With sustainability issues being on the forefront, sustainable health is not discussed often. We will discuss this issue with today's guest, Dr. Nicole Peoples, DO, ABIM, ABIHM, IFMCP, Board-Certified Physician in Internal Medicine based out of Atlanta, Georgia specializing in Functional Medicine. She attended Spelman College and then went on to obtain her medical degree at Ohio University College of ⁠Osteopathic Medicine⁠.

Why do some people get sick while others remain healthy into old age? This was the question that drove her to pursue a career in medicine.  Osteopathy appealed to her because it allowed her to focus on the whole person. She completed her Residency in Internal Medicine at Alameda County Medical Center, UCSF affiliate training program, where she focused on strategies in behavioral change through motivational interviewing and health coaching.

Following her residency, she taught health promotion at Stanford University’s Cardiovascular Prevention Research Center and worked on worksite wellness and physician burnout. She then obtained additional board certifications in Integrative and Holistic Medicine and certified through the Institute of Functional Medicine.  In addition to her private practice, She has also worked as a hospitalist for over 10 years. 

At the end of it all, She realized that medications alone don’t make people healthy, but a healthy lifestyle does.

She is a mother to three beautiful children, a wife, and a daughter who recognizes the challenges that come with putting health first.  She identifies with feelings of doing it all, but somehow still feeling like she is not doing enough. She realized that if she wanted to help women like her stay healthy as we age, she was going to have to make it simple and practical. Taking care of yourself should not be hard but when you have a million things vying for your attention at some point you have to become intentional about taking care of yourself.

Her practice aims to help you do this so that you can actually get healthier, stronger, more vibrant as we age.

Dr. Nicole's contact information:

Linkedin profile: linkedin.com/in/drnicolepeoples

Websites:

Email: [email protected]

This episode focuses on Black Men's Health, it's time for a change. The life expectancy for black men in the US are the lowest of the major race groups. We will discuss this with my guest Aaron Henry, Assistant Professor at the George Washington University Physician Assistant program.

Aaron is a graduate of the George Washington University Physician Assistant program and has nearly 15 years of clinical experience in emergency medicine, urgent and primary care. He specializes in Black men's health disparities, with a focus on improving Black male life expectancy through preventative medicine.

He is also a men's health coach and owner of TrueGuide Health Consulting, and is currently pursuing his PhD in Translational Health Science.

Oral health is equally as inportant as physical health. Today's guest is my Dentist Dr. John Tsaknis, who I have had for over a decade.

Dr. Tsaknis is a DC native. He went to The University of Maryland, Collge Park and received a BS degree in Zoology, received his dental degree at the University of Maryland, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.

He continued his training with a two year residency at the University of Maryland Medical System, to include Shock Trauma, Kernan Hospital, Childrens Hospital, Head and Neck Cancer Ward and the Baltimore Veterans Administration.

Later, he taught part time for a number of years at the University of Maryland in the areas of Emergency Clinic, New Patient Clinic and oversaw D3, D4 and PGY1 residents in the Oral and Maxillofacial Department.

Dr. Tsaknis received a certificate for anesthesiology and is only a handful of dentist in the DC area trained in sedation. After working as an associate for a few years, he started Tsaknis Dental & Associates in Ashburn, VA and later started Tsaknis Dental Group in downtown DC. In 2009 Dr. Tsaknis started his third office DentalBug at 703 D Street NW, Later rebranding all to City Dental DC and in 2019 he started his fourth office at 2075 L, NW, partnering with Javan Wellness at that location.

Dr. Tsaknis has over 1000 hours of continuing education, has been trained and certified on both the Galileos Cone Beam CT scanner and the Cerec Cad-Cam systems for same day crowns. He has been trained on Biolase lasers, Velscope and a variety of implant brands: BioMet3I,  Noble Biocare, Straumann, Bicon, Implant Direct and several others. Dr. Tsaknis also provides Oral Sleep Apnea appliances as he is not only a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, but is also certified at the Qualified Dental Designation level and in 2022 received the highest achievement as a Diplomate of the ABDSM. He was DC's top 20 Invislaign Provider in 2018 and Top 10 in 2019 and the #1 general dentist Platinum Plus provider in 2021. He is also trained on the latest dental gadgets that you will find through-out the office, to include iTero scanner, digital cameras, lasers and fixing the printer at the front desk.

In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family and restoring old cars.

City Dental contact information:

E: www.citydentaldc.com

P: 202-628-7929

Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: citydentaldc

This is the first episode of recurring broadcasts from my 92 year old mother, Ms. Louise Lee, retired Registered Nurse and mother of five, who is still going strong. She will provide senior health and wellness tips.

Mommy is a Rrwas a in the nursing field for four decades. She specialized in Psychiatric and Gerentology nursing.

