Livehealthy editorial director Ann Marie McQueen speaks with Denis Liam Murphy, a performance coach for everyone. He’s worked with entrepreneurs, parents, children – anyone looking to get past their pain and move into health, wellbeing and emotional freedom. He has just written his first book, The Blame Game, and in it he does what no one else seems to be doing: unpacks how our personal – and historical, societal and cultural – addiction to blame...

Dr Lucy Bolton is an assistant professor in business psychology at Heriot-Watt University Dubai, and she joins the Livehealthy Podcast to talk about something many people are thinking: “should I change jobs”? Among the topics she addresses with Livehealthy director Ann Marie McQueen: • What typically happens to a person when they are starting to think about changing careers • What kind of stress can this bring to a person’s life, and why • What...

Dr Lucy Bolton is an assistant professor in business psychology at Heriot-Watt University Dubai, and she joins the Livehealthy Podcast to talk about something many people are thinking: “should I change jobs”?   Among the topics she addresses with Livehealthy director Ann Marie McQueen:   • What typically happens to a person when they are starting to think about changing careers • What kind of stress can this bring to a person’s life, and why...

Youmna Khoury built a beauty empire catering to the fierce Arab woman that is based on coloured lenses, lash and hair extensions and curling kits. With 2.4 million followers on Instagram and a bustling Youmi Beauty brand, she also makes sure to give back by sending 25 percent of her generated sales to various philanthropic efforts through the Youmi Beauty Charity Foundation. Launched in 2017, the foundation sent hundreds of aid to families after the...

Jeddah-based Dania Akeel started her professional career in motorcycling racing before moving into road rallies. There are a lot of firsts in this career: She is Saudi’s first professional to obtain a motorcycle racing license, first professional female driver and world rally champion and the first Saudi woman to finish the Dakar World Rally – twice. Sponsored by Hertz Arabia, she’s also the first Saudi and Arab woman to win the World Cup for the...

FAFA is an Emirati/Honduran artist known for her powerful voice and warm timbre, with lyrics revolving around mental health and identity. She uses her craft as a tool to heal and uplift and in this podcast. she tells Livehealthy editorial director Ann Marie McQueen how she got hooked on music (a little song most people would know); what it’s like being a musician in the UAE, quitting what you are doing when it no longer...

Livehealthy editorial director Ann Marie McQueen interviews Chervin Jafarieh, co-founder and chief scientific officer of the clean, science-backed and forward-facing supplements brand Cymbiotika, host of the Wake the Fake Up Podcast and a globally influential health and wellness expert. Chervin talks about the decision to expand Cymbiotika to the Middle East and his connection to the region – his family is from Iran – and then tackles some of the biggest topics of our time....

Harjit Bahia is a Dubai-based British pharmacist who worked in hospitals with the sickest patients. That work informed Longevity, the subscription service that links clients up with a team of doctors, nutritionists and fitness experts who create a fully personalized service that can turn your health around. She joins Livehealthy editorial director Ann Marie McQueen to talk about how almost all chronic diseases stem from the same basic causes, and what steps we need to...

Livehealthy editorial director Ann Marie McQueen speaks to Sonny Cobbs, the former Brighton & Hove Albion professional player and UEFA coach who is the founder of Precision Football at Dubai’s Ibn Battuta Mall. Sonny launched the facility to offer smart pitches, skilled coaching and groundbreaking tech to target the needs of all players. Having coached more than 10,000 players from the age of four right to adult amateur league players to European elite footballers, his...

Nasreen Hasan is a Bahraini entrepreneur, mother, and psychology enthusiast, with a background in chemical engineering and an MBA in finance and marketing. After leaving that world, she became active in her children’s school PTA and that’s where she discovered her passion for analyzing human behavior. It was when her children moved on to high school that she decided to pursue a degree in psychology and neuroscience. Her final project King’s College London on Alzheimer’s...