S2 EPISODE 11 | Best of the B Well Club Series 2 Part 2
The B Well Club Podcast
In part 2 of the 'Best Of' episode, we look back at some of the most insightful, and most talked-about moments from series 2 of the B Well Club podcast. From unforgettable guest interviews to our favourite stories, this collection highlights why the B Well Club Podcast has become a go-to for healthy living within the breast cancer space. Whether you’re a long time listener or just discovering the show, this episode is the perfect way to revisit (or catch up on) the conversations that defined series 2.
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S2 EPISODE 10 | Best of the B Well Club Series 2 Part 1
The B Well Club Podcast
In part 1 of the 'Best Of' episode, we look back at some of the most insightful, and most talked-about moments from series 2 of the B Well Club podcast. From unforgettable guest interviews to our favourite stories, this collection highlights why the B Well Club Podcast has become a go-to for healthy living within the breast cancer space. Whether you’re a long time listener or just discovering the show, this episode is the perfect way to revisit (or catch up on) the conversations that defined series 2.
Is there someone you’d like to hear from? Send us your recommendations for guests to communications@breastcanceruk.org.uk.
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S2 EPISODE 9 | Marina Gibson: Why is it so important to protect our rivers for future generations?
The B Well Club Podcast
Making a splash for our season 2 finale during National Fishing Month is fishing influencer Marina Gibson, who joins Breast Cancer UK CEO, Thalie Martini, to talk about the joy of connecting with nature. While river pollution and the harmful effects of plastic are frequently hitting the headlines, Marina is passionate about protecting our waters so that we can all appreciate the physical and mental benefits of fishing.
Marina talks about using fishing as therapy in her own charity, the Cancer and Pisces Trust, explains why the sport is becoming fashionable, and wades into the dirty depths of pollution to stress why we can’t give up on our rivers.
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Featured guest: Marina Gibson
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S2 EPISODE 8 | Camille Vidal: How can we drink more mindfully without missing out?
The B Well Club Podcast
This week the B Well Club podcast welcomes Mindful drinking expert and official Breast Cancer UK ambassador, Camille Vidal, to talk all things alcohol-free with Breast Cancer UK CEO, Thalie Martini. Alcohol consumption can increase our risk of breast cancer by 8%, but Camille, founder of La Maison Wellness, is at the head of a rising trend for sober socials and low-to-no cocktails that seeks to reframe our relationship with alcohol.
Camille shares her joyful approach to alcohol-free living, her top tips for removing alcohol without missing out, and why we need to move away from “mocktails.”
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Featured guest: Camille Vidal
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S2 EPISODE 7 | Jess Carter: Have you ever heard of a professional footballer who hates the gym?
The B Well Club Podcast
In this week’s episode of the B Well Club podcast, Breast Cancer UK CEO, Thalie Martini, sits down with laid-back Lioness Jess Carter to discuss the ups and downs of being a professional athlete. We know that maintaining an active lifestyle can reduce our risk of breast cancer by around 20%, and who better to prove that anyone can kickstart healthy habits than a world-class footballer who hates working out?
Jess, defender for both the England women’s squad and Gotham FC, chats to Thalie about her aversion to the gym, the importance of finding what you love, and how the cancer journeys of her loved ones have shaped her views on prevention.
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Featured guest: Jess Carter
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S2 EPISODE 6 | Dr Jennifer Kay: Could chemical cocktails be increasing our risk of breast cancer?
The B Well Club Podcast
This Week The B Well Club podcast is tackling the impact of everyday chemicals with Dr Jennifer Kay of the pioneering Silent Spring Institute, a research organisation dedicated to uncovering the environmental causes of breast cancer. The average person is exposed to huge numbers of chemicals on a daily basis, which in turn form chemical cocktails, the true health implications of which are not fully understood.
In a fascinating discussion with Breast Cancer UK CEO Thalie Martini, Dr Kay explains how her work could help scientists to scan and identify large numbers of potentially toxic chemicals, and the importance of regulating not just individual chemicals but chemical mixtures.
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Featured guest: Dr Jennifer Kay
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S2 EPISODE 5 | Rosamund Dean: How can we live well after cancer – and have fun?
The B Well Club Podcast
In this week’s episode of the B Well Club podcast, Breast Cancer CEO Thalie Martini is joined by Rosamund Dean, the inspirational author and journalist who is using her own breast cancer journey and recovery to equip women with the essential advice she was never given. Though Rosamund is candid about her own struggles, she is adamant to prove with her substack that women can future-proof their bodies whilst still having fun.
Rosamund talks about her books, Mindful Drinking and Reconstruction, shares the secret to building happy, sustainable habits, and touches on the importance of creating a community of women empowered to speak out about their experience.
