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Today’s guest is Paula Pearce — a mum, foster carer, and proud Fibro Warrior. After years of pain and frustration with the healthcare system, Paula took her healing into her own hands. So now, she’s here today on Zen Footstep’s to share how she turned her life around and found hope, strength, and purpose in the face of fibromyalgia.

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Professor Jag Dhanda is an Oral and Maxillofacial/Head and Neck Consultant Surgeon with a subspecialty interest in head and neck oncology and reconstruction and a Professor of Surgery and Professor of Extended Reality in Medicine and Surgery. His NHS practice is limited to free tissue transfer for complex head and neck reconstruction. He has been the successful recipient of three Royal College of Surgeons of England research fellowships (college, board and specialty) and a CRUK fellowship for his PhD in oncogenomics. Professor Dhanda is the founder and clinical lead for Virtual Reality in Medicine and Surgery (VRiMS.net), a trainee resource using live streaming and restreaming of cadaveric surgical techniques in virtual reality. He is conducting studies to scientifically evaluate and validate extended reality in medical education. VRiMS has released a VR app for basic life support and fire safety training for mandatory training. His research group is also developing a skin cancer augmented reality app to guide surgeons in diagnosis and surgical techniques for managing facial skin cancer. Professor Dhanda regular travels to low to middle income countries to develop teaching resources using extended reality. His group raises funds to develop innovations for global surgery and donate surgical instruments to rural surgeons as well as providing training for all of the surgical specialties using extended reality.

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Today’s guest is Louise Burgess, a trauma-informed therapist and holistic healer whose work is rooted in deep compassion, embodied wisdom, and lived experience. Louise blends traditional psychotherapy with somatic healing, energy work, and intuitive guidance to help people reconnect with their truth and reclaim their stories. Having walked her own path through trauma, she now holds space for others with fierce tenderness and grounded presence. This conversation is an invitation into the real work of healing—raw, powerful, and deeply human.

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