Explore every episode of the podcast Busy Doing Well

My ethos on living and working well in a maxed-out world - realistic, grounded, and designed for real life...

Wellbeing advice can sometimes feel overwhelming or unrealistic - green juices, 5am workouts, endless morning routines. But real life doesn’t look like that.

In this episode of Busy Doing Well, I share the ethos that underpins this podcast and my work as a wellbeing and performance coach. It’s about finding practical, grounded ways to thrive in today’s busy world... without chasing perfection.

You’ll hear:

• What “Busy Doing Well” really means.
• Why wellbeing and performance aren’t opposites — they fuel each other.
• Common struggles busy people face - from doing nothing at all to overdoing it.
• Why it’s not about extreme habits or doing everything “right.”
• What you can expect from future episodes: honest conversations, realistic strategies, and practical tools you can actually use.

This episode sets the tone for everything that follows, and offers a down-to-earth perspective on what living well really looks like.

Listen in if you’ve been craving wellbeing advice that feels realistic, science-based, and genuinely doable in everyday life.

What stress really is, the 4 stress states, and why chronic stress is the hidden challenge of modern life...

We all talk about stress, but few of us really understand it. What actually happens in the body when we feel stressed? Why do some challenges leave us fired up, while others drain us completely? And why has stress become one of the biggest wellbeing challenges of modern life?

In this episode of Busy Doing Well, I explore:

• The four main stress states: fight, flight, freeze, and fawn.
• Why our stress response was designed for a very different world than the one we live in now.
• The key difference between acute stress and chronic stress.
• Why chronic stress has become so common - and why it’s at the root of so many modern health and wellbeing struggles.

This isn’t about tools or quick fixes yet, it’s about really understanding what stress is and why it matters. Once you see it clearly, your own challenges start to make a lot more sense.

Listen in to start shifting the way you think about stress, and to lay the groundwork for making real, sustainable changes.

Why modern life can feel a struggle to keep up, the role of stress, and why understanding our challenges is the first key to living and working well...

Modern life can often feel relentless: endless to-do lists, constant notifications, fear-driven headlines, and the pressure to always be “on.” No wonder so many of us end up exhausted, stressed, or stuck in survival mode.

In this first full episode of Busy Doing Well, I explore:

• Why our modern world is at odds with our biology.
• How “convenience” often comes at the cost of wellbeing.
• Why stress is the central challenge we need to understand.
• The difference between acute and chronic stress, and why the latter is so damaging.

This episode sets the scene for what’s ahead - next, we’ll look at stress in more detail and then move on to my 'ethos', before moving into the foundations series, where I’ll share the key pillars of wellbeing I use in my coaching work

Listen in to start reframing why life can often feel hard to keep up with… and why it doesn’t have to be or stay that way.

Welcome to Busy Doing Well - the podcast for people who want to live and work well in today’s busy, modern world. In just a couple of minutes, you’ll hear what the show is about, who it’s for, and why you’ll want to tune in each week.