
Joie Risk
Managing Director of Sunlighten for the UK, Ireland and Europe (EMEA), leading the infrared sauna and light-therapy brand's European expansion.
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Sep 2, 2026
Infra-Red Sauna, Red Light & Recovery: What the Science Really Tell Us?
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Simon GilchristHOST
Are you seeing a different response in those populations or even any other populations? Like, do we need to be mindful of someone who's got cardiac conditions in infrared saunas?

Joie RiskGUEST
I mean, yes, we obviously use, we have a range of contraindications, mainly around the heat aspect and some people who have complications with the inability to sweat.

Joie RiskGUEST
When it comes to perimenopause, what we know and we have a lot of partners in this space is that it's a highly beneficial tool as part of perimenopause.

Joie RiskGUEST
And a lot of our clients are women in that perimenopausal stage of their life naturally.
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#177 The Science, Safety and Future of Infrared Sauna with Sunlighten's Joie Risk
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2:30SammyHOST
So can you tell us about Sunlighten and also its origins and your role here in the UK?

Joie RiskGUEST
Actually, it came about because, not because they thought, hey, this was a good idea back 25 years ago on its own, but actually Connie's brother had a condition where he suffered from mercury poisoning, actually.

Joie RiskGUEST
So he had high levels of chronic fatigue and his dentist said, was quite pioneering back then and advised him to use an infrared sauna, which would help him with this chronic fatigue that he was experiencing.

Joie RiskGUEST
And so Connie and Aaron were working in pharmaceutical at the time, and they decided to actually leave that and start working with Connie's brother, who at that point had started Sunlighten.
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14:32SammyHOST
So how can consumers be confident that infrared saunas are safe? And how do they distinguish between high quality and low quality products in the market?
95. Why Infrared Sauna Beats Traditional Sauna for Sleep, Recovery, Detox & More - Joie Risk
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21:02AndyHOST
So is there good times? Am I just a bit of an anomaly? But how's infrared helping with sleep too? Yeah.

Joie RiskGUEST
So we surveyed our customer base and we had a 70% rate of people coming back and saying the sauna has positively impacted sleep.

Joie RiskGUEST
And it's something that we've anecdotally known for years when people report back their aura and their wearable conditions.

Joie RiskGUEST
And look, it's a multifaceted kind of reason as to why sauna affects our sleep so significantly.
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