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TJ Waterfall is a registered sports nutritionist specialising in plant-based nutrition. TJ has a first-class Master's degree in clinical and public health nutrition from University College London (currently in the top 10 universities in the world) and has since worked with many world-class elite athletes, including several UK Olympians. TJ recently authored a book published by Penguin, The Plant-Based Power Plan, to make lots of the evidence-based strategies, advice and tips he uses with his clients accessible to anyone interested in improving their health and fitness on a plant-based diet. In this conversation TJ shares what sets plant-based diet apart when it comes to athletic performance - we talk about recovery, antioxidants load, gut health, micronutrients, and anti-inflamatory quality of the diet overall. TJ also addresses common question related to protein intake requirements, effectiveness of plant-based nutrition for elite athletes and weight-lifters, carb-loading, and many other common questions he receives when working with his clients. Tune in to learn more!For additional resources, please visit the following:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tj_waterfallTJ's book, The Plant-Based Power Plan (US): https://www.amazon.com/Plant-Based-Power-Plan-Increase-Strength/dp/024147244X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+plant+based+power+plan&qid=1623612793&sr=8-1TJ's book, The Plant-Based Power Plan (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Plant-Based-Power-Plan-Increase-Strength/dp/024147244XWebsite: www.meatfreefitness.co.uk This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM 

William Hsu, MD is the Chief Medical Officer at L-Nutra - a company that is leading the science of Longevity Through Nutrition. To date, L-Nutra had numerous scientific breakthroughs, attracted over $36 million in funding and carried out 14 clinical trials. One of their key discoveries was unlocking the benefits of periodic fasting (fasting for more than two days). Their research showed that periodic fasting induces a special stress leading to cellular rejuvenation – a powerful mechanism for slowing cellular aging. Prior to joining L-Nutra as CMO, Dr. Hsu was the VP of International Programs and Medical Director of the Asian Clinic at Joslin Diabetes Center, a teaching and research affiliate of Harvard Medical School.In his role, Dr. Hsu continues to advance the science and research that L-Nutra and multiple global research centers conduct on the Fasting Mimicking Diet® and other proprietary prescriptive formulations. Dr. Hsu also advances global awareness and adoption of cutting edge nutri-technologies such as the Fasting Mimicking Diet within healthcare practices and associations, and among key opinion leaders, health policy makers, and payers in healthcare.Dr. Hsu received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine, and completed his fellowship training in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Harvard Medical School - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Joslin Diabetes Center.In this conversation Dr. Hsu talks about the research around fasting, referring to the work of Dr. Valter Longo (check out Episode 63!). Dr. Hsu describes what fasting is, and how fasting mimicking diet is different, explaining physiological versus cellular fasting. Dr. Hsu goes in detail on the benefits of fasting (explaining autophagy; weight loss, specifically belly fat; improved relationship with food; mental clarity and others), and explains why mimicking fasting can be a valuable, and often less intimidating way to improve health and reverse chronic disease. Tune in to learn more! For more information please visit:https://l-nutra.comhttps://prolonfast.com This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM 

Jennifer Maynard spent over twenty years in the field of Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, where she focused mainly in Oncology, Ophthalmology and Hematology, working to try to make a change for the better in human health. She left her career as a Pharma Executive to pursue her passion for “Food as Medicine,” as she believes that only by addressing what we put on our plates can we begin to truly combat chronic illness. In this pursuit she founded Greater Greens, a regenerative farming operation that combines modern Ag technology, like vertical aquaponics, with regenerative farming practices to harvest the greatest benefits of nature, while still preserving and regenerating it.  