Live Well Be Well with Sarah Ann Macklin | Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition

This week’s Live Well Be Well Moment is with Arthur Brooks, Harvard professor and #1 New York Times bestselling author.Keeping a journal of your failures and disappointments, not just the things you’re grateful for, could do more for your happiness than you think. Arthur explains exactly how to do it, why it can be so powerful, and what the practice taught him after losing his parents.My book ‘Healthy Shouldn’t Be This Hard’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5📖 If this resonates, you can join the thousands who read The Compassionate Cure each week.https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/Let’s be friends!📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin/📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast💌 Newsletter: https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/

This week’s Live Well Be Well Moment is with Dr David Rock, neuroscience researcher, author and founder of the NeuroLeadership Institute.He explains why stress and a busy mind can block the insights we’re looking for, how stepping away gives your brain space to make new connections, and what you can do to make those lightbulb moments more likely.My book ‘Healthy Shouldn’t Be This Hard’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5📖 If this resonates, you can join the thousands who read The Compassionate Cure each week.https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/Let’s be friends!📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin/📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast💌 Newsletter: https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/

Lucid dreaming teacher Charlie Morley joins me to talk about the roughly two hours a night, around a twelfth of our lives, that we spend dreaming. Charlie has spent close to 20 years teaching people how to lucid dream, lived in a Buddhist temple for seven years, and received a Winston Churchill Fellowship to research PTSD treatment in military veterans. The turning point came at 17, when an overdose and a near-death experience left him with four months of nightmares that ended in a single lucid dream.What we explore together:•Why nightmares keep coming back, and why waking yourself up from one is "like a therapy session cut short"•How to remember your dreams, even if you think you never dream•What actually changes in the brain the moment you realise you're dreaming•Charlie's own pilot study, where over 85% of people with PTSD no longer met the diagnostic threshold after a six-day lucid dreaming workshop.•Is lucid dreaming safe, who shouldn't try it, and why you shouldn't face severe trauma alone•The four foundations to start tonight: dream planning, dream recall, the dream diary and dream signsLove, Sarah Ann 💛References:Dreaming about the exam the night before (Arnulf et al., Consciousness and Cognition, 2014): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25108280/Lucid dreaming in children (Voss et al., Journal of Sleep Research, 2012): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22639960/Charlie’s PTSD lucid dream healing workshop pilot study (Yount et al., Traumatology, 2023): https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000456My book 'Healthy Shouldn't Be This Hard': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5Let's be friends!📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin/📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcastCharlie Morley:🌐 Website and books: https://charliemorley.comChapters00:00 Trailer01:18 Introduction: we spend a twelfth of our lives dreaming02:13 REM sleep isn't rest: you burn calories when you dream03:53 What is lucid dreaming?04:28 Why nightmares keep coming back: a therapy session cut short05:40 "I never remember my dreams": how to start remembering08:01 Vivid dreams, waking up anxious and why you should write nightmares down10:19 What is a nightmare? Threat simulation and dreams as fire drills13:05 The Sorbonne study: anxiety dreams before exams14:37 Interpreting a dream from inside it: the black dog and the inner child16:41 Inside the dreaming brain: what switches on when you become lucid19:50 Practising skills in a lucid dream20:54 Is lucid dreaming safe? Why you don't actually control the dream23:16 The iceberg of the mind: how deep a lucid dream can go27:22 Asking your dreams the big questions28:21 "Is this woo woo?": spiritual traditions and the science31:03 100K on YouTube and the APA special issue on lucid dreaming32:03 Charlie's books and meeting your shadow33:32 How it started: a dream mask advert before his 12th birthday36:47 The overdose and near-death experience at 1738:56 Agoraphobia, panic attacks and recurring nightmares40:40 The lucid dream that ended four months of nightmares43:17 Does it work for everyone? The PTSD study49:30 85% below the PTSD threshold in the pilot, and the four-week follow-up50:38 What the study can't prove51:22 Why you shouldn't face severe trauma alone53:21 Nightmares, sleep paralysis and jet lag can help you get lucid54:41 Don't force it: be like a kid before Christmas56:07 Technique 1: dream planning57:05 Technique 2: dream recall58:29 Why you forget your dream the moment you wake up59:40 Technique 3: the dream diary1:02:41 Technique 4: dream signs1:04:45 Breathing and sleep: why slow breathing matters1:07:12 Yoga nidra and charging your parasympathetic battery1:09:15 Your dreams as a daily check-in on your mind1:10:59 Lucid dreaming as a psychedelic experience you have in bed

This week’s Live Well Be Well Moment is with Jordan Haworth, registered dietitian and gut health specialist.If you saw Jordan’s psyllium jelly go viral and wondered what the fuss was about, he explains exactly how it affects your cholesterol, blood sugar and digestion, and why most people aren’t taking enough.My book, Healthy Shouldn’t Be This Hard: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5📖 If this resonates, you can join the thousands who read The Compassionate Cure each week:https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/Let’s be friends!📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin/📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast💌 Newsletter: https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/

This week’s Live Well Be Well Moment is with Nir Eyal, million-copy bestselling author of Hooked, Indistractable and Beyond Belief.My book, Healthy Shouldn’t Be This Hard:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Shouldnt-Be-This-Hard-ebook/dp/B0G1DHNRV5📖 If this resonates, join the thousands of readers who receive The Compassionate Cure each week:https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/Let’s be friends!📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahannmacklin/📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@livewellbewellsarah🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/SarahAnnMacklin📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livewellbewellpodcast💌 Newsletter: https://sarahmacklin.substack.com/