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You’ll spend roughly 30% of your entire life asleep. Why do we sleep? Well, the much of the science of sleep is a mystery, but the restorative functions that it brings are as important as any aspect of your routine. It’s vital that you sleep well.

Sleep deprivation can make you snappy, depressed, impulsive and more.

You need to pay attention to your sleep. Here’s why… Enjoy the show!

Show Notes and Links

• Follow Ed’s amateur karting team on Facebook
• Go and see the film Gravity now! Go!
• We talked about meditation quite a bit… more here in last week’s meditation special
• What happens to your body while you’re asleep?
• The circadian rhythm
• Shiftwork health effects
• Do you microsleep?
• Ghrelin – ‘The Hunger Hormone’
• Sleepiness and dehydration
• Napping. The Four Hour Body – How to get 8 Hours of sleep in just Four Hours
• The Napping Habits of 8 Famous Men

Resource of the Week

• Sean recommends Paul McKenna’s brilliant (if slightly aggressively titled) I Can Make You Sleep.
• Ed encourages you to read the Five Best Sleep Tracking Gadgets or Apps. Particular nod to the Jawbone Up gadget that links to your smart phone. Amazing.

Stay in Touch

We’re all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch:

• Follow Live in the Present on Twitter and Facebook for daily doses of inspiration
• Follow presenter Edward Lamb on Twitter
• Follow therapist Sean Orford on Facebook and Twitter
• Subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes

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What’s Coming This Episode?

Meditation can be an oasis of calm in the madness of life. For thousands of years, human beings have been using meditation to gain a better understanding of themselves and the world around them. For a few years now, the ever-growing team at Headspace have been spreading the message of meditation via their wonderful guides recordings.

We’re delighted to welcome Dr David Cox, Chief Medical Officer at Headspace, onto our show this week to talk about some of the science behind meditation. Part 2 of our Meditation Special features the full version of the interview that Sean and Ed recorded.

Some of the questions asked:

• How long should a person meditate for
• Is meditation affecting medication levels for  conditions such as depression, anxiety, etc.
• How many users does Headspace work with? Do people stick with it?
• Does Headspace work for all religious beliefs?
• What is the future for Headspace?

Enjoy the show! Links and show notes below as ever (part 1 available here…).

Show Notes and Links

• “Andy Puddicombe is doing for meditation what Jamie Oliver has done for food” – Headspace in the New York Times
• David’s profile on the Headspace site
• The science behind mindfulness 
• Meditation brain scans
• Arianna Huffington and The Third Metric
• Emma Watson loves Headspace
• Andy on Dr. Oz interview on US TV

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Resource of the Week

Well it has to be Headspace doesn’t it? Visit the website, grab the app for your smart phone or follow them on Facebook/Twitter for more.

Stay in Touch

We’re all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch:

• Follow Live in the Present on Twitter and Facebook for daily doses of inspiration
• Follow presenter Edward Lamb on Twitter
• Follow therapist Sean Orford on Facebook and Twitter
• Subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes

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Is it just us or does everyone seem stressed these days? Are we all just working too darn hard? Stress is an interesting thing in that it doesn’t really exist; it’s something that we create ourselves. With that realisation comes the power to wave goodbye to it at any moment. So… how stressed are you?

Are you really stressed? Are you sure you’re not just overly busy? If things are getting out of control then there are some great ways to bring your energy back to where it should be.

Enjoy the show!

Show Notes and Links

• Sean has been working with the team at Rethink again. You really should check them out.
• 1400 new brain cells a day when you’re learning
• Stress Is Actually Good For You – You’re joking right? A great blog post by our friend Jo Casey.
• A clip from This is Spinal Tap, a wonderful music documentary 🙂
• A bit more about the ‘Overload/Underload‘ effect that Sean discussed
• ‘Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.’ Great quote by good ol’ Epictetus.
• The Physical Effects of Long-Term Stress
• Here’s The Thing Podcast with Jerry Seinfeld, who talks about meditation towards the end
• … more about this at the official Transcendental Meditation website
• Meditation Oasis is a great place to start for children’s meditation
• Calm.com is the perfect place to go for a quick meditation fix

Resource of the Week

• Sean has a very relevant resource this week – the Anti-Stress App for iPad
• Ed has been using the Instant Heart Rate app for iPhone. There are loads of them in the App Store so take your pic but this one is good as, if you pay for the full version, it allows you to track your heart rate over time.

