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

Carmen W. Landrau, MD is a board certified physician who specializes in cardiology

and is a professional keynote speaker who uses her experience navigating a male-dominated and hierarchical career to empower other women to embrace their

talents, regain confidence, and obtain the recognition they deserve in their careers and

in life to become phenomenal leaders. Dr. Landrau has been a keynote speaker at conferences and events for over fifteen years. She has participated in events for a few people, from lectures for medical students and residents, to non medical events with hundreds of attendees, and has participated in panels, workshops and national TV interviews with excellent feedback and audience response. She is available for speaking to corporations, groups, workshops and coaching sessions. Find her on www.drlandrau.com

Angela Leong was born and raised in Houston, TX with 32 of those years residing in Spring, the Northwest part of Houston, TX. She is the oldest of 3, a first generation Filipino-American, and wife to Michael and mother to Maia and Willow the Cat. She grew up with a strong practice in Catholicism, is introverted, and loves to learn and find ways to be creative and learn skill sets to pass the time. The majority of her education was in Catholic schools until she entered nursing school. She wanted to be an architect, and then a fashion designer but now is a Registered Nurse for 15 years, working in Clinical Planning and Design, Facilities and Construction as a Clinical Activation Planner. She has a small side business as a portrait photographer for 5 years. She used to bake cakes for a side business as well. She loves to create, inspire, and be crafty and watercolors, crochets, and knits. She officially calls herself a runner and ran her first half marathon and is currently on a 2020 running streak, running at least a mile a day for the year. She loves to practice Lagree fitness and yoga. Prayer and meditation keeps her grounded and her family and friends are her happy place. She turned 40 in 2020 and COVID-19 cannot stop her from her year long celebration of activities. Her favorite quote is "if it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you". You can do anything when you put your mind to it. Find her on Instagram @i.am.angelaleong and @angelaleongphotography and her website www.angelaleong.com

Dr. Stacie Bass is a physician anesthesiologist in Houston, TX.  She is also a mom of 3 kiddos (age 5, 7, and 9), a fitness lover, certified personal trainer, and competitive bodybuilder.  Dr. Bass grew up in Houston, TX, and is a proud Texas Longhorn (c/o 2001), completing medical school and anesthesiology residency at UTMB in Galveston, TX in 2009 (where she met her husband, Michael) . They had a "short" 8 year stint in Lexington Kentucky where they had all their kids, and she spent years as a "runner" completing 10 half marathons, eventually finding her love of weightlifting/bodybuilding. Stacie nationally qualified in the bikini division in 2017 and 2018, and plans to compete in 2020 in the figure division. In 2020 she earned her NASM Certified personal training certification. In addition to her upcoming  bodybuilding competitions, her goals for this year are to complete a more extensive nutrition certification to supplement the ACE Certification she earned in 2018, and to help coach others to learn their way around the weight room, balance in both nutrition and fitness, and how to stay consistent despite all the obstacles that life throws at us. Follow Dr. Stacie Bass on Instagram @drmusclemom

Dr. Tamyra Comeaux is a native of California. She attended UCLA and obtained a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts. She finished medical school and completed an Obstetrics and Gynecology residency. Then she started her own private practice in 2000. After a few years in practice, Dr. Comeaux became frustrated with the current medical model. She found that a disease focused approach to medicine was unrewarding. There were two important things missing for her- the love of connecting with the spirit of the patient and the joy of supporting the human body in finding its way to healing had disappeared. As she continued her education and journey to become the best doctor she could possibly be, she obtained her Masters in Holistic Nutrition, a naturopathic medical degree, and became certified by the Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine Board. She completed an Integrative Cancer therapy fellowship, and obtained certificates in Advanced aromatherapy, and Master Herbalism. Dr. Comeaux retired from traditional medicine after 14 years and began her focus on the prevention and natural treatment of diseases. She continues to practice in the Woodlands, TX providing

natural hormone replacement and vaginal rejuvenation. Connect with Dr. Comeaux on Facebook @ Dr. Comeaux, @ Gyno Goddess or e-mail [email protected]

