Welcome to Ask Alice, a bitesize of extra content for you every Friday from yours truly! Each week, Alice will be answering YOUR questions about anything and everything. If you want to read the book by Evelyn Tribole on Intuitive Eating you can find it here. To send in your questions you can do this via Instagram DM to @AliceLiveing or email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Alice chats to Jules Von Hep, the celebrity tanning expert and the founder of the renowned self-tan brand, Isle of Paradise. Known for his advocacy of body confidence and positivity, Jules also shares about his new podcast, Dial-A-Dilemma where he morphs into the internet's best agony aunt. In this episode, Jules talks about his unique journey in the beauty industry, his tryst with body dysmorphia, the inception and mission of his brand, and his own body confidence journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Ask Alice, a bitesize of extra content for you every Friday from yours truly! Each week, Alice will be answering YOUR questions about anything and everything. If you want to read the book by Evelyn Tribole on Intuitive Eating you can find it here. To send in your questions you can do this via Instagram DM to @AliceLiveing or email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of the Give Me Strength podcast, Alice welcomes her best friend Lewis Herring. This episode dives deep into their friendships, talking about their resilience, shared experiences, mutual support, and the depth of understanding they've built with each other. Lewis talks openly about his experiences, the challenges he has faced as a gay man, the importance of true friendship, his journey within the acting industry and more. This Valentine's Day episode reflects on the power of friendship, love, and how friends can become the family you choose. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Ask Alice, a bitesize of extra content for you every Friday from yours truly! Each week, Alice will be answering YOUR questions about anything and everything. To send in your questions you can do this via Instagram DM to @AliceLiveing or email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trigger Warning: The episode discusses topics around eating disorders which some may find sensitive. In this episode, Alice welcomes influencer Milly G, known for fitness content on Instagram and advocating the recovery journey from eating disorders. Milly shares her own experiences with disordered eating, the challenges she faced, and her subsequent recovery journey. They discuss the impact of societal pressure, the role of fitness and body image, and the importance of having supportive communities in the healing process. Milly also discusses her app VIDA, which assists individuals struggling with eating disorders and their health journeys. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Ask Alice, a bitesize of extra content for you every Friday from yours truly! Each week, Alice will be answering YOUR questions about anything and everything. To send in your questions you can do this via Instagram DM to @AliceLiveing or email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Alice chats to Nicola Elliot, the co-founder of NEOM, a leading well-being brand in the UK. The discussion reveals Nicola’s journey from battling personal anxiety to creating a successful business with a commitment to aiding others in their well-being journeys. Besides discussing the varying challenges and triumphs along the way, Nicola also shares helpful advice for those looking to start businesses and how she stayed resilient when she started hers. You can buy Nicola's book The Four Ways To Wellbeing here. "Wellbeing starts with the little moments so whether you've got 30 seconds or 30 minutes, you will find simple tips and tricks that will suit your lifestyle and help you feel better than ever, the NEOM way." We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Ask Alice, a bitesize of extra content for you every Friday from yours truly! Each week, Alice will be answering YOUR questions about anything and everything. To send in your questions you can do this via Instagram DM to @AliceLiveing or email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kate Moyle is a psychosexual and relationship therapist. In this episode, Kate and Alice discuss the many facets of sexual well-being and satisfaction. They explore topics like sexual traumas, orgasms, how the body-brain connects during sex, and the importance of communication in a sexual relationship. They also discuss constructive ways to disrupt sexual routines and the role of sex toys in enhancing the sexual experience. If you loved Kate Moyle, you can listen to her podcast here. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Ask Alice, a bitesize of extra content for you every Friday from yours truly! Each week, Alice will be answering YOUR questions about anything and everything. To send in your questions you can do this via Instagram DM to @AliceLiveing or email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, we chat with Dr. Anita Mitra, a renowned gynaecologist and women's health expert. We delve into the realm of female health, specifically concerning problem periods. We discuss various conditions including Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, endometriosis, and hormonal imbalance. We also explore potential impacts on fertility and other aspects of health, and discuss the implications of hormonal contraception. Furthermore, we touch on the menopause and how hormonal fluctuations can affect women's lives. Anita's book 'Dealing With Problem Periods' is out now and can be purchased here. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Ask Alice, a bitesize of extra content for you every Friday from yours truly! Each week, Alice will be answering YOUR questions about anything and everything. To send in your questions you can do this via Instagram DM to @AliceLiveing or email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gemma has worked in many specialities as a doctor including elderly care, endocrinology, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, psychiatry, general surgery, urology, vascular surgery, rehabilitation medicine and General Practice. Her latest book 'Get Well, Stay Well' focusses on the six healing habits you need to know. Gemma has seen radical transformations in her patients, family, and her own health from her open-minded approach to medicine – from chronic headaches to debilitating anxiety. It brings together everything she has learned, in her twenty years of clinical experience. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Ask Alice, a bitesize of extra content for you every Friday from yours truly! Each week, Alice will be answering YOUR questions about anything and everything. To send in your questions you can do this via Instagram DM to @AliceLiveing or email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alice is back with a bang for 2024 with the incredible Michelle Elman who is here talking about the power of saying no. Michelle Elman, also known as the “Queen of Boundaries”, is a five-board accredited life coach, author, broadcaster and public speaker. Michelle is often praised for her straight-talking approach and has appeared on ITV daytime show, This Morning as their resident life coach. Along with her three best-selling books, Am I Ugly, The Joy Of Being Selfish and The Selfish Romantic, Michelle’s debut children’s book, How To Say No was released in 2023, sparking the crucial conversations needed between teens and boundaries. If you're looking for some inspiration for 2024 then you don't want to miss this episode! To find out more about Michelle and her books, you can visit her website here. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Freya Lewis is a 21 year old student at drama school living in London. When she was 14 she was seriously injured in the Manchester Arena attack at the Ariana Grande concert and her best friend Nell sadly passed away. Suffering 29 separate injuries, she spent 6 weeks in hospital, had almost 20 surgeries and spent 3 months in a wheelchair. In 2020, Freya released a book called ‘What Makes Us Stronger’ that describes her journey throughout May 2017, and how her life and outlook changed overnight. She’s raised £70,000 for the hospital that saved her life and is determined to live life to the fullest and honour the legacy of her best friend. Thank you for all of your support in 2023! Give Me Strength will be back on January 3rd 2024 and we would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Ask Alice, a bitesize of extra content for you every Friday from yours truly! Each week, Alice will be answering YOUR questions about anything and everything. To send in your questions you can do this via Instagram DM to @AliceLiveing or email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trigger warning: some of the topics in this episode discuss themes of domestic abuse. As we approach the end of 2023, it's the perfect time to reflect on some of the incredible guests that we have had on the podcast this year. Thank you for listening! If you want to make a donation to I Choose Freedom, you can visit their website here. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Ask Alice, a bitesize of extra content for you every Friday from yours truly! Each week, Alice will be answering YOUR questions about anything and everything. To send in your questions you can do this via Instagram DM to @AliceLiveing or email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Helen Keeble is a chartered pelvic health physiotherapist who helps women with pelvic health problems to get back to moving freely and confidently again. In this episode, Alice and Helen discuss the different actions we can take to help with pelvic health issues that occur during exercise. To find our more about Helen Keeble you can visit her website here. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Ask Alice, a bitesize of extra content for you every Friday from yours truly! Each week, Alice will be answering YOUR questions about anything and everything. To send in your questions you can do this via Instagram DM to @AliceLiveing or email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jacqueline Hurst is the UK’s leading Life Coach, No.1 Best selling International Author of How To Do YOU, GQ Magazine’s resident coach and columnist, teacher and speaker. In this episode, Jacqueline and Alice discuss how she made the choice at 25 to become sober and how it changed her perspective on life. Now one of the UK's leading life coaches, Jacqueline discusses how it wasn't an easy journey to get where she is today and how many people either didn't understand what she was trying to achieve or support it when it came to setting up her business. To find out more about Jacqueline you can visit her website or follow her on Instagram. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Ask Alice, a bitesize of extra content for you every Friday from yours truly! Each week, Alice will be answering YOUR questions about anything and everything. To send in your questions you can do this via Instagram DM to @AliceLiveing or email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dani Binnington is a patient advocate for women in menopause after cancer, the host of The Menopause And Cancer podcast, a yoga teacher and wellbeing expert dedicated to providing practical steps for physical and mental wellbeing. In this episode, Alice and Dani discuss how she was plunged into the menopause in her late 30s after having a double mastectomy and hysterectomy to fight breast cancer and reduce her chance of developing ovarian cancer, a disease which ran in her family. Dani discusses how at the time, there was no support for women going through this and now uses her experience to work with women going through the early menopause as well as shining a light on this under-reported condition. For more information about Menopause And Cancer CIC visit the website. To find out more about Dani you can visit her website or listen to her podcast. