Mindful on Purpose Christina M. Blackburn, MS

Welcome to the Mindful on Purpose Podcast!  This month we will talk with NYC Hon. NYC Judge Deborah Modica.

Deborah Stevens Modica was born and raised in Queens, New York. She attended Christ the King High School and Fordham University for her undergraduate studies. Following her father’s footsteps, Deborah attended law school, graduating from Fordham University Law School in 1976. After law school, she applied to defender organizations and District Attorney’s Offices. She was ultimately hired by the Queens District Attorney’s Office, where she got excellent experience in the Appeals Bureau, the Felony Trial Bureau, and the Homicide Bureau. She ultimately returned to the Appeals. Bureau as its Chief. Deborah next moved on to the Kings County District Attorney’s Office as Bureau Chief of the Supreme Court Trial Bureau and held Executive District Attorney positions. Starting in 1990, the Kings County District Attorney’s Office developed a very serious approach to domestic violence cases.  In 1997, Deborah was appointed to the Criminal Court of the City of New York and assigned to Queens County, where she handled all domestic violence cases in their early stages and all misdemeanor Domestic Violence cases until their conclusion. In 2003, Deborah was made Supervising Judge of the Queens Criminal Court. After almost ten years in that position, Deborah was assigned to Supreme Court, where she handled all felony domestic violence cases involving intimate partners. Deborah retired from the bench at the end of 2020.

The MINDFUL ON PURPOSE PODCAST is a safe space where unexplored topics on gender-based violence/intimate partner violence/child endangerment are discussed with FIELD EXPERTS to increase awareness and improve care for vulnerable women and children. Target listeners: doctors, nurses, hospital and clinic executives, law enforcement, domestic violence researchers, government officials, all frontline workers, survivors/victims, family and friends of survivors/victims, and ALL concerned humans.  www.speranzaproject.org

Creator/Host:  Christina M. Blackburn, MSc - Award-winning medical educator, advocate for women and children in crisis, and survivor.

Welcome to the Mindful on Purpose Podcast! *This month will be a little different. 

In this episode, Dr. Alan Cherney. Emergency Medicine Physician, Assistant Director of Emergency Medicine, and Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, and Dr. Valentina Nikulina, Clinical Child Psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at Queens College, City University of New York, separately, will discuss the upcoming conference in New York City and why it's important to attend if you work with victims of domestic violence!  If you are interested in attending either in-person or virtually, tickets will reopen on November 1st at www.dvconference.org.

Dr. Cherney - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-cherney-ba598721/

Dr Nikulina - https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentina-nikulina-ph-d-4772201/

The MINDFUL ON PURPOSE PODCAST is a safe space where unexplored topics on gender-based violence/intimate partner violence/child endangerment are discussed with FIELD EXPERTS to increase awareness and improve care for vulnerable women and children. Target listeners: doctors, nurses, hospital and clinic executives, law enforcement, domestic violence researchers, government officials, all frontline workers, survivors/victims, family and friends of survivors/victims, and ALL concerned humans.  www.speranzaproject.org

Creator/Host:  Christina M. Blackburn, MSc - Award-winning medical educator, researcher, and survivor.

Welcome to the Mindful on Purpose Podcast!  

In this episode, we will talk with Tina Ruysseveldt. Tina is an indigenous best-selling author, wellness warrior & ICU_ SADV Nurse, Tina invites compassionate and action-based discussions and solutions to inspire workplace wellbeing and activate personal self-care into daily practice.

For the last decade, Tina has authentically found the courage to walk the solid road of recovery. As the creator of The LiveWell Recipe™, which she credits with saving her life, she shares her inspirational story and life-changing methods to invite others to thrive in the face of their challenges and turn their intent to live well into action.

Author of;  The Courage to Be True

Inspirational Speaker; keynotes. 