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Featured guest: Rosamund Dean
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S2 EPISODE 4 | Sophie Capewell MBE: How does an Olympic champion get back on the bike?
The B Well Club Podcast
In this week’s episode of the B Well Club podcast, we’re going for gold! Breast Cancer UK CEO Thalie Martini welcomes Olympic Champion Sophie Capewell MBE, who topped the podium last summer at the 2024 Paris games in the team sprint. We know that staying active can reduce our risk of breast cancer by around 20%, but hitting our fitness goals can be difficult, something that the Team GB cyclist knows better than anyone, having had to deal with her own very personal loss.
In spite of her struggles, Sophie tells Thalie what drives her forwards, how cycling helped her through her grief, and the benefits of being part of a team when it comes to hitting your targets.
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Featured guest: Sophie Capewell
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S2 EPISODE 3 | Emma Bardwell: How can menopausal women take control of their hormones?
The B Well Club Podcast
In this week’s episode of the B Well Club Podcast Breast Cancer UK CEO, Thalie Martini, is joined by nutritionist and author of The Perimenopause Solution Emma Bardwell to discuss how women can be thriving, and not just surviving, the menopause. Due to a lack of information and the prevalence of “meno-washing”, many women are left confused about how to navigate the disorientating symptoms that they may experience in mid-life.
Emma sits down with Thalie to provide some clarity, offering expert tips on how to identify if you are going through the perimenopause, how to optimise your diet to stay on top of your hormones and how to how to sort the fact from the fiction.
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Featured guest: Emma Bardwell
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S2 EPISODE 2 | Darryl Edwards: Could unleashing your inner child be the key to enjoying exercise?
The B Well Club Podcast
Playtime’s not over, because this week’s episode of the B Well Club podcast explores how having fun could be good for you. Breast Cancer UK CEO Thalie Martini welcomes certified Lifestyle Medicine Coach and Cancer Exercise Specialist Darryl Edwards to talk about what led him to create the Primal Play Method, and why this instinctive, animalistic approach to movement is so much more effective than a gym workout.
Darryl and Thalie also touch on how the programme can be used to help cancer patients, and how active play might be the perfect antidote to an increasingly sedentary lifestyle.
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Featured guest: Darryl Edwards
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S2 EPISODE 1 | Professor Laura Vandenberg: Could chemical exposure in the womb predispose us to diseases later in life?
The B Well Club Podcast
To kick of season 2 of the B Well Club Podcast, we’re going back to the very beginning, as Breast Cancer UK CEO Thalie Martini and Professor Laura Vandenberg (Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst) discuss the long-term health implications of chemical exposure in early life. Professor Vandeberg’s research explores how small but regular doses of the Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) present in our everyday environments, both during pregnancy and whilst breastfeeding, could potentially have repercussions for mothers and babies.
Professor Vandenberg explains what we mean by EDCs, delves into the dangers of “chemical cocktails”, and explains why the precautionary principle is so important when it comes to protecting ourselves and our children.
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Featured guest: Professor Lauren Vandenberg
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S1 EPISODE 12 | Best of the B Well Club Volume 2
The B Well Club Podcast
In these special two-part best of episodes of The B Well Club Podcast, we’re bringing you the highlights of the most impactful conversations we had in season 1! From fitness tips to mindful eating, and alcohol journeys to breastfeeding discussions, this episode has it all. We've handpicked our top segments, featuring expert advice and real-life stories to inspire and empower you on your wellness journey. Whether you're looking to adopt sustainable habits or prevent breast cancer, these timeless insights are here to help you live your healthiest, happiest life. Tune in and get ready to revisit the best moments of our show - packed with practical tips you can start using today to reduce your risk of breast cancer!
Is there someone you’d like to hear from or a topic we should cover? Send us your recommendations to communications@breastcanceruk.org.uk.
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S1 EPISODE 11 | Best of the B Well Club Volume 1
The B Well Club Podcast
In these special two-part best of episodes of The B Well Club Podcast, we’re bringing you the highlights of the most impactful conversations we had in season 1! From fitness tips to mindful eating, and alcohol journeys to breastfeeding discussions, this episode has it all. We've handpicked our top segments, featuring expert advice and real-life stories to inspire and empower you on your wellness journey. Whether you're looking to adopt sustainable habits or prevent breast cancer, these timeless insights are here to help you live your healthiest, happiest life. Tune in and get ready to revisit the best moments of our show - packed with practical tips you can start using today to reduce your risk of breast cancer!
Is there someone you’d like to hear from or a topic we should cover? Send us your recommendations to communications@breastcanceruk.org.uk.
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S1 EPISODE 10 | Dr Linia Patel: Can the food we eat impact our menopause experience?
