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Stop shoulding all over yourself. Let go of expectations and listen for vibrations instead.

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@heycoryallen

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Ladies, sit up and take note! That was a posture joke, but Patricia Ladis is not kidding. “No matter what, every woman over 35 should start strength training,” she says, which is not an unfamiliar recommendation to many of us by now, but I loved this chat with her because she really drives home the WHY. And the HOW. So no joke-take notes.

In historical studies of conditions that primarily affect women, women were not part of the study until 1993. Yep. So when we say it's on us to manage our own health, we are literally bearing that weight.

WE COVERED:

• How our physical bodies begin to deteriorate and disintegrate as we age, and what we can do to stave it off
• Bone density loss-you've heard the term countless times but do you actually know what it means?
• Posture as the key to priming the deep muscle system
• What building muscle can do for our bodies, our organs, and our brains
• What actually happens to our bodies when we sit for prolonged periods of time
• One way to prevent and manage back pain that you've never considered before
• The critical importance of rest & recovery

Patricial Ladis is a Holistic Physical Therapist, Behavioral Breathing and Biomechanical Analyst, the Founder & CEO, WiseBody PT, and the Author of The Wise Woman’s Guide to Your Healthiest Pregnancy & Birth. Patricia works with professional dancers, professional tennis players, Olympians, collegiate and junior athletes.

Patricia is certified in Kinetic Control’s Performance Matrix Screen (TPM) and is working toward her Visceral Manipulation Certification.  She is certified in the Integrative Systems Model (Diane Lee, LJ Lee) (for root-cause diagnosis), Perinatal Mood Disorders (PSI) and is working toward her Visceral Manipulation Certification.  She has international post-graduate certificates focused on orthopedic manual therapy, biomechanical assessment, nerve pain (including neurodynamics), chronic pain, tennis rehab, sports PT, real-time ultrasound neuromuscular re-education, injury prevention, prenatal/postpartum wellness, diastasis recti resolution, nutrition and holistic health.

Patricia is proud to be part of the HOLOGIC + WTA Women’s Health Task Force to support the female athlete and active females globally.

RESOURCES:

www.wisebodypt.com

www.patricialadis.com

@patricialadis

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This is one of those conversations that changed me. "The only fact of our life is death," yet we spend most of our time trying to ignore it, instead of developing the tools to embrace it. But don't think for a second that this episode will bum you out or make you feel icky-it's quite the opposite!

Alua Arthur is the most prominent death doula in America today. She is seeker, a recovering attorney and the founder of Going with Grace, a death doula training and end-of-life planning organization, where she has helped thousands of people confront this inevitable stage of life.

Her TED Talk, “Why thinking about death helps you live a better life” has received 1.5 million views since it aired in July 2023. Alua's work has been featured on CBS’s The Doctors and in Disney’s “Limitless” docu-series with Chris Hemsworth, as well as in Vogue, InStyle, the Los Angeles Times, The Cut, The New Yorker, and the New York Times. Alua’s journey to death work started when her family fled a murderous coup d’etat in Ghana in the ‘80s – a time of chaos and fear that dramatically impacted her life and influenced her restless, peripatetic spirit.  Her new book Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life By Getting Real About The End is a deeply transformative memoir that encourages us to think about how embracing our mortality can help us lead better, more fulfilling lives.

WE COVERED:

• Our cultural obsession with youth and against aging-we shun elderhood and everything it's associated with, i.e. death
• We have a hard time accepting the one true fact of our lives: we are human and we won't be here forever
• Getting comfortable with death, it's a privilege to even be able to imagine how we want our death to come. It shouldn't come as a stranger
• Potato chips as self care
• The role that psychedelics can play in helping people facing end-of-life stages

RESOURCES:

Going With Grace

TED Talk

Book: Briefly Perfectly Human

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I love nothing more than a good chat with a female founder who is building community for other women. And helping them to understand how to microdose with mushrooms, to boot!

Cori Sue Morris is a 3X female founder with 2 exits and the founder of Retreat, a platform for content, community & concierge services for psychedelic newcomers. Cori's on a mission to normalize psychedelics for normal women.

Retreat is hosting a luxury women’s psychedelic retreat in Tulum May 15-19. This 5-day retreat is equal parts wellness, ceremony and vacation. 

WE COVERED:

• The psychedelics industry is still dominated by male voices, and it's time to change that
• Microdosing for the unitiated--it's literally all about baby steps
• Microdosing, Minidosing and Macrodosing, there's something for everyone as long as you have the right set, setting and support

RESOURCES:

@corisue

www.retreatmicrodose.com

https://www.retreatmicrodose.com/freeguide

https://www.retreatmicrodose.com/retreats/mexico

https://www.retreatmicrodose.com/microdosing/group-program

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjv8gd/everything-to-know-about-magic-mushrooms-vice-guide

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YOU are an expert at something- enjoy the feeling and share the knowledge!

xoxo

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I'm so happy to share this conversation to shed some light on another tool for your mental wellness toolkit. EMDR is an evidence-based, memory-focused trauma treatment, which Michael Baldwin says saved his life. This revolutionary method can yield significant progress in just a single session, compared to years of talk therapy.

Baldwin instigated a collaboration with renowned trauma therapist Deborah Korn, PsyD, on an eye-catching, inspirational book on EMDR, Every Memory Deserves Respect—his way of throwing a lifeline to other trauma survivors. EMDR has become a go-to treatment for PTSD as well as depression and other stress-related disorders.

