Editor Ann Marie McQueen sits down with Lulua Faizullabhoy, a Dubai graphic designer and mom of two girls who trained for and climbed Mt Elbrus in Russia while undergoing treatment for breast cancer in 2018.

Livehealthy.ae editor Ann Marie McQueen Zooms with Dr Stephen Grobmyer, chair of the oncology unit, professor of surgery and director of breast cancer surgery at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. They talk about breast cancer awareness, dense breasts, the latest research and what you have in your control via lifestyle to dramatically reduce your risk.

Abdullah Alblooshi is one of three founders of Desert Shield Fitness, the UAE’s first Spartan-style gym devoted to training people to run obstacle races. He tells The Livehealthy.ae Podcast how he never really wanted to open a gym, about building a community around a love for fitness, and about the one time he was forced to live the adage “try, try and try again” with a very heavy bucket of sand – or be disqualified from a race he’d travelled across the world for.

Lynette Tipper, founder of Cocoon Coaching Solutions and a member of the livehealthy.ae expert panel, talks about using journaling, grounding and self-compassion to get through Covid-19, six months in, as well as how to tackle that most pervasive of problems: parental guilt.

Livehealthy.ae editor Ann Marie McQueen Zooms with the hosts of DXBabies, one of the region’s most popular podcasts. Maram El Hendy and Lana Makhzoumi talk about the power of being vulnerable, why there’s no shame in seeing a therapist and why women still fear rejection more than men.

Livehealthy.ae editor Ann Marie McQueen Zooms with high performance master coach Arsalan Al Hashimi about how he healed himself after a physical and mental breakdown -- and emerged inspired to help others do the same.

Livehealthy.ae editor Ann Marie McQueen Zooms with Donna Howarth, founder of Harmonious Her, to highlight issues in the UAE as part of Menopause Awareness Month.

Livehealthy editor Ann Marie McQueen interviews Dr Nasr Al Jafari, a functional medical specialist, about all things immunity, including looking past Covid-19, preparing for a Covid-19 vaccine, and why he's advising patients to take a supplement called NAD.

Livehealthy.ae editor Ann Marie McQueen Zooms with Dubai-based Leena Kapil, who runs Conscious Coaching with Leena Kapil. They chat about how conscious parenting is not about the children, or control – or freaking out when your kids scribble on the wall. It's actually about you.

Livehealthy.ae editor Ann Marie McQueen has another Zoom chat with Modia Baterjee, who is located in Jeddah. They talk about whether resilience is worth the corporate investment (hint: it is), the six pillars of a resilient human and how resilience skills are helping people through Covid.