A Calmer Life

Bring your awareness into the present moment with this meditation from Gemma David of The Quiet Heart. Find more features about meditation on our website: www.calmmoment.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Gemma David of The Quiet Heart for another soothing meditation session. In this bonus episode, we'll be trying a technique adapted from the style of mindfulness taught by Thich Nhat Hanh. Find more features about meditation on our website: www.calmmoment.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the second of our bonus meditations, Gemma David of The Quiet Heart guides you through a breath awareness using sound meditation. Find more features about meditation on our website: www.calmmoment.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We've teamed up with Gemma David of The Quiet Heart to share some bonus meditations with you! In the first bonus episode, learn a basic breath awareness technique that can be practised anywhere. Find more features about meditation on our website: www.calmmoment.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Can you train yourself to be happier? Happiness coach Samantha Clarke shares some simple ways to improve your wellbeing. Find more features about happiness on our website: www.calmmoment.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When Suzy Glaskie of Peppermint Wellness first experienced warning signs from her body, she tried to ignore them. At the time, she was working in a hectic public relations role while raising two young children. At first she tried to keep on going as though everything was normal, but her mental and physical health began to deteriorate. She eventually realised that her body was telling her to change her life, so left her job and set out on a new career. In this episode, we talk about how to listen to your body and cope with stress.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we talk to Dr Rangan Chatterjee about how to cope with stress and his new book, The Stress Solution. In his work as a doctor, stress is something that Dr Rangan Chatterjee is very used to seeing: "Stress affects about 80 per cent of what I see every day as a GP and that's a remarkable statistic. "Stress is a modern day epidemic, in fact the World Health organisation has described it as the health epidemic of the 21st century." Listen to the episode to learn how we can manage our stress levels and live more balanced lives.  Find more features about stress on our website: www.calmmoment.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Suzy realised the importance of self-care after a family member fell seriously ill while she was pregnant with her first child. She realised that the situation was out of her control and that she was suffering badly from stress and depression. She speaks frankly about her mental health struggles and how she managed to overcome them by bringing self-care exercises into her day. In this episode, we talk about how to be aware of your stress levels and moods – and Suzy shares advice for bringing simple self-care exercises into your life. Join in with our 14-day self care challenge this January! Head over to www.calmmoment.com for more info.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you're struggling with loneliness, Christmas can be a particularly difficult time. In this episode, Mindful Christmas editor Jo Carnegie shares some tips for coping with Christmas loneliness – and how to help others during the festive season. Mindful Christmas is available now in the UK, USA and Australia. Find more features about mental health on our website: www.calmmoment.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At the darkest time of the year, a festive feast can really make you feel better. But why? We put our questions to Good Mood Food author Charlotte Watts in a special episode sponsored by Mindful Christmas Magazine. Mindful Christmas is available now in the UK, USA and Australia. Good Mood Food by Charlotte Watts and Natalie Savona is published by Nourish and goes on sale in the UK on 20 December (priced £10.99). Find more features about nutrition on our website: www.calmmoment.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Charlotte is a nutritional therapist and author of a new book, Good Mood Food. She gives us the lowdown on what to eat to help you cope with anxiety, stress and low moods – and how to get off the blood sugar rollercoaster. Good Mood Food by Charlotte Watts and Natalie Savona is published by Nourish Books, London, Paperback, £10.99. It goes on sale on 20 December 2018.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A restful night's sleep is so important for our wellbeing, but too many of us aren't getting the rest we so badly need and suffering from insomnia. In this episode, Dr Nerina Ramlakhan, author of The Little Book of Sleep, talks about the science of sleep and how you can improve your sleep quality. Find more features about sleep on our website: www.calmmoment.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Marianne Power decided that her life needed to change, so she set herself a radical, and surprising, challenge. We’ve all tried self-help books, but most of us tend to give up quite quickly. Journalist Marianne Power was just like that, so one hungover morning she decided that she needed to make a change. She was going to try to really live by the advice in self-help books – one book a month for a whole year – and write about her experiences. Her book, Help Me, has just been released in the UK. Marianne’s crazy year really pushed her to her limits and made her try terrifying things she’d never done before – from posing naked for a life-drawing class to performing stand-up comedy and chatting up strangers on the tube.  Find more features about mental health on our website: www.calmmoment.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yoga can benefit every aspect of your life – even beyond your practice. Yoga teacher Julie Montagu explains how fitting in a yoga session can make your happier and more productive in everyday life. Find more features about yoga on our website: www.calmmoment.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do you find yourself going out of your way to help others all the time? You could be a people pleaser, according to our wellbeing columnist Natalie Lue. In this episode, we look at how to stop saying yes to every request and where our desire to please others comes from. Find more features about wellbeing on our website: www.calmmoment.com Music "Summer in my Heart" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins (Audionetwork).   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.