Voices in Health and Wellness

Send us Fan Mail Nobody warns you that medicine is also payroll, leases, audits and phones that never stop ringing. We sit down with Dr Mike Daniels, a podiatrist with an MBA and the president and CMO of WeTreatFeet, to talk about the business of being a doctor and what happens when clinical training collides with the realities of running an insurance-based healthcare practice in the US. We get into the moment many clinicians face: you can look after patients brilliantly, but still feel lost when you have to hire and lead a team, manage cash flow, negotiate with payers, and survive declining reimbursement. Mike explains why overhead is so high in American healthcare, how the revenue cycle works from documentation and coding through claim scrubbing and clearinghouses, and why “just see more patients” eventually breaks both quality and capacity. From there, we explore what it means to build an organisation rather than a single practice. Mike shares how service lines like durable medical equipment, diabetic shoes, wound supplies, compression garments, in-office procedures and clinical trials can improve patient compliance and satisfaction while diversifying revenue. We also talk expansion strategy: acquisition versus starting a new site, the churn that follows a practice purchase, and the internal resistance that comes with any operational change. If you’re a clinician, practice owner, or healthcare leader thinking about sustainable growth, physician entrepreneurship, or an eventual exit strategy, this conversation offers a clear-eyed look at the trade-offs and the skills nobody teaches. Subscribe, share this with a colleague, and leave a review with your biggest question about the business side of medicine. GUEST BIOGRAPHY Dr. Mikel Daniels, DPM, MBA is a podiatrist, healthcare executive and President, CMO and Managing Member of WeTreatFeet Podiatry and WeTreatFeet MSO, LLC . Over his career, Dr. Daniels has progressed from clinical practice and partnership into the development of a broader podiatric platform incorporating multiple offices and service lines. His experience spans patient care, practice operations, medical billing, healthcare administration, clinical trials and the financial realities of operating within the US insurance-based healthcare system. Alongside his clinical training, Dr. Daniels earned an MBA in healthcare administration, an experience he describes as learning the “language of business” and finance. Today, his perspective combines the responsibilities of a practising physician with those of an owner and healthcare executive navigating growth, staffing, reimbursement pressure and long-term succession. Contact Details Website: https://www.wetreatfeet.com/ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmikeldaniels/ Additional website: https://thepodiatryvoice.com/ X: @DrMikelDaniels Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail Healthcare often waits for the crash, then celebrates the rescue. We wanted to explore the opposite: a model that treats prevention as the main job, not a side note. Dr Andrew Greenland sits down with Dr Russell Van Maele, a functional medicine physician and founder of Black Sheep Health, to unpack what he calls “longevity primary care” a proactive, data-driven, relationship-led approach designed to improve healthspan and daily quality of life. Russell explains why most conventional primary care struggles to deliver real lifestyle medicine: it is not a knowledge problem, it is a time problem. When appointments are rushed and incentives are reactive, patients feel unheard and clinicians feel boxed in. We dig into how a premium, high-touch virtual clinic creates space for shared decision making, personalised goals, and ongoing coaching. We also talk about the buzz and the substance in longevity medicine, including GLP-1s, cardiometabolic risk, insulin resistance, and why no single biohack replaces fundamentals. The conversation goes behind the scenes of telemedicine and medical entrepreneurship: HIPAA compliant systems, patient portals, EMRs, labs, pharmacy logistics, and the complexity of being licensed across all 50 US states. Russell is candid about the hype machine too, from influencers without credentials to the challenge of staying evidence-led when social media is loud. If you care about preventive healthcare, functional medicine, and the future of primary care, this is a practical look at what it really takes to make it work. If this raised questions about your own care, subscribe, share the episode with a friend, and leave a review so more listeners can find it. What would you want your doctor to track with you over the next 12 months? Guest Biography Dr. Russell Van Maele is a functional medicine physician and founder of Black Sheep Health , where he practises what he describes as “longevity primary care”- combining proactive prevention, health optimisation and personalised primary care through a virtual model. After completing his medical training around the emergence of widespread telemedicine during COVID, Russell transitioned into full-time virtual care. His approach emphasises healthspan, strong doctor-patient relationships, shared decision-making and understanding the individual goals and circumstances behind a patient's health. Russell has built a telemedicine infrastructure capable of serving patients across all 50 US states and has firsthand experience navigating the clinical, technological, regulatory and entrepreneurial challenges involved in independent medical practice. His longer-term mission includes growing Black Sheep Health around his faith and values while helping other physicians develop the confidence, infrastructure and independence to create practices of their own. Contact Details Website: https://blacksheephealth.com Linked In : https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-van-maele-834511228/ Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail A doctor with 27 years in family medicine doesn’t usually shut the clinic doors and start again from scratch. Dr Malea Jensen did exactly that, moving from a traditional, insurance-driven model to fully online consultations built around patient education, physiology and prevention. The thread running through our chat is simple but uncomfortable: the system often rewards speed, documentation and prescribing, while real preventative medicine demands time, curiosity and honest informed consent. We talk about what changed her thinking, including the pressure of performance targets, the limits of seven to ten minute appointments, and the nagging sense that chronic disease care too often starts when metabolic dysfunction is already entrenched. Dr Jensen shares how her new model lets her take a detailed lifestyle history and then go line by line through lab results, helping people understand what “normal ranges” may hide, when insulin resistance is brewing, and how sleep, stress, training, nutrition and even environmental exposures can matter. She also explains why she now does more deprescribing than prescribing, and what it looks like to help patients think clearly when they feel stuck between conflicting medical advice. One of the most striking stories is the tipping point that forced her to re-open the evidence for