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Ask Alice, a bitesize of extra content for you every Friday from yours truly! Each week, Alice will be answering YOUR questions about anything and everything. To send in your questions you can do this via Instagram DM to @AliceLiveing or email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Debbie Wosskow OBE is a trailblazer for female empowerment and digital disruption. She is the founder and former CEO of Love Home Swap, a home exchange website business which she sold in 2017. She is also the co-founder of AllBright, the largest global network for women which has recently focused on pioneering female inclusion in Web3. Through Allbright, Debbie has launched an NFT collection and opened a members’ club in the metaverse. In this episode, Alice and Debbie discuss the importance of supporting other women, the sacrifices that women have to make to be successful in business and why Debbie thinks it's important that women are present in the office. To find out more about Debbie, you can follow her on LinkedIn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Ask Alice, a bitesize of extra content for you every Friday from yours truly! Each week, Alice will be answering YOUR questions about anything and everything. To send in your questions you can do this via Instagram DM to @AliceLiveing or email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Laura Mathias is a speaker, presenter, model, and visible difference campaigner listed in the Female Lead’s ‘role models to follow.’ Since ‘coming out’ about her alopecia in 2020 - after two decades of hiding her hair loss - Laura has secured media opportunities to raise awareness of the impact of living with a visible difference on This Morning (ITV), Life Hacks (BBC Radio 1), My body, my rules (Channel 4) and The One Show (BBC 1) in addition, to being a regular guest and ‘takeover’ host, for regional media outlets (BBC Look East, BBC Radio Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk). In this episode, Laura discusses her own journey with developing Alopecia at 13 years old and how she has come to terms with it over the years despite the lack of representation for those living with alopecia. Together, Laura and Alice discuss visible differences and the work that Laura has done over the years to campaign for representation and visibility for those with a visible difference. To find out more about Laura, the work she does and the charities she mentioned (Changing Faces, Alopecia UK, Face Equality), you can follow her on Instagram @RelightAlopecia. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clare Bourne is a pelvic health physiotherapist with a passion for supporting women and men throughout their lives. She believes in talking openly about taboo topics and ensuring everyone feels comfortable to get support even for problems that may feel embarrassing to talk about. In this episode, Alice and Clare discuss everything from our pelvic floor health during and after pregnancy, where the pelvic floor is and pain during sex. To find out more about Clare you can visit her website here. Information on The POGP can be found here. To purchase Clare's book 'Strong Foundations' you can visit this website. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sophie Morgan is an BAFTA nominated TV Presenter, Producer, Writer, Disability Rights Advocate and Artist. As one of the first female wheelchair users globally to host TV, Sophie is transforming the representation of disability on screen and can be seen anchoring live sports such as the Paralympics, fronting in her own prime-time travel series and hard hitting current affairs documentaries and as a regular panelist for ITV's Loose Women. In this episode, Alice and Sophie discuss the barriers that disabled people encounter on a day to day basis and how Sophie has been fighting this battle in her personal and professional life. To find out more about Sophie Morgan, you can visit her website here. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rory Bradshaw is a yoga teacher aiming to bring transformation and well-being to every prison in the UK. With his sensitive approach, Rory is able to teach men with a variety of needs, abilities and personalities and provide yoga classes that are accessible to all. Whilst many of the men first try yoga in the hope of having more time out of their cells or because they want to heal a physical pain they are experiencing, they end up discovering the potential of yoga to transform their mental, emotional, physical and spiritual experience. In this episode, Rory discusses with Alice how he is working with men in prisons to break the stigma within yoga and how he has broken down the barrier to entry to make it all-inclusive. If you want to find out more about Rory, you can visit his website here. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com and you might be featured on the podcast. Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Em Clarkson is an influencer, podcaster, presenter, author and columnist. She is best known for her realness on Instagram but also for what it's like being a woman in the modern climate. In this episode, Em and Alice discuss body image and how letting it consume us can become all-encompassing. After having a baby 8 months ago, Em also opens up about the reality of how her body changed and things that no one told her before she had her baby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cherry Healey is a British television presenter, frequently featuring in self-titled lifestyle documentaries on the BBC. In this episode, Alice and Cherry discuss how Cherry put in the long hours to got herself to where she is today. Cherry discusses an incredible panel that she was on with no other than Davina McCall. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com and you might be featured on the podcast. Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trigger warning: This episode discusses substance abuse. Roxie Nafousi is an self-development coach, manifesting expert, author, ambassador for the Mental Health Foundation and Instagram Agony Aunt. In this episode, Roxie opens up about her journey from how she hit rock bottom in her 20s after years of partying and substance abuse. Roxie's pivotal moment of discovering manifesting via a podcast opened her eyes to living a better lifestyle, accompanied by the unexpected arrival of her son Wolf, completely changed her life. Now a successful author of several books, Roxie has propelled herself as a brand online but how do you deal with the curation of content when the brand is YOU? Alice and Roxie discuss the struggles of being your own brand and what they do to keep momentum going. MANIFEST for Kids is out now and you can order your copy here. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com and you might be featured on the podcast. Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses domestic abuse, sexual abuse and violence against women. Charlotte Kneer MBE DL is the CEO of I Choose Freedom. Charlotte is a survivor of domestic abuse. Her ex-husband was imprisoned in 2011 for violent offences he perpetrated against her and other women. In 2021 Charlotte received the honour of being appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey in recognition of her work in the county. And then, in 2022, Charlotte was awarded an MBE in the Jubilee Honours list for her work with survivors of domestic abuse. Charlotte's priority and mission are to ensure that all survivors fleeing abuse can access a refuge space and to secure the national network of refuges. In this episode, Charlotte bravely opens up about her own experiences with domestic abuse and talks about I Choose Freedom and all the work they do to provide women with the safety they need. Alice and Charlotte delve into the reasons why refuges are so secret and the importance of the different services available to those who may be struggling. Charlotte also shares some heart-warming news of her own which brings a tear to all of our eyes. If you have been affected by anything in todays episode or want to donate to I Choose Freedom you can find out more on their website or visit Women's Aid. find out more about Rail to Refuge. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com and you might be featured on the podcast. Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Hazel Wallace is the founder of The Food Medic, a medical doctor, registered associate nutritionist and personal trainer. She is author of the best-selling books; The Food Medic (2017), The Food Medic For Life (2018) and ‘The Female Factor: making womens health count and what it means for you’ (2022). In her most candid interview to date, Dr Hazel Wallace opens up about how she created The Food Medic and how making that scary leap into doing it full time was one of the hardest decisions she has ever had to make. In this interview, Dr Hazel speaks openly and honestly about her personal journey with IVF and how no one prepared her for parts of the journey. To find find out more about The Food Medic, you can visit Dr Hazel Wallace's website here: https://www.thefoodmedic.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ellie Taylor is a breathwork healer whose mission is to reconnect you to your authentic self-expression. Inviting you to get curious. To let your heart lead, using sound, laughter and the healing power of letting go. In this episode, Ellie and Alice delve into how breathwork can change how you feel on a day to day basis, change how you deal with certain emotions and open up and whole view on your life and how we relax. To find our more about Ellie you can visit her website & to get last-minute tickets to Wellbeing by The Lakes you can visit their website. Find your favourite mushroom powder @dirteaworld and get 10% off your first order with promo code STRENGTH at dirteaworld.com/STRENGTH We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com and you might be featured on the podcast. Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alana & Lisa McFarlane aka The Mac Twins started out as DJs from Scotland until they took part in a study with TwinsUK at Kings College London that changed their whole perception on understanding their guts. In this episode, Alice, Lisa and Alana discuss how, like everyone else they've tried all of the fad diets in the past. Now they understand their gut health, microbiome and all the factors surrounding it, such as stress, diet & trauma etc, they have felt the benefits. To find out more about The Mac Twins, you can visit their website here. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com and you might be featured on the podcast. Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eniola Aluko MBE is a British-Nigerian football executive, football broadcaster and former professional player who played as a winger and striker. In this episode, Eni and Alice discuss how women's football has progressed since she started out in the sport and how the opportunities and impact of the sport have drastically improved. Eni opens up to Alice about how she was labelled a 'whistleblower' and how she describes it as one of the worst periods of her career. If you want to find out more about Eni and her brand Hyphen, you can follow her on Instagram here. We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com and you might be featured on the podcast. Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessie Wynter is a TV personality, influencer and model who is best know for appearing on Series 9 of Love Island UK and Series 2 of Love Island Australia. On this episode, Alice unleashes her inner Love Island fan girl and asks Jessie all things Love Island and relationships and what it's like living in a new country. Jessie also opens up to Alice on how she has battled with her body image, therapy and how trolling can eventually take it's toll. If you want to find out more about Jessie, you can follow her on socials @JessieReneeWynter We would love hear from YOU! Email us at gms@insanityhq.com and you might be featured on the podcast. Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Helen is a lecturer in reproductive and molecular genetics and a leading expert in reproductive science, leading her to become the CEO and founder of Hertility. She has a Masters in Prenatal Genetics and Fetal Medicine and a PhD in Stem Cell Biology from UCL. Her research focuses on pre-implantation embryo development and the use of CRISPR genome editing to assess understanding and treatment of disorders of infertility. In this episode, Alice and Helen dive head first into all things fertility, egg freezing, sperm and more. You can find out more about Hertility here. Find your favourite mushroom powder @dirteaworld and get 10% off your first order with promo code STRENGTH at dirteaworld.com/STRENGTH Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hannah is a Peloton Cycling and Tread Instructor and teaches from Peloton Studios London. Prior to Peloton, Hannah was a former competitive triple jumper, who trained alongside Olympic-level athletes for seven years. After she finished competing, Hannah discovered indoor cycling, combining her passion for fitness with music and making exercise fun. Hannah is also an experienced Personal Trainer and Fitness Model. In this episode, Hannah opens up about how she felt like she had failed in her life when she didn't achieve the Athletic success she wanted & her relationship broke down. Alice and Hannah discuss how this changed Hannah's path in her life for the better and how she used her inner strength to create a better life for herself. To experience a class with Hannah Frankson and find a Peloton membership that's right for you, download the Peloton App HERE and get 30 days free, no equipment required. New app trials only. Full terms at onepeloton.co.uk/app. Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chloe Madeley was working in television as a Runner, Junior Researcher and TV Presenter when she began her health and fitness career in 2012. After begrudgingly agreeing to learn how to lift weights, she quickly left television to pursue her future as a Personal Trainer. Chloe qualified as an Active IQ Level 2 Gym Instructor and Level 3 Personal Trainer in 2013, before then going on to add to her qualifications by completing the Principles of Nutrition course, amongst various other coaching academy courses online. In this episode, Chloe opens up about her post partum journey and how important it is to be patient and kind to yourself when you’re navigating your way with your new body post baby. Chloe and Alice also have a strong debate about fat loss and the different approaches you can have to it.  To find out more about Move Together, Nuffield Health you can visit their website here: https://www.nuffieldhealth.com/movetogether Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oenone Forbat is a podcaster, influencer, bookworm & author. Oenone is a bottomless pit of quesions - a millennial in search of answers. In this episode, the bottom line is that life ebbs and flows. Join Alice & Oenone as they unpack fitness & body image, female and romantic realtionships and even what the best dating app is! This episode is recorded from Happy Place Festival in Chiswick and the festival is happening all over again at Tatton Park in September, go to their website to grab tickets whilst you can.  https://www.happyplaceofficial.co.uk/events/  Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laura Adlington was the stand out star of the Great British Bake Off in 2020. Viewers fell in love with her sense of humour and positive outlook, as well as her messy baking. Since appearing on Bake Off, she has grown a huge social media following across her social media channels and has also launched her podcast, 'Go Love Yourself' which is all about body confidence. Laura is keen to help people of all shapes and sizes feel good about themselves and talks honestly and openly about mental health and body image. In this episode, Laura and Alice discuss the positives of reclaiming the word 'fat' and how it's important that we neutralise the word so it isn't constantly used as a negative. Laura bravely opens up about the trolling she received when she was on Bake Off and discusses how the turning point for her was the amount of positive messages she received from how amazing she was on the show. If you loved Laura as much as we did you can visit her website here: https://www.lauraadlington.com/about Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben West is one of the most engaged mental health campaigners in the UK, committed to making real change around mental health in our society. In 2018, at just 17 years old, Ben's world collapsed around him when he tragically and unexpectedly lost his brother to suicide. The loss of Sam, aged only 15 when he died, propelled Ben to take positive action from this tragedy and concentrate his pain into a drive to campaigning around mental health awareness, suicide prevention and fundamentally changing how we approach mental health, especially in schools and the education system. In this episode, Ben bravely opens up about his brother Sam and the weight that he carries since he sadly passed away. Alice and