Healthcare Insights

Bobby is the current Sheriff of Forsyth County, North Carolina. We talk about issues in the county and region including the opioid crisis, human trafficking, individual responsibility, and accountability and how communities can come together to solve problems.

Eric is a leading expert in the relationships between literature and psychology. He is the author of several books, he is an English professor at Wake Forest University. podcast show host, father, athlete, and aspiring painter.

Dr. Richardson is the CEO and clinical director for Integrated Care of Greater Hickory. We talk about the integrated approach to recovery from depression, anxiety, trauma, and addiction.

Eric Mathis, coordinator for the Miracle Grounds Network and Meribeth Robinson, family therapist and executive director triad Crossnore School and Children's Home talk about experiential learning in healing, building resilience and strength, and growing healthy communities in a foster home and alternative school setting. More about crossnore can be found at https://crossnore.org and Eric's TEDx talk can be viewed at https://youtu.be/FXumceyVPa8

Sarah is the Prioress of The Foundry House, an intentional community on the campus of Crossnore School & Children’s Home in Winston-Salem, NC. There, she helps cultivate community among young adults of diverse backgrounds in a context committed to reconciliation, food justice, and trauma-informed approaches. She is also a volunteer with the Twin City Harm Reduction Collective.

Joy is the Director of Advancement for the YWCA or Winston-Salem where the mission is empowering women and eliminating racism. Learn more about the YWCA at http://www.ywcaws.org/

Keith is a PA and Program Director of FaithHealth Clinical Ministries at Wake Forest Baptist Health. Learn more about FaithHealth at https://faithhealthnc.org/

Julia is the Executive Director at Green Nest, a non-profit that provides home furnishings at low cost to formerly homeless families and individuals in Winston-Salem. https://www.greenestws.org/

Grace and Cary are film makers, photographers, marketers at GeoCore Creative. They live in Thomasville, NC and are very involved in community-based efforts to grow the availability and awareness of food and recreation resources, and for sustainable economic growth in Davidson County.

Randy Jordan is the Chief Executive Officer of the North Carolina Association of Free & Charitable Clinics which represents over 80 free clinics across the state of North Carolina providing healthcare services to the under served and helping to grow the capacity of access and quality of healthcare for those who cannot afford health insurance.