Health Hats, the Podcast
231 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsLearning with people on the journey toward best health.
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Questions from a Mild Covid-19 Case
June 07, 2020 12:25 - 36 minutes - 5 MBThe nonstop flow of info about COVID19 often doesn't answer questions to help me stay healthy, not dead. Listen for the questions of this person with mild coronavirus. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the oth...
Questions from a Mild Covid19 Case
June 07, 2020 12:25 - 36 minutes - 23.5 MBThe nonstop flow of info about COVID19 often doesn't answer questions to help me stay healthy, not dead. Listen for the questions of this person with mild coronavirus. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the oth...
PTSD. We Gotta Get Out of This Place.
May 31, 2020 12:41 - 39 minutes - 25 MBPost-Covid PTSD: the next epidemic wave. Survivors, family, health workers. Connect, manage stress, build small positive habits, listen. It's a family affair. For Frank Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the ot...
OB Nurse. Cannabis Nurse.
May 24, 2020 09:27 - 41 minutes - 5 MBStaying sane in an insane situation. How do our front-line, essential workers, all of them juggling duty, passion, family, income, pressure? How do moms, babies, and their partners manage the blurring of tragedy and trauma and hope and possibility? I’m grateful for nurses like Jodi Churchill Chapin, OB and Green Nurse. You’re in my heart. Let’s celebrate the year of the nurse. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health...
Inspire Me Once, Inspire Me Twice
May 17, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBChat with Sara Lorraine Snyder: 'As a person living with a disability, we're already used to the world being able to hurt us or bring us down, whether from other people judging or saying things or your body being funky and doing not behaving in an optimal way. Just knowing that now there's something, especially for people like me living with lung conditions and whatnot that there's something that can very well take us out if it so pleased.' Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scrol...
My Optometrist Saved My Life
May 10, 2020 11:35 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBMy optometrist taught me the value of a small, repetitive practice that changed my brain pathways, my vision, and my life. Vision as a barometer of stress. Consider eye health in this work from home, high screen world. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or de...
Covid19: End-of-Life Choices
May 03, 2020 12:53 - 33 minutes - 20 MBAt least 67,000 individuals have died of Covid19 in the US and 244K worldwide so far. Each death is a family's grief. How do we advocate for ourselves, each other? Palliative care = feeling less miserable. Have you discussed end-of-life and palliative care with your family? Do it now. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HE...
Covid-19: End-of-Life Choices
May 03, 2020 12:53 - 33 minutes - 20 MBAt least 67,000 individuals have died of Covid19 in the US and 244K worldwide so far. Each death is a family's grief. How do we advocate for ourselves, each other? Palliative care = feeling less miserable. Have you discussed end-of-life and palliative care with your family? Do it now. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HE...
Dementia, Covid19, Oh My
April 26, 2020 13:52 - 30 minutes - 19.9 MBNew normal in dementia care Memory Units in the age of Covid19. Social distancing? Right. Live in the moment. Honor the caregivers. Help the helpers. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show notes or d...
Dementia, Covid-19, Oh My
April 26, 2020 13:52 - 30 minutes - 19.9 MBNew normal in dementia care Memory Units in the age of Covid-19. Social distancing? Right. Live in the moment. Honor the caregivers. Help the helpers. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show notes or ...
Dementia Friendly City!
April 19, 2020 13:01 - 40 minutes - 26.1 MBFinding a dementia-rich life when dementia comes a-knockin'. Self-care and sense of humor. Interview with Jill Johnson-Young about a Dementia-Friendly City. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show not...
Share the Stories. Help the Helpers.
April 12, 2020 13:40 - 46 minutes - 32.7 MBStories are mirrors. It's really about us. Our stories matter. Tell your story. As much as you can. Meld the stories together. Share the tragedy. Share the silver linings. Honor the caregivers. Help the helpers. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness?...
Temporarily Able-Bodied People. We’re in This Together.
April 05, 2020 13:44 - 11 minutes - 9.64 MBCovid19. Sad, angry, grieving. No grief without love. People with different abilities have a 15-min advantage on the temporarily able-bodied. Connect, learn, appreciate. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the o...
