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The John Vincent Podcast
John Vincent
17 episodes
1 month ago

Hello, this is John Vincent and welcome to The John Vincent Podcast, where we explore ancient healing and modern medicine.

It’s all about the best ways – both old and new - to help people (both old and new) to enjoy naturally healthy lives.

We will be looking at the things that modern medicine suggests we should be doing, the things that ancient healing traditions have been doing for a long time, and at the exciting hypotheses from emerging science.

 

Good health has fascinated me ever since I started and built a business called LEON. We began by asking the question “Why can’t fast food be good food?”


Spoiler alert: It can.


Now I want to explore health in all its dimensions.


We’ll look at the smallest of details, whilst never losing sight of the bigger picture- the picture that shows how all moving components work together to create a whole. And how politics, economics and profit incentives can sometimes derail that harmony. 

Founding Leon has given me have access to the world’s leading doctors, scientists, nutritionists, healers and practitioners of indigenous wisdom. What they’ve told me has often blown my mind.  But it’s also improved my mind, my body and my life.  I’m going to share all this with you and speak to these experts so that they can share what they know with you too.


They have a lot of stories to tell. There is magic in science. And every new answer invites many new questions and possibilities. We will explore these, whilst also doing our best to pin down what we currently know about the things we should be DOING – the action we should be taking to keep us well and help ourselves to heal when we need to.


As the old saying goes, the only wealth is health. Not just physical well-being, but the harmony of body, mind, spirit, and emotion. We’ll explore what it means to be healthy - and how we can best enjoy the full potential of the human experience. 


You know what kind of life you want to live. Whatever it is, I want to bring you the wisdom and knowledge of good people who’ll help you do that. I’m excited to have fun doing it, too. 


At LEON, we made great food accessible to everyone. I’m now going to do the same with good health—helping as many people as possible, regardless of circumstances. Whether you’re a billionaire or on a tight budget, you deserve this opportunity and I’ll make sure you get it.


(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.)


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Hello, this is John Vincent and welcome to The John Vincent Podcast, where we explore ancient healing and modern medicine.

It’s all about the best ways – both old and new - to help people (both old and new) to enjoy naturally healthy lives.

We will be looking at the things that modern medicine suggests we should be doing, the things that ancient healing traditions have been doing for a long time, and at the exciting hypotheses from emerging science.

 

Good health has fascinated me ever since I started and built a business called LEON. We began by asking the question “Why can’t fast food be good food?”


Spoiler alert: It can.


Now I want to explore health in all its dimensions.


We’ll look at the smallest of details, whilst never losing sight of the bigger picture- the picture that shows how all moving components work together to create a whole. And how politics, economics and profit incentives can sometimes derail that harmony. 

Founding Leon has given me have access to the world’s leading doctors, scientists, nutritionists, healers and practitioners of indigenous wisdom. What they’ve told me has often blown my mind.  But it’s also improved my mind, my body and my life.  I’m going to share all this with you and speak to these experts so that they can share what they know with you too.


They have a lot of stories to tell. There is magic in science. And every new answer invites many new questions and possibilities. We will explore these, whilst also doing our best to pin down what we currently know about the things we should be DOING – the action we should be taking to keep us well and help ourselves to heal when we need to.


As the old saying goes, the only wealth is health. Not just physical well-being, but the harmony of body, mind, spirit, and emotion. We’ll explore what it means to be healthy - and how we can best enjoy the full potential of the human experience. 


You know what kind of life you want to live. Whatever it is, I want to bring you the wisdom and knowledge of good people who’ll help you do that. I’m excited to have fun doing it, too. 


At LEON, we made great food accessible to everyone. I’m now going to do the same with good health—helping as many people as possible, regardless of circumstances. Whether you’re a billionaire or on a tight budget, you deserve this opportunity and I’ll make sure you get it.


(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.)


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The John Vincent Podcast
The Pivot to Prevention: 2 NHS Doctors Quit Their Jobs to Help You Put Health Back Into Your Own Hands

In this episode, I am lucky to have spoken to two doctors and pioneers in preventative medicine.


