In the ancient language of Sanskrit, Kamalaya translates as Lotus Realm symbolizing the unfolding of the human spirit. And founders Karina and John Stewart say that is exactly what happens when people arrive at their seaside Koh Samui retreat: unfold and in the process, return to themselves. And no wonder, for almost 20 years now, Karina and John have been welcoming people from around the world to their wellness enclave. With a range of packages...

Farah Hillou is an Abu Dhabi-based integrative and functional nutrition certified practitioner. Farah focuses on addressing nutritional and physiological imbalances, as well as environmental triggers, to help get to the root cause of an individual’s health challenges including gut health and hormone imbalances. Her approach uses mind-body medicine and “food as medicine” to help achieve optimal health and longevity. She also provides concrete and easy-to-follow tips for managing your blood sugar, to avoid bigger problems...

Farah Hillou is an Abu Dhabi-based integrative and functional nutrition certified practitioner. Farah focuses on addressing nutritional and physiological imbalances, as well as environmental triggers, to help get to the root cause of an individual’s health challenges including gut health and hormone imbalances. Her approach uses mind-body medicine and “food as medicine” to help achieve optimal health and longevity. She also provides concrete and easy-to-follow tips for managing your blood sugar, to avoid bigger problems...

John Sanei is a keynote speaker, a future strategist, a bestselling author, future documentary filmmaker and co-host of The Expansive podcast. His work rests at the intersection between neuroscience, human science, quantum technology and business strategy. Through his work in the UAE and throughout the world, talks and masterclasses, he helps companies and entrepreneurs learn how to navigate the only thing that is constant: change.   Highlights:   Why we resist change The number one...

Dr Hasan Baydoun is an orthopedic surgeon with a special interest in sports medicine and he is based at Healthpoint in Abu Dhabi. During his career on two continents he has served as assistant team physician for several major league sports teams in the US, including the football team the New England Patriots, baseball team Boston Red Sox and the hockey franchise the Boston Bruins. He’s very active in research, publishing in peer-reviewed journals, and...

Livehealthy editor Ann Marie McQueen sits down with Dr Shuaib Khaderi, family and cosmetic dentist at the International Center for Dental Excellence in Abu Dhabi. They talk about how your teeth, gums and mouth are a vital link when it comes to your overall health, the importance of prevention, the “epidemic” teeth grinding and the best products to use – including miswak. This episode is from the Livehealthy Podcast archives.

Dr Ruqqia Mir, the consultant neurologist at Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center talks all about the cutting edge work at the center, which recently conducted the UAE’s first bone marrow transplant on a patient with Multiple Sclerosis.   Highlights:   What stem cells are and how they work CAR (Chimeric antigen receptor) therapy, which harnesses the body’s defense system by reprogramming certain white blood cells (T cells) to identify and attack cancerous cells How the...

Livehealthy editorial director Ann Marie McQueen interviews Rashi Chowdhary, founder of PLAAY, a nutrition expert, and a diabetic educator with a clinical practice in Dubai and Mumbai. She is an influencer with hundreds of thousands of followers, giving advice on everything from healing endometriosis to balancing hormones to how what we eat impacts both our gut and our mental health.   Highlights:   Her endometriosis story + how she healed Why it’s not okay to...

Emile Zarife is a former women’s magazine fashion editor turned renaissance man: he blogs in Arabic at Anasharqi.com – “I’m Middle Eastern” – as well as to 45k plus followers on Instagram about fashion, fitness, wellness and mental health. Livehealthy editorial director Ann Marie McQueen spoke to Esquire magazine’s Best Dressed Man about what it means to be a Middle Eastern man in 2023 and much much more. Highlights: Changing stereotypes of what it means...

Pamela Durant is a Dubai-based wellness and lifestyle medicine coach, a mindful eating coach and facilitator. She’s also the mother of a son who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was just 20 months old. In 2016 this experience inspired her to leave a successful corporate career as a healthcare consultant for clinics and hospitals to start her own company, DiapointME, which provides a space for people who have been touched by diabetes. Highlights:...