Parkinson’s Looks Like Me Podcast

Michelle Newman, the Chief Operating Officer of the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson's, discusses her decision to leave corporate America and join the foundation. She shares her personal connection to Parkinson's disease through her father's experience with the condition, and discusses how he managed his disease. Additionally, she explains the mission and purpose of the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson's, which is dedicated to supporting individuals with Parkinson's and advancing research on the condition.

Teresa Jackson is a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), Duke Integrative Medicine Coaching Program, and a Certified Coach— International Coaching Federation who will:

Discuss how to take what you have learned about mental wellness, develop a plan, and apply it to your everyday life in concert with the medical management aspect of the disease.

Karen Goble, Director at Southern Regional Area Health Education, an ordained chaplain, and a certified Integrative Health Coach and Cognitively Based Compassion Training teacher through the Emory University Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics will:

Discuss the benefits of utilizing calming techniques such as meditation and breathing as a tool to maintaining Mental Wellness.

Mental Health Series

Segment 2

https://yopn.podbean.com/e/mental-health-part-2-with-ellen-bookman-and-dr-charles-dent/

Segment 1

https://yopn.podbean.com/e/maintaining-emotional-health-is-as-important-as-the-medical-management-of-any-chronic-disease-diagnosis/

Dr. Schmidt is active in research, specializing in the intersection between mathematics and medicine, with a special interest in mapping the n-dimensional spaces of clinical data. Schmidt serves as an advisor to several government, industry, and foundation initiatives. He has been involved in several national-scale quality initiatives including with the US National Quality Forum and the Fresco Network in Italy. Schmidt has recent or current advisory engagements in wearable sensors, telemedicine, remote monitoring, and clinical trial design. He has contributed to AHRQ and Commonwealth Fund publications and has been an invited speaker for NIH and diverse international patient and professional conferences. Schmidt previously worked in corporate finance-focused on healthcare innovation, created chronic disease management systems, and served as Chief Operating Officer of a joint venture of Oxford, Stanford, and Yale delivering online education. Educated at Harvard and Cornell, he had a fellowship

In this Episode we spoke with Andrea Merriam, CEO and Anissa Mitchell, LCSW, Chief Program Officer of the PMD Alliance about the ALL IN summit

Welcome to Segment 2 of our mental health series

Segment 1 included

MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH A YOPD DIAGNOSIS which can be found here

https://twomikespdpodcast.podbean.com/e/maintaining-emotional-health-is-as-important-as-the-medical-management-of-any-chronic-disease-diagnosis/

In segment 2 we discuss a PRIMER ON WAYS TO STAY MENTALLY HEALTHY AS YOU NAVIGATE THOSE THINGS IN LIFE THAT where we:

Discuss how we process and understand feelings and emotions as we deal with situations unique to those diagnosed with YOPD

Offer insight into managing and expressing feelings

Dive into how we connect with others

Describe how we function or “put the pieces together” to make life decisions such as family, marriage, work, retirement, etc.

Our guest is Dr. Charles Dent:

Dr. Charles Dent, M.Div, PHD., is a licensed Mental Health First Aid Trainer, Coach and Therapist. Dr. Dent, a Veteran of the US Marine Corps

Special thanks to Ellen Bookman and Theresa Jackson

Call on the Fighter" began as a simple idea...create and offer original music to encourage and inspire "fighters" along their Parkinson's journey. Colleen Bridges, owner, and director of Bridges for Parkinson's found the perfect fit in one of her own fighters, Rich Gootee. Rich, an award-winning singer/songwriter, knows all too well the constant and daily struggles as he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2018. Colleen's experience, research, and regular boxing classes have helped Rich and many others discover the fight within themselves to overcome the otherwise debilitating effects of Parkinson's disease. Together, Colleen, Rich, and their team have grown the music idea into an effort to help even more fighters find restoration and hope by raising funds so that nobody will ever have to be turned away from their local program. Please check out more information about our project and consider purchasing our song at www.callonthefighter.com.

Thank you for watching!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq6onvFOC9Y

Song Written and performed by Greg Anderson and Rich Gootee

The woman who can smell Parkinson’s

Sheila Thelen, owner of Vestibular Training Services LLC (VTS), is a National/International/Master Figure Skating Coach & Worldwide presenters at International Conferences & Events. (She is a Vestibular GENIUS - working with thousands of athletes & kids & rehabilitation groups throughout the world.)

Today's guests include Eli Pollard and Alison Miller

Elizabeth “Eli” Pollard is the Executive Director of the World Parkinson Coalition (https://www.worldpdcoalition.org/) talks about many subjects including the WPC in 2023 being held in Spain. She also discusses the "Parkinson's Tulip Project" what it's about and how to enter. Travel grants and much more!

Alison Miller, Strategic Partnership Manager with Supernus Pharmaceutical (https://www.supernus.com/commercial-products), talks about building relationships within the Parkinson's Community and the drugs offered by Surpernus to help "on time" as well as the "Parkinson's Tulip Project"