Claire Merifield and Alasdair Scott were doctors in the NHS for years. But after being disillusioned by the medical system, they realised what their patients really needed was preventative, personalised healthcare. So they set up Selph, using their respective expertise to create a system with which they help people get to know their health profiles, risk factors, lifestyle and prevention opportunities through diagnostic testing and health coaching. 


Claire Merifield is a microbiome PhD, a London GP and a Breathworks Mindfulness instructor.

Alasdair Scott is a microbiome scientist, former cancer surgeon in the NHS and a researcher with Imperial College.



They cover:

  • Why pivoting to prevention is urgent.
  • Positive proactivity your future health - some of the diseases we think are ‘inevitable’ are actually preventable.
  • Is the study of “medicine” the same thing as the study of “health”?
  • Medicine 3.0: what it is, Lifespan vs health span and personalised medicine 
  • How to create achievable goals, avoid unattainable trends, and create environments in which you can access the health you have a right to. 
  • The current state of health advice: influencers and scaremongering
  • Evidence-based vs evidence-informed approaches (there’s an important difference)
  • Understanding testing and diagnostics
  • What counts as ‘safe’ treatments
  • The role of emotional and spiritual health, mindfulness, and the gut in physical wellbeing


I’m so grateful to Claire and Alasdair who made a brave leap to do the right thing for us, even if it takes a lot of hard work and re-wiring of how we, as a population, are taught to think about our health. 



Learn more about Selph here:


https://www.selph.co.uk


(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.)


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1 month ago
1 hour 36 minutes 24 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
Your Skin Needs More Love: Adapting For The Season and For Your Body Type w/ Weleda’s Elizabeth King

In this third episode recorded at the Integrative and Personalised Medical Congress 2025, I spoke with Holistic Facialist, Elizabeth King.


Elizabeth is Weleda UK's Esthetician Education Lead and has specialised in the anthroposophic-based holistic approach to caring for the skin for over 24 years. An experienced trainer, Elizabeth has created Weleda’s Ofqual regulated, CFI Level 4 Certificate course for Holistic Estheticians, focused on the life of touch. Elizabeth ran a private skincare practice in London and was featured in Vogue as one of the top five facialists. She has looked after many high-profile clients and celebrities over the years and has a particular interest in rosacea, teenage acne, and irritated, hypersensitive skin conditions.


In today’s episode, Elizabeth explores:

- what are the rhythms in nature that affect our skin and beauty?

- How can you work with them to optimise your skincare and self care?

- What are the three body types that Elizabeth works with?

- Which body type are you?

- How will that inform what you put on your skin and how to apply it?

- How can your skincare help you find out more about your whole self?

- What is a skin barrier?

- What is a lymphatic pathway?

- What are the surprising effects of the value of touch?

- Why nature’s ingredients holds the wisdom our skin is asking for.


Elizabeth reminds us to listen to our bodies and planet in a world that makes it easy not to, by honouring nature and individuality in our skincare and self care.


Elizabeth’s credentials include:

3 year diploma in Health & Beauty Technology

Further qualifications: Reflexology, Aromatherapy and energy work

Principal of Dr. Hauschka UK training (1999-2011) 

Anthroposophic study through 4 year part-time Eurythmy intensive (2017-2021)


(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.)


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1 month ago
37 minutes 15 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
(Pt. 4) How Your Mind Will Heal You (if it knows what to fix) with Dr. Leo Pruimboom

This is the final part of my episode with Dr Leo Pruimboom, a pioneer in cPNI. I was incredibly lucky to speak with him at the 2025 Integrative and Personalised Medicine Congress. Our conversation offered me a new understanding into how much health we can have access to if we know how to truly sense what our bodies are telling us, and how to manage the consequences of modern inventions. His personal story of transformation, and healing anecdotes from his clients will allow you to imagine a life full of possibility and ‘miracles’ that we are not typically taught to believe in.


Clinical Psychoneuroimmunology (CPNI) challenges the reductionist, symptom-focused model of modern medicine. Instead, CPNI is a science of wholeness: it studies how the neurological, endocrine, immune, and metabolic systems are interconnected and shaped by our emotions, history, and environment. CPNI puts the individual at the center of healthcare, seeking root causes, promoting healthy habits, and empowering patients to actively participate in their own wellbeing.


