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It can be tough when your children move away. You're not alone.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts83.mp3
- Featured Speaker Samantha Lewis, Life Coach & Corporate Wellness Facilitator
- Guest Website Samantha Lewis
- Guest Facebook Account www.facebook.com/SamanthaLewisFacilitator/
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Guest Bio
Samantha Lewis is a life coach, corporate wellness practitioner and certified facilitator of several special programs by Access Consciousness®, including Being You Adventures.
Throughout her corporate career in sales and marketing, she retained an avid interest in mental, physical and spiritual wellness and is trained in Shiatsu and Indian Head Massage, acupressure and aromatherapy.
Samantha now draws upon her wide range of skills and her personal moments of both joy and sadness to facilitate empowering workshops for groups and individuals. - Length (mins) 10:18
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Did you maybe just get pregnant but you aren't sure?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts82.mp3
- Featured Speaker Mary Jane Minkin, MD
- Guest Website Madame Ovary
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Guest Bio
Mary Jane Minkin, MD, is clinical professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the Yale University School of Medicine, and has been in private practice in New Haven (CT) for more than 35 years. Dr. Minkin is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology, and she practices at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She earned her medical degree from Yale Medical School and her undergraduate degree from Brown University. She did both her internship and residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, the former in internal medicine, the latter in obstetrics and gynecology. She is a fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG), and has been a North American Menopause Society Certified Menopause Practitioner (NCMP) since 2002. Dr. Minkin has been Director of the Sexuality, Intimacy and Menopause clinic in the Division of Gynecological Oncology, in the Smilow cancer center at Yale New Haven Hospital since 2008. She has also been Director of the Yale Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (YOGS) since its inception in 2006.
She serves on numerous committees, notably for more than 25 years as Faculty Representative of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology on the Yale-New Haven Hospital Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, on the Yale Infection Control Committee, and on the Yale Antibiotic Drug Utilization Committee. She also serves on the residency selection committee.
Dr. Minkin has won numerous teaching awards, including the Irving Friedman Award, given by the Yale School of Medicine’s department of obstetrics and gynecology for excellence in clinical abilities and patient care, and the Francis Gilman Blake award, awarded by the graduating class to the clinical attending who taught them best. She has twice received the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics ‘Excellence in Teaching’ Award, annually awarded to one faculty member from each member teaching institution, has three times been awarded the Resident’s Teaching Award for best community attending physician, and has been a member of the Society of Distinguished Teachers in the Yale University School of Medicine since 2002. Additionally, Dr. Minkin was named a “Top Doc” by Connecticut Magazine in each of the last 3 years, and in 2009, she was honored by The Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame for her significant contributions to the care and well-being of Connecticut citizens.
She is a leader in women’s health education both inside and outside the medical community. She is lead author or co-author of articles in numerous peer-reviewed medical journals, and has written seven books, including The Yale Guide to Women’s Reproductive Health, A Woman’s Guide to Menopause and Perimenopause, and A Woman’s Guide to Sexual Health (each co-authored with Carol Wright); and a Clinician’s Guide (with Karen Giblin), Manual of Management Counseling for the Perimenopausal and Menopausal Patient. She wrote a prominent chapter, “Hormones, Fertility, and Menopause” in Dorling Kindersley’s recent (2009) reference volume, Women’s Health for Life. She is the Women’s Health advisor for Prevention magazine, and has previously written a monthly column, “Talk to the Doctor” for this periodical. Dr. Minkin is also the Expert for WebMD's Menopause Community. She also served on the editorial board for Good Housekeeping’s Illustrated Book of Pregnancy & Baby Care. Finally, she has been Medical Advisor (and lecturer) for the country’s leading menopause education and support group PRIME PLUS/Red Hot Mama s for 20 years.
Dr. Minkin is nationally known in the field of gynecology, and is often interviewed and quoted in the print and broadcast media, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, many popular women’s magazines, and BuzzFeed. She is the women’s health commentator and a frequent guest on Faith Middleton’s Peabody Award winning show on National Public Radio (NPR); did a cross-country lecture series with Dr. Ruth Westheimer on postmenopausal sex; and has spoken at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on hormone replacement therapy. She has spoken extensively on a diverse set of important women’s health issues, more recently with greater focus on peri-and post-menopausal management, including intimacy and sexuality for breast and gynecological cancer survivors. Concomitantly, she has also written and spoken on how the OB/GYN can protect oneself from malpractice suits, a topic of increasing awareness and importance in our Culture of Safety.
