The BALANCE podcast

Eliza Butterworth has been playing Lady Aelswith in The Last Kingdom since she was 21-years-old. After eight years, the series is finally coming to an end and she's now leaving the character behind. In this episode, Eliza discusses what's next, how she deals with rejection in her career, and how she maintains her health and wellbeing while working internationally.

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Martins Imhangbe has been on the acting scene since he left school, but Bridgerton was his first TV experience. His role as bare-knuckle boxer, Will Mondrich, put him in the spotlight. In this episode, Martins explains how he's staying grounded, why he's taking on a plant-based diet, and whether he'd step into the boxing ring in real life.

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In this special International Women's Day episode, we speak to Jess Joy, co-founder of I Am Paying Attention, Cherrelle Skeete, actress and co-founder of Blacktress, and Stephanie Daniels, a menopause coach. They share their insights on three overlooked areas of gender equality (ADHD/Autism diagnoses, being black and female/non-binary, and menopause in the workplace) and what more can be done to #BreakTheBias.

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It’s been eight years since Ella Henderson released her debut album ‘Chapter One’, after appearing on The X-Factor. Since then, she’s suffered from anxiety attacks, focused on her wellbeing, and found love. In this episode, Ella shares how she manages her anxiety, what life is like living in a church, and how she’s used her experiences of mental health to produce her new album: ‘Everything I Didn’t Say’.

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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 followers to 3 million in lockdown. A woman driven by passion, Lily’s cookery books are inspired by the Mediterranean. Lily has kept a balanced life through practising what she preaches, hard work and a great relationship.

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

Hayley (whose dad happens to be David Hasselhoff) is currently contributing fashion and wellbeing editor at Marie Claire UK.

She’s also a fashion stylist who’s worked on This Morning and Good Morning America – and she’s had leading acting roles, including as Amber in ABC’s Huge, where she played a girl with body ...

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 Bare she has created as a brand for rebels and misfits. It’s the physical manifestation of the concept of yoga being for everybody and everybody.

From humble beginnings, Kat envisioned a way of channelling her creativity to find her own way of manag...

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

She’s a London-based therapist, mental health consultant, speaker and author with over a decade's experience working with mental health.

As well as her book, Zoë has created an online 5-week programme that will get your mental health in shape. 

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We sit down with one of the truly great Britons: the iconic Barry Hearn.

The self-made sports promoter talks about an extraordinary life packed with ups and downs - with the ups proving genre-defining.

Barry is a hugely inspiring figure, having made his fortune from his proud working-class roots with hard work, passion, a lust for life and a never-say-die attitude putting him on top of the world.

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 internationally acclaimed and much-loved psychotherapist, intuitive healer, mentor and Life teacher. We talk about Fiona's remarkable journey into wellbeing, and what her thoughts are as we all come out of lockdown.

To find out more about Fiona and to work with her, please visit her site to find...

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 an inspiration to so many and how she will continue to inspire. This makes for an incredibly powerful and very special episode.

Shadow & Bone is out now on Netflix. And you can follow Jessie on Instagram here.

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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: Killing Eve, Les Miserables, The Pale Horse and, now, global smash The Irregulars on Netflix. Yet he somehow undercuts everything with winning self-deprecation.

It was a pleasure to chat with Henry, who truly lifts the lid on the world of acting.

The Irregulars is available to watch now on N...

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

Here, the wellbeing influencer, nutritional therapist and author talks about finding her calling, her work with BetterYou and much more.

Feeling stressed or anxious? Madeleine's soothing tone will change all that.

To find out more about Madeleine's work with BetterYou, please visit here.