Why do so many of us feel powerless around food? In this episode of Own Your Health, Katie Brindle is joined by psychologist, behavioural change specialist and author Shahroo Izadi to explore the surprising connection between addiction, shame, and our relationship with food.

Drawing on her experience working in drug and alcohol recovery within the NHS and prisons, Shahroo explains why the way we talk to ourselves about food often mirrors the way people speak about addiction - and why shame is one of the biggest barriers to lasting change.

Katie and Shahroo unpack why diets so often fail, why late-night cravings feel impossible to resist, and how compassion and behavioural psychology can help us break patterns that feel completely out of our control.

They also explore how modern life, from stress and scrolling to busy schedules and disrupted routines, is affecting our nervous systems, our digestion, and our ability to make healthy choices.

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What if the challenges in your life aren’t random… but the very reason you came here to complete?

In this episode of Own Your Health, Katie looks at what she calls the “Riddle of Life”; a way of understanding adversity, patterns, and the lessons that seem to repeat themselves no matter how hard we try to escape them.

Drawing on Chinese cosmology, the concept of “Earth School,” and years of clinical experience, Katie explains why the same situations keep showing up, why money and comfort don’t remove life’s tests, and how your struggles may actually be the doorway to growth.

If you've ever asked yourself 'Why does it always happen to you?'... What if that question is the clue?

Katie shares how to identify the repeating themes in your life, how to listen before your body (or the universe) has to scream, and why adversity may be the very thing shaping you into something stronger.

If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Why me?”... have a watch of this!
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What if the most powerful health upgrade isn’t a tech gadget or a supplement, but being outside? In this episode, Julia Bradbury tells Katie how a breast cancer diagnosis reshaped her understanding of wellness, moving her from performance and productivity to presence and prevention. They also challenge the idea of whether tech equals better health? Why listening to the whispers before the body shouts is important, and remembering that sometimes the simplest act, like walking in nature, is the most powerful.

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You can watch Julia's new ITV series - Wonders of The Frozen South, here

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This Valentine’s-inspired episode of Own Your Health is a powerful guided meditation for healing heartbreak. Using the ancient Japanese philosophy of kintsugi — the art of repairing broken pottery with gold — Katie guides you through a transformative heart healing session designed to help you turn emotional pain into strength. This episode includes grounding techniques, meditation practices, breathwork, and a powerful “Love Grid” visualisation.

Take 20 minutes to reset your nervous system, restore your heart space, and convert pain into happiness.

(Try Shaking and Tapping, here: https://youtu.be/tEMJ9RBRHbg?si=EzEpAKRY0An151W3) 

Chapters:
00:00 – Why Heartbreak Deserves Healing
02:26 – The Kintsugi Philosophy: Turning Breaks into Gold
03:16 – What to Expect in This Healing Session
04:40 – Release Tension: The Shake Technique
05:30 – Transition Into Calm: The Sway Practice
06:50 – Breath Awareness & Nervous System Reset
10:01 – Drawing in Golden Healing Energy
14:17 – Observing the State of Your Heart
16:04 – Healing the Cracks with Gold
19:10 – Transforming Pain into Wisdom
20:23 – Opening the Heart to Connection
21:05 – The Love Grid Visualization
23:45 – Closing the Heart & Returning to the Room
24:35 – Final Reflection: Converting Pain into Love
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What does the Year of the Fire Horse really mean — and why has this powerful energy historically coincided with major political and social turning points?

In this episode of Own Your Health, Katie Brindle breaks down the true meaning of Chinese New Year 2026 and the arrival of the Yang Fire Horse. This isn’t just about zodiac animals, it’s about understanding energy cycles, the lunar calendar, and how 2026 could bring significant global shifts, personal breakthroughs, and moments of radical change.

You’ll discover:

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What if looking back at your life could heal you, or quietly drain your energy?

In this episode of Own Your Health, Katie Brindle looks at the viral “2016 throwback” trend through the lens of Chinese medicine, aging, and emotional health.Katie explains why reflection can be a powerful tool for wisdom and manifestation, and why too much nostalgia can tip into grief, stagnation, and emotional blockage.

Katie also reflects on her own 2016 memories, launching a business, becoming an early 'Gua Sha' trendsetter, and the lessons that only hindsight can reveal, before breaking down how to use nostalgia correctly as a grounding, healing practice at this time of year.

