Confidence To Thrive - a podcast for ambitious healthcare practitioners and entrepreneurs
Confidence to Thrive is a podcast built for practitioners and healthcare entrepreneurs who are doing something that matters - building innovative practices in functional medicine, aesthetics, integrative healthcare and mental health, while navigating the regulatory complexity that comes with it.
Episodes
30 episodes
Episode 29 - Cross-border prescribing - legal, regulatory and insurance challenges of teleconsultations
Cross-border prescribing - challenges and risks of prescribing through telemedicineIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Christopher Cloke Browne, director at Owlicity about the legal, regulatory, and insurance challenges of cross-bor...
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Episode 28 - CCR 2026 - Insight from the floor of the Clinical Cosmetic Regenerative Congress at Excel
Inside CCR 2026Christopher Cloke Browne, director at Owlicity, walks through the Clinical Cosmetic Regenerative Congress or CCR 2026 aesthetics conference at London’s ExCeL, highlighting the expanded Medical Longevity Summit with two sta...
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Episode 27 - Why taking great notes is your most effective defence against claims and complaints - best practice for clinical note-taking
Defensible Note-Taking for Functional Medicine and Private Practice: Reducing Litigation RiskIn this episode of Confidence To Thrive, Owlicity directors Christopher Cloke Browne and Roger Houston discuss best-practice note-taking for fun...
Episode 26 - Building a multi-disciplinary functional medicine practice with Dr Indra, Dr Indra Functional Medicine
In this week’s episode of Confidence to Thrive, Christopher Cloke-Browne, director at Owlicity, speaks to Dr. Indra, NHS GP turned private functional medicine practitioner and president of the British College of Functional Medicine about her jo...
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Episode 25 - The 'Prescribing Risk' in functional medicine - how to overcome regulatory and negligence risks around prescribing and diagnosis
Functional Medicine and Prescribing: Regulation, Roles and Risk in Multidisciplinary PracticesIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Owlicity directors Christopher Cloke Browne and Roger Houston discuss how functional medicine practice...
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Episode 24 - AI in private healthcare - balancing automation with empathy with Adrian Richards, medical director iQonic
In the fourth part of this four part series, Adrian Richards, medical director at iQonic Aesthetics returns to the Confidence to Thrive podcast to discuss with Owlicity directors, Christopher Cloke Browne and Roger Houston, how AI is already re...
Episode 23 - Product liability and managing legacy risks in private healthcare with Adrian Richards, Medical Director at iQonic Aesthetics
Episode 23 - Product liability and managing legacy risks in private healthcare with Adrian Richards, Medical Director at iQonic AestheticsIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Christopher Cloke Browne and Roger Houston, directo...
Episode 22 - How to sell your healthcare business with Adrian Richards, medical director at iQonic Aesthetics
Selling a Healthcare Business: Due Diligence, EBITDA Multiples and Managing Legacy RiskIn part 2 of our wide-ranging discussion with Adrian Richards, Medical Director at iQonic Aesthetics and one of the pioneers of private medical practi...
Episode 21 - From plastic surgery to pioneering private practice (part 1) with Adrian Richards, medical director at iQonic Aesthetics
Episode 21 - From plastic surgery to pioneering private practice (part 1) with Adrian Richards, medical director at iQonic AestheticsIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Christopher Cloke Browne and Roger Houston, directors at Owlici...
Episode 20 - CQC or not CQC? Answering the question of registration with Dionne Simons, Designated Medical
Do You Need CQC Registration? Guidance for Functional and Private Practice CliniciansIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Owlicity director Christopher Cloke-Brown speaks with Dionne Simons, head of operations at Designated Medical, ...
Episode 19 - Navigating the NHS-Private interface - how to avoid complaints and claims when growing a functional medicine healthcare business
Navigating the NHS-Private interface - how to avoid complaints and consent issues when growing a functional medicine healthcare business In this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Owlicity directors Christopher Cloke Browne and Roger ...
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Episode 18 - Functional medicine marketing - regulation, claims and managing patient expectations
Functional medicine marketing - regulation, claims and managing patient expectationsIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Owlicity directors Christopher Cloke Browne and Roger Houston discuss the regulatory and practical risks of mark...
