8 Minutes to Ageless

By Kelli PearsonAlternative Health Health & Fitness

8 Minutes to Ageless episodes

April 27, 20238 Minutes to Ageless - Episode 79 - Perceived Injustice
EPISODE SUMMARY:
Back to the drama drive-in! Today Dr. Pearson talks about how perceived injustice closes all doors, in particular the door to the heart. She shares a painful circumstance in her life and how much better it is to honor yourself and those around you, despite the pain of forced change.
ON THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS…
Today Dr. Pearson talks about how perceived injustice closes all doors.

Injustice is very painful and frustrating.

The bottom line is your ego has been smashed.

A great book called ‘The Untethered Soul’ by Michael Alan Singer.

Thoughts are things you can create and un-create.

As we go through life things have to change.

Dr. Pearson talks about working with a group of people.

You need to let go of the injustice you feel has happened to you.

The longer you hold on to it the more you will blow things out of proportion and make it worse than it is.

Let go, move on, and create new opportunities.
CALLS-TO-ACTION:
Get a copy of the book on Amazon.

If you got some questions, reach out through the website:
www.8minutestoageless.com
www.8minutestoageless.org
Who is Dr. Kelli Pearson?
Experienced Chiropractor since 1982, working in collaborative health care settings. Currently a co-owner of a multi-disciplinary clinic, including chiropractors, massage therapists, movement specialists, and nutritional coaches. Owner of Real Work Life, a corporate wellbeing consulting company, and author of "8 Minutes to Ageless," teaching a minimalistic approach to ageing well. Graduate of UCLA with a BS in Kinesiology and a Doctorate from Palmer West Chiropractic College.
Socials:
www.linkedin.com/in/kelli-pearson-0695035/
16 min
April 20, 20238 Minutes to Ageless - Episode 78 - Shoulder Pain
EPISODE SUMMARY:
Dr. Pearson talks about the magic of trying to find out if your shoulder pain is coming from a shoulder problem or just weakness of your mid-back muscles. You and a friend can sort this out. If you are lucky, you can treat your shoulder pain all by yourself! Life without pain is a life that looks easier!
ON THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS…
When we don’t know what is causing our pain, it causes a lot of anxiety because we don’t know how to get it fixed.

Once again, the sooner you take care of your pain, the easier it will heal and the better you will be in the long run.

Dr. Pearson talks about shoulder pains.

When you lift your arm above your head you start to feel pain. You have tried exercises, but none of them seemed to be working.

With the help of a friend, you can actually figure out what the source of the shoulder pain is.

Go to this link to see a picture of what Dr. Pearson is talking about: https://8minutestoagless.kartra.com/page/Ep78

You have spaces between your joints for tendons and if that space has been compromised it will hurt your tendons and cause you pain.

When you have bad posture, it will cause your muscles to become weak or stretched wrong.

Go to this link to see a picture of what Dr. Pearson is talking about: https://8minutestoagless.kartra.com/page/Ep78

Dr. Pearson explains what different muscles do during different movements.

Get a friend who is not afraid to touch you and note when your arm starts to hurt when you lift it up.

Have your friend stand behind you and place one hand on your pec muscle to stabilize you and have their other hand right over your scapula. They should be slightly pushing that bone in and down just a little bit.

Now lift your arm again. Is there still pain or has it completely gone?

If the pain is gone, then the good news is you just have weak muscles that you need to strengthen.

How do you do that?

Dr. Pearson talks about an exercise she has in her book that will help you with this.

There is also a picture here to help you: https://8minutestoagless.kartra.com/page/Ep78
CALLS-TO-ACTION:
Get a copy of the book on Amazon.

If you got some questions, reach out through the website:
www.8minutestoageless.com
www.8minutestoageless.org
Who is Dr. Kelli Pearson?
Experienced Chiropractor since 1982, working in collaborative health care settings. Currently a co-owner of a multi-disciplinary clinic, including chiropractors, massage therapists, movement specialists, and nutritional coaches. Owner of Real Work Life, a corporate wellbeing consulting company, and author of "8 Minutes to Ageless," teaching a minimalistic approach to aging well. Graduate of UCLA with a BS in Kinesiology and a Doctorate from Palmer West Chiropractic College.
Socials:
www.linkedin.com/in/kelli-pearson-0695035/
18 min
April 13, 20238 Minutes to Ageless - Episode 77 - Respect the Pause
EPISODE SUMMARY:
Today Dr. Pearson gets to talk about the value of responding instead of reacting, using the neutral pause. If you want to smash a huge percentage of your self-imposed drama, stress, and aging, this is a must-listen!

ON THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS…
Time to get back on the drama train.

Today we are going to talk about not respecting the pause.

There are times of emergency when it is reasonable not to pause, to stop serious physical damage.

But it’s important to take a pause and not just react when it comes to feelings and emotions.

Sometimes you will really beat yourself up for something you may have said because you didn’t pause and think about the consequences.

Dr. Pearson gives us an example.

Seek to understand instead of seeking to be understood.

Pause and see where the other person is coming from and why they feel or think the way they do.

Just let go of everything you are thinking and feeling and allow yourself to understand and feel what the other person is feeling.

Often just doing this will help the other person open up more and you are able to find a common ground.
CALLS-TO-ACTION:
Get a copy of the book on Amazon.

If you got some questions, reach out through the website:
www.8minutestoageless.com
www.8minutestoageless.org
Who is Dr. Kelli Pearson?
Experienced Chiropractor since 1982, working in collaborative health care settings. Currently a co-owner of a multi-disciplinary clinic, including chiropractors, massage therapists, movement specialists, and nutritional coaches. Owner of Real Work Life, a corporate wellbeing consulting company, and author of "8 Minutes to Ageless," teaching a minimalistic approach to aging well. Graduate of UCLA with a BS in Kinesiology and a Doctorate from Palmer West Chiropractic College.
Socials:
www.linkedin.com/in/kelli-pearson-0695035/
17 min
April 06, 20238 Minutes to Ageless - Episode 76 - Make a Change
EPISODE SUMMARY:
Dr. Pearson does a follow-up on the complicated case study involving and including the input of the seven different providers. This time the story is about the patient and the aftermath of trying to implement the treatment plan. She gives you some critical tips if you are dealing with a chronic condition that is not turning the corner.
ON THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS…
Dr. Pearson goes back to last week's podcast and follows up on a few things.

It’s important that you have a plan that you are convicted to, and that you can follow through with.

You can not give in to your fears.

When changing things in your life it is important to give it some time to work.

If a person has hope they can move towards recovery.

If they have no hope it becomes extremely difficult to recover.

Find people you can trust and believe.

Then do the work they tell you to.

If you are in the Spokane area go to HealingLocal.org

We never know what is going to happen so if there is something you are holding back on please do it, you just never know.
CALLS-TO-ACTION:
Get a copy of the book on Amazon.

If you got some questions, reach out through the website:
www.8minutestoageless.com
www.8minutestoageless.org
Who is Dr. Kelli Pearson?
Experienced Chiropractor since 1982, working in collaborative health care settings. Currently a co-owner of a multi-disciplinary clinic, including chiropractors, massage therapists, movement specialists, and nutritional coaches. Owner of Real Work Life, a corporate wellbeing consulting company, and author of "8 Minutes to Ageless," teaching a minimalistic approach to aging well. Graduate of UCLA with a BS in Kinesiology and a Doctorate from Palmer West Chiropractic College.
Socials:
www.linkedin.com/in/kelli-pearson-0695035/
16 min
March 30, 20238 Minutes to Ageless - Episode 75 - Chronic Pain
EPISODE SUMMARY:
Dr. Pearson discusses an extremely difficult client and how she brought his community of providers all together to figure out what the foundational problem was and how they devised a plan. She provides great tips for those of you with chronic pain and the challenges of getting the right care. After all, pain shortens life so let's find ways to move through.

