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How your Body Works

How your Body Works

This collection is about how your body works, heals and stays healthy. It brings together ideas on sleep, eating, stress, ageing and body clocks, from The Telomere Effect and The Sleep Revolution to When the Body Says No and The Body by Bill Bryson. Each summary takes about 15 minutes to read or listen to.

The Telomere Effect

The Telomere Effect

Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel

Support healthy ageing by understanding how stress and daily habits affect telomeres, cellular health, and long-term well-being.

6 chapters18 min
When the Body Says No

Explore how chronic stress and suppressed emotions may affect physical health, and why healing begins with understanding your emotional life.

8 chapters18 min
Sleep Smarter

Sleep Smarter

Shawn Stevenson

Transform your sleep through simple changes that restore energy, sharpen focus, improve mood, and support long-term health.

6 chapters14 min
The Longevity Formula

The Longevity Formula

Avanti Kumar-Singh

Build a longer, healthier life through practical daily habits that strengthen energy, resilience, and lasting well-being.

4 chapters16 min
The Sleep Revolution

The Sleep Revolution

Arianna Huffington

Reclaim restorative sleep with practical habits that strengthen physical health, mental clarity, and emotional balance.

8 chapters17 min
Eat Your Age

Eat Your Age

Ian Smith

Thrive at every age with practical nutrition, movement, and lifestyle habits that support energy, metabolism, and lasting health.

6 chapters18 min
The Hunger Habit

The Hunger Habit

Judson Brewer

Break the cycle of cravings and guilt by understanding hunger cues, reducing emotional eating, and building a healthier relationship with food.

5 chapters14 min
The Power of When

The Power of When

Michael Breus

Match sleep, meals, work, and connection to your biological clock to improve energy, focus, and daily well-being.

5 chapters14 min
How Not to Die

How Not to Die

Michael Greger and Gene Stone

Turn research into practical nutrition and lifestyle choices that support disease prevention, healthier ageing, and lasting well-being.

7 chapters17 min
Life Time

Life Time

Russell G. Foster

Align your daily timing with your body clock to improve sleep, mood, energy, health, and long-term resilience.

5 chapters16 min
The Body

The Body

Bill Bryson

Journey through the human body to uncover its remarkable complexity, resilience, and the medical discoveries that protect it.

6 chapters20 min
The Neuroscience of You

Reveal what makes every brain unique and how these differences shape learning, behaviour, relationships, and self-understanding.

4 chapters15 min
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Robert M. Sapolsky

See how chronic stress reshapes the body and mind, and why modern pressures can quietly fuel illness.

6 chapters15 min