Provider Wellness Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode of The Provider Wellness Podcast, Matthew has a conversation with Dustin Dean.  He is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Wellness Coach.  They have a great conversation about AI and its implications on society, healthcare, and mental health services both positive and negative.  Dustin has an AI coaching platform that he demonstrates during the...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, Matthew has a conversation with Dr Brian Nguyen.  He is a Physiatrist and Physical Rehabilitation Physician.  He also uses the unique skill of magic to establish a rapport with his patients.  They discuss how this can be an effective tool to create positive outcomes in his patients in addition to the importance of having an outlet outside of healthcare.  Dr Ngu...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode of The Provider Wellness Podcast, Matthew has a conversation with Sean Swarner.  He is a double cancer survivor who has summited Everest, summited the famed 7 summits which is climbing the 7 highest peaks in all 7 continents.  He then went to both the North and South Poles which completed the Explorers Grand Slam.  Following this he did 7 marathons in 7 days on...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, Matthew has a conversation with Andrew Craig.  He is an RN that has worked as a travel nurse and currently practices in Iowa.  They first came in contact through his posts on LinkedIn where he engages in provocative online discussions regarding the current health of nurses in terms of burnout, working conditions, and safety.  They discuss the current state of t...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, Matthew has a discussion with Dr. Jonathan Ripp.  He is the Chief Wellness Officer and Dean of Well-Being and Resilience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.  Dr Ripp has authored many publications on the subject of healthcare provider wellness including many articles, a textbook, and National Academy of Medicine publications.  They...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, Matthew has a conversation with Dustin Dean and Mick Myers.  They are both Psych Mental Health Nurse Practitioners.  They have a concierge psychology practice that operates uniquely where they offer their services together for each client through Telehealth.  They provide both coaching and formal therapy depending on the needs of their clients.  Matthew, D...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, Matthew has a conversation with Darin Zimmerman and Laura Zimmerman.  They are a married couple that have opened a functional medicine practice here in Maryland.  Darin is an anesthesiologist and intensivist and Laura is an advanced practice nurse and nurse anesthetist.  We discuss many topics in this episode like what is functional medicine, how they promote h...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, Matthew has a conversation with Rodrigo Garcia.  If you are a regular listener, you’ll recognize that name since Rigo has been on this show multiple times over the years.  He is a Nurse Anesthetist and the CEO of Parkdale Center for Professionals, a treatment center for substance use disorder that is geared for the healthcare provider and professional worker po...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Matthew has a conversation with Kelli Dunham.  She is an RN and a stand-up comedian.  They have a great conversation about the impact humor can have on both clinician and patient even in settings where one might not think humor has a place.  They also discuss her history of being an ex-nun and how that experience shaped her life today. KELLI DUNHAM RN, BSN is a co...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, Matthew has a conversation with Dr Miriam Zylberglait.  She is a triple board-certified primary care physician that emphasizes holistic care in her practice.  She is also the author of The 3G Cycle of Life: The Secrets for Achieving Joy, Meaning, and Well-being.  They discuss this transformative book and a link to purchase is in the show notes below.  They have...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, Matthew has a conversation with Dr. Allan Lovern.  He is a nurse anesthetist, nurse practitioner, and college professor at a nurse anesthesia training program.  He recently defended his dissertation where he studied mindfulness in nature and how this intervention affects reported stress in nurse anesthesia students. Please check back often for more episodes per...

Send us Fan Mail Hey folks.  So, after almost a year, I am back on the air with a great discussion with Hallie Evans and Crystal Hunnicutt, both of whom are Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and members of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology Health and Wellness Committee.  We discuss the overall and continuing culture of poor self-care in the healthcare provider population and h...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Matthew has a conversation with Andrew Douglas.  He is a retired Firefighter/Paramedic that has taken his experience with job-related PTSD and started a tech company to create an app to offer support and peer assistance to the fire, EMS, and police community.  We discuss common causes of PTSD in stressful professions like healthcare, the different treatment option...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, Matthew has a conversation with Dr Amir Rashidian.  He is a Chiropractor and author of 2 books about stress and the stress response.  He owns a busy practice in the state of Maryland.  The episode involves a discussion about chiropractic care, the benefits, both well-known and not well-known, and also the misconceptions that surround the practice.  They discuss...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Matthew has a conversation with the members of the Health and Wellness Committee of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology.  He speaks with Kathy Horvath CRNA, Donna Keeney CRNA, Kristine Tierney CRNA, and Sarah Forsythe SRNA.  They are all Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists.  They  discuss the different stages of a career in healthcare based on the...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the 50th episode of The Provider Wellness Podcast.  Thanks to all who have been listening and for your support! In today’s episode, Matthew has a conversation with Rodney Overstreet.  He is an advanced practice nurse, specifically a nurse anesthetist.  He is a hypnotherapist and wellness coach that founded a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization support network called Heal...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, Matthew has a conversation with Dr. Richard Safeer.  He is the Chief Medical Director of Employee Health and Well-Being at Johns Hopkins Medicine.  He oversees the health and wellness of the 42,000 employees of The Johns Hopkins Medical System.  He’s been working with Hopkins for 11 years.  We discuss the current atmosphere within healthcare where burnout, stre...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, Matthew has a conversation with Ted Meissner.  He is a meditation teacher and a Senior Mindfulness Program Manager for United Health Group.  He is a certified instructor of MBSR, or Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction.  They have a conversation about how meditation works, how it can benefit health and wellness, and how one can be trained to practice and how to b...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I have a conversation with Shereen Yusuf.  She is an engineer, health and wellness coach, breath work coach, and Wim Hof instructor.  We have an informative discussion about breath work techniques and the Wim Hof Method and how these tools can dramatically improve one’s overall heath and well-being.  We first met when she shared her extensive expertise and expe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode where I finally relaunch this podcast after being away since May, I have a discussion with Rodrigo Garcia.  He is my business partner and co-founder of The Provider Wellness Symposium.  We had our inaugural event this past November 4-6, 2022 at the Hyatt Lost Pines Resort in Austin, TX.  It was a resounding success and we have been quite grateful for the feedback w...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I speak with Sharee Johnson.  She is a psychologist, author, and wellness coach.  She is the author of the book, The Thriving Doctor .  This is a book that helps doctors and other healthcare providers build skills in communication, emotional regulation, leadership, and compassion.  This talk was a special one because Sharee is from, and lives, in Australia.  Th...

Send us Fan Mail In today's Wellness Break, we go over 12 tips for a healthy night's sleep.  These are recommendations that come right from the sleep scientists.  This short-form episode is a discussion of what types of activities and habits we can create that encourages or creates a good night's sleep.   Check back often for more episodes pertaining to health and wellness for healt...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I have a conversation with Matt Domyancic.  He is a retired police officer who was a member his department’s SWAT team, a chaplain, and peer support and wellness coach.  He is an individual who started down the road of wellness activities very early in his life and continues living that life to this day.  He bucked the norms where he grew up, and what he did fo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak with Dr Tami Berry.  She is a physician and general surgeon by training. She has since left the profession of surgery and started a stress resiliency life coaching training program called The Stress Mastery Academy where she works with clients to harness the ability to increase control over the natural stress response.  I first came across Dr Berry by read...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I have a discussion with Kelsey Fassold.  She is a COVID ICU RN that has been taking care of critically ill COVID patients since the pandemic started 2 years ago.  We discuss her experiences, provider wellness, the culture of poor self-care in providers, PTSD in providers, and The Provider Wellness Symposium which is a national conference that aims to teach strate...