Healthier You Podcast

Healthier You

Healthier You: A Vanderbilt Health & Wellness Podcast is designed to help Vanderbilt faculty and staff live their healthiest lives. Join us for a short, 10-minute monthly episode packed with all the latest tips and resources you need on a variety of health and wellness topics.

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Season 1, Episode 5: Nutrition and Aging

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Join our hosts as we chat with Sarah Ferguson, MPH, RDN, LDN, about nutrition for brain health and healthy aging.

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Lydia Gardner Rachel Bowman Sarah Ferguson

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Rachel Bowman

Sarah Ferguson

The MIND Diet

Diet May Help Prevent Alzheimer's
 

Season 1, Episode 4: Harassment: It's Not Just 'Part of the Job'

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Join our host, Lydia Gardner, Communications Specialist with Health & Wellness, as she chats with Heather Kamper, LCSW, from the SHARE Center, about workplace violence and sexual harassment trends in healthcare, and resources available at VUMC.

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Lydia Gardner Heather Kamper, LCSW

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The SHARE Center

VUMC Workplace Violence Website

Season 1: Episode 3: How to Establish Connections and Community

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Join our host, Megan Bergfeld, LCSW, ACM-SW, with Work/Life Connections-EAP as she interviews Makenzie Parks, LCSW, also from Work/Life Connections-EAP, on ways we can establish connections and community this Valentine's Day.

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Megan Bergfeld, LCSW, ACM-SW Makenzie Parks, LCSW

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Makenzie Parks, LCSW

Season 1, Episode 2: What You Need to Know about Weight Loss

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Join our host, Rachel Bowman, NBC-HWC, CHES, Health Educator with Health Plus, as she chats with Sahar Takkouche, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Weight Loss Center in Wilson County and associate chief medical officer for Wilson and Sumner County regions, about everything you need to know about weight loss.

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Rachel Bowman, NBC-HWC, CHES Sahar Takkouche, MD

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Rachel Bowman, NBC-HWC, CHES

Sahar Takkouche, MD

Lifestyle Coaching

Weight Loss Bundle

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Season 1, Episode 1: Ways to Make our Holiday Season More Restful

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Join our host, Megan Bergfeld, LCSW, ACM-SW, with Work/Life Connections-EAP as she interviews Julie Burton, LCSW, MHCC, also from Work/Life Connections-EAP, on ways we can manage stress to make our holidays more restful.

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Megan Bergfeld, LCSW, ACM-SW Julie Burton, LCSW, MHCC

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Burning Bright MD Blog: How to Quit
Work/Life Connections-EAP
Julie Burton, LCSW, MHCC
Megan Bergfeld, LCSW, ACM-SW