Interdisciplinary
Interdisciplinary is Healwell's healthcare podcast about all the places and perspectives that lift us up. We say what other people aren't willing to say and we always say the quiet parts loud.You’ll always learn something. You’ll always laugh and you’ll come away better informed and with real things you can do in your own community and practice to create a more compassionate and collaborative system of care for all humans.
Episodes
140 episodes
[Teaser] Healwell is Changing the Massage Game
You can listen to the complete episode on our new podcast The Rub!To hear the full version of each interview, check out our Patreon!Wit...
Living "Death Days" at the Cemetery with Laura Lyster-Mensh
Episode description:Cal and Corey talk to Laura Lyster-Mensh, death doula in residence at Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC about making death an open topic of conversation.**********Resources:
ELDR Wisdom with Will Craig
Today, Corey is talking with Will Craig, owner of ELDR, a company that provides guidance on approaching end-of-life planning effectively.ELDR's mission statement:"We are on a mission to empower and equip people to conclude life smoo...
The Best Thanksgiving Conversation Ever with Project Talk
Episode description: Corey talks with Heather Costigan and Cindy Bramble from Project Talk about their research and the power of a game to change the conversation.Guest Links:Published Research:
The DeathFat Doula with Isabella Carr
Episode description:Corey talks with Isabella Carr, the Deathfat Doula about the word "fat," death, and dying as a fat person.Links:Deathfat DoulaT...
This Whole Thing We Call Life with Cal Cates
Corey talks with Cal about Cal's experience and interest in death and dying, the two classes they facilitate about it, and about their last day teaching Healwell's hospital based massage therapy class during which Corey causes Cal to cry a litt...
Dignity and Support in Death with Paul Malley
Corey and Cal talk with Paul Malley, President of Aging with Dignity, about Five Wishes. Five Wishes is a legal advanced care planning program without the legalese. Cal comes a little late because they had a small snafu involving a lack o...
Paper Bag of Nothing with Corey and Rebecca
It's a new season! This one is a shiny collection of hodge-podge stuff. We start off with Healwell's Education Department (aka, Corey and Rebecca) talking about education stuff. There will be opinions.Thank you to AIHM! Learn more about...
ReRun: The Ways We Feed Each Other with Jenn Brandel, LICSW
This week we are re-running one of Cal's favorites from January, 2022. This conversation with Jenn Brandel covers crisis planning, metaphors, and how we support each other in hard times.
Scat Out the Gate with Cindy Spence, LMT
"Life is a sexually transmitted condition with a 100% mortality rate." Hear Cindy Spence drop wisdom like this on Corey and Cal in this week's episode.
We Have Bodies! with Cynthia Price, PhD
Corey and Rebecca sit down with Cynthia Price to get all interoceptive and stuff. Learn more about MABT here Thank you to AIHM! Learn more about the AIHM Fellowship b...
Floundering in the Darkness with USOLMT
We talk about USOLMT's national wage study, leadership, forging new paths and standing your ground. **********You can find USOLMT here Cal mentions this AMAZING BOOK THAT YOU SHOULD READ:
Authenticity Soup with Arika Patneaude and Bridget Sumser
Arika Patneaude and Bridget Sumser swing by to talk about their work as anti-oppression decolonizers.**********Show Notes Elise Ahenkorah (she/her) “Safe and Brave Spaces Don’t...
ReRun: The Good Word with Anne Kelemen, LICSW
How do the words we use affect the people we serve? What could be problematic about some of the common things we say as care providers? What happens when we listen to our words from a different perspective? Cal and Cathy welcome Anne Kelemen to...
Dance Together and Walk Out with Su Bibik
This week Cal and Corey are talking to Su Bibik, massage therapist, educator, go getter and one of our favorite people. She'll tell you what's she's up to a year after she sold her school and and spoiler alert: its not retirement. *********...
Examine Your Friction Points with Ruth Werner
Episode description:Corey and Ruth have a chat about personal biases and changing your mind.Guest’s links:Ruth’s Podcast: “I Have a Client Who”: https://ruthwerner.com/podcast/...
Countering Capitalism with Co-ops with Marisa Allison, PhD
Episode description:Corey and Dr Marisa Allison talk about co-ops, community and the possibilities for massage therapy.**********Resources:REI Co-op
Ling-uistics (History of Massage Part 1) with the Healwell Braintrust
We missed you! Have you missed us? Enough to listen to some thoughts from the bottom of a can? In this episode, Corey takes Rebecca, Kerry, and Cal on a tour through the history of massage in the Western world -- from rubbing to massage therapy...
Rubber Barbers (History of Massage Part 2) with the Healwell Braintrust
This week we continue our Corey-guided tour through the history of massage therapy in the Western world, from the FDA to present day. (Part 2 of 2.)We appreciate your patience with Cal and Kerry's poor audio quality. They're still in a can,...
It's the Brains with Sara Rennie, LMT
Podcast guests -- they're just like us! This week, we sat down with Sara Rennie, massage therapist, massage therapy educator, and thoughtful human. We talked about being a massage therapist, and preparing new massage therapists -- getting all t...
A Space of Love with Davonna Willis, LMT and Ashley Urquhart, LMBT
Today Cal Cates talks with Davonna Willis and Ashley Urquhart, the visionary leaders organizing the Black Massage Therapists' Conference. (Links below) In this deeply honest conversation, Davonna and Ashley share their vision for a space of lov...
Courageous, Fearless Leaders with Mei R. Fu, PhD
Today we dive into the history of nursing. How did nurses get to where they are today? What were the forces that brought nursing to this place of respect and skill? Corey and Cal sit down with nurse researcher and historian, Mei Fu, and get int...
I Would Like My Career with Ken Brown, LMT
We continue our exploration of sustainability in the massage profession with some real talk with real therapists. This week we speak with Ken Brown, one of Healwell's massage therapists and thoughtful guy, about his career in massage therapy.&n...
A Grown Person with Matt Smith, CMT
Cal and Corey continue talking about massage career sustainability with Healwell Community Member Matt Smith. If you came to massage after a different career ( or several), if you had to figure out how to maintain your career during and after t...
Palatable for Capitalism with Marisa Allison, PhD
Corey and Cal talk with sociologist Marisa Allison about gender in massage therapy. What is a "feminized" profession, and what does it mean for the growth and opportunities available in that profession? And how does all this connect to sustaina...