W.E.L.L. Matters: Recent Episodes
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W.E.L.L. Matters is a podcast created by Heidi MacAlpine, Joshua Falk, Marienella Forkel and Christine Kappel-Gray. This podcast aims to connect health and wellness professionals as well as communities on a national and international level via an exchange of ideas and conversations about various topics.
In this episode, the W.E.L.L. Matters team speaks with Karen Roese, champion of the Health is Wealth program at IGHL. Listen as the team discusses the role of health and wellness advocacy within the non-profit sector and the initiative led by Karen Roese within IGHL. Another engaging episode that reminds us that being Well... Matters!
In this episode Heidi interviews Paul Wasser, President and CEO of Domincan Village in Amityville, NY. The team discusses the value of wellness programs in assisted living facilities, share about the programs initiated at Domincan Village and shed some light on maximizing health and wellness not only for clients, but for staff as well. Paul Wasser is a NCAL board member, and chairman of the New York State Center for Assisted Living. A truly well rounded professional, Mr. Wasser is sure to inspire and empower listeners to remember that being WELL Matters.
In this episode, Heidi encourages us to expand our thinking and become beacons of light for the profession of occupational therapy. Heidi connects and collaborates with Family Service League President & CEO, Karen Boorshtein, LCSW, to discuss FSL's brand new Health and Wellness Center and the multitude of programs they provide to support the community and address issues like homelessness and the opioid crisis. Joshua and Christine speak about their recent and rewarding non-traditional fieldwork experience at FSL. This podcast inspires us to become more active in community mental health, and to use our skills and expertise to create fulfilling, non-traditional experiences.
Meet award-winning occupational therapist, educator, author, and licensed psychoanalyst, Patricia Precin, PhD, PsyaD, NCPsyA, LP, OTR/L, FAOTA. In this riveting episode, she imparts three decades of experience working in mental health, and shares groundbreaking ideas like lucid dreaming as a tool to guide treatment and help patients heal. A true champion of the profession, Patricia will encourage you to think more broadly about your career, and help you find the perfect OT job by interviewing for and accepting positions where OT doesn’t even exist. She used a similar approach when developing the SPOTS (Sustainable Population-Based Occupational Therapy Sites) model to help students create their own sustainable Level II fieldwork sites - a must-listen for clinicians, educators and Fieldwork Coordinators everywhere.
In this powerful interview with Karen Jacobs, EdD, OT, OTR, CPE, FAOTA, you will learn simple, yet powerful strategies for propelling yourself, your career, and the profession of occupational therapy forward. Karen shares easy to implement ideas for becoming an advocate, her clever Business Card Challenge, and tips for keeping up with research and making it part of your practice routine even as life and professional obligations become more demanding. Students, clinicians, and faculty alike will pick up some fantastic tips from this inspiring podcast. To learn more about Karen, visit her blog at http://blogs.bu.edu/kjacobs/
In the W.E.L.L. Matters Podcast debut, Flo Hannes, MS, OTR, FAOTA explains why OT is the most phenomenal profession and shares tips for expanding beyond one's own limitations and bringing a mental health perspective to any setting. This episode is all about caring, compassion, conversation, and problem-solving.