WE COVERED:

• The scope of trauma, from "little t" to "Big T" and how it can go unrecognized for decades- everything from a bad breakup to physical abuse can create an emotional wound that will eventually need healing
• The mind is wired to heal emotional trauma in the same way the body is wired to heal us physically, once we have the right tools in place
• How EMDR differs from other types of therapy
• What a typical EMDR session feels like
• Who is a good candidate for EMDR

RESOURCES:

Book and More Info: https://www.everymemorydeservesrespect.com

• Join Debbie at the Cape Cod Institute for her course, "EMDR Therapy and the Treatment of Complex PTSD in Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Neglect," August 5-9, 2024 in person and online, www.cape.org
• Newsletter
• Debbie and Michael will be attending the EMDRIA Summit in Bellevue, Washington (April 18-20, 2024) as part of a fundraiser for the EMDR Research Foundation. They will be doing book signings for our book on the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of the Summit.

Deborah L. Korn, PsyD, a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Cambridge, MA, is on the faculties of the EMDR Institute in CA and the Trauma Research Foundation in Boston. She is an EMDR International Association-approved consultant and presents and consults internationally on the treatment of adult survivors of childhood abuse and neglect.

Michael Baldwin is an accomplished leader in the communications industry with more than 35 years of award-winning work in advertising. He is founder and principal of the branding and communication firm MICHAEL BALDWIN INC, in New York. Michael is a trauma survivor actively engaged in the process of recovery.

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If medical myths and misinformation get you as fired up as me, then this is a must listen. (And if they don't get you fired up, then maybe you REALLY need to listen...)

Did you know that the pain associated with certain menstrual cramps has an equivalence to that of a heart attack?? Yet women have been told to suck it up, "this is just part of being a woman," and get back to work/life/parenting/etc. And due to one flawed study on hormone therapy from decades ago, a generation of women has been robbed of the opportunity to safely alleviate symptoms of hormonal changes. The good news is that today we have a range of options to help combat our suffering.

Anne Fulenwider is co-founder and co-CEO of Alloy, a digital health company changing the conversation around menopause. The former editor in chief of Marie Claire magazine, Anne became motivated to make an impact in women’s health after her mother died of a sudden heart attack. She became an entrepreneur in 2020, creating Alloy with Monica Molenaar to deliver expertise, information, and solutions to improve women's post-reproductive health.

WE COVERED:

• How concierge support is changing the way women can manage perimenopause and menopause
• The difference between synthetic and micronized Progesterone
• Alternatives to traditional hormones exist but they are complicated-herbal interventions can work, but require very high dosages, other hormone solutions are highly unregulated and expensive
• Vaginal dryness can be debilitating and even pose serious health risks, and it does NOT have to be tolerated
• What happens later? Menopause does not mean our golden years have to stop being golden!

RESOURCES:

www.myalloy.com

Book: Estrogen Matters by AVRUM BLUMING, MD and CAROL TAVRIS, PhD

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Get out of your head and get out of your own way-you have just as much right to be in the room. xoxo

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This episode is an absolute game-changer. If you think oral health is just about brushing and flossing, you need to listen and listen well. Dr Lauren Poole is a holistic dentist and she's here to bust myths and shed light on the critical importance that your dental health plays in your full body well-being.

How this information has not been drilled into us before (yes that was a dental pun) is beyond me- your mouth is literally your gateway to total body health, and it's not just about what you put in it, but how you care for it.

WE COVERED:

• How dentistry got a bad rap for only addressing problems once they exist, instead of taking a preventative approach
• When it comes to cavities, sugar is NOT the bad guy - this is a myth worth busting
• Bad news for lovers of Goldfish crackers!
• Pros and cons of Fluoride, and using Hydroxyapatite as alternative
• Gum, mints, mouthwash- what dentists love and what to avoid- you’ll be surprised
• Xylitol vs sorbitol
• Mouth tape for sleep, and how your sleep affects your oral health

RESOURCES:

Dr. Lauren Poole is the founder of Sweet Truth Dental in Nashville, TN. After six years in the traditional dentistry world, she became passionate about caring for her patients’ entire wellbeing—not just their mouths. So she set out to research and acquire the skills that can make dentistry safer, healthier and keep the whole body in mind. Today, Dr. Poole goes beyond traditional certifications to stay up-to-date on all the modern, holistic ways that non-toxic, preventive treatments can make living smart feel so so sweet.

@SweetTruth.Dental

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This topic never gets old, so I'm giving the episode another play!

How far has being incredibly shitty to yourself got you? Today’s guest, Dr. Kristin Neff, is not just an expert on self-compassion; she's a pioneer in the field, authoring 'Fierce Self-Compassion' and transforming how we view kindness towards ourselves. In this deep dive, Kristin unravels the intricate balance between the tender and fierce aspects of self-compassion, revealing how it's not just a personal healing tool but a radical act of breaking gender norms and societal expectations. As we explore the misunderstood paths of self-compassion, Kristin shapes its profound impact on mental health, relationships, and even our performance in life. Prepare to shift your perspective and learn to embrace both the gentle and the bold within you, because this conversation is about redefining strength through self-kindness.

Kristin discusses:

• The essence and importance of self-compassion
• Differentiating self-compassion from self-pity and self-esteem
• Gender differences in self-compassion practices
• Self-compassion as a form of radical authenticity and political act
• The wide-ranging benefits of practicing self-compassion
• Practical methods to cultivate self-compassion in daily life
• Overcoming cultural and societal barriers to practicing self-compassion
• The role of physical touch in conveying self-compassion to oneself

Resources:

• Learn more at self-compassion.org
• Read: "Fierce Self-Compassion"
• Follow Kristin Neff on Instagram: @NeffSelfCompassion

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