Dr. Lisa Belisle

Gaining Ease (#23)

From an aching back to an aching life. How do we combat the 'slings and arrows of outrageous fortune' that bring discomfort to our bodies?

Our guests include

• Dr. Mike Totta of the Spine Center at Orthopedic Associates
• Dr. Bob Lynch of Lynch Chiropractic Arts Center
• Chris Bicknell Coordinator of the Teen Center and Lighthouse at Preble Street Resource Center.

The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast airs weekly at 11 am on WLOB radio 1310 AM (Portland)/streaming online. Listen to the Podcast or click on the link below:

Gaining Ease: Dr. Lisa # 23

This week our "Wellness Innovations" segment, sponsored by the University of New England, featured Chronic Pain versus the brain . . and the loser is from Psychology Today.

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Our featured guest was Dr. Mike Totta. He graduated from Cornell University and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He served a preliminary year in internal medicine at Highland Hospital in New York and a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, where he was chief resident. Dr. Totta moved to the Portland area in 1990 and has specific interest in the treatment of spinal and occupational disorders. He is the clinical director of the OA Spine Center. He has pursued special training in orthopaedic medicine and spinal injection procedures. Dr. Totta is certified by both the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He is the treasurer for the Maine Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a member of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the International Spinal Injection Society. During medical school, Dr. Totta trained with the U.S. National Rowing Team and was selected for the 1983 Pan American Games Team. His commitment to optimal physical function continues in his work within the OA Spine Center.

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Our Maine Magazine Minute featured Dr. Bob Lynch who is a second generation Chiropractor who has been in practice in South Portland, Maine since 1976 when he joined his father in practice. His practice has been a full service Chiropractic office. He tries to live the philosophy of his profession which is the body has the innate wisdom to heal itself if given the opportunity. This being said, the structure can affect the function of the body. He stresses natural foods and nutrition as well as exercise. Dr. Lynch also stress other aspects of health as well. There is no one magic bullet to restore one’s health. His job is to prevent the conditions that he treats.

Dr. Lynch has two other Chiropractors in my office seeing patients.

Bob has been involved in his community and profession. He has served as President of the local Chamber of Commerce and Chairman for 3 years of the foundation board of SMCC. He also has been President of the Maine Chiropractic Association and served on the Board of Governors to the American Chiropractic Association for 7 years.

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Our "Give Back" segment highlights Chris Bicknell of Teen Center and Lighthouse at Preble Street Resource Center.. Chris is responsible for the daily operations of the Preble Street Teen Center and the Lighthouse Emergency Shelter for youth, including program development, staff hiring & training, collaborative agency relationship management and community education- outreach- relationships. He has helped to develop the Connect Team, an interagency team designed to work with 30 youth who have experienced co-occurring substance abuse, mental health issues and homelessness.

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Join us next Sunday, February 26 at 11 am for the next Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast on WLOB radio Portland 1310 AM/streaming online. Our topic will be "Creature Comfort" and guests will include Dr. Doug Andrews of Falmouth Vet Clinic, Kristen Smith of Planet Dog and John Locke, Therapy Dog Owner.

Happy Heart (#22)

A healthy heart and a good set of "vessels," not to mention a supply of life-giving blood, keep the body going. But is that all it takes? Turns out heart happiness is that, and more.

This week's happy, "hearty" guests include

• Dr. Mylan Cohen of Maine Medical Partners MaineHealth Cardiology,
• Dr. Chris Rogers of the Vein Center at Portland Surgical at Mercy
• Jen Goldman of the American Red Cross.

The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast airs weekly at 11 am on WLOB radio 1310 AM (Portland)/streaming online. Listen to the Podcast or click on the link below:

Happy Heart: Dr. Lisa # 22

This week our "Wellness Innovations" segment, sponsored by the University of New England, featured Mom's Love is Good for a Child's Brain.

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Our featured guest was Dr. Mylan Cohen of Maine Cardiology. A native of Bangor, Maine, and raised in Presque Isle, Dr. Cohen graduated from the University of Maine at Orono. He received his M.D. degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and his master’s degree in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Cohen trained in internal medicine at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston, where he also completed clinical and research fellowship training in cardiology. He later served on the staff of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where he was Chief of the Nuclear Cardiology Section. Dr. Cohen subspecializes in clinical cardiology and cardiovascular imaging, including echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. He is currently the Director of Noninvasive Cardiology at Maine Medical Center and is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Dr. Cohen served as President of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology in 2010. He has special interests in diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, valvular heart disease, and preoperative cardiac risk assessment. Dr. Cohen also participates in research, primarily in patient outcomes, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular imaging.

