In this episode of Begin Again, Davina McCall sits down with the brilliant Kimberley Wilson, Chartered Psychologist, brain health expert, and author, for a powerful conversation about the science of the mind, and how we can all take better care of our brains.
Kimberly unpacks the latest research around dementia, and challenges the idea that brain decline is just an inevitable part of aging. Instead, she offers practical, science-backed strategies that put the power back in our hands.
In this honest and enlightening discussion, Kimberly explains why what we eat, how we sleep, how we move — and how we feel — all play a vital role in protecting our minds. She talks candidly about the myths we’ve been told about memory, menopause, and mental wellbeing, and why it’s never too early — or too late — to start caring for our brains.
This is a conversation about ownership, understanding, and the radical potential of prevention. Bringing clarity, calm, and compassion to a topic that affects us all — and her message is as inspiring as it is empowering.
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00:00 Intro
01:28 Davina Introduction
02:20 Introducing Kimberley Wilson
03:36 Why Our Brains Are Always Hungry
10:12 Connecting Nutrition and Mental Health
11:23 The Rise of Dementia and Its Impact on Women
18:43 How Stress Affects the Body
22:29 Aging, Fear, and Self-Perception
26:03 Why Brain Health Depends on Nutrition
32:53 The Wonders of the Brain
37:11 Life 360 Ad
38:17 What Supplements Should You Be Taking?
44:24 The Importance of Exercise for Mental Health
49:44 The Vagus Nerve Explained
54:30 Emotions and Their Connection to the Body
1:00:15 How to Talk to Children About Their Bodies
1:04:34 The Truth About Fasting
1:11:06 How to Eat More Nutritiously
1:16:33 Final Thoughts and Key Takeaways
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Thank you Kimberly and Thank you Davina 🕊️💜🙏🏾
Fantastic content. Thank you so much 🙏
This was a great conversation. Thank you.
Thank you thank you I am going through deep water trying to support my mother right now its hard! The insight has been invaluable for me too. 💖💖💖
I like what she had to say. It’s all makes sense of sorts. It’s the cognitive dissonance that is always the kick in the teeth. Talking about omega 3 for instance. In their heads they need to eat fish to get omega 3.Just eat the seaweed that fish eat. Cut out the middle man so to speak ( that’s got mercury and plastic remnants in it). But it’s the cruelty that goes with it. You don’t need the fish.
Wow!!! Quite impressive! Loved you, Kimberley Wilson! You'd be an amazing teacher/ professor, being so straight to the point, so, so, so… Genius! ❤ Davina, congrats on another great podcast! You're amazing! ❤ Watching from Portugal with love. Celeste
The brain is a physical organ
The brain does very well on ketones. This is especially important in the older person who is insulin resistant in the brain. See the work of Dale Bredesen. Please check him out.
We don’t want big companies/corporations running our lives they’ve done enough damage thank you, just look at the food chain. We will take control… whole foods less chemicals! Great Pod!
What amazes me is this…. Our hearts /minds were created by God for God…
We have been given the word of God for our minds to be meditating on DAILY, many have rejected Him. Jesus is the word of God…
So if we fill our minds with everything but what it is supposed to be filled with ans expect ro function well we have been decieved.
Many are scared worried anxious about all sorts, only Jesus can give snd sustain you with peace
Go and put deisel in a petrol car and visa versa.
We need Jesus to fill our minds with Truth .
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Can you put a link to Kimberly's podcast in the description box please.
I've tried to find it and i cant find it anywhere.
Shocking that our government knows a lot of this and is choosing not to act on it preferring to pander to pharmaceutical company's who are only concerned about making money. 😢
Really enjoyed this interview, learnt loads, thank you 😊
Another amazing conversation very informative. Thank you to both of you ❤❤
Just wanted to add to the section about hearing loss. It would really help if we could reduce the stigma around hearing loss. I am 22, and was born hard of hearing. I've been working on feeling less shame about hearing loss my whole life and now feel more confident about it than I ever have. It is interesting how reducing this stigma could have wider benefits on health, such as dementia :)
Fantastic and really interesting interview! Thank you! Love from Italy 🇮🇹
Very interesting and informative stuff.
Kimberley is spot on, I'm a Naturopathic Nutritionist and 100% agree with everything she's saying! Clinical trials are often funded by the pharmaceutical industry themselves and they will not fund clinical trials into natural health because they don't make money out of it, you cannot patent food, vitamins, minerals..Hence they say 'there is not enough clinical evidence'. This is where the health system is completely broken!
