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🎙️ Episode 69 of the Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS podcast is now live!
We’re joined by Dr. Tamie Dixon—a Health & Consciousness Mentor with 40+ years in clinical practice across chiropractic, acupuncture, and integrative health. She’s impacted over 10,000 lives, developed the Family Wellness Leadership Mentoring Program, and is the proud mother of 19 children.

This episode is a deep dive into what it really means to lead in health—starting from home.

What you'll take away:

✅ How to translate complex medical language into simple, life-affirming action
 ✅ Why informed consent and personalised sovereignty are non-negotiable in true healthcare
✅ How mirror neurons help us build trust in our own body’s wisdom
✅ The surprising science behind eyebrow behavior and what it says about your nervous system
✅ What happens when you remove the TV, honour natural light cycles, and start your day with intention
✅ The silent health threat of mould (and what to do about it)
✅ The transformative power of listening, cultural diversity, and educating mothers as leaders
✅ The courage to break stigmas and ask for help
✅ Why the greatest gift you can offer is simply being you

🌟 Whether you're a parent, practitioner, or someone ready to reclaim your health leadership—this one is for you.

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📖 Coming soon — Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS: It Starts With YOU
Your journey to real wellness begins from within.

#MetabolicWellbeing #HealthLeadership #Motherhood #ChiropracticCare #InformedConsent #IntegrativeHealth #ConsciousLiving #WellbeingStartsWithYou #PodcastShare #FamilyWellness #LeadershipWithoutTheBS

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Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS 

 Following my own diagnosis with Stage 4 cancer, I created an independent educational platform dedicated to improving metabolic health literacy. Through conversations with world-leading clinicians, researchers and patient advocates, 'Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS' has reached audiences in over 100 countries, helping people make informed lifestyle decisions and promoting prevention, resilience and wellbeing. Entirely self-funded, the initiative demonstrates how one person's lived experience can create lasting public benefit on a global scale while being proudly based in Glasgow 

Hosted with authenticity, curiosity, and a passion for meaningful change, each episode brings together world-leading experts, innovators, advocates, and everyday storytellers to explore why metabolic health truly matters. Blending real-life experiences with science-backed insights, the conversations challenge conventional thinking while inspiring listeners to ask better questions about health and longevity.

From insulin resistance and gut health to cancer conversations, migraines, mental clarity, sustainable weight management, and the future of preventative healthcare, Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS creates a space for learning, questioning, and evolving — together.

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🌟 Podcast Release – Episode 68: Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS

Title:  Hormones, Healing & Honesty
 🎙 Featuring the dynamic Natarsha Myall

What does it mean to truly honour your body as a high sovereign being? In this no-filter, deep-dive episode, Natarsha strips it all back — from nutrition myths to cultural norms, and the inner shifts required to truly thrive.

💥 Highlights include:
 🧠 "I was sick of my own sh*t" — honesty as the first step to healing
 🍷 The role of alcohol as a numbing agent and cultural crutch
🥩 How a carnivore diet rebalanced hormones and simplified life
🌖 Tuning into women’s cycles, fasting like a girl, and listening to your body
🌞 Harnessing morning & evening sunlight as nature’s medicine
💪 The hard truth: A torn hamstring... and the comeback
🧬 Rethinking nutritional education and breaking through bias
🙌 Daily non-negotiables to stay grounded, focused, and thriving

🔊 “You are enough. Be yourself.”
 ✨ This episode is a powerful reminder that metabolic wellbeing isn’t just about food — it’s about energy, choices, mindset, and sovereignty.

🎧 Listen now and join the conversation:
💬 What’s one thing YOU can shift today to support your future self?

