Brain Wellness - the Podcast

Brain Wellness - the Podcast

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Brain Wellness - the Podcast episodes

  • 98. The risk of recurrent concussions & more (solo episode)

    Mandi Dickey is a Board Certified Nurse Practitioner with 20+ years of experience in healthcare. She is a three-time Top Nurse Practitioner award winner, received the Faculty Excellence award in her previous role of nursing professor, has been on the review committee for several nursing textbooks, and was the recipient of the Women of Armor Personal Growth award for 2023.  

    In addition to planning and organizing local conferences, she has given presentations at numerous hospital staff CE conferences, local and regional nursing and professional conferences including the local chapter of AANN and hospital-system annual conferences, and statewide MN Brain Injury Alliance/MN Stroke Association annual conference. She also had a poster presentation at the International Stroke Conference. Mandi’s most recent presentation was titled “From Provider to Patient”, given at the MN Brain Injury Alliance survivor conference in March of 2024.

    In 2022, Mandi began her own podcast called Brain Wellness – the Podcast, covering a multitude of topics related to brain health and wellness, and has been interviewed on multiple other podcasts, discussing migraine and stroke treatment and concussion prevention. 

    In 2023, Mandi was in a car accident and suffered a traumatic brain injury, and while not fully recovered, has returned to her passion of sharing and educating the public about neuroscience topics, now most passionately about concussion and TBI.

     

    Amazon link to book: https://a.co/d/gFoWjR3

    Barnes&Noble.com link to

    book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/welcome-back-dickey/1145675472;jsessionid=ED0E366ADB03182F3A00A8579399CBB5.prodny_store02-atgap10?ean=9798990861220

     

    Find more about Brain Wellness at: https://brainwellnesssolutions.com/

    Support the show with Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brainwellnessnp

    32 min
  • 97. Creating your reality with Andreana Petrocco

    Andreana Petrocco is a Life and Energetic Coach, specializing in transforming hardship into healing, self-empowerment and purposeful living. She coaches women on how to connect with the truest version of themselves, to find their answers and their confidence to create the life they desire. Integrating meaningful discussion with meditation and intuitive movement, Andreana provides a holistic approach to coaching, focusing on the whole person and their whole experience through the body, mind, and spirit. Having gone through her own deep healing journey to process childhood trauma and reframe her experience with anxiety and depression, Andreana has turned her life around by changing her internal reality and cultivating a strong mind. She is on a mission to help women reduce anxiety, reclaim their lives, reclaim their power, and live with their health and joy as their top priority for the benefit of everyone around them. Her coaching company, Radiant Essence, is based on the idea that everyone has an Essence – a spirit, a true nature – that can be blocked by fears, anxieties, expectations, etc. Everyone has the power to overcome these barriers and allow their Essence to radiate with confidence, to be proud of who they are, and to follow their desires and passions to shape a life dictated by them, for them.

     

    Find Andreana at: https://www.radiantessence.ca/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourradiantessence

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

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/radiantessence

     

    Find more about Brain Wellness at: https://brainwellnesssolutions.com/

    Support the show with Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brainwellnessnp

    34 min
  • 96. Brain mapping & neurofeedback with Minsan Sauers

    Minsan Sauers is a Neurofeedback Therapy practitioner at MN Brain Solutions, a BrainCore certified provider in Central Minnesota. Minsan came into the field of neurofeedback with an extensive background in enterprise information technology, and first-hand experience with stress and the effect it has on the brain, body, and relationships. Minsan is passionate about helping people recognize how their brain has been affected by their circumstances and providing tools to make tangible changes.

     

    Find Minsan at: https://www.mnbrainsolutions.com

    Phone: (320) 686-0171

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mnbrainsolutions

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

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mn-brain-solutions-321667253/

     

    Find more about Brain Wellness at: https://brainwellnesssolutions.com/

    Support the show with Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brainwellnessnp

    29 min
  • 95. The benefits of becoming sugar freed with Christine Trimpe

    Christine Trimpe is an award-winning author, speaker, joy-seeker, and weight loss warrior. Her stories and coaching inspire, educate, and encourage women to shed the extra weight they’ve been carrying (literally and figuratively) to finally step into the joy they deserve.

     

    Find Christine at: https://christinetrimpe.com

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristineTrimpeLLC

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

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-trimpe-07123299/

    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coachchristinetrimpe

    YouTube: https://youtube.com/christinetrimpe

    Free Guide: https://pages.christinetrimpe.net/free-guide-1-podcasts1465441

     

    Find more about Brain Wellness at: https://brainwellnesssolutions.com/

    Support the show with Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brainwellnessnp

    30 min
  • 94. From broken to unbroken with Michael Anthony "Unbroken"

    Michael Anthony “Unbroken” is the Founder of Think Unbroken, and international award-winning speaker, best-selling author, and world-renowned trauma coach. As an influencer in the mental health space, Michael challenges and inspires people to overcome the self-doubