Balin A. Durr, MD

Illness occurs when the body is out of balance. This can show up in a whole host of ways such as pain, gut problems, headaches, infertility or an impaired immune system. Traditional Chinee Medicine including acupuncture is a holistic, alternative healthcare approach that’s been around for at least 5000 years and is used by a variety of people including top, elite athletes for a variety of health problems including addictions and sports injuries.

My guest, Ellie Pickering, is a Board certified, licensed Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner including acupuncture and Chinese herbs; is Board certified in Chinese Reproductive Medicine, and has been a licensed massage therapist since 1987. 

Learn:
•What is Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)?
•What role does acupuncture and Chinese herbs play in TCM?
•How does acupuncture work? Does it hurt?
•How does TCM help?
•What are the 4 pillars of health?
•Why food is medicine?
•What are the health benefits of TCM? 

#TCM #chinesemedicine #traditionalchinesemedicine #chineseherbs #holistic #health #4pillarsofhealth #alternativemedicine #chi #energy #cupping #FoodAsMedicine #FoodIsMedicine #nutrition #medicine #brainhealth #massage #fertility #healthandwellness #healing #inflammation #insomnia #constipation #chronicpain #sportsinjury #endorphins #insomnia #selfcare 

Many people value taking care of their loved ones but see taking care of themselves as selfish or a luxury they don’t have time for. But how do you take care of someone else if you’re sick or struggling? You can’t give what you don’t have. 

My guests, Bridgette Arnett, MD, PhD., Board certified in Neurology, Neurophysiology and Sleep Medicine; and Mawusi Arnett, MD, MPH, Board certified in Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine, discuss the emotional, mental, and physical barriers to optimal self-care. Plus self-compassion and an EMS (emergency medical service) tool box are essential for quality self-care, empowering you to give the best quality care to those who matter to you most. 

Learn:

·         Why caregivers and some professionals ignore their self-care and work to the point of exhaustion

·         What is chronic inflammation, some causes, and how it wreaks havoc on the body? 

·         Which emotions, mindset, and mental or physical illnesses can contribute to self-neglect 

·         How sleep apnea can stop your breathing up to 120 times per hour, which can severely impact health with the potential to lead to dementia  

·         How sleep deprivation is a major contributor to self-neglect, illness, and can reach the level of a DUI

·         EMS Wellness Superpowers for daily self-care habits for brain and body health

·         Ultra-processed foods, which make up 60-70% of our entire food system, are factory foods filled with industrial ingredients that are pro-inflammatory 

#DDLSS #DrDurrsLivingInTheSweetSpot#MawusiArnett#BridgetArnettMDPhD#mentalhealth #medicine #selfcare #brainhealth #health #selfcompassion #EMS #toolbox #Tired #TiredOfBeingTired #healthandwellness #healthychoices #stressrelief #inflammation #ultraprocessedfoods #nutrition #vitamins #exercise #empowerment #shame #WellnessSuperPowers #sleepapnea #sleep#dementia #blackdoctors #personaldevelopment 

John W. Fountain, an award-winning columnist, journalist, full tenured professor of journalism, publisher and author of five books including “True Vine: A Young Black Man’s Journey of Faith, Hope and Clarity;” and “Dear Dad: Reflections on Fatherhood” discusses the importance of fatherhood, exploring our family’s history to reframe our experience of absent fathers and facilitate our healing, winning the 2021 – 2022 Fulbright Scholarship and subsequent trip to Ghana to teach and do research, and the importance of writing to tell our stories.

His latest book is “Soul Cries: In Black & White and Shades of Gray.” He is a frequent guest commentator on radio and television and often shares his inspirational story of going from poverty and the urban mean streets of Chicago’s West Side to the top of his profession. Fountain is founder of WestSide Press Publishing and FountainWorks NFP, a not-for-profit focused on telling the untold stories of marginalized or underrepresented people in print, digital and other forms.

