Journal
After each podcast, there is usually a thought I cannot quite put down. These essays are where those thoughts go — reflections on the body, the mind, the spirit and the small, steady acts of paying attention.
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Numerology asks us to look at numbers as more than symbols. What if they reveal something about our personalities, relationships, choices and the lessons we are destined to learn? After my conversation with numerologist Ginni Aneja, I found myself asking what we have been carrying all along when we carry a name.
20 August 2026
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What if staying open to the unknown requires us to become more discerning, rather than more certain? After my conversation with numerologist and spiritual intuitive Ginni Aneja, I found myself thinking about angels, extraterrestrials and the space between dismissal and unquestioning belief.
6 August 2026
Radiation therapy is often imagined as a long, punishing ordeal. Yet modern treatment can be brief, precise and almost impossible to feel as it happens. My conversation with Dr Madhur Garg made me think about the gap between the cancer care many of us fear and the treatment that now exists.
23 July 2026
Gene therapy asks us to think about prevention before illness begins, and to face the discomfort of changing biology while remembering that disease changes lives too. After my conversation with Dr Patrick Sewell, I began to see it as a deeply layered and human conversation — about what medicine may soon be able to change, and what people are ready to know, afford and act on.
13 July 2026
Of course, you want the tumour to shrink. That’s the hope everyone is holding on to. But there is also the day-to-day reality of the person going through treatment. Can they eat? Can they sleep? Do they feel like themselves at all?
1 July 2026
There will be days when you question whether you are doing enough, and other days when you wonder how much more of yourself you can give. The aim is not to erase those feelings, or to become the perfect son, daughter, or carer. The aim is to move through this stage with more honesty.
1 July 2026
What if cancer awareness is not only about treatment choices, but about the fear, uncertainty and responsibility that follow a diagnosis? After my conversation with Benita Sharma on The Wellness Algorithm, I found myself thinking about my daughter’s leukaemia diagnosis, the fragility of those early moments, and why every cancer story must be heard with…
28 May 2026
What if breast cancer awareness is not about making women more afraid, but about making sure they never have to face fear alone?
17 May 2026
What if the kind of calm we need now is not about stepping away from life, but about finding a steadier way to stay inside it? On the Wellness Curated Podcast my conversation with Andrew Markell left me thinking less about wellness as an idea, and more about what it really takes to feel clear…
30 April 2026
What if your exhaustion is not just about doing too much, but about a nervous system that never truly gets the chance to recover? Here, I explore how Heart Rate Variability (HRV) reveals the body’s hidden relationship with stress, and why real recovery depends on rhythm, regulation, and feeling safe enough to slow down.
17 April 2026
What if 2026 is not asking us to rush into a new life, but to move with more honesty through the one we already have? On the Wellness Curated Podcast, I explored the meaning of the Year of the Horse, and found myself thinking less about ambition, and more about what it really takes to…
8 April 2026
There was a stretch of time not long ago when I began noticing something that didn’t quite align with how I believed I was doing. On paper, everything was steady. Work was moving, conversations were meaningful, and I wasn’t overwhelmed in any obvious way. And yet there was this recurring sensation.
12 March 2026
Most mornings, the world gets to me even before I have properly sat up. A phone screen lighting up, notifications waiting, my mind already sprinting ahead into the day before my body has caught up.
16 February 2026
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