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Our Maine Magazine Minute features Dr. Chris Rogers. Dr. Rogers graduated from the University Of New England college of Osteopathic Medicine in 1985, then interned at the former Osteopathic Hospital of Maine for my his post graduate year. He completed his surgical residency in General Surgery at Grandview Hospital and Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio. From there he started a solo general surgical practice in upstate New York and then had the opportunity to join Portland Surgical Associates and come back to Southern Maine in 2001.

Portland Surgical Associates was founded in 1990 by his practice partner, Benjamin Russell and their former partner Robert Neilson. They provide care to patients at both Mercy Hospital and Maine Medical Center and offer a full range of general and laparoscopic surgical procedures and emergency call at Mercy Hospital. They are now a group of general surgeons and with the addition of their most recent surgeon, Dr. Karin Cole they are able to offer consultation and surgical procedures in surgical oncology.

In 2006, Dr. Russell and Dr. Rogers opened The Vein Center at Portland Surgical Associates to provide state of the art diagnosis and treatment of vein disorders. We obtained board certification from the American Board of Phlebology which is the certifying body of the American College of Phlebology.

Professionally, Dr. Rogers obtained board certification in general surgery in 1992, and fellowship in the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons in 1998, he has participated on committees of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, and has been an examiner for the American Board of Osteopathic Surgeons and a clinical instructor in surgery for the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.

His focus as a surgeon has been to provide high tech, high touch care in community hospital settings. He tries to partner with my patients through patient and family education so that we achieve successful outcomes for the conditions they face. The vein center practice is well suited to this approach. Even though there are some major patterns or themes to venous disease, each patient presents a unique circumstance to figure out. The treatments are almost exclusively provided in the office setting rather than in an OR and so communication and teaching is a part of the process as we progress from diagnosis through treatment.

When not at the practice Dr. Rogers can be found enjoying life with his family, Katherine and three children in Scarborough, Maine. We enjoy outdoor activities ranging from gardening, boating and sailing, and an occasional motorcycle ride on the coast or up to the mountains.

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Our "Give Back" segment highlights Jen Goldman of the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross empowers ordinary people to perform extraordinary acts of service. Our blood donors are ordinary people sharing one thing – a desire to give back to their community and help others. Blood donors play an integral role in the delivery of modern healthcare. Many life-saving medical treatments and procedures involve blood transfusions and would not be possible without a safe and reliable blood supply. You don’t need a special reason to give blood. You just need your own reason. Whatever your reason, the need is constant and your contribution is important for a healthy and reliable blood supply. And you’ll feel good knowing you’ve helped change a life.

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Join us next Sunday, February 19 at 11 am for the next Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast on WLOB radio Portland 1310 AM/streaming online. Our topic will be "Gaining Ease" and guests will include Dr. Mike Totta of the Spine Center at Orthopedic Associates, Dr. Bob Lynch of Lynch Chiropractic Arts Center, and Chris Bicknell of the Teen Center and Lighthouse Shelter at Preble Street Resource Center.

Health/Wealth (#21)

Our physical "good fortune" is often inextricably linked to our financial well-being - and both can impact our relationship with others.

This week's "good fortune" guests include

• Tom Shepard of Shepard Financial and
• Susan Conley, author of The Foremost Good Fortune.

The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast airs weekly at 11 am on WLOB radio 1310 AM (Portland)/streaming online. Listen to the Podcast or click on the link below:

HealthWealth: Dr. Lisa # 21

This week our "Wellness Innovations" segment, sponsored by the University of New England, featured The Epidemic of Financial Anxiety: What You Can Do, from Psychology Today.

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Our featured guest was Tom Shepard of Shepard Financial. For 17 years Tom has helped people get to know themselves through a deeper relationship and understanding of their values by teaching and working with them and their money. First teaching students powerful math about financial choices, habits and addictions, then through writing about age appropriate allowance and created currency and finally as an observer and chronicler of the effects of wealth on health. Tom connects the evolution of money past, present and future with a spiritual understanding of value that makes life come alive. He takes us out of an approach based on perpetual growth and into a world view that puts the focus back on money as a tool that promotes lifelong development for each of us, our families, communities, country and the world. In his work he visually respresents the stages of money maturity and stresses that we grow, develop, die and evolve several times in life. Money honestly earned through the pursuit of passion allows us to make sacrifices for our friends and families that brings beauty into the world and ships it clear around the globe making it possible to have heaven here on earth. The trick is to see it as a currency of the power of love instead of the love of power.

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Our Maine Magazine Minute features Susan Conley. Susan is the author of The Foremost Good Fortune, an O, The Oprah Magazine Top Ten Pick and a Slate Magazine “Book of the Week.” Excerpted in The New York Times Magazine, The Daily Beast, and Middlebury Magazine, the memoir has received kind reviews in newspapers and magazines including The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, The U.K. Telegraph, Time Out Hong Kong, The China Daily, The Global Times, Book Page, DownEast Magazine, More Magazine and Publishers Weekly (starred review).

