Podcasts about student health services

Leaving home for college is a major milestone, but navigating independence comes with its own set of challenges. In this episode, we dive into the realities of managing physical, mental, and emotional well-being while embracing the responsibilities of college life.Learn more about Student Health Services: https://www.augusta.edu/shs

In season 12, episode 4 of Beach Weekly, host Lei Madrigal discusses a possible CSU student worker unionization, a yearly college health survey and more. This Wednesday, Feb. 21 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 303 of the University Student Union, there will be a Financial Empowerment workshop hosted by Beach Pride Events. Students will learn to manage basic finances and how to become financially independent. The Stress Less Workshop will be held on Thursday, Feb. 22 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Student Health Services building. Register by calling 562-985-4609, emailing Wellness@csulb.edu or logging into your Student Health Services Patient Portal. Join the Beach Wellness and Counseling and Psychological Services organizations for Thoughtful Thursday: Guided Mindfulness and Meditation. The event, which is hosted online via Zoom, will take place on Thursday, Feb. 22 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. On Thursday, Feb. 22 there will be a free QPR Suicide Prevention Training in the USU, Room 205 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Certification is available to those who attend and is free for students, staff and faculty. Registration through the Events and Orgs app on the CSULB sign-on is required. Student Health Services will host an event on Thursday, Feb. 22 to provide information about acne, skin conditions, cancer prevention and more. The event is called Skincare at the Beach and will take place at the College of Professional and Continuing Education (CPACE) building in Room 100C from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Elizabeth Basile, a news assistant with the Daily 49er, joined Beach Weekly to discuss a possible student worker unionization among California State University student assistants. Elizabeth shared details such as the reasons for a union, how development is currently going and how people feel about the idea of a student union. In a historic systemwide strike across the California State University system, some faculty members at several CSU campuses are dissatisfied with the early strike cancellation and tentative agreement that was made between the California Faculty Association and the university system. The CFA backed away from many of its key bargaining positions. CFA members voted on the tentative agreement from Feb. 12 until yesterday, Feb. 18. The results of the vote will be released today Monday, Feb. 19. The National College Health Assessment is a yearly survey that collects data on student health to determine common health risks that affect campuses. The survey will be sent to students via email on March 3, and it will take around 20 to 30 minutes to complete. Participate in this year's survey to provide feedback and possibly influence future wellness efforts on campus. After a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' victory parade on Feb. 14, one person is confirmed dead and at least 22 others are injured. According to the city's police department, the shooting appears to have been caused by a dispute between numerous people. The two detained suspects are juveniles who are being held at the Juvenile Detention Center for gun-related offenses and resisting arrest. Last Thursday, Greece became the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex marriage. The bill also allows same-sex couples to adopt children but at the same time, restricts same-sex male couples from having children through surrogate mothers. The Greek Parliament is expected to officially approve the bill later this month. Host: Lei MadrigalGuest: Elizabeth BasileEditor: Julia GoldmanProducers: El Nicklin, Aidan SwanepoelLike, comment, and follow us on your favorite platform for more content! Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-49er-podcasts/id1488484518?uo=4 Google Podcastshttps://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kMzEwMjEwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/4HJaqJep02kHeIQy8op1n1 ⁠Overcasthttps://overcast.fm/itunes1488484518/daily-49er-podcasts

To begin season 12 of Beach Weekly, host Lei Madrigal discusses the CSU faculty strike, campus dining hall food waste and more. Week of Welcome begins tomorrow, where departments and clubs on campus set up information booths to showcase their organizations and encourage new members to join. Events take place this Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 30 and Jan. 31, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Central Quad. Registration is not required. Week of Welcome continues on Saturday, Feb. 3, with ASI Night at the Walter Pyramid. Students are invited for a night of school spirit, giveaways, food and more. Doors open at 3:15 p.m. and the men's basketball team will play UC San Diego at 4 p.m. Registration is not required, and all students can enter LBSU Athletics games for free with their student ID card. Black History Month begins this Thursday, Feb. 1, and the university's Division of Student Affairs has a full month of events planned. The first event is Black Graduate Student Game Night on Feb. 2 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Peterson Hall 1 (PH1) Room 230. Student Health Services has a couple of workshops planned for this week, starting with Birth Control 101 today, Monday, Jan. 29 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Student Health Services building. This workshop is scheduled to occur this semester every Monday at 10 a.m. and every Wednesday at 2 p.m. SHS also offers a nutrition workshop on Mondays at 2 p.m., Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. Anthony Orrico, a news assistant with the Daily Forty-Niner, joined this episode of Beach Weekly to discuss the recent California Faculty Association faculty strike, which ended after a tentative agreement was reached on the first scheduled day of striking. He shared information about the history of CFA strikes, new negotiated working conditions and when the agreement may be finalized. The Long Beach State dining hall management team conducted a study in October 2022 to observe the amount of food wasted by students in the campus dining halls. During the study, it was determined that about 15,000 pounds of food were wasted between the three dining facilities. When food waste was measured a year later in Oct. 2023, the overall waste had only gone down 30 pounds. As a result of the study, the Food Waste Reduction Campaign was formed with the goal of reducing waste by 20%. The Office of Sustainability has since worked with ASI and Sustain U to provide other sustainability workshops and events. The International Court of Justice has found that it is "plausible" that Israel has violated the Genocide Convention with actions committed during the recent conflict in Gaza. The ICJ has ordered that Israel must abide by the Genocide Convention. Although the court has not called for a complete ceasefire, it has voted that Israel must take all measures in its power to stop anything related to genocide in Gaza, prevent and punish those inciting genocide, ensure humanitarian needs in Gaza and more. Host: Lei MadrigalEditor: Julia GoldmanProducers: El Nicklin, Aidan SwanepoelLike, comment, and follow us on your favorite platform for more content! Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-49er-podcasts/id1488484518?uo=4 Google Podcastshttps://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kMzEwMjEwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/4HJaqJep02kHeIQy8op1n1 ⁠Overcasthttps://overcast.fm/itunes1488484518/daily-49er-podcasts

How can parents and guardians and college students themselves make sure their first year of higher education is a fun yet safe and productive experience? Our guest for this episode is David Edwards, M.D., medical director for TTUHSC's Student Health Services,  and associate professor of Sports Medicine in the School of Medicine. Dr. Edwards talks to us about physical and mental changes experienced by typical college students as well as how substances such as caffeine, alcohol and drugs affect development. He also gives us advice on managing stress, getting enough sleep and how to recognize when a student needs help. 

Sarah Ketchen Lipson is an assistant professor at the Boston University School of Public Health. Her research focuses on understanding and addressing mental health and disparities therein within higher education. She is the Principal Investigator of the Healthy Minds Network. This includes the Network's national Healthy Minds Study, an annual student mental health survey conducted at hundreds of colleges and universities. Sarah's research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the William T. Grant Foundation, among others.Student mental health remains a top priority for college and university administrators, faculty, and staff. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, many administrators, faculty, and staff members sought to identify ways to better support students at their institutions. A May 2022 survey by Gallup and Lumina Foundation found that nearly three-fourths of students in a bachelor's degree program considered taking a break from their academic studies due to emotional distress. Oftentimes, access to health services, including mental health, is better at colleges and universities for students compared to available options outside of higher education institutions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health services have been expanded to include telehealth options for those who need these services. Multiple resources are available to learn more about student mental health, including CITI Program's Understanding and Addressing Mental Health on Campus: Opportunities and Challenges in Higher Education webinar.Learn more about CITI Program: https://about.citiprogram.org/

In Season 10: Episode 5 of Beach Weekly, host Lei Madrigal covers the latest stories locally, nationally, and worldwide. Long Beach State offers on-campus Alcoholics Anonymous meetings to students every Wednesday from 12pm-1pm in room 268 of the Student Health Services building. Anyone in need of help can walk into a meeting whenever they find it necessary and do not have to attend on a regular basis. Neither appointments nor sign-ups are required. A former Long Beach State student was charged with federal hate crimes for shooting two Jewish men at a synagogue in Los Angeles. The shootings were non-fatal and happened on two separate occasions, the first occurring on Feb. 15 and the second on Feb. 16. The shooter was identified as the same individual who was arrested last July for carrying a gun on Long Beach State campus. As California households face unusually high gas bills this season, the city of Long Beach has announced relief programs to help residents. Those experiencing financial hardship can now apply to receive a one-time $100 credit to help pay their next gas utility bill. All residents, regardless of financial hardship, can expect a one-time $45 credit to be automatically applied to their account with their next billing cycle. More information on utility assistance programs can be found at lbwater.org/billhelp. The effects of fentanyl in America are only getting deadlier. Politicians are calling on President Biden to increase security measures at the southern border to mitigate fentanyl in the States. But when cartels are only being fueled by the profits they make in America, national efforts to limit fentanyl can seem pointless. If fentanyl is here to stay, a promising strategy to decrease its effects is to educate Americans on its consequences. Researchers have installed cameras and sensors underneath a glacier in Antarctica nicknamed the “Doomsday Glacier” to keep track of the rates at which it is melting. These cameras and sensors are great developments in understanding sea level rise and climate change. In the segment on quick headlines, our host discusses recently reaching the one year marker of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Tesla's self-driving feature recall. Host: Lei Madrigal Editor: Andy Nguyen Producers: Leila Nunez, Isabel Silagy Like, comment, and follow us on your favorite platform for more content! Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beach-weekly/id1488484518?uo=4 Google Podcasts https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kMzEwMjEwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4HJaqJep02kHeIQy8op1n1 Overcast https://overcast.fm/itunes1488484518/beach-weekly

In leading the new division, Dr. Travis will provide strategic vision and leadership for a comprehensive health and wellness approach that meets the diverse needs of students, staff, and faculty. “I'm originally from the United Kingdom, born and raised in England, and I've lived in the U.S. for 16 years. I moved here with my husband, who's an American. And most recently I've been at the state of Michigan working in the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. I've led the Public Health Administration there. Before that, I led the Aging and Adult Services Agency and was the bureau director for health and wellness. Prior to that, my family and I lived in Massachusetts where I was chief of Community Health for the city of Worcester, which is the second largest city in New England. I focus on how to improve population health, whether at the local level or state level. And then through my time working in public health, the common thread has really been working on health equity, so figuring out what communities need and meeting them where they are to get the best and optimal health outcomes.”What attracted you to this position at MSU?“I was really excited about this opportunity to set a culture of health and wellbeing and create something new, building on a very strong foundation of these 11 units, but really having the opportunity to look at assessment and planning and work with the Spartan community to reach optimal health and wellbeing here. I really enjoy engaging with communities directly. Working with faculty, students, and staff directly is something that I'm really looking forward to, and I want to look at opportunities to fill gaps and build on the amazing services we're already offering.”Why are you passionate about this work?“Both of my parents were African immigrants. They came to the UK to attend university. Understanding the differences between different groups and their different needs and how that impacts health has really been a passion of mine, working towards leveling the playing field and figuring out how we can better meet the needs culturally, for example, or in terms of language. Here at MSU, I'm really excited about this diverse, huge community that we get to serve. There are many opportunities for us to look to make sure that health and wellbeing are integrated into all aspects of campus life and think about the different backgrounds people come here with and how we can listen and develop more programming and initiatives to meet those needs. My vision is to make sure that each Spartan has access to the resources and education, information, and services they need to be able to meet their full potential here.”How do you define health and wellbeing? And what do you see as the mission of University Health and Wellbeing?“Diversity in our community at MSU is one of our strengths. People are coming here from all over the world with different understandings about health and wellbeing, which can be considered subjective in some ways. It's important for us as we do this work to really have some shared definitions. The World Health Organization outlines health as an optimal state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing, not just the absence of disease or infirmity.“Universities across the U.S. have adopted an inter-association definition of wellbeing, which is an optimal and dynamic state where people are able to fulfill their full potential. So when we think about that in the MSU community, it's looking at what is academic success. How do we achieve that? If people are not healthy or not feeling their best selves, then it's going to be more difficult for them to reach their academic goals, whether it's graduation or something else. For our faculty and staff, it's equally as important as we facilitate that academic journey for others to make sure we're also looking after ourselves during that process.”How would you describe your relationship with the University Physician's Office?“There has been some restructuring. Previously there was integration of what now is University Health and Wellbeing and the University Physician's Office. Now we're two distinct units, although we do work closely together. The University Physician is a cabinet member. He's advising the president and guiding senior leadership within the university on all things related to health and safety, including how we respond to COVID and other major threats as well as making sure we're also meeting statutory responsibilities in terms of state and federal statutes that we're responsible to adhere to.“University Health and Wellness is on more of the programmatic side. My role as an administrator is overseeing all the programs and the array of services that we provide in those 11 units. It brings together units that were formally in the University Physician office. It's the Employee Assistance Program, the Healthy U program, which is health promotion for our staff and our faculty. It also brings together Occupational Health and Travel. And then we have other units like Student Health Services, which is housed in the Olin Health Clinic. We also have CAPS, which is Counseling and Psychiatric Services, and the Center for Survivors, which provides support to people who have experienced relationship violence or sexual misconduct. We have Safe Place, which is the only on-campus shelter for people who have experienced relationship violence or stalking and other forms of harassment. And then we have the Resource Center for Persons Living with Disabilities. That's a program area that's seeing a lot of demand right now as we're admitting more students who are living with disabilities and making sure that they have an equitable experience here as well. And then we also have the Work Life Office, making sure that employees have the best possible experience here and that we are forming and following best practices for that supervisor-employee relationship and beyond.”What are some of your short- and long-term goals?“In the short term, what we're looking at is bringing together those 11 units. It's always difficult when you go through organizational change. And when we look at those 11 units, they've all been following different practices. We are looking at policies, practices, and processes. With that challenge comes the opportunity to make it more efficient, really leveraging the data from each of those program areas to make sure that we have a full picture of what the needs are of the Spartan community. In the short term, I'm also looking at how we educate the university community about the services that we offer, making sure that we're making those connections as tightly as possible so people know from the beginning of their journey with MSU all the way through the end of their journey that we're here to support them and we have resources, information, and other support that they can take advantage of.“In the longer term, we are looking at how to measure outcomes. How can we move the needle on health and wellbeing outcomes and reach that optimal state of health? In public health, it takes a little bit longer to see those in terms of our metrics, but we can track things incrementally. When we are looking at that data and we are assessing health and wellbeing, we need to make sure that we have strong campaigns and accurate information and are leveraging and highlighting the fact that a lot of the time, students have healthier behaviors than are relayed in the stereotypes about students. We are the home to the National Social Norms Center. A big part of our responsibility is to do those social norm campaigns and share what most students are doing and the healthful behaviors that we see here on the MSU campus.”As you pursue these goals, are there any challenges and opportunities you see?“There are always challenges when you bring together new organizations. We're looking at how to get on to shared data systems. But I think the biggest opportunities are really to be a convener, bringing together so many different areas across the university all focused on health. And outside of our team, also convening others who have programs and initiatives supporting health and wellbeing so that we're collectively making a bigger impact. And that's a lot of what we'll be doing moving forward as well as assessment.”I imagine you're pleased to see how society is seeing mental health as an important factor in our overall health and wellbeing.“Yes. One of the things that I think about is this period that we're coming out of with COVID and the impact it's had on folks' mental health. We can't deny that. And we're seeing more and more demand for mental health services. That's a challenge in and of itself, and we have limited resources. It's going to take all of us, faculty, students, and staff to address the current mental health crisis and to really support each other as we come out of this. Over the next few years, we're going to see a lot of students admitted who were in high school earlier on in the pandemic in the most critical times. We anticipate seeing more of those mental health challenges, but we also will be ready to receive those students and to support them every step of the way.“The bottom line here is we're here for you. We have an array of services. Our health changes at different times; it's really a spectrum. Sometimes people will feel healthier, and then other times people will feel some sense of illness, maybe mental health issues. Our goal is to try to work with Spartans to keep them at the healthier end of that spectrum and to be there with services when there are fluctuations. I am so thrilled to be working with such a talented team of individuals who really stay up on best practices and are ready to provide services year-round to our Spartan community. There are some exciting things coming ahead and things to look forward to.”MSU Today airs Saturdays at 5 p.m. and Sundays at 5 a.m. on WKAR News/Talk and Sundays at 8 p.m. on 760 WJR. Find “MSU Today with Russ White” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your shows.

