The Marian Flaxman Network Podcast

The Marian Flaxman Network Podcast
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Welcome to the Marian Flaxman Network Podcast! This podcast features interviews, reviews, and commentary within the space of public health, nutrition, health policy, fitness, personal development, and professional and academic growth. Tune in and hear from experts in the field, and learn how policy development, human health, and the field of public health can benefit from leaning into lived experiences and human stories. #publichealthispersonal #noskinnyexperts

  1. Culinary Innovation in Food as Medicine with Kendra Nicole Stephens

    FEB 9

    Culinary Innovation in Food as Medicine with Kendra Nicole Stephens

    Welcome back to The Marian Flaxman Network Podcast. On today's episode, a conversation with chef, innovator, and food as medicine advocate, Kendra Nicole Stephens. Kendra has been a chef for more than 20 years, following her passion for experimenting in the kitchen as a child, to running her own cookie business after college. She rose in the ranks of the pastry world, before pivoting to focus on her passion for local, sustainable, health-promoting food. Now, she is the Director of Culinary Operations and Innovation at Christ House, a respite for unhoused men in Washington, DC. There, she uses local, seasonal, fresh ingredients to creatively craft healing meals for their residents. In this role, Kendra exemplifies the importance of chefs in the food as medicine movement. In this conversation, we disucss how her experience and identity as a chef, and her passion for fresh ingredients, impact her operations, and why it is important to her that the food be just as delicious as it is healthy. To learn more about Kendra and her work, or to connect with her, find her on LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendra-nicole-stephens-431630152/ For more information on Kendra's work at Christ House, please visit https://christhouse.org/ Connect with Marian on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/marian-flaxman/ Learn more about our sponsor- www.informedsolutionsconsulting.com Learn more about Marian- www.marianflaxman.com

    1h 16m
  2. Healthier Policy for a Healthier Society with Melissa Maitin-Shepard

    11/03/2025

    Healthier Policy for a Healthier Society with Melissa Maitin-Shepard

    Welcome back to The Marian Flaxman Network Podcast. On today's episode, a conversation with public health policy consultant, Melissa Maitin-Shepard. Melissa has worked in the health, public health, and nutrition policy space for nearly two decades, first joining large organizations to support their work, and now working as an independent consultant. Through her firm, MMS Health Strategies, Melissa builds impactful teams, supports complex projects with many stakeholders, and works to create health-promoting policies that aim to make the healthier choice the easier choice. To learn more about Melissa and her work, or to connect with her, find her on LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmaitinshepard/ For more information on Melissa's work with the GW Global Food Institute- https://globalfoodinstitute.gwu.edu/melissa-maitin-shepard Email Melissa- mmshealthstrategies@gmail.com Connect with Marian on Linked In- https://www.linkedin.com/in/marian-flaxman/ Learn more about our sponsor- www.informedsolutionsconsulting.com Learn more about Marian- www.marianflaxman.com

    47 min
  3. Fermentation as a Revolutionary Act with Rich Shih

    02/21/2025

    Fermentation as a Revolutionary Act with Rich Shih

    Welcome back to The Marian Flaxman Network Podcast. On today's episode, Marian sits down with author, scientist, fermenter, advocate, and chef, Rich Shih. They discuss Rich's path to the kitchen, how and why he first learned to cook, and how he came to discover that fermentation could be harnessed to make food more delicious, more nutritious, and more sustainable. Marian and Rich met at The Georgetown University Food as Medicine and the Microbiome Conference, where Rich spoke about the power of koji to transform food scraps into delicious condiments and more. Since then, they have found a shared calling for promoting the use of fermentation to improve human health, and prevent food waste. Rich is the co-author of the book Koji Alchemy, which can be found here. Rich is the co-organizer of an event that teaches about fermentation- KojiKon. You can find tickets to this event, and learn more, here. Follow Rich on Instagram - @ourcookquest For more about Marian, please visit www.marianflaxman.com Follow Marian on Instagram- @marianff Connect with Marian on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marian-flaxman/ Learn more about our sponsor - www.informedsolutionsconsulting.com

    1h 7m
  4. Lifestyle Medicine with Dr. Brad Moore

    01/31/2025

    Lifestyle Medicine with Dr. Brad Moore

    Welcome back to The Marian Flaxman Network Podcast! On today's episode, Marian speaks with Dr. Brad Moore about the current healthcare landscape, the future of "food as medicine", and the importance of shifting a patient's overall lifestyle to promote healing. Dr. Moore is passionate about being a doctor and supporting his patients. Years ago, he noticed that his patients were not getting better when he simply followed the western medicine rulebook, prescribing medications and sending them on their way. He looked at his own life, where he used nutrition and physical activity to manage his health, and became curious about how he might integrate this approach into his medical practice. Dr. Moore is now Board Certified in Lifestyle Medicine, and he teaches, and practices, Lifestyle Medicine at George Washington University. He is also an advocate for the integration of nutrition into healthcare, or "food as medicine", and he and I first met while visiting Capitol Hill to advocate for these policies. Dr. Moore in a high integrity physician, who leads by example and cares deeply about the future of health. In this conversation, he shares a vision for how Lifestyle Medicine could transform the way medicine is practiced in the US, and how policy could play a role in promoting this transformation. For more information about Dr. Brad Moore- https://gwdocs.com/profile/brad-moore For more information on Lifestyle Medicine, and to find a Lifestyle Medicine doctor near you- https://lifestylemedicine.org Follow Marian on Instagram- @marianff Connect with Marian on LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/marian-flaxman/ Work with Marian- www.marianflaxman.com More information on our sponsor- www.informedsolutionsconsulting.com

