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First episode of the new series. I talk about Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). What is it? What causes it? What can we do about it? What are the Red Flag symptoms? I will also talk my own personal experience with IBS and the dangers of self-diagnosis and what can happen when we neglect to act on what our bodies tell us.

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This year, for this season, I'll be focussing on how to make our lives better and healthier. I’ll be meeting people who have changed their lives for the better; taking time out for themselves and adopting new lifestyles be it in the forms of diet, meditation yoga and a few other things which I admit I’m sceptical of. On top of that I’ll be trying some of these lifestyle changes to see if there are any real works effects on me. 

As well as lifestyles, I’ll be talking more about medical conditions that we often overlook or are too embarrassed to talk about and what happens when we neglect what our bodies are trying to tell us. 

And finally there will still be the odd controversial discussions with old and new friends, talking about important topics within medicine.

I’m excited to introduce a new affiliate with the podcast.

Doctors in distress is a wonderful charity founded by Amandip Sidhu who appeared on the show last year. Amandip’s brother was a consultant cardiologist who tragically took his own life as a result of burnout. Doctors in distress is a charity which helps doctors suffering from burnout to prevent such a tragedy from happening again. It is an absolute privilege to be affiliated with this incredible charity and this year we will be working closer together to try and help spread the message to all doctors that there is help available. 

Episodes will be launched every 2 weeks

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Doctors In Distress website:
https://doctors-in-distress.org.uk

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Dr Haidar Al-Hakim otherwise known as ‘The Third Eye Doctor’ is a surgeon, a speaker, an author and a life coach. He joins us once again for the season finale. We discuss the different personality types within the medical specialties, the power of hypnosis, the cultural trend of instant gratification in society and other taboo topics in a very candid, unscripted conversation.

The Third Eye Doctor’s website:
https://www.thethirdeyedoctor.co.uk

His Podcast – The Surgical Spirit
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/surgical-spirit/id1437997713

Dr Haider Al-hakim’s YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/haidarahf

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Riana Milne is a Certified, Global Life & Love Coach, a Cert. Clinical Trauma & Addictions Professional, a Certified Mindfulness Coach, #1 Bestselling author, the Host of her Podcast called Lessons in Life & Love™, an Educational Speaker, and is a Certified Mindset Coach and Licensed Mental Health Counselor for close to 20 years living in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Riana joins me this week to discuss the 10 traumas that are experienced during childhood that affect an adult later in life and in their love relationships.

Links to Riana Milne’s resources:

Website: RianaMilne.com     
Facebook: Coach Riana Milne  LinkedIn  YouTube  Twitter
Podcast: Lessons in Life & Love Podcast Archive of shows 

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After a long few night shifts, I took to the internet to see what was in the news. It turns out Oxford University have banned clapping. This frustrated me… then after a video on breatharians; talking about how we can live off the sun’s energy and Prana instead of food appeared in my YouTube feed, I decided to have a rant.

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Dr Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit  as well as a podcaster and radio presenter.
He joins me today to discuss some of the shortcomings that we experience within the health system and how the bureaucracy within our health system has changed over the years. More importantly, he shares his suggestions to solve these issues.

Dr Shan Hussain’s Website
https://thehealthstudio.net

Dr Shan Hussain’s Podcast: Enduring Health
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/enduring-health/id1442268572

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Joined by ‘Soul in the Raw’ founder Marina Yanay-Triner, a vegan blogger, educator and recipe creator, who uses a whole-food plant-based diet as a key to changing her clients lives for the better. An honest and very realistic conversation that will help anyone thinking about adopting a plant-based diet make the first step as well as receiving guidance on how to do it.

Marina’s website:

https://www.soulintheraw.com

Her YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoH2yHQMXNnJ229YTEE1YgA

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I am joined by Spiro Koulouris, a sufferer from gout. Spiro has dramatically improved his condition through lifestyle and dietary changes. He tells us how.

 Spiro's website: Gout & You:

www.goutandyou.com

Spiro's Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/GoutandYou/

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I discuss why it’s so easy for us to become addicted to video games and how to recognise the symptoms. I’ll also look at some of the underlying problems that we need to look out for as to why someone has become addicted. Finally, I’ll look at the debate between violence and computer games and give my own thoughts.

Referenced previous episode with Dr Giles P. Croft

https://www.buzzsprout.com/342848/1716280-how-your-psychology-works-and-managing-your-life-changes

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A fascinating episode bringing together two prominent advocates for helping those suffering with stress and burnout.

In November 2018 a kind and compassionate cardiologist who excelled in his work and was loved by both patients and colleagues alike sadly, as a consequence of work related burnout tragically took his own life. In August of this year, I published a podcast episode on burnout where I interviewed his brother, Amandip Sidhu who shared his story with the show.

Link here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/342848/1509820-the-devastating-effect-of-burnout-a-real-life-story

 I am once again joined by Amandip who is now an advocate for personal wellbeing and has set up a charity called doctors in distress to not only help doctors suffering from burnout but to help educate employers in how to avoid such tragedies from happening again in the future.

I am also joined by Dr Sonia Hutton-Taylor who is one of the foremost experts in burnout. Sonia has worked at the interface between career/performance and health/wellbeing for 30 years and has assisted some of the most burnt out people on the planet move through burnout effectively and either resume or change their careers.

In 2017 she set up Burnout Geese for all industries - a platform for sharing her unique perspectives on burnout causes and prevention as well as offering thought provoking innovation on burnout resolution.

Amandip's Website
https://doctors-in-distress.org.uk

Dr Sonia Hutton-Taylor's Website
https://www.burnoutgeese.com

Burnout Survey Link for medics:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/2ZJPQTM

Other useful links:

Speak in confidence: The British Medical Association (BMA) offers a 24/7 confidential support line:

https://www.bma.org.uk/advice/work-life-support/your-wellbeing/check-yourself-out

 
The Samaritans:

https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwp5_qBRDBARIsANxdcimPhH1FMeeFg2-nLJ_jKIQb9smCRmw74MJhNWtXjqKGe8_gOjDF-PoaAtSIEALw_wcB

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