Latest Care system Podcast Episodes
A Journey from Aircraft Mechanic to Health Equity Champion
The Healthy Project Podcast - April 26, 2024 13:49 - 35 minutesWelcome to another empowering episode of The Healthy Project Podcast! In this episode, host Corey Dion Lewis has a great conversation with Maria Torres, a passionate advocate for health equity and the Health Equity Coordinator for Pottawatomie County Public Health. What's Inside This E...
From Rock Bottom to Bringing a Family Together Again: A Foster Care Success Story with Jackie Polk
Fostering Change - April 09, 2024 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsAfter you listen to today’s episode of Fostering Change, take a moment. Take a breath. Reflect on what you heard, and ponder how you would handle the situations that our guest Jackie Polk faced. Here is part of the note Jackie sent us when she inquired about sharing her story: I'm a boy mom of...
Health Through Cultural Humility and Nutrition Security: A Conversation with Dr. Alison Brown, PhD, RDN
The Healthy Project Podcast - April 08, 2024 05:00 - 27 minutesIn this compelling episode of The Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis welcomes Dr. Alison Brown, a distinguished public health nutrition and health disparities researcher. Dr. Brown shares her extensive insights into the critical intersection of nutrition, cultural humility, ...
Vaccines and Health Inequity With Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell
The Healthy Project Podcast - April 01, 2024 05:00 - 16 minutesThis episode is sponsored by Iowa Immunizes. To learn more about their initiatives, visit https://www.iowaimmunizes.org/. In this engaging episode of the Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with the incredibly dynamic Dr. BCW, hailed as one of the most active figure...
A Foster Care Journey and How Change Must Happen to the Broken System
Fostering Change - March 26, 2024 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsJerold Hawkins was introduced to Rob Scheer and Comfort Cases in 2023 when the company he works for, Aptiv, held a “Packing Party,” packing up backpacks filled with new essential items to be delivered to local social service agencies for distribution to youth entering foster care in Michigan. ...
Navigating the New Normal: Insights on COVID-19's Present and Future
The Healthy Project Podcast - March 25, 2024 05:00 - 26 minutesThis episode is sponsored by Iowa Immunizes. To learn more about their initiatives, visit https://www.iowaimmunizes.org/. In today's episode of the Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with Dr. John Whyte, Chief Medical Officer of WebMD, for a compelling discussion ...
Breaking Health Taboos: Colorectal Cancer Awareness & Prevention
The Healthy Project Podcast - March 18, 2024 05:00 - 23 minutesIn this empowering episode of the Healthy Projects Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis is joined by public health advocate and podcast co-host ELG to shed light on a crucial health topic - colorectal cancer. Recorded during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, this discussion gets into persona...
The Importance of Talking About “Reunification” for Youth in Foster Care - A New Visit from Charell Star
Fostering Change - March 12, 2024 11:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday, we welcome back a wonderful guest, Charell Star. We first discovered Charell in 2021 from the “Humans of New York” column and video she was featured. We wanted Charell to come back on our podcast to give us an update on her work in the foster care system since then. Charell shares her c...
Creating a Warm and Safe Space for Children Transitioning into Foster Care
Fostering Change - February 27, 2024 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsOften times when children are removed from their homes and brought to a social service agency or law enforcement office, they are not placed in a foster home immediately, and have to spend hours, a whole night, or even days sitting on an uncomfortable office chair, a lumpy couch or maybe an air ...
Civic Engagement as a Path to Health Equity
The Healthy Project Podcast - February 26, 2024 06:00 - 21 minutesIn this enlightening episode of The Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with Heather Jones-Brown, a fervent advocate for civic engagement and health equity. Heather, who also works in staff equity at Grinnell College, dives deep into the critical role civic particip...
Art, Advocacy, and Healing: Jill Wells on Transforming Lives Through Creativity
The Healthy Project Podcast - February 19, 2024 06:00 - 36 minutesIn this enlightening episode of the Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with Jill Wells, an artist, advocate, and pioneer in combining art with advocacy to create social change. Jill shares her journey from being a substance use counselor to embracing her true calli...
Keeping Marriage Alive and a Strong as a Family with Adoptive Children
Fostering Change - February 13, 2024 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsHappy Valentine’s Day! (one day early) On today’s special episode, of Fostering Change we bring in two of our favorite married couples: David & Julie Bulitt and Rob & Reece Scheer! Yes, our host and his husband - co-founders of Comfort Cases - discuss relationships, particularly the issues fa...
An Unlikely Journey to Parenthood Through America’s Broken Foster Care System with Mark Daley
Fostering Change - January 30, 2024 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday, on Fostering Change, Comfort Cases’ founder Rob Scheer has an enlightening conversation with Mark Daley, author of SAFE: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family. The book offers a deeply personal window into what happens when the universal longing for family...
Empowering Healing: A Conversation with Alyson Simmons
The Healthy Project Podcast - January 29, 2024 06:00 - 47 minutesIn this insightful episode of The Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis engages in a profound conversation with Alyson Simmons, the founder and executive director of the Central Iowa Trauma Recovery Center. Alison shares her journey from being a consultant to spearheading an or...
Empowering Voices: Quinny Sanchez Lopez on Lived Experiences and Health Equity
The Healthy Project Podcast - January 22, 2024 06:00 - 38 minutesWelcome to another inspiring episode of the Healthy Project podcast with your host, Corey Dion Lewis. In today's episode, we dive deep into the world of health equity and the power of lived experiences with our esteemed guest, Quinny Sanchez Lopez. Quinny is passionate about stakeholder...
Feeling Wanted, Love & Safe: Stories to Change the Lives of Children in Foster Care… FOR THE BETTER!
