The Kidney Connection

We all need help from time to time. Doctors need doctors, nurses need nurses and social workers need social workers. Sometimes, being trained in a certain field doesn’t mean that you can always recognize when you need help yourself. Realizing and admitting that you are in need is the first step to making things better.  As a social worker and a victim of domestic violence, Sherry realized the need for people to not only unlearn learned behaviors, but also to live in an environment that is healthy and allows for growth, healing and change to occur.

Of the many men and women Sherry works with, her message is the same. You can do a new thing and change the trajectory of your life. By staying accountable for your own actions you can increase the self-awareness needed to continue to grow and move forward. Without accountability, you fall into the cycle of not quite beginning your journey because you still have some pre-work to do first. Visit www.lwapllc.com/podcast for all the details.

Self-care about your wellness and the activities that invite health, peace and joy. It isn’t only about the act, it can also include the products and techniques that you use. I never knew goat’s milk had so many benefits for the skin. I also didn’t know how soy candles were better than traditional candles. Today’s episode is a great reminder that luxury can come in many forms and is subjective because we all have different ideas of what luxury means to us. Wellness practices and journeys vary from person to person. If you don’t have one I hope The Kidney Connection inspires you to start exploring and creating some for yourself. For the full show notes, go to www.lwapllc.com/podcast. 

Thanh Tran is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Zoeticx. He is a seasoned, visionary executive with global IT knowledge and a proven track record with startup and turn-around businesses.  Throughout his career, he has held senior technical roles that contributed to business growth and leading-edge innovation. Thanh brings over 25 years of technical and management experience in world-class Fortune 100 Organizations, has authored numerous patents, and is the recipient of multiple industry awards.

Chronic Kidney Disease is a leading precursor to deaths from kidney failure, but preventative care can make a difference with early diagnosis. While the healthcare industry spends a great deal of resources on managing and treating diabetes and hypertension, greater effort should be spent on CKD. Tran offers healthcare solutions that will not only decrease cost to hospitals, but can decrease patient trips to the hospital and improve provider outcomes. For more information, visit www.lwapllc.com/podcast

This episode is very personal for me, it is a situation I have found myself in many times in my life but just learned how to fully process. The past 5 years have been very consequential to me for so many reasons. One huge lesson came when I lost some very dear and close relationships. There were no conflicts, arguments or disagreements, just a slow withdrawal that ended abruptly. Now, we all know that relationships have their seasons and each one isn’t meant to go on forever. What I was not prepared for was what I now know was grief that set in. It caused me to question myself, my actions and my decisions about who I let in my life. I felt like a bad judge of character and worse a bad person. All of this affected every area of my life because it exploited the lack of trust I already had in myself to make sound decisions. For the show notes visit www.lwapllc.com/podcast.

So much buzz has been going around about self-care. While it is a very important part of your wellness journey, soul-care is also needed to maximize and sustain the peace, calm and joy you are working to develop and maintain in your life. While the two can share the same activities, they also have activities that are totally different. Some of these activities are purely for relaxation and rest and others are for the nourishment of your mind.  Emotional growth often lies in the soul-care practices you have for yourself. Emotional self-care and soul-care often involves a lot of mental work and doesn’t always feel relaxing, lol. It feels exhausting, frustrating and impossible at times. You will likely need to follow your soul-care with self-care to replenish your cup. For the show notes visit www.lwapllc.com/podcast.

This episode is about families and caregivers, but oh so much more. We dig into how to find time for yourself as a caregiver, resources for caregivers and some insight into the lack of support around caregiving in the Black community.  For the show notes visit www.lwapllc.com/podcast.

Rachelle McCray is a devoted daughter and kidney disease advocate. Kidney disease affects millions of families every day. This episode digs into the family perspective of someone on dialysis and just how important organ donation is for so many people. We also chat about her amazing foundation and how important wellness is whether you have a chronic disease or not. See www.lwapllc.com/podcast for the show notes.

The characteristics of business wellness and personal wellness are similar, sometimes intersecting, but they are not the same. Both types of wellness require you to have a reasonable handle on your time management and will also help you maximize the time you have to accomplish not only what you need to do, but what you want as well. Many busy professionals like yourself are so busy working to build or scale your business or career that you don’t properly plan the activities that keep you fulfilled, energized and well. This leads to negative, low energy feelings and actions such as burn-out frustration and resentment. Delegation in your business or career and life will greatly improve not only your wellness, but your mental, physical and emotional wellness. For the show notes visit www.lwapllc.com/podcast.

Common insecurities and lack of communication skills keep many people stuck in a life they would like to change. To find your divine purpose, you must give yourself permission to explore, be curious, fail and learn. This episode is about learning how to live the meaningful life that is meant for you  and finding strength and freedom along the way. Don’t let the toxicity in your life keep you from living the life you desire. Let this episode soothe your soul and remind you of who the hell you are. Enjoy! For the show notes visit www.lwapllc.com/podcast.

Neutralizing the fear that lives within you is not always easy. Self-awareness is really a prerequisite to this work because until you dig into yourself and learn how you think, feel and where you need to improve you might not be ready to drill down into issues such as how you think and fear. Sometimes, a full picture is needed in order to get an accurate accounting of where you are in life. Fear is one of those things that can be very obvious or it can sneak up on you. Many might not even realize the root of a problem is fear itself. We are all different and what moves us is different.  Creating a strategic action plan for your fear will really help you cope with it in a healthier way. Check out the show notes at www.lwapllc.com/podcast.