15 of the best positive, feel-good podcasts to boost your mood in 2026

Ella, founder of Deliciously Ella, and Rhiannon, registered nutritionist and founder of Rhitrition, make wellness less daunting and more doable. They unpack their expert opinions on the latest wellbeing trends, while offering simple swaps and realistic tips to help you live happier and healthier. Among the wellness chaos, myths and misinformation online, they offer simple science-backed statistics and calming girl chats as we’re invited into their decade-long friendship.

If you’re currently stuck in a mental loop and replaying an embarrassing moment, good news – you’re not alone. Revelling in each other’s misfortunes, Jameela gathers her funniest friends as they share their most mortifying stories. Through finding the humour in hurt and humiliation – and removing the pressure of positivity – we can lose ourselves in her guests’ own cringe-worthy moments. The honesty may be brutal, but it is a refreshingly relatable and cynically comforting take on tackling failure and shame as women.

Swapping secrets, scandals and sex stories, lifelong best friends Sophia and Cinzia invite us to join them for a chat and a gossip. Creating a dating discourse devoid of judgment, shame or embarrassment, the girls give their advice on our dating dilemmas. It’s almost impossible not to join in with their infectious fits of laughter or finish an episode without aching cheeks at Cinzia’s melodramatic reactions. 

The hardest conversations to have are also the most important, and here, relationship expert Paul Brunson brings his insightful commentary on how to create and sustain successful relationships.

From weekly conversations with industry experts and familiar faces, Brunson promises to support your personal growth, provide practical insights and deliver actionable advice that will add value to your relationships.

We’re invited on a sleepover with internet It girl Emma as she sits in the comfort of her own bed, chatting at length about whatever is on her mind. Anything really does go, as Emma covers all the bases, including philosophy, pop culture and personal stories from 10 years ago, always keeping us on our toes. It’s a gossip-fuelled sleepover crammed with unprofessional advice alongside insightful realisations – and we’d happily attend again and again. 

Emma’s Northern Irish charm and unselfconsciousness is a gleeful escape from our everyday stresses as she chats about anything and everything. Embracing the messiness of navigating adulthood, Emma tells relatable anecdotes that leave us cackling yet comforted, while her unfiltered opinions and deep dives into pop culture and political discourse are informative yet addictive. 

Begin Again is dedicated to empowering people to embrace midlife as their most transformative era yet. McCall’s guests share stories of growth and rediscovery, letting you in on their own life journeys – many of which have challenged outdated narratives and ideas.

McCall wants everyone to know that midlife is not the start of the end; instead, it’s the perfect opportunity and time to begin again.

Sentimental Garbage describes itself as being “about the culture we love that society can sometimes make us feel ashamed of.” Hosted by Caroline O’Donoghue and featuring the likes of Dolly Alderton and Juno Dawson, guests wax lyrical about the value of their favourite guilty pleasures – from Bridget Jones and Moulin Rouge! to Titanic and the word ‘like’.

Truly funny (and informative) listening for culture vultures who want to deep dive into our most ‘trivial’ but tender obsessions.

Each week, comedian and writer Lou Sanders asks a special guest the hard-hitting questions that other non-cuddle-based podcasts don’t dare to.

Big questions such as: which kid did your parents prefer? Why are we all pretending massages are normal? And, can you ever trust anyone to order for you?

The podcast is the result of Joanne’s therapist doing just that, ghosting her. Despite it all, it’s often said that friends give the best therapy so Vogue Williams and Joanne McNally have teamed up to do exactly that (alongside a generous helping of laughter). Together, they give 100% unqualified, unsubstantiated but up-front and honest advice on the plethora of issues that so many of us face and deal with.

Hosted by author Candice Brathwaite and actor Coco Sarel in their hilarious closet of confession, this podcast is packed with conversations around questionable behaviour, chaotic dates and opinions that you’ve never told anyone. Some recent episodes have covered the Close Friends list, the scariest type of man and the appeal of the chase. Extremely relatable.

Take this time to pause, reflect and learn with the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast. Through talking to her guests about their three biggest “failures” in life, Day celebrates the things that haven’t gone right and the lessons we learn from them.

A celebration of love, sex and relationships, this podcast is packed with humour, wit and wild experiences that’s sure to lift your mood this month. With the podcast aiming to break down barriers and taboos when it comes to South Asian women talking openly about sex, hosts Poppy and Rubina are here to chat about it all.

This list just wouldn’t be complete without Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place. Cotton draws on her own experiences, speaks with guests and shares advice from experts on how to work through feeling blue to finding joy each and every day.

Dr. Chatterjee is one of the most influential GPs out there with nearly 20 years’ experience. In his podcast, Feel Better, Live More, Chatterjee aims to inspire, empower and transform the way we feel. 

Listeners hear stories from leading health experts and exciting personalities who offer easy health life-hacks, expert advice and debunk common health myths giving you the tools to revolutionise how you eat, sleep, move and relax.