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March 28, 2022 3/28/22 Using Virtual Reality Psychotherapy to Treat Anxiety
When most of us think of psychotherapy, we envision sitting in an armchair or perhaps lying on a couch and talking about our problems for the better part of an hour. While this may have been true in the past, the field of psychotherapy is undergoing a revolution driven by technology. In addition to an expanding array of mental health smartphone apps, another technology is changing the way therapists treat anxieties, fears, and phobias, in particular: Virtual Reality. How exactly is VR used in therapy? Does it actually work? And, are VR goggles ever going replace the proverbial therapist’s couch? These are just some of the questions we explore this week. Host David B. Feldman speaks with Dr. Elizabeth McMahon, clinical psychologist and author of Virtual Reality Therapy for Anxiety: A Guide for Therapists.
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March 21, 2022 About Health – March 21, 2022 – Everything is Medicine: Thuy Interviews former Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation, Robert Yazzie
Thuy and Robert Yazzie talk about the parallels between Chinese Medicine and Indigenous knowledge: nature, patterns, connection, and how there is always medicine available even in trying times.
1 hr
March 21, 2022 About Health – March 21, 2022 – Everything is Medicine: Thuy Interviews former Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation, Robert Yazzie

Thuy and Robert Yazzie talk about the parallels between Chinese Medicine and Indigenous knowledge: nature, patterns, connection, and how there is always medicine available even in trying times.
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March 14, 2022 3/14/22 Medical Aid in Dying
Medical aid in dying is a practice that allows an adult who is mentally capable, and has a prognosis of six months or less to live, to request a prescription for medication from their doctor. They can then decide if they want to take the medication to die peacefully. Nurse Rona will interview Samantha Trad, the National Director of Care Advocacy for Compassion and Choices. [1]

[1] https://compassionandchoices.org/
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March 14, 2022 3/14/22 Medical Aid in Dying
Medical aid in dying is a practice that allows an adult who is mentally capable, and has a prognosis of six months or less to live, to request a prescription for medication from their doctor. They can then decide if they want to take the medication to die peacefully. Nurse Rona will interview Samantha Trad, the National Director of Care Advocacy for Compassion and Choices.

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1 hr
March 07, 2022 About Health – March 7, 2022
A program designed to give listeners an opportunity to talk directly with experts in the fields of both traditional and non-traditional health, with Dr. Lenoir and Rona Renner, RN.
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1 hr
March 07, 2022 About Health – March 7, 2022
A program designed to give listeners an opportunity to talk directly with experts in the fields of both traditional and non-traditional health, with Dr. Lenoir and Rona Renner, RN.
1 hr
February 28, 2022 About Health – February 28, 2022
A program designed to give listeners an opportunity to talk directly with experts in the fields of both traditional and non-traditional health, with Dr. Lenoir and Rona Renner, RN.
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1 hr
February 28, 2022 About Health – February 28, 2022
A program designed to give listeners an opportunity to talk directly with experts in the fields of both traditional and non-traditional health, with Dr. Lenoir and Rona Renner, RN.
1 hr
February 14, 2022 2/14/22 Love, Compassion, and Human Connection
Science is showing that one of the best ways to increase our personal emotional and physical well-being is to reach out to others, even in simple ways that might surprise you. So, how do we build relationships and connectedness in a world that's increasingly stressful? What are the benefits both for others and ourselves? Host David B. Feldman speaks with Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas, PhD. Science Director of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center.
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