Susan has been the recipient of two MacDowell Colony residencies, a Breadloaf Writer’s Fellowship and a Massachusetts Arts Council Grant. Maine Today Media gave Susan a 2011 “Greatest Women of Maine” Award. From 2007-2010 she taught writing workshops at the Yin Yang Center in Beijing, China, where she lived with her husband and two boys. Home is now Portland, Maine, where Susan cofounded The Telling Room, a nonprofit creative writing center. She is completing a novel forthcoming from Knopf.

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Join us next Sunday, February 12 at 11 am for the next Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast on WLOB radio Portland 1310 AM/streaming online. Our topic will be "Happy Heart" and guests will include Dr. Mylan Cohen of Maine Medical Partners MaineHealth Cardiology, Dr. Chris Rogers of the Vein Center at Portland Surgical at Mercy Hospital and Jen Goldman of the American Red Cross.

Girl Power (#20)

Wise women come from great girls! This week we explored how girls become great, with the help of a bevy of very wise women.

Our guests included

• Robin Hodgskin of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Margaret O'Keefe of Pierce Atwood
• Joanne Arnold, Body, Mind & Sport Strength Trainer and Consultant
• Tara Treichel of Coastal Studies for Girls

The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast airs weekly at 11 am on WLOB radio 1310 AM (Portland)/streaming online. Listen to the Podcast or click on the link below:

Girl Power: Dr. Lisa # 20

This week our "Wellness Innovations" segment, sponsored by the University of New England, described recent studies on women's longevity, from the Scientific American website.

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Our featured guests were Robin Hodgskin of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Margaret Minister O'Keefe of Pierce Atwood.

Robin Lin Hodgskin, CFP® is a Senior Vice President, Family Wealth Director with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB). She has fulfilled roles as Complex Business Development Officer and as Branch Office Manager of the Smith Barney Portland, ME office for 13 years, as well as serving on the CEO’s Diversity Advisory Board.

Robin has worked at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and its predecessors firms for over twenty four years, ten of these as a Financial Advisor in Boston before moving to Portland as the Branch Office Manager in 1996. Robin has a Bachelor’s degree from Bates College and an MBA from Boston University.

As a Family Wealth Director, Robin is among a select group that has access to the vast resources of a world-class financial powerhouse to help meet the complex, and often unique, needs of families with wealth. The specialized wealth advisory services include family governance and dynamics, philanthropic services, wealth preservation and investment management.

She is very active in the community and her outreach work has taken her to Honduras and to Guatemala where she worked with Safe Passage to support the education of children living in the Guatemala City garbage dump. Working with BuildOn, she and her family also built a school in Mali Africa. Robin has served on the board of the Maine Women’s Fund and the Ministerial Fund and as a Deacon at First Parish Church. She lives in Yarmouth, ME where she enjoys singing, skiing, golf, hiking, biking, kayaking, and the many other wonders of Maine with her husband Art Bell and their three children: Becca, Geoff, and Chris.

Margaret Minister O’Keefe is a partner at the law firm of Pierce Atwood. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Margaret's practice focuses on copyrights and trademarks, brand and product licensing, software and new technology licensing, privacy and data security, intellectual property asset management, and intellectual property protection and enforcement. Margaret was recently featured in the January/February 2012 issue of Maine Magazine.

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Our Maine Magazine Minutes featured Joanne Arnold. Joanne Arnold may be best known for her work as a strength trainer with swimmer Ian Crocker, Olympic Gold Medalist. Joanne Arnold is the country's first Body, Mind & Sport Strength Trainer and Consultant , certified by John Douillard, author of BODY,MIND & SPORT.  She trains individuals of all ages and abilities focusing on core strengthening,proprioception, balance and postural alignment.

As a trainer she believes "We all work too much and need to remember the lost art of play." Joanne operates on the premise that "The body and mind are inseparable partners...who often need relationship work."  She believes consciousness is the competitive edge and awareness our most powerful tool for developing strength and transformation. She is interested in disfranchising the stress recover modality of conventional training and supporting a program to create a body cell by cell, thought by thought.

Joanne will appear in the March issue of Maine Magazine.

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Our "Give Back" segment featured Tara Treichel of Coastal Studies for Girls (CSG). The country's first science and leadership semester school for tenth grade girls, they are now offering residential and wilderness programs in the Summer of 2012 for girls, women and educators. CSG is dedicated to those who have a love for learning and discovery, an adventurous spirit, and a desire for challenge. Follow the adventures through their facebook and blog links on the homepage of their website.

