The YOGI M.D. Podcast

David Reynolds has been immersed in education since 1982 (or 1966, if you want to go all the way back to first grade!). He is a husband, a dad, and a woodworker. David is also the creator and host of the Lead. Learn. Change. podcast, and the author of a book with the same title. David knows that teaching and learning opportunities are always present and he believes that we have a responsibility to make a positive difference in the lives of others. Resources: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lead-learn-change/id1466312773 Music: The YOGI MD Podcast Theme Music by Lisette Kelly (bass and guitar), Maya Bishop (vocals), & Nadine Kelly (percussion); Produced by Tim Buell. The Sides of the North from Commodity by Remedy Drive

Jule Kucera is an author, podcaster, and educator who believes that stories have the power to make us smarter. She blogs at julekucera.com, podcasts at Hard Times & Hope, teaches part-time at the University of Cincinnati, and volunteers as board secretary for Homebase. After publishing her memoir, Sweet Baby Lover, Jule is at work on her first novel. Linda McLachlan is a former business executive turned writer, podcaster, professional coach, and business consultant. Over the past 25 years, she’s built a rewarding career anchored in leadership, and has had the privilege of working with highly accomplished entrepreneurs, thought leaders and artists. Her professional career began as an actor at the National Theatre School, and then moving into arts administration, she worked in the performing arts sector and for major international festivals for more than 15 years. She joined a start-up business in 2007 which allowed her to work nationally and internationally with senior legal counsel, business and thought leaders across a variety of verticals and disciplines. From the first employee to shareholder and board member, she had the opportunity to shape many aspects of what continues to be a successful business. In 2018, life was at a crossroads and she decided it needed an overhaul. She left the business she’d help build to pursue her third career and embrace her creative roots. She studied improv and storytelling at The Second City and earned her professional coaching designation through the Adler Professional School. She also left her relationship, changed cities, kicked alcohol and lost 80lbs in the space of 9 months. During the pandemic, she decided to create her podcast THE ARENA – Living a Courageous Life featuring a diverse set of ordinary people sharing their stories of daily acts of courage, hope and resilience. She hopes it will inspire her listeners to live consciously and courageously. Resources: www.julekucera.com https://thearena-podcast.com/ Music: The YOGI MD Podcast Theme Music by Lisette Kelly (bass and guitar), Maya Bishop (vocals), & Nadine Kelly (percussion); Produced by Tim Buell. The Sides of the North from Commodity by Remedy Drive

Özlem is a high performing culturally diverse woman, based in Amsterdam. Born and raised in the Netherlands, she also has lived in Istanbul, Turkey and Aarhus, Denmark; and traveled across continents. Due to her multicultural identity she constantly moved between East and West, psychically but also in her heart and mind. She holds a Bachelor degree in Education, Master degree in Educational Sciences, and gained certificates in marketing, entrepreneurial sales, and coaching from institutions in the Netherlands and abroad. She is grateful for all the ‘official’ education she has gained, for this has provided her with ways of thinking, allowed her to gain knowledge, and developed her intellect. Yet, wisdom is what she gained during all her travels, work, living abroad, spending time alone, and interacting with various people from different layers of society. Her journey in self development made her slowly get aware of who she is. After shedding some light on her true self, she started embracing her light and darkness at the same time. Getting to know herself and her lifelong passion of connecting to other human beings contributed to her constantly expanding emotional intelligence. She is very human and at the same time very commercial and sales-driven. She did business development in Europe for a technology Startup, had an international sales role at a multinational Danish fashion company, and taught at international schools abroad. She honors her feminine and masculine energy to learn, create, evolve and contribute to the world. She isn’t fearless! She also has fears, yet she moves forward comfortably uncomfortable! Resources: https://www.ozkanozlem.com/ Music: The YOGI MD Podcast Theme Music by Lisette Kelly (bass and guitar), Maya Bishop (vocals), & Nadine Kelly (percussion); Produced by Tim Buell. The Sides of the North from Commodity by Remedy Drive

In this week’s episode, the subject is Spiritual Health, Reflection and Contemplation with journalist and host of the podcast, “Mortality Minded”, Thomas Gaudio. Thomas and I have a frank discussion about death. … and much more. Thomas Gaudio is a writer and podcaster based in New York City who’s diving deeper into his passion to learn and spark discussion about mortality, dying, death, and the possibility of an afterlife. He started down this path after serendipitously reading “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” by Leo Tolstoy in 2010 and then writing about dying and death through a journalistic lens in graduate school in 2011. After subsequently focusing on other areas as a writer for several years, dying and death called him back to the page, and he launched the first version of Mortality Minded on social media in early 2016 (on Tumblr when the project was called Immortal We Ain’t). Resources: https://mortalityminded.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_management_theory Music: The YOGI MD Podcast Theme Music by Lisette Kelly (bass and guitar), Maya Bishop (vocals), & Nadine Kelly (percussion); Produced by Tim Buell. The Sides of the North from Commodity by Remedy Drive