Tina’s; guided meditations

https://www.instagram.com/tinainspires/?hl=en

https://tinainspires.com/

The MINDFUL ON PURPOSE PODCAST is a safe space where unexplored topics on gender-based violence/intimate partner violence/child endangerment are discussed with FIELD EXPERTS to increase awareness and improve care for vulnerable women and children. Target listeners: doctors, nurses, hospital and clinic executives, law enforcement, domestic violence researchers, government officials, all frontline workers, survivors/victims, family and friends of survivors/victims, and ALL concerned humans.  www.speranzaproject.org

Creator/Host:  Christina M. Blackburn, MSc - Award-winning medical educator, advocate for women and children in crisis, and survivor.

Welcome to the Mindful on Purpose Podcast. This month we have two amazing interviewees: 

DR. CLEO SILVERS Cleo Silvers began her career as a community and labor organizer as a VISTA Volunteer and activist in the South Bronx starting in 1966. Her training as an organizer was based on the Saul Alinsky organizing method of door-to-door meetings and listening to people in the community. She was co-founder of the Trinity Avenue Block Association, the Jackson Avenue Block Association and the Kelly Street Block Association, Lincoln Detox, and the Think Lincoln Committee, TLC (a coalition of members of the community, interns and doctors, Young Lords, and Black Panthers and hospital workers). 

Cleo, as co-chairperson of HRUM (Health Revolutionary Unity Movement), which with the Think Lincoln Committee collectively penned the Patients Bill of Rights (a watered-down version is now seen in every hospital room across the country). In 2007, Dr. Steven Levin, Medical Director of the Mount Sinai Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, hired Cleo to be the Director of Outreach for the tragic 911 medical program from which she retired in 2014. In 2008 she was the recipient of the Purpose Prize Fellowship (for activists over 50 who changed careers in the second half of life), now titled the AARP Purpose Award.

Today Cleo works as a consultant for the Cossitt Library in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, and Crosstown High school. She is part of a mentoring program for sixth-graders and high school students. She will be helping youngsters design and implement a podcast on the need for protests and how to organize. The program is called Speak Your Truth: How to Stage a Protest. Black people in Memphis were NOT allowed to use Memphis Public Libraries in town until a sit-in of students from Southwestern University (now Rhodes College) at the Cossitt Library in 1961! Most recently, Cleo has received the 2022 honorary doctorate of Humane Letters - from the City University of New York/Lehman College. Cleo is also working and hoping for help to complete her memoirs within the next few years. 

LOIS MOSES, ESQ Lois Moses, a native of Philadelphia, is a professional Poet and trained Actress, Lawyer, Clinical Therapist, Director, Playwright, and Filmmaker. She graduated from Temple University School of Law, where she was the Political Social Awareness Committee Chair for the Black Student Law Association. She was also the founder and co-editor of BLSA Speaks, a newsletter that sought to give voice to and empower African American law students. Lois has a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from LaSalle University and has worked as a Clinician/Therapist with Human Service agencies and educational institutions. Lois was also the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of an African-Centered Charter school in West Chester, Pennsylvania, that operated from 2007 to 2016.


Mrs. Moses has toured and performed extensively throughout the United States, directing and performing in three Off-Broadway shows in New York. She has published three collections of poetry entitled “Not Just Another... Black/Woman”, “Missing Pages... (Women Behind the Glass Door)”, “A Timely Trinity”, and a Self-titled spoken word CD. Mrs. Moses is an executive member of the Sift Media 215, a Woman of Color Film Collective in Philadelphia. She is currently working on a miniseries entitled “Epistles of Love: The Gospels According to Edgar and Clara,” a love story based on the true story of her ancestors. She is also a Board member of the Big Picture Alliance, whose mission is to engage, educate and empower Philadelphia youth through filmmaking & digital media arts. She sits as Board President of Extended Play, a Non-Profit for film and media artists of Pennsylvania with a new focus on Women of Color. Websites: www.loismoses.com www.moseslineproductions.com https://siftmedia215.org/ https://extendedplay4sift.org/

WELCOME to the Mindful on Purpose Podcast - 

Thank you for showing up! In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Jackie Harounian, Esq a family law attorney in New York City. We will discuss what every clinician and first responders need to know when caring for victims who have decided to leave the toxic and hurtful relationship for good. Now what?