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As part of the Dr. Lisa Radio Hour we read our weekly quote from Our Daily Tread, the book created to support the organization Safe Passage. Our Daily Tread has raised more than $22,000 since 2008.

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Click here to read this week's featured Bountiful Blog post: Summer Girl.

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Join us next Sunday, February 5 at 11 am for the next Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast on WLOB radio Portland 1310 AM/streaming online. Our topic will be "Health Wealth" and guests will include Tom Shepard of Shepard Financial, Susan Conley, author of The Foremost Good Fortune, and Linda Varrell and Frankee Chapa of Maine Youth Leadership.

Support for the Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast is graciously provided by Akari, Maine magazine, Tom Shepard from Shepard Financial, Mike LePage & Beth Franklin from ReMax Heritage, Robin Hodgskin of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Pierce Atwood, Booth Maine and Dr. John Herzog of Orthopedic Specialists.

Green Streets (#19)

Take to the streets with us this week as we speak of matters "green" with

• Maine's former governor, sustainable energy champion and recent itinerant RV traveler, Angus King, 
• Michael Stoddard of Efficiency Maine
• Doug Welch of the Maine Island Trail Association.

The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast airs weekly at 11 am on WLOB radio 1310 AM (Portland)/streaming online. Listen to the Podcast or click on the link below:

Green Streets: Dr. Lisa # 19

This week our "Wellness Innovations" segment, sponsored by the University of New England, featured news out of Windham. According to Mass High Tech,

Sebago Farms plans to build a 1.7 million square foot mixed-use facility that will house hydroponic greenhouses, a fish farm, and an algae-based biofuels research area and employ up to 170 people.

For more information on this innovative project, click here.

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Our featured guest was Angus S. King Jr. Angus served two four-year terms as Maine's 71st governor. He took office in 1995 as the only independent governor in the country. His 1998 reelection was one of the largest margins of victory in Maine's history. He left office in January 2003.

Governor King graduated from Dartmouth College in 1966 and earned a law degree at the University of Virginia Law School in 1969. He began his career as a staff attorney for Pine Tree Legal Assistance in Skowhegan. In 1972 he became chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics in the office of then-Senator William D. Hathaway.

In 1983 he became vice president and general counsel of Swift River-Hafslund Company, an alternative energy development company based in Portland and Boston.

In 1989 he founded and served for five years as president of Northeast Energy Management, Inc., a Brunswick-based company specializing in the development of large-scale energy conservation projects at commercial and industrial facilities in central and southern Maine.

During his term as Maine governor he focused on economic development and job creation, education, mental health services, corrections, land conservation and environmental protection, and improvements in service delivery by state government.

Governor King's administration accomplished a total rebuild of the state's mental health and corrections systems, major improvements in the state's service capability, a substantial increase in the state's commitment to research and development, the largest increase of lands in conservation in the state's history, and the nationally recognized program to provide laptop computers to every seventh and eight grade student in the state.

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Our Maine Magazine Minutes segment features Michael Stoddard of Efficiency Maine. Michael is the first Executive Director of the Efficiency Maine Trust. On July 1, 2010, the Trust became the successor to all funds and programs of Efficiency Maine, including the electric and gas conservation programs, the Energy and Carbon Savings (or RGGI) Trust, and most energy-related projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The Trust’s mission is to help Maine consumers save energy, save money, meet environmental goals, and stimulate the state’s economy by administering cost-effective energy efficiency and alternative energy programs.

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Our "Give Back" segment features Doug Welch of the Maine Island Trail Association. Doug is the Executive Director of the Maine Island Trail Association -- a statewide organization that cares for uninhabited islands off the coast of Maine and makes them accessible to recreational visitors. The Maine Island Trail has grown steadily for 24 years and currently includes 191 islands and mainland sites from Kittery to Machias. With the help of some 200 volunteers each year, the islands are regularly cleaned of trash and managed throughout the boating season.

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As part of the Dr. Lisa Radio Hour we read our weekly quote from Our Daily Tread, the book created to support the organization Safe Passage. Our Daily Tread has raised more than $22,000 since 2008.

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Click here to read this week's featured Bountiful Blog post, Quantum Entanglement.

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Join us next Sunday, January 29 at 11 am for the next Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast on WLOB radio Portland 1310 AM/streaming online. Our topic will be "Girl Power" and guests will include Robin Hodgkins of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Margaret Minister O'Keefe of Pierce Atwood, Joanne Arnold, Body/Mind/Strength Trainer and Tara Treichel of Coastal Studies for Girls.

