Your health is not just about willpower, it is also about the system you wake up in every day. We sit down with Dr. Jennifer Russell to talk about what happened when she became one of the most recognizable public health voices in New Brunswick, and what that experience taught her about resilience, misinformation, and the real cost of leading through uncertainty.

We get into the behind-the-scenes reality of pandemic decision-making: nonstop data, modeling, policy tradeoffs, and the pressure of being judged for changing recommendations when science evolves. Dr. Russell shares how her Canadian Armed Forces background helped her operate in “military mode,” and why the emotional impact of online hate and threats often gets processed after the crisis ends. If you are a physician or health professional trying to educate online, you will hear practical guidance on safety, mental health support, and focusing your message on the people who are open to change rather than the loud extremes.

Then we pivot to the next emergency that rarely gets treated like one: the chronic disease epidemic. We connect lifestyle medicine to upstream prevention, social determinants of health, and why policy and legislation can move population health more than one-on-one care alone. We talk food insecurity, food deserts, and realistic nutrition guidance, including the overlap between the MIND diet, DASH diet, and Mediterranean-style eating. Dr. Russell also shares what she is building at the University of New Brunswick’s Institute of Population Health, from countering childhood vaccine misinformation to the “Health Compass” project that uses projections to help flatten the demand curve on our health care system.

If you care about public health, prevention, chronic disease, and building a healthier New Brunswick without burning out the people doing the work, this conversation is for you. Subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review with the one policy change you think would make healthy choices easier.

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