Welcome to The Unplugged Debate, on this podcast we delve into the ideas that surround human’s interaction with both nature and technology. Talking to people about their time in the outdoors. Starting from when they were younger all the way through to present day. Developing a picture on who and what motivates them to be outside and why they do the things they do in the outdoors. Crossing over into talking about their technology usage and how that has changed throughout their life. Speaking ...
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Linda and John Mazur, and Ellen Bennett discuss a variety of mental health issues—eating disorders, anxiety, suicide, substance and alcohol use disorder—and everything in between. This team has over thirty-five years combined experience with eating disorders and their co- morbidities. They share their personal experiences around anorexia, grief, advocacy, and the importance of finding a village of support. Tune in for compelling interviews with mental health experts and individuals with live ...
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Healthcare Equity, Peer Support, Advocacy with Makailah Dowell BS
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With lived experience in bulimia nervosa and BED (binge eating disorder), Makailah Dowell recovered while facing many treatment accessibility barriers and, through that journey, discovered a passion for pursuing healthcare equity. Makailah graduated from Johnson & Wales University with a bachelor’s degree in biology with an emphasis on microbiology…
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Therapy, Faith and Yoga with Craig Bullock
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Craig Bullock (Isha Das) is an accomplished teacher, writer, lecturer, practicing psychotherapist, and spiritual director of The Assisi Institute in Rochester, New York. A former pastoral administrator at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Rochester, Isha Das earned graduate degrees in Religious Studies from the University of Notre Dame and Cli…
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Two Words that Changed a Life with Tim Mattice
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Tim Mattice is a father of three and husband to his wife Trish. He is the owner and operator of TPM Tile and Marble, specializing in kitchen and bathroom tile installation. Tim is a 1980 graduate of East High School and also a Monroe Community College alumnus. An avid golfer and bowler, he recently acquired his motorcycle license and enjoys “Wind T…
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College Students, Mental Health Crisis, Suicide with Dr. Seema Khanjea
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Seema Khaneja graduated from the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and completed her pediatrics residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. During medical school and after residency, she studied various complementary healing modalities including Ayurvedic nutrition, mind-body medicine, yoga, and meditation. For ten years, See…
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Neurodivergence with Brooke LaLone Ward: Marriage and Family Counselor
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Brooke is a Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor, who has grown up and lived in the Finger Lakes region her whole life. She has recently delved into neurodiversity after finding out her own neurodivergence in the fall of 2022. As she was navigating what it meant for her, she expanded her practice to specialize in neurodivergent couples and trauma…
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Robyn Shumer: Communication Aficionado, Storyteller, Advocate—Leading Us to Action
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Robyn Shumer: Communication Aficionado, Storyteller, Advocate—Leading Us to Action Robyn Shumer is a dynamic force in the world of change management and communication. She brings a unique blend of expertise to her endeavors, finds the bright spots amidst disorder and can make an audience laugh and cry but most importantly, lead them to action. A ce…
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Mindful Matters with Laura Gavigan MS, Counselor, Coach & Consultant
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Laura (she/her) is the founder of MindfulMatters585, LLC, offering mindful education, counseling and coaching for anyone looking to find balance, focus and peace in their lives. Working as an educator for many years, Laura became interested in how life can inherently create stress and anxiety, leading to burnout and chronic health challenges. She h…
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Anorexia diagnosis in the late 60’s; a retrospective - with Barbara Rarrick
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Barbara has lived all her life in the Rochester area and has a lakehouse on Keuka Lake. She raised 3 daughters, one who was diagnosed with anorexia at age 11 in 1969. At age 88 Barbara has experienced the impact of alcoholism, mental health issues and anorexia/bulimia, starting when her youngest daughter was 5 years old, all during a time when NO O…
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Severe and Enduring Eating Disorders with Shannon Calvert
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Shannon Calvert is a Lived Experience Educator and Advisor from Australia after experiencing more than three decades with a severe and enduring eating disorder as well as complex physical and mental health challenges. Her expertise has been working with government and non-government organizations in an advisory capacity, as a peer-work coordinator …
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Reconnecting with Your Body: Yoga, Mindfulness, Meditation, with Kaitlyn Vitozzi
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Kaitlyn Vittozzi of Rochester, NY is a C-IAYT Yoga Therapist who specializes in chronic pain relief, stress-reduction, and perinatal struggles. A SUNY Albany School of Business graduate, she is no stranger to corporate stress and the physical ache that working and striving for the next big thing all the time can leave on a body. Kaitlyn began teach…
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Peace and Possibility Beyond the Pain with Barb Klein
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Barb Klein is the author of 111 Invitations: Step into the Full Richness of Life, and the founder of Inspired Possibility. Barb is a certified recovery coach, life coach, Invitation to Change group facilitator, meditation instructor, retreat leader, and writer. Barb is also mom to two young men, one of whom struggled with substance use disorder, e…
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Writing, Sharing, Healing United in Service, United in Sacrifice with Sue Spitulnik
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Sue is the current president of Lilac City Rochester Writers LCRWriters.org, a group that focuses on the craft of writing and publishing for fiction writers. She has a short story published in their No Page Left Unturned anthology. Both books are available on Amazon. Sue Spitulnik was Air Force wife, living in four states and England from 1972 to 1…
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Healing and Thriving after Trauma with Shari Botwin
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Shari Botwin, LCSW has been counseling survivors of eating disorders, trauma and abuse in her South Jersey private practice for over 27 years. Her second book, Thriving After Trauma: Stories of Living and Healing was released in an updated paperback in October 2021. Botwin is working on her third book, Stolen Childhoods, which focuses on reclaiming…
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Music, Grief, Healing within the Rhythm of Life with Matt Venuti
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MATT VENUTI is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist composer/performer and music video artist who is known for introducing rare and expressive acoustic and electronic instruments to the world through his concerts and videos. Matt has been the featured performer at multiple TED and TEDx Conferences. Two of Matt’s albums charted in the top 10 of th…
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Authentic Change Psychotherapy and Much More with Brooke Huminski
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Brooke Huminski, MSW, LICSW, is a psychotherapist with a private practice in Providence, RI. She specializes in treating individuals with eating disorders, perfectionism, ADHD, and school-related stressors. Brooke has her own eating disorder recovery and is passionate about reducing stigma in the field, especially among professionals. Related to th…
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How We Got Here, Why It’s Important, and What’s Next? with Scott Fitzgerald
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Scott has been working in media production for over 30 years. In 2017 the planets aligned and he was able to form ROC Vox Recording & Production - the first podcast studio in Western New York and only the second one in the state. He co-wrote and produced a feature film in 2020 titled Bottom Feeders which can be seen on Amazon Prime Video. He's the …
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Jason was born in South Korea in 1970, only 18 years after the end of the Korean War. When Jason was 5 years old, his parents moved their family to the United States. Starting a new life with Jason and his two younger sisters in a foreign country and culture was a struggle for their whole family and Jason’s father developed alcoholism. Throughout J…
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Ripple Effects of Eating Disorders and Essential Sibling Support with Kym Piekunka
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As a lived-experience professional, Kym is passionate to provide siblings who have a brother or sister with an eating disorder the acknowledgment, connection, and resources they have never been afforded. To highlight this need, she has collaborated alongside clinicians, researchers, and organizations for over a decade. In 2018 she co-created a sibl…
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The Longest Match: Rallying to Defeat an Eating Disorder in Midlife with Betsy Brenner
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Betsy Brenner is an author, recovery speaker and peer support mentor. In her 2021 memoir, “The Longest Match: Rallying to Defeat an Eating Disorder in Midlife”, Betsy details her life, one filled with blessings and privilege, but also with emotional trauma, profound grief, anxiety, depression and ultimately a diagnosis of anorexia in midlife. Her e…
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Burnout: Permission to Pivot with Dr.Jillian Rigert
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Jillian Rigert, DMD, MD has formal training in dentistry, medicine, and oral medicine. She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in Radiation Oncology at a cancer institution as well as being a life and leadership coach with primary focus on life and career transitions. Jillian is a quality of life, mental health, and eating disorder awarenes…
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Thriving after Scoliosis, Alcoholism, and an Eating Disorder with Tamie Gangloff
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Tamie is a marriage and family therapist and marketing professional with a specialty in the treatment of eating disorders, addiction and trauma. Tamie is an advocate with the Eating Disorders Coalition, President of Southwest Philly IAEDP (International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals) and is on the board of SOSORT (International Soci…
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Elite Athlete with Anorexia now Researcher, Clinician, Educator, PhD Candidate-Jacqueline Patmore
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Jackie Patmore's involvement in the eating disorders field spans multiple roles of researcher, educator, clinician and patient advocate. Before occupying these roles, however, it was her personal experience of developing anorexia as an elite volleyball player when she was 14 years old that ignited her desire to enter the field in the first place. A…