Ben unpack how anxiety and grief are protecting our bodies and the different ways we should embrace them to understand ourselves better. Ben also opens up about all the work he has done on himself over the years and how the main take away he has is that we should all be kinder to ourselves and a quick fix isn't always the right one. If you want to find out more about the work Ben does you can visit his website: https://www.benwest.org.uk/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carly Rowena is a content creator, author, personal trainer, breath work coach and founder of Movement app. When Carly was 24 years old she typed into Google 'What is the best job in the world?" in the search for her perfect career. Carly has since gone on to create her perfect career once she worked out what is important to her. In this episode, Alice and Carly discuss how the content creator landscape has changed since they started out, how money can affect the decisions they make and how tricky it is to build an app! Carly also opens up about motherhood and how she found it hard not having a community in the online space as a first time parent. If you want to find out more about Carly you can go to her website here: https://www.carlyrowena.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 reassuring advice directly from the frontline throughout the pandemic. He has published two Sunday Times Number 1 Bestsellers, Live Well Every Day for adults, and A Better Day for children, which is also nominated for a British Book Award. His newest book, The Mind Manual, which is out now. Alex is on a mission to improve mental health support for young people, and has become prolific throughout the UK in his campaigning for Early Support Hubs. He also has a hugely successful podcast, Stompcast, which promotes the importance of walking in nature for mental and physical well being. In this episode, Alex opens up to Alice about his mental health took kit and what he utilises every day to maintain his mental health. Alex and Alice also discuss how he got to grip with his overnight fame from Love Island to be the inspiring Dr Alex that we all know and love today. For more information on everything Dr Alex George spoke about today, you can visit his website: https://www.dralexgeorge.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cat is a yoga, meditation, free movement, breath-work and sound healing facilitator. As founder and lead teacher of the Soul Sanctuary, Cat's mission is to hold space for people to connect with a deeper layer of the self through movement, stillness and everything in between. In this episode, Cat and Alice discuss how to embrace free movement and bring it into your every day routine and how it can help with your self confidence. Alice and Cat also discuss the importance of self discovery and the key to success with that is having someone you can feel safe with to do that. To find out more about Soul Sanctuary you can visit the website here: https://mysoulsanctuary.co/teachers/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oliver Patrick is a Physiologist and leading expert in lifestyle management. He speaks widely on the application of contemporary well-being strategies and consults with businesses and individuals globally. Oliver was Head of Physiology at Nuffield Hospitals, leading the largest team of applied physiologists, well-being advisors and nutritionists in the UK. In this episode, Oliver and Alice discuss the importance of being intuitive with our general well-being and the steps we can take to improve that. Oliver and Alice also discuss the 5 pillars and what we can do to combat fatigue and stress in our day-to-day lives. For more information on Future Practice you can visit the website: https://www.futurepractice.org/about-us Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna Richardson has over 20 years’ experience at the heart of British Broadcasting and is an established household name and award winning writer and presenter. She began her TV life as a journalist on the Big Breakfast, Channel 4’s most successful breakfast show. A trusted and experienced broadcaster, she is as comfortable hosting popular Factual Entertainment shows such as Channel 4’s headline grabbing Naked Attraction - as she is leading hard-hitting documentaries like Are You Autistic? With a particular interest in lifestyle and mental health, she is the author of two books on food and dieting; a frequent podcast host, and is also a qualified Cognitive Hypnotherapist. Anna is the co-founder of Mindbox - a 24 hour online therapy centre that specialises in supporting people struggling with stress and anxiety. Anna's latest project is her brand new podcast which focusses on sex and relationships "It Can't Just Be Me" which answers listeners' dilemmas with the help of celebrity guests and experts. In this episode, Anna and Alice discuss how hynotherapy changed Anna's life, how she came into fitness later on when she had a realisation that she needs to look after her body as it's the only one she's got. Anna also opens up about how she combats trolling and protects herself on social media. If you want to find out more about Mindbox you can visit the website here: https://www.annarichardson.co.uk/mindbox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chessie is a seasoned presenter, content creator and the founder of ‘Welcome to Babyhood’.  Helping, nurturing and supporting people is something Chessie feels she was born to do. Originally beginning by sharing fitness content in 2014, Chessie’s focus has shifted towards supporting and empowering women with her storytelling, bringing joy to her followers and leaving them feeling connected and less alone with their personal experiences. In todays episode, Alice and Chessie discuss how Chessie found her way back to fitness after having a baby and how now it compliments her motherhood journey. Chessie also opens up about her relationships in her life and how she found her way into the parenting space with 'Welcome To Babyhood.' To find out more about Welcome To Baby Hood you can visit the website: https://www.welcometobabyhood.