In this episode we cover:


How CPNI (clinical psychoneuroimmunology) reveals that everything is connected—mind, body, brain, immune system, and environment.


How we’ve been taught to see systems as separate and why that reductionism isn’t serving us.


The impact of emotions on physical health, inflammation, and immunity.


Do toxic emotions exist?


How to sense what out bodies need and why modern life makes this hard


Comfortable habits vs challenges that make us healthy.


Why variety, spontaneity, and movement breaks protect our health.


What our cravings mean, hunger and micronutrient sensing.


Why intermittent fasting, ketosis, and diets must be understood in context, not as dogma.


How our environment shapes our microbiome.


The role of energy, frequency, and electrical signaling in health.


The difference between appropriate and inappropriate emotions.


Why monotony is dangerous for our health and variety is medicine.


His seemingly miraculous healing stories, and how processing a childhood trauma cured his lifelong condition in hours.


The role of sensing, intuition, and embodied intelligence.


Why the blueprint of life isn’t in our genes—it’s in our behavior, context, and choices.


How our inventions (from chairs to supermarkets) carry unintended health consequences—and how to deal with them.


How we are more in charge of our health than we think.


Why the doctor’s role is shifting.



(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns. No part of this episode should be taken as a claim to prevent, treat, or cure cancer.)


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1 month ago
30 minutes 22 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
(Pt. 3) How Your Mind Will Heal You (if it knows what to fix) with Dr. Leo Pruimboom

This is Part 3 of my episode with Dr Leo Pruimboom, a pioneer in cPNI. I was incredibly lucky to speak with him or our 2nd episode at the Integrative and Personalised Medicine Congress 2025 who kindly hosted us. Our conversation offered me a new understanding into how much health we can have access to if we know how to truly sense what our bodies are telling us, and how to manage the consequences of modern inventions. His personal story of transformation, and healing anecdotes from his clients will allow you to imagine a life full of possibility and ‘miracles’ that we are not typically taught to believe in.


Clinical Psychoneuroimmunology (CPNI) challenges the reductionist, symptom-focused model of modern medicine. Instead, CPNI is a science of wholeness: it studies how the neurological, endocrine, immune, and metabolic systems are interconnected and shaped by our emotions, history, and environment. CPNI puts the individual at the center of healthcare, seeking root causes, promoting healthy habits, and empowering patients to actively participate in their own wellbeing.


In this episode we cover:


How CPNI (clinical psychoneuroimmunology) reveals that everything is connected—mind, body, brain, immune system, and environment.


How we’ve been taught to see systems as separate and why that reductionism isn’t serving us.


The impact of emotions on physical health, inflammation, and immunity.


Do toxic emotions exist?


How to sense what out bodies need and why modern life makes this hard


Comfortable habits vs challenges that make us healthy.


Why variety, spontaneity, and movement breaks protect our health.


What our cravings mean, hunger and micronutrient sensing.


Why intermittent fasting, ketosis, and diets must be understood in context, not as dogma.


How our environment shapes our microbiome.


The role of energy, frequency, and electrical signaling in health.


The difference between appropriate and inappropriate emotions.


Why monotony is dangerous for our health and variety is medicine.


His seemingly miraculous healing stories, and how processing a childhood trauma cured his lifelong condition in hours.


The role of sensing, intuition, and embodied intelligence.


Why the blueprint of life isn’t in our genes—it’s in our behavior, context, and choices.


How our inventions (from chairs to supermarkets) carry unintended health consequences—and how to deal with them.


How we are more in charge of our health than we think.


Why the doctor’s role is shifting.



(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns. No part of this episode should be taken as a claim to prevent, treat, or cure cancer.)


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1 month ago
41 minutes 49 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
(Pt. 2) How Your Mind Will Heal You (if it knows what to fix) with Dr. Leo Pruimboom

This is Part 2 of my episode with Dr Leo Pruimboom, a pioneer in cPNI. I was incredibly lucky to speak with him or our 2nd episode at the Integrative and Personalised Medicine Congress 2025 who kindly hosted us. Our conversation offered me a new understanding into how much health we can have access to if we know how to truly sense what our bodies are telling us, and how to manage the consequences of modern inventions. His personal story of transformation, and healing anecdotes from his clients will allow you to imagine a life full of possibility and ‘miracles’ that we are not typically taught to believe in.


