Your Health University Podcast
Health, Fitness & Longevity
About
The Your Health University Podcast explores the ever-evolving world of healthcare, bringing together industry leaders, medical professionals, and business innovators to discuss the latest trends, challenges, and breakthroughs in patient care. Hosted by Jamie Preston, this podcast highlights real-world strategies that improve healthcare delivery, from primary care and chronic disease management to hospice, senior living, and emerging medical technologies.Each episode features insightful conversations with experts who are challenging the status quo and redefining how healthcare is delivered. Whether you’re a provider, healthcare executive, or someone passionate about improving patient outcomes, the Your Health University Podcast provides valuable discussions and practical insights to help you stay ahead in the industry.Tune in to stay informed, inspired, and equipped to drive meaningful change in healthcare.
Episodes
- A Nurse Practitioner's Field Guide to Whole-Person Care — with Jaclyn Taylor, PART 1
Jaclyn Taylor, a nurse practitioner, shares insights on whole-person care, emphasizing how patient environments and systemic issues like fragmentation impact treatment. She contrasts the nurse practitioner pathway with the medical school p…
- Our Values Series: Service
This episode of the Your Health University Podcast features the Patient Experience Team discussing the value of Service. They share personal anecdotes illustrating how embodying service goes beyond tasks to deeply impact patient care, emph…
- Our Values Series: Mutual Respect
This episode of Your Health University focuses on the practice of mutual respect in healthcare, featuring the Patient Experience Team. It covers active listening, navigating disagreements, learning from different perspectives, and resolvin…
- Our Values Series: Integrity
This episode of Your Health University features the Your Health Patient Experience Team discussing integrity in healthcare. They cover the barriers to integrity, the importance of owning mistakes, and how honesty strengthens patient-provid…
- Our Values Series "Empathy"
This episode of the Your Health University Podcast, part of the "Your Health Values Series," features Jamie and the Your Health Experience Team discussing the practice of empathy in healthcare. They explore how empathy goes beyond niceness…
- The Silo Problem: Our Values Series
Most organizations put "Collaboration" on a wall. Few actually live it — and in healthcare, the cost of not living it isn't a missed deadline. It's a missed patient. In the first episode of Your Health University's brand-new Most organizat…
- Stop Treating. Start Preventing. The Truth About Recurrent UTIs.
Fifty to sixty percent of women will get a urinary tract infection at least once in their lifetime — and for many, it won't stop there. So why does almost every conversation about UTIs still end with the same answer: another antibiotic? In…
- From Doer to Leader: The Identity Crisis Nobody Warns You About Part 2
Anyone can hold a title. The leaders people actually follow — the ones people go to the wall for — earn something that no org chart can give them. In this second and final part of Jamie conversation with Matt Whitehead, Chief Ancillary Off…
- From Doer to Leader: The Identity Crisis Nobody Warns You About
Most organizations take their best performer, hand them a title, and call it a promotion. What they don't tell that person is that everything that made them great at their job is now working against them. In this first installment of a two…
- The Hidden Cost of Getting UTIs Wrong
What if the most expensive healthcare decisions aren't made in the boardroom — but in the exam room, when the wrong infection gets treated with the wrong antibiotic? In this episode of the Your Health University, Podcast, Jamie sits down w…
- “You Don’t Have to Feel This Way” — Brooke Howard, NP
In this Your Health University episode, Jamie sits down with Nurse Practitioner, Brooke Howard, President of Clinical Operations , to talk about Biote, wellness, and bioidentical hormone optimization —and why it has been life-changing for…
- Wellness Starts With Being Heard Part 2
Part 2 picks up right where Part 1 ends—and goes deeper into what people are really wondering: What’s safe? What’s real? And who can I trust? Jamie and Jaclyn talk about how misinformation spreads, why some people experience negative outco…
- Wellness Starts With Being Heard Part 1
In Part 1 of this conversation, Jamie sits down with nurse practitioner Jaclyn Taylor to pull wellness out of the “buzzword” category and into real life. They talk about why so many people feel stuck—fatigued, anxious, gaining weight, losi…
- Winning Teams Don’t Just Communicate—They Connect
In this episode, Jamie sits down with Colin Stevens to talk about the difference between communicating and actually connecting. They unpack why teams can look successful on the outside but be disconnected on the inside, how adversity revea…
- The Goal of Communication with Colin Stevens
In this Your Health University episode, Jamie sits down with Colin Stevens, Director of Engagement at Your Health , for a practical and honest conversation about communication—what it is, why it breaks down, and how leaders can immediately…
