shukman #637
Henry Shukman, a Zen teacher and creator of The Way meditation app, leads a guided practice on staying with difficult feelings. He explores welcoming emotions using Rumi’s Guest House metaphor. Listens include posture, noticing bodily tension, bringing warmth and tenderness inward, and resting in kindness before gently finishing the practice.
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Mar 13, 2026 • 19min
BITESIZE | The Childhood Patterns That Secretly Shape Your Adult Life | Alain de Botton #636
Alain de Botton, author and philosopher who founded The School of Life, explores how childhood coping strategies quietly shape adult relationships. He discusses projection, unconscious repetition, childhood guilt and envy. He highlights self-knowledge, psychotherapy and simple tools like journaling and solitude to help shift entrenched patterns and bring a more humane view of suffering and hope.
