COVID-19 has rather eclipsed everything else at the moment - and frankly, it's for good reason. The data we are seeing from other countries is concerning, an...

As I've progressed in my career as a coach and worked with increasing numbers of people, I've noticed a bit of a theme. Those in their mid-career tend to app...

It's that time of year, now that we've got the chocolate-fest of Easter out of the way, where attention turns to Summer holidays - attention which is quickly...

Easter Monday may seem like a bit of an odd time to be writing about this, but it recently occurred to me that this marks the 10 year point since my time in ...

Getting good quality sleep of sufficient duration is absolutely vital to health, but its importance is often understated. It can be one of the first things w...

Have you ever looked back on the way you've behaved in certain situations, or with certain people, and regretted the way you were? Wondered where that behavi...

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is another of those 'taboo' topics that people don't like to talk about. Classed as an 'embarrassing' problem, it's one that many m...

The majority of my coaching clients are busy professionals; driven, ambitious, and generally pretty successful. They tend to be the types who've done well in...

Menopause is part of a woman's natural life cycle, but for many unfortunately, the symptoms in the period leading up to it (called the perimenopause) can be ...

I recently took some time out to reflect on some of the events that have happened in my life, to think about how they've shaped me. At the time, rejection, f...

This is one of the most common reasons that people see me in my lifestyle medicine clinic. Patients see their GP, have some routine blood tests as a health c...

I don't think I've met anyone who's not had times in their life when they've felt overwhelmed by the circumstances they find themselves in - whether that's f...

It's a question I get asked quite a lot, mainly because Lifestyle Medicine is a relatively new term, and it's an area and an approach to delivering medical c...

This year, I'm working on gratitude. It's so easy to get caught up in the everyday, wound up by the things that happen, stressed out when things don't go you...

I've done a lot of hillwalking in my time, some of it not exactly voluntary; military service has many perks, but some downsides too. Trekking up mountains w...

Understanding What's Important, And Finding Your Direction We've all had times in our life when we've felt lost. When the pieces don't seem to fit and when n...

There are certain experiences we have in life that never leave us; experiences that teach us and that we grow or change from. As a doctor, I have the privile...