#DDLSS #DrDurrsLivingInTheSweetSpot #JohnWFountain #mentalhealth #mentalwealth #fatherhood #parenting #children #healing #healingjourney #storytelling #faith #KnowYourself #freedom #unconditionallove #forgiveness #relationship #growth #transformation #empowerment #selfcare #selfhelp #blackdoctors #mindbodyspirit #wellness #SelfExpression #compassion #resilience #StraightTalk #realtalk

Many people are living unhappy lives conforming to the expectations of others in order to be liked and accepted, but at the expense of not pursuing their dreams and living life the way they choose. This costs you big time… plus your anger and frustration about your mediocre, unfulfilled life! Discover more keys to: (1) self-discovery; (2) freedom from conformity and seeking approval and acceptance; (3) living an authentic, meaningful life; and (4) self-forgiveness and unconditional love as powerful liberators of your Infinite potential and possibilities.

My special guest for part 2 of “Unapologetically Real: Freedom from Conformity and a Mediocre Life” is Myra Solomon, COO of Terrecon Design & Construction, Inc. She’s also a business consultant and licensed teacher of new thought Christianity for the Universal Foundation for Better Living. She has a HR background with a Fortune 500 company. Join us for part 2 of this thought-provoking, candid conversation. 

Learn: 
•Additional ways to shift your limited, negative thinking in order to embrace your unique wonderfulness and live a happy, meaningful life
•How self-forgiveness and grace frees you from living in the past and a life-sentence of persecution
•How self-care is common-sense if you want to provide quality care to others
•To make sure the source of your opinions and beliefs is on the same mission as you
•How to hear and connect with your Sacred Self and the Creator or Life Force that animates all life
•How our fear of abandonment, not getting what we want, or that we’re undeserving causes us to contort and twist ourselves to be accepted, to settle for mess, or sabotage our hearts’ desires
•Why you deserve unconditional love, and how to love YOU unconditionally
•How the persistent self-image as a powerless child keeps an adult looking for someone to love and take care of them
•How celibacy give you time, space, and energy to focus on and develop you
•How your body’s powerful chemistry during orgasm creates attachment and trust, which can impair your judgment and make it very difficult to disconnect from harmful relationships.
•How you are a powerful, creative Being that is always successful!

#DDLSS #DrDurrsLivingInTheSweetSpot #UnapologeticallyReal #MyraSolomon #mentalhealth #mentalwealth #gratitude #faith #KnowYourself #God #newthought #christianity #freedom #meditation #unconditionallove #forgiveness #celibacy #oxytocin #relationship #Sacred #spirituality #BelieveInYou #trust #BlackGirlMagic #growth #transformation #empowerment #selfcare #selfhelp #blackdoctors #mindbodyspirit 

The U.S. ranks the worst in maternal care and mortality rates compared to 10 other developed nations, despite spending the largest percentage on health care of all wealthy nations. Worse yet, two-thirds of the 700 pregnancy-related deaths that occur every year are preventable. 

Dr. Dona Perry, a Board-certified OB/GYN and Medical Director of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, discusses the importance of support during pregnancy and postpartum care, communicating after pregnancy with someone who knows the warning signs of a problem, and how a doula educates and supports moms and babies during and after pregnancy, which significantly improves their health and decreases the occurrence of illness and death. Also, mental illness, including substance abuse, presents a significant threat to the health and well-being of the mother and child; and how nutrition is foundational to good brain health. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dona-perry-md-9415613a/ 

Website: balinadurrmd.com 

#doula #pregnancy #maternalmentalhealth #doulas #pregnancycaretips #pregnancycare #obstetrics #birth #postpartum #lactation #postpartumlife #postpartumhealth #newmom #labour #labor #laboranddelivery #breastfeedingsupport #pregnancylife #postnatal #obgyn #maternalhealth #childbirth #mentalhealth #substanceabuse #DDLSS #DrDurrsLivingInTheSweetSpot #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #brainhealth #nutrition #vitamins #health #healthandwellness #newmomtips #MedEd #blackdoctors #blackgirlmagic #postpartumdoula #mindbodymedicine #mindbodyspirit #vitamind #postpartumdepression #lactationsupport #newmomtips #doulalife #doulasupport #mentalwealth #implicitbias #racialequality #healthequality

Many people long for a wonderful life, but are stuck living lives according to other people’s expectations that meet their needs at your expense. Now you’re stuck and unhappy, living a life you don’t want! How do you stop conforming to other people’s expectations and doing what they want you to do? How do you live the life you want to live, that’s meaningful for you? 

