You might be wondering, why do I specialise in coaching medic mums or doctors who are mothers?

Here are my thoughts:

• The job of a doctor is an extremely tough, emotionally testing and exhausting one. Not only does the physical elements (night shifts, long hours etc) play a toll, the emotional element of each shift is often rarely dealt with in the best way.

• Medical school does not teach the intricate ins and outs of lifestyle change in depth. Nutrition, the power of sleep, stress management, implementing behaviour changes are powerful components to health yet as doctors we often lack the understanding and skills to implement them ourselves.

• Mothers play a massive role in moulding the future generation. As a paediatrician, the health of children is something hot on my mind. The best way to help children learn to nourish their health and wellbeing is to replicate it ourselves.

• If, as mothers who are doctors, we can start to better look after our own health, have a healthy outlook towards our body and size and be implementing sustainable lifestyle changes the impact will be unprecedented. Not only will we as individuals benefit, our families will too but so will every single patient that comes into contact with us.

Impacting the health of the general population starts by positively impacting our own as doctors.