Chasing the Sun: Why Daylight Is the Missing Ingredient for Our Wellbeing

In this illuminating episode, we explore one of the most overlooked pillars of human health - daylight. Two centuries ago, humans spent 90% of their time outdoors. Today, we spend 90% of our lives inside, and it’s taking a silent toll on our health, performance, and happiness.

Our guest, Tony Macken, a lifelong advocate for outdoor living and workplace wellbeing, shares how modern lifestyles and indoor professions — especially in industries like hospitality — are disrupting our circadian rhythms, the biological clocks that govern our sleep, energy, and mental health.

Quoting Professor Russell Foster of Oxford University, he reminds us: “Circadian rhythm underpins every aspect of our health. We ignore it at our peril.”

From his experience as a Samaritan volunteer to his belief in goal-setting, mindfulness, and outdoor adventure (including plans to go snowboarding for his 70th birthday!), this conversation is a masterclass in reconnecting with nature, and with ourselves.

Join us as we uncover how sunlight, sleep, and self-awareness can transform not just personal wellbeing, but workplace culture for the future.