Learn: 
•What is your Source of identity and possibilities? 
•The societal framework that says you’re inadequate and keeps you striving but never arriving 
•How your brain’s need to create meaning of your experiences can result in falsely believing there’s something wrong with you 
•What are the costs of conformity
•How your achievements will never exceed the top limits of your beliefs
•How do you discover your unique, wonderful Self, the extraordinary Being at your core
•How do you stop the chatter and change false, negative narratives about you and your possibilities
•How to shift from your limited, mediocre thinking to a new, unlimited, boundless, creative Source of your actions and results. 
•How changing your thoughts and perceptions enables you to live your best life & fulfill your potential
•Recognize the Sacred in you, every person and everything 
•Trust and believe in YOU
•Forgiving yourself is an absolute must for you to leave conformity and mediocrity behind

#DDLSS #DrDurrsLivingInTheSweetSpot #UnapologeticallyReal #mentalhealth #mentalwealth #celibacy #KnowYourself #God #newthought #christianity #meditation #unconditionallove #forgiveness #Sacred #spirituality #BelieveInYou #trust #colorism #RacialInequity #blackdoctors #BlackGirlMagic #ExtraordinaryLife #growth #growthmindset #nextlevelmindset #transformation 

Many women strive for excellence every day for themselves and their families. The strong black woman, also called the black superwoman complex, is a strong, resilient, African-American woman, who strives for excellence in all areas of her life to prove she isn’t inferior or inadequate and that she's deserving of the same equal opportunities and access to meaningful resources and success as her white male counterparts. The sacrifice for her super achievements is the denial of her own pain and needs. 

Bridgette Arnett, MD, PhD. and Mawusi Arnett, MD, MPH discuss:

·         The economics and racial inequities that perpetuate the false narrative of the African-American woman’s inferiority in order to keep resources for a dominant patriarchy’s profit, power, and pleasure

·         How this system conditions all women to meet the needs of others while ignoring their own

·         How the recent resignation of former Harvard President, Claudine Gay, the only African-American female in Harvard’s history, illustrates her excellence wasn’t enough to prove her worthiness nor shield her from false accusations of plagiarism, and how she was discredited by a wealthy donor whose wife had actually committed plagiarism 

·         How does any of this apply to and have meaning for the average, hardworking woman 

·         How a tribal mentality and the fight for resources is designed to keep most Americans impoverished because the color that matters most is the color green

·         If you don’t like you, you don’t value you and won’t take care of you. You have to like you to exercise self-compassion and take care of yourself.

·         How your wellness super powers help you achieve and sustain health and wellness, including weight loss. 

·         How do we stop allowing others to define and confine us so we can live happy, healthy lives expressing our greatest potential! 

 #DDLSS #DrDurrsLivingInTheSweetSpot #MawusiArnettMDMPH #BridgetArnettMDPhD #BlackSuperwomanComplex #StrongBlackWoman #mentalhealth #healthandwellness #excellence #RacialEquity #AfricanAmericanWomen #Equality #EqualOpportunity #ResourceAllocation #Harvard #ClaudineGay #Plagiarism #EconomicInequity #TribalMentality #Empowerment #SelfExpression #EqualityForAll #selfcompassion #selfcare #WellnessSuperPowers #blackdoctors #BlackGirlMagic #resilience #StraightTalk #realtalk 

In the absence of knowing ourselves, we end up with lives that we don't always want and don't know how we got there. So how do we come to know ourselves?