#Podcast #MetabolicHealth #CarnivoreDiet #HolisticHealth #WomensHealth #NutritionRevolution #HealthSovereignty #NutritionalHealing #FastingLikeAGirl #SunlightMedicine #MetabolicWellbeing #WithoutTheBS

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Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS 

 Following my own diagnosis with Stage 4 cancer, I created an independent educational platform dedicated to improving metabolic health literacy. Through conversations with world-leading clinicians, researchers and patient advocates, 'Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS' has reached audiences in over 100 countries, helping people make informed lifestyle decisions and promoting prevention, resilience and wellbeing. Entirely self-funded, the initiative demonstrates how one person's lived experience can create lasting public benefit on a global scale while being proudly based in Glasgow 

Hosted with authenticity, curiosity, and a passion for meaningful change, each episode brings together world-leading experts, innovators, advocates, and everyday storytellers to explore why metabolic health truly matters. Blending real-life experiences with science-backed insights, the conversations challenge conventional thinking while inspiring listeners to ask better questions about health and longevity.

From insulin resistance and gut health to cancer conversations, migraines, mental clarity, sustainable weight management, and the future of preventative healthcare, Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS creates a space for learning, questioning, and evolving — together.

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🎙️ New on the podcast: Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS, Episode #67

 Episode Title: A medical student perspective with Chloe Jenvey

This week, I sat down with Chloe Jenvey, a 4th-year medical student in the UK, who’s boldly carving out her space in healthcare — one that is holistic, spiritual, and truly person-centric.

🧠 From burnout to boundaries.
 🩺 From workaholism to wellness.
 🌱 From survival to conscious healing.

Chloe opens up with honesty and humility about the pressures of medical school, the expectations placed on future doctors, and the deep re-evaluation it takes to care for others without losing yourself.

In this episode we explore:
 🔹 What drew Chloe to medicine at 17
 🔹 Why rest is a skill — and how she learned it
 🔹 Learning and unlearning the art of self-care
 🔹 The power of healthy coping mechanisms
 🔹 Her evolving passion for General Practice and person-first care
 🔹 The value of having a mentor, and the influence of the BHMA (British Holistic Medical Association)

💥 Chloe reminds us: “Don’t become a doctor for the money — become one for the mission.”

This is a must-listen for anyone in medicine, healthcare, or simply navigating high-performance environments while staying human.

🎧 Listen now on your favourite platform – just search:
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📢 Let’s change the culture of healthcare from the inside out.

Many thanks to Chloe for her openness, honesty and time for this recording.

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Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS 

 Following my own diagnosis with Stage 4 cancer, I created an independent educational platform dedicated to improving metabolic health literacy. Through conversations with world-leading clinicians, researchers and patient advocates, 'Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS' has reached audiences in over 100 countries, helping people make informed lifestyle decisions and promoting prevention, resilience and wellbeing. Entirely self-funded, the initiative demonstrates how one person's lived experience can create lasting public benefit on a global scale while being proudly based in Glasgow 

Hosted with authenticity, curiosity, and a passion for meaningful change, each episode brings together world-leading experts, innovators, advocates, and everyday storytellers to explore why metabolic health truly matters. Blending real-life experiences with science-backed insights, the conversations challenge conventional thinking while inspiring listeners to ask better questions about health and longevity.

From insulin resistance and gut health to cancer conversations, migraines, mental clarity, sustainable weight management, and the future of preventative healthcare, Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS creates a space for learning, questioning, and evolving — together.

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🎙️ NEW EPISODE DROP: Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS | Episode 66

🧠💥 What do marathons, metabolism, kidney disease, and carb gels have in common?

They all feature in my latest conversation with Dr Karen Dwyer — Professor and Director of Nephrology & Kidney Care at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, lifestyle medicine advocate, and one of Australia’s most inspiring clinician-scientists.

From performing the first hand transplant in Australia to helping patients reverse disease through lifestyle-first approaches, Karen brings unmatched insight and refreshing clarity.

