It’s All About You!

Listen to this hugely inspiring story with Pancreatic Cancer Action Charity founder and cancer survivor Ali Stunt. A story of incredible resilience and drive. But, unfortunately, pancreatic cancer is silent and is often caught too late. Ali sets out 10 signs that you need to look out for in no uncertain terms and the action you must take.

We also discuss a huge controversy created by the charity, and right to the very end, it is an episode packed full of great information.

A deep dive of a conversation to kick off our Season 3.

Returning to chat with Evie Nutrition about her weight loss programme. I put my hand up to join the programme and report back. Quite the journey ensued and I might have wished I hadn’t suggested I would come back to talk about it!! If you’ve been through a cancer diagnosis or chronic illness you may recognise some of my plight! Even without either of those things, this is for you if you are trying to lose weight or weight loss those lockdown pounds from COVID-19.

2020 Stephen received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire award for his contribution to Dance. His outstanding career and support for the arts and musical theatre, in particular, he has had a positive impact inspiring many. He received an Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreography in 2010 Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Production of Hello Dolly! His biography so long it could be made into a book. Here is a snippet of some of his recent work.

Funny GirlDirector and Choreographer (Theatre Marigny, Paris 2019)

Little Shop of Horrors Director and Choreographer (Storyhouse Chester 2019)

Guys and Dolls Director and Choreographer (Theatre Marigny, Paris 2019)

White Christmas (The Curve Theatre 2018 / Dominion Theatre 2019)

Guys and dolls Director and Choreographer (The Royal Albert Hall 2018)

Chess (ENO, Coliseum Theatre 2018)

Scrooge the Musical (The Curve Theatre 2017)

Guys and dolls (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre 2017)

Top Hat Director and Choreographer (Kilworth House Theatre 2017)

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Movement Director (Donmar Warehouse 2017)

42nd Street Director and Choreographer (Theatre Du Chatelet, Paris 2016)

Deborah Fielding and Rachael Naylor chat about the mental aspect of COVID-19 and the similarities with a chronic illness diagnosis. They also confront depression and how that shows up in your life, along with some stepping stones to raise yourself out of it. Rachael was mowed down by chronic illness while running a very successful voiceover business. She tells us her story, how she is rebuilding her life and many of the lessons that she has understood along the way... 

A chat with Hayley Plummer who is a health and fitness coach specialising in helping women develop healthy relationships with food and their bodies while getting them to their fitness goals.

Hayley’s mission is to cut the confusion and stress out of getting the body you want and empower you with the knowledge and the mindset you need to keep those results for life.

As a self-confessed foodie who loves cake, chocolate and sticky toffee pudding, Hayley is strongly against restrictive dieting and believes in enjoying food rather than avoiding it. Combining this with a training program focused on improving your body’s strength and capabilities (rather than just flogging it to burn calories) means she can help you achieve awesome results AND enjoy the process along the way.

Here we talk about COVID-19 or Coronavirus and balanced eating to keep you in a good space during tough times.

Listen as Victoria Mann and Deborah Fielding chat about keeping yourself in optimum health during COVID-19 and other huge times in our lives.

 Victoria graduated from King’s College London in 2011 with a Masters degree in Dietetics and practiced as a Registered Dietitian within the NHS from 2011-2018. Victoria started her career as a Dietitian at the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust. Here she gained a vast array of experience in the medical nutritional therapy of various diseases including heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes. She spent time working in the Weight Management & Bariatric surgery team working with both groups and individuals aiming to lose weight and improve their health.

In 2013 Victoria moved back to her home city of Oxford and joined Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This was a split role spending half her week seeing patients who wanted to lose weight for health reasons and half her week working with patients who had been diagnosed with cancer. She then moved into a senior role as a Macmillan Advanced Dietitian. Providing specialist care for people diagnosed with cancer. 

In 2018 she left the NHS to follow her passion for health promotion. She qualified as a Personal Trainer and now offers a private Dietetic service in Oxford as well as working as a Personal Trainer.

Victoria is now in a unique position to be able to offer professional dietary advice alongside exercise advice to a wide variety of clients both online and in person.