Episode 022 | Dr. Meena Julapalli is triple board-certified in pediatrics, dermatology, and pediatric dermatology.

After 7 years in academics as an Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at the University of Texas - Austin and the University of Colorado, she opened her own direct care pediatric dermatology practice, Bluebird Dermatology, in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Julapalli is passionate about providing comprehensive, integrative, and personalized care that acknowledges and supports not just the physical aspects of her patients' skin conditions but also their unique social and emotional needs. She believes that by fostering sacred relationships of love, trust, and mutual respect and creating an environment and community whereby children and families affected by skin disease feel seen, heard, understood, valued, and supported, they are empowered, transformed, and healed in profound and life-changing ways.

Dr. Julapalli has been blessed to facilitate and witness these transformations through her involvement with support groups and camp programs throughout the country, including the American Academy of Dermatology-sponsored Camp Discovery, Paul Newman's SeriousFun Network, and the American Camp Association, as well as through local workshops and healing circles that she leads.

She is the founder of The Joyful Path, whose mission is to help children build the intuition of how to nourish their mind, body, and soul so that they may live, love, and serve generously with an open heart, intention, and purpose.
In addition to her philanthropic pursuits in her local and national communities, Dr. Julapalli is dedicated to serving children abroad. She has volunteered her time and expertise at a pediatric HIV/AIDS clinic in Lesotho, Africa, at orphanages and schools in Nicaragua, with children and adults with albinism in Tanzania, and most recently with people in impoverished villages in northern Thailand.
Dr. Julapalli's adventures also include being a children's book author, wisdom coach and yoga instructor for kids, Reiki master, world explorer (she has been to all 7 continents, all 50 states), avid hiker, meditator, sound healer/instrumentalist, and amateur swing dancer!

She's also simply one of the most truly joyful and generous people I've ever met. I'm honored and grateful to call her a friend and colleague.
In this episode:🔥 From academia to direct care pediatric dermatology
🔥 50 patients a day and feeling disconnected and like a hypocrite
🔥 "The metric was how many patients can you see in the shortest amount of time possible to make the most amount of money."
🔥 The current system does not allow us to do what we do best -- CONNECT with people
🔥 Neurocardiology and HeartMath
🔥 Integrative Dermatology
🔥 Taking some time off to figure it out
🔥 Pausing to reconnect with yourself
🔥 Private practice as a means of utilizing our unique gifts
🔥 Direct care is just one way of solving a huge problem 
🔥 Misalignment burnout
🔥 Combatting bad information with good
🔥 "How can I?" instead of "I can't"
🔥 Educate, Empower, Advocate -- a virtuous cycle
🔥 Marvel, DC, and Elsa
🔥 Should out to Dr. Marinkovich and his team at Stanford working to help kids with EB!
🔥 Chronic diseases are family affairs
🔥 Dermatology Camps
🔥 Asking kids "What brings you joy?"
🔥 Writing children's books
🔥 Ikigai
🔥 The magic of building something of your own
🔥 Mindset coaching for kids
🔥 Big hairy audacious visions
🔗 Connect with and learn from Dr. Julapalli
🐦 Bluebird Dermatology 🐦Other Blubird Dermatology LinksThe Joyful Path
Other Joyful Path LinksAAD's Camp DiscoveryPaul Newman's SeriousFun Network Roundup River RanchCamp Spirit (Winter Camp for kids with Epidermolysis Bullosa)
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