Time to Talk

Dr Montse is a consultant in reproductive medicine and specialist gynaecologist and obstetrician working for Avenues Reproductive Intelligence. Avenues offer services across the country but also work out of our own clinic, Gillvray Health, in Cambridge and will be moving into their own premises in the next few months again in central Cambridge. I love how their service aligns with ours especially when we think of holistic health which starts even before conception. We thought it would be helpful to get together and chat about the really difficult subject of Baby Loss. This month is Baby Loss Awareness and we know this affects so many more people than we are aware of. We are hoping this conversation will provide support to any one struggling or who has been through this devastation.

So we know all the things but we just can’t make it happen. I’m excited to bring Dr Callum Leese into the studio this week to talk about exactly that. Callum is a GP, an Academic Fellow in Primary Care and a RCGP Physical Activity & Lifestyle Champion. I know him from stages and from The Movement Prescription Podcast and what has struck me is not just his passion but also his gentle compassion. This will not be a list of shoulds but a discussion around how with a touch of why! With a beautiful Scottish accent thrown in. Come and join us!

I am so excited to invite Gary to the studio. Gary has a wealth of experience as a paediatric allergist and divides his time between his busy Leicester NHS practice and his private practice running out of Gillvray Health in central Cambridge. Gary has so much to share but I wanted to bring him on today specifically to talk about some exciting new updates for children with hayfever and severe allergies and why we need to be thinking now for next year in terms of treatment. I’m looking forward to his!

It is great to welcome back Chris to the studio. Chris cofounded the Cambridge ADHD and Autism Centre with Dr Anna Conway Morris having recognised a real need locally. He is passionate about recognising and treating ADHD and autism and has created a real team of experts. ADHD is an area I am asked a lot about. The waiting times are extensive in the NHS but often the cost of private assessments and prescriptions are too much for many to consider. I want to ask Chris the questions I get asked particularly on how to navigate the system for the young people we are worried about. I’m looking forward to learning!

This week I am excited to bring Dr Hussain back to Time to Talk. Hussain and I last connected at the Boston Marathon where his calling out of the Nike slogan that “walkers are tolerated” led to Nike taking down the poster and rethinking their campaign. Hussain is passionate about the benefits of movement for everyone. He is an amazing athlete but he celebrates all movement and works tirelessly to help break down barriers for individuals. Come and be inspired. Walkers are very welcome!

I am really excited to have Julia come and join me this week. Julia owns and manages Cambridge’s leading hair and beauty salon, Elaje. With around 30 members of staff Julia has created a culture that feels more like a family than a staff group. She values each member and is constantly thinking about how to look after them, the complete opposite to a lot of corporate wellbeing strategies. I’m looking forward to hearing how she does it and what she thinks has made the most difference to her team,. Come and join us!

Hot off the back of another great year for Cambridge University Boat Club at the Boat Race I am excited to talk to Matilda who is the assistant women’s coach at CUBC and an ex Olympian herself. I am hopeful we can explore some of the issues we see in our rowers that translates across to females in sport. How this field has changed and how sometimes it’s the basics that make the difference. We will talk about nutrition, sporting mindsets and what it takes to reach a goal! I’m looking forward to this!

Time to meet another one of our amazing team, Caroline Child. Caroline is a nutritionist and health coach and we are going to discuss a topic that can be a little controversial, supplements. We are always asked what should we take and there is a mine field out there in terms of advice. Who can we trust? Hoping we can provide a voice of reas

This week we celebrated International Women’s Day and I was really keen to talk to Christina about her role as an executive coach supporting women within leadership roles. I was hoping we could look at that landscape and how that is changing. If we can learn something from her experience about the conversations she is having with women and how they can be effective within their roles. I hope you can join us!

Dr Susana has recently joined the Gillvray Health team and is running monthly educational sessions for some of our patients. Her session last week on fatigue and why we feel tired resonated a lot so today we are going to talk about the topic and explore how lifestyle medicine can help us to have strategies to manage the fatigue a lot of us experience in every day life.