In each episode host, Dr Ruth Allan interviews industry leaders to discuss how they have transformed their brain health or that of others by unchaining their pain to step into the person they are today.
Dr Ruth Allan is changing the way we view and talk about our brain health and how it influences our lives. Guests discuss their deep struggles with taboo topics that often go untold, yet have a profound impact on how our brain functions and how we function as individuals.
This podcast is about providing you with inspiration, insights and hope. If you're ready to start a revolution in brain health and learn how you can unchain your pain, you're in the right place.
Dr Ruth Allan is a Brain Power and Performance Coach, trauma coach, professional speaker, independent ASEA Associate and mum to Lilly. Industry leaders, entrepreneurs and family leaders hire her to live a healthier, happier life, as most are chained to their past pain, don't use the right tools and techniques, and have never measured or optimised their unique brain.
PLEASE NOTE - missing episode audios will be uploaded in due course due to a change of hosting provider and podcast manager.
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In each episode host, Dr Ruth Allan interviews industry leaders to discuss how they have transformed their brain health or that of others by unchaining their pain to step into the person they are today.
Dr Ruth Allan is changing the way we view and talk about our brain health and how it influences our lives. Guests discuss their deep struggles with taboo topics that often go untold, yet have a profound impact on how our brain functions and how we function as individuals.
This podcast is about providing you with inspiration, insights and hope. If you're ready to start a revolution in brain health and learn how you can unchain your pain, you're in the right place.
Dr Ruth Allan is a Brain Power and Performance Coach, trauma coach, professional speaker, independent ASEA Associate and mum to Lilly. Industry leaders, entrepreneurs and family leaders hire her to live a healthier, happier life, as most are chained to their past pain, don't use the right tools and techniques, and have never measured or optimised their unique brain.
PLEASE NOTE - missing episode audios will be uploaded in due course due to a change of hosting provider and podcast manager.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dr Ali Ajaz shares his story of how reading the book by Dr Daniel Amen ‘The End of Mental Illness’ redefined how he practises psychiatry and allowed him, through his experience as a forensic psychiatrist, to better serve his patients
Dr Ali Ajaz graduated from Guy's, King's & St Thomas School of Medicine and trained in East London as a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist. He worked in the NHS for 17 years, before starting his own clinical practice in Canary Wharf
Dr Ajaz uses a functional health approach to finding mental health solutions for his patients, with a focus on improving brain health. Dr Ajaz has also enjoyed an academic career as a Senior Clinical Lecturer at Queen Mary University London for 10 years and is currently completing an MD research degree. He is co-chair of the Doctors for Patients UK group that provides free CPD meetings for UK doctors refocusing on patient-centred and ethical medicine
Discussed in this episode:
0:01:55Introduction
0:03:42What makes you get out of bed in the morning?
0:05:28What inspired you to get into psychiatry in the first place?
0:09:42How did you transition into the forensice space?
0:11:33Learning about forensic psychiatry and criminal justice - how did that change your practice?
0:17:13Has the forensic psychiatry and interrogation changed the way you focus on serving your patients?
0:19:50When did you realise in your journey that drugs don't always work?
0:21:43The NHS machine and the pandemic
0:24:38The noose around the neck of every doctor
0:29:43The framework Dr Ali Ajaz uses: the four circles of brain health
0:36:04How do you know when a thought is really your thought and not hijacked by someone else?
0:38:41The psychological trap
0:44:38Brain health fun FACTS - what's the funniest or most embarassing thing that has ever happened to you?
0:46:44What's the most daring thing you've ever done?
0:48:29What really shifted for you at an emotional, physical, mental and spiritual level when you made that transition?
0:52:57What are the core fundamental elements that you focus on to help people optimise their nutrition?
0:55:35Macronutrients and micronutrients for mental health problems
1:02:12Our brain superhighway - SSRI pathways and the impact on our brain receptors and the discontinuation syndrome
1:07:38What piece of advice would you give to anyone that is struggling with their brain health?
1:11:54End of show
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