Unstress with Dr Ron Ehrlich

Welcome to another Healthy Bite. This week's episode was with Gill McEwen who has extensive in history experience in both the pharmaceutical and vitamin supplement industry. Starting as a sales rep at 21 years of age for the pharmaceutical industry, then going on to be involved in education within that industry before moving to Group Director Of Education at Blackmores. It was interesting to hear...

This week on the podcast we are going to gain a little bit of an insight, particularly into two industries. One is the pharmaceutical industry and the other is the vitamin industry. They have a lot of similarities and differences. My guest today is Gill McEwen. Gill has been the Global Director of Education at the Blackmores Institute. Gill has extensive commercial and education experience in buil...

Hello, and welcome to another Healthy Bite. In this week's episode, we welcomed back Dr Christo Miliotis. If you're interested in climate change, your own health, and that of your family and friends, in ensuring that we have quality nutrient-dense foods for generations to come, then you should be engaged as well with this issue of regenerative agriculture and soil. We touched on so many topics, it...

Today on Unstress, I spoke to Dr Christo Miliotis. If you're a regular listener to this podcast, we did a programme before about his book, Diet for a Cool Planet. Christo is a doctor and scientist who has devoted his life and work to biodynamics. Christo is always at the cutting edge of how to incorporate agriculture, climate, building, the built environment. He has a holistic view of the world an...

Welcome to another Healthy Bite. In this episode, I want to discuss certainty and curiosity. It is something we all love in this life. As health practitioners, when others are putting their lives and health in your hands, we are drawn to that certainty because we're still human. We want to be certain about what we're telling our patients is right or not. So there's natural scepticism there, but it...

Are you constantly suffering from indigestion, heartburn, bloating, feeling full, and lots of other digestive problems? If so, you may have a fermenting gut, and this episode is for you. In this episode, I spoke to Dr Sarah Myhill. She is a British doctor running her own specialist M.E. clinic in Knighton, Wales, UK. Her website is an extensive resource of articles and information based on her tre...

Mental health is a huge and growing problem, but it's an opportunity for us to reflect, and I'll leave you with the thought of going and listening to this week's podcast episode featuring Dr Sanjeev Sharma. Also, I think one of the things about this pandemic is that it has been a great opportunity to reflect on life and a wonderful opportunity for us to see just how our public health system works....

This week on the podcast we're going to discuss mental health. I know we're going through a pandemic, and mental health is a major problem even before the pandemic came along, and has certainly thrown some challenges to us from a mental health perspective. My guest today is a Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Sanjeev Sharma. He has an interest in General Adult Psychiatry. He specialises in Psychotic ill...

This week on the podcast, we released a very informative episode with Dr Peter Brukner. Peter covered some important health issues surrounding diabetes. He is world-renowned and he has his own personal experience, which he shares in this week's podcast and the initiative, Defeat Diabetes. Join me in this Healthy Bite as we talk about taking control of your own health. Your health is just too impor...

Welcome to Unstress with Dr Ron Ehrlich. Well, today, we’re going to explore diabetes. We are going back to basics, see why it is such a problem, how big a problem it is, how we’ve gone with science and medicine up to this point in time, and where we can go from here. My guest today is Dr Peter Brukner. He’s the founder of Defeat Diabetes and also not-for-profit SugarByHalf. Pete has been a guest...

Welcome to another Healthy Bite. Well, this week is a big week because it is focussed on mental health. We are proud to be a Partner for Mind Medicine Australia’s International Summit on Psychedelic Therapies for Mental Illness, taking place online from 19-20 November 2021. This is such an important initiative. Join me as I talk about mental health, antidepressants, and the option of psychedelic t...

This week on the podcast we're going to be talking to a legend in health care in Australia, Petrea King. We talked about her foundation, Quest For Life, trauma, default mode network, task-positive network, mental health - for both patients and health practitioners, and so much more.   Petrea is the CEO of Quest For Life foundation, a well-known author (having written nine best-selling books), an i...

