Indian Health Council's What About Life Podcast

IHC's new Health Educators Kamaile Elderts and Mayra Grajeda sit down with David and George to talk about life! Some big announcements are also made on the show! Don't miss it!

Indian Health Council's new DV/SA Program Coordinator Jirrah Bautista joins Lisa Sherman (Elder Navigator) and David Dawson (Marketing Director) for a discussion on DV. For more information and resources call Jirrah Bautista (760) 749-1410 ext. 5326 and ext. 5281 for Lisa Sherman.

Laura and Wehay (The Quisquises) join David, Lisa, and George on the morning after the incredible Sycuan Fashion show to recap the evening's events. Laura expresses how saying "yes" to herself has lead to becoming a runway model at a time in her life where she'd have never thought such a thing would happen. And Wehay opens up about his own journey to self-discovery and the ups an...

David and Lisa are joined by Britni Mushet and Teresa Padilla from the Warner Springs Community Resource Center to talk about the good works they are doing for some of our most remote tribal members. warnerhub.org warnerspringscenter.org The Warner Springs Community Resource Center Open House Summer Showcase is July 22nd 11am-3pm. Check out the sites above for more information!

This week IHC's PEI team sit down with the incredible Joely Proudfit, PhD. Joely holds an M.A. and Ph. D. in political science with an emphasis in public policy and American Indian Studies from Northern Arizona University and a B.A. in political science with emphasis in public law from California State University Long Beach. She serves as Director of the California Indian Culture and Sovereign...

Lisa Sherman, IHC's new Elder Navigator sits down with George and David to talk about her history with IHC, the exciting new things happening with American Indian Veterans Association, and how much fun the recent SoCal Senior Chair Volleyball League was!

Acorns to Oak Trees ’ founder, Season Goodpasture, is a marriage and family therapist and is Maidu and Paiute and a member of the Susanville Indian Rancheria in Northern California. Season’s husband, James Goodpasture, is Cupeno and he and their four children (Harley, Huntley, Holley, and Hudson) are members of the Pala Band of Mission Indians in Southern California. Season’s passion has been to s...

IHC's TEPOC (Tobacco Education Prevention Outreach Cessation) Coordinator, Chase Kornacki joins the podcast to chat with David and George about her program and her background and future in healthcare.

Our friend Marisa Yepa rejoins the podcast on Valentine's Day to talk about the importance of LOVE and how we express and receive it.

Juana Majel-Dixon, Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians, joins the podcast with other members of the Pauma-Rincon Tribal Sexual Assault Response Team: Sonia Develez, Registered Nurse/Sexual Assault Nurse and Det. Sgt. Hazel Martinez. Joining David on hosting duties is Beth Turner, Director IHC Health Promotion and Marketing Department.  This episode covers a range of topics from Missing and Murdered...

What About Life welcomes our Santa Ysabel Campus Pharmacist James Pope to the podcast! We have a lively discussion with James about his time living in Hawaii, how he became a pharmacist and how that lead to his time here at IHC. We also talk about the importance of weight management and how some new prescription meds are changing the game for many people.

Get to know Tony Sheron, IHC's Physical Activities Specialist. David and George chat it up with Tony and get the low-down on IHC's gym, the importance of nutrition alongside physical activity for improved health and fitness, and we learn a little bit about the man himself. Join us for a fun and informative podcast!

It's the first podcast of 2023! And with so many New Year's resolutions being started pertaining to weight loss and exercise we thought it was the perfect time to sit down with IHC's Registered Dietician Misty Faulkner! Misty and IHC Intern Katie Sanger sit down with George and David to talk about healthy choices in nutrition that can make real differences in your physical and mental health!

David and George sit down with new PEI Health Educator Shuuluk Linton in a casual chat amongst co-workers. Shuuluk shares his background and his deeply local roots with the team as all three gentlemen get to know one another better.

Ana González Seda, MPH, Director of Programs for the Alzheimer's Association San Diego/Imperial Chapter sits down for a chat with David on Alzheimer's disease. They discuss what Alzheimer's is and how it affects those who are afflicted with it, and the people around them who are also affected by it as family, friends or caregivers. It's an important topic to discuss as Ana details that an exceptio...

Karan Kolb and Elizabeth Schenker (Lizzie) from IHC's Tribal Family Services (TFS) join the podcast! They discuss Trauma Informed Care, understanding generational trauma and the successes and expansion of their My Two Aunties program.

Margaux Stack-Babich, MPH and Karina Moyano, MPH, Community Outreach and Engagement Manager UCSD Moores Cancer Center, join the podcast to talk about working alongside Dr. Calac on SD PATH (San Diego Protecting AgainsT HPV). There is so much to learn about HPV, the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine, and how HPV affects the native communities in a harder way, and some positive local news regarding H...

Javier Guerrero, CEO of Coastal Roots Farm,  a regenerative organic farm, joins the podcast to talk about their programs making food available through equitable access with dignity, education and outreach to everyone. Coastal Roots also makes a concerted effort to provide organic, fresh produce, to indigenous communities in the farthest reaches of San Diego county through their own programs a...

Oct. 24-28 is Red Ribbon Week in the United States. (Red Ribbon Week is an alcohol, tobacco, and other drug and violence prevention awareness campaign observed annually in October in the United States . It began as a tribute to fallen DEA special agent Enrique Camerena in 1985.) IHC's substance abuse counselor Tina Garcia and TOR Program Coordinator Charles Rodriguez joins David, Art and George to...

Wendy Schlater is a dual citizen of the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians and the U.S. In March 2019, Wendy was elected Vice Chairwoman for her Tribe, her third term as an elected tribal leader. Wendy also serves as Program Director of La Jolla’s Avellaka Program addressing safety for Native women on her Reservation. In this capacity, she organized the La Jolla Native Women’s Advisory Committee to...

Recently appointed Rincon Fire Department Chief, Chip Duncan, joins David and George to talk about fire preparedness, fire anxieties, and the real-world struggles of our fire fighters. It's an enlightening, inspiring, and honest talk with one of our community's true heroes.

Paul Gonzalez (IHC Behavioral Health Department), whose strong and calming voice opened the podcast 39 episodes ago in prayer, joins the show to talk about how stress and trauma affect how we live, and how we interact with one another.

David, Art and George talk about the warning signs to look out for people in trouble and some steps you can take to offer aid to that person.

Art, George and David have an intimate discussion about the stigmas surrounding the topic of suicide and how the subject can be uncomfortable for some to approach. They provide examples of how to move past these stigmas and discomforts to get help for those in need.

Amanda Chavez, IHC's Director of Behavioral Health joins George, Art and David to discuss the stigmas that surround therapy, the misconceptions about privacy and how important it is to maintain it, and how to talk about suicide (it is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month). All that and more on What About Life!