The Ch’i of Covid19. Invincible.
March 29, 2020 15:47 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBThe Ch'i, Covid19, Chinese medicine, lungs & spleen. Warm water, less sugar, exercise, sleep well. Find 1 source of less depressing news. Connect. Invincible. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show n...
The Ch’i of Covid-19. Invincible.
March 29, 2020 15:47 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBThe Ch'i, Covid-19, Chinese medicine, lungs & spleen. Warm water, less sugar, exercise, sleep well. Find 1 source of less depressing news. Connect. Invincible. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show ...
Kind Re-Equilibration in the Age of Coronavirus
March 22, 2020 20:23 - 12 minutes - 7.58 MBNight terrors - apocalyptic meets pathologically optimistic. Testing and tracing. Re-equilibration. Self-care. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show notes or download the printable transcript here C...
The Zen of Relationship-Centered Measurement and Engagement
March 15, 2020 15:27 - 48 minutes - 34.5 MBA conversation with Ellen Schultz. How can we best commit to improving what’s vital in our local health care system? Commitment is will, resources, and time. Measuring can’t take more effort than improving. Engage people at the center: patients, clinicians, and the people that support them. Focus on relationships. Measure consistency and sustainability. As in any health effort – exercise weak muscles. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the po...
Family Practice – The Cornerstone of My Team
March 08, 2020 15:56 - 42 minutes - 31.1 MBI love my family doc. If you’re not happy with your primary care doc, find someone you trust to help you find another one. She’ll be your cornerstone. Interview with Dr. Laura Zucker. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at th...
Mind Body Spirit. Empathy and Social Justice.
March 01, 2020 16:05 - 40 minutes - 27.3 MBIn Ecuador, I found there were the traditional indigenous views of health melding with Western medicine. So, your physical and melding with Christianity as well. Your physical, spiritual, and mental health felt much more interwoven. You might see a shaman and pick up some medications from your doctor on your way to the church to say a prayer. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorit...
Peer Support: Patience and Kindness
February 23, 2020 13:36 - 42 minutes - 24 MBEverybody possesses innate wisdom about themselves. I don't know the answer to your question, but I believe that you know the answer to your question. I'm here to provide you with any information you need, support to access resources in the community, or just to be patient and listen. Interview about Peer Support with Keith Scott from Advocates, Inc. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your...
A Zebra, Not a Horse: Rare Patient Voice
February 16, 2020 15:58 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBRare Patient Voice: Gateway to paid Patient Advocacy. Diagnosis-based experience brokers. Interview with Wes Michael. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show notes or download the printable transcript...
Bioethics: Autonomy. For Me, On Behalf of Me.
February 09, 2020 15:12 - 41 minutes - 27.4 MBBioethics, the term first coined by someone (who is a controversy) in 1971, includes four principles – respect for autonomy, nonmaleficence (do no harm), beneficence (for me, on behalf of me), and justice. Ken Goodman spoke about two of the four principles autonomy and beneficence. As with much when you start peeling back the layers, bioethics are not simple, not black and white, rather shades of grey. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the p...
Physical Therapy: Needed When Needed
February 02, 2020 13:43 - 31 minutes - 20 MBDarlene Harrier talks about physical therapy for those with neurodegenerative disorders like MS and Parkinson's: intermittent, life-long care. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show notes or download...
Accessible Yoga: Honor Your Body
January 26, 2020 13:15 - 26 minutes - 17.4 MBMelissa Reynolds talks Yoga. With chronic pain and fatigue, there's such a variation. Some people are always at high levels of pain. Some people vary. There are various stages within fibromyalgia and chronic pain and chronic fatigue. Plus, you have other things going on. Some people also have arthritis where their chronic pain comes from. Or there are other complexities. You can't say, “this is how you do yoga for chronic pain.” Key is letting people see that they have choices, so there's n...
Trust: Willing to be Vulnerable. Worth the Investment.
