E331– Inner Voice – A Heartfelt Chat with Dr. Foojan. In this episode, Dr. Foojan Zeine chats with Dr. Ioan Hanes, one of the pioneers in the field of lifestyle medicine in Europe. Since 2018, Dr. Hanes has been a board member and vice-chairman of the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO). He is also the founder of the Belgian Lifestyle Medicine Organization (BELMO), together with ELMO, which led to a joint action to develop the first European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate: Health and Fitness Lifestyle Advisor. The certificate he developed and coordinated has trained more than 350 health professionals from Europe and worldwide to acquire the practical skills to prevent and treat lifestyle-related chronic diseases (https://www.eulm.org/elmo certificate). Since 2019, Dr. Hanes has been the organizer and member of the Scientific Committee of the ELMO Congress. He is the coordinator and author of the first European e-book on lifestyle Medicine, “Lifestyle Medicine and Chronic Diseases: Prevention and Treatment”. He coordinates the Sexual Health and Lifestyle Medicine module first European MSc Lifestyle Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece. He is trained in Lifestyle Medicine at Harvard University, Boston, USA, and in Motivational Interviewing at Massachusetts University Hospital, USA. In Belgium, he is certified as a clinical sexologist at the ULB, Belgium, and graduated with a master’s degree in human sexuality and family studies at KU Leuven, Belgium. He is also a Société Belge des Médecins Nutritionnistes member and graduated with a master’s degree in food sciences and nutrition at Ghent University. He speaks five languages fluently: English, French, Dutch, Romanian and Hungarian. He is a nutritionist in the Obesity department at the Military Hospital in Brussels, Belgium. He is also a medical expert doctor for various governmental organizations and agencies. Contact Dr. Hanes at hanesioan@yahoo.com. In this episode, we talk about the importance of sexual health in all aspects of life. Check out my website: www.FoojanZeine.com.