This week´s guest host was Doug Foresta.

 

Jaya Jaya Myra, author & wellness lifestyle expert, joins the program to discuss the importance of purpose for improving health outcomes. She discusses how discovering and living her own meaning and purpose helped her face a health crisis of her own, and shares tools and techniques to help you reach your full potential. Discover the role that food plays in perspective and mood and how to stay inspired and motivated on a daily basis.   

 Sumaria Latif joins the program to discuss the work that Herbal Essences is doing to creating interactive and accessible packaging design. Sumaria is a Special Consultant for Inclusive Design at Procter & Gamble, and she is helping to identify opportunities where Herbal Essences (and P&G as a whole) can transform products, packaging, and services to touch the lives of more consumers more completely   

Gagan Chhabra, ABD, joins the program to discuss his own journey of growing up with a vision impairment, and how he was able to step outside of the preconceived notions of what was possible for his life. He also discusses what the research says about the challenges that youth with disabilities face, even in more technologically advanced countries.   

Josh Christianson from the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology joins the program to discuss the work that the organization is doing to foster collaboration and action around accessible technology in the workplace. Discover how accessible technology benefits people of all abilities and how technology can impact the retention of persons with disabilities in the workplace. 

Seth Rosenzweig, CEO of Team Impact, joins the program to discuss the work that they are doing to provide support for children diagnosed with a life-threatening or chronic illness and their families. 

Team IMPACT brings together two of Seth’s passion areas; improving the quality of life for children battling serious and chronic illness and transforming and empowering a generation of future leaders to positively change the world. 

 

Therapist Nicole Amesbury joins the program to discuss the impact that technology and social media have on our mental health. Discover the pros and cons of technology and what we need need to be mindful of when it comes using technology in a responsible and positive manner.     

Catalina Devandas joins the program to discuss her unique role as the first UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities. Discover the international perspective on disability inclusion and how disability inclusion work ties into the United Nation’s SDG’s (Sustainable Development Goals).     

Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, Executive Producer of the documentary “End Game” on Netflix, joins the program to discuss the need for additional education and policychanges around end-of-life issues. She discusses why so often, people aren’t dying in ways that match their goals and values, and what physicians can do to help patients make informed decisions.