Courtney discusses the different sexual health resources available on campus for WVU students. This includes the services at WELLWVU, Student Health Services, the Mountaineer Pharmacy, the LGBTQ+ Center, the Women's Resource Center, and the Mon County Health Department. She also provides some reliable online resources such as: Advocates for Youth, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, Sex, Etc., and Scarletteen. 

In Season 9: Episode 6 of Beach Weekly, we are breaking down the latest campus news, public health developments, and pop culture headlines. Last Wednesday, Sept. 21 Long Beach State and the League of Women Voters, Long Beach hosted a forum for the last two candidates for Long Beach mayor, Rex Richardson and Suzie Price. The Daily Forty-Niner's Video Editor Luke Wines covered the event and spoke to students about their thoughts on the race. Long Beach State has hired Daniel Montoya as its new Vice President for University Relations and Development. Montoya has previously served in various development leadership roles at San Diego State, University of California, San Diego and Loyola Marymount University. Montoya will be tasked with directing funding and spending for the university upon starting his new position on Oct. 10. Los Angeles County announced on Sept. 22 that it will no longer require that individuals wear masks on public transit. Los Angeles was the last county in California to continue requiring masks on public transit, and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is still strongly recommending that travelers wear masks. Additionally, Los Angeles County announced that masks are no longer required in homeless shelters and correctional facilities. Health officials are warning that flu season could be bad this winter, sparking concerns of a "twindemic": a surge in COVID-19 cases and rampant flu cases. Such concerns arose after the Southern Hemisphere recorded one its worst flu seasons in several years in its winter, which is often an indication for how the Northern Hemisphere's flu season will fare (NPR). Long Beach State students, faculty and staff members can receive a free flu shot through Student Health Services on campus. California will begin issuing the first round of inflation relief payments for eligible residents on Oct. 7. The state will issue several more rounds of relief payments through Jan. 15. In order to qualify for a payment, residents must have filed for income tax in California and make less than $500,000 per year. Eligible residents will receive a payment between $200 and $1,050 depending on their income and the size of their family. In the pop culture segment of the show, we discussed Roger Federer's retirement from professional tennis, Albert Pujols hitting his 700th career home run, Adam Levine's cheating scandal, and Don't Worry Darling's underwhelming reviews. Host: Isabel Silagy Guest: Luke Wines Edited by: Calla Delos Reyes Like, comment, and follow us on your favorite platform for more content! Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beach-weekly/id1488484518?uo=4 Google Podcasts https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kMzEwMjEwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4HJaqJep02kHeIQy8op1n1 Overcast https://overcast.fm/itunes1488484518/beach-weekly

Students from the University of South Alabama (USA) interview clinical staff from the USA Student Health Center on services provided to USA students regarding HIV testing and other STIs. This is Episode: 2 Student Health Services at USA which is part of the Peer Educators and Vodcast Series, Ending the HIV Epidemic.

Learn about UC San Diego's comprehensive mental health and wellness ecosystem, which is designed to empower every student to flourish. Experts highlight new and innovative strategies to meet the unique needs of college students, including precision mental health care. Series: "UC San Diego Health Talks" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Show ID: 37626]

Learn about UC San Diego's comprehensive mental health and wellness ecosystem, which is designed to empower every student to flourish. Experts highlight new and innovative strategies to meet the unique needs of college students, including precision mental health care. Series: "UC San Diego Health Talks" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Show ID: 37626]

Learn about UC San Diego's comprehensive mental health and wellness ecosystem, which is designed to empower every student to flourish. Experts highlight new and innovative strategies to meet the unique needs of college students, including precision mental health care. Series: "UC San Diego Health Talks" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Show ID: 37626]

Learn about UC San Diego's comprehensive mental health and wellness ecosystem, which is designed to empower every student to flourish. Experts highlight new and innovative strategies to meet the unique needs of college students, including precision mental health care. Series: "UC San Diego Health Talks" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Show ID: 37626]

Learn about UC San Diego's comprehensive mental health and wellness ecosystem, which is designed to empower every student to flourish. Experts highlight new and innovative strategies to meet the unique needs of college students, including precision mental health care. Series: "UC San Diego Health Talks" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Show ID: 37626]

Learn about UC San Diego's comprehensive mental health and wellness ecosystem, which is designed to empower every student to flourish. Experts highlight new and innovative strategies to meet the unique needs of college students, including precision mental health care. Series: "UC San Diego Health Talks" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Show ID: 37626]

Learn about UC San Diego's comprehensive mental health and wellness ecosystem, which is designed to empower every student to flourish. Experts highlight new and innovative strategies to meet the unique needs of college students, including precision mental health care. Series: "UC San Diego Health Talks" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Show ID: 37626]

Learn about UC San Diego's comprehensive mental health and wellness ecosystem, which is designed to empower every student to flourish. Experts highlight new and innovative strategies to meet the unique needs of college students, including precision mental health care. Series: "UC San Diego Health Talks" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Show ID: 37626]

