Healthy Options 7/3/13

Host and Producer: Cynthia Swan
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: Food: Nourishment to Nirvana

Key Discussion Points:
a) how does food take one from nourishment to Nirvana?
b) Organic, Free Range, local, sustainable, GMO’s, Oh My, what to buy?
c) How to invoke your kitchen angel
d) How does food eaten with intention invoke change in one’s life?

Guest:
Meadow Linn, co-author of The Mystic Cookbook: The Secret Alchemy of Food”

www.MeadwowLinn.com www.TheMysticCookbook.com www.Savourtheday.com

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Healthy Options 6/5/13

Host and Producer: Rhonda Feiman
Co-Producer: Petra Hall
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: Women’s Health
Key Discussion Points:
a) How does the National Women’s Health Network get the facts about medications and treatment protocols marketed to women?
b) What are the studies showing the long term effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT)?
c) Why should women think twice before taking HRT?
d) How often should women have pap smears?
e) How often should women have mammograms, and what are the safety issues for mammograms?
f) Should women take calcium supplements? What are the issues with medication and bone density?
g) What sorts of questions should women ask their health care providers before taking new medications or agreeing to any procedures?

Guest:
Cynthia Pearson, Executive Director of the National Women’s Health Network nwhn.org/

Related websites of interest:
NWHN 10 minute video: vimeo.com/20292230
National Breast Cancer Coalition link: www.breastcancerdeadline2020.org/
Article on the origin of NWHN & the history of the feminist health movement:
www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2011spring/2011spring_tribute.php

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Healthy Options 5/1/13

Host: Andree Bella
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: “The Dhamma Brothers” – Using Vipassana Meditation in Prisons

Key Discussion Points:
a) What is Vipassana meditation, and how was it used with the prisoners at Donaldson prison?
b) What do convicts get from silent meditation?
c) How did this project change your views on the prison system?
d) What interest have other prisons shown in using Vipassana?
e) Is there something inspirational that everyone can learn from these inmates?

Guest:
Jenny Phillips – Cultural anthropologist, filmmaker, writer and psychotherapist. Director and producer of the award-winning documentary “The Dhamma Brothers”, and author of the book, Letters From the Dhamma Brothers, which received an award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Website: www.dhammabrothers.com.

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Healthy Options Special 4/30/13

Host: Cynthia Swan
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: Spiritual Healing with John of God

Key Discussion Points:
a) What is Spiritual Healing?
b) Who is John of God?
c) Why is meditation a component of the John of God healing process?

Guests:
A) Andree Bella, WERU Co-host of Healthy Options and Esoterica
B) Gail Thackray, author of “John of God: Just a Man” www.GAILTHACKRAY.COM

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Healthy Options 3/6/13

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman, L.Ac
Co-producer: Petra Hall
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: Lyme Disease & other tick-borne infections: An update and review as we March into Spring
Key Discussion Points:
* Borrelia miyamotoi is a newly identified bacterial co-infection, transmitted by deer ticks. What are the signs and symptoms of this bacteria? Is there a treatment for Borrelia miyamotoi?
* There have been a few changes in the interpretation of some of the blood tests commonly used in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and co-infections. What are these changes and are they significant?
* What precautions should we all take to prevent tick-borne diseases?
* What is the proper way to remove a tick if you find one on your body?

Guests:
A) Dr. Beatrice M. Szantyr is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the American College of Physicians, and is board certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics. She currently participates on the State of Maine Vector-borne Disease Work Group, and is a member of the Maine Medical Association and the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS). Dr. Szantyr has lectured on Lyme disease and related tick-borne disorders, to professional and community groups throughout New England, and has given testimony before the Maine Legislature concerning Lyme disease in the State of Maine.
B) Constance “Happy” Dickey, RN is a founding member and board member of MaineLyme, a non-profit dedicated to awareness and prevention through education and advocacy. She facilitates support groups for people with Lyme, both in-person in Maine, and online, and she is also an advocate for patients with Lyme disease. She has traveled extensively with Dr. Szantyr, educating medical personnel -and the public- about Lyme disease.

Websites:
MaineLyme www.mainelyme.org
Lyme Disease Association (includes great illustrations of ticks, rashes, how to pull out a tick, and much more) www.lymediseaseassociation.org
ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society) www.ilads.org
Rhode Island Tick Resource Center www.tickencounter.org/
U Mass Exten. Tick Assessment Lab ag.umass.edu/services/tick-borne-disease-diagnostics
“New Illness (Borrelia miyamotoi) transmitted by same tick that carries Lyme”- Boston Globe article:
bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/01/16/new-illness-transmitted-same-tick-that-carries-lyme-discovered-northeast/LLAaJjOaFjJT18QEeUYdeN/story.html

Rhonda Feiman ‘s previous information-packed HEALTHY OPTIONS programs about Lyme Disease & other tick-borne infections, are archived at:
June 6th, 2012- archives.weru.org/healthy-options/healthy-options-6612
July 11th, 2012- archives.weru.org/healthy-options/healthy-options-special-71112

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Healthy Options 1/2/13

Host: Cynthia Swan
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: Expressive Arts Therapy

Key Discussion Points:
a) What is Expressive Arts Therapy and how does it help people heal
b) Substance Abuse, Eating Disorders, Sexual Trauma, can healing occur to those who have suffered from these?
c) Kathleen’s story of her near death experience and what it taught her and how it transformed her life.

Guest:

Kathleen Rea, author of “The Healing Dance: The Life and Practice of an Expressive Arts Therapist”

Websites: www.flowintolife.com www.the-healing-dance.com www.reasondetre.com

Call In Program: Yes

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Healthy Options 12/5/12

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman, L.Ac
Co-producer: Petra Hall
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: “Staying healthy and strong during Winter”

Key Discussion Points:
From the perspective of East Asian medicine:
How do seasonal transitions affect the body, mind and spirit?
What are some specific things we can do to strengthen ourselves so we can maintain our health and not get sick this winter?
How does extra sleep and exercise help us maintain our health during seasonal transitions?
What is the impact of our emotions on our overall health?

Guest:
Zoe Brenner, acupuncturist (Lic. Ac., B.Ac., M.Ac.), Chinese herbalist, author and teacher
zoebrenner.net

Call In Program: No

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