Where Medicine Meets Ministry: Dr. Sheri Talks Faith & Facts

In this episode we cover:

What is a “Jewish Birth Mother?”

The truth about being a birth mother.

Overcoming the stigma associated with your life choices.

The implications of adoption for the birth mom.

Advocacy for Jewish Birth Mothers and where you can go for help, resources, and support.

What can “survival mode” look like for you during these times?

What is Ludwig’s Angina?

Could you be at risk for Ludwig’s Angina?

 
Lori Prashker-Thomas is a Jewish Birth Mother, who up until recently never discussed her story of placing a child for adoption because of the stigma attached to the subject within the Jewish community. She is now an advocate for Jewish women, both as a speaker and a writer. Recently, she has become an advocate for people suffering from Ludwig's Angina. She is also Co-Owner of and a photographer with ShadowCatcher Photography, runs a non-profit organization called, I Picture Hope and is Owner and Officiant at Ceremonies by Lori.

Lori Prashker-Thomas

Email: [email protected]

Brand/Organization Name:

ShadowCatcher Photography, LLC and Lori Prashker-Thomas - Writer, Speaker Advocate

Website:

www.shadowcatcherphotography.com

loriprashkerthomas.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/ShadowCatcherPhotography/

https://www.facebook.com/loriprashkerthomas

Twitter:

https://www.facebook.com/loriprashkerthomas 

https://twitter.com/LoriAdvocate

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/shadowcatcherphotography/

https://www.instagram.com/loriprashkerthomas/

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In this episode we cover:

·         Real growth, maturity and clarity of thought do not emerge during times of peace and
comfort.

·         When you watch what you know so well be altered and changed, remember that there may be an outcome that you just can’t see yet.

·         Although all of us have had our landscapes rearranged lately, hold to the hope that we can trust that our landscape will be restored…vibrant and whole, and even better, again.

·         Being a people pleaser can make you so overwhelmed trying to be all things to all people.

·         The importance of digging deep and examining motives and considering views before saying “Yes”.

·         Our words, especially that “yes” one can tangle us up in ways that do damage.

·         “No” is one-word sentence that is perfectly proper and correct when needed.

·         Sometimes say No to some things…..so that you can say Yes to others.

Dr. Sheri (pronounced Sher-Ree)  is a visionary, best-selling author and sought-after physician leader. She is an occupational & environmental medicine physician, public health expert, and a breast cancer survivor. After breast cancer treatment left her disabled from lymphedema in her right upper extremity, stripping her of her life-long dream of being a practicing physician, she re-invented herself and went on to become a national public figure, professional speaker, and entrepreneur/owner of her own healthcare consulting business. She has been the catalyst for transformation in the space of cultural and workplace diversity for more than two decades. She launched her TV show, The LIVE Today Show, on CANTV channel 21.

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.drsherimd.com

Facebook:  https://facebook.com/DrSheriMD

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/divamd7

Instagram:  https://instagram.com/drsherimd

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/drsherimd

YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/Sheri Prentiss

 Freebie: 

4 Tips on How to LIVE

https://www.drsherimd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/4-tips.pdf

Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on iTunes, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review for the Where Medicine Meets Ministry Podcast on iTunes.

In this episode we cover:

What the course of cancer treatment/recovery looks like from the viewpoint of the caregiver.

What can become of a “medicine meets ministry” moment in your life.

How a life-threatening diagnosis can change the trajectory of your entire family.

How your pain can become your passion and be used to bless others.

How to pivot when the seasons in your life change.

Karen Roberts is the founder of Envision Life, a 501 c3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to help individuals envision yourself beyond your illness  and it is a support group for people diagnosed with any form of cancer, for their caregivers and for survivors. She is an 8-year breast cancer survivor who underwent a bilateral mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. She is an advanced nurse practitioner working in rehab medicine. Her husband, Kirk Roberts, is a Chicago fire-fighter with 20 years seniority in the game of placing his life at risk in order to save others. 

This high-powered married duo loves the Lord and appreciates the many moments in their lives where medicine met their ministry. 

Karen Roberts

708-305-5621

Facebook Envision Life:

https://www.facebook.com/envisionlife

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In this episode we cover:

• What it’s like to live with Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes.
• How one person survived being hit and pinned by a New York City Express bus and went on to become an award-winning author and has used her trauma to transform the lives of thousands across the globe.
• Amy’s unique DANCE philosophy. 
• Learn to step back, slow down, listen more and talk less. the answers come in patience and time.
• How “Creating Your Own Victory Dance” is the key to success in business, leadership and life.
• How to “Live in the idea of Making the Impossible Possible.”
• How to transform your own traumas into victory and inspire others to do the same.