🔎 In this episode:
🩺 Why metabolic health is the foundation of all health
💊 Why medications should support — not replace — lifestyle change
🧂 How ultra-processed foods, salt, and insulin resistance are connected
🏃‍♀️ The truth about carb-loading, fasting for performance & breaking the fast
❤️ Why kidney health is everyone's business
🗣️ The myth of saying: “You don’t have type 2 diabetes... yet.”
👩‍⚕️ Advice for healthcare practitioners: Be curious. Be holistic. Be human.

Dr Dwyer also shares what drives her: being a mum of four, a marathon runner, and a fierce advocate for gender equity and patient empowerment.

🎧 Whether you're a clinician, athlete, or someone navigating their own health journey — this is one episode not to miss.

👉 Listen now to Episode 66:

Who is Karen Dwyer

Karen was the lead physician in Australia’s first and only hand transplant procedure in 2011. Her clinical passion is partnering with patients to support self-management practices through holistic models of care.

Karen completed a PhD in xenotransplantation through St. Vincent’s Hospital, The University of Melbourne and a post-doc in Transplant Immunology at Harvard University Boston, MA, USA. Karen recently completed a Fellowship in Lifestyle Medicine. Karen has previously worked in the education sector as the Deputy Head and Acting Dean of the School of Medicine at Deakin University as well as Clinical Director at Kidney Health Australia.

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Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS 

 Following my own diagnosis with Stage 4 cancer, I created an independent educational platform dedicated to improving metabolic health literacy. Through conversations with world-leading clinicians, researchers and patient advocates, 'Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS' has reached audiences in over 100 countries, helping people make informed lifestyle decisions and promoting prevention, resilience and wellbeing. Entirely self-funded, the initiative demonstrates how one person's lived experience can create lasting public benefit on a global scale while being proudly based in Glasgow 

Hosted with authenticity, curiosity, and a passion for meaningful change, each episode brings together world-leading experts, innovators, advocates, and everyday storytellers to explore why metabolic health truly matters. Blending real-life experiences with science-backed insights, the conversations challenge conventional thinking while inspiring listeners to ask better questions about health and longevity.

From insulin resistance and gut health to cancer conversations, migraines, mental clarity, sustainable weight management, and the future of preventative healthcare, Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS creates a space for learning, questioning, and evolving — together.

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🎙️ New Episode Drop: Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS
Featuring the incredible Dr. Olga Morton – GP, PhD, Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner, mother of 3, and fearless advocate for women’s health in midlife and beyond.

Midlife isn’t a crisis — it’s a critical window for transformation.

👩‍⚕️ In this episode, Dr. Morton shares her refreshingly honest journey:
 ➡️ From fixing broken toys as a child to earning two medical degrees across Estonia, the USA, and the UK
 ➡️ From traditional medicine to embracing lifestyle change as the frontline treatment — especially for chronic conditions like Type 2 Diabetes
 ➡️ From facing the gaps in medical education around nutrition and menopause, to now walking the walk of metabolic wellbeing as a practicing clinician

🔍 Highlights you don’t want to miss:
 🕑 Why midlife health — especially for women — needs a total rethink
 👩‍💼 How even a “double doctor” received almost no training in lifestyle and nutrition
💡 The “I’ve always done it this way” mindset that holds us back
💤 Why sleep, alcohol, and movement matter more in midlife
🔥 Her mission: helping women thrive through menopause — with or without HRT — by taking back control of their health story

Whether you're a woman navigating midlife, a partner wanting to understand more, or a business leader interested in how metabolic health affects performance — this episode delivers real talk, real science, and real solutions.

🎧 Listen now and rethink what thriving looks like at midlife — without the sugar-coating.

Dr. Olga Morton has been practising medicine in the UK for over 15 years.

Curious to know if there was an alternative way to treat chronic ailments of her patients, other than giving more pills, she trained as a Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner. 

She discovered that often small lifestyle changes could indeed be more powerful and longer lasting than pills. Today she offers her patients a more holistic approach to wellness.
 More recently, Olga has been using her expertise in treatment of menopausal symptoms.