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Episode 17 - Regenerative aesthetics, longevity and healing - an interview with Dr Angela Musso, The Healing Place Global
Regenerative aesthetics, longevity and healing - an interview with Dr Angela Musso, The Healing Place GlobalIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Christopher Cloke Browne, director at Owlicity speaks with Dr Angela Musso who shares he...
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Episode 16 - Restoring midlife vitality for women through functional medicine and emotions coaching with Sonia Jenkins
Midlife vitality for High-Achieving Women: Functional Medicine, Emotions Coaching and Sustainable ChangeIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Owlicity director Christopher Cloke Browne speaks with Sonia Jenkins, author, former NHS nur...
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Episode 15 - Should functional medicine practitioners keep GMC registration? with Andrea James, Keystone Law
Functional medicine and GMC registration: legal and regulatory risks for doctorsIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Owlicity director Christopher Cloke Browne speaks with Andrea James, a Keystone Law partner specialising ...
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Episode 14 - Neurodegeneration and functional medicine - an interview with Dr Kirstie Lawton, founder and director of You Nutrition Clinic
Nutrition, Neurodegeneration and Functional Medicine: Raising Standards and Building Multidisciplinary CareIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Owlicity director Christopher Cloke Browne speaks with Dr Kirstie Lawton PhD, CNHC-regist...
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Episode 13 - IPM26: Functional medicine goes mainstream - Insights from the Integrative Personalised Medicine Congress 2026
This episode is recorded on the exhibition floor at the Integrative Personalised Medicine Congress 2026 at the QEII Centre in London, With more than 3,000 registered attendee - and many more walk ins - IPM26 is a third bigger than l...
Episode 12 - Struck off and not insured? The risk of working outside your scope of practice - a real-world GMC case
When Insurance Fails: A Real-World GMC Case and the Risks of Working Outside Your CompetenceIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Owlicity directors Christopher Cloke Browne and Roger Houston discuss a real case showing how quickly th...
Episode 11 - AI in private healthcare - assessing the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence many practitioners overlook
AI in Private Healthcare: Opportunities, Liability, Insurance and Data Protection RisksIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Owlicity director Christopher Cloke-Browne discusses how AI is reshaping private healthcare and the ri...
Episode 10 - Growing a mental health practice - the challenges, claim risks and debate on potential ADHD prescribing class action
Mental Health Practice Regulation: ADHD Prescribing, Repeat Prescriptions and Reducing Claims RiskIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Owlicity director Christopher Cloke-Browne talks about navigating regulation and risk when buildi...
Episode 9 - Off-label prescribing in functional medicine: why informed consent and defensibility are key
Off-label prescribing in functional medicine: indemnity, informed consent and defensibilityIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Owlicity directors Christopher Cloke-Browne and Roger Houston discuss off-label prescribing and how func...
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Episode 8 - Revealed! The biggest mistakes healthcare practitioners make when handling a complaint or claim
The Biggest Mistakes Healthcare Practitioners Make When Handling a Complaint or ClaimOn this episode of the Confidence To Thrive podcast, Christopher Cloke Browne and Roger Houston reveal the most common mistakes that practitioners and ...
Episode 7 - Improving outcomes from difficult intravenous access through innovation - interview with Airglove CEO Jason Ram
Episode 7 - Improving outcomes from difficult intravenous access through innovation - interview with Airglove Medical Ltd CEO Jason RamWhat if there was a technology to simplify difficult IV access and improve patient outcomes...
Episode 6 - What growing aesthetics businesses need to know about managing complaints, consent and cover
Aesthetics, Regulation and Insurance: Managing Complaints, Consent and CoverIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Owlicity director Christopher Cloke Browne talks about what practitioners and entrepreneurs need to know about regulati...
Episode 5 - How to manage risk, claims and insurance cover when growing a functional medicine practice
Functional Medicine’s Regulatory Grey Areas: Managing Risk, Claims, and Insurance CoverIn this episode of Confidence to Thrive, Christopher Cloke Browne discussing building and growing a functional medicine practice while staying protec...