Join me and my special guest, Portia Carney, for a down-to-earth, candid, fun conversation about discovering who you are, taking responsibility for creating your experiences, and the benefits of feminine energy. She has an MBA, is a manager for a major financial institution, and is a veteran who appears on the reoccuring segment, "Unapologetically Real." We also discuss the importance of #identity, how #childhood shapes experiences and relationships, relationships as a mirror of you, and the courage to be YOU, to be #REAL and to fuflill your #purpose!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/portia-carney-39624a91/

Website: balinadurrmd.com

#balinadurrmd #DDLSS #DrDurrsLivingInTheSweetSpot #livinginthesweetspot #PortiaCarney #courage #extraordinary #spirituality #mentalhealth #mentalwealth #transformation #healing #healingjourney #MedEd #children #DarkParts #selflove #wisdom #singlemom #veteran #masculineenergy #feminineenergy #Goddess #success #spirit #inspiration #motivation #growth #mindset #mindbodymedicine #mindbodyspirit #selfhelp #mentalhealthawareness #mentalalhealthmatters #mentalwellness #health #psychiatry #spiritualhealing #straighttalk #realtalk #personaldevelopment #personalgrowth #personalresponsibility #God #godly #peace #abundance #entrepreneur #achieve #LawOfAttraction #potential #nowyouknow #fixmylife #truthlessons #help #helpvideo #psychology #blackdoctor #blackgirlmagic #motherlywisdom #blackwisdom #selfworth

The strong black woman, also called the black superwoman complex, is a strong, resilient, African-American woman, who strives for excellence in all areas of her life, driven in part by an effort to be seen as equal in a society that sees little value in her and believes she's undeserving of access to meaningful resources and success. The sacrifice for her super achievements is the denial of her own pain and needs.
 
Bridgette Arnett, MD, PhD. and Mawusi Arnett, MD, MPH discuss the origins, signs, and some of the adverse mental and physical health impacts of the black superwoman complex.
 
Learn:
·      The origins, signs, and some of the adverse mental and physical health impacts of the black superwoman complex?
·      The sometimes overwhelming challenges of mothers training to achieve excellence and become physicians
·      Exercise as a cathartic release, reinvigoration, and treatment of mild-to-moderate depression
·      How a tribal mentality and the fight for resources led to a social structure designed to maintain a dominant patriarchy’s profit, power, and pleasure
 
 
#DDLSS #DrDurrsLivingInTheSweetSpot #MawusiArnettMDMPH #BridgetArnettMDPhD #BlackSuperwomanComplex #StrongBlackWoman #mentalhealth #depression #blackdoctors #resilience #BlackGirlMagic #wisdom #exerciseismedicine #singlemomlife #ClaudineGay #Harvard #Plagiarism #courage #Extraordinary #success #health #motivation #selfhelp #selfcare #selfcompassion #StraightTalk #realtalk #blackwisdom #structuralracism #racialequity #successmindset 

Veterans are at increased risk of committing suicide within the first year of leaving active duty and suffering job loss within 2 years after becoming a civilian. This is in direct contrast to the expectations of both veterans and employers, who expect great workplace success but are often mistaken and disappointed. Why are veterans more likely to fail in the civilian workplace the more successful they are in the military? What active duty supports and resources are lacking in civilian life? How do we—the loved ones, community, and businesses—help facilitate their successful transition to employment?

U.S. Navy Captain (retired) William Toti, author of “From CO to CEO: A Practical Guide for Transitioning from Military to Industry Leadership,” discusses these questions and offers solutions to facilitate veterans’ successful transition to civilian employment. 

Learn about: 
•What does PTSD look like?
•Why are veterans at increased risk of suicide?
•Why some veterans fail to succeed in their civilian careers?
•How to assist veterans in understanding their new, corporate missions. 
•How companies can help ameliorate skill gaps for their new veteran employees and facilitate their successful civilian employment
•Changes veterans can make to ensure their successful transition to the civilian workforce
•Veteran and military mental health resources, including the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, where you can call, text, or chat 988. 


Website: balinadurrmd.com

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