The Big Life Podcast

Douglas is the author of eight books on business and wealth creation, including the highly acclaimed ‘Virus Proof Your Small Business’. He is a business coach and multiple award-winning speaker who has been featured repeatedly on CNBC Africa and published in Forbes and Entrepreneur magazines. In this episode, we explore the practical things you can do to help your business survive the COVID-19 crisis as well as some of the principles of wealth creation.

In this episode, we are turning the spotlight on vitamin D and what we need to know about it. Vitamin D is known as the sunshine vitamin because we synthesise this important vitamin from exposure to the sun as well as from our diet. Vitamin D deficiency is so widespread these days with an estimated one billion people across the world with low vitamin D levels. In this episode, we take a closer look at vitamin D, it's health benefits, measuring your vitamin D levels, supplementation and safety guidelines.

Aligning your goals and values gives you a bigger ‘why’ for achieving those goals. There are more compelling reasons and you are more ‘fired up’ to take consistent, daily action in order to move towards your goals. You’ll also enjoy the process more which will help you stay motivated and to work around obstacles as they arise, helping you to achieve your goals faster. In this podcast, we are looking at how to align your values and goals to give you the best chance of success.

In this episode, we are talking about diet and nutrition and our guest is Matt Lovell. Matt is a performance nutrition consultant and has worked with clients such as the English Rugby team, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City Football team, as well as the British Olympic team, and Georgia National Rugby Team. In this episode, Matt provides some tips and advice on what is important in terms of nutrition, training performance and physique transformation as well as the common pitfalls to avoid.

Despite the rapid advances in medical science in the last 100 years, there is no effective vaccine to prevent or cure the common cold. There are various vitamins, minerals and herbal supplements being touted as a means to either prevent colds or reduce the symptoms. Can we really prevent and treat the common cold with nutritional supplements. In this episode, we take a closer look at the evidence and learn about the most promising nutritional supplements that can help to prevent and treat the common cold.

The Mediterranean diet has long been considered to be one of the world’s healthiest dietary patterns for its benefits on cardiovascular and heart health. In this episode, we'll be taking a closer look at the health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet, the research that supports these health benefits, and how we can adopt a Mediterranean style diet into our daily lives.

Claire Dorotik-Nana is the author of the book LEVERAGE: The Science of Turning Setbacks into Springboards and she also writes the blog Leveraging Adversity on Psych Central. Claire is a licensed therapist specializing in optimal experiences and positive self-growth. She is also a marathon runner and ultra-runner. In this episode, Claire shares her story about how she struggled with her own adversity and how she has helped many individuals and families realise that growth can result from setbacks.

In this episode, we are in conversation with Kev McNamara. Kev is an author, entrepreneur, natural nutrition advocate, a long-time practitioner of meditation, and a keen swimmer and runner. In this show, you’ll hear Kev talk about overcoming prostate cancer naturally with nutrition and meditation. He also talks about the tragedy of losing his daughter and his mindset for managing adversity. Kev’s story, while very sad and emotional at times, is also incredibly inspiring and uplifting.

In this show, we are focusing in on environment and health and we're taking a closer look at the health benefits of going to the beach. You may have heard about negative ions and many of the reported health claims about these. We'll be asking the question: "Do negative ions really have health benefits or is it just media hype?" We'll also take a closer look at how the sea air and the sounds of nature can benefit our health and the science behind this.

Project Big Life is about living life to the full, striving for excellence and realising our full potential. It's about mindset, nutrition and fitness that all contribute to a healthy, active and long life. It's ultimately about the freedom to live life on our own terms and follow our own path to fulfilment, being authentic to ourselves. ​