Dr James Morris, alcohol and addiction specialist, researcher, and author of the Alcohol Policy UK guidelines, speaks with us in this important episode about the social, environmental, and psychological impacts on alcohol normalisation and consumption. James shares his own personal experience of sobriety and the keys to changing behaviour for health: small steps.

This episode flies by and blends science, history, personal stories, medicine, and habits.

Thank you, James!

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The Alcohol ‘Problem’ Podcast - Apple Podcasts

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Solutions Makers is a bespoke coaching consultancy, offering personalised solutions for physical and mental performance. To learn more and explore your future, get in touch with us here or at solutionsmakers.com.

Welcome Richard Waldman, founder of Brainyites and author of “Your Guide to a Better Way of Thinking” on this special episode of the Solutions Manual. Richard is a life coach, pastor, veteran, speaker, and author with decades of experience helping others through mental health crises.

Our conversation takes us through some profound truths about the chatter in our heads, negative self-talk, judgments, and breaking those to live with purpose.

Links to Richard:

About - Brainyites

Your Guide to . . . A Better Way of THINKING (Amazon)

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Life doesn’t come with a Solutions Manual – so we made one! The Solutions Manual Podcast is where we talk about the challenges and solutions to a healthy mind, body, relationships, and career. Featuring super guests with personal stories, the science behind human behaviour change and transformation, and everyday tips for living fully.

Solutions Makers is a bespoke coaching consultancy, offering personalised solutions for physical and mental performance. To learn more and explore your future, get in touch with us here or at solutionsmakers.com.

We are very pleased to welcome Dr Kate Bancroft, Research Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Institute of Population Ageing, for the third episode of our Built for More miniseries. Her primary research applies advanced geospatial modelling to analyse the distribution and accessibility of health and social care services and assets across Oxfordshire. Kate currently works in gerontology but previously worked as a physical education teacher for primary and secondary school children, . Her specialties and

This episode blends science, behavioural change, lived experience, and calls to action for the uncertain future.

Our conversation takes you through:

· How socioeconomic disparities impact healthy ageing

· What it takes to build habits and the deeper why that sustains them

· The insights and expertise gained from working among older populations

· Advice for the young at heart

· And much more!

Thank you, Kate!

Meet Kate: Kate Bancroft | Oxford Institute of Population Ageing

On Longevity: Your foundational guide for achieving longevity

Life doesn’t come with a Solutions Manual – so we made one! The Solutions Manual Podcast is where we talk about the challenges and solutions to a healthy mind, body, relationships, and career. Featuring super guests with personal stories, the science behind human behaviour change and transformation, and everyday tips for living fully.

Solutions Makers is a bespoke coaching consultancy, offering personalised solutions for physical and mental performance. To learn more and explore your future, get in touch with us here or at solutionsmakers.com.

Here’s a little tough love for all of our procrastinators: you need less lies and less excuses.

In this Solutions Manual Short, we give you three simple tips to break your procrastination loop right now and to start enjoying your life without the panic or extra pressure.

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Quick Tips Series (9/30): Procrastination

Life doesn’t come with a solutions manual – so we made one! The Solutions Manual Podcast is where we talk about the challenges and solutions to a healthy mind, body, relationships, and career. Featuring super guests with personal stories, the science behind human behaviour change and transformation, and everyday tips for living fully.

Solutions Makers audits and redesigns how people function for longevity in life and career. Our programmes are bespoke, personal, and rooted in brain health, biology, and behaviour. To learn more and explore your future, get in touch with us here or at solutionsmakers.com.

Our conversation is packed with relatable strategies and learnings for pursuing a path of purpose, taking feedback, the importance of networking, an approach to lifelong learning, and how to balance life, work, family, and health. We also talk about what to do in difficult moments of uncertainty, self-doubt, and testing.

This episode highlights Sheuli’s brilliance as a mentor, business leader, medical leader, advocate, and human.

Thank you, Sheuli, for sharing your brilliance!

Please connect with Sheuli on LinkedIn.

Sheuli is the President of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (FPM) and Director of Actaros Consultancy, Chief Medical Officer at Reinventing Health and Director at PM Life Sciences Consulting. Sheuli is a UK-registered physician who is focused on meaningful development and commercialisation of medicines and digital technologies.

