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We think most people have felt this way: we don’t feel our best yet our doctors tell us our blood work is “fine” and we are “ok”, “normal”, or “healthy”.

When Tiffany started nursing school she struggled with that very scenario. As she began her clinicals, she quickly noticed the flaws in the medical system.

Tiffany shares her wellness journey with us. We dive into the importance of gut health, its impact on overall health, as well as great places to start when looking to improve your overall well-being to feel your best every day!

This conversation is worth the listen {and the share!}, and we would love to hear what you gained from this episode. Share your personal story with us on our social media pages, or if you’d like more info and resources, don’t hesitate to reach out to us!

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Guest:

Tiffany Baldwin RN, Plexus Affilliate

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Interview with Stacey Degen about blending Eastern philosophies and Western knowledge to provide drug-free wellness care for all her clients and how her passion for health supports women during their menopausal transition.

Stacey Degen is a Licensed Acupuncturist, Empowerment Specialist and Health Advocate conveniently located in the Linden Hills neighborhood of Minneapolis. Her practice includes acupuncture, therapeutic movement, herbal medicine, and nutrition.

Stacey has spent the past 25 years as an empowerment specialist and health advocate inspiring people to live their best life possible regardless of their current physical and emotional health. She has built a loyal and expansive base of clients who value her background and ability to help them gain relief from pain, support their emotional health, and integrate healthy lifestyle choices into their daily lives.

Stacey is dedicated and committed to inspiring her community to live their best lives by applying safe, natural, and drug-free health and wellness care. Her practice blends traditional Eastern philosophies and practice with modern Western knowledge and experience to provide the highest level of care and professionalism.

Her recent personal life journey through menopause has fueled her passion to support women through this transition. Her accomplishments to support this work include a master’s certification on menopause and women’s health during the mid-life transition from the Eastern medical perspective, as well as a certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition on hormone health.

Stacey and is now one of a select few practitioners in the country certified to perform pelvic floor acupuncture to address many of the chronic pelvic floor conditions that naturally occur with the aging process. Her continued advance study of these areas positions her as a leader in the industry to offer natural health care solutions, inspiration, and support to her community.

Stacey complements her acupuncture practice with the continued study of various disciplines of nutrition, hormone health, yoga, and nature therapy.

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In the area of finding women who are role models in the midlife space, I would definitely put Bossa Bar Founder, Julie Gordon White, and what she has created for women in Menopause right up there. I love the opportunity to support midlife women entrepreneurs who are speaking out, educating, and creating product and services for women just like us.

I hope that you are finding the encouragement to view your own menopause and midlife journey as one where you can feel empowered. Empowerment starts with putting yourself first.

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During the last several decades Boston has become a biotech Mecca, with its Kendall Square attracting more than 120 biotech companies, both large and small. It is called the most innovative square mile on the planet.  This June BIO will bring over 15,000 biotech leaders to Boston for its 2023 BIO International Convention. Speakers including award-winning journalist and health advocate, Katie Couric, will talk about how they will “Stand up for Science”—the Convention’s theme. MassBIO CEO, Kendalle Burlin O’Connell joins host, Rachel King in a wide-ranging discussion about how Boston became the largest biotech hub in the world.

In this Fight Back library release, we meet Linda Garvin, a Health Advocate. Linda graduated from the University of Massachusetts, earning her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and Adult Nurse Practitioner training with honors. She has a Public Health Certificate in California. She has spent the last 20 years as a health advocate in California and nationwide.

Health Advocates support and advocate on behalf of patients and their families when a third party’s expertise and knowledge can improve treatments and navigate a complicated health situation. Could a health advocate help you or your loved one? What specific kind of services do health advocates provide? Join us as Linda answers these and other questions.

 My guest authored the book Patient Empowerment 101 – More than a book, it is an adventure!

The following testimonial says it all:

Patient Empowerment 101 is beyond amazing, and I am speechless. The work that this project took is immeasurable. This book is certainly a beacon of light for all people in the world. What an accomplishment. The information provided in this book is timeless and universally helpful.

-Marc Okun, MD – Cardiologist.

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Hello to you listening in Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland!

Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories from Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds (and a wee bit more for you) for Motivate Your Monday and your host, Diane Wyzga.

What if I told you that my friend and colleague, Dr. Nadine Kelly, MD, is a former medical doctor.

What if I told you that Dr. Nadine left a soul-crushing medical career that depended on a sickness model to become a health advocate for Wise Women, helping hundreds of women find their healthy!

Why? Because she believes in a broader and more holistic definition of health, including body, mind, and spirit, but also emotions, intellect, and relationships.

Dr. Nadine’s manifesto reminds Wise Women that they are much more than their dress size. Her advice: stop putting up with toxic relationships, swallowing your true emotions, and sacrificing your mental health. Stop using your body as a battlefield! You're always giving. You deserve to put yourself first, not just for your sake, but for those you love. Wise Women, let's make ourselves a priority right now! It's time to raise some health together!

And so was born Health Raisers, a podcast for Wise Women by Dr. Nadine Kelly, former doctor, yoga instructor, and health integration coach. 

If you’re ready to live your best and healthiest life, click the LINK to access her website:  

If you’re ready to take your first step as a Health Raiser, check out the free website questionnaire to assess where you are in your health journey right now.

And if you’re ready to take a bolder step into possibility with your health journey, click the LINK in the Episode Notes to email Dr. Nadine to learn more about classes and coaching.

Get in touch with Dr. Nadine:

Website: https://www.npkhealthintegration.com/

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You’re invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, I hope you’ll subscribe, follow, share a 5-star rating and nice review on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time! Remember to stop by the website, check out the Services, arrange a Discovery Call, and Opt In to stay current with Diane and Quarter Moon Story Arts and on LinkedIn.  

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EPISODE 79 -

Dr. Orlena Kerek - Pediatric doctor turned family health advocate and author - I'm going to show you how to make healthy living fun and easy so you can lose weight, get more energy and love your amazing life. I help ambitious mums have bucket loads of energy and overcome the frustration of not losing weight by teaching them to eat and be healthy, to look after themselves and feel fit and fabulous.

I'm here to show you it can be easy to lead a healthy life, wake up every morning full of energy and ready to take on the day!

And if weight is an issue for you, I'll show you how to ditch the yo-yo dieting and enjoy a healthy relationship with delicious, tasty and healthy food.

I worked as a doctor in the UK. It broke my heart to see so many sick people in hospital dying of “lifestyle disease” that could have been prevented with a healthy lifestyle.

I moved to Spain in 2011 because I wanted to lead my “ideal life”. I moved away from clinical practice to helping families establish healthy habits. What I love is seeing changes in families and knowing that I’m helping people lead long healthy lives and avoid all those nasty lifestyle illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease and even some cancers.

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DR. OMOLARA THOMAS UWEMEDIMO

Welcome to Season 4 of Shades and Layers: On Intersections (Beauty, Health and Wellness)

For the first episode of this season we have partnered with  Melanin and Medicine, who are doing important work helping Black, LatinX, and Indigenous women in the medical field build, fund, and grow their own businesses.

Our guest is CEO and founder, Dr. Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo. In our conversation she discusses how a health crisis forced her to take a pause and reflect on her 15-year career as a pediatrician, professor and healthcare advocate. During her recovery, she took time to connect with her colleagues in the sector and found that she was not alone in her quest for an integrated and balanced life, and so she created Melanin and Medicine.

She also took the chance to use the program she offers through Melanin and Medicine, to co-found and launch her own social enterprise, Strong Children Wellness, where she continues her passion for bringing quality healthcare to children in black and brown and other marginalized communities.

In our candid chat, she gets in to the details of what she does on a day to day, being raised by a nurse, growing up in a Nigerian household and all the other factors that came together to influence her career trajectory and passion for social justice and advocacy.

I hope our conversation will inspire you to find the intersection of all the things that make you thrive in life and work.

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If Dr. Omolara's mission resonates with you, feel free to reach out to her and the team for FREE and get a review of your ideas and answers to your relevant questions.

