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Welcome to the podcast ‘Life & Smile’ where we talk about everything dental, lifestyle, business and much more. In every episode Dr Reena is joined in conversation with a specialist expert in their chosen field, who give us a behind the scenes glimpse into their daily regime, career turning points and an insider look at what they can’t live without.
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For our fifth episode of season seven, Dr Reena was joined by one of UK’s leading hormone health experts and Registered Nutritionist, Jessica Shand! As a naturopathic nutritionist and hormone specialist, Jessica is renowned in her field for her unique results-driven hormonal balance method and for using food as medicine to promote optimised health and wellbeing.
In this episode of Life & Smile, we bring back a very special guest who joined us all the way back on our debut episode of Life & Smile Season One – Francesca Ogiermann-White. Francesca is highly celebrated across the industry as the Health and Beauty Editor-at-Large for Tatler Magazine and is renowned for founding The Beauty Triangle – a platform for health and wellness events in the UK and Dubai, creating conversations that educate and empower.
In this episode of Life & Smile, we welcome Chandler Tregaskes, Style Editor at Tatler magazine. A true industry insider with a front-row seat in the world of fashion, Chandler shares insights into his career journey, daily strategies for success, and a peek into his coveted 'little black book' of must-haves you won’t want to miss.
In this episode, Dr Reena is joined by the wonderful Emma Guns. Emma hardly needs an introduction—she’s a renowned journalist, podcaster, and content creator specialising in beauty, health, and lifestyle. With her warm and witty advice, which she so generously shares with us daily on social media, we cover everything from insights into the media industry, advice she’d give her younger self, what a typical working week looks like for her, and everything in between.Tune into this honest, insightful, and uplifting conversation with Emma Guns, one of the most engaging voices in beauty and lifestyle today.
Welcome to the debut episode of Life & Smile Season 7, brought to you in our latest video format from our recording studio at Harley Street!Dr Reena kicks things off in style with a riveting conversation with British fashion icon, businesswoman, and renowned skin & beauty entrepreneur, Trinny Woodall.From launching her incredibly successful Trinny London brand to confronting personal and professional reinvention, Trinny brings refreshingly candid insights into confidence, creativity, and resilience.Tune in to this conversation for life, style, and wisdom from one of the most iconic voices in the beauty industry.
For our Life & Smile season six final we are thrilled to have whisked the musical theatre star Talia Palamathanan from the West End to Harley Street to join Dr Reena in conversation in our recording studio.You may recognise Talia from her winning the award as the Best Newcomer at the 2024 Asian Media Awards and she is currently playing the iconic Jennifer Parker in the hit show Back to the Future. Covering everything from her career journey to the media landscape and how Talia makes it work on a daily basis, get ready for an incredibly inspiring, fun and motivational episode to end this current season.
In our latest episode of Life & Smile, we are delighted to welcome Sophie Goodwin, the renowned Editor, Advisor, and Creative Strategist, to Harley Street.You will now, of course, know Sophie as the Co-Founder of the agency Tiger’s Eye and as Special Advisor to the Director at the British Museum. Sophie is also the Creative Editorial Director for the interior and decorative arts title Cabana Magazine. As an industry great, Sophie has held the title of Fashion Director at The Times Luxury and Tatler and is an expert on all things style and design. Listen in full as Sophie reveals how she built her career and tips for how she makes it work on a daily basis. Plus, this episode wouldn't be complete without Sophie revealing her little black book of what she can’t live without, and much more!
This episode of our sixth season will be one to take notes from, as Dr Reena is joined by Vishal Amin. As the Co-Founder of Until, the first members club and workspace for health and wellbeing professionals, Vishal is an inspiring entrepreneur renowned for sharing his insights on startups, leadership, and mindset. From discussing everything from the landscape of the health and wellness industry to accountability and unlocking the potential in others, join now for a motivating listen from the Life & Smile Harley Street recording studio.
In this episode of Life & Smile we turn the conversation to beauty and wellness (and covering everything in between) with a guest whose voice you will need no introduction to, as it’s immediately recognisable from her brilliantly addictive podcast Beauty Full Lives.Madeleine Spencer joins Dr Reena on Harley Street, giving her expert take on the evolution of media, her career journey so far as a podcaster and journalist, and how she makes it work effortlessly on a daily basis. Plus, discover how her key interest in the topic of beauty began, just how she keeps her audience engaged, and, of course, her top recommendations to add to your little black book.
Building and growing a business and brand as an entrepreneur ensures your role is constantly evolving. Through this podcast, Life & Smile, the conversation has advanced rapidly by bringing together some of the most successful leaders across many and often contrasting industries. In this episode, we bring it back to healthcare, or more specifically, to a healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand that celebrates, empowers, and serves current and future generations of healthcare professionals. Introducing Bené Eaton - the Chief Marketing Officer at FIGS. With over a decade of marketing leadership, Bené has spearheaded groundbreaking campaigns for iconic brands in sports and fashion. Renowned for her ability to drive business results, harness innovative marketing tactics, and foster meaningful social impact, she adopts a consumer and community-centric approach in her work. Driven by the purpose of uplifting others, Bené’s mission is to inspire all individuals to be their best selves. Join the conversation now.
Welcome to our sixth season of Life & Smile and what a journey it has been so far! In our first episode of season six, we are thrilled to welcome the award-winning broadcaster, Nicola Bonn. We are turning the tables on her slightly, as you will no doubt instantly recognise her voice from the celebrated Outspoken Beauty Podcast.Listen in full as Nicola reveals how she built her career and tips for how she makes it work on a daily basis. Plus of course, this episode wouldn't be complete without Nicola revealing her little black book of what she can’t live without, plus much more!
