When you think of someone who could really benefit from your outlook on life — in this case, losing weight — you might describe this approach as 'remote-controlling': it can be effective, as you can look at the issue afresh whereas the target of your good wishes has to contend with all the other aspects of their life. Adam Cox suggests in this episode trying to do this in reverse — imagining someone doing it for you, in order to establish that fresh perspective for yourself.
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Is an addiction a disease or a habit? Adam Cox considers that it's more of the latter, and takes the example of Cannabis to show how it can be broken: that there are other ways of coping with a psychological dependence, particularly when the initial reasoning behind adopting the action has disappeared.
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If you have a craving, almost an addiction, to sugar, this episode could be for you. Although natural food contains sugar which, with its combination of fibres and other natural features, is good for you, the food industry has become adept in processing and refining sugar into extreme forms. Adam Cox might help you withdraw from its excesses.
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Original Broadcast: Thought for the Week
Isolation and insecurity as a result of reducing levels of in-person contact are causing problems in all walks of life, but particularly for young people in care. Getting started in adult life isn't just about learning the technical skills, but building self-confidence, communication skills and hope for the future. The performing arts — singing, dancing, acting and backstage — can provide these transferable skills with the real enjoyment of working together with others. So The Share Foundation has just launched its new programme 'Stepping Forward' in partnership with Tring Park School and the Rothschild Foundation. Background music: 'Communicator' by Reed Mathis
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For those struggling with a recent relationship break-up, or who are on the verge of one, this episode may help by looking at the stages of the grief cycle: starting with denial, then varieties of anger or bargaining, then sadness/depression, and finally acceptance. Adam Cox discusses how that process can be fast-tracked by bringing up these emotions to the point where elements of wisdom and even gratitude can be achieved from the relationship.
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The 2025 Doomsday Clock is set at just 89 seconds before midnight by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, but it's not just the potential for nuclear catastrophe that is rearing its head: climate change and biodiversity are causing deep concerns, and even if we can struggle through this difficult period, the legacy that we're leaving to future generations is awful. It's said that charity begins at home, but the treatment of our own young people is not encouraging in this respect: debts abound, both at the personal and public levels. With so many current-day challenges, the big question is how to encourage people — and our elected leaders — to take a longer-term perspective? Background music: 'Lost In Prayer' by Doug Maxwell The Doomsday Clock is created and managed by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Adam Cox helps the re-discovery of your feminine energy by regressing to a time in the past when it was abundant, in order to tackle present-day anxieties or vulnerabilities.
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Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
If you're trying to lose weight but your eating choices are already good, there's just two potential routes to follow: cut out an existing meal window (known as intermittent fasting), or exercise (increase physical activity): either route achieves a calorie deficit so that your energy requirement feeds on body fat. Adam Cox uses the metaphor of an invisibility blanket, as in Harry Potter stories, in order to show how small changes over a period can really work.
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Most people carry burdens of guilt and shame, perhaps from decades ago. Sometimes it's not due to personal responsibility, but part of a wider issue. This episode helps to come to terms with these things, to let them go. Whether they have served their purpose or call for some forgiveness, this episode can help with moving on.
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Efforts to lose weight can feel like however hard you try to do the right thing, you make little progress. Those who like games can use terms like winning, losing — or cheating? What must you do to win? If this analogy applies to you, ask yourself if you've defined the rules properly. If your criteria are too vague, it can feel like it's going nowhere: so change the rules to make it winnable. Focus on day-to-day choices rather than impossible standards, and progress may become more realistic.
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