Stay in Touch

We’re all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch:

• Follow Live in the Present on Twitter and Facebook for daily doses of inspiration
• Follow presenter Edward Lamb on Twitter
• Follow therapist Sean Orford on Facebook and Twitter
• Subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes

Leave us an Honest Review on iTunes

We’d be amazingly grateful if you could leave us a review on iTunes. It will really help us to build our audience. So, if your like what you hear (and would like to hear more great free content) then visit our iTunes page and leave us an honest review (all feedback gratefully received!).

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What’s Coming This Episode?

A guru is defined, quite simply, as someone ‘who imparts initiations’. Guess what that means? YOU ARE A GURU! Yep, you are a teacher and you have an impact on every person that you have ever met or hope to meet.

On the flip side, maybe it’s time to look at who it is that you spend the most time with and assess whether those relationships are positive or negative. Deep. Don’t forget about Mandel, Mother Theresa and Ghandi too, of course.

Enjoy the show!

Show Notes and Links

• We’ve been nominated for an award! If you can do the same that would be SWELL. Of all of the categories, we think the ‘Religion/Inspiration’ is the best fit for The Self Help Podcast. Here’s the link 🙂
• Sean loves the Melvyn Bragg podcast
• Ed recommends you get on to Here’s The Thing and The Property Podcast
• Rethink Mental Illness helps millions of people affected by mental illness by challenging attitudes, changing lives
• Here’s the view from our window in London!
• Educating Yorkshire on Channel 4 is superb
• Paul Eddington: A Life Well Lived
• The story of Richard Branson is a good one

Resource of the Week

• Sean suggests that you take ‘the guru test’. Check out this cool website.
• Ed demands that you all install the TED Talks app (iPhone or Android) or bookmark the website. Guru in your pocket!

Stay in Touch

We’re all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch:

• Follow Live in the Present on Twitter and Facebook for daily doses of inspiration
• Follow presenter Edward Lamb on Twitter
• Follow therapist Sean Orford on Facebook and Twitter
• Subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes

Leave us an Honest Review on iTunes

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What’s Coming This Episode?

How’s your relationship? We all have our good and bad days and it’s hard to stay on track, but there are certain things that we can all do to help ourselves (and the ones we love). This episode is full of rock solid advice for those in relationships (and for those who aren’t – there are lessons here for all who interact with other human beings). Hint: communication is a big one here.

Ed’s been to a wedding where he danced like crazy and ended up with a tie wrapped around his head. Sean is gearing up for some singing with friends. What a pair.

Enjoy the show!

Show Notes and Links

• Thanks to Good Podcast for reviewing our show, both on iTunes and their website. Incredible! Great resource
• The relationships that last longer than marriage by Vanessa Barford
• Living with anxiety: Britain’s silent epidemic by Rachel Cooke
• Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. The next big thing in the world of professional therapy?
• Seinfeld – The Story of Festivus, an alternative to Christmas
• We used a great article on Psychology Today in the show this week – 10 Ways to Nurture Your Relationship
• Follow the Kindness Challenge on our Facebook page
• Ed was given the chance to talk about Mont Blanc. Here’s his story.

Resource of the Week

• Sean recommends a book called Getting the Love that You Want by Dr Harville Hendrix
• Ed has been playing with Lumosity on his iPhone. Get on it and supercharge your brain

Stay in Touch

We’re all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch:

• Follow Live in the Present on Twitter and Facebook for daily doses of inspiration
• Follow presenter Edward Lamb on Twitter
• Follow therapist Sean Orford on Facebook and Twitter
• Subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes

Leave us an Honest Review on iTunes

We’d be amazingly grateful if you could leave us a review on iTunes. It will really help us to build our audience. So, if your like what you hear (and would like to hear more great free content) then visit our iTunes page and leave us an honest review (all feedback gratefully received!).