Fostering Change - January 16, 2024 12:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsComfort Cases is so lucky to have many friends and supporters from around the world. In 2022 we opened our first international center, Comfort CasesUK (https://comfortcasesuk.org/). On today’s episode, we welcome a guest from England, our friend Kevin Leslie. Kevin is known for many movie and...
May the Best of Your Today's Be the Worst of Your Tomorrow's: Ben McDougal's Insights on Entrepreneurship
The Healthy Project Podcast - January 08, 2024 06:00 - 35 minutesIn this enlightening episode, our host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with the multifaceted entrepreneur, Ben McDougal. Dive into a conversation that bridges the gap between entrepreneurship and public health, highlighting how these worlds intertwine to create impactful change. Short Bio: ...
Parents: Today we Give you “Permission to Rest”!
Fostering Change - January 02, 2024 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWelcome to 2024! The entire team at Comfort Cases hopes you had a festive, and happy holiday season. Note that we didn’t write “restful”, as we know the past few weeks are generally the busiest time of year. This is why we are starting off our 2024 season right, with an interview with Ashley N...
Bananas Foster: Making a positive impact, and spreading joy throughout the foster care community to inspire others
Fostering Change - December 26, 2023 12:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday is a special episode of Fostering Change (well, all our episodes are special, but this one has a very special significance!) It’s the final episode of 2023 AND, today’s episode marks the 200th Episode of Fostering Change. Amazing that we’ve reached this important milestone in our 5th sea...
Adopting Through Foster Care: What to Consider, and Why it May Change Your Life for Good!
Fostering Change - December 19, 2023 12:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsIf you’ve watched or listened to Fostering Change before, or you’ve seen Rob Scheer speak at an event or a Comfort Cases “Packing Party”, you know that he loves to promote people who are doing great things for others - what he calls “Good Humans.” Well, on today’s episode you’ll meet one of the ...
A Coming-Of-Age Story of Tenacity, Hope and Impact!
Fostering Change - December 12, 2023 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsPrepare yourself for an interview with a woman who defines the term “resilience.” Regina Calcaterra’s memoir Etched in Sand, A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island is a #1 international best-seller and a New York Times best-seller. As a result of Etc...
Lifting Each Other Up to Make the World a Better Tomorrow for Youth in Foster Care
Fostering Change - December 05, 2023 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratings“Understand there is more of a reality out there than you’ve been living through.” Today’s episode of Fostering Change will truly inspire you! Rob Scheer interviews Lisa Cohen, someone he shares much in common. They were both in foster care, both from Washington, DC and following foster care,...
Unmasking the Hurt: Ronnie Cyrus-Jackson's Journey of Healing and Empowerment
The Healthy Project Podcast - December 05, 2023 06:00 - 39 minutesIn this episode of The Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis interviews Ronnie Cyrus-Jackson about her book 'Unmasking the Hurt' and her journey with mental health. The conversation covers topics such as overcoming trauma, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), building a strong...
A Truly Corporately Responsible Organization and How they Support Youth in Foster Care
Fostering Change - November 28, 2023 14:11 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsCorporate Responsibility. You hear that phrase often. But how many businesses truly follow through on being good corporate citizens? On today’s episode of Fostering Change you will meet one organization that does just that: Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Indiana Medicaid Health Plan. In ...
Mindful Sipping: Embracing Non-Alcoholic Beverages with Jessa Frances
The Healthy Project Podcast - November 27, 2023 06:00 - 25 minutesIn this episode, host Corey Dion Lewis explores the growing trend of mindful drinking and non-alcoholic beverages. He interviews Jessa Frances, an expert in the industry, to discuss the concept of mindful drinking and its benefits. They also delve into the concerns and considerations fo...
Changing the Narrative: Questions About Race & Other Challenges a Single Black Father Who Adopts & Fosters Children of Various Races Faces
Fostering Change - November 21, 2023 12:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWe hope you are ready for an especially inspiring episode of Fostering Change. Today, Rob Scheer interviews Peter Mutabazi: entrepreneur, international advocate for children, and the founder of Now I Am Known, a nonprofit that supplies resources that encourage and affirm children and families. A...
Foods Role in Healthcare with Holly Freishtat
The Healthy Project Podcast - November 20, 2023 06:00 - 24 minutesIn this episode of the Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis engages with Holly Freishtat, the Senior Director of Feeding Change at the Milken Institute, in a profound discussion about the transformative role of food in healthcare. Holly shares her extensive experience in the f...
Exploring the Passion in Being a Resilient Caregiver
Fostering Change - November 14, 2023 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsIn a discussion that covers everything from medicare filings to the resources necessary for caregivers of all kind to thrive, today Rob Scheer speaks with Mike and Kristin Berry, the co-founders of The Resilient Caregiver, a global initiative that helps foster and adoptive caregivers build resil...
Bad Bunny, Health Equity and Technology with Dr. Félix Manuel Chinea
The Healthy Project Podcast - November 13, 2023 06:00 - 31 minutesIn this episode of the Healthy Project, host Corey Dion Lewis engages with Dr. Félix Manuel Chinea, the head of health equity and inclusion strategy at Doximity, in a comprehensive discussion about health equity from a health tech perspective. They explore the nuances of diversity, equi...
Steps to Youth Can Take to Overcome Bullying
Fostering Change - November 08, 2023 19:18 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday, Rob Scheer talks with a real “go-getter”. Someone who doesn’t take no for an answer and truly reaches for the stars. Haley Marguerite is a motivational speaker, a publisher and an author. In fact, she published her first book at the age of 11! Haley is the talented author behind the belo...
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