I Am Speaking Podcast
1) Karen, Our Resident Therapist, Is Speaking (Season 5)hrr
There is no question that there is a link between physical health and mental health. What do we do, or what can we do, when one informs or impacts the other? Karen Rothstein Pineda, founder of Multicu...Show More
2) Peter Vishneski Is Speaking -- Life From a Wheelchair
October 21, over a decade ago: Peter Vishneski was driving late at night with friends and became tired behind the wheel. He nodded off. He woke up in the ICU two days later unable to move his fingers ...Show More
3) Dana Blanchard Is Speaking - Becoming a Caretaker
“Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.” - Michael J. Fox Life, in all of its challenges, came at Dana Bl...Show More
4) Teresa Janik Is Speaking - Life Before, During & After an Ostomy
In October 2019, Teresa Janik found herself in excruciating pain. She could barely focus, took her work home, and told her husband “take me to the ER right now.” What she didn’t know what that by ente...Show More
5) Jennie Ebmeyer Is Speaking - Breast Cancer Thriver
Jennie has spent years as an Operating Room nurse, counseling her patients, holding their hands through the pain, hearing their fears and seeing the heartbreaks. Then, one fateful day in 2022, the tab...Show More
6) Vickie Stolle Is Speaking - Building Resiliency after Cleft
Vickie spent her life building armor that she believed would save her from emotional pain. After decades of surgeries, medical appointments, dental procedures, scarring, braces, and bone grafts, Vicki...Show More
7) We Are Speaking w/ Dr. Matthew Kircher
Hearing is different than listening. Dr. Matthew Kircher is not only a talented surgeon, a brilliant doctor, and an all-around good person, but Shailushi and Kosha also are lucky enough to call him f...Show More
8) Marijo Is Speaking - American Sign Language
What a freaking fun and interesting conversation. Marijo has been making the world more accessible, one conservation at a time. For over 30 years, she’s been signing her way, being of service to the ...Show More
9) We Are Speaking w/ Paul Varghese - Being an (Indian) Comedian
Paul Varghese did his first comedy set in June 2001. Four months later, the world got very scary and very dark for brown people. Twenty-two years later, he continues to take the stage, kill with eloqu...Show More
10) David Is Speaking - Living w/ Cerebral Palsy
When David Figueroa was born, his mother was told he would never walk, talk or learn enough to go through school. Last week, David turned 32 years old (Happy Birthday David!). He’s a college graduate,...Show More