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The Wellness Doctors
by Ananta well-being
Two medical doctors with a holistic approach to healing get together and talk about all things to do with wellness, health, nutrition, lifestyle, disease prevention, functional medicine and alternative therapies.
Episodes
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Episode 45: Thrive Through Menopause Group Program
In this episode, Dr Laurena and Beth Wright (Functional Medicine Health Coach) discuss their online group program starting in September for women who are perimenopausal or in the menopause transition. We covered: 1. How we both connected and how we are collaborating together on the Thrive Through...
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Episode 44: Another Three Things with Charles Lankester
We had a lovely time with Charles who interviewed us for his show on the Three Things, so we each came up with one thing and between the three of us made up the numbers! We talked about what is the one thing we learned so far from our time on this earth, James Bond movies, how to lose weight (and...
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Episode 43: Vanessa’s “Three Things” with Charles Lankester
In this episode Vanessa was interviewed by Charles on the podcast “What are your Three Things” - what are the three things you would say to your 21 year old self? We explored mental health issues particularly how COVID has impacted us, farty chairs, how to be kind to oneself, open-mindedness, her...
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Episode 42: Talking about Mental Health with Eric Kussin
Today we took a deep dive (hence slightly longer) discussion with Eric Kussin, the founder of #SameHere Global Mental Health Movement. Eric talked about how he went from being a seemingly regular guy to being pumped with 50 different combinations of psychotropic medications and lying on his bed...
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Episode 41: Executive coach Siobhan Barnes and what is "The Perfect Woman Imperative"
Laurena interviews a long-time friend Siobhan (pronounced Shiv-on). She is a mother, lover, writer and a soulful executive coach. She works with women who desire to do meaningful work and who desire to live, love and lead in ways that are sustainable, soul-aligned and liberating. You can connect...
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Episode 40: The Science of Hypnotherapy with Christine Deschemin
Christine was an aeronautical engineer, then went into finance after an MBA from Harvard, and eventusally found her way to hypnotherapy - super interesting career path! She applies the same rigorous standards of science and risk management to her application of hypnotherapy, and we covered some...
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Episode 39: Healing with Reiki master Dr. Nicolette Ray
Today's guest is Dr. Nicolette Ray, a UK-trained family medicine doctor who is now teaching at the medical faculty, The University of Hong Kong. Nicolette shared her own journey of healing from Grave's disease, from nutrition, stress management, lifestyle changes, and of course- Reiki! What is...
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Episode 38: Hacking quarantine, breath work and meditation with Dino Hira
Today we have a reality TV star with us! Dino is a meditation teacher, hypnotherapist, Reiki master, author of A Miner Who Wins Inner Peace, founder of The Modern Yogi Co, and the “spiritual guru” in Married At First Sight Australia Season 6! Dino just did his quarantine in Perth so we asked him...
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Episode 37: Self care for professionals with Alvina Foo
Alvina's journey of self care, how she uses visualisation to be kind to onself, her matcha tea ceremony, morning routines. Compassion for self and others - The Skill of Being: acceptance, observing without judging, not taking self too seriously, and we don't have to be perfect! Personalised...
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Episode 36: Hashimoto's thyroiditis and nutrition with Amy Lamotte
Laurena and Vanessa interviews Amy, a clinical nutritionist and nutritional researcher, and the managing director of Vallotte Nutrigenomics Limited in Hong Kong. She also has a law degree and is a mother of 3! Amy talks about her own health journey with her thyroid condition, which set her path…
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Episode 35: Music and recovery with Paul Pellinger
Paul is an addiction counsellor and is the co-founder of Recovery Unplugged, a recovery centre which he started in 2013 and now has several locations in the US. He also started the Face the Music Foundation - a non-profit organization that helps individuals with limited means access addiction...
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Episode 34: Integrative approach to psychiatry - Dr. Vanessa's interview at The INL Podcast
Now it's Vanessa's turn to be interviewed by Philip Watkins, ND and Director of Education at The INL Podcast. Philip has a background working in a mental health clinic back in Melbourne, and we delved into different topics from what is an integrative approach to understanding anxiety, how to make...
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Episode 33: Holistic approach to skin health - Dr Laurena's interview at The INL Podcast
Today's podcast, Laurena was interviewed by Philip Watkins N.D. from The INL Podcast. Laurena spoke about how she went from conventional cosmetic practice to embracing a more holistic approach to skincare. Laurena's first tool in her toolbox - a very comprehensive questionnaire! Stokes and...
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Episode 32: QEEG and Neurofeedback with Dr. Freddy Starr
Vanessa was "Starr"-struck to have Freddy Starr M.D. on the podcast to talk about brain training with neurofeedback. Dr. Starr began his career in Brain Computer Interface Technology and was trained as a psychiatrist, until he made the jump to be a "neuropractor" and was board certified in QEEG…
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Episode 31: Stress, neuroplasticity and changing your mindset
In this episode, Dr. Vanessa was interviewed by Andrew Cox from Joint Dynamics, for the Joint Dynamics Intelligent Movement podcast. Andrew has kindly agreed to let us share the content on our podcast as well, thank you! We talked about the acronym N.U.T.S. for stress, the Goldilocks rule about...
