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Health Psychology and Human Nature

Health Psychology and Human Nature

André Sturesson

A top international science-focused podcast about health, psychology, human nature and more with André Sturesson. Listen to explore, learn and affect your life in a positive way.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Health Psychology and Human Nature episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Health Psychology and Human Nature for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Health Psychology and Human Nature episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Health Psychology and Human Nature - #46: How Exercise Affects Mitochondria – Professor David Bishop
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10/13/20 • 63 min

Mitochondria are often referred to as the powerhouse of the cell. They are important as they create energy which enables us to live our daily lives. Mitochondria also seem to affect our health, aging, diabetes and more. How can we affect our Mitochondria? Exercise.

Professor David Bishop is a world leader in muscle exercise physiology with more 250 publications. David leads the Skeletal Muscle and Training research group, which has two key research areas: exercise as mitochondrial medicine, and human performance.

Davids Twitter: @BlueSpotScience

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Health Psychology and Human Nature - #45: Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change – Professor Dawn Clifford
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09/29/20 • 59 min

Making and maintaining a change can be hard. Thankfully something exists called Motivational Interviewing which is a powerful approach to facilitate change. In today’s episode me and Dawn talk about what Motivational Interviewing is and why it works. We also talk about dawns book: Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness.

Dawn Clifford, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at Northern Arizona University. She teaches courses in nutrition education and counseling and has experience implementing and directing university-based health coaching programs. She is also a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.

Resources mentioned in the episode

Videos of effective and ineffective MI:

https://www.youtube.com/user/MerloLab/

Book of MI for the individual:

Finding Your Way to Change

The official MI webpage:

https://motivationalinterviewing.org/

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How does our beliefs affect us and our lives? Does it matter if we believe we can or can’t learn and grow? In today’s episode me and Kali talk about The Growth Mindset. What it is; how it affects us; tips on where to learn more about it and suggestions of how to internalizing it.

Kali Trzesniewski have a Ph.D. in Psychology from UC Davis. She is a social-developmental psychologist with an interest in understanding how to raise children to grow up to be healthy productive members of society. She studies how self-perception such as growth mindset and self-esteem fosters thriving lives throughout the lifespan.

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How does our Life affect our genes and in turn our health? Can our wellbeing make us more resilient? How does threat and uncertainty affect our Health? In today’s episode Steve provides his thoughts on these questions and more.

Steve Cole is a Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences in the UCLA School of Medicine. He studies e.g. how life events, loneliness, wellbeing and subjective experiences affect our gene expression and health.

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Health Psychology and Human Nature - #40: Epicureanism & Epicurus: How to Live a Good Life – Dr. Catherine Wilson
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08/04/20 • 53 min

How ought one to live? Epicureanism is a Philosophy created by Epicurus who lived 341-270 BC. It is famous for it’s thoughts about the meaning of life/how you should live your life. Epicureanism focus on reducing your mental and emotional pain and satisfying your basic needs such as food, shelter and connection with others. This is believed to create a peaceful enjoyment/tranquility named Ataraxia.

Dr. Catherine Wilson is a former Professor of Philosophy with degrees in Philosophy from Yale, Oxford and Princeton. She has written three books related to Epicureanism: How to Be an Epicurean, Epicureanism: A Very Short Introduction and Epicureanism at the Origin of Modernity.

For more episodes, tips and inspiration follow me at @healthpsychologyandhumannature on Instagram and FB.

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Health Psychology and Human Nature - #39: The Path To Longevity and a Healthy Life – Professor Luigi Fontana
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07/28/20 • 96 min

Is it possible to affect how long we live and our long term health? Can you live until you become 100 with the health of a 60 year old? Luigi Fontana have a science based broad approach to both longevity and long term health(healthspan). He also shares his great thoughts about the good life and how we can affect the state of our planet. I highly encourage you to check out his new book named “The Path To Longevity”.

Luigi Fontana is a Professor of Medicine and Nutrition and a Leonard P. Ullman chair in translational metabolic health. He is also the director of the healthy longevity research and clinical program.

