ConnectForHealth - Cigna Healthcare
Welcome to ConnectForHealth, a monthly podcast powered by Cigna Healthcare.
Each episode explores vital topics around wellbeing, resilience, and modern healthcare through in-depth conversations with experts, leaders, and change-makers. ConnectForHealth brings you fresh insights, inspiring stories, and practical tools to help you thrive - inside and out.
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Episodes
18 episodes
Stress Less, Live More: Real Tools to Beat Burnout (and reduce tension at home)
Eight weeks into prolonged uncertainty in the Gulf region, a many people are still living in extended caretaker mode. The practical pressures continue, but so does the hidden load: carrying worry, managing family dynamics, and tryin...
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Special Edition Sleep Under Pressure: How To Switch Off When Your Nervous System Won’t
Across the Gulf right now, many residents are living with a mix of gratitude and strain. Alert texts, unfamiliar noises in the night, and prolonged uncertainty can keep the nervous system in threat-detection mode, leaving people exh...
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Brave Not Perfect: Simple Tools to Help Children Feel Calm, Safe and In Control
When school moves online and uncertainty drags on, our children and teenagers often look “fine” while their nervous system is doing overtime.In this Special Edition of ConnectForHealth, we speak directly to ...
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Emotional Fatigue: Staying Resilient as Tense Times Continue | Dr Jane Halsall (ConnectForHealth Special Edition)
As the region moves deeper into prolonged uncertainty, many people are noticing a shift: less adrenaline, more sustained stress, jumpiness, distraction, and emotional drain.In this ConnectForHealth Special Edition, Scott Armstro...
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Parenting in the AI Age: Teens and Digital Screens
In the latest ConnectForHealth episode, Scott Armstrong (mentl) and co-host Maissa Al Khafajy (Cigna Healthcare Middle East and Africa) are joined by Dr Khaled Kadry, Director of Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services, Sa...
Special Edition: Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times Practical Tools to Manage Stress During Geopolitical Tension
When your world feels uncertain, your nervous system does not wait for permission. It reacts. So how do steady we steady ourselves when things seem out of our control? In this ConnectForHealth Special Edition, Scott Armstro...
Unlocking Health Literacy: How to Take Control of Your Health and Health Insurance
Better health is not only about motivation or more information. It is about making better decisions consistently, and knowing how to navigate care when you need it.In this ConnectForHealth episode, Scott Arm...
Special Edition: Food for Thought: How Nutrition Shapes Mental Health
Healthy Plate, Healthy Mind isn’t about dieting. It’s about feeling better.In this timely episode of ConnectForHealth, a Cigna Healthcare Middle East & Africa initiative in partnership with mentl, host Scott Armstron...
The Power of Failure & What It Can Teach Our Kids
Failure is uncomfortable - especially when it’s our children experiencing it. But what if failure is one of the most powerful teachers we can give them?In this episode of ConnectForHealth, host Scott Armstrong, Founder of <...
Money Moves: Building Wealth, Reducing Stress
In this episode of ConnectForHealth, Scott Armstrong and Maissa Al Khafajy are joined by chartered accountant and money coach Carol Glynn of Conscious Finance Coaching to explore one of the most universal sources of stress: money....
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Special Edition: Shaping the Future of Health, Work and Vitality
In this special edition of ConnectForHealth, we take you inside the Cigna International Health Study (CIHS) 2025 - UAE Edition - the most comprehensive look at the state of well-being, vitality, and workplace health across the Emi...
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Level up men’s health and step into your best self
Men’s health is at a crossroads — and this conversation is one every man (and every employer, partner, teammate and friend) needs to hear.In this episode of ConnectForHealth, host Scott Armstrong, Founder of mentl, and co-host M...
Beyond Menopause - Maintain your Vitality
Menopause isn’t the end - it’s a new beginning.In this powerful episode of ConnectForHealth, a Cigna Healthcare Middle East & Africa initiative in partnership with mentl, host Scott Armstrong (Founder of...
Keep Flu at Bay with Immunity-Boosting Actions
Flu season is approaching — are you and your family prepared?In this episode of ConnectForHealth - a series by mentl in partnership with Cigna Healthcare Middle East & Africa - host Scott Armstrong, Fou...
Disconnect to Reconnect - Finding Balance in Today's Digital World
Doomscrolling, digital addiction, and the constant buzz of screens - how do we find balance in a hyperconnected world?In this episode of ConnectForHealth - a podcast partnership between mentl in and Cigna Health...
Heat-proof Your Health This Summer
As summer temperatures soar, sunscreen is just the beginning.In this episode of ConnectForHealth, hosts Scott Armstrong (Founder, mentl) and Maissa Al Khafajy (Head of Government Affairs and Strategic Communication...