ON THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS…
Dr. Pearson discusses a difficult patient who has seen many providers.

She knew she was not making a dent so she did ask him to provide about seven other providers he trusts so they could do a case study.

Doctors will ask many questions and sometimes if you don’t speak simply things will get missed.

It is possible to be so stressed out that you can’t receive anything good.

The beautiful thing about having many different professionals gathered to talk is that you realize that there are things you might not know that others might see or know.

Providers can also become stressed because they don’t know what is happening or how to help.

If you are having a lot of problems and you can’t seem to find a solution, please, don’t be afraid to reach out and see if your provider is willing to gather with others to talk through things.
CALLS-TO-ACTION:
Get a copy of the book on Amazon.

If you got some questions, reach out through the website:
www.8minutestoageless.com
www.8minutestoageless.org
Who is Dr. Kelli Pearson?
Experienced Chiropractor since 1982, working in collaborative health care settings. Currently a co-owner of a multi-disciplinary clinic, including chiropractors, massage therapists, movement specialists, and nutritional coaches. Owner of Real Work Life, a corporate wellbeing consulting company, and author of "8 Minutes to Ageless," teaching a minimalistic approach to aging well. Graduate of UCLA with a BS in Kinesiology and a Doctorate from Palmer West Chiropractic College.
Socials:
www.linkedin.com/in/kelli-pearson-0695035/
17 min
March 23, 20238 Minutes to Ageless - Episode 74 - Child Obesity
EPISODE SUMMARY:
Dr. Pearson gets a little “dramatic” about her upset of a new drug, Ozempic, being used to treat childhood obesity. Yikes! Please, listen to her simple rules of thumb for saving your child and your family from a life with unknown consequences.

ON THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS…
Dr. Pearson has been doing a lot of reading lately and would like to share her concerns with you about drugs used for child obesity.

She is going to share some simple do’s and don'ts.

She’s going to share about five to six rules here is what you should do and here’s what you shouldn’t do.

There are so many different types of diets out there that it can become confusing and overwhelming.

45% of adolescents are moving towards obesity and 25% are prediabetic or diabetic.

Diabetes is to cancer what smoking is to lung cancer.

80% of adults are overweight or moving toward obesity and 50% of them are prediabetic or are diabetic.

American Pediatric Association just came out with a guideline for young adults and children should consider taking drugs or having surgery if they are overweight.

The medication they came up with is Ozempic which is actually a diabetic medication, that reduces their desire to eat, but it’s an injection that they have to take every week for the rest of their lives.

If they stop taking the injection they may develop a metabolic problem that is unknown, they may gain the weight back to a greater degree, and the side effects are nuts.

The vast majority of obesity can be improved with what a person chooses to think about what they choose to eat.

We are being told so many different things with different diets that it’s easy to understand why people are getting so confused and just throwing up their hands.

When we get depressed or frustrated it’s easy to turn to our favorite foods and just eat away our problems.

So let's take a step back and ignore all these thoughts and rules of these other diets and try listening to some simple steps that Dr. Pearson is going to share with us.

Try to stay away from fake foods and turn towards real food that doesn’t have a list of ingredients.

If you eat animals make sure they were cared for properly throughout their lives and not forced to eat things they wouldn’t usually or given drugs to keep them alive long enough for slaughter. Don’t eat farm fish, they are fed horrible things.

Make sure you are drinking plenty of water.

Eat slowly, sit down in a chair, and enjoy what it tastes like.

Make sure you aren’t grazing all day long.

If you are eating processed foods you will find you are hungry all day long, but if you are eating real foods then you find you aren’t hungry as often.

Organic foods really do matter.

Stay away from foods that are not good for your gut. A happy gut is a happy brain.

Do these things for your kids so they don’t end up addicted to things that will be harder for them to drop as they get older.

