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Davinia Taylor: From Primrose Hill to Biohacking Queen: Davinia Taylor on Purpose, Power & Rewiring Your Biology
A wild, honest, science-meets-soul conversation for anyone ready to reclaim their energy.
Actress, wellness disruptor, bestselling author, and unapologetic biohacker Davinia Taylor joins us for a radically real conversation about addiction, biology, purpose, motherhood, dopamine, perimenopause, and what it actually takes to break free from the foods, habits, and systems that keep women exhausted.
You may know her from Hollyoaks or the legendary Primrose Hill era…
But the real magic began when everything fell apart, and she rebuilt everything from the inside out.
Today, she’s on a mission to help millions of women understand the light, food, hormones, and mindset hacks that changed her life… so they can finally feel like themselves again. This episode is raw, inspiring, hilarious, and deeply practical.
If you want more energy, more clarity, and more YOU — this one’s for you.
TIME CODES
00:00 — The non-negotiable rule: self-preservation first
00:20 — Zenka intro + why Davinia is a full-blown wellness rebel
00:42 — The Primrose Hill era… and the moment everything crashed
01:00 — Addiction, biology, and the science that saved her life
01:25 — “It’s not willpower — it’s your hormones.”
01:35 — Becoming unstoppable by understanding your inner wiring
01:47 — Her purpose: translating complex science into simple daily wins
02:04 — Surviving trauma, chaos, and the messy road to purpose
02:26 — The dopamine-seeking adventurer inside Davinia
02:36 — The moment MCT oil changed her entire life
03:01 — Why women in perimenopause get hooked on the wrong foods
03:26 — Breaking free from cravings + Big Food addiction loops
03:43 — Parenting, purpose, and letting kids follow instinct
04:01 — School vs. intuition: raising kids who trust themselves
04:19 — Creativity, microbiomes, and getting the “keys to the kingdom”
04:45 — Teaching kids by example: food, energy & listening to the body
05:05 — Finding your purpose by surviving the hard stuff
05:39 — Pain as the teacher: the hidden gift no one wants
05:55 — Sobriety, carbohydrates, divorce, and the wild ride of rebuilding
06:21 — Purpose = helping the next generation navigate life better
06:44 — Final mic-drop: “Life is painful… and that’s the gift.”
About Davinia TaylorDavinia Taylor is an actress-turned-biohacker, bestselling author (It’s Not a Diet, Hack Your Hormones), and founder of the wellness brand WillPowder. After battling addiction, burnout, hormonal chaos, and food dependency, she rebuilt her life through metabolic science, light optimization, dopamine regulation, and gut-brain rewiring. Today she empowers millions of women to reclaim their power through biology, not willpower.
Listen & Subscribe:
Awaken Your Purpose Podcast: Conversations with visionaries building a new paradigm of purpose, freedom, and collective evolution.
🔗 Follow Davinia's work: https://linktr.ee/daviniataylor
👉 Learn more about the Holomovement Purpose Lab: https://ourlightnet.org/purposemap
This collaboration is brought to you by stewards of the Holomovement and LightNet. Special thanks to our Broadcast Partners: Humanity’s Team, Unify, Good of the Whole and New Realities.
The Holomovement is a social movement that awakens us to our interconnectedness, igniting a critical mass of collaborative action serving the good of the whole. Learn more at http://www.holomovement.net
http://www.LightNet.org is a collective intelligence platform mapping how people do impossible things. We then use the data to make breakthroughs of our own in teams of 8-12 and continue to share the data for those to follow.
@the_holomovement IG: @ourlightnet FB @theholomovementofficial FB @OurLightNet@ourlightnet
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Davinia Taylor: From Primrose Hill to Biohacking Queen: Davinia Taylor on Purpose, Power & Rewiring Your Biology
A wild, honest, science-meets-soul conversation for anyone ready to reclaim their energy.
Actress, wellness disruptor, bestselling author, and unapologetic biohacker Davinia Taylor joins us for a radically real conversation about addiction, biology, purpose, motherhood, dopamine, perimenopause, and what it actually takes to break free from the foods, habits, and systems that keep women exhausted.
You may know her from Hollyoaks or the legendary Primrose Hill era…
But the real magic began when everything fell apart, and she rebuilt everything from the inside out.
Today, she’s on a mission to help millions of women understand the light, food, hormones, and mindset hacks that changed her life… so they can finally feel like themselves again. This episode is raw, inspiring, hilarious, and deeply practical.
If you want more energy, more clarity, and more YOU — this one’s for you.
TIME CODES
00:00 — The non-negotiable rule: self-preservation first
00:20 — Zenka intro + why Davinia is a full-blown wellness rebel
00:42 — The Primrose Hill era… and the moment everything crashed
01:00 — Addiction, biology, and the science that saved her life
01:25 — “It’s not willpower — it’s your hormones.”
01:35 — Becoming unstoppable by understanding your inner wiring
01:47 — Her purpose: translating complex science into simple daily wins
02:04 — Surviving trauma, chaos, and the messy road to purpose
02:26 — The dopamine-seeking adventurer inside Davinia
02:36 — The moment MCT oil changed her entire life
03:01 — Why women in perimenopause get hooked on the wrong foods
03:26 — Breaking free from cravings + Big Food addiction loops
03:43 — Parenting, purpose, and letting kids follow instinct
04:01 — School vs. intuition: raising kids who trust themselves
04:19 — Creativity, microbiomes, and getting the “keys to the kingdom”
04:45 — Teaching kids by example: food, energy & listening to the body
05:05 — Finding your purpose by surviving the hard stuff
05:39 — Pain as the teacher: the hidden gift no one wants
05:55 — Sobriety, carbohydrates, divorce, and the wild ride of rebuilding
06:21 — Purpose = helping the next generation navigate life better
06:44 — Final mic-drop: “Life is painful… and that’s the gift.”
About Davinia TaylorDavinia Taylor is an actress-turned-biohacker, bestselling author (It’s Not a Diet, Hack Your Hormones), and founder of the wellness brand WillPowder. After battling addiction, burnout, hormonal chaos, and food dependency, she rebuilt her life through metabolic science, light optimization, dopamine regulation, and gut-brain rewiring. Today she empowers millions of women to reclaim their power through biology, not willpower.
Listen & Subscribe:
Awaken Your Purpose Podcast: Conversations with visionaries building a new paradigm of purpose, freedom, and collective evolution.
🔗 Follow Davinia's work: https://linktr.ee/daviniataylor
👉 Learn more about the Holomovement Purpose Lab: https://ourlightnet.org/purposemap
This collaboration is brought to you by stewards of the Holomovement and LightNet. Special thanks to our Broadcast Partners: Humanity’s Team, Unify, Good of the Whole and New Realities.
The Holomovement is a social movement that awakens us to our interconnectedness, igniting a critical mass of collaborative action serving the good of the whole. Learn more at http://www.holomovement.net
http://www.LightNet.org is a collective intelligence platform mapping how people do impossible things. We then use the data to make breakthroughs of our own in teams of 8-12 and continue to share the data for those to follow.
@the_holomovement IG: @ourlightnet FB @theholomovementofficial FB @OurLightNet@ourlightnet
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