herself: patients refusing statins, and one man handing her seven books to read. We explore how reading, questioning and self-education can turn patients into active participants, not passive recipients, and why that same independence matters for clinicians too. If you care about root-cause medicine, metabolic health, patient empowerment and the future of telemedicine, press play and join us. Subscribe, share with a colleague or friend, and leave a review: what’s one health question you wish your clinician would actually take time to explain? Guest Biography Dr. Malea Jensen, DO is an osteopathic physician and family practice doctor with nearly three decades of experience in medicine. After many years working within both corporate and independent family practice, Dr. Jensen closed her physical practice in 2025 and transitioned to an online educational consultation model. Her current work focuses heavily on health education, detailed patient histories and helping individuals better understand laboratory results and the physiology underlying their health. Known online as Ironladydoc , Dr. Jensen is passionate about prevention, health literacy, informed decision-making and encouraging patients to ask deeper questions about their healthcare. She is associated with Center Stage Primary Care and shares health education through her online content under Dr. J's Prescription for Health . Contact Details Website: https://ironladydoc-shop.fourthwall.com/en-gbp LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/maleajensendo/ Instagram: instagram.com/ironladydoc Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail Everyone seems to be asking how AI can do a doctor’s job. We go the other way and it changes the whole picture: what if AI’s best role is deleting the admin work that crushes clinicians and slows down care? I’m joined by Dr James Ries, a board-certified family medicine physician, active duty US Navy provider, and founder behind 20 Mile Medical. James explains how years in telehealth exposed a hard truth about modern healthcare efficiency: the real bottleneck is not clinical decision making, it’s the clutter around it. We dig into where costs actually hide (patient communication, coordination, follow-ups, fragmented systems) and why targeting clinicians first is the wrong optimisation. James walks us through his AI layer, Telora, built to compile patient intake, highlight red flags, and surface evidence-based protocols in one place before a consultation even starts. We unpack deterministic AI vs generative AI, why patient-facing chatbots can be unsafe at scale, and how reducing cognitive load can lead to more personalised care even in shorter visits. We also explore why more frequent follow-ups can improve continuity and reduce the “three-month pile-up” of questions, plus the broader shift in telehealth towards lifestyle and concierge care. If you care about AI in healthcare, clinician burnout, telehealth platforms, electronic health records, and safer automation, you’ll take a lot from this conversation. Subscribe, share with a colleague, and leave us a review with your take: where should AI stop and the human clinician begin? Guest Biography Dr. James Ries is a board-certified family medicine physician, active-duty US Navy Commander and healthcare entrepreneur who has spent approximately a decade working in telehealth. He is Co-Founder of Twenty Mile Medical , a telehealth platform created from his experience of trying to improve inefficient healthcare systems from inside them. After finding existing software poorly aligned with real provider workflows, James began developing his own technology, combining an electronic health record with an AI-enabled layer called Telora . The system is designed to reduce the administrative and cognitive workload surrounding clinical care by organising patient information, supporting evidence-based workflows and streamlining processes such as documentation and communication, while keeping providers responsible for clinical care. His work focuses on improving healthcare access, provider efficiency and patient experience without treating AI as a replacement for the clinician. Longer term, James hopes that dramatically reducing the cost of delivering telehealth could help make care accessible to uninsured and underserved populations. Websites: https://www.twentymilemedical.com and https://www.telora.health LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjamesries/ Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail A packed dermatology market does not reward vague promises, it rewards clarity. We sit down with Anshul Meshwari, Managing Partner at Balanced Skin Dermatology and Aesthetics, to unpack how a modern clinic earns trust, delivers better outcomes, and grows without sacrificing the patient experience. His path runs from biomedical engineering and medical technology commercialisation to consulting across pharma and life sciences, and now to scaling a specialist dermatology and medical aesthetics practice in Newport Beach, California. We dig into what makes Balanced Skin different: a deliberate focus on lasers for darker skin tones, where safety, device choice, and protocol matter deeply for avoiding hyperpigmentation and other complications. Anshul shares how culture becomes a growth engine, from writing a vision statement to paying above market and training for great “people interactions”. We also cover the practical balancing act of demand generation versus capacity, plus the marketing foundations many clinics underestimate: differentiators, websites that actually say something specific, referrals, and visible authority. The conversation turns to trends shaping aesthetics and dermatology strategy, including AI in clinic operations (note-taking, organisation, imaging), the growing impact of GLP-1 weight loss on patient needs, and the rapid advance of laser technology into medical conditions as well as cosmetic concerns. We close on entrepreneurship in healthcare, cash pay versus insurance trade-offs, and a vision for a national model of care for diverse skin tones. If you enjoy this, subscribe, share it with a colleague, and leave a review so more clinicians can find it. Guest Biography Anshul Maheshwari is Managing Partner of Balanced Skin Dermatology & Aesthetics , a Newport Beach, California practice specialising in dermatology, medical aesthetics and laser treatments for diverse and darker skin tones. With bachelor's and master's training in biomedical engineering, alongside experience in entrepreneurship, innovation strategy and healthcare consulting, Anshul has built a career at the intersection of medicine, business and commercialisation. His experience spans medical technology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, corporate strategy and healthcare operations. Today, alongside growing Balanced Skin, Anshul advises medical professionals and small healthcare teams on practice development, differentiation, marketing, operations and entrepreneurship. His broader mission is to empower clinicians to build sustainable practices that give them greater autonomy while maintaining a strong focus on patient outcomes and experience. At Balanced Skin, Anshul and his team are working toward a larger vision: creating a nationally recognised dermatology practice specialising in the treatment of diverse skin tones using advanced laser technologies. Links Website: https://www.balancedskin.