"Those credentials don't take precedence over the lived experience of 52 years as a woman. That's why I stand here now." — Dr. Brenda Lau

Dr. Brenda Lau is an anesthesiologist, pain specialist, and hypnotherapist — but she leads with something more fundamental than any of those titles. Captured live at the Women in Motion Conference, this conversation covers what genuine women's health looks like when you take the whole person seriously: the nervous system, the immune system, the heart, and the mind together.

Dr. Lau walks through the real science behind forest bathing — how the phytoncides released by trees have measurable antibacterial and antiviral effects, how stillness in nature directly activates the parasympathetic nervous system, and how psychoneuroimmunology shows us that what we think and feel has a direct consequence on immune function. Underneath all of it is one conviction she returns to throughout: nothing replaces human-to-human connection. Not diagnostics, not technology, not any credential. The heart matters — and that is where health begins.

Learn more & connect:
Website: https://www.brendalaumd.com
Instagram / Facebook / YouTube: Brenda Lau MD

Resources mentioned:
Forest bathing (Shinrin-yoku) — research on nature immersion and immune function
Vagus nerve and nervous system regulation — sympathetic / parasympathetic balance
Psychoneuroimmunology — the science connecting mind, nervous system, and immune response
Career Leadership Coaching Today by Doris Choto — available on Amazon
EQuilibrium Services: https://equilibriumservices.co.uk

To learn more about how coaching can improve your life and help you reach your goals, visit https://DorisChoto.com to connect with Lady Dee directly.

To expand on the ideas in this conversation, pick up Lady Dee's book Career Leadership Coaching Today — available on Amazon.

"The body will manage it. You just have to remember how you can do that."
— Dr. Thomas Bäcker

The body knows how to heal. What most people are missing is the ability to hear what it is actually telling them — and someone who can help them interpret the signals clearly.

Dr. Thomas Bäcker is a PhD in chemistry and co-founder of the People in Balance Academy (Menschen in Balance), where he works alongside his wife — a qualified health practitioner — to help people understand and restore their own wellbeing. Lady Dee sat down with him at the Women in Motion Conference in Düsseldorf for a focused, practical conversation about what gets in the way of good health and what can actually be done about it.

Dr. Bäcker outlines three things he looks at: vital status — what the body is missing and why; replenishing those deficiencies; and the energetic dimension of health. That third area, he says, is the one most often overlooked. The electromagnetic load from phones, Wi-Fi, and connected technology is accumulating quietly in people's bodies, and simply reducing exposure can make a meaningful difference to how someone feels day to day. On mindset, he offers something refreshingly patient: transformation is a journey, not a single decision. One step, then the next — and the body, given the right conditions, will tend to find its own way.

The People in Balance Academy offers a newsletter and growing body of resources for anyone who wants reliable, joined-up health information without having to pick through conflicting advice online.

Learn more & connect:
People in Balance Academy: https://www.a-m-b.eu

Resources mentioned:
People in Balance Academy (Menschen in Balance) — https://www.a-m-b.eu
Electromagnetic frequency reduction and its effects on wellbeing
Vital status assessment and nutritional replenishment
Career Leadership Coaching Today by Doris Choto — available on Amazon
EQuilibrium Services: https://equilibriumservices.co.uk

To learn more about how coaching can improve your life and help you reach your goals, visit https://DorisChoto.com to connect with Lady Dee directly.

To expand on the ideas in this conversation, pick up Lady Dee's book Career Leadership Coaching Today — available on Amazon.

"We have raised a bunch of anxious squirrels, but God created them as bold lions — and we have to get the bold lions back."

Something has shifted in how children move through the world — and most parents know it, even if they can't quite name it. Kids who don't know how to play. Young adults who flinch at a phone call. Families in the same room, miles apart. Shannon Coulter has been tracking this for nearly two decades, and she has built an entire body of work around the belief that what screens are taking from our children — and from us — is not gone. It can come back.

Shannon is the creator of Planet FASSA, founder of Break the Chain coaching, and host of the Let There Be Joy podcast. Her work began in 2007 when three children she had just become stepmother to came inside five minutes after being sent to play and said they didn't know what to do. That moment set everything in motion. Drawing on Jonathan Haidt's research and her own deep dive into the neuroscience of screen addiction, Shannon explains why phones are engineered like slot machines, why Gen Z became the first generation to go through puberty on social media, and what it costs all of us when imagination is allowed to atrophy.

But this conversation is not just a warning — it is a roadmap. Shannon shares three concrete steps any family can start this week, the neuroscience behind why "defend mode" has overtaken "discover mode" in a whole generation, and why the morning habit of gratitude and intention — before the phone — can shift an entire day. She is also clear that adults need to heal first: children are watching, always, and what they see us do is what they will come to understand as normal.

Her Planet FASSA children's books, her Break the Chain adult programme, and the forthcoming FASSA Nuggets of Fun app all point in the same direction — back toward presence, connection, and the kind of joy that only happens when people are genuinely in the room with each other.

Learn more and connect:
Go to https://www.sscolter.com for...
- the Planet FASSA children's books and activity platform,
- Break the Chain coaching for adults
- FASSA Nuggets of Fun app (coming soon) — sign up at https://www.sscolter.com

Other resources:
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

To learn more about how coaching can improve your life and help you reach your goals, visit https://DorisChoto.com to connect with Lady Dee directly.

To expand on the ideas in this conversation, pick up Lady Dee's book Career Leadership Coaching Today — available on Amazon.
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