Her mission it to empower women with effective lifestyle changes, so they can thrive through menopause, with or without medication.

She offers 1:1 and group online programs for women going through menopause.

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"I really liked the range of topics covered in Dr Olga's program. Sometimes it's too easy to focus on one thing, like weight loss, and lose sight of all the other factors for health.

I'm starting to sleep through the night and I’m more aware of what is potentially a toxic part of my environment.

I really appreciated that Dr Olga is approachable and kind, which boosted my confidence as I felt lost with all the information out there on this topic.

I would highly recommend this program to other women.”

(Suzanne 46, breast cancer survivor going through menopause)

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Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS 

 Following my own diagnosis with Stage 4 cancer, I created an independent educational platform dedicated to improving metabolic health literacy. Through conversations with world-leading clinicians, researchers and patient advocates, 'Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS' has reached audiences in over 100 countries, helping people make informed lifestyle decisions and promoting prevention, resilience and wellbeing. Entirely self-funded, the initiative demonstrates how one person's lived experience can create lasting public benefit on a global scale while being proudly based in Glasgow 

Hosted with authenticity, curiosity, and a passion for meaningful change, each episode brings together world-leading experts, innovators, advocates, and everyday storytellers to explore why metabolic health truly matters. Blending real-life experiences with science-backed insights, the conversations challenge conventional thinking while inspiring listeners to ask better questions about health and longevity.

From insulin resistance and gut health to cancer conversations, migraines, mental clarity, sustainable weight management, and the future of preventative healthcare, Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS creates a space for learning, questioning, and evolving — together.

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EP#64 Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS

🌞 "We are light beings." – Rachel Jessey
On her return to the Metabolic Wellbeing – Without the BS podcast, Rachel Jessey gifted us with a powerful truth: light is not optional—it's foundational.

In a world bathed in artificial light from birth, we’ve strayed far from the natural rhythms that fuel our metabolism, hormones, and healing.

🧬 From early morning light to the power of sunset, Rachel breaks down how:

• Light affects postpartum recovery
• Vitamin D and sunlight are inseparable from wellbeing
• Blue light impacts cortisol, leptin, insulin, and blood sugar
• Screens may demand age limits—not just for eyes, but for long-term health
• Shift work, student stress, and desk lunches under fluorescent glare are more damaging than we think
• Even our sleep trackers can't replace what our body is already telling us

✨ We’re facing an epidemic of light deficiency, and it’s time to reset.
Nature’s cycles aren’t just aesthetic—they’re biological cues that guide your body toward healing, energy, and balance.

🎧 Tune in for practical tips on:
 ✅ Blue light blockers
 ✅ Outdoor wellbeing breaks
 ✅ Meal timing with light exposure
 ✅ Reclaiming your circadian rhythm

🔦 If you have time for social media, you have time for real light.
 And if you’re ready to really nourish your metabolic wellbeing—join our workshops.

📥 Let us help you reconnect with light, nature, and the rhythms that heal.

#MetabolicWellbeing #LightMatters #CircadianHealth #RachelJessey #NoMoreBS #PostpartumHealth #StudentWellbeing #BlueLight #ShiftWorkHealth #VitaminD #HolisticHealth #HealthWorkshops #PodcastHighlights

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Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS 

 Following my own diagnosis with Stage 4 cancer, I created an independent educational platform dedicated to improving metabolic health literacy. Through conversations with world-leading clinicians, researchers and patient advocates, 'Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS' has reached audiences in over 100 countries, helping people make informed lifestyle decisions and promoting prevention, resilience and wellbeing. Entirely self-funded, the initiative demonstrates how one person's lived experience can create lasting public benefit on a global scale while being proudly based in Glasgow 

Hosted with authenticity, curiosity, and a passion for meaningful change, each episode brings together world-leading experts, innovators, advocates, and everyday storytellers to explore why metabolic health truly matters. Blending real-life experiences with science-backed insights, the conversations challenge conventional thinking while inspiring listeners to ask better questions about health and longevity.

