The Tony Wrighton Podcast

Today, tapping into the hidden unconscious, and how this can boost our energy, vitality and motivation.

It's not dark… it's the hidden but helpful and powerful part of the mind that we can access and understand through experimental science. Dr Bargh presents an engaging and enlightening tour of the influential psychological forces that are at work as we go about our daily lives – checking a dating app, holding a cup of hot coffee or getting a flu jab.

In this podcast we cover

• Getting better at chess, and stuff.
• Tapping into power of unconscious.
• Online time and how it cuts your mind in half (not literally!)
• Subliminal ways of hacking into the mind.
• And loads more.

If you can really improve your energy and vitality levels simply by tweaking your diet, why don't we do it more often? Michelle Berriedale-Johnson is a very well-known name in the health and food space. She owns foodmatters.com, runs the Free From Awards, is an author and has a publishing company too. In a podcast of two halves, we talk;

• Optimising your diet for energy
• How sleep and screens tie in with diet
• General diet related stuff to help you push your vitality levels up to 100.

Then we go in depth with;

• The Low Histamine Diet
• Low Histamine recipes
• The Free from awards.
• Berriedale books.
• Other projects.

Brett Moran lives the dream, and he's live in Thailand today. I however am not live in Thailand, but in a wet West London.

Brett has had a rollercoaster of a life. Prison, he says, was the best thing that ever happened him. And he sees his adversity as a blessing in disguise.

So how does he turn negatives into positives?

Check out my two websites, http://tonywrighton.com/ and https://histamineintolerance.net/

Today's Zestology guest is fantastic and his focus is living peacefully.

He has a lot of followers in America, India, and all over the world, and spoke at the first ever Glastonbury Festival (or Glastonbury Fayre as it was known then) and you'll enjoy hearing his stories about that. Now Penguin Life have published his book Peace is Possible: Thoughts on Happiness, Success and Relationships for a Deeper Understanding of Life and they set up this interview so I could meet Prem.

Here's a bit more about him:

Global peace ambassador Prem Rawat has spent his entire life travelling the world to deliver one timeless message: peace is possible. He began speaking about peace when he was just 4 years old and his extraordinary passion for each has inspired millions of people over the last five decades.

Enjoy - thank you to Prem, and as always head to the website for more Zestology updates throughout the week. And for more on Prem, visit www.premrawat.com

Check out my two websites, http://tonywrighton.com/ and https://histamineintolerance.net/

I met one of the world's foremost sleep researchers and experts, Matthew Walker at his Airbnb in London when he was over recently. Ironically, his rented flat was opposite Tiger Tiger which closes at 4am. So the world's top sleep guru hadn't had a great night's sleep.

It was the perfect chance for him to talk me through his own sleep schedule, as well as look at other important sleep issues including;

• The best time to go to sleep

• The optimum way to prepare in the final hour before bed

• The perils of bad sleep (frankly terrifying)

• How to deal with insomnia

• Sleep tips for parents (I need these)

• The importance of bright light exposure.

• The truth about sunglasses (surprising - if you are a sunglasses wearer make sure you listen)

• Getting the temperature right in your bedroom. (Clue - the older you get, the cooler it needs to be.)

I'm sure that after listening to this you'll change more than one thing about your bedtime routine. And if you enjoy it, perhaps you'll share it with someone else you know who could do with a better night's sleep.

Is a Carnivore diet good for you? Is it sustainable? Would it destroy the environment, even if it is helpful for you and your health?

Joining me is the man who eats liver, duck eggs and cooked fat for breakfast

And he has salad in his name, yet doesn't touch it.

Top Salad-dodger Paul Saladino of the foremost names in the carnivore community

He was trained at the University of Arizona with a focus on Integrative Medicine, obtaining his M.D. in 2015. He is a certified Functional Medicine practitioner (IFMCP) through the Institute for Functional Medicine.

I'm not spiritual. Should I be? It's a dilemma. I feel connected to the world, to others, perhaps even to a higher purpose. But I struggle to describe myself as spiritual. Maybe Martina Coogan could help.

Do we need to be spiritual to live a good life? Is it even worth thinking about such higher concepts?

Martina Coogan runs the Modern Mystery School here in London. They run huge seminars and workshops all focused on spiritual awareness and personal empowerment. She has taught in Ireland, England, Sweden, Turkey, USA, Canada, Singapore, South Africa and the Middle East.

Over the years, through her healings and teachings, Martina has enabled many people to rediscover and remember their true selves. She has reignited the spark within many, and empowered them to live their lives with love and joy, striving to achieve their highest and truest potential.

It's another ZestHacks episode, featuring the world's cleanest vodka, an update on the Footpads we spoke about last week, zero drop footwear that my feet love (this is an ongoing quest), the top clean sunscreen, a great way to cook healthy with my top gadget currently, and an eco-friendly clothing brand we love.

Starting with the vodka. The idea is that the less impurities in an alcohol, the less likely you are to react to it. In other words, the less likely it is to give you a stinking hangover. And I am unfortunately Mr Sensitive these days when it comes to booze. But I might have cracked it with my new fave voddie. Listen on to find out more.

Health hacks, biohacks and life hacks coming up including:

Footpads that draw the toxins out of your feet, and the amazing story around this.

Amber necklaces and the history and power behind them (i am sceptical of these!)

Meditation and how it dramatically reduces your pulse rate

What happens when poker players don't trust their instinct?

And lots more.

As always it was brilliant to chat with friend of the show Dr. Stephen Simpson.

A life based on experiences instead of stuff. That certainly appeals. How about all this...

• Less stuff.
• More simplicity
• Helping the environment
• More energy for the things that matter
• And saving money

Think waste-free living is depriving, time consuming, costly, or simply reserved for hermits living in the deep countryside? Think again.

With a blog turned bestselling book and talks throughout the world, Bea Johnson has debunked those misconceptions and inspired a global movement. Join hundreds of thousands of others in enjoying a richer life based on experiences instead of stuff.