Clinical Psychoneuroimmunology (CPNI) challenges the reductionist, symptom-focused model of modern medicine. Instead, CPNI is a science of wholeness: it studies how the neurological, endocrine, immune, and metabolic systems are interconnected and shaped by our emotions, history, and environment. CPNI puts the individual at the center of healthcare, seeking root causes, promoting healthy habits, and empowering patients to actively participate in their own wellbeing.


In this episode we cover:


How CPNI (clinical psychoneuroimmunology) reveals that everything is connected—mind, body, brain, immune system, and environment.


How we’ve been taught to see systems as separate and why that reductionism isn’t serving us.


The impact of emotions on physical health, inflammation, and immunity.


Do toxic emotions exist?


How to sense what out bodies need and why modern life makes this hard


Comfortable habits vs challenges that make us healthy.


Why variety, spontaneity, and movement breaks protect our health.


What our cravings mean, hunger and micronutrient sensing.


Why intermittent fasting, ketosis, and diets must be understood in context, not as dogma.


How our environment shapes our microbiome.


The role of energy, frequency, and electrical signaling in health.


The difference between appropriate and inappropriate emotions.


Why monotony is dangerous for our health and variety is medicine.


His seemingly miraculous healing stories, and how processing a childhood trauma cured his lifelong condition in hours.


The role of sensing, intuition, and embodied intelligence.


Why the blueprint of life isn’t in our genes—it’s in our behavior, context, and choices.


How our inventions (from chairs to supermarkets) carry unintended health consequences—and how to deal with them.


How we are more in charge of our health than we think.


Why the doctor’s role is shifting.



(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns. No part of this episode should be taken as a claim to prevent, treat, or cure cancer.)


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1 month ago
28 minutes 41 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
(Pt. 1) How Your Mind Will Heal You (if it knows what to fix) with Dr. Leo Pruimboom

Today’s episode is with Dr Leo Pruimboom, a pioneer in cPNI. I was incredibly lucky to speak with him or our 2nd episode at the Integrative and Personalised Medicine Congress 2025 who kindly hosted us. Our conversation offered me a new understanding into how much health we can have access to if we know how to truly sense what our bodies are telling us, and how to manage the consequences of modern inventions. His personal story of transformation, and healing anecdotes from his clients will allow you to imagine a life full of possibility and ‘miracles’ that we are not typically taught to believe in.


Clinical Psychoneuroimmunology (CPNI) challenges the reductionist, symptom-focused model of modern medicine. Instead, CPNI is a science of wholeness: it studies how the neurological, endocrine, immune, and metabolic systems are interconnected and shaped by our emotions, history, and environment. CPNI puts the individual at the center of healthcare, seeking root causes, promoting healthy habits, and empowering patients to actively participate in their own wellbeing.


In this episode we cover:


How CPNI (clinical psychoneuroimmunology) reveals that everything is connected—mind, body, brain, immune system, and environment.


How we’ve been taught to see systems as separate and why that reductionism isn’t serving us.


The impact of emotions on physical health, inflammation, and immunity.


Do toxic emotions exist?


How to sense what out bodies need and why modern life makes this hard


Comfortable habits vs challenges that make us healthy.


Why variety, spontaneity, and movement breaks protect our health.


What our cravings mean, hunger and micronutrient sensing.


Why intermittent fasting, ketosis, and diets must be understood in context, not as dogma.


How our environment shapes our microbiome.


The role of energy, frequency, and electrical signaling in health.


The difference between appropriate and inappropriate emotions.


Why monotony is dangerous for our health and variety is medicine.


His seemingly miraculous healing stories, and how processing a childhood trauma cured his lifelong condition in hours.


The role of sensing, intuition, and embodied intelligence.


Why the blueprint of life isn’t in our genes—it’s in our behavior, context, and choices.


How our inventions (from chairs to supermarkets) carry unintended health consequences—and how to deal with them.


How we are more in charge of our health than we think.


Why the doctor’s role is shifting.



(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns. No part of this episode should be taken as a claim to prevent, treat, or cure cancer.)