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Support for the Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast is graciously provided by Akari, Maine magazine, Tom Shepard from Shepard Financial, Mike LePage & Beth Franklin from ReMax Heritage, Robin Hodgskin of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Pierce Atwood, and Dr. John Herzog of Orthopedic Specialists.

Body Beautiful (#18)

What does it mean to have a beautiful body?  Mainstream media sources might have us believe that a beautiful body is one that is simultaneously voluptuous and meagre; buff, toned and taut. Ultimately, however, beautiful bodies are ones whose owner inhabit their own skin comfortably.

This week's show includes interviews with:

• Dr. Ed Jaccoma, Medical Director of Akari Beauty Salon
• Deb Soule of Avena Botanicals
• Anne Belden of Hardy Girls, Healthy Women. 

The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast airs weekly at 11 am on WLOB radio 1310 AM (Portland)/streaming online. Listen to the Podcast or click on the link below:

Body Beautiful: Dr. Lisa # 18

This week our "Wellness Innovations" segment, sponsored by the University of New England, featured a recent British study on men and body image issues.

Wisdom (#17)

If wisdom is wealth, then your body is a vault of untold proportions. Join us for an extended interview with women's health pioneer, Dr. Christiane Northrup as we celebrate the publication of the new edition of her landmark bestseller. 

Start 2012 with a great investment: yourself!

This week's show includes

• An interview with Dr. Christiane Northrup, author of The Wisdom of Menopause
• Dr. Dorothy Foote, Martha Kempe and Joseph Hufnagel of the Community Schools at Opportunity Farms.

The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast airs weekly at 11 am on WLOB radio 1310 AM (Portland)/streaming online. Listen to the Podcast or click on the link below:

Wisdom: Dr. Lisa # 17

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This week our "Wellness Innovations" segment, sponsored by the University of New England, celebrates wellness innovator Dr. Christiane Northrup, our featured guest.

Dr. Christiane Northrup's #1 New York Times bestseller The Wisdom of Menopause has inspired more than a million women with a dramatically new vision of midlife - and will continue to so for generations to come. As Dr. Northrup has championed, the "change" is not simply a collection of physical symptoms to be "fixed," but a mind-body revolution that brings the greatest opportunity for growth since adolescence. The choices a woman makes now - from the quality of her relationships to the quality of her diet - have the power to secure vibrant health and well-being for the rest of her life.

“Once you engage your own inner wisdom, you can change or improve your habits of thought, your emotions, and your behaviors… and create a more positive and joyful life experience right away,” Dr. Northrup says. “This process, when engaged in regularly, heals both your present and your future. It also enables you to live a life full of joy, meaning, and purpose—right here, right now.”

Intentions (#16)

Welcome to 2012! What are your intentions this year? We believe that creating intentions for our lives can have a significant impact on the way we approach our existence. It can also positively impact those around us.

This week's show includes...

• An interview with Dr. Lisa Belisle, discussing her unique current medical practice and vision for the future of medicine, 
• Leanne Ouimet and Courtney Ogden, who will discuss the charitable undertakings of Maine Magazine
• with a special "Intentions" audio montage created by our audio producer, John McCain.

The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast airs weekly at 11 am on WLOB radio 1310 AM (Portland)/streaming online. Listen to the Podcast or click on the link below:

Intentions: Dr. Lisa # 16

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This week our "Wellness Innovations" segment, sponsored by the University of New England, discusses new brain research on the power of intentions, as noted in the New York Times.

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Dr. Lisa Belisle is a physician trained in family and preventive medicine and public health. She has also been educated in Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture and medical Qigong.

In addition to practicing medicine, Dr. Lisa is a writer, teacher and mother of three. She was formerly in a solo family medicine practice, and was a medical advisor for the MaineHealth system for more than a decade.

Dr. Lisa's current health practice focuses on medical acupuncture, stress management, diet, exercise and lifestyle counseling for optimizing health, healing injuries and minimizing chronic problems.

Dr. Lisa was featured in the article An Integrated Life, written by Genevieve Morgan, as part of the inaugural wellness issue of Maine Magazine.

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Our Maine Magazine Minutes, with co-host Genevieve Morgan, features our very own John McCain, who is a talented musician and visual artist. As part of this week's very special "Intentions" show, John has created an audio montage featuring guests from our first fifteen shows. We hope you enjoy it!

 

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As part of the Dr. Lisa Radio Hour we read our weekly quote from Our Daily Tread, the book created to support the organization Safe Passage. Our Daily Tread has raised more than $22,000 since 2008.

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Our "Give Back" segment features Leanne Ouimet and Courtney Ogden of Maine Magazine. Leanne is the Marketing Coordinator, and Courtney is the Director, Events & Sponsorships at Maine Magazine. Leanne and Courtney discussed the many community-based undertakings and charitable sponsorships of Maine Magazine, including June's Kennebunkport Festival, which will benefit Share Our Strength, Maine. 

