Sonia Tita Puopolo Presents a Wellness World USA™ (WWUSA) Podcast, Tita Talks.  This episode, “THE HEALING POWER OF WELLNESS A SELFCARE TOOL FOR YOU! “ features LYNNE and C. VICTOR BRICK.  Lynne and Victor are international fitness experts who founded Brick Bodies, their first health club in 1985.  They became one of the first Planet Fitness franchisees in 2007 and are the owners of PF Growth Partners, LLC, an award-winning franchise division of Planet Fitness.  In fact, as one of the largest franchisees in the Planet Fitness Franchise, they own over 70 health club locations in the United States and Australia.  Victor, is not only CEO of Planet Fitness Growth Partners (PFGP) but also, chairman of the John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation and in September 2020, the Global Wellness Summit, the invitation-only international gathering that brings together leaders and visionaries to positively shape the future of the $4.5 trillion global wellness economy, appointed Victor, to its 12-person advisory board.  He helped to launch the first in a series of GWS Wellness Master Classes inspired by the pandemic: “Managing Cashflow During the Coronavirus Crisis.”  Lynne and Victor are a winning wellness team and in fact, just recently, received the 2020 Global Wellness Summit Debra Simon Leader in Mental Wellness AWARD for their efforts in promoting mental wellness.  And today, we are talking about “The Healing Power of WELLNESS: A Selfcare Tool For You!”   For more information then please, go to https://wellnessworldusa.com and/or https://titatalks.com.  And for more information about Planet Fitness, https://www.planetfitness.com and to learn more about how you can get involved with the John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation then go to https://www.johnwbrickfoundation.org.  Victor serves as Chairman of the Board of the John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation that was created in memory of his oldest brother John, who suffered from schizophrenia and died of complications from the disease.  The mission of the John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation is to change the way the world treats mental health. They do this by funding and promoting research and programs that promote healthy lifestyle choices as part of the mental health care delivery system.

Sonia Tita Puopolo Presents a Wellness World USA™ (WWUSA) Podcast, Tita Talks.  This episode, The Healing Power Of Nutrition: A Selfcare Tool For You! Tita Talks With Catharine Arnston. Catharine is the CEO & Founder of ENERGYbits®. Her mission is to help the world be healthier naturally with one of mother nature’s oldest and original foods - algae.   She not only has her MBA from Western University, but also is a certified Health Coach from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. In 2008 when her younger sister was diagnosed with breast cancer, she was advised by her oncologist to adopt an alkaline diet so Catharine jumped on board to help her sister and in the process, she discovered algae, one of the most alkaline, nutrient-dense foods in the world with healing properties.  Catharine is now devoting her life to researching algae and educating consumers, athletes, wellness spas, fitness and beauty professionals about its therapeutic, sustainable benefits.  As a leading expert on algae nutrition, she has been nominated amongst the top three finalist for the 2021 INNOCOS Leaders of Change Award.    For more information, please go to https://wellnessworldusa.com, https://titatalks.com and www.energybits.com.

Sonia Tita Puopolo Presents a Wellness World USA™ Podcast, Tita Talks.  This is the 15 minute version of our episode, The Healing Power of Wellbeing: A Selfcare Tool For You! featuring DR. JENNIFER JOE and DR. AMI BHATT.  Dr. Jennifer Joe is a Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) nephrology graduate, a practicing physician in emergency medicine at the VA Hospital, CEO of Vanguard.Health, CEO and Founder of medstro.com, Editor-in-Chief and Founder of MedTechBoston.com, and host MedTech Insights,  a weekly interactive Talk Show with Dr. Ami Bhatt. She is passionate about community building, innovation, digital health, and MedTech Insights!!    Dr. Ami Bhatt  is the Director of Outpatient Cardiology and TeleCardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.  She graduated from Harvard College and the Yale School of Medicine and completed her Medicine and Pediatrics Residency at Harvard, her Adult Cardiology Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and her Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension Fellowship at the Boston Children’s Hospital.  She serves as a medical advisor for digital and telehealth companies and her interest in digital health strategy stems from her belief that state of the art, personalized care can be delivered to individuals in the community, empowering patients and creating stronger clinician-patient partnerships for sustainable health outcomes.    Dr. Ami Bhatt is a member of the center for physician wellbeing at MGH and is a strong advocate of how digital health can improve the patient and clinician experience and strengthen their relationships.  For more information, https://wellnessworldusa.com and https://titatalks.com.  To learn more about MedTech Insights, https://vanguard.health/medtechinsights.