Chapters:
02:00 – Nostalgia as a healing and wisdom-building tool
03:00 – Aging, women, and the myth of “losing value”
04:30 – What Katie learned revisiting her own 2016
06:10 – Being a female founder: survival, mistakes, resilience
07:50 – Trendsetting vs monetising: why both matter
09:10 – Using reflection as a manifestation practice
11:00 – The red envelope ritual explained
12:30 – When nostalgia becomes harmful
14:00 – The lungs, grief, and blocked energy
16:20 – How to reflect without getting stuck
18:00 – Aging well: looking wiser, not older
19:40 – Final takeaway: use nostalgia, don’t live in it

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In this episode of Own Your Health, Katie Brindle explains why spring actually begins in early February, why most New Year’s resolutions fail, and how breath - not supplements, not diets, not expensive treatments - is the foundation of real health.

Drawing on Chinese medicine, seasonal energy cycles, and modern practices like hyperbaric oxygen therapy, Katie shares a simple breathing technique that can help support your liver, boost energy, and reset your body for the year ahead, without spending thousands.

If you’re ready to feel better and more energised, this is where to start!

Chapters:
00:00 – Spring Starts Earlier Than You Think
01:18 – Why This Matters for Your Health
01:53 – The Best Free Health Hack You’re Not Using
04:45 – The Liver & Why Spring Can Feel So Hard
05:52 – The 3 Health Habits to Reset Your Body
06:43 – Breath: The #1 Healing Tool
09:44 – Burnout, Immunity & a Personal Wake-Up Call
10:31 – Hyperbaric Chambers: Powerful but Expensive
12:07 – A Free ‘Home Hyperbaric’ Breathing Technique
14:11 – How to Do the Turtle Breath (Step-by-Step)
16:18 – Using Breath to Strengthen Every Cell
19:15 – Letting the Body Heal Itself
23:03 – Movement: Why Circulation Is Everything
25:41 – The Simplest Way to Move Your Body
27:25 – Why Walking Is One of the Best Exercises
29:19 – Stretching, Growth & Spring Energy
30:20 – The Right Way to Set Health Resolutions
30:52 – A Free Gift for Your Health This Spring
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January gets a terrible reputation! The “Monday” of the year, full of January blues and Blue Monday dread. But what if January isn’t the problem… what if it’s the most important month for your health? In this episode of Own Your Health, Katie Brindle reframes January as a powerful, essential reset — a grounding month designed for rest, reflection, and real self-care. Drawing on seasonal health, Chinese medicine, and natural energy cycles, Katie explains why winter is meant to be inward-focused, why December exhausts us, and how January gives us a second chance to restore balance.

If you’ve ever felt pressure to “fix yourself” in January, Katie shares a radically different, and far kinder, approach to health, wellbeing, and alignment.

Chapters:
0:00 – Why January Gets Such a Bad Reputation
1:30 – The “January Blues” and Blue Monday Myth
3:10 – Why December Drains Us (And January Pays the Price)
5:40 – Solstice, the Calendar Problem & Seasonal Misalignment
8:35 – The End of the Lunar Year & Letting Go
10:45 – Decluttering Your Space to Clear Energy
13:40 – Emotional Patterns, Self-Reflection & Inner Work
16:55 – Lessons From Extreme Winter in Swedish Lapland
20:30 – Why Rest, Darkness & Stillness Heal the Body
23:15 – Preparing for Spring & the New Energy Cycle
25:40 – How to Rebrand January for Your Health
27:45 – Making Peace With Winter
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In this episode of Own Your Health, Katie Brindle is joined by her close friend Katie Nicholl (Vanity Fair’s royal correspondent and BBC contributor) for a conversation about stress, symptoms, and the wake-up call that changed everything. Katie shares how what looked like burnout, palpitations, and perimenopause stress turned out to be cholangiocarcinoma (a rare primary liver cancer), despite “normal” blood tests, and why pushing for a scan likely saved her life. They unpack the post-treatment reality: life doesn’t magically get easier after a diagnosis, so self-care has to become non-negotiable.

Chapters 
00:00 — Meet the guest: royal correspondent, author, high-stress career
00:33 — Building self-care habits that don’t collapse in January
01:05 — How they met: gua sha, “liver” themes… and what no one knew yet
02:08 — The moment: “It’s probably stress”… but the truth was liver cancer
05:18 — The scary part: normal bloods, no tumour markers —why scans mattered
06:14 — Diagnosis to surgery fast: MRI confirmed it, 11-hour operation, chemo
08:00 — After the all-clear: life stays hard, so the system has to change
09:25 — Stop the self-care guilt: how to restart without beating yourself up
10:02 — The “diary-first” rule: schedule self-care before everything else
12:32 — The non-negotiables: nature, internal vs external exercise, organ strength
15:12 — Forest bathing + “tree hugging”: why nature became her anchor
18:03 — Joy as medicine: shedding what wasn’t serving her, gratitude as a practice
22:31 — Reinvention: rage, resentment, marriage ending, rebuilding a new life
25:16 — What she’s adding now: foot baths, daily breathwork, simple routines
30:47 — Guided practice: Healing Sounds for organs (follow along)
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