Rise: Daily Summaries Delivered

25 Years After 9/11, Can It Teach Us How To Bridge Americans' Divides?

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Scott Gibbs, a California-licensed psychotherapist in private practice and a board member of the Existential-Humanistic Institute. He will look back on events to help us feel stronger connections across political cultural and religious difference for a better future. He will discuss how we can learn from 9/11, and the importance of how it shape everything, which can start from looking back.

Learn How To Recharge and Reset

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Edi Matsumoto, NP. She was born in Japan, and inspired to help those who suffer - so she pursued nursing in the U.S. During her nearly 30-year healthcare career, she also created paintings addressing the stress and burnout experienced by healthcare professionals. She will share importance of recharging and resetting. How did she find purpose after several years - and was able to discover her new creative connection with people? Find ways you too can find joy using creative ways.

Why So Many Women Discover Fertility Issues Too Late

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. Marina Straszak-Suri, an experienced OBGYN and dedicated educator with over 35 years of experience in women's health and fertility. She combines her medical expertise with a passion for evidence-based, holistic approaches, naturally empowering individuals to optimize their reproductive health. She will discuss conditions that affect fertility, pre-planning steps one should take prior to conceiving, and lifestyle changes that are important to health fertility.

Conversations Every Family Should Have Before There Is A Medical Crisis

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. Karen Spencer, a medical sociologist and professor in the department of Health and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Colorado, Denver. Over 25 years, she has studied how patients, families, and healthcare providers make decisions within complex medical systems. Learn about the importance of preparation, understanding how health care works and ways to ensure you address them before a medical crisis arises.

The Importance of Saving A Life

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Kiera Newbury, an emergency medical professional and emerging author of The Saved Effect: True Stories of Lives Reclaimed by People Who Were Willing to Act. She will talk about health care, CPR readiness, and mental health, and how she uses her platform to inspire individuals, organizations, and communities to become trained, prepared, and willing to act when it matters most.

Assumptions about conservative women in America

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. Katie Gaddini, a sociologist who spent nearly a decade researching the women behind today's conservative movement. Esther's Army offers an essential look at one of the defining political developments of this moment in American history. She talks about her latest work, assumptions about conservative women in American, and learn how things may be changing in the political arena.

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How to Navigate Shark-Infested Work Environments

Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. Dionne Poulton, an award-winning, nationally recognized HR and DEI expert, educator, executive coach, and conflict resolution specialist with more than 25 years of experience. She serves as Organizational Ombudsperson and Head of Diversity, Equity & Belonging and Organizational Learning & Development. She will share how to navigate in a workplace of conflicts and promote an environment of decency and accountability. She will explain certain behaviors that quietly fuels workplace conflict and how to rise above it all!