Be Well Collective

Be Well Collective Mental health problems are the largest burden of disease in the UK, and we are fighting to change this. We take prevention seriously, prevention over cure.

We engage in conversations, reducing mortality, the stigma and shame surrounding mental health. We have a range of free initiatives available to support you by providing guidance and education encompassing topics such as nutrition, mindfulness, sleep or movement. Whether it’s online support via our workshops, one to one through our Mentoring Young Creatives Programme or you need immediate targeted

support. Founded in 2016 by successful British model and accredited nutritionist Sarah Ann Macklin. We are endorsed by the British Fashion Council, British Fashion Model Agents Association and are a content partner of Mind charity.

10/06/2026

Is medical cannabis on the horizon for the U.K.? 🍃

This week on the Live Well Be Well podcast, Sarah Ann is joined by Dr. Simon, medical doctor, UCL researcher, and one of the UK’s leading voices in medical cannabis.

Simon cuts through the stigma and the noise and what shares how medical cannabis is about more than getting high. It’s about patients who’ve tried everything, suffered for years, and finally found relief.

You’ll learn:

🩺What medical cannabis actually is and why it’s nothing like what you think

💊 Why the UK is one of the highest opioid-prescribing countries in the world, and what that tells us about how we treat chronic pain

🧠 What’s actually happening in the brain with PTSD and how medical cannabis can help decouple the trauma from the memory itself

And so much more.

🎙️ Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts

03/06/2026

What would you rather?⚡️

The fascinating science shows we’d choose 100% certain brief pain over 50% uncertainty of a pain that may or may not happen.

We just can’t stand not knowing.

In this week’s episode of the Live Well Be Well podcast, Sarah Ann sits down with Dr Hannah Critchlow, a Cambridge neuroscientist, to dive deeply into brain chemistry, and how to pull yourself out of familiar spirals.

Whether it’s overthinking, avoiding uncertainty, or what’s going on in our brains during heartbreak, this episode sheds light on age-old challenges we all face, and empowers you with the tools you need to overcome them.

🎙️Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts

21/05/2026

Aging is better than the alternative ☝️

This week on the Live Well Be Well podcast, Liz Earle MBE, bestselling author, nuteitional pioneer, and one of the most trusted voices on women’s health dives into everything ageing.

Her latest book, How to Age, is an instant number one bestseller, and this episode makes it clear why.

You’ll learn:

🔋 How mitochondria drive almost every aspect of how we she

☀️ Why the best longevity tools are free

💧What structured water and hydrogen water actually are

And much, much more.

🎙️ Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.

07/05/2026

You’re doing everything right. Eating well, exercising, optimising. And still not feeling how you hoped.

This week on Live Well Be Well, our founder Sarah Ann shares the key finding of her 10 year wellnesss journey.

👉 The try-slip-shame-restart cycle.

❌ Why self-criticism isn’t self-improvement.

📚Two studies that stopped her in her tracks while writing Healthy Shouldn’t Be This Hard — one where perception alone changed women’s weight and blood pressure. No lifestyle changes. Just a shift in belief.

🎧 Tune in now, wherever you get your podcasts.

29/04/2026

P**n is not neutral, it’s an industry.

This week on the Live Well Be Well podcast, Sarah Ann gets into the heart of the matter with Silva Neves, an accredited psychosexual and relationship therapist and author.

Silva explains deeply taboo topics with total clinical clarity and zero judgment.

You will learn:

💡 How p**n is classified as “neither healthy nor unhealthy” by research, and why that nuance changes everything

💻 What compulsive p**n use actually looks like, and when it signals something deeper going on emotionally.

☝️ How shared values around p**n can make or break a relationship, and why most couples never have this conversation.

🧬 Why dopamine isn’t the villain we think, and how habits around technology and p**n really form.

🫣 How shame silently shuts down sexual communication in long-term relationships, and what to do instead.

🎙️ Tune in now, whoever you get your podcasts.

22/04/2026

Buzzword or science?

This week on Live Well Be Well, Sarah Ann dives deep into the nervous system with the brilliant Dr. Arielle Schwartz, somatic psychologist, certified yoga therapist, EMDR trainer, and one of the leading voices in nervous system healing and complex trauma. She translates translates some of the most intricate neuroscience into something you can actually feel in your own body.

You will learn:

🧠 What a dysregulated nervous system actually feels like in the body
❄️How the body moves through fight, flight, and freeze responses
📚Why ADHD may be a nervous system regulation challenge as much as a cognitive one
How to stimulate your vagus nerve using just your own hands

And so much more.

🎙️Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts

15/04/2026

💡What if the opposite of depression isn’t happiness, but something far more simple?

Over two decades, Matt Haig has written with raw honesty about depression, anxiety, and neurodiversity. Diagnosed with ADHD and autism in his mid-40s, he writes not to have the answers, but to make you feel like your questions are valid.

On today’s episode of the Live Well Be Well podcast, we dive into:

🚨How Matt’s crisis at 24 in Ibiza, including agoraphobia, panic attacks, and suicidal despair, became the turning point that made him a writer.

🧑‍🧒Why writing about mental health was never about being an expert, but about finding language so a younger, suffering version of himself could feel less alone.

🧠 What a late ADHD and autism diagnosis in midlife actually feels like, and why understanding your brain does not mean you suddenly understand everything about yourself.

🎙️Tune in wherever you get your podcasts for a truly moving story that will inspire you to seize life by the horns.

08/04/2026

Not all weight loss is created equal ☝️

This week on the Live Well Be Well podcast, we get to the bottom of the “miracle” medicine behind all the celebrity transformations. If you’ve even wondered if it could be for you, or what the science is really saying, you’ll find out today.

Dr. Jack Mosley, GP registrar, and author of Food Noise, shares:

🌮 What “food noise” actually is and why silencing it with medication is only half the stor

⚖️ Why most people regain all their weight within 20 months of stopping and what the 20% who don’t have in common

💊Why these are not cosmetic medications, who they are genuinely for, and the real risks of microdosing without clinical need

And much, much more.

Tune in now, wherever you get your podcasts.

26/03/2026

The loudest voices in health aren’t always the most qualified.

So why do we trust them anyway?

This week on the Live Well Be Well podcast, Sarah Ann is back with Dr. Gemma Newman, GP, author, and one of the most grounded thinkers, and we’re going exploring the uncomfortable truth about power, influence, and the psychology of trust. Why we give our authority away. How the wellness world can become a breeding ground for blind faith. And how to build the kind of inner compass that actually holds.

From the halo effect to hero worship, the shadow self to the Epstein files, this one will make you think differently about every person you look up to.

🎙️Full episode out now wherever you listen to your podcasts.

11/02/2026

💦 Not so fast…

Women’s sexuality is shrouded in mystery, myths, and stigma.

On today’s episode of Live Well Be Well, we’re pulling back the veil with the one and only .

Psychologist, s*x therapist and author of Becoming Cliterate enlightened us on everything from what the cl****is actually is and why ma********on is vital for women, to the misinformation around penetrative or**sm and how to navigate honest and awkward conversations.

This is not one to miss for women OR men alike. We all need to be more cliterate.

🎧 Tune into the latest episode of Live Well Be Well. Available on all podcast platforms and full video on YouTube.

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