She focuses on the connectivity of soil health, plant health and human health. Once the farm was fully operational, she co-Founded Nutrition for Longevity (www.nutritionforlongevity.com) with L-Nutra (www.L-Nutra.com) to provide clean, healthy, farm fresh produce, precisely tailored meal kits, and lifestyle programs that follow the Longevity Diet and bring Food as Medicine to life.Recently Jennifer founded United4Longevity (www.United4Longevity.com), a non-profit focusing on Food as Medicine and in collaboration with Nutrition for Longevity, provides nutritional solutions to address chronic illnesses to the most underserved communities across the US.In this conversation Jennifer talks about the basics of longevity diet - focusing on whole, minimally processed foods, with high nutritional density and in optimal proportion of macronutrients. Should you eat raw? Is portion control important, or should we pay more attention to calories? Can you be full on plant-based diet? Can you get enough protein? How important is knowing where our food comes from? Tune in to get answers for all of these questions and more!This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Amy Hanus leads Full Plate Living, a foundation-funded FREE online nutrition resource for people who want doable small-steps that lead to big health outcomes. As the Program Director for the Ardmore Institute of Health foundation, Amy loves being able to share the power of fiber foods and how eating a plant predominant diet can transform our health. She helped develop Full Plate Living’s lifestyle medicine nutrition approach, which shows you how to eat full plates of healthy, delicious food without feeling famished, frustrated or deprived. The best part of her job, she says, is celebrating when a member reaches a health goal, like seeing a number on the scale they haven’t seen in decades or wowing their doctor with an improved A1C or lower cholesterol.In this conversation Amy shares brief history of the foundation, their mission and purpose and how the Full Plate Living program delivers on that mission. Amy talks about the main concepts of Full Plate Program - fiber-focus approach, getting a variety of fresh whole fruits and veggies, legumes, grains, feeling satisfied with the abundance of food, while also achieving your health goals. She share simple tips for turning any meal (like frozen lasagna) into a Full Plate Meal! Amy also answers common question about "too much carbs" and "not enough protein". Tune in to learn more!Join Full Plate Living for FREE and get access to the abundance or resources, recipes, tutorials, classes, live workshops and so much more:https://www.fullplateliving.org This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Dr. Liana Lianov is the Founder and President of Global Positive Health Institute, assisting physicians and health professionals to leverage the science of positive psychology and lifestyle medicine to achieve flourishing in themselves and their patients. She is an International leader in Lifestyle Medicine and positive psychology, leading the movement to promote the science of positive psychology and health in health care; president of the Positive Health and Wellbeing Division of the International Positive Psychology Association; chair of the Happiness Science and Positive Health Committee at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine; vice chair American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Lianov is also the author of "Strengths in the Mirror" (2021); editor and author of "Roots of Positive Change, Optimizing Health Care with Positive Psychology" (2019).This episode was originally recorded last year, and we are re-casting it to celebrate the launch of the Global Positive Health Institute and its upcoming inaugural conference "POSITIVE HEALTH FOR BEST OUTCOMES: MOVING FROM TRAUMA TO GROWTH". To learn more and register, follow this link.This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLMDr. Lianov is a past president of the ACLM, a past board regent of ACPM, and the former Healthy Lifestyles Division Director for the American Medical Association. She previously directed a number of heart disease and stroke prevention, cancer detection, and other chronic diseases and mental health services programs at the California Department of Health Services. Her leadership of the inaugural national Summit on Happiness Science in Health Care, her publications, including the groundbreaking book Roots of Positive Change: Optimizing Health Care with Positive Psychology, and presentations are spearheading the integration of positive psychology interventions in health care. 

