Health Views with Deb Friesen, MD

Feeling PRIDE with Erin Waters, Kaiser Permanente Equity, Inclusion, & Diversity Consultant

In honor of PRIDE month, Dr. Deb sits down with a special guest Erin Waters. Erin is a Kaiser Permanente Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Consultant and Community Health Navigator in Kaiser Permanente’s Northwest Region Gender Pathways Clinic. In her role, Erin is a powerful advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and has a deep commitment to help transform health systems to be more inclusive and gender affirming for trans and nonbinary people. We’re excited to share this episode with all of you during PRIDE month and hope you learn a lot from Erin and her story.  

 

 

 

 

Practicing Tiny Habits with BJ Fogg, PhD

This month’s episode features celebrated Stanford University Behavior Design Lab Founder/Director and New York Times bestselling author, Dr. BJ Fogg! BJ’s work has recently led him to researching human behavior with a focus on how to easily build health habits by tapping into positivity. During the conversation, they discuss his breakthrough book, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything which has a given millions of people the confidence and hope to create happier and healthier lives with just one small change at a time.

Building Resilience and Destigmatizing Mental Health Issues in the Workplace with Nicole Stelter, PhD

Dr. Deb virtually sits down with her friend and Kaiser Permanente colleague Dr. Nicole Stelter. Dr. Stelter is a licensed Psychotherapist, Clinical Trauma Professional, and EAP Consultant who has completed training with the U.S. Department of Defense, FEMA, and the U.S. National Incident Management System. During this episode, they discuss a wide-range of COVID-19 mental health and wellness topics which include, building resiliency for all, the importance of having psychological safety at work, and the challenges of working from home for parents. Listen for Nicole’s expert recommendations to learn how to persevere during this difficult time, both on a personal and professional level.  

Preventing Burnout in the Workplace with Christina Maslach, PhD

On today’s episode, Dr. Deb virtually sits down with Professor Christina Maslach, an acclaimed social psychologist and professor emerita of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Maslach is a pioneering researcher with over 30 years of experience who defined and identified predictors and the measurement of job burnout, a feeling that many of us have experienced before and during COVID-19. Her work is the basis for the 2019 decision by the World Health Organization (WHO) to include this condition as an occupational phenomenon with health consequences. As part of her work, she also created the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), the most widely used instrument for measuring workplace fatigue, and she has written numerous articles and books, including The Truth About Burnout. We can all learn a lot from Professor Maslach to better understand, reduce, and prevent our daily stress, negativity, and exhaustion while working.

Unpacking Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity in 2020 with Ronald Copeland, MD

For our third episode, Dr. Deb has a powerful discussion with Dr. Ronald Copeland, senior vice president and chief equity, inclusion, and diversity officer at Kaiser Permanente. Dr. Copeland is a recently retired board-certified general surgeon who joined Kaiser Permanente in 1988 after a six-year honorable tour-of-duty in the United States Air Force Medical Corps. Prior to his current role, he served as president and executive medical director of the Ohio Permanente Medical Group and in 2016, Dr. Copeland was appointed to the board of the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, to name just a few accolades. Dr. Deb sits down virtually with Dr. Copeland to unpack the importance of equity, inclusion, and diversity in the health care industry, while discussing where we go from here and what more we can do to make meaningful change during this important time in our nation’s history.

Finding Calm and Resilience with Omar Dawood, MD

For our second episode, Dr. Deb sits down virtually with Dr. Omar Dawood, Chief Medical Officer at Calm. Dr. Dawood shares his health care journey and how his experiences have guided him to be an innovation thought leader and practitioner. Omar is passionate about helping people around the globe lead healthier, happier lives by building resilience through better sleep and improved mindfulness. Listen to this episode to learn how you can decrease stress and anxiety to better navigate this time of change and uncertainty.

Please stay with us to experience a 3-minute body scan exercise at the end of the episode. A body scan is one of the most effective ways to begin a mindfulness meditation practice. 

Exploring Telehealth with Troy Long, MD

For our first episode, Dr. Deb is pleased to have Dr. Troy Long as her inaugural guest. In addition to being a longtime friend, Troy is a practicing physician with the Colorado Permanente Medical Group who cares for patients across the state of Colorado. Over the last decade, Troy has been a practitioner and strong advocate of telehealth use. During this episode, the pair evaluate the importance of telehealth before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.