Business Innovation Factory

03/16/2020

Hi BIF community - Please LIKE and FOLLOW BIF's new Personalized Medicine by Design project: LunaYou https://www.facebook.com/iamlunayou/

The Joy of Maternal Wellbeing

03/16/2020

Meet Liz 👋 Liz is serving as the Program Coordinator, leading our recruiting efforts as we enroll women in the program, planning our in-person events, and generally providing support, from assisting with the technology to managing complex assignments; she does it all. Read more about our admiration for Liz in our most recent blog, "Living in the Middle of Two Cultures." ⁠

03/13/2020

Somewhere in the United States, there is a woman who has just discovered that she is expecting a child. This is news that nearly 3.8 million American women hear per year. ⁠
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However for her, as an African American woman, this may be a death sentence. This is the grim reality for far too many women in the United States especially Black and Latina women. ⁠
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At BIF, we don’t believe that this is just a healthcare issue but it is a social, racial, and economic issue. An issue that has to be faced, and we are facing it through LunaYou. ⁠
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Be apart of this change! Tag any change-makers that might be interested in . lunayou.com

03/12/2020

It's a beautiful morning here at the BIF office! How will you make a difference today?

03/11/2020

“My name is Courtney Lester and I serve as the Wellbeing Coach for LunaYou.

I'm not just passionate about LunaYou because of the outcome wellbeing can have on maternal health but I AM LunaYou.

I am a black mother with a complicated birth story, that did not have the tools to advocate for herself while giving birth. Like most moms, my wellbeing was put on the backburner making me susceptible to physical and emotional postpartum complications.

As a Wellbeing Coach, I facilitate all the components of LunaYou and serve in a supportive role to each woman in the program.

This has given me the pleasure to talk to women and hear their stories, fears, and barriers they face in their pregnancies and it allows me to help them find their personal power.

It's a miracle program with very realistic components to help real women.”

LunaYou.com

03/09/2020

Jeff Leitner believes that if we want to create a new future together we have to start by uncovering the unwritten rules. Unwritten rules are remarkably powerful, informal suggestions about how we’re expected to behave in social settings. They’re the single biggest influence on our daily behaviors, setting the norms for how we interact with each other.
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Change starts by discovering the unwritten rules around us. Tune into this episode of the Business Model Sandbox Podcast to hear .kaplan and .jeff explore the evolution of social innovation and how to discover the power of unwritten rules to enable transformation change that matters.

03/08/2020

"Mothers, the newborn and children represent the well-being of a society and its potential for the future. Their health needs cannot be left unmet without harming the whole of society."

- Lee Jong-wook, former Director-General, World Health Organization
Make Every Mother and Child Count, Geneva, April 2005

www.lunayou.com

03/06/2020

Happy ! It's the end of a busy week, so don't forget to take the time to check-in with yourself today. You don't have to spend money to practice self-care -- sometimes a simple cup of tea or a mantra to get you through the day can be even more effective. How do you practice self-care? www.lunayou.com

03/04/2020

It was safer to give birth in America thirty years ago than today. How does this happen when research suggests that over 60% of poor maternal health outcomes are preventable?

We designed LunaYou to solve this growing crisis with a woman-centered wellbeing solution but we need your help to make it available to more women.

Will you help us today? Donate Now at www.lunayou.com/donate

03/02/2020

"Pregnancy can be a great opportunity to take your time. Try to avoid over-scheduling and block off some time for yourself” - Aimee Karr (mindful.org/mindful-pregnancy) What are your favorite ways to practice mindfulness and self-care?

02/28/2020

Before comes to a close, we would like to thank Dr. Ami Bhatt, Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Chair of the 2020 Boston American Heart Association - Go Red for Women . Not only does Dr. Bhatt work tirelessly to support those affected by congenital heart disease, but she has also been instrumental in to the LunaYou community. Thank you, Dr. Bhatt! www.lunayou.com