Give Me Strength with Alice Liveing
What makes a strong person to you? Bestselling author and personal trainer Alice Liveing interviews extraordinary people about the importance of building mental and physical resilience and how this can empower us to live happier, stronger lives. You can find more about Alice on Instagram @aliceliveing, on Twitter @aliceliveing_ Give Me Strength, this has been an Insanity Podcasts production.
Episodes
May 30, 2023 • 55 mins
Anna Richardson has over 20 years’ experience at the heart of British Broadcasting and is an established household name and award winning writer and presenter. She began her TV life as a journalist on the Big Breakfast, Channel 4’s most successful breakfast show. A trusted and experienced broadcaster, she is as comfortable hosting popular Factual Entertainment shows such as Channel 4’s headline grabbing Naked Attraction - as she is...
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May 23, 2023 • 52 mins
Chessie is a seasoned presenter, content creator and the founder of ‘Welcome to Babyhood’.
Helping, nurturing and supporting people is something Chessie feels she was born to do. Originally beginning by sharing fitness content in 2014, Chessie’s focus has shifted towards supporting and empowering women with her storytelling, bringing joy to her followers and leaving them feeling connected and less alone with their personal experie...
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May 16, 2023 • 57 mins
Shona Vertue is an Australian badass with a good ass; a personal trainer and yoga teacher with over 400k followers on Instagram and one of the most popular yoga channels in the UK on YouTube. Together in this episode Shona and Alice unpack what drove Shona into her fitness journey and how she keeps herself and clients motivated to keep going every day, even in the UK's cold and dark winter mornings. Shona also discusses the 'evolut...
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Dr Frankie Jackson-Spence graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2018 with an honours degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB). Now, Dr Frankie is working full time in the NHS and has a keen interest in cancer clinical trials. Alongside her NHS work, she runs an educational social media page @DrFrankieJS where she busts all the common health myths through her #MedicalMondays and evidence based wellbeing content. In this episo...
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May 2, 2023 • 57 mins
Sarah is a qualified and accredited psychotherapist. After struggling with binge eating disorder and episodes of bulimia for more than a decade, she has specialised in helping others recover from binge eating. In 2020 she self-published her book, I Can’t Stop Eating, which reached the Amazon bestsellers list. Together in this episode, Alice and Sarah discuss the different triggers of binge eating and why abstaining from binge eatin...
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April 26, 2023 • 59 mins
Hayley has a degree in Sports and Exercise Science BSc (Hons), and was a secondary school PE Teacher for 4 years. She now teaches through her online live workout app and community called Health With Hayley. She enjoys opening up the conversation around taboo subjects such as periods, self-love and empowers women to do the same! In this episode, Hayley and Alice discuss how bodybuilding impacted Hayley's life personally and professi...
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April 19, 2023 • 70 mins
Andy Vincent has worked as a fitness coach for 20 years who has worked alongside some of the best strength & conditioning coaches, performance coaches, bodybuilders and biomechanics specialists that the world has to offer. On this weeks episode, Alice opened up her Instagram question box to you guys for Andy to answer your burning questions. Alice and Andy cover SO much ground in this episode including, hunger and biology, shreddin...
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April 12, 2023 • 49 mins
WARNING: This episode contains mention of suicide, please listen at your own discretion.
Dr Rhona Eskander is an award-winning cosmetic dentist in London specialising in Invisalign and facial aesthetics. From a boutique practice in the heart of Kensington and Chelsea, trailblazing Dr Rhona Eskander is shaking up dentistry with a fresh approach to smile transformations. In this episode, Alice and Rhona discuss how important it is t...
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April 5, 2023 • 54 mins
Kirsten Jackson is a Consultant Gastroenterology Dietitian and founder of The Food Treatment Clinic. After FINALLY being diagnosed with Coeliac's disease herself in her early twenties and dealing with countless doctors making her feel unheard, she used this determination to study and become a gastroenterology dietitian so she could help others. Together in this episode, Alice and Kirsten discuss IBS and what are the common causes, ...
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March 29, 2023 • 63 mins
Immunologist Dr Jenna Macciochi specialises in understanding how nutrition, movement and lifestyle interact with the immune system in health and disease. Together on this episode, Alice and Jenna discuss tips and tricks on how to improve your immune system within your lifestyle choices and your surroundings. Alice gets to the bottom of myths on things like whether some people are just susceptible to getting certain illnesses like c...
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March 22, 2023 • 55 mins
Dr Anjali Mahto is Alice's very own dermatologist and author of best-selling book, The Skincare Bible. Together, Alice and Dr Anjali deep dive into how to care for your skin, Alice's own journey with Isotretinoin (Roaccutane) and they discuss the myths about Isotretinoin and how it has it's place to treat patients in their acne journey. Dr Anjali also educates us on how diet and your skin aren't directly related and she talks us th...
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March 15, 2023 • 36 mins
Milly Pickles is a content creator, motivational speaker and fitness and disability advocate. Milly lost the lower part of her right leg 5 years ago after a horrible accident left her in hospital for 3 months. In this episode Alice and Milly discuss how Milly overcame the trauma of losing her leg and how she used fitness to find herself again. Milly also discusses how she uses journalling to help with her mind and the importance of...
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March 8, 2023 • 58 mins
Natalie Lue is the author of The Joy Of Saying No which is a simple lan to stop people pleasing, reclaim boundaries, and say yes to the life you want. Natalie and Alice discuss boundaries, the benefits and disadvantages of being a people pleaser. Natalie also explains how workforces would collapse without people pleasers and how companies exploit their employee's who are people pleasers.
Natalie's book 'The Joy Of Saying No' is out...
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March 1, 2023 • 40 mins
Alice is delighted to be joined by Clinical Psychologist Dr. Kirren to unpack health anxiety.
Together, they discuss what "health anxiety" actually means, symptoms, causes, and treatment and coping options.
Dr. Kirren's Suggested Resources:
Health Anxiety Self-Help Resources - Information Sheets & Workbooks
Health Anxiety.pdf (ntw.nhs.uk)
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February 22, 2023 • 59 mins
Dr Sophie Bostock is a sleep specialist who is fascinated by sleep. Sophie studied medicine at Nottingham University and then went on to study an MSC in entrepreneurship. After several years in consulting she completed a PhD in health phycology at UCL and was investigating why happiness was affected by heart disease. Sophie’s research on sleep then went on to point to why sleep is an unsung hero of mental and physical resilience. S...
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February 15, 2023 • 50 mins
Khadijah Mellah is the first hijab wearing jockey in a competitive British horse race. Despite being new to horse racing, she went on to win the Magnolia cup. Her story was the subject of an amazing TV documentary called Riding Dream and her story continues to inspire others to take risks and overcome adversity. Alice and Khadijah discuss how she got into horse racing from a tiny stables in south London that she was on a waiting li...
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February 8, 2023 • 44 mins
Michelle Griffith-Robinson is a Great British Olympian, personal trainer and life style coach who manages to balance it all as a mum of three children. In this episode, Michelle and Alice discuss how to break down barriers, turning being told no into next and where Michelle get’s her motivation from. Michelle also opens up about a poignant moment in her career after failing to qualify for the Sydney Olympics and how she had a momen...
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February 1, 2023 • 61 mins
Luke Worthington is one of the most sought after personal trainers in the world. Luke is a qualified sports scientist, trainer, nutritionist and strength and conditioning specialist with over 20 years experience in the health and fitness industry. On top of all of this, Luke currently works with some of the biggest A list celebrities in the world. In this episode, Alice and Luke delve into the importance of being fit and well in yo...
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January 25, 2023 • 53 mins
Dr Emilia Thompson is a Registered Nutritionist, Educator, Mentor and Meditation Teacher within the health, fitness and wellness space with a BSc in Sports Biomedicine, MSc in Sport and Exercise Nutrition, PhD in Exercise Physiology, PGCAP in higher education. Alice and Dr Emilia open up the discussion on binge eating on an extremely vulnerable episode by talking openly about how it can be learned behaviour from friends and family ...
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January 18, 2023 • 49 mins
Paula Radcliffe is a 3x winner of the London and New York marathon as well as winning the Chicago marathon. As well as being winner of the BBC’s Sports Personality Of The Year, Paula was previously the fastest woman of all time for the marathon distance. Paula and Alice discuss how she got into running from a young age and how her parents helped support her through that journey. Paula also opens up about her daughters cancer diagno...
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