Dr. Minkin has been medical advisor to the New Haven and Yale Rape Crisis Service since 1979, and has received the Arnold Markle Award from this service to a community member for outstanding service to rape victims. She has regularly spoken and written on evaluation and treatment of victims of sexual assault, and wrote the chapter "Rape" in a classic text in her field, Principles and Practice of Clinical Gynecology, by Kase and Weingold.
Dr. Minkin is married to Steve Pincus, a mathematician, and has two children in their 20s, Allegra and Max. She enjoys opera, historical fiction, and the New York Mets (even through peril and pain).
- Length (mins) 14:00
- Waiver Received Yes
- Internal Notes no social media
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Improve your healing by building your muscle mass.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts81.mp3
- Featured Speaker Suzette Pereira, PhD, Research Scientist & Muscle Health Expert at Abbott
- Guest Website Abbott Nutrition News
- Guest Facebook Account www.facebook.com/Abbott
- Guest Twitter Account @AbbottGlobal
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Guest Bio
Suzette Pereira is an associate research fellow at Abbott, leading studies focused on muscle health and muscle loss due to aging.
Her research is focused on evaluating nutritional therapies that can prevent muscle and strength declines due to sarcopenia, hospitalization and chronic diseases. She has led preclinical studies to identify key ingredients (such as HMB) that can prevent muscle wasting. Her current work is focused on translating the findings from preclinical studies to human clinical studies to help improve nutritional products for adults.
Over the last 12 years at Abbott, Suzette has led several collaborations with scientific key opinion leaders, business partners and across Abbott. She currently serves as the Abbott representative to the ‘FNIH- Sarcopenia Biomarker Consortium’, a group dedicated to developing a consensus definition of Sarcopenia and driving awareness.
Prior to joining Abbott, Suzette obtained her PhD and carried out post-doctoral research in the department of Microbiology at the Ohio State University. She has co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and routinely presents her research at national and international scientific conferences. She is also a co-inventor on over 80 filed patents. - Length (mins) 14:57
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Does someone else's stress make you feel stressed?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts80.mp3
- Featured Speaker Judith Orloff, MD
- Organization The Empath's Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People
- Book Title The Empath's Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People
- Guest Website Dr. Judith Orloff
- Guest Facebook Account www.facebook.com/DrJudithOrloff/
- Guest Twitter Account @JudithOrloffMD
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Guest Bio
Judith Orloff, MD, is the New York Times bestselling author of the new book, The Empath’s Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People (Sounds True, April 4, 2017) and offers an invaluable resource to help empathic people survive in an often insensitive world. She is on the UCLA Psychiatric Clinical Faculty and synthesizes the pearls of traditional medicine with cutting-edge knowledge of intuition and energy medicine and spirituality.
She has a Facebook Empath Support Community with more than 6,000 members - Length (mins) 13:46
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Gain strategies to smartly enjoy all the treats the holidays have to offer.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/1646ts2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Felicia Stoler, PhD
- Guest Website Dr. Felicia D. Stoler
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Guest Bio
Dr. Felicia Stoler is a registered dietitian, exercise physiologist and expert consultant in disease prevention, wellness and healthful living. She has a bachelors from Tulane University, a masters in applied physiology and nutrition from Columbia University and her doctorate in clinical nutrition from UMDNJ. Felicia serves on many local, state and national committees related to health and wellness. Felicia is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and is a Fellow of the ACSM. Felicia is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is on the House of Delegates.
Dr. Stoler hosted the second season of TLC's groundbreaking series Honey, We're Killing the Kids!, which took aim at the unhealthy lifestyles of families, across the country, in an effort to motivate them to make positive changes. She is the author Living Skinny in Fat Genes™: The Healthy Way to Lose Weight and Feel Great (Pegasus) which was featured in USA Weekend among the top must have books in 2011. She has been a contributor for FoxNews.com and written several book chapters. Stoler authored the ACSM's Current Comment on Childhood Obesity. - Transcription nEE
- Length (mins) 15:49
- Waiver Received Yes
Find out how to endure difficult and toxic people in time for the holidays.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts79.mp3
- Featured Speaker Doris Schachenhofer
- Guest Website Being You Adventures
- Guest Facebook Account www.facebook.com/people/Doris-Schachenhofer/100008956052773
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Guest Bio
After completing her social work studies in Vienna, Doris Schachenhofer worked with children, homeless people, delinquent teenagers and prisoners transitioning back into the real world.
As an Access Consciousness® facilitator, she now travels the world supporting people to be more of themselves.
Her Being You classes are delivered in both live and online settings.
