WISH Well Podcast: Women's Integrative Summit on Health & Wellness

On this week's episode I chat with Dr. Erika Maria Moseson, a lung and ICU doctor in Oregon. Her phrase for health and wellness is air health. She says don't light things on fire and breathe them into your lungs. This applies to tobacco, diesel, forests and more. She shares how as a lung and ICU doctor she realized how many patients she saw in the critical care setting due to people breathing in unhealthy air. She discussed how that is compounded by economic instability and racial inequities. We chat about vaping, the tobacco industry, wildfires, diesel and more. Her advice to others is to be an advocate for yourself and for your patients. She hosts her own podcast, Air Health Our Health, so please head over to her podcast and take a listen!

Find out more about Dr. Moseson at:

airhealthourhealth.org

Podcast: anchor.fm/airhealthourhealth/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/AirHealthOurHealth/

Instagram: @airhealthourhealth

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his week's episode features Dr. Monisha Bhanote, who comes onto the podcast to discuss the "Anatomy of Well-Being". She shares her journey as being a long windy road - from internist, to pathologist, to integrative medicine, yoga medicine therapeutic specialist and culinary medicine - but she shares that the journey has been been well worth it! She discussed what well-being means to her personally as well as for her patients. She sees herself as applying this holistic approach to the concept of well-being and her advice to others is to embrace a growth mindset.

Check out her full bio at wishwell.health.blog and you can follow her at all the following links:

https://www.drbhanote.com

https://www.instagram.com/drbhanote/

https://www.facebook.com/drbhanote

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

Today's episode features Dr. Arinola Dada, a rheumatologist in Bellevue, Washington at Overlake Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center. She says that as a rheumatologist I work with women who have a higher incidence of autoimmune disease and osteoporosis so she is very passionate about educating women on the importance of screening and exercise for bone health. Her advice to women is stressing the importance of exercise, weight bearing activity, and strengthening for bone health.

We chat about the different kinds of arthritis and what osteoporosis is. We talk about the risks associated with osteoporosis, such as increased risk of fractures, and what we can do to decrease those risks.

Take a listen to find out more about this important topic! You can find out more about Dr. Dada on overlakearthritis.com

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Today is my birthday, and I'm releasing a solo episode reflecting on 365 days. I've journaled and blogged a lot over the years, and thought it would be a fun trip down memory lane to read some old entries of a journal I wrote in over 8 years ago. I entitled it 365 Days of Zen because at the time, I was reading a book of daily quotes from mindfulness leader, Thich Nhat Hanh. When we are in the moment and feeling overwhelmed, it is challenging to remember how far we have come. I don't like to look "backwards" often, but when I do take a moment to reflect on and read some of the things I've written years ago, it is a gentle reminder that yes, I have come a long way. I hope that you enjoy listening to some of my old writings! And yes, today I am allowing myself to celebrate ME! Send me a message on Instagram @michelledangmd or @wishwell.health

This week's episode features Dr. Carrie Lam, MD, DABFM, ABAARM, FAAMFM. She is a board certified family medicine physician with additional certification in anti-aging, regenerative medicine and functional medicine. We discuss in this episode adrenal fatigue. She describes her journey into this field by learning from her father, Dr. Michael Lam, who has been doing nutritional telephone coaching since 2008 to help people recover from adrenal fatigue. She discusses how now we understand that stress actually affects the whole body in many different ways. She is a part of the Lam Clinic, a team of physicians and health professionals who believe in whole-person care. Dr. Lam hopes to change the future of medicine by being able to provide integrative medicine as regular medicine for all. Her advice to others is that the way to wellness is not a bandaid or narrow focus, but to get to the root cause and make sure to look at the big picture with all systems in place. She advises people to take a good listen to your body's symptoms and ask yourself why you're having the symptom and investigate the root cause. Your body has the ability to heal if given the right tools.

Find out more information about Dr. Lam on Instagram @Lam_Clinic ; website www.lamclinic.com Podcast: The Dr. Lam Show TikTok: @LamClinic and on Facebook LamClinic FULL BIO at wishwell.health.blog

This week's episode features Dr. Yara Demo, a board certified neurologist and marriage and relationship coach. She shares feeling burnt out as a new attending and how it affected her professional and personal relationships. She describes how coaching has helped her learn how to manage her mind, her expectations, and take back her power. Her advice to others is that learning how to manage your mind and being deliberate about the thoughts you choose to have is life altering, allowing you to have empowered relationships.

Find out more about Dr. Yara Demo at:

www.yarademomd.com

www.coachmestat.com

Meet Dr. Bergina Isbell, a board certified psychiatrist who shares her thoughts on individual and corporate mental wellness. Dr. Isbell recounts taking a "radical sabbatical" to learn how to better take care of herself and her patients. She now practices 90 minutes of self-care daily. She created her own business from the ground up via reverse engineering and now she helps other practices and corporations in the field of wellness. Her advice to others is to reverse engineer everything!

Find out more info about Dr. Isbell:

@berginaisbellmd www.LedLifeLLC.com FULL BIO: wishwell.health.blog

This week's episode features Dr. Marion McCrary, an Internal Medicine Physician and Certified Integrative Health and Wellness Coach in Durham, NC. She discusses the feeling of overwhelm in her own personal life and how to address this feeling that is so prevalent amongst not only women but in people in general.

She talks about discovering health coaching to help patients and others as she was able to address the overwhelm in her own life.

Her advice to others is if you find yourself overwhelmed and yearning for more time for yourself, follow these steps:

1. Determine your priorities: Do, Delegate, Delete, and Defer

2. Set boundaries to protect yourself and your relationships

3. Avoid relapse

Find out more information about Dr. McCrary:

Website: www.marion-wellness.com;

FB and IG @marionmccrarywellness

Twitter @marionmccrarymd Full Bio on podcast blog wishwell.health.blog

It's our One Year Anniversary of the Women's Integrative Summit on Health and Wellness Podcast! So much has happened in this past year not only in the world but in each and every single one of our lives. I chat with you all today on what's been going on with me. If you recall the very first episode I posted was on Balance and why I wanted to start this podcast. Balance isn't the end point but it's a journey and that journey has twists and turns and forks in the road. I am grateful to you all who are listening, and grateful to all the women I have had on this podcast. It's been an interesting year but there have been so many positives that have come out of this.

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us." - Helen Keller

Connect with me on Instagram @michelledangmd ; michelledangmd.com ; the podcast on Instagram @wishwell.health

This week's episode features board certified cardiologist, Dr. Nicole Harkin, who comes on to share so much information about cardiovascular health, particularly as it pertains to women! She discusses lifestyle modifications such as diet and exercise, and she additionally goes into a discussion on the lipid panel. She moved across the country recently and started her own telecardiology practice, Whole Heart Cardiology, and is currently licensed to practice in New York, California, and Florida. Her advice is to focus on prevention and lifestyle changes now; progress over perfection; lifestyle can dramatically reduce risk even in those with high genetic risk. She can be found on IG @nicoleharkinmd. Visit her website at www.wholeheartcardiology.com to sign up for her newsletter and learn more about her practice.

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