Conversations on Healing Podcast

Jeannette Mare is the founder of Ben's Bells , an organization dedicated to inspire individuals and communities to practice intentional kindness. She has a masters degree in linguistics from Gallaudet University and she has been teaching kindness for over 20 years. She began her journey from grieving to healing after the sudden death of her son, Ben, in 2002. Today, Jeannette speaks on how she cha...

We're days away from several brand new episodes of the Conversations on Healing Podcast! In this brief teaser, host Shay Beider shares what you can expect to hear... Plus, don't forget to rate and subscribe so you never miss an episode.

Dr. Kamyar M Hedayat is the co-founder and Vice President of Numa Health International , which utilizes the power behind Endobiogeny in a way that can be available to the world. He also serves as the chief scientific and innovation officer for Numa Health International. After working in the pediatric intensive care unit at Stanford University , he began to look more toward holistic medicine by fur...

Martha Edwards , Ph. D, is the Founder and Director of the Ackerman Institute's Center for the Developing Child and Family and the Institute's Director of Research. She created the Bright Beginnings Parent-Child Program , which works with families and parents of toddlers to improve children's mental health and well-being, and is based on her research as a clinician. In 2015, she received the "Inno...

Grandmaster Sin Kwang Thé is the third grandmaster in the martial arts lineage of Shaolin. At the age of 7, he was accepted as a Shaolin student in Indonesia, enduring many tests and trials to assert his worthiness. By the age of 25, he was awarded the 10th degree of red belt making Master Sin the youngest Grandmaster in the history of the Shaolin art. Master Sin has since courageously pioneered t...

Howard Glasser is the co-founder of the Nurtured Heart Institute and creator of the Nurtured Heart Approach . He focuses on family treatment, clinical studies, and educational leadership. Glasser specializes in helping children find their "greatness," a theme at the center of his books, programs, and teachings. He also focuses on strengthening relationships between children and their parents.    I...

Taylor Walsh is the founder and director of Whole Health ED , the Project for Whole Health Learning in K-12. He has been a strategic consultant and program developer in integrative health for over a decade. As an advocate for whole health learning, Taylor's vision paves the way for students to leave secondary school with a competency in the factors that strengthen their own well-being and vitality...

Dr. Noshene Ranjbar is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona's College of Medicine. She specializes in Child, Adolescent, Adult and Integrative Psychiatry. Her work has been published many times, including   "Trauma-Informed Care and Cultural Humility in the Mental Health Care of People from Minoritized Communities," "Assessing Integrative Psychiatry Curriculum Needs,"...

Dr. Kristin Neff is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas-Austin. Dr. Neff is considered a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, authoring numerous academic articles and book chapters on the topic. She and her colleague, Dr. Chris Germer, developed an empirically supported training program called Mindful Self-Compassion . In addition, Dr. Neff is t...

Dr. Kory Floyd is a professor of interpersonal communication at the University of Arizona , and the author of over 100 scientific papers and 16 books, including The Loneliness Cure: Six Strategies for Finding Real Connections in Your Life . Dr. Floyd's work focuses on affectionate communication, which includes the verbal and nonverbal ways we express feelings of love and appreciation within famili...

Amy Scher is the best-selling author of How to Heal Yourself From Depression When No One Else Can , How to Heal Yourself from Anxiety ,  How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can and  This Is How I Save My Life . Her work has been translated into 16 different languages and nationally recognized by The Washington Post , Cosmopolitan, CNN, CBS, New York Daily News , The Los Angeles Review of Books ,...

Dr. Pejman Katiraei is a Board Certified Pediatrician, who is also boarded and fellowship trained in integrative and holistic medicine. He completed his undergraduate at UCLA and then obtained his Osteopathic medical degree at Western University of Health Sciences . He then went on to complete a Pediatric residency at Loma Linda University , where he stayed on as teaching faculty for over 4 years....