- When the Data Runs Out: How Leaders Decide Anyway
In this episode of the Your Health University Podcast , Jamie sits down with Matt Whitehead , Chief Ancillary Officer at Your Health, to unpack one of leadership’s hardest realities: you rarely have all the information you want when decisi…
- The Behavioral Health Blueprint with Jimmie Williamson
In this episode of Your Health University , Jamie sits down with Dr. Jimmie Williamson , Chief Behavioral Health Officer at Your Health , to break down why behavioral health belongs inside primary care—not outside it. Jimmie explains how t…
- Do the Thing You Fear: The Death of Fear Is Certain
In the first episode of 2026, Jamie sits down with Colin Stevens, Director of Employee Performance and Engagement, to reframe the new year without falling into the resolution trap. Together they explore why mindset isn’t about ignoring pai…
- You Can’t Treat the Body Without the Mind Part 2
Key Takeaways Everyone can be an investigator: Observing subtle changes in behavior, sleep, decision-making, or life management can reveal early signs of behavioral health needs. Integration matters: Combining behavioral and physical healt…
- You Can’t Treat the Body Without the Mind
Key Takeaways Behavioral health and physical health are inseparable and must be treated together Chronic illness often worsens anxiety, depression, and isolation — especially in aging populations Fear and stigma continue to prevent many pa…
- The Sacred Work of Hospice: Timing, Trust, and Tender Care”
Key Takeaways 1. Hospice isn’t about giving up — it’s about shifting the goal from cure to comfort. Most misconceptions stem from fear or lack of education. Hospice focuses on maximizing quality of life, not accelerating end of life. 2. Ti…
- Rethinking Hospice Episode 2
KEY TAKEAWAYS Hospice isn’t a crisis response—it’s a planned, values-based care transition. Patients are guided into hospice through ongoing conversations with their care team, not sudden decisions. Your Health’s model is uniquely team-bas…
- Rethinking Hospice At Your Health
KEY POINTS Your Health is launching a new hospice program to complete the continuum of care. Hospice is not new to leadership —team members have decades of experience. Palliative care and hospice work together: Palliative can continue inde…
- Beyond the Hype: A Pharmacist's Deep Dive into GLP-1 Drugs and Peptides
In this episode, you will learn: What are peptides? The basic science of these "small proteins" and how they signal cells to function. GLP-1s Explained: How drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro were originally developed for diabetes but have ga…
- Your Health Pediatrics Part 2
Key Takeaways The nurse–mom perspective and emotional realities of pediatric care The latest guidance on flu, RSV, and COVID-19 vaccines for kids How telehealth is giving parents faster, safer access to care Ways Your Health Pediatrics sup…
- Your Health Pediatrics
Key Takeaways The why behind Your Health’s expansion into pediatrics MJ’s story of balancing motherhood and leadership in healthcare The importance of accessible, same-day care for children The growing role of telehealth in family wellness…
- Jennifer’s Journey: How Early Screening Saved Her Life
Guest: Jennifer Kistler, Breast Cancer Survivor & Healthcare Professional Host: Jamie Preston Topic: The importance of early detection and the emotional resilience of surviving breast cancer Discussion Highlights: Life before diagnosis and…
- Mission Over Burnout: A Conversation with Matt Whitehead
Actionable Leader Playbook Name the Drag: Call out when creativity dips and communication splinters. Recognize Specifically: One shout-out a day. Person, behavior, impact. Connect the Dots: Explain what’s changing, why it matters, and how…
- Pelvic Floor Health & UTI Prevention: What Every Adult Should Know
KEY TOPICS COVERED What the pelvic floor is and why it’s vital for everyone The role of posture, breathing, and stress in pelvic health Common misconceptions (like “men don’t have a pelvic floor”) How to strengthen and retrain pelvic floor…
- Behavioral Health Is Health (Part 2)
Show Notes (Part 2) Social media: Risk and mirror—comparison, loneliness, anxiety, and also connection, support, and normalization. Beyond kids: Seniors and adults are just as impacted by overuse and comparison culture. The highlight reel…
- Behavioral Health Is Health (Part 1)
Show Notes Origin story: From pharma to inpatient BH—witnessing 7–10 day transformations. Definition reset: BH includes SUD, PTSD, SMI, and cognitive issues (e.g., dementia). Stigma & seniors: “Toughen up” culture vs. the art + science of…
- Predictability, Presence, and the Power of Steady Leadership
Key Themes: Why predictability is just as important as consistency. How leaders act as emotional barometers for their teams. The “Staubism”: Be the anchor, not the stone. Why routines help calm anxiety during chaos. The paradox of consiste…
- Freedom on Wheels: How DME Empowers Patients at Your Health
Episode Notes Key Points Covered: The “why” behind starting DME at Your Health: filling a statewide gap in provider resources. Cost vs. impact: how a $20 grab bar can prevent a $100,000 hospital admission. Bathroom safety: 80% of senior fa…
