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AskOTKimberly
AskOTkimberly (formerly The Science of Exercise and Pain) is a listener supported podcast in all things OT, Mental Health, Community Health, Schools, and Health Equity.
Season 1: 2018 Season 2: 2019 Season 3: 2020 Season 4: 2021 Season 5: 2022
This episode we discuss Top Questions employers/interviewers are not allowed to ask during job interviews.
Successful communities and organizations are intentionally, intergenerational led. Today's chat centers on new generational thinking that spans from high productivity remote work to counter Martin thinking.
During the Pandemic, Kimberly went back to school for 2 years to study HR Management. She wanted to explore why HR Management was always at the table during her almost 2 decade career in Allied Health special projects and 2 years County volunteering. Starting 2024, Kimberly has partnered with Black Allied Health Therapists to educate and inform clinicians and students on The Marketplace. Every Tuesday she answers questions such as "What are green flags for accepting a job offer?", "What are interview questions they should ask an employer?", and more. Listen in and join Black Allied Health Therapists #TipTuesday QA on marketplace questions. #2024
Did you catch the Love, Dating, and Marriage Tour with Pastor Mildred and Kingsley? Nigerian based Pastor/Counselor and First Lady shared dating/pre-marriage pearls for those seeking Biblical marriage. This episode AskOTkimberly shares on the two things that daters MUST take off the table to ensure success.
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Do you have one? Does your spouse? Are they really harmless? This episode AskOTkimberly discusses Work Wives and Husbands, and their impacts.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/askotkimberly/support
"You can't lead and seduce at the same time." - Pastor Tamara Bennett on going through personal transformation. #sanctification
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In light of the recent #KekePalmar and #Ciara events, AskOTkimberly will discuss the duality of being "righteous" and "ratchet". If it's possible to do both, pressure to conform or yield to modest style, the process of sanctification, and effective witness to non-Believers. The answer may surprise you.
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Each of us have a unique God given gift. For some that gift is serving, for others its encouraging, for others its generosity, for others its leadership, and so much more. This episode AskOTkimberly shares about a childhood pal who has been graced with the gift of acting in NYC only after a short time. Stage, indy film, and commercial, this woman has been gifted in a short time what many pursue in a lifetime. We all have a gifting, how can we walk in it?
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Last episode we learned about reasons God does not answer. Today's episode we learn about the conditions for the Lord's answer.
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Why hasn't God answered those prayers? Sometimes it's a delay and Sometimes it's a no. Whether it's believing God for a job promotion, marriage, or financial breakthrough, there are some fundamental reasons for unanswered prayers. Listen in to Learn More. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/askotkimberly/support
Colorblind education and health practices do more harm than good; Minnesota a case study. MN ranks 50/50 states for graduation rates of Black students or the equivalent 69% graduation rate. How is this possible? Many education systems are adopting practices long established in Minnesota (exclusionary education or colorblindism). Listen to learn more.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/askotkimberly/support
Many times we don't receive the relationships or opportunities we desire because we are a red 🚩. This episode AskOTkimberly discusses the concept of "discernment" and its role in our relationships or lack thereof. #Trauma #FamilySystems #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/askotkimberly/support
This episode AskOTkimberly shares Day 58 of Women's Group Devotional Study of "100 Days of Believing Bigger" by Marshawn Evans Daniels. Blessing Blocker called People Pleasing.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/askotkimberly/support
Dis-ease of the Mind can be attributed to community trauma, family trauma, genetics, or our own personal stuff like little to no boundaries. Boundaries are an act of self love and mental protection. Lack of boundaries around ourselves can be crucial in onset of mental wellness crisis and Dis-ease (eg Situational Anxiety). Listen in to learn more and steps for positive change.
Minnesota's own Caroline Wanga former Chief Culture, D&I Officer, and VP of Human Resources spoke to Black Twin Cities professionals in 2018 on her career trajectory and being our authentic selves. Graduate from Texas College in 2005, a small Historically Black Christian Methodist Episcopal College, Wanga rose through the Corporate ranks and shifted Target Corp culture through diverse professional representation of BIPOC and increased supplier diversity. In 2020, Wanga moved on to greater in becoming Essence Ventures Chief Growth Officer and Interim CEO only to be shortly thereafter advanced to CEO in 2021. "If you can't be who you are where you are, CHANGE where you are." - Caroline Wanga #inspirationalquotes
Dis-ease of the Mind, Body, and Spirit starts within us. It's May, Mental Health Awareness Month, this episode we explore the role of strong personal boundaries towards self as a foundation for 1) strong relations professionally and personally, and 2) Mental Wellness.Rebroadcast from Aug 2022.
Do you know the Change Management formula of successful Equity work in Disp♡rites? It is used in many organizations. This episode we explore an AOTF article on a component of Change Management in OT becoming an+i-r♤cis+.
This economic capital ranks in the TOP TEN worst places to live in education, employment, and housing according to The Center for Economic Inclusion.
Reconciliation is the act of restoring relations. How might Reconciliation advance health Equ♡+y, humanization of the Black community, and advance the professional #OT brand? AskOTkimberly shares on the culture of silence at local and national levels by NHW OTPs, and how the alternative of Reconciliation can move the profession in a new direction. An opportunity presents itself to AOTA and state leaders in Occupational Therapy to change our course of history.
Did you watch Jeopardy growing up? Let's have some fun and see if you can answer this question about early African faiths.
Former AOTA president Carolyn Baum shares "we didn't see the humanity in BLk ppl. This was a common attitude in the 1980s. It was not just AOTA but ALL INSTITUTIONS."
Did you Know Mind Body Spirit is actual Science? It's called Heart Brain Science or Coherence. Learn from AskOTkimberly what strong Heart Brain collaboration looks like. We see it every day in our Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual health.
Have you been presented with a new opportunity? Do you hesitate in accepting? God often invites us to new things that can transform our lives. Listen in to AskOTkimberly share on how a friend's invitation led to more.
Did you leave the nest as a young person? Did a friend or close family member? How did that move change you as a person? God grows us and reshapes us when we are stretched beyond what is familiar.
Has God called you to something new? Have you been honest about why you are really here? Half truths are still untruths. Listen in to learn how one family's partial truth almost cost them a nation.
April 11-17th is Black Maternal Health Week and April is Autism Acceptance Month. Learn more how you can be the change.
What are the keys to a Successful personal Brand? Image? Network? AskOTkimberly shares counterintuitive keys that opened opportunities many actively sought. #Leadership
While many are Chatting about Ms. Russell Wilson, let's chat about the Body of Christ and how our presentation can impact all generations outside the Body.
Women's outreach ministry makes a tremendous impact since 1997 in the unhoused community. Learn more of the inspirational Women who made/make it happen.
How do Leaders avoid Push Back in Organizational strategic plans? AskOTkimberly shares reflections on how the LEND FELLOWSHIP and County based leaders avoided pushback from their community members in upcoming Health oriented programming.
"Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest..." Matthew 11:28
The first quarter of the year is considered fasting season for two of the world's faith traditions. Popular in the mainstream world, fasting is known as a physical discipline for regulating the dietary or gut system. However, in faith traditions, fasting is known as a spiritual discipline for connecting to the source of all/the Creator.
Our Book Club is reading this amazing book by Marshawn Evans Daniels. Listen in to learn more about "100 Days of Believing Bigger" and answering the Question of the Purpose of our Design.
What African American Minnesotan history do you know? Many don't know African Americans have lived that far north since the Great Migration and even earlier than that. Let's learn about Minnesotan History and the lives of the 5% there.
This month we will talk about the removal of AOTA's VP role as Director of Admissions at the top OT program in states while on protected medical leave and this act by her Senior leaders sheds light on the unseen realities facing "mid management" leaders in Occupational Therapy Equity.
How should we praise God? Who should praise God? When do we praise God? What are the characteristics of God?
Dr. Joe Dispenza defines lack as the position of waiting/searching for some external event (next job, right partner, lottery) that produces an emotion (infatuation, adrenaline) that temporarily decreases feelings of lack. When the novelty wears off, the drive to find a replacement ensures. Today's affirmations are centered on pausing the perpetual search for NEXT aka Lack Mentality.
When did you realize that it wasn't just them (colleagues, ex, faith community) but you? Listen in to learn why it was me too not just them.
How can we support the unseen locally and around the world? The unhoused community is all around us, what can or should we do about it. Minnesota based St. Stephen's and Indiana based Sojourner Truth House offer great models of inspiration.
Skin break outs? Not unlike other common health conditions, I discovered simple changes everyday made a huge difference. #Diet
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Have you ever Turned Down Your Plate? Pastor YPJ of Faith Alive in South Bend Indiana and Pastor Tiphani Montgomery separately share on the principle of turning down our plates for increased spiritual and physical outcomes. Listen in to learn about Turning Down (y)Our Plates.
