They also discuss barriers to dental care, how missed checkups can lead to more complex and costly treatment, and what terms like deep cleaning, bridge, crown, and implant mean.

In this episode:

·         Why oral health is closely connected to whole-body health

·         Why flossing is an important part of a daily routine

·         How cost, insurance, and past experiences can affect dental visits

·         The difference between preventive care and more involved treatment

·         What deep cleanings, crowns, bridges, and implants are

·         How parents/caregivers can help children build good brushing habits

·         When children should start visiting the dentist

·         Periodontal charting and what dental measurements can reveal

·         Changes in dental technology, including AI and digital X-rays

·         How oral health can interact with conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure matters

 Connect with Jaquette:

• 🌐| https://curiosityandcourage.co/
• 📸 | https://www.instagram.com/jaquettechardae
• 💼| Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaquette-chardae-1018f
• Subscribe to The Courageous Journey newsletter:  https://curiosityandcourage.kit.com/32189bf59b

Connect with Marcia:

• 🌐| marciablee.com
• 📩| marcia@marciablee.com
• 📸 | Instagram: @marciableellc and @mbmarshalllee
• 💼| Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/marciablee

They discuss what caregiving looks like inside families, workplaces, and health systems, and why caregivers need practical support, not just sympathy. 

Marcia opens with key statistics on unpaid caregiving and explains why this is the first in a series of caregiving episodes. Jane shares her path from special education teaching into caregiving for a stroke survivor, plus the lessons she has learned about speaking up, meeting people where they are, and protecting your own well-being while caring for others.

Marcia talks about her own family caregiving situation, including supporting a brother with dementia and a sister-in-law in who is bed ridden, while also helping manage finances and appointments.

Connect with Jane:

• 💼| Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/janeluong7

Connect with Marcia:

• 📩 | marcia@marciablee.com

• 📸 | Instagram: @marciableellc and @mbmarshalllee
• 💼 | Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/marciablee

He opens up about the uncle whose vegetarian influence first sparked his interest in nutrition, the education that taught him not just nutrition but how to think like a dietitian, and the lesson that still guides his work today: you cannot treat the numbers without understanding the person.

Food can shape your health, your independence, and even your relationships - and Gabriel Moise makes the case for starting before a crisis forces the issue. If you or someone you love is thinking about healthy aging, chronic disease prevention, or what it really takes to eat well later in life, this conversation delivers a grounded, practical wake-up call. 

Connect with Gabriel:

• 📩| gabriel123moisemj@gmail.com

Connect with Marcia:

• 🌐| marciablee.com
• 📩| marcia@marciablee.com

• 📸| Instagram: @mbmarshalllee and @marciableellc
• 💼| Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/marciablee

What stood out most to me:

• Hunger is traumatic
• Grocery access is not always enough when people lack a stove, fridge, or power
• Shared meals can reduce stigma and build trust
• Community partnerships can create real, local impact

Connect with William via Breadcoin:

• 🌐| breadcoin.org

• 📩 | wspence@breadcoin.org
• 📸 | Instagram: @breadcoinfoundation
• 👤 | Facebook: @breadcoin
• 💼| Linkedin: BREADCOIN

Connect with Marcia:

• 🌐| marciablee.com
• 📩| marcia@marciablee.com

• 📸 | Instagram: @marciableellc and @mbmarshalllee
• 💼| Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/marciablee

• The importance of staying active for better aging outcomes
• How movement aids recovery from illness or injury
• Adrienne’s favorite sayings: "Movement is medicine"
• Strategies to incorporate safe, accessible exercise routines
• Benefits of yoga beyond flexibility: mindfulness, balance, and mental clarity
• The significance of community programs in DC for seniors
• Easy tips like fall prevention exercises and safety modifications
• The role of nutrition, hydration, and food literacy

Connect with Adrienne:

• 📩 | shortyshaw3792@gmail.com
• 📸 | Instagram: @shortyshaw3972
• 👤 | Facebook: @shortyshaw3972

Connect with Marcia:

• 🌐| marciablee.com
• 📩| marcia@marciablee.com

• 📸 | Instagram: @marciableellc
• 💼| Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/marciablee

Connect & Support EightFold Farms:

• 🌐 eightfoldfarms.com
• 📩 info@eightfoldfarms.com
• 📸 Instagram | @eightfold_farmsdc
• 👤 Facebook | @eightfold farmsdc
• 🎵 TikTok | @eightfoldfarmsdc

Connect with Marcia

• 🌐 marciablee.com
• 📩 marcia@marciablee.com

• 📸 Instagram | @marciableellc
• 💼 LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/in/marciablee

Today's guest is Bayo Curry-Winchell, MD is a board certified family and urgent care physician Dr. Curry-Winchell is Medical Director of Community Engagement and Health Equity, Co-Lead of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, and Medical Director of Urgent Care Clinics, Carbon Health and Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, Reno, NV.

Deeply involved with her community, Dr. Curry-Winchell is also the founder, Beyond Clinical Walls, medical director, Washoe County Sexual Assault Response Team, and volunteers as an assistant medical examiner, Washoe County Child Protective Services. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Curry-Winchell joined the Reno Mayor's Task Force and Governors Medical Advisory Team.

She has received many awards, including the 2022 Healthcare Heroes Award from Nevada Business Magazine, the Community Service Award from Washoe County Medical Society, the 2021 Young Physician Award from Washoe County Medical Society, the 2020 PBS Reno Spotlight Extraordinary Neighbor award, Sierra Nevada's Top 20 Most Powerful Women award in 2019 and recently named one of 75 Black health care leaders to know by Becker's Hospital Review and was a TEDx presenter in 2022. She participates in national media interviews and regularly contributes to several publications. She and her husband enjoy life in Reno-Tahoe with their two young girls.

Should you wish to reach out or book her for speaking engagements, she can be reached on TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter @DR_BCW or through her website https://drbcw.com.

Marcia's platforms:

Facebook and Instagram: mbmarshalllee

Guests for this segment are registered nurses:  Louise Lee, RN (retired), Stephanie Lee Radler, The George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC  and Cherrell Christian, United Medical Center, Washington, DC

Founded in 2017, DOL is rebuilding urban, community-based food systems through cooperative social enterprise: increasing access to healthy food, improving community health, supporting entrepreneurs and cooperatives from low-income communities; and creating opportunities for at-risk residents to earn sustainable, family-supporting wages and build wealth. They believe that all communities deserve equal access to fresh, healthy food choices, but that achieving this requires moving beyond the “access” paradigm to a focus on community self-determination and food sovereignty. They are working to create an integrated pipeline to jobs, economic opportunity, and community wealth-building for our most marginalized communities, utilizing the food system as the catalyst.

Dreaming out Loud contact information to volunteer or for general information:

SM: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, DOLDC

email:  info@doldc.org

For volunteer information and other details:  www.DOLDC.org

Marcia's SM:

Facebook and Instagram:  mbmarshalllee

Why do some people get sick while others remain healthy into old age? This was the question that drove her to pursue a career in medicine.  Osteopathy appealed to her because it allowed her to focus on the whole person. She completed her Residency in Internal Medicine at Alameda County Medical Center, UCSF affiliate training program, where she focused on strategies in behavioral change through motivational interviewing and health coaching.

Following her residency, she taught health promotion at Stanford University’s Cardiovascular Prevention Research Center and worked on worksite wellness and physician burnout. She then obtained additional board certifications in Integrative and Holistic Medicine and certified through the Institute of Functional Medicine.  In addition to her private practice, She has also worked as a hospitalist for over 10 years. 

At the end of it all, She realized that medications alone don’t make people healthy, but a healthy lifestyle does.

She is a mother to three beautiful children, a wife, and a daughter who recognizes the challenges that come with putting health first.  She identifies with feelings of doing it all, but somehow still feeling like she is not doing enough. She realized that if she wanted to help women like her stay healthy as we age, she was going to have to make it simple and practical. Taking care of yourself should not be hard but when you have a million things vying for your attention at some point you have to become intentional about taking care of yourself.

Her practice aims to help you do this so that you can actually get healthier, stronger, more vibrant as we age.