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Episode 30: COVID, eating disorders and holistic care, with Dr. Jeremy Alford
Today we get to interview Dr. Jeremy Alford, a clinical psychologist based in Bali. Laurena and I met Jeremy at a health networking event in Bali, and we were impressed by Jeremy's wealth of knowledge and broad experience. So to reflect this, we have tried to cover several topics that are dear…
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Episode 29: Optimal blood markers with Dr. Dicken Weatherby
We get to interview the rock star Dr. Dicken Weatherby, CEO and founder of Optimal DX, a training program and software for analysing blood markers with functional and optimal ranges in mind. 1) Dr. DW's background and how he came to look at functional lab ranges as his life's work, and he…
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Episode 28: Financial health with integrity - Emily Chung
Laurena talks to Emily about financial health (yes, this is also part of well-being!). Different cultures have different approaches to financial planning, and Emily shared what brought her to Hong Kong and why she felt aligned with her values of integrity, with purpose and meaning, when helping...
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Episode 27: How to become a health coach with Simon Matthews
Laurena and Vanessa finally reunited in this podcast! We warmly welcome Simon Matthews, a psychologist by training and also the CEO of WellCoaches Australia, a health coach certification program that is accredited by the NBHWC. 1) What is a health coach? Simon describes health coaching as the...
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Episode 26: Health coaching with Stefanie
Today we interviewed Laurena’s health coach Stefanie! This is what she has to say about health coaching: 1. What is a health coach 2. What skills do you need to be an effective health coach 3. How are you different to a customer service or clinical assistant 4. What are some challenges that you...
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Episode 25: EFT with Caroline Rhodes
How Caroline and Laurena met 1) What is Emotion Freedom Technique, what is tapping, and how Caroline came to use it first for herself, then family and friends, then her clients 2) Caroline runs a female-specific EFT workshop, and Laurena shares her experience of joining the workshop 3) Topics...
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Episode 24: Mind coaching with Olivier Courret
How Vanessa and Olivier met through open water swimming in Hong Kong 1) Olivier's journey from being a triathlete, working with top level athletes, and what he learnt from these world class performers 2) 95% of what we do and how we behave is determined by our subconscious mind, so if we have...
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Episode 23: Interview with Alen Liaw - MD with TCM/acupuncture
Laurena and I interview a colleague Dr. Alen who's trained in both Western medicine and Chinese medicine. Truly East meets West! 1) What is Qi? It's a frequency/vibrational energy and how it is reflected in meridian points 2) In addition to yin and yang, Dr. Alen uses the Five Elements model he...
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Episode 22: Swimming with Simon Holliday
Really fascinating talk with Simon Holliday - long-distance swimmer, Splash co-founder, and corporate wellness guy. 1. Simon recalls his childhood memories of swimming, both good and bad 2. How he prepared for the English Channel swim, both mentally and physically (not the healthiest! But...
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Episode 21: Training and human performance with Ian MacLeod
Vanessa interviews Ian Mcleod - co-owner of Nirvana Strength in Canggu, Bali. 1) How Covid-19 is changing the way we exercise and train - even personal trainers are struggling with finding the motivation! 2) What makes our lives easier is also making us less strong physically, and the types of...
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Episode 20: Using Chronobiology to optimise your health
Laurena has pink "coral" hair! 1) Ananta is a launching a brand-new health coaching programme that is based on health types and chronobiology 2) What is chronobiology? It's the importance of entraining (synching) all the organs and cells in your body to a circadian rhythm that works for your body...
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Episode 19: Sexuality, femininity, sisterhood and woman empowerment with Linda Moana
Today we talk with Linda, a Holistic Love and Sexuality Coach, and her journey navigating working in the finance world, her own marriage, to find her own sexuality, and how she helps others do the same. 1) Men and women both have masculine and feminine power - the Yin and Yang, but in a...
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Episode 18: The Functional Fitness Series Part 2 - sports recovery
1) How Laurena found her skills as a group fitness instructor translate over to her medical professional career 2) The "fitness magic" in group classes, and the power of community to hold the space for others to open up and feel supported to change 3) How a trusting relationship with someone that...
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Episode 17: The Functional Fitness Series Part 1 - types of exercise
1) How did Laurena and Vanessa get into exercising 2) Sports and mental strength - how physical pain can help build discipline, confidence and resilience 3) Functional movements and how to continue it into our later years 4) How to incorporate movement into your daily life 5) Different types of...
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Episode 16: How to interpret blood test markers for optimal health
1) Laurena is relocating her practice - change can be challenging but also good to help us calibrate and focus on what is important 2) What Vanessa and Laurena are up to with their training routine and biohacking with an NAD patch! 3) What are optimal markers? It's how we interpret standard blood...