As both a dental expert and entrepreneur, Dr Reena is able to see first-hand on a daily basis how the media industry plays an invaluable role in the world of business and one she has been particularly keen on exploring further with an insider insight for our third season of Life & Smile. By popular demand, Dr Reena was particularly keen to be joined in conversation on this very inspiring and motivating episode by a household name who many of us will of course recognise instantly from his Blue Peter years. He has since gone on to create a hugely successful career across the media industry as a sports broadcaster, speaker, author and notably president of Blood Cancer UK. It is of course Simon Thomas.
Throughout this season of Life & Smile Dr Reena particularly wanted to focus on the idea of a ‘lifestyle approach’. Not only focusing how leaders within many contrasting industries get to the top of the ladder but also how they continue to make it work once they have got there - thriving on pushing the boundaries and creating their own space to reinvent the dynamics of an everchanging market. Bringing in Serena Hood. With her meticulous style credentials combined with a mindset for business, she is the Co-Founder & CEO of Collagerie.com, a world of inspiration and style curation which allows you to ‘shop the one thing over everything’. Join the conversation now.
Building and growing a business and brand as an entrepreneur ensures your role is constantly evolving on a daily basis. Through this podcast, Life & Smile, the conversation has advanced rapidly by bringing together some of the most successful leaders across many and often contrasting industries. Today we bring it back to dental where we meet Freya Evison. As the Marketing Manager for Northern Europe at Colgate-Palmolive she is at the centre of a caring, innovative growth company that is a reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets, and our planet.We have been so delighted that Colgate have sponsored Series 3 of our Life & Smile podcast and on this episode, Dr Reena is particularly excited as a dental expert herself to share and further explore the world of Colgate.
As a renowned editor for British Vogue, Lauren Murdoch-Smith has the final word when it comes to everything lifestyle, beauty, and wellness. Having worked at the magazine and Vogue brand since 2014, she is currently holding the title of Acting European Beauty & Wellness Director. Highly celebrated for her work across the industry, Lauren is often writing from a personal and lifestyle approach, her impressive career background seeing her involved and responsible for a vast edit of subjects to cover, often attached to the biggest names and brands in the industry.Here Lauren joins Dr Reena on Harley Street, and they start the conversation by rewinding back to the beginning and how everything began. Join now.
In this episode Dr Reena is joined by a true household name that surely needs no introduction. As one of the UK’s best known pop vocal coaches, Dr Carrie Grant MBE is a BAFTA award-winning broadcaster, vocal coach, leadership coach and campaigner. With a TV and music career that has spanned over 35 years together with her husband (David Grant MBE) she is renowned for working with some of the most leading artists in the world including Gwyneth Paltrow, The Spice Girls, Take That, Will Young, and Charlotte Church. Her TV and Radio work has included being a Reporter for The One Show and hosts with David the Saturday breakfast show on BBC Radio London. Many of you will also recognise her from being a judge and coach on the likes of Fame Academy, ITV’s Pop Idol, Gospel Choir of the Year, Teenstar and Open Mic just to name a few!Listen in full to discover how Carrie makes it work so effortlessly on a daily basis.
Amongst our guests on Life & Smile Dr Reena is always personally so inspired by the contrasting industries that she can explore and delve deeper into through these exclusive conversations in each episode. Often image, personal branding and self-confidence play major roles across each industry. For Dr Reena as a dental expert, gum aesthetics are at the forefront of the specialist dental industry and therefore in this episode of Life & Smile the topic of aesthetics is brought into the spotlight. In this exclusive episode Dr Reena is joined in discussion with one of the most recognisable names within the industry. As a renowned Cosmetic Doctor, Dr Wassim J Taktouk is the industry go-to, highly celebrated and passionate about maintaining incredibly natural results. We give you exclusive access behind the scenes of how he makes it work so effortlessly on a day-to-day basis.
On this very special episode of Life & Smile Dr Reena is joined by a true household name whose voice on this podcast will no doubt be instantly recognisable having built her career across film, television, stage and radio. As a highly renowned British actress and comedian our guest today first came to prominence in the BBC sketch show Goodness Gracious Me. She is known for portraying Zainab Masood in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, Aunty Noor in Citizen Khan, Mrs Hussein in the BBC comedy Still Open All Hours amongst many many more including of course joining Strictly Come Dancing in 2021 where she was paired with professional dance partner Neil Jones during her hugely celebrated career to date. Listen now as Dr Reena welcomes Nina Wadia OBE to the Life & Smile Harley Street recording studio.
In this episode of Life & Smile Dr Reena particularly wanted to focus on the idea of a ‘lifestyle approach’ and it has been so inspiring to hear the often-contrasting day to day routines of how leaders across multiple industries make it work on a day-to-day basis. In this episode we turn to the luxury industry where there is one name that needs no introduction. As a renowned luxury expert with a Chinese and English background Peony Lim is an instantly recognisable figure and source of inspiration within the global fashion and lifestyle industry and now she joins Dr Reena at 75 Harley Street. Listen in full where they discuss everything from how it all began, career advice and the changing landscape of the global luxury industry and beyond…
With Vogue describing her as ‘Fashion’s Chicest Florist’, FLOWERBX Founder and CEO Whitney Bromberg-Hawkings is a renowned figure of authority and inspiration across the luxury industry. Having famously started her career working closely with Tom Ford, initially during his tenure at Gucci before becoming Senior Vice President of Communications for his own iconic company until she took the leap and launched FLOWERBX in 2015. Everyone in fashion is known to communicate through flowers, and FLOWERBX has solved the search of luxury, single-variety blooms of the most premium quality, delivering a shopping experience that is simple, reliable, and high end, with clients including tier-1 brands. Dr Reena brings Whitney to Harley Street to discuss everything fully from the beginning and learn just how it all began.
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