The BALANCE podcast

Viva, Craig Roberts! As today is World Mental Health Day, we have recorded this special episode with one of Britain's brightest talents in Craig.

The Submarine star has now written and directed Eternal Beauty - a beautiful film starring the great Sally Hawkins that explores paranoid schizophrenia. Such is the meticulous work carried out by Craig and those around him that this is possibly the most accurate portrayal of that particular mental disorder ever committed to film.

Craig also opens up about anxiety, and reveals something that has helped: playing Pro Evolution Soccer! He even became the seventh greatest player in the world - yes, really!

This is a glorious episode of the podcast - we love Craig so much, and know you will too.

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They're an iconic dance act. So how did Above & Beyond come to create an album inspired by yoga, meditation and wellbeing?

If you're yet to listen to latest album Flow State, then you're in for a treat. You can listen to it via the band's official site here.

We sit down with Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamäki from Above & Beyond - as well as renowned yogi Elena Brower - to talk about how they came to create their new album and much more. Struggling with writer's block? Tony shares tips he got from REM frontman Michael Stipe.

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Happy National Poetry Day! To mark this special day, we sat down with one of Britain's most exciting talents from the world of poetry: the great Charly Cox.

This is such a beautiful episode, with Charly making for wonderfully candid company. Charly talks about the creative process, her mental health, how the poetry world has reacted to her breakout success and much more.

And Charly even closes the episode with a reading from her new book Validate Me.

Her new book Validate Me is strongly recommended and can be bought here.

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It's always nice to be able to tell someone directly that you think they're brilliant - and Balance did just that with actor Nina Toussaint-White.

Nina explains how she did the hard yards on British soaps before breaking through via the likes of Uncle, global BBC smash Bodyguard and now new Virgin show The Feed.

She also reveals how she still juggles teaching yoga with acting.

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Hankies at the ready! This gets a bit "sobby" (although just from me, I hasten to add).

Ian Wright talks candidly about anger and the vital role of therapy in helping him channel that fire.

The Crystal Palace, Arsenal and England icon chats about his background, how he came to professional football relatively late having come via non-league football and the building trade. As Paul Gascoigne said to him just before his England debut: "Wrighty is going to cry."

And Balance gets to tell Ian what he means to them - and to the wider world. How a young man with anger issues from a broken home and working class family can carry the hopes and dreams of people way beyond his own London upbringing.

This week is #EyeWeek - Ian has been urging people to get their eyes tested. Visit the SpecSavers site to find out more.

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Strap in for the nicest man ever: Max La Manna.

This zero waste chef, sustainability advocate, environmentalist and author makes for funny, informative and utterly endearing company.

His new book More Plants Less Waste is out now.

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Maro Itoje is one of the most exciting things to happen to English rugby in a while.

Explosive, dynamic and innately likeable, the tyro has built up a special rapport with fans, while hoovering up trophies left, right and centre.

Balance sat down with the lovable man mountain ahead of the rugby World Cup.

Huge thanks to Simba Sleep - Maro is a Simba ambassador. Rugby player Maro Itoje has teamed up with SIMBA’S #TryFor8 campaign and new SIMBA Sleep app, which helps improve sleep performance

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Caroline Penney is a parenting specialist and family therapist. Caroline is also great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud and great-niece of Anna Freud and, crucially for us, the author of the brilliant Parenting Toolkit.

As you'll discover, Caroline makes for incredibly warm, insightful and funny company. And we imagine you'd want to know that you can buy her book here.

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We chat with WellToDo founder Lauren Armes on how you you can set about getting a career in wellness.

Lauren also reveals how she came to get into wellness and launch WellToDo, a company that helps businesses and careers in the wellness industry.

Also - Balance and WellToDo are hosting a careers event on Wednesday 18 September. Find out more here.

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Deepak Chopra is guest on the Balance podcast. Yes, really. Deepak Chopra. We're excited too.

The godfather of wellbeing makes for spellbinding company as we talk about his new book Metahuman and much more.

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