What's it Mean to Honor or Dishonor Boundaries? What's an example of Gendered Bullying? What does this all have to do with the "Slap" seen or heard around the world?
Dr. Julian Escobar, Women's Health MD, shared recently an amazing pearl on the relationship between Fibroids and Vitamin D. Vitamin D has been found in peer reviewed literature to counter Fibroid development and growth. Listen in and follow Dr. Escobar to learn more. #womenshistorymonth
It's March! You know what that means? It's Women's Herstory Month. Let's take a moment to learn ways we can support the Women around us in all spheres of life. "When we rise to love on the agape level, we love men not because we like them, not because their attitudes and ways appeal to us, but we love them because God loves them..Agape is something of the understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill for all men. It is a love that seeks nothing in return. It is an overflowing love; it's what theologians would call the love of God working in the lives of men." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What's feeding you at the beginning of this year? I'm listening to the Mo(re) Money, Mo(re) Purpose Series on Financial Stewardship. How about you?
Have you ever heard the phrase obedience is better than sacrifice? Everyday is an opportunity to yield to what the Spirit is telling us. How do we respond? Do we listen in obedience or do we blow past the clear instructions? Psalm 51:10-12
What is Mental Wellness?
How do you maintain it?
What stigma is associated with Mental Health or Mental Illness conditions?
What are social supports for individuals and loved ones caring for Mental Illness?
How do we know if we are who we say we are? How do we know others are who they say they are? Today we talk about distinguishing what is and what is not the Spirit.
How can we experience growth of the mind, body, and spirit? It's the beginning of the New Year and the fasts or annual sacrifice of our beloved (ie food, social media, money) has begun. But is that enough? My MN teaching leader at BSF commonly shared the phrase obedience is better than sacrifice. Listen in to learn about ultimate growth of the mind, body, and spirit through cutting off soul ties.
What do Agreement and Strategic Congruence have to do with Occupational Therapy and Equity work?
Vitriol comments on social media are sent to leaders in Faith based and secular spaces. Today we discuss if it is our place to launch negativity campaigns against leaders.
Minnesota LEND (leadership in education on neurodevelopmental disabilities) Fellow Jules Edwards charged us, her peers in the LEND Fellowship to #passthemic. Ojibwa American, Autistic Mom of Biracial (Ojibwa and Black) children with Autism, MN Ombudsman for American Indian Families, Chair of MN Senate Autism Council, President of the MN Disability Support Alternatives, and Founder of the MN Autistic Alliance, and parent advocate, Jules charge for "expert" clinicians and researchers in Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Psychology, and Medicine was to Pass the Mic. Listen in for 3 podcast or radio programs led by individuals with Disability.
My "little sister" has been overseas for many years now with her family and been looking for new ways to get connected. Listen in to learn what was suggested to get plugged in.
It's 2021! It's also the first Episode of season 5 of www.askotkimberly.org's podcast. Are you a Foodie? This episode we talk about Food and New Year Intentions # Resolutions.
What does leadership look like? Let's ring in the New Year with some major life lessons from two of the world's most prominent leaders.
Christmas is around the corner. I share one of my Favorite Things for personal growth. Merry Christmas
Sept 15th through October 15th is Latinx History Month. This episode learn facts about Latinx descendants from the Great continent of Africa.
7-8/10 Black or African American Women are impacted by this poorly understood condition that is often responsible for belly bloat, bulk or pressure symptoms of the GI tract, increased urinary frequency, and iron deficiency or anemia (or it's associated symptoms of brain fog, heart palpitations). This episode we learn 1) how this condition often presents in the ER, Urgent Care, or Primary Care, 2) supplements to support the Black or African American Woman during mensus, and 3) overall of hormones (estrogen) and foods that contribute to the severity of the condition.
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Did you know BIPOC Communities are commonly food deserts or food apartheid zones? Learn 4 ways you can be the change and increase accessibility for all. - www.askotkimberly.org
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Welcome back! AskOT Kimberly is back from the long Pandemic hiatus. Today we talk about Provision and Protection. The two essential qualities for sure success. - ask@askotkimberly.org
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Corporate and individual responsibility are factors in #DEI practices. Today we learn the 3 P's of Racial Equity change.
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A Social Determinant of Health called Racism and Occupational Injustice Framework discussed.
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Should good intentions and pushiness supercede individual pursuit of purpose? Listen up.
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Have you ever heard health or medical practices claim colorblindness while simultaneously providing disparate care to Black and Brown patients? This is the double mind of American healthcare.
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Are you a therapist or pain specialist who has patients that don't ever get better? They've had all sorts of medications, PT, ultrasound, Chiropractic Care, and Massage with NO DIFFERENCE? There's a good chance you are missing critical pieces to pain management. - AskOTkimberly
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Chicago, Milwaukee, and New Orleans have released Covid19 data showing Black Americans are disproportionately impacted. Today we discuss the Community Hospitals in predominantly Black communities that are not prepared for pandemic disasters.
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12/15 of The Mayo Clinic's Board members are Physicians. This model is a rarity in healthcare systems. Physician leader activist like Dr. Zubin Damania are calling for change called Health Care 3.0.
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Social Distancing and Hygiene for Coronavirus Covid-19
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Executive Ken Charles of US Bank resigns and heads to American Airlines. The lessons Minneapolis Twin Cities can learn by the exodus of Black Professionals and Executives.
A recent Make It MSP survey found 50% of Black Professionals have plans to leave the Twin Cities in the near future.
Despite being consistently ranked as Best Place to Live and Medical Alley, it also consistently ranks as a Worst Place to Live for people of color*.
Listen up to learn more about the #Exodus from the Twin Cities.
White residents * Black residents
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Have you ever wondered how top Health and Academic Institutions are leaders in care outcomes and recruitment retention of NHW populations but not in Communities of Color and other Marginalized Communities? Take a listen to the common link to Sports Basketball History.
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Is your #OT program, academic institution, or clinical health team ready for Vision 2025? Â
1)ACES https://www.acesconnection.com/topic/racism-and-its-impact-as-an-ace 2) Social Determinant of Health https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4580597/ 3) IOM Health Disparities https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/25032386/ 4) Vision 2025 https://www.aota.org/AboutAOTA/vision-2025.aspx 5) Mental Health https://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/ethnicity-health/racism-stress
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Pain Management CEU: Persistent Pain in Physical Disabilities and Mental Health Populations 🎆 Healthcare.Substance@gmail.com 🎆 https://www.motafunctionfirst.org/
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"The Most Wonderful Time of Year" is also known as the the most riskiest time of year for Heart Health and Mental Health. * One study found 33% more cardiac related deaths in December to January than June to September. * NAMI * https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/2014/Mental-health-and-the-holiday-blues * Kloner (1999). Â When throughout the year is coronary death most likely to occur? A 12-year population-based analysis of more than 220 000 cases. Circulation;100(15):1630-4. * Phillips et al (2004). Cardiac mortality is higher around Christmas and New Year's than at any other time: the holidays as a risk factor for death. Circulation;110(25):3781-8.
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University of Minnesota Physician Dr. Cunningham published a compelling study on the colorblindness in healthcare teams and it's impact on health equity.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30116092
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Public Health researchers have alerted clinicians to a crisis affecting many communities of color: health disparities. This episode SEP examines striking health disparities in the neuro population. An episode OTs, PTs, SLPs, Nurses, and Physicians will not want to miss. Resources: @publichealthumn @RRHDr @PHealthLawCtr 🎆 https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6464777246279290880 🎆
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What is "May to Everyday"? A Mental Health Awareness campaign to continue the conversation of Mental Health beyond May, Mental Health Awareness Month. 🎆 https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6464777246279290880 🎆
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A "How to Guide" in Bringing New Initiatives, Education, and Research to Professional Healthcare Providers.
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What is The Science of Exercise and Pain? Founder, Occupational Therapist Kimberly shares an in-depth look at PAIN. 🎆 Occupational Therapy: http://www.wfot.org 🎆 Online Education: https://thescienceofexerciseandpain.teachable.com/p/marriagementalhealthpain
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Episode 2 is dedicated to Careers in 2 years: Occupational Therapy Assistants. 🎆 What is Occupational Therapy? https://www.aota.org/Conference-Events/OTMonth/what-is-OT.aspx 🎆Where can I find a local OT or OTA schools? USA - https://www.aota.org/Education-Careers/Find-School.aspx 🎆 NonUS OT Schools- http://www.wfot.org/education/entryleveleducationalprogrammeswfotapproved.aspx 🎆 How much do OTAs earn? https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/occupational-therapy-assistant/salary 🎆 OT Practice Magazine Article - https://www.aota.org/otpractice 🎆 Thank you for listening to the Science of Exercise and Pain, a listener supported Podcast at Anchor.fm. Click the link to support this episode and future episodes of the Science of Exercise and Pain. - Kimberly
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