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anshulmaheshwari/ Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail Feeling stuck even after you’ve “done everything right” can be one of the most frustrating parts of chronic illness and burnout. We sit down with Dr Rachael Clark, a family physician turned functional and integrative medicine practitioner at Village Health and Healing, to unpack why standard healthcare often runs out of road for fatigue, gut issues, hormone problems, and autoimmune-style symptoms and what she does differently now. Rachael shares how Covid-era patterns, including her own long Covid experience, pushed her beyond quick fixes and short appointments. We talk about root cause healing in real-world terms: deeper history, targeted testing, nutrition and supplements, lifestyle change, and the slower work of rebuilding resilience. She also explains why she started exploring energy healing, how she introduces it to sceptical patients, and what she means by “life force energy” as a missing ingredient when progress stalls despite good protocols. We also go behind the scenes on the business of modern holistic healthcare: a cash-pay model, out-of-network reimbursement realities, long consults, membership-based care, virtual sessions, and the biggest bottleneck most founders hit scaling without giving up every hour. If you’re a clinician thinking about private practice, or a patient trying to make sense of conflicting advice, this conversation offers a grounded look at where functional medicine, energetic medicine, and conventional care might finally meet. If you enjoyed the conversation, subscribe for more, share it with someone navigating chronic symptoms, and leave us a review with the part you want to hear more about. Guest Biography Dr Rachael Clark, MD, FMACP is a Family Medicine physician and Functional and Integrative Medicine practitioner at Village Health & Healing. After becoming increasingly frustrated by the limitations she experienced treating chronic health problems within conventional medicine - and navigating her own journey through long COVID and burnout -Dr Clark began exploring a more holistic approach to health. Her work now considers not only physical root causes but also mental, emotional, spiritual and energetic components of wellbeing. She combines virtual and in-person patient care through Village Health & Healing and is expanding her work to incorporate energy healing alongside her Functional Medicine approach. Dr Clark is also developing educational programmes designed to extend her impact beyond one-to-one consultations, with future plans to create resources specifically for physicians and healthcare professionals. Website: https://www.villagehealthandhealing.com Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachael-clark-6a794133b/ Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail Success in private medicine often gets defined by numbers: more patients per day, more staff, more locations, higher revenue. We challenge that story with Dr Mark Rosenberg, a board-certified emergency medicine physician and former emergency department leader at Walter Reed who chooses the opposite path: a deliberately low-volume clinical practice built around time, depth, and fewer mistakes. He explains why he sits with patients for an hour, how that changes decision-making, and why he refuses to let “throughput” become the main measure of good medicine. Mark also shares the personal moment that redirected his career into integrative oncology and cancer research: his mother walking into the emergency department with chest pain, leading to a devastating metastatic diagnosis. From that point, he dives into the science of cancer metabolism, cancer stem cells, and the uncomfortable reality that many breakthroughs never reach patients. We explore what blocks progress in oncology: trial funding, bureaucracy, and the lack of intellectual property that can make potentially helpful treatments commercially invisible. We also talk longevity medicine, the practical pros and cons of concierge-style fees, and why boundaries become the hidden operational risk when patients have direct access to their doctor. Mark discusses current innovation, including an extracorporeal approach aimed at circulating tumour clusters, and a canine hemangiosarcoma study designed to prove impact quickly in veterinary oncology and potentially fund human trials. The conversation ends somewhere unexpected: meaning, suffering, and how science shaped his evolving beliefs while he writes A Doctor’s Conversation With God. If you care about patient-centred care, medical leadership, oncology innovation, and redefining what a successful medical career can look like, subscribe, share this with a colleague, and leave a review. What would you prioritise if you could redesign your working week? Guest Biography Dr. Mark A. Rosenberg is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician whose career spans emergency medicine, longevity, integrative oncology, medical leadership, research and innovation. After training and working in Emergency Medicine - including leadership of an Emergency Department at Walter Reed - Dr. Rosenberg became involved with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and developed a growing interest in preventive health and longevity. His professional direction changed profoundly following his mother's diagnosis with metastatic cancer in 2004. His subsequent work has included integrative oncology, cancer stem-cell research and the development of novel approaches to cancer treatment. He has also served as Program Director for an integrative cancer fellowship and holds leadership and advisory roles across several healthcare organisations. More recently, Dr. Rosenberg was awarded a patent relating to an extracorporeal filter intended to remove circulating tumour clusters and is working toward further studies of the technology. Alongside his medical and research work, he writes about science, medicine, mortality and the nature of human life. Contact Dr Rosenberg Website: https://amtcare.