After 10+ years practicing Internal Medicine at Rush University Medical Center, Jill knows firsthand what severe stress and burnout feel like. In the midst of her own burnout, she was introduced to Conscious Health Meditation, and it had a profound effect on her resilience and reactivity. Like many healthcare professionals, Jill was initially skeptical of spiritual practices. However, as she learned the science behind Conscious Health Meditation, she embraced the training and marveled at the results of the practice. After 2 years of advanced coursework, Jill completed her 3-month teacher training in Rishikesh, India in April, 2016. Jill strongly believes that there is no 'quick fix'; no singular technique can address all of the physical and emotional challenges of practicing medicine. When she discovered tapping at a conference for women physicians in 2017 and began using it herself, she was amazed at how well it complemented her meditation practice and helped her manage stress. She became certified in tapping in 2019, and finds tremendous joy facilitating incredible growth and benefits with her tapping clients. Jill’s 8+ years of practicing and teaching stress-reduction modalities such as meditation and tapping, combined with the teaching and mentoring skills developed during her academic medical career, her personal experience with burnout, and her intimate understanding of the healthcare system, make her uniquely suited to teach meditation and other stress-reduction techniques to healthcare professionals from all fields. Find Dr. Wener on www.meditationinmedicine.com Instagram and Twitter @jillwenerMD and Facebook @meditationinmedicine

I'm grateful to be able to continue bringing you these episodes. In this time of uncertainty and chaos in the world, I wanted to bring you some hope. I recorded this episode about a month ago, and things were a little different at that time. There was a threat of this coronavirus, but it was all the way on the other side of the world. Albina chose her word for health and wellness as "flow". She will discuss why she chose that word. I felt this word was important considering what is going on currently. Achieving a flow state in this pandemic to me means adjusting to the ups and downs and by doing so, we can achieve a steady state in our lives, in order to find that new normal. In this episode, you will hear me chat with Albina Rippy, who I have known since 2014 after taking yoga classes at her yoga studio. She describes her word for health and wellness as flow, and she definitely demonstrates that, from moving to a foreign country at age 16, to becoming a CPA, to opening up a yoga studio to then selling her studios to travel the world. Albina Rippy is a serial entrepreneur, success coach, inspirational speaker, hotelierand a world traveler. After a decsde of starting and growing her businesses into thriving communities of yoga, healthy, holistic lifestyle, personal growth and transformation, she sold all of her worldly possessions to travel and explore the world together with her husband and daughters and fluffy dog, Dante.

Albina adds massive value by contributing to the success and happiness of people around the world through her success and business coaching. Find more information about Albina and all that she manifests at www.albinarippy.com and her retreat center Blue Sky in Taos, NM at www.blueskyretreatcenter.com

I struggled with moving forward with continuing to post on social media without addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. This week's episode is a short one. I just wanted to discuss my thoughts on what is going on at this very moment in our nation and in our world. This affects every single person. Please take a listen. Stay safe. Stay healthy. I will be bringing back my weekly interviews next week. #stayhome #flattenthecurve

In this episode, you will meet Dr. Heather Colmenter. Heather and I have known each other since 2007 when I was an intern and she was my upper level resident. But we didn't reconnect again until long after we both had graduated from residency and were in practice. Her word for health and wellness is acceptance, and she will describe her journey as a busy full time anesthesiologist to her diagnosis of breast cancer and how that changed her path. Dr. Colmenter is a board certified anesthesiologist, integrative medicine fellow, and pain management fellow. She is also a breast cancer survivor. Hear her story of acceptance and how she rose above all of her challenges. She credits her support system of her family and friends, her spirituality, and her self care. She co-founded the non-profit organization Hola Bloom (www.holabloom.org) whose mission is to provide breast cancer education and awareness accessible also for Spanish speakers. Heather is also helping to manifest our inaugural WISH Well conference this May in Houston, TX.

In this first episode, Dr. Michelle Dang shares her personal journey into health and wellness by finding balance in her life. From her clinical job as a physician to her practice of yoga and then teaching Lagree fitness and now creating this community for women. She can be found on Instagram @michelledangmd and her website is www.michelledangmd.com ; information about this podcast can be found on Instagram @wishwell.health and the website is https://wishwell.health.blog

Welcome to the WISH Well podcast. Here, I will be interviewing women from all walks of life to discuss their health and wellness journey. Please subscribe, and I hope you enjoy listening!