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2 months ago
37 minutes 19 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
Menopause: A Holistic Approach with Julie Gough (IPM Special)

Welcome to the first of three special podcasts in collaboration with the Integrative and Personalized Medical Congress (IPM), who kindly hosted us at their event, bringing together cutting edge doctors, experts and healers from all areas of health and medicine. 


The first of the series is with Nutritionist Julie Gough, who shares her insight from guiding herself, and her clients, through menopause. 


Julie is a BANT-registered Nutritionist (College of Naturopathic Medicine) and completed a Health Coaching course (Health Coaching Academy).

Her specialism is female health and hormones; working with women of all ages struggling with hormonal issues such as infertility, stubborn weight gain, Peri-menopause and Menopause, PMS, low energy and anxiety. 

Her aim is to motivate women to take control of their own health, inspiring them to believe that they can feel and look better, make the necessary changes, be free of pain and have an abundance of energy, regaining their health, vitality and wellbeing. 

She combines education and coaching to allow you to make sustainable and achievable changes proving that nourishing the body can be both simple and enjoyable.



In this episode, we cover:


  • The symptoms of menopause.
  • How you can improve your experience during this phase in your life.
  • Tools to navigate this period.
  • A holistic approach to menopause - taking care of mind, body and spirit. 
  • The impact of nutrition and sleep.
  • What these hormonal changes are.
  • The emotional changes and mood fluctuation.
  • How to manage its effect on relationships (romantic, familial and friendship).
  • How it can be an opportunity for re-alignment in your life.
  • How men go through a similar hormonal change called Andropause.
  • How you can best support someone you love who is going through menopause.
  • How it affects all areas of your life, and how to manage that.


(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.)



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2 months ago
49 minutes 55 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
Jungian Analysis: Free Yourself From The Unconscious Forces Controlling Your Life

In the pursuit of wholeness in our wellbeing, I spoke with Vanessa Gillespie, Jungian Psychoanalyst, about our emotional, mental and spiritual health through a Jungian lens. 

What became abundantly clear is just how much our subconscious runs the show, and how Jungian Analysis provides frameworks for living a free and fulfilled life. 

In this episode you’ll learn:



  • What the psyche is, and why your unconscious matters
  • How the shadow self quietly runs your life (until you face it)
  • The ways we project our inner world onto others
  • What causes psychological complexes and how they show up in behavior
  • How to spot unconscious patterns in yourself and the people around you
  • What individuation means
  • How Jungian dream analysis reveals about your inner and outer world
  • A real client dream, and Vanessa’s step-by-step interpretation
  • What archetypes are, and how they shape your identity and desires
  • The role of the collective unconscious
  • Key figures in depth psychology and how their ideas shape therapy today
  • What Carl Jung discovered about the human psyche
  • How Vanessa’s own Jungian Analysis changed her life, and led her to become an analyst


(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.)


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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3 months ago
1 hour 37 minutes 42 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
Getting To The Bottom of Gut Health: Fix Your Internal Climate Crisis

In this episode, Mr James Kinross reframes my understanding of "gut health".

He takes me into the evolving world of microbiome science, explains our ‘internal climate crisis’ and how we can heal ourselves with surprising lifestyle shifts. 


Mr James Kinross is an expert in the microbiome, a researcher into probiotic and prebiotic therapies for colonic health, and is a Colorectal Surgeon at OneWellbeck Digestive Health. He is also a senior lecturer at Imperial College London and has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers. 


We uncover:

  • What ‘the microbiome’ actually is
  • Why it’s unlocked a new understanding of medical science
  • How we are just at the start of our understanding of how the microbiome can help us heal and what it affects
  • How the paradigm of medicine and the scientific process is changing - we need to think differently 
  • How to have a healthy microbiome in modern day life
  • The different approaches to helping people’s gut health
  • What we don’t know yet (and that people are pretending to know)
  • Insight into antibiotics
  • That we are in an “infodemic”
  • What James means by an “internal climate crisis” when it comes to our microbial ecosystem
  • How being in nature, having fun, and connecting with people (including kissing people) willl benefit your health. 


