Interview by Dr. Joel Ying. “People of passion and purpose, doing interesting things, living the present moment.” LivingthePresentMoment.com/podcastshow Ana hosts “The Radio Show with Sex Appeal.” You can listen to her LIVE online radio show on Wednesdays at 9pm Eastern Time. You can even call in to join the conversation. Find her online at AnaSpeaks.com. Her …Read More
Author: Dr. Joel Ying, MD
Physician-Educator-Storyteller. Integrating the power of story into medicine, healing sessions, workshops, speaking and performance.
Biology of Story – Interactive Documentary
Biology of Story is “an interactive documentary about how we work with story and how story works with us.” The creator, Amnon Buchbinder, has created a website to navigate his short videos about storytelling at biologyofstory.com. With a background in screenwriting, he expands this project to include the many different mediums through which story …Read More
“Song of the Banana Man” by Evan Jones
Touris, white man, wipin his face, Met me in Golden Grove market place. He looked at m’ol’ clothes brown wid stain , An soaked right through wid de Portlan rain, He cas his eye, turn up his nose, He says, ‘You’re a beggar man, I suppose?’ On a recent podcast interview with Dr. Paul Jones, …Read More
Episode 10: Preventing Physician Burnout (Dr. Paul Jones, MD)
Interview Series by Dr. Joel Ying. “People of passion and purpose, doing interesting things, living their present moment.” LivingthePresentMoment.com/podcastshow Dr. Paul Jones is a Family Practice physician in Naples, Florida, and currently the President of the Medical Staff at Naples Community Hospital (NCH). He continues to work in both the office and hospital caring for his patients. …Read More
Mindfulness in Medicine, mindfulness for everyone
“I believe that the practice of medicine depends on a deep understanding between clinicians and patients, and that human understanding starts with understanding oneself.” ~ Ronald Epstein, M.D., Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity Occasionally, I enjoy walking through bookstores in the same way that I enjoy walking in botanical gardens. I slow down, sink into …Read More
Inoculative Expressions – watch my interview
Larnell Cross interviews slices of life in the art world outside the mainstream in his home town of Miami, Florida. His online talk show highlights diverse music, poetry, storytelling, dance and art. I met him in South Miami when I was performing my 90-minute storytelling show, “Legacy of Love,” at Tea & Poets. We sat …Read More
Episode 9: Bridging Differences Through Storytelling (Noa Baum)
Interview Series by Dr. Joel Ying. “People of passion and purpose, doing interesting things, living their present moment.” LivingthePresentMoment.com/podcastshow Noa Baum is a speaker, storyteller, and author. I first met Noa Baum at the Stone Soup Storytelling Festival in South Carolina where she was a Featured Teller, and then recently hosted her in Naples, Florida, for …Read More
Munchausen Syndrome
The saddest diseases that I have encountered in my medical career are those of the mind. Lori (not her real name) came into the hospital with persistent fevers. She had multiple admissions. Blood cultures were positive for multiple types of bacteria. Where was this infection coming from? She improved on broad spectrum antibiotics that covered …Read More
Story: Louise Bennett, National Treasure of Jamaica
“The children need to know their stories!” Louise Bennett, also known as “Miss Lou,” is a National Treasure of Jamaica. Listen to the podcast audio and read more about “Miss Lou” on my prior blog post. “People of passion and purpose, doing interesting things, living their present moment.” LivingthePresentMoment.com/podcastshow https://media.blubrry.com/living_the_present_moment/s3.amazonaws.com/livingthepresentmoment/podcast/Joel-Ying-04-27-18-Story-Louise-Bennett.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts …Read More
The Myth of Multitasking
“Don’t text and drive.” I just passed by another rear-end collision on the road yesterday. With the information and computer age, so many things compete for our attention – phone alerts with messages, incoming call from coworkers, that email that I am expecting any minute now, FaceBook alerts, the latest Instagram message, SnapChat, Pinterest, the …Read More