Adam Ashton is one of the co-hosts of the What You Will Learn podcast. Along with his friend (also Adam), they read a book each week and share the best bits in a ~30 minute episode. Now approach 250 episodes, they were nominated for a 2019 Australian Podcast Award in the Business & Marketing category, and they've climbed as high as #6 on the Apple Podcast charts. Through the podcast, they've also been able to interview some of their favourite authors, such as Seth Godin, Robert Greene, Dan Ariely, and a former Australian Prime Minister. They also wrote a book! It’s called “The Sh*t They Never Taught You.” Resources: - Twitter: @wywlpodcast - Facebook: Facebook.com/whatyouwilllearn https://www.whatyouwilllearn.com/ https://www.chieflearningofficer.com/2020/05/26/the-mindset-of-a-lifelong-learner/ https://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Carol-S-Dweck/dp/0345472322 https://sive.rs/ https://www.amazon.com/Sh-They-Never-Taught-You/dp/0645133809

NALIE NIXON, PhDis a creativity strategist, global keynote speaker and the president of Figure 8 Thinking. She helps leaders apply creativity and foresight to achieve transformative business results and amplify value.Natalie is the author of The Creativity Leap:Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation and Intuition at Work,a regular contributor to INC.and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.Learn more at figure8thinking.com and follow her @natwnixon. Resources: Social Media: @natwnixon on IG and TWT; LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalienixonphd/ https://www.estherperel.com/podcast https://jamesclear.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Curious-Desire-Know-Future-Depends/dp/0465097626 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbMg1QLaHBzmww35QK-mHEQ http://www.natesmithmusic.com/shop

Long ago, a little girl afraid to make mistakes, dreamed of becoming a doctor. As a young woman, she struggled to manage her frustration. She would have shown herself a lot more compassion if Orlando Bishop had been around. But it's never too late to learn! Today, it is my pleasure to welcome Orlando, performance coach, founder of Align Performance and host of the podcast “Unstuck AF” back to the show. We talk about learning ways to work through frustration. He believes that success is on the other side of frustration.

A few years ago, Rasha Aridi was studying to become a wildlife conservationist when she realized that she enjoyed nerding out about science with her friends and family more than she actually enjoyed being a scientist. Now as a science journalist, Rasha strives to engage broad audiences in the world of science and discovery by turning complex topics into fun, accessible, and relevant content. One of her guiding principles is "science is for everyone," so she strives to make science more transparent and easier to understand for audiences of all backgrounds. Plus, Rasha hopes that her work can spark a bit of curiosity, joy, and excitement for science, just as it does for her. Her venture into science journalism has led her to write and work for outlets like The Guardian, Science Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, and NPR. Resources: https://www.rashaaridi.com/ Music: The YOGI MD Podcast Theme Music by Lisette Kelly (bass and guitar), Maya Bishop (vocals), & Nadine Kelly (percussion); Produced by Tim Buell. Transition music by BLKBOK

Dr. Steffany Moonaz founded Yoga for Arthritis after 8 years at Johns Hopkins University where she studied the effects of yoga for people living with arthritis. She now serves as the Director of Clinical and Academic Research at the Maryland University of Integrative Health, which offers the nation's only Masters of Science in Yoga Therapy. She continues to conduct research on the effects of yoga for chronic pain and joint conditions, and mentors yoga teachers, yoga therapists, and emerging researchers. She is passionate about ensuring that yoga practices are safe, welcoming, and appropriate for people with arthritis nationwide. Resources: https://arthritis.yoga/ Mindful Minute In this episode, my biggest takeaway was when Steffany told us that meditation is an antidote for the effects of chronic pain on the brain. So if you're already a meditator, great. If not, where will you choose to practice regularly? In bed, sitting in a chair, sitting on the floor? How will you choose to practice regularly focusing on your breath, focusing on a word phrase or prayer or using visualization? So try a meditation that works for you today. Music: The YOGI MD Podcast Theme Music by Lisette Kelly (bass and guitar), Maya Bishop (vocals), & Nadine Kelly (percussion); Produced by Tim Buell.