Strong Children Wellness - Co-founded by Dr. Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo , this is one of the companies that have been through the Melanin and Medicine incubator, a case of the doctor taking her own medicine if you will. 
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The Chinese Body Clock is used by practitioners as an assessment tool to see where disease or dysfunction might be present. The basis of this clock is that it reflects the times at which each of our organs is functioning at its peak, so that we might be able to understand more about how to support our bodies, but also how to recognize patterns of dysfunction. It helps us understand how we can optimize our day to support our organs, rest when we need to and recover well.

Listen to understand what times of day are associated with each organ and how to support yourself!

Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT
www.onebodywellness.ca
nicole@onebodywellness.ca
@one.body.wellness

Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole!

If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.

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Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body. 

Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

I am grateful for this opportunity to begin again.

I will remain open minded.

I celebrate the wins and explore my losses.

I take nothing for granted.

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Rebecca is a wife, doggie mom, and a med student from California. If that's not enough to fill up her time you'll find her hiking, camping, enjoying hot yoga, and making charcuterie boards. Oh, and throw in a floral design side hustle!

Rebecca has known since age 4 that she wanted to be a doctor, and now, she's making that dream come true! With a passion to help underserved communities, she has traveled abroad, establishing relationships in communities through medical missions and is inspired by her future patients.

Through her own health journey, she has learned the importance of advocating for yourself and your family when it comes to health and wellness. 

CONNECT WITH REBECCA:

•  Insta: @beccashaneck
• Service with Student Doctor Shaneck

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• mandysawyer.com
• insta @mandycreativevision 
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• Mandy's Vision Gig fb group

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• Love Does by Bob Goff
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• mandyscreativevision.com
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• https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6327754e821b5d8e1a7d5616 (Free thank you card templates)
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Alyssa Petersel is a licensed master social worker, a therapist, and the founder and CEO of MyWellbeing, a company that connects people with the right therapist. In 2021, she was named Forbes 30 under 30 and MyWellbeing has been featured in publications such as Allure, Tech Crunch, Bloom, and HuffPost. Alyssa tells Joss and Jen about why she wanted to get into the mental health field and where the idea for MyWellbeing came from. As well, she answers the question of how one can know whether they have found the right therapist and how to know if therapy is working. At the end, she gives advice to people who want to enter the mental health space as either a professional or an advocate.

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Edwin Palafox is a Health Advocate.   After surviving a serious car crash learn how Edwin's story can inspire you to lead a grateful and driven life despite tragedy. 

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edwincpalafox

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Meet Tanya Goldfrad, a pharmacist with over 25 years of practice and owner of TG Health and Wellness.  Her expertise includes: Teen health, woman’s health, and mental illness.  She helps patients recognize and advocate  for their unique needs.

Topics Covered:

00:30 - Mandy introduces her friend Tanya as a pharmacist, a diabetic educator, pharmacogenomics, researcher, and a health advocate. She uses technology to find what medication is best suited for you and which vitamins are essential to make you feel and function at your best.

1:05  - Tanya shares her role as a pharmacist and how she deals with patients versus doctor’s prescriptions.

1:19 - Every individual has different levels of bio individuality which means each individual has their own genetic makeup to clearly understand why we have to make things fit for them versus making people fit to the medication.

2:35 - What is the trend growing now among private payers?

3:48 - What is the importance of understanding genetic need and personal need?

6:04 - Why is Plavix called a pro-drug? Is it really working inside our body?

8:35 - Nutrigenomics. Eat according to your genes.

9:51 - How Nutrigenomics helps you.

11:52 - Pharmacogenetics vs. Pharmacogenomics

13:15 - What is the importance of being tested according to treatment goals?

15:00 - What it's like to have invested enough in yourself, your children and your husband but haven’t built the life you want.

18:08 - What is this test all about?

19:30 - Tanya’s public health degree-health literacy

21:05 - You have to be your own advocate  with your health. Nobody knows your body like you do.

22:11- Some medical practitioners have corporate attitudes. 

22:41 - Check out Tanya’s website @ tanyagoldfreda.com

23:43 - Why sets Tanya’s business apart from anybody else?

25:39 - Tanya’s hardest part about being an entrepreneur and why she loves it.

28:15 - Tanya’s motivation 

36:51 - Her vision for the next 5 years

39:22 - Take the chance you are worth it

41:03 - Contact Tanya on Linked in as Tanya Goldfrad. 

CONNECT WITH TANYA:

• Tanyagoldfrad.com
• linked in

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With so many people working from home, the increase in screen and phone time and our disturbances in sleep, I’ve been receiving inquiries on differential diagnoses for headaches.

Many headaches can be hard to diagnose and treat. Manual osteopaths perform a full neurological exam and closely examine the neck as well. We  use a pain guide that can help differentiate certain headaches, create an effective treatment for our patients and notice red flags and the need to seek medical attention.

Health Topic: Headaches 

What is it?: There are many types of headaches. The most common are tension and vascular (migraines) headaches. 

Symptoms: Tension headache symptoms can pose as pain in the neck, head and face, eye disturbances, immobility and sensitivity. Vascular headaches can be unilateral, stabbing and intense pain, have an aura associated with it, dread and dissociation and digestive upset.

Diagnosis and Treatment: Manual osteopaths use a pain protocol, health history and palpation to help determine how to properly treat your headache.

Tips from an Osteopathic Perspective:

If you suffer from chronic headaches I would generally recommend stress reduction techniques such as meditation and massage therapy treatments. Our lymphatic system also needs support during this time, so facial massage and downward dog can be helpful. I would recommend time in nature and deep breathing, and changes in nutrient intake and hydration. I would not recommend high intensity activity and extra screen time. More specifically, a physical exam will tell us what specific muscles and joints are affected and guide us to offering proper home care and treatment.

If you have a sudden onset of a painful headache, seek medical attention.

Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT

www.onebodywellness.ca

nicole@onebodywellness.ca

Follow us on instagram @one.body.wellness for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole! 

If you have a specific health concern you’d like me to address on my podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, email me.

Use code onebody at www.well.ca for $10 off your first $40 purchase. 

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Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario’s downtown core, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body. 

Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

SHOW NOTES:

Learn a little bit about Nicole Settimi and why she felt called to the manual osteopathy profession. Listen to the “why” behind Nicole’s decision to start a health and wellness podcast and how it might be helpful for you while navigating specific health concerns within the medical system. 

Nicole understands the health inequities in Canada, and we still have a long way to go before we all feel safe in care of the conventional medical system. 

Nicole explains the benefits of treating the body through a manual osteopath’s eyes; we get treated as a whole, as one. 

THE TAKE AWAY:

We all have a beautiful health history. Feeling connected to others who might be experiencing similar concerns as you, or learning more about the human body within which you live, can be very empowering. Follow along on The One Body Wellness podcast to learn more about specific health concerns and listen to people share their journey with their own health issues, to appreciate just how strong and resilient the human spirit truly is. 

Contact Nicole Settimi, DOMP, RMT

www.onebodywellness.ca

nicole@onebodywellness.ca

Follow @one.body.wellness on instagram for more health and wellness information and start a conversation with Nicole.

If you have a specific health concern you’d like Nicole to address on this podcast, or you’d like to be a guest, reach out! 

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Nicole Settimi is a solo mom, an entrepreneur, manual osteopath and registered massage therapist. She built a successful health clinic in Ottawa,  Ontario, One Body Wellness, where she provided healthcare services and a gentle escape from the stressors of daily life. While on maternity leave with her daughter, Nicole has decided to share her knowledge and clinical experience with the podcast world to help empower others to develop a strong sense of awareness and respect within their one body. 

Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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Lisa Brooks Mills, co-founder and Glo’s Chief Impact Officer, leads a conversation with Dr. Aviva Romm, holistic medical doctor, about hormone imbalance, discovering root causes behind symptoms, and healing. As someone affected by Hashimotos, an autoimmune condition, Lisa discusses Dr. Romm’s new book, Hormone Intelligence, and the culture of burnout and its impact on gaslighting women out of listening to their bodies. Dr. Romm shares how women can take charge of their health, including an emphasis on connecting to nature, honoring intuitive boundaries, and offers helpful tools for recovery that are practical and affordable. 

Links:

Pre-order Hormone Intelligence here.

Glo classes and programs that compliment this conversation: 

Releasing Premenstrual Tension

Celebrate the Divine Feminine

Programs:

Self-care for Women: Practices for Resilience and Grace

Navigating Menopause