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-rosenberg-6092006/ Book: ' Curing Death' https://www.amazon.com/s?k=%22Curing+Death%22+%22Mark+Rosenberg%22 Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail Waiting weeks for an appointment, rushing through a 10 minute slot, then struggling to reach your doctor afterwards is treated as “normal” in modern healthcare. We wanted to challenge that assumption, so we sat down with Dr Ryan Gannon, a family physician and co-founder of Blue Ocean Health, to unpack direct primary care (DPC) in plain terms and show what changes when insurance is no longer at the centre of the relationship. Ryan explains how a membership-based primary care practice works day to day: predictable monthly pricing, longer consultations, and easy access through texts, emails, calls, video visits, and in-office care. We explore why time is not just nicer, it is clinically meaningful. Using examples like anxiety, we talk about how understanding sleep, stress, nutrition, coping skills, and context can change the plan from a quick algorithm to truly personalised care. We also get into the practical realities of building a DPC clinic as a small business: patient panel size, overhead, retention, and the challenge of educating communities where big health systems dominate. Ryan shares how his passion for lifestyle medicine and strength training shapes the way he works with patients, including using nutrition and sleep logs, starting with realistic behaviour change, and helping people build long-term strength and health. We close by discussing physician burnout as a systemic volume problem, and the future of primary care tools, from wearables data to VO2 max and expanded sleep testing, while keeping the model sustainable. If you care about better access to a GP, preventative medicine, and new models of primary care in the US healthcare system, this conversation is for you. Subscribe, share with a friend who is fed up with rushed care, and leave us a review with one change you would make to primary care. Guest Biography Dr Ryan Gannon is a family physician and co-founder of Blue Ocean Health , a Direct Primary Care (DPC) practice based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Passionate about restoring the doctor–patient relationship, Ryan left the traditional insurance-driven model to build a practice that prioritises accessibility, longer consultations, prevention, and personalised care. Alongside his work at Blue Ocean Health, Ryan serves as a Medical Director for a correctional facility and has a particular interest in lifestyle medicine, nutrition, sleep, and strength training. A former semi-professional football (soccer) player and competitive powerlifting enthusiast, he integrates evidence-based fitness and behavioural change principles into everyday primary care. Ryan also writes about medicine, agency, and personal development through his Forge Substack, encouraging healthcare professionals and patients alike to think differently about health, responsibility, and human potential. Connect with Dr Gannon Website: https://www.blueoceanhealthdpc.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-gannon/ Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail A “zero calcium score” sounds like a clean bill of health, but JD Enright learnt the hard way that it can still hide dangerous coronary artery disease. After five years of high-end executive screening and a mountain of reassuring results, one focused consultation using advanced imaging showed stage two cardiovascular disease and a heavy burden of soft plaque, the kind most associated with plaque rupture and sudden heart attack or stroke. That moment became the spark for Clear Cardio’s mission: move cardiology from reacting to symptoms to preventing the event in the first place. We unpack what breaks in the traditional pathway when you feel fine: why ECGs and treadmill stress tests often miss the real problem, why calcium scoring can be falsely comforting, and how plaque actually builds inside the artery wall. JD explains plaque rupture in clear, practical terms, then walks through how a cardiac CT angiogram (CCTA) paired with AI plaque analysis can map plaque type, quantify burden, and show exactly where risk sits, giving patients a way to track progress rather than guess. The conversation also gets honest about incentives. Insurance often covers late-stage procedures but not early prevention, which makes education and direct-to-consumer access essential. We talk about resistance from parts of the system that profit from interventional volume, why Clear Cardio stays tightly focused on one problem, and how YouTube and content-led marketing are driving patient demand. If you care about preventive cardiology, heart attack prevention, stroke prevention, and the future of AI in healthcare, press play, then subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review. What would it take for prevention to become the default? Guest Biography JD Enright is the CEO and Co-Founder of ClearCardio, a preventative cardiology organisation dedicated to identifying and reducing cardiovascular risk before symptoms develop. With a background spanning engineering, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, strategic acquisitions and technology commercialisation, JD has led global business growth initiatives across multiple industries before founding ClearCardio alongside preventative cardiologist Dr John Osborne. Following his own unexpected diagnosis of significant coronary artery disease despite extensive executive health screening, JD set out to build a business that combines advanced coronary CT angiography (CCTA), AI-powered plaque analysis and personalised prevention strategies to help patients detect and manage cardiovascular disease earlier. Today, he leads ClearCardio's mission to transform cardiovascular care through innovation, education and proactive prevention. Links Website: https://www.clearcardio.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdenright/ Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail Most clinics don’t fail because the care is bad. They fail because the business model, systems, and boundaries never get built. We’re joined by Dr Danielle Lewis, founder of Harmony Integrative Healthcare, to talk honestly about what it takes to run a sustainable naturopathic and functional medicine practice while staying grounded in excellent patient care. Dr Lewis shares how early exposure to holistic health shaped her clinical lens, then walks us through the real evolution of a women’s health clinic: the moment you realise you’re undercharging, the pressure of loans and overheads, and the decision to stop trying to “see everyone” and instead specialise in hormones, thyroid, fertility, and complex gynaecological concerns. We also unpack the membership-based model she now uses and why it improves follow-through, keeps patients accountable, and protects the long-term maintenance phase that so often gets missed in fee-for-service care. We go deep on the parts nobody teaches in medical training: market research, pricing, coaching, mindset shifts, hiring, and leadership. Dr Lewis explains her team structure, the communication systems that protect the patient experience, and the personal routines and boundaries that reduce stress. Finally, we explore multi-state virtual practice across Arizona, Maryland, and DC, including scope-of-practice limits around prescribing and acupuncture, and what that means for operations and advocacy. If you’re building a clinic, leading a team, or rethinking how integrative healthcare should work, this conversation will give you practical ideas you can use today. Subscribe, share with a colleague, and leave a review telling us what you want to improve in your own practice. Guest Biography Dr Danielle Lewis, NMD is the founder of Harmony Integrative Healthcare , a naturopathic medical practice specialising in women's health, hormones, thyroid disorders and fertility. Now celebrating more than ten years in practice, Danielle has built a successful multi-state clinic and developed a membership-based care model designed to improve patient accountability and long-term outcomes. Alongside clinical practice, she teaches gynaecology at her alma mater, mentors future practitioners and is passionate about