You find him on Twitter at: @LuigiFontana22

For more episodes, tips and inspiration follow me at @healthpsychologyandhumannature on Instagram and FB.

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Can the adult brain change for the better? In todays episode the friendly and knowledgeable Michael Merzenich tells us all about Neuroplasticity (the brains ability to change), the physical underpinnings of the changing brain, what happens to the brain as it gets older, brain training and a lot more.

Professor Emeritus Michael Merzenich have published more than 150 articles in scientific journals (some in Science and Nature) and received numerous awards and prizes. An example is one of the world’s top neuroscience prizes named the Kavli prize. He is also the brain behind BrainHQ (a brain training company) and the author of the book Soft-Wired.

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Health Psychology and Human Nature - #37: The One Minute Workout – Professor Martin Gibala
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07/14/20 • 81 min

How does a week of exercise optimized for health and longevity look like? How does a one minute workout at high intensity compare to a 50 minute workout at moderate intensity? What is interval training and why is it important? Answers to these and many other questions will be given in todays episode by the pedagogical expert Martin Gibala.

Martin Gibala is a professor of kinesiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. His main interest is the physiology of exercise, including the effects of training and nutrition and application to health and performance. Martin have also written the bestseller the One Minute Workout which you will learn more about in today’s episode.

If you want to connect to Martin you can do that through Twitter or his personal website.

He and a college also created an online course about exercise which you can find here.

For more episodes, tips and inspiration follow me at @healthpsychologyandhumannature on Instagram and FB.

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Health Psychology and Human Nature - #32: How To Practice Stoicism – Professor Massimo Pigliucci
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06/09/20 • 57 min

Interested in improving your life? In todays Episode Massimo tells us about how to practice stoicism, a practical philosophy of life; how to improve upon yourself; How to Exercise the Dichotomy of Control which is the main concept in Stoicism; How to start our practice and a lot more.

Professor Massimo Pigliucci is known for popularizing Stoicism with e.g. his TEDx talk viewed more than 400 000 times, his short TEDed video with more than 4 million views and a lot of presentations and books. Two of his books are: How to Be a Stoic and A Handbook for New Stoics.

To see more of Massimos work go to: https://massimopigliucci.com/massimo-central/

Follow Massimo on Twitter: @MassimoPigliucci

For more episodes, tips and inspiration follow me at @HealthPsychologyAndHumanNature on Instagram and FB.

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Health Psychology and Human Nature - #49: Stress and Stress Management – Psychotherapist Giorgio Grossi
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11/24/20 • 59 min

Too much demand? Too little recovery? Stress is something that affects all of us to some degree. But what is Stress? How could a scenario look like from healthy to clinically burned out? Perhaps most importantly, what can you do about it?

Giorgio Grossi is a licensed Psychotherapist and Head of Research at the special stress clinic Stressmottagningen in Sweden. He is an author of many stress-related books such as Hantera din Stress med Kognitiv Beteendeterapi and Vägen ur Utmattningssyndrom.

For more episodes follow me at @healthpsychologyandhumannature on Instagram and FB.

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How many episodes does Health Psychology and Human Nature have?

Health Psychology and Human Nature currently has 52 episodes available.

What topics does Health Psychology and Human Nature cover?

The podcast is about Biohacking, Meditation, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Exercise, Nutrition, Happiness, Stress, Sleep, Selfimprovement, Relationship, Psychology, Mindset, Scientific, Medicine, Podcasts, Science, Fasting, Health, Gratitude, Wellbeing, Personality and Mindfulness.

What is the most popular episode on Health Psychology and Human Nature?

The episode title '#49: Stress and Stress Management – Psychotherapist Giorgio Grossi' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Health Psychology and Human Nature?

The average episode length on Health Psychology and Human Nature is 64 minutes.

How often are episodes of Health Psychology and Human Nature released?

Episodes of Health Psychology and Human Nature are typically released every 4 days.

When was the first episode of Health Psychology and Human Nature?

The first episode of Health Psychology and Human Nature was released on Feb 12, 2020.

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