What does the dissolution of marriage look like for victims of abuse?
What is the #1 issue victims face when trying to leave or divorce an abusive person?
How difficult is it for a victim to get a divorce - what is the process?
Custody cases and divorce can be a very scary time for victims, how can we help to minimize their fear?
What can be done to help victims escape a hostile home environment?
How do victims protect their assets and pets when trying to leave?
Child endangerment and mandated reporter laws
What can be done to help refugees, people migrating to the US, and those with religious affiliations that make it more difficult for them to divorce?
Explain a restraining order/order of protection. How does someone in crisis get one, where do they go, who to contact, and what is the process?  
and more...

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Jacqueline Harounian, Esq., Managing Partner of the Law Firm of Wisselman Harounian Family Law (est. 1976) is a recognized leader in the field of matrimonial and family law. Her unique multidisciplinary background, including a graduate degree in Behavioral Forensic Psychology and Family Systems Therapy, enables her to adeptly handle - and successfully resolve - complex divorce, custody, and support matters in the Family and Supreme Courts of New York.

She believes that a negotiated settlement is often the best strategy, especially if there are minor children and co-parenting is desired. Her approach is straightforward, responsive, and client-focused. She emphasizes respect and compassion during the divorce process and guides her clients towards a holistic and cost-effective resolution of their matter that is in their best interest.

Her many exceptional achievements during 25 years of practice include Martindale Hubbell's highest rating for ethics and professionalism (2022) and US News and World Report Best Lawyers (2022). She was chosen to the Super Lawyers list for seven consecutive years, and also twice selected to its most prestigious list - “Top 50 Women Lawyers” in New York. Her research articles, including, "Legal Implications of Religious Divorce", “Fertility Law” and “Intellectual Property in Divorce Matters” have been published and presented at national and state-level conventions.

Ms. Harounian has a long history of public service, including pro bono work for The Safe Center. She has raised awareness and funds for a range of social and legal causes on Long Island. She served as an Instructor of Family Law at Hofstra Law School for over ten years, and lectures regularly to attorneys, judges, mental health professionals, accountants, and women’s groups. She is a sought-after speaker on a range of topics including financial and legal empowerment, cultural competence in mediation, fertility law, cyber harassment, intellectual property, negotiating skills, and mental health/addiction issues. She is fluent in Farsi and well versed in the Jewish Gett and Middle Eastern religion and culture. 

https://lawjaw.com/practices/divorce/complex-divorce-issues/domestic-violence-orders-of-protection/

Creator/Host:  Christina M. Blackburn, MSc - Award-winning tech innovator, medical and first responder educator, advocate for women and children in crisis, and survivor.  

WELCOME to the Mindful on Purpose Podcast. Every first Friday at 10 ET we speak with first responders and leading experts on critical topics important to those working on the frontline of this global issue. In today's episode, we will speak with Dr. Elena Hill, a family medicine physician practicing in the Bronx, NY. Her clinical interests include underserved health care, chronic pain and addiction medicine, and integrated health. We will discuss Dr. Hills' most recent research on the cross-section between addiction medicine and domestic abuse.

Profile: https://www.doximity.com/pub/elena-hill-md

Articles: https://opmed.doximity.com/authors/elena-hill-md

The MINDFUL ON PURPOSE PODCAST is a safe space where unexplored topics on gender-based violence/intimate partner violence/child endangerment are discussed with FIELD EXPERTS to increase awareness and improve care for vulnerable women and children. Target listener: doctors, nurses, hospital and clinic executives, law enforcement, domestic violence researchers, government officials, all frontline workers, survivors/victims, family and friends of survivors/victims, and ALL concerned humans.  www.speranzaproject.org

Creator/Host:  Christina M. Blackburn, MSc - Award-winning tech innovator, medical and first responder educator, advocate for women and children in crisis, and survivor.