helping clinicians bridge the gap between excellent patient care and sustainable business ownership. Website: https://www.harmony.care LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdaniellenlewis/ Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail A type 1 diabetes diagnosis used to come with a countdown. Dr Dwight Baker was fifteen in 1966, with no finger sticks, no A1C, no insulin pumps, and no continuous glucose monitors, yet he was told he could still outlive the odds if he committed to tight control. Sixty years on, he is 75, active, and free from the major complications many people fear, and he joins us to explain exactly what he did, what he learned, and what he wishes every newly diagnosed person understood from day one. We get into the real mechanics of long-term diabetes management: why diet remains the foundation, how to think about exercise and hypoglycaemia, and where modern tools like CGMs and automated insulin delivery can genuinely change outcomes when they sit on top of solid habits. We also clear up confusion around type 1 versus type 2 diabetes and why the distinction matters for education, expectations, and day-to-day decisions. If you care about improving A1C, reducing complications, and building routines that last decades, this conversation is packed with grounded guidance. Dr Baker also shares his career journey through general, vascular, and plastic surgery before moving into wound care medicine, where he treats diabetic foot ulcers and venous stasis ulcers and sees how quickly small problems become limb-threatening when people delay care. We talk about the biggest barriers to healing, the role of compliance, footwear, elevation, compression stockings, and the hard truth of socioeconomic constraints that stop patients doing what they already know they should do. He finishes with a forward-looking take on stem cells and regenerative approaches, informed by his experience with fat grafting in plastic surgery. If this perspective helps you, subscribe for more clinically grounded conversations, share the episode with someone managing diabetes or chronic wounds, and leave a review so more listeners can find us. What is the one habit you think makes the biggest difference over 10 years? Guest Biography Dr Dwight Baker, MD, FACS is a Mayo Clinic-trained, board-certified plastic surgeon with more than four decades of experience spanning general surgery, vascular surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, cosmetic surgery and wound care. Throughout his distinguished career, he has dedicated himself to improving patient outcomes through both surgical excellence and compassionate, evidence-based care. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at just 15 years old , Dr Baker was told his long-term outlook was poor. Nearly 60 years later, he remains free from the major complications of diabetes—a testament to his unwavering commitment to tight glucose control, healthy lifestyle habits and patient discipline. His unique perspective as both physician and lifelong patient brings exceptional insight into chronic disease management and preventative healthcare. After completing his medical degree at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine , Dr Baker trained in General and Vascular Surgery before returning to the Mayo Clinic to complete a residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery . He spent more than 25 years specialising in breast reconstruction and cosmetic surgery before transitioning into wound care, where he now focuses on helping patients with complex wounds, diabetic foot ulcers and limb preservation. Beyond clinical practice, Dr Baker is passionate about mentoring, medical consulting and advancing the future of wound healing. His interests include stem cell therapies, patient education and improving long-term outcomes through lifestyle medicine and preventative care. Connect with Dr Dwight Baker LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dwight-baker-md-821b5733 MD Legal Consulting of the Southeast: SEAK Expert Profile Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail Steroid injections can feel like a miracle for joint pain, until you ask what they might be doing to the joint itself. We sit down with Dr Thomas Buchheit, founder of Triangle Regen Medicine and Biologic Centre in North Carolina, to unpack why orthobiologics and regenerative medicine are so often misunderstood and why the next chapter of musculoskeletal care may be about harnessing inflammation rather than suppressing it. We talk through the “immune cascade” that follows injury and how that framework helps make sense of platelet-rich plasma (PRP), stem cell therapy claims, and newer approaches such as the Regenokine programme. Dr Buchheit explains why he focuses on restoring tissue function, why exercise is one of the most regenerative tools we have, and why repeated corticosteroid injections and heavy NSAID use can clash with long-term healing goals. You’ll also hear the practical, patient-side details that rarely make it into marketing: how he uses MRI and ultrasound to teach people what’s actually happening in their knee, shoulder, tendon or nerve; why dosing matters in PRP; and what “quality control” can look like when clinics measure platelet counts and aim for repeatable biological signals. We also go behind the scenes on building a regenerative medicine practice outside the insurance system, the real business lessons, and the challenge of patient education in a noisy field. If you want clearer answers on regenerative medicine, orthobiologics, PRP dosing, exosomes and osteoarthritis treatment options, this conversation will help you ask better questions and set better expectations. Subscribe, share with someone weighing steroids or surgery, and leave us a review with your biggest takeaway. Guest Biography Dr Thomas Buchheit is the founder of Triangle Regen Medicine & Biologics Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A former Duke physician and specialist in interventional pain medicine, he has dedicated his career to advancing regenerative medicine and orthobiologics. His work focuses on helping patients restore joint, tendon and nerve function by harnessing the body's natural healing mechanisms through treatments such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP), Regenokine and other regenerative therapies. Dr Buchheit is also the author of Healing Joints and Nerves , a book that translates the science of regenerative medicine into practical, patient-friendly language while exploring the immune system's central role in healing. Website: https://www.triregenmed.