Episode 88 Our exploration of medical issues along the span of our lives has reached the middle age. That strange period of time whose goalposts are constantly shifting because the people on the lower end don't want to admit it's beginning and those on the other end, don't want to admit it's over. This period is marked by an awareness of our body's limitations and our stubborn refusal to get that weird new ache checked out by a doctor. It can be a time of self-realization, honest introspection, and spiritual awakening or it could also mean a new sportscar and expensive vices. People do funny things when they start to discover hairs in places they're not supposed to be!    Support this podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/DowntheWormholepodcast   More information at https://www.downthewormhole.com/   produced by Zack Jackson music by Zack Jackson and Barton Willis    Transcript  This transcript was automatically generated by www.otter.ai, and as such contains errors (especially when multiple people are talking). As the AI learns our voices, the transcripts will improve. We hope it is helpful even with the errors.   Rachael Jackson  00:05 You are listening to the down the wormhole podcast exploring the strange and fascinating relationship between science and religion. This week our hosts are Ian Binns  00:17 Ian Binns Associate Professor of elementary science education at UNC Charlotte. And if I were to pursue a midlife crisis, the first thing that hit my head was is I would get tattoos. My name is Adam Pryor, Adam Pryor  00:29 I work at Bethany college. If I were to live out one of my midlife crisis fantasies, it would be to send all of my children to boarding school and buy myself a convertible. Kendra Holt-Moore  00:48 Kendra Holt-Moore, PhD candidate at Boston University, and my midlife crisis would either be get an eyebrow piercing, or get really involved in local theater, and just audition for all the main characters and try to achieve small town fame. Rachael Jackson  01:08 Hi, this is Rachael Jackson, Rabbi at Agoudas, Israel congregation Hendersonville, North Carolina. And if there were a midlife crisis that I would fulfill, I think it would be going off the grid entirely, and just becoming a hermit with my cross stitch stuff, and just sitting there and stabbing fabric for hours on end. Adam Pryor  01:36 So, as the as the question has been to indicate today, we are talking about health care, and particularly the issues of middle age, which is sort of the least exciting period of healthcare is what I've decided, right? No, no violent birth or death, just the long stetic period where everything is supposed to be humming along like normal, and yet you feel worse about yourself every day. Rachael Jackson  02:05 This is totally a year episode. Exactly. Adam Pryor  02:11 does feel like I was built for this. So but it's interesting, right click, because it's hard to find a lot of information about issues in the middle of life, because ideally, things are sort of going along pretty normally. And so there are a couple of things that I found that I thought were really interesting. So most of the material that you find talking about healthy aging, particularly during this period, relates to mental health more than it does physical health. The second thing that I found that I thought was interesting was that folks who tend to be in middle age seem not to go to doctors. They're maybe even worse than their own children who don't want to go to the doctor, but you make them go. But then when you hit this long middle period, you suddenly stop going as regularly. So I have another confessional question for you. I'm just curious when the last time you went to a doctor was Rachael Jackson  03:07 I went to my GP in December. Adam Pryor  03:11 recognize my stats here? Ian Binns  03:14 Yeah, I went 10 to 10 days ago. Sorry. Adam Pryor  03:20 You guys are by representative sample in any way, shape, or form? Not Ian Binns  03:24 at all, because the moment you told us before we started recording that that's what the data tells us. I knew immediately. I'm throwing that out. Yeah. Because I've always been the if I got some wrong and call the doctor. Adam Pryor  03:36 Do you really? Rachael Jackson  03:38 Yeah, I'm the opposite of that. No, I'm the I only got a baseline kind of person. So that's why I went because I I was turning 40 this year. And because health insurance is stupid. It worked out better that I went in December of last year rather than wait until I officially turned 40 this March. So I went last December so I could get a baseline of Okay, this is what I am at 40. Plus it was a pandemic year. So I was super stressed. So what was what did I look like in a super stressed 40 year olds is kind of what why I went I won't be going this year. Kendra Holt-Moore  04:20 I don't have a GP. But I have been a graduate student with my health insurance through Boston University. So I would just go to Student Health Services, and then they might tell me to go somewhere else. So I guess that kind of counts as a GP services, Rachael Jackson  04:41 but you're also technically just just throwing that one out there. You're not also technically middle aged, Adam Pryor  04:45 correct? Yes, correct. Right. Kendra Holt-Moore  04:48 Throw in my throw in my experience there. I do try to avoid the doctor until something urgent happened. See, so and I have been in the last year Ian Binns  05:00 I have had some unusual medical things happen to me over the last 10 to 15 years, that that's another reason why I'm like, you know what something's going on. And I'm kind of like, I'm not really sure about this out. Now what I do is I send them a message to the online system and say, Hey, this is happening. thoughts. And if they want me to come in, I come in, just because, you know, but the running joke when I had that weird infection in my hand that hospitalized me for two days and led to two surgeries, you know, and would have killed me if I had not gone in all the guys I work out with said, Hey, man, it's really good euro was because if it happened, any of us we would have been dead. I was like, exactly. Explaining, you have no idea how much my finger hurt, and they just like did just know, your finger. Does not matter. So yeah, because I went in is a reason why I didn't have to have anything amputated and or end up dying. So you know. Adam Pryor  06:07 So worth the check. So it was worth the check. Absolutely. Ian Binns  06:14 And I've had kidney stones several times. So yeah, when stuff happens, I'm just like, yeah, that's what they're there for. I also I'm under that, I think, mindset because growing up on a military facility in Germany, and even though my parents were divorce, I was still under my dad's medical insurance as a retiree. And so there was never a costs associated with going, you know, our my insurance was, I was fully covered with everything. And when you have something wrong, you just went in, I remember the first time I had to go to the doctor, I was in college, and they asked me about the copay, I just kind of looked at what was he talking about. And it was actually I didn't even know where to go first. Because there was no urgent care. For the most part, it was if he had something wrong, you know, on the military facilities, at least at the time, it was more of like, here's the ER, here's this kind of stuff. And that's where you went. And I remember kind of suggesting that someone and they're just like, what do you know, you don't go to the RFA, you go to urgent care. I didn't know what it was. So yeah, it was big, you know, wake up call. And as Rachel said, insurance is ridiculous. Adam Pryor  07:27 Yeah, I feel like the insurance piece is the like, largest factor of health care and middle age. Like, I, cuz I don't know about you. But anyway, it will everywhere. But but in particular in middle age, because I feel like you're you're kind of healthy enough to sort of roll along, if you so choose. But also, you start to get aware that like, probably somebody should, you know, take a look under the hood and make sure everything's okay. It's like when your car hits 100,000 miles, right, there are just some things you probably shouldn't do. And you also go, I really don't want to, because I know how much this will cost. Maybe not everybody feels that way. I certainly feel that way. Every time my wife looks at me and says you should go to doctor. And I say no, because I'm just too cheap. Rachael Jackson  08:20 Right? No, I think I think you're absolutely right. That it's it's partly our system. So it'd be interesting to see, because you were you were our anecdotal evidence or our anecdotal stories kind of disproved your scholarship article that you were saying that, you know, people have this general age Don't. Don't go. So I'm wondering if if it is a health insurance thing? What about countries that have universal health care if they experienced the same sort of dip in activity at this particular age range? Adam Pryor  08:56 Yeah, importantly, they don't. This is a distinctly and Rachael Jackson  09:00 they know that. Great. Adam Pryor  09:02 Yes. The World Health Organization has looked at that significantly, right. In terms of talking about what, what happens when you provide universal access to health care. Right. And I think it's interesting, right, because like, in some ways, all three of us, I'm going to explode you Kendrick cuz you're not middle aged yet. But the three of us who want Rachael Jackson  09:25 to be associated with you, people. Adam Pryor  09:26 That's right. Hey, now, don't worry. You're gonna feel good about talking about houses soon? Yeah. No, like, there's this, this element that I do kind of wonder like, are we not necessarily good representative samples across the board? One because of education, but to because of access to probably I would assume reasonable health insurance, even if not great health insurance? Rachael Jackson  09:55 If reasonable means that it costs the same as my mortgage then yes, yes. I have actually Access to reasonable health insurance. I, Ian Binns  10:05 we realized and I this was interesting to me, and this is not saying anything bad about where I used to work, but the health coverage in Louisiana was better than it is here in North Carolina, now that the services Yeah, there's no I'm not worried about anything. But when it came to the insurance part, like the premiums that we had to pay every month were lower than, you know, for me and and on it than it would have been for here and I. But then, if we they had a really interesting system there. It was called LSU. First, it was like a three tiered system. And the first year was LSU. First and if provider or hospital was part of the LSU, first, you paid nothing. Like that was part of their system. There was no copay, nothing. It was amazing. And then you had like, then the next tier was is that you had, they were in network, and then you had your deductible, right, and your copay. And then you had out of network deductible copay, which is obviously a whole lot more. But it was just, I remember seeing that when we got down there. And I just like, Whoa, that's amazing. So even when the twins are born, the hospital we did it in was one that was under the LSU first system. So it was considerably cheaper than it would have been if we gone to the other hospital. Which I find fascinating. But I think one of the things that really helped me was all about middle aged stuff, and insurance and all those things that when I did have that issue, that infection in my finger, they weren't sure what was going on. And we were sitting in the earth or the hand surgeon's office, and they were trying to look at it. Like, we don't know what this is. But we know we have to do an immersion surgery tonight. And this was at three o'clock in the afternoon telling us this. I do remember and then having to call the hospitals to make sure they took my medical insurance. Now I'm on the state health plan. So ended up not being a problem. But I do recall also to either the PA or the doctor or somebody suggesting to and make sure the hospital that we're going to take your insurance. Right. And I be I was always shocked. I'm still shocked by that, that. That's just unbelievable, right. And by the second surgery, which was in April of that year, I had reached my out of pocket maximum. So I paid nothing else the year when I would go the doctor, even for PT because of the hand. They In fact, even the physician's assistant at the time was like, well, we probably want to get you an occupational therapy. I'm not sure what your insurance looks like. And I said, Well, I've meet I've met the out of pocket maximum. He's like, Oh, well, we're just gonna write you for a whole bunch of them then. But it was just that mindset of that's what's so wrong with our system. So we'll get there, Kendra, you'll get there. Kendra Holt-Moore  13:05 Hi. Yeah, I've got some stories to share already. My husband almost went deaf a couple years ago. And so the doctor's bills of trying to like get that all sorted out. It's pretty insane. Rachael Jackson  13:21 Yep. I wanted to tackle one of your other points there, Adam. We were saying that. No, why not? Right, is it that we're just kind of status quo. And then at this, at this particular point in life, people focus on mental health, as opposed to strictly physical health of those, the two are often quite related. So that but the one of the other pieces that I was really thinking about is also at this point of life. And let's let's clarify. So I just asked two and a half questions. So let me ask a third actual question and start there. How are we defining middle life? Adam Pryor  14:08 How do you want to define middle middle life or middle age? Rachael Jackson  14:14 Yeah, I think that's a crucial question. Adam Pryor  14:19 Right? We were talking a little bit before, like things started right like that it keeps getting pushed older. I'm going to blame the baby boomers, because I blame them for everything. And I'm assuming that they just don't want to be old. So they want middle age to go further and further and further, right. Like, now middle ages to 65. And I'm like, No, no, no, you're old. You're not middle aged anymore. You're your past middle aged. I like to use 40. That's the number that I think of. And like plus or minus 40. Right. But like it there's something about that like statistically I am closer to death than I am closer to both Right, and that impending move that I go, that's to me where the like the middle life piece hits, which I know is not necessarily a popular answer. And there are different ways to do it. But it feels very 15:15 straightforward to me. Kendra Holt-Moore  15:38 makes sense to me like I wouldn't. Yeah, I wouldn't say that, like 65 should be the new like middle aged mark. But 40 does feel young ish to me. Like, again, I'm speaking as the non middle aged person in the virtual room. But I think that, like technological advancements, people are living longer and will continue to live longer than we had previously. And so it does, it makes sense to me to have middle age, scoot a little bit further back then the 40. Mark, because I just, yeah, just like, a lot of older people I know who are like grandparents or great grandparents, or I know a lot of people who live well into their 90s. And, you know, not saying that, that's like the norm for everyone, but it's becoming more the norm. And so, yeah, I would scooch it back. Adam Pryor  16:34 It could be that I'm still fully anticipating to die by 80. Yeah, possibly seven. Kendra Holt-Moore  16:38 Middle Age, right. Rachael Jackson  16:40 But so when I was looking, and there's a it depends where you look, when does it start, I've seen the start of middle age be 3540 or 45. And the end of middle age be either 60 or 65. I haven't seen middle age end later than 65. The average life expectancy for the United States for men is 80. And for women 84. So I think you're not wrong, Adam to say that you don't expect to live past 80. That's the average life expectancy of men, your personal genetics, your family, genetics, your lifestyle. All of that, of course, has an issue, but 40 is straight up minute like you've literally lived half your life. Right? Like from a mathematical standpoint, none of us actually know when we're going to die. But given statistics, half is done. Right. And I think and then from a female standpoint, right, our physiol our physiology, right? If if we're only seen of as birthing machines, then then the question might be, when does half of your birthing abilities end? Right? So if we, if we look at what menstruation starts and say 13, rounding small nut rate 13. And when does it end? 5055. Right, depending on depending, again, dependent. So if we say 55. So it's 20 years, or excuse me, 40 years, half of that is 35. Right? So from a female biological standpoint, 35 would be the start of middle aged half of your birthing your reproductive life is over. So in that way, and and that's a medical place. So I think 35 is also not an not an air. When we look at jobs, people aren't necessarily retiring at 60 or 62, or even 65. Right? Some people are working until 7075. So to say, Well, I'm How long is my work history. So if my work history is 50 years, and I start when I'm 22, middle age isn't going to start until I'm 45. Right? So I I think there's value and understanding when we're talking these ages that there's a lot of different lenses that we can use. And from a from a psychological and an emotional standpoint. I see middle aged also and not necessarily in this generation because people are living so much longer. really starting to kick in. And the end of middle age. Where middle age ends is when your next when the generation before you has died. When you know if we're if we're looking at the natural order of things and saying Okay, my parents, my aunts and uncles, all of them, they've died. I'm next. And to me, that's one of those places that indicates the end of middle age. That's how, from an emotional standpoint, which is also why like, why should I go to the doctor, I don't want them to find things. I don't want I don't want That reality, Ian Binns  20:01 so helps you realize that you're not or that you are mortal. Rachael Jackson  20:06 Right? Right. I mean, teenagers and adolescence that's a better term adolescence go through an invincible stage. I think in middle age, we go through an immortal stage. I know, I know, I can get hurt, but I'm gonna live forever. Adam Pryor  20:27 reckoning with mortality. Rachael Jackson  20:29 Yes. Yeah. And it's hard. Adam Pryor  20:35 does kind of suck any other way to put it. Ian Binns  20:42 So I started looking at, like signs that you have reached middle age, Rachael Jackson  20:45 or what people think and know when those were written. So if you're looking at, you know, like huffington post things, make sure when they're ready. Yeah, Ian Binns  20:54 that one's funny. The Huffington Post one that was update in 2017. There's some pretty funny ones on here. Rachael Jackson  21:02 Are you gonna Why are you just gonna leave it like that? No, hold Ian Binns  21:04 on, a hair starts appearing everywhere. When your nose face ears. Hair Reading on your? Yeah, Reading on your phone becomes difficult because the font is suddenly too tiny and blurry. The shed or basement becomes your favorite place. you've Adam Pryor  21:21 dug a little too, too close to home. Ian Binns  21:24 That's why I read that one. Oh. You begin thinking policemen, teachers and doctors look really young. Yeah. Yeah. You are obsessed with your health. You begin looking over the top of your glasses. You start enjoying naps more than ever. Rachael Jackson  21:50 No. naps are for everything. Except for as punishment for children. Right? Because they think it's a punishment. But Adam Pryor  21:58 yeah, forever. Ian Binns  22:00 You find yourself saying what and huh? All the time. You find a lot harder to lose weight a whole lot harder. You don't know any of the songs played on the radio. Gardening becomes an obsession. You develop? You develop little leaks. This is a good one. Yeah. You grow and every time you bend over, Rachael Jackson  22:28 that could have happened to anybody at different times, depending on what their birthing was like. Ian Binns  22:34 Yeah. Anyway, those are some some. Yeah. Adam Pryor  22:40 I hadn't hadn't thought about defining middle aged by how leaky you are. Kind of like that. Mm hmm. So I can't wait. Kendra Holt-Moore  22:55 Some of those already apply though, actually. Yeah. Ian Binns  22:57 See, I told you, you're on your way. Yeah, that's fine. Rachael Jackson  23:02 It's the alternative. Adam Pryor  23:07 what's the alternative? Rachael Jackson  23:09 data? Adam Pryor  23:11 Ah, I like that, that no one's used forever. Nobody. Nobody went with like the transhumanist answer there. That's good. That's good. Rachael Jackson  23:21 We covered that. That's, that's not what we want. That we want. We want death. Ian Binns  23:26 So I wish dear listener Tune in next time when Kendra takes us on a conversation about death. Oh, yeah, it's gonna be great. Adam Pryor  23:35 In preparation for that conversation about death is as we reach this sort of, like, middle aged piece, right, we talked a little bit about this, this idea that like, mental health becomes a big piece of how people think about it. And there's this in a lot of the in a lot of research, there's this this sort of description of a longing for youth, right, a sort of almost like a nostalgia for things that you used to be able to do. But now, perhaps that was no longer a good idea is my way of describing it. So I ran into this the other day, when I was throwing Linus up in the air. And I went, did that was a it was a poor decision in relationship to when I did this with Henry. And I didn't even like think about it. And Henry was a heavier child, and that made me more depressed. I've known what that experience was Rachael Jackson  24:33 like, but just to clarify, the two of them are what, nine years apart Adam Pryor  24:36 nine years apart? Yeah. Were you stronger than I am immortal, more physically? Ian Binns  24:45 were you doing more physical things and like physically fit the new aren't new and Adam Pryor  24:49 now I feel as though I feel like I can say that for like, a 37 year old. I am like, relatively fit. I went out and biked 105 months. Last weekend, like I feel thing, I feel relatively fit. I've been cycling a lot like, you know, I don't feel undue in that regard, but also, like, not like when I was in my, you know, mid 20s and could swing my child around without abandon no matter what. Ian Binns  25:21 Well, all the reason why I'm asking this because like, for example, because of, you know, when I joined f3, and started doing boot camp style workouts, when I was a kid, and stuff and a runner, I never had upper body strength. So I can never do pull ups or anything like that. Now, I can't go out right now and knock knock many pull ups out because I'm not because of the pandemic as I've I've never really worked on physical strength, like I had before. But when I was training for those Spartan races, yeah, I can knock out pull ups, and that was 39 4041. So I was definitely more physically stronger than than I was maybe when the kids were born. Was that's why I was asking like, Is it just because in middle age now there are aches and pains that I have now that didn't especially back pains, back and neck pains that you're just like, oh, that was one of the ones I did not read off. Back in, like back in that pains. And then it also made me think to one of the things I saw on another list was purchasing your decor for your house. That if you're more excited about that, then other things, toys or whatever, that's obviously a big difference, Rachael Jackson  26:30 like going out on Saturday night. A fun date on Saturday night is like Home Depot, Target, and Sam's. Yeah. You know, yeah, free samples. Adam Pryor  26:40 Or then even like the type of good free samples are back, I just want to Rachael Jackson  26:44 do that for you. They're not back for us. They Adam Pryor  26:46 are they're coming back for us. And it is going to drive my grocery bill down. Yeah, because I get to eat me some free samples. Ian Binns  26:57 That's a middle aged thing. I would say cuz you're sitting there wouldn't I mean, can you say what you said it to drive my grocery bill down? Adam Pryor  27:05 That's right. That's what I'm worried about. Kendra Holt-Moore  27:06 I don't know if that's a middle aged. Rachael Jackson  27:09 shoe. That's a cheap thing. Ian Binns  27:11 That's a cheap item. Okay. You're right. That's that's just cheap. Adam. That's true. Rachael Jackson  27:17 That's true. Okay, in typical Rachael fashion. Can we talk about the positives, though? Adam Pryor  27:26 There are positives. There are parts. Are you sure? Because I bet I can split all your positives into negatives. Okay, Rachael Jackson  27:34 you were just saying you're not as strong as you were before. Ian Binns  27:36 I need my popcorn. Well played on that one, Rachel, thank you. I'm ready. I'm ready. Remember, she lifts weights. Flip it. Rachael Jackson  27:48 One of the things that I think really happens to people in this category of middle age, however a person chooses to identify when it starts and when's it ends, is a really knowing oneself. And this is where I think the midlife crisis concept comes in, where a person finally realizes that they are mortal. And that time is the most precious thing that we have. And because of that, we don't want to waste it. And so there's a reevaluation of life a reevaluation of priorities of reevaluation of self. And that transformation, that metamorphosis, I think, is absolutely beautiful. And there's a sort of understanding of not really caring as much what others think that a particular age you know, that turns into curmudgeonly old men usually, but it's, it develops in a nice way early. So that that that for me is one of the biggest positives that I see in this category of middle age. Adam Pryor  29:25 But I'm gonna just turn that on its head a little