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
Precious Little Wall of Preciousness with Sakinah Irizarry, LMT
In the Season 6 finale, we are pleased to welcome Sakinah Irizarry, co-presenter of Challenging Racism in the Massage Industry, and all-around thoughtful individual. We start the conversation with proposed legislation in New York state, roam in...
No Answers with the Healwell Braintrust
It's a new season, and a new format for the podcast! This season, we're bringing in more of the Healwell folks to talk compassion, equity, caring for humans, and more. This week, we talk about what it's *really* like to try to live Healwell's c...
Be the Snowball with Kate DeBartolo and Justin Magnuson
This week we have a guest -- and a guest co-host. Kate DeBartolo and Justin Magnuson help with the very large conversation around how to talk about our plans and wishes for ourselves in the event of chronic illness. Go gently into this conversa...
Master of Neoteny with the Healwell Braintrust
The Healwell team talks about the very serious subject of joy and happiness -- what it really means in he context of a meaningful life. Also, there's some funny animal stories.
MTWB: The "O" Words with Hilary and Dana of Be Nourished
"How do you take good care of something you don't like?" Cal and Cathy sit with Hilary and Dana of Be Nourished to take a good look at bodies -- our own, other people's, our patient's and client's.This episode originally aired in Novembe...
MTWB: Every Situation Needs Great Communication with Kelly Mack
Cal and Cathy welcome Kelly Mack to the podcast for a discussion about living with a disability, and how health care professionals can sometimes make life harder for people living with a disability.This episode originally aired in Septem...
Leaving Massage, Part 1 with the Healwell Braintrust
Corey, Kerry and Rebecca sit down for an honest conversation about when it might be time to stop practicing massage. Can you still be a massage therapist, even if you aren't practicing massage? What do you do with the love you have for clients ...
Leaving Massage, Part 2 with Ruth Werner, Justin Magnuson, Sheri Bergen, and Nancy Keeney-Smith
We continue our look at leaving the massage profession with the stories of Sheri Bergen, Nancy Keeney-Smith, Justin Magnuson, and Ruth Werner.
The Ways We Feed Each Other with Jenn Brandel, LICSW
This week we welcome Jenn Brandel, LICSW to talk about caring for yourself in a crisis, and the power of metaphors to process hard things.Find Jenn's books (including a free downloadab...
The Goiter Episode with Amanda Long, LMT and the Healwell Braintrust
It's getting salty at Healwell. We take inspiration from a conversation with Amanda Long, LMT about self care and snow days, and get all the way into existential questions about the nature of massage therapy. This episode features clips from an...
Whack It With A Wrench with the Healwell Braintrust
In the final episode of Season 5, where we talk money —we get into the sticky question of volunteerism, the actual cost of doing massage, and why feral cats don’t make good therapy pets.
A Fair Amount of Scatalogical Humor with Emily Clore, DVM
Welcome to Season 4 of Interdisciplinary, where we are diving right into the deep end. Cal and Cathy kick it off with Emily Clore, DVM and a hilarious, honest, and raw conversation about what it's like to be a human whose job is to care for ani...
Ignore the D with Sirius Bonner, VP of Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette
This week, Cal and Cathy get intersectional. Sirius Bonner joins the podcast to talk about adding fatness to our intersectional lens, being a Black woman in Portland Oregon, and the definition of "Blerd."About Our Guest: Sirius Bonner i...
Set the Table with Gayle Dine'Chacon, MD
Cal and Cathy welcome Dr. Gayle Dine'Chacon, founder of the Center for Native American Health (CNAH) and former Surgeon General for the Navajo Nation. It's about sovereignty, relationships, and awareness of our connection to each other....
You Just Gotta Listen with Debbie LaFond, DNP
This week's guest is Debbie LaFond, interdisciplinary team legend. Debbie talks the difference between pediatric and adult care, and what palliative care has to bring for every human. About Our Guest:Deborah “Debbie” LaFond, DN...
Extraordinary Times with Cal and Cathy
Cal and Cathy are on their own this week, talking about all the things that have been on their minds -- like misinformation, disinformation, and the state of the world in the US and Canada. It's a free-for-all of evidence-based fun!Reso...
The Longest Trailer Ever with the Healwell Braintrust
Cal joins Kerry Jordan and Rebecca Sturgeon for a behind-the-scenes review of Healwell's Just Care: Social Justice in Health Care conference.
Wise Patient with Rachel Beda, MD
In this episode, Cal talks with Dr. Rachel Beda, a physician practicing in a concierge setting in Seattle. The conversations touches on equity, gender affirming care, the challenges of building relationship in a primary care practice, and the t...
The Good Word Redux 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...
Being Human is a Special Calling with Ladybird Morgan, RN, MSW and Marvin Mutch of the Humane Prison Hospice Project
This week's conversation goes deep -- into compassion, humanity, and our fundamental connection to each other. This conversation with Ladybird Morgan and Marvin Mutch of the Humane Prison Hospice Project will invite you to deep reflection and c...
You Do Have a Role with Teresa Nguyen, MPH
Cal talks with Teresa Nguyen about the very human experience of living with a disability, advocating for oneself in a world that is not often aware of your needs, and what every human can do to become more aware of the needs of other humans.
MTWB: Representation Matters with Ann Blair Kennedy, PhD and Kemi Balogun, BS
This episode originally aired in November 2020 on the "Massage Therapy Without Borders" podcastCal and Cathy talk with Ann Blair Kennedy and Kemi Balogun, where they discuss the lack of diversity and inclusion in the health care profess...
Capital-L Love with Janet Penny, RMT and Rebecca Sturgeon, LMT
It's a book review, it's a conversation, it's a podcast! This week, Cal and Cathy welcomes Janet Penny and Rebecca Sturgeon, co-authors of Oncology Massage: An integrative approach to cancer care. This conversation touches on the heart and soul...
I Have Been Sorely Disappointed with Ian Watlington
Cal and Cathy talk with Ian Watlington about respect for bodies as they are, awareness of the whole human life cycle, and what we should all thank disability advocates for. (Hint: curb cuts are just the start.) If you enjoyed this episo...
Don't Make It About You with Anna Valdez, Ph.D.
This week, Cal and our guest, Anna Valdez, consider the question: what if care providers just believed people? What if we just believed that people were telling the truth about their pain or discomfort? This week is a deep dive into assumptions...