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Crowd researching like screening but mass volunteer trials
Dr Ornish world renowned, having linked both halting and reversing of heart disease through plant based nutrition, has now proven and published papers connecting halting and improving alzheimers. Again plant based nutrition. Look it up.
Why cant expensive trials be done individually for eg person volunteers at gp takes the vits..the blood tests given to AI to colate under supervision and published….
Ive had hearing aids since age 34… Pregnancy related allegedly… multi factorial….hearing aids are good but not brilliant…and are expensive theres an added mental load if hearing loss isnt uniform on the ranges…
Davina is a pretty woman. Shocked that Japan and Greece older people DO NOT get Dementia!! But people in late 40 getting dementia now..must be diet and DNA
The dementia bit…regarding women..😮…its also huge in down syndrome populations too…is it from restraint stress(ie little freedom…money society etc)
Omg is she from the british bake off show?
Thanks for the johhny walker reference…❤my mom is gas affected her mom was an alcoholic….I have so many physical signs…simian lines. I'm six foot ..hearing loss and the 'hepcidin' in utero kick-started(by ethanol or alcohol from either blighted spuds or alcohol) my hemochromatosis as both parents were carriers…..foetal alcohol(and drugs) are huge in UK and Ireland it's not all ADHD…AuDHD fasds….it's in utero
I am sorry, but there is tonnes of info re nutrition and brain health, so it's absolutely nothing new. But I guess for people that aren't bothered about taking an interest so far, this will be helpful.
Thank you for your enlightenment! 🙏🙏
Please impart the location of the societies where ageing and women’s wisdom is valued and their menopause symptoms are nonexistent, PLEASE! 🙏😀
very interesting topic – but too much interruptions
So how do you explain the amazing clarity after fasting for a couple of days? I will go with what my body tells me as I have found short term fasting very helpful.. Experts can say many things but trusting the body's feedback is the greatest super power we can acquire.
A lot of useful info here, thank you. I would have liked to have heard about the role of ketosis and ketones for fueling the brain as I have heard many experts (Dr Chris Palmer, Dr Georgia Ede, Dr Eric Westerman etc) advocate a ketogenic diet for good brain health.
The pharmaceutical company have to maintain their cash cow. It’s about the profits that’s why nutrition is not on the forefront. Tantrums in children are being fed medication, introducing boundaries etc is too difficult which then leads to mental health then medication, which is a vicious circle of overall poor health and life outcomes.
The government NEEDS to engage with Kimberly. How can they ignore this information. Guys please listen to her podcasts 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Really interesting. Many thanks ❤😊
Supermarkets could juice all the veg and fruit that's going in the bin for the evening shoppers
Wow 🎉 Enjoyed this interview 😊 & learnt so much about me 😮. Thank you for bringing this topic to the masses. Incredible information! I want to learn more.🌻🌻🌻
Eye opening. Thank you Davina ❤
the number of people is growing because everyone has now this habit of tea and coffee all the time. listen to Matthew Walker on sleep. during DEEP SLEEP the mind clears the plaque and tau that causes Alzheimer's caffeine prevents the body getting deep sleep its just that siimple. the people in Greece etc in the Blue Zones do not drink caffeine. often it is herbal tea. I have not taken caffeine for 20 years now as I noticed my mum aunt etc who had Alzheimer's loved their tea. I have no memory problems at all
Organic coconut oil…the best ❤
so many gems here
Thankyou kimberley I respect my brain way more now 😊
Such an insightful conversation. Thanks Kimberley and Davina! ❤
Another fascinating and informative interview. It’s just scandalous that vital health information like this isn’t widely broadcast and deeply disheartening that at the root of it all is money. Thank you for having these conversations so that we can feel more empowered to optimise our own and our families health.
Love love loved this session.🥰 Makes me really want to take care of myself and everyone that I know ++😃 Thank you!!
I’m from Australia and we say ‘vitamins’ differently than you folk.
When the lovely Kimberly said that they did a trail with B vitamins, I thought she said ‘beaver twins’ 😂😂😂
Omg I nearly died laughing. Why are they bringing in beavers to the study? How is there a placebo???!!!! What’s going on here????
Oh, B vitamins.
Lucky I’m watching this show, seriously 😅