bit, right, like, cuz that might go really poorly. And what was well, right, so I think part of what goes on with that midlife crisis is exactly this sort of like self awareness that you're describing, right? But what happens when you're aware that the self you've become is drastically, drastically not what you want to be, Rachael Jackson  29:48 then you change Adam Pryor  29:52 or you buy a convertible Rachael Jackson  29:54 or get a tattoo you find really poor coping mechanisms. Correct. Given that that's at every stage Well, yes, I'm in the hence the poor weight loss issues. Yeah. Right then. But I mean, I think of an unhealthy coping mechanism that our society has made a joke of, but I don't Adam Pryor  30:15 I think part of this is that like the, the discovery of self is not inherently positive. Right? It's a sort of neutral item, I think, Oh, Rachael Jackson  30:27 really? Ian Binns  30:29 When that'd be based on perspective, load the discovery of like, yeah, I, I'm with you, Rachel, you say, say that, again, Adam Pryor  30:38 the discovery of self is not inherently positive. I think it's neutral. Kendra Holt-Moore  30:43 Oh, yeah. I agree with that. Rachael Jackson  30:45 Same Oh, Kendra. Kendra Holt-Moore  30:49 I just, I mean, it's such a personal like process. But I think what I hear when Adam says that is that people over the course of their lives, and not just in middle age, although I'm sure it can, like, Look, a particular way, because that's when we talk about things like midlife crisis, and all of that, but people have different like practices and hobbies, and you know, life circumstances change you and you just become more self aware over the course of your life, or not everyone does become more self aware, actually. And it just, yeah, I think, what, what Adam just said, is that, like, you can wake up one day and realize that you're not who you hoped you would be, and might also find it really hard to change into who you hope to be. And I don't know, like, there's just a million factors that play into, like, what constitutes the self? And I guess that's maybe the bigger, more daunting question is, like, what do we what are we discovering when we discover the self, but I just think that, yeah, like to be satisfied with the self, that you discover, probably has a lot to do with things like, healthy support system, and financial stability, and, you know, like, meaning making processes that are, you know, accessible to you. And, and that, I mean, those things aren't like, what we typically consider to be an inherent part of the self, but they, I think, make life a lot easier for us to become our best selves. And, and so yeah, it's just, it feels like a really, like, life is complicated. discovering who we are, or creating ourselves. The way that we want to be is just, yeah, it's a real mixed bag for people. And so it feels really intuitive to me that that, that does, that it is a neutral process, because it can be it can look very good for some people and very bad for others. And it's wrapped up in all of these like social factors, too. And some people just don't have a lot of control over those things and what they do have control over? Well, yeah, I guess that's still, that's still brings us to a conversation about like, you know, it's it's not what it's not about, like what you can't control, but it's about like, the attitude you have towards the things you can't control, like little quotes like that about, you know, who you are, who you're not, and, yeah, so anyway, I just find that a really intuitive way to talk about like self discovery. What does that not feel? I'm curious about what, what you guys are thinking Rachel and he and, Dan, Ian Binns  33:52 I think the way you said it was a lot nicer. I'm just gonna say it. So Adam Pryor  33:59 the way Kendra said it? Ian Binns  34:01 I do. I do. Because I feel like it still gets the way I was thinking of it was a perspective thing, right? It's how you approach it. And and I think that shifts, depending on what stage of life you're in, and also can just depend on the day, you know, or the moment that you're experiencing something. And so I guess, over time, it could average out as neutral feeling that way. But go ahead. Well, so one of the things that, you know, that I This helped a lot with, like all of the mindfulness meditation I've done is to really focus on which I just hit one year, 34:44 daily. Ian Binns  34:45 Last Friday, I was very excited with that 10% happier group. But is that right? And then I still also we're still working progress, obviously but recognizing what I can and cannot control and to learn it. let that go is tough. Right? So I think by the fact that I'm getting better at that than I used to be, that would make it I think things more positive, because I'm recognizing what I have control over. But if I'm in a foul mood, or struggling on that day, it doesn't matter. This Yeah. It will be a negative perspective. So, Kendra Holt-Moore  35:27 yeah, yeah. And I just wanted to add that, like, what I just said, I could see how maybe it sounds like a little bit deterministic of like, oh, what, what's around you makes you who you are. And I do think that's true to an extent, but also, like, what you're saying, in the personal practices, we have to try to, you know, like, create ourselves or however you want to phrase that. It's, it's a matter of practice and like determination to some extent that. Yeah, you might not feel the same every day. And that's okay. I don't think that really like, changes your, like, fundamental being, it's just that, like, we, I think humans, we have practices for ourselves, we participate in rituals, we have community and support systems, because that those things do create a boundedness around who we perceive ourselves to be. And we, we each have many different roles in our families, and friends and communities. And that those are all ways that we, that we do, like, derive a sense of who we are. And some of that's like aspirational, you know, like, if you strip that all away, like, what, how would that make you different than who you are? In your role as like, teacher, pastor, Mother, you know, all of these things? So it's just like a really, it's a really difficult question, I think, to, to answer without thinking about the things we do to practice being ourselves in the forms of, you know, practices like meditation or attending that, like, a Bible study group every Sunday, or showing up to class to teach every week, you know, things like that. So just wanted to add that Rachel has a very quizzical look on her face. Yeah, Rachael Jackson  37:25 I I hear what you're saying. totals, parent medical tangential aside, I think everyone needs to go through active listening and assertive speaking. training. So I hear what you're saying. I think I'm coming at it from a very different place. from a place of I think, Adam, you said status quo. Right? That's, that's one of the characteristics of this time of life is status quo. And when I compare that to other phases of life, say, if we look at, right post middle age, what happens after middle age? What, like, what happens? What how are we? How are we calling that old? elderly? Right? I, it depends. And then there's medical terminology of elderly or older, or frail, all of those different fragile, right, these are all medical terms that can be used in those ways. But if we say, elderly, right or old, right, you have middle age, and you go to old, and you go to elderly, old and elderly, are in our society, because that's someone that we can really speak to, are categorized, often by the decline of the body, and the re evaluation of the self outside of a profession. Whether that profession was raising children, or having a career or whatever it was with that there's there's a shift in our culture of Oh, now you're retired. And that's, that's a very big shift in our human doing our productivity, our you have to, so that our society is very surrounded around that. So I think older and elderly are really looking at redefining the self outside of a profession. And in terms of the body, right, the body itself starts to really decline in those points. Youth, adolescence, is categorized and for me looked at as finding yourself within society, like pushing the boundaries, where is authority? How do I fit in? How do I fit there, like I am knowing mostly who I am, but it's an age of exploration. This status quo is a I've established what my career is more Less, I've established more or less, at least a partnership or not a partnership, a child like rearing children or not rearing children that there's a, these things are not necessarily fully brand new at this point, right? Most people don't say at 50. Now I want children when I didn't want them for the last 30 years. It could be a Oh, shucks. Now we have another right there. I mean, it's not saying that it doesn't happen, but that it rarely at that stage of life, is it a, yes, this is what I want. And I've never given it any thought. But that it's a status quo, which allows us to then in a slow, methodical, or not even methodical, but in a in a status quo sort of way to say, is this who I am. And I think and I will, I will very much saying I really appreciate you pointing out Kendra, that this is coming from a point of privilege. This is most definitely coming from a place of privilege that I didn't earn. Some of it, I did most of it, I didn't. And that there are people who don't have the privilege to have that conversation of self, which is one of the the markers of modernity, as opposed to pre modern era, right, they didn't have this luxury work for 15 hours a day, six days a week is. So having said all of that I come from a place of this is our time to just sort of slow down and figure out what what not what we're trying to reclaim, which is what I think you were trying to look at Adam, but how to re hone who we are. And even if it's a even if it's a 180 from who we are, it's a I can now confidently say at 40. I am an introvert. I am not shy. But I'm definitely an introvert I am a low energy person. I am a particular food eater. not picky. But I like what I like. And I'm gonna change that a whole lot. And it's okay that I like blue box mac and cheese. And I'm not going to apologize for that. And I'm not going to feel bad about it. I'm not going to feel bad about who I am or my choices and feel like someone's judging me. Anything that's that's the recognition of self that has nothing to do with my role as a clergy person, as a spouse as a parent. It's a Who am I What do I like to do? What are the things that make me happy? Not my mood. And if you'll if you'll allow me the ability to make one more analogy. One of the things I hear you saying Ian is really like weather. Today's weather. How do I feel today? Right? And that's weather. Right today? Like it was 105 degrees in Billings, Montana yesterday, that is absurd. And it snowed in Texas. And that is absurd. Right? The weather is the daily changes, but the climate. That's what we're looking at now. And I'm saying at this point in our life, this is when we can recognize the climate is changing. Can we change it? Do we want it to change? if so how? Right? cooler Texas sounds great, hotter, Montana, not great. Warmer oceans, bad idea. Poor little sharks, heard a whole story on sharks and being in mermaid purses and stuff like that, and how warm oceans are making them die. Like that. That would be the negative. But I think inherently it is good, I think inherently. And that's why I'm saying it's not inherently neutral. I think it's inherently good to look at oneself in the mirror and say this is who I am. And I'm good with that. So that that for me is the positive. Because we're not focusing on developing the career rearing the young worrying about our bodies. Again, speaking from a place of privilege. Adam Pryor  44:30 Okay with that, if you're good with it. It's the person who looks at it and says, I'm not, and there's no mechanism to change that I look at and go, that's a that's a different sort of notion of what self discovery is. Rachael Jackson  44:49 Why is there not a mechanism to change that's what I don't understand. Adam Pryor  44:54 privilege. Rachael Jackson  44:57 Can you say more? Yeah. You're like me, I'm dead body? Adam Pryor  45:01 No. So I do it this way. I'm Joe trucker. And Joe trucker has woken up at 45. And gone, I spent 20 years of my life driving truck. And I'm not sure that I believe that I've actually done anything good in the world. And I would like to do something good in the world. And I have no savings by which to change the structure of the day to day grind that I find myself in. That is not a moment of self discovery that I would say is inherently good. Rachael Jackson  45:33 disagree. Adam Pryor  45:35 But I think that's because you assume the structure of knowing the truth is good. Rachael Jackson  45:41 I do assume that, Adam Pryor  45:43 and I do. Ian Binns  45:44 But you are also Adam. I feel like with the example you just gave, you're still not fully in that person's perspective. No, no, no, no, you've not you've not lived that perspective. So you do not know. So that's the the, the To me, it sounds like. And so I want to push back a little bit on that, like I see your point, Adam, with that example, based on my perspective, I would I would potentially see that the same way. But based on the person who's lived that entire life in their perspective, I don't, I don't, I can't say how I would say, Adam Pryor  46:19 if you can't say how you would see it, I also don't think you can say self discovery is inherently good. Rachael Jackson  46:24 But I see what the problem that I have with your analogy, is that you're basing that on a person's profession, that person could then say, Yep, I am a trucker. And I feel like I haven't done anything good in the world. Now, let me go be a trucker for a company that I feel does good in the world. Or now let me take this time that I have, because I might truck 60 hours a week, but I have two hours that I could give. And I'd rather do that because this is a lack that I feel and I can do something about that. So so the profession might not change the situation of having savings might not change. But that self discovery can be a very positive change. Adam Pryor  47:05 But But I think cannon is are two different things. It can be a positive change, Rachael Jackson  47:13 there is no try only do Adam Pryor  47:15 like, but will it be is is is also a is part of what I would press back on there. And why I would call it neutral. Okay. Kendra Holt-Moore  47:26 Yeah, I was gonna also reflect that I think that Adams hypothetical, it's not that the hypothetical is always the case that like Joe trucker is going to reflect on his his himself as, you know, being like in a negative or positive position. It's just that both of those possibilities can happen. And because of the potential for that to go that either way, that that's where the neutrality lies. Adam Pryor  48:01 I mean, I work in higher ed, I I'm generally in favor of self discovery, as like something that's important. Rachael Jackson  48:07 Yeah. You sway me towards neutrality. I can, I can see that. But But you're right, Adam, I do I do believe that, you know, the more truth we know. That is inherently good. That I do. That is more my my perspective, my worldview. I do not believe of ignorance is bliss, kind of Ian Binns  48:32 reverse. I agree with that worldview. Of course, there are things that we can learn. That is true that we may not like when you put it all together. I still feel like yeah, it's better to know when you put it all together, again. Now, you can come with example right now that would be like, Oh, I'm betting he wouldn't like this. And then you tell me and I'd get mad. But then after that, I'll do Adam Pryor  49:05 that alone. I'll let you do in your optimism for a while. That's fun. Thank you Rachael Jackson  49:10 do in optimism. That means that it's going to concentrate more and I'm going to be even more optimistic then. Adam Pryor  49:17 That does seem to be how it works for people. Rachael Jackson  49:20 It is I'm sorry, you don't understand it. Okay, well, optimistic me. Cuz that's who I am. And I'm not gonna apologize for it. But that's okay. Um, is there anything else? Good? Adam Pryor  49:46 I don't know You were the one who said you could come up with good things about about middle age. Rachael Jackson  49:50 Yeah, Adam Pryor  49:51 I mean, I was I was just here to turn them over and make them bad. Yeah. So Rachael Jackson  49:58 I think the take no crap attitude. is a good thing. Ian Binns  50:01 All right, I wouldn't say that necessarily comes with it. Kendra Holt-Moore  50:06 And also, I could turn you potentially like just to get, I feel like I'm really with Adam in this crap attitude is something that I am, I also am like starting to feel the older I get, I was actually just talking about this with my sister who is in her mid 20s. And how we like, are definitely starting to care a lot less about what other people say, the older we get, and how that can be a great thing. But it can also make you a Karen well, so you know, good and bad. I say this for myself, too. Because I, I don't want to I don't want to be a caring. But sometimes it's it's hard not started to manager. Adam Pryor  51:00 I think what starts to like put itself out there, right? Are these there's a mixed bag of what this process of reaching middle age both in terms of like bodily health, mental health, the process of self evaluation, like dope. It can take us in different directions, much like other stages of life, right. So like, even if we talk about Middle Ages, this status quo, right between because I liked your like Rachel, like the like, curve up in the curve down. Right the like, there's development and growth. And this is exciting, but also, like I would never ever want to be a teenager again. middle aged feels much better than being a teenager. I'm watching my child reach into teenage them and going I hate you go back to being a child or skip right into being 20. But this this mid No, no, nobody likes you right now. I say that to the cat, also, but that's fine. So like, there's that element, right? And then I think you can say the same thing on the other side, right like that. Like I like your distinction between old and elderly. Right? Like there's this element of I remember speaking with a very good scholar at a conference, and she sort of halfway joked about I just can't think as fast as I used to. And sort of stopped and paused and then said, No, but I really mean it like this, this body that I am now is not who I am. Right? There's this element of like being betrayed by one's physical sensations, which in middle age, I feel like hasn't happened yet. Like you can be slightly dissatisfied or there's hair where there wasn't here before. There might be a grown. There's a grown from lifting things up and throwing children around. But right. But like in general, there's there's not that sense of like bodily betrayal that can come later. But I think there is this element. Right. And this is what I think is curious about the whole middle aged conversation where it intersects with health is this this element of like, an awareness of that status of old and elder of that eventual bodily betrayal suddenly being around the corner which can feel impending in a positive or negative way. I mean, the way I phrased it does not make it sound great. But I understand it could be phrased positively. Ian Binns  53:39 But it comes back to the mortality conversation we were having earlier. Adam Pryor  53:42 Yeah, right. I feel like like Middle Ages, this like element of like, mortality, contemplation, and depending on how positive or negative you are, right, like waiting for the other shoe to drop of being old and elderly or of having old and elderly cut short. Right. So I, my my thinking about this has like changed since I said that I would start to do it right, because we had this local pastor who died very suddenly. You know, truck came across the highway hit ambu. So Harley, and his 10 year old daughter died almost instantly. 13 year old survived, which is miraculously Ian Binns  54:28 weird. longer. That happened a Adam Pryor  54:31 week two weeks ago. Okay. So it's this, right? And I'm a fairly well educated, I did all the pastoral training stuff I can identify when I'm parallel processing. And yet it doesn't stop that process of parallel processing right like it continues to occur. And, you know, my my wife and I mccobb Lee joked while also sort of doing the process of grieving that as part of that to say You know, she she halfway of that when I said like, I'm, you know, I'm going on right and 100 miles like, also she's like, and then you'll never come back. That's what I think about every time you walk out the door with your bicycle, and you get run over, or you're going to flip over the handlebars. And it's not fun, right? In the same way that like, there's this like element that creeps in that like, you know, every time I send my pre adolescent teen who I hope will soon be 20 out on his bicycle to like ride to school, I'm like, someone's going to run you over, then you'll just be dead. And I feel like that is a hallmark of middle age that there is this, like awareness that creeps into the way in which you treat all of these other health related concerns. Rachael Jackson  55:52 Yeah, I think so. I mean, to share something sort of personal. They're one of I've always been with people who are night owls. And so my husband now like, stays out until two o'clock, three o'clock in the morning, sometimes even later. That's just his personality, and it's fine for us. But I it's fine for our relationship. But I as a person and emotionally go, oh my god, he's not coming home. Oh my God. He said he'd be home at two and it's 230. And what is going on? And just last night, like I'm asleep, and it's almost two o'clock. It's like 145 in the morning, and I see this bright light in my eyes. Like what is going on is like, I need you to get up the cars in a ditch. And my heart just like skipped a beat. I was just like, but you're in the house. So you're okay. Like, okay, so the cars in a ditch, like that was one of my big that was that was a big fear. And oh, yeah, I'm like trying to figure he's okay. But he's great. But he like he was the one that shined the flashlight in my face. He's like, you need to wake up. But having confronting it in those ways, saying, This is exactly my fear. And so every time you leave the house, this is what I feel like. Adam Pryor  57:07 But I think it's that element to that. It's like, it's not just your own mortality, that's part of this, right? Like, it's this recognition of is literally everyone else's mortality, and how that sort of works for you. Right? Rachael Jackson  57:19 Everyone's going to die. Adam Pryor  57:21 Right? Like, every time Rachel's, like every time you walk out the door with your bicycle, I'm afraid you're gonna die. I'm like, Well, every time you gave birth, I was pretty sure that I was going to be parenting by myself. So, you know, live with it. But also, like, Rachael Jackson  57:36 but it is this sort of shillington that three times you do this every week, just like Adam Pryor  57:41 my level of intense fear was justified, because that's a horrible process birthing. I mean, it's beautiful, but also, like, try Holy smokes Ian Binns  57:50 on that we. So while we were going through the classes when I was pregnant with the twins, and there were classes specific for multiples, right. And so they were talking about, it'll have to be a C section. Sometimes it could be emergency c sections. And sometimes there could be complications, but and so they were trying to tell the dads that, you know, there's a chance that if you're in a surgery, there's a complication that may have to whisk you out of the room, but everything's gonna be okay. So they were telling us, and I just raised my hand and said, yeah, that doesn't work for me. And they just said, What do you mean doesn't work for you? I said, So you're telling me that there could be a potential that for like an hour, I would have no idea what's going on with my wife who just gave birth these two babies. And you want me to be like, Oh, cool. And I just I kept pushing back. And finally, but and helped me change your perspective, saying that? Well, honey, if that did happen, it would help me knowing that you are with our children. Making sure they're okay. Right. And so the perspective had to shift for me, but I see your point on that one. I mean, it was like, You can't just say that and then be like, but it's all good, you're fine. And it made while waiting for them to give her the epidural because it was a C section. And so I had to wait outside of the operating room for them to do that process. And I would see because we had two teams of doctors, nurses and stuff for the babies. And then of course, the doctor and the nurses for and that they're all walking in and out and I'm just sitting there staring down going in and out. And I did that that was tough. I was those exciting moment. But for those few moments, it was terrifying. I Adam Pryor  59:31 mean, I think the intensity of those sorts of moments that you have, like earlier in your life are now spread at a low level across every day. Zack is never gonna let me lead an episode ever again. Ian Binns  59:47 I can't wait till we start with like the beginning of what we do with stories and you get to tell a story and then Okay, everyone. What Rachael Jackson  59:52 do you guys have no idea how to pull us out of this ditch. Kendra Holt-Moore  59:57 We will knock on the door of death. Ian Binns  1:00:04 We're right now we're approaching the door next time we're just Adam Pryor  1:00:07 going right up to it. Yeah, Rachael Jackson  1:00:10 that was my Zach that's it. I Adam Pryor  1:00:12 got an attack that clearly the Rachael Jackson  1:00:14 death's door Yeah. Not gonna happen next time next time knocking on Adam Pryor  1:00:19 door knocking on death's door. This time, just hairs in places where they're not supposed to be.