Mr James Kinross is a lover of adventure and explorer of the world and of science. He is a curious respecter of different ideas when it comes to healing from the inside - out. 

I am very lucky to be able to have these conversations with him, and I’m very excited for you to learn from him too. 

John


(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.)


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3 months ago
1 hour 27 minutes 48 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
The 12 Week Year - A John Vincent Quickie

Welcome to my first John Vincent Quickie.

Quick, digestible and applicable ideas to equip you for a more fulfilled, whole, life.


Today, I am with Philip Dodson at Plaw Hatch Farm in Sussex, and we talk about the idea conceived by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington in their book 'The 12 Week Year', and how it has helped me re-frame my goals.


Phillip introduced me to this approach and it enabled me to mentally take on my water fast that Ash Kapoor guided me through (listen to Episode 1 for more on this), as well as other goals.


In our conversation, we explore how this method:

  • Helps you sharpen your focus.
  • Fosters a more achievable, momentum-driven mindset by narrowing the time frame for progress.
  • Encourages you to prioritise.
  • Enables you to effectively live four focused “years” within a single calendar year.
  • Reduces perfectionism and fear of missing out.
  • Asks you to plan goals differently
  • Is especially helpful for people like me, who thrive with structure but dislike rigidity.


This is something that can be applied to health, business, career, and personal development goals.

Do let me know what you think.

John


This episode references ideas from “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran. All credit for the original framework goes to the author — we’re simply sharing how we’ve personally applied and benefited from it.


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4 months ago
5 minutes 43 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
Beautiful skin, healthy skin: Dr Ellie Rashid has your back

Dr Ellie Rashid is a Consultant Dermatologist at OneWelbeck Skin Health, and Allergy and Clinical Lead for the complex Hidradenitis Suppurativa service at St John’s Institute of Dermatology. She specializes in a wide range of dermatology conditions, including paediatric dermatology, hidradenitis suppurativa, acne, eczema, psoriasis, and pigmentation disorders. Ellie is also joint training program director for specialist dermatology training in London and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College London. She earned her medical degree from Bart’s and the London Medical School in 2006 and completed her specialist training at St John’s. Ellie holds a PhD in Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine and has received multiple awards for her clinical work and research, publishing extensively and presenting internationally.


In this episode, we cover:



  • How to best look after our skin including everyday care and sun care
  • How the health of your skin is linked to your overall health
  • Inflammation in your body and your skin
  • The role of gut health in skin health
  • The pros and cons of dermatological and aesthetic interventions at different points in your life, and how to safely consider your options
  • How skin health trends online can mislead, and conversely how some online discussions force doctors to listen
  • How it works being a dermatologist in the NHS and privately in the UK. How being a Dermatologist in the UK is different to other countries.
  • A tour of her mole mapping machine and how it works
  • Some common misconceptions in skincare 
  • What is on the horizon of Dermatology
  • Women in Medicine


We are very lucky to be able to learn from Dr Rashid’s many years of expertise and experience, and I am very grateful to have spoken to her. 

What she offers is a practical, reassuring and uplifting approach to our skin health that looks at the whole - something totally in line with our mission towards wholeness on The John Vincent Podcast. 

Let me know what you think. 

John


(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.)


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4 months ago
1 hour 55 minutes 48 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
What's the Point? Acupuncture and Purpose with David Leeds

So far on The John Vincent Podcast, I’ve come to realise the perhaps surprising importance of our emotional and spiritual health on our physical health. Acupuncture is a treatment that pays attention to all of these areas, and is a tool that can allow us to live a more whole, fulfilling life. 


On this episode, I talk with David Leeds, a 5 Element acupuncturist that practices in Brooklyn, NYC. Having come from success in the corporate world to now practicing acupuncture with a broad range of New Yorkers, David has a unique perspective on how our modern lives could be lived with more purpose and emotional freedom.