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Episode 15: Corporate wellness with Graham Barkus
We invited Graham Barkus from The Human Factor to talk to us about corporate wellness and why it’s more important than ever to start thinking about the health and longevity of a company outside of the $ sign 1) What are the 6 important ingredients to create a healthy and positive work space 2)…
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Episode 14: Interview with Philip Watkins N.D.
Philip from The INL Podcast interviews Laurena and Vanessa. We talked about how we discovered integrative medicine, the good, the bad and the ugly of allopathic medicine and integrative medicine (we’re not taking sides!), and what we think will help to bridge that gap and move healthcare forward....
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Episode 13: Breathing
What have Laurena and Vanessa been up to? Swimming and running for fun! 1) How Laurena started to learn how to "breathe" and that it helped her feel calmer, sleep better, and relax her muscles more. 2) Breathing is much more than delivering oxygen to the lungs! Reasons why people breathe through...
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Episode 12: How to combat the flu
Given the current covid-19 situation gripping the world, we thought it would be helpful to discuss several things we can do to strengthen our immunity and combat the flu. Things we discussed were reducing sugar in diet, high dose vitamin C, vitamin A & D, zinc, selenium, honey, echinacea, green...
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Episode 11: Common supplements and drug-nutrient interactions
Laurena and Vanessa in hot and cold places! 1) Common supplements that we see our patients taking - fish oil, multivitamins, B complex, melatonin, & calcium; pros and cons of taking these, and things to be aware of, such as high doses or not using them in conjunction with lifestyle changes 2)...
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Episode 10: Healthy pregnancy with Melanie McVean
Laurena went to a temple to make offerings, Vanessa and Melanie are skiing in Japan. Melanie is a midwife and entrepreneur of No Pong - all natural anti-odourant 1) Mel's philosophy of midwifery, and what male midwives are called (It's not mid-husband!) 2) The role of a midwife in pregnancy, and...
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Episode 9: How to navigate a healthy vegan diet
Happy New Year/Chinese New Year! A year's gone by quickly! 1) The Game Changers on Netflix and the Joe Rogan podcasts with Chris Kresser, and then with Chris and James Wilks in a verbal MMA 2) Vegan diet in our context is a whole-foods, 100% plant-based diet, not alcohol, corn chips and refined...
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Episode 8: Skin conditions and lifestyle management
Laurena is in Bali trying to talk over the thunderstorm! Vanessa just bagged a peak at Mount Koscuiszko, and also went kayaking where she burnt her legs - so is this a problem for skin cancer?! 1) Skin cancer - UVA, UVB, balancing how to get enough vitamin D vs protecting from harmful effects of...
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Episode 7: Our first guest Alvina - the Integrative Pharmacist
1) How Laurena and Alvina met. Alvina's a mother, pharmacist, and bodybuilder! 2) Alvina is an integrative pharmacist, a national fitness model winner, a published author, a businesswoman and a mother of two! 3) What led Alvina to the Integrative path was her son and helping him with his eczema…
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Episode 6: Healthcare vs Sickcare
Laurena's in Ubud Bali enjoying some healing downtime while Vanessa is at home painting her nails and eating chocolate 1) Why conventional medicine is not set up to help patients with sub-optimal health 2) Ways of leveraging the power of a team structure to reach more people and provide easier...
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Episode 5: Ketogenic diet
Milo goes to Christmas camp!! 1) What is a ketogenic diet and how is it different to a low carb diet 2) How does one measure ketones, and why urine ketostix can be less accurate over time 3) Use of exogenous ketones 4) Dr. Laurena's patient with thyroid and gut problems while on a ketogenic diet,...
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Episode 4: Low carb diet
Laurena going from an instructor to a participant of Body Attack class; Vanessa went swimming with Dave the Dolphin! 1) Definition of a low carb diet and benefits a lot of people see 2) Quality of carbs also matter 3) Ucan superstarch; allulose a a sweetener 4) Glycemic index and personal choices...
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Episode 3: IBS Part Two
What Vanessa has been up to on her travels Launching Ananta Well-being! The wellness consultation service we're offering, check us out at www.anantawellbeing.com IBS treatment: chewing and eating food properly, healing herbs, probiotics, prebiotics, rifaxamin and herbal anti-microbials, die-off...
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Episode 2: IBS Part One
Eating regular meals and losing weight, based on Laurena's ph360 recommendations Judgement about food, eating intuitively Diagnostic criteria of irritable bowel syndrome Risk factors for IBS, how to assess for IBS, blood test and breathe testing for SIBO
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Episode 1: Introducing Drs Laurena and Vanessa
What happens when two medical doctors venture into the wellness space? You get a podcast that talks about all the unconventional "woo woo" things which your average doctor does not tell their patients about. In this podcast, we discuss who we are, why and how we started practising functional...
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Two medical doctors with a holistic approach to healing get together and talk about all things to do with wellness, health, nutrition, lifestyle, disease prevention, functional medicine and alternative therapies.
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The Wellness Doctors is created and hosted by Ananta well-being.
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