Amy Jordan is an Award-Winning author, inspirational speaker and choreographer.
She embodies her mantra, Dance Because You Can.

Amy’s professional and personal experiences have given her the insight needed to help others. Her life has been full of unexpected challenges, sending her on a journey that transformed tragedy into triumph.

Amy has Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes and fought most of her life to hide it. As a professional dancer, she experienced complications from the diabetes that caused her to lose sight in one eye becoming legally blind.

Unable to continue her dance career, she turned her attention to supporting others living with diabetes. This began her life-long work as an advocate and motivator. She founded SWEET ENUFF Movement to help prevent childhood obesity through dance and exercise.
 
Life challenged Amy again when she was hit and run over by a bus while living in New York City. The accident nearly ended her life and her leg came close to being amputated. She used her dance training and discipline to survive dozens on surgeries, and against all odds, regained use of her leg.
 
Her determination and indomitable spirit carried her through grueling years of rehabilitation, and her inner strength enabled her to return to fitness classes. She began choreographing and returned to her essence as a dancer in 2014, founding The Victory Dance Project, a NYC-based professional dance company.
 
Today, Amy strives to inspire and motivate others to overcome ANY adversity. She continues to choreograph and is a sought-after motivational speaker and coach. Amy shares her unique, DANCE philosophy in her signature presentation Dance Because You Can. She believes that the process of Creating Your Own Victory Dance is the key to success in business, leadership and life.
 
Living in the idea of Making the Impossible Possible, Amy Jordan is determined to transform her own traumas into victory and inspire and coach others to do the same. She believes that everyone can “Dance Because You Can.”

Brand/Organization Name:
Amy Jordan Speaks

Email: [email protected]

Website:
https://www.amyjordanspeaks.com

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/amyjordanspeaks/?view_public_for=400267923418614

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/amyjordanspeaks

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/amyjordanspeaks/

Speaker Reel
https://vimeo.com/299215663

Victory Dance Project Highlights:
https://vimeo.com/225014770

Amy's Victory Dance
Documentary Feature Film Trailer:
https://www.brianthomasfilms.com/PAGES/AmysVictoryDance

In this episode we cover:

How Pastor Jordan and her husband, Robert A. Jordan, M.D. (retired Pediatrician) blended their professions together to help heal and minister to the mind, body and soul for over 34 years.

How one can take, what some would call, a devastating situation and find hope, joy and peace!

Finding reality in Jeremiah 29:11... For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

It's never too late to attain your dreams or passion; but be willing to rewind the DVD of your mind to get you to where you want to be.

The impact of being willing to give up something to get more!

Blessings come in the wait.

How you can use the gifts and talents you use on your job and turn them into an opportunity to bless others through a nonprofit avenue.

How you can provide care for the mind, body and soul, caring for the indigent, the affluent and those in-between.

How a devastating disease, like Alzheimer’s, can present an opportunity to turn a "BOAD" (bitch of a disease), into a blessing.

Rev. Jeanette B. Jordan, M.Div, CLC, is the Pastor of Journey to the Cross Ministries - a multi Denominational Church that was planted in September of 2009. A native of Chicago, Illinois she responded to God’s call into the Ministry in February 1996 and was licensed by the Evangelical Church Alliance in April 1998, ordained August 12, 1999. She attended the Evangelical Church Alliance Bible Institute in Bradley, Illinois and was licensed in 1998 and ordained in 1999. She is a graduate of the McCormick Theological Seminary class of 2003 with an M.Div. Degree. Prior to becoming a Pastor, she worked hand in hand with her husband, Robert A. Jordan, M.D., Pediatrician. In 1982 she became the executive administrator of her husband's pediatric practice.

They grew his practice to becoming one of the most well-known pediatric practices in the Chicago and South Suburbs communities, South Suburban Pediatrics. They provided care for the mind, body and soul, caring for the indigent, the affluent and those in-between. In 1995 they formed a non-profit entity, Far South Side Community Health Center, where they partnered with hospitals and community businesses to provide a one day back to school free physical exam including immunizations, dental exams, and school supplies. Together, they offered these services for over 15 years including providing free food baskets and clothing giveaways to the community during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. 

 After having given his life to doing what he wanted most, Dr. Jordan had to retire from practice in 2017 because he was afflicted with, what she calls "BOAD" (bitch of a disease), Alzheimers/Dementia. She has become an educational volunteer with the Chicago Alzheimer's Association and has completed a course from Emory University on effective caregiving for those suffering this BOAD! Presently Dr. Jordan is in a Long-Term Care Facility being cared for by a team of caring, loving, dedicated caregivers who allow Pastor Jordan to continue to be lead caregiver!

