Our Story

Years ago, Marina contacted Jennifer to be a brain expert on a television show.  Jennifer (the introvert) said no, but held onto Marina’s number.  Seven years later, Jennifer and Michelle met and got into a lively conversation about all the things they know now that they wish they knew when they were twenty-two.  Michelle (the extrovert), had already been thinking about ways to make psychiatry more accessible, and started exploding with ideas about how to share this knowledge.  Let’s write a book!  No, wait—let’s make a video!  Jennifer remembered Marina and knew she was the person to make it happen.  Marina, a former CNN anchor and producer at Associated Press, suggested a podcast and YouTube channel.  With so much stigma around psychiatry, and many psychiatrists only offering 15-minute appointments, they decided to create a broader platform to share insights about the human experience.  The result is a listener-driven interactive podcast—Love and Flowers and You – where the “You” is you!  Send your questions or topics you’d like covered to loveandflowersandyou@gmail.com.

Jennifer Love, M.D.

loves yoga, keeping her indoor garden alive, and watching videos of jumping baby goats.  In addition, she is board certified in psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and addiction medicine.  With a background in biology and chemistry, she was a professor both before and after med school.  She graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine, then completed her residency and fellowship training at the University of Hawaii.  A self-described introvert, she found the courage to step out of her cocoon after the 2016 election, when she realized she had a responsibility to use her voice in a positive way.  She has been on The Doctors, The Dr. Phil Show, Dr. Daniel Amen’s The Brain Warriors Way podcast, and is interviewed in Dr. Mark Hyman’s 2017 docuseries “Broken Brain.”  Stay tuned to learn about her book, scheduled for release in December 2020!  

Michelle Flowers, M.D.

is is passionate about helping people live their best lives.  She always knew she wanted to raise a family and have a career she loved.  She is continually inspired by her 4 children and the people who come into her office.  As a mother and practicing psychiatrist for nearly twenty years, Dr. Flowers has found wellness comes from cultivating curiosity, seeing opportunities in challenges, practicing gratitude, and delighting in simple joys. “Listening to the deep wisdom that resonates within and around us allows us to move past fear and discover our power.”  She is board certified in psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry.  She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and with honors from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. Dr. Flowers completed her General Psychiatry residency at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago Institute for Juvenile Research.

Marina Hutchinson

is a TV producer/anchor/correspondent, who has worked 8 years at Associated Press Television creating compelling and original video packages for TV and the internet worldwide. Previously, Marina worked for seven years at CNN.   Marina anchored World News on CNN International for six years. In addition to her full-time anchor duties she served as fill-in anchor for CNN/US, as well as for CNN’s talk show “CNN & Company. Marina was originally hired by Lou Dobbs to work on the CNN Financial Channel. 

At CNN Marina created and produced the highly successful series “Behind the Mind.” A record number of viewers called in and participated online. The show concept increased the audience six-fold on CNN International. The chat room was jammed and all the phone lines in the control room lit up instantaneously.

Prior to CNN, Marina worked as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Italy  and then joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as an international news anchor.

Marina is fluent in French, Italian and English and conversational in Spanish. She earned a bachelor’s degree in television communication from Concordia University. Marina started her career producing and hosting her own talk show in Toronto, Canada.