    1h 3m
  5. Edible Activism with Melissa L Jones

    12/18/2024

    Edible Activism with Melissa L Jones

    Welcome back to The Marian Flaxman Network Podcast! On today's episode, a conversation with Melissa L Jones, aka The Edible Activist. Back in the early 2000's, Melissa had an experience that changed her entire perspective on food and health. In her words, she realized she had been "duped" by the food system. This experience started her on a journey of understanding where her food comes from, how it is produced, who is involved in the food system, and how it is impacting her health, the health of her loved ones, and the health of the planet. It also sent her down a path that would lead her to create a podcast focused on the intersection of food and social justice- The Edible Activist Podcast. Melissa is an activist who is as passionate as she is informed, and she is a gifted interviewer and conversationalist. Her podcast has reached nearly 200 episodes, and she has interviewed farmers, food producers, business owners, and policy makers. In today's conversation, she shares about some of her favorite podcast episodes, how her journey began, why she is so passionate about bringing people of color into the food justice conversation, and how thinking about food more deeply has shaped her life. Find Melissa and her podcast on Instagram- @edibleactivist To listen to The Edible Activist Podcast, including the episodes discussed on today's episode, please click here Learn more about Marian and connect- www.marianflaxman.com Follow Marian on Instagram- @marianff Learn more about our sponsor- www.informedsolutionsconsulting.com

    1h 6m
  6. Impactful Strategies for Food as Medicine with Kristin Sukys

    11/18/2024

    Impactful Strategies for Food as Medicine with Kristin Sukys

    Welcome back to the Marian Flaxman Network Podcast. On today's episode, Marian speaks with Kristin Sukys, a strategist and consultant who has spent nearly a decade working on the development of food as medicine policies. Kristin once thought she wanted to be a doctor, and her desire to help and heal people has led her down various paths, including forays into working with food, agriculture, and eventually policy. She has been able to combine her education and interests into meaningful and impactful work, at the forefront of figuring out how to integrate nutrition and food access into health care. For more information on Kristin and her work in the "food is medicine" policy landscape, visit www.fimstrategies.com For more information on Marian, please visit www.marianflaxman.com For more information on our sponsor, please visit www.informedsolutionsconsulting.com

    42 min
  7. Dr. Janel Gordon on Lifestyle Medicine, Staying Curious, and Working Together

    11/04/2024

    Dr. Janel Gordon on Lifestyle Medicine, Staying Curious, and Working Together

    Welcome back to the Marian Flaxman Network Podcast. On today's episode, Marian speaks with Dr. Janel Gordon, MD. Dr. Gordon is Board Certified in Family Medicine, Obesity Medicine, and Lifestyle Medicine, and she is also the medical expert for WISH-TV. Dr. Gordon always knew that she wanted to be a doctor, but it wasn't until medical school that she chose family medicine. As she witnessed the many factors that impact a person's health, she saw that treating the whole family could be more beneficial to her patients than trying to treat them in isolation, without any knowledge of how their relationships and home life were contributing to their health. Following this approach, and allowing her patients' questions lead the way, she found herself more interested than ever in the role that nutrition plays in health. In this episode, Dr. Gordon shares so much about her experience as a physician, and also about her journey as a curious person who is always willing to ask questions, do further research, and try new things. She shares stories of times when a patient's question, and her subsequent research, caused her to totally change her mind, as well as her own diet. Finally, Dr. Gordon talks about public health, and the role that policy, and people, can and should play in creating a healthcare and food system that work for all of us. For more information on Dr. Janel Gordon, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjanelgordon/ To learn more about her work with WISH-TV, please visit https://www.wishtv.com/news/getting-to-know-dr-janel-gordon-wish-tvs-new-medical-expert/ To learn more about Marian, visit www.marianflaxman.com Connect with Marian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marian-flaxman/ To learn more about our sponsor, visit www.informedsolutionsconsulting.com

    1h 1m
  8. Nutrition, Public Health, and Juggling Working Motherhood with Emily Callahan

    10/21/2024

    Nutrition, Public Health, and Juggling Working Motherhood with Emily Callahan

    Welcome back to the Marian Flaxman Network! On today's episode, Marian speaks with Emily Callahan RD MPH. Emily is a consultant working in the "food is medicine" research and policy development space. he currently works with the Food is Medicine Institute at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University to advance the conversation about integrating food and nutrition into health care. As a kid, Emily loved to read, write, and perform. She imagined that she might become an author, or perhaps an actress. However, she also loved pouring over nutrition and physiology textbooks, and learned at an early age that eating well had the power to improve a person's overall health. She found herself on a path to becoming a dietitian, and soon learned that by getting involved in advocacy and policy, she could reach more people than would typically be reached in a 1-1 clinical relationship. Emily is a devoted mom to 4 young kids, and she and Marian discuss the ups and downs of juggling an exciting career in a field you are truly passionate about, while also carving out the time and attention to be a present mom and wife. For more information on Emily, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-a-callahan-mph-rdn-250a9a7/ For more information on the exciting work Emily is doing with Tufts, please visit https://tuftsfoodismedicine.org For more information on Marian, please visit www.marianflaxman.com For more information on our sponsor, please visit www.informedsolutionsconsulting.com

    1h 12m
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Welcome to the Marian Flaxman Network Podcast! This podcast features interviews, reviews, and commentary within the space of public health, nutrition, health policy, fitness, personal development, and professional and academic growth. Tune in and hear from experts in the field, and learn how policy development, human health, and the field of public health can benefit from leaning into lived experiences and human stories. #publichealthispersonal #noskinnyexperts

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