We cover:


  • David Leeds on his journey from corporate life to 5 Element acupuncture
  • How acupuncture works and how it can help you physically, emotionally, and spiritually
  • How his treatments may differ from other practitioners, and the insight that’s afforded him
  • Surprising shifts he's seen in clients through treatment
  • The ancient roots and modern power of 5 Element acupuncture 
  • Emotional blocks, energy flow, and how healing one part affects the whole
  • Why language reveals more about your health than you think
  • Insights from working with, and observing New Yorkers through life’s phases transformations
  • Fun, helping people, and the challenge of staying committed to both
  • How acupuncture complements modern medicine and opens deeper awareness
  • Stories from clients that reveal our shared need for growth and freedom in our modern world


I hope that this opens your mind to the possibilities that we have every day to have more purposeful, joyful and healthy experience lives together. 

Do let me know what you think. 

John


(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.)


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4 months ago
1 hour 40 minutes 3 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
Ultra-Longevity: Play your cards right with Dr Mark Liponis

In this conversation with Dr. Mark Liponis, bestselling author and longevity expert, we dig deeper into the science and lifestyle practices behind his book Ultra-Longevity. Mark has a gift for making complex ideas about aging and the immune system feel accessible and actionable.

This time, we explore how aging actually works: what happens internally when you age, why it often happens in sudden spurts rather than gradually, and how chronic inflammation and immune overactivity are key drivers. Dr. Liponis lays out his seven essential pillars for slowing down aging and improving quality of life, offering practical ways to bring more balance to your daily routine.


We cover:

  • The Ultra-Longevity principles:
  • Breathe
  • Eat (nutrition and diet)
  • Sleep
  • Dance (rhythmic movement)
  • Love (emotional connection)
  • Soothe (stress and inner peace)
  • Enhance (supplements and immune support)
  • Why aging is tied to immune system shifts—and what you can do about it
  • Inflammation, auto-immune diseases, and how modern habits can make things worse
  • How the immune system has evolved over centuries
  • The impact of ultra-processed foods, free radicals, and oxidative stress
  • Sleep hygiene, and a breakdown of John’s recent sleep analysis
  • How community, loneliness, and emotional wellbeing affect lifespan
  • The changing culture around exercise over the past 50 years
  • Exciting new discoveries in medical research


We are so lucky to have access to Dr Liponis’ wisdom based off his many years of medical practice and interest in the human condition. 


Do let me know what you think, 

John 



(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.)


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4 months ago
1 hour 37 minutes 50 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
Mind how you feel: what your emotions are trying to tell you

Mel has for the last twenty years helped run the Alliance for Natural Health. We talk about how Mel became a renowned advocate for how nature can heal us, and for the power of our emotions on our physical health. Or rather how our emotional health and physical health are as entwined as any natural ecosystem.

 

We hear about her ill health as a child and young adult, and how the medical orthodoxy failed her before natural solutions saved her.

 

As well as working with Robert Verkerk to advise medical practitioners around the world on good science and good law, Mel is a practitoner in her own right, focused on nutrition and now CPNI. 

 

So we talk about her recovery from Grave’s disease, how she experienced and then understood the role of ‘spirituality’ and emotion in healing, her long relationship with gut health science and the nutritional and mental practices that heal us from within. 

 

As with many people who have suffered ill health at a young age, Mel is blessed with insight, compassion and almost other worldly perspective. 

 

Mel shares the moment when, at rock bottom, she was given the positive belief and intent to transform her health.

 

Mel is one of my favourite people. I think she might become one of yours.


(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.)


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4 months ago
1 hour 22 minutes 46 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
Ultraprevention: insights from 25 years of Canyon Ranch medical retreat

Dr Mark Liponis has a deep curiosity for the human mind and human condition.

He was an emergency room doctor, has written some of the most respected books on prevention and longevity and for 17 years he was the medical director at Canyon Ranch, one of the US most highly regarded health resorts.


On this episode, we hear from Dr Liponis what it’s like being a doctor within the current system, and he shares his wisdom on how we can live our “best lives” right now. 


His expertise is rooted both in science and in medical practice, seeing patients everyday and learning to understand the realities of human behaviour and positive change.


A hopeful skeptic, he is constantly curious but also looking at the science and the reality of any situation, treatment or cure. He has one foot in allopathic medicine, and one in alternative medicine, and treats them both with equal respect and skepticism. 


A man of wholeness, Dr Liponis balances science and practice, prevention and cure, western and alternative thinking, and hope and skepticism. And with huge volume and variety, he is a master in his field and is one of the most complete doctors I have ever met.