- Principles with Purpose Part 2 with Taylor Austin
Episode Notes Taylor Austin explains why roles should be owned, not just filled. How to bring your full personality into your work without apology. Why being the calm in chaos makes you a better leader and teammate. Practical ways to foste…
- Principles with Purpose with Taylor Austin
Episode Notes Taylor Austin introduces Principles with Purpose —a framework she uses to train and guide her team. Why honesty and transparency aren’t just “nice-to-haves,” but essential foundations for trust. The role of remembering your p…
- Don’t Tell Me How to Pave My Yellow Brick Road with Matt Whitehead
Episode Notes Why autonomy, mastery, and purpose still matter How ego ruins teams (and what to do about it) The myth of the high-performing “lone genius” Culture fit vs. culture add — and why diversity of thought is often overlooked How to…
- Building Trust in Healthcare PART 2 with Rebecca Dillard
Key Topics Covered: How word-of-mouth marketing is driven by genuine care Patient comments as fuel for cultural and clinical transformation The real reason questions about mental health, falls, and bladder control matter Creating new progr…
- Building Trust in Healthcare PART 1 with Rebecca Dillard
Show Notes 1. Episode Highlights Rebecca Dillard outlines her team’s multi‑year journey: from CAHPS survey awakening to embedding empathy and shared goals in daily care. Learn how internal surveying via text messaging and NPS tracking beca…
- EQ > IQ: The Real Math of Better Leadership
Episode Notes Why listening is the most underutilized leadership superpower The hidden root causes of burnout (hint: it’s not just overwork) How to give and receive feedback without triggering ego Building psychological safety one honest m…
- Old Dogs, New Tricks, Better Outcomes with Aubrey Wall
Episode Notes Guest: Aubrey Wall, Executive Director of Curriculum and Learning Design at Your Health Topics Covered: Shifting from K–12 leadership to adult education Creating psychologically safe environments for learning Why adult learne…
- It's NOT a Backup Plan: Home Care with Brigette Harrell
Podcast Notes ( Organized for learning & insight discovery ) 00:00 – Welcome: Rethinking everything we thought we knew about home care 04:12 – Home Care vs. Home Health: Why this distinction matters 09:30 – Crisis vs. Prevention: The real…
- How to Disagree Without Getting Fired: Courageous leadership With Matt Whitehead
In this episode: How Matt defines courageous leadership in healthcare The tension between innovation and compliance in hospice and palliative care Why silence can be louder than words — and when to break it How to build team culture that e…
- Gatekeepers, Gumption & the Gift of Nail Polish: With Taylor Austin
Highlights: Taylor’s childhood living inside an assisted living facility The art of getting past the gatekeeper with empathy and humor Why she uses ChatGPT between therapy sessions (!) Anticipating needs and avoiding preventable chaos Refr…
- Let’s Talk About It: The Truth About Pelvic Floor Health”
What You’ll Learn: How Lisa’s personal story led her into healthcare and ultimately to pelvic floor advocacy The true function of the pelvic floor and why it's vital for everyday health Why so many men and women suffer in silence—and how t…
- From Managing to Mentoring: The Future of Value-Based Leadership
NOTES 00:01:08 – 00:04:30 Why continuous learning fuels credible leadership 00:04:30 – 00:08:00 Emotional intelligence as the “second bottom line” in care 00:08:00 – 00:11:30 The payer paradox: collaboration vs. competition 00:11:30 – 00:1…
- Why Every Patient Deserves RPM—And What’s Holding Us Back
Key Topics Discussed: The philosophy of care behind RPM How RPM empowers patients and improves outcomes Common barriers for providers and patients—and how to overcome them The emotional and human impact of being “seen” through RPM Why RPM…
- The Cost of Avoiding Conflict: A 3-Step Framework for Real Conflict Resolution
Show Notes Guest: Collin Stevens, Director of Employee Performance and Engagement at Your Health Host: Jamie Preston Key Topics Covered: Why unresolved conflict always impacts patient care The difference between “winning” a conflict and tr…
- Hormones, Hope, and Healing: A Patient’s Journey Back to Himself
Key Topics Covered: Louie’s life before Biote: chronic pain, insulin injections, and emotional burnout The Biote breakthrough: How hormone pellets restored energy, strength, and mental clarity The mind-body connection: How physical pain ca…
- From Chaos to Clarity: Holding Teams Accountable Without Fear
Podcast Notes Why clarity is more powerful than control The difference between accountability and ownership How to address underperformance without damaging morale A breakdown of the PACT framework: Proactive expectations, Adaptive monitor…
- Beyond the Buzz: The Real Power of Peptides with Dr. John Short
Guest: Dr. John Short, Medical Director of the Wellness Program at Your Health Topics covered: What peptides are and how they work How peptide therapy differs from hormone replacement The truth about GLP-1s like Ozempic and weight loss Saf…