Interdisciplinary

Send us Fan Mail You can listen to the complete episode on our new podcast The Rub! To hear the full version of each interview, check out our Patreon! Witness the dawn of a healthcare revolution with Healwell, where the nurturing power of touch meets the rigor of palliative care. Join the Healwell team of Cal Cates, Kerry Jordan, Laura Bryant-Earner,  Rebecca Sturgeon, and Corey Rivera as we revea...

Send us Fan Mail This episode originally aired in April, 2020 on the "Massage Therapy Without Borders" podcast. Cal Cates and Cathy Ryan welcome Pam Fitch to discuss the question of essential vs. non-essential, and how massage therapy fits into healthcare, even while we are not practicing. ********** About Our Guest: For more than thirty years, Canadian massage therapy educator, writer,...

Send us Fan Mail This episode originally aired in April 2020 on the "Massage Therapy Without Borders" podcast. COVID-19 has affected many industries around the world, Massage Therapy being one of them. Everyone is trying to navigate through this critical time. Join Dr. Donelda Gowan on the Massage Therapy Without Borders podcast to discuss the world of massage therapy after COVID-19 and...

Send us Fan Mail This episode originally aired in April 2020 on the "Massage Therapy Without Borders" podcast. Cal and Cathy talk with the legendary John Balletto. About Our Guest: John Balletto is a licensed massage therapist, author, educator, and mentor in private practice in Rhode Island. He is a past National Vice-President of the American Massage Therapy Association, past President...

Send us Fan Mail This episode originally aired in April 2020 on the "Massage Therapy Without Borders" podcast. Cathy and Cal welcome the one and only Ann Blair Kennedy to the podcast this week -- a guest so fancy she only needs initials. (ABK) ********** About Our Guest: ANN BLAIR KENNEDY, LMT, BCTMB, DRPH University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville Dr. Kennedy is an Assis...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Cathy and Cal talk with Gordon MacDonald, Executive Director of the RMTBC, about the return to practice. This episode originally aired in June 2020 on the "Massage Therapy Without Borders" podcast. ********** About Our Guest: Gordon has a long history of working at a senior level within British Columbia’s health care, education and regulatory sectors. Most rec...

Send us Fan Mail This episode originally aired in October 2020 on the "Massage Therapy Without Borders" podcast. Cal and Cathy welcome Dawn Hogue to the podcast to talk about human trafficking, how it intersects with massage therapy, and our responsibility as humans and as professionals. ********** About Our Guest: Dawn M. Hogue, MA, LMT A graduate of the Cayce/Reilly® School of Massage,...

Send us Fan Mail This episode originally aired in August 2020 on the "Massage Therapy Without Borders" podcast. Pam Fitch is back! This time, it's conversational. Cathy, Cal, and Pam tackle the touch question of what to do when your client is expressing uncomfortable opinions. ********** About Our Guest: For more than thirty years, Canadian massage therapy educator, writer, research...

Send us Fan Mail Interdisciplinary has ended, but our new podcast "The Rub" will begin January 2024! Support the show Check out our new podcast! The Rub: a podcast about massage therapy Giving Tuesday is over, but you can still support Healwell and the cool things we make by donating here ! Other ways to help and join in: Leave us a review on  Apple Podcasts Let us know what you think! S...

Send us Fan Mail Corey and Cal talk with Paul Malley, President of Aging with Dignity, about Five Wishes. Five Wishes is a legal advanced care planning program without the legalese.  Cal comes a little late because they had a small snafu involving a lack of available ATMs and a tradesman who only accepted cash. Links: Five Wishes Aging With Dignity The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC)...

Send us Fan Mail Corey talks with Cal about Cal's experience and interest in death and dying, the two classes they facilitate about it, and about their last day teaching Healwell's hospital based massage therapy class during which Corey causes Cal to cry a little, and has already apologized for it. Links: Opening to the Mystery A Year to Live Check out this amazing blog post Cal wrote: &...

Send us Fan Mail Episode description: Corey talks with Isabella Carr, the Deathfat Doula about the word "fat," death, and dying as a fat person. Links: Deathfat Doula The Fat Lip Podcast Maintenance Phase Podcast The Appalachian Retreat + Spa Two Whole Cakes: Leslie Kinzel NAAFA- National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance Shilo George Fategories: Understanding the Fat Spectrum from F...

Send us Fan Mail Episode description: Corey talks with Heather Costigan and Cindy Bramble from Project Talk about their research and the power of a game to change the conversation. Guest Links: Published Research: Low Skepticism and Positive Attitudes About Advance Care Planning Among African Americans: a National, Mixed Methods Cohort Study Association of Participation in an End-of-Life Conversat...