Do let me know on Instagram (@thejohnvincentpodcast) or LinkedIn (John Vincent) what you think.

John


(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.)


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5 months ago
1 hour 18 minutes 9 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
Fasting with Dr Ash Kapoor

My first guest on The John Vincent Podcast is Dr Ash Kapoor. 


We talk about fasting – why you might want to try it, and what to expect when you do.


Dr. Ash Kapoor is a practicing clinician and a scientist with a deep curiosity about the human body, root cause analysis and a determination to understand what is happening at a cellular level.


Because Ash is going to be a regular here, we began with Ash’s view of the state of modern medicine, how you can become the owner of your own health, and how Ash’s career in medicine led to his fascination with regenerative medicine.


What will you learn from this episode?


  • Dr Kapoor’s medical and personal background, his personal relationship to fasting, and his experiences training GPs within the NHS, and his subsequent research into regenerative medicine
  • What fasting is, and when it might be beneficial to your body and mind.
  • Both the biological and psychological process of fasting. 
  • Some surprising effects of fasting on your lifestyle and longevity. 
  • The ways to fast safely.
  • A history of fasting in different cultures.
  • The difference between fasting and starvation
  • John’s personal experience of fasting under the guidance of Dr Ash, and his biomarkers before and after. 
  • Insight into how people with ADHD metabolise glucose differently. 


At LEON, I wanted to provide people with delicious food that also allowed them to be healthy.

Now, Dr Kapoor has given me an additional way to think about our relationship with food that has deepened my own gratitude and mindfulness. 


I have begun this exploration into ancient healing and modern medicine for the benefit of me, my family and YOU. It would make me so happy to hear what you think and what I can do better as in interviewer and learner. 


Dr Kapoor will be a regular contributor to the podcast, so please give him a big welcome.


John


(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.)


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5 months ago
1 hour 22 minutes 35 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast
Why we are here - a (not short but hopefully useful) introduction to the podcast
I want to introduce myself, introduce my podcast, and share the only one thing that I've ever learned in my life. And how this one thing has set me on a journey that I'd love you to come on with me.

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5 months ago
30 minutes 8 seconds

The John Vincent Podcast

Hello, this is John Vincent and welcome to The John Vincent Podcast, where we explore ancient healing and modern medicine.

It’s all about the best ways – both old and new - to help people (both old and new) to enjoy naturally healthy lives.

We will be looking at the things that modern medicine suggests we should be doing, the things that ancient healing traditions have been doing for a long time, and at the exciting hypotheses from emerging science.

 

Good health has fascinated me ever since I started and built a business called LEON. We began by asking the question “Why can’t fast food be good food?”


Spoiler alert: It can.


Now I want to explore health in all its dimensions.


We’ll look at the smallest of details, whilst never losing sight of the bigger picture- the picture that shows how all moving components work together to create a whole. And how politics, economics and profit incentives can sometimes derail that harmony. 

Founding Leon has given me have access to the world’s leading doctors, scientists, nutritionists, healers and practitioners of indigenous wisdom. What they’ve told me has often blown my mind.  But it’s also improved my mind, my body and my life.  I’m going to share all this with you and speak to these experts so that they can share what they know with you too.


They have a lot of stories to tell. There is magic in science. And every new answer invites many new questions and possibilities. We will explore these, whilst also doing our best to pin down what we currently know about the things we should be DOING – the action we should be taking to keep us well and help ourselves to heal when we need to.


As the old saying goes, the only wealth is health. Not just physical well-being, but the harmony of body, mind, spirit, and emotion. We’ll explore what it means to be healthy - and how we can best enjoy the full potential of the human experience. 


You know what kind of life you want to live. Whatever it is, I want to bring you the wisdom and knowledge of good people who’ll help you do that. I’m excited to have fun doing it, too. 


At LEON, we made great food accessible to everyone. I’m now going to do the same with good health—helping as many people as possible, regardless of circumstances. Whether you’re a billionaire or on a tight budget, you deserve this opportunity and I’ll make sure you get it.


(The information provided in this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The views expressed by guests are their own. We strongly advise that you contact a registered and experienced healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.)


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