As a Fellow of the FPM, a Global Fellow in Medicine Development with IFAPP and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and holds a number of other advisory roles, she has held senior roles in industry including Executive Director for Research, Medicine and Innovation at the ABPI and medical leadership roles in health tech and pharma companies. A skilled communicator and advocate for sustainable, patient-centric innovation, she is a sought-after speaker and advisor across academia, government, and industry.

Four Thousand Weeks | Oliver Burkeman

Life doesn’t come with a manual – so we made one! The Solutions Manual Podcast is where we talk about the challenges and solutions to a healthy mind, body, relationships, and career. Featuring super guests with personal stories, the science behind human behaviour change and transformation, and everytday tips for living fully.

Solutions Makers audits and redesigns how people function for longevity in life and career. Our programmes are bespoke, personal, and rooted in brain health, biology, and behaviour. To learn more and explore your future, get in touch with us here or at solutionsmakers.com.

Everyone falls into the trap of knowing – thinking that the more you know about something, the more likely you are to have the ability to do it, but without actually doing it. Without doing, competence and confidence become illusions, never having any real world outcome.

In this Solutions Manual Short, we give real examples of this – from flying planes and surgeries, to public speaking and exercising – and how to get your brain out of this loop!

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Quick (ish) Tips Series (19/30): The Trap of Knowing

Instant Confidence

Mastery and Knowledge Levels

Life doesn’t come with a solutions manual – so we made one! The Solutions Manual Podcast is where we talk about the challenges and solutions to a healthy mind, body, relationships, and career. Featuring super guests with personal stories, the science behind human behaviour change and transformation, and everyday tips for living fully.

Solutions Makers is a bespoke coaching consultancy, offering personalised solutions for physical and mental performance and wellbeing. To learn more and explore your future, get in touch with us here or at solutionsmakers.com.

Perfectionism usually stems from learned behaviours in childhood that prevent your adult brain from taking action or doing meaningful things.

There are solutions to address this! Listen for more and test it out.

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Quick Tips Series (7/30): Perfectionsim

Extra Effort Makes you Worse at Your Job (long read)

Welcome to our new Unlocked Leadership mini series! In these candid conversations, we speak with some of the most successful leaders about their career development, turning points, and strategies for sustainable success.

Our first guest is Cristina Hallinan who embodies true leadership in her personal and professional life. Over the past twenty years, she has served in various roles with the global pharmaceutical company and currently leads operations at the company’s largest manufacturing site in the US.

Cristina brings light and wisdom about:

* Knowing oneself and how to give and receive advice

* The mental, emotional, and cognitive benefits of daily physical movement

* Practicing gratitude and genuine appreciation

* What leadership is and how to embody it fully

* Learning from failure and forward-thinking

* And more!

Thank you, Cristina for sharing your insights!

Solutions Makers is a bespoke elite life and executive coaching consultancy, offering personalised solutions for physical, emotional and cognitive resilience. To learn more and explore your future, get in touch with us here or at solutionsmakers.com.

Are you a people pleaser or know someone who is?

Maybe a colleague, manager, cousin, or friend?

People pleasing is a fear-based response that is detrimental to the people pleaser and to those around them.

There are solutions to address this! Listen for more and test it out.

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Quick Tips Series (4/30): People Pleasing

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🥳 Today we celebrate our 1st Birthday! 🎂 Here are some of our achievements from the last 12 months! 📅

📒 2,000+ regular readers of our Solutions Manual

🤝 1000+ hours learning, reading, writing, certifying

🌍 100+ clients in 10 countries

🎧 800+ people (on average) listening to our 20 podcast episodes

👩‍🎓 5 conferences

🧑‍💼 2 high-impact workshops

📻 2 guest podcast appearances

🕸️ 1 new website

🖥️ 1 new AI-based FREE virtual coach trained on our unique methodology

What's coming?

- We are committed to helping even more people in Year 2

- SMS - Solutions Manual Shorts - bite sized podcast to help you solve your everyday challenges

- Keynote Lecture at the United Nations

- New, unique corporate and workplace offerings

- New Signature VIP Partnership program (launching April 2026, in person, in London)

- Work towards publishing our new book

- And many more!