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shona Vertue is an Australian badass with a good ass; a personal trainer and yoga teacher with over 400k followers on Instagram and one of the most popular yoga channels in the UK on YouTube. Together in this episode Shona and Alice unpack what drove Shona into her fitness journey and how she keeps herself and clients motivated to keep going every day, even in the UK's cold and dark winter mornings. Shona also discusses the 'evolution theory' of jealousy and how these emotions are healthy for us in the long run when demonstrated healthily. If you want to find out more about Shona Vertue you can visit her website: https://shonavertue.com/ Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Podcast Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Frankie Jackson-Spence graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2018 with an honours degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB). Now, Dr Frankie is working full time in the NHS and has a keen interest in cancer clinical trials. Alongside her NHS work, she runs an educational social media page @DrFrankieJS where she busts all the common health myths through her #MedicalMondays and evidence based wellbeing content. In this episode, Alice and Dr Frankie pick 5 things grounded in science that are proven to help our health and well-being. If you loved Dr Frankie as much as we did - you can follow her Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/drfrankiejs/ Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Podcast Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah is a qualified and accredited psychotherapist. After struggling with binge eating disorder and episodes of bulimia for more than a decade, she has specialised in helping others recover from binge eating. In 2020 she self-published her book, I Can’t Stop Eating, which reached the Amazon bestsellers list. Together in this episode, Alice and Sarah discuss the different triggers of binge eating and why abstaining from binge eating sometimes does more bad than good. Sarah also discusses how finding a safe space is one of the most important ways to start your journey to recovery. If you loved Sarah as much as we did you can visit the below links: Sarah's book, I Can't Stop Eating, is available on Amazon https://amzn.to/3a6M6Hb (UK affiliate link, please search for the title in Amazon if outside of UK) Website – https://thebingeeatingtherapist.com Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist The Binge Eating Therapist YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBingeEatingTherapist Podcast: Life After Diets (available across all the usual podcast platforms) Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Podcast Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hayley has a degree in Sports and Exercise Science BSc (Hons), and was a secondary school PE Teacher for 4 years. She now teaches through her online live workout app and community called Health With Hayley. She enjoys opening up the conversation around taboo subjects such as periods, self-love and empowers women to do the same! In this episode, Hayley and Alice discuss how bodybuilding impacted Hayley's life personally and professionally and how what she thought was a benefit of having no period was actually not good for her at all in the long run. If you loved Hayley Madigan, you can follow her here: https://www.instagram.com/hayleymadiganfitness/?hl=en Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Podcast Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andy Vincent has worked as a fitness coach for 20 years who has worked alongside some of the best strength & conditioning coaches, performance coaches, bodybuilders and biomechanics specialists that the world has to offer. On this weeks episode, Alice opened up her Instagram question box to you guys for Andy to answer your burning questions. Alice and Andy cover SO much ground in this episode including, hunger and biology, shredding and gains and how the fitness industry just repeats itself over an over again. If you want to hear more from Andy, you can go to his website: https://www.andyvincentpt.com/about/ Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Podcast Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WARNING: This episode contains mention of suicide, please listen at your own discretion. Dr Rhona Eskander is an award-winning cosmetic dentist in London specialising in Invisalign and facial aesthetics. From a boutique practice in the heart of Kensington and Chelsea, trailblazing Dr Rhona Eskander is shaking up dentistry with a fresh approach to smile transformations. In this episode, Alice and Rhona discuss how important it is to understand your mouths health before making those cosmetic changes, why flying abroad isn't the answer to a perfect smile and how it is possible to change your smile even later in life. Alice and Rhona also delve into a deeper topic, discussing the shocking rising number of suicides s in the dental industry and how isolating it really can be. If you want to find out more about Dr Rhona Eskander, please visit her website: https://www.drrhonaeskander.com/ Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Podcast Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kirsten Jackson is a Consultant Gastroenterology Dietitian and founder of The Food Treatment Clinic. After FINALLY being diagnosed with Coeliac's disease herself in her early twenties and dealing with countless doctors making her feel unheard, she used this determination to study and become a gastroenterology dietitian so she could help others. Together