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The Importance of Strong Executive Functioning for Adults and Children

 
Dr. Anna Levy Warren, CEO and Founder of Organizational Tutors, a leading network of executive functioning tutors who offer specialized and individualized coaching across the country to students of all ages with diverse learning profiles joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Anna Levy Warren discuss the following:
Can you start us off with a real, practical example of why you need strong executive functioning to navigate daily life?
What is executive functioning for those who may not fully understand the term?
Could you share some practical tips or tools that parents can implement to support executive functioning in children?
For parents who are listening in who may feel frustrated or overwhelmed by their child's struggles with executive functioning, what advice or encouragement can you offer to them to navigate these challenges? How can they maintain a positive and supportive environment at home?
Using the impending chaos we all feel around the holidays, what would be your 5 expert tips on supporting kids with executive functioning struggles to access the joy of the season?
Tip: Your calendar is key. Develop a positive relationship with your calendar.  Take time to color code by activity and make sure that the colors fit the feeling that you want from that moment or experience.  Each week go over your calendar, making it a point to see how the entire week ahead lays out.  Develop a positive relationship with your calendar and embrace the benefits this organization can bring to your life and well-being.
Anna Levy-Warren is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Organizational Tutors. With over 20 years of experience in the field of psychology including a PhD in Clinical Psychology, Anna is a leader in the field addressing executive functioning challenges in students of all ages. With an expert understanding of diverse learning profiles and first-hand experience as a parent, Anna brings to Organizational Tutors a unique combination of clinical experience and a passion for empowering learners to develop skills to excel in all aspects of their lives.
In 2005, Anna established a network of experts with advanced degrees in cognition and education to help students and adults with executive functioning difficulties and other complex learning profiles. The student-centered aspects of this network came to be known as Organizational Tutors in 2014.
As the head of the Organizational Tutors network, Anna serves as matchmaker to connect individuals with the right tutors and actively supervises and manages the network. This integrative and innovative network of hundreds of tutors provides individual coaching, consultations and creative programming to students across the country. Additionally, as the Chief Executive Officer of Organizational Tutors, Anna oversees and leads on all areas of the business’s operations and strategy.
Anna is also the Co-Founder of Dwellness, which provides in-home and innovative in-person therapy and teletherapy to individuals, couples, and families. In addition, Anna offers executive functioning and leadership training for adults to executives, entrepreneurs, educational and business teams, and other professionals through a sister company, STEEL Advising.
As a licensed clinical psychologist, Anna has operated a New York City-based private practice since 2018. Through her practice Anna works with parents, couples and families, focusing on high-conflict situations and family systems struggling with dysregulation, learning disabilities and ADHD.
Anna regularly speaks to parents and teachers at schools and education-based organizations throughout the country, addressing a wide variety of topics including strengthening executive functioning skills at home and in the classroom, raising an organized child, supporting children with ADHD and executive functioning challenges, and managing stress and anxiety. Anna is published and licensed in the field of psychology and a member of the American Psychological Association.
Anna received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the City University of New York. Anna also attended Bank Street School for Children and the Dalton School. A native New Yorker and parent of three children, Anna currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Website: https://www.organizationaltutors.com 
Social Media Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/organizationaltutorsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/OTcoachingservicesLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/organizational-tutors
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Housing Transitions for Seniors with Nelly Some

 
Nelly Some, an entrepreneur and business leader who has developed systems and cultures for residential care homes that make them stand out from others on the market joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Senior Care Channels. She's the author of Making a Difference: Investing in Better Lives for Seniors.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Nelly Some discuss the following:
How did you become involved in creating residential care homes?
What would you say to families trying to decide the best place for their senior loved one?
Why is the adjustment to a new kind of living situation particularly hard on seniors?
How can people make it easier for a senior to adjust to their new environment?
How can residential care managers help their staff be more sensitive to the senior residents?
Why can the "traditional" options for senior care be harder on residents and their families?
Why are residential care homes an investment worth considering?
Nelly Some is an entrepreneur and business leader who has developed systems and cultures for residential care homes that make them stand out from others on the market. She has spent more than two decades in healthcare, real estate, and construction, and has owned and managed multiple residential care homes. She's the author of Making a Difference: Investing in Better Lives for Seniors.
Website: https://makingadifferencewithnelly.com
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A Family Trip Around the Sun: 29 Countries in 366 Days