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-buchheit-a1063a4/ Book: https://amzn.eu/d/09a2rMa4 Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail Regenerative medicine is one of the most used phrases in aesthetics right now, but the meaning often gets lost somewhere between marketing, social media and genuine clinical science. We sit down with Dr Philippe Hamida-Pisal, Medical Director at PHP Health First and PHP Aesthetic in London, to separate what’s real from what’s wishful thinking and to talk about how longevity medicine is reshaping the day-to-day decisions inside a modern clinic. We start with the fundamentals of a holistic, 360 degree approach to ageing: why “looking younger” is rarely just about wrinkles, and why inflammation, stress, nutrition, sleep and exercise show up in the treatment room even when a patient books something simple like Botox or fillers. Philippe explains why the first consultation matters so much, how patient trust is built, and why results often improve when patients understand the cause of their condition rather than chasing quick fixes. From there we get specific about regenerative aesthetics, including exosomes, polynucleotides and stem cell related concepts, plus the uncomfortable truth that the evidence base and standardisation are still catching up with demand. We also dig into the practical ethics of injectables in the UK: sourcing, traceability, cold chain, legality, and why transparency protects both patients and practitioners. Along the way we discuss “healthy ageing” versus “anti-ageing”, biological versus chronological age, and where the next five to ten years of aesthetic medicine is heading as the trend shifts back towards natural results and skin quality. If you care about regenerative medicine, longevity, aesthetic medicine, and running an ethical private clinic, subscribe, share the episode with a colleague, and leave a review that tells us what topic you want us to tackle next. Guest Biography Dr Philippe Hamida-Pisal is the Owner and Director of PHP Health First and PHP Aesthetic , a Harley Street-based practice specialising in aesthetic medicine, dermatology, wellness, and private medical care. With clinics across multiple countries, Philippe has developed a distinctive 360-degree approach to patient care that integrates aesthetics, lifestyle medicine, nutrition, and longevity principles. His philosophy centres on addressing the root causes of aging rather than simply treating visible symptoms. A regular international speaker and trainer, Philippe recently presented on the topic "Regenerative Medicine: Myth or Reality?" , exploring the opportunities and limitations of regenerative therapies in modern aesthetic practice. Website: https://www.phpaesthetic.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippe-hamida-pisal-58047022/ Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail GLP-1 injections are everywhere, bariatric surgery numbers are shifting, and patients are arriving more informed than ever. We sit down with Dr Seun Sowemimo, a board-certified bariatric and gastrointestinal surgeon and founder of Prime Surgic Care, to make sense of what actually works for sustainable weight loss and better metabolic health when real life, real budgets, and real habits collide. We talk candidly about how GLP-1 receptor agonists affect the role of weight loss surgery, why access and insurance changes can derail progress, and why many people need ongoing medication to maintain results. Sean explains how he assesses whether someone is best suited to bariatric surgery, GLP-1 therapy, or a combination, including the importance of psychological readiness and structured follow-up. If you have ever wondered why some people keep weight off for a decade while others regain, his “escalator” analogy gives a clear, memorable answer. Nutrition and lifestyle medicine run through the entire conversation. We dig into a whole foods, plant-forward approach, how processed food culture shapes chronic disease, and why exercise supports health even when diet drives most weight change. We also explore the business realities behind modern obesity treatment, from corporate consolidation to how small practices can use technology and AI to improve care without losing the human touch. If this conversation helps you think differently about obesity care, medical weight loss, bariatric surgery, or long-term weight maintenance, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave us a review. What tool or habit has made the biggest difference to your health journey? 👤 Guest Biography Dr Seun Sowemimo is a board-certified bariatric and gastrointestinal surgeon and founder of Prime Surgicare in New Jersey. With advanced training in surgery, metabolic health, and healthcare leadership, he combines surgical expertise with lifestyle medicine and medical weight management strategies, including GLP-1 therapies. Dr Sowemimo is passionate about helping patients achieve sustainable health improvements through evidence-based obesity treatment and comprehensive long-term care. Links Website: https://primesurgicare.com LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/seunsowemimo/ Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail Most cosmetic and plastic surgery clinics can tell you they’re “specialist”. The harder question is: how do you prove it in a way patients can feel from the first enquiry to the final follow-up? We talk with Alon Ben Harry, Director of CREO Clinic in London, about what it takes to build a high-trust private healthcare business in one of the most competitive markets in the UK. We get into the decisions that shape real differentiation: premium positioning that is backed by consultant-led care, high clinical standards, and a patient experience designed to reduce anxiety. Alon explains why CREO bundles value into the core fee rather than upselling essentials, including unlimited consultations, generous follow-up, and practical post-op support like lymphatic drainage and scar treatments. We also explore how clinics can earn trust consistently through reviews, organic visibility, and a team culture that gives clinicians the space to do their best work. From there, we zoom out to what’s changing across aesthetic medicine and private plastic surgery: shifting demand away from exaggerated BBL looks, rising skin tightening needs linked to weight-loss drugs, and the “comparison shift” driven by social media. On the business side, Alon is candid about marketing spend, lead conversion rates, why hiring for accountability can make or break expansion, and the growing uncertainty as AI and search reshape how patients discover clinics. If you run a clinic, lead a patient-facing medical business, or you’re simply curious about how high-quality private care is built, subscribe, share, and leave a review. What’s the single biggest lever for trust in your world: outcomes, communication, or consistency? Guest Biography Alon Ben Arie is Director and Co-Founder of CREO Clinic , a London-based specialist plastic surgery practice focused on consultant-led care, patient experience, and clinical excellence. Before entering private healthcare, Alon trained and worked as a solicitor before moving into the medical devices sector, where he managed international markets across the Asia-Pacific region. After relocating to the UK, he worked on introducing innovative medical technologies into the NHS before co-founding CREO Clinic alongside Consultant Plastic Surgeon Mr Omar Tillo. Today, Alon leads the commercial and operational side of the business, overseeing growth strategy, marketing, patient acquisition, and service delivery. His approach centres on specialisation, premium patient care, and building sustainable healthcare businesses through trust and long-term value creation. Links Website (Main): https://creoclinic.com Website (Gender-Affirming Surgery) https://gender.creoclinic.