What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
“Let those winds of time blow over my head, I’d rather die while I’m living than live while I’m dead.” — Growing Older but Not Up, Jimmy Buffett I have always believed that music is a powerful force in emotional health. I can’t imagine anyone not having an emotional reaction to hearing certain songs, whether […]
For 20 years, advocates of telemedicine have been trying to break through to common usage. For all of modern human history, those with mental health challenges have held back from seeking treatment due to the stigma associated with doing so. And then, a Chinese bat opened the flood gates. Today we are seeing record usage […]
The article that set me off on this rant—the proverbial straw that broke Lisa’s back– was the one that concluded like this: “Shawarma is the ultimate treatment for depression. No further studies are required to assess its efficacy anymore.” The article was on PubMed after having been published in Neuropsychology International. FYI, Shawarma is not […]
Growing up on Capitol Hill in a Washington, DC political family, Sarah Iselin did the obvious thing, at least to her, by rebelling and going to art school. But when her practical self realized that was going to make for a hard living, she eventually found her way to healthcare through an internship at the […]
I just got back from the trip of a lifetime: an African safari. I had the good fortune to visit South Africa (both Cape Town/Cape of Good Hope and Krueger National Park) as well as the Zimbabwe side of Victoria Falls. Wow. If you have done it, you know what I mean. If you haven’t, […]
“Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It’s the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.” That quote is from the great philosopher and clinician, oh wait I mean 80’s post-punk rocker Adam Ant. Seriously. But he is so right on. Back in 1998 I was part of the management […]
Lisa Suennen is a venture capital investor and the managing partner of Venture Valkyrie, LLC, which publishes the Venture Valkyrie blog and co-produces the Tech Tonics podcast. She is also co-founder of CSweetener, a women's healthcare mentoring organization.