in this episode, Alice and Kirsten discuss IBS and what are the common causes, tell tell signs and how to stop it ruling your life. Alice asks the question's that we have all been desperate to know the answer to! "Does coffee really impact my stomach?" and "Is alcohol really the problem?" If you want to find out more about Kirsten you can go to her website: https://thefoodtreatmentclinic.com/about-kirsten/ Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Podcast Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Immunologist Dr Jenna Macciochi specialises in understanding how nutrition, movement and lifestyle interact with the immune system in health and disease. Together on this episode, Alice and Jenna discuss tips and tricks on how to improve your immune system within your lifestyle choices and your surroundings. Alice gets to the bottom of myths on things like whether some people are just susceptible to getting certain illnesses like coughs or colds, and whether alcohol is really bad for you. If you would like to find out more information on anything discussed on today’s episode head to Dr Jenna Macciochi's website: https://www.drjennamacciochi.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Anjali Mahto is Alice's very own dermatologist and author of best-selling book, The Skincare Bible. Together, Alice and Dr Anjali deep dive into how to care for your skin, Alice's own journey with Isotretinoin (Roaccutane) and they discuss the myths about Isotretinoin and how it has it's place to treat patients in their acne journey. Dr Anjali also educates us on how diet and your skin aren't directly related and she talks us through what small changes we make do to improve our skin without breaking the bank. To find out more about Dr Anjali Mahto you can visit her website: https://dranjalimahto.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Milly Pickles is a content creator, motivational speaker and fitness and disability advocate. Milly lost the lower part of her right leg 5 years ago after a horrible accident left her in hospital for 3 months. In this episode Alice and Milly discuss how Milly overcame the trauma of losing her leg and how she used fitness to find herself again. Milly also discusses how she uses journalling to help with her mind and the importance of having open communication with her friends and family is the key to keeping her sane. If you want to read Milly's book reviews or look at anything she mentioned in todays episode her website is: https://millypickles.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Natalie Lue is the author of The Joy Of Saying No which is a simple lan to stop people pleasing, reclaim boundaries, and say yes to the life you want. Natalie and Alice discuss boundaries, the benefits and disadvantages of being a people pleaser. Natalie also explains how workforces would collapse without people pleasers and how companies exploit their employee's who are people pleasers. Natalie's book 'The Joy Of Saying No' is out now wherever you get your books published by Harper Collins. If you wish to find out more about Natalie Lue please visit: https://natalielue.com/ Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Podcast Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alice is delighted to be joined by Clinical Psychologist Dr. Kirren to unpack health anxiety. Together, they discuss what "health anxiety" actually means, symptoms, causes, and treatment and coping options. Dr. Kirren's Suggested Resources: Health Anxiety Self-Help Resources - Information Sheets & Workbooks Health Anxiety.pdf (ntw.nhs.uk) Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re list ening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Podcast Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Sophie Bostock is a sleep specialist who is fascinated by sleep. Sophie studied medicine at Nottingham University and then went on to study an MSC in entrepreneurship. After several years in consulting she completed a PhD in health phycology at UCL and was investigating why happiness was affected by heart disease. Sophie’s research on sleep then went on to point to why sleep is an unsung hero of mental and physical resilience. She then spent the next 5 years working on ‘Sleepio’ which is Big Healths award winning digital sleep program. In this episode Alice asks the big question to Sophie that we all want to the answer to. How can we get the perfect nights sleep? Sophie talks us through the factors in our lives that we can control to help us get the best nights sleep possible and her and Alice delve into the parts of our sleep cycle that we experience in the night and how that can affect how we feel the rest of the day.  For more information from Sophie, visit her website: https://www.thesleepscientist.com/about Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Podcast Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Khadijah Mellah is the first hijab wearing jockey in a competitive British horse race. Despite being new to horse racing, she went on to win the Magnolia cup. Her story was the subject of an amazing TV documentary called Riding Dream and her story continues to inspire others to take risks and overcome adversity. Alice and Khadijah discuss how she got into horse racing from a tiny stables in south London that she was on a waiting list for 2 years, to winning the Magnolia cup. Khadijah also opens up about how seeing how hard her parents work to get to where they are today, gave her the work ethic she has.  Information from this episode can be found here: https://www.ridingadreamacademy.com/  Listen by clicking ‘Play’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever it is you’re listening now. Make sure to Subscribe or Follow, Rate and Review to help others find the podcast. Give Me Strength is an Insanity Podcast Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices