Nikau Talks: Recent Episodes
Dr. Lauren Koedyk
Nikau Talks is a live recorded podcast with the raddest women in health and wellness. Curated by Colorado-based chiropractor Dr. Lauren Koedyk, these unfiltered sessions will stretch beyond the topic of professional growth to tackle formative experiences of joy, failure and loss.
Learn how these powerful female entrepreneurs got to where they are now—what knocked them down, how they handled it and the moments that forever changed the course of their lives. Along the way, we’ll examine the elusive goal of “success,” gaining invaluable wisdom about the pursuit of professional and personal happiness.
Panel discussion with returning guests Dr. Lauren Whittaker - Chiropractor, and Dr. Brandee Goedecke-Shilling - Acupuncturist.
Exploring the creative process in business and life.
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This is awesome.
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This is tricky.
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This is shit.
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I am shit.
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This might be okay.
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This is awesome.
Contact Dr. Lauren Whittaker at Lux Wellness Center.
Contact Dr. Brandee Goedecke-Shilling at Unity Acupuncture.
Contact Dr. Lauren Koedyk at Nikau Chiropractic.
Q&A with Drs. Lauren Whittaker and Brandee Goedecke-Shilling
Contact Dr. Lauren at Lux Wellness Center
Contact Dr. Brandee Goedeck-Shilling at Unity Community Acupuncture
Contact Dr. Lauren Koedyk at Nikau Chiropractic
Dr. Lauren Whittaker’s work has been inspired by the brilliance and resilience of the human body and human spirit ever since she experienced “being in the zone” as a young athlete. Motivated to embark on a life of healing, she completed her undergraduate studies in Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State University and earned her doctorate in Chiropractic from Life Chiropractic College West. Licensed in the state of Colorado, Dr. Whittaker's services include gentle chiropractic adjustments and additional holistic therapies tailored to meet the needs of each individual. She dedicates her work to the healing of the whole self from the physical, chemical, and emotional stresses of contemporary life. She is the co-owner of Lux Wellness Center in Carbondale, Colorado—a place of sanctuary, empowerment, holistic healing, and joy.
Contact Dr. Lauren Whittaker here
Contact Dr. Lauren Koedyk here
Dr. Lauren Whittaker’s work has been inspired by the brilliance and resilience of the human body and human spirit ever since she experienced “being in the zone” as a young athlete. Motivated to embark on a life of healing, she completed her undergraduate studies in Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State University and earned her doctorate in Chiropractic from Life Chiropractic College West. Licensed in the state of Colorado, Dr. Whittaker's services include gentle chiropractic adjustments and additional holistic therapies tailored to meet the needs of each individual. She dedicates her work to the healing of the whole self from the physical, chemical, and emotional stresses of contemporary life. She is the co-owner of Lux Wellness Center in Carbondale, Colorado—a place of sanctuary, empowerment, holistic healing, and joy.
Contact Dr. Lauren Whittaker here
Contact Dr. Lauren Koedyk here
Dr. Brandee Goedecke-Shilling holds both a Masters and Doctorate degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, California. We sit down to chat about her rise to success, the highs and lows, and how struggle shapes our lives.
Contact Dr. Brandee here
Contact Dr. Lauren here
1 - Introduction to community acupuncture
6 - How did Dr. Brandee first encounter acupuncture
9 - Coming to Denver and starting a clinic
11 - Specialties: pain, hospice, cancer and recovery
13 - Fear of the death and dying process
15 - NADA points of the ear
17 - ya’ll. This story. One word. Tupuc.
20 - Trauma and the book The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
23 - How trauma affects us both in mind and body
25 - Pain, depression and anxiety; the three that keep us in a trauma cycle
28 - Walking our patients through trauma recovery
31 - Coping with our emotions
34 - Emotion wheel
36 - Brene Brown
38 - Trauma stays alive in our body
39 - Reframing our emotions
40 - Meditation and changing our behaviour patterns
47 - Kiiko Matsumoto and Lonny Jarrett
49 - Dr Brandee and Dr. Lauren share their emotion check in process
52 - “You are already whole, you are already healed, you are already one.”
How does acupuncture work, when should I use it etc etc SO GOOD
Contact Dr. Brandee here
Contact Dr. Lauren here
Go get yo'self some acupuncture!
Emily Schromm is a personal trainer, CrossFit coach and Nutritional Therapy Practitioner based in Denver, Colorado. After struggling her whole life with body image, gut troubles, and skin issues, nutrition and fitness helped Emily transform her experience of what “healthy” actually feels like. Since then, her achievements have included MTV Challenge winner, Women's Health Magazine Next Fitness Star and self-made entrepreneur, but Emily prefers to define her ambition as a full time career in helping others.
Show notes:
1 - intro and Em’s background
5 - what was the catalyst for Em wanting to change her life
6 - the power of curiosity
9 - self-acceptance as a vehicle for changing our mindset, our body and our life
12 - the secrets behind how Em creates so much!
15 - striking the balance between productivity and self-care
18 - keeping flow in our lives
20 - slowing down
22 - EmFit Radio podcast
24 - GirlsGoneWod podcast
25 - the fastest way to build self-esteem
26 - building trust within ourselves
32 - Em’s comfort with discomfort
34 - transforming shame culture and feeling like a failure
38 - goals
46 - “success”, gratitude and moving toward fulfillment
Follow Emily:
www.emilyschromm.com
IG: emilyschromm
Facebook: Emily Schromm - Unleashed Fitness
www.theempack.com
EmFit Radio podcast
Follow Dr. Lauren:
www.nikauchiropractic.com
IG: nikau.chiropractic
Facebook: nikauchiropractic
Live Q&A session w Emily Schromm
Striking balance in a successful life
Using creativity as a barometer for stress
Using food to amplify our human potential
Authenticity sells!
How business growth can be proportional to our self-care
High fat diets for a busy lifestyle
Eating on the go
How to bounce back from a bad food choice
All about being fat adapted
Caffeine and its role in a healthy diet
Adrenal patterns
Recovering adrenal health while exercising
The backpack everyone needs: www.theempack.com
Follow Emily:
www.emilyschromm.com
IG: emilyschromm
Facebook: Emily Schromm - Unleashed Fitness
www.theempack.com
Follow Dr. Lauren:
www.nikauchiropractic.com
IG: nikau.chiropractic
Facebook: nikauchiropractic
Valerie Smith is a Consciousness Coach and founder of The Entreprenedian. Formerly a high powered New York executive, Valerie struggled to find happiness within the constraints of what others defined as “success.” In an effort to discover her own path,Valerie quit her job, bought a one-way ticket to South East Asia and embarked on a journey that would forever change her. Get ready to be taken on a wild ride through one woman’s road to self-discovery, as we hear about the ah-ha moments and hilarious mishaps from Valerie’s time in Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand.
Contact Valerie here
Contact Dr. Lauren here
Follow Dr. Lauren @nikau.chiropractic on facebook and instagram
0 - Intro
4 - Growing up as a latchkey kid, being brought up my the television and living a life of hiding
9 - I want my life to change vs I want to change my life
11 - Beginning the internal journey with coach Pamela Mitchell at the Reinvention Institute
14 - Finding security, success and freedom
19 - Backpacking around the world: highs, lows, mishaps and anecdotes
30 - Everything is choice.
35 - Valerie goes into silence for 11days
39 - marthabeck.com
40 - hariharalaya.com
41 - Valerie reflects on her experience of being in silence
49 - Dealing with emotions
53 - Learning to read your body
56 - Guiding principle: Everything is choice
57 - The decision making tool: Light & Heavy
62 - Asking for help, receiving help and using coaches
Live Q&A Session w Valerie Smith
0 - How do you stay in consciousness?
7 - How do you ask for help?
13 - How do you feel your emotions in your body and what do you do when you're not in an environment to express them?
21 - What do you do when you go against what your body is telling you?
Coach with Valerie - find her here!