June 19th is Juneteenth in America, the day the last known Africans were notified of their emancipation from American Chattel Slavery. We celebrate Juneteenth on the show this week by speaking to Dr. Clarissa (Serenity) Francis, sexuality educator, researcher, practitioner and founder of the therapeutic initiative Let Freedom C.U.M. Dr. G and Dr. C have a rousing conversation about healing and its relationship to freedom, along with how Black femmes from all walks of life can see their freedom as challenging but readily accessible. Episode Transcripts are delayed, but will be forthcoming as soon as possible. Guest Bio: Clarissa Serenity Francis (The Real Hot Girl Doc) is a Black Sexual Liberation scholar and AASECT certified sexuality educator who focuses on Black women's sexual liberation and pleasure. Dr. Francis has collaborated with colleges, organizations, and community groundbreakers to bring awareness and healing to Black women and youth. She received her bachelor's degree in Africana Studies (minor in Psychology) from Bowling Green State University (BGSU). At BGSU, she held leadership roles in multicultural organizations and became a health peer educator. She worked as a graduate assistant at Clark Atlanta University's Student Health Services while pursuing her master's degree from the illustrious Clark Atlanta University in Africana Women's Studies with a concentration in Black women's sexuality and sexual health peer education. In 2021, she earned her PhD in Human Sexuality at California Institute of Integral Studies. Her dissertation focused on the social history of pleasure activism in Atlanta, Georgia. She is an advocate for Megan Thee Stallion's Hot Girl Summer philosophy and believes that it reflects Black women's movement towards sexual liberation.       Serenity feels called to develop safe spaces for Black women to participate in unrestricted dialogue unpacking and celebrating their bodies and diverse sexualities. She has over 10 years as a sexuality educator and is also trained in massage therapy, reiki healing, and conscious erotic touch. She currently sits on the AASECT's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee and the Leadership Collective of Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WoCSHN). She developed the Let Freedom C.U.M. Sexuality Workshop Series to equip Black sexuality professionals, and the aspiring sexually liberated, to recognize and utilize multi-disciplinary approaches to discussing Pleasure Activism as a tool for Black Sexual Liberation. Her goal is to infiltrate multi-oppressive systems to secure safe spaces for Black women to unpack intergenerational trauma, reclaim bodily autonomy, and Say Yes to (their own) Serenity!  Dr. Francis offers workshops, training, and event planning consulting on Black sexual liberation, peer education, pleasure, and various topics concerning the Africana Diaspora & sexualities. She looks forward to collaborating with scholars, practitioners, and activists on future publications, interventions, and advocacy efforts! More information about Dr. Francis's work can be found on her website https://sayyestoserenity.com. 

This week, we get to meet Matthew Davis, the Outdoor Recreation coordinator, as he shares some of his most interesting experiences before coming to AU. Also, Shelli Larkin, associate director for Student Health Services joins us to discuss how we can show our support during Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Courtney is all by her lonesome this week giving a quick rundown of the different methods of hormonal birth control. She talks about how they work, what the benefits are, and each option's efficacy. A few of the resources mentioned include Student Health Services (304-285-7200), Women's Resource Center (https://wrc.wvu.edu/), Planned Parenthood (https://www.plannedparenthood.org/), and WV Free (https://www.wvfree.org/). And learn more about the WRC menstrual cup project and register for the Period Panel on March 8th, 2021: https://wrc.wvu.edu/wrc-initiatives/freebie-products/menstrual-cups

21 Seventh Lesson Luke 2 — Martha Burke O’Brien, Director Of Student Health Services by Trinity College

Those who have had a college experience, whether it was a single class or a full degree program, would likely admit that the college environment provided countless new experiences. In this episode, Dr. P. talks with Dr. Darryl Holloman about how college experiences can influence students' personal development in multiple ways. Darryl is Vice President for Student Affairs at Spelman College, where he is responsible for supporting a student life agenda that promotes the growth, development, and academic success of every Spelman student. He oversees program development, financial management, and personnel administration for all student development functions including the Office of the Dean of Students, Housing and Residence Life, Counseling Services and Student Access Center, Student Health Services and Campus Wellness, Student Life and Engagement, and student judicial processes. Prior to Spelman, Darryl worked as the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at Georgia State University, Assistant Vice President for Student Life and Assistant Professor at Columbus State University, and Associate Dean of Students and Director of the Paul Robeson Campus Center at Rutgers University-Newark. He has also served as a full-time faculty member at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Darryl has presented more than 80 research papers at conferences hosted by the Association for the Study of Higher Education, the American Educational Research Association, the Association of College Unions International, and the National Academic Advising Association, to name a few. Dr. Holloman's research agenda examines how cultural identities and cultural distinctions shape college experiences and he has authored several articles and book chapters. Darryl is an Atlanta native and has earned three degrees from Georgia State University: a doctorate in educational policy studies; a master's degree in human resource development; and a bachelor's degree in English with a concentration in creative writing. The Did You Know segment describes the importance of sleep. The Ask Dr. P. segment features a listener's question about understanding different types of degrees.Time Markers01:55-Welcome Dr. Darryl Holloman05:00-About Spelman College10:45-The Basics: What Students Can Expect to Experience in College17:45-Misconceptions about What Happens to Students in College25:45-Did You Know: The Importance of Sleep26:30-Ask the Expert: Darryl's Advice for How Students Can Embrace their Development49:15-Ask Dr. P: Understanding Different Types of DegreesResources Mentioned in this EpisodeBook: Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America by Nathan McCallBook: The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear to Faith by Gabrielle BernsteinBook: Mixed Race Students in College: The Ecology of Race, Identity, and Community on Campus by Kristen RennAmerican Academy of Sleep Medicine Article: Importance of Sleep for College StudentsDr. Holloman's BioDr. Holloman on InstagramGot a question about college? Email Dr. P. at amelia@speakingofcollege.com 

There's no skirting around it - it's been a unique year. Yet, in the midst of it all, UofSC has fantastic resources for students to be there for them in unprecedented times. Join us as we sit down with Dr. Sarah Wright with Student Health Services and discuss mental health, the challenges 2020 has brought us, and what the University of South Carolina has to offer for students.

Ever wonder why you're not feeling rested or how you can get better sleep? Well we have some surprising answers for you that Livier Martinez and Tim Leslie from Student Health Services share during this episode that could change not only how you feel as you go through your day but also might increase the quality of your productivity. You may want to write this down. So get comfy, use this listening time as a moment of self care and enjoy.  Contact the Mt. SAC Health Center: https://www.mtsac.edu/healthcenter/   studenthealth@mtsac.edu (909) 274-4400   Self-Care Videos: https://www.mtsac.edu/healthcenter/events/self-care_videos.html   Mindfulness and Meditation: https://www.mtsac.edu/healthcenter/mindfulness.html   Free Personal Counseling: https://www.mtsac.edu/healthcenter/counseling/index.html Run Time: 38 min, 29 sec To find the full transcript for this episode, click HERE

Good morning, RVA! It’s 47 °F, and I am wearing a hoodie at this very moment. Today, you can expect highs in the mid 60s and sunshine. I will probably have to take this hoodie off later this morning, but it feels pretty cozy right now!Water coolerRichmond Police are reporting that last Wednesday night Marquis B. Bushnell, a man in his 30s, was fatally shot on the 1900 bock of Redd Street. The RPD are asking anyone with information about this shooting to call Crime Stoppers (804.780.1000).As of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 856↘️ new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealthand 25↗️ new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 106↘️ new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 34, Henrico: 45 and Richmond: 27). Since this pandemic began, 356 people have died in the Richmond region.In personal coronanews, I finally put some time into moving my coronacounts spreadsheet over to Google Sheets, and you can check it out here. The chartsandgraphs aren’t exactly how I want them, but it’s a start. With any luck, next time my numbers start to look strange, folks can go poke around the data themselves and let me know what I’ve screwed up.In local coronanews, St. Christopher’s and St. Catherine’s schools closed this past Friday after two students tested positive following a party involving more than 60 students “absent of social distancing or mask-wearing.” As of this weekend it was still up in the air whether or not students would return to in-person instruction this week.In regional coronanews, JMU has decided to try reopening to in-person instruction again. On October 5th, students will return to campus, but the University will tweak its plans to include a mandatory surveillance testing program, more isolation and quarantine spaces, and smaller class sizes. Also of note, this bit about how JMU reports positive cases: “Many schools are only reporting cases that are identified in their own university health center. We have been as transparent as possible in reporting both self-reported cases as well as cases identified at the UHC. We are in the minority in doing that, which is important to remember when comparing case counts across schools’ dashboards.” Since I know, like me, you’re immediately thinking that this might be one of the reason’s VCU’s case count is so low, lemme stop you right there by quoting from their dashboard: “Students and employees who test positive for COVID-19 or experience symptoms related to COVID-19 must report it to Student Health Services or Employee Health.”And, finally, in national coronanews, the WaPo points out a fairly serious change to the CDC’s guidance on how the coronavirus spreads: They’ve now added aerosols into the mix. Unlike droplets which shoot out of your face when you cough or sneeze and then fall to the ground, aerosols are produced when you sing, talk, or…breath(?!)…and can “remain suspended in the air and be breathed in by others, and travel distances beyond 6 feet.” We’ll see if or how this updated guidance changes how we should behave, but keeping indoor environments well ventilated moving into the fall and winter seems like a challenge.Alright, the saga of the poorly-accessible Registrar’s office continues with this very sternly worded public letter from Mayor Stoney to the General Registrar. First, it’s good to see a transportation issue getting so much attention—and serious attention at that—from the Mayor’s office. But, honestly, I feel insane when I read this letter? To quote a bit, “From your last briefing to my administration and Richmond City Council, we were under the impression that all pains would be taken to ensure the accessibility of this new, spacious location by public transit.” There is almost nothing that the Registrar can do to make this poorly-chosen location easy and convenient to access by public transportation. It’s far from anything, not on the way to anywhere, and at the end of a cul-de-sac next to a highway. This, to paraphrase Jarrett Walker, is a self-inflicted geometry problem. All of the most painful of pains can be taken, but it’s just a hard spot to get to. Sounds like what we’re going to end up with is dedicated shuttle service from City Hall to the new location. This is…a solution…but still adds friction and time to most everyone’s trip to the Registrar and, while maybe quicker than trying to catch the #91, will still discourage folks from voting. Additionally, this bit is maddening: “I also strongly suggest you reach out to GRTC to explore increasing frequency of service near your main office.” OK, sure. The #91 is a Henrico-based route and would cost $2,300,000 (annually) to up its frequency from once an hour to twice an hour (PDF, p. 4–95). It might seem like Strong Leadership to make this casual suggestion, but the Registrar has exactly zero authority to force Henrico to drop an additional $2.3 million on public transit. To suggest that they might is bananas.The Rev. Ben Campbell has a piece in Style about the history of enslaved Africans in Richmond and the South and the potential of a National Slavery Museum centered in Shockoe. Campbell points out the deep impact slavery had on Richmond and the incomprehensible (but predictable?) lack of focus on it throughout much of our post-Civil War history: “The [Shockoe] slave market accounted for half the economy of the city of Richmond – perhaps as much as $200 million a year in current value – for the 20 years leading up to the Civil War. Yet it is hardly mentioned in Virginia or Richmond history even today.”The RTD dropped their 4th District candidate questionnaires over the weekend. You can read (unopposed) Councilmember Larson’s answers here, and 4th District School Board candidate answers here. I’ve also added links to all of the other questionnaires to each candidate’s card on the Big List of Richmond’s 2020 Candidates Trello board. If you know of other public questionnaires, send them my why and I’ll get them added in the right spot!It was only a matter of time before some local Coffee Queen or King, looking to extend their empire, snatched up the old Lamplighter on Morris. Jack Jacobs at Richmond BizSense says that Blanchard’s Coffee has picked up the spot and will announce an opening date soon. I’ll miss getting Wrong Lamplightered, but am excited to show up at the wrong Blanchard’s for a meeting (whenever meetings return to my life).Hey, look at this charming thing! Richmond’s wants to find an official poet laureate. I know there’s a lot going on at the moment, but, in my opinion, it’s all the more reason to get someone out there expressing our feelings for us. Applications are due November 5th, tell your poet friends!This morning’s longreadJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87NPR’s Nina Totenberg has the obituary of RBG that you probably have already read and need to if you have not.But Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nonetheless a historic figure. She changed the way the world is for American women. For more than a decade, until her first judicial appointment in 1980, she led the fight in the courts for gender equality. When she began her legal crusade, women were treated, by law, differently from men. Hundreds of state and federal laws restricted what women could do, barring them from jobs, rights and even from jury service. By the time she donned judicial robes, however, Ginsburg had worked a revolution.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.

Luke sits down with Carol Daugherty of the Wolf Pack Wellness center to talk about how operations have been going as well as COVID 19 protocols on the CSU Pueblo Campus.

This week, Kim Koss, director of Alumni Engagement, and Katie Chavous, Alumni Engagement coordinator join us virtually to discuss the new programs they launched during quarantine to support new alum and the AU community. Also, your health and safety are a top priority at Augusta University. Students have access to Student Health Services to keep themselves healthy during the pandemic. Learn more here: bit.ly/2DU93jV For more information, please visit AU's Alumni Engagement website: https://www.augusta.edu/giving/alumni.php.

This week, Dr. Robert Dollinger, director for Student Health Services, joins us to give us all the updates and arrangements Student Health has made for students returning to campus. Find out more info about Student Health here: https://bit.ly/2DU93jV Also, our graduate and undergraduate Student Government Association presidents Kristen Wilson and Mahadia Islam tell us what SGA is working on this semester to show students #WhatItMeansToBeAJaguar. Learn more about that here: https://bit.ly/3iGoP0z

Mimi's departure from Student Health Services and graduation from OSU is bittersweet. She would like to thank her colleagues and friends at SHS for making this experience so meaningful and unforgettable.

Mimi's departure from Student Health Services and graduation from OSU is bittersweet. She would like to thank her colleagues and friends at SHS for making this experience so meaningful and unforgettable.

As the pack gets ready for a semester unlike no other, there is a sense of uncertainty and apprehension at how NC State will look come the fall semester. What kind of restrictions will there be? How will social distancing work? What will classes be like? In this episode, Dr. Julie Casani, head medical director of Student Health Services, details that and more! NC State is preparing to tackle Covid-19 by implementing protocols from mask-wearing to contract tracing, says Dr. Casani. Listen to this segment and learn how you can do your part to help prevent the spread!

This episode covers the past and current use of Adderall, a drug that is used in ADHD and ADD treatment. Information is presented by our guest speaker Nikia, who is the Alcohol and Other Drugs Specialist at Student Health Services. She explains the factors that have led to the misuse and abuse of Adderall among college students in particular. Tips are provided on alternatives to Adderall such as meditation and sleep.