Annie Gaudreault is a holistic nutritionist, speaker, wellness coach. As a healthy aging expert and nutritionist, Annie founded VEEV Health & Wellness to support smart and successful women at mid life lose weight, sleep better and get more of what they want. An endurance athlete with 12 marathons and 3 Ironman triathlons under her belt, Annie lives what she preaches. A prior 25+ year career as a brand consultant working with executives of Fortune 500 companies gave her a solid background to serve the wellness needs of those living busy lives. She is a regular speaker to the media, corporations and lifestyle organizations on various topics of health and is a healthy aging expert. Resources: https://veev.ca/ Mindful Minute Annie says that her driver, her value, is that she wants to age with strength, to be able to have the most quality of life for the longest amount of time. This is why she exercises and this is why she eats well. What's your driver for taking good care of yourself? Music: The YOGI MD Podcast Theme Music by Lisette Kelly (bass and guitar), Maya Bishop (vocals), & Nadine Kelly (percussion); Produced by Tim Buell.

Dr. Cara Ooi is a sleep physician and psychiatrist. She works with teens with insomnia, delivering a modified version of cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). She is also the host of the new podcast, Find the Eight, a Sleep Podcast for Teens which breaks down key sleep concepts and strategies into episodes of 10 minutes or less. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Western Ontario then completed her residency and subspecialty training in General Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Dr. Ooi subsequently completed a fellowship in Sleep Medicine, during which she received training in cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) from clinical psychologist Dr. Colleen Carney, a world expert in CBT-I and principal investigator of the Sleep and Depression Lab at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Ooi is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and has an academic appointment (Lecturer) with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Resources: Social media handles Instagram @Find The Eight Podcast YouTube channel: Find the Eight Podcast Website: https://www.findtheeight.com/ Mindful Minute What's a fun activity you can try this week to connect with your teen? How might you try practicing empathy with your teen? And if you want some tips to help your teen get better sleep, don't forget to check out Cara's podcast, "Find the Eight." Music: The YOGI MD Podcast Theme Music by Lisette Kelly (bass and guitar), Maya Bishop (vocals), & Nadine Kelly (percussion); Produced by Tim Buell.

Bayano Kamani is a former 2-time Olympian hurdler (2004 Greece where he placed 5th in the finals, and 2008 Beijing where he placed in the semi-finals). His specialty is in the 400 meter hurdles, where he holds the South American record and he ran the second fastest time in the world of 47.84 in 2005. He was raised in Houston and represented Panama in the Olympics. Prior to the Olympics, he was a 4 time NCAA Champion and 12 time NCAA All-American while representing Baylor. He earned a degree from Baylor in 2002 with a BBA in Management Information Systems. Resources: https://artuathletics.com/sports/mens-track-and-field/roster/coaches/bayano-kamani/232 https://gretchenrubin.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayano_Kamani Mindful Minute - Everybody's different. Everybody has different motivations. You are an individual. Gretchen Rubin's work identifies four tendencies. What motivates us? An upholder meets outer and inner expectations. A questioner resists outer but meets inner expectations. An obliger resists inner, but meets outer expectations. And a rebel resists both inner and outer expectations. Which are you? And what value does exercise add to your life? Music: The YOGI MD Podcast Theme Music by Lisette Kelly (bass and guitar), Maya Bishop (vocals), & Nadine Kelly (percussion); Produced by Tim Buell. Additional music by Tim Buell

Do you want to have a full and more vibrant life? Then, don’t neglect a single part of your health. Taking care of yourself responsibly means balancing your social, emotional, mental, physical, intellectual, and spiritual health. It’s a multidimensional, more comprehensive, and more rewarding approach. I hope you have enjoyed and learned ways to improve your social, emotional, and mental health so far. Now it’s time to nurture our physical health! All of my guests compel you to care for your body so that you don’t just survive, but thrive - Former 2x Olympian Bayano Kamani, Sleep physician and psychiatrist Dr. Cara Ooi, Healthy Aging Expert and Nutritionist Annie Gaudreault, and Founder of Yoga for Arthritis Dr. Steffany Moonaz. If you are curious about becoming a physically healthy human being, you will be happy you took the time to listen!

Dr. Andrea is the Founder & Chief Talker at Talk About Talk, a learning platform focused on communication skills. She has an insatiable desire to learn. She managed a toy store, marketed cheese, earned a black belt, painted seascapes, started a book club, and taught MBA students. Andrea earned her Doctorate in Business Administration (Marketing) from Harvard Business School, where her dissertation focused on consumer psychology and word-of-mouth. (She is still obsessed with understanding why you said whatever it is that you just said!) To satisfy her desire to learn, Andrea created “Talk About Talk” - a platform to share her research and interviews with experts. She would love to talk! You can connect with her at Andrea@TalkAboutTalk.com. Resources: https://talkabouttalk.com/ Conclusion: Mindful Minute - Mantra Meditation - “I am enough” Music: The YOGI MD Podcast Theme Music by Lisette Kelly (bass and guitar), Maya Bishop (vocals), & Nadine Kelly (percussion); Produced by Tim Buell.

