Chapter 3 – Communication and Socializing in Lifestyle Medicine

The Podcast Initiative is a joint action of the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO) and the Belgian Lifestyle Medicine Organization (BELMO) to familiarize you with the activities of these two organizations and the principles of the lifestyle medicine.

In the third chapter of our series of podcasts, Ioan Hanes, MD (Belgium) will talk about:

• doctor Beth Frates book’s – Lifestyle Medicine: An Introduction to the Power of Healthy Habits” written with Jonathan P.Bonnet, MD, Richard Joseph, MD and James A.Peterson, PhD, is more than a lifestyle medicine handbook. It is a lifestyle story of Beth Frates, full of anecdotes and the special moments that have defined her personal and professional path. The content of the book is her course “Introduction in lifestyle medicine” at Harvard University.
• how you should talk with your patient in a lifestyle medicine consultation and with your health professional colleagues about lifestyle medicine; also where is coming from the incredible communication skills of Prof. Beth Frates, MD, the new elected president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM). Her website is https://www.bethfratesmd.com/about-beth-frates-md
• “difficult patients”…if that term even exists, multicultural communication and how we can keep still communicating during this pandemic, a conversation with Prof. Alexia Papageorgiou, psychologist, PHD, specialist in health communication from Cyprus. Her email address is: papageorgiou.a@unic.ac.cy
• personal communication challenges during the lockdown in a Mediterranean culture, a chat with with Prof. Ourania Kolokotroni, MD, PhD, also from Cyprus and a graduate of the European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate. Her email address: kolokotroni.o@unic.ac.cy

Those interested in the European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate can find more information on the website: https://www.eulm.org/activities-education/elmo-certificate/

We are curious about your opinion and comments on our podcast. Please send them to hanesioan@yahoo.com.

The Podcast Chapter 4 will be available in the end of August and it will be about Health Brain and Stress in Lifestyle Medicine.