The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ Podcast: Recent Episodes
Alex Morrall
The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ Podcast will conduct weekly interviews with entrepreneurs, local experts, and those who have transformed their personal well-being to share their stories and help others in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and beyond live higher quality lives. Our primary goal is to provide our listeners with actionable advice that they can implement into their own life and improve their personal well-being. This fits into the culture of reciprocity that is central to our group. We believe that a willingness to help others find success will bring about our own. If you are interested in improving your well-being, while helping others enhance their quality of life, please join as a member of this group. You can find more information at tcwellnesscollective.com. Thanks for listening and I look forward to joining you to help make our city and beyond more well.
Juli Lassow is an accomplished retail executive with 20+ years of experience in the disciplines of sourcing, merchandising, inventory planning, and analytics. As the founder and principal of JHL Solutions, Juli helps businesses navigate the complex world of global retail sourcing and private label product development, by supporting retailers and suppliers in finding, developing products, and better negotiating with each other.
Before establishing her business, Juli held several progressive leadership roles at Target Corporation.
When not supporting her clients, you can find Juli exploring the Twin Cities and Minnesota with her family – enjoying the lakes, the nearest trail, or a just-opened eatery. She loves to be out and about, enjoying all that MN has to offer.
Links from the Episode:Julie Lassow's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julilassow/
JHL Solutions LLC Website: https://www.jhl-solutions.com/
Frances Roen is a Georgia girl at heart, and has been graciously adopted by beautiful, snowy Minnesota. She is a forty-something daughter, friend, mom, wife, and entrepreneur, and is always on the look-out for a perfectly fried piece of chicken.
Frances is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) with nearly 20 years of experience fundraising, and has raised over $160M for nonprofits across the globe. She holds a Bachelor of Child and Family Development from the University of Georgia, and a M.Ed. in Elementary Education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Frances began her career as a first grade teacher in Birmingham, Alabama, then as an
Education Program Coordinator and Corporate Sponsorship Manager at The Bakken Museum in Minneapolis. After three years, Frances left The Bakken Museum to oversee Annual and Major Gifts for Augustana Care Corporation, a $100M health care organization in the Twin Cities. From 2011 to 2019, Frances was the Director of Development and Communications at YouthLink. In this role, she was responsible for raising over $30M in philanthropic giving. Through her work, she oversaw volunteer and communications efforts including an extensive rebrand, managed a successful capital campaign, expanded partnerships, developed signature events, and increased philanthropic investments by nearly 800%.
In 2019, Frances founded Fundraising Sol in an effort to help nonprofit professionals nourish their sols through the joy, connection, and community that a healthy fundraising program can provide. Fundraising Sol operates on the core belief that the health of your team is inextricably linked to the health of your nonprofit.
When Frances isn’t fundraising, she can be found running—very, very slowly—around one of the amazing lakes in the Twin Cities or planning her family’s next adventure.
Links from the Episode:Fundraising Sol Website: https://www.solfullfundraising.com/
Frances Roen's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesroen/
Sara Ecklin is a recipe developer, food photographer, and lover of clean food. Clean Plate Mama was born out of her passion for health & wellness and making amazing foods from real food ingredients. She loves taking everyday recipes, childhood favorites, and any new ideas she can think of, and putting a clean food twist on them. Her goal is to share healthy recipes made from real foods that are easy to make, as well as share insights on how to navigate our overly processed food world.
Links From the Episode:Clean Plate Mama Website: https://cleanplatemama.com/
As the founder of ProportionFit, Dr. Nick Meyer has been on a mission to see others gain control of their weight and their health. Working as an orthopedic surgeon, he has watched so many patients suffer from the ill effects of their excess weight that he decided to do something about it. He developed the ProportionFit diet and health plan which was the catalyst that brought about better health for him (he had gotten to the point of being significantly overweight himself) and has helped thousands of people do the same. Why? Because the simplest solution is often the best.
Links from the Episode:The ProprotionFit Website: https://proportionfit.com/
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For more than 50 years, Shirley has been a coach, teacher, author, speaker, and body image specialist helping women, men, teens, and children resolve their issues with food and eating. She earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Minnesota in 1971 and 1975, respectfully. The author of Inner Eating (Thomas Nelson 1991), she created Innergetics in 1994. Shirley has continued to refine the Innergetics process to make it a much more comprehensive, holistic solution than mindful eating alone. Innergetics offers tools that allow you to take a conscious, structured approach, so that you have more control over when you start and stop eating. Every baby is born knowing how to do this; Innergetics helps us recover that knowledge. Clients who adhere to this simple process not only lose weight but keep it off permanently. And they do it from a sense of abundance and respect for the body, rather than through deprivation and willpower. Innergetics will help you regain the true joy of eating. It will teach you how to tune in to your body and feed it what it needs, each and every time you eat. Shirley’s program is all about choice and respect; she will never tell you what to eat or when (that’s completely up to you). If you wait until you are hungry, you can eat whatever you want! Just this past year she developed an online course to teach the Innergetics Process to a wider audience.
Links from the Episode:The Innergetics website: https://www.innergetics.com/
Shirley's course "Put Eating Back In Order:" https://www.udemy.com/course/put-eating-back-in-order/
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Kerry Lipanot is a speech language pathologist with nearly 12 years of experience in outpatient and school settings. Since learning to assess and treat orofacial myofunctional disorders, Kerry has become passionate about getting this information out to the masses. In September of 2021, Kerry left her job of over 10 years to start her own adventure in private practice. Her practice, Elevate Speech Therapy, focuses on helping those of all ages through challenges related to orofacial myofunctional disorders. She has done extensive continuing education in the areas of breathing, oral motor development, tethered oral tissues, and sleep. Outside of work, Kerry is a wife and mother of 3 young children, ages 7, 6, and 3. She loves spending time outdoors, especially walking and golfing.
Links from the Episode:Elevate Speech Therapy website: https://www.elevatestmn.com/
Breath by James Nestor: https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/
Breathe, Sleep, Thrive by Dr. Shereen Lim: https://www.amazon.com/Breathe-Sleep-Thrive-Discover-potential/dp/0645553212
International Association of Orofacial Myology website: https://www.iaom.com/
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Marisarah Larvick is the founder & owner of MN IV. She is a Minnesota State University, Mankato alumni and has been working the majority of her nursing career in Emergency Medicine. Through the pandemic and watching the health care systems flooded with patient’s and lack of resources, MN IV was naturally born. Marisarah poured her heart and soul into creating a luxury concierge IV hydration service with the mission to help people feel better in the comfort of their own home.
Health and wellness has always been high on Marisarah's priority list. She has several close family members who suffer from chronic illness, autoimmune diseases and lack of energy. These symptoms inhibit them from living their best life. She is happy to report several of her family members have trusted her guidance and have utilized vitamin infusion therapy. They have had significant improvement in their energy levels, pain & inflammation. Marisarah loves to educate her family, friends and clients on alternative therapies to traditional medicine and how simple lifestyle changes and hydration can make all the difference!
Links From the Episode:
MN IV Website: https://www.mnivnow.com/
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Kavita Desai Dakoji, PhD, LP is a a self-proclaimed psychology superfan who loves challenging perceptions about health- especially kid’s pain. Dr. Kavita started out working as a pediatric pain psychologist at Children’s Minnesota. After a decade hearing families skepticism, doubts, and uncertainty that psychology can actually change their health, Dr. Kavita decided to do something about it. And, Peace Out Pain was born – a rebellious company setting out to challenge society’s perceptions about kid’s health, particularly related pediatric stress, anxiety, and pain.
Exciting Projects Dr. Kavita is Working on:
- Active supporter of Shout Out Loud MN. focused on a mission to normalize the conversation about mental wellness
- Peace Out Press: Publish books and games to reinforce Peace Out Pain's mission, while encouraging other clinicians to do the same
- Athlete Unpacked: Guided conversations with Dr. Kavita and top athletes on what they have done to improve their performance in sport
- Interactive workshops focused on teaching skills to different age groups
Description of Dr. Kavita's book - Pain, It's All in Your Head (Just Like Everything Else):Tired of being dismissed by those five painful words, “It’s all in your head”?
Feeling misunderstood when you say “I hurt!”?
Then this is the book for you!
Through humor and friendship, kids learn how the brain “receives” messages and creates sensations. Because the brain is in your head, all sensations (even pain!) are in your head. Quite literally, Just Like Everything Else. With easy to follow logic, those once hurtful words It's In Your Head loose power.
Written as a tool to educate and empower kids, teens, and adults who experience challenging and real medical symptoms, this book is the first step towards breaking the stigma and understanding that symptoms are REAL and IN YOUR HEAD. At the same time.
Get started on your healing journey today!
Links from the Episode:Dr. Kavita's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavita-desai-dakoji-9a5548215/
Peace Out Pain's Website: https://peaceoutpain.com/
Peace Out Pain's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peaceoutpain/
Dr. Kavita's Book - Pain, It's All in Your Head (Just Like Everything Else): https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Your-Head-Just-Everything/dp/B0B92RBLL9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=9X43SX9ZW6XS&keywords=kavita+desai+dakoji&qid=1662567889&sprefix=kavita+desai+dakoji%2Caps%2C78&sr=8-1
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Molly Raymond, MSW is an award-winning leader, social impact professional, and entrepreneur. She has been recognized in all her workplaces for her empathetic leadership, ability to build community and belonging, and inspirational commitment to inclusion and wellbeing for all. She is a community social worker with over 20 years of human development practice in nonprofit and higher education, serving as a certified facilitator, workshop developer, and equity-based community builder. At 27, Molly co-founded a nonprofit that empowers young changemakers through art, service, and leadership development. She remains steadfast in her commitment to service as a board member, committee member, volunteer, speaker, and consultant in the Twin Cities. Molly is a Fellow of the Institute of Polarities of Democracy out of D.C. and currently completing her doctorate in Human Services, focusing on the inner-wellbeing and development of changemakers within an organizational context.
Links from the Episode:Molly's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollyraymond/
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Alex Stalberger is the founder of Well Connected Twin Cities. Much like myself, Alex has spent countless hours interviewing wellness practitioners, experts, and enthusiasts in our Twin Cities community. She had the brilliant idea to host a show together to discuss what we’ve learned about well-being throughout our journeys. This is part 2 of our conversation, so before you listen to this part you should jump over to part 1 of our conversation on the Well Connected Twin Cities Podcast. And while you are there, you should check the directory of amazing practitioners and sign up for Twin Cities Wellness Week.
Links from the Episode:Part 1 of Defining Wellness What We've Learned: https://wellconnectedtwincities.com/podcasts/ep-75-defining-wellness-with-alex-morrall/
Twin Cities Wellness Week: https://wellconnectedtwincities.com/twin-cities-wellness-week/
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Daniel Larson, CEO and Founder of Kyros, is an entrepreneur with over decade of experience in technology and labor market solutions. In previous roles at SHI One Platform and Field Nation, where he served as Program Manager and Director of Strategic Business Development respectively, Daniel successfully built two nine-figure revenue programs from the ground up, resulting in eight-figure revenue streams for each company during his tenure.
This year he launched, Kyros, the first of its kind digital platform for recovery services, that harnesses the power of technology to connect and empower clients, providers and organizations. Daniel is in recovery and developed Kyros after encountering obstacles on his own journey with substance use disorder. The company’s mission, to increase positive outcomes for the millions of Americans managing their own recovery, is already proving itself with Kyros’ seeing 90% percent growth quarter over quarter since launching.
Links from the Episode:Kyros Website: https://www.kyros.care/
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Alex French is the co-founder and CEO of Bizzy Coffee, the #1 seller of cold brew coffee on Amazon. Bizzy Coffee’s mission is to create the greatest tasting and most convenient products on the market. Alex started Bizzy Coffee with his friend Andrew Healy.
Prior to starting Bizzy Coffee. Alex worked as an Associate at 301 Inc. General Mills' Venture Capital division, as a Marketing Analyst for Cheerios, an M&A Analyst at Lazard Middle Market, Demand Forecast Analyst at Best Buy, and started Lifty, a consumer brand in the snow sports industry. Alex holds a BA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN.
When not working on his business, Alex spends his time mentoring college students and training for ultra-endurance races.
Links from the Episode:Bizzy Coffee Website: https://www.bizzycoffee.com/
Bizzy Coffee on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bizzy-coffee/
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Chris Wieseler has over a decade of sales experience with an emphasis on continual improvement and a pursuit for perfection. He possesses a background in sports with a deep love of soccer that shapes his professional attitude. Chris is dedicated to helping all people reach their own excellence goals no matter the field of play. He is a experienced Business Development Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the professional training & coaching industry.
As a business development manager with Action Selling, Chris loves connecting with new individuals and helping them understand and overcome critical selling opportunities as well as helping their teams to further sharpen their abilities as sales people, leading to more success in sales. Changing sales people into sales professionals is what drives his success. Chris believes having an advocate that can help a team be better can be one of the most important things when striving for growth.
Links from the Episode:Chris's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-wieseler/
Action Selling on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/action-selling/
Action Selling Website: https://www.actionselling.com/
Jordan Johnson grew up in Stewartville, Minnesota. He attended the University of St. Thomas - studying psychology and exercise science. Jordan was also a member of the St. Thomas track and field team. Following his undergraduate education, he completed a Master of Arts in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology at Minnesota State University, Mankato. His experience as a researcher, student-athlete, and mental performance consultant produce the vision Axon Athletics - a Minnesota based technology startup that is dedicated to breaking the barrier between mental health support and student athletes. Jordan also loves to spend time hunting, running, and reading.
Links from the Episode:Axon Athletics Website: https://axonathletics.com/
Connect with Jordan by email: connect@axonathletics.com
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Kira Vanderlan is the founder and owner of Zestful Design. She understands that an uninspired and disorganized space can leave you feeling stressed and even embarrassed. No one needs to live in a space that has disorder and lacks personal style. She wants her clients to feel energetic and amazed by radical transformations in their living and working environments.
Kira has a Masters degree in Cultural Studies from Dartmouth College, giving her a unique perspective to home organization design and a sensitivity to the way different cultures define “home”. Kira is a National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) accredited and trained professional organizer. She is uniquely skilled and innovative and has helped countless customers transform their spaces for decades.
Kira has been featured in Maple Grove Magazine. She has a monthly organizing column in Maple Grove Magazine, Plymouth Magazine and Lake Minnetonka Magazine. Kira speaks regularly on podcasts about home organizing and design. Zestful Design was recently a finalist for Best Interior Designer in Maple Grove.
Links from the EpisodeZestful Design website: https://www.zestfuldesign.com/
Zestful Design on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zestful_design/
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With a proven-track record of practical, human-centric solutions, Pastor Hart is a proud farm wife, mother and business professional with over 25 years of deep experience in health care delivery disruption.
She has managed hosts of multi-million dollar research programs at Mayo Clinic including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare IT (ONC), the National Institutes of Health/National Human Genome Institute, and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Health Care Innovation Awards to name a few.
She is the Co-Founder and emeritus COO for the HB Healthcare Safety® (HBHS) a Social Benefit Corporation actively pursuing an end to all pain and suffering caused by failures in care delivery with human-centric and engineering principals founded through Mayo Clinic Ventures. It is her research and recent HBHS work that has drawn her to helping humans who help humans, particularly those who suffer compassion fatigue.
She holds a Minister Ordination and was awarded Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, from American Fellowship Church and holds Certifications as Compassion Fatigue Practitioner, Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner, Art Therapy Practitioner and Christian Life Coach.
Links from the Episode:Hope to Healing Website: https://www.h2hopetohealing.org/
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Nikki Vanecek was raised in the western suburbs of Minneapolis on Lake Minnetonka and raised her children there as well. Nikki is active in the community; she serves on the Ridgeview Medical Center Foundation Board and is also a member of the Northwestern Health Science University Board of Trustees.
When she is not busy helping others, she enjoys most any outdoor activity from wake surfing, downhill skiing, to riding her motorcycle, or a peaceful weekend up at her cabin.
As an experienced health care provider, Nikki is the owner of EastWest Acupuncture and Professional Sports Acupuncture. She is paving the way for the collaboration of acupuncturists and Chinese medicine in modern medical health care. She has a Master’s degree in Chinese Medicine from Northwestern Health Sciences University and advanced Training from Tianjin Medical University, a top-ranked medical college, in Tianjin China. Nikki has owned and operated EastWest Acupuncture for the last 12 years. She has expanded her clinic by collaborating with western health care systems like Ridgeview Medical Center and Twin Cites Orthopedics. She is also the Acupuncturist for the Minnesota Twins.
Links from the Episode:EastWest Acupuncture Website: https://www.eastwest-acu.com/
EastWest Acupuncture on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tcmwellnessclinic
EastWest Acupuncture on Instagram: https: //www.instagram.com/east_west_acupuncture/
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Andrew Headrick grew up locally in the Western suburbs of Minneapolis. He grew up in a large family with quadruplet younger siblings, which meant he spent ample time in primary care clinics and waiting rooms during his younger years. Andrew attended Middlebury College in Vermont, where he studied Economics and Chinese. He has held various roles professionally, at Medtronic, at a local hedge fund, and most recently at Piper Sandler, an investment bank, where he completed 13 healthcare transactions worth over $4.3B. It was during his time at Piper that he realized just how badly the healthcare system needed to change. Andrew founded Kavira Health nearly two years ago in an effort to make everyday healthcare more convenient, more cost-effective, and more accessible to all. Kavira has been doing just that – over the past year, Kavira has had thousands of patient interactions with a 9/10 patient rating, their patients have never paid a copay, nor have their patients ever had to leave their homes to receive care.
Links from the EpisodeKavira Health website: https://www.kavirahealth.com/
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Bryan Piatt is the host of the "Take What Serves. Leave the Rest" podcast - creating a safe space to talk about healing and mental health. Bryan is a former news anchor and reporter at KARE 11 News, and is currently in graduate school for mental health counseling. Bryan is also a yoga teacher, meditation guide & breathwork facilitator.
Links from the Episode:Bryan's Podcast - "Take What Serves. Leave the Rest." : https://takewhatserves.podbean.com/
Bryan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bryanpiatt/
Bryan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/bryanpiatt?lang=en
Bryan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-piatt-41a517131/
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B.J. Jenney, founder of the Strength Project, is focused on bridging the gap between physical and spiritual fitness.
B.J. is passionate about helping people live better, healthier lives through physical and spiritual growth.
He studied Sports Management and Biblical Studies at the University of Northwestern – Saint Paul, where he was also a student athlete.
He is currently pursuing his Master of Divinity through Liberty University.
B.J. also spent 9 years in the Minnesota Army National Guard, serving on two deployments.
B.J. is Minnesota born and raised, happily married for two years, and has a baby girl on the way.
Links from the Episode:The Strength Project's Website: https://www.thestrengthprojectmn.com/
The Strength Project's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestrengthprojectmn/
The Strength Project's Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Thestrengthprojectmn/
B.J.'s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benjamin3jenney/
B.J.'s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-jenney/
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Jim Robinson has a dual career in psychology and improvisation. As a professor, he has taught Lifespan Development and Psychopathology at St. Catherine University and the University of St. Thomas. He’s also an alumnus of the Brave New Workshop—the longest-running satirical comedy theater in the United States—and of the Off-Beat Comedy Club onboard the Disney Magic. Along with Dennis Curley and Rachael Flanery, Jim is a founding member of Table Salt Productions, an independent theater company in the Twin Cities dedicated to producing original works (https://tablesaltproductions.com). As a Fulbright Specialist, he worked with Islamabad’s Theatre Wallay and taught his course “Improvisation and Mental Health” to various psychology training centers in Pakistan. Jim hails from Riverside, California.
Links from the EpisodeJim's website: https://jimrobinsonmn.com/index.html
University of Minnesota's College of Continuing and Professional Studies: https://ccaps.umn.edu/
The Theater of Public Policy: http://t2p2.net/
Table Salt Productions: https://tablesaltproductions.com/
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Everyone in David Nathan's family is a teacher or teacher adjacent. Both of his parents were teachers, his twin sister is a math teacher today and his little sister is a speech pathologist. David knew at an early age he did not want to become a teacher because classroom management seemed overwhelming. After working in IT for 10 years as a project manager, he took some career assessments and everything came back saying he should be a teacher or a psychologist. After talking to some psychologists and volunteering for a crisis phone line, he decided to go back to school to become a psychologist.
He loves his work and thinks he has the best job in the world because he gets to help his patients live the most successful, fulfilling lives they can. David enjoys working with children, teens, young adults and their families on a wide variety of issues including anger management, anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, adoption, and screen addiction. He is a developmental psychologist who examines the many factors that impact how a person's mind and body experience things in the present. One of his biggest accomplishments was partnering with his wife to chair a playground committee that raised $42,000 in one year to build a playground for a school in St. Paul that did not have one.
Outside of work, he is a father of twin girls and is married to the woman he admires most in the world. He enjoys playing baseball, reading, playing board games with his family and camping.
Links From the Episode:Allina Health: https://www.allinahealth.org/
Change to Chill: https://www.changetochill.org/
Health Powered Kids: https://healthpoweredkids.org/
Hello4Health: https://hello4health.org/
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Chris Maltbie is the Director of Global Product at Tough Mudder, where he oversees the development of customer experiences and event products. He previously co-founded Pine Coast Culture Company, a New Jersey-based kombucha brewery.
Chris formerly studied Neurobiology and Physiology at the University of Maryland, before working with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in a developmental biology laboratory at Johns Hopkins. Outside of the office, Chris is an avid ultramarathoner and traveler with aspirations of running/eating his way around the world.
Links From the Episode:Tough Mudder in Hugo, MN: https://toughmudder.com/events/twin-cities/
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Scott Mikesh founded 4D Fit Mental Fitness in 2016 to empower every individual to feel and do their best to achieve their goals by prioritizing brain health and mental well-being.
Scott published his first book last year titled 'My Brain Can’t Poop: A mental fitness guide for humans' to raise awareness about the importance of brain health, mental function, and neurodiversity. He typically works with small- to mid-size organizations to provide mental fitness talks, workshops, and one-on-one training sessions for employees, but also works with individual clients as well.
Links From the Episode:4D Fit Website: http://www.4dfit.net/
Scott's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmikesh/
Scott's Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/Mikesh_MN
Scott's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scott_mikesh/
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Brenda Navin is the founder and CEO of Launch My Health and a Registered Dietitian. Launch My Health, established in 2020, is a virtual health and wellbeing company providing virtual culinary and nutrition programs for employees, health plan members, and other business customers. Brenda started Launch My Health because she truly believes that health is created in the home and wanted to make taking care of yourself fun, approachable, and accessible. Launch My Health has secured several large contracts including a Fortune 100 company and is now working with a global reseller. Since inception Launch My Health has had over 107,000 video downloads, over 19,000 hours of video watched, and more than 900 5-star reviews.
Before starting Launch My Health, Brenda spent the past 20 + years working in healthcare delivery for a large healthcare system in Minnesota. During her career she developed strategies for employee health and wellbeing, community health, and retail medicine. She created an integrated functional medicine program and was a team member of the group that developed a cross functional weight loss program. Additionally, she was a part of the system diversity, equity, and inclusion committee. Part of her recent work was leading community COVID testing sites and vaccination clinics to underserved populations and creating a system wide Food Transformation with a community lens.
Links from the Episode:Launch My Health website: https://launchmyhealth.com/
Brenda's email: Brenda@launchmyhealth.com
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Jeremy Quinby is an integrative health practitioner and educator, CranioSacral Therapist and Rehab Specialist. He has dedicated the past twenty-five years to improving the health and well-being of individuals, families and communities.
At the intersection of manual therapy, mental health support, orthopedics, pain management, and newborn and pediatric care, he has become known as a bridge-builder between many fields of care.
A graduate of St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN, building community and developing health networks is second nature. Having had private practices in New York and Minneapolis, and now, as host of Highway to Health Podcast, he is furthering this outreach across the U.S. and beyond, promoting a more fully realized approach to integrated care.
Links from the Episode:Jeremy's website: http://www.jeremyquinbycst.com/
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Over the course of his life Chad Scheitel has been actively studying and researching the best ways to optimize human performance and recovery from injuries. As an athlete, he initially began doing this for himself, and now it’s something he does for others. In doing this research Chad has learned how amazing the human body is and if given the right types of things in regards to stress, sleep, mental focus, emotion, and nutrition methods, it can recover from just about anything. Chad believes that you don’t have to be in pain, and in many cases you absolutely don’t need surgery to fix your pain and problems.
Chad's EducationMA Kinesology (Exercise Physiology) University of Minnesota
BS Health Promotion Science (Exercise Science) Augsburg University
NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR) Levels 1 & 2 Certified
Links From the EpisodeRefined Performance + Rehabilitation website: https://www.refinedmpls.com/
Chad Scheitel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-scheitel-04a14ba/
Britta Svihel MA, LPCC, LADCis a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor (LADC). Britta earned her Bachelor's Degree in 2008 from Hamline University and her Master's Degree from Hazelden Betty Ford in 2010. Britta worked for a decade in youth, high-intensity residential treatment before retiring into a private practice. She owns Dagaz Therapy in Maple Grove, MN. She also teaches as an Adjunct Faculty at Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School. Britta is currently pursuing her PhD with a focus on community psychology, policy and social justice.
In her private practice, Britta specializes in working with youth, young adults, and adults who struggle with mental health and/or chemical health issues, as well as life transitions and stressors related to those age groups. The most common symptoms or concerns include depression, anxiety, trauma/PTSD, addiction, and parenting support. Britta is passionate about healthy communities and raising healthy children and youth.
Links From the Episode:Dagaz Therapy Website: https://dagaztherapy.com/
Britta's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/britta-svihel-ma-lpcc-ladc-26124a76/
Jonah Salita is an entrepreneur, and creative consultant.
He’s the co-founder of Diall, and the creator and creative force behind Vasco Creative, an early-stage creative consulting firm.
Jonah’s entrepreneurial spirit started when he stumbled into the creative world after designing his own tennis apparel brand because he was too small to fit into the “cool” looking adult clothes.
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Salita attended Hobart College in upstate New York, studying Economics and Media and Society. During his time at Hobart, he was the captain of the varsity tennis team and won numerous athletic and scholastic awards, Academic All-American being one of the most prestigious.
Salita began his career in 2016 as an intern at GenGuru. He would go on to work as a copywriter for Red Circle Agency, The Nitrous Effect and the infamous advertising agency, Fallon, where he wrote for Arby’s and Stok Cold Brew Coffee.
In 2018, Salita was awarded a SIIF Grant for photography and moved to Hong Kong to study at Lingnan University and document the elderly residents of Fu Tei. He exhibited the resulting collection of photographs in the Solarium Gallery, NY upon his return.
In 2019, Salita moved to London to be the creative director for Learn To Trade, a financial education company having taught over 300,000 students worldwide. During this time, Salita led creative strategy for the United Kingdom, Philippines, South Africa and Australian branches.
In 2020, Salita returned to Minnesota and founded Vasco Creative, an early-stage creative consulting firm. As a creative consultant, Salita has advised companies including Factory Motor Parts, Kavira Health, Kore Partners, Geniecast, Monaco’s Coffee, and many others.
Just 3 months after founding Vasco Creative, Salita co-founded Diall, a mental health startup educating students on mental health and wellness before they reach crisis.
Jonah is both Portuguese and American and currently resides in Lisbon. On the horizon, he is looking to bring his experience and passion of solving the world’s greatest problems to angel investing in early-stage impact ventures.
Links From the Episode:Diall's website: https://www.diallapp.com/
Make sure to download the Diall app on IOS or Android!
Jonah's email: jonah@diallapp.com
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Dr. Brenna Highby is the pregnancy expert at Experience Wellness Chiropractic and loves support mom and baby through their incredible journey. She specializes in both pregnancy and pediatric care and is Webster Certified through the ICPA. Her neurologically based chiropractic care focuses on the function of the nervous system to find the root cause of the health concern. This whole-body approach allows the body to heal naturally from the inside out.
She started her own healing journey right at EWC. This is where she began to have life changing results through Tonal based chiropractic care. She had more energy, better focus, decreased anxiety and a stronger immune system!
Her mission is to educate and empower families of all ages in their health so they can live the most vibrant life possible. Dr. Brenna is our go to community resource to connect our patients with any additional resources needed. She has a passion to unite chiropractic care to Plymouth and the surrounding areas to help build a stronger community.
Links From The EpisodeExperience Wellness Chiropractic: https://www.experiencewellnessmn.com/
Dr. Brenna Highby: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenna-highby-6bbb99169/
On October 6, 2019, Tyler Moon suffered a Sudden Cardiac Arrest while running the Medtronic Twin Cities 10 Mile. He was miraculously saved by a group of strangers who performed CPR on him in the middle of the race course. Tyler's faith in Jesus Christ was a beacon to him and his family as they worked through the traumatic events of that day. Since October 6, 2019, Tyler has completed the final two miles of his original 10 mile race, Tyler has run a marathon, and most recently, Tyler ran the Twin Cities 10 Mile (again) with one of his CPR heroes from 2019.
Besides his Christian faith, and his interest in running, Tyler is a husband, dog dad, logistics analyst, and an avid football fan.
Links From the Episode:Tyler Moon's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-moon-39444aa3/Join the Twin Cities Wellness Collective: https://www.tcwellnesscollective.com/
Michael Krug is a board certified health and fitness coach who helps busy professional men build strength and lose weight while increasing their energy and confidence. Michael's journey to becoming a health and fitness coach was one of self discovery, pain, learning, and hope. At age 20, he had a breaking point with his health. At 375 pounds and having a blood pressure of 160/100, he knew he needed to make changes starting in that moment to get his life back. Through years of trial and learning, Michael has developed simple yet powerful strategies he teaches to his clients to make transforming their health easy and fun.
Links From The EpisodeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/michael_krug/
Website: coachkrug.com
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On today’s episode I am joined by A.J. Imholte. This episode is a little different from our typical episode. A.J. has joined the Twin Cities Wellness Collective as a Partner and will be working with me to enhance the opportunities the TCWC offers to our community. With A.J. as an addition to our team, we will be better able to fulfill our mission of igniting well-being in the Twin Cities. Moving forward, A.J. will host some of the podcasts and we may even host some of them together. He will also be posting consistently in the Twin Cities Wellness Collective group on LinkedIn to offer insights on improving well-being and share some of the lessons he’s learning as he works to improve his own. Finally, we will be bringing back events starting in April and A.J. will work with me to organize these opportunities for you. Today’s episode serves as a chance for you to get to know A.J. better and learn more about what practices and habits A.J. is employing in his own life.
Links from the episode:A.J. Imholte's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-j-imholte-043a89109/
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Dr. Cassie Wilder is the owner and founder of Minneapolis Integrative Medicine Center, a modern integrative medical practice located in the heart of NE Minneapolis. She has a passion for hormonal health, thyroid disorders and helping patients connect the dots between the symptoms they're feeling and the root cause. Over the last four years, Dr. Cassie has been on a mission to bring integrative healthcare to Minneapolis in an approachable and impactful way!
Links from the Episode:Minneapolis Integrative Medicine Center on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mplsintegrativemc/
Minneapolis Integrative MC Links: https://linkin.bio/mplsintegrativemc
Aimee has been a certified nurse practitioner since 2007. Working in healthcare has been her calling since high school. She received a bachelor’s degree in human biology from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay and an MSN from Vanderbilt University.
Aimee discovered her true passion in 2012 when at the age of 28 she was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer. This spurred her love for nutrition, clean living, wellness, and functional medicine. Aimee has struggled with her health issues (like gut problems, thyroid issues, adrenal and hormone problems) since her cancer treatment and because of functional medicine her health and quality of life have drastically improved.
Aimee has since pursued a post-master’s certificate in holistic health studies and is a certified functional medicine provider through the Institute for Functional Medicine.
Aimee is passionate about digging deeper and working to discover the root causes of dysfunction and educating her patients. Clinically she is very interested in helping people with hormone problems, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), fertility optimization, and gut health.
She embraces all modalities of healing and believes that true healing often comes from a blend of work in physical, emotional, and energetic levels. In addition to being an NP she is also a master Reiki practitioner.
Links From the Episode:Minnesota Vitality & Anti-Aging Center: https://www.mnvaac.com/
Minnesota Vitality & Anti-Aging Center on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mnvaac
Minnesota Vitality & Anti- Aging Center on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/minnesotavitality/
Aimee's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aimeeneumann_np/
Cheryl Johnson is a researcher by profession, but a long-time food and fitness enthusiast at heart. She thinks of herself as “just an ordinary person trying to cut through the clutter of misleading wellness advice.” Cheryl is relentless about finding nutrition and healthy lifestyle information that steers the conversation back to choices that are practical—and enjoyable. Based on what’s worked for her and for others over the years, and the discipline and attitude from more than ten years of boxing training, she’s created a no-excuse, common sense practice for a more satisfying life built on better food and better ways to use your time during your workday lunch break. It’s a simple, flexible solution called Box Lunch Lifestyle.
How to build that better lunch break—and why it matters—is the subject of her first book Box Lunch Lifestyle: Using Your Lunch Break to Win Back the Life You Deserve. Endorsed by thought leaders like Daniel Pink and Jonathan Fields, and praised by Midwest Book Review, the answer to “Can change really be this easy?” is “Yes!” Cheryl will show you how.
Links from the EpisodeDownload The Box Lunch Lifestyle Jumpstart Cheat Sheet: https://www.boxlunchlifestyle.com/giveaway
Cheryl's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylkjohnson1/
Box Lunch Lifestyle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boxlunchlifestyle/
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Tessa “Tess” Gittleman, MA, LMFT, is a Relational Therapist, Public Speaker, and System’s Coach currently working at her private practice, Talk Tutor, PLLC, in Golden Valley, MN. Tess’ background is eclectic, working in Advertising, Food Media, and with incarcerated populations before a chronic health diagnosis forced a pivot. Tess realized what she really loved was connecting to people in meaningful ways, and decided to become the one thing she said she never would: a therapist.
After pivoting to mental health, Tess worked across residential and school-based settings, providing services to people across a variety of backgrounds, from queer to conservative, seven to seventy five, individuals and groups. She specializes in helping people who are “acutely aware of the problem” but feel helpless to change it despite outward success. These people often identify as perfectionistic, anxious, and/or with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder. Her approach can best be described as collaborative, transparent, and humorous, borrowing from Existential, Narrative, and Internal Family System’s approaches.
In addition to her clinical and coaching work, Tess is the Treasurer of the Minnesota Association of Marriage and Family, and is currently working towards being an AAMFT Approved Supervisor under the supervision of Dr. Alex Iantaffi, LMFT, and Shawn Neel, LMFT. As a supervisor, Tess specializes in providing clinical support to clinicians who struggle with chronic illness, or are struggling with clients who can’t be “out-smarted.”
Eric Fawcett, M.A., is a postgraduate, pre-licensure Marriage & Family Therapist. Eric specializes in assisting clients to bridge seemingly irreconcilable parts of themselves, and bridge what feel like irreconcilable differences with others. Before pursuing his MFT degree, Fawcett spent three decades as a recording artist, as a creative entrepreneur partnering with major corporations, and as a published writer and speaker addressing the relational joys and challenges of the collaborative process. Fawcett has long believed that the training MFTs receive prepares them to work with people-systems far beyond couples and families. In his private practice, Eric works not only with individuals and families, but also with organizations seeking to increase trust and cohesion among its members. Eric is thrilled to be partnering with Tess Gittleman in the creation of Attunement Architects, a practice committed to improving the relational health of organizations of all kinds, from businesses to spiritual communities to universities.
Links From the Episode:Tess's Website: www.TalkTutor.org
Tess's email: Tess@TalkTutor.orgMore about Eric at his private practice website: www.attunerelational.com
Contact Eric at eric@attunerelational.com
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Andrew Eccles, DPT, is the Owner and Head Physical Therapist at Loon State Physical Therapy.
He is a Minneapolis native building a wellness practice to assist people to move and live their best. His clinical interests include runners, crossfitters, weekend warriors, tennis and soccer players. Specialties include shoulder, low back, hip, and knee pain. Andrew helps people regain the athlete in THEMSELVES.
Andrew's Website: https://www.loonstatephysicaltherapy.com/
Loon State Physical Therapy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loonstatephysio/
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Michael Gayle is passionate about assisting his clients to achieve the physical, mental & emotional fitness to comfortably explore the world’s outdoor treasures year-round for life. He’ll happily create any adventure on your bucket list and lead the adventure if you so choose.
Michael has a passion for creating wellness through awareness. He doesn’t sit still and wait for life: he experiences it. Michael treats every waking moment as an opportunity to learn, contribute and take action. This passion has translated into more than 24 years of remarkable results for clients ages 8-88.
Michael gives his all to his clients, and they return the favor. Through his motivation and guidance, they experience life-changing shifts that expand far beyond the physical. He’s lead adventures to Antarctica, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Norway, Sweden, Italy, France, Greece, most of Canada & the U.S.
In addition to his energy, his first-rate credentials have propelled him to become one of the top personal trainers in Minnesota. He believes that great physical fitness results from a deep emotional commitment to change. And through this commitment, people will fully realize their enormous potential. That is the overarching philosophy guiding how he runs his business and inspires his clients and supporters.
Michael's education, training and certifications include: the study of Kinesiology at UMN, prior- service in elite force U.S. Marine Corps, NOLS Winter Guide, NOLS Wilderness Outdoor First Responder, Tom Brown Scout - Native American inspired tracking & survival training, American College of Sports Medicine Personal Fitness Instructor, Six Degrees - formally Align Pilates - Comprehensive Certification (Mat, Reformer, Cadillac, Chair & Barrel) and prior staff trainer for clientele at The Marsh & The Minnesota Vikings.
He is extremely active in the community and has received several awards including: 2009 HBA Business Person of the Year, 2X Deubener Award Finalist, 2009 LSP Alumni & 2010 Featured speaker at the Minneapolis Women’s Expo.
Future plans for Michael include launching creative indoor and outdoor adventure camps for children & adults - a microcosm of a formal expedition - and partnering with synergistic companies to create & realize unique adventures of a lifetime.
Michael's Website: http://www.mgayleoutdooradventures.com/
Michael's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgayleoutdooradventures/
Michael's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mgayle_outdoor_adventures/
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Melanie started VIBE Behavioral Health Consultants in 2007 to assist behavioral health clinicians with their billing and credentialing needs. VIBE helps behavioral health clinicians get paid faster and focus on helping their patients. Melanie and Dustin’s work at VIBE allows mental health practitioners to serve more people within their communities since they take billing and credentialing off their plate.
VIBE Behavioral Health Consultants Website: https://www.vibebhc.com/
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Corey Hiben owns a digital media agency for health professionals and has a vision to help 1,000 health providers build an online brand that invokes trust. Corey is in constant pursuit of improving both physical and mental health while also focusing on being present and enjoying the journey of life. He is also the host of his podcast, the Health Hustle.
Links from the Episode
Corey's Website: https://www.coreyhi.com/
The Health Hustle Podcast: https://www.coreyhi.com/podcast
Corey's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hibencorey/
Corey's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreyhiben/
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Jason Jones coaches wellness practitioners, certified coaches and business owners to be more adaptive, agile and confident in their life and and business by nurturing an adaptive communication style and mindset to thrive.
He has spent 30 years developing his adaptive way of being that has produced outlier results in business growth, fund raising and mass media entertainment. His previous coaching and training company went global in two years and now serves the US, Canada, Australia and the UK. His previous ventures involved communications media and entertainment including a number one rated radio morning show and a talk show on WCCO, Minneapolis, MN. Jason is certified by The Royal Roads University. His coaching and training programs focus on the mastery of adaptive conversations with strategic emphasis on emotional connection and supporting making a confident buying choice.
Links from the Episode:
Jason's Website: https://www.thecoachinghour.com/
Jason's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonamjones/
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Kate LaBrosse is a Natural Products Industry Consultant, Amazon Bestselling Author of This Is Me, Bipolar-Free: Heal Your Mental Illness and Create Your Authentic Life, and Motivational Speaker. She is the founder of Kate LaBrosse Coaching & Consulting and creator of the Brand Builders™ program, created to help emerging brands succeed in retail. She is passionate about furthering the reach of the natural industry across all sales channels and demographics and is dedicated to helping more people live into their highest potential, holistically healing themselves and living with purpose because she knows the impact that just one person can have when they are doing what they’re meant to be doing in the specific way they’re meant to be doing it.
Links From the EpisodeKate's website: https://www.katelabrosse.com/Kate's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kate-labrosse-2b294a66
Kate's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KateLaBrosseNatural/
Kate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kate.labrosse/
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With over 20 years of career development experience, Megan Meuli has been assisting women in the midst of career transition from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, ages, and lifestyle needs in private practice, non-profit, and university settings. She oversees the development and implementation of all four Dress for Success Twin Cities programs.
Links from the Episode:Dress for Success Twin Cities website: https://twincities.dressforsuccess.org/
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Dr. Nicole Fredricks Jackson is a growth strategist and executive coach who helps high performing professionals who are on the verge of burnout navigate life and career transitions. She spent 20+ years working in law and higher education. She helped hundreds of professionals navigate their career and leadership trajectories. Upon completing her Doctorate in Leadership from the University of St. Thomas in 2018, Nicole knew that rather than teach, she wanted to work directly with other high achieving, career-oriented people. She knew the toll that these characteristics have on one’s personal and professional life and her mission is to help leaders in both their career and personal life without sacrificing their health and wellbeing.
Nicole holds a Doctorate in Leadership from the University of St. Thomas, a law degree from the University of North Dakota, and most recently completed the Bridges Coaching Method certification for executive coaches.
Links From the Episode:Nicole's Website: https://www.nicolefj.com/
Nicole's LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/nicolefredricksjackson
Nicole's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolefredricksjackson/
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Ashley Oswald founded Oswald Digestive Clinic in 2016 after being frustrated to see people struggle with their gut health, while knowing that there are ways to help them improve and often resolve their bothersome symptoms.
After struggling with her own gut heath issues from being on and off antibiotics for 10 years as a child to her early 20’s, Ashley is passionate about helping others to improve and eliminate their gut health issues too, and to regain their freedom in life. She has completed 7 years of schooling in nutrition science, including a year at Harvard’s Brigham And Women’s Hospital, and has worked in a variety of settings in the health care system, so has a unique big picture view of where there are gaps.
She has been published on ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC, has spoken at Top 50 Hospitals across the country, and has been invited to be on guest panels at leading Universities. With Oswald Digestive Clinic, she is working to fill healthcare gaps, helping their clients finally go from gut struggles to gut freedom, so they can get back to living life on their own terms.
She is an optimist, explorer, and nature lover.
Links from the Episode:Oswald Digestive Clinic Website: https://www.oswalddigestiveclinic.com/
Oswald Digestive Clinic YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyq1VZj9OxWmoop2PElltEA
Ashley's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyoswalddietitian/
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Zachary Lee is CEO of LifeWorks Group and is a certified Relationship & Life Coach and Mediator, having worked in the field for over 12 years. LifeWorks is a relationship coaching and counseling company that focuses on working with couples to help them improve their relationship and is based in the Twin Cities. Zach's favorite hobbies are spending time with his family, working out, and he is currently preparing for running a marathon this summer. Zach is married to his beautiful wife Kate and they have three amazing children.
Links from the Episode:Zach's website: https://www.lovecommitsucceed.com/
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Anna Klimmek's Bio:Anna is a health coach and personal chef who teaches people to eat for their body in a way that works for their life. As a Le Cordon Blue grad, she has over 18 years of culinary experience. Her education as a Health Coach with advanced study in Hormonal and Gut Health from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition guide how she cooks and approaches food and gives her a unique perspective on the relationship between cooking, food, health and life.
Anna’s mission is to empower people to live their best lives in the body that they are in. Happy Food MN offer’s programs that create self-empowerment, not only with food but with life choices. She is a personal chef and cooks for people with autoimmune disorders and food sensitivities. She does one-on-one health coaching, cooking classes and Healthy Living and Eating Workshops that teach you, “it doesn’t have to be hard to live healthy.” Anna's superpower is that she makes healthy living, tasty fun and easy!
Find Anna!
Website - https://happyfoodmn.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/happyfoodmn/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/happyfoodmn/
Linked-In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-klimmek-23847414/
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Dr. Bryan Laskin's Bio:Having learned from 20 years of experience providing dental care to anxious patients, Dr. Bryan Laskin is on a mission to reduce the stress of both doctors and patients by upgrading care through innovation, education and standardization.
Creator of Upgrade Dental, Digital Nitrous, OperaDDS, co-founder of ToothApps, as well as author of the Amazon best selling book “The Patient First Manifesto,” Dr. Laskin excels at helping others integrate technology and teamwork into their practices.
Dr. Laskin plays an active role in driving innovation at several progressive dental organizations, including Abundents, Vyne Dental, Lake Minnetonka Dental, Talentship, Evergreen, Kwikly and Dental Care Alliance. Dr. Laskin also serves as counsel to many leading companies in dentistry. Through his participation on the groundbreaking workgroups at Dental Standards Institute, Dr. Laskin is giving patients a voice as well as creating important guidelines for emerging technologies.
Links from the Episode:Get a Free Copy of The Patient First Manifesto Book: https://www.upgradedentaloffers.com/
Bryan's website: https://bryanlaskin.com/
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On this episode, I am joined by Josh Driver. After playing with his family's cameras while growing up, Josh bought his first dslr in 2016 because he just needed a quality camera better than a point-and-shoot for his trip to Iceland.
His wife’s encouragement and another professional photographer’s mentorship served as catalysts for him to start selling his images at Minnesota’s top art fairs in 2019.
Josh’s favorite pastime is camping with his camera and enjoying all the quiet and beauty.
To learn more about Josh and his work go here: https://www.joshdriverphotography.com/About-the-Artist
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The last 18 months have challenged some of the most basic assumptions we had about what is necessary for a productive work environment. Gone are the days when we believed we absolutely HAD TO BE IN PERSON to be productive. Among others, one of the big lessons COVID has taught us is that the future of work is flexible.
Today, I'm speaking with April Seifert, Ph.D. in Social Cognitive Psychology and co-Founder of Peak Mind: The Center for Psychological Strength. We're talking about major insights we've all learned from our hybrid work during COVID as well as some very practical ways we can support our own wellbeing and leaders can support their teams in a hybrid work model.
Links from the episode:Listen to April's Podcast, "Building Psychological Strength" here: https://www.peakmindpsychology.com/blog/
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Stephanie's Bio: Stephanie is an accredited health and well-being coach (NBC-HWC), meditation teacher, group fitness instructor, and wellness educator with a master’s degree in Integrative Health and Well-Being Coaching from the University of Minnesota’s Center for Spirituality and Healing. She helps people bring mindfulness, compassion and wisdom into their journey to greater well-being.
Stephanie’s passion in holistic well-being started with an interest in meditation that led her to study with some of the world’s most renowned teachers like Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Sharon Salzberg, and Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche. Stephanie is inspired to bring the practice of meditation to as many people as possible and does this through her work as a facilitator within the Tergar Meditation Community and as a trainer with Healthy Minds Innovations, a non-profit started by acclaimed neuroscientist Richard Davidson at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Stephanie brings the practice of secular meditation to the workplace for individuals and groups.
Links from the Episode:Stephanie's website: http://www.innerfirehealthcoach.com/
Healthy Minds Innovations website: https://hminnovations.org/
Stephanie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniewagner_healthcoach/?hl=en
Stephanie's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-wagner-ma-mm-nbc-hwc-a083274/
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Melissa Albers Bio: Melissa is a family girl, business owner, loud laugher and lover of people. As a self awareness and self development junkie she runs a company that focuses on the same. She loves trying new things, and has recently picked up the Ukulele (with questionable but satisfying results) and hip hop dancing (with even more questionable yet satisfying results). Oh yeah, she also loves her many dogs and eats a LOT of candy.
If you’d like to connect with Melissa, you can find her at 612.751.2115, https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissaalberstheautheticleader/ or melissa@theselfawarenessjourney.com.
JJ Parker Bio: An operational expert, JJ is the guy that keeps all the lights on. Quick to develop ideas, research and problem solve, he's started multiple companies and still runs his tech firm. He loves learning and being creative, and seasonally can be seen snowboarding, rock climbing or practicing his latest endeavor - flying small airplanes. JJ is pretty fond of his family, cool art projects (like an ice igloo in his backyard once) and digs hoodies too.
If you’d like to connect with JJ, you can find him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jj-parker/ or jj@theselfawarenessjourney.com
Links From the Episode:The Self Awareness Journey Website: https://theselfawarenessjourney.com/
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Patrick believes you deserve to feel happy, calm, and balanced. No matter the stressor, he works together with his clients to find solutions.
It is his intent to create a therapeutic environment where you feel supported and encouraged but also challenged and inspired. Patrick hopes to gain a deep understanding of who you are as a person and how you have navigated the world until this point. Once he understands who you are and what you have experienced, he works alongside you to achieve your goals, find balance, and create real and lasting change.
Patrick’s degrees include a Master of Arts in Marriage & Family Therapy from the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Minnesota, Morris. His early clinical experiences included in-home therapy with families as well as adolescents in Co-Occurring Intensive Outpatient therapy. He received specialized training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and have done extensive research and training in TeleMental Health. Additionally, Patrick served on the Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy from 2017 - 2019.
Patrick enjoys riding my bike along the river, relaxing with family and friends, and frequenting the many amazing restaurants in Minneapolis.
Links From the Episode:
good human work website: https://goodhumanwork.com/
good human work on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodhumanwork/?hl=en
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Andy is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice. In addition, he also works as a Children’s Mental Health Social Worker in a county mental health agency, as a recruiter/business developer, and as a Board Approved Clinical Supervisor for the Minnesota Board of Marriage and Family Therapy and the Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy.
Andy has many years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families in vocational ministry and therapy contexts. Some areas of clinical treatment focus are anxiety, depression, family of origin issues, communication and relationship patterns, grief/loss and life transitions. He practices with a strengths-based approach, allowing clients the opportunity to bring forth their strengths already employed in relationships. He believes clients are the experts in the subject matter of their own lives and sees his role as a guide to provide a different perspective for clients as they work towards their goals. Andy views the process of therapy as making space for the soul to be seen, heard and affirmed. He has completed level 1 and 2 of the Gottman Couples Therapy method and plans to continue this training until certification. Andy is also a Gottman leader in facilitating Gottman’s ‘Seven Principles for a Healthy Marriage’ and ‘Bringing Baby Home’.
Links From the EpisodeAndy's LinkedIn Profile- https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewkaehr/
Many Sparrows Website- https://manysparrows.net/
Andy's Upcoming Event, The Seven Principles That Make Minnesota Relationships Work- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-7-principles-that-make-minnesota-relationships-work-tickets-163397045963
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This is a special episode where I was featured on The Self Awareness Journey Podcast with Melissa Albers and JJ Parker. Melissa and JJ have joined forces to produce content and material to improve self awareness. Please check out their show by following the link below.
Links From the Episode:The Self Awareness Journey Podcast
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Grace Melek is the owner of Success Fitness and Training Center in Maplewood, MN where they specialize in customized training programs for a variety of needs.
Their diverse team of 16 trainers allows them to provide specialized services for older active adults, youth, prenatal and postpartum clientele, sports performance, post-operative rehabilitation, general health, disease prevention and management, weight loss, injury prevention, body building, figure competitions, and joint-replacement patients, among others.
Their team has over 100 years of combined experience in the training industry, and the physical location of Success is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year.
Grace holds Personal Training Certifications with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, as well as the American Council on Exercise, and the National Exercise Trainer’s Association. She has advanced certifications in orthopedic exercise prescription, senior fitness, and prenatal and postpartum fitness.
Grace and her team are driven by the simple fact that each year an estimated 2 million deaths occur due to physical inactivity and each and every one of those deaths are 100% preventable.
Furthermore, medicine is always at work to add years to our life, but not necessarily preparing our bodies to physically sustain those additional years with an ideal quality of life.
The Success Team strives to change both of these trends through superior customized private training services, as well as small group training, youth programming, and community outreach.
Their team is also spearheading the mission for stricter requirements and licensure for the personal training profession to establish a greater stronghold in the allied health care continuum.
Links From The Episodeworkoutwithgrace@gmail.com
https://www.successfitnessandtraining.com/https://www.facebook.com/successfitnessandtraining
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Mike Vera is a Master Certified Health Coach and founder of Vera Health Strategies where he empowers his busy clients to take control of their health for long-term success. Mike has an M.S. in Exercise Science & Health Promotion, and a B.A. in Psychology with research experience in cognitive psychology. Mike's vision is to transform the health & wellness industry with his innovative time-management system. Originally from Philadelphia, PA, he currently lives in Scranton, PA. You can contact Mike with questions or requests for public speaking at www.mikevera.com.
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Karina Muller is a certified life and executive coach and the founder of ClientCentric Consulting and coaching. From her early days in corporate America to founding ClientCentric Consulting & Coaching, she has been the go-to expert and trusted advisor for professionals and individuals who want to get the most out of life.
Karina started her career at Accenture as a consultant where she gained her passion for helping others. After obtaining her MBA at University of Minnesota, she worked in marketing for companies such as General Mills and Honeywell before forming her own company.
While in corporate, she managed businesses, with P&L responsibility, worth hundreds of millions in revenue and led teams that spanned the globe. Her years in leading global corporations gave her first-hand insight into the pace at which successful people today are expected to operate. She is passionate about helping professionals and individuals find ways to experience well-being despite the rigorous demands of work and everyday lives.
Lana Gendlin Brooks is a certified life coach and creative wellness coach. Her story begins with an innate curiosity about people, their cultures, and shared stories. Growing up in a bilingual home, she had a world view and diverse upbringing that broadened her perspective on working with diverse communities. This provided her with a deep cross-cultural understanding that led to her early career in arts and culture organizations, including the Smithsonian Institution.
Her experience spans many facets of nonprofit, corporate, and startup organizations, which has given her a wide lens into the complexities of working in various industries and business models. Working at fortune500s, Lana honed her marketing skills and launched products and services that drove high-revenue growth. From there, she helped launch a new 34,000 sq. ft. creativity center and then founded HeARTs Work Coaching and Consulting.
Her HeARTs Work is to help you find yours. She is passionate about empowering individuals and teams to step into their power and move their lives forward to achieve their goals.
She holds an MA from The George Washington University and Life Coach Certification from Learning Journeys (ICF accredited)
Together, Lana and Karina started the HeartCentric Coaching Collaborative with a mission of changing this world one relationship at a time.
Links From the EpisodeHeartCentric Coaching Website: https://heartcentriccoaching.com/
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Melissa Spiess, a board-certified music therapist, founded Living Spirit Therapy Services, LLC in 2008 to increase access to high quality music therapy services in the Twin Cities Metro Area. Living Spirit Therapy Services believes in the inherent potential of every individual regardless of disability and/or challenges; and the power of music to improve physical, emotional, and mental functioning.
Living Spirit Therapy Services, LLC strives to build stronger communities by increasing independence, improving quality of life, providing support, and expanding resources of their members. Group and individual music therapy services and their Empowering Wellness Initiative are two ways they strive to meet this vision.
Melissa began her professional career as a music therapist in 2003. She completed her music therapy equivalency degree and Master of Music from Western Michigan University. She is a Fellow in the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapists.
Links From the Episode:Living Spirit Therapy Services Website: https://www.livingspirittherapy.com/
Empowering Wellness Initiative: https://www.livingspirittherapy.com/empowering-wellness-initiative/
Capital Campaign: https://www.livingspirittherapy.com/capital-campaign-for-older-adults/
Gather and Grow Series - Self-Care: Not All Bubble Baths and Ice Cream: https://www.livingspirittherapy.com/april-15th-self-care-not-all-bubble-baths-and-ice-cream/
Gather and Grow Series - Building Resiliency, June 17th: https://www.livingspirittherapy.com/building-resiliency/
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Shelly Dvorak's Bio:Shelly built Sphere 421 to offer purpose-driven leadership in marketing communications and influencer engagement.
After two decades serving many of America's best-loved brands and companies across integrated marketing, cause marketing, PR, entertainment, and licensing, she identified trends in effective collaboration. Not only was work more rewarding when focused beyond the bottom line; programs focused on social causes or strengthening communities also consistently generated stronger, more lasting business impact.
Shelly enjoys helping clients elevate their marketing strategy through a holistic, purpose-centered approach to partnership and collaboration.
Links From the Episode:Book a 1:1 Working Session with Shelly- Click the gold button labeled "Special Billing Code" and enter TCWC for a 40% discount
Sphere 421 Website
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Melody's Bio: Melody Vachal is a veteran caregiver of nearly 25 years who understands the emotional and practical details of caregiving. She knows the consistency and vigilance required along with the impact on self, family, and career. As a professional, with a career as a Speech Language Pathologist she supported families in their journey. As an individual, Melody learned about caregiving from the other side after she became the victim of a car accident and needed extensive rehabilitation and caregiving herself. Following this experience, she launched her business RISE UP Care and Wellness to help caregivers develop the skills needed to practice self-care while caring for others. She is now living and realizing the importance of caregivers caring for themselves.
Links From the Episodemvachal@riseupcareandwellness.com
Facebook group Take Care of You
Instagram and Facebook @riseupcareandwellness
Arise Cares
melody.vachal@arisecares.com
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Dr. Ken Wilson Bio:Husband, father of three, business owner & developer
Undergraduate
degree: Human Biology (B.Sc)
Doctorate
degree: Chiropractic (D.C.)
Always propelled by a larger vision and the constant pursuit of progression, Dr. Ken started, co-founded and helped grow multiple chiropractic clinics in the surrounding Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Ranging from start-up’s to high volume (500+ patient visits per week) clinics, Dr. Ken immersed himself in the study of systems, procedures, marketing and customer experience. The abundance of knowledge and information he gained became the foundation of his expertise, now being able to efficiently and effectively incorporate best-practices into
new or existing clinics.
Dr. Ken now sees patients three evenings during the week. He has recently partnered with a phenomenal Midwest company based in Michigan and the rest of his week is dedicated to one goal, delivering word class health solutions inside the workplace.
Links From the Episode:LinkedIn: Dr. Ken Wilson
Instagram: @kenwilson_dc
Twitter: @kenwilson_dc
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Lena's Bio: Lena Scullard began LMS Productions with one goal in mind, to empower people to improve their confidence and sense of capability throughout their personal and professional lives. As a professional speaker, facilitator, program designer, and consultant, Lena brings creative and engaging development opportunities to organizations across the country. Lena’s programs have lasting impact, because they create memorable and emotional connections and leave people excited about applying new ideas in innovative ways.
Her programs encourage insight to help identify obstacles so that people can discover the best version of themselves. They are created to focus on unlocking the motivations, ideas, and feelings of others and inspire people to reach toward goals of excellence. Lena’s expertise includes Personal and Interpersonal Skills Development, which she believes are the foundations of effectiveness, for both individuals and teams. She has facilitated programs from Franklin Covey, The Pacific Institute, Achieve Forum, and DiSC, and has been designing and delivering training programs for a decade. In addition to several facilitation certifications, Lena holds degrees in Theater and English Literature.
Lena grew up in rural Minnesota, surrounded by a supportive family (despite her crazy dreams and pursuits) and a tremendously close community. At the age of 8, Lena was diagnosed with Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes, which brought her strength and steadiness, despite hardships and tough life lessons that she often shares with her audience. She remains active in Community Theater and loves adventure and getting involved in planning events. She lives in Minnesota with her husband and spunky dog, Moxie.
Links From the Episode:Lena's LinkedIn Profile
Lena's Social Media handle: @lenascullard
https://www.lenascullard.com/
Lena's Upcoming Stitch It Up Workshop- Use the code TCWC to get $10 off
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Brad's Bio: Brad started his career in corporate marketing where he achieved success as a marketing executive with advertising agencies and as a Director of Marketing of a Fortune 500 company. He led Inner Circle, (CEO/Owner peer groups), where he facilitated meetings and coached over 130 CEOs to grow their businesses on average by 20%. COVID changed his direction, and he became a Certified Mind Health Coach.
His company, MindSync, shows clients how to defrag their minds to allow the software they were born with to run better. They can then use it to turn down their emotions, imaginations and memories in the moment rather than regret that time when they lost it. They can calm their minds to achieve better focus, health, reduced stress and anxiety and achieve greater performance.
His 3MX program – Mindfulness – Bring Awareness to the Present, Meditation – Deep Relaxation to Adjust the Past to Realize a Better Future, Movement – Towards Improvement – Constantly Creating a Life You Love - together they provide the Xponential factor of synergism and rapid adoption.
MindSync shares a nine-step program to better sleep, more energy, and less stress. It can even lower your golf score.
Mind Health Coach, Bibliophile, Golfer, Proud Husband and Grandfather, Veteran and Wine and Food Enthusiast.
Links From the Episode:brad@mindsyncpro.com
www.MindSyncpro.com
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Lindsey's Bio:Lindsey helps people integrate physical, mental and emotional health and wellness. She is a personal trainer, life & business coach and speaker with over 15 years of experience. Her passion for health and wellness expands to her business coaching as she works with other professionals to build their businesses with compassion and strategy.
Links From the Episode:Website - www.lindseyheiserman.com
Email- lindsey@lindseyheiserman.com
IG -@lindseyheisermancoaching
LinkedIn -Lindsey Heiserman
Podcast -"Mind Muscle and Movement"
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Michael's Bio: Michael always knew he had a heart for helping others. And after years of traveling and writing down his stories and insights, he published a series of best-selling books about finding better balance in our work, relationships, and life.
In 2015, Michael founded The White Box Club™, a support group that provides live coaching sessions and resources for people in career transition.
As a certified health & wellness coach, he supports individuals and organizations including small business owners, entrepreneurs, college students, corporate executives, and more.
Working with Michael will bring you clarity, direction, and balance along your career and life paths.
Links From The Episode:
Michael's Website
Schedule a 30-min Check In Chat with Michael
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Julian's Bio: Julian’s story begins in the South side of Chicago, IL in 1981. After 10 years, his step-father moved his family to the well-off suburb of Hatfield, PA. In this first transition he realized his ability to explore different perspectives was the bridge between his current worldview and the viewpoints of others he wanted to befriend. Julian believes we are as good as the company we keep.
He set off on a journey to master change by focusing on the narratives and stories that we tell ourselves and those which we want to be. After discovering his strengths in transition, change, and growth, he set out on a mission to inspire and lead others to success. His perspective continues to evolve. Julian has taught at the University of Minnesota, led teams in 5 of the 7 continents, and provided scrum services to military adventures in Europe.
He has helped corporations successfully transition to new ways of getting work done and coached teams and executives which resulted in boosted trust, balance, and clarity and improved bottom lines. Whether you require agile transformation, a strategic plan, or innovative solutions for complex problems, Julian’s role as a certified Scrum Master is to be an accountability partner and bridge. As a holistic coach, his role is similar to that of a trusted caddie. Julian will work with you to understand your current story and walk with you to help write your future story.
Links From the Episode:Unified Solutions on LinkedIn: @unified solutions inc
Instagram: @unifiedsolutionsinc
Julian's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliancjohnson/
Unified Solutions Inc. Website: https://www.unifiedsolutionsinc.com/
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Pat's Bio: Pat received his degree in physical therapy from Boston University and his master’s in business administration from the University of St. Thomas. He has held multiple health care leadership positions spanning health systems, health plans, medical device manufactures and digital care delivery. He is passionate about improving the intersection of digital care, the provider, payer and the consumer.
A lifelong learner, Pat has also held several academic appointments and is a grant reviewer for the National Science Foundation’s SBIR seed fund, and served as an Industry Mentor for their I-Corp Innovation program.
Pat is a frequently invited national speaker covering topics ranging from clinical practice management, building clinical service lines to optimizing health and wellbeing solutions.
He has been the principal investigator in numerous clinical studies and has advised several clinical practices and medical device startups. He is the Vice President of Professional Practice of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association’s board of directors.
Links From the Episode:Patrick Tarnowski on LinkedIn
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Trish's Bio: Trish Perry, PCC is a certified master results coach, trainer and speaker. She is the founder of Harmonize Coaching, LLC. Trish uses the Power Path Process™ to help clients uncover their true power, resulting in achieving goals, increased engagement, productivity, self-confidence and joy.
Trish has 20+ years of mentoring and coaching experience in corporate and non-profit worlds. She understands and is dedicated to delivering outstanding results on a consistent basis. Trish was a successful executive at Target for 20 years as well as other organizations. She works with all levels from CEOs to administrative assistants. She also is certified in team coaching and specializes in building strong cross functional leaders and teams.
Trish’s specialty is coaching through adversities. A main tenet is “You are not your adversity”. Whether it is an individual dealing with illness, loss, life balance, work-related adversity or it is an organization or team wanting more engagement and productivity, there is usually an adversity that needs to be addressed. Trish has deep personal experience with powerful recovery from adversity including traumatic losses, breast cancer, layoffs, and dysfunctional bosses and teams. She has created the Power Path Process™ of coaching to get outstanding results for her clients.
Giving back to the community is one of Trish’s core values. She has given thousands of hours at non-profits such as The International Coaching Federation, Girl Scouts, Feed My Starving Children, MN Council of Churches and Minneapolis Public Schools. She has served as President on the board for the International Coach Federation for MN (ICF MN) and teaches Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (Jon Kabat Zinn) to teens.
Trish lives in Minneapolis with her husband of 30+ years, Jay, and their 3 wonderful children.
Links From the Episode:Harmonize Coaching Website
Email: Trish.Perry@harmonizeu.com
Trish's Power Path Process Workshop Registration Page - use the code "wellness" for early bird pricing
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Sam Harper is one of the founders of Hippy Feet — a Minneapolis-based sock and apparel company on a mission to provide jobs to homeless youth. Sam launched Hippy Feet in 2016 alongside co-founder, Michael Mader. Previously, Harper has held leadership positions across a number of technology organizations and high growth startups.
Michael Mader first came up with the idea for Hippy Feet when he suffered a traumatic brain injury as a senior in college. He realized that without having a support system, homelessness would have been a real possibility. Hippy Feet was created to provide this support system to those who didn't have one.
Today, Hippy Feet has provided transitional employment opportunities to over 130 young people affected by homelessness.
Links From the Episode:Hippy Feet Website
Hippy Feet Socks on Social Media
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Mark Ritchie's Bio: Mark Ritchie is president of Global Minnesota, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization devoted to advancing international understanding and engagement. A graduate of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and Iowa State University, Mark served as Minnesota’s Secretary of State from 2007 to 2015. He co-chairs the public-private partnership working to bring the 2027 World Expo to Minnesota and serves on the national board of directors for Expo USA, Communicating for America, the U.S. Vote Foundation, the Jefferson Center for New Democratic Processes, and the U.S. Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors. In 2019, Mark was appointed by then Secretary of the Army Mark Esper to serve as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (CASA) from Minnesota.
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Dr. Ayla Wolf's Bio: Dr. Ayla Wolf DAOM is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine specializing in neurological disorders, chronic pain, and concussion recovery. She is a faculty member of the Carrick Institute. She teaches courses for healthcare practitioners across the country on neurological exam techniques, functional neurology, dysautonomia, and concussion recovery, and has been a featured speaker in veterans groups on the topic of brain health.
During her time in Dallas, Texas she was the team acupuncturist for the UFC and Legacy fighters training out of Fortis MMA and Octagon. She currently treats patients in her private practice in Stillwater, MN.
Sophia Bouwens' Bio: Sophia is a licensed acupuncturist with an undergraduate degree in neuroscience and post-graduate training in functional neurology through the Carrick Institute. With a strong educational background in neuroscience and her own personal experience with traumatic brain injury, Sophia is passionate about helping support others to optimize their brain health, traumatic brain injury recovery, neurodegenerative disorders and finding relief from pain.
With a focus on the nervous system, Sophia is motivated by exploring and strengthening the relationship between an individual’s conscious experience of their body, and the body’s deeper operative systems. She seeks to work with patients to discover how to harness this relationship for control and precision in their health, overall wellbeing, and everyday life.
Her appreciation and passion for acupuncture came from using it to heal her own nervous system first from nerve damage following a mild snowboarding injury, and later after a life-threatening car accident resulting in a severe traumatic brain injury, from which she had to relearn how to walk, swallow and dress. She is now dedicated to helping others understand their bodies, and experience the same profound impact of acupuncture and applied clinical neuroscience to bring freedom and ease into their lives.
Links From the Episode:Healing Response Acupuncture and Functional Neurology Website
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Paul's Bio: Paul Johnson is the founder of Proactivism, a coaching and consulting firm that helps activists and nonprofit professionals change the world from a place of balance, mindfulness, and resilience. Leaning on nearly 10 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, Paul believes that it's possible--and necessary--to both work hard for social justice and prioritize your well-being. He also is a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and an Intercultural Development Inventory Qualified Administrator. He resides in South Minneapolis with his partner (Bailey), dog (Curry), cat (Pita), and a little one on the way!
Links From The Episode:Proactivism Website
Instagram: _proactivism
Proactivism on Facebook
Paul's LinkedIn Profile
Burn Bright to Stay in the Fight LinkedIn Group
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Michael Arterberry, Master Encourager, and Dynamic Motivational Speaker.
As a teenager, Michael was fortunate to receive guidance from positive adult role models who helped him overcome adversities and set high expectations for his future. Grateful for the role these mentors played in his own development, Michael decided to dedicate his professional life to helping people navigate the difficulties of life and launch their future into motion. For more than 25 years, he has been helping teens and adults to use what they have gone through as a catalyst for success rather than an obstacle for failure.
Michael received the 2010 USA Network’s Characters Unite Award for exceptional commitment to combating prejudice and discrimination while increasing tolerance and acceptance within the community. He is also the recipient of the 2014 100 Men of Color Award for leadership in education, government, mentorship, entrepreneurial success and community service.
In 2008, Michael founded Youth Voices Center, Inc. a non-profit with the mission of helping young people to become active, productive members of society by overcoming their obstacles, their history, stereotypes and even their own self-image and limiting beliefs.
Links From the Episode:
www.michaelarterberry.com
www.youthvoicescenter.org
www.shakethedirtexperience.com
www.facebook.com/michael.arterberry
www.facebook.com/beencouraged!
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Chef Marshall O'Brien joins me on the podcast to discuss how he brings nutritious and delicious together.
Chef Marshall's Bio: Marshall O’Brien, known as a "life improvement chef", is a dynamic speaker who has presented at national conferences and is a regular on Twin Cities television. He and his team have created numerous programs detailing how cooking and specific foods can improve one's quality of life.
His motto is “Nutrition on a Mission!” and they continually strive to “Put Delicious in Nutritious”. Chef Marshall is Founder and CEO of The Chef Marshall O’Brien Group, located in Minneapolis MN, It is a dedicated group of chefs, registered dietitians, researchers, writers and videographers committed to the goal of using nutrition to help improve the wellness of people of all ages, from children to the elderly, so they can lead happier, healthier lives. They work with businesses, schools, childcare facilities, city agencies, hospitals and families, acting as resources and leading programs that help increase people’s well-being through the use of delicious, nutritious food.
Links From the Episode:Chef Marshall's Website
Chef Marshall O'Brien Group on Facebook
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Lee Chambers joins me to discuss his work with with businesses to create culture change and heightened well-being.
Lee's Bio: Lee Chambers - Environmental Psychologist, Wellbeing Consultant and Founder of Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing Having spent the last 10 years working in a variety of fields, including local government, a corporate organisation, and in elite sports, he has now brought his experience and qualifications with the aim to impact the wellbeing of thousands of individuals and businesses through organisational wellbeing advancement, while looking to promote conscious and purpose lead leadership internally.
Lee has qualifications in Performance Nutrition, Environmental Psychology and Advanced Sleep Consultancy, and he delivers multi-disciplinary workshops focused on improving performance and productivity through increasing employee wellbeing. This is an issue very close to his heart, as after losing the ability to walk in 2014 due to chronic illness, he has battled back to achieve a positive health outcome, and is now on the pathway to become medication free.
He also presents the Health and Wellbeing show on Ribble FM Radio, and speaks in Educational establishments about his varied career path, health challenges and having a resilient mindset.
Based in Preston in the North of the UK, Lee is currently working with business owners and employee teams to create culture change, wellbeing strategies and champions. He is a father of 2, coaches a disability football team, and enjoys eating good food with good friends. He is currently writing his first book, "How To Conquer Anything", which will be released in November 2020.
Links From the Episode:Lee's My Authentic Purpose Book Here!: https://www.essentialise.co.uk/ebook/
Lee's Consultancy: https://leechambers.org
Twitter: @essentialise
Facebook/Instagram: @essentialisecoach
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-chambers-278a6518a/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/leechambersessentialise
Eric Collett, CEO and Principal of A Mind For All Seasons LLC, joins me to discuss revolutionary treatments for those living with Alzheimer's and dementia and preventative actions for those who want to protect their brains.
Eric's Bio: Eric Collett is the principal and CEO of A Mind For All Seasons, LLC, a consulting firm that provides education, coaching and consultation to seniors and the families and professionals who care for them. Eric is a licensed residential care administrator who has been working with seniors living with dementia and their families since 2000. Prior to starting A Mind For All Seasons, Eric spent ten years as an administrator, seven of which were as the Executive Director of a memory care community where he developed innovative approaches to person-centered care that made a significant difference in how persons living with dementia experience the world. He now spends his time working with hospitals, assisted living & skilled nursing facilities, home health, hospice & PCS agencies and families caring for persons living with dementia. Eric is also an instructor at Boise State University and teaches CNA students at CWI. He has served on the board of the Idaho Healthcare Association and currently serves as the education committee chair. As a public speaker and trainer, Eric has taught thousands of people how to understand and interact with persons living with dementia. He also presents frequently to groups large and small on diverse topics like leadership, organizational behavior, customer service, activity program development, team building, music history and poetry.
Eric graduated summa cum laude from the University of Utah with a degree in interpersonal communication and a minor in psychology. His training and experience make him uniquely suited to study the complex behavioral patterns of persons living with dementia, help others understand those patterns, and develop systems to put that understanding into action.
Links From the Show:A Mind For All Seasons on Facebook
A Mind For All Seasons Website
A Mind For All Seasons on YouTube
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Holly O'Hanlon joins me to discuss her mission to help people find their optimal health and use it as their foundation for a more peaceful, fulfilling, and productive life.
Holly's Bio: Holly is a multi-passionate Well-being and Leadership Coach who believes coaching can change the world. Her missions are helping working moms find more peace and reduce guilt through trust in themselves, and help leaders increase well-being and trust into their teams and work cultures. After 15 years in the corporate world, she recognized the need for more well-being in the workplace - especially among working moms - and decided to get certified as a coach. Ever since, she's enjoyed more time with her husband and two daughters, and helping women transform their lives from the inside out!
**Links From the Episode:
Coaching for Working Moms**
Holly@intrustwellness.com
www.intrustwellness.com
IG @intrustwellnes
FB www.facebook.com/intrustwellness
Leadership Development & Brene Brown's Dare to Lead™ work
www.TheDaringVenture.com
Coaching & Programs for Well-Being in the Workplace
holly@livewellleadwell.co
www.livewellleadwell.co
Dan Zeman, exercise physiologist, joins me to discuss the evolution of the fitness landscape in the Twin Cities, his book, You're Too Old to Die Young, and how he helped put the concept of structured fitness into the Minneapolis area.
Dan's Bio: Dan Zeman is an Exercise Physiologist with forty years of experience in the health, wellness, fitness and sports medicine arenas.
He started his career with cardiac rehab patients by helping change the approach from mandatory bedrest to daily physical activity after a heart attack or surgery. He quickly expanded his exercise expertise by working with individual’s encompassing a wide cross section of medical conditions, ages and levels of physical fitness.
The Sports Medicine community recruited him to work with the professional sports teams. He worked with the NFL, NHL and spent nineteen seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves performing tests to determine each player’s ideal playing weight. Dan worked very closely with three-time Tour De France winner Greg LeMond across the final years of his legendary cycling career.
Dan has done research looking into the aerobic capacities of wheelchair athletes, the professional mountain biker racer and helped open the door into mitochondrial adaptations with exercise.
Dan wrote and published a book to the aging male Baby Boomer entitled “You’re Too Old to Die Young”. As an aging male baby boomer, Dan understands the responsibilities and legacy defining consequences that accompany those who will live longer than any generation in history.
Links From The Episode:Dan's Book, You're Too Old to Die YoungDan's Website
Dan on LinkedIn
Charles Trittin, life guide, joins me to discuss how he joins others to create their story, find meaning amidst a noisy world, and discover the divine in ordinary life.
Bio: Charles Trittin (B.A., M.Div.) seeks to better lives and the world.
As a Life Guide he comes alongside and listens to your stories, questions and aspirations. He draws on his personal history of transcending challenges, 20+ years of family and natural systems training, and 25 years as a progressive pastor.
Working with Charles as a client includes:
•Creating your story •Assessing strengths and stressors •Transforming responses •Finding and developing perspectives •Navigating transitions •Separating thinking and feeling •Assisting in decisions •Strengthening relationships, teams and communities •Discovering your myths and metaphors •Promoting healing and wellness •Living authentically •Finding community •Turning your ideals into reality.
Charles is particularly adept at discovering the divine in everyday life, whether it be in lyrics to a song or something found alongside the sidewalk. Self, soul, spirit and relationships provide the cornerstones to his work, as they do life itself.
He jokes that words are his friends. His walls are filled with books and his desk covered in pads of paper and pencils. He loves to share what is on his mind through writings and public speaking. A gifted personal storyteller, Charles uses images, metaphors, and other rhetorical devices to share his thinking while assisting those who work with him in making discoveries.
Working and playing are the same for him. A wonderful meal of saltimbocca (Italian, “dancing on the tongue”) connects to what else is currently dancing in his life. A comedy special on Netflix speaks as well to the pain beneath all humor. Cheering for the Twins and Vikings are ways to be on the side of the underdog as well as the ever hopeful. U2 singing in the rain at TCF Bank Stadium on a hot July night celebrates joyous transcendence. The lengthy hospitalization and recovery of his wife forces him to shut out trivialities, focus only on what matters, and laugh and cry with his children amidst the absurdity.
He is profiled in the October 2020 Psychology Today article on resilience, “Designed for Success”.
Charles resides in Eagan, MN and is married to his wife of over 30 years, Denise. They have two adult children, Karl and Maggie, and a bluetick coonhound, Elvis.
Links From the Show:Charles' Website
Charles on LinkedIn
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Pam Ryan, CEO & Founder, joins me to discuss leadership, her work to help educators, and how it has changed during COVID-19.
Pam's Bio:Pam Ryan is the CEO and Founder of better3 Executive Leadership Development and Certified Dare to Lead TM Facilitator with an extensive background in education, learning and leadership development, process improvement, and strategic planning spans both the private and public sectors.
Pam has spent 20-plus years in K-12 education prior to starting her own business. She has taught, coached and led. Her most recent endeavor is the development of bettertogether3 , a fully integrative program focused on developing students who are able to maintain healthy relationships, self-regulate their emotional health, and show up with compassion & empathy.
Partnering with leaders of all levels and industries, Pam focuses on improving
Emotional Intelligence(EQ), systemic cohesion, conflict resolution, and safe, engaged workplace cultures. She helps people develop the courage building skills necessary to lead in an increasingly complex world. She brings Brené Brown’s research on courage, vulnerability, shame and empathy into organizations through and interactive experience while teaching individuals and teams how to move from armored leadership to daring leadership. Her clients love her commitment and passion to making lives “better.”
In addition to achieving the highly sought after Dare to Lead™ Facilitator Certification from Dr. Brené Brown, Pam is also a certified as a Social and Emotional Intelligence Coach by the Institute for Social + Emotional Intelligence (ISEI)®. She also was trained by the Pacific Educational Group in Beyond Diversity: Courageous Conversations. She has a MA in Curriculum and Development from the University of Minnesota as well as an M.ED in Educational Leadership from Hamline University.
Links From the Episode:Better Cubed Website
Pam's LinkedIn Profile
Resources on Pam's Website
Brené Brown's Podcast: Unlocking Us
The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ Website
Mike Grinberg and Gaby Israel Grinberg join me to share their journey to starting Proofpoint Marketing and give us a glimpse into what it looks like to be in business with your spouse.
Mike Grinberg Bio: Mike cut his teeth professionally in paid media, SEO and analytics and has agency, in-house and start-up experience, working on e-commerce, B2B and CPG brands. Mike, a graduate of the University of Minnesota, double-majored in business and graphic design and always thought he’d be a designer. After various internships, it was clear he was better suited for a career in digital marketing over design.
From a very early point in his career, Mike always knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur and strike out on his own. Though he never thought it would be with his wife, and he never imagined it would be as head of an agency. In fact, those were two things he said he did NOT want to do. But life has a funny way of pushing you toward the right path, one way or another.
As the fearless leader of Proofpoint Marketing, Mike is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the business, as well as new business development and overseeing the Performance Media Team.
When not working, Mike enjoys working out, listening to podcasts, running with his German Shepherd Samson, and being a Dad to Lana Rose. He is also a self-professed adrenaline junky and counts skydiving and scuba diving as some of his favorite experiences in life, so far. Hiking and anything outdoors is a close second.
Gaby Israel Grinberg Bio: Gaby started her career in her beloved Boston, after graduating from Boston University with a degree in communication. She honed her marketing and creative skills at a multi-cultural advertising agency in the client services side of the business. She delved into digital very early in her career and never looked back (though she does have a sentimental place in her heart for anything printed). Her love of writing led her down a path of content development and ultimately to social media marketing. After moving to Minneapolis in 2010, she continued honing her digital chops and worked in various agencies and in-house teams, including Sleep Number and Target.
As Vice President and Co-Founder, Gaby heads up the Client Services and Performance Content teams, and also supports New Business Development and marketing for the agency. She is the unofficial CMO and CCO (Chief Culture Officer) of Proofpoint. She is also officially and affectionately known as the “Breaker of Bottlenecks.”
While not at work, Gaby enjoys working out, creating photo books, consuming anything related to design and home decor, gardening, spending time with friends and family, and adores being a mom to Lana Rose. In her spare time, she also volunteers with the March of Dimes and is active in the prematurity community in the Twin Cities. One day, she plans to pen a children’s book inspired by the family’s journey with prematurity.
Links From The Episode:Proofpoint Marketing Website
Gaby Israel Grinberg on LinkedIn
Mike Grinberg on LinkedIn
Mike and Gaby's New Podcast, "Mixing Business with Pleasure" Launches on August 18th!
Kate Jackson, Founder of Ensō Wellbeing, joins the podcast to discuss taking ownership of how we feel by improving our relationship with ourselves and others.
Kate's Bio:
Kate Jackson is the owner of Ensō Wellbeing Coaching in St. Louis Park. Kate is a Certified Enneagram practitioner, a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, and holds a Masters in Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coaching from the University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing.
After facing a series of significant life events in a short period of time, including stage 4 cancer and divorce, she became deeply passionate about helping others find resources and tools to feel inspired and confident to empower their wellbeing. Her work focuses on helping clients develop deeper self-awareness in order to allow each client to identify tools and resources unique to their personal motivations and needs. Her skilled listening and thought-provoking questions guide clients to break down long-standing barriers and flourish in a newfound sense of freedom and competency.
While Kate laughingly shares that it took her multiple two-by-fours to force her to wake up, examine her life, and make changes to break from the auto-pilot life that was getting in her way, she hopes to inspire others to trust and embrace the power of self-awareness and self-development, leading themselves to a greater quality of life and wellbeing.
Kate offers free 20-minute consultations to those looking to gain a better understanding of how wellbeing coaching works and whether it would benefit a potential client's needs.
Links From the Episode:Ensō Wellbeing Website
The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ Website
Tamara Torres joins me to discuss aligning our priorities with our values.
Tamara's Bio: Tamara’s passion is helping busy professionals align their values with their schedules to have the time and energy for what matters most. To this end, she founded Optima Results Coaching and launched the Productivity with Heart series. Her background in psychology and integrative medicine, along with thousands of coaching interactions, has honed her ability to help her clients achieve results. Her personal values include: Family, Health, Service, Autonomy, and Growth.
When not coaching, Tamara loves spending time outdoors, playing cards with her family, and stand-up comedy. After multiple injuries from running and martial arts, Tamara has learned to adjust her expectations and embrace being the youngest in her water aerobics class.
Links From The Episode:Optima Results Coaching Website
Tamara's LinkedIn Profile
Optima Results Coaching on Facebook
Suzi Hunn, founder of Teach Your Thing, joins me on the show to discuss how businesses can empower people by teaching what they know.
Suzi's Bio:Suzi Hunn founded Teach Your Thing to help small businesses empower people by teaching what they know. If you’re a content creator who’s ready to build new containers for your message, you may need her in your life. And if you’re a purpose-driven leader who’s making an impact with your ideas, she may need you in hers.
Suzi lives by the rallying cry, “You have medicine that you must own.” Her specialty is helping clients create the right content for meeting their beloved audiences where they are: online courses, how-to videos, workbooks, white papers, and more.
She loved her 15 years as a curriculum writer and teacher trainer at the Minnesota Historical Society. After discovering the Good Life Project podcast, she fell in love with entrepreneurship. During her career she has developed engaging learning experiences for founders, authors, corporate franchisees, internal teams, social-studies students, and K-12 teachers.
She believes today’s economy provides an unprecedented opportunity to find fulfillment while making a difference, and her mission is helping leaders shape their strategy for doing it.
Links From The Episode:Teach Your Thing Website
The Twin Cities Wellness Collective Website
**Resources For Changemakers From Suzi:
Podcasts**
Authors Who Lead, Azul Terronez
Founders and Startups, Lisa Vogt
Good Life Project, Jonathan Fields
Life Skills that Matter, Stephen Warley
● (Episode 236, Turn What You Know into a Business with Suzi Hunn)
Tracking Wonder, Jeffrey Davis
Books
Body of Work: Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together, Pamela Slim
Creating a Life Worth Living: A Practical Course in Career Design for Artists, Innovators, and Others Aspiring to a Creative Life, Carol Lloyd
The Gig Economy: The Complete Guide to Getting Better Work, Taking More Time Off, and Financing the Life You Want! Diane Mulcahy
Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead, Tara Mohr
The Purpose Economy: How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth, and Community is Changing the World, Aaron Hurst
Show Your Work: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered, Austin Kleon
Michael Helmke, The Digital Concierge, joins me to discuss marketing and acquiring new clients in a COVID-19 business landscape.
Michael's Bio: After decades writing software and managing development teams, it was time for a change and Michael entered the wild world of marketing.
Turns out, marketing is great fun. Especially marketing copywriting where you have permission to break language rules, tell stories, and turn words into money like magic.
This biggest challenge facing business owners, Michael observes, is appearing as genuine online as they do when they are successfully getting clients "the old fashioned way".
Solving this challenge, Michael brings to bear years of experience with business strategy, digital expertise, and a strong drive to keep things as simple as possible.
Michael's current focus is helping business owners with existing success getting clients through "normal" means and helping them successfully reach more clients online. He also writes a thrice weekly email newsletter on marketing and business growth topics at TheDigitalConcierge.net
Links from the Episode:The Digital Concierge Website
Michael's LinkedIn
Tim McDonald joins us to discuss using fear to our advantage, creating community, and embracing opportunities during uncertain times.
Tim's Bio: Tim McDonald is a speaker and author who guides individuals and organizations on their journey to becoming conscious leaders. He helps them understand and internalize their role as community builders to deliver their product and/or service through trusted relationships that ignite movements with a customer focus. His experience working with organizations like No Kid Hungry, Cinnabon, Carvel Ice Cream among others, included leading the overall marketing vision, strategy and execution of social media campaigns, including blogger programs and influencer relationships.
Working directly on the No Kid Hungry campaign, GivingTuesday fundraising increased from $56,000 to over $249,000 in just 3 years, which translated into 2.49MM meals for kids in the US. Prior to that, Tim was the Director of Community for The Huffington Post, where he set strategy and oversaw a team of moderators, support and standards for the leading online news site with over 300 million comments and 70,000 bloggers. He also built and managed a community for Huffington Post's live streaming network, HuffPost Live, resulting in over 9,600 guests from more than 85 countries have joining live on-air and over 1.3 million comments on the platform.
Tim is passionate in his pursuit of purposefully connecting people. He instigates engagement and conversation, turning students into teachers and teachers into students. A skillful conversationalist, Tim encourages new ideas and navigating solid relationships through giving and receiving.
Links From the Episode:
Tim's Twitter
Tim's LinkedIn Profile
Tim's Book, The Fear AdvantageTim's WebsiteThe Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ Website
Charlie Engle and Sean Nielsen join me to discuss their company, ShareBoost Marketing, and how they are revolutionizing fundraising in youth sports while fostering community interaction.
ShareBoost Marketing is the mobile app developer and subsidiary of the Minneapolis/NYC-based Direct-to-Consumer & eCommerce startup partner, The People Centric. The People Centric is a direct to consumer & ecommerce incubator & accelerator with a family of brands designed to promote active & healthy lifestyles. Their brands produce innovative physical products paired with forward thinking digital experiences
Charlie's Bio: Charlie Engle is a global ultra-‐endurance athlete and the founder of the 5.8 Global Adventure Series, one of the most ambitious expeditions in modern history, trekking from the lowest to the highest points on all seven continents. He is also one of the most accomplished ultramarathon runners in the world, having placed in hundreds of races in dozens of countries.
His incredible athletic ability was profiled in the film, Running the Sahara, narrated by Matt Damon. The documentary highlighted his historic, record-‐setting journey with his two teammates across the world’s largest desert, running more than two marathons a day for 111 consecutive days, for a total of 4,500 miles. Charlie’s transcontinental run through deep sand and politically unstable countries remains one of the premier accomplishments in the ultra-‐endurance and adventure sports worlds. After crossing the Sahara and seeing the global water crisis first-‐hand, Charlie raised more than $6 million for clean water projects in
Africa and helped establish an organization called H20Africa, now known as Water.org, one of the largest water nonprofit in the world.
Charlie’s memoir, Running Man, became a bestseller shortly after it was published in 2016. While the book details his inspiring life story, it is about more than just running. It is about facing demons, overcoming impossible odds, keeping your sense of humor and discovering the redemptive power of putting one foot in front of the other, even when you feel like you can’t keep going.
His motivation to run and tackle extreme adventures stems from his battle with addiction to drugs and alcohol. Charlie has been in recovery since July 23, 1992, and he credits a large part of his recovery to the purposeful devotion and emotional release he experiences while running. He has said that “Drugs and alcohol were my way out. Running was my way through.”
Charlie is a dynamic speaker who has enthralled audiences around the world, from keynotes at the Boston Marathon and Google to the National Geographic Society, the United Nations and the deck of a nuclear-‐class U.S. Naval aircraft carrier.
He’s been featured in the New York Times, National Geographic Weekend, Outside, Runner’s World, NPR’s All Things Considered, Men’s Journal, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He lives with his wife, Astacianna Hatcher, in Durham, North Carolina.
Sean's Bio: Sean is tech entrepreneur specializing in mobile app development.
The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ Website
KK Myers and Maree Hampton, founders of LiveMore ScreenLess, join me to discuss how to use technology so that it doesn't detract from our well-being.
Bio: Maree Hampton and Katherine Myers are the co-founders of LiveMore ScreenLess. Their mission is to foster Digital Wellbeing for and with families, schools, and communities. They work at the intersection of education and public health and recognize the importance of a whole community approach to promote balanced use of screens while supporting the health and wellbeing of young people. They are proud to be an organization that amplifies youth voice as foundational to their mission. LiveMore is Research-Based, Data-Driven, and Youth-Inspired.
Links from the episode:
The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ Website
LiveMore ScreenLess Website
LiveMore ScreenLess on Facebook
Minnesota Senate Resolution
Amy Novotny joins me to discuss how she helps free others from pain.
Amy's Bio: Dr. Amy Novotny founded the PABR Institute™ with the mission to provide pain, stress and anxiety relief to those who seek a naturalistic form of treatment when other treatment methods have fallen short. Her unique approach comes from her experience treating in a variety of settings and with a wide range of patient populations over the past 10 years. Her background in orthopedics, sports, geriatrics, balance disorders, nerve injuries, and most recently, chronic pain; and influences from coursework at the Postural Restoration Institute gave her the foundation to develop this treatment method to address a wide variety of painful and restrictive conditions. She customizes all treatment plans to the individual to help them achieve their goals, whether it is to pick up a child, get through a work day pain free or play a sport. She co-authored a #1 Best-Selling book Don’t Quit: Stories of Persistence, Courage and Faith, which shares her journey on how and why she developed the PABR Method™. She is also part of the collaborative book, 1 Habit for Women Action Takers: Life Changing Habits from the Happiest Achieving Women on the Planet. Her ability to speak French and Spanish has allowed her to communicate with and help various clients from all around the world, including France, Mexico, Central America and South America. She has a variety of interests including running 40+ marathons, running 10 ultra marathons (including two 100 milers), photographing wildlife and landscapes all over the world that has led to several of her images being chosen as Photos of the Day, most notably National Geographic Your Shot World Top Photo of the Day. Visit her photography portfolio at www.amysimpressions.com.
Links From the Episode:The PABR Institute Website
Amy's Photography Portfolio
Margaret Bjork joins me on the show to discuss how companies can operationalize goodness.
Margaret's Bio: Margaret has worked to power good through technology for over 15 years. Helping corporations and nonprofits create, scale and communicate the impact they are having. Margaret works as a Director of Goodness Solutions for Benevity, which is a B-Corp, that help companies Power Their Company’s Purpose So They Can See More Success. Benevity has created a resource hub for COVID response for companies trying to understand how they can help, and where to start.
Starting as a practitioner in the nonprofit community, and then working for companies who provided the technology to nonprofits and corporations use to run their fundraising, employee engagement, HR, digital marketing. Margaret helps her clients find ways to operationalize goodness so that it is easy and scalable to combine Profit and Purpose and create engaging programs for their employees, consumers and communities.
Throughout her career she has worked hands on with some of the most recognizable Brands and the world's most admired nonprofits. In addition, she has also been selected by Self Magazine, as one of their #SelfMade Women, and was the Leadership and Career contributing editor for the online community Best Kept Self. Her work has also been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and as a top 25 finalist in the US Chamber of Commerce Free Enterprise “Dream Big” campaign.
Links From the Episode:Benevity's COVID-19 Resource Hub
Benevity's Website
Margaret's LinkedIn Profile
Twin Cities Corporate Volunteerism Council
Emma Laurence joins me to discuss how she provides support, tools, and structure to help others live their best life.
Emma's Bio: Emma Laurence has spent years in education, the performing arts, and spiritual service. She's an International Coach Foundation (ICF) certified life coach and the founder of Life Is Coaching You, her singular approach to serving those in challenging life transitions.
As an educator and international speaker, Emma's experience included everything from pre-school music, to high school theater, to corporate business writing and speaking for adults. As an award-winning actress, she studied the complex nature of the human psyche and learned to be fully present with others. Though Emma began as a shy singer/songwriter, she grew into a powerful musical performer, emerging from the shadows to share her expressive voice. And as a spiritual aide, Emma developed a rare ability to listen so others can hear their own truth. She trained for years in providing a compassionate, shame-free space and in shifting perspectives to unlock self-created prisons.
Emma's own life experiences, which include sexual assault, life-threatening surgery, marital separation and the rigors of building a business, have taught her resilience, courage, love, and trust.
Life is Coaching You Mission
Emma's mission in creating Life is Coaching You is to provide the necessary support, tools and structure for others to hear their own voice, discover their own path, and create their best life going forward. She works equally with Baby Boomers who are reinventing and Millennial clients experiencing Millennial burnout. She always sees significant progress and changes in six weeks.
Details and a free workbook can be found at lifeiscoachingyou.com. Millennials, click the pink button to get to your page.
Links from the Episode
www.lifeiscoachingyou.com
Jenny Landon joins me to discuss her mission to help others grow from the most difficult times in their lives.
Jenny's Bio: Jenny Landon uses the lessons she’s learned from the most difficult times of her life to create an experience for her audience that goes well beyond simply sharing a story. She connects with her audience through her own transparency and sense of vulnerability to help them develop a better understanding for mental health and how to support it. Jenny’s need for understanding mental health began in 1999 after she lost her father to suicide. Determined to understand his death, she focused the remainder of her undergraduate studies on depression and how to heal after experiencing such a loss.
Jenny graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in psychology and went on to be a trained crisis counselor and public educator on suicide prevention. Still, she credits her life experiences as being the best teacher in helping her better understand mental health. In addition to losing her dad, Jenny became suicidal as a result of missing the signs that she was experiencing postpartum depression. In recent years, Jenny’s attention has been on understanding the mental health of her adolescent daughter and helping her to live a life she loves after nearly losing her to suicide.
Shining a light on the importance of addressing how we are speaking about mental health is a critical element to Jenny’s message on how we can save more lives. She firmly believes it requires a shift in perspective to develop a true understanding of mental health and that this shift will change the way we speak, think and respond to those experiencing mental health struggles. Through her talk along with the materials she provides, Jenny is determined to not only save lives, but also improve the lives we’re living.
Links from the Episode:Growing Out of Darkness Website
GOOD Chats
Today, we have a unique edition of the podcast. Joel and Amy Swanson join me to tell their powerful and uplifting adoption story. Professionally, Joel is a Certified EOS and Traction Implementer and Amy creates and directs cross-cultural immersion programs for high school students.
Links for Further Exploration:Swanson Adoption Journey BlogJoel's Business: Mile One
Dr. Read Sulik joins me to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and how we can support one another through this difficult moment in time.
Dr. Read Sulik is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Praestan Health, a technology-based behavioral health company, and the creator of Portages™, a Digital Health program designed to empower improved mental health and wellbeing, build resiliency and vitality, and overcome stress, anxiety and depression He is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Adult Psychiatrist and Pediatrician, who has for over 20 years passionately pursued the vision, design, development and delivery of innovations in technology, education and care delivery needed to improve mental health and wellbeing for individuals, families and communities. He is a popular, sought after speaker on mental health and wellbeing. At Praestan Health, he continues to forge new paths needed to bring better mental health and wellbeing solutions and services to individuals, organizations and communities.
Portages is a whole-person, evidenced-based program designed to help users continuously self-assess, self-monitor and be self-guided using a whole-person approach to build emotional resiliency, manage stress, and overcome depression and anxiety. Portages integrates the best scientifically proven practices from Positive Psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Health Coaching, Motivational Interviewing and Habit Formation. The program is delivered through a mobile app that is available on tablets and smartphones with a built-in web interface. Professionals supporting individuals using Portages can collaborate with them using the same digital platform and through telehealth or face-to-face consultation providing uniquely personalized guidance that is always informed by the individual’s current needs as measured in the repeated self-assessments.
Links for Further Exploration:
Praestan Health
Portages
Dr. Read Sulik on LinkedIn
Dr. Read's Article, "Let's Be Smart, Safe, and Strong" and a chart depicting anxiety and its effects
Jennifer Zick, CEO and Founder of Authentic Brand, joins me to share her journey to starting Authentic Brand, how to eliminate random acts of marketing, and prioritize our best ideas.
Jennifer's Bio: Jennifer Zick is the CEO and Founder of Authentic Brand, a management consulting and marketing leadership firm, specializing in Fractional CMO services for growing businesses. For over 20 years, Jennifer has built brands and businesses locally and globally, as a sales and marketing executive for companies including Magnet360, PwC, and Corporate Visions. She is the past-president of the Business Marketing Association of Minnesota (now part of ANA), an award-winning business leader, and the founder and organizer of a grassroots community service movement called Two Or More.
Links from the episode:Authentic Brand Website
Jennifer's LinkedIn
Kristine Keykal, Co-Founder and CEO of AdvantageHealth Corporation, joins me to discuss how company's can bolster the well-being of their employees.
Kristine's Bio:Kristine has spent the last 20+ years developing a variety of health promotion initiatives in order to improve the health and well-being of populations. This has included consulting with a wide variety of employer groups including businesses, community organizations, educational clients and the government sector to develop strategic, results-oriented wellness programs. She co-founded AdvantageHealth Corporation in 2001 as a means to assist organizations with creating a healthier and more productive workforce. Clients appreciate her thoughtful and tactical mentality to worksite wellness, plus her “not every size fits all” approach. Her goal is to develop a sustainable program that best fits each client’s needs, interests and health risks and that shows a positive value on their investment. Kristine holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of Northern Colorado, plus a double-major in Community Health & Physical Education from St. Cloud State University. When she’s not working, Kristine enjoys training for marathons, instructing group fitness classes, and chasing after her three kids.
Links From the Episode:Website:https://www.advantagehealth.com/
Colt Thompson joins me to discuss how ARPwave can accelerate recovery and eliminate pain.
Colt's Bio:ARP is an acronym for Accelerated Recovery Performance and these 3 words resonate well with what ARPwave is all about…Accelerating Recovery times from injury and surgery and helping people perform/move freely without pain. Colt Thompson has been involved with ARPwave since 2004 and is currently the Vice President and General Manager at ARPwave. His passion for performance and healing started at a young age, engrained and developed by his father Denis Thompson CEO and Founder of ARPwave. Over the last 16 years Colt and Denis have developed protocols and business models that have successfully treated 500,000+ patients including thousands of professional athletes. To find a local provider, get more information or to see if ARPwave Therapy will work for you, please visit our website www.ARPwave.com.
Alex Stalberger and Lilly Zaborowski, founders of Well Connected Twin Cities, join me to discuss they work to connect the community with talented wellness practitioners.
Well Connected Twin Cities Introduction: Well Connected Twin Cities makes it easy to explore and connect with local health and wellness services. Lilly and Alex both had a vision of connecting our communities through relatable, informative content and events.
Lilly brings over 10 years of marketing and business strategy experience from the corporate world, working for companies like Gap and Target to deliver great products to consumers. With a strong interest in holistic health, she loves helping people find solutions that fit their lifestyle and help them feel better.
Alex emboldens our local professionals to think bigger, and work together toward a common goal. With her 6+ year's experience as a mentor and holistic health coach for some of our cities’ most vulnerable communities, she loves listening to each person’s story and collaborating to rewrite the future.
Together, Lilly + Alex encourage the health-curious to discover what’s possible.
Links From the Episode:Well Connected Twin Cities Website
Well Connected Twin Cities Instagram
Well Connected Twin Cities on Facebook
I am joined by Marin Laukka, owner of Yes&, LLC to discuss her journey to opening her own business, her life coaching methodology, and how she practices well-being in her own life.
Marin's Bio: Marin is the owner of Yes&, LLC. As a coach, she endorses an important balance between the utility of research and data with authentic experiences and wisdom.
- Marin’s Master’s degree in positive developmental psychology established her foundational, research-based understanding of the practices and outcomes that constitute a life of flourishing and wellbeing.
- Professional training in the field of evaluation revealed the importance of accountability and data-driven decision making, and provided me with a unique skillset to utilize in the development of Yes& programs and client work.
- Moreover, certifications in yoga and life coaching cultivated her ability to ask powerful questions, hold grounded space for reflection and exploration, and guide herself and others toward a full, authentic life.
Marin believes it is paramount to maintain a healthy work-life blend. Rock climbing is her latest active adventure, and she will always make room for chocolate peanut butter ice cream. Of utmost importance, she also has an overwhelming love for dogs.
Through Yes&, Marin offers a 6-month one-on-one coaching package in addition to speaking events & workshops. To learn more, you can sign up for your free coaching consult at yesandbymarin.com/coaching-consult
Links from the Episode:Yes& Website
I am joined by Keri Mangis to discuss her new book, Embodying Soul: A Return to Wholeness—A Memoir of New Beginnings.Keri's Bio: Keri is a curious seeker and truth speaker, an Earth Realm explorer and Soul Realm mediator, a philosopher and boundary-free visionary.
On the surface, Keri Mangis might seem a gentle yet candid introvert. But peel back a layer and you’ll uncover an inquisitive explorer of inner and outer realms. Peel back another layer and you might see a brave visionary pioneering her own brand of spiritual revolution. She has studied or taught yoga, Ayurveda, herbal medicine, energy work, aromatherapy, Buddhism, Hinduism, Tantra, Christianity, and other spiritual teachings and healing modalities.
A Minneapolis-based writer and speaker, her work has appeared in Elephant Journal, Urban Howl, The Sunlight Press, Grown and Flown, Rebelle Society, The Good Men Project, Stitch, Literary Mama, and elsewhere. Embodying Soul is her first book.
She also has a new podcast entitled Awaken your Power. In this podcast, she seeks to redefine power from something we try to get from the outside world to something that we cultivate from within.
Links From the Episode:Keri's Website: KeriMangis.com
Keri's Book: Embodying Soul: A Return to Wholeness—A Memoir of New Beginnings
Podcast: Awaken your power
Keri on Social Media:
Facebook
Alex and I discuss Imbue, a startup seeking to revolutionize the fitness industry by offering a membership to multiple gyms for one flat monthly fee.
Alex's Bio: Alex is a former division one athlete turned entrepreneur. He likes to say his first startup was his running career - starting his sophomore year he went from an average high school runner to being one of the top runners in the country his senior season, competing nationally at USA Juniors - earning him a scholarship at the University of Kentucky. After one year, he left university for the untrodden path. He worked at a marketing agency for a while then went to work with a sportswear brand based in Europe, helping them enter the market with brand deals between USA Ski & Snowboarding Team as well as large retailers like REI. While working abroad in Poland, the seeds for imbue we're sewn.
Liked the podcast? have any ideas for imbue? know any gym owners or potential members? shoot Alex an email at carrabre@imbue.world.
Website: imbue.world
Download the App: app.imbue.world
are you a gym owner? download the gym portal application & get your gym on imbue! gymportal.imbue.world
RSVP for the Upcoming Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ Event: https://tcwc_whyselfcareisntselfish.eventbrite.com
Casey Hall, President of Lumberjack Social, and I discuss his journey to starting his own digital agency, enterprise social media, and the transition to life as a business owner.
Casey's Bio: Casey Hall is an enterprise social media consultant and founder and president of Lumberjack Social. His agency specialize in helping global B2B technology organizations with enterprise social media strategy, employee advocacy programs, and executive social media activations. Casey has authored numerous articles and is a regular speaker at Social and Digital marketing events across North America, and recently in India. His mission is to make social media better. Better for people and better for businesses.
Prior to founding the Lumberjack Social LLC agency, Casey spent ten years in-house with Thomson Reuters, most recently as Global Lead for Social Media Communications. Casey started his professional journey as a practicing attorney in Minneapolis, where he lives with his family.
Lumberjack Social Website
Dr. Patty Hlava and I discuss how she helps others to uncover the best versions of themselves.
Dr. Patty's Bio: Dr. Patty Hlava is a personal transformation guide specializing in Ayurveda, yoga, and psychology. She helps people live meaningful lives and unveil the best versions of themselves. In 2018, she retired from her clinical psychotherapy practice to develop AwakenPeace Healing. As a certified Yoga Health Coach, Intrinsic coach, Ayurveda Wellness Coach, meditation instructor, and registered yoga teacher, Patty is an expert in guiding others toward sustainable habit changes for mind, body, and spirit. Learn more at: www.AwakenPeaceHealing.com
Links from the EpisodeWebsite: https://www.awakenpeacehealing.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AwakenPeaceHealing
Course offerings: https://awakenpeace.mykajabi.com/store
Gratitude Audio course on Insight Timer: http://insig.ht/course_the-power-of-gratitude-to-enrich-your-life
Upcoming Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ Event: Stress Resiliency: Why Self-Care Isn't Selfish- RSVP Here
Margaret Ricci and I discuss how harnessing strengths creates more effective teams and leaders.
Margaret's Bio: *I understand and turn around under-performing leadership teams. I also help put together your best teams, starting at the executive level and beyond. When the right leaders are in the right seats, each using their innate talents and harnessing their team’s talents, the company succeeds on all metrics.
As the first triple-qualified Gallup Coach, the first Gallup Builder Profile 10 (BP10) Coach in the 4-State Area, and one of only 300 BP10 Coaches worldwide, I help leadership teams excel. Qualified as a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, Gallup Q12 Employee Engagement Champion and Gallup BP10 Coach, I use insights from Gallup’s suite of powerful tools and my own business experience as a C-Suite and middle management executive to help leaders create successful companies with engaged employees.
I initially discovered my passion for teaching, coaching and consulting through Gallup’s CliftonStrengths and other assessments in the midst of an industry-event layoff. I’d been in the architectural and engineering industry as a Contracts Administrator, responsible for creating, negotiating and administering contracts for projects from $5,000 to $1.6B for over 30 years and was the COO of an international toy company. What was I really wired to do? During my discovery process, I found that my passion lay in creating super-powered teams by teaching them to use the unique, innate abilities within each member and harnessing these abilities toward greater success, but also in getting the dysfunction out of these teams.*
*Now with Gallup’s BP10 assessment and Lencioni’s Overcoming The Five Dysfunctions of a Team in my toolkit, my current coaching focus is helping leadership teams work together more effectively to power their companies toward success and create strong cultures with employee engagement. So many employees suffer under leaders who are also miserable because they are in the wrong leadership seats. When leadership teams are well-aligned within their strengths, the organization thrives, the culture is positive and employees are engaged. Strengths-based organizations have been proven to build high-performing cultures, excelling beyond normal business outcomes.
I was also selected to establish the Twin Cities Chapter of the COO Forum. The COO Forum was an important source of peer support when I was a COO of an international toy company, I am delighted to head the new Chapter in Minneapolis / St. Paul.*
- Cultural Strategies https://www.culturalstrategiesllc.com/
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretricci/
- Gallup General Info https://www.gallup.com/home.aspx
- Gallup Builder Profile 10 (BP10) https://www.gallup.com/builder/
- The COO Forum https://www.cooforum.org/
I am joined by Dr. Erik Reis to discuss his company, Shift, and how to bolster productivity and employee engagement.
Dr. Erik's Bio: "Dr. Erik Reis is an international speaker and educator, with over 6 years of clinical experience as a Doctor of Chiropractic and board-certified Functional Neurologist, working with some of the most complex neurological and metabolic conditions throughout the world. He received his Doctorate in Chiropractic from Northwestern Health Sciences University and graduated from the University of Minnesota with his Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology/Exercise Science. He currently holds a diplomate in Functional Neurology from the American Chiropractic Neurology Board, an accredited agency within the American Chiropractic Association.
Dr. Reis believes the connection between optimal neurological function and nutritional status is essential to understanding how to fully maximize brain function and cognitive performance, which is why SHIFT takes a multifaceted approach to working with businesses and employees to optimize workplace productivity and employee engagement by implementing simple solutions and habits that integrate neuroscience, functional nutrition, mindfulness, and holistic coaching practices."
Website: http://www.shifttogreat.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drerikreis/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SHIFTToGreat/
On the 75th episode of the Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ Podcast, I am joined by Michelle LaFrance, Certified BANKCODE Trainer. Michelle discusses the four personality types and the importance of understanding each of them, so we can build better relationships and effectively communicate how our product or service can be of value to them.
My Top 3 Takeaways:
- How to communicate the value you bring to different personalities
- How to grow our compassion for people different from ourselves
- Utilizing empathy to connect on a deeper level
Links From the Episode:Crack Your Own Personality Code
Michelle's LinkedIn Profile
Smarty Pants Web Marketing Website
On episode 74 of the Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ Podcast, I interview Terri Mattson, Owner of Beginning Today Lifestyle Wellness, to discuss her mission to help bolster the wellness of others in our community.
My Top 3 Takeaways from this Episode:
- Start by making small changes and growing from there
- Celebrate your successes when you hit a goal
- Integrating accountability into your journey towards heightened well-being
Connect with Teri:
- Highlights from one of Terri's Speaking engagements
- Beginning Today Lifestyle Wellness Website
- Terri's Twitter: Terri@lifestyle_well
- Beginning Today Lifestyle Wellness on Facebook
- Beginning Today Lifestyle Wellness on Instagram
- Terri Mattson on LinkedIn
I am joined by artist Cherryl Galezewski to discuss her journey through adversity and how she channeled her experience to create PassAlong Gifts.
My 3 Takeaways from this episode:
- Cherryl's joy in the midst of difficult life circumstances
- Cherryl's attitude of giving even when she faced adversity
- Kindness and its power to unite communities
Links from the episode:PassAlong Gifts Website
PassAlong Gifts on Facebook
PassAlong Gifts on LinkedIn
Episode brought to you by Novel Coworking
Steve Donofrio, keynote speaker and trainer, joins me for a discussion on improving confidence and why it's so important.
My Top 3 Takeaways:
- The obstacles that stand in the way of improving confidence
- How leaders can help to improve the confidence of those they lead
- The story of Mohini the tiger and its lesson for improving well-being
Links from the episode:Steve's Website: http://boostconfidencenow.com/
Steve's LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/steve-donofrio-801534121
I sit down with Bri Harrington, Founder of Seek United, to learn how companies benefit from helping their employees thrive.
My Top 3 Takeaways:
- Hyper consumption and its impact on the well-being of Americans
- The role of businesses in supporting the well-being of their employees
- Doing activities that promote well-being for joy of doing them, not just for the benefits
Bri's Blog Posts:
How to Start a Meditation Practice
How to Improve Your Stress Resiliency at Work
How to Build a Capsule Wardrobe
10 Tips to a Thriving Corporate Wellness Program
33 things I Learned From a Week-Long Declutter With My Mother
Links to Seek United:
Seek United's Workshops
Seek United's Website
Seek United on Facebook
Seek United On Instagram
Seek United on LinkedIn
I sit down with Candice Guertin to learn more about integrative medicine and her work as a marriage and family therapist.
My top three takeaways:
- Candice's journey to finding integrative medicine and experience working with a naturopathic doctor
- How Candice's passion blossomed into starting the MPLS Integrative Medicine group
- How Candice works with others as a marriage and family therapist
Links from the episode:Candice's LinkedIn Profile
@candicewellness on Instagram
Candice's Personal Website
I learn more about Shuang Sundquist's company, Beihu Chinese Institute and her mission to help adults learn Chinese.
My Favorite Takeaways:
- Shuang's experience with American culture as a Chinese native
- How Shuang harnessed her experience from starting a non-profit in China to start a business in Minnesota
- How language can give you a view into someone else's world
Links from the Episode:Beihu Chinese Institute Website
Twitter: @ChineseBeihu
Facebook: Beihu Chinese Institute
Special Offer From Shuang:1. Use “beihupromo” to get 50% off for all our modules of Self-study Chinese Curriculum.
2. In 3 months, Self-study Chinese book can be purchased in hard copy, with hand-made ancient Chinese Ming-Dynasty and thread binding style.
3. Shuang is offering a free 2-hour consultation to whomever is interested in Chinese studies.
I sit down with Amanda Arnold to learn more about her business, Soul Fit. Soul Fit works to enhance the well-being of the mind, body, and soul. Amanda focuses specifically on residential apartment buildings and helps to make physical fitness easily attainable for residents.
My takeaways from Ep. #068:
- Amanda's focus on incorporating other elements of well-being into her training
- The importance of testing in creating workout programs that are ideal for your unique body type
- Amanda's entrepreneurial spirit and desire to grow a business that bolsters the well-being of others
Links from the Episode:
Soul Fit Health and Wellness Website
Soul Fit Minnesota Website
Soul Fit Facebook Page
Instagram: @SoulFitResidentialHW and @SoulFitMN
Soul Fit LinkedIn
I dive deep into Portages™, a total well-being solution, with its creators, Dr. L Read Sulik and Dr. Michael Bloomquist.
More about Portages™:
Portages™ is a whole-person, science-based, personalized mental health and wellbeing improvement program designed to overcome stress, anxiety and depression and build resiliency through guided transformation of health behaviors and habits. To portage literally means to carry your vessel and your gear on a path from one body of water to the next to continue your journey. Similarly, improving mental health and wellbeing requires intentionally moving your mind and body through multiple paths of change and growth to continue the journey to become your best self and feel happy, healthy and fulfilled. Portages provides individuals with an unparalleled self-assessment that generates an immediate personalized step-by-step plan for change where it is needed most. Individuals can use Portages independently or collaboratively with a practitioner who guides them through their own Portages Journey.
Portages is accessed on a user-friendly web platform and a full spectrum of virtually-accessible Coaching, Therapy and Psychiatry is available through Praestan Health. Our solution is dynamic, continuously adaptive and precisely responsive to each individual’s unique change journey providing ongoing guidance and support to achieve ideal results. Our data analytics and the development of machine learning algorithms assures that the more Portages is used, the better it will be in personalizing the best plan matched to each individual’s unique needs.
My takeaways from Ep. #067:
- Realizing the depth of scientific research that went into the creation of Portages™ and how the research is being used to improve lives
- How the application of Portages™ could improve healthcare and help people to thrive
- How the individualized report not only shows results, but also provides infrastructure to improve well-being
Links from the Show:
Praestan Health
Portages™
Portages™ Facebook
Portages™ on LinkedIn
Greg Bancroft is a writer and speaker with a passion for baseball—and helping others overcome shame. He has spent a lifetime writing, speaking, teaching in roles as diverse as an Episcopal priest, pastoral counselor, adjunct professor, Navy Chaplain, corporate trainer, community engagement leader, as well as in sales and marketing positions within Fortune 500 companies.
In a world where so many people are carrying the weight of shame, Greg brings desperately needed affirmation and encouragement. Be inspired to trade your negative self-talk for the motivation to show up and claim the success you've always wanted for your life.
“You can stay stuck, you can choose to be a victim or you can swing. You can decide ‘I'm going to get into the game of life and I'm going to swing and the easiest thing to do is to just show up’.”- Greg Bancroft
Timestamps
05:15 - Problems that society faces nowadays
07:28 - The feeling of shame and why is it the norm these days
09:21 - What is positive affirmation
11:31 - How to create a supportive environment around you
14:07 - Why he used baseball in parallel to the message he sets out in most of his books
18:46 - Showing up, Digging in and Sucking less.
21:01 - Changing mindsets and pulling yourself up from the feeling of shame
23:02 - The contagious effect of positive affirmation
26:02 - Recognition and awards received for his published books
34:21 - How to maintain a work-life balance
37:24 - On uncovering other people's giftedness
42:26 - What it's like for three-generation families living together under one roof
49:08 - What well-being means to Greg
Key Takeaways:
“And you know, getting that one extra hit doesn’t sound like a lot, but it doesn't take much to move from 250 or 300, so, progress, not perfection. And I think people resonate with those kinds of messages and they realize that you know what, I do seem to have a lot more failures than I do have successes. I'm not perfect and I do matter. I'm more important than something or an object. I really do matter.” - Greg Bancroft
“And so relationships are the same way. Families are the same way. You've got to show up, you gotta be there and it's not about you, it's about us. And you gotta do your part. You gotta dig in, you gotta swing and that sucks less. We're not going to be perfect, but we'll get better when we practice.” - Greg Bancroft
Connect With Greg Bancroft
- Ggregorybancroft.com
- YouTube
Connect with Alex Morrall
- The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™
- Youtube -The Twin Cities Wellness Collective
Charlie Mayne is the owner and founder of a full-service agency called Mayne Sales and Media. They have worked with clients ranging from your local food truck all the way up to clients like State Farm. They take an approach to online marketing that is intentionally designed to generate both profits from the campaigns as well as long-term brand awareness.
Listen in as Charlie shares how he helps transform and create innovative design experiences that make a global impact for clients' brands. Also, Charlie shares value-packed business ideas . Hear how he integrates work and life as well. His work-life balance is just worth emulating for.
“ I think realistically you have to take a step back in order to take a step forward and really give yourself a break from that daily grind to assess where the business should be headed. Start with your passion, but ultimately, make sure that you take a step back from the daily grind in order to take a step forward and really progress.” - Charlie Mayne
Timestamps
02:10 - A backstory of how he got into the business
03:16 - What his business niche is all about
04:53 - Discover, dive, develop and drive
07:15 - Driving sales and not just driving impressions
09:10 - What is a brand-centric content
11:07 - How to get your traction as a start-up in marketing and sale
13:40 - Going after something you are passionate about
14:37 - On shutting off and taking vacations
18:46 - Why have teams work from home
20:33 - How was he able to manage his team well
21:31 - The challenge of going on your own, starting your own business and how he overcame it
28:18 - What does his daily wellbeing routine look like
31:03 - What wellbeing is to him
Key Takeaways:
“You don't always just envision sitting in the office, 24 hours a day. Eventually, you envision yourself stepping out and going on a vacation or spending time with your family or having the ability to leave work and go to a recital or something for your kids without having to like request time off.” - Charlie Mayne
“The whole point of starting your own businesses is to build some type of life for yourself that you've always foreseen. And if you're burning out, if you're not thinking about your wellbeing, to at least some extent along the way, it's going to get old really quick.” - Charlie Mayne
“Wellbeing comes from a state of happiness within. If someone says that you know they're in a state of wellbeing, I think it has to do with a sense of being happy and content with where you're at in your life and what's going on around you.” - Charlie Mayne
Connect With Charlie Mayne
- maynesalesandmedia.com
- Email: charles@maynesalesandmedia.com
Connect with Alex Morrall
- The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™
- Youtube -The Twin Cities Wellness Collective
Dr. Scott Schreiber has been in practice since 2004. He is double Board Certified in Rehabilitation and Clinical Nutrition. He specializes in manipulation, rehabilitation, nutrition, and lifestyle changes. Combined with years of experience, this allows him to see a wide variety of patients, including tough cases where other treatments have failed.
Listen in to this episode to have a 10,000 ft. view of the chiropractic side of medicine and how Dr. Scott gives premium care catered to every patient’s need to help them move better, feel better, and live better.
“You got to lay out a plan to get there. It's not going be a straight line. You're going to have bumps in the road and that's okay, but you just got to slowly work your way to that end. But like I said, also need those professionals in your corner to help you, guide you and coach you in the right direction.”
- Scott Schreiber
Timestamps
03:36 - Story of how he got into chiropractic practice
04:54 - Talking about the uniqueness of his practice
06:28 - Mobility problems in patients and how to treat them
07:40 - Different patients require different treatments
09:25 - Treatment based on the patient's assessment
10:27 - How he integrates nutrition into his work
11:42 - How he provides support and on-going monitoring of the patient's well-being
17:04 - Patient success stories
19:52 - Problem-based system against wellness-based system
21:55 - Compensating with unhealthy for healthy
24:52 - Sharing his thoughts on being an owner and the challenges and rewards that come with it
28:06 - His views on work life integration
29:51 - Habits and practices that contribute to his own personal wellbeing
32:34 What's well being for him: "It's your spiritual side, your physical side, your emotional side, all those, you know, need to work in congruence with each other and be optimum."
Key Takeaways
“ Some patients are attached to their pain. You know, they don't want to let it go but they want relief.” - Scott Schreiber
“I don't have all the answers. I know what I know and I don't know a lot more than what I know. I think it’s all about the patient. If I can help them, great. But if I can't, I will at least want to push them in a direction where I think this other provider or another professional can take care of them.” - Scott Schreiber
Connect With Scott Schreiber
- mnspineandsport.com
- YouTube
Connect with Alex Morrall
- The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™
- Youtube -The Twin Cities Wellness Collective
Senia Mae Tuominen is the owner of Healing InSight Acupuncture and Holistic Medicine, where she and her team of practitioners help people of all ages feel great, lose weight and look younger. She loves helping other business owners restore their optimal health and energy so they can make their business dreams come true.
Senia is the Holistic Health Expert on Twin Cities Live and has been featured in Minnesota Monthly, Pioneer Press, Star Tribune, Women’s Health, FM107, and the cover of Saint Paul Magazine. She loves taking the woo-woo factor out of acupuncture and making it approachable for everyday people, as well as sharing holistic remedies to take the guesswork out of self-care.
In this episode, Senia brings us into the world of Chinese medicine and highlights its contribution to one’s optimal well-being.
“Finding time to just be alone and be by myself is really key...whether that's going on a retreat by myself or taking a weekend away to really reset. Those I think are really key for helping unravel some of the stress that we deal with.”- Senia Mae
Live clips on holistic healing: https://healinginsightonline.com/category/videos/
Timestamps
05:58 - Chinese medicine versus western and traditional medicine
12:13 - The support provided to help patients
13:24 - The health benefits of acupuncture
18:15 - Why eating warm food serves us better
19:59 - The two phases of healing within Chinese medicine
23:25 - What a holistic approach Chinese medicine looks like
24:36 - the need for an expert when you have health issues or just feel stuck
26:44 - Thoughts on getting experts to help you run your business
31:03 - the need to maintain a healthy routine
33:01 - Finding out what really gives you energy and hiring out what stresses you out
36:53 - TV as a medium for promoting your business
38:46 - Talking about her work-life balance and having a structure in your daily schedule
48:12 Her definition of well-being: “That you have optimal health in all areas of your life so that you can do the great work that you were put on this earth to do. And when we feel our best, we're able to really use our gifts in the greatest way possible to help the world as much as we possibly can.”
Key Takeaways
“We continue to take good care of ourselves because when we feel better then we're able to do all the things that we're meant to do We're not being held back by something in our bodies. So I think that makes a big difference.” - Senia Mae
“I think if people are feeling really stuck and they don't know what to do for themselves at that point, I think it's really great to bring in an expert.” - Senia Mae
Connect with Senia Mae Tuominen
- Healing Insight Acupuncture and Holistic Medicine website: www.healinginsightonline.com
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HealingInSightAcu/
Who would’ve thought that an accident will not only change your life but a thousand more? How would the painful experiences lead you to a mission to spread awareness and help others?
Amy Zellmer is an award-winning author, speaker, and traumatic brain injury survivor. She is a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and Thrive Global; and also produces a podcast series and TBI TV for survivors and caregivers. In November 2015, she released her first book, Life with a Traumatic Brain Injury: Finding the Road Back to Normal which received a silver award at the Midwest Book Awards. She sits on the Brain Injury Advisory Council for the Brain Injury Association of America and is a Citizen's Advocate with the Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance. She travels the country with her Yorkie, Pixxie, for her #NOTINVISIBLE awareness campaign -- bringing awareness about this invisible injury that affects over 3.5 million Americans each year.
In this episode, Amy shares her mission to be the voice for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and bring awareness to the world. She hopes to educate survivors, caregivers, friends, and family, as well as the medical community and break the stigma surrounding TBI and concussions.
“Having gone through what I've gone through, it has changed my perspective. And well-being to me means just being well...there's always something that can make you feel well and just knowing that even when you're having a really crummy day, you can still be well.”
– Amy Zellmer
Get Amy's Books
- Life with a Traumatic Brain Injury: Finding the Road Back to Normal
- Embracing the Journey: Moving Forward After Brain Injury
Timestamps:
02:42 – Amy narrates her personal experience that led her to start Faces of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
04:00 – The adverse effects on her body after suffering from traumatic brain injury
05:53 – The road to recovery: finding her calling and purpose in writing and sharing her story
14:08 – The challenges encountered with doctors
16:53 – Difference of treatments with a functional neurologist and mainstream medicine
25:40 – Best ways to offer support and help to persons with TBI
27:41 – Sharing how she manages her time for work, family, and self-care
33:48 – Her perspective on well-being
Key Takeaways
“TBI has survivors that are moms, in particular, can't stop being a mom. You might not be able to go back to work, but still, you have to be a mom...As a mom, you spend so much time making sure everybody else is taken care of, but you have to take care of yourself because if you burn yourself out and overdo it, you can't, stay up with Susie and help her with her homework. You have to allow yourself to take that nap or straight up.” – Amy Zellmer
“You can find wellness, even in the bad moments, even when you're really not well.” – Alex Morrall
Connect with Amy Zellmer:
- facesoftbi.com
- Listen to Amy’s Faces of TBI podcasts
- Youtube
Annie Kuensting is the owner and operator of Beacon Empowerment Strategies where she is an alignment and empowerment coach. She spent 10 years teaching cultivating mindsets of possibility and love with youth and transitioned to coaching adults as a natural progression of her calling. She teaches, speaks, and facilitates workshops in various ways around the Twin Cities related to her work.
In this episode, Annie shares about the work she does for Beacon Empowerment Strategies, how to bring back the happiness that momentarily snapped out of us, especially in adults. The idea of embracing one’s humanity, understanding one’s desires and the complexities surrounding our own person is but a part of her process in bringing us back to our core and to our ultimate happiness. Listen and be infected with all the positivity that this coach brings.
“What does success look like? It looks like happiness.”
- Annie Kuensting
Timestamps:
04:18 - Annie sharing her career background in education and what led her to found Beacon Empowerment Strategies
11:33 - The fundamental beliefs she lives by that guided her positive outlook in life
15:44 - The value of authenticity and accountability
19:54 - Difference between teaching kids and coaching adults
22:47 - Why to have a child-like mindset should be
25:39 - What success stories look like when you've reached alignment in life
28:40 - Embracing your humanity: how does it help
31:11 - Yes, it's hard but yes, it's worth it
32:34 - How does she balance work and life altogether
37:54 - The positive effects of making a list of positive things for the day
40:31 - What well-being is to her: It means coming from a place of love for myself and towards the world, body, mind, and spirit. If I am really in a state of wellbeing, I'm embodying that true energy that we are and sharing that with the people that I meet.
Key Takeaways:
“Childlike joy that kids have, we have as adults, it's there, it's within us, and it's possible to reconnect with that and it feels good.” - Annie Kuensting
“To remember, to be light with life, to choose to adopt the belief that things are working for you and for your highest good, and to show up every day in some kind of a practice that allows you to give special attention to your mind and your body and your soul.” - Annie Kuensting
Connect with Annie Kuensting
- www.beaconempowerment.net
Connect with Alex Morrall
- The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™
- Youtube -The Twin Cities Wellness Collective
Josh Neumann is the creator and founder of Kind Lips, a lip balm company. Josh knew Kind Lips would serve a higher purpose than just hydrating lips. He believes that its message will inspire kindness all over the world one set of lips at a time.
Today’s episode deals with, not only a burning passion, but a mission to impact the world genuinely and compassionately. How a lip balm so small and noble, and yet would bring massive positive effect on the way we speak and treat others? How did a lip balm that is meant to hydrate the lips would also heal relationships? Listen to his story and be touched with surprising perspectives in life that might change yours too.
“I think anybody that's looking to do anything, even if you think it's a small step, starts with one step.”
- Josh Neumann
Where to Get Kind Lips
- Kind Lips can also be found locally at Coborns, Life Time location, and Regis Corp. salons. For other partners and to learn more, visit https://kindlips.com
- Kind Lips via Amazon
Timestamps:
02:17 – Josh tells what made him decide to create Kind Lips - a company producing lip balms
09:48 – Revealing that he donates 20% of his profits to various anti-bullying organizations
16:36 – How being a social entrepreneur relates to helping achieve a better world
18:11 – Sharing how he took a big career leap from real estate to his new and different role in Kind Lips
21:30 – Advice for entrepreneurs looking to start a business
28:11 – Why Josh doesn’t want a title in his company
31:22 – How he built the connection with people on the idea of kindness
36:42 – Telling a story about how a married couple rekindled their marriage because of Kind Lips
40:04 – Definition of well-being from Josh: “Wellbeing is a mind, body and soul routine. For myself is waking up in the morning and having a routine.”
Key Takeaways
“I love the fact that businesses these days are not only taking a profit but also giving back to the community and you know, if we can all rise together, it's going to be a beautiful thing.” – Josh Neumann
“I just woke up every day, and my heart wasn’t into it [realty]. And I realized that I would rather not have any money and be happy than have more money than I need and be miserable.” – Josh Neumann
People and Resources
Dr. Masaru Emoto's Rice Experiment
Dr. Masaru Emoto's Water Experiment
Connect with Josh Neumann
- kindlips.com
Connect with Alex Morrall
- The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™
- Youtube -The Twin Cities Wellness Collective
Adam Southam is a broad-based strategic thinker with more than 30 years of leadership, innovation, strategy, invention, business start-up, branding, and marketing excellence. He has conceived several patented and patent-pending inventions related to health, fitness, functional and preventative medicine, broadcast media, e-commerce, and distribution channel management.
In this episode, Adam talks about My Formulary and his quest to help humanity in the field of health sciences and nutrition.
“Functional food is, by definition, is food that does more than mere nutrition.” - Adam Southam
Time Stamps
02:35 - Adam shares what MyFormulary is about and what it does
04:29 - What inspired him to start My Formulary
10:15 - His experience of getting tested for sensitivity to fast carbs
13:17 - How to use the My Formulary tool in the assessment process of testing for different illnesses
18:47 - Adam's recommendation on how to select food that's best for you
26:04 - How can businesses start to create better products without sacrificing making money
29:43 - The benefits of eating functional foods
36:14 - Testimonials from people using My Formulary platform and the benefits they got
39:44 - How his previous experiences contributed to what he is today
42:10 - Integrating work and life balance as an entrepreneur
51:00 - What wellness is for Adam Southam: "Wellness is a culmination of all of these things. Kindness, gratitude, mindfulness, having a healthy body, working on that healthy body."
Key Takeaways
“Like many things in life, there’s nothing that you get to do and ignore. We work on our minds, and you’ve got to do it every day. And you know the saying, use it or lose it. So as we get older, if we don’t use our minds, we lose it.” - Adam Southam
“Like many things in life, there’s nothing that you get to do and ignore. We work on our minds, and you’ve got to do it every day. And you know the saying, use it or lose it. So as we get older, if we don’t use our minds, we lose them.”- Adam Southam
People and Resources
Slay The Giant: The Power of Prevention in Defeating Heart Disease by Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC
Eat Yourself Slim: The World's Best Method to Lose Weight and Stay Slim by Michel Montignac
Mary Jo Kreitzer, Ph.D., RN, FAAN - Director, Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota
David M. Eisenberg, MD - Director of culinary nutrition and adjunct associate professor of nutrition at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Connect with Adam Southam
- fitnessformulary.com
Connect with Alex Morrall
- The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™
- Youtube -The Twin Cities Wellness Collective
Lisa Evanson is a Minnesota native who's an advertising account manager by day, stand-up comedian by night.
In this episode, we discuss how the art of stand-up comedy helps Lisa with both her personal and professional life, from networking to writing better emails, setting expectations, self-fulfillment, and everything in between. Even if you don't plan on taking to the stage, you'll hopefully walk away with a new lens on what life throws you---big or small.
“Be funny first, message second.”- Lisa Evanson
Important Link: House of Comedy’s Funniest Person with a Day Job Final, June 4, 2019
Timestamps:
03:00 — Lisa’s journey pursuing a stand-up comedy career while having a fulltime day job
07:42 — Learn how Lisa juggles life as a career woman and as a stand-up comedy performer while staying intact in the zone, how being a stand-up performer became her life's outlet
14:45 — What she likes about the standup comedy scene in Minnesota?
16:20 — How does she prepare for her stints, her inspiration for writing her materials
20:54 — "Do it and have a deadline.", her best advice for somebody who wants to try stand up comedy
24:05 — Comedy as a gateway to progress, how stand up improve Minnesota and people's lives offering a platform to talk about things that couldn't usually otherwise be addressed in a way that it needs to be.
27:06 — When an act becomes a flop, what was it like? Why recording and auditing every stint helps her improve her craft
30:22 — Experience Lisa’s performance: a clip of her stint
32:20 — How does doing stand up impact her personal wellbeing?
37:41 — 'The 20 minutes of mindless behavior', why she forces herself to be mindless, how does this help her?
42:35 — What does wellbeing mean to Lisa? Allowing yourself the same selflessness you usually give to others, which I think is important cause we usually feel selfish making time for ourselves.
Key Takeaways
"I can't be the person I want to be for others and (I won’t) achieve the things I want to achieve unless I'm taking time for myself." - Lisa Evanson
"(on selfishly caring for your wellbeing) It's that downtime; it's the good eating, it's staying away from people so that I can recharge properly. So doing what you need to do to be the best version of yourself." - Lisa Evanson
Connect with Lisa Evanson
Connect with Alex Morrall
- The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™
- Youtube -The Twin Cities Wellness Collective
Annie Meehan is known as the Exceptional Life Expert. She is a high-performance leadership speaker, trainer, consultant, and author. What sets her apart from other speakers is her light, authentic, humorous, and relatable presence that awakens her audience to action.
In this episode, Annie shares how she helps others achieve exceptional results and exceed their goals by developing a new mindset, confidence, perspective, attitude, and action steps toward positive change. She also tackles why personal stories are meant to be shared, and the importance of caring for yourself first, filling your cup first so you can help, serve, and empower others better.
“We have a choice to be positive because people don't live by chance or circumstance. We live by choice every day, not controlling others and how they react, but controlling ourselves and how we choose to interact with all that we walk past each day. ”
- Annie Meehan
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Timestamps:
03:00 — Annie’s journey to becoming the ‘female version’ of Tony Robbins
09:42 — The power of using her personal story helped her get cut through and relatability for people to be inspired to 'lean, listen and take action
10:42 — The 4D’s in every decision and how this impacts people’s mindset, How painting a picture of the ‘good and bad’ scenarios helps others overcome their fears
14:53 — The stories behind the books she has written
22:13 — The power of rewriting your own story in your mind to help you shift your mindset and overcome challenges
24:15 — Why personal stories are meant to be shared: sharing stories for the lessons to inspire
30:41 — How integrating humor in your belief cards can help you improve confidence and mindset making you a real person
38:03 — How rejection can help you develop your tenacity as a business owner, and why being prepared for rejection will pave your way to success
42:35 — How Annie integrates work in her life and why she chooses to fill her cup first before helping and serving others
47:22 — Being the next Oprah by 2020, Annie’s next big dream
Key Takeaways
“There's always good in every situation. Even the challenging and scary ones.” - Annie Meehan
“Dream big, dream really big, dream unrealistically. And then climb that and celebrate every step of the way. Celebrate the little steps. Set yourself up to succeed one step at a time every week.” - Annie Meehan
"We have a choice to be positive because people don't live by chance or circumstance. We live by choice every day, not controlling others and how they react, but controlling ourselves and how we choose to interact with all that we walk past each day."- Annie Meehan
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- www.anniemeehan.com
- Youtube
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Joan Steffend has spent almost thirty years in the media, first as a national Emmy-winning news anchor and reporter at an NBC affiliate in Minneapolis-St Paul, and then as a top-rated national host on HGTV’s Decorating Cents (with White House Christmas, Rose Parade, & Dream Home specials). She has appeared on Oprah, Live with Regis and Kelly, and The Today Show.
Today, she is a published author. Her first book And She Sparkled was published in 2010 and her latest, Peace In Peace Out, came out in Fall 2012. She is also co-founder of the non-profit organization, Peace Begins With Me (a small BIG peace project).
In this episode, Joan shares her gift for lifting people up by encouraging you to remember your own brilliance and consciously use it to shift the world. Learn the importance of remembering and embracing your authenticity so you can live a life of service and peace.
“To me, part of being peaceful is being who you are and not apologizing for it. Not feeling like you have to apologize for it and make excuses for it.”- Joan Steffend
Timestamps:02:53 — Joan take us back to her experiences as a TV host anchor
06:30 — Why she decided to change her career and shift to a different path
08:15 — What 'living a life of service' means to her
17:44 — How she learned to listen to her inner voice
24:10 — Her response to negative thoughts when it starts to kick in
28:45 — How her journey to 'seeking peace' became 'finding peace'
30:00 — Joan describes her day as a speaker
41:30 — Joan's tips to embrace authenticity and stay true to yourself
50:15 — Things Joan does every day to enhance her well-being
57:55 — Joan's take on well-being: “Being who you are without apology, without harm to anybody else and to actually lift the world as best you can from where you are.”
Key Takeaways“Everything you do in life starts in small things.”- Joan Steffend
“Be still in nature. Start listening to what your mind is telling you.”- Joan Steffend
“I think our lives quite often are about remembering who we are not remembering who you are told you are. Being who you are and sharing who you are.”- Joan Steffend
“Being who you are without apology, without harm to anybody else and to actually lift the world as best you can from where you are.”- Joan Steffend
Connect with Joan Steffend:
- joansteffend.com
- Youtube
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- The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™
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- Book a Chat with Alex Morrall
Susan 'Susie' Melnick is an Edina mother to four busy kids, with a husband who travels for work and family that lives out of town.
In 2017, she found herself feeling like she couldn’t even go for a walk without her smartphone, in case someone who needed her called or texted. She knew then that something had to change. The StatusNow App was born to help people feel free to disconnect and be more present in their lives, while still ensuring that their responsibilities are covered. In 2018 she quit her job in operations for a consulting company to devote herself to developing the StatusNow app and give us all more control over our time and technology.
In this episode, Susie shares the creation story of the StatusNow app and how it will help others to be more present in their lives.
“Well-being is making good choices for yourself and enabling you to choose what you want to do.”
- Susie Melnick
Timestamps:02:00 — An overview of the StatusNow app
05:25 — Susie's inspiration to develop the StatusNow app
07:05 — Why she thinks it is important to find ways to be disconnected and be present
09:44 — Success stories from users of the StatusNow app, Susie's testimonial on how it helped her
11:26 — Her advice on app creation
15:22 — Launching the app
20:15 — The future of the StatusNow app, where people can get it
22:30 — How she integrates work and life using the app as a mom and entrepreneur
24:38 — Things Susie does every day to enhance her well-being
26:00 — Susie's definition of well-being, “I feel like it’s not necessarily doing something on your own, I feel like it’s making a choice that you got to do.”
Key Takeaways“I understand we are not going back in the days where you rush home to check your answering machine but I do feel like there is a way to kind of something in between where things aren’t gonna happen so instantly and it’s okay.”- Susie Melnick
“The app is making it so I can be in a meeting and not feel like I’m missing a call from my child being sick.”- Susie Melnick
“I feel like the app is somewhere act like an assistant. It’s really telling people when you’ll be back or what to do or whose with your kid or updated current information.”- Susie Melnick
“Every single day, I do one thing that I want to do for myself. That might be something for somebody else but it’s my choice.” - Susie Melnick
Connect with Susan Melnick:
- statusnowapp.com
- LinkedIn - StatusNowApp
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- The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™
- Youtube -The Twin Cities Wellness Collective TM
- Book a Chat with Alex Morrall
Ashley Smith is a licensed clinical psychologist and has spent the past 10 plus years specializing in treating anxiety and related disorders using an evidenced-based treatment called cognitive behavioral therapy. She has dedicated her career to helping people understand how their brains work and teaching them effective strategies for reducing anxiety and depression and ultimately leading meaningful and happy lives.
April Seifert, on the other hand, is a psychologist, entrepreneur, and life design strategist. Growing up, her life was not easy. She lost her dad to cancer when she was very young. Shortly after that, she became temporarily blind and paralyzed, which ultimately landed her with the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Because of these two life events, she became intimately aware of how short life is and how quickly it can all be taken away. It brought vowed to take responsibility for creating her own joy, contentment, excitement, and fulfillment in her life.
In this episode, April And Ashley share their expertise in the field of Cognitive Behavioral Theory, Psychology, and life design. They also talk about their mission to equip people with the information and tools they need to maximize their psychological strength and live their best life.
“Psychological strength is an empowered state of resilience and it encompasses the mindset, the qualities and the skills that people need, not only to overcome obstacles but also to really flourish and thrive.”
- Ashley Smith and April Seifert
Time Stamps:
05:58 - What is Psychological Strength and why it is important
06:43 - April and Ashley's inspiration to start Peak Mind
13:07 - How they help others build psychological strength
19:01 - How to overcome anxiety
25:26 - What Peak Mind Membership is all about
28:02 - Seizing every moment, taking control of your life, building a better mindset and life design
37:11 - Why self-care is important and how to better care for yourself
44:37 - How to achieve a more positive and more loving mindset
49:30 - Employing psychological strength in times of adversity
56:23 - Success stories of overcoming anxieties
01:01:36 - April and Ashley's everyday wellness routine
01:08:55 - What wellbeing is to them
Key Takeaways:
"Psychological strength is really just focusing on this present moment without judgment." - Ashley Smith"Wellbeing encompasses what we typically think of as happiness, but also achievement and meaning and purpose." - Ashley Smith
"Wellbeing is being the best version of myself that I can be, and having my days look and feel as close to the ideal that I want them to feel." -April Seifert
Connect with Ashley Smith and April Seifert
- Peak Mind
Connect with Ashley Smith
- https://www.drashleysmith.com/
Connect with April Seifert
- https://www.aprilseifert.com/
Ben Utecht has always chased his dreams, finding his way from a small river town in Minnesota to a Super Bowl championship field. He has established himself as a prominent corporate and motivational speaker in the areas of leadership and culture. Both of his programs, The Champion’s Way™, and The MVP Program™ stem from lessons he learned in the locker room with Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy and in the huddle with future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning. Both programs illuminate dynamic ways to succeed in business and life.
In this episode, Ben talks about adopting a championship culture in your personal and professional life. He shares the importance of living a life rooted in love, respect, and valuing others.
“When I say love and respect, I'm talking about value. How do you value the people that you work with and how do you show them that they are significant.”
- Ben Utecht
Time Stamps:
02:13 - What inspired Ben to work as an advocate for brain health, the story of his struggle with concussions and the positive life-transformation it brought
06:22 - How mindset and attitude contribute to seizing every moment
14:06 - Ben's why
16:20 - His life away from football and the relevance he makes to his own and other people's lives
19:15 - The idea of a championship culture, how culture defines an organization
23:03 - Ben digs deeper into culture and engagement in an organization
24:55 - The belief system in relation to culture
28:00 - The champion's four pillars of belief
34:36 -Cultivating a culture of love and respect in an organization
36:44 - Ben, as a husband and father
42:34 - Wellbeing according to Ben: "The idea of being at peace. To be able to structure your life in a way that no matter the highs and the lows, you're going to be able to take a step back and look at the good things that you have and find peace and joy."
Key Takeaways:
“There are still people and organizations across the United States that won't raise their hand in a meeting to ask a question because they feel insecure. Imagine if we could just create an environment where all questions are celebrated, how much more clarity would come out of that type of working environment? - Ben Utecht
“If you lead with fear just to get the bottom line where it needs to be, that will fall apart and you're going to have a lot of turnover that you have to deal with every year in that organization. Sustainability comes through value.” - Ben Utecht
“As a parent, I believe you have to lead with intentionality, especially because my life is surrounded by the beautiful women that I have, my wife and my four daughters. It's very important that I'm intentionally pursuing them every day.”- Ben Utecht
Connect with Ben Utecht:
- http://www.ben-utecht.com/
- Youtube
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- The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™
- Youtube -The Twin Cities Wellness Collective TM
Rich Frieder is the owner of LearningRx, a center that provides cognitive skills training to empower every student to learn faster and easier. Rather than focusing on tutoring which simply reteaches information, LearningRx gets to the root issues causing the learning struggles.
In this episode, Rich shares why he opened LearningRx, the process they use to help others improve their learning ability, and the positive impact cognitive skills training has on others' lives. “When there is an attention issue usually the attention issue isn’t the main issue it’s a symptom of other weaknesses.”- Rich Frieder
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Timestamps:
01:50 — An overview of LearningRx, how it helps thousands of people experience the benefits of stronger cognitive performance
03:10 — Cognitive Skills Enhancement Programs: types, effects and process
08:45 — Range of individuals from kids to adults whom they are helping to cope with difficulty in reading, attention, motivation issues, memory strengthening, brain injuries, and skills enhancement
13:48 — How their training program is customized according to the needs of the individuals with cognitive deficit
18:50 — Metronome and mnemonics and its benefits
20:29 — His inspiration to start LearningRx
23:44 — The research behind LearningRx
26:40 — The habits that he implements daily to create balance in his well being: personal and as an entrepreneur
28:43 — Rich shares LearningRx success stories and how their lives changed since then
34:22 — The message of Rich regarding well-being “In my opinion it means wholeness. Being a whole person.”
Key Takeaways
“Typical tutoring or school intervention can help, but they are not strengthening the skills.”- Rich Frieder
“From a motivation perspective, if you have a child who has low skills in some of this areas what that means for the child is that getting through a typical school day takes a lot of mental effort.”- Rich Frieder
“To strengthen the skills you have to require the skill. To strengthen attention, we purposely distracting students and we’re helping them learn to train their brain to stay on task.”- Rich Frieder
Connect with Rich Frieder:
- http://www.learningrx.com
- Youtube
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- The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™
- Youtube -The Twin Cities Wellness Collective TM
Dr. Tom Pastor is a Doctor of Chiropractic who focuses on helping proactive people understand what’s going on with their health so that they can take appropriate action and feel better.
In this episode, Tom shares his area of expertise, how he stands out as a chiropractor, how he gets to the bottom of what's really going on to his patient's health by building meaningful relationships with them, how value of building trust with his patients serves as a key factor in helping them to reach their health goals and lessons he has learned on his entrepreneurial journey.
“Chiropractors are in this extremely unique situation of being a primary care physicians. Their primary means of caring for people is physical touch.”
- Dr. Tom Pastor
Timestamps:
01:40 — Overview of his Chiropractic practice, its importance and benefits
02:15 — His area of expertise focuses on behavior, it’s a significant component and how he builds relationships with his patients
05:30 — How reading people’s body language and the power of expressing oneself can help ease emotions, physical pain, and body postures
13:10 — The value of building trust with his patients as a key factor in helping them to reach their health goals, the importance of having a regular wellness care plan to address their well-being
15:40 — His inspiration to start a Chiropractic practice
17:45 — What are the two things that people can do to help better their well-being and be in control
20:38 — How a ‘Power Pose’ helps him in his day to day activity and what has worked well for him as he builds his business
23:19 — Creating balance and boundaries: factors he integrates to have balance in his work and business
27:50 — Dr. Tom’s valuable advice to business owners: “Don’t do it alone.”
31:30 — His habits and self-care that he daily implements that have a huge impact as an entrepreneur
37:40 — The message of Dr. Tom regarding well-being “To me well-being means having what you need to live the life that you want that you choose to live.”
Key Takeaways
“The first thing that they want to address is the physical pain that their in or whatever physical symptoms they have. Discussing where they at, what are they struggling with and where they want to go ultimately.”- Dr. Tom Pastor
“You can kinda make yourself happy by smiling more. You can make yourself angry by having more of a micro-expression, and you can make yourself confident, physiologically speaking by taking up more space.”- Dr. Tom Pastor
“Anxiety and depression and other things like that it becomes extremely prevalent in our culture today. And a lot of it does come from holding those low body position all day.”- Dr. Tom Pastor
Connect with Dr. Tom Pastor:
- www.drtompastor.com
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- The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™
- Youtube -The Twin Cities Wellness Collective TM
- Book a Chat with Alex Morrall
Nancy Clairmont Carr is a transformation expert, #1 bestselling author, speaker and energy practitioner, founder of The Joy-Effect, a master transformation coach who helps achievers optimize their business and lifestyles.
In this episode, Nancy shares how her strategy empowers business owners to develop higher consciousness to access higher intuition, infinite intelligence, and optimal real-time solutions. Learn how you can transform your mindset, eliminate fears, limiting beliefs and create exponential, optimal transformation with least effort and highest success.
“I focus on developing a prosperity mindset for business owners because when that happens, you think about things differently in all areas of your life not just numbers.” - Nancy Clairmont Carr
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Timestamps:
03:20 — Nancy shares what ‘higher consciousness’ is and its importance
06:30 — Her inspiration to help business owners to achieve and unlock their higher consciousness and the process she uses to do so
10:20 — The obstacles she sees with her clients in terms of increasing their profitability and enhancing their well being in whole body health
17:25 — The value of energy coaching in business owners and how can you benefit from it
21:15 — Strategies that business owners can implement to help enhance their employee's well-being
28:40 — The definition of intuition and how can we benefit understanding this intuitive feeling
31:50 — 3 strategies to anchor yourself to achieve higher consciousness on a daily basis
36:45 — Nancy shares success stories from her clients
40:45 — What Nancy does to enhance her personal well being and her routine every day to maintain high performance
51:36 — What well-being means to Nancy: “Stay in alignment. Continue to increase consciousness and help others do the same.”
When we talk about succession, we also talk about letting go.
And when we let go, we lose control.
How does this scenario affect you as the business owner?
Whether you are planning for the transition in your well-established family business or making your first key hire as a start-up, Katy Mitchell can help.
Katy Mitchell leaverages her Masters degree in Psychology and a deep understanding of family owned businesses to provide guidance to businesses that are in transition.. She aids ownership and management to define their roles and to operate within their boundaries. Katy also provides leadership coaching and discusses the qualities of a good leader during this episode.
“...what makes a bad leader is the inability to practice vulnerability.”- Katy Mitchell
Timestamps:
03:16 – How her family’s entrepreneurial inclinations inspired her to help businesses deal with transition
06:35 – Obstacles and problems she helps solve for her clients
16:48 – Why job description and open communication should go together
18:52 – How her psychology background applies to business transition
25:05 – How to deal with reactivity
30:50 – How business owners in succession can deal with letting go
35:12 – The difference between ownership and management and how they fit together
40:30 – What are good leaders remembered for and what makes them
42:25 – Why an inability to be vulnerable can detract from the effectiveness of a leader
49:57 – How competitiveness creates destructiveness and how to create an atmosphere to better deal with conflict
53:53 – How to receive different types of conflict
01:01: 37 – Katy on well-being: “Make sure I'm being intentional about the choices I make and the life that I created and the people I spend time with.
In this episode, Dr. Tom Incledon will tell us more how he developed a unique and advanced treatment programs for people with serious medical problems through his combined academic and professional backgrounds. This led him to found Causenta Wellness, one of the most complete non-toxic and alternative cancer treatment centers and wellness clinics. He provides deep insights and information on why customizing treatment plans for each patient is the secret to improving a patient’s condition.
“The biggest threat to any human being that has to deal with any disease is time. It is not money, it's not resources, not geography. It's time. Most people don't realize how quickly things change.” - Dr. Tom Incledon
Timestamps:
02:21 – Dr. Tom’s company, Causenta, started to help people undergoing medical problems function normally in the late ‘80s
08:50 – His inspiration to do this kind of work – the poor environment he grew up in, his family issues, and the babysitter he had a crush on when he was a kid who died of cancer
11:23 – How he started to be aware of health through exercise and movement
13:23 – What makes Causenta different from other medical facilities
19:55 – Basic reasons why people with cancer die aside from their medical condition: not following directions, individual accountability, and approach to health
22:01 – Why getting the right information and best options are critical
23:51 – Treating patients with the right treatments and tools
24:58 – Common issues encountered: communication issues, evaluation based on emotions, the behavior of the entire family, and lack of movement
42:17 – How Causenta bills for its services
44:36 – Why making a decision based on missing or outdated information will never work
51:16 – Balance before strength
52:17 – Fear based thinking mindset and how people may not be aware of it
57:04 – Dr. Tom’s goal in 2-5 years - “We should be able to treat cancer for free.”
58:47 – The latest technologies and treatments with Dr. Tom through his website
Have you thought of putting a digital marketing strategy to grow your business?
Are you getting all the quality leads that you need?
Have you targeted the correct market for the service that you are offering?
In this episode, Emmanuil Babkin, shares how the power of social media helped him grow his business and how this inspired him to start Nexus Marketing LLC, his own marketing services company. He also deep dive into why defining the target market is important, and how being where your target market hang out can drive success to your business.
“It’s important to be everywhere, be present everywhere, but you have to test where your audience is. Find out where your market is, and that's where you want to put your efforts towards.”
-Emmanuil Babkin
Timestamps:
03:31 – The marketing strategies that Emmanuil used to be placed on top hits of Google Image
04:58 – Why quality leads is important in marketing
06:24 – Shares his conversation with Kris Lindahl on being that guy ‘that’s everywhere.’
08:00 – Where should you spend your digital marketing budget?
09:28 – On choosing your platform: Finding where your market is, it is where to put your efforts
15:06 – Emmanuil Babkin on “How we can add value without asking anything?”
18:16 – Advantage of focusing on your superpowers, so no time is wasted
21:03 – Significance of believing in the service that you provide
23:58 – He shares the right prioritization and time management is the best way to structure your habits to balance your business and family together.
27:58 – Emmanuil’s message regarding well-being, “Well-being means to me being all around, working on yourself as a whole... being aware of other people around you.”
Imagine being free from aches and pains. Imagine feeling calm, relaxed, ready to enjoy your day and accomplish your best you.
Tim Worsham is the founder of Float Scents and also the Assistant Director of The Wellness Center in Minneapolis.
In this episode, Tim shares how he was introduced to Float Tanks five years ago. And how he is now heading the integration of Float Scents to Float Tanks that aims to provide total relaxation of the mind and body. Learn from him as he tackles how to release tension, ease pains and stress, enhance one's capability, creativity and learning through floatation therapy.
“The idea behind training in the Float Tanks is basically muscle memory for the brain. The more often you float and you get into that flow state the easier it is for you to get into it when your performing.”
— Tim Worsham
Timestamps:
01:45 — Tim shares what Float Tanks are all about
02:30 — How Tim gets himself hooked into Float Tanks and how he was impressed with the simplicity of floating, its modality, health and mental benefits.
08:12 — The difference of using float theraphy for recovery versus exploration and what sort of performance you can do inside the tanks
13:15 — He explains what Float Scents is and what’s the connection with Float Tanks, its variety and the effects that they do
19:02 — Success stories of people using Float Tank and how it helps their life change
20:30 — Some integration program he added to benefit people more on using Float Tanks , the orientation, they give to people when they first try floating
29:25 — Tim's comparison between Float Tanks and his writings
31:15 — The things that Tim creates to impact his well-being
34:43 — The message of Tim regarding well-being “I always come back to the word contentment, it’s one of those words you can take with you in any situation.”
Beth Freschi is a relaxation and life coach, founder of A Time for Expression, LLC, a center specializing in Relaxation Training, Life Coaching, Stress Management, Experiential Speaking, and Guided Relaxation.
She works with colleges and universities, artists, high-risk professions, as well as individuals, to help them learn to relax, explore possibilities, sleep better, manage stress, and experience more personal and professional satisfaction in their lives.
In this episode, Beth shares how she helps people relax, explore possibilities, manage stress and experience more personal and professional satisfaction in their lives. Learn her relaxation techniques you can use on the fly to manage your stress and renew your energy and vitality.
“What relaxation does for you is it helps refill your well.”
— Beth Freschi
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- You can listen to samples of Beth Freschi’s guided relaxation recordings and if you like them you can download MP3s right onto your phone of computer for a little stress break: https://www.atimeforexpression.com/recordings/
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Timestamps:
02:50 — The importance of relaxation training to peoples lives
04:30 — How she came about with her relaxation training techniques
07:10 — The obstacles people experience when feeling stress
11:25 — Benefits of relaxation to a person's well-being
16:20 — How Beth's life coaching practice integrated into relaxation training practice
18:51 — How she helps her clients focus on determining the right direction
21:38 — Her advice to combat anxiety and stress
30:00 — Learn from her relaxation sample technique
39:09 — How she uses her relaxation techniques to her personal life
42:50 — What is wellbeing means for Beth
Will Dahlgren is the Founder and Chief Body Composition Officer at Body Knowledge, a company which provides mobile, non-invasive, accurate body composition testing. His company allows fitness and wellness facilities to keep up with the current trends by providing data in regard to water, muscle, and fat to their clientele while increasing cash flow into the business.
Before venturing into his own, he used to work with Oracle as an Application Sales Specialist and eventually retired from there to start his business. But before this stint, he was first connected with InBody, whereby, he got the device he mainly uses in his business.
In this episode, Will talks about his company Body Knowledge and how it aims to be part of the growing digital health movement that provides a tailored wellness solution for small to medium sized employee wellness programs.Will also debunked the belief that weightloss is all about the concept of losing body fat and gaining muscles. He tackled that there is more to weight loss than what we were made to believe.
“(on well-being) It is about being in an optimal state where you have a sound mind, sound body and sound spirit, where everything is optimized so that you feel good about yourself.”- Will Dahlgren
Time Stamps:
02:23 - Will introducing himself and the unique wellness business he has as well as sharing noteworthy information about the device he uses in his business
03:57 - Who uses the InBody device and what benefits can be derived from it
06:02 - Gap in the market and old view about weight loss: Will's inspiration to bring awareness to Inbody device's necessity for people to look at health beyond just their weight
07:11 - InBody device: What does it do and how to benefit from it
08:17 - How the use of InBody device’s result translates to setting goals
10:37 - What are InBody device results' positive contribution to gym trainers in terms of weaving helpful programs for clients
12:06 - Why losing weight is not always good and why it's important to know your body composition
15:37 - How does Will tie in InBody device's results in educating clients on how to better lose weight
18:55 - Take it from Will: Don't confuse losing weight to losing body fat and gaining muscle
22:56 - Success stories brought about by making full use of InBody device's results
31:36 - How does he manage to balance work and life?
34:35 - Be clear about your core values and have an easy to convey value proposition: Will's two cents' worth to up and coming entrepreneurs
42:38 - What does wellbeing means to Will, why it is important to optimize the state of one's wellbeing
Jess Tiffany is a dynamic LinkedIn Educator, Business Owner, Networker, Keynote Speaker, Growth Hacker, Husband and Father of Four. He is the CEO of the Marketing and Networking University, an online business education marketplace and its sister company M.N.U. Digital. The Marketing and Networking University is a place where business experts can share their knowledge and create additional revenue streams. He is also the #1 International Best Selling Author of (Growth Hacking: Strategically Grow Your Business Connections from Zero to 10K in 365 Days). Jess couples the power of education with the actionable execution. His focus is to connect and share his passion for growing people, revenue and leads.
In this episode, Jess talks about LinkedIn hacks that you can use to expand your business and get more quality connections, leading to sales. He said that you need to have a business plan, choose your niche and proactively connect with your ideal client. Jess put emphasis on building the relationship first by asking more of how can you help before actually selling to your network. Find out more about the messages you can send when you have connections and learn about LinkedIn sheets that you can use to make those sales.
"People buy things from people they trust and so you need to figure out how to build that trust. And for me, the most successful one has been Linkedin by far and been able to network with some amazing people. " - Jess TiffanyTime Stamps:1:39 - Alex talks about the dynamic client attraction program that Jess created
4:40 - Here is a tip that you can use to network using a feature of LinkedIn and Bluetooth during a conference
6:30 - How building a relationship first is vital before selling your products.
7:12 - Who is your ideal client? What about your business plan? Jess shares the things you need to do to grow your LinkedIn network
10:56 - What do you do with the connections you have and convert it to sales? Here are the things you need to do
12:02 - From relationship to Referrals - how can it grow your business?
15:11 - How do you know what content to use for you and your connections? Here's a list of references for your content and give value to your target audience.
17:52 - Tips on using LinkedIn to find your high paying clients, what you need to do to drive your connections from Facebook or Instagram to connect on LinkedIn.
21:34 - Build your email list using the information from your LinkedIn connections
25:10 - After your dream client connects with you on LinkedIn what are the steps you need to do to turn it into sales?
28:26 - Jess talks about his book and the three things you need to do to optimize your LinkedIn profile including using a professional photo.
35:32 - Jess shares insider tips on how LinkedIn works and how you can take advantage of it
39:57 - Jess share practical tips for new entrepreneurs to grow their business and become successful including asking help from qualified professionals
45:46 - Here is a story of LinkedIn success that can be yours also
48:43 - Jess talks about the lessons he learned and the mistakes he wants you to avoid in business, health and personal life
55:55 - The most significant piece of wellbeing is your mind and this is how Jess deals with it and the questions you need to ask.
Dan Huber is an experienced business advisor at Transworld Business - a business that focuseson three core concepts: business brokerage, franchise consulting and franchise development.
He brings over 30 years of experience to his role since graduating from Minnesota State University with the Bachelor of Science in Finance and Marketing.
In this episode, Dan shares the process of selling a business, how he as an advisor was able to help represent both seller and buyer, avoiding the standoff, stress and mistrust in selling the business. He also shares the importance of mastering the contact sport of connecting with the prospect market. Learn more from Dan as he gets detailed about the nature of selling businesses.
“Meet people. Do not talk about yourself. Talk about them. Learn. Just be quiet. Listen and let natural relationships form.”
- Dan Huber
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Time Stamps:
02:32 - How the ripple effect of receiving help from other people inspired him to thrive in his business and help other’s as well
05:05 - Dan details the process of selling a business, the role of advisors as transaction broker representing both the seller and buyer
10:53 - Growing sales, good history of sales and growth, some so the qualities that make ‘the business of selling businesses’ attractive
12:51 - A buyer and seller standoff: getting it through all the fears and mistrust from both buyers and sellers in selling a business
14:30 - Dan talking about the value of a business
16:39 - Considerations in working with companies to sell off
18:56 - The internal process of selling off business, the roller coaster ride that goes with it and all else relating to it
23:06 - Life after selling a business: the do’s and don't’s
24:07 - Dan relating successful business sell-off that have done pretty well even today
28:12 - All about marketing. Dan stressing the idea of networking, direct mail campaign, radio advertising, and LinkedIn
29:13 - The contact sport: Dan's sure way of connecting with the prospective market
31:40 - What well-being means to Dan, the one thing that Dan believes and imbibes in his own life to foster his well-being
Taren Weyer, the founder of Powered on Well and a mother of two, wears multiple hats and holds her “I Can and I Will” philosophy close to her heart. Her passion is fuelled by her family, her ability to see change occur in others. She is a certified Health Coach and Youth Fitness Specialist with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology.
In this episode,Taren shares her programs and events that provide youth and adult with a sense of self and the power to enjoy their best life by challenging one’s mindset, offering new ways to think, and providing a safe space to achieve goals she helps create momentum for success and empowerment to achieve something bigger. Learn more from Taren, hear her humor, see her inspiring, light-hearted, and bright personality that makes her a powerful influencer in the wellness world.
“When you conquer negative self-talk, your self-esteem improves. You’ll gain more self-confidence and you also feel more optimistic about challenges and obstacles. ”
- Taren Weyer
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Timestamps:
01:52 — Taren shares what Powered on Well is all about and how their workshops help the corporate culture to have sustainable and everlasting change
02:50 — She takes us to the humble beginnings that inspired her to help others their well-being
05:02 — The key role of “mindset” in aiding and enhancing the welfare of a person
11:02 — How do corporate employees handle the roadblocks in their way
12:30 — What are the measures that can be made by the employers to help improve the wellness of employees thru Powered on Well
15:12 — Taren talks about the success stories made by this program and how she gradually change and motivate to be victorious in the end
17:05 — How Powered on Well programs works wonder to youths to have a better understanding with themselves.
19:00 — How being the “Right Role Model” to your kids have a huge impact on the balance to their life
21:00 — How can school and parents work hand in hand to help improve wellness to kids
23:35 — The 3 things she learned over time that helps her business to grow
24:44 — The one thing Taren do every day to help foster her well-being
Jessica Rosenberg is a national yoga educator, a catalyst in the wellness community, and committed to helping students live an inspired life through MNdful Happier Hours. Her mission is to make ‘Breathe. Stretch. Play.’ a part of everybody’s day!
Jessica Rosenberg has been practicing meditation and yoga since the late 1980s and teaching wellness practices for more than 18 years. She studies yogic texts and sequencing philosophies from many yoga and fitness disciplines. The result is a wonderfully blended teaching style and a unique, challenging class for children, teens, and adults that balances body, mind, and heart.
Jessica’s greatest pleasure lies in sharing, mentoring, and spreading the wonders of yoga movement, breathing, and philosophy. In 2001, she created The Adventures of Super Stretch™, an interactive fitness program, book series, and games for the entire family developed to give children a physical outlet to express and empower themselves in a healthy and happy way.
Jessica is a co-creator of Gorilla Yogis™ — a movement that takes meditation and yoga beyond studio walls and into unexpected, offbeat urban settings as a way to raise money and awareness for various community organizations.
Her talents have been recognized in numerous print publications including the Minneapolis St. Paul Star Tribune, Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine, Experience Life Magazine, and Yoga Journal.
In this episode, Jessica shares her passion for mindfulness, meditation, and movement has allowed her to cultivate a uniquely blended teaching style to find awareness and alignment on and off the yoga mat. Jessica also talks about the wisdom of yoga, mindful movement, and that breathing is the next big health revolution to fight stress and anxiety.
“Stress and anxiety are at an all-time high and we are all running around like big silos of grief with disease and discomfort. Yoga, meditation and breathing practices can bring you back into balance.”
- Jessica Rosenberg
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Resources and Important Links:
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- Download the FREE ‘Super Stretch Yoga’ top kid’s yoga app on iTunes and Google Play
- The Adventures of Super Stretch on Insight Timer app for free kid’s meditations
- Catch ‘Super Stretch Yoga’ Podcast
- www.AdventuresofSuperStretch.com
Timestamps:
03:34 — The Adventures of Super Stretch's journey and how from a flashcard it was gamified and became an interactive app for kids
10:28 — Why movement and mindfulness is essential for kids
12:12 — Taking purposeful ease in life to fight stress
17:00 — How parents and kids use the Super Stretch app
19:55 — How Jessica’s corporate background helped her transition to the wellness space
22:35 — Why is it essential to bring yoga and mindfulness to the broader community
28:58 — What hinders people to create a flow state
33:45 — How to release yourself from your thoughts and achieve optimal alignment
41:00 — The power of deep breathing to one’s health
41:53 — Jessica’s journey as an entrepreneur and what more for her app
47:53 — How Jessica achieve balance in her life and in everything t&
From a young age, Stephanie looked at the individuality of those she cared about. As she grew, she took her love of people and love of God into a Degree in Social Work and a Master's Degree in Children and Family Ministry and a career as a pastor.She later found the Enneagram to be a helpful tool in her own life and she decided to go through the Enneagram spectrum training and certification program. She now provides Enneagram coaching to others.
Stephanie is a question asker who never stops peering into the essence of her world. She applies her work as an Enneagram coach, an artist, and a Scripture teacher with her nonprofit 40 Orchards.
“What people have in common is the desire to think about who is God, and who am I, and why does that matter?”
- Stephanie Spencer
Timestamps:
01:50 — Stephanie’s background as an Executive Director, an Enneagram coach and an artist
04:34 — All about Enneagram and how it helps to find one's strengths
07:07 — Why is it important for people to find their passion
10:00 — A person's state of overflow and how to fill their tank
11:42 — How Enneagram’s results helps coaches improve their personal and business relationship
17:03 — Ways to discover human personalities
25:10 — All about 40 Orchards, and how they facilitate their scripture circles
27:15 — How they help people understand the bible and give them the ‘answer’ to the questions without concrete answers
30:54 — Why they choose community versus individual teaching for the scripture circle
38:57 — All about the cohort program, outcomes for people who take the program
47:02 — Importance of art and creativity in one’s life
56:54 — Her daily routine to be well and be in a state of well-being
59:23 — What does well-being means to Stephanie?
Mike James is a certified life coach and professional storyteller. He has coached over 800 clients and turned patterns he got from the his coaching experiences into comfortable, powerful, cinematic human experience stories that was published in his storytelling album titled Now. Secrets of a Lifecoach.
In this episode, Mike shares his unique flare and passion to dig to the root of emotional blocks in one's life, how he uses and believes in the power of stories to help transform people’s lives. He also tackled the importance of listening with an open mind and heart to help your free yourself from the illusion of your control.
“When we step out of our comfort zone and start putting those things
down and risking a little bit, that’s when the good stuff happens.”
- Mike James
Timestamps:
00:45 — Mike’s career history and his journey as a life coach and a storyteller
04:16 — Mike takes us to his experience into the process of creating these amazing stories
09:42 — “Now. Secret of a Life Coach” and how people respond to Mike’s storytelling album
14:38 — What does control and freedom means for Mike and how his definition of the two impacted his life
20:55 — How Mike gets into the quiet moments of life and the benefits he receives from it
26:35 — Mike's advice to people who are stuck to help them get moving with their life
36:00 — How sadness and loneliness inspired Mike to be a life coach
39:53 — The power of vulnerability and authentic connection: why people crave vulnerability
42:07 — How saying No makes it possible to achieve work-life balance and integration
47:44 — The best lesson he learned from the failure and rejection he experienced, how it thought him to listen more and gave him enlightenment about the importance of listening to what other people have to say because they might need him more than he needs them at a certain point in life
50:23 — What well-being means for Mike and how he takes care of himself
Scott Mikesh has a passion for creativity and wellness, and a background in psychology, design, communications, and fitness. He is continually driven to inspire and empower individuals to live well and achieve their goals in healthful and creative ways.
He’s worked in Marketing & Communications for nearly 20 years as a brand strategist, digital designer, and copywriter for both corporate and non-profit businesses, providing creative leadership and communication strategies for employee wellness, culture change,and D.E.I. initiatives. At present he is also the principal and founder of 4D Fit.
In this episode you will learn how physical fitness is related to mental fitness and the idea of self-perception and perception of others to help you understand better how to handle the negative stressors to live a happier, healthier and productive life.
“Get at the mental fitness part first,before you venture into physical fitness.” — Scott Mikesh
Timestamps
00:36 — Scott Mikesh's career and his business venture
06:43 — 4D Fit, what it means and what it represents
09:00 — Scott on taking care of our bodies as well as our mind, on raising awareness of how to think and not what to think
12:13 — On mental fitness and physical fitness
23:06 — How Scott deals with his own personal stress, on social media and comparison and where physical fitness and mental fitness fit here
35:34 — On limiting time with screen time or mobile phone time and what good it does to you
43:31 — On integrating creativity with 4D Fit workshop and Scott relating his life as an entrepreneur and balancing work life
52:25 — Scott's idea of wellbeing, the practice of gratitude and self-acceptance
Amanda Leaveck is a decade-old yoga and dance instructor. She started a business called Science and Magic where she practiced what she studied at University of St. Thomas and Rolf Institute of Structural Integration. She earned a degree in Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and Structural Integration in both universities, respectively. Her ultimate vision is for each of us to feel empowered, inspired, capable, and courageous within our bodies and our daily lives.
In this episode Amanda will teach us how her science-based approach to mindfulness offers educational insight about the effects that our thoughts, perspective and emotions have on our wellbeing , productivity and creative process.
“Our individual evolution is tied up in the wellbeing of the whole and if we can learn to listen to each other and be with each other, I think that the implications of that will help heal the society.”
-Amanda Leavek
Offerings and Services to Check-out:
- Into the Darkness: a 3 week series + Solstice party w/ Aradia Wellbeing (December 2018)
- Science and Magic: a 4 week course (January 2019)
- Trauma Sensitive Yoga: a 6 week program with Mend Therapy (January-February 2019)
- Metacine
- Live Deliciously
Learn more by visiting her website: www.amandaleaveck.com
Kateri Ruiz is one staunch advocate of gender equality. In fact, she started a business called MAIA which had women in mind. She has four daughters and a husband who stays home to tend to them while she works in corporate and excels in there. This household set up was her turning point of starting this kind of business.
In this episode Kateri tells us her story of how she started a business which empowers women and in turn earns the respect of men.
“Most of the time when people start thinking of business, they get stuck in this competitive notion and instead if we could change the dialogue to how can you collaborate in very meaningful ways that would move the needle forward for you and approach it more from that point of view.” - *Kateri Ruiz
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Time Stamps
00:34 — A background on Kateri Ruiz and MAIA, the business she started and the circumstances and beliefs which led Kateri to put up MAIA.
08:00 — Kateri telling more about MAIA, with it favoring a more female-centric economy and its support to gender equality.
09:00 — On women's buying habit, their values and their reason and purpose in buying things and the value of crowdsourcing for MAIA.
13:20 — The idea of MAIA being a premium listing of women-owned companies and values expounded.
15:51 — Kateri on being an advocate on effecting change and her belief on gender equality and on seeing women at the highest leadership position - the ultimate value it does to the whole organization.
24:44 — On microaggression and how it impact women in the highest levels of leadership and how her mission on gender equality empowers her to set aside negativity and push forward her purpose.
40:29 — On her thoughts about how men can contribute to better empower and support women-owned businesses.
44:20 — Her ideas and a whole lot more valuable thoughts about finding your business partner that fits you perfectly well.
49:07 — On what he thinks about gender equality being connected to one's total wellbeing and how she integrates work and life amidst a busy life.
58:23 — Collaboration versus competition and her concept of collaboration and its benefits.
Lynne Fredrickson is the owner of Wellness Concepts, LLC and Lynne Fredrickson Coaching. She is a certified health and wellness coach and she is passionate about helping you reach your goals.
On this episode Lynne shares about her expertise on how to release anxiety in order to be connected back to your authentic self; and ditch having to always believe your conditioned self in order to reach your ultimate wellbeing.
“Life, I believe, is meant to be joyful and we're born joyful and to be joyful.”
- Lynne Fredrickson
Time Stamps
00:30 — About Lynne Fredrickson's Educational Background,
the Wellness Concepts and Lynne Fredrickson Coaching and insights into her chosen businesses.
06:33 — What is causing stress which leads to anxiety and the steps in helping you release it and determining which program best fits for your need.
8:38 — Lynne talking about her inspiration in starting her business in relation to what she went through in life herself and the positive changes Lynne experienced herself after using the tactics she used from her own business.
12:12 — Habits versus Lifestyle Change and why the latter term has much more impact to use.
14:22 — What is anxiety and what does being connected means in relation to your conditioned self as well as understanding these three terms: your authentic self, vulnerability and your conditioned self.
18:02 — Meditation and getting connected back to yourself and what does it take you out of your own anxiety with Lynne talking about her own anxiety reliever regimen.
25:36 — Lynne sharing her take on balanced diet and the attitude of gratitude and how it relieves anxiety and enhances your personal wellbeing.
28:43 — How to shut down negativity everyday , your family's role in fending off anxiety and having a support system.
32:58 — Lynne talking about the importance of structures and systems in her own business and thoughts about rejections and the right attitude towards it.
36:04 — Finding balance between family and business and getting things organized and having things put together infused with Lynne's definition of wellbeing.
Kyle Long is a holistic lifestyle consultant, wellness professional and aspiring business coach, focusing on personal health and motivation, innovation, mind, body and spirit.
On this episode, Kyle shares his passion for coaching to help people navigate the ups and downs of life, and help begin the journey of wellness.
“…it's not always easy to keep that balance. There are definitely days when we stumble, but there's also those days where we can confidently walk into the kitchen and say, I deserve that donut.”
- Kyle Long
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Timestamps:
03:19 — Kyle Long and the Longevity Wellness
06:50 — His inspiration to start this health coaching business
08:03 — Confusion and feeling of being stuck and making sense of it all
09:15 — Questions to ask yourself in order to lead and motivate you to take steps to control back something in your life
11:05 — Setting motivational goals for yourself and steps to actually attaining it
17:15 — Positive reinforcement in motivation, goal setting and sticking to it
21:33 — The philosophy of corporate wellness and how they are structured relative to incentives
28:28 — Establishing habits and motivation and how this two should be go together
34:11 — Kyle’s routines and action steps, maintaining his personal wellbeing and wellness.
39:55 — Opportunities one can promote in your own cities to support and embrace an environment of personal wellbeing and wellness.
45:45 — Kyle’s definition of wellbeing and why he believes in it
Sarah McNally is the CEO of TransForm Corporation, a transformational consulting company, and a contributing author to the book Our Journey to Corporate Sanity.
On this episode, Sarah shares share proven strategies for developing powerful and enriching relationships that will ensure you become the kind of leader others want to follow.
“Wellbeing is really about inner alignment. When you know you are coming from a place of self-love, when you're making choices versus self-loathing.”
- Sarah McNally
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Timestamps:
02:41 — All about Sarah and the Transform Corp
04:11 — Her ‘corporate experience disconnect’—the experience that led her to run the Transform Corp
09:38 — All about brands: corporate, employee and the customer experience
12:00 — Creating vibrant and better customer experience
13:25 — Defining the common purpose of a business
15:49 — Importance of the employee engagement
19:43 — Influence over people and how someone achieve that?
21:03 — Trust, openness and reliability: How does a person create mutual respect?
24:27 — Why Sarah does what she do now. And what brought her to join transform
26:16 — Her growth opportunity: Showing up as a leader and not as her father’s daughter
31:45 — How she help people discover their purpose? Why it is important for people to discover that?
39:44 — Her vulnerable backstory: Her daughter’s adoption
48:25 — Sarah defines what is wellbeing for her
Lakshmi Dady is a business coach, speaker and zealous advocate for ethical business and women’s empowerment. She is the founder of (B) Free, and partner of Coaching Hour. She is also an integral coach and holistic organizer with a decade of experience in teaching personal growth and facilitating organization.
On this episode, Lakshmi shares her passion for coaching combined with her tenacity for business puts her in perfect alignment with The Coaching Hour's mission to empower entrepreneurs to live their best lives and helping people learn to live richer, fuller lives with less.
“Creating that one eye contact human interaction, that is one way I am leveraging my privilege.” - Lakshmi Dady
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Support Lakshmi/The Coaching Hour Upcoming Events:
· The Sales Conversation Workshop- Friday November 2, 2018
· meetup.com at the solopreneur community
Timestamps:
02:41 — Lakshmi Dady as a business coach, partner of The Coaching Hour and B Free.
02:41 — Being a citizen of the world traveling over 40 countries around the world which includes a 6months travel via boat
09:51 — Common mistakes entrepreneurs do, her advice to high performing but introverted people
18:09 — Her authentic coaching style, coaching like water, giving the people freedom to be what they want to be
23:28 — How having a structure in place determines freedom
28:20 — Celebrating business success through incentives
33:02 — Accountability and having outside perspective to free yourself from tasks so you can be at your zone of excellence
40:40 — The roadblocks of change, redesigning life and how to know that it is a ‘coachable moment’
54:50 — The Coaching Hour as the one-stop shop for business owner
58:28 — The Value Mindset: the more value to give, the more connections built
01:02:55 — The founding intention of TC Wellness Collective as a support community
01:08:00 — Her vision to create a paradigm shift for America and provide change, opportunity and empowerment
Jenn Nelsen is a transformation specialist and catalyst for change. She is the founder and owner of The Wellness Alchemist, she has been cultivating human experience with her clients that transforms the mind, body and connection.
In this episode, Jenn shares her passion of helping people increase their performance and increase longevity. She shares her expertise working with sending the mind and igniting the spirit to all walks of life and mini corner of the Earth.
“My vision is to be able to get to that place where we get past the trauma, we let it go, so we open up spaces for infinite possibility.”
- Jenn Nelsen
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Support Twin Cities Upcoming Event:
Exploring the 428: The Intersection of Well-Being and Entrepreneurship- October 18, 2018
Timestamps:
- 05:25 — All about Jenn and the different empowerment projects she do
- 12:46 — Importance to be in the meditative state
- 15:13 — Experiencing pain without suffering
- 17:10 — Clearing the pain through a ‘body scan’ exercise
- 22:10 — Managing pain and suffering through your own ability
- 25:32 — Numbing the pain through medication and not allowing the body to acknowledge and react to it
- 27:42 — What is meditation?
- 31:08 — Jenn shares her BIG WHY
- 37:54 — Her 10 year practice as a yoga instructor in an institution
- 39:10 — Being present, authentic and balanced in the mind shifts you in a different path
- 40:55 — Jenn’s Wellbeing Formula
- 44:10— Her wellness routine
- 47:04— Connect with Jenn Nelsen
- 48:40— What wellbeing means to Jenn Nelson
Key Takeaways
- “There is no way we can grow if we are stuck.”
- “When we are present, when we are really in the moment, we are not feeling past pain or future pain. Whether that be anxiety or physical pain.”
- “Pain is a message.”
Connect with Jenn Nelsen
- Contact No.(Phone): 612-508-4758
Book a Chat with Alex Morrall
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Diane Rucker is the Executive Director at University Enterprise Laboratories, a non-profit incubator dedicated to supporting early stage life science and technology ventures.
In this episode, Diane shares her passion and expertise in balancing timelines, resource constraints and hit impossible goals, her advice to starting entrepreneurs, how she aids start-ups to work towards success, the entrepreneurial ecosystem at Minnesota and how she maintains her own professional well-being.
“Taking a risk as an entrepreneur means that you need to have the rest of your life balanced in a really good space before you can reach out and make that huge leap.”
- Diane Rucker
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Support Twin Cities Upcoming Events:
www.twincitiesstartupweek.com- October 7–14, 2018
Exploring the 428: The Intersection of Well-Being and Entrepreneurship- October 18, 2018
Timestamps:
06:01 — All about UEL and how they help start-up communities
07:25 — Why UEL shift to focus on helping start-ups?
10:50 — Entrepreneurial ecosystem of Minnesota and the importance of connection amongst ecosystem
14:27 — Key differences of entrepreneurs in Minnesota compared to other entrepreneurs
16:00 — Barrier to success factors of Minnesota start-ups: risk-tolerance and capital availability
23:00 — What is the impact of companies having close proximity to other companies
24:40 — Why she is passionate about entrepreneurship?
26:41 — How the experiences from her prior work translate to what she is doing today?
27:48 — Strengths of every entrepreneurial ecosystem
28:53 — UEL’s journey in supporting the bio-science ecosystem
34:21 — Diane’s advice to start-ups entrepreneur
38:34 — The 100K Competition: Pitch, Accelerate, and Launch
42:49 — Intersection of well-being and entrepreneurship according to Dianne
45:28 — Conscious choice to take on the risk of entrepreneurship
46:53 — Dedication to well-being to be a successful entrepreneur
Key Takeaways
“Any product that you develop has to have a technical bass, a customer and a plan for distribution for marketing and growth.”
“A lot of the prior work that I did, the technical expertise that I develop helped me to not only understand how you can get very deep into a project but also how that project engages with other parts of their ecosystem.”
“Understand your willingness to accept risk.”
“Be realistic of what you are trying to do.”
Connect with Diane Rucker p>
UEL Website
Book a Chat with Alex Morrall
Need a Help with Launching your Podcast?
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Podcast Launch, Podcast Management and Marketing-Cecilia Mercado/ValuePod Productions
Scott Hawkins is the owner and co-founder of LIV Chiropractic .
In this interview, Scott shares his big vision and desire to make an impact in the health of others in the city. He always aims to develop a meaningful personal relationship. His emphasis on the cultivation of positive relationships shows that his practice seeks to move from treating not only the physical to positively impacting the patient.
“To be able to focus on something much bigger than me is my route.”
- Scott Hawkins
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Timestamps:
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01:27 — All about Scott Hawkins
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02:52 — Scott Hawkins inspiration to pursue a chiropractic career
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04:31 — How he build relationship and trust with the people they help and work with
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06:22 — How his business is unique from other chiropractic clinics
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07:57 — Their process of helping patients to get from where they are to their desired outcome
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10:08 — How they convince people to try chiropractic
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12:12 — How do they keep people in course when their past pains resurface
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15:22 — His vision for LIV Chiropractic
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18:53 — Scott shares some patients’ success stories
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23:55 — Goals and goal planning
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26:28 — Failure, faith, and purpose
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30:51 — How Scott handle all his tasks as an entrepreneur
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37:00 — Setting realistic goals
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41:08 — Neurological reward for doing your morning routine
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43:48 — Connect with Scott Hawkins and LIV Chiropractic
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47:40 — What well-being means for Scott
Key Takeaways
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“You’ll never know what the body is capable of when you give it what it needs.”
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“When you achieve an outcome that you are looking for, you should celebrate. Because it is very powerful for your nervous system to experience that.”
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“Find out what you want to do and figure out what little kinds of stuff you need to take to get there.”
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“A lot of times you do not focus on the plan, you focus on the goal.”
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“To be able to focus on something much bigger than me is my route.”
Connect with Scott Hawkins and LIV Chiropractic
LIV Chiropractic Website
LIV Chiropractic Facebook
LIV Chiropractic Instagram
Lori Myren-Manbeck is a social entrepreneur, founder of Inclusivi-tee, a quarterly subscription-based t-shirt club that produces beautiful, original, shirt designed by local artists. The company is structured as a public benefit corporation and donates their profits to non-profits that aligned with Inclusivi-tee’s mission.
Listen to this interview and hear how Lori spreads and shares her positive message of hope to all and giving back in the process through being a social entrepreneur.
