Let the InsideOut

Richie Norton is a health and performance coach specialising in nervous system regulation, a career path that grew directly out of his own experience of burning out and being hospitalised after years of playing professional rugby across the UK, New Zealand, Australia, America and Portugal.

Having rebuilt his body through breathwork, yoga, and movement in his mid-thirties and returned to play rugby at 34, he now works with high-performers to help them do less of the pushing and more of the listening.

In this conversation, Richie talks with Laura about what burnout actually feels like from the inside, why so many people are ignoring the signals their body is sending them, and why nervous system regulation, not the latest nutrition trend is the missing foundation for anyone trying to perform at their best. It's a conversation that challenges the "no time" excuse and reframes rest, breathwork, and time in nature not as luxuries but as the prerequisites for everything else.

Andy Ryan is a self-taught baker and social media food creator best known for reaching the top five on The Great British Bake Off in 2024 a moment that felt like a long time coming. Raised in Dagenham by hardworking parents, Andy found his love of food and cooking early, learning from his mum in the kitchen, before life took a series of sharp turns.

In this conversation, Andy opens up about losing his father to alcohol-related illness when he was just 13, navigating a string of family bereavements through his teenage years with little emotional support, and how humour became the armour he wore to keep going.

He also speaks honestly and with great warmth about the IVF journey he and his partner Nicky went through to have their daughter Maisie: ten rounds, multiple losses, and what it really feels like to be a man going through something you're not supposed to talk about.

If you are struggling InsideOut Health is available to you, offering a stigma-free, accessible mental health support whenever you need it, whether that’s due to feeling overwhelmed with life,  financial pressure, relationship challenges, or something else.

Download 'InsideOut Health' on the App Store or Google Play Store and email [email protected] to request a FREE 6 month subscription, just quote 'PODCAST' in your email.

Alternatively, visit www.talktoremi.com and sign-up on the website.

Zoe Hardman is a TV presenter, Heart Radio DJ, podcaster, and co-founder of Made by Mamas a community platform and recruitment business supporting parents returning to work. Known for her infectious warmth and honesty, Zoe has built a career on exactly the kind of human connection she believes lies at the heart of a good life.

In this conversation, Zoe opens up about the real cost of juggling a high-profile career with raising three young children, navigating imposter syndrome that traces back to her dyslexia at school, and the devastating loss of her father, who died suddenly when she was 30, with no chance to say goodbye. She also speaks candidly about entering perimenopause early, the frightening extent of the depression it brought on, and how she and her husband Doz found their way back to each other through couples therapy.

If you are struggling InsideOut Health is available to you, offering a stigma-free, accessible mental health support whenever you need it, whether that’s due to feeling overwhelmed with life,  financial pressure, relationship challenges, or something else.

Download 'InsideOut Health' on the App Store or Google Play Store and email [email protected] to request a FREE 6 month subscription, just quote 'PODCAST' in your email.

Alternatively, visit www.talktoremi.com and sign-up on the website.

Kate Rowe-Ham is a personal trainer, women's health advocate, and author of Owning Your Menopause a book and platform dedicated to helping women understand and thrive through perimenopause and menopause. A passionate campaigner for the Menopause Mandate, Kate has built a community of women who want real, practical support not quick fixes for one of life's biggest transitions.

In this conversation, Kate opens up about her own journey: from a history of disordered eating in her teens, through the anxiety, heart palpitations and panic attacks that came with an undiagnosed perimenopause in her early forties, to the lifestyle changes, quitting alcohol, lifting weights, and rebuilding her relationship with food and movement that turned things around. It's an honest, generous conversation about learning to take up space, advocate for your health, and redefine what strength looks like.

If you are struggling InsideOut Health is available to you, offering a stigma-free, accessible mental health support whenever you need it, whether that’s due to feeling overwhelmed with life,  financial pressure, relationship challenges, or something else.

Download 'InsideOut Health' on the App Store or Google Play Store and email [email protected] to request a FREE 6 month subscription, just quote 'PODCAST' in your email.

Alternatively, visit www.talktoremi.com and sign-up on the website.

James Haskell is one of English rugby's most recognisable figures, a World Cup winner with 77 England caps and a career spanning Wasps, Northampton, and international duty. Since retiring from professional sport, he's built a second career as a DJ, podcaster, author, comedian, and motivational speaker, with a reputation for saying exactly what he thinks.

In this episode, James opens up about the mental toolkit he's built over more than two decades of therapy, starting at 17 on the advice of his godfather and how it's helped him navigate the hardest stretch of his personal life: retirement, divorce, his father's death, turning 40, and learning to be a present dad to his young daughter. He talks about ADHD, the difference between diagnosis and action, and why he believes the hardest thing isn't asking for help, it's doing the work every single day after that.

If you are struggling InsideOut Health is available to you, offering a stigma-free, accessible mental health support whenever you need it, whether that’s due to feeling overwhelmed with life,  financial pressure, relationship challenges, or something else.

Download InsideOut Health on the App Store or Google Playstore and email [email protected] to request a FREE 6 month subscription, just quote 'PODCAST' in your email.

Alternatively, visit www.talktoremi.com and sign-up on the website.

If this triggers any negative thoughts for you, the Samaritans are on hand to help and can be contacted 24/7 by calling 116 123. It's completely confidential.

Debs Wild spent over two decades at the heart of the music industry as the person who discovered Coldplay and helped shape their early trajectory, she has a front-row view of what happens when talent, pressure and ambition collide. Now retraining as a therapist, she's turned that lived experience into a new kind of purpose.

In this conversation, Debs opens up about the breakdown she had while living away from London, the people she loves and the darkest moment that followed. She talks with remarkable honesty and perspective. Debs and Laura also explore what it means to ask for help, why the reaction of the people around you matters more than almost anything else, and how Debs found her way through and what she's building with that knowledge now.

If you are struggling InsideOut Health is available to you, offering a stigma-free, accessible mental health support whenever you need it, whether that’s due to feeling overwhelmed with life,  financial pressure, relationship challenges, or something else.

Download InsideOut Health on the App Store or Google Playstore and email [email protected] to request a FREE 6 month subscription, just quote 'PODCAST' in your email.

Alternatively, visit www.talktoremi.com and sign-up on the website.

If this triggers any negative thoughts for you, the Samaritans are on hand to help and can be contacted 24/7 by calling 116 123. It's completely confidential.

After a little time away, Laura Stembridge is back behind the mic and she's brought some incredible guests with her.

This season of Let the InsideOut is everything the show was built for: honest, open, at times raw conversations with people who've been through it and come out the other side.

We're talking burnout, breakdown, men's mental health, and everything in between, with names you'll recognise and stories that'll stay with you.

New episodes drop every Tuesday.

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With love, Laura x

You may know David from the Netflix hit series 'Too Hot to Handle'. In this chat with Laura, David talks very candidly about his journey through professional rugby and how a devastating injury ended his career prematurely. He opens up about his relationship with his family and chats about what he does now to look after his mental wellbeing. 

This week Laura talks to football's super agent, Jon Smith.  Jon started life working in the music industry before moving into the sports world and representing the likes of Diego Diego Maradona and the entire England football team. Jon talks candidly to Laura about his personal battles with depression and addiction which took him to some dark places and how we came out the other side. 

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If this triggers any negative thoughts for you, the Samaritans are on hand to help and can be contacted 24/7 by calling 116 123.