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.

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.”

Becoming clear on what you need to rest and recover so you can be the most productive you.

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 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.

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.

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.

How to Avoid Overcommitment

Dr. Carmen Mohan “goes to confession” in Episode 3. Learn how she became overcommitted last year and how she’s recommitted to practicing what she preaches with the HelloHealth Concept “The Commitment Filter.” Listen along as she takes us through her own journey of intentionality while maintaining her self-care routine. Find out which questions she asks herself and how you can use “The Commitment Filter” to help you avoid the “wandering standard” effect. Remember the hard-and-fast rule that all new opportunities/responsibilities need to pass the litmus test before you pursue them so your plate never becomes too full.

An Interview with Vonage’s Vice President, Legal Counsel, Shenia Kirkland

“I am my ancestors’ wildest dreams.” In Episode 2, Dr. Carmen Mohan chats with Vonage Vice President, Legal Counsel, and Co-Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Board Shenia Kirkland. A lawyer with over 20 years of experience, Ms. Kirkland has made a career of being a corporate in-house counsel attorney, assisting companies and corporations to grow and thrive. In her successful career, Ms. Kirkland has developed a leadership style that empowers those around her to take on additional responsibility, fostering confidence and success among those she oversees. In the podcast episode, Dr. Mohan and Ms. Kirkland explore the leadership lessons and applications Ms. Kirkland has developed and discuss why they work

Welcome to Season 5!

In this first episode of Season 5, Dr. Carmen Mohan reminds us that every leader needs a systematic approach to health that consists of the 3 C’s: clarity, consistency, and connectivity. By utilizing the “HelloHealth System,” everyone can incorporate healthy lifestyle habits into their busy lives by focusing on the 3 C’s in conjunction with HelloHealth’s holistic practice for incorporating—and maintaining—the healthy habits that allow us to be our best selves.

Winding Down to Sleep

Do you have difficulty going to sleep at night? Do you feel like you run all day, only to have to slam on the brakes when it comes time for bed? Then this is the podcast for you! Listen as Dr. Carmen Mohan explains how we can use our five senses to develop a specific routine that allows us to slow to a stop, promoting the restorative sleep that is vital for our physical and mental health.