The Podcast
The science and stories of living well
Each season of the podcast follows one of my projects. When I make a film or write a book, I speak with dozens of researchers, experts and people with remarkable stories, and only a fraction makes the final cut. The podcast is where those conversations live in full. The next season accompanies my new film, Raising Superheroes, and is coming soon.
– JOURNALIST AND FILMMAKER WORKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF STORY AND IMPACT
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Although the idea of a mind-body connection used to be thought of as fringe, New Age ju ju, these days scientists are no longer asking if our mind, body and health are connected, but rather, how they are connected. This episode is an extended interview with Professor Elissa Epel, the Director of the Aging, Metabolism … Read full article »
When I began my year-long documentary experiment to see what would happen to my health and wellbeing if I meditated every day for a year, a key motivating force was a special issue of The Lancet which declared that every country in the world is facing and failing to tackle a host of mental health … Read full article »
I’m very excited to be launching my new FREE podcast, where I’ll take you behind the scenes of my health research and projects. In the new podcast you’ll hear my extended interviews with experts that sadly hit the cutting room floor when I’m making my films and writing my books. You’ll also hear the real-life … Read full article »
If you have a question for my podcast, I’d love to hear from you. It might be about mindfulness, about mind-body health, preventive medicine, journalism, filmmaking or whatever else. Leave me a message on the podcast voicemail service. Read full article »
In 2007 a 27-year old man known as ‘Mr A’ collapsed on the floor of a hospital emergency department after taking a drug overdose. His blood pressure was crashing, he was hyperventilating and shaking, and nurses sprang into action to insert an intravenous line into his arm to try and flush his system and save … Read full article »
In 2007, a 27-year old man known as ‘Mr A’ collapsed on the floor of a hospital emergency department after taking a drug overdose. His blood pressure was crashing, he was hyperventilating and shaking, and nurses sprang into action to insert an intravenous line into his arm to try and flush his system and save … Read full article »
As a journalist who investigates the connection between our mind, body and health, I often come across phenomenal stories where healers produce miracle cures and witch doctors put curses on people. Now, if you’re scientifically minded like I am, you might be inclined to dismiss these stories as fantasy, or the result of a person’s gullibility … Read full article »
As a journalist who investigates the connection between our mind, body and health, I often come across phenomenal stories where healers produce miracle cures and witch doctors put curses on people. If you’re scientifically minded like I am, you might be inclined to dismiss these stories as fantasy, or the result of a person’s gullibility … Read full article »
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My projects
Raising Superheroes
A mother’s search for answers to the youth mental health crisis leads her across the world, to a truth she did not expect to find, and into a fight she never expected to join.
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My Year of Living Mindfully
My Year of Living Mindfully is the new feature documentary from journalist and filmmaker Shannon Harvey. Overwhelmed with insomnia and an incurable…
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The Connection
ABOUT THE FILM The Connection is a feature documentary that uncovers the latest science in mind body medicine and proves we have much more to say a…
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The Whole Health Life
“In The Whole Health Life Shannon Harvey writes with real heart, relentless honesty, journalistic insight and broad understanding. On top of all th…