From insulin resistance and gut health to cancer conversations, migraines, mental clarity, sustainable weight management, and the future of preventative healthcare, Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS creates a space for learning, questioning, and evolving — together.

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Ronit Baras

Ronit Baras is an educator (B. Ed special education) life coach, author, therapist, NLP practitioner, Family constellation facilitator, Reiki therapist, journalist, Justice of peace and motivational speaker.
She specialises in emotional intelligence, with over 35 years of experience in coaching, teaching, presenting, and writing.

Ronit is the author of five books. She has been writing for 38 years and her writing has appeared in educational , health and wellbeing magazines around the world.  Her blog “Family Matters” www.ronitbaras.com is a great practical resource for readers already containing over 1600  original articles on personal development, emotional intelligence, education, relationships, family life , parenting, health and wellbeing.

Ronit is highly involved in community building. She was the state director of the Together for Humanity Foundation, Was the school’s program director of the Global Learning Centre and she worked with many organizations around Australia to increase social intelligence health and wellbeing. For her community involvement, she has been nominated for the International Women’s Day Peace award by the Women’s Federation for World Peace and twice for the Australian of the Year award.

🎧 Have You Fed Your Mind Today — Or Just Filled It With Junk? 🧠✨
(And… would you know the difference?)

In this powerful conversation, I dive deep into how ultra-processed foods and ultra-processed information are doing more than damaging our bodies — they’re distorting our thoughts, energy, and emotional health.

From junk food to junk thoughts, your metabolic wellbeing is being shaped by far more than what’s on your plate. It's also what’s in your mind.

Some key themes we unpack in this episode:

• 🔁 My personal transformation from childhood medications to metabolic clarity
• ⚖️ The truth behind the “Magic Pill” myth and emotional roots of ill-health
• 🧠 How thought, feeling, and food are inseparable in your wellbeing journey
• 🚰 Hydration hacks, daily rituals, and a message I share with my own children
• 🧬 Why emotional education is the next big frontier in health and performance
• ❤️ The deep power of Love vs Fear in your healing

🧩 Whether you're a leader, parent, coach or just looking to reclaim your health — this conversation offers a blueprint for more energy, clarity and resilience.

💥 It’s time to go beyond food and fitness. It’s time to reconnect to self-awareness, and relearn the “why” behind how you live.

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Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS 

 Following my own diagnosis with Stage 4 cancer, I created an independent educational platform dedicated to improving metabolic health literacy. Through conversations with world-leading clinicians, researchers and patient advocates, 'Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS' has reached audiences in over 100 countries, helping people make informed lifestyle decisions and promoting prevention, resilience and wellbeing. Entirely self-funded, the initiative demonstrates how one person's lived experience can create lasting public benefit on a global scale while being proudly based in Glasgow 

Hosted with authenticity, curiosity, and a passion for meaningful change, each episode brings together world-leading experts, innovators, advocates, and everyday storytellers to explore why metabolic health truly matters. Blending real-life experiences with science-backed insights, the conversations challenge conventional thinking while inspiring listeners to ask better questions about health and longevity.

From insulin resistance and gut health to cancer conversations, migraines, mental clarity, sustainable weight management, and the future of preventative healthcare, Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS creates a space for learning, questioning, and evolving — together.

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Dr Jen Unwin

🎙️ What If the Food You Crave Is the Very Thing Harming Your Health?
Featuring: Dr. Jen Unwin – Clinical Psychologist, Author, and Metabolic Health Advocate

💡 15 years ago, Dr. Jen Unwin discovered the power of low-carb nutrition, a journey that would become life-changing — not just personally, but professionally.

Working alongside her husband, Dr. David Unwin, a trailblazing GP in the UK reversing type 2 diabetes through diet, Dr. Jen merged her background in clinical psychology with nutrition science to address a modern epidemic: food addiction and metabolic disease.

