The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show

Want to know how to truly thrive in midlife for your best years yet? Esteemed broadcaster and podcaster Gabby Logan turns the tables on Liz on this podcast, to discover her secrets to help you dial back your age for a longer, happier and healthier life.

On this special episode celebrating Liz's new book, Liz opens up to Gabby about her own journey to a 'better second half', and shares practical, easy and economical advice to help you navigate midlife with confidence.

Liz and Gabby talk effective exercise and nutrition (and why it doesn't need to be complicated!), the lesser-known symptoms of menopause which they both experienced, and how epigenetics can help you better understand your body.

This episode also covers HRT and hormonal health, sex and relationships in midlife, plus how to find purpose and identity as you age.

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Have you ever used some form of hormonal contraception? Kate Muir, documentary maker, investigative journalist and women's health expert, joins Liz to share what the contraceptive pill is really doing to our health - from our sex drive to our mood.

Inside this episode, Kate shares what prompted her concerns about the pill, and why more attention should be paid to the synthetic hormones commonly used in this type of contraception - just like the push for body identical HRT (hormone replacement therapy) for midlife women.

Liz and Kate discuss the mental health outcomes of female contraceptives such as the pill, the coil and the injection, plus talk through why women don't actually need to take a break from their contraception for a bleed (despite being told otherwise!)

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What role does food play in preventing and treating cancer? Food journalist and BBC broadcaster Sheila Dillon joins Liz to reveal why she wants food to feature more heavily in conversations about cancer.

Sheila shares her own experience of Multiple Myeloma (MM), a cancer of the bone marrow, and how her approach to treatment differed from her sister’s, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Sheila also talks through the changes she made to her diet during this time, and discusses with Liz the potent powers of natural medicinals, such as turmeric and medicinal mushrooms.

Liz and Sheila cover the impact of pesticides, the role diet can play in cancer prevention, plus how we can cut down on ultra-processed foods - and why this must be a priority.

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Stuck in a rut? Guilty of repeating the same bad habits? Always find yourself in the same arguments with loved ones? Therapist Emma Reed Turrell joins Liz on this episode to help you figure out how to stop repeating the same patterns of unhelpful behaviour and finally break the cycle.

Emma shares why identifying blind spots and thought super-highways are crucial to self-development, plus how we can better understand the four blind spot people profiles: The Gladiator, The Bridge, The Hustler and The Rock.

Liz reveals what blind spot profile she most identifies with and why, while Emma discusses how we can avoid passing unhelpful behaviours to our children and how to mitigate blind spots in our personal and professional lives.

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