ReEnvision Health
Join Sylvia as she explores the intersection of health, technology, and work. We'll hear from contemporary leaders on ways we can insert ourselves into the dynamic and somewhat unpredictable health world.
Episodes
Friday May 21, 2021
Jessie Wusthoff: Diversity, Inclusion, Allyship
Friday May 21, 2021
Friday May 21, 2021
Join my discussion with Jessie Wusthoff. Jessie is the Director of People and Culture for Clover Health. She is a passionate diversity and inclusion advocate with a focus on developing women in leadership and creating awareness of the impact of unconscious bias. Her stories, insights, and advice are invaluable to positively navigating this world going forward.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Job Accommodation Network, AskJan.org
Speechless - Trailer
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Marisa LaValette: Fusing Life, Work, and Yoga
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
In this episode, I talk to Marisa LaValette, a Bay Area-based yoga teacher and yoga teacher trainer, and the founder of the online women's wellness community and podcast, Attune + Align. Women work with Marisa 1:1 or in her monthly membership to attune to the calling of their heart and align their lives accordingly through yoga, healthy eating, and career transitions.
We discuss the impact of yoga on our health and how it is incorporated into 53% of workplace wellness plans. We end the podcast hearing Marisa's tip on how to get started with your yoga health right now.
Today’s Guest
Marisa LaValette, yoga teacher, yoga teacher trainer, and the founder of the online women’s wellness community and podcast Attune + Align.
www.marisalavalette.com
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Vegan Hood Chefs: Organizing, Creativity, & Food
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
My guests for this podcast are Ronnishia Johnson and Rheema Calloway, known as the Vegan Hood Chefs. The Vegan Hood Chefs use their culinary work to exercise their mission to provide nutrition education and healthy vegan food to disenfranchised communities. They specialize in turning many of our soul food and American style favorites into delicious vegan meals.
In this podcast, we discuss:
Why vegan? What the data and experience have shown
How Ronnisha and Rheema made the transition and how they help others
Challenges in our world with food distribution
Culture, philosophies and real-life experience with food
Today’s Guest
The Vegan Hood Chefs / Ronnishia Johnson and Rheema Calloway
Website: https://www.theveganhoodchefs.com/
GoFundMe: Help the chefs go mobile! https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-vegan-hood-chefs
Instagram: @TheVeganHoodChefs
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Adam Wealand: How To Get a Grasp on Health Analytics
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
My guest for this podcast is Adam Wealand, a data & analytics and health informatics expert. His experience includes marketing, consumer insights, social psychology, health informatics, artificial intelligence, and data visualizations. Adam has studied health informatics for over 15 years and shares many learnings through his analytic blogs, white papers, and his Tableau public site.
In this podcast, we discuss:
Ways that we can access and explore our health analytics
How health data and analytics has evolved in terms of access and types of information available
Challenges that are evolving with emerging COVID-19 data and how it relates to racial disparities in health
Easy steps to create and explore our personalized visualizations and be our own experts
Today’s Guest
Adam Wealand, Data / Analytics & Health Informatics Expert
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wealand/
Tableau Public: https://public.tableau.com/profile/adam.wealand#!/
Mentioned in this podcast:
https://www.gapminder.org/
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
Dr. Lisa Brent: Be Well Natural Medicine - Naturopathic Medicine
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
My guest for this podcast is Dr. Lisa Brent. Dr. Brent a Naturopathic Doctor and founder of her own practice, Be Well Natural Medicine. Her goal is to utilize the best resources and practices of naturopathic medicine to empower patients to create lifelong habits that promote health and prevent disease. Her approach draws from all the techniques of integrative medicine.
In this podcast, we discuss:
The origins and focus of naturopathic medicine.
What naturopathic medicine provides and the types of services available.
How her patients incorporate Dr. Brent into their overall healthcare team.
Challenges and doctor access during COVID-19.
Dr. Lisa’s thoughts on COVID-19 and our own individual health strategies.
Today’s Guest
Dr. Lisa Brent is a naturopathic doctor and founder of Be Well Natural Medicine.
