The Unquiet Mind Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Anyone can attest to how being diagnosed with an illness seems like a roller coaster ride. The day to day uncertainties interfere with the balance most of us seek to gain in our lives. The Unquiet Mind Podcast, hosted by Dawn Morgan (former Myelin & Melanin cohost), is devoted to educating, uplifting, as well as sharing stories about life with Multiple Sclerosis, along with many other illnesses that affect society. Podcast episodes will discuss a variety of Health & Wellness topics that interrupt the lives of those living with a chronic illness. Dawn will touch a range of topics that are relevant to our healthcare world like health equity, and quality care. So sit back and enjoy hearing these amazing guests share stories of inspiration, education and overall hope that life can be good despite a diagnosis.Thanks for listening!
Achara Tarfa is a Certified Trauma Recovery Coach (CTRC) through the International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaches. In part 2 of this series, we discuss the autonomic nervous system and the polyvagal theory, as well as how it applies to trauma like receiving a diagnosis.
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Achara Tarfa is a Certified Trauma Recovery Coach (CTRC) through the International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaches. In this episode, she shares her wealth of knowledge on the stages of trauma, how it affects us emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically, and strategies for recovering.
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Care Partners are an integral part of our journey when it comes to Multiple Sclerosis.
In this episode, I'm speaking with Phoebe Ann Edwards who resides on the Caribbean island of Trinidad & Tobago and cares for her dear partner, Brian. Not only does she care for Brian, but she is also an attorney, an artist, and a linguist.
Ms advocates, Dawn Morgan, Brooke Slick, and Julie Stamm continue their previous conversation on what it is like living with MS.
Join Dawn and guests, HSCT advocate, blogger, & podcast host Brooke Slick along with author and MS advocate Julie Stamm discuss living life with Multiple Sclerosis.
Who says those with Multiple Sclerosis remain stagnant? Well not my guest Kathy Chester. Kathy is an MS patient, the owner of Disrupt Fitness Gym and the host of the MS move it or lose it podcast. Take a listen as we discuss life with MS and how she is transforming lives through fitness.
Forget the buzzwords in this moment and let us take a deeper dive into what EQUALITY and EQUITY mean when it comes to healthcare.
Join me as I sit with Courtney Lang to discuss this very topic. This is conversation is needed and is the first of our 3-part series on Health Equity & Health Equality.
Courtney Lang, JD is a strategic communications and health justice expert whose primary focus is advocacy, activism, and grassroots mobilization. She is the principal and founder of Langco + Partners, a public affairs firm recognized for mobilizing constituencies to achieve impactful business goals aligned with equity in healthcare and public policy.
Courtney consults with organizations on access, affordability, structural racism, and the importance of systemic change. As an accomplished change agent, she is a demonstrated leader during a crisis or transition, a national champion who promotes the fundamental right to health.
Before founding Langco + Partners, Courtney served as senior director of federal alliance development for Pfizer Inc. (and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals). Additionally, she held corporate affairs roles with Eli Lilly & Company, supporting the c-suite on elevating minority health as a strategic vertical for advocacy and having the distinct honor of serving as the company’s first U.S. public affairs liaison.
Courtney serves on the board of directors for Trinity Health and Mental Health America, where she chairs the ad hoc committee on anti-racism, equity, and social justice. Previously Courtney served her alma mater, Pepperdine University, as a board member of the Alumni Association and an adjunct professor of media law and leadership communications.
Courtney earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Pepperdine University, her juris doctor from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, and studied comparative health law and policy at St. Anne’s College, Oxford University.