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The BALANCE podcast

Welcome to the BALANCE podcast, from the team behind the award-winning wellness and lifestyle media brand, BALANCE.In each episode, we chat with luminaries from entertainment, wellness, spor...

Episodes

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Episode 152: Francesca Specter on enjoying time alone

Francesca Specter is a journalist and author of 'Alonement: How to be Alone and Absolutely Own it' . She came up with the concept of aloneme...

42:18May 9, 2022

Episode 151: Eliza Butterworth on health away from home

Eliza Butterworth has been playing Lady Aelswith in The Last Kingdom since she was 21-years-old. After eight years, the series is finally co...

45:06Apr 4, 2022

Episode 150: Martins Imhangbe on boxing and Bridgerton

Martins Imhangbe has been on the acting scene since he left school, but Bridgerton was his first TV experience. His role as bare-knuckle box...

35:09Mar 21, 2022

Episode 149: International Women's Day Special

In this special International Women's Day episode, we speak to Jess Joy, co-founder of I Am Paying Attention, Cherrelle Skeete, actress and...

51:52Mar 8, 2022

Episode 148: Ella Henderson on overcoming anxiety

It’s been eight years since Ella Henderson released her debut album ‘Chapter One’, after appearing on The X-Factor . Since then, she’s suffe...

53:26Mar 4, 2022

Episode 147: Lilly Sabri the physio turned fitness influencer with a 3 million plus following

In this episode we talk about the reality of being a rising star in the world of fitness influencing, and hear how Lily turned 30,000 follow...

43:20Oct 25, 2021

Episode 146: Mark Livings, founder and brains behind Lyre’s a tasteful range of booze-free spirits

Mark Livings is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and brains behind a wonderful new range of alcohol-free spirits. He talks candidly abou...

28:06Oct 8, 2021

Episode 145: Hayley Hasselhoff on exploring the importance of acceptance, and staying grounded.

Actor, model, and body positive activist Hayley Hasselhoff is known for being one of the world’s leading Curve models. Hayley (whose dad hap...

38:46Aug 23, 2021

Episode 144: Kat Pither on managing anxiety and PTSD through yoga and wellbeing

Kat Pither is the 31-year-old founder of Yogi Bare, 500-hour certified yoga teacher and wellness journalist and writer. Kat says with Yogi B...

45:31Aug 16, 2021

Episode143: The mental health workout

Zoë Aston, is the author of Your Mental Health Workout: A 5-Week Programme to a Healthier, Happier Mind ( https://yourmentalhealthworkout.co...

40:44Aug 9, 2021

Episode 142: Peter Maciver says hard graft and a focus on results is why PMAC fitness is so successful

Peter Maciver, aka, PMAC, runs a successful fitness business coaching clients on and off line ( https://www.pmacfitness.com/ ). His clients...

36:53Aug 1, 2021

Episode 141: Freddie Fox on breaking through and taking risks

It's my final episode of the BALANCE podcast (this is James typing here) - but the podcast will continue! So there was no one better to welc...

51:38Jul 5, 2021

Episode 140: Gennaro Contaldo on a life of food, eternal youth and his beloved Parmigiano Reggiano

What a man. What a life. What energy. We chat with the great Gennaro Contaldo about a remarkable life dominated by his great passion: food....

44:37Jun 21, 2021

Episode 139: Barry Hearn on success, self-betterment and leaving a legacy

We sit down with one of the truly great Britons: the iconic Barry Hearn. The self-made sports promoter talks about an extraordinary life pac...

56:08Jun 7, 2021

Episode 138: Fiona Arrigo on healing in a changing world and what we can do to help

We chat with one of the icons of the world of wellbeing: the great Fiona Arrigo. Fiona is founder of The Arrigo Programme, she is an interna...

56:56May 24, 2021

Episode 137: Alan Dolan on being the Breath Guru and how breathwork can change our lives

Talk about a timely episode: we chat with renowned breath guru to the stars: the remarkable Alan Dolan. To find out more about Alan - includ...

1:00:41May 10, 2021

Episode 136: Nikesh Patel on the key tenets for making decisions, diversity and Starstruck

Egads - what a pleasure it was for BALANCE to chat with the sort of chap you'd take home to meet your mum: the great Nikesh Patel. We chat N...

59:57May 3, 2021

Episode 135: Jessie Mei Li on inspiring, living truthfully and hit show Shadow & Bone

Say hello to your new favourite person: the great Jessie Mei Li. Jessie makes for warm and wonderful company as we chat her life, how she is...

53:27Apr 26, 2021

Episode 134: Henry Lloyd-Hughes on maintaining one's mental health in showbusiness and hit show The Irregulars

Henry Lloyd-Hughes has a career to die for - but you wouldn't know it to spend time in his company. Henry has shone in hit after hit: Killin...

1:11:17Apr 19, 2021

Episode 133: Madeleine Shaw on find her calling, fertility and Better You

Madeleine Shaw is positive force of nature - listen for yourself. Talk about someone who has found their calling in life! Here, the wellbein...

57:16Apr 12, 2021