Where’s the manual on maturing?! “The Care and Keeping of You” was the guideline for puberty! “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” was the holy grail for pregnancy! So where is our handbook as we age?! Don’t worry we have two brilliant women in studio today to discuss it all! Dr. Perri Young M.D. Board Certified Internal Medicine and Jami Young Licensed Clinical Social Worker will give us the ins and out of what awaits us with our brains, bodies and beyond! This is Beek on being and AGING WELL.

Fertility. Small word. Big topic. Many factors go in to a persons decision to reproduce; age, genetic issues, disease, inability. Today we talk about all these factors, gynecological health, egg retrieval, and more. Two Board Certified physicians, Dr. Rebecca Karsenti OBGYN and Fertility Specialist and Reproductive Endocrinologist Dr. Armando Hernandez-Rey are in studio to talk about it all. This is Beek on being FERTILE.

Magic, faith, luck? Calm in chaos, anxiety reducer, generational connection? Why we do what we do and believe in rituals that have no rational bearing on the outcome of a situation. But who wants to jinx it? Poo poo poo Rabbi Ed Farber, Rabbi Emeritus of Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus is here to discuss the history of these beliefs, cultural significance and psychological function. This is Beek on being SUPERSTITIOUS.

Taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming. Had enough of your family over the holidays? Step in to mine with what I lovingly refer to as Shere madness! Enjoy a little comic relief for the start of the new year. 💚

Dancing gets me high. Dancing is a way to let it out, bring it in, express, create, do and be! It’s celebration, therapy, release, joy. The benefits are endless affecting brain, body and soul. Licensed Psychologist Clinical and Neuropsychology Dr. Kim Miller and Board Certified Holistic Wellness Coach, Yoga Therapist and Instructor and Dance Choreographer Nikee Trespalacios talk about the physical, cognitive, emotional and social benefits of dancing! Everybody go get yer ya ya’s out! 💃🏻 💃🏻

The phone calls come to me at different times throughout the day. But the topic is always the same, the deep lonesomeness she is experiencing. Though her schedule is always packed and the house filled with noise, the grief of losing a life partner and the solitude that comes with that sometimes gets to be too much for her bear. My mother Ruth Garber Shere talks about what it means to be widowed and what to do when that loneliness strikes. This is Beek on being WIDOWED

You’ve got the radio blaring, jamming to a particular song, it just hits. Music connects us to our feelings, our experiences, a place in time. Evidence shows music has the ability to alter our mood. So how can Music Therapy be used to help when there is disease or injury to the brain? Tune in, turn it up and find out about the cognitive and emotional benefits of Music Therapy on the brain! University of Miami Frost School of Music Professor of Music Therapy Dr. Teresa Lesiuk and Board Certified Music Therapist Leah Goldstein of Chai Notes Music Therapy discuss the benefits of Music Therapy on the brain! This is Beek on being MUSICALLY MINDED.

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Introducing Beek on being, a weekly podcast that dives in to our shared humanity. Both fun and educational, each episode is conversational with personal and professional perspectives being shared. We talk about it all, make new discoveries, listen and connect.

Episodes coming up include sisterhood, the benefits of dancing, music’s effect on the brain, fertility and egg retrieval, superstitions and so much more. There will also be monthly sister sessions, and with these recurring characters nothing is off limits! We laugh, cry, learn and grow. We keep being. I’m Melissa Beek and this is Beek on being.