Hello and a warm welcome back to my Friday 5 recorded here in Kenya as I am still out in

this beautiful country working here on some research and some writing projects while

staying with my eldest son Guy and of course keeping close tabs on things back home in the UK

from storm unists to other distressing news stories and very much focusing here at Laza

Wellbeing on ways to help mitigate stress ease anxiety and generally encourage feelings of strength

resilience and positivity. So with that in mind I am especially pleased here to be

welcoming onto my podcast a brilliant guest Tim Samuels who has perhaps been better known to date as an

award-winning documentary and filmmaker as well as an investigative journalist for the BBC and

others covering all kinds of human interest stories from the treatment of the elderly in our

communities to covering terrorism, racism and even extreme dangers in war zones such as Bosnia.

Well an unlikely well-being warrior at first glance perhaps but someone who has also documented

his own journey through mental health issues notably depression and has been active in

encouraging men especially who are notoriously bad at this to discuss more openly so they can

get help to feel better and live well and it was on his own wellness journey that Tim came across

researchers and scientists at both Harvard Medical School and Stanford University in the States

working in the field of epigenetics the science of tapping into our unique genetic makeup

and hacking in for one to the better expression our own genetic variances to help increase

genuine resilience to stress, reduce anxiety, improve our immune function, sleep, energy levels

and more. Sounds interesting? Trust me the science is absolutely fascinating.

Tim is a delight to talk to and he joins me now to discuss all this the brilliant

nutrigenomic brand he founded called Carmesist and so much more besides.

So massively warm welcome Tim I'm so delighted that you found time to join us because this whole area

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