You can’t make these changes overnight, but you can slowly get these changes worked in over a year.
CALLS-TO-ACTION:
Get a copy of the book on Amazon.

If you got some questions, reach out through the website:
www.8minutestoageless.com
www.8minutestoageless.org
Who is Dr. Kelli Pearson?
Experienced Chiropractor since 1982, working in collaborative health care settings. Currently a co-owner of a multi-disciplinary clinic, including chiropractors, massage therapists, movement specialists, and nutritional coaches. Owner of Real Work Life, a corporate wellbeing consulting company, and author of "8 Minutes to Ageless," teaching a minimalistic approach to aging well. Graduate of UCLA with a BS in Kinesiology and a Doctorate from Palmer West Chiropractic College.
Socials:
www.linkedin.com/in/kelli-pearson-0695035/
23 min
March 17, 20238 Minutes to Ageless - Episode 73 - Swearing Inappropriately
EPISODE SUMMARY:
Dr. Pearson talks about how one of the best (worst) ways to create self-drama is to throw a couple of manly cuss words out in public and then wonder why. She shares her story about why swearing was a way to dissolve her introverted persona and force an extroverted behavior. Never a good outcome, list and find out why.
ON THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS…
There are reasons to swear, but there are very inappropriate times as well.

Dr. Pearson tells us about how she was an introvert and how she forced herself to become extroverted.

It’s amazing how your association can influence the way you act or the things you say.

Dr. Pearson did a workshop called Immunity to change and if you ever have a chance to do one she highly recommends it.

Identify what you want to change (swearing)

Identify why you want to change it.

What would you be losing if you were to stop?

What are the primary assumptions that you are making that make your answers to the previous question so uncomfortable?

Swearing really is just self-imposed drama.
CALLS-TO-ACTION:
Get a copy of the book on Amazon.

If you got some questions, reach out through the website:
www.8minutestoageless.com
www.8minutestoageless.org
Who is Dr. Kelli Pearson?
Experienced Chiropractor since 1982, working in collaborative health care settings. Currently a co-owner of a multi-disciplinary clinic, including chiropractors, massage therapists, movement specialists, and nutritional coaches. Owner of Real Work Life, a corporate wellbeing consulting company, and author of "8 Minutes to Ageless," teaching a minimalistic approach to aging well. Graduate of UCLA with a BS in Kinesiology and a Doctorate from Palmer West Chiropractic College.
Socials:
www.linkedin.com/in/kelli-pearson-0695035/
13 min
March 09, 20238 Minutes to Ageless - Episode 72 - Jealousy
EPISODE SUMMARY:
Dr. Pearson continues on the drama theme and touches on one of the most magnificent drama-makers of all - Jealousy. She defines this nasty emotion and guides you to explore ways to kill it. As always she throws herself under the bus while giving good examples of how the green envy monster got a hold of her and how she escaped.
ON THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS…
This week we jump back into the Drama.

Sometimes the jealousy loop can last weeks, months, or even years.

It’s essential to recognize jealousy for what it is.

As we age our jealousy changes.

Dr. Pearson touches on some of the different changes we might face.

She then tells us a story from her college days.

After trying to fix jealousy on her own, Dr. Pearson realized that fixing jealousy is really an inside job.

You cannot fix jealousy by changing someone else. You have to fix jealousy by letting go in your heart and trusting yourself.

When you look at what jealousy is in the bible it talks about jealousy and envy being the enemies of our soul.

Jealousy is the opposite of self-love; it’s a symptom of pride and a catalyst for conflict.

Conflict is Drama!

Sometimes the best practice is to just sit down with a journal and write down all the things you are grateful for and remind yourself of the blessing god has given you even if it’s not as great as someone else.

Stop minimizing the blessings you have been bestowed.

We all have gifts so stop comparing them to ones you think you should have had.

Dr. Pearson gives us another great example.

Jealousy will eat you up from the inside out. It would be best if you stopped it.
CALLS-TO-ACTION:
Get a copy of the book on Amazon.

If you got some questions, reach out through the website:
www.8minutestoageless.com
www.8minutestoageless.org
Who is Dr. Kelli Pearson?
Experienced Chiropractor since 1982, working in collaborative health care settings. Currently a co-owner of a multi-disciplinary clinic, including chiropractors, massage therapists, movement specialists, and nutritional coaches. Owner of Real Work Life, a corporate wellbeing consulting company, and author of "8 Minutes to Ageless," teaching a minimalistic approach to aging well. Graduate of UCLA with a BS in Kinesiology and a Doctorate from Palmer West Chiropractic College.
Socials:
www.linkedin.com/in/kelli-pearson-0695035/
15 min
March 02, 20238 Minutes to Ageless - Episode 71 - Part 2 Saving Your Back
EPISODE SUMMARY:
Dr. Pearson takes you into part 2 of how to save your back. She provides several simple and quick suggestions to keep you out of harm's way. No pain? She promises that a painless life leads to a happier life.
ON THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS…
Dr. Pearson talks about how to stay out of harm's way.

It’s important to make sure you are hip hinging properly.

Dr. Pearson tells us what can happen with the discs and plates in our backs.

It’s important to limit the amount of time you are in a forward fold.

Sitting in a chair and being slumped over is also not very helpful.

Don’t be impatient with yourself sometimes you have to move slowly.

Reduce the possibility of slips and falls.

Dr. Pearson tells us a way you can relieve pressure in your back while you are sitting if you have a wide enough chair.
CALLS-TO-ACTION:
Get a copy of the book on Amazon.

If you got some questions, reach out through the website:
www.8minutestoageless.com
www.8minutestoageless.org
Who is Dr. Kelli Pearson?
Experienced Chiropractor since 1982, working in collaborative health care settings. Currently a co-owner of a multi-disciplinary clinic, including chiropractors, massage therapists, movement specialists, and nutritional coaches. Owner of Real Work Life, a corporate wellbeing consulting company, and author of "8 Minutes to Ageless," teaching a minimalistic approach to aging well. Graduate of UCLA with a BS in Kinesiology and a Doctorate from Palmer West Chiropractic College.
Socials:
www.linkedin.com/in/kelli-pearson-0695035/
19 min
March 02, 20238 Minutes to Ageless - Episode 70 - Engage Your Cage
EPISODE SUMMARY:
Dr. Pearson is taking a break from drama dodges this week and is lending some good tools for people with a history of back pain (or current pain!) to teach you a wonderful way to engage your cage (abdomens), without stressing your back out even more. No pain…you simply age better.
ON THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS…
We take a break from the mental drama and focus on the physical drama.

The goal is to live up until we die.

Dr. Pearson talks about lower back pain.

She explains what EMG is.

While we do need to strengthen our core compressing will not help you in the long run. (Sit-ups are not good for you)

Dr. Pearson explains how to do spine-sparing exercises.

You want to be consistent with these exercises, doing them every day will help build the strength you need.
CALLS-TO-ACTION:
Get a copy of the book on Amazon.

If you got some questions, reach out through the website:
www.8minutestoageless.com
www.8minutestoageless.org
Who is Dr. Kelli Pearson?
Experienced Chiropractor since 1982, working in collaborative health care settings. Currently a co-owner of a multi-disciplinary clinic, including chiropractors, massage therapists, movement specialists, and nutritional coaches. Owner of Real Work Life, a corporate wellbeing consulting company, and author of "8 Minutes to Ageless," teaching a minimalistic approach to aging well. Graduate of UCLA with a BS in Kinesiology and a Doctorate from Palmer West Chiropractic College.
Socials:
www.linkedin.com/in/kelli-pearson-0695035/
17 min

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This podcast is terrific for anyone over 40 and under 100! It’s an excellent listen for those who want to live well up to the day they die. While that sounds morbid, it is better than dying a slow…

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