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Dr. Randie Schacter, MD - Ceramics Luxury Retreats and more In this episode, psychiatrist Dr. Schacter talks about incorporating the arts in healing her patients and clinicians. She fell in love with ceramics and shares her expertise in the healing arts. Dr. Schacter is a meditation and yoga instructor who designs luxury retreats for women professionals in places like Portugal and the Berkshires. You can find her information at https://www.Silverspaces.org Dr. Randie Schacter is the founder and owner of Silver Psychiatric Services, PC in Matthews, NC, where she specializes in treating women and children, with a particular dedication to supporting women physicians. She created Mindfulness Based Arts and Stress Reduction (MBASR), an innovative interactive program that blends mindfulness, meditation, yoga, cognitive behavioral therapy, art, and peer support—enhanced by farm-to-table gourmet meals—to help women professionals effectively manage stress and burnout. MBASR has made a significant impact in the Charlotte medical community, fostering well-being through creativity, care, and connection.Building on MBASR's success, Dr. Schacter expanded her transformative retreats to luxurious international destinations, with the next event scheduled for March 2026 in Olhão, Portugal. Future retreats are also planned along the North Carolina beaches and at a stunning villa in Jamaica for 2026/2027 with CME available to those physicians that are interested in receiving them. www.Silverspaces.org/portugal www.Silverpsychiatric.com

Dr. Merrill is a Breast surgeon and a leader in the Physician Just Equity (PJE) program that advocates for physicians who are in employment situations that are hostile, discriminatory, or intensely conflictual. Oftentimes, physicians have nowhere to turn, and PJE helps them navigate these environments by providing support (not legal advice). She is also an art lover, photographer, baker, writer, foodie, and more. Join us in conversation. Scrubbedoutsurgeon.com and @scrubbedoutsurgeon on Instagram Join the Doctor's Art School at https://www.skool.com/thedoctorsartschool

Queen is an attorney, mother, and breast cancer survivor at age 35. She is a very accomplished attorney, creative, and an entrepreneur. In this episode of 'Healer', host Dr. Bates welcomes Queen Stewart to discuss her transformative journey following a stage three breast cancer diagnosis at such a young age. She has found ways to seek joy and reflect on her life. Queen's experience catalyzed a profound reflection on life,  propelling her towards stand-up comedy as a form of healing during chemotherapy.  She emphasizes the critical role of gratitude in  finding joy and discusses the importance of addressing inner  traumas. Queen shares how her perspective  shifted from fulfilling societal expectations to truly embracing  life's beauty and depth, encouraging listeners to appreciate the present and seek joy in creativity. Her documentary film Sense of Urgency. Create Urgency is her wellness and education platform. LINKS: Email: [email protected]

Hisla Bates reflects on Art and Medicine, a Virtual Summit in 2020 that inspired this podcast and a blog interview by Lisa Tener, Author and Writing Coach, on Art, Creativity, and Medicine.  Recorded in 2025 JOIN the Doctor's Art School at www.skool.com/thedoctorsartschool Mentions: Lisa Tener, Author and Book Coach - Here is the Blog that includes some of Dr. Hisla Bates' artwork. https://lnkd.in/e3B5D6BK Lissa Rankin, MD Book - Mind Over Medicine Tal Ben Shahar, PhD -

From Dr. Chisaraokwu's website: "My art is a practice of retrieval, reanimation, and re-presentation of the parts of ourselves lost in the wake of trauma. Poetry is the sound, the feel, of those missing | mis-seen parts— raw, unapologetic, found, free. .CHISARAOKWU. is an Igbo American transdisciplinary poet artist, scholar, writer, performer, health futurist, and a 2023 California Arts Council Fellow. Inspired by her love of history, dreamscapes, the environment, quantum physics, and all things Africa(n)|(in)diaspora, she weaves images, textures, and text to create poems. Her work has been honored with awards and fellowships from MacDowell, Cave Canem, Vermont Studio Center, Anaphora Arts, Ucross and Headlands Center for the Arts, among other honors. She is an alum of the Brooklyn Poets Mentorship Program and the 2022 Tin House Winter Workshop. Nominated for Best of Net (Poetry; 2019, 2020, 2021), Best New Poets (2022), and Best New Small Fiction (2022), her words have appeared in academic and literary journals including Transition, Obsidian, midnight&indigo, The Lancet, and The New England Journal of Medicine. Her debut visual art work is featured in Michigan Quarterly Review’s Spring 2024 issue, African Cartographies edited by Chris Abani. She earned her BA in History from Stanford University, MD from Duke University School of Medicine, MSPH from UNC Gilling School of Global Public Health, and certification in Global Mental Health & Trauma from Harvard School of Public Health’s Refugee Trauma Program. She is a retired pediatrician and an alum of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program at Yale University where her research focused on adverse childhood experiences, mental health and spirituality, and community-based participatory research projects. She is currently working on two poetry collections and a novel. She is the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship for 2025!! https://www.arts.gov/.../creative.../chisaraokwu-asomugha

Dr. Una has been an inspiration to many physicians. She is the founder of the EntreMD Business School, a pioneering business school designed specifically for physician entrepreneurs. Through her work, she has helped hundreds of physicians build thriving, profitable businesses while reclaiming control of their professional lives. Dr. Una has authored several impactful books, including The Profitable Private Practice Playbook: 7 Ways Private Practice Owners Leave Money on the Table Every Day and How to Fix It and The Visibility Formula: How to Streamline Your Marketing, Build an Audience, and Create Profitable Opportunities. In addition, Dr. Una is also the author of Made for More: A Physician’s Guide to Building a Thriving Business Beyond Medicine, which offers strategies for physicians looking to leverage their expertise in new and exciting ways. In this episode, we discuss Dr. Una's inspiring journey, her entrepreneurial ventures, and her mission to empower physicians to achieve more in their lives and businesses. https://entremd.com/

On this episode, Dr. Anam talks about cultural psychiatry, child psychiatry and the use of film in academia. Seeba Anam MD is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience. Her research and clinical efforts examine the impact of cultural factors on mental health, health equity, and social and structural determinants of health. Her research efforts focus on studying how culture impacts mental health and related treatment-seeking behaviors across the lifespan. Her recent work focuses on the intersection of media and mental health in low-resourced communities, specifically related to trauma and resilience. She is a founding member of the University of Chicago Global Mental Health Initiative, and she has served as a research investigator and advisor for the University of Chicago Center for Asian Health Equity (CAHE). She has presented on Asian and Asian American mental health at multiple national and international meetings. She is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and the Society for the Study of Culture and Psychiatry.

In this episode Aanchal shares what the Arts especially dance, mean to her and how she started many art-based programs for people with Downs Syndrome, Parkinsons', and Post-Partum Depression in addition to writing a children's book for kids with anxiety, all while being a medical student. Aanchal Shah is a member of the FSU COM Class of 2025. She has been a dancer ever since she was 2 years old and enjoys performing, competing, and choreographing. Aanchal graduated from the University of Florida in 2021 with a B.S. in Psychology as well as a Certificate in Dance in Medicine. She spent all four years of her undergraduate career researching the connection between the arts and medicine through the Center for Arts in Medicine at UF. She founded Down to Dance: a free evidence-based dance program to help improve the fine motor skills, cognitive functioning, and emotional/social well-being of individuals with Down Syndrome. Aanchal now serves as a senior advisor for Down to Dance and has helped it grow from a local organization into a national organization, providing free workshops to 58 different locations across the nation. In medical school, Aanchal worked with faculty, the Chapman Foundation,  and 16 like-minded medical students to help create the FSU COM Arts in Medicine Volunteer Program (AIM). During AIM’s inaugural year, Aanchal and the AIM board worked hard to develop partnerships and community programs such as the Dance for Parkinson’s Program, Music for Alzheimer’s Program, and Visual Arts program for pediatric and geriatric populations. As senior advisor, she works closely with each new board to ensure the quality, expansion, and sustainability of AIM. AIM has expanded to several locations across Florida including Orlando, Fort Pierce, Pensacola, Sarasota, and Marianna. Aanchal recently collaborated with the Orlando Ballet to create dance tutorials in support of maternal mental health. The Movin' with Momma series are dance tutorials that moms can do from the comfort of their own homes while holding their babies in baby carriers. These free and accessible dance workshops were published on the FSU COM AIM Dance Database in May 2024 for moms suffering from postpartum depression/anxiety.Aanchal’s passion for arts and medicine became the driving force behind her published children’s book “Dr. Didi’s Guide to Anxiety-An Art Based Approach” available on Amazon. This book helps teach children about evidence-based art methods that can be used to help with symptoms of anxiety. Book: https://a.co/d/8siF9AS Aanchal ShahM.D. Candidate | Florida State University College of Medicine | Class of 2025FSU Women's Health Day Mental Health DirectorFormer President of Dermatology Interest GroupFounder of Arts in Medicine Volunteer Program https://med.fsu.edu/aim/home

If you are curious about expressive therapies, join me as I discuss drama therapy with former volunteer firefighter, musician, actor, and now drama therapist Treasure Tannock. New York University Steinhardt graduate with a Masters in Drama Therapy and she is now a PhD candidate at Columbia University in Clinical Psychology. Learn how she uses Drama therapy to change people's lives and minds. Learn more: https://bernews.com/2024/02/swd-treasure-tannocks-play-performed-nyc/ https://www.royalgazette.com/wellness/lifestyle/article/20210706/dramatic-therapy/

Meira Alper, RN is a nurse who has developed a niche working with organizations to heal employees from burnout and moral injury. She gets organizations to realize that their employees have a voice and know how to change and heal healthcare if they only listen. Meira Alper, RN, BSN is Trauma Informed Educator, Coach and Consultant, who is trained in the Somatic Experiencing method for the treatment of trauma. She leads trainings in Human Centered Leadership and Human Centered Organizational Design, in order support the health and well-being of our Healthcare workforce and decrease turnover.

Trigger Warning: We talk about sexual assault in this episode. This is an updated interview with Sheila Darcey our first interview was in 2021 and this episode was recorded late in 2023. She is the author of the book Sketch By Sketch and heals others with her sketches and intuition. Learn more about Sheila Darcey here: https://www.sketchpoetic.com/about https://www.instagram.com/sketchpoetic/?hl=en https://www.sketchpoetic.com/

Priya Guyadeen, RN does clinical research by day and stand-up comedy by night. She is part of an all-woman collective called The Cougar Comedy Collective and they perform in the Bay Area, CA and throughout the country. Learn about Priya's journey as a single mother during the pandemic to writing and performing Stand Up. See how comedy has helped her and how it may help you as well. https://www.cougarcomedycollective.com https://www.kron4.com/live-in-the-bay/cougar-comedy-collective-breaking-stereotypes/ Hear about The Cougar Comedy Collective on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tiV3-MKWIKw?si=wEJ4xhu09YnEmvHP https://youtu.be/7CZo2uLWrII?si=-tTgUShljyL3eVRY Find Priya Guyadeen, RN on Facebook at Flawed & Fabulous

Dr. Banich is an Ophthalmologist, Author and Wellness Coach in Colorado Springs, who is a spiritual teacher, she is wise and talks openly about her amazing journey. She described herself as a Weeble who if she fell down would get right up. It was a personal crisis that was her wake-up call. So listen to this wise and wonderful physician. "Assisting individuals to find balance, decrease stress, and identify their next step in order to live a life of purpose via workshops, individual mentoring, and retreats..." Dr. Banich LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aveen-banich-m-d-90a0bb69/ Website: AveenBanich.com (Blog)

Adena Blickstein, MD is an Adult/ Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist who grew up in an Orthodox Jewish Community and now raps about body positivity and more. She has a private practice in New York and has been a long time advocate of the performing arts. During her residency in 2020 and the COVID crisis in NY, she had a Dark Night of the Soul experience that forever changed her and deepened her connection to spirituality. Dr. Blickstein's rap song can be heard near the end of this episode, so don't leave without listening to the song Cheese Belly. If you would like to meet Dr. Blickstein you can find her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsmeshugenamama/ Her website: https://www.tealdragon.org/ Host_ Dr. Hisla Bates: https://www.drhislabatesmd.com https://www.instagram.com/drhislabates

Dr. Vanessa Vélez is a recent graduate of her psychiatry training. After residency she is launching her private practice with a holistic and integrative approach. She is very connected to her spiritual self and after experiencing many losses and grief she has been able to share her story in the healing of others. She is a caring and compassionate physician who is also creative and innovative in her approach. Dr. Vanessa Vélez also talks about travels to Tanzania, and China and how her background has enhanced her approaches to cultural approaches and greater understanding of people. Bio: Dr. Vanessa Vélez, MD is a Psychiatrist, Artist, Writer and Speaker. She trained at Hackensack Meridian Psychiatry Residency, obtained her MD at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and her bachelors at Cornell University. Dr. Velez truly believes that Psychiatry is "the healing of the soul.” Her mission is to help patients struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma and ecological distress at a soul level. She combines the wisdom of modern modalities such as medications with holistic approaches such as psychotherapy, joyful movement, nutrition, purpose, meaning, creativity and spirituality. Dr. Velez will be accepting new patients in California, January 2024 via telehealth. Dr. Velez has spoken at the Spiritual Care Association’s Caring for the Human Spirit and has published articles in Psychiatric Times, KevinMD, The American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal, Doctors Who Create and in-House. Vanessa has showcased her artwork at Baruch College, The National Association of Women Artists in NYC, 440 Gallery in Brooklyn, NY and even in an airport and on snowboards. She also loves the ocean, riding her bike, dancing and connecting with family and friends.