When walking 200 feet from the parking to her office left her breathless, Dawn knew something was wrong. In 2009, she was diagnosed with a rare chronic lung disease that doctors told her would get worse over time. With no treatments and no cure, she ignored the diagnosis until her disease suddenly worsened in 2018. Over the course of six months, she went from running 10 miles a week to barely able to climb a flight of stairs. She learned to manage the physical aspects, but the mental and emotional challenges proved more difficult. One day she was healthy, strong, and independent. The next, she was sick, weak, and dependent. Her sense of self shattered, she became anxious and depressed. Determined to reclaim her life, she began a new journey. New practices — meditation, journaling, exercise, and breathing exercises — help her cope with all aspects of her disease. Her new words? Optimistic, resilient, and curious. Mindful Minute - Meditation - Sit. Breathe. Overthinking? Bring your awareness to your brain. Feeling? Bring your awareness to your heart. Be curious. Observe. Let go of judgment. Notice your thoughts and be willing to let them go. Music: The YOGI MD Podcast Theme Music by Lisette Kelly (bass and guitar), Maya Bishop (vocals), & Nadine Kelly (percussion); Produced by Tim Buell.

What does being the most annoying flight attendant have to do with your health? How does knowing what you want and who you are make a productive life more effortless? And why am I obsessed with my Jeanne joggers? My guest today is designer and founder of BEMO designs. She's a yoga instructor, mom of three boys. She's Becky Mocarski. And she is here to answer these questions and more. You can find her at - Instagram @bemodesigns Facebook @bemodesignsandhats Website www.bemodesigns.com Mindful Minute Meditation - Sit. Breathe. You don’t have to do anything. You don’t have to fix anything. You are ok in this moment. Be here now. Music: The YOGI MD Podcast Theme Music by Lisette Kelly (bass and guitar), Maya Bishop (vocals), yours truly on percussion and produced by Tim Buell.

Lisa Lackey is an esteemed therapy practitioner and dynamic trauma expert who is driven by a passion to support people as they journey towards resolution from the inside out. Lisa holds two Master’s Degrees, one in Education from the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary at Northwestern University and one in Counseling from National-Louis University. She is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) Certified Multiple Addictions Therapist (CMAT), and a Level II EMDR therapist with training in Somatic Transformation. A veteran therapist who has specialized in addiction and trauma since 1994, Lisa is a thought leader who has focused on practicing cutting-edge trauma healing strategies, exploring and breaking down society’s ingrained intergenerational trauma as a direct impact of racism, childhood trauma & addiction, and helping all people break the cycles and patterns of abuse and pain. Lisa co-founded Insideout Living in 1999 with her husband Steve as they traveled their own insideout proceess of discovering challenging, replacing disruptive patterns with patterns resilience. Insideoutliving was birthed from gratitude, personal process & an insatiable desire to bring more healing into the world. Insideout Living is a clinical practice dedicated to assisting people in making sense of overwhelming, confusing, traumatic experiences that they survived, restructuring the physical impacts of trauma or neglect in their brains, and creating new patterns of wellbeing. In addition to practicing at Insideout, Lisa has served as a thought leader, public speaker, pastor, and leadership development consultant. Using her advanced knowledge of trauma, Lisa has created podcasts, speeches, and community initiatives that tackle society’s deepest wounds, including wounds that Black men and women cope with as a result of longstanding intergenerational trauma, and high functioning successful people that struggle with changing patterns that no longer serve them. Whether it is helping guide someone through addiction, patterns that are no longer useful or connecting with diverse groups and leaders, Lisa promotes trust, safety, and collaboration wherever she goes. Equally talented as both a clinician and as a subject matter expert, Lisa is a compassionate, emotionally intelligent, engaging woman who connects as easily and warmly with a large audience as she does with an individual client. You can find her here. Daphne Bishop has nearly 20 years of experience advising and defending small to Fortune 500 companies in all types of industries against the gamut of employment-related claims. That gives me a unique advantage in helping companies prevent, investigate and resolve employee and institutional misconduct. Combining my litigation and counseling experience, my practice now focuses on providing internal investigation services as a neutral third party investigator or a strategic advisor. Clients rely on my extensive experience to ensure that employee complaints are promptly and thoroughly investigated, so that should a claim arise out of an investigation they minimize their overall legal risk. Connect with her on LinkedIn. Mindful Minute HIDDEN Woman, why do you whisper so? Why do you walk on tiptoe? Surrendering to the bullshit status quo! Surrounded by the walking dead everywhere you go? Woman come out of hiding! Be home be home be home. Conditioned to always do the right thing. Pining away for that wedding ring. Feeling like a puppet on a string. Tension rising, ready to spring! Woman come out of hiding! Be home be home be home. Banging your head in your own cage! Suffocating from your blinding rage! Turning a blind eye to pain unassuaged. Hoping it will go away with...