“The heart of social and environment justice is kindness. That if we view the world through the lens of kindness, and think about kindness in everything we do, we actually can’t discriminate or treat the Earth poorly. ”
- Lori Myren-Manbeck
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Timestamps:
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03:10 — All about Inclusivi-tee, how it started and its mission
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04:07 — How Lori started the company with the ‘Kindness Initiative’
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05:50 — her business goals
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06:13 — Lori’s definition of kindness
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07:28 — their kindness oriented events to shift peoples focus and improve community spirit
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08:24 — how receptive are people in being part of the kindness movement
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10:08 — Inclusivtee’s business model and how they partner to NGO’s
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12:40 — Lori’s transition and what drove her to shift from being a psychologist to being a social entrepreneur
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14:08 — Lori as an entrepreneur
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18:17 — Business challenges that she encountered along the way especially the conversion piece
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23:15 — Lori’s business advice: Know it going to be hard.
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25:25 — her vision for Inclusivi-tee
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28:15 — 10 Days of Kindness event
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36:55 — what wellbeing looks like for Lori
Key Takeaways
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People are hungry for kindness and I think that everybody knows for the world to continue moving forward or to continue at all, kindness is pretty central and necessary.
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What I love being a geriatric psychologist is that I am working with people in the end of their lives and really helping them remember who they are and why they matter.
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If you open yourself up you do find people in the path who are helpful and propel you.
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The first step in kindness is kind to yourself. And part of that is being grateful.
Connect with Lori Myren-Manbeck
Inclusivi-tee Website
Facebook-@inclusivitee
Instagram- @inclusivitee
Elaine Tymchak is the Founder and Director of Cultivate International, with the mission to empower immigrant, minority and indigenous leaders to fight poverty and injustices through small-scale grassroots community efforts. She is a Brazilian native with a Masters in International Development, she brings over 14 years of nonprofit management and community development experience while serving communities worldwide, and building relationships with global community leaders.
Listen to this interview and hear Elaine’s love for people, knowledge, and diversity of culture. Find out how she is able to use her talents, experiences, and networks to build a global movement through Cultivate.
“I am a firm believer that any kind of large scale change does start from the grassroots level. And that’s where we have invested in to. ”
- Elaine Tymchak
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Timestamps:
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03:18 — All about Cultivate and its mission as a non-profit business incubator
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04:15 — What inspired Elaine to help community insiders set up their own organization
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10:58 — Advantages of having a community insider leaders helping their own community
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12:13 — How Cultivate mold the community insider leaders to be specialized experts within their community
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14:07 — Indigenous Language Institute (ILI) and its mission to pass on the culture of Igorot to the younger generation
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17:30 — Helping Orphans from the Ebola Virus Outbreak of 2014
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25:26 — Community dependency to larger NGOs
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28:28 — How Cultivate support their partners
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33:33 — Transformation of Cultivate’s partners
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43:15 — Elaine’s advice to people who what to start a business, non-profit organization, and a project
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45:50 — Importance of balance and day-off as an entrepreneur
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48:50 — How the things she is doing impacts her life?
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54:38 — Connect with Cultivate International
Key Takeaways
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"There is so many community insiders who have the potential, commitment to make long term changes, improvement, and impacts in their community. But the barriers to their success are really large."
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"We want our partners, the community insiders to be the kind of people their community want to emulate."
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"We have our desires in the back seat. We have to say maybe the uneducated person, halfway the developing world has a better idea than we do. And what they say goes not to what we say."
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"Learn how to fail well."
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"To be an entrepreneur, to be someone who is pushing forward on something is to know that it is okay to let a plate drop. It is okay to have failures."
Key Resources from Our Interview with Elaine Tymchak
The Tyranny of Experts by William Easterly
Cultivate’s Event: Play Around the World – October 2, 5PM-8PM
Connect with Elaine Tymchak
Cultivate International
Instagram-@cultivateintl
Facebook-Cultivate International
Twitter-@cultivateintl
Dr. Matt Wiest,DC is the owner and operator of the Center of Movement. They are a wellness C.E.N.T.E.R. focusing on Chiropractic, Education, Nutrition, Therapeutic Exercise, and Recovery. Their mission is to get patients out of pain, educate on how to stay out of pain, and show that you are much stronger, faster, and more agile than you give yourself credit for.
Listen to this interview and learn how you can succeed by being authentic and by aiming to reach what you are passionate about by pushing your borders and by making actionable moves.
“Do not let people tell you ‘No’. Just be excited about what you are excited about. Push the borders, make some moves. ”
-Dr. Matt Wiest
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Timestamps:
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04:20 — What does a lifestyle change means for Dr. Matt
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06:39 — His journey into setting up the Center of Movement and why he is passionate about being a chiropractor
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09:00 — The “Weekend Warriors”—people who he want to help
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12:30 — Foundational Training
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14:30 — His definition of success and how he help people get there
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17:55 — Frame, Fuel and Focus: 3 Pillars of The Center of Movement
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21:35 — Building a network: to shake 1000-hands in 3 months
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25:21 — His advice to business owners and entrepreneurs who were just starting up
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28:44 — How he overcame his career-drain exprience and pursued his passion
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33:35 — What wellbeing looks like in Dr. Matt’ life?
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38:34 — What does a balanced life look
Key Takeaways
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“Very small changes that are consistent over time will yield the most massive result.”
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“The more effective things are just when you are very subtle with changes.”
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“Be authentic and just do something that you are super passionate about.”
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“Do not let people tell you “No”. Just be excited about what you are excited about.
- Push the borders, make some moves.”
Key Resources from Our Interview with Dr. Matt Weist
The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson
Connect with Dr. Matt Wiest
The Center of Movement
Instagram-@thecenterofmvmt
Facebook-The Center
Christopher Austin is the owner and founder of Momental Nootropics. He has extensive experience in guiding patients to optimal health through nutrition and diet consultation as well as treating orthopedic injuries by restoring musculoskeletal balance through proper movement.
Listen to this interview and learn how what inspired Chris to come up with a nootropic product that offers a day and night recovery solution to coincide with the rehab solution for their patients.
“Find a way to be happy with content. Because you are going to have spikes, deeps in your perceived level of happiness.”
- Christopher Austin
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Timestamps:
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03:15 — All about Christopher Austin and the Momental Herbal Nootropics
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04:48 — Nootropics: What are they and how can they help
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11:00 — What inspired Chris to help other people with the nootropic products
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15:47 — Chris philosophy on balancing work-life as an entrepreneur
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16:42 — Enjoying his mobile home lifestyle and the natural way of living
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19:32 — Chores can boost happiness and the gratifying feeling of doing chores
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22:04 — What happiness looks like for Chris
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30:11 — Connect with Christopher Austin
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32:00 — Well-being for Chris
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“Stress and anxiety is a problem for everyone daily especially in our fast-paced environment.”
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“If you can just unwind a little bit more before the end of the night, feeling a little bit more relaxed throughout the day that will be quite beneficial.”
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“I just do not care so much about things which are nice. And so it allowed me to really reduce my expenses in life.”
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“Find a way to be happy with the content. Because you are going to have spikes, deeps in your perceived level of happiness.”
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“Happiness is not getting too caught up in having a down moment or a down day.”
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“You will realize on your down days, your dips it is not just going to last. It is going to be temporary.”
Connect with Christopher Austin
www.getmomental.com
hello@getmomental.com
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Benedict Frank is a chef-turned digital marketing strategist and entrepreneur. He found more freedom in his life when he stepped into his role as an entrepreneur. Life as a business owner grants him more time with his family, and career fulfillment.
Listen to this interview and learn insights on work-life integration from Benedict’s personal experience, learn how his transition helped him improve his well-being.
“Wellbeing for me means enjoying life, having a positive perspective on things and always having goals that you are striving for.”
- Benedict Frank
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Timestamps: - 03:33 — All about Benedict Franks background and his digital marketing services
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04:02 — What was his inspiration in putting up a digital marketing agency
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05:05 — How he help his client find and define their ideal customers
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06:47 — Importance of identifying your ideal customer
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08:32 — His transition from being a chef to a digital strategist
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10:42 — A community as your accountability partners in achieving your goals
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13:31 — insights about work-life integration now he is an entrepreneur
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15:40 — His marketing advice to entrepreneurs who struggle with their marketing: be clear on your goals and know your audience really well
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17:32 — His advice to people who wants to leap into entrepreneurship
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19:40 — Driving factors that helps him enjoy what he does every day
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20:51 — Benedict shares his business journey
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24:10 — His client’s success stories
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27:06 — What does well-being means to Benedict
Key Takeaways - “One you capture a lead or a potential customer, it is very important to figure out how you are going to be interacting with them.”
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“Large part of people’s buying decision these days is doing their research online and if they do not find good reviews that can have a massive impact.”
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“System is the key. Making sure that you are using your time wisely.”
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“When you got to the moment that you just dread what you have to do every day to make a living, you should probably make a change. ”
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“If you can take control of your life and be organized and enjoy your life, then you’re going to enjoy your business too.”
Connect with Benedict Frank
• Benedict Frank - Business Growth Strategist
• ben@benedictfrankdigital.com
Sarah Becker is the Chief Process Improvement Investigator and Implementer, and Founder of Clear Simple Business, a process improvement business that aims to help small businesses improve, automate and create efficiencies within their business.
She also founded Chief Holistic Officer, a business that aims to help parents become guiltlessly selfish about their self-care so they can be the best versions of themselves.
Listen to this interview and learn how you can get the balance on what is important — your life and family, in general — not mundane tasks that have, quite simply, gotten out of hand.
“My default mode was there’s got to be a better way.”
-Sarah Becker
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Timestamps: * 04:20 — All about Clear Simple Business and the service they offer * 04:55 — All about Chief Holistic Officer and how it helps protect family time * 06:52 — Type of mindset that is needed to achieve balance in work and life * 09:01— How moms impact the energies and beliefs at home * 10:13 — How Sarah overcame all her limiting beliefs * 11:10 — 7-Days to Joyful Living: 7-days to train yourself to tell that mean, nasty, bitchy voice inside your head * 14:38 — Chief Holistic Officer Zone Quarterly Events: Parenting, Mindset, Getting to know your children betters * 18:03 —Supporting pregnancy and newborn group, the importance of having an accountability community especially for moms * 28:13 — Sarah’s mission for Clear Simple Business * 33:42 — Task list, flowchart and process maps * 34:42 — the common problem of the clients she encounters: What is the best software? * 42:44 — Importance of willingness to learn, grow and evolve * 43:20 — Sarah’s strategy for change and process implementation * 46:47 — How she finds her clients and prospects * 48:34 — How she transition from working for Target and setting up her own business * 54:40 — How she managed to be an entrepreneur, her social responsibility, family, and kids * 58:07 — What does wellbeing means to Sarah
Key Takeaways * “I realized that more people do things harder than they need to be.” * “It is important for us to focus on our family time and have a cohesive family unit in order to help our children really become the best that they can be.” * “Busy does not equal productive.” * “A lot of us is very mean to ourselves.” * “Focus on the process first. So when you get to look at a new software you know what your priorities are.”
Key Resources from Our Interview with Sarah Becker
• CHO Quarterly Event
• Cindra Kamphoff – Beyond the Grit
• The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids
Connect with Sarah Becker
• Chief Holistic Officer
• Clear Simple Business
• CSB Facebook
• CHO Facebook
In this episode I am joined by Betsy and Tyler Koepke.
Betsy is the founder of Besty Koepke Coaching and her husband Tyler is the co-facilitator at The Couples Connection Retreat they lead together.
Since age 5, Betsy has been on a soul-searching mission trying to conquer her demons and live her own truth. That journey has led her to the study of psychology, anthropology, astronomy, world religions, mythology, education, and philosophy. The road that she has traveled has included living in the woods of Virginia, hiking the Appalachian Trail, living and traveling up and down the west coast of the United States, studying in London, and trekking through Southeast Asia.
Her study and practice of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga have led her to understand that we are living in an east meets west world where thousands of years of practice as well as current day scientific research all point to one common understanding…that the human mind and psyche are the underlying forces behind who we are, how we feel, and how we behave.
Betsy, Tyler, and I discuss Betsy’s coaching practice, their heart for helping other couples thrive in their relationships, the struggles they encounter in their own relationship, and their advice for building a strong connection with your spouse or partner. Enjoy!
Duke Pieper was 15 years old when he was told that he had a 5% chance to live. It seemed that all the odds were stacked up against him. Except one, his determination. Through that determination and what is deemed as a medical miracle, he was able to survive multiple surgeries. Duke’s case is very rare. According to the Brain Aneurism Foundation, there are nearly 500,000 deaths worldwide each year caused by brain aneurysms and half the victims are younger than 50.
Brain cancer, brain tumor, inoperable– -all words that make you only think of something negative, but Duke has turned those words into a positive. He has never given up. He hasn’t given up fighting and he never gave up on his passion for his education or his love for hockey. Pieper was a student at Hill-Murray High School as a varsity defenseman when he realized something was wrong before his first game. That is when he found out that he had a brain bleed and his whole life would change from that day forward.
Duke has recently published a book, I’m Alive. All of the proceeds from his book go directly to his foundation, which empowers people to move forward with hope and courage in the face of adversity associated with life’s challenges.
Duke is an incredibly inspiring person an I truly enjoyed the opportunity to interview him. I believe anyone that is lucky enough to spend a few minutes with Duke will have a more positive outlook on life. I hope you enjoy this interview featuring Duke Pieper.
Colin Longren is a partner and the Vice President of Global sales at the Millau Group.
Colin’s “ah-ha” moment in sales came when he was challenged to bring on the next “Key Account” at a private company. He began searching LinkedIn for the all the contacts he would pursue, collected sales materials to use, and researched current customers he serviced in the same industry.
The following week his Monday sales meeting began and he was immediately asked was: “Colin, how many phone calls did you make last week?” At that point he realized, “…our team has no sales process, nobody can coach me to my pursuits, and we’re focusing on the wrong things. Once Dave Varner, the founder of the Millau Group, introduced Colin to the Millau Group, it clicked instantly.
Now, Colin helps B2B sales teams implement a process, coach to it, and change the way they’ll look at sales forever. As part of his role at the Millau Group, Colin speaks, coaches, and influences other salespeople.
The Millau Group is in the vertical of “Sales Training,” but fundamentally fixing the fatal flaw: why organizations spend money on training without seeing the desired results. The fatal flaw is the lack of process. Here’s proof: “If you passed out a case study of an important opportunity to your individual salespeople and asked them for the next best steps to move it forward, how many different answers would you get?” If it’s more than one answer, you prove Colin’s point.
Colin and I discuss his journey in sales, the common problems he sees on sales teams, and the habits he employs in his life to bolster his own well-being and performance in his career. I hope you enjoy this podcast featuring Colin Longren!
Sue Hawkes is the CEO of Yess! Sue helps CEOs and their leadership teams succeed. As a bestselling author, award-winning leader, Certified EOS Implementer, Certified Business Coach, Women’s Presidents Organization Chapter Chair, and globally recognized award-winning seminar leader, Sue brings a wealth of knowledge and over twenty-five years of business experience to her clients.
Sue has received numerous awards including the Dream Keeper award recognized by the Governor’s Council for her leadership program, the Regional US Small Business Administration Women in Business Champion of the Year award, the Exemplary Woman of the Community Award, Women Venture’s Unsung Hero Award, Women Who Lead from Minnesota Business, NAWBO Minnesota’s Achieve! Vision Award and named a 2018 Enterprising Woman of the Year. Sue’s passion is helping people design and live successful, fulfilling lives through powerful leadership, effective communication, no-nonsense coaching, and healthy teamwork.
Jennifer Espinosa-Goswami is the founder of Weightless LLC.
As a private health coach and motivational speaker, she helps women filter through misleading or ludicrous weight loss claims to add their own flavor to a weight loss plan that fits into their busy schedules. She enjoys analyzing complex information and translating it into focused and actionable steps that others can easily implement.
She is a member of the National Weight Loss Control Registry and has been featured in national US publications. Jen is also a volunteer speaker for the American Heart Association.
Jen and I discuss how she helps other women to achieve improved health and elevated self-esteem, how she works to integrate her business and personal life, and her own personal journey to heightened well-being. Enjoy!
Jeannette Grace is the CEO and founder of Expressive! Communication Consulting and Training. She helps organizations and their people exceed expectations. As a training and development expert since 1995, Jeannette develops and delivers actionable training focused on improving skills needed in every business, in every industry, and at every level in every company. Her aim is to produce results by customizing training centered on your company or project goals. To help in your success, she uses her knowledge in communication consulting, adult learning styles, interpersonal communication, and leading with positive influence to create dynamic, engaging, and valuable training. Jeannette is also the author of G Factor: 8 Secrets to Increasing Your Gravitational Pull at work. Jeannette and I discuss her journey to starting and running her company, the secrets laid out in her book, and how she works to foster her own personal well-being in her everyday life. Enjoy!
Dr. Berger is the CEO of Sciadonics. Sciadonics distributes Sciadonic acid, which is a unique, anti-inflammatory, eco-friendly, fatty acid derived from conifer species of plants, consumed by indigenous populations and in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It was removed from Western diets during industrialization. Dr. Berger has spent the last 30 years studying SCI. Over the course of 22 studies in various rodent- and animal cell models of oral- and topical inflammation, SCI decreased inflammation more than fish oil when compared, with a novel mechanism of action.
He is also the co-founder of KetoMCT and Lifesense Products. This company manufactures domestically-manufactured C8 medium chain triglycerides and other ketogenic products for weight management, energy, focus, and performance.
Dr. Berger is also the president of Dr. SOS Nutrition Consulting where he helps companies scientifically vet their supplements and nutritional claims.
Dr. Berger and I discuss his businesses and how they are helping others to live healthier lives, the routine he follows on a daily basis to maintain his personal health, and his journey as an entrepreneur. Enjoy!
On today’s show, my guest is Lorie Marsh.
Lorie has 25 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur, indie filmmaker, and story developer. She has worked as a creative producer, writer, developmental editor, director, and script consultant on all kinds of content: narrative films, documentary films, screenplays, novels, plays, websites, educational programs, and multi-platform storyworlds (you can find out more about that on Lorie’s website).
Lorie has expertise in intuiting stories and patterns from disparate piece-parts and guiding multidisciplinary artists, creatives, and entrepreneurial leaders to excavate and express their authentic voices with clarity and purpose.
Lorie describes herself as compulsively creative, mentally restless, and distractible. And she openly discusses depression and anxiety’s occasional visits to her psyche. Thus, she is fascinated by brain science, mindfulness, authentic soul expression, and holistic wellness. Presently, in her work as a multidisciplinary artist and public speaker, she explores and examines the overlaps among creativity, mindfulness, and storytelling. She prods, guides, and inspires audiences to mine their own life stories for access to their inner wisdom and refreshing, transforming perspective adjustments.
Lorie says “Change your story, transform your life! You have a superpower, and it is Choice.”
In perhaps my favorite episode yet, Lorie and I discuss her business and projects, her personal wellness journey, and her advice for entrepreneurs and even for me. Enjoy!
On today’s show, I am joined by Hilary Patzer and Sophia Bouwens of JADA Studios.
Hilary is driven by empowerment through, growth, health and movement. Her number one goal is to support athletes in achieving their highest level of competition. Hilary is a licensed acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist in Minnesota. Her tools of the trade also include being a Level lll Fascial Stretch Specialist and certified in Cranial Sacral Therapy and Neurokinetic Therapy. She is currently working towards her Doctorate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in order to deepen her comprehension and mastery for her patients benefit.
Hilary was a two-time NCAA Division 1 All American Nordic Ski Racer. She raced with the U.S. Ski Team for 3 years. As a competitive skier, Hilary overtrained and acupuncture was the one thing that brought her back to a whole, healthy person and athlete. She continues to train and compete in ski races, marathons, and triathlons. She competed in the Ironman World Championship and the Boston Marathon. Her competitive experience provides her with unique understanding of what pushing the body to its limit means and how acupuncture can aid the athlete’s body.
Please help us welcome JADA Studios newest team member! Sophia is a licensed acupuncturist in Minnesota, with a background in neuroscience, hormonal balance and fertility. With a focus on the nervous system, Sophia is motivated by exploring and strengthening the relationship between an individual’s conscious experience of their body and the body’s deeper operative systems. She seeks to work with patients to discover how to harness this relationship for control and precision in athletic pursuits and everyday life.
In the past, Sophia competed in swimming, diving and dance. However, her appreciation and passion for acupuncture came from personal tragedy. Acupuncture was crucial to her full recovery from a snowboarding accident and a life-threatening car accident from which she had to relearn how to walk, swallow and dress. She is now dedicated to helping others experience the same profound impact of acupuncture.
Hilary, Sophia, and I discuss how they help others enhance their overall well-being, their personal journeys to well-being, and their advice for other entrepreneurs. Enjoy!
Terry Danielson joins as my guest on today’s show.
Terry is the CEO and founder of Simmer Down Tea. Terry also works as a legal investigator and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Thomas where he teaches a course entitled “Frugal Innovation Developing Products for the Developing World.”
Terry travels the world and partners directly with farmers to bring his customers not only the freshest of teas but also to promote sustainable agricultural practices by using frugal innovation practices in countries in need of economic growth. Terry has partnered with Edgerton University biochemists in Kenya under the Kenyan Tea Research Institute to bring us a new innovation to tea, the purple tea leaf.
On today’s show, Terry and I discuss the health benefits of purple tea, Terry’s journey as an entrepreneur, and the practices he implements into his everyday life to promote his own well-being. Enjoy!
On today’s show I interview Lucy Stange, Founder of My Social Drive.
Lucy is a brand and social media photographer in the Twin Cities and surrounding area.
My Social Drive helps tell others’ brand story through photography services and content. Lucy helps other to engage with on a deeper level with your brand.
My Social Drive recently opened a new location in Northeast Minneapolis and I had the pleasure of recording this podcast in their new studio!
Lucy and I discuss how to reflect transparency through your brand, her journey as an entrepreneur, and how she finds time to implement her own wellness practices while balancing her business and family life.
Cathy’s vision is to connect precision medicine, life style behaviors, and technology to improve outcomes for cancer patients.
The Thrivors™ platform addresses secondary side effects of cancer treatment where they impact patients the most and where they can go unrecognized - beyond the clinical setting to improve adherence, outcomes, and healing.
Common complications during and following cancer treatment include pain, fatigue, lymphedema, neuropathy, osteoporosis, and psycho-social distress. These side effects, or social determinants of health, can dramatically diminish a patient’s quality of life.
There is an opportunity to combine the clinical power of genomics with the power of patient engagement via the Thrivors™ digital health platform to enrich precision medicine to include social determinants of health and quality of life indicators.
Cathy and I discuss the impact THIRVORS is making on cancer patients, her entrepreneurial journey, and how she maintains her own personal wellness when she continues to give so much to others.
On today’s show I interview Paul Claxton, CEO and Founder of Reciprocity ROI.
Paul is an entrepreneur, technology executive, and honorably discharged United States Marine who has a well-versed knowledge base in a variety of business environments. He uses this expertise to help our customers with a variety of small to mid-sized projects where they have been able to increase operational efficiency and top line revenues.
Paul has been involved in some form of athletics for over 20 years. He has deep and diverse experience in dieting and workout regimens. Paul has won numerous medals and awards in competitive events and has experience in helping people achieve their fitness goals.
Paul and I discuss what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, how to avoid sacrificing your well-being to succeed in the workplace, and the mindset that helped him to find success as a marine and as a business owner.
If you like our podcast and want to help others be impacted by our mission, please leave a review on itunes as it will help us to reach more people and aid in their personal well-being.
Thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjoyed my interview with Paul Claxton!
On today’s show I interview Dr. Chris Frykman.
Dr Chris Frykman intentionally holds a bigger vision for you than even you may think possible. He wants you to feel your best and experience truly vibrant health. He uses a cutting edge, Functional Medicine approach to give you the best chance at overcoming your health issues, so you can get back to living a life free of pain and full of joy!
Dr Chris holds several degrees including a nursing degree as well as a doctorate in chiropractic practice. He is a holistic nurse and is continuing his education to obtain his nurse practitioner degree so he can better serve his clients in holistic medicine as well as chiropractic . Truly the best of both worlds.
Dr Chris has continued education in Functional Medicine, Functional Neurology, Clinical Nutrition, and Applied Kinesiology. He is a certified triathlon coach and fitness expert. He will identify the obstacles keeping you from experiencing true health and help you do what it takes to achieve it. He uses a natural, holistic, brain-based approach to solve your health problems. Enjoy!
On today’s show I interview Dr. Nicole Smith and Patsy Reed from Synergy eTherapy. Synergy eTherapy takes a different approach from visiting a therapist’s office. Rather, Synergy etherapy utilizes phone and video chat sessions to meet with patients. I discuss Nicole and Patsy’s experience as therapists with Synergy etherapy, how etherapy lowers barriers of access to therapy, and their thoughts on how etherapy will impact the mental health field moving forward.
Joe McKenzie is an entrepreneur with his company Ripple Connects, Inc. He instructs individuals on how to identify, strengthen and grow their network outward using the Ripple Effect Networking Model he developed and copyrighted.
Joe is the co-host and career expert on the New Beginnings radio program heard Saturday’s on AM950 KTNF. He is also a recurring guest on the KMOJ Morning Show, with his career growth segment entitled Today’s Takeaway’s with Joe McKenzie.
He is the Past President of the West 7th Business Association in St Paul, and now currently volunteers to serve on the Board of Directors for the Cars for Neighbors organization in Anoka County, and the Joseph Coat Organization in St Paul.
Joe and I discuss the importance of community engagement, the importance of cognitive diversity, and his strategies to thrive in your career.
Today’s guest is Cece Ketcham, CEO of FitCEO and Modern Lifestyle Luggage.
Cece works to help busy CEOs and business owners to structure their lives to find success in their personal and professional lives. For businesses, she provides a fresh perspective to help executives and owners solve problems and create more profitable businesses. In tandem with her work with businesses, she helps busy individuals convert their lifestyle into one that bolsters their health and fitness. Cece aids others to adopt habits that foster fitness, health, and well-being.
In this interview, Cece reveals a wealth of information. She provides us with information about how she structures her day to ensure success, offers tangible advice for taking the first steps towards living a healthier life, and outlines her philosophy as to why living a healthy life is so important to finding success in the business world.
This episode's guest is Andy Jolivette, CEO and founder of Align Coaching. Andy specializes in helping individuals and organizations align their life, work, and values. Andy and I discuss his journey to where he is today, the "foundation" he started for his friends and family, and how he is working to overcome his biggest fears.
Join the Twin Cities Wellness Collective TM podcast to learn about Rosalynn Verges and her quest to improve company culture through her business, Fabric. Rosalynn and I discuss her journey as an entrepreneur, her inspiration for starting Fabric, and practical ideas for improving culture. Rosalynn's insights can help us to build companies that foster employee well-being through enhanced company culture.
Founder of Healthy Joyful Living, Melissa Smith, walks us through her journey to elevated well-being sharing helpful tips and wisdom along the way. Melissa also talks about how she decided to start giving back and helping others through her role as a Certified Health Coach. She worked for many years on the care side of health and decided that she wanted to transition to help people prevent chronic illness and poor health. Melissa provides a wealth of tangible advice as she speaks on mindfulness, diet, and New Year's Resolutions.
Welcome to the Twin Cities Wellness Collective TM Podcast. This episode explains the purpose of this show.