Dr. Nicole's contact information:

Linkedin profile: linkedin.com/in/drnicolepeoples

Websites:

• bio.site/DrPeoples (RSS Feed)
• blkwomansguide.com/ (Company)
• drnicolepeoples.com/ (Company)

Email: drpeoples@drnicolepeoples.com

He has over 10 years’ experience in disease investigation in a local public health setting. During his tenure in public health, he served as a phlebotomist, outreach coordinator and community health educator. He led and participated in many outbreak investigations that included HIV, Syphilis, Zika and Covid-19. 

As a single parent he was a “Girl Dad” before it became a trending topic on the Internet.  He a avid fan of hockey and F1.

When addressing any issue, he always take the approach of “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” With serious consideration, effort and community involvement any problem can be addressed over time.

Byron's contact information:

email:  bbrooks@tbgtrains.con

website: www.tbgtrains.com

Marcia's information

Facebook and Instagram: mbmarshalllee

Dr. Tsaknis is a DC native. He went to The University of Maryland, Collge Park and received a BS degree in Zoology, received his dental degree at the University of Maryland, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.

He continued his training with a two year residency at the University of Maryland Medical System, to include Shock Trauma, Kernan Hospital, Childrens Hospital, Head and Neck Cancer Ward and the Baltimore Veterans Administration.

Later, he taught part time for a number of years at the University of Maryland in the areas of Emergency Clinic, New Patient Clinic and oversaw D3, D4 and PGY1 residents in the Oral and Maxillofacial Department.

Dr. Tsaknis received a certificate for anesthesiology and is only a handful of dentist in the DC area trained in sedation. After working as an associate for a few years, he started Tsaknis Dental & Associates in Ashburn, VA and later started Tsaknis Dental Group in downtown DC. In 2009 Dr. Tsaknis started his third office DentalBug at 703 D Street NW, Later rebranding all to City Dental DC and in 2019 he started his fourth office at 2075 L, NW, partnering with Javan Wellness at that location.

Dr. Tsaknis has over 1000 hours of continuing education, has been trained and certified on both the Galileos Cone Beam CT scanner and the Cerec Cad-Cam systems for same day crowns. He has been trained on Biolase lasers, Velscope and a variety of implant brands: BioMet3I,  Noble Biocare, Straumann, Bicon, Implant Direct and several others. Dr. Tsaknis also provides Oral Sleep Apnea appliances as he is not only a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, but is also certified at the Qualified Dental Designation level and in 2022 received the highest achievement as a Diplomate of the ABDSM. He was DC's top 20 Invislaign Provider in 2018 and Top 10 in 2019 and the #1 general dentist Platinum Plus provider in 2021. He is also trained on the latest dental gadgets that you will find through-out the office, to include iTero scanner, digital cameras, lasers and fixing the printer at the front desk.

In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family and restoring old cars.

City Dental contact information:

E: www.citydentaldc.com

P: 202-628-7929

Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: citydentaldc

Mommy is a Rrwas a in the nursing field for four decades. She specialized in Psychiatric and Gerentology nursing.

She raised five children and went back to school in her 40s to obtain her RN degree while putting three of my sibilings through college and working full time. She graduated with honors. Her nursing scores were so high that she was recruited by hospitals throughout the US.

She is the best and I am blessed to have her to share her lust of life to everyone.

In closing out mental health awareness month, I am excited to have Xiomoria Scott as my guest today. She is a licensed mental health counselor in the state of New York. She was was born and raised in Syracuse, New York. She graduated from Corcoran High School. She attended SUNY Cortland where she earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology. Motivated to learn more, she pursued a Mental Health Counseling degree at St. John Fisher College in Rochester NY where she currently resides.   

She has committed her life's purpose to a mission that focuses on helping others learn to become emotionally intelligent. Through therapy, She is always working creatively and collaboratively with individuals to create the narrative of life that they can be authentically happy with. Life is a teacher (we all have trauma), our perspective and how we interpret the world will determine how we embrace the journey of life. She wants life to be lived to its fullest and is committed to helping individuals who commit to helping themselves. 

She offers individual and group counseling sessions. Specializing in youth and adult anxiety, depression, substance abuse, trauma and much more. She is excited to help you on your journey. If being resilient sounds like something that could help you please reach out and get mental health resources that will enhance your life.