January 19, 2020 12:54 - 33 minutes - 35.1 MBBest health builds on trust – trust in people, institutions, information, and solutions. I trust my primary care doc. I trust my chiropractor. I trust my instincts. I trust my gut. I do. I trust my wife. She trusts me. Trust doesn’t mean blind following. Rather trust leads to more control or feeling more in control. I need trust when I’m in a crisis and can’t think clearly. I listen to my immediate family and my two lead docs (in that order). I’m likely to do what they recommend. Trust is fo...
Employed Family Caregivers – The Difference Collaborative
January 12, 2020 11:21 - 41 minutes - 41 MBMy compatriot, Geri Lynn Baumblatt, consults and advocates on the overlapping worlds of employees, family caregivers, employers, and support, especially in nursing. In short, bread winners also caring for family and friends with acute and chronic illnesses and disabilities. I picture these overlapping worlds as balloons mashing up against each other trying not to burst. If you’re a nurse, an employer, a boss, or a caregiving staff member, this chat about the Difference Collaborative is for yo...
Chiropractic – Operating at Peak Performance
January 05, 2020 15:08 - 34 minutes - 28 MBI depend on my team – laypeople and professionals - to help me understand my body, abilities, circumstances, moods, and reactions. Profound understanding promotes self-appreciation – loving myself as I am. On my professional team, my primary care doc, chiropractor, massage therapist, neurologist, optometrist, physical therapist, and acupuncturist are the strongest and most important professionals for me. I’ve learned which of their skills help me, how they communicate with me, and what work ...
Retirement – Micro-stepping with Mini-goals
December 29, 2019 21:26 - 27 minutes - 28.8 MBCynthia Meyer created the Second Wind Movement for retirees to live their best life. She teaches mini-goals and micro-stepping towards the 5 Rings of Retirement, Growth, Health, Finance, Community, and Giving Back. Listen in or read on. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impa...
Engaging with Sax – Good as I Am – Merry Holidays
December 22, 2019 15:24 - 18 minutes - 20.7 MBSometimes I wish I had fallen in love with the flute. It would be easier than carrying the 40-pound sax up and downstairs. But it motivates me to keep doing my squats and increasing upper body strength as my lower body function diminishes. So, engaging with sax is perfect for me. Using different parts of my brain, learning every day, keeping me humble, and spiritually strong. Are you still playing the baritone sax? is a spot-on personal health outcome for me. So merry holidays everyone. I hop...
Clinical Decision Support Technology – Still Human
December 15, 2019 14:28 - 45 minutes - 45.5 MBLaura Marcial talks with us about making the tech sausage of Clinical Decision Support: Guidelines, evidence, rules, knowledge engineers. Clinical decision-making still depends on human trust time, talk, control, and connection. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hea...
Impact Learning: Own our decisions. Do the work every day.
December 08, 2019 15:34 - 54 minutes - 43.5 MBAs a person who owns my journey, my learning journey, in this case, I explore the options, the resources that are available to me. Then I direct myself to make the right choices and learn what I need to learn. At the same time, it's learning by doing. That's a very important part because we can learn a lot of things in theory. But can I communicate that knowledge? Does it bring us benefit? It doesn't help us with our life unless we put this knowledge to work. So, I believe in learning by doin...
Gratitude, Podcasting, Best Health
December 01, 2019 12:28 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBI'm not a religious person, but I am spiritual. I’m at one in my relationship with a higher power, God, if you will, when I recognize and feel gratitude. Gratitude for living at peak capacity, for my loving family and friends, for an engaged health team, for the Forward Link community, for music, and for clean air and water. On this first anniversary of my podcasting journey, with 52 episodes and 3,000 downloads under my belt, thanks for your continuing support. I'm grateful for you and al...
Teachable Spirit. Patient Family Advisors.
November 24, 2019 15:24 - 40 minutes - 41.3 MBCareful what you wish for. Health equity and participatory medicine depend on the widespread meaningful use of patient family advisors. The trickle of such advisors should be a stream. Unfortunately, even if the supply could meet demand, health care administrators, researchers, entrepreneurs lack skill in making good use of patient family advisors. Libby Hoy leads Patient Family-Centered Care Partners, a small organization with a large vision for improving the quality, safety, and experience ...
