5-in-15

Today, Thorrun Govind joins host Harpreet Chana, a pharmacist, healthcare lawyer and TV health expert who has appeared on Sky News, Good Morning Britain, Times Radio, LBC and GB News. Former Chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s English Pharmacy Board, Thorrun has spent her career raising the profile of pharmacy, from the community pharmacy counter to keynote stages around the world.

In this episode, we get a glimpse of the persistence behind the public profile - getting pharmacy into the national media as a trainee, calling thousands of community pharmacies when she stood for election, and tackling misinformation and online criticism head on. This episode will leave you with a deeper understanding of visibility, personal branding, and just how far a healthcare qualification can take you.

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Today, Peter Blanchard joins co-host Danielle Paes, a professional certified coach, leadership development facilitator and engineering leader who now heads up leadership development at The Mental Wealth Academy Canada. Peter has coached leaders everywhere from Canada and South America to Malaysia and Japan, helping individuals and teams create new awareness that leads to new results.In this episode, we get a glimpse of the man behind the coaching - choosing engineering on his best friend’s advice, the panic attack in a boardroom that became his wake-up call, and the purpose workshop that showed him what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. This episode will leave you with a deeper understanding of purpose, the power of the journey inward, and why our answers are so often already within us.---Listen to the 5-in-15 Healthcare Careers Podcast 🎧 New episode drops every Friday!💛 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCSdS8INXEWqUYSUF4wNVxhg💛 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Apu5Bp41o7lHHwPomI2c4?si=bc71f1ac19164969💛 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5-in-15/id6815842841

Today, Rami Safi joins co-host Danielle Paes, a pharmacist of almost 20 years in Canada, co-owner of Wellness Wave Pharmacy, and a registered psychotherapist. Rami bridges two areas of healthcare that are very rarely seen together in one person, giving him a unique understanding of how medications affect both the mind and the body, and how people heal through connection.In this episode, we get a glimpse of the leader behind the pharmacy counter - leading a team of 50 through the intensity of COVID, the moment that sparked his journey into psychotherapy, and why he never asks his team to do anything he wouldn’t do himself. This episode will leave you with a deeper understanding of empathy, the power of truly listening, and why words really do matter.--Sign up for the Building Your Confidence webinar now 👇 https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ySWu6Fn7QKCzYw9e6JIliw--Listen to the 5-in-15 Healthcare Careers Podcast 🎧 New episode drops every Friday, 6:30AM (London Time)! 💛 https://www.youtube.com/@UCSdS8INXEWqUYSUF4wNVxhg 💛 https://open.spotify.com/show/3Apu5Bp41o7lHHwPomI2c4?si=bc71f1ac19164969💛 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5-in-15/id6815842841

In this episode, Chaandni Devgon sits down with Amit Patel, Chief Executive of Community Pharmacy South West London and the first non-pharmacist to hold his pharmacy representative roles. Amit shares his unplanned route from banking, sales and recruitment into NHS and pharmacy leadership, how he turned early imposter syndrome into drive, and the moment he realised that “people are just people.” In a candid and deeply personal conversation, he opens up about his upbringing, pays tribute to the mum who became his first leadership role model, and explains the difference between being stretched by purpose and exhausted by proving your worth.

In this episode, Harpreet sits down with Ruth Edwards, a pharmacist, educator, coach and former Professor and Head of School of Pharmacy, who's live from the FIP Congress in Montreal. Ruth shares how she went from community pharmacy to academic leadership, regulation and coaching without ever having a five-year plan. She also covers the four things behind her success and gives practical advice for anyone wanting to move into education.

In this special 3-in-1 episode, Harpreet, Danielle, and Chaandni all take turns interviewing one another and share the paths, risks, and chances they've taken to make it where they are today.

In the first ever episode of 5-in-15, join Harpreet Chana, Danielle Paes, and Chaandni Devgon as they take us back to the roots of The Mental Wealth Academy, why they've built it, what their long-term goals are, and much more.