🔍 Who is Dr. Jen Unwin?

• Clinical Psychologist with decades in the NHS
• Co-author of "Fork in the Road"
• Public health speaker on ultra-processed foods (UPFs), sugar addiction, and mental health
• Advocate for patient-led recovery and food-based healing
• Co-founder of the Public Health Collaboration (PHC UK)

🎧 In her compelling talk, she explores:

⏱️ Key Highlights

• The underestimated mental health & nutrition connection 
• Why UPFs are socially sanctioned yet neurologically addictive 
• Why breakfast cereals and bedtime snacks are biochemical saboteurs 
• How food addiction mimics other compulsive behaviours 
• What we’re losing: 1/3 of life expectancy with elevated blood sugar 
• The economic & empowering path of low-carb, real food 
• The critical need for animal protein in the human diet 

🧠 Dr. Jen offers more than just theory — she shares practical tools for metabolic recovery, mental clarity, and reclaiming long-term health.

🔥 Her message is simple, bold, and evidence-based:

“We don’t need more prescriptions — we need real food, real education, and real psychological support.”

🎯 Are you ready to unlearn modern food myths?
📈 Reimagine your wellbeing strategy?
🍽️ And fuel your team, your family, and your future with the truth?

📣 Follow Dr. Jen Unwin and join the movement toward metabolic wellbeing without the BS.

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Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS 

 Following my own diagnosis with Stage 4 cancer, I created an independent educational platform dedicated to improving metabolic health literacy. Through conversations with world-leading clinicians, researchers and patient advocates, 'Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS' has reached audiences in over 100 countries, helping people make informed lifestyle decisions and promoting prevention, resilience and wellbeing. Entirely self-funded, the initiative demonstrates how one person's lived experience can create lasting public benefit on a global scale while being proudly based in Glasgow 

Hosted with authenticity, curiosity, and a passion for meaningful change, each episode brings together world-leading experts, innovators, advocates, and everyday storytellers to explore why metabolic health truly matters. Blending real-life experiences with science-backed insights, the conversations challenge conventional thinking while inspiring listeners to ask better questions about health and longevity.

From insulin resistance and gut health to cancer conversations, migraines, mental clarity, sustainable weight management, and the future of preventative healthcare, Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS creates a space for learning, questioning, and evolving — together.

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Alicia Snijders

Featuring Alicia Snijders – From Law to Breathwork and Beyond

Alicia Snijders is a former corporate lawyer who spent a decade in the legal profession before shifting paths entirely.

In 2020, her world was shattered when she was raped. At 33, she believed she had life figured out, thriving in Sydney - only to have everything she knew about herself and the world upended.

The aftermath was filled with darkness - self-doubt, isolation and a struggle to find her place. Despite her legal background, Alicia found herself navigating systems meant to support survivors that instead failed her - society's silence around sexual violence, a workplace culture that did little to foster healing and a justice system that routinely lets survivors down. These systems, designed to protect, instead deepened the struggle.

The Power of Breathwork and Metabolic Wellbeing

Therapy was a crucial part of Alicia’s journey, but it was breathwork that truly helped her recalibrate her nervous system and reconnect with herself. Through conscious connected breathing, she discovered a way to heal beyond traditional methods.

This didn’t happen overnight - it required time, effort and a shift in mindset. Alicia learned that real recovery meant detaching from toxic environments, finding a new community and embracing a holistic approach to wellbeing. Rest, nourishment and aligning with her true purpose became the foundation of her new life.

Today, Alicia is a holistic health coach and breathwork facilitator, working with individuals to shift out of survival mode and reconnect with themselves, and with organisations to foster human-centered, wellness-focused workplaces. She uses breath, evidence-based tools and a grounded, compassionate approach to help people manage stress, regulate their nervous systems and find resilience in the face of adversity.

Her story is not just one of survival, but of using trauma as a catalyst for change.

