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Hormones, Healthy Mornings & The Truth About Sugar
This week we're answering your questions on some of the biggest areas of confusion in nutrition and wellbeing. We're discussing how diet can support hormonal health, from PCOS and amenorrhea to hormonal acne, and exploring how to care for your microbiome while taking a GLP-1 medi ... Show More
38m 43s
Jul 6
Fixing Brain Rot, The 'Maxxing Obsession & Is Cereal Junk Food?
Is Bran Flakes really junk food? Are our attention spans under threat? And have we reached peak optimisation culture? This week we unpack the government's proposed changes to healthy eating guidelines, which could see breakfast cereals like Bran Flakes classified as HFSS foods, a ... Show More
52m 4s
Jul 2
Food Guilt, IV Drips, Matcha Shortages & Healthy Ageing
This week we're talking about food guilt, supplements and the growing pressure to optimise our health. We explore how to break free from all-or-nothing eating, whether social media is distorting our perception of what healthy living actually looks like, and why some of the most p ... Show More
53m 52s
Mar 2025
384. The Logical Case for Positive Thinking with Oliver Burkeman
Do you constantly feel like you need to control everything in your life? Like if you could just be more organized, more productive, more perfect, then you’d finally feel at peace? What if the real secret to feeling more fulfilled was actually letting go of that control? This week ... Show More
35m 50s
May 2022
Time Management for Mortals | Oliver Burkeman
<p>In a culture that values persistent productivity, one can be left feeling chronically behind. </p> <p><br /></p> <p>In this episode, author and recovering time management junkie, Oliver Burkeman encourages us to stop scrambling to fit it all in by exploring the relationship b ... Show More
1h 9m
Oct 2024
S3 Bonus - Oliver Burkeman on Finitude & the Freedom of Letting Go
We live in a culture that constantly tells us to push harder, achieve more, and stay on top of everything. But this relentless striving often keeps us from the fulfillment we seek. Many of us face anxiety, procrastination, and burnout as we struggle to accept that the key to a mo ... Show More
57m 43s
Aug 2023
#265 - Time, productivity, and purpose: insights from Four Thousand Weeks | Oliver Burkeman
1h 50m
Apr 2024
Why Our Obsession With Productivity Is All Wrong - Oliver Burkeman - #772
Oliver Burkeman is a journalist, a writer for The Guardian and an author. We often find ourselves caught in a productivity spiral, feeling as though we aren’t accomplishing enough and scalding ourselves when we fall short of impossibly high bars. What drives this constant pursuit ... Show More
1h 8m
Apr 2025
How To Be Sanely Productive | Oliver Burkeman
1h 12m
Dec 2024
Oliver Burkeman: Why Productivity Is Ruining Lives (E314)
<p>Oliver Burkeman is a renowned author and expert on the psychology of productivity. He is best known for his work exploring how modern life’s obsession with productivity often leaves us overwhelmed and unfulfilled.</p><br><p>In this episode, Oliver dives deep into the dangers o ... Show More
1h 1m
Sep 2025
How to Stop Overthinking & Start Living a More Meaningful Life with Oliver Burkeman #580
Many of us feel under constant pressure to optimise every moment, to become more efficient, more productive and somehow more worthy. But what if embracing our limits could be the key to living a calmer, more meaningful life? This week’s returning guest on my Feel Better, Live Mor ... Show More
2 h
Sep 2024
Why you can’t ‘hack’ your way to productivity, with Oliver Burkeman
Lots of productivity advice tells you how you can cram more into your day, but accepting you can only do so much might be the only productivity “hack” that works. Oliver Burkeman, author of the smash-hit 2021 book Four Thousand Weeks, talks to Isabel Berwick about his new book, M ... Show More
21m 9s
Jan 2022
Oliver Burkeman || Time Management for Mortals
In this episode, I talk to bestselling author Oliver Burkeman about his latest book Four Thousand Weeks. On the surface, it’s easy to mistake it for another self-help book on time management. But instead of enthusing about productivity hacks, Oliver challenges his readers to conf ... Show More
1h 2m
We’re joined by writer and author Oliver Burkeman to talk about the productivity-trap; the narrative that keeps our sense of self-worth and value tied to how much we get done and achieve. In his new book, Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver argues that this only results in disappointment and unhappiness, and explores how to cultivate a healthier relationship with pr ... Show More
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<p>The liberation that comes from realizing that you're never going to get everything done.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.oliverburkeman.com/">Oliver Burkeman</a> is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Four-Thousand-Weeks-M ... Show More
