Welcome to The WellCare podcast hosted by Dr George Bownes, Sports Medicine Consultant and Founder of Citius Retreats and Nicola Graham, Strategic Advisor in Human Performance.
The WellCare Podcast brings you expert content underpinned by a fundamental personal question, What does Wellness mean to you? George & Nicola start the series by asking this of each other before setting the scene for the rest of the series.
In this live episode, hosted at The BodyLab Kensington, George & Nicola are joined by Richie Norton. Richie is a former rugby player turned human performance and leadership coach, and is a driving force behind peak performance for individuals and corporates. Richie has a powerful arsenal of breathwork techniques, physical training and mindset tools that allows people to untap their true potential.
In this episode George and Nicola are joined by Steve Miller, an experienced Sports Physiotherapist, Tutor and Coach. Steve's career has seen him work across private practice, Rugby, Judo and Gymnastics and he is currently working with the UK Sports Institute. Steve is passionate about injury rehabilitation, and he is focusing currently on physical and psychological readiness for performance.
In this episode George and Nicola are joined by Dr Sophie Bostock, founder of TheSleepScientist.com. Sophie's aim is to help millions of people to improve their lives by unlocking the power of sleep. Sophie studied medicine at Nottingham University (where she met George), followed by a masters in Entrepreneurship. After several years in consulting, she completed a PhD at University College London, investigating why happiness protects against heart disease, and how to improve wellbeing at work.
In this episode George and Nicola are joined by Steve Miller, In this episode George and Nicola are joined by Dr Tess Browne, an experienced Chartered Clinical Psychologist and coach. Tess's career has seen her work across the NHS, Goldman Sachs and Kings College. She is also a mother of two, author and speaker. Tess has worked in Hong Kong and the UK and now works virtually worldwide, through her company The Mind Atelier.
In this episode George and Nicola are joined by Katie Marshall who has nearly two decades of experience in PR, profile management and brand consultancy. Katie is the founder of Luxley Communications, a leading agency that specialises in fitness, wellness and luxury lifestyle.
In this episode, George and Nicola are joined by Lauren Windas, co-founder of ARDERE, and Nutritional Therapist, Naturopath and Author. ARDERE is a holistic wellbeing company that Lauren founded to share her passion for healthy living following her own personal health struggles with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – this was the inspiration behind Lauren’s debut book “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Your Route to Recovery”.
In this episode, George and Nicola are joined by Andrew Steele, an Olymptian, Entrepreneur and Investor. Andrew's early career was as a professional sprinter, running the 400m for Great Britain. A serendipitous turn of events led Andrew to become a co-founder of DNAfit. DNAfit grew exponentially, innovating new health technologies, and was acquired by Prenetics in 2018 and listed on NASDAQ in 2022.
In this episode, George and Nicola are joined by Clare Nieland who has over 20 years of experience working in the NHS and Private sector. Dr Nieland is a general practitioner and works with the HOOKE team to deliver the highest standards of individualised specialist care.