🎧 Tune in to hear an honest conversation about healing, agency and what it means to return to yourself, one breath at a time.

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If you're curious about breathwork or want to bring wellness practices into your workplace, connect with Alicia to learn more.

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 Following my own diagnosis with Stage 4 cancer, I created an independent educational platform dedicated to improving metabolic health literacy. Through conversations with world-leading clinicians, researchers and patient advocates, 'Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS' has reached audiences in over 100 countries, helping people make informed lifestyle decisions and promoting prevention, resilience and wellbeing. Entirely self-funded, the initiative demonstrates how one person's lived experience can create lasting public benefit on a global scale while being proudly based in Glasgow 

Hosted with authenticity, curiosity, and a passion for meaningful change, each episode brings together world-leading experts, innovators, advocates, and everyday storytellers to explore why metabolic health truly matters. Blending real-life experiences with science-backed insights, the conversations challenge conventional thinking while inspiring listeners to ask better questions about health and longevity.

From insulin resistance and gut health to cancer conversations, migraines, mental clarity, sustainable weight management, and the future of preventative healthcare, Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS creates a space for learning, questioning, and evolving — together.

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South Asian Health: Risks, Cultural Influences & Actionable Solutions

South Asians, including individuals from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, face unique genetic and lifestyle-related health risks. Understanding these risks and cultural factors is essential for preventing chronic diseases like Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and metabolic disorders.

Why South Asians Are More Vulnerable

📌 Early Onset: South Asians develop T2D 5-10 years earlier than other populations.
📌 Beta Cell Dysfunction: The pancreas struggles to produce enough insulin due to inflammation and metabolic stress.
📌 TOFI (Thin Outside, Fat Inside): South Asians may appear slim but have high visceral fat and low muscle mass, increasing metabolic risk.

🥘 Traditional South Asian Diet – Often high in carbs, rice, starch, and low in protein.
🥗 Social Eating Habits
⚖️ Fear of Fat & Cholesterol – Many  believing cholesterol is harmful, while underestimating the impact of high-carb diets.
💖 Heart Disease & T2D Considered ‘Normal’ – Many communities accept high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart attacks as inevitable rather than preventable.

🚺 South Asian Women Are Underrepresented in Research 

✅ Reduce Processed Carbs & Increase Protein
✅ Embrace Healthy Fats – Omega-3s from seafood, organ meats, and nuts are essential.
✅ Manage Blood Sugar Naturally
✅ Balance Thyroid & Iodine Intake – Soil depletion affects iodine levels, impacting thyroid health.
✅ Strength Training to Prevent Muscle Loss – Muscle mass is crucial for metabolic health and longevity.
✅ Personalized Health Plans Matter – There’s no one-size-fits-all approach

It’s not just about knowing the science—it’s about taking action, step by step. Your health journey starts with small, sustainable changes that make a big impact.

🎯 Want to make a difference in your health and your community? Let’s start today. 🚀

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Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS 

 Following my own diagnosis with Stage 4 cancer, I created an independent educational platform dedicated to improving metabolic health literacy. Through conversations with world-leading clinicians, researchers and patient advocates, 'Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS' has reached audiences in over 100 countries, helping people make informed lifestyle decisions and promoting prevention, resilience and wellbeing. Entirely self-funded, the initiative demonstrates how one person's lived experience can create lasting public benefit on a global scale while being proudly based in Glasgow 

Hosted with authenticity, curiosity, and a passion for meaningful change, each episode brings together world-leading experts, innovators, advocates, and everyday storytellers to explore why metabolic health truly matters. Blending real-life experiences with science-backed insights, the conversations challenge conventional thinking while inspiring listeners to ask better questions about health and longevity.

From insulin resistance and gut health to cancer conversations, migraines, mental clarity, sustainable weight management, and the future of preventative healthcare, Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS creates a space for learning, questioning, and evolving — together.

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