Dr. Jordan wrote a book that was published in 2017, "From Suspenders to Stethoscope- the Dr. Jordan Story" available through thehotreads.com. Proceeds support the Alzheimer's Association!

Brand/Organization Name:
Journey to the Cross Ministries - a Multi Denominational Church

Website:
jttc.org or fbcparkforest.org

Facebook:
Pastor Jeanette Bass Jordan

Instagram:
pastorjbj05

In this episode we cover:

Why should African-American women know specifically about TNBC?

What can AA women do and where can they go to arm themselves with knowledge regarding TNBC?

What is the Black Breast Cancer Alliance?

The importance of choosing life in every thing that you do!

Know your HER story—what’s your health issue?

Changing your life will require you to let go of your dependencies.

What is SMAD?---Sisters Making A Difference. Create your own group of supporters who can share valuable resources with each other.

Don't wait till you are told you are going to die to find your purpose. 

Your peace is non-negotiable.
 
Finding your filter for dealing with stress to get to peace.

Ricki Fairley is an 8-year Stage 3A survivor/thriver of TNBC. She is spearheading a movement to address #BlackBreastCancer as a disease that warrants special attention and focus by Pharma. Ricki’s personal purpose, passion, mission, ministry and blessing is to raise awareness, fundraise for a cure for breast cancer and support and coach what she calls her “Breastie” sisters through their breast cancer experience. 

Ricki is building a movement and the Black Breast Cancer Alliance to address Black Breast Cancer as a unique and special disease state, with the overall goal of reducing the mortality rate for Black women. Ricki founded and serves as co-host for “The Doctor Is In,” a weekly live web series on the BlackDoctor.org Facebook page. She serves on the Board of Trustees for the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation where she spearheads the Marketing Committee and directs multicultural outreach. She established a presence for the Foundation in African American targeted media/social media vehicles. She is a board member for the Center for Healthcare Innovation, a non-profit research and educational institute making healthcare more equitable. She also serves as an Ambassador and Advisor for the Live Humanly Campaign and works with companies to provide the patient advocate voice for breast cancer drug development. She serves on the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) Advocacy and Outreach Committee, and the CDC Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women. She writes regularly for BlackDoctor.org, Black Health Matters, the Cincinnati Herald and the Black Press.

Email: [email protected]

Brand/Organization Name:
DOVE Marketing

Website:
dove.marketing

TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram: @TouchBBCA

Facebook:
Ricki Fairley

Twitter:
@rickidove

Instagram:
@rickidove

In this episode we cover:

The presence of God within us.

Religion as a journey within your heart?

What is Akasha and how it can change your life.

How to connect to the Akasha where the soul information is.

The power you gain when you lose control to the Divine.

Healing in your life starts with you.

Asking for forgiveness when God simply views you as going through the process.

How the Soul Stories she has connected has helped her and hundreds of people to realize from where they have created the reality they are currently experiencing.

The importance of loving yourself first.

How AngelaMaria got married at 42 years-old to the man she dreamed of since she was 8 years- old.

How you can go forth in your purpose right now by just asking God for your mission.

AngelaMaria is a Colombian woman who came to the US 16 years ago to teach Spanish as a second language and who through life experiences has discovered an inner force that leads me her daily to go deeper into the connection and incarnation of the Divinity. As a coach, she guides her clients to incarnate their Divinity, their infinite healing, and thusly to their manifesting power. Without further ado, let me introduce you to the host of the High-Frequency Healing podcast, a podcast that has more than 228916 downloads per month!

She leads a spiritual self-empowerment processes so that individuals can learn to heal themselves energetically and to reconnect with the Divinity. She is certified as a Soul Realignment Practitioner, spiritual and life coach, Reiki Master, Therapist, and Circular Alchemist. She has worked with energy for more than ten years.

Her mission is to stabilize, harmonize, reconcile, and gather frequencies and energies to channel power and release structures anchored in the ego, integrating the feminine with the masculine generating change processes.

Email: [email protected]

Website:
http://angelamaria.superpowerexperts.com/

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/angelamaria.akashicos9.0

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/angelamaria.akashic9.0/

The Abandon Prayer

Father, 
 I abandon myself into your hands; 
 do with me what you will. 
 Whatever you may do, I thank you: 
 I am ready for all, I accept all.

Let only your will be done in me, 
 and in all your creatures -
 I wish no more than this, O Lord.

Into your hands I commend my soul: 
 I offer it to you with all the love of my heart, 
 for I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself, 
 to surrender myself into your hands without reserve, 
 and with boundless confidence, 
 for you are my Father.

Charles de Foucauld

In this episode we cover:

• What it means when you personally and professionally declare “I Am This Woman” 
• How finding your truth can be like shopping for shoes!
• Defining your truth, whether it’s your passion, your purpose, your relationships, or your health.
• Owning your truth comes from owning who you are.
• What God service can look like in your life.
• How to not let doubt and fear stop your progress or prevent you from taking that first step.
• Failing is an option that you can recover from. You’re not a failure because you try something and it doesn’t work out; you fail only when you stop trying.
• How to have faith to be your best self. 
• How to learn to trust the process.
• Trusting in what God has placed in you.
• Your word + Your work can shape Your world! 

Barbara Hoard is the Founder of I Am This Woman, a show on Facebook interviewing women on their stories, dreams, and passions. It is evolving to a platform with a commitment to building up the lives and careers of women, with blogs, shows, classes and so much more. Alongside this role, she also currently serves as an Executive Director of the non-profit organization, A Prom To Remember, which works to help teen cancer patients have the most magical nights of their lives.
 
With an obvious dedication to helping others, Barbara utilizes years of experience in doing all she can to make a positive impact on her community. Whether she is making dreams come true for those who battle cancer or developing comprehensive women’s empowerment workshops that provide women with safe environments to share their fears, doubts, and dreams as they connect with one another, Barbara remains undaunted in her mission to guide others in realizing their essence as they accomplish each of their goals.

Email: [email protected]

Brand/Organization Name:

I Am This Woman

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/barbara.hoard.79

Instagram:
iambarbarahoard

In this episode we cover:

The racial divide: Racism is not inherent to our mental make-up but rather a learned behavior that is modeled and taught in the early formative years of life.

How to create your own spiritual, physical, and financial wellness in a way that brings joy, fulfillment, and nourishes your soul. 

The question of what truly satisfies our inner life.

How one’s desires for world peace can transform their life and those around them for the ultimate greater good.

How people can live life abundantly and who seem to have everything yet still live empty and unfulfilled lives.

How a life-long lesson of enjoying the seasons can prove most valuable to living a life of peaceful and prosperous productivity.

How working from a well-rested and restored place consistently produces more focused and successful results.

How slowing down can allow you to be more focused, effective, and profitable - in every way.

Simple ways to bring peace and rest into our lives.

Reina Rose is an international best-selling author and Soul Nutrition ROKU TV show host who is passionate about sharing her unique experience and expertise to help people live more fulfilling lives. Her work is entirely concerned with helping people gain peace in The Lord. Stress is the leading factor in poor health, so learning how to find peace in the Lord is medicine both for the soul and the body.

She started her first business in the fitness industry when she was nineteen years old, and have since traveled the world, spent countless hours visiting silent monasteries, and saved several years of income to live peacefully and prosperously without worries about money. Now she teaches others how to create their own spiritual, physical, and financial wellness in a way that brings joy, fulfillment, and nourishes their soul. 

Through her practice of visiting monasteries, spending time in silence, and being a life-long student of meditation and spirituality she teaches audiences and clients alike how to work from a well-rested and restored place which consistently produces more focused and successful results.

She is absolutely committed to helping cultivate spiritual, emotional, and financial wellness for individuals and communities throughout the globe using her writing, teaching, and work with orphanages, churches, and various organizations to share God's peace and prosperity with the world one person and organization at a time.

Email: [email protected]

Website:
https://reina-rose.com

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TheSoulNutritionist/

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/SoulNutritionRR

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/the_soul_nutritionist/ 

In this episode we cover:

• What the intersection of being a driven woman who is rooted in Christian faith looks like.
• What can become of a “medicine meets ministry” moment in your life.
• How to define, develop and understand your passion.
• How being driven by your passion can bless others.

Annette Comer is a dynamic, driven, daring and delightful woman of God. She helps women become savvy business leaders who know how to win without losing their authentic selves. She is a women leadership expert, best-selling author, international speaker, 7-figure entrepreneur, founder of the World's Greatest Women Academy and co-host of the “Achieve and Thrive” podcast.

 Website:

www.annettecomer.com

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/AnnetteComer

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/annette.comer

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/AnnetteComerFans

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annettecomer1

Annette’s Free Gift to you:

www.gamechangerchecklist.com