Website: http://bewellnaturalmedicine.net/
Facebook: @bewellnaturalmedicine.net
Instagram @bewellnaturalmedicine
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Dr. Maegan Pisman: ABA Therapy, Access & Tele-Health Tech
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
In this podcast we speak with Dr. Maegan Pisman who specializes in providing comprehensive- and focused-treatment applied behavioral analysis (ABA) services using a tele-health model for individuals with learning deficits or behavioral challenges. Demand for ABA therapy services has accelerated rapidly since the early 1990s with much of the increase coming within the realm of interventions for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Families of people with Autism have played a major role in advocating for public policies and insurance coverage. There still remains some confusion, misunderstanding, and misrepresentation regarding these services, its applications, and qualifications for practicing ABA professionally.
Dr. Pisman who has over 11 years of education, training and research experience in this area. Her range of study includes work and research in areas including assessment and treatment of severe challenging behaviors, ASD and other disabilities, as well as pediatric feeding disorders.
In this episode, we discuss:
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy and its growth within the health field.
Why and how tele-health has improved access and outcomes for this therapy.
What a tele-health visit “looks” like for her clients.
The benefits of engaging with tele-health technology to improve benefits in urban and rural areas.
Dr. Pisman’s suggestions on how we can begin opening up to alternative access models for our own health.
Today’s Guest
Dr. Maegan Pisman, founder of Imbueity, providing applied behavior analytic (ABA) services for individuals, families, students, and organizations.
Website: www.Imbueity.com
Phone: 510-560-6393
Email: maegan@imbueity.com
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
MeruHealth: Making Mental Healthcare Accessible & Effective
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
MeruHealth: Making Mental Healthcare Accessible & Effective by Sylvia Doss
In this podcast we speak with Kristian Ranta, founder of MeruHealth. MeruHealth is a digital mental health clinic offering an app based treatment program supported by licensed therapist. The mission of MeruHealth is to make mental healthcare accessible and effective for everyone. MeruHealth is based on a need that Kristian experienced within his own family. He is now on a personal mission to help all people have access to the tools they need to overcome depression and anxiety.
In this episode, we discuss:
How MeruHealth is using technology to redefine our access to mental health services.
The problems that are now being faced by patients needing care related to stigma, cost, and often slow access to qualified therapists.
The increasing need for mental health services with employer provided health options.
How MeruHealth is bringing this option into the physician and corporate employee world where burnout is prevalent and leading to mental health issues such as depression and anxiety.
Kristian’s thoughts on how we can begin thinking about how to explore and engage in using technology to support our mental health.
Today’s Guest
Kristian Ranta, founder of MeruHealth, is an energetic and creative entrepreneurial business builder who loves major global challenges. He envisions a world in which all people have the tools they need to overcome depression and anxiety.www.MeruHealth.com
Tuesday May 21, 2019
Chef Mimi: Connection, Inclusion, and the Food Experience
Tuesday May 21, 2019
Tuesday May 21, 2019
In this podcast we talk with Chef Mimi. Chef Mimi is a Culinary Artist, Community strategist and Mother whose focus is to bring diversity and inclusion into the food space. As an African-American Chef, her mission has been to create space for Chefs to express their culinary skills without being told or limited to a narrative such as – Black Chefs only can cook Soul Food or BBQ. Chef Mimi believes that regardless of your class or ethnicity, “We are all connected through food.”
In this episode, we discuss:
How we should consider thinking about our food beyond our cultural tendencies, families, and systems.
How Chef Mimi is creating content including ‘Bringing It To The Table’ which is the first food competition showcasing African-American Chefs (many of which we know from the Food Network), Corporate Catering, and Live Food and Wine Experiences.
How to explore going Vegan or plant-based as a food option.
African-Americans within the business of food, as Chefs, manufacturers, and growers.
Chef Mimi’s suggestion on how all of us can expand our food experiences.
Today’s Guest:
Chef Mimi, Culinary Artist, Community strategist and Mother.www.TheChefMimi.com