Vinnie Tortorich is an American fitness expert, author, and podcast host known for his no-nonsense approach to health and weight loss. A former elite endurance athlete and Hollywood trainer, he has spent decades helping clients transform their bodies through his “NSNG” (No Sugar, No Grains) lifestyle.

He is the author of Fitness Confidential and host of the long-running Fitness Confidential Podcast, where he blends practical advice with straight-talking honesty. Vinnie’s philosophy is simple: cut the sugar, ditch the grains, and take responsibility for your health.

Key points of the episode:

• His odd strategy for book success!
• The protocol of working with Hollywood celebrities.
• How he is not angry with people but angry on their behalf!
• Myths busted.
• A surprising analogy for weight loss.
• Why some foods fill you up and some don't.
• Why vegans get very upset with him.
• Why modern day food is addictive.
• The strange objection from most people given modern day time saving devices.
• The crazy average time per day we spend looking at our phones.
• His thoughts on intermittent fasting - the good and bad way to do it.
• Why being on Oprah was a low point!
• The real reason he does all this. It's poignant.
• The side effects of weight loss jabs.

Reach out for more information here:

www.vinnietortorich.com

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Dr Sian Williams is a Welsh journalist, broadcaster, and Chartered Counselling Psychologist, best known for her long career in British television and radio. She spent over a decade as a presenter on BBC Breakfast and later became the lead anchor of Channel 5 News, building a reputation as one of the UK’s most trusted news faces.

Alongside her broadcasting career, she retrained in psychology, earning a doctorate in Counselling Psychology and working within the NHS and private practice to support people dealing with trauma, stress, and anxiety.

Her latest book is The Sunday Times Best Seller, The Power of Anxiety: How to Ride the Worry Wave. It’s a practical book about living well with anxiety, recognising and nurturing our unique and powerful sensitivity and learning to understand how anxiety can work for and against us. Because as Jon Kabat Zinn says - we can’t stop the waves but we can learn to surf.

Praise for the book:
‘As a champion catastrophizer, I can confirm that this book is a godsend’ Dawn French
‘A must read and a great companion’ Zoe Ball
‘Terrific... If I could eat a book it would be this one’ Derren Brown
‘A wise, warm, compassionate guide to living well with anxiety’ Emma Freud
‘A chill pill in book form’ Kathy Lette

Dr Sian now combines both worlds, presenting programmes such as BBC Radio 4’s Life Changing while also writing and speaking on mental health.

A rare hybrid of newsroom calm and therapy-room empathy, she’s essentially someone who’s spent a lifetime telling stories… and now helps people rewrite their own.

• How we all live with anxiety to some degree.
• How (particularly since Covid) it has been easier to withdraw.
• The amygdalae and how they operate in the body.
• Three different types of people and their optimal environments.
• How self silencing will ultimately damage us.
• A beautiful thought for the next generation.
• A story about a drummer in a famous band.
• How shame and blame have no place in self care and mental health.
• Why she cut back on the TV work after retraining and the healthy mix she has now.
• Her breast cancer journey (spoiler alert, happy ending)
• The 3 C's and their importance.

To hear Sian on the radio google "Sian Williams Radio 3, and Sian Williams Radio 4"

Her book is available here

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Jessica Pratezina is a coach and speaker who helps people reconnect with their confidence, identity, and sense of freedom. After leaving a strict religious upbringing, she embarked on a deeply personal journey of self-discovery—reclaiming her voice, her autonomy, and her relationship with her own sexuality.

Today, Jessica works with clients to break free from limiting beliefs, challenge ingrained narratives, and step into a more authentic, empowered version of themselves—with honesty, warmth, and a refreshing sense of realness.

Key points of the episode:

• What is was like growing up in a "high demand religious group"
• How traditional Christian groups would not have accepted them as "Christian"
• ....and how they thought they had the "only" truth.
• The stress of being "different"
• "Benevolent sexism"- and purity culture - and how it hides behind virtue.
• Her lucky move into Christianity, and why she left it - and her job.
• The kind of relationships that are fun and desirable to her now.
• Her dating experiences.

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