Emotional Health

It’s Time to Abolish the Idea that Being Tough on Young People Improves Performance

 
 
Jennifer Fraser, a best-selling author and award-winning educator, who has a PhD in Comparative Literature joins eHealth Radio and the Bullying Information and Brain Health Channels. Her new book, The Bullied Brain: Heal Your Scars and Restore Your Health, delves into how bullying affects the brain and how the brain can heal.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Jennifer Fraser discuss the following:
Why did you become interested in what bullying does to brains?
What did you discover about how all forms of bullying and abuse harm brains?
Is the damage done to brains permanent?
Is it possible to restore normal organic brain health after abuse?
How can individuals whose brains have been bullied or abused get better?
What advice would you give someone who has a bullied brain?
Jennifer Fraser, best-selling author and award-winning educator, has a PhD in Comparative Literature. Her online courses and workshops provide dynamic lessons in the impact neuroscience has on personal development and culture change. Her previous book, Teaching Bullies: Zero Tolerance on the Court or in the Classroom (Motion Press, Aug. 8, 2015), explores what happens when the bully is a teacher or coach. Her new book, The Bullied Brain: Heal Your Scars and Restore Your Health (Prometheus Books, April 1, 2022), delves into how bullying affects the brain and how the brain can heal.
 
 
Website: https://www.bulliedbrain.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://facebook.com/BulliedBrain  Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/jen-fraser-phdTwitter: @TeachingBullies Instagram: @JenniferFraserPhD

Virtual Care Solution to Support Behavioral Health Care in Post-Pandemic Era

 
 
Kim Darling, the CEO and Founder of Competitive Health (CHI), a provider of virtual healthcare access technologies and benefit management solutions joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Kim Darling discuss the following:
What is driving the current demand for behavioral health care?
What do you see as needed to address America’s mental health crisis?
What is the greatest challenge to behavioral health support?
How are telehealth technologies supporting access to counseling and therapy?
How is CHI responding to challenges and barriers to accessing affordable, quality mental health services?
Kim Darling, CEO and founder, Competitive Health
Kim is an entrepreneur and inventor who advocates for the practical use of technology. Having more that 30 years of healthcare and technology experience, Kim excels at consultatively finding unique value and solutions, and holds multiple U.S. Patents that advance innovation of healthcare data, payments and engagement.
About Competitive Health, Inc.
Founded in 1996, Competitive Health is the preeminent builder of custom health solutions. Utilizing award-winning digital health programs, 22 telehealth specialties, and healthcare ancillary services, providing unlimited access and unprecedented savings to our clients and their members. Last year – Competitive Health saved employer groups, insurance carriers, third-party administrators, affinity groups, and exchanges over $100 million dollars.
 
 
Website: https://competitivehealth.com 
Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CompHealthInc  Facebook: https://facebook.com/CompetitiveHealth  Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/competitive-health-inc. 

Global Game Changers Shares 6 Emotion Management Tips for Kids

 
 
Jan Helson, the co-founder and board chair of Global Game Changers, a nonprofit organization providing social-emotional learning (SEL) and character and leadership development curricula for pre-K through 5th grade students that empower them to overcome apathy, feel empathy, and foster a sustainable connection to service joins eHealth Radio and the Emotional Health and Mental Health Channels.
Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Jan Helson discuss the following:
Tell us about the mission of Global Game Changers.
What exactly is Social Emotional Learning (SEL)?
What brought you to founding Global Game Changers?
As the whole world is looking at mental health awareness these days, walk us through your tips for emotional management for kids
How can anyone, parents or teachers, get more tips from Global Game Changers?
Jan Helson is the co-founder and board chair of Global Game Changers, a nonprofit organization providing social-emotional learning (SEL) and character and leadership development curricula for pre-K through 5th grade students that empower them to overcome apathy, feel empathy, and foster a sustainable connection to service.
Jan is a dedicated philanthropist, passionate entrepreneur, and successful businesswoman. Along with her husband Tim, she operated and developed Golden Foods/Golden Brands for 20 years and built the brand into a global leader in the industrial baking industry. The convergence of her daughter Rachel’s philanthropic journey and Jan’s professional journey was the impetus for co-founding Global Game Changers Children’s Education Initiative, Inc. (GGC) in 2013.
Thanks to the generous support of the Novak Family Foundation, GGC was able to develop a custom online platform for educators and expand its student empowerment program nationwide and abroad. The curriculum is now taught to pre-K through 5th grade students in 49 states and 13 countries.
In addition to operating a real estate development company, Jan co-wrote two award-winning children’s books, Philanthropy: A Big Word for Big-Hearted People and The Global Game Changers. Jan serves on the University of Louisville Nystrand Center of Excellence in Education Advisory Board and the National SEL Providers Association Advocacy Committee (https://selproviders.org/leadership/) . She has two grown children, Rachel and Jackson, and lives in Louisville, Kentucky with her husband, Tim and their Australian Shepherds, Amigo and Peanut.
 
 
Website: https://globalgamechangers.org 
Social Media Links: FACEBOOK - https://facebook.com/TheGlobalGameChangers  INSTAGRAM - https://instagram.com/globalgamechangers  LINKEDIN - https://linkedin.com/company/globalgamechangers  TWITTER - https://twitter.com/GlobalGameChgrs 

The universal need for adequate resources and services in suicide prevention

 
 
Bianca D. McCall, an expert in suicide prevention and creator of the Reach In Now mobile application, created to impact communities in need joins eHealth Radio and the Mobile App & Suicide Prevention Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Bianca D. McCall discuss the following:
Suicide prevention is an ongoing need in all demographics, but particularly with African Americans we have seen an uptick in suicides lately. Is this true and if so is there a root cause?
How has the current COVID-19 pandemic impacted suicide rates? Has it impacted people's ability to get help and services?
Why are services and resources so important in suicide prevention?
You have created a platform to help people who are experiencing mental health concerns and to combat the rise in suicides we are seeing in our communities. Can you tell us more about it?
What makes the Reach In Now app different than other mental health apps that we see in this space?
Bianca D. McCall is a renowned Subject Matter Expert in the Epidemiology of Human Behavior; with a specialization in suicide prevention. She is The Founder & CEO of Desert Rose Counseling Group, which recently celebrated its 10th year anniversary and is the first integrated behavioral health agency to offer suicide prevention programming, in Nevada State who ranks 7th in the nation for suicide rates. Bianca is a masters-level licensed marriage and family therapist, community advocate, leader, creator, moderator, keynote, host, and executive producer of Reach In - the docuseries which features the incredible stories of people who are surviving various tragedy and adverse experiences.
She is also an author of the world's first multi-step trauma-recovery program called, The 11 Triumphs. Additionally, in response to the pandemic, Bianca has also launched the Reach In Now University (RINU) © - an online platform for connecting with a socially-emotionally supportive community and learning mental fitness. The Reach In Now mobile application was launched in conjunction with RINU to provide a platform for healing for its users and to level the proverbial mental health playing field that has seen many people go without services and resources due to economic and societal disparities. And finally Desert Rose Gives, the nonprofit organization founded by Bianca was created to provide scholarships for members to access the Reach In Now mobile application and partner applications; as well as the ability to access services from a holistic provider network.
A retired women’s basketball player, Bianca has battled with a plethora of mental health conditions throughout most of her life to include anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress from childhood trauma, and even imposter syndrome that has manifested itself in many ways. But as a driven competitor, Bianca has utilized her experiences for the greater good of helping and motivating others.
 
 
Websites:  www.reachinnow.com | www.desertrosegives.org 
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://facebook.com/desertroselvInstagram: https://instagram.com/desertrosehmsTwitter: https://twitter.com/desertrosehms

Mobile Health: Creating Healthy Cultures

 
 
John Halloran, the CEO and Founder at Mobile Health, the digital health and wellbeing solution that makes it simple to create healthy cultures joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest John Halloran discuss the following:
Can you tell the audience about your background and how you become an entrepreneur?
What is Mobile Health and how is it improving the quality of life for employees?
How did you build a successful customer base? 3) What are your greatest fears as an entrepreneur, and how do you manage them?
How has covid changed the mentality of both employers and their managers/directors?
Where can people get in touch with mobile Health and your services?
John Halloran is CEO and Founder at Mobile Health, the digital health and wellbeing solution that makes it simple to create healthy cultures. Prior to starting Mobile Health, Halloran was the CEO and founder of Worldwide Compensation, Inc. (WWC), which was twice lauded by industry researchers at Gartner as the Best-in-Class Provider of a Global Compensation Planning solution.
Website: https://mobilehealthconsumer.com 
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://facebook.com/mobilehealthmhc Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/mobile-health-consumer-inc- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MobileHealthMHC 

What you Organically Need For Your Mind with Dr. Shara Ally

 
 
Dr. Shara Ally, Founder and CEO of NEUROorganics Inc., a revolutionary therapeutic counseling mental health service that fuses western and eastern approaches to care which has been recognized by Forbes, Yahoo Finance, Market Watch, and other major platforms again joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Mental Health Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. Shara Ally discuss the following:
Can you tell us what NEUROorganics is and how this company came to be?
Who does NEUROorganics serve?
You have a service in NEUROorganics called NEUROmind. What does NEUROmind help a person solve?
What about NEUROsex? What does this service solve for someone?
Can you also describe how NEUROphysique and NEUROfinance services within NEUROorganics will help someone solve their problem?
What are some of the trends you are seeing right now given the post-traumatic stress people are experiencing from the pandemic, political shift, and the ongoing fight for equality?
Why should someone choose NEUROorganics over other mental health services?
Dr. Shara Ally is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the mental health company NEUROorganics Inc. Dr. Ally is the Head of the Student Wellness Department at Wilfred Laurier University, which focuses on the mental health and wellness of post-secondary students. She also sits on several boards including the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Global Research Federation Publishers, and the Mental health and Addictions Program Advisory Committee.
Through NEUROorganics, Dr. Ally provides mental health digital therapeutic counseling services for youth and adults managing stress in their personal and professional lives as it pertains to perceived challenges, intellectual and emotional development, and growth mindset. Since launching in September 2020, NEUROorganics has been recognized by Forbes, Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, Digital Health Buzz, and Market Watch. The company was born out of Dr. Ally's lived experiences, academic and professional opportunities.
Dr. Ally was awarded with a Fellowship in Chandigarh, India in 2019, where she met the Dalai Lama. After meeting and speaking with the Dalai Lama, she learned the eastern medicine benefits of approaching mental health and wellness through personal strengths and igniting personal resiliency and self-compassion for long-term mental health wellness. This working knowledge has been coupled with her expertise in psychiatry with a rich academic background in completing her Bachelor's of Science degree at McMaster University, Masters of Nursing and Business Administration, and her Doctorate degrees.
Shara has over a decade of professional experience of working in executive leadership roles in the mental health sector across hospital, community, and academic settings. She was also the President and Executive Officer of the Doctorate Nursing Practice Association at Western University in California, Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Toronto, and Research Assistant at Ryerson University in Toronto. Shara has had the opportunity to publish her research in the Family Physician Journal, Developmental Disabilities of Ontario textbook, and present across the USA, Canada, and Europe.
Overall, Dr. Ally's passion is concentrated in the mental health and wellness of people, and is an advocate for understanding the tools you already have to build resilience, inner strength, self-esteem and confidence.
 
 
Website: www.neuroorganics.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/NEUROorganics  Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/neuroorganics-inc Instagram: instagram.com/neuroorganics
The beliefs, views, ideas, thoughts and opinions expressed on any program are those of the persons appearing on the program and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the eHealth Radio Network.

Walking Your Way to Better Health with Joyce Shulman

 
 
Joyce Shulman, the Founder and CEO of 99 Walks, a community that encourages health, fitness, and connection through walking joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Fitness Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Joyce Shulman discuss the following:
What are some of the earliest memories you associate with walking?
How has walking changed your life?
How can walking improve happiness?
Why is walking good for connection and relationships?
99 Walks is more than a step tracker. Can you tell us more about it?
Tip: Exercise in general, and walking in particular, has incredible benefits for our mind, our mood and our bodies. Research shows that a regular walking practice can reduce our risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and several types of cancer. In fact, walking is so good for you that one study showed that a regular walking practice can add up to seven years to your life. (study by European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress as reported in the Independent)
Joyce Shulman is Co-Founder and CEO of 99 Walks: a wellness and walking lifestyle brand, community and app on a mission to create community and get a million women walking. A self-confessed idea junkie, Joyce traded her law career as a commercial litigator for an entrepreneurial journey focused on what mattered to her most: family, community, and empowering women to get healthy, happy, and chase their dreams.
Throughout her personal and professional life, Joyce’s regular walking practice has been her key for managing stress, fueling creativity, and maintaining her health. After discovering that the research bears out all that she learned instinctively, Joyce and her husband and partner Eric Cohen founded 99 Walks to help women experience what recent studies have shown: that walking can improve decision-making and executive function, combat depression, increase creativity and literally add years to one’s life.
In addition to being the “Pack Leader” at 99 Walks, Joyce is an author, speaker, TEDx veteran, podcaster, and consultant for companies and women’s group, where she shares her expertise about the life-changing impact of a consistent, intentional walking practice.
Joyce received her Bachelors in Business Management from the University of Maryland and her JD, Cum Laude, from St. John’s University School of Law. After law school, she spent more than a dozen years as a New York City lawyer where her practice focused on complex commercial litigation. She calls Sag Harbor, New York home where she lives with one husband, two teenagers, and a slightly unruly dog named Moose.
 
 
Website: www.99walks.fit
Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/99walks Instagram: instagram.com/99walks

Navigating Addiction Where Nothing is "Normal"

 
 
Dr. David Kushner, the Medical Director at BRIGHTSIDE Clinic where he has treated hundreds of patients with Opioid Use Disorder joins eHealth Radio and the Addiction Prevention and Health News Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. David Kushner discuss the following:
What led you specifically to addiction medicine?
Substance abuse is surrounded by stigma, still, today. What is the number one thing you want people to know about those you help?
Fighting addiction is difficult in a "normal" world, but what about now? How has your mission changed? How have you shifted gears since the pandemic began?
For those who are maybe struggling right now and want to seek treatment, what is the first step they should take? What is your advice to them and/or their loved ones?
If you could give our listeners three pieces of advice and/or recommendations, what would they be?
What have you learned about yourself and/or your colleagues during this time?
TIP: A physician’s skills and knowledge will always be needed, but medicine is rapidly changing like many other industries. Providers cannot rest on their experience and credentials and allow their ego to demand patients be the only ones to change. Cutting edge is no longer just knowledge and new protocols or techniques; it is flexibility in how patients can access you, and understanding how patients and the world have changed leading to reinvention and innovation of the modern medical practice.
Dr. David Kushner is the Medical Director at BRIGHTSIDE Clinic where he has treated hundreds of patients with Opioid Use Disorder. Board-certified in Addiction Medicine, Dr. Kushner is known for his cutting edge, patient-centered, collaborative approach in addressing this challenging, yet treatable condition. Dr. Kushner received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University, a medical degree from Midwestern University and is a graduate of the Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program.
 
 
Website: brightsideclinic.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/BrightsideClinic Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrightsideClnic Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/brightside-clinic

AntiLand-Establishing Better Happiness Socially

 
 
Dr. Adi Zief-Balteriski, PHD Behavioral Science Expert and advisory to AntiLand, a truly anonymous and secure group chats messenger app that helps you mask your secret identity, make friends online and meet new people joins eHealth Radio and the Mental Health Channel.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Adi Zief-Balteriski discuss the following:
As an expert in behavioral health, what are some of the challenges people face using social media?
How is AntiLand an alternative to other known platforms? How is it better?
What are the benefits of being anonymous in the AntiLand community?
What type of topics are trending and how can one be part of the dialogue?
What three tips do you have for those wanting to establish a better well-being or a social tune-up in 2021?
Dr. Adi Zief-Balteriski, Ph.D., Behavioral Science Expert and Product Leader, Dr. Adi Zief-Balteriski is a psychologist and product expert. She applies her expertise as a behavioral science specialist in the field of community, wellness, technology and consumer behavior. She is also a researcher in the field of well-being, human computing interaction and technology and presents her work at universities and organizations in the Bay Area.
Previously, Adi opened a successful private practice and a consulting business and engaged in product consulting for consumer and well-being products. After working several years as a consultant for startup founders in the Bay Area, she shifted her focus towards the tech world. Adi began working on products at startups focused on the well-being of individuals and communities. Later, she worked as a product manager being part of the entire product lifecycle from ideation to launch.
Adi holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Palo Alto University, L.L.B in Law and B.A in Business and IT from the Interdisciplinary Center. She is also the mother of two young children and passionate about making a positive impact on people’s well-being and advocating for the empowerment of women to succeed in modern society. She is an advisor to AntiLand.
 
Website: www.antiland.com

Feelings and Reason - Activating Your Heart as Compass Despite the Ego's Interference

 
 
Ernie L. Vecchio, a mentor, spiritual teacher and trauma psychologist and a Licensed Clinical & Rehabilitation Psychologist who has written four books including his latest release, Feelings & Reason: Activating Your Heart as Compass Despite the Ego’s Interference, an international best-seller in four self-help categories joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Mental Health Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Ernie L. Vecchio discuss the following:
How is human suffering self-correcting?
What is the difference between suffering for ourselves versus suffering with ourselves?
How is your work the missing piece in the mental health model?
How do you know there is a difference between life as it is and life as intended?
What determines the possibility that everyone has the capacity to be mean-spirited?
Ernie L. Vecchio is a psycho-spiritual mentor and thought leader offering contemporary wisdom on human suffering. As a trauma psychologist whose career spans 30+ years, he has treated over 10,000+ patients who suffered severe trauma that ranged from amputation, head injury, sexual assault, and paralysis. He discovered a common theme in their suffering and developed a healthy way for people to cope with adversity.
Vecchio reveals a developmental understanding of how adversity becomes an opportunity for self-correction, growth, and healing. By acknowledging the human ego is only one-third of a larger system, people learn not only what is observing their life, but why and where it is intending for them to go.
Vecchio is the author of four books that includes his latest release, Feelings & Reason: Activating Your Heart as Compass Despite the Ego’s Interference, an international best-seller. In the book, professional helpers and seekers are introduced to a developmental and new psychological theory about human suffering that merges with secular spirituality. It is the missing piece in the mental health model and advances the mind, body and spirit movement. In essence, when one utilizes the heart as a compass, the road less traveled (inward journey) presents us with a reliable map toward self-recovery and our fullest expression.
Website: https://ernievecchio.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/FeelingsAndReason  Twitter: twitter.com/ErnieVecchio
The beliefs, views, ideas, thoughts and opinions expressed on any program are those of the persons appearing on the program and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the eHealth Radio Network.