Bob Gold is one of the world’s leading behavioral technologists with more than 20 years applied research and development in the behavioral and cognitive science of human motivation, activation and resiliency; with a specialty in the design of clinical care plans and digital therapeutics that integrate pyscho-social factors and determinants into physical care plans for chronic and complex population health management.  Bob focuses his energy on recrafting clinical care plans and medication therapies into behaviorally-based remote care coordination, transitions of care, and rehabilitation/recovery digital therapy programs to achieve a sustainable population health business model for health systems, health plans, pharmaceutical companies and governments; reducing adverse events such as unnecessary ED visits and readmissions, collecting valuable ePROs (electronic patient-reported outcomes) and taking advantage of opportunities for CMS value-based and RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) reimbursements associated with the implementation of these programs.Bob’s evidence-based methods provide an individualized, disciplined and nurturing experience within the framework of a person’s lifestyle and typical day while improving satisfaction and adherence; especially for complex and chronic conditions that include co-morbidities and difficult to navigate patient health journeys. Bob’s BehavioralRx® and Concierge Care® system has also shown to bring back Joy in Practice for doctors and nurses enabling them to spend more time on high impact clinical work.In this conversation Bob discusses simple strategies for getting the most out of your doctor appointment - what to bring, how to prepare, how to engage and follow up. Bob also talks about the importance of perspective - building confidence and self-efficacy, realistic goal-setting with proposed healthcare plan, improving outlook, and the impact it can make on compliance and success. Finally, Bob shares a variety of digital solutions based on behavioral health science that can help us improve our habits and behaviors and ensure health long-term. To learn more:https://gomohealth.com/https://www.facebook.com/gomohealthhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/gomo-health/https://twitter.com/gomohealthhttps://www.instagram.com/gomohealth/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDYK6ni8hC2rDkEhDptFTGQ This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visit https://bit.ly/EmoryLM

David Hanscom is an orthopedic spine surgeon whose practice focused on patients with failed back surgeries. He quit his practice in Seattle, WA to present his insights into solving chronic pain, which evolved from with his own battle with it. The second edition of his book is, Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain. His website, www.backincontrol.com presents an action plan and his most recent program, “The DOC Journey” guides patients more clearly through the complexities of solving chronic pain. It can be accessed at www.thedocjourney.com. It includes weekly group sessions that have been a powerful addition to the healing process.His latest book is, Do You Really Spine Surgery? – Take Control with a Surgeon’s Advice. It is intended for health care providers and patients alike to make a clear and informed decision about undergoing spinal surgery.In this conversation Dr. Hanscom shares his personal journey through pain and how it informed his professional journey inspiring the methods he practices today. He challenges us to consider causes of back pain and factors that influence it. We talk about stress, sleep, anxiety, trauma and how they impact pain, as well as discuss a variety of therapy approaches, technics and skills that may help one become pain-free.For more information, please refer to the links and resources below. Websites: The DOC (Direct your Own Care) Journey – www.thedocjourney.com Back in Control – www.backincontrol.com Books:Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic PainDo You Really Need Spine Surgery? Take Control with a Surgeon’s Advice Social Media Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/drdavidhanscom Twitter Page - https://twitter.com/DrDavidHanscom YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/DrDavidHanscom This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visit https://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Dr. Anurag Sahu is an adult cardiologist at Emory University Hospital. He is an Associate Professor of Cardiology and an Associate Professor of Radiology at the Emory School of Medicine. His areas of expertise include adult congenital heart disease, advanced cardiac imaging, and cardiac intensive care.  He developed the cardiac intensive care service line at Emory University Hospital, leads the high-risk cardiac pregnancy program, is the director of the cardiac MRI/CT fellowship program, and serves on faculty for the adult congenital heart program at Emory which is the largest of its kind in the Southeast. He has a passion for prevention and works extensively with his patients on realistic goal setting and what he believes are the 5 facets of maintaining health - mindset,  mental health, sleep, nutrition, and mobility.In this conversation Dr. Sahu explains congenital heart disease, talks about trends of disease and its treatment over the past few decades, and discussed the variety of lifestyle choices and behaviors (such as food choices and habits, exercise, sleep and how we spend our time) that can significantly impact the heart health. This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visit https://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Experience activators are mindsets that all individuals have — which generate energy and expand our capacity to improve overall experiences and quality of life. They can be strengthened through both personal action and organizational support and include: resilience, mindfulness, optimism, openness, purpose, gratitude, self-efficacy, and emotional regulation.People with high levels of experience activators have low levels of stress, high levels of well-being, engagement, and productivity, compared to people with medium vs. low levels of experience activators. Limeade Institute conducted a study to investigate the power of experience activators and their impact on work-related outcomes, overall well-being, and stress levels and we discuss the implications of that research today with Lindsay Lagreid.For more information please visit the following:Mindset webinar recordingMindset research paperMindset research overview This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visit https://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Lindsay Lagreid is the Senior Advisor of the Limeade Institute. In her Senior Advisor role, Lindsay is responsible for  providing strategic and operational guidance to Limeade customers, prospects and internal stakeholders. Lindsay shares key industry research with the employee experience market and provides innovative direction to the Limeade product team. With nearly 10 years of customer account management and B2B software sales leadership experience, she is deeply knowledgeable and interested in the intersection of technology and people. Lindsay is passionate about improving the way people feel about work and making workplaces more human.In this conversation we discuss all aspects of burnout. We start with definition and 3 stages: exhaustion, cynicism, giving up. Lindsay explains the difference between burnout and stress, shares a variety of factors that contribute to burnout, and describes the multiplicity of ways burnout is expressed in different people. We finally dive into strategies for recovery, and the important parts that individuals and organizations have to play. Tune in to learn more! To learn more, please visit Limeade Institute webpage. This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visit https://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., received his B.A. from Yale University and his M.D. from Western Reserve University. In 1956, pulling the No. 6 oar as a member of the victorious United States rowing team, he was awarded a gold medal at the Olympic Games. He was trained as a surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and at St. George’s Hospital in London. In 1968, as an Army surgeon in Vietnam, he was awarded the Bronze Star.Dr. Esselstyn has been associated with the Cleveland Clinic since 1968. During that time, he has served as President of the Staff and as a member of the Board of Governors. He chaired the Clinic’s Breast Cancer Task Force and headed its Section of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.In 1991, Dr. Esselstyn served as President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, That same year he organized the first National Conference on the Elimination of Coronary Artery Disease, which was held in Tucson, Arizona. In 1997, he chaired a follow-up conference, the Summit on Cholesterol and Coronary Disease, which brought together more than 500 physicians and health-care workers in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. In April, 2005, Dr. Esselstyn became the first recipient of the Benjamin Spock Award for Compassion in Medicine. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association in 2009. In September 2010, he received the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame Award. Dr. Esselstyn received the 2013 Deerfield Academy Alumni Association Heritage Award In Recognition of Outstanding Achievement & Service, and the 2013 Yale University George H.W. Bush ’48 Lifetime of Leadership Award.  Dr. Esselstyn has also received the 2015 Plantrician Project Luminary Award, the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award, and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award.His scientific publications number over 150, “The Best Doctors in America” 1994-1995 published by Woodward and White cites Dr. Esselstyn’s surgical expertise in the categories of endocrine and breast disease. In 1995 he published his bench mark long-term nutritional research arresting and reversing coronary artery disease in severely ill patients. That same study was updated at 12 years and reviewed beyond twenty years in his book, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, making it one of the longest longitudinal studies of its type. In July of 2014 he reported the experience of 198 participants seriously ill with cardiovascular disease. During 3.7 years of follow up of the 89% adherent to the program, 99.4% avoided further major cardiac events.Dr. Esselstyn and his wife, Ann Crile Esselstyn, have followed a plant-based diet since 1984. Dr. Esselstyn presently directs the cardiovascular prevention and reversal program at The Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute.The Esselstyns have four children and ten grandchildren. For more information, please visit:https://www.dresselstyn.com This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Brittany Verras is a clinical dietitian who is board certified in lifestyle medicine. She specializes in plant-based nutrition and diabetes related care. Brittany earned a master's of public health before pursuing a nutrition program through Kansas State University. She completed her clinical training at Emory University Hospital and now works in clinic at Emory Student Health and provides counseling through a small private practice. She is proud to have helped establish The Lifestyle Clinic that currently operates out of the Emory Family Medicine Clinic in Dunwoody and to be supporting the Emory Healthy Kitchen Collaborative. In this conversation Brittany talks about the role of nutrition, and specifically plant-based nutrition, in diabetes management. Having Type I diabetes herself, Brittany shares her personal experience of how plant-based nutrition allows her to improve her life quality. Brittany also explains the differences between Type I and II, and how food choices have very profound effect on both. She talks about her favorite nutrient - fiber, and its importance. Tune in to learn more about why and how to make food choices that optimize your health! Connect with Brittany here:IG: @eatwell_atl This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Amit Shah, MD, MSCR is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology with an adjunct appointment in Medicine (Cardiology) at Emory University. He is also Chief of Preventive Cardiology and Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation at the Atlanta VA Healthcare System.Dr. Shah completed his undergraduate degree in physics, and certificate in biophysics, at Princeton University, and his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 2006. He completed residency in Social Internal Medicine at Albert Einstein, Montefiore in 2009, and cardiology fellowship at Emory University in the Clinical Investigator Track in 2013, where he also earned a Master of Science in Clinical Research.Dr. Shah works on several projects in the space of cardiovascular disease prediction and prevention. His work leverages quantitative physiological biomarkers and heart/brain imaging to understand the relationship between the brain and heart. He also works on improving healthcare delivery with innovative tools in the preventive cardiology space, and his team at the VA uses a technology-enabled approach at empowering veterans with holistic lifestyle change.  Since Dr. Shah joined the Emory faculty in 2013, he has been continuously funded by the American Heart Association, Georgia Research Alliance, Coulter Foundation, and National Institutes of Health. He has won several awards from the American Heart Association for his research, and published over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, of which many have been featured in high-impact journals such the JAMA network and Circulation. This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Staci Rieder is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health and Wellness Coach through The Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She has been on a life long journey of learning and sharing natural modalities to improve the quality of life and to live from the heart. She is passionate about food, plants, cooking, yoga, meditation, hiking, gardening and her 19 year old daughter who lives in Colorado. Becoming a mother was even more of an impetus for Staci to better care for herself and her daughter with healthy food and herbs, and also when she created her original “Lovin’ Spoonful” logo. Staci loves to nourish everyone she knows. She came to Atlanta a year ago to help care for her healthy mother and her mother’s 10 year old dog, who is like another child to Staci. Staci has also been on an inner journey to listen to her heart, and bring self care, at all costs. She loves watching life thrive in the best conditions possible and also nurturing in challenging situations. Before leaving Colorado, where she lived for 27 years, Staci worked as a Nutritional Consultant at an outpatient alcohol recovery program, where she exceled by bringing her eclectic skills creatively to each of her clients. She is now back in Atlanta, closer to the ocean, her absolute favorite place. She currently works with clients individually on Zoom and looks forward to being able to teach her experiential herbal and cooking classes and to lead healing heartful self-care retreats. When she is not working, you can find her in the woods gathering wild plants, or in her garden at the Blue Heron Nature Preserve, walking the dog, doing yoga, or, of course, in the kitchen preparing her love-filled, healing food or making herbal medicines and body care products. She Holds a Certificate in Mental Health and Addiction Nutrition through The Academy for Addiction & Mental Health Nutrition. She is a Certified Herbalist and Herbal Medicine Maker, a Certified Macrobiotic Counselor and Macrobiotic Chef through the Nova Healing Arts school in Boulder, CO, and a Certified Birth and Post-Partum Doula through CAPPA and Birthing from Within.In this conversation Staci shares her experience with using her knowledge and expertise in addiction recovery. She explains how different aspects of health play a role in the physical, mental and emotional well-being. Staci talks about the importance of nutrition, movement, mindfulness and the power of herbs to heal those dealing with addiction. Tune in to learn more! Check out this recent article, featuring Staci that talks about 4 Easy & Nutritious Veggies to Grow.This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Anthea is a registered dietitian at the private practice Culina Health and a freelance health reporter based in New York City. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Emory University and is one month away from completing her Master’s in Clinical Nutrition at New York University. She completed her clinical training at NYU Langone Health. Anthea believes that how and what we eat drives the way we feel, think, and live. She learned this firsthand during her time as a writer for Health magazine, where she worked with countless dietitians and doctors to craft stories about the impact of our food choices on our physical and mental well-being. This experience inspired Anthea to devote her career to helping others harness the power of real foods to stay well. She does this through one on one nutrition counseling and continues to work as a contributor covering food and nutrition for popular media outlets including Health.com, Livestrong.com, and BuzzFeed Health, among others.In the conversation we cover out common questions related to the link between food and medicine. We talk about intermittent fasting, vitamins, and vitamin deficiencies, best food to improve our immune system, healthy sugars, optimal time for fueling the workouts, effects of alcohol, as well as anti- and pro-inflammatory foods. Tune in to learn more! LINKSPersonal website: www.alivewellnutrition.comInstagram: @alivewellnutrition Private practice website: www.culinahealth.com Resources referred to in the conversation:Intermittent fasting:https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-nutr-071816-064634?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmedhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/https://culinahealth.com/2020/07/08/intermittent-fasting-guide/Vitamin C for Immunity:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17636648/https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminC-HealthProfessional/Gut Health & Immunity:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2515351/ This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Margaret Moore, MBA, is an executive coach and founder and CEO of Wellcoaches Corporation, a coaching school for health professionals, which has trained more than 13,000 coaches in 50 countries since 2000.Prior to Wellcoaches, Margaret was an executive in the biotechnology industry in the US, UK, Canada, France for 17 years, including serving as CEO and COO of two biotech companies. Margaret is co-founder (2009) and chair of the Institute of Coaching at McLean, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, and is co-director of the Coaching in Leadership & Healthcare conference offered by Harvard Medical School since 2008. In 2010 Margaret co-founded the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching, now a nonprofit subsidiary of the National Board of Medical Examiners, establishing standards and reimbursement for the coaching workforce in healthcare. Moore teaches transformational leadership at Harvard Medical School’s Office of Global Education, and coaching psychology at Harvard Extension School. She is co-author of 20 peer-reviewed articles and 7 book chapters on coaching, the peer-reviewed Coaching Psychology Manual published by Wolters Kluwer, and Harvard Health Books Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life and Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life.In this conversation Coach Meg talks about coaching as a way to unlock one's full potential. We talk about different kinds of coaching - lifestyle, career, health, and other specialized aspects of coaching. Coach Meg shares basic core principles of coaching, the importance of mindfulness and self-reflection, the power and learning that comes from knowing one's emotions, and strategies for preventing burnout and finding joy in your work . Tune in to learn more!For more resources please visit:www.coachmeg.comwww.wellcoaches.comwww.instituteofcoaching.orgwww.nbhwc.orgThis podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Asata Reid MPH, MS Ed​., is a professional chef and community health educator, and the founder of Life Chef LLC - a culinary education service focused on healthy cooking and nutrition for all of life’s stages. As a partner of Small Bites Adventure Club, Chef Asata helps to develop recipes and activities for Farm to Home Explorer Kits and the Taste Test Boxes that are sent to classrooms and organizations. These turnkey activities help children discover, love and eat fruits and vegetables. Asata has worked with Kaiser Permanente for over 13 years as a Health Educator, and facilitates classes in smoking cessation, sleep improvement, diabetes prevention and other wellness topics that impact the community.With partners such as Georgia Organics, the Atlanta Community Food Bank, the Georgia Department of Public Health, and Quality Care for Children, she provides nutrition and culinary training for youth, adults and seniors, as well as professional development for school nutrition staff, and technical assistance for Farm to School/ECE programs. Chef Asata teaches cooking and nutrition in the afterschool program at  Drew Charter School where she also recently (2018/19)  launched a life skills Cooking Club for upperclassmen as a continuation of the work from Michelle Obama’s health initiative Chefs Move to Schools. She co-founded the Cooking School at Irwin Street, served as the Health Education Director for Sevananda Natural Foods Market and Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture, and is the former Nutrition Health Educator at the HEALing Community Center in Atlanta’s historic West End.Asata completed her Master of Public Health at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health where she completed a thesis on the complexities of picky eating. Asata also holds a Master of Science in Education from the University of Kansas where she developed a plan for integrating health and nutrition into PreK to 5th grade STEM curriculum. She is an honors graduate of Florida A&M University where she earned her BS in Journalism, and graduated with honors from the International Culinary School at the Arts Institute of Atlanta. As a wife and mother, Asata enjoys slow family meals and her superpower is getting people to love eating their vegetables.  In 2021, she self-published her first book “How to Feed a Kid: A Parent’s Guide”.To learn more please visit:New self-published book, How to Feed a Kid: A Parent's Guide available on Amazon for print or download.Ongoing virtual kids' cooking classes with the Hand Heart and Soul Project.Farm to Home Explorer Kits and Farm to School Taste Test Boxes with Small Bites Adventure Club: https://smallbites.club/Good Food Good Mood series with Atlanta Eats and Kaiser Permanente (for Peachtree TV) GOOD FOOD GOOD MOOD RECIPE SERIES: Pistachio Crusted Salmon and Kale SaladPower Up BreakfastSouthwestern Black Bean BurgerAntioxidant Bomb ParfaitButternut Squash & Black Bean Chili Social Media:Instagram: @chefasata.lifechefFB: https://www.facebook.com/lifechef/Twitter: @Chefasata This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Dr. Joe Nocera completed his undergraduate at the University of California, Los Angeles. He completed his graduate training at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and The University of Georgia. Following his graduate studies, Dr. Nocera completed post-doctoral training in the Departments of Neurology and Aging at the University of Florida. In 2009, while at UF he transitioned into the faculty ranks in the Department of Aging and Geriatric Research and concurrently became a Health Science Specialist at the VA Medical Center in Gainesville, FL. In 2012 he moved to Atlanta where he became an Assistant Professor in Neurology at Emory and a Health Science Specialist in the Atlanta VA Rehabilitation R&D Center of Excellence for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation. Dr. Nocera’s research interests include interactions between physical function and cognition with particular emphasis on the impact of dual tasking on locomotion and balance control. Dr. Nocera is also interested in the efficacy of exercise intervention programs for improving mobility and cognitive function in older adults and individuals with in Parkinson's disease.This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visit https://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Wendy Baer, MD, is Assistant Professor holding joint appointments in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Baer serves as Director of Psychiatric Oncology at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, and also serves as Vice Chair for Wellness in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology.In her work at Winship Cancer Institute, Dr. Baer helps patients and their families deal with the stress of receiving a cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment. As a Psychiatrist she has expertise in treating clinical depression and anxiety both with medications and psychotherapy to help people manage emotions, behaviors and relationships. The fundamental goal of Dr. Baer's practice is to promote wellness and maximize patients' quality of life as much as possible. She believes strongly in the team approach to patient care and collaborates regularly with patients, doctors, nurses and social workers.In this conversation we talk about burnout: understanding the burnout, its signs and expressions. What fields and professions are especially prone to burnout? Does the role, the attitude, or the culture within a workplace make a difference? How and why the spread of burnout changed in the context of COVID-19 pandemic? Dr. Baer also talks about working through and out the burnout, through better understanding its causes on personal level and taking intentional steps to structure your external environment and internal energy to combat it. We talk about taking care of different domains - physical, emotional and spiritual. Tune in to learn more!This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM 

Dr. Jud is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate professor in psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University, as well as a research affiliate at MIT. Before that, he held research and teaching positions at Yale University and the University of Massachusetts’ Center for Mindfulness. Read more about his research here. He is passionate about understanding how our brains work, and how to use that knowledge to help people make deep, permanent change in their lives — with the goal of reducing suffering in the world at large.As an addiction psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for treating addictions, Dr. Jud has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including both in-person and app-based treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety (Eat Right Now, Unwinding Anxiety and Craving to Quit).Based on the success of these programs in the lab, he co-founded MindSciences, Inc. to create app-based digital therapeutic versions of these programs for a wider audience, working with individuals, corporations, and hospital systems to put effective, evidence-based behavior change guidance in the hands of people struggling with unwanted behaviors and “everyday addictions.” In this episode Dr. Jud shares the biggest takeaways from his new book “Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind” that got released on March 9, 2021 is already an #1 Best Seller. What if we looked at worry as if it were a bad habit?Dr. Jud describes the effects of uncertainty on our mental and emotional health. Uncertainty can take us out fo the "safety zone" and put us in a state of high alert, that leads to anxiety. But what if, instead of entering the "panic zone", we learn how to enter the "learning zone"? Dr. Jud teaches us how to recognize anxiety, and build new habits that help us grow in a calmer state of mind. We cannot think our way out of anxiety…. but we can feel our way out of it! What does that look like? Dr. Jud shares a framework and related tools to do just that. Tune in to the episode to learn more! For more information please visit:www.drjud.comhttps://drjud.com/book/Learn more about the app-based behavior change programs from DrJud and MindSciences for eating, anxiety, and smoking cessation.This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM