Speak your Gut out

The spine plays a vital role in the body’s communication system as well as providing mobility and protection. The organs in your body would not be able to function in a cohesive way if it was not for the spinal column relaying messages to the brain through your central nervous system. Not only treating aches and pains, but Dr Tim Errington, Founder and Owner of Total Health Chiropractic also urges you to think like a chiropractor to maintain the balance of your body in homeostasis. Our gut lining is only one cell thick and it regenerates every four to five days. On the flip side, a lack of biodiversity and exposure to stress and foreign molecules in your gut results in your immune system attacking itself — leading to chronic inflammation and major diseases like Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Type 1 diabetes or dementia.

"Be uncomfortably excited," shares Mo-Yun Fong speaking from her years of experience in Tech at Google.  Tapping into her gut as a superpower and her early roots as a high school teacher in California,  Mo recounts her career journey full of pivots and learnings. As the saying goes: "While we teach, we learn", I asked Mo what lifelong learning means to her and how she is mentoring young girls to embrace Tech. No matter what age you are, you can always look for that sweet spot - where you can find new spices to awaken your senses, yet be a little uncomfortable so you can continue to stretch and grow.  What are your career ingredients and what do you want out of life?

Ever wondered how your gut microbiome thrives or wither like a garden? From a functional medicine nutrition perspective, Pooja Vig, Clinic Director, and Co-Founder of The Nutrition Clinic, sheds light on how you can nourish your gut like a garden with the right soil nutrients and building up a holistic ecosystem. We touch on the easiest ways to get your diet right for everybody but also uncover why the right approach has to be personalized for different people - tapping into data science and where people are at. You are what you eat, but more so you are who you choose to become.

Dr Hsien-Hsien Lei is currently the CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and also an adjunct associate professor at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. A public health scientist by training, Hsien's career has spanned the scientific, clinical, and commercial sides of healthcare from bench research to epidemiology and healthcare communications, previously holding senior positions as VP of Medical and Scientific Affairs at Medtronic Asia Pacific, as well as General Manager at Ogilvy Health. Hsien has lived in the US, Taiwan, Vietnam, Japan, the UK, and is now based in Singapore with her husband and two children. I sat down with Hsien to dig deep into her personal story and her motto of "Don't look back". What is Hsien most like at home? What does success look like to her? And speaking of the gut, was there a time when she listened to her own instincts and that changed the course of her life?