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Psychiatrized: Waking Up After a Decade of Bad Medicine with Renée Schuls-Jacobson
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When a trusted physician tells Renée Schuls-Jacobson that he has the solution for her chronic insomnia -- a "tried & true medication without any side effects," she believes him. For seven years, she takes clonazepam exactly as prescribed until, one day, she learns that her doctor is wrong: long-term prescription benzodiazepine use causes all kinds …
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On today’s episode, we have Chris Mckleroy. Chris is a keen outdoor sportsman; He has been skiing and mountain biking among other sports since a young age. As he has got older, he has moved into slower adventure starting to become more interested in birdwatching, and more wildlife watching while out on his adventures. This leads to the business tha…
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Things I’ve Seen People Do With and Without Food Debra Spector M.S, R.D.N, C.D.N
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Episode #113 Things I’ve Seen People Do With and Without Food Debra Spector M.S, R.D.N, C.D.N Debra Spector M.S, R.D.N, C.D.N is a Registered and Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist who has upheld a private practice since 1990 on Long Island, New York (Nassau and Suffolk Counties) as a nutritional therapist, mentor, educator, entrepreneur, and consult…
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On todays episode, we have Daniel Lynn. Daniel lives in Florida and is currently studying business management with a specialist view of HR management. Daniel has a varied and interesting background in nature. From learning to swim to running around in the forests when he was younger. He has had to develop his knowledge in the digital world. With hi…
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The Eating Disorder Trap with author Robyn Goldberg, RDN, CEDRD-S
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112 Robyn began her career at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles as the in-patient dietitian in the Department of Cardiology. Over the last twenty-five years she has developed her own private practice in Los Angeles, CA, where she specializes in medical conditions, disordered eating, eating disorders, Health at Every Size, pre-pregnancy nut…
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On today’s episode, we have Lizzie McGhee. Lizzie is a yoga teacher working in Edinburgh at the moment and is moving to Canada to pursue a new adventure in her life. She has developed an off-grid yoga retreat that incorporates the benefits of being digitally detoxed, yoga, and reconnection with nature. In this episode, she explains that her connect…
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On today’s episode, we have Abbie Barns. Abbie Is a filmmaker, presenter, and adventurer. She has a production company that works to provide education about issues around the environment and the connection with nature. This is what her company ‘Spend more time in the wild’ is promoting, the engagement in nature and promoting fitness and mental heal…
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Pediatric Anxiety, Depression & Covid with Dr. Meera Beharry
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Dr. Beharry is board certified in both Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. She was born in the Caribbean, grew up in the suburbs of New York City, and attended the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education which was a seven-year pre-med/medical school program and is now CUNY Medical School. Dr. Beharry completed medical school in 2001 at SUNY Dow…
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On today’s episode, we have Akarsh Vinod, he is a young aspiring entrepreneur, designing and launching an innovative set of connective home speakers in his spare time. While working full-time in a tech company in Silicon Valley. However, he grew up in several different places from Qatar and the UAE to the USA. Getting a huge amount of life experien…
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On today’s episode, we are pleased to introduce Lorna. Lorna was born in Scotland and grow up in and around Glasgow. Lorna however would spend a lot of her free time while growing up in the highlands areas around Loch Tay. Lorna has taken part in many different outdoor ultra events, from organised walking events to marathons. All in aid of charitie…
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On today’s episode, we have Kellee. Kellee is from Edmonton Alberta. She has had a diverse interaction with the natural world from a young age through to the present. A lot of her interaction with nature in her early years was driven by her mother, who works within the provincial environment agency. Which gives her a firm knowledge of the natural w…
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On today’s episode, we have Daniel. Daniel is a musician performing, teaching, and collaborating out of Montreal, with his primary instrument being the bass guitar and upright bass guitar. He has a vase knowledge of music development throughout his lifetime. However, he has an interesting relationship with the outdoors, being a snowboard instructor…
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An Inspiring, Courageous, Healing Journey with Jane
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110 - Jane was born and raised in London, in what can only be described as a very ‘normal’ household, with four siblings, and a mum and dad, who quite simply, adored each other, and still do! There was always a pet of some kind in their household. Nothing remarkable happened, certainly no great traumas, yet, at the age of 11, Jane developed a serio…
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On today’s episode, we have Teekay. Teekay is from Brooklyn on the east coast of the United States. He has a wide variety of outdoor sports that he took part in while he was younger and has continued to the present day. Some of these were Motocross, mountain biking, and all the way through to canoeing in the present day. In contrast, Teekay runs hi…
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On today’s episode, we have Tony. Tony has a rich and vibrant past in the outdoors, with being home schooled from a young age spent a large amount of time walking and interacting with nature. Learning applied knowledge about the flora and fauna throughout his education at home. He moved into mainstream school later in his education career. Once lea…
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An Opioid Tragedy and Beyond with Tamara MacDuff
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109 - Resilient and determined are two very apt words to describe Tamara MacDuff. After the heartbreak of losing her daughter, Emily, to Fentanyl poisoning in 2018, she founded YOU MATTER: The Be, Do, and Have Path Forward to help people in recovery from addiction, as well as funeral directors and business owners. Her Emily’s Blend coffee, created …
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In this episode, we are delighted to have Arnav Gautam on. Arnav is a Computer Science student in New Delhi. Arnav has plans to have a small spin-off company going at some point in the future with some of his university mates. There is a podcast that Arnav runs called Drag and Downforce talking about the F1 in all its brilliance. However, he is a h…
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Just to let our listeners know we are taking a short break and we will be back in January with all new podcasts. See you then.
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On today’s episode, we have Sean Conway. Sean is a highly respected and well renowned ultra-endurance athlete, with an amazing run of events that he has completed stretching from cycling Lands’ end to John O’Groats and cycling self-supported across Europe. He is also an author of a plethora of books that talk about his experiences doing his ultra-e…
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Cynthia Bulik PhD, FAED Genetics Studies: Anorexia and All Eating Disorders
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108 - Clinical psychologist Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D., FAED is the Founding Director of the University of North Carolina Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, Distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Professor of Nutrition in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is also Profe…
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On this episode, we have Ben Donsky. Ben has an interesting and unique perspective to provide as he runs his own placemaking consultancy company over in New York. Predominantly looking at public spaces and parks. We delve into what that is and what process Ben takes while developing these areas. This helps to provide the view of what technology mus…
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Janet Schebendach, RDN, PhD Eating Disorders- Imparting Knowledge, Inspiring Change, Acquiring Understanding
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107 - Dr. Janet Schebendach is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She received a master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition from New York University and a PhD with Distinction in Behavioral Nutrition from Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Schebendach has over 40 years of experience in the field of eating disorders. From 197…
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On this episode we have Em Barrett, Em is a champion for showing the world that people can and do make positive change, and with the right drive even the individual can change the world and society. This is documented through their solutions journalist company called ‘everyday grit’. Which is run alongside their dad. They Provided, insightful and e…
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On this episode we have Allan Milne. Allan has had a full, adventurous, and accomplished career in the Parachute Regiment. Leaving at the rank of Regimental Sargent Major. While serving, Allan had done two tours as part of the Red devils which is the army parachutes display team. After serving 22 years in the British Army, he then spent the next 29…
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On this episode of The Unplugged Debate we have Meg Taintor, Meg has a wealth of experience in theatre industry, working as a director in a small theatre company in the states before emigrating to Scotland to pursue a master, which lead her onto a second masters when the pandemic hit. she has worked as a Season Park Ranger and has now moved into cl…
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Repairing Relationships with Food, Exercise, and Our Bodies with Dietitian RDN Jen Haefele
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106 - Listen to our enlightening conversation with Jennifer Haefele, In our conversation with Jen, we discussed the benefits of having a dietitian’s guidance and support as individuals heal their relationship with food and discover new ways to stay on their healing path, despite the pervasive, toxic diet culture that surrounds us. Jennifer Haefele …
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This episode of The Unplugged Debate sees Dan Rose giving his perspective on his time in the outdoors, and the way that the outdoor industry has changed even in his lifetime. Also providing an insight into the Search and Rescue side of life and how technology has changed the face of searching and locating individuals in the Midshires area of the UK…
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Compassionate Care, Connection, Inner Peace with Dr. Seema Khaneja wav
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105 - In this episode, we interview Dr. Seema Khaneja. Listen to our conversation about her journey as a pediatrician, and as an integrative, holistic practitioner—melding science, compassionate care, and spirituality. She shares heartfelt stories regarding the impact of compassionate care with her patients and their families and what led her to wr…
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