The Emma Guns Show

This episode is brought to you in collaboration with Phillips.Dr Sharon Wong joins me in this episode to talk about the technology in the device and why it reduces hair growth. During our conversation, Sharon explains the hair growth cycle, how the Intense Pulse Light, IPL, works and what effect it has on the individual hair follicles, why the two weeks between treatments when you first start using the device is so important, who can use and benefit from the technology and much more.For more information about the Philips Lumea visit: Philip Lumea IPL 9000 SeriesTo join the closed Facebook group for the podcast click here >> The Emma Guns Show Forum.To follow me on social media >> Twitter | Instagram.Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience even better. Complete this listener survey to tell me what you want to hear: http://bit.ly/theemmagunsshow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorna Luxe is a content creator, entrepreneur and designer who joins me on the podcast to share her feel-good habits, the strategies she uses and recommends to make sure every day is a good day.In this episode, @lornaluxe and I discuss:The joy of staying in bed and why the narrative of getting up early somehow equals success isn't true.Why switching off devices, as advised by Marie Reynolds, has been a quick way to maximise sleep in the Luxe household.The Tony Robbins technique that helps Lorna prime every day to be a good day and why it receives her glowing recommendations of 'I'll tell you what, it's belting!'How food is something she uses to make herself feel-good after depriving herself a lot in her 20s she feels now, in her 30s, that she's found a balance.The IGTV Callie Thorpe posted that has transformed the way she preps her food every week.Why skincare and haircare are quick and easy ways to invest some time and care in yourself and why beauty as self-care can be a five-minute job and doesn't mean 'full-on masks, massages and all that jazzPlus we also go off on a major hair loss tangent as we both started seeing trichologists at Philip Kingsley at about the same time in 2020 and have seen impressive results.Plus, I also quiz her about airplane hygiene and what she does and doesn't recommend you do on planes as a former cabin crew.During this conversation, we also mentioned: the I Am Not Your Guru documentary on Netflix Dusk bed linen and Mela Silk bed linen.To join the closed Facebook group for the podcast click here >> The Emma Guns Show Forum.To follow me on social media >> Twitter | Instagram.Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience even better. Complete this listener survey to tell me what you want to hear: http://bit.ly/theemmagunsshow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Natasha Lunn joins me on the podcast to talk about love. That's right, love.In her new book Conversations on Love, Tash (@natashachloelunn) explores the many types of love in our relationships, friendships, family and even in the places where you may not expect love to live. Perhaps something we can all relate to is making mistakes in love, feeling the loss of love, being hurt by how much we love.Tash and I discuss this, and more, in this episode.To join the closed Facebook group for the podcast click here >> The Emma Guns Show Forum.To follow me on social media >> Twitter | Instagram.Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience even better. Complete this listener survey to tell me what you want to hear: http://bit.ly/theemmagunsshow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is brought to you in collaboration with Philips.The Philips Lumea is an impressive device that’s safe to use at home featuring really sophisticated technology that can give a result of a 92% reduction in just three treatments. But, in addition to the IPL technology, the success of your treatment relies on using the device on a specific schedule, which is why Lee Pycroft, psychotherapist and coach, is joining me in this episode to discuss how we make habits and how we can create space in our lives to use the Philips Lumea for optimal results. We also discuss the role of consistency in reaping the rewards of habitual behaviour and what our habits say, or don’t say, about us.To find out more about the Philips Lumea visit: Philips Lumea IPL 9000 Series.To join the closed Facebook group for the podcast click here >> The Emma Guns Show Forum.To follow me on social media >> Twitter | Instagram.Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience even better. Complete this listener survey to tell me what you want to hear: http://bit.ly/theemmagunsshow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gemma Newman is a GP and author who returns to the podcast to share her feel-good habits, the strategies he uses and recommends to make sure every day is a good day.In this episode, @plantpowerdoctor shares:Why she makes sure she's eating 'mood food' and why making healthy food choices can improve your physical and mental health.The joy and comfort from a cup of tea and the grounding ceremony of making it.How being of service to others and why doing good makes you feel good.Why connection with others is so important and something we've understood more over the last 18 months.How connection with nature can be so beneficial.The power of acceptance and how that can create peace in your life.The benefits she has reaped from the gokai, her morning and evening mantra.To join the closed Facebook group for the podcast click here >> The Emma Guns Show Forum.To follow me on social media >> Twitter | Instagram.Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience even better. Complete this listener survey to tell me what you want to hear: http://bit.ly/theemmagunsshow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lisa Bilyeu is the co-founder and president of Impact Theory, a digital media production company focused on empowering content. And that, listeners, is how I first came to learn about Lisa. I watched the video of an interview she had done with my friend, the makeup artist and entrepreneur, Mally Roncal and really liked the tone of her content, which is design to wake up, confront, empower and motivate those who watch it.In this conversation, @lisabilyeu and I discuss:Why it’s so easy to find yourself in the purgatory of the mundane.Why it’s her mission to push people to know what their dreams are and be confident to pursue them.Her message of radical confidence.Why, if you have a goal, you have to have the energy and mindset as if it’s Day One every single day.How, in her youth, she had wanted to fit in so badly that she ended up minimising herself and how she came to be able to shift into her gear when she was unapologetically herself.Why taking ownership of your mistakes and committing to learning from them is so important.Why the ego is only ever trying to protect you but sometimes doesn’t help you at all.How we can fall into the trap of rejecting ourselves and so much more…For more information about Lisa and to be first to hear about her book, out 2022, go to https://www.lisabilyeu.comWatch WOMEN OF IMPACT now.Watch Lisa's TED Talk From Housewife to the Co-Founder of a Billion-Dollar CompanyTo join the closed Facebook group for the podcast click here >> The Emma Guns Show Forum.To follow me on social media >> Twitter | Instagram.Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience even better. Complete this listener survey to tell me what you want to hear: http://bit.ly/theemmagunsshow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is brought to you in collaboration with Philips.Harnaam Kaur is a motivational speaker and social activist whose insights on choice, and how those choices inspire positivity and self-expression are eye-opening and ultimately empowering.in this episode, Harnaam and I discuss; self-expression and why confidence comes from making choices that empower you - and who cares what anyone else thinks? We chat about Harnaam’s choices around the Philips Lumea and how just because she has a beard it doesn’t mean she doesn’t use the device elsewhere on her body - and other assumptions people may make just from looking at her. She explains why she so passionate about the mantra ‘my body, my rules’ and how we can continue to move conversations around body and facial hair forward with understanding and acceptance.To find out more about the Philips Lumea click here: Philips Lumea IPL 9000 Series To join the closed Facebook group for the podcast click here >> The Emma Guns Show Forum.To follow me on social media >> Twitter | Instagram.Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience even better. Complete this listener survey to tell me what you want to hear: http://bit.ly/theemmagunsshow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robin James is a content creator and producer who joins me on the podcast to share his feel-good habits, the strategies he uses and recommends to make sure every day is a good day.In this episode, @manforhimself shares:Why the combination of early morning exercise, and exercise where you really go for it, set him up for the day.Why matching fragrance to your mood and throwing all the fragrance ‘rules’ out of the window is a way to instantly transport yourself to a good mood.How nurturing plants and surrounding himself with plants makes him thrive as much and them.How nurturing friendships is something he realised he needed to do more of during lockdown when it wasn’t possible to see people IRL.Why setting clear boundaries and always ‘keeping something for yourself’ takes work but encourages healthy connections with people - both on and offline.To join the closed Facebook group for the podcast click here >> The Emma Guns Show Forum.To follow me on social media >> Twitter | Instagram.Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience even better. Complete this listener survey to tell me what you want to hear: http://bit.ly/theemmagunsshow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alison Young is an independent qualified beauty therapist who returns to the podcast to share her insights from 35 years in the beauty industry. From being a hands-on therapist to the face of beauty on shopping TV and brands' secret weapon when developing products, there's not much she doesn't know.In this conversation, Ali and I discuss:Why the customer always comes first.Why people in the public eye who have cosmetic tweakments and don’t declare it set an unrealistic expectation for what beauty products can doWhy she hasn’t had any cosmetic procedures because she doesn’t want anything to skew the effects and therefore how good a product actually isHow a shift in how we spoke about beauty a few years ago has allowed much more ‘good’ information to get out into the world but sadly has opened the doors to some ‘bad’ information.How beauty identities, ie, being someuse who uses clean beauty for example, allows you to be marketed to better but doesn’t actually mean you’re getting better skincareWhy what works for someone else won’t necessarily work for youWhy the biggest mistake a brand can make is forgetting about the customer and much much more…To join the closed Facebook group for the podcast click here >> The Emma Guns Show Forum.To follow me on social media >> Twitter | Instagram.Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience even better. Complete this listener survey to tell me what you want to hear: http://bit.ly/theemmagunsshow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I elaborate on one of my feel-good habits - the joy of learning.Links from the show:The Times Money MentorCoursera: Yale, The Science of Well-BeingCentre of ExcellenceTo join the closed Facebook group for the podcast click here >> The Emma Guns Show Forum.To follow me on social media >> Twitter | Instagram.Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience even better. Complete this listener survey to tell me what you want to hear: http://bit.ly/theemmagunsshow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.