Dr. Lisa Belisle

Mother's Day, #87

Each May we honor the moms who have made our lives possible. Many women find motherhood to be among the most challenging—and rewarding—roles they will ever undertake. This week’s mom-honoring show includes guests Kim Kalicky, author of “Mothers Fulfilled;” Heidi Kirn, cancer survivor and art director of Maine Home+Design; Maine Women’s Fund CEO Sarah Ruef-Lindquist and Board Member Michaela Cavallaro. Join us!

Listen on Sunday, May 12, download the Podcast or click to listen below.

Dr. Lisa # 87

Sarah joined the Maine Women’s Fund in April 2012. As CEO, she works with the Board and staff to develop long-term strategies to increase the Fund’s philanthropic assets and grow the Fund’s impact and influence throughout Maine. Sarah has extensive experience in fundraising, grantmaking and building organizations’ fiscal efficiency. Most recently, she served as the senior gift planning consultant at Planning for Good, a Midcoast-based consulting practice she founded in 2008, and ran a solo law practice focused on estate and trust planning.

Heidi Kirn, Art Director for Maine Home+Design magazine, returned to Maine 4 years ago from NYC to raise her family by the ocean in Kennebunk, Maine. Artist, musician, and mother of two, Heidi enjoys cycling, the beach, locally grown food, and instagramming. Previously Heidi has been an art teacher and designer for Nickelodeon.

Kim Kalicky is a “Guide” (writer/contributor) on MariaShriver.com. She is also the author of "Mothers Fulfilled" (self-help) and "Away at a Camp in Maine", a travel memoir and first place winner for nonfiction in the 2011 Beach Book Festival national writing contest. She writes a blog at www.yourlongtermfriend.blogspot.com. Her books are available on Amazon. 

Read some of the important talking points by Ted Carter of Ted Carter Inspired Landscapes. And, each week, listen for better business tips from the Dr. Lisa Radio Hour business advisor, Marci Booth of BOOTH Maine.   

Our financial wellness tip of the week is brought to you by Tom  Shepard of Shepard Financial: “I have a reoccurring dream in which I, a high school student, am sent off to an island to live out the evolution of our monetary system in a weeks time. Unlike the hunger games or other post apocoplyptic stories, this experience starts with a solo and ends by building an increasingly complex and integrated system of relationships. Day one gives me the experience of loneliness and the lack of support that must have existed at one time. I learn that I am completely devoid of the instincts needed to survive. Unlike a wild animal, I have no idea what to eat or where to sleep that is safe. I crave the end of day one and the opportunity to partner and share the experience of survival with at least one other person. As the week moves on my dream becomes first pleasant and then tragically chaotic. Like the dream of trying to punch someone or run away I find it difficult to do what I want or to even choose. By day I live out the end of the dream and hope that at least one person at a time we are able to help dreamers punch hard and run fast. Money in all its forms is supposed to be the leverage we need to make life easier."

Enjoy this coming week, and thank you for being a part of our little community. Together we are building a healthier world. Starting right here in Maine. 

Healthy Lungs (#63)

Take a breath…and be grateful that you can. Many of us take clean air for granted, and forget that the United States Congress passed the “Clean Air Act” a mere forty years ago. Ed Miller of the American Lung Association of New England provides important perspective on this life-sustaining substance (air), while Rebecca Falzano, lung cancer survivor and advocate for Lung Cancer Leaders shares how it felt to be a young, non-smoking female diagnosed with a still-deadly disease.

Breast Health (#58)

October has become known as "pink ribbon month," in honor of breast cancer awareness. The field of breast health is changing rapidly, and we know that our listeners will want to "stay abreast" of the situation. Learn about new screening recommendations, research and treatment during this week's conversations with Meredith Burgess, State Representative & Breast Cancer Survivor, Ingrid LeVasseur of Inner Image Clinical Thermography, and Intermed Obstetrician/Gynecologist Dr. Caroline Hodsdon .

Higher Education (#55)

Our most important lessons are often learned when we venture out of our normal comfort zone. This week Camino Seguro/Safe Passage volunteer Campbell Belisle Haley describes his year of lesson-learning in Guatemala, while Spencer Jones of CIEE and spiritual guide Dave Oshana offer their own insights into growth possibilities. Join us! 

Listen on Sunday, September 30th, at 7am (WPEI Portland, 95.5 & 95.9 FM) & 12 pm (WLOB Portland 1310 AM/streaming wlobradio.com), download the Podcast or click the link below.  

Higher Education: Dr. Lisa # 55

Listen to our individual interviews here.
 

Click here to read the article referenced in our "Wellness Innovations" segment, sponsored by the University of New England.

Individual interviews with our guests are available here.

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Our first featured guest is Campbell Belisle Haley.

Campbell is a Yarmouth High School graduate and current student at the University of Maine, where he is majoring in biochemistry.  He spent last year in Guatemala City, volunteering with the organization Safe Passage.

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Our second featured guest is J. Spencer Jones, General Manager of the Gateway Programs at CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange).

Based in Portland, Maine, CIEE is the leading U.S. non-governmental international education organization. CIEE creates and administers programs that allow high school students, university students and graduates, and educators to study and teach abroad.Since 1947, CIEE has sent over 50,000 U.S. youth to locations around the globe.

 

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Our third featured guest is spiritual teacher, Dave Oshana.

Dave will be offering a talk about "Enlightenment Demystified" on October 4th at the Mayo Arts Center in Portland, Maine.

 

 

 

 

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Enjoy the company of friends and family while supporting the Maine Cancer Foundation at the 11th Annual "Cure Breast Cancer for ME" Luncheon. MCF provides grant funding for research, patient education and patient support services. The luncheon takes place Wednesday, October 3rd from 11:30-2 at the Holiday in By the Bay, Portland. FMI click here.

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Join us next Sunday, October 7 for the next Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast. Our topic will be "The Future of Medicine," with Maine Medical Association Executive Vice President, Gordon Smith, and Catherine Cloudman, co-founder of Apothecary By Design.