Health with Heart with Dr Skye

Dr Bianca Visser is a brilliant emergency medicine specialist. She spent years working on the frontline of emergency medicine, thriving in a world driven by urgency, adrenaline, and high-stakes, life and death decision-making. Like many healthcare professionals, she was trained to put patients first, push through exhaustion, and keep going no matter the personal cost. What she wasn't prepared for was her own experience of premature menopause following a hysterectomy; and the profound impact it would have on her health, identity, family life, and understanding of medicine and healing itself.In this candid and deeply personal conversation, Dr Bianca shares how her own health journey led her to become a certified menopause expert and advocate. She reflects on the culture of healthcare, the dangers of chronic stress and work addiction, and the sacrifices many high achievers make in pursuit of professional success. Together, we explore the reality that menopause remains significantly underrepresented in medical training, leaving both doctors and patients navigating this transition with limited knowledge and support.Honest, vulnerable, and inspiring, Dr Visser's story is a powerful reminder of what can happen when we stop chasing the next adrenaline rush and start listening to what our bodies have been trying to tell us all along. For healthcare professionals, workaholics, and anyone striving to balance ambition with wellbeing, this conversation offers both a wake-up call and a hopeful path forward.You can book an online appointment with Dr Bianca Visser for expert support in navigating your own (peri)menopause transition at www.hormoneswithheart.co.za

In this talk with me on Men's health, we will explore the interconnectedness of all systems and how each of these pillars of health informs the next one. I will share practical, easy and accessible information that you can apply immediate change to your own wellbeing. We will talk about Testosterone, Cortisol, your Stress response, the accelerators and decelerators of the body, what to do if you get chest pain and how to think about reducing your risk of cancer. Finally also, a word on erectile dysfunction, pornography and the mating habits of humans in a technological age!

In this inspiring episode with Dr Ela Manga, we explore the power of breath as a tool for healing. Dr Ela is an integrative medicine doctor, but breath is her craft. This in-built intelligence is accessible to everyone and is the great connector of all humans. Using breath as a vehicle, Dr Ela shares how we can change our physiology and overcome disease. She describes different kinds of breath, her own frame work for addressing breath work and shares some of her own personal stories and experiences. I came away from this interview feeling so inspired and humbled by Dr Ela's light being.

It was such a joy to sit with my dear, old friend Nicola Varney and share insights and tips for more robust communication and conflict resolution. Nicola's experience in communication strategy, learning and development has spanned both the start up and corporate world. She brings with her to this conversation, her gentle sense of humour, her own vulnerability and real life examples from her day to day life; making this conversation so relatable and so applicable from the moment that you hear it. We both hope that you take this conversation to heart and that the next tricky moment that you have at work or at home, is navigated with more ease because of it. After all, what defines us so uniquely as humans is our craft of language, best we use it for it's highest purpose; developing deeper and more meaningful connections to those around us.

Dr David Nossel's passion for people and healing is palpable in this interview which explores the new burden of Autism and ADHD that we are facing. Functionally trained by world expert, Dr Kurt Woeller, David's wisdom and knowledge brings relief and healing to so many families who grapple with children who fall into this spectrum. We discuss what brought him to this work, genetics, detoxification, methylation and how we can best respond to each of these challenges. I hope you find our conversation enlightening and that it brings hope to families everywhere who need it.

It feels appropriate to open this first episode in conversation with my parents. Their shining light in the world has lit so much of the magic that defines my human experience. In an increasingly confusing world of relationships, they offer simple tools and experience for fostering life long partnerships that are anchoring, safe and sacred. We explore how commitment is a decision and how the right partner can call you to your highest self. The intimacy of sacred, life long partnership is an opportunity for self actualisation and awakening. In an era where we are thankfully shrugging the patriarchal constructs of age old institutions, this conversation shines light on the potential for beauty and transformation through authentic traditional partnership. We know that people who are in committed, loving relationships, have better health outcomes and reduced all cause mortality. It is with gratitude and immense love, that I introduce my first podcast episode with Eleanor and Sidney Katzeff. Eleanor is a mother, actress, writer, artist and well of wisdom. Sid is a father, mentor, Jeweller and now also an Imago therapist, his second career embodies his lifelong love of psychology. They both bring healing wherever they go. You are in for a treat with this heart warming, funny, honest and practical conversation about lasting love.