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Sep 2023
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The Breathing Expert: Breathing Through ...

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The Breathing Expert: Breathing Through Your Mouth Can Cause ADHD, Diabetes & Child Sickness! (Must Listen): James Nestor

Every breathe you take fundamentally impacts all areas of your health and wellbeing. However, 98% of people are breathing incorrectly. 

In this new episode Steven sits down with the award-winning author and science journalist James Nestor.

In 2020, James released his New York Times and internationally bestselling book, “Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art”. It was awarded the prize for Best General Nonfiction Book of 2020 by the American Society of Journalists and Authors, it was a finalist for Best Science Book of 2021 by the Royal Society, and has been translated into 35 languages.

In this conversation James and Steven discuss topics, such as:

  • The one breathwork session that changed James’ life
  • How 98% of people are breathing incorrectly 
  • Why we have adapted to breathing incorrectly
  • How human skulls have changed over time
  • The ancient history of breathwork
  • Why you should rethink how you breathe
  • The impact of incorrect breathing
  • Links between breathing and overall health  
  • The damage of mouth breathing 
  • How mouth breathing can lead to diabetes
  • The ways that poor breathing affect sleep
  • How breathing can impact ADHD
  • Why asthma is not a life sentence 
  • How to breathe for a longer life 
  • How having bigger lungs can lead to a longer life
  • Breathing techniques to tackle stress
  • Ways to hack anxiety 
  • How indoor carbon dioxide is impacting intelligence
  • Why millions of children are ill from incorrect breathing 
  • Whether to wear a face mask or not


You can purchase James’ book, ‘Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art’, here: https://amzn.to/3FTO50Y


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