Brian L. Colbert » SavantMD

Alternative Medicine at Heaven Qi & Earth

Brian — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:29:54 +0000

I recently had an introductory visit at Heaven Qi & Earth with Elizabeth McDowell. I met Elizabeth when she decided participate in SavantMD.com during the early Fall 2009. To date, I have generally been agnostic about alternative medicine. It has plenty to offer but it’s not an avenue that I frequent pursue with my own health. Although, I once visited a Chinese herbologist in Flushing New York. I think I went to Flushing more for the free ride and the food than to see the herbologist.

After working with Elizabeth for a few months, I was deeply impressed with her ability able blend Western and Eastern Medicines and to clearly communicate the concepts between Eastern Medicines which prior to meeting Elizabeth ranged fuzzy to downright baffling.

So, I decided to put aside my (mild) skepticism) and see Elizabeth for an assessment visit.

It was great!! As always her office was comfortable and welcoming. Personally, the highlight of my visit was this “pulse” test that she did. It was interesting and oddly accurate. The main takeaway I got was to watch what I put into my body, there is simply no substitute for a healthy diet.

It was time well spent. you can find her office here.

Social Media Session with Engage Her

Brian — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:37:31 +0000

Last night I had the pleasure of leading a social media session with some members of the Engage Her team. Engage Her is a national organization dedicated to educating and activating multicultural women and their communities about the most important issues they care about. I’m very excited that Engage Her will be partnering with SavantMD in the very near future.

Engage is getting ready to kick off a very exciting video campaign and I was lucky enough to share some thoughts about social media, communities and conversations. Mable Yee, (the driving force behind Engage Her) was in attendance along with team members Briana , Meenakshi and Tameeka. We were fortunate that Sylvia Paull, and Engage Her board member Susan Mostajo were also able to join us.

We discussed strategies, tactics, and tools to help Engage Her execute successfully on their upcoming video campaign. They’e already got the pieces in place for a great campaign so I can’t wait for the rollout.

Side note to Mable, I rocked this post using Posterous, Twitter, Facebook and just for kicks … I tossed in a bit.ly link to SavantMD’s health tip here.

Entering the New Year

Brian — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:04:34 +0000

I celebrated the New (Lunar) Year with lunch at Spruce. , I had some sort of shredded pork fazzoletti and Nihal had Spruce’s version of a Waldorf salad. Both were excellent. The meal was topped off with house Beignets with Araguani Chocolate Sauce and creme anglaise, which were scrumptous, truly outstanding. The service was just a tad off, it seemed like the staff was a wee bit distracted, but it did not distract from the meal. A great way to celebrate President’s Day.

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Last night was CALICO’s monthly board meeting. I’m now co-chair of our fundraising committe. If you’re looking get involved with an organization that making a difference in the lives of children that need help, drop me line. There’s a number of ways to get involved with CALICO and I’m happy to discuss them.

Don’t forget — CALICO’s annual gals is April 24th. Want do sponsor or attend?