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Click here to read this week's featured Bountiful Blog post, Twelve Hugs for Growth.

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Support for the Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast is graciously provided by Akari, Maine magazine, Tom Shepard from Hersey, Gardner, Shepard & Eaton/Ameriprise. Mike LePage & Beth Franklin from ReMax Heritage, Robin Hodgskin of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Pierce Atwood, and Dr. John Herzog of Orthopedic Specialists.

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The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast Team includes:

Dr. Lisa Belisle, Co-Host & Executive Producer,
Genevieve Morgan, Co-Host & Editorial Producer,
John McCain, Audio Producer, Provider of Original Music,
Chris Kast, Editorial Producer & Brand Strategist,
Marci Booth, Business Advisor,
Jane Pate, Assistant Producer,
Nathan Hankla, Website Advisor,
Kevin Thomas, Executive Producer.

The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast studio is located at the offices of Maine Magazine, 75 State Street, Portland, Maine.

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Join us next Sunday, January 8 at 11 am for the next Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast on WLOB radio Portland 1310 AM/streaming online. Guests will include bestselling author Dr. Christiane Northrup and a representative of the Community Schools.

Celebration (#15)

Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, we know you will want to join us for a festive hour of wise words, music and love.  Consider this our gift to you on this blessed day.

Guests include...

• bestselling author and Maine State Warden Service chaplain Kate Braestrup,
• musical group Mister Moon
• and Kurt Holmgren of The Root Cellar.

The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast airs weekly at 11 am on WLOB radio 1310 AM (Portland)/streaming online. Listen to the Podcast or click on the link below:

Celebration: Dr. Lisa #15

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This week our "Wellness Innovations" segment, sponsored by the University of New England, is about the power of love, as discussed in Psychology Today. According to Psychology Today, "Love is as critical for your mind and body as oxygen. It's not negotiable. The more connected you are, the healthier you will be both physically and emotionally."

We hope that this Christmas Day, and every day, provides an opportunity for you to fortify your health by connecting with those you love.

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Our first guest had much to say about the power of love.

Kate Braestrup is the bestselling author of Here If You Need Me and a Maine State Warden Service chaplain.

The daughter of a foreign correspondent, Kate Braestrup spent her childhood in Algiers, New York City, Paris, Bangkok, Washington, DC and Sabillasville, Maryland. She married James Andrew "Drew" Griffith in 1985. Shortly after the birth of their first child in 1986, Griffith joined the Maine State Police, and the family moved to midcoast Maine.

Educated at the Parsons School of Design/The New School and Georgetown University, Braestrup originally thought of herself primarily as a writer. She had published a novel, Onion, in 1990, after all, and occasional essays in national publications. More children arrived, but she expected to be able to continue combining motherhood and the writing of fiction and non-fiction for the foreseeable future.

Trooper Griffith was killed in a car accident while on duty in 1996. Kate Braestrup was left a widowed mother of four children between the ages of 3 and 9. Life would not and could not ever be the same as it had been.

As it happened, Drew Griffith had spent the last year of his life thinking about, researching and finally committing himself to becoming a Unitarian Universalist minister, a plan that was naturally discussed extensively with his wife. In this way, unwittingly, he had prepared the way for Kate Braestrup to recognize and develop her own vocation. She entered the Bangor Theological Seminary in 1997, and was ordained in 2004. Since 2001, she has served as chaplain to the Maine Warden Service, joining the wardens as they search the wild lands and fresh waters of Maine for those who have lost their way, and offering comfort to those who wait for the ones they love to be rescued, or for their bodies to be recovered.

In 2006, Braestrup married the artist, Simon van der Ven. Between them, van der Ven and Braestrup have a total of six children, all whom are now sauntering, tiptoeing or being pushed up to and across the threshold of adulthood.

As an ordained minister, Braestrup performs weddings, and advises individuals and couples on "how to enter into, be content within, or extract themselves from the married state." It is out of these experiences, coupled with her own, that Braestrup has written Marriage and Other Acts of Charity. With Braestrup's characteristic honesty, good humor and poignancy, it is a memoir that explores the challenging spiritual terrain of our most intimate and important human relationships.

Kate's latest book is entitled Beginner's Grace. In BEGINNER'S GRACE: Bringing Prayer to Life, Braestrup explains what prayer is and explores the many ways that we can pray. A new kind of prayer book - made for those who might not pray or even know how, Braestrup includes many examples of prayers to draw from and explains how and why the practice of prayer can open a space in our busy lives for mindfulness, gratitude, contentment, and compassion toward others.