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alon-ben-arie-73b3b168/ Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail A food allergy can turn ordinary moments into high-stakes calculations, and the hard part is not always the ingredient. We sit down with Dr Amanda Whitehouse, a licensed psychologist and founder of The Food Allergy Psychologist, to unpack the psychological impact of food allergies on children, parents, and adults who are trying to live safely without shrinking their lives. We talk about why food allergy anxiety so often gets misunderstood: the very behaviours that keep you safe (label checking, questioning restaurants, advocating at school) can look like “overreacting” to anyone who does not grasp the real-world gaps in labelling and food environments. Amanda explains how chronic fear and hypervigilance build over time, how trauma can come from more than just a severe reaction, and why vicarious trauma can keep the nervous system on constant alert. From there we get practical, using a nervous system lens to make sense of vagus nerve signalling, stress responses, and why classic mindfulness advice can feel impossible when the body believes danger is near. We also explore the mental health side of oral immunotherapy and other emerging treatments: choice can be calming, but the process can trigger deep fear, guilt, and shame if families are not supported properly. If you care about food allergy mental health, multidisciplinary care, and evidence-informed ways to feel safer in your own body, this conversation is for you. Subscribe, share with someone who needs it, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway. Guest Biography Dr Amanda Whitehouse is a licensed psychologist, food allergy anxiety and trauma specialist, speaker, author, and founder of The Food Allergy Psychologist . Drawing on both professional expertise and personal experience as a food allergy parent, Amanda has spent more than 14 years helping individuals and families navigate the psychological challenges that accompany food allergy management. She specialises in trauma-informed care, nervous system regulation, anxiety treatment, and supporting patients through food allergy therapies such as Oral Immunotherapy (OIT). Amanda is also host of the popular Don't Feed the Fear podcast and author of From Fear to Freedom: A Guide for Navigating Allergy Immunotherapy . Links Website: https://www.thefoodallergypsychologist.com LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-desio-whitehouse-phd-4661a0357/ Podcast: https://www.thefoodallergypsychologist.com/podcast Book: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=From+Fear+to+Freedom+A+Guide+for+Navigating+Allergy+Immunotherapy+Amanda+Whitehouse Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail Most mental health care is built for speed, not understanding and patients feel it. When appointments are short and the plan is mostly symptom management, even smart, motivated people can end up “stable” but nowhere near well. We sit down with psychiatrist and healthcare innovator Dr Sonia Diaz, founder and medical director of Wellmivia Medical, to talk about what changes when you stop treating diagnoses like destinations and start treating the whole person. We dig into precision psychiatry and metabolic psychiatry, including why blood sugar swings can destabilise mood, how thyroid dysfunction can look like depression or anxiety, and why hormonal health such as testosterone may sit quietly behind fatigue, low drive, and poor sleep. Dr Diaz also explains how pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics can guide medication choices, not as a gimmick, but as a way to reduce trial-and-error and tailor treatment to real biology and real life. You will also hear the practical side of building a modern practice: direct pay and concierge psychiatry, a 90-minute evaluation model, what patients actually value most (time, trust, and direct access), and why some premium telehealth platforms deliver slick experiences without better outcomes. We finish with a grounded look at AI in healthcare, where it helps, where it does not, and how smart documentation tools can restore human connection instead of replacing it. If you care about better mental health outcomes, more personalised care, and the future of psychiatry, subscribe, share this with a colleague or friend, and leave us a review with your biggest takeaway. Guest Biogrophy Dr. Sonia Mia Diaz, MD is a psychiatrist, healthcare innovator, and founder of Welmivia Medical , a direct-pay precision psychiatry practice serving patients in Virginia and Florida. Drawing on experience in academic medicine, community psychiatry, and healthcare innovation, Dr. Diaz takes a root-cause approach to mental health by integrating psychiatric care with metabolic, hormonal, and lifestyle factors. Her work focuses on helping high-performing professionals optimise both mental wellbeing and overall function. Dr. Diaz has also worked as a physician expert in AI and is exploring how artificial intelligence can help clinicians deliver more personalised care while reducing administrative burden. Through Welmivia, she is building a modern model of psychiatry that combines technology, accessibility, and deeply individualised care. Links Website: https://welmivia.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-mia-diaz-md/ Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail Anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, confidence that never quite arrives: what if the real issue is not the symptom you can name, but the experience you never processed? I’m joined by Lynne Douglas, founder of Healthy Minds for You, to unpack how trauma can sit underneath everyday struggles and why EMDR therapy can help people move past “coping” towards genuine change. We start with Lynne’s path through mental health nursing, CBT, and the moment she realised she was spending too much time firefighting. From there, she explains EMDR in refreshingly simple terms, using an analogy of a wound that cannot heal until what’s blocking it is removed. We also dig into the idea that trauma is not limited to PTSD or headline events. Repeated “smaller” experiences, especially early in life, can quietly drive patterns of fear, hypervigilance, low mood, and a world that keeps getting smaller. A powerful part of our conversation focuses on carers and traumatic grief, including families supporting loved ones with Alzheimer’s. Lynne describes the repeated losses, the guilt beliefs that can trap people in a grief loop, and why carers so often neglect their own wellbeing. We then switch to the realities of building a sustainable online EMDR practice: what makes online therapy work, how admin can erode work-life balance, why hiring a virtual assistant can protect mental health, and Lynn’s push towards outcome-focused therapy rather than selling by the hour. If you care about effective trauma therapy, EMDR, online counselling, and sustainable mental health practice in the UK, this one will give you both insight and practical takeaways. Subscribe for more conversations, share this with someone who needs it, and leave a review: what part of the discussion hit closest to home for you? 