Linkedin: Xiomoria Scott, MS, LMHC

Website: https://healthyrexilience.com

P: (585) 420-6632

E:  Xiomoria@gmail.com

The title, bring back the 16 years comes from average death rate of these underserved areas.  Residents tend to live 16 years less than their counterparts in the more affluent areas of the city.  Market 7 is looking to reverse this trend.

Mary's contact information:

IG/Twitter:  @market7dc

Website:  www.market7dc.com

Marcia's contact information:

Facebook/IG: mbmarshalllee

I would like this episode to be a wake up all for every one regarding their fear of seeking medical care and to seek care and treatment when one is not feeling well.

Garrett's contact information:

Instagram:  GarrettWaller_llc

Website:  https://garrettwaller.com

Marcia's contact information

Facebook and Instagram:  mbmarshalllee

It's time to break the cycle of violence, break the chain and have a breakthrough.  It's time to live and have the life we are supposed to live.

Resources:

Domestic Violence hotline:  1-800-799-7233

Text: START to 88788

Website: www.thehotline.org

JaReen is currently rebranding and she will be on IG, FB and YouTube.  

For questions for JaReen via email, ladycrown4u@gmail.com

To contact Marcia via social media:

Twitter and Instagram: Cutthebsyourhealthyourchoice

Aaron is a graduate of the George Washington University Physician Assistant program and has nearly 15 years of clinical experience in emergency medicine, urgent and primary care. He specializes in Black men's health disparities, with a focus on improving Black male life expectancy through preventative medicine.

He is also a men's health coach and owner of TrueGuide Health Consulting, and is currently pursuing his PhD in Translational Health Science.

I am truly honored to have Ms. Franciel Ikeji,  MS, RD, LD on the show.  She is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian and nutrition educator who has 10+ years of experience in nutrition and food policy, leading domestic and international program development, as well as health and nutrition training and professional development. She is passionate about empowering her community with cultural food and nutrition knowledge and strategies, as well as advocating for policies to support healthful and prosperous lives.

Originally, she wanted to be a Chef; however, her grandmother insisted that she go to college to study science.  We are glad that she empowered her to move on up.

Franciel's contact information:

Instagram: betternutritionbetteryou

Twitter:  IamWANDA.org

email:  franciel@iamwanda.org

Marcia's contact information:

Facebook and Instagram:  mbmarshalllee

email: leemarciab@gmail.com

If you wish to reach out to Lisa, you can DM her on Facebook at Lisa Malloy and on Instagram at Spur240.

If you wish to reach out to me, you can DM me on Facebook and Instagram at mbmarshalllee

She is a Health and Wellness Advocate for life. She is certified to teach Yoga, Shallow Water Aerobics and

Pilates. She has  been formally teaching since 2015. She currently serve as the Health and Wellness

Coordinator for Region XI, BIGDOL. She  regularly teaches at Women’s Retreats, Conferences and DC/MD

recreation centers. She has  a heart for seniors and others who are beginning to explore physical fitness.

Her  motto is “Food is Not Your Friend” and “you must move your feet”. She always have fun during class

and the response has been positively phenomenal. She believe in inclusivity and teach in a way that’s

inviting for all participants. The flow of her class depends largely on who is present. She teaches you how to

move and breathe, one step and breathe at a time.

Today, I am honored to introduce a voice that embodies the 'brave space' we talk about so often on this show, K'La Jackson, founder of Obatala's Children.

K'la  is a mother, birth worker, and brave space curator dedicated to the intersection of reproductive justice and disability advocacy. Over the past decade, she has walked alongside families navigating the complexities of the NICU and social service systems.

In 2021, she founded Obatala’s Children to empower Black families with disabilities to thrive through collective care and storytelling. This mission is deeply personal, born from the life and legacy of her son, Kweli. Through this podcast and her work, La honors his memory by fostering the connectivity of love and grief for families similar to hers.

About K'La Connect & Support Obatala's Children

• 🎥  YouTube | https://youtube.com/@obatala's children

• 📸  Instagram | https//www.instagram/com/obatalaschildren

• 👤 Facebook | https://facebook.com/obatalas.children

• 🎵 TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@obatalaschildren

• 📩  Email | kla@obatalaschildren.org