In the 154th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Executive & Intimacy Coach, Dr. Amy Baker, will talk about her story, how she got into the pharmaceutical industry, the power of dancing, the dream of becoming a ballerina, what is “disease state management”, and why you should live according to your values.

(0:50) Introducing our special guest, Executive & Intimacy Coach, Dr. Amy Baker @amyrxbaker 

(1:30) Where did Mike meet Dr. Amy Baker

(2:00) What inspired Dr. Amy Baker to get into the medical field

(2:40) The dream of becoming a ballerina

(2:50) The dream of getting a terminal degree
(3:30) Getting into the pharmaceutical industry

(4:40) The power of dancing

(5:50) The backpacking trip

(6:50) Slowling realized that this was not the path

(8:30) The realization when working remotely

(9:50) Giving up your freedom?

(10:20) “How we do one thing is how we do everything” - Dr. Amy Baker @amyrxbaker 

(11:40) Live according to your values

(13:00) A good thing came out of extreme pain

(13:50) What is disease state management

(14:10) “Health and health care are not synonymous”, here is why

(14:30) Healthcare is not designed to care for our health

(15:00) Let’s keep their symptoms under control

(16:00) If we are in “Dis-ease”, we are not at ease, we are not being ourselves

(16:50) “When we're living according to our values, we're more in flow, we're more in ease, and we're healthier” - Dr. Amy Baker @amyrxbaker 

(18:00) Things that try to put power out of ourselves

(18:40) Shout out to Sifu Singh @sifusingh

(19:00) “Our default pattern is a healthy person” - The Strength Connection

(20:20) Do you “need” to do anything?

(21:00) Notice the imperatives in your language

(21:30) How we disempower ourselves, is a pattern usually from our childhood

(22:30) Dr. Amy Baker hates this word

(23:40) Wherever your awareness starts, that’s where you start

(24:50) Is there a process to find awareness?

(26:20) The Present Centered Relationship Coaching

(26:20) “We have language, behaviors, and actions that pull us away from feeling our emotions” - Dr. Amy Baker @amyrxbaker 

(27:30) “Once you think you’re in flow you’re not in flow anymore” - The Strength Connection

(29:10) Invested 10 years in college

(29:40) To be a good pharmacist, you need to follow the guidelines and not question the authority

(30:00) In this world you have to be a puppet

(32:00) Are we re-traumatizing everyone?

(35:00) Normalizing “the squeeze”

(35:30) “When you conclude who you are, you stop seeling” - Carrie Campbell @carrie_campbell_wbffpro

(36:30 Looking at what’s wrong vs looking at what’s working

(37:30) “A symptom is a beautiful sign that our body's speaking to us” - Dr. Amy Baker @amyrxbaker 

(39:10) The importance of the nervous system in health

(41:10) Let’s unburden the system

(41:40 Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope by Johann Hari (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Connections-Uncovering-Depression-Unexpected/dp/163286830X 

(43:10) Do we want to search for confirmation of our fears, or for confirmation of our dreams

(43:30) Does Dr. Amy Baker practices intuitive training?

(44:40) Can my discipline come from joy?

(45:50) Is there joy in your training? Shout out to Tim Almond
(46:20) Shout out to Dr. John Demartini @drjohndemartini

(47:20) Where to follow Dr. Amy Baker @amyrxbaker

(47:50) Join The Strength Connection Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/246922387454298