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What's Health Got to Do with It?

The art of wellness

Sol Cotti for NPR
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NPR

On this week’s program, what can acting teach us about emotional regulation and human connection? Dr. Joe Sirven explores how techniques utilized by actors onstage may benefit people experiencing stress in their everyday lives and discusses tools for regulating challenging emotions.

Guests:

  • Jim Piddock, acclaimed actor, writer, and producer
  • Lindsey K. Bennett, licensed clinical social worker and therapist at Mind

Then, a wellness program helps cancer survivors return to their fitness routines. Connie Smith, senior director of healthy living at the First Coast YMCA, discusses the unique challenges cancer survivors face in maintaining health goals and how the Livestrong program helps participants transition back into their daily lives.

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Stacey Bennett is the producer of "First Coast Connect" and "What's Health Got to Do With It?" She is a Jacksonville-based singer-songwriter who performs under the nom de plume Folk is People. Stacey holds bachelor's degrees in both political science and psychology from the University of North Florida and a master's in business administration from Saint Leo University.