Don't miss four episodes in May and June of 2021, focusing on mental health - "Manage Stress - The Strong Black Woman Syndrome, with Lisa Lackey and Daphne Bishop", "Work Productively with Becky Mocarski", "Realize Your Potential with Dawn Repola", and "Foster Confidence with Dr. Andrea Wojnicki"

THE STORY - by Erika We go together This isn’t another story about a misogynistic sociopath. There are far too many stories about individuals with that particular affliction circulating in the world right now. Although one of the characters technically fits the description of one, he is merely a preface, a context setter for the real love story. So let’s get that part of the story out of the way. I fell in love with and entered an exclusive committed long-distance relationship with a man I met in July of 2015 at the Essence Festival in New Orleans. The man looked great on paper…came from a good family, was an established physician and entrepreneur, and was a self-proclaimed “serial monogamist.” We intertwined our family and friends, and got into a groove of traveling back and forth on a monthly basis from California where I live, to Houston, Texas where he called home. As our relationship progressed and became serious, we developed plans for a real time relationship and set a date for him to relocate to California. Several months before the designated move date, he was arrested under a federal DEA indictment for conspiring to sell opioids for cash payments without medical necessity at a pain management clinic he had opened. He now had to get permission to leave the state, temporarily squashing our plan of living in California. I didn’t doubt his innocence for a second, and as the “ride or die” girlfriend supported him as his professional and legal battles ramped up, all the while living for that “future state” relationship that could start as soon as his challenges were resolved. I trusted him totally and completely, so it goes without saying I was completely blindsided when almost three years into our relationship groove and my waiting game for a real time relationship, I received a call from a woman I know in Houston who had been contacted by his other exclusive, committed girlfriend of 3 years, who also lived in Houston. The other girlfriend saw a text message from me on his phone the night before and asked about me. When he became excessively defensive, she did her research and found a photo of me posing with the mutual acquaintance on Facebook, contacted her and he had officially been made. He had been leading two completely separate and intricately fabricated lives in plain sight and with complicit onlookers. Everyone in his circle had known about us, but us. In a stupor of mortification, I called and confronted him. Even though I knew he was lying to me about her significance in his life, he reluctantly admitted to cheating and I dumped him immediately. I felt betrayed by everyone, and I didn't want to speak with her. I felt it would be way too painful for me to get the gory details until a friend said “Erika, you may want to speak with her because at this point it’s not about you or what you need to do - it may protect her from making a huge mistake.” I wasn't convinced, but I slept on it and to my own surprise woke up feeling compelled to try and connect with her…one woman to another. Her name is Shawn. Too often women in situations like ours turn on each other, or group the other survivor in with the same emotions they have for the perpetrator. It’s a common equation on Real Housewife-esque TV shows: man two-times women + women find out = women want to throw glasses of wine in each other’s faces. Huh? Sure, the day I spoke with Shawn was one of the most heart wrenching and painful days of my adult life. We compared notes and traded receipts until I felt dizzy and wanted to throw up. He had lied to both of us up to the bitter end, and the depths of the duplicitous behavior, lies and betrayal was almost unfathomable. He was a master manipulator, lying and deceiving in ways I had never seen. She had plans to move in with him and they were preparing to get pregnant over the summer. When he told me he was going to therapy to...

This week, on The YOGI MD Podcast, we talk Emotional Health: Experiencing Grief with my daughter Lizzi Kelly. In March of 2020, in her sophomore year at Grinnell College, spring break began two weeks early, as the students evacuated campus as a result of the pandemic. On this episode, Lizzi talks shares her lifelong struggle to fit in at school, thriving in her college community, grieving the abrupt disruption of her college experience, and finally, by taking a semester off, confronting years of habitual negative self-talk to become the well rounded and healthy person she wants to be. Music: The YOGI MD Podcast Theme Music by Lisette Kelly (bass and guitar), Maya Bishop (vocals), & Nadine Kelly (percussion); Produced by Tim Buell.