- Length (mins) 13:35
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
How can you help a grieving loved one?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts78.mp3
- Featured Speaker Sherry Cormier, PhD
- Organization Sweet Sorrow: Finding Enduring Wholeness After Loss and Grief
- Book Title Sweet Sorrow: Finding Enduring Wholeness After Loss and Grief
- Guest Website Sherry Cormier
- Guest Facebook Account www.facebook.com/SweetSorrowBook
- Guest Twitter Account @sweetsorrowbook
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Guest Bio
Sherry Cormier, PhD, is a psychologist, consultant and public speaker. Formerly on the faculty at the University of Tennessee and West Virginia University, she is the author of Counseling Strategies and Interventions for Professional Helpers (Pearson Education, 9th edition) and coauthor of Interviewing and Change Strategies for Helpers (Cengage Learning, 8th edition). She has co-written and co-produced more than 50 training videos for Cengage Learning. Her new book is Sweet Sorrow: Finding Enduring Wholeness After Loss and Grief (Rowman & Littlefield.
- Length (mins) 16:10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Nip those expectations in the bud before your child becomes spoiled.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts46.mp3
- Featured Speaker Michael Wetter, PsyD
- Book Title Earn it! What to Do When Your Kid Needs an Entitlement Intervention
- Guest Website Dr. Wetter
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Guest Bio
Dr. Michael Wetter is a Diplomate and Fellow of the American Psychotherapy Association, and has served as an Oral Examination Commissioner and Subject Matter Expert for the California State Licensing Board of Psychology.
He is an active member of the American Psychological Association, American Academy of Psychologists, the National Alliance of Psychology Providers, and the California Psychological Association. Dr. Wetter is a nationally recognized expert in the field of Psychology, published author, and an invited speaker and guest lecturer, training other psychologists and mental health professionals.
Dr. Wetter has served as an expert consultant on numerous television programs, as well as to publications such as the Washington Post, Boston Globe, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Men's Healthy Magazine, Forbes Magazine, Prevention Magazine, and Redbook Magazine.
His research in the field of anxiety has been accepted in the United States Memorial Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., and his theories on the subject of "anxiety transmission" have been published extensively.
In addition to his private practice, Dr. Wetter is on the clinical staff of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he has served as the Associate Director of Psychology at the Center for Weight Loss, as well as manager for General surgery, Plastic/Reconstructive surgery, and Bariatric surgery. He is a Clinical Instructor of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai, one of the only psychologists to receive such distinction.
Dr. Wetter formerly served as the Chief of Adult Psychiatry Service for over nine years at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Hayward, California. He has worked as an adjunct professor on the undergraduate and graduate faculties of the Dominican University of California in San Rafael, Harold Washington College in Chicago, California State University at Hayward, and Las Positas College in the Livermore Valley. - Length (mins) 18:10
- Waiver Received No
- Internal Notes no social media
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Rest improves your productivity.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts77.mp3
- Featured Speaker Saundra Dalton-Smith, MD
- Organization Rest Quiz
- Book Title Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity
- Guest Website I Choose My Best Life
- Guest Facebook Account www.facebook.com/DrSaundraDaltonSmith
- Guest Twitter Account @DrDaltonSmith
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Guest Bio
Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is an author, speaker, and board-certified internal medicine physician. She has an active medical practice in Alabama (near the Birmingham area). She received her B.S. in Biochemistry at the University of Georgia and graduated with honors from Meharry Medical College in Nashville. She has been an adjunct faculty member at Baker College and Davenport University in Michigan teaching courses on health, nutrition, and disease progression. Dr. Dalton-Smith is a national and international media resource on the mind, body, spirit connection and a top 100 medical expert in Good Housekeeping Doctors’ Secrets. She has been featured in many media outlets including Women’s Day, Redbook, First For Women, MSNBC, and Prevention. She is the author of Set Free to Live Free and Come Empty (winner 2016 Golden Scroll Nonfiction Book of the Year and 2016 Illumination Award Gold medalist). Her newest release is Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity, including ground-breaking insight on the seven types of rest needed to optimize your productivity, increase your overall happiness and live your best life. She has shared her tips on merging faith and medicine with over 16,000 health care professionals to encourage the current and next generation of doctors to treat the whole person. - Length (mins) 8:50
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
If you're looking to drop a few pounds or do a little sculpting, this is for you.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts76.mp3
- Featured Speaker Brian Parr, PhD
- Guest Website American College of Sports Medicine
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Guest Bio
Brian Parr, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of South Carolina Aiken where he teaches courses in exercise physiology, nutrition, and health behaviors.
He also conducts research related to physical activity and weight loss. - Length (mins) 14:03
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
