What is Health?

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Episode 6: Hurt People, Hurt Children. Breaking the Cycle of Generational Trauma

2026-11-0301:41:35

Where do you feel it in the body? In this episode of What Is Health, Oliver Barnett is joined by Kate Marion, a former homeopath who now teaches awakening as embodied consciousness, a way of working that brings together the somatic, the psychological and the spiritual. Kate shares her story of growing up in a deeply traumatic household and deciding at just six years old that she would be the one to break the cycle. She describes how homeopathy changed her family’s life, how her work evolved o...

Episode 5: Perimenopause, Hormones and the Midlife Squeeze. What Women’s Health Gets Wrong

2026-10-1901:45:27

Women’s health is finally getting the attention it deserves, but there’s still a long way to go. Perimenopause can begin years before periods change, and many women are told they’re “fine” while struggling with anxiety, poor sleep and symptoms that don’t fit a neat diagnosis. In this episode of What Is Health, Oliver Barnett is joined by two guests with a special interest in women’s hormones: Dr Anu, who runs London Bioidentical Hormones and is co-author of an upcoming book, Nutrition, Hormon...

Episode 4: Where Did Functional Medicine Go? Influencers, Supplement Hype and the Quick-Fix Trap

2026-10-1901:40:01

Morning stacks, gadgets, pendants and the next “must-have” protocol. Is any of it really functional medicine? In this episode of What Is Health, Oliver Barnett is joined by two experienced functional medicine practitioners, Steve Grant and Paul Burgess, to ask where functional medicine is today and how it has drifted from what it was meant to be. With decades of clinical experience between them, they talk candidly about what they see in practice. In this episode: What functional medicine orig...

Episode 3: When Your Tests Come Back Normal. Why Trauma, Relationships and Your Story Matter for Health

2026-10-1901:26:27

You’ve had the tests. Everything came back “normal.” So why do you still feel unwell? In this episode of What Is Health, Oliver Barnett is joined by Caroline, clinic manager at the London Clinic of Nutrition and the first person most clients speak to when they get in touch. Caroline asks the questions she hears every day from people who have already tried a lot of avenues and are worried the process won’t work again. Oli answers from nearly 20 years in clinical practice. In this episode: What...

Episode 2: What's Really Behind the Rise in Autism and ADHD?

2026-10-1901:38:08

Autism and ADHD are on the rise, and so are the number of parents looking for answers. At the London Clinic of Nutrition, up to 60-70% of enquiries at times now come from parents of children with autism or ADHD. So what’s going on? In this episode of What Is Health, Oliver Barnett is joined by Paul Foley, a functional medicine practitioner from the London Clinic of Nutrition with a growing clinical focus on neurodiversity, to explore why diagnoses are climbing and what families can do to supp...

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