Coffee Break with Sharp Best Health

On this weeks episode, Sharp Best Health host Janice sits down with Alex Zawilski, a registered dietitian with Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, to get right into some applicable advice about meal prepping.

Quinoa Crunch Salad (MAKES 6 LARGE SALADS):

• 2–3 cups shelled edamame
• 2 cups Simply Nature Organic Quinoa
• 1 cucumber, diced
• 1–2 bell peppers, diced
• 2 ripe mangoes, diced
• 3 carrots, shredded
• half a head of purple cabbage, shredded
• sliced almonds, peanuts, cashews, etc. (I used the addicting Southern Grove Chili Lime Cashews from ALDI)

Peanut Dressing:

• 1/2 cup Simply Nature Creamy Peanut Butter
• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 1/3 cup vinegar (white distilled or rice vinegar)
• 1/4 cup sesame oil
• 1–2 tablespoons chili paste like sambal oelek
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 knob of fresh ginger, peeled

Instructions:

1. Cooked stuff: Cook the quinoa and edamame according to package directions.
2. Veggies: Chop everything up. It will take a little while. Put on some good music and light a candle and a glass of wine wouldn’t hurt.
3. Dressing: Give it all a whirl in the food processor or blender. 
4. Serve: Assemble individual salads, or toss it all together.

Healthy Lunch Places:
Luna Grill
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Chick-Fill-A

Most everyone dreads the difficult, challenging conversation. This includes conversations in which we have to deliver unpleasant news, discuss a delicate subject, or talk about something that needs to change or has gone wrong.
On this episode of the podcast, we are joined by Shanette Smith, Shanette Smith, M.S. Counseling, LMFT Senior Specialist SMV Outpatient & SMC, who offers helpful guidelines to help improve the skillfulness of our participation in difficult conversations and maximize the chances that the conversation will serve its intended purpose.
Additional Resources:

• Fair Fighting Rules
• Five Ways to Have Better Conversations Across Difference
• Short video: What Happens When Political Opponents Get to Know Each Other?
• 36 Questions for Increasing Closeness
• Bridging Differences playbook: The Greater Good Science Center's Bridging Differences initiative mixes science and storytelling to help address one of the most urgent issues of our time: political and cultural polarization.

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More than 40 million Americans live with a mental health condition — that’s more than the populations of New York and Florida combined.
While mental illness is prevalent, talking about it is still relatively taboo. Talking and learning about mental health and mental illness is an important first step towards breaking that stigma.
In honor of September, Mental Health Awareness Month, Sharp Best Health and Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital have teamed up to start a conversation about mental health by recording a four-part Mental Health series. Each month we will sit down with a different mental health expert to discuss important issues such as anxiety, sleep and mental health during holidays.
On today's episode, Sharp Best Health interviews Shanette Smith, a licensed marriage and family therapist and business development specialist at Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital, who gives us a sneak peek of the upcoming podcast series. Shanette explains why mental health awareness is so important and also shares what we can expect in the upcoming podcast episodes.
Resources:

• Programs at Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital provide comprehensive services for people of all ages experiencing serious behavioral and emotional problems, including anxiety, depression and thoughts of suicide. Click here or call 858-836-843 to learn more.
  
• Sharp McDonald Center offers inpatient and outpatient chemical dependency treatment programs. Click here to learn more or call 858-637-6920.
  
• Sharp Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a free benefit that offers Sharp team members confidential, voluntary counselling and advice on a wide range of work and personal issues. To schedule an appointment or to obtain more information about EAP, please call 619-681-0022 during business hours, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm, Monday through Friday. For more information and the list of EAP locations, please visit http://sharpnet.sharp.com/eap/

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Join Sharp Best Health in a conversation about how cultivating emotional agility can help us cope with negative emotions during times of uncertainty and stress.

Additional Resources:

• A quick review of 10 cognitive distortions, or thinking errors (video)
• Whil: Free digital mindfulness and yoga app for Sharp employees. Visit https://connect.whil.com/sponsor/SharpHealthCare to get started. All you need is your Sharp email address!