Health and wealth are inextricably linked. Getting healthy financially helps you get healthy physically. Dr. Carmen Mohan shifts focus to financial health in the final episode to Season 5. Chatting with financial advisor Samantha Holowka about the strong link between financial and physical well-being, Dr. Mohan and Ms. Holowka talk us through how important it is to build a strong financial base to achieve our healthiest selves. The building blocks of financial success are like those for any successful career: pour into your career, spend less than you bring in, surround yourself with financial professionals who are dedicated to “playing your game, not somebody else’s,” and take advice from people who are where you want to be. Financial health counts on self-care. So, take care of yourself first so you can do the work necessary to secure your future financial success.

Building trusting relationships that help us with our personal health transformations. Dr. Carmen Mohan continues her discussion of the importance of cultivating “second brains” with HelloHealth Advisor Michelle Hylton. As an integral part of personal health transformation, the identification and cultivation of second brains, or people you can trust to help and advise you, are critical. We can’t do it all, even though our society promotes and reveres self-sufficiency. Hylton shares how she is currently in a life period when relying on her second brain network is crucial for her own personal health and why she agrees with HelloHealth’s philosophy that self-care is a professional responsibility. We’re in a season where the HelloHealth Concept of “Time Defense” is critical to our ability to respond fully and most productively in all aspects of our lives. The lines between work and home have been blurred by the pandemic, and the increased reliance on screens to help us navigate meetings and professional responsibilities has tired us more quickly. As a lawyer who views her vocation as one of service to others, Hylton acts as one of Dr. Mohan’s trusted second brains. Listen as the two women discuss why we should not feel guilty when we need to reach out to others and what the main responsibility of a second brain needs to be to build and maintain a trusted relationship. Together, we can change the idea that we need to be self-sufficient and instead embrace one of fostering rich, meaningful, and beneficial relationships that help us all reach our full potential.

Two brains are better than one. HelloHealth Chief Technology Officer and Industrial Imagination Founder and Director of Software Engineering John Dudley joins Dr. Carmen Mohan in this episode for a frank discussion on how collaboration inspires creativity, frees us to focus on our life missions, and can lead to true opportunities to change the world. Mr. Dudley is a three-decade strong friend of Dr. Mohan’s, and the two have come to build a supportive relationship that defines the idea of a “second brain.” Listen along as they discuss how Mr. Dudley first got into the health-care industry, what personal forces have shaped who he is, what drives him professionally, and why he considers his calling to create technology solutions for resource limited health and education organizations “selfish.” Collaboration, or having at least one second brain, is an important resource to cultivate in order to build your personal health portfolio. When you have someone to turn to, whether it’s to bounce ideas off, get tasks completed that aren’t in your wheelhouse, or foster your creative spirit, a second brain can make a huge difference in your productivity and effectiveness. Find out how Dr. Mohan has made a “forever” mark on Mr. Dudley’s business, Industrial Imagination, and the reasons he chose to become involved in HelloHealth. This work has inspired him to take on the role of CTO. Dudley is passionate about the HelloHealth mission to give accessible health-care opportunities to Black women in particular, which aligns with his own belief that when we empower others by using our skills and resources, we equip them to change the world.

Becoming clear on what you need to rest and recover so you can be the most productive you. Dr. Carmen Mohan introduces the HelloHealth Concept “Personal Days” in this episode. Taking personal days is one of HelloHealth’s conscious steps you need to take to protect and enhance your well-being. Part of HelloHealth’s 3 C’s system, personal days fall under the concept of “Clarity.” (For a refresher on the 3 C’s check out Season 2 Episode 8 and Season 5 Episode 1.) When we take personal days, we become clear on what we need to do to rest and recover, an integral part of maintaining our career (and life) stamina. The purpose of taking personal days is to help you use effective techniques to explicitly identify your needs. Follow along as Dr. Mohan takes us through what a personal day should look like, the tools you’ll need, and the clarity you can gain from implementing your own personal day experience.

An interview with Trustate co-founder and COO Tara Faquir Dr. Carmen Mohan sits down with Trustate co-founder and COO Tara Faquir to discuss that often taboo topic—estate administration. Did you know that most often the eldest daughter in a family is named as the executor of her parents’ estate? At a time when you are grieving a loved one while already immersed in a full and busy life, you can be called on to take on another full-time job: settling an estate. Ms. Faquir and her business partner decided to take some of the stress and uncertainty out of the estate administration process. Listen as the Dr. Mohan and Ms. Faquir discuss how intricately health and wealth are intertwined and why you should have those difficult conversations with loved ones now instead of when it’s too late. Find out ways to make those conversations less awkward as well as Ms. Faquir’s favorite health strategies. Preparing for the inevitable may not be fun, but doing what you can now prevents stress later and sets you up with a plan that takes your loved one’s wishes into consideration.

