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Emilia Thompson returns to chat about building positive relationships with food and your body.

Today, Thompson shares characteristics of good and bad relationships with food, taking out emotions on your body, and how to recognize the signs that you may need to reevaluate how you're using food to treat your body. We discuss body image issues, body neutrality, tips on how to have a better relationship with food, and inclusive dieting.

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Emilia Thompson, registered nutritionist and lecturer in sports nutrition at Manchester Metropolitan University, joins us to discuss emotional eating and how to manage it.

Today, Thompson shares what emotional eating is, its triggers, and how to tell the difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger. We discuss how to combat emotional eating, how it affects men and women, and how to be mindful when you're hungry so you don't overeat.

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Rahaf Harfoush returns to chat about the trend that may be negatively affecting our mindset, the Productivity Propaganda Paradox.

Today, Harfoush goes into detail about what the productivity paradox is and how it can cause us to feel less than when we believe we aren't working hard enough. We discuss knowing who you are outside of your profession and titles, how we tie self-worth into productivity, and how we can change this mindset to actually become truly productive.

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Rahaf Harfoush, researcher, digital anthropologist, and New York Times bestselling author, focuses on the intersections of emerging technology, innovation and digital culture. Throughout her career, she's studied how technology impacts our culture and how it's changing the way we exist in the world. Within her research, Harfoush published Hustle and Float: Reclaim Your Creativity and Thrive in a World Obsessed with Work, which stemmed from her personal experience of burnout.

Today, Harfoush shares the impact of how productivity culture affects creatives' workflow. We discuss the creative mindset of if you're not working you're not being productive, everyone's unique creative cycles, optimal flow and performance, and how to know if you're a productive creative.

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What we eat not only impacts us mentally and physically but can also affect our creativity. Sophie Medlin, Head of Nutrition Research at Heights, shares how nutrition affects all aspects of our mental health.

The relationships between food, mood, and mental performance are bi-directional. Our mood affects what we eat and what we eat affects our mood and mental performance. Studies show people who suffer from depression and anxiety are more likely to have vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

Medlin shares why people with mood disorders are often deficient in key nutrients. She discusses hydration, gut bacteria, dietary non-negotiables, lifestyle factors, and supplementation in this week's minisode.

Dr Sophie Mort returns to talk about her book, A Manual for Being Human. Sparked by her own troubles with panic attacks, Dr Soph chose to write a manual to help people overcome their own mental struggles.

Today, Dr Soph shares the inspiration behind her manual and why it's different from other psychology books. We discuss how childhood affects who we are, common myths and misconceptions about therapy, and what to expect to learn from Dr Soph's book.

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Dr Sophie Mort has taken psychology out of the therapy room to social media. A registered clinical psychologist and author, Dr Soph has become the guru of Insta-therapy, sharing mental health and wellness tips to her 40K+ followers on Instagram.

Today, Dr Soph shares why she decided to use Instagram as a tool to make therapy more accessible. We discuss pseudonymous identities and why they make people more comfortable online, positive and negative behaviours of people on social media, and how Instagram affects her own mental health.

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Dr Frederic Luskin returns to talk about his book, Stress Free for Good: 10 Scientifically Proven Life Skills for Health and Happiness. Initially developing 10 steps to help pilots de-stress, Luskin chose to expand on those steps in a book so everyone can learn how to manage stress.

Luskin shares his story of how these 10 steps were developed, the scientific explanation of why we stress so much, and the key pieces of stress. We discuss how to start de-stressing, exercises you can practice, and tips on how to manage chronic stress.

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Dr Frederic Luskin, author and the world-leading expert of the art and science of forgiveness, joins us today to discuss how to forgive others, but more importantly, ourselves.

Stemming from a personal experience of being hurt by someone, Luskin decided to study forgiveness in order to heal for his loved ones. Luskin shares the scientific definition of forgiveness, why it's important to forgive others, and why we should also forgive ourselves. We discuss self-forgiveness, how to start forgiving, and when is forgiveness appropriate.

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