Send us Fan Mail Today, Corey is talking with Will Craig, owner of ELDR, a company that provides guidance on approaching end-of-life planning effectively. ELDR's mission statement: "We are on a mission to empower and equip people to conclude life smoothly and be remembered well. When you plan in advance of a health crisis, challenging events go more smoothly later , and your life becomes...

Send us Fan Mail This episode originally aired in October 2020 on the "Massage Therapy Without Borders" podcast Cal and Cathy talk with Meghan Mari and Rachel Fairweather of Jing Advanced Massage Training Schools of Brighton, UK. ********** About Our Guests: www.jingmassage.com Rachel Fairweather & Meghan Mari are the dynamic co-founders and directors of Jing Advanced Massage Trainin...

Send us Fan Mail Episode description: Cal and Corey talk to Laura Lyster-Mensh, death doula in residence at Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC about making death an open topic of conversation. ********** Resources: Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh: Author, podcaster, rabble rouser ​and death doula Life, Death and Grave Robbery in a Historic Cemetery, PhD Thesis by Rebecca Boggs Roberts Write your o...

Send us Fan Mail Episode description: Corey and Dr Marisa Allison talk about co-ops, community and the possibilities for massage therapy. ********** Resources: REI Co-op Nap Ministry Sustainable Economies Law Center International Co-op Alliance Democracy at Work Institute Solidarity Economics Aorta: Autumn Brown Rochelle Capital Cat with Cookies comic by Molly Crabapple Collective Courage by Jessi...

Send us Fan Mail Episode description: Corey and Ruth have a chat about personal biases and changing your mind. Guest’s links: Ruth’s Podcast: “I Have a Client Who”: https://ruthwerner.com/podcast/ Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interdisciplinary/id1545446717 Let us know what you think! Send us an email: podcast@healwell.org Check Healwell’s live and onli...

Send us Fan Mail This week Cal and Corey are talking to Su Bibik, massage therapist, educator, go getter and one of our favorite people. She'll tell you what's she's up to a year after she sold her school and and spoiler alert: its not retirement. ********** Show Notes ABHES COMTA About Our Guest:  Business Owner, Educator, Massage Therapist, Scuba Diver, Grandma Su Bibik is Founder...

Send us Fan Mail How do the words we use affect the people we serve? What could be problematic about some of the common things we say as care providers? What happens when we listen to our words from a different perspective? Cal and Cathy welcome Anne Kelemen to the podcast to consider the question of language Check out Anne Keleman's CE courses: To Chart or Not to Chart The Power of Our Words...

Send us Fan Mail Arika Patneaude and Bridget Sumser swing by to talk about their work as anti-oppression decolonizers. ********** Show Notes   Elise Ahenkorah (she/her)  “Safe and Brave Spaces Don’t Work (and What You Can Do Instead)”  Dr Autumn Asher BlackDeer  Wilson Center: “What Explains the United States’ Dismal Maternal Mortality Rates?”  Luvvie Ajayi Jones’ TED Talk “Get Comfortable With Be...

Send us Fan Mail We talk about USOLMT's national wage study, leadership, forging new paths and standing your ground. ********** You can find USOLMT here Cal mentions this AMAZING BOOK THAT YOU SHOULD READ: “The Person You Mean Be” by Dolly Chugh US Department of Education Gainful Employment Rule : About Our Guests:  Stephanie Rodriguez is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of USOLMT and...

Send us Fan Mail Corey and Rebecca sit down with Cynthia Price to get all interoceptive and stuff. Learn more about  MABT here   Thank you to AIHM! Learn more about the AIHM Fellowship by emailing fellowship@aihm.org  About Our Guest:  Cynthia is a Research Professor at the University of Washington, her clinical and research expertise is in the development of body awareness to improve health and w...

Send us Fan Mail "Life is a sexually transmitted condition with a 100% mortality rate." Hear Cindy Spence drop wisdom like this on Corey and Cal in this week's episode. Check out Cindy's book here About Our Guest Cindy Spence has been a massage therapist since 1999, when her father-in-law’s dying wish for gentle touch inspired her to attend massage school. She has worked extens...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are re-running one of Cal's favorites from January, 2022. This conversation with Jenn Brandel covers crisis planning, metaphors, and how we support each other in hard times. Find Jenn's books (including a free downloadable PDF of My Crisis Plan) About Our Guest:  Jenn Brandel is a licensed clinical social worker in Boston with over twenty years of experience...