Dr. David Steinhorn is an academic pediatrician who practices intensive care and hospice medicine for children.  He led the Judith Nan Joy Integrative Medicine Research Initiative at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago from 2002-2010 and founded palliative care programs at major children's hospitals.  He is currently developing children's hospice programs in Washington, DC and San Diego.  Dr. Ste...

Eileen Grubba is a renowned actress seen in roles on popular programs such as NBC's New Amsterdam, Game of Silence, Sons of Anarchy, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, The Politician on Netflix and countless others.    After battling a severe spinal cord injury at the age of five and overcoming cancer in her thirties, Eileen has been presented with her share of challenges. Her experience dealing with dis...

Mary Anne Ehlert is a certified financial planner (CFP), and the president and founder of Protected Tomorrows , a company comprising expert advisors dedicated to serving families of individuals with special needs to help them plan for a bright future. She serves on the boards of several organizations, including the Special Olympics of Illinois Foundation and Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation ....

Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa is board certified in internal medicine, integrative medicine and palliative medicine. Her medical practice is focused on prevention and best practices patients can implement throughout their lives. After completing her residency in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Siri Chand completed two years of full-time ayurvedic study with master teacher, Dr. Vasant Lad , that incl...

John Weeks is a writer, speaker, organizer and teacher of integrative health and medicine. In 2014, John received the Lifetime Achievement Living Tribute Award for his influential work in the field of integrative health. He is the publisher-editor of The Integrator Blog News & Reports , which since 1995 has created primary connective terrain for the diverse stakeholders and professions in the fiel...

Judson Brewer M.D., Ph. D. is a renowned psychiatrist and internationally known expert in the field of habit change and mindfulness training for addiction. He is currently working as the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center , as an associate professor in psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University , as a research affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technol...

Nipun Mehta is the founder of ServiceSpace.org -- an incubator of projects that support a gift culture. In his mid-twenties, Nipun quit his job to become a "full time volunteer" and over the last 15 years, his work has reached millions, attracted more than 500 thousand members, and mushroomed into numerous projects like DailyGood , Awakin Circles , and Karma Kitchen . Among his many prestigious ac...

We're days away from seven new episodes of the Conversations on Healing Podcast! In this brief teaser, host Shay Beider shares what you can expect to hear... Plus, don't forget to rate and subscribe so you never miss an episode. This podcast was created by Integrative Touch for Kids (ITK). ITK is working to change the way people experience healthcare. ITK supports families whose children have any...

Lisa Abramson is an executive coach and speaker who was recently honored by EBW as one of the 100 Most Influential Leaders Empowering Women Worldwide. Called an inspiration by Oprah, Lisa's popular mindfulness meditations have been streamed over one million times around the globe. Lisa has taught programs at Google, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, covering to...

Karen Malkin is among the first National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coaches. She is certified as an Integrative Health Coach and Lifestyle Practitioner from both the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine (AzCIM) and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and is certified through the Institute for the Psychology of Eating. As co-founder and CEO of MCT Foods, LLC, Karen developed a line o...

Dr. Michelle Loy , MD, FAAP, is a board-certified physician who received her doctorate in medicine from Weill Cornell Medical College and completed her integrative medicine fellowship from Columbia University / Stamford Hospital . She has a long standing interest in integrative medicine, and is interested in the use of nutrition, movement and mind-body lifestyle medicine to prevent and manage chro...

Dr. Gwen Glew has dual board certifications in pediatrics and developmental pediatrics. She trained at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed her residency along with two fellowships at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital . She received a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Washington. She has worked as an attending physician for many y...

Daniel Goleman is an internationally renowned psychologist, lecturer, and author of numerous impactful, bestselling books, including The New York Times bestselling book, Emotional Intelligence . Daniel's other books span subjects including meditation, creativity, transparency, compassion, social and emotional learning, ecoliteracy and the ecological crisis.  In today's episode, Shay Beider welcome...