A Conversation with Entrepreneur Tess Gamble Delegation is an art. In this episode, Dr. Carmen Mohan sits down with Pend Upon founder Tess Gamble to talk about the importance of delegation for our overall health. As the owner of an Atlanta-based concierge firm dedicated to helping busy professionals find their work/life balance again, Ms. Gamble is an expert in the art of delegation. Learn how Dr. Mohan came to embrace the benefits of delegation and asking for help as she shares her own story of feeling overwhelmed by everything on her plate. Sometimes leaders don’t know what they need and, therefore, don’t know how to delegate. Learn the reason why empathetic listening is key to successful delegation. When we get overwhelmed by our to-do lists, our health suffers. We waste valuable time and personal resources on tasks that we might be better off handing to others. If we can find someone we trust, it is easier to delegate. Ms. Gamble provides examples from her own life and discusses how her experience working 18-hour days with no help prompted her to start her own business dedicated to helping others delegate so that they can experience the joy of life.

Sometimes You Have to Slow Down to Speed Up Have you just joined us in listening to our podcasts? Did you miss some, or all, of our first four seasons? Well, you’re in luck! Dr. Carmen introduces a new podcast offering in this episode, “The Best of HelloHealth Today,” in which she revisits her June 2020 interview with Elinor Fish, an ultramarathoner, entrepreneur, and mom. The two women speak about Ms. Fish’s experience with burnout, when she felt so overwhelmed by everything that she had to do in both her professional and personal life that she spent an entire weekend in bed searching for the energy and motivation to keep going. Learn how Ms. Fish began practicing mindfulness to carve a path for herself back to health. Performing personal health experiments is a HelloHealth pivotal skill that allows us to get clear on what health means for us. Once we’ve assessed that, mindfulness practice allows us to listen to our bodies and find our way back from burnout. When we practice mindfulness, we learn to listen to what we need, and we give ourselves the grace we need to rest and find our way to a healthier place. Whether that means going to bed earlier, walking instead of running, or setting boundaries with our family, friends, and colleagues. When we take the time to slow down, listen to what we need, and then incorporate that into our daily routine, we become more productive and perform better.

Taking Control of Your Weight-Loss Journey In Episode 6, Dr. Carmen Mohan sits down with Mr. Rob Mays to discuss his journey to become a healthier, happier, lighter version of himself. Follow along as Mr. Mays takes us through the ins and outs of his spectacular journey to personal health since July of last year. Hear how he discovered the secret to taking control of his weight-loss journey and overcame generations of genetic predisposition to medical problems like diabetes and high blood pressure. From his initial health results shortly after joining HelloHealth, where he felt like he’d literally “walked into a wall,” to successfully losing 50 pounds in the last six months, Mr. Mays walks us through the elements of his journey that surprised and delighted him and explains why HelloHealth’s approach to personal health is allowing him to “rediscover a piece of himself” he thought was lost forever. Find out why Mr. Mays believes HelloHealth’s holistic approach, providing both physical and therapeutic practices, has allowed him to find the control he’d been missing in his personal health journey. It’s a journey that has led him to be diabetes free, find healthy blood pressure, and create a lifestyle that benefits him, his family, and his career. From learning the importance of rest and recovery to involving those close to him in his weight-loss goals, Mr. Mays is proof that, with the right help and a little grace, anyone can take control of their personal health story.

Find Your “Why” to Becoming the Healthiest Version of Yourself Dr. Carmen Mohan is joined by special guest Meagan Davies, MS, NCC (also known as HelloHealth’s Chief Operating Officer) to discuss the HelloHealth Concept “Find Your Why.” A cognitive behavioral therapist, Ms. Davies takes us through the steps required to identify negative thought patterns that take us offtrack so we can break out of the status quo and find our motivation to make healthy change. Listen along as Dr. Mohan and Ms. Davies explain the difference between our “emotional” and “rational” brains, what the “Find Your Why” method is, and how working through the “Find Your Why” process can help us use our whole brains to become our healthiest, most confident selves. After all, as Ms. Davies explains, “Confidence is the most beautiful thing you could ever wear,” and when we’re clear on our “why” we can solidify our purpose and discover our “how.” Finding our “why” increases our confidence and leads to positive thought skills that will drive us toward healthy habits and choices.

Introducing HelloHealth’s Jenay Hicks In Episode 4, Dr. Carmen Mohan chats with HelloHealth counselor, Jenay Hicks, MS, NCC. Ms. Hicks currently counsels individual clients “to help them cope with anxiety, depression, and career transitions and to make strides in self-care with a particular passion for BIPOC.” Listen in as Dr. Mohan and Ms. Hicks discuss how important it is to be in the business of personal health transformation and why it’s necessary to “practice what you preach.” Learn why, after spending most of her adult life working in Morehouse School of Medicine’s Graduate Medical Education office, Ms. Hicks decided to make the leap into active counseling after determining that America’s health-care providers “need a space where they can safely balance the strength and vulnerability it takes to be a health-care professional” and how that understanding has informed her philosophy on patient care. Follow along as Ms. Hicks outlines her own journey in health care and how she’s learned to apply what she’s learned to her practice and her patients. Learn why HelloHealth has moved away from the term “mental health”—embracing the philosophy of “brain health” instead—and why brain health allows us to grow into who we are meant to become. Find out more about person-centered therapy and how it can help you center yourself in your personal story and find your joy again. Finally, discover which of HelloHealth’s workshops are Ms. Hicks’ favorite and why self-compassionate people are the most charismatic.