She raised five children and went back to school in her 40s to obtain her RN degree while putting three of my sibilings through college and working full time. She graduated with honors. Her nursing scores were so high that she was recruited by hospitals throughout the US.

She is the best and I am blessed to have her to share her lust of life to everyone.

NOTE, If you or anyone else is experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the Suicide and Crisis hotline by dialing 988 or text HOME to 741471

In closing out mental health awareness month, I am excited to have Xiomoria Scott as my guest today. She is a licensed mental health counselor in the state of New York. She was was born and raised in Syracuse, New York. She graduated from Corcoran High School. She attended SUNY Cortland where she earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology. Motivated to learn more, she pursued a Mental Health Counseling degree at St. John Fisher College in Rochester NY where she currently resides.   

She has committed her life's purpose to a mission that focuses on helping others learn to become emotionally intelligent. Through therapy, She is always working creatively and collaboratively with individuals to create the narrative of life that they can be authentically happy with. Life is a teacher (we all have trauma), our perspective and how we interpret the world will determine how we embrace the journey of life. She wants life to be lived to its fullest and is committed to helping individuals who commit to helping themselves. 

She offers individual and group counseling sessions. Specializing in youth and adult anxiety, depression, substance abuse, trauma and much more. She is excited to help you on your journey. If being resilient sounds like something that could help you please reach out and get mental health resources that will enhance your life.

Linkedin: Xiomoria Scott, MS, LMHC

Website: https://healthyrexilience.com

P: (585) 420-6632

E:  [email protected]

This episode focuses on health disparities in communities of color, which include:  mortality, life expectancy, burden of disease, mental health, uninsured/underinsured, lack of access to care and mistrust of the health care system.

Today's guest is Bayo Curry-Winchell, MD is a board certified family and urgent care physician Dr. Curry-Winchell is Medical Director of Community Engagement and Health Equity, Co-Lead of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, and Medical Director of Urgent Care Clinics, Carbon Health and Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, Reno, NV.

Deeply involved with her community, Dr. Curry-Winchell is also the founder, Beyond Clinical Walls, medical director, Washoe County Sexual Assault Response Team, and volunteers as an assistant medical examiner, Washoe County Child Protective Services. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Curry-Winchell joined the Reno Mayor's Task Force and Governors Medical Advisory Team.

She has received many awards, including the 2022 Healthcare Heroes Award from Nevada Business Magazine, the Community Service Award from Washoe County Medical Society, the 2021 Young Physician Award from Washoe County Medical Society, the 2020 PBS Reno Spotlight Extraordinary Neighbor award, Sierra Nevada's Top 20 Most Powerful Women award in 2019 and recently named one of 75 Black health care leaders to know by Becker's Hospital Review and was a TEDx presenter in 2022. She participates in national media interviews and regularly contributes to several publications. She and her husband enjoy life in Reno-Tahoe with their two young girls.

Should you wish to reach out or book her for speaking engagements, she can be reached on TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter @DR_BCW or through her website https://drbcw.com.

Marcia's platforms:

Facebook and Instagram: mbmarshalllee

Welcome to Season two of Cut the BS, Your Health, Your Choice.  As we closeout Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  I would like to welcome to the platform Ms. JaReen, a domestic violence survivor, inspirational speaker and life coach.  She continues her advocacy by sharing her story.  

It's time to break the cycle of violence, break the chain and have a breakthrough.  It's time to live and have the life we are supposed to live.

Resources:

Domestic Violence hotline:  1-800-799-7233

Text: START to 88788

Website: www.thehotline.org

JaReen is currently rebranding and she will be on IG, FB and YouTube.  

For questions for JaReen via email, [email protected]

To contact Marcia via social media:

Twitter and Instagram: Cutthebsyourhealthyourchoice

This is a special edition episode on more personal level.  I'm speaking about my sister in law who is in very critical condition.  She refused to seek medical treatment.

I would like this episode to be a wake up all for every one regarding their fear of seeking medical care and to seek care and treatment when one is not feeling well.

This is a personal story from me regarding the health of my sister in law and her fear of going to the doctor.  I hope everyone gets a takeaway from this episode.  Thank you.

Byron Brooks is Public Health Consultant at 2B Solutions and Community Healthcare Worker Trainer for The Brooks Group Trains.

He has over 10 years’ experience in disease investigation in a local public health setting. During his tenure in public health, he served as a phlebotomist, outreach coordinator and community health educator. He led and participated in many outbreak investigations that included HIV, Syphilis, Zika and Covid-19. 

As a single parent he was a “Girl Dad” before it became a trending topic on the Internet.  He a avid fan of hockey and F1.

When addressing any issue, he always take the approach of “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” With serious consideration, effort and community involvement any problem can be addressed over time.

Byron's contact information:

email:  [email protected]

website: www.tbgtrains.com

Marcia's information

Facebook and Instagram: mbmarshalllee