Partner with People at the Center End-to-End
November 17, 2019 14:52 - 13 minutes - 14.9 MBDespite what anyone tells you, Clinical Decision Support (CDS) is an experiment. It only gets better with use. We, patients and caregivers, should try it, whatever it is, and learn. Learn what helps us make decisions and what doesn’t. Blog subscribers: Scroll down through show notes to read the post. If you'd like to listen to the podcast, click here or the title Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my blog and podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Epi...
Caring for Parents. It’s Their Life. Open the Door.
November 10, 2019 12:20 - 48 minutes - 49.3 MBAllie, Becky, and Jenni have gone through the gut-wrenching experience of trying to manage the physical and cognitive deterioration of their parents. How do you partner from a distance with reluctant parents? Do you intervene? How do you intervene? How much do you intervene? What's best for them? How do we maintain our boundaries as we help parents we love so much and make us so crazy? Blog subscribers: Scroll down through show notes to read the post. If you'd like to listen to the podcast,...
Humanity Before Technology – Clinical Decision Support
November 03, 2019 19:31 - 23 minutes - 22.1 MBWalking through the who, what, where, and why of clinical decisions and Clinical Decision Support? Why we should care and what can we do? I’m also going to talk about uncertainty, the three T’s (Time, Trust and Talk) and the two C’s (Control and Connection). Blog subscribers: Scroll down through show notes to read the post. If you'd like to listen to the podcast, click here or the title Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my blog and podcas...
Independent Community Benefit Practice
October 27, 2019 14:13 - 32 minutes - 33.9 MBMichael Mittelman received three kidneys via transplant, his current kidney from a living donor, his mother. He identifies as an advocate for organ donation, specifically, living organ donors. He also works across disease areas to help companies understand and involve patients. He cares deeply about access and equity in healthcare. For this episode, I’m going to test calling our work as advocates, activists, and partners, an Independent Community Benefit Practice. Blog subscribers: Scroll do...
More Patient Experts at the Table
October 19, 2019 15:52 - 13 minutes - 11 MBPatient expert, co-investigator, patient partner, subject matter expert, patient advocate, patient/caregiver activist. Many labels. Whatever you call us, invite those of us with different and unique experience, skills, and circumstances to sit at decision-making tables. Then treat us as equals and respect us. Then do something with what we offer. Blog subscribers: Scroll down through show notes to read the post. If you'd like to listen to the podcast, click here or the title Subscribe to He...
Lead by Example
October 13, 2019 12:11 - 36 minutes - 38 MBWow, four strokes by age 39. Quite a record for a sportswoman. A story about trust. First, no benefit of the doubt by the first diagnosing person thinking that Lisa was a drugged-out college student. Then Lisa’s trust in herself as a patient expert. Experience and engagement reinforce each other and builds confidence. No mystery that I appreciate I’m “good at naps.” So far, I don’t know how else to introduce young people to choices about health, wellness, or illness other than including them ...
CEO of Your Health Now
October 06, 2019 14:53 - 20 minutes - 21 MBFeeling my oats as CEO of my Health! I lead and manage a company dedicated to my health. Let's pause and gather this frame into our brains and sinew with the help of the past few interviewees. Then we'll explore more in the next few episodes. Come aboard and listen or read. Blog subscribers: Scroll down through show notes to read the post. If you'd like to listen to the podcast, click here or the title Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support m...
Seize Control, Cede Control as CEO of Your Health
September 29, 2019 13:01 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBI’m CEO of my health and I’m tired. I crave inspiration. I need a recharge. Several weeks ago, I recorded a conversation with Amy Faeskorn. I appreciate the Improv lesson Amy teaches here about the ‘yes and’ approach to best health, sprinkled with lessons from homeschooling. I feel better already. Blog subscribers: Scroll down through show notes to read the post. If you'd like to listen to the podcast, click here or the title Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast p...
A Learning Community for CEOs of Your Health
September 22, 2019 13:17 - 41 minutes - 43.7 MBCan I learn about learning to become a better CEO of my health from a high school teacher? Absolutely, Matt Neil and I explore enrollment in learning, health in school, learning with peers, planting seeds, and dignity and respect in this free-wheeling conversation. Blog subscribers: Scroll down through show notes to read the post. If you'd like to listen to the podcast, click here or the title Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my blog and...
Overtreated, Untreated, and Mistreated
September 15, 2019 11:22 - 36 minutes - 36.7 MBBefore her auto accident that caused chronic pain and subsequent surgeries, Barby Ingle was no stranger to pain. After her accident, Barby felt overtreated, untreated, and mistreated. She took control of her medical management and replaced drug pain solutions with physical pain solutions. She repurposed her media savvy to heal herself and engage others. Blog subscribers: Scroll down through show notes to read the post. If you'd like to listen to the podcast, click here or the title Subscrib...
Make a Ruckus Podcasting
September 08, 2019 15:28 - 13 minutes - 14.7 MBMy journey from writing to blogging to podcasting: A 45-year story with sparks and nudges along the way. Now, I can 't help it. I'm a content machine. I'm making a ruckus, sharing stories of learning on the journey toward best health; asking hard questions; and translating those stories and lessons so a diverse and varied audience can appreciate them. Blog subscribers: Scroll down through show notes to read the post. If you'd like to listen to the podcast, click here or the title Subscribe...
Crafting Solutions to Conflict
September 01, 2019 15:38 - 36 minutes - 36.1 MBAs CEO of our health we manage, we lead, we decide, we learn. In the role of CEO, or as team members for others, we engage in many difficult conversations. These difficult conversations often include sharing information, tracking plans, activities, and symptoms, making decisions, managing circumstances, and adjusting to personalities. We don’t understand. We’re overwhelmed. We can’t decide. Emotions get the best of us. We have trouble listening or caring. The opportunity for conflict between ...
Stories, Not Noise, for You – the CEO of Your Health
August 25, 2019 15:59 - 53 minutes - 53.8 MBChat with Jan Oldenburg, a nationally recognized thought leader on personal health engagement focused on transforming healthcare and the physician-patient relationship through digital tools. In this podcast episode, we spoke about the language of goals and preferences, situational leadership, making a story from the noise of data, contextual education, and drinking from both ends of a fire hose. Blog subscribers: Scroll down through show notes to read the post. If you'd like to listen to the...
CEO of My Health
August 18, 2019 15:53 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBI want to be a better CEO of my health and health team. Better at learning, managing, leading, and deciding. Most of us are only fair at any of it. Few are good at all of it. And our lives depend on them all. Let's explore this further together in future podcasts. I encourage you to share your questions and thoughts with me. Blog subscribers: Scroll down through show notes to read the post. If you'd like to listen to the podcast, click here or the title Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast...
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
August 11, 2019 20:28 - 47 minutes - 45.1 MBTeresa Wright-Johnson is a giant of advocacy. We stand on her shoulders; she stands on ours. “You matter” coming from Teresa is powerful and uplifting. Teresa is a Multiple Sclerosis Warrior and Congenital Heart Disease Survivor. A retired Parole Officer, Teresa uses her life experiences to inspire and inform others. She's careful, conscious, and confident. She sets an example and speaks for the unspoken. Blog subscribers: Scroll down through show notes to read the post. If you'd like to li...
Illness-Induced PTSD. Not Only Patients
August 04, 2019 15:09 - 44 minutes - 42.7 MBPeople who live with long term, complex chronic illness suffer from extreme stress and trauma together and alone. ‘Live with’ meaning they're my diagnoses or I'm caring for someone with those challenges. 'Caring for someone' can be professionals or family and non-family, and sometimes community. The intensity of acute crises, rehabilitation, and maintenance (living life) all cause unforgettable and deep-rooted stress. Crazy-making stress. Illness-induced Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)...
Pain: The Solution – Many Solutions
July 28, 2019 18:41 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBYou’re in for a treat. Amy Baxter, pediatric emergency physician, pain researcher, and device manufacturer, is the CEO and Founder of Pain Care Labs. We talked about: Pain is inevitable, it’s life. Unnecessary pain is wasteful and it sucks. Doctors’ superpower is writing prescriptions. While lots of research has been done about non-pharm pain, doctors aren’t familiar with it. Public policy doesn’t support non-drug solutions. It funnels people to doctors and medication. Attitude and a...