Welcome to another Healthy Bite. In this week's podcast, we explored Emotional Intelligence with Robin Hills, which is how we relate to others. IQ - Intelligence Quotient - relates more to logic, memory, language, concentration, and comprehension. In this Healthy Bite episode, let's touch on something called HQ. The Health Quotient. What is it and why is it as important as the other two? ----  You...

Robin Hills is based in the UK in the Greater Manchester area and is Director of Ei4Change. With over 35 years' of successful commercial and leadership experience, he has worked in a variety of sales and marketing management roles with a variety of companies from small start-ups to large multinationals. These include the NHS, major pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, universities, c...

Do you know what is another excellent way to improve or maintain your health? Well, the answer is walking. It is one of the best exercises and what I love about it is - it is slow, it is sustainable, it is safe, and it's out in the fresh air. It can be sociable too if you do it with others and the best thing? You can do it for the rest of your life. Join me in this Healthy Bite as I contemplate my...

Will you sleep throughout the revolution? Or do you wish to reconquer your one wild and precious life by waking up? Well if your answer is yes, then this week's episode is for you. I spoke with Sarah Wilson. Sarah is a multi-New York Times and Amazon best-selling author, podcaster, thought leader, minimalist, philanthropist, and climate advisor. She also founded the international I Quit Sugar move...

Welcome to another Healthy Bite. If you haven't heard this week's podcast with Prof Pasi Sahlberg, I really recommend it because it touches on the subject of education. I love this expression that Pasi coined: "Leaders are teachers and teachers are pedagogical leaders." In this episode, I will share with you some takeaways from my conversation with Pasi. I will also share some quotes from one of m...

My guest this week is Pasi Sahlberg. Pasi is a Finnish educator and author who has worked in the Finnish education system as both a teacher and a policymaker. In this episode, we discuss the differences between the Australian and Nordic education systems, NAPLAN tests, the idea of “play theory” and so much more. CREDITS:   Host: Dr Ron Ehrlich   Guest: Prof Pasi Sahlberg   Producer: Amelia Navascu...

Man cave - it's a part of life that I have over the years found myself crawling into and out of many times. I think what I've referred to as the man cave is a little different but connected to what Matt and his crew have created for young people of today's generation. A safe space where you are not on your own, where you are actually encouraged to get in touch with your feelings. Listen to this we...

In this episode, I spoke with Matt DeFina. Matt is the head of programmes at The Man Cave, preventive mental health and emotional intelligence charity that empowers boys to become great men. Through The Man Cave, Matt now wants to give young men experiences that will expand their views of what is possible in life for themselves and in their deeper relationships with others. It is such an important...

Welcome to another Healthy Bite. This week on the podcast, we released a very informative episode with Dr Jim Parker, an obstetrician-gynaecology, and we talked about women's health. Dr Jim covered some important health issues that women experience, like PCOS and endometriosis. What is empowering and relevant to this week's discussion with Jim was the powerful impact of a nutrient-dense diet. Join...

Today, we're going to explore women's health. And women's health, whether you're a woman or not, is important because we all know women and they're an important part of our lives. They're known as the backbones of growth and a progressing nation. My guest today is Dr Jim Parker. Jim has been an obstetrician, gynaecologist, and endoscopic surgeon. He has a wide range of researches with a particular...

Welcome to another Healthy Bite. This week on the podcast, we had a tremendous interview with Dr Martin Whitely, who's written a book called Overprescribing Madness. In this episode, we will talk about the significant difference between evidence-based medicine and evidence-based marketing. I am also going to share with you eye-opening books that I encourage you to have a look at particularly if yo...

Dr Martin Whitely is a mental health researcher and former Western Australian Member of Parliament. Martin led studies proving that the youngest children in schools are considerably more likely than their older classmates to be ‘medicated' for ADHD, as well as research exposing a troubling correlation between antidepressant usage and suicide among young Australians. He is also the author of an eye...

This week on the podcast, we released an amazing episode with Professor Julia Rucklidge. Today, in this Healthy Bite, I want to talk about how important for health practitioners to have both scepticism and curiosity. Join me in this discussion as I extract some of the highlights of my conversation with Julia. I have also shared the names of upcoming guests including a doctor who specialises in chr...