This episode covers the past and current use of Adderall, a drug that is used in ADHD and ADD treatment. Information is presented by our guest speaker Nikia, who is the Alcohol and Other Drugs Specialist at Student Health Services. She explains the factors that have led to the misuse and abuse of Adderall among college students in particular. Tips are provided on alternatives to Adderall such as meditation and sleep.

Dean of the College Paul McLoughlin shares his thoughts on the residential learning experience at Colgate, how student-life is improved by the Third-Century Plan, and how ongoing changes to Student Health Services, the Counseling Center, and Campus Safety are all aimed at bolstering support for students.

An overview of contraceptives is presented in this episode by our guest Amanda, who is the Sexual Health Coordinator at Student Health Services. She answers students questions regarding contraceptives and debunks common myths and misperceptions. Information on how to access contraceptives is provided as well as resources like CCare on campus.

An overview of contraceptives is presented in this episode by our guest Amanda, who is the Sexual Health Coordinator at Student Health Services. She answers students questions regarding contraceptives and debunks common myths and misperceptions. Information on how to access contraceptives is provided as well as resources like CCare on campus.

Time Stamped Notes:0:00  If your eight year old you 0:01  could walk right up to you and ask you one question. Just one question. What do you think he would say 0:11  to you? 0:28  Come on play for change. Welcome to playing for a change. This is your host Brandi Heather. This podcast is dedicated to navigating life's messiness and unpredictability where we use play 0:41  as a catalyst 0:42  for change and connection. Come on in this playground is for everyone on the playground today, I think we need to talk. 0:53  There are a whole bunch of really frightening things happening in the world right now. And we need to talk about about the importance of staying in play during times of crisis. 1:05  Do you know what happens to inclusion when people feel afraid of what will happen next or something unexpected changes their way of living or they feel vulnerable to loss or massive change. Inclusion does not flourish here. 1:25  Maybe you remember a time in your childhood when someone told you you had to share a toy or a treat or candy or a friend or a parent. I remember one of my first teaching experiences was in an elementary school classroom. 1:42  There was a young man who had just arrived from Ethiopia the week before and he was a student in grade one. It did snow that morning and his eyes. I will never forget the complete stop in your tracks look of awe and wonder this Young men looked at that white cold magic coming down from the sky and was standing in utter amazement of what it was. 2:12  About an hour and a half after an outside break, the students were writing at their desks and I started to see a puddle forming under the desk of this young man. He had not noticed and when I went over to see if there was something I could do, I whispered and brought a paper towel, but he had no idea looking everywhere for a source. And then he reached into his desk and took out what was left of a very small snowball. He just looked up at me and said, This is mine. 2:51  You see he had made a snowball outside and had snuck it into his desk because he was afraid that we would take it away. Make him share this treasure. And this snowball was melting right in front of his eyes and tears started streaming down his face as he felt we had taken it away or made it go away as a punishment for wanting to have it all to himself. 3:18  As children sharing is a learned skill and a practice skill. How many people remember hiding something you didn't want to share in a place you thought no one would find it. You see often if we have something and we believe there is not enough for everyone. We will keep it close. That's where the saying "Did you bring enough for everyone?" came from. 3:44  That includes things like snowballs and the best spot in the theater and a great job and money and cars and our best friend and food and water and toilet paper. When we are worried we will collect all of those Things that are most important. This is called scarcity. And like it sounds, it often makes us feel scared. 4:11  Scarcity also includes social and emotional factors, including connection and respect, time, advice and kind words and yes, inclusive practices like tolerance and flexibility and adaptability and resilience. Taking the time to ask before judging or assuming what someone intends or taking one more minute to explain. scarcity also sometimes leads us into dividing us and then good and bad, sick and well smart and not smart, etc, etc. 4:53  Because when we feel overwhelmed by our needs for physical and social safety, we feel need to divide and box similar things to make sense of them t shirts in one drawer and underwear and another and socks in another that's why we have drawers so instead of taking the time to consider the perspective of others where they're coming from are trying to explain we put people in drawers just like when we fold their clothes and put them away. Why do we do that? So we know where things are. It's predictable and the same with people. 5:34  When we are overwhelmed we go to a drawer system 5:38  Young people are this 5:40  and old people are that 5:41  and sick people here 5:42  and all the people from there and 5:44  all the people I don't know 5:46  and all wheelchair people 5:47  and all gay people 5:48  all men 5:48  all homeless people all front desk people 5:51  administration all nurses 5:52  all doctors, all welders, all plumbers 5:57  Do you see what happens? 6:00  What drawer are you in? 6:02  Let's see, I'm in the white cisgender female straight privilege mom, artists business owner, teacher mentally ill short but sharp dresser drawer. But it depends on the lens you choose to see me with? And at what moment. 6:21  So how can we afford to play in a time of scarcity and dividing and drawers and hiding our most precious things and protecting ourselves physically and socially and emotionally. I would argue this is why we need to find it and hold on to it. Because play is where we can be authentic and make connections and laugh and be vulnerable to something new and different. And try and fall down and get back up. We find resilience here. in play. 6:57  We find determination and relaxation. And we do things that soothe the drawers and dividers. Research indicates that play deprivation can contribute to a reduced sense of personal control, reduced ability to control emotions, increased social isolation and reduced happiness, all of which are associated with anxiety and or depression. In a time when we are reducing social contact and increasing social isolation. Let's consider what we need to survive. It's not just food and water. Without play and playfulness we will struggle to come up with the creative and innovative ideas, resilience and persistence The world needs. And the world needs answers and I believe the solutions are always in play. 7:50  They are there but we need to provide a space for them to grow. I know you may be worried about what is next, and what tomorrow looks like or What is happening in this moment? What I'm asking you to do is to hold on to the things that give you that moment to smile across the room at someone having a difficulty. to pop a bubble with your gum and giggle that you did it in a place you probably shouldn't have to disconnect from the pace and notice something small you are grateful for. And to build a fort out of cushions and have a picnic with your kids or someone you love. We can't afford not to play. 8:35  That's all from the playground today. Thanks for playing. Remember, this playground is for everyone. Thanks for playing today. If you want to hear more about how finding your play is connected to mental health, business, and education, subscribe on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast play for a change AMPED2PLAY was founded on the belief that everyone has active movement potential. That's an AMP, in which movement encompasses our ability to move ourselves physically, mentally, socially, or emotionally. Movement is change and whether in community health or education or corporate sectors, our goal is to deliver education of active movement potential. Find your AMP today. 8:35  AMPED2PLAY INC. www,amped2play.comBrandi Heather brandi@amped2play.comTranscribed by https://otter.aiFind your play and remind yourself and others that finding it is a gift…In the show notes I have included phone numbers and text lines that connect you to International mental health resources and crisis lines.Resources in CanadaI'm in crisisFind a crisis centre in your province or territory.ementalhealth.ca to find mental health services, and support in your community.Canadian Mental Health Association - find your local CMHA office to access support and resources.Kids Help Phone - visit online or call 1-800-668-6868 to speak to a counsellorI need to talk to someone (if you are not in crisis)ConnexOntario to find services for drug and alcohol, gambling or mental health issues.Canadian Mental Health Association to find your local CMHA to access mental health help, support and resources.Kids Help Phone - visit them online or call 1-800-668-6868 to speak to a counsellor.Transgender Crisis Line: 1-877-330-6366.Find a therapist in your local area.How to find a psychologist.If you are in high school, speak to a counsellor, public health nurse or other relevant staff at your Student Health Services.Most Canadian colleges and universities provide free counselling to their students.Resources in the United States of AmericaI'm in crisisLocal crisis centre.National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - call 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) to be directed to a crisis centre closest to you.National Hopeline - call 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) to speak to a crisis counsellor.The Trevor Project - provides crisis and suicide support for LGBTQ youth, 1-866-4-U-TREVOR (1-866-488-7386).I need to talk to someone (if you are not in crisis)If you are in high school, you can also speak to a counsellor, public health nurse or other relevant staff at Student Health Services for additional support.Suicide Survivor Support Group Directory if you've lost somebody to suicide, locate a support group in your area.Talk to your family doctorLook in your local phonebook to locate a counsellor, therapist or local helpline near you.Resources outside Canada and the United StatesInternational Association for Suicide PreventionInternational Suicide HotlinesSocial Media ResourcesIf you have seen suicidal content on social media, you should contact law enforcement and (if applicable) officials on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr directly.The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline also assists users on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. 

Join us for East to West’s continuing special coronavirus coverage. This week, we’ll discuss the first cases of COVID-19 on the Charles River Campus, BU’s decision to postpone the Class of 2020’s Commencement, and more.COVID-19 RESOURCES:https://www.bu.edu/covid-19-information/http://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/bu-all-classes-online-coronavirus/https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.htmlhttps://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019FEATURING: Justin TangWRITTEN BY: Justin Tang, Michelle TianEDITED BY: Justin TangBASED ON DFP PIECES BY: Samantha Kizner, Victoria Bond, Melissa Ellin, Allison Pirog, Jennifer Suryadjaja, Vanessa Kjeldsen, Miriam Fauzia, Ellie YeoMUSIC: "Decisions" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Join us for East to West’s continuing special coronavirus coverage. This week, we’ll discuss the first cases of COVID-19 on the Charles River Campus, BU’s decision to postpone the Class of 2020’s Commencement, and more.COVID-19 RESOURCES:https://www.bu.edu/covid-19-information/http://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/bu-all-classes-online-coronavirus/https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.htmlhttps://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019FEATURING: Justin TangWRITTEN BY: Justin Tang, Michelle TianEDITED BY: Justin TangBASED ON DFP PIECES BY: Samantha Kizner, Victoria Bond, Melissa Ellin, Allison Pirog, Jennifer Suryadjaja, Vanessa Kjeldsen, Miriam Fauzia, Ellie YeoMUSIC: "Decisions" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

On today's episode, Dani and Franky talk with Dr. Deborah Beck, Executive Director of Student Health Services and Healthy Carolina here at UofSC. They discuss Dr. Beck's background, her personal tips for de-stressing, and highlighted the many programs and services that the Center for Health and Wellbeing offers to students, faculty, and staff. As always, happy listening!

In this episode, we spoke with Erin Gilsbach, a past guest.  Erin  is the Executive Director of EdLaw Interactive and an experienced speaker and author at the state and national levels on matters regarding school law. You might remember Erin from previous podcasts where Erin talked about audio/video recording and other special education issues. Erin recently published a book through…Read more

Learn about flu updates and tips on keeping your workplace areas healthier during this flu season from Carol Daughtery, the Director of Student Health Services

My hope for the next few episodes is to open the conversation and connect to people living with mental illness and those who love, support, counsel, parent, care, teach, and know people … because some of you will never know, we become exceptional navigators of systems and places, and people we want to protect. Many people who love and know me, will not have heard this side of the story…there are so many reasons that our mental health does not become dinner talk, or shared… people still worry that if people know they WILL see them and treat them differently, and less than.My hope is that by telling the story, people will realise the incredible struggle met with incredible strength that it takes to share something that has been hidden in family closets, tucked away and not spoken of, laughed off at work, and is still hidden in more places than I can consider. I will start this story with a spoiler… I found my strength and my drive to play in my darkest spaces. It took me a long time to realise where it was, but now I get to share how important it is to find the things that give you your play when you have nothing left. I will continue to share my personal journey and insights on mental illness and creating more space for both self care and awareness, What is vital to me is that people know their story matters, people matter, and the key to better mental health is to value that the journey has many different paths, lived by many different people. People you cant imagine, and people you can. Our stories matter… My next episode in the Patient Lens Bonus Series will look at how I climbed out from that dark place and back to my life, and the importance of building new foundations to support a different way of existing and living. Find your play and remind yourself and others that finding it is a gift…In the show notes I have included phone numbers and text lines that connect you to International mental health resources and crisis lines.Resources in CanadaI'm in crisisFind a crisis centre in your province or territory.ementalhealth.ca to find mental health services, and support in your community.Canadian Mental Health Association - find your local CMHA office to access support and resources.Kids Help Phone - visit online or call 1-800-668-6868 to speak to a counsellorI need to talk to someone (if you are not in crisis)ConnexOntario to find services for drug and alcohol, gambling or mental health issues.Canadian Mental Health Association to find your local CMHA to access mental health help, support and resources.Kids Help Phone - visit them online or call 1-800-668-6868 to speak to a counsellor.Transgender Crisis Line: 1-877-330-6366.Find a therapist in your local area.How to find a psychologist.If you are in high school, speak to a counsellor, public health nurse or other relevant staff at your Student Health Services.Most Canadian colleges and universities provide free counselling to their students.Resources in the United States of AmericaI'm in crisisLocal crisis centre.National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - call 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) to be directed to a crisis centre closest to you.National Hopeline - call 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) to speak to a crisis counsellor.The Trevor Project - provides crisis and suicide support for LGBTQ youth, 1-866-4-U-TREVOR (1-866-488-7386).I need to talk to someone (if you are not in crisis)If you are in high school, you can also speak to a counsellor, public health nurse or other relevant staff at Student Health Services for additional support.Suicide Survivor Support Group Directory if you've lost somebody to suicide, locate a support group in your area.Talk to your family doctorLook in your local phonebook to locate a counsellor, therapist or local helpline near you.Resources outside Canada and the United StatesInternational Association for Suicide PreventionInternational Suicide HotlinesSocial Media ResourcesIf you have seen suicidal content on social media, you should contact law enforcement and (if applicable) officials on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr directly.The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline also assists users on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.

