Over Forty Wellness Podcast

My guest on the podcast is Susanne Lam. Susanne is a self-employed anti-aging consultant and wellness coach. She grew up in Hong Kong and received a degree in Social Work from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Susanne is happily married and has two children.  We go in detail into Susanne’s story of being diagnosed with double breast cancer, her subsequent cancer journey and where she is today. ...

Oliver has a wide and deep expertise in Sales, Marketing, Sourcing and Buying and has been based in Asia for over twenty years.  Currently Oliver is based in Hong Kong where he is the Director of Sales at Martosca Asia Pacific Limited. Martosca is a German-based organic ice-crème and sorbet producer.  The products are certified as Demeter a worldwide standard for organic agriculture. We talk in th...

Yves Vacheresse is a French-trained Chef and Wellbeing Coach originally from Lyon in France and currently living in California. He worked at various luxury hotels in Paris and the French Riviera before emigrating to the United States.   He became the jet-setting chef aboard Faberge’s corporate plane. Yves tells the story of entertaining Cary Grant, Gregory Peck and Frank Sinatra as they flew to Pri...

My guest on the podcast this week is Prema,  an author, a yoga and meditation teacher, and a wellness coach. She is passionate about supporting individuals to rediscover their inner potential, through a systematic approach of Yoga and Meditation.   Prior to teaching yoga, Prema worked as an engineer on sustainable transportation, with over 20 years of experience in Canada, US, Qatar, UAE, New Zeal...

My guest on the podcast this week is Zora Benhamou, a mother of two grown children who currently, alongside her husband lives the life of a digital nomad. Zora has studied healthy aging for the past 20 years.  An avid life-long learner, she is interested in evidence-based techniques that slow the aging process and provide “Boundless Energy” for women over 50.   Zora has a series of programs that c...

Dr. Cora Hui is the Head of School for Christian Alliance P.C. Lau Memorial International School (CAPCL), a bilingual primary international school in Hong Kong and has been an educator for over 25 years.  Cora is firm believer in Multiple Intelligences. To prepare children to face their futures they must be equipped to become intelligent. She believes all children posses unique talents and gifts a...

Eric hails from Western Massachusetts. His health  journey has had some ups and downs and he discusses these in the podcast. Eric as a young child almost died from a bee sting at six years old. He developed into a gymnast in his teens and whilst playing soccer he suffered a very serious knee injury that required surgery and took a toll on his health. In college he became a professional juggler . ...

Hannah Wilson is a three time Olympic swimmer for Hong Kong, having swam in the 2004 Olympics in Athens , the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Olympics in London. She has won multiple medals including medals at the Asian Games, Asian Swimming Championships, Two Universiade Gold Medals and she has held multiple swimming records.   Having began swimming lessons at the age of six months, Hannah...

Angie Bucu is a Certified Mindfulness Instructor and Mindfulness Teacher Trainer with the Academy for Mindful Teaching. She teaches mindfulness across the community from children and adolescents to their parents, teachers, and others working with children.   Originally from Australia Angie has called Hong Kong home since 1992. After leaving the corporate world where she practiced as an accountant...

My guest on the podcast this week is Ryan Troupe. Ryan is a Legal Director at Atkins which is a part of the SNC-Lavalin Group an Engineering Group in Hong Kong. He has been living in Hong Kong since 2007. He joined Valley RFC as a rugby novice and Ryan shares his story of the re-ignition of his sporting activities in the podcast.  More recently Ryan’s wife Danielle has inspired him to undertake ne...

My guests on the podcast this week are Dima – the founder and Gilly  - the co-founder of the ReTribe Community. ReTribe is a community that creates a safe space for conscious living and practices that encourage and support self-inquiry and self-development.   ReTribe community creates a safe space, an opportunity to speak up and to play on the edges of ones comfort zone, creating trust and persona...

My guest on the podcast this week is Michael Keppe. Michael is the CEO of Impala Services Ltd. Impala Services is reimagining the future of Technical Product Marketing and Brand Management. Michael is heading a team of 150 employees and freelancers driving development and growth by building innovative solutions for their clients.  Like many busy business people Michael has been working in a high p...

Amy Elkhoury is a Plant-Based Chef and the founder and CEO of Nutesse. A conscious Foodie with a background in Whole Food Plant-Based Nutrition, Yoga and Animal Rescue. We go into detail in the podcast of Amy’s journey of being a ballerina through to to her current calling.   Nutesse is a HK based company making aged plant-based cheeses that are hand crafted, fermented and free of chemicals, prese...

My guest on the podcast this week is Thomas Amiard. Thomas currently lives in Hong Kong with his family. He is a French psychotherapist, personal development and breathwork facilitator, a speaker, a sound engineer and an artist.   We hear in the podcast how in 1993 Thomas met a shaman, a traditional healer in the Sierra Mazateca mountains in Mexico and how this launched him into a life long journe...

My guest on the podcast this week is Neha Sonney and we discuss Neha’s recently published Book –"Wired for Self Love".  I really enjoyed reading Wired for Self-Love. it’s a self-help book where Neha shares easy-to-follow, practical advice that we can put into practice easily.  I really like the summaries after each chapter. Self-love often comes up as a topic on the podcast and here we d...

My guest on the podcast this week  is  Forrest Murray. Forrest is the co-principle of Yew Chung International school – Primary Section in Hong Kong. We are doing this podcast in collaboration with Whizpa.com  - Whizpa makes finding activities for children easier, simpler and less stressful.  With Forrest we discuss what attributes make a good role model for children. We go into detail in the podca...

Sharlene Jaquier is a Director and Co-founder of Joint Dynamics.  Sharlene has worked at Joint Dynamics for more than eight years and she was recently announced as the winner the American Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong, Women of Influence Award for Entrepreneur of the Year.   With a team of more than 65 people Joint Dynamics covers Physiotherapy, Women’s Health, Psychology, Sleep, Nutrition, Osteop...

My guest this week is Simran Savlani. Simran was born in Taiwan and has travelled widely. She currently lives in Hong Kong and has recently launched her book “A Spark of Madness Cookbook” and a range of sauces “Spark Sauces”  A Spark of Madness is an Asian Vegetarian cookbook with 116 recipes covering regions from Thailand to Taiwan, Indonesia to India, Seoul to Singapore and beyond. Whilst some r...

Gabriella is a mother of three children, running a Neuroscience and Nutrition based Resilience and High-performance Coaching practice from HK, servicing both companies and individuals.  In the podcast Gabriella shares her personal and her daughters health related experiences. How her usually happy and well-balanced daughter very quickly started developing highly negative habits that were highly co...

Susan was an investment banker for many years. Starting as a trader she transitioned into sales, derivative structuring  and debt capital markets. Her hectic job consumed her life working more than 16h/day. About 5-6 years ago she sat for her first tea ceremony and it changed her life, something in her shifted. Susan shares this story in the podcast. Her journey as a student of "Cha Dao"...

Srdjan “Serg” Dobic is a macrobiotic and nutritional counselor, educator and chef. Serg spent a large part of his childhood in the former Yugoslavia before moving to the United States. His mother, Mina was diagnosed with a stage IV ovarian cancer that had already spread to several parts of the body. Serg tells more details of his mother’s recovery and his journey to becoming a macrobiotic counselo...

My guest on the podcast this week is Chris Watts founder and CEO of Motion Dynamics. This is the second time that Chris has been on the “Over Forty Wellness Podcast”. Check out the episode “Posture Matters” issued in September 2020.   Chris, amongst others has been selected by the Adventure Clean Up Challenge (ACUC) to join a team of beach clean-up challenges around Hong Kong. This is the 3rd year...

My guest on the podcast this week is Dr. Susan Jamieson.  Susan practices Complementary Medicine, combining the very best of Western and Eastern Therapies. Susan is a medical doctor with experience in Scotland and later Hong Kong where she specializes in integrative and functional medicine.  Susan shares some of her experiences in the podcast.  Known as the "Light Doctor", Susan speciali...

My guest on the podcast this week is Bernard Kwan. Bernard hails from Malaysia and attended school and university in the UK before returning to Asia. He currently lives in Hong Kong. Bernard teaches Mind and Body principles that help realign the body and awaken the power of insight. We go into detail in the podcast.  He offers classes in Qigong, Tai Chi, Baguazhang and  gives regular talks on vari...

My guest on the podcast this week is Jonathan Midgley. Jonathan is a criminal defense lawyer and senior partner at Haldanes who specialize in criminal law. He has been consistently rated as one of Hong Kong’s premier defense lawyers. He is noted in Hong Kong for being one of the “go to” lawyers with a deep understanding of the Hong Kong legal system. Jonathan is approaching his 70th birthday and c...