The B Well Club Podcast
In the final episode of season 1 of the B Well Club podcast, Breast Cancer UK CEO Thalie Martini is joined by award-winning nutrition expert Dr Linia Patel. Menopause is an inevitable part of aging, but it doesn’t have to be scary. In light of the ongoing conversations in the media about menopause, Dr Linia sheds some light on the role diet can play in improving the menopausal experience.
The engaging discussion also unpacks the different aspects that make menopause so unique compared to other life stages and the need for greater investment into age-related illness in women.
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Featured guest: Dr Linia Patel
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S1 EPISODE 9 | Rebecca Prince-Ruiz: Why it’s time to treat plastic as a public health concern as well as an environmental issue
The B Well Club Podcast
This week Breast Cancer UK CEO Thalie Martini welcomes fellow Aussie and charity leader Rebecca Prince-Ruiz to the B Well Club Podcast. While the river pollution and the harmful effects of plastic have become a mainstay in recent news, Rebecca and her charity Plastic Free July have been campaigning to have the issue addressed for over a decade – from both an environmental and a health standpoint.
Far from a lecture about the harmful consequences of relying on plastics, the pair discusses simple and fun ways that we can reduce our dependency on plastics and more sustainable (and often cheaper) solutions to our problems.
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Featured guest: Rebecca Prince-Ruiz
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S1 EPISODE 8 | Michelle Ogundehin: Can redecorating your home really reduce your risk of breast cancer?
The B Well Club Podcast
This week’s episode of The B Well Club Podcast is a bit of a family affair, as Breast Cancer UK CEO welcomes long-time supporter and Breast Cancer UK ambassador Michelle Ogundehin to the show. The popular interior designer talks us through some of the harmful chemicals that are present in our homes (furniture, cleaning products, etc) and their link to diseases like breast cancer. But it’s not all doom and gloom, as Michelle also shares some easy tips to keep your home looking and smelling beautiful without relying on harmful chemicals.
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Featured guest: Michelle Ogundehin
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S1 EPISODE 7 | Dr Melissa Kelly: How do we make sobriety more than a fad in the UK?
The B Well Club Podcast
This week’s episode of the B Well Club podcast is all about building healthy habits. Breast Cancer UK CEO Thalie Martini welcomes Dr Melissa Kelly to discuss her personal journey with alcohol dependence and her influential role the sober conscious movement with her club Sober Social Ireland.
The empathetic conversations delicately broached topics such as; alcohol and increased breast cancer risk for women, the different forms of ‘unhealthy drinking’, and how the U.K. can move towards being a more welcoming society to those on their sobriety journey.
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Featured guest: Dr Melissa Kelly
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S1 EPISODE 6 | Kristina Marusic: Are the chemicals we’re exposed to in everyday life increasing our risk of breast cancer?
The B Well Club Podcast
In this week’s episode of the B Well Club Podcast, Breast Cancer UK CEO Thalie Martini sits down with the author of her personal pick for Breast Cancer UK’s Book of the Year, award-winning environmental journalist Kristina Marusic. Despite advances in treatment and detection, breast cancer cases continue to rise across the world, but why? The findings of Kristina’s investigations point towards harmful chemicals being one of the major reasons. In addition to imparting some helpful tips on our day-to-day reducing chemical exposure, Kristina also calls into question the inactivity of policymakers in banning harmful chemicals.
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Featured guest: Kristina Marusic
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S1 EPISODE 5 | Manisha Tailor MBE: What role can football play in improving health outcomes for women?
The B Well Club Podcast
The B Well Club podcast welcomes trailblazing football coach Manisha Tailor MBE. In this through-provoking conversation with Breast Cancer UK CEO Thalie Martini, the pair explore the UK’s dark history of excluding women from sport and the missed opportunities that this discrimination could have led to regarding women’s health. Alongside unpacking the systemic inequalities, the discussion also peels back the layers of Manisha’s journey to becoming the first South Asian woman to coach in men's professional football, and the importance of role diverse models.
Featured guest: Manisha Tailor MBE
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S1 EPISODE 4 | Jane Wake: Why women should keep exercising after 50?
The B Well Club Podcast
In this week’s episode of the B Well Club podcast, we’re talking all things heavy lifting! Breast Cancer UK CEO Thalie Martini welcomes world-renowned health expert Jane Wake to pick her brain on the benefits of weight training for women. The lively conversation also tackles the misconception that women shouldn’t exercise beyond menopause; covering everything from helpful exercise tips to fascinating scientific studies.
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Featured guest: Jane Wake
Keywords: menopause, perimenopause, post-menopause, strength-training, women’s health, exercise, breast cancer, disease prevention, ageing
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S1 EPISODE 3 | Sabrina Pace-Humphreys: How do we create safe spaces for diversity in sport?
