Human School

This is a short musical piece, intended for use in still or walking meditations, or just relaxation in general.  Handpan played by Garo Hussenjian. Please rate&review, share, and follow the podcast! Instagram: @humanschoolpodcast & @patilarmenianmd Music courtesy of Zach Effron, MD

Spoiler Alert/Disclaimer:  We discuss the podcast series "The Retrievals" in depth in this episode. If you haven't already listened to "The Retrievals" and do NOT want spoilers, don't listen to this yet! Come back after you listen to "The Retrievals." This episode I'm joined by a co-host, my sister Garin Hussenjian! She's G and I'm P, in case...

Dr. Kent Olson is a clinical professor of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). From 1983 to 2017 he was the medical director of the San Francisco division of the California Poison Control System where he was instrumental in the toxicology education of thousands of medical students, pharmacy students, resident physicians, pharmacists, and medical toxicology fe...

Every day, we make hundreds, if not thousands of decisions both big and small. Whether it's at work, at home, during a commute or at play, we’re consciously and unconsciously making fast decisions. As you know, I speak through the lens of emergency medicine, but a busy ER has many parallels not just to other sectors of medicine but many other workplaces. Really, any place where rapid decision...

Erin Claire Jones is an expert in Human Design, a system based on your time, date and place of birth that reveals your energetic blueprint and how you are uniquely wired to thrive. As Erin puts it, Human Design brings together schools of ancient wisdom like astrology, the I Ching, the chakra system and the Kabbalah to give you an operating manual that shows how you are uniquely wired to work, make...

It may sound over the top, but schedule is indeed life, especially if you're a shift worker like myself. In this episode, I discuss some of my life schedule tips and tricks and introduce the concept of the Zero Day. A zero, or off day is a day where you don't do anything work-related and give yourself a chance to reset and recharge. Think of organizing your schedule and to-do lists as a...

Dr. Bernard Frischer is a professor of informatics at Indiana University and a true pioneer in Virtual Heritage. He received both his B.A. in Classics at Wesleyan University and his Ph. D. in Classics from Heidelberg University, followed by a fellowship in Roman topography and archeology at the American Academy in Rome. He has been a professor at UCLA, University of Virginia and Indiana University...

This is the second episode in a 2 part series about my personal story of burnout. In this episode, I discuss how I slowly burned through to the other side, pulling myself out of burnout. It came with a realization that I couldn't change the others around me, but could change my reactions to people and events to improve my overall life experience. It required a combination of working on myself...

This is the first episode in a 2 part series about my personal story of burnout. In this episode, I discuss how I burned in for 2 years before I finally burned out. Burn-In is a term I use to describe when someone is keeping in their true thoughts and feelings for self-preservation. Simultaneously, I didn't have the time for my usual outlets of art and exercise that had kept me balanced in th...

Leo Max is a spiritual hypnotherapist who incorporates shadow work, inner child healing, somatic therapy, internal family systems, and other modalities into his work that aims in reconnecting the mind, body and spirit. We explore how to live our regular lives with joy, discuss our mutual love of dance music and Leo's hypnotherapy process. Leo also offers an introduction into shadow work, inne...

Dr. Neal Benowitz is a professor emeritus at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) where he’s been a researcher and bedside clinician since 1973. He possesses the rare combination of working in 3 fields concurrently: Cardiology, Medical Toxicology, and Clinical Pharmacology. Dr. Benowitz has done seminal work in the human pharmacology of nicotine in relationship to pathogenesis and exa...

In this first episode, I discuss the many lessons I learned from my friend, colleague, and mentor, Dr. Lori Weichenthal.  A true renaissance woman, Dr. Weichenthal was an accomplished emergency physician as well as medical educator, wellness trailblazer,  wilderness medicine expert, athlete, and an overall oracle for the right answers.  She was instrumental in setting me up for success through wel...

Please rate&review, share, and follow the podcast! Instagram: @humanschoolpodcast & @patilarmenianmd Music courtesy of Zach Effron, MD