My hope for the next few episodes is to open the conversation and connect to people living with mental illness and those who love, support, counsel, parent, care, teach, and know people … because some of you will never know, we become exceptional navigators of systems and places, and people we want to protect.  Many people who love and know me, will not have heard this side of the story…there are so many reasons that our mental health does not become dinner talk, or shared… people still worry that if people know they WILL see them and treat them differently, and less than.My hope is that by telling the story, people will realise the incredible struggle met with incredible strength that it takes to share something that has been hidden in family closets, tucked away and not spoken of, laughed off at work, and is still hidden in more places than I can consider. I will start this story with a spoiler… I found my strength and my drive to play in my darkest spaces. It took me a long time to realise where it was, but now I get to share how important it is to find the things that give you your play when you have nothing left. I will continue to share my personal journey and insights on mental illness and creating more space for both self care and awareness,  What is vital to me is that people know their story matters, people matter, and the key to better mental health is to value that the journey has many different paths, lived by many different people. People you cant imagine, and people you can. Our stories matter… My next episode in the Patient Lens Bonus Series will look at how I climbed out from that dark place and back to my life, and the importance of building new foundations to support a different way of existing and living. Find your play and remind yourself and others that finding it is a gift…In the show notes I have included phone numbers and text lines that connect you to International mental health resources and crisis lines.Resources in CanadaI'm in crisisFind a crisis centre in your province or territory.ementalhealth.ca to find mental health services, and support in your community.Canadian Mental Health Association - find your local CMHA office to access support and resources. Kids Help Phone - visit online or call 1-800-668-6868 to speak to a counsellorI need to talk to someone (if you are not in crisis)ConnexOntario to find services for drug and alcohol, gambling or mental health issues.Canadian Mental Health Association to find your local CMHA to access mental health help, support and resources.Kids Help Phone - visit them online or call 1-800-668-6868 to speak to a counsellor. Transgender Crisis Line: 1-877-330-6366.Find a therapist in your local area.How to find a psychologist.If you are in high school, speak to a counsellor, public health nurse or other relevant staff at your Student Health Services.Most Canadian colleges and universities provide free counselling to their students.Resources in the United States of AmericaI'm in crisisLocal crisis centre.National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - call 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) to be directed to a crisis centre closest to you. National Hopeline - call 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) to speak to a crisis counsellor. The Trevor Project - provides crisis and suicide support for LGBTQ youth, 1-866-4-U-TREVOR (1-866-488-7386).I need to talk to someone (if you are not in crisis)If you are in high school, you can also speak to a counsellor, public health nurse or other relevant staff at Student Health Services for additional support.Suicide Survivor Support Group Directory if you've lost somebody to suicide, locate a support group in your area.Talk to your family doctorLook in your local phonebook to locate a counsellor, therapist or local helpline near you.Resources outside Canada and the United StatesInternational Association for Suicide PreventionInternational Suicide HotlinesSocial Media ResourcesIf you have seen suicidal content on social media, you should contact law enforcement and (if applicable) officials on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr directly.The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline also assists users on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.   

Carol Daughtery, the Director of the CSU-Pueblo Student Health Services discusses the flu, flu shots and services offered at the campus Student Health Services office.

In this episode, we discuss a unique, collaborative research project that brought together experts in infectious disease and communications to explore appropriate interventions for reducing the threat of antibiotic resistance. Through a collaboration with Penn State's Student Health Services, a Big 10 campus became a living laboratory for the first stages of this innovative and important experiment. Relevant Links:The bugs are getting smarter. Are we? (TEDMED Talk)Professors to share impacts of overusing antibiotics on WPSU's 'Digging Deeper'Guests:Andrew Read – Evan Pugh University Professor of Biology and Entomology, Eberly Professor of Biotechnology and director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn StateErina MacGeorge – Professor of Communication Sciences at Penn State, specializing in interpersonal and health communication

Turn Me On is celebrating World Sexual Health Day! They asked their amazing listeners their burning questions - from HPV to masturbation to group sex. And who better to help with those questions? Dr. Tellier, former Director of McGill’s Student Health Services and associate professor of family medicine. He's all in, and totally game to answer all the things you've been a little shy to ask. Thanks to Trojan Canada and SIECCAN for providing their study on self-pleasure and sexual health! Visit Sieccan: https://bit.ly/2lC3WM4 if you want to know more from the report.

Carol Daugherty, the Director of Student Health Services on the CSU-Pueblo campus, joins Kat on T-Wolf Talk to discuss the signs, dangers and prevention tips concerning skin cancer.

Carol Daughtery, the Director of Student Health Services, discussed the importance ad affects of blood donations in a community with Kat on T-Wolf Talk.

Editor’s note: All of today’s guests can be heard speaking at MGMA19 | The Data Conference, May 16-18 in Orlando, Florida. As a special offer to you, our podcast listeners can receive $200 off the regular registration price by entering the code PODCAST at mgma.com/datacon Healthcare’s business analytics market is projected to grow from $14 billion in 2019 to more than $50 billion by 2024. To help healthcare professionals better understand and utilize data in their practice, this episode of MGMA Insights is focused on providing information on how data can best be utilized in a medical practice. We also explain the importance of evidence-based thinking and discuss how to apply key metrics to a dataset. Experts and topics in this episode include: • Ashley Voss, Data Analyst II, MGMA, on data collection and analysis • Chris Addison, MBA, LSSGB, Student Health Services, on Lean principles and data-driven decisions • Lynda Barrie, Consultant, MGMA Consulting, on key metrics to use in datasets • Frank Cohen, MBB, MPA, Director of Analytics, Doctors Management LLC, on evidence-based thinking • Timothy Smith, CPA, ABV, Principal, TS Healthcare Consulting, on being a data skeptic Sources for this episode include: https://www.mgma.com/resources/financial-management/predicting-the-future-of-healthcare-with-analytics https://www.mgma.com/data/data-stories/the-power-of-benchmarking-data-for-healthcare-lead https://www.mgma.com/resources/financial-management/physician-practice-losses-using-loss-sourcing-ana https://www.mgma.com/resources/revenue-cycle/get-proactive-with-payments-how-medical-groups-ca If you like the show, please rate and review it wherever you get your podcasts. Every positive review helps new listeners find the show. If you have any questions, concerns, or ideas, please shoot us an email at podcasts@mgma.com or visit mgma.com/podcasts for our complete library of episodes. MGMA Insights is presented by Craig Wiberg, Decklan McGee, and Daniel Williams.

Carol Daugherty director of student health services and the campus counseling center explains Flu symptoms- influenza sudden on set of head ache fever muscle aches hot, feeling like you're hit by a Mack truck.

Dr. Kennedy Assistant Vice President and Director of Counseling and Psychological Services at the University of West Florida. She provides leadership and oversight to Counseling and Psychological Services, Recreation and Sports Services, Student Health Services, Wellness Services, and holds the status of Chief Mental Health Officer at the University. She completed her Ph.D. in Counseling […] The post Pensacola Business Radio: Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast Series-Guest: Dr. Kennedy / Assistant Vice President and Director of Counseling and Psychological Services at the University of West Florida appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

In this episode, you'll hear the fist half of an interview with Tim Fox about Student Health Services.

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP The notorious "Freshman 15" equates to weight gain commonly experienced by college-age students living away from home for the first time. How does this problem in weight management and healthy nutrition surface in primary care practice, and how can college students be counseled to avoid gaining extra weight during their first year? Joining Dr. Brian McDonough to speak on this subject is Alice Holland, RNP, Director of Student Health Services at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.

WUSC, in collaboration with The Daily Gamecock, presents a daily 90.5 Seconds of the News: Rundown A. Weather B. CP fall event data C. Student Health Services out of vaccines Tuesday D. "It's time." - Brooks Ross, senior distance swimmer E. Lady Antoinette's French Bakery

When you were in college, did you visit the health center? I did, several times. Did you ever wonder why there was a student health center? I didn't. It seemed like a part of the college scenery, something that had “always” been there. Far from it, as Heather Prescott shows in her fascinating new book Student Bodies. The Influence of Student Health Services in American Society & Medicine (University of Michigan Press, 2007). Believe it or not, many very smart folks used to believe that college could hurt you, especially (though not exclusively) if you were a woman. And it wasn't just that you could catch a nasty cold. Too much thinking, these folks said, might weaken the body and lead to a decline in fertility. That wouldn't be good for the “race.” So some forward-thinking people began to consider ways in which the health of America's sons and daughters might be protected while they studied. The result was a kind of early experiment in universal health care. In some ways it succeeded and in others it failed. But in either case it holds lessons for us (Americans, that is) as we think about how to fix our broken national health care system. We should thank Heather for teaching these lessons to us. Please become a fan of “New Books in History” on Facebook if you haven't already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine

When you were in college, did you visit the health center? I did, several times. Did you ever wonder why there was a student health center? I didn’t. It seemed like a part of the college scenery, something that had “always” been there. Far from it, as Heather Prescott shows in her fascinating new book Student Bodies. The Influence of Student Health Services in American Society & Medicine (University of Michigan Press, 2007). Believe it or not, many very smart folks used to believe that college could hurt you, especially (though not exclusively) if you were a woman. And it wasn’t just that you could catch a nasty cold. Too much thinking, these folks said, might weaken the body and lead to a decline in fertility. That wouldn’t be good for the “race.” So some forward-thinking people began to consider ways in which the health of America’s sons and daughters might be protected while they studied. The result was a kind of early experiment in universal health care. In some ways it succeeded and in others it failed. But in either case it holds lessons for us (Americans, that is) as we think about how to fix our broken national health care system. We should thank Heather for teaching these lessons to us. Please become a fan of “New Books in History” on Facebook if you haven’t already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you were in college, did you visit the health center? I did, several times. Did you ever wonder why there was a student health center? I didn’t. It seemed like a part of the college scenery, something that had “always” been there. Far from it, as Heather Prescott shows in her fascinating new book Student Bodies. The Influence of Student Health Services in American Society & Medicine (University of Michigan Press, 2007). Believe it or not, many very smart folks used to believe that college could hurt you, especially (though not exclusively) if you were a woman. And it wasn’t just that you could catch a nasty cold. Too much thinking, these folks said, might weaken the body and lead to a decline in fertility. That wouldn’t be good for the “race.” So some forward-thinking people began to consider ways in which the health of America’s sons and daughters might be protected while they studied. The result was a kind of early experiment in universal health care. In some ways it succeeded and in others it failed. But in either case it holds lessons for us (Americans, that is) as we think about how to fix our broken national health care system. We should thank Heather for teaching these lessons to us. Please become a fan of “New Books in History” on Facebook if you haven’t already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you were in college, did you visit the health center? I did, several times. Did you ever wonder why there was a student health center? I didn’t. It seemed like a part of the college scenery, something that had “always” been there. Far from it, as Heather Prescott shows in her fascinating new book Student Bodies. The Influence of Student Health Services in American Society & Medicine (University of Michigan Press, 2007). Believe it or not, many very smart folks used to believe that college could hurt you, especially (though not exclusively) if you were a woman. And it wasn’t just that you could catch a nasty cold. Too much thinking, these folks said, might weaken the body and lead to a decline in fertility. That wouldn’t be good for the “race.” So some forward-thinking people began to consider ways in which the health of America’s sons and daughters might be protected while they studied. The result was a kind of early experiment in universal health care. In some ways it succeeded and in others it failed. But in either case it holds lessons for us (Americans, that is) as we think about how to fix our broken national health care system. We should thank Heather for teaching these lessons to us. Please become a fan of “New Books in History” on Facebook if you haven’t already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you were in college, did you visit the health center? I did, several times. Did you ever wonder why there was a student health center? I didn’t. It seemed like a part of the college scenery, something that had “always” been there. Far from it, as Heather Prescott shows in her fascinating new book Student Bodies. The Influence of Student Health Services in American Society & Medicine (University of Michigan Press, 2007). Believe it or not, many very smart folks used to believe that college could hurt you, especially (though not exclusively) if you were a woman. And it wasn’t just that you could catch a nasty cold. Too much thinking, these folks said, might weaken the body and lead to a decline in fertility. That wouldn’t be good for the “race.” So some forward-thinking people began to consider ways in which the health of America’s sons and daughters might be protected while they studied. The result was a kind of early experiment in universal health care. In some ways it succeeded and in others it failed. But in either case it holds lessons for us (Americans, that is) as we think about how to fix our broken national health care system. We should thank Heather for teaching these lessons to us. Please become a fan of “New Books in History” on Facebook if you haven’t already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices