Healer Heal Yourself, Reduce Burnout, Discover Your Creativity While You Heal Others Dr. Hisla Bates, MD

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.

Dr. Manal Khan is a Board Certified Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at UCLA and she is also a poet. Inspired by her grandfather she continues to use poetry in her work and life to heal from trauma. Learn about how she came to write poetry and how a patient "unlocked" her creativity.

A conversation with Brooke Adams Law is an award-winning author, book coach, and the CEO of Writing Brave Press.

She helps "creative, intuitive women who have always wanted to be writers step into their author identity and start, finish and publish brave, dazzling books."

Brooke's first novel Catchlight won the Fairfield Book Prize, was named a Best Indie Book of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews, and was featured on Good Morning America’s blog. 

She says, "I’m famous for teaching a juicy, receptive, Divine-Feminine-inspired creative process that has led my clients to write and finish books they love, integrate their spirituality and creativity, and give birth to their most empowered creative selves."



https://www.wearewritingbrave.com/