The B Well Club Podcast
In this week’s episode of the B Well podcast, Breast Cancer UK CEO Thalie Martini sits down with the inspirational founder of the Black Trail Runners Sabrina Pace-Humphreys. No stone is left unturned, as they unpack Sabrina’s upbringing as a Black mixed-race child in rural England, the circumstances that led her to alcohol dependency, and how trail running saved her life. But her work has only just begun!
Exercise is one of the most effective ways to reduce the risk of breast cancer and many other diseases, but the lack of diverse spaces means that not everyone can access these life-saving benefits. Sabrina shares her vision for a more accessible sport and guidance on how charities can be valuable allies.
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Featured guest: Sabrina Pace-Humphreys
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S1 EPISODE 2 | Rob Hobson: How can ditching ultra-processed foods save us money and improve our health?
The B Well Club Podcast
This week the B Well podcast welcomes popular television nutritionist Rob Hobson to discuss all things food with Breast Cancer UK CEO Thalie Martini. The widespread availability of fast food, ready meals and ultra-processed has meant that there has probably never been a more difficult time to eat healthily. And it’s come at a cost to our health, with obesity-related illnesses on the rise.
Rob shares his expert insights on the impacts of ultra-processed foods, cooking advice for beginners, handy tips for eating healthily on a budget, and more!
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Featured guest: Rob Hobson
Get your copy of Rob’s book: Unprocess Your Life: The new cookbook to help you break free from ultra-processed foods
Keywords: ultra-processed foods, nutrition, diet, healthy eating, cooking, children and food, food shopping, junk food, groceries, cost of living crisis, breast cancer
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S1 EPISODE 1 | Lucy Webber: Could fixing the UK’s breastfeeding problem reduce the number of breast cancer cases?
The B Well Club Podcast
The first season of the B Well podcast kicks off with an insightful conversation between Breast Cancer UK CEO Thalie Martini and Lucy Webber IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant). Scientific studies have proven breastfeeding to be an effective tool to reduce breast cancer risk in mothers and children. However, the UK’s breastfeeding rates are amongst the lowest in the world, but why is that and what can be done to fix it?
Lucy shares some of her top tips to help mothers breastfeed, busts some of the longstanding myths around breastfeeding, and more!
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Featured guest: Lucy Webber
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Keywords: breastfeeding, breastfeeding support, motherhood, children, breastfeeding top tips, childbirth, babies, breast cancer
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S2 EPISODE 11 | Best of the B Well Club Series 2 Part 2
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S2 EPISODE 10 | Best of the B Well Club Series 2 Part 1
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S2 EPISODE 9 | Marina Gibson: Why is it so important to protect our rivers for future generations?
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S2 EPISODE 8 | Camille Vidal: How can we drink more mindfully without missing out?
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S2 EPISODE 7 | Jess Carter: Have you ever heard of a professional footballer who hates the gym?
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S2 EPISODE 6 | Dr Jennifer Kay: Could chemical cocktails be increasing our risk of breast cancer?
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S2 EPISODE 5 | Rosamund Dean: How can we live well after cancer – and have fun?
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S2 EPISODE 4 | Sophie Capewell MBE: How does an Olympic champion get back on the bike?
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S2 EPISODE 3 | Emma Bardwell: How can menopausal women take control of their hormones?
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S2 EPISODE 2 | Darryl Edwards: Could unleashing your inner child be the key to enjoying exercise?
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S2 EPISODE 1 | Professor Laura Vandenberg: Could chemical exposure in the womb predispose us to diseases later in life?
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S1 EPISODE 12 | Best of the B Well Club Volume 2
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S1 EPISODE 11 | Best of the B Well Club Volume 1
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S1 EPISODE 10 | Dr Linia Patel: Can the food we eat impact our menopause experience?
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S1 EPISODE 9 | Rebecca Prince-Ruiz: Why it’s time to treat plastic as a public health concern as well as an environmental issue
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S1 EPISODE 8 | Michelle Ogundehin: Can redecorating your home really reduce your risk of breast cancer?
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S1 EPISODE 7 | Dr Melissa Kelly: How do we make sobriety more than a fad in the UK?
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S1 EPISODE 6 | Kristina Marusic: Are the chemicals we’re exposed to in everyday life increasing our risk of breast cancer?
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S1 EPISODE 5 | Manisha Tailor MBE: What role can football play in improving health outcomes for women?
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S1 EPISODE 4 | Jane Wake: Why women should keep exercising after 50?
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S1 EPISODE 3 | Sabrina Pace-Humphreys: How do we create safe spaces for diversity in sport?
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S1 EPISODE 2 | Rob Hobson: How can ditching ultra-processed foods save us money and improve our health?
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S1 EPISODE 1 | Lucy Webber: Could fixing the UK’s breastfeeding problem reduce the number of breast cancer cases?
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