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 Rachel Keyes and sisters Hallee and Katie Pottle of the group Mister Moon were our FIRST EVER musical guests on our "Maine Magazine Minutes" segment, co-hosted by Genevieve Morgan.  We first encountered this group of heartbreakingly talented young women at the J.C. Stone Symposium last fall.

Rachael "Richie" Keyes - Richie began doodling on her father's guitar during the summer of 2008, and has now picked up several stringed instruments during the course of her musical journey, including the mandolin, DADGAD guitar, and ukulele, and has also proven to be a natural at the bass fiddle. In 2009, Richie also became known for her solid singing voice and a fantastic ability to harmonize. Rachel is nineteen-years-old.

Hallee "Xanadu" Pottle - Xan was first introduced to the mandolin at the age of ten, and since then has performed in various all-children bluegrass bands such as Into The Blue, a group of 13+ talented children. Xan has been singing with her sister and cousins for many years with dreams of someday touring the country. Hallee is fifteen.

Katie Pottle is thirteen-years-old. She sings and plays the ukelele.

The singers of Mister Moon come from the Palermo, Maine area. This is their first radio show appearance.

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As part of the Dr. Lisa Radio Hour we read our weekly quote from Our Daily Tread, the book created to support the organization Safe Passage. Our Daily Tread has raised more than $22,000 since 2008.

Dr. Lisa travelled to Guatemala during Thanksgiving week to get a firsthand look at this organization founded by her late friend and Bowdoin College classmate, Hanley Denning. Read more about her travels on the Bountiful Blog.

Want to help? Safe Passage is pleased to announce a holiday promotion of the book Our Daily Tread, edited by Dr. Lisa Belisle and featuring inspirational quotes, essays, photography and artwork by Safe Passage students. From now through January 2, the regular retail price of $24.95 will be lowered to $18.99 to help share these motivating stories of how children can leave the Guatemala City garbage dump to achieve an education. To enjoy this special promotion and support Safe Passage, please purchase the book online here.

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Our "Give Back" segment features the The Root Cellar and its director Kurt Holmgren. Kurt is from Minneapolis, MN. He came to Maine in 1984 and has been the Director of the Portland The Root Cellarfor 6 years. He volunteered there for 3 years. Kurt has been married for 28 years and has 2 grown children. He attents the Eastpoint Christian Church.

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Click here to read this week's featured Bountiful Blog post, "Traditions Tweaked."

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Support for the Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast is graciously provided by Akari, Maine magazine, Tom Shepard from Hersey, Gardner, Shepard & Eaton/Ameriprise. Mike LePage & Beth Franklin from ReMax Heritage, Robin Hodgskin of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Dr. John Herzog of Orthopedic Specialists.

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The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast Team includes:

Dr. Lisa Belisle, Co-Host & Executive Producer,
Genevieve Morgan, Co-Host & Editorial Producer,
John McCain, Audio Producer, Provider of Original Music,
Chris Kast, Editorial Producer & Brand Strategist,
Marci Booth, Business Advisor,
Jane Pate, Assistant Producer,
Nathan Hankla, Website Advisor,
Kevin Thomas, Executive Producer.

The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast studio is located at the offices of Maine Magazine, 75 State Street, Portland, Maine.

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Join us next Sunday, January 1st at 11 am for the next Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast on WLOB radio Portland 1310 AM/streaming online. Guests on our "Intentions" show will include Dr. Lisa Belisle, the "Give Back" staff from Maine Magazine and music by John McCain.

Thank you for being part of our world!

Joy (#14)

Joy is more than just happiness for happiness' sake. It is about facing challenges and feeling gratitude. It is about reveling in the uncertainty that is living. It is also about laughing, and sharing the laughter of children.

This very special show will put a smile on your face and bring joy to your heart!

Guests include... 

 

• Mike LePage of ReMax Heritage,
  
• Katie West of the Levity Institute and
  
• Lucy Bangor of the Children's Museum and Theater of Maine.

 

The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast airs weekly at 11 am on WLOB radio 1310 AM (Portland)/streaming online. Listen to the Podcast or click on the link below:

Joy: Dr. Lisa # 14

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This week our "Wellness Innovations" segment, sponsored by the University of New England, is about laughter and health. According to The New York Times Health Page,

Laughter is regularly promoted as a source of health and well being, but it has been hard to pin down exactly why laughing until it hurts feels so good.

The answer, reports Robin Dunbar, an evolutionary psychologist at Oxford, is not the intellectual pleasure of cerebral humor, but the physical act of laughing. The simple muscular exertions involved in producing the familiar ha, ha, ha, he said, trigger an increase in endorphins, the brain chemicals known for their feel-good effect.

Our suggestion? Put those endorphins in play and test the laughter hypothesis for yourself this holiday season!

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The first guest on today's show is Mike LePage of RE/Max Heritage. 

Mike LePage is the Broker/Owner at RE/Max Heritage in Yarmouth. Over the past 12 years he has been helping buyers, sellers and investors with their residential real estate needs. Over that span Mike has served as a board member of the Greater Portland Board of Realtors, serving as President in 2008 and as a board member of the State Multiple Listing Service, MREIS and as a board member of the Maine Association of Realtors where he currently is finishing a term as President for 2011.
Prior to joining the residential real estate world, Mike worked for Key Bank of Maine in Private Banking and for Gouws Capital Management/Acadia Trust, N.A. Over those years Mike assisted clients in financial matters which has helped him in his capacity working with clients in the real estate world.

Mike has always been active in civic activities having served on the boards of the American Heart Association, The Friends of Casco Bay, Portland Stage Company, Bowdoin College Alumni Council, a founding member of the Kennebunk Portside Rotary Club and is active member of the Sacred Heart Church Choir. A 1978 graduate of Bowdoin College and 1974 Graduate of Morse High School, Mike’s roots are right here. He graduated in the Kappa Class of the Institute for Civic Leadership and often lends his experience and expertise on things civic.

Most important to Mike is his family. His wife Meg and four children Burgess, Catie, James and Liza are the pride of his life and the source of inspiration and fun. Because, as Mike would put it, “it’s supposed to be fun”.

Mike can be reached at RE/MAX Heritage, 765 Route One in Yarmouth. 207 846-4300 or mlepage@rheritage.com

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Katie West of the Levity Institute is the featured guest on our "Maine Magazine Minutes" segment.

Katie West is the Director of The Levity Institute, an organization dedicated to awakening the buoyancy within us. The Levity Institute offers one on one sessions, classes, and retreats exploring the four practices of intentional lightheartedness: laughter, play, celebration, and wonder. Katie is also founder of The Levity Project, an award winning social movement creating change by expressing joy in public places.

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As part of the Dr. Lisa Radio Hour we read our weekly quote from Our Daily Tread, the book created to support the organization Safe Passage. Our Daily Tread has raised more than $22,000 since 2008.

Dr. Lisa travelled to Guatemala during Thanksgiving week to get a firsthand look at this organization founded by her late friend and Bowdoin College classmate, Hanley Denning. Read more about her travels on the Bountiful Blog.

Want to help? Safe Passage is pleased to announce a holiday promotion of the book Our Daily Tread, edited by Dr. Lisa Belisle and featuring inspirational quotes, essays, photography and artwork by Safe Passage students.  From now through January 2, the regular retail price of $24.95 will be lowered to $18.99 to help share these motivating stories of how children can leave the Guatemala City garbage dump to achieve an education.  To enjoy this special promotion and support Safe Passage, please purchase the book online here.

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Our "Give Back" segment features Lucy Bangor of the Children's Museum and Theater of Maine.  Lucy joined the Children’s Museum of Maine staff in January 2008. As a lifelong theatre buff, she was excited to be on board for the merger of the Museum with the Children’s Theatre of Maine later that year. She delights in the Museum & Theatre’s hands-on, collaborative culture,where staff, volunteers, visitors, actors and audiences all use their creativity to engage children in learning through play. Lucy particularly enjoys the holiday season at the Museum & Theatre, when the space comes alive with performances and celebrations.

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Click here to read this week's featured Bountiful Blog post, "Deliberation & Joy, Re-Entry."

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Support for the Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast  is graciously provided by Akari,  Maine magazine, Tom Shepard from Hersey, Gardner, Shepard & Eaton/Ameriprise. Mike LePage & Beth Franklin from ReMax Heritage, Robin Hodgskin of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Dr. John Herzog of Orthopedic Specialists.

                

                  
                                                  

      

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The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast Team includes:

Dr. Lisa Belisle, Co-House & Executive Producer,
Genevieve Morgan, Co-Host & Editorial Producer,
John McCain, Audio Producer, Provider of Original Music,
Chris Kast, Editorial Producer & Brand Strategist,
Marci Booth, Business Advisor,
Jane Pate, Assistant Producer,
Nathan Hankla, Website Advisor,
Kevin Thomas, Executive Producer.

The Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast studio is located at the offices of Maine Magazine, 75 State Street, Portland, Maine.

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Join us next Sunday, December 11 at 11 am for the next Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast on WLOB radio Portland 1310 AM/streaming online.  Guests will include bestselling author and Maine State Warden Service chaplain Kate Braestrup, musical group Mister Moon and Kurt Holmgren of  The Root Cellar.

Thank you for being part of our world!