 
Margaret Bensfield Sullivan an author, illustrator, and family photo curator, whose work combines personal passion for archiving with visual storytelling skills she honed over nearly two decades in brand marketing joins eHealth Radio and the Family & Parenting Channels.
She left corporate life to spend a year with her husband and two young children crisscrossing the globe, visiting 29 countries and six continents. She wrote about their adventures in Following the Sun: Tales (and Fails) From a Year Around the World With Our Kids.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Margaret Bensfield Sullivan discuss the following:
What exactly is a family gap year?
What inspired you to do this?
Where did you go? What lessons about parenting, travel and the world did you learn?
Do you have any advice for families considering doing something similar?
Margaret Bensfield Sullivan is author, illustrator, and family photo curator whose work combines personal passion for archiving with visual storytelling skills she honed over nearly two decades in brand marketing.
Margaret was a partner at WPP's marketing and branded content agency Group SJR, where she designed storytelling campaigns on behalf of clients like TED, Target, Disney, and USAID. She left corporate life to spend a year with her husband and two young children crisscrossing the globe, visiting 29 countries and six continents.
She wrote about their adventures in Following the Sun: Tales (and Fails) From a Year Around the World With Our Kids (December 5, 2023).
Website: https://www.margaretbensfieldsullivan.com 
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/margaretbensfield Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretbsullivan  Instagram: @SullivanFamilyAdventure
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Reshaping the Landscape of Substance Abuse Treatement

 
Christi Kleckner, the Executive Director at Axiom Care, an addiction treatment and detox facility serving the greater Phoenix area joins eHealth Radio and the Addiction Prevention & Information Channel.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Christi Kleckner discuss the following:
Tell us more about Axiom and what services you provide to the greater Phoenix area.
How did you get into this work?
Dispel some myths for us. What is one common misconception about addiction that you would like to clear up?
I know you are closely involved in Axiom’s Substance Use Disorder Urgent Care. Tell me more about this. What is it and who is it for?
Substance Abuse not only affects the individual, it can take a toll on the entire family. What advice do you give to people who have a loved one either struggling with substance abuse or about to enter treatment?
With an inspiring redemption story from methamphetamine addiction and prison to a long-term recovery and a successful career, Christi Kleckner is the embodiment of empathetic care. Christi serves as the Executive Director at Axiom Care, showing up every day with a passion to care for the patients. Christi knows first-hand just how hard (and just how rewarding) it is to be in recovery. Christi struggled with a methamphetamine addiction that took almost everything from her, and spent a lot of time in and out of jail.
Christi’s history of substance use is not unlike most in Arizona, as methamphetamine is the state’s number one drug threat (especially as street prices drop). She proudly shares her Department of Corrections (DOC) number because it makes her relatable to many others in recovery looking for their second chance as well.
Christi experienced the apathetic care that most recovery centers give and was even told, “You’ll be back here” while in jail. Eventually, being abstinent from drugs, she began working as a graveyard Behavioral Health Technician for a recovery center. However, it seemed that not enough people cared about the patients or their jobs – just the paycheck that came with it. Until she found Axiom Care. Christi seamlessly aligned with Axiom Care’s passion for holistic, long-term care and seeing patients find their second chances. Her personal experiences supported her in forming her leadership style and finding new ways to make a difference daily. Christi is passionate about transforming lives and reshaping the landscape of substance use treatment.
Website: https://axiomcareofaz.com
Social Media Links: Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/AxiomCareofAZ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/axiomcareofaz/
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A Chinese Mother's Memoir, Completed by Her Son

 
Richard Perkins Hsung who has spent ten years editing and completing Spring Flower, by his mother, Jean Tren-Hwa Perkins, MD joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Mental Health Channels. This three-volume memoir that chronicles her life as an adopted child of American medical missionaries, survivor of China's brutal communist regime, ophthalmologist, immigrant, and mother.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Richard Perkins Hsung discuss the following:
What prompted you to compile, edit and ultimately, finish your mother’s memoir?
Did working on the memoir give you new insights into your mother that you hadn’t known before, or insights into yourself?
Did you gain new insights into the plight of immigrants to the U.S.? How about the way you felt about China?
How long did it take you to complete the memoir and what made you decide to make it into a 3 book series?
What do you think your mother would have wanted readers to know about her life?
Your mother arrived in the US in 1942. What was that like for her?
Talk about the role of missionaries in your family’s history. It seems like their involvement in China was far more than just a religious one. Can you talk about that?
How has your life changed since you completed Spring Flower? 
Richard Perkins Hsung was born in China in 1966 and was one of the first teens to leave China legally after Mao’s Cultural Revolution. He earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Chicago and became a professor at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, retiring in 2022. He spent ten years editing and completing Spring Flower (Earnshaw Books) by his mother, Jean Tren-Hwa Perkins, MD. The three-volume memoir chronicles her life as an adopted child of American medical missionaries, survivor of China's brutal communist regime, ophthalmologist, immigrant, and mother. Hsung lives in Madison with his wife, where keeping squirrels from digging up his backyard has become a daily scientific obsession. Learn more at Yangtze River by the Hudson Bay.  
Website: https://www.yangtzeriverbythehudsonbay.site/home-page.html
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-perkins-hsung 
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Lessons in Finding Center When the Kids Aren’t Alright

 
Celia Landman, MA, who is a mindfulness educator offering support to teens and adults joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Mental Health Channels. Her new book, When the Whole World Tips: Parenting through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance (Parallax Press, Nov. 21, 2023), describes how to find balance while navigating seemingly impossible parenting situations.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Celia Landman discuss the following:
What was the motivation for writing this book?
What did you learn going through the process of parenting two kids with difficulties?
Do you think anyone can be ok with having their kids go through crisis?
You write about accompanying our suffering, is there a way to get to a place where you don't feel things as deeply?
You worked in an inpatient mental health facility for teens, what was the most valuable thing you contributed to your clients?
Celia Landman, MA, is a mindfulness educator offering support to teens and adults. She draws from experiences working with those impacted by trauma, addiction, and anxiety, and creates customized meditation, visualizations, and trainings to reconnect them to their wholeness. She was ordained by Thich Nhat Hahn as a member of the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. She is also a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. Her new book, When the Whole World Tips: Parenting through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance (Parallax Press, Nov. 21, 2023), describes how to find balance while navigating seemingly impossible parenting situations.
Website: https://celialandman.com
Social Media Links: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/celia-landman-232185149  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/celia.landman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celiasacct 
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.
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Genetic and Genetic Cancer Screening Saves Lives

 
Karen Grinzaid, Assistant Professor of Human Genetics and Executive Director of JScreen, a national online genetic disease screening program based out of Emory University School of Medicine again joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Karen Grinzaid discuss the following:
Tell us about jscreen.org – what you do and what kind of genetic diseases and genetic cancers do you test for?
Tell me first about genetic testing for cancer – are many cancers genetic and if you find you have one what are the options?
Tell us about testing for genetic diseases and again once you find out the information how to best use it?
How does one get tested – explain the process of how to get the test, and the results?
Please just summarize how important and easy it is go get genetic and cancer genetic screening?
Karen Grinzaid is Assistant Professor of Human Genetics and Executive Director of JScreen, a national online genetic disease screening program based out of Emory University School of Medicine. She has extensive experience in genetic counseling and testing, clinical care and clinical research. Karen is proud of JScreen’s success in helping couples across the U.S. have healthy babies and in giving people the information they need to help prevent the devastating effects of hereditary cancer.
Karen received her B.A. in Psychology from Northwestern University and her M.S. in Human Genetics from Sarah Lawrence College. She is certified in Genetic Counseling by the American Board of Medical Genetics/American Board of Genetic Counseling and as a Clinical Research Coordinator through the Association of Clinical Research Professionals.
About JScreen
JScreen is a national non-profit public health initiative dedicated to preventing genetic diseases and cancer common in Jewish and other populations. Headquartered in Atlanta at Emory University School of Medicine, the JScreen initiative provides convenient at-home access to cutting-edge genetic testing technology, patient education, and genetic counseling services. JScreen believes the combination of education, access to premier genetic screening technologies, and personalized, confidential support are the keys to preventing devastating diseases. 
 
 
Website: https://www.jscreen.org  
Social Media Links: Facebook: @MyJScreen Instagram: @GetJScreened Twitter: @MyJScreen
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Recognizing the Cycle of Ruptured Mother-Daughter Relationships

 
Khara Croswaite Brindle, a licensed mental health therapist in private practice in Denver, Colorado joins eHealth Radio and the Health News & Mental Health Channels. Her new book is "Understanding Ruptured Mother-Daughter Relationships: Guiding the Adult Daughter’s Healing Journey through the Estrangement Energy Cycle".
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Khara Croswaite Brindle discuss the following:
What assumptions about estrangement need to be dispelled?
What separate stages do those contemplating parental estrangement experience?
How does understanding the stages in the “Estrangement Energy Cycle” better equip women to tackle the emotional rollercoaster of breaking ties with their mothers?
What are the ripple effects of mother-daughter estrangement — particularly for family members on the sidelines?
What should you say to children about a family rupture?
What social stigmas are attached to mother-daughter estrangement?  
Khara Croswaite Brindle is a licensed mental health therapist in private practice in in Denver, Colorado. She holds various roles, including financial therapist, TEDx Speaker, burnout consultant, author, and professor. Her new book is Understanding Ruptured Mother-Daughter Relationships: Guiding the Adult Daughter’s Healing Journey through the Estrangement Energy Cycle (Rowman & Littlefield, July 1, 2023). Access therapeutic tools for adult daughters at estrangementenergycycle.com.
Website: https://www.estrangementenergycycle.com 
Social Media Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kharacroswaite Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/croswaitecounselingpllc Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kharacroswaite 
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The Lost Coin: A Therapist’s Personal Adoption Journey and Insights

 
 
Dr. Stephen Rowley, Ph.D., a psychotherapist practicing in Bainbridge Island, Washington and author of his new book "The Lost Coin: A Memoir of Adoption and Destiny" joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Psychotherapy Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. Stephen Rowley discuss the following:
What prompted you to write this book?
What's the one thing you want others to learn about adoption?
What was it like to find your birth parents over the course of your life?
What is a Zen kōan and how does it relate to the title of your book?
What advice to do have for those adoptees who struggle to find their birth parents?
What insight can you share with your fellow psychotherapists who are working with adoptees or the parents of an adopted child?
Stephen Rowley, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist practicing in Bainbridge Island, Washington. His professional past includes serving as an elementary school teacher and principal, and a school district superintendent in Washington and California. He has been a college professor at three universities, teaching courses in educational administration and organizational theory. He holds a Ph.D. in Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford University. His new book is: The Lost Coin: A Memoir of Adoption and Destiny (Chiron Publications, Sept. 2023).
Website: https://stephenrowley108.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/srowley108  Twitter: https://twitter.com/srowley108 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephenrowley108 
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Fight Against Domestic Violence and Assault

 
 
Dr. Caroline Prijatel-Sutton, the Executive Director for the Coalition for Family Harmony, dedicated to providing direct services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault; to educate the community regarding violence against women, children, and men; and to prevent the cycle of violence joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. Caroline Prijatel-Sutton discuss the following:
Tell us about your non-profit’s mission and objective.

Now last month in October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month & of course it has recently come to an end; how should the community continue raising awareness?

Coalition for Family Harmony specifically serves Ventura County, CA, can you share some stats about CA in comparison to the rest of the country?

Do you have certain programs and services that you have seen make a great impact?
What is one sign that someone might be in an abusive relationship?
Dr. Caroline Prijatel- Sutton has had a passion for working with victims of violence since she was an undergraduate Psychology student at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, GA. Caroline became a volunteer counselor for Children of War in Northern Ireland and continued her work with The World Relief Organization as an advocate for Egyptian refugees. She worked for the Mental Health Program for Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter at The Carter Center.
After completing her graduate work, Caroline began working for The Coalition in 2007 as The Child and Elder Abuse Hotline Director. In 2008 Caroline became the Crisis Response and Intervention Supervisor for the Rape Crisis Program and in February of 2011, Caroline became the Executive Director for The Coalition. Caroline has served on several county boards and committees including the Partnership for Safe Communities and the Ventura County Community Corrections Partnership.
Caroline holds a master’s in counseling psychology and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
Website: https://thecoalition.org
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