📧 Guest Biography Lynne Douglas is the founder of Healthy Minds 4U and an accredited EMDR therapist specialising in trauma, anxiety, grief, and emotional wellbeing. Beginning her career in mental health nursing before training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Lynne later discovered EMDR and became passionate about helping clients address the root causes of emotional distress rather than simply managing symptoms. Today she leads a fully online practice supporting individuals affected by trauma and traumatic grief, while also supervising and mentoring EMDR therapists. Her work includes supporting family members caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's disease and helping clients navigate experiences that continue to impact their lives long after the original events have passed. Links Website: 🌐 https://healthyminds4u.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynne-douglas-4222329b/ Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail Drill and fill is not the only story dentistry can tell anymore. We sit down with Dr Roumiana Tzvetkova, a dentist and practice owner with a prevention-first philosophy, to talk about what it looks like to preserve natural teeth in the real world, especially when patients arrive carrying years of delay, anxiety, and limited dental benefits. If you’ve ever wondered whether modern dentistry can be gentler, clearer, and less reactive, this conversation brings practical answers. We dig into two game-changers reshaping clinical decisions and patient trust: AI in dentistry for earlier, clearer radiograph interpretation, and enamel regeneration for non-cavitated lesions. Roumiana explains how she uses the VIDIA AI platform as an aid, not a replacement, to spot small lesions the human eye may miss and to show patients what the clinician sees through colour-coded visuals. That transparency matters because it reduces suspicion, supports informed consent, and often improves treatment acceptance without turning care into a sales pitch. Then we get scientific and practical about prevention-focused dentistry, including Curodont by vVardis (Vivardis) and how enamel remineralisation works by rebuilding hydroxyapatite using minerals from saliva. We also tackle common oral health myths, from “I stopped flossing because my gums bleed” to the belief that implants are a simple cosmetic upgrade. On the business side, we talk dental practice ownership challenges, rising costs, the limits of insurance incentives, and why dental fear still drives no-shows and last-minute walkouts. If you care about minimally invasive dentistry, early cavity detection, better patient communication, and a future where healthcare prevents disease instead of managing it, you’ll get a lot from this one. Subscribe for more conversations on innovation in healthcare, share this episode with someone who avoids the dentist, and leave a review with your biggest question about AI-assisted diagnosis or tooth preservation. Guest Biography Dr Roumiana Tzvetkova, DMD is a dentist and practice owner at Aspen Dental in Long Island, New York. Originally from Sofia, Bulgaria, she has over a decade of clinical experience and is passionate about minimally invasive, prevention-focused dentistry. A graduate of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Dr Tzvetkova is recognised for her work with AI-assisted diagnostics and regenerative dental technologies. She has become one of Aspen Dental's leading providers of Curodont, a groundbreaking treatment designed to regenerate enamel and reverse early-stage tooth decay. Her mission is simple: preserve natural teeth whenever possible and help patients avoid unnecessary and costly dental procedures through early intervention and education. Links Website: https://www.aspendental.com/providers/roumiana-tzvetkova/1508426123/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roumiana-t-55b97119a/ Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.

Send us Fan Mail Perimenopause is hard for most women, but for many neurodivergent women it can feel like someone turned the volume up on everything: emotions, sensory load, anxiety, fatigue, brain fog, sleep problems, and the everyday friction of ADHD or autistic traits. We sit down with Dr Sarah Secor-Jones, an integrative and functional medicine physician and founder of Left Lifestyle, to unpack why this happens and why so many patients are misdiagnosed, dismissed, or treated with a one-size-fits-all plan that never quite fits. We talk candidly about what clinicians often miss when they focus on mental health alone: hormone changes, progesterone and oestrogen sensitivity, neurotransmitter balance, and the role of mitochondrial health in energy, mood, and resilience. Sarah shares practical nuance around HRT dosing, why “standard” protocols can backfire for sensitive nervous systems, and how a root cause approach connects symptoms that look unrelated on paper but are tightly linked in real life. You will also hear what relationship-based medicine looks like day to day: longer appointments, rapid check-ins, and care that adapts as the body responds. We zoom out into the business and systems side too, including the challenge of building a clinic without transactional care, the power of honest patient education, and why platforms like Substack can help create supportive communities for late-diagnosed women asking “now what?”. If you care about women’s health, menopause care, ADHD and autism in adults, functional medicine, and longevity, this conversation offers both clarity and a better standard to aim for. If this resonates, subscribe, share it with someone navigating midlife, and leave a review so more people can find the support they deserve. 👤 GUEST BIOGRAPHY Dr. Sarah Secor-Jones, DO, CHSE, FACEP is an integrative and functional medicine physician, founder of Lesh Lifestyle, and former military physician with 25 years of service. She specializes in helping neurodivergent women in midlife navigate hormone changes, brain health, and longevity through a personalized, root-cause approach. Sarah combines expertise in emergency medicine, functional medicine, and women's health to help patients optimize mitochondrial function, neurotransmitter balance, and overall wellbeing. She is also the creator of the rapidly growing Substack Neurodivergent Women in Midlife , where she educates thousands of readers worldwide on health, hormones, and neurodivergence. Website: https://www.leshlifestyle.com LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-sarah-secor-jones-6b8884299/ Subscribe on Substack Voices in Health and Wellness is published on Substack, as part of The Diagnostician. Every episode lands there with written notes and reflections you won't find in the podcast feed. Free to subscribe. 👉 https://thediagnostician.substack.com/s/voices-in-health-and-wellness About the podcast Voices in Health and Wellness features conversations at the intersection of medicine, lifestyle, and human potential, with clinicians, scientists, and thinkers shaping the future of care. About Dr Andrew Greenland UK-based medical doctor and founder of Greenland Medical, specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Trained in both conventional and root-cause approaches, Andrew helps people optimise health, performance, and longevity, with a focus on cognitive resilience and healthy ageing.