Sonia Tita Puopolo Presents a Wellness World USA™ Podcast, Tita Talks. This episode features DR. JENNIFER JOE and DR. AMI BHATT. Dr. Jennifer Joe is a Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) nephrology graduate, a practicing physician in emergency medicine at the VA Hospital, CEO of Vanguard.Health, CEO and Founder of medstro.com, Editor-in-Chief and Founder of MedTechBoston.com, and host MedTech Insights, a weekly interactive Talk Show with Dr. Ami Bhatt. She is passionate about community building, innovation, digital health, and MedTech Insights!!

Dr. Ami Bhatt is the Director of Outpatient Cardiology and TeleCardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. She graduated from Harvard College and the Yale School of Medicine and completed her Medicine and Pediatrics Residency at Harvard, her Adult Cardiology Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and her Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension Fellowship at the Boston Children’s Hospital. She serves as a medical advisor for digital and telehealth companies and her interest in digital health strategy stems from her belief that state of the art, personalized care can be delivered to individuals in the community, empowering patients and creating stronger clinician-patient partnerships for sustainable health outcomes.

Dr. Ami Bhatt is a member of the center for physician wellbeing at MGH and is a strong advocate of how digital health can improve the patient and clinician experience and strengthen their relationships.

And today, we are talking about “The Healing Power of Wellbeing: A Selfcare Tool For You!” For more information, wellnessworldusa.com and titatalks.com. To learn more about MedTech Insights, vanguard.health/medtechinsights.

Welcome to TITA TALKS. Sonia Tita Puopolo Presents a Wellness World USA™ (WWUSA™) Podcast, Tita Talks.  This episode, “The Healing Power of Film: A Selfcare Tool For You!” features Edoardo Ponti.  Edoardo is an Italian director. He is the son of actress Sophia Loren, producer Carlo Ponti, Sr. (December 11, 1912 - January 10, 2007), the brother of conductor Carlo Ponti, and married to Sasha Alexander, an American actress - they have two children - a 15 year old daughter named Lucia and 10 year old son named Leonardo.   In his twenty year career, Edoardo directed a number of award winning films and plays.  Recently, he wrote and directed the must see 2021 Golden Globe Awards nominated film, The Life Ahead that can be viewed on Netflix.  His Mother, Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Abril Zamora, Renato Carpentieri and Babak Karimi all star in this incredible story, based upon the 1975 novel The Life Before Us by Romain Gary. The 2021 GLAAD Media Awards nominated The Life Ahead for Outstanding Film.  The film has received many nominations and wins, and so did, “Io Sì,” (Seen), the beautiful and original song that Laura Pausini and Diane Warren specifically wrote for The Life Ahead. In fact, after their win at the 2021 Golden Globes, in the category of Best Original Song – Motion Picture, they received an Oscar nomination at the 93rd Academy Awards, for Best Original Song and for making it the first song sung entirely in Italian to be nominated, and for Best Song at the 26th Critics' Choice Awards. According to Deadline, the online entertainment industry news site, The Life Ahead became a streaming hit, peaking within Netflix's top ten in 37 different countries.    In this episode, Edoardo and I discuss some pivotal lessons that can be learned from The Life Ahead including empathy, connectivity, the struggles of life trauma, the beauty of humanity, and how love can build everlasting bonds between human beings.  Edoardo is a brilliant, sensitive and talented filmmaker and director. I'm exceedingly grateful for his humanity and understanding of one of Wellness World USA™'s core principals and most important practices - kindness - being kind to yourself so that you can help others is precisely what we define as Selfcare.  Furthermore, Edoardo talks about his latest project with Sony Pictures Television’s TriStar, a TV Series adaptation of Elizabeth Street by Laurie Fabiano.  His expertise is in bringing life to stories where people triumph over tragedy and not allow themselves to be defined by trauma, but rather the HOPE, EMPATHY, and GROWTH gained when having experienced profound pain and suffering.  Emotional and mental affliction leads to rebirth only when one has the courage and grace to embrace wellness and selfcare, the faith to persevere, and the passion to make the world a better place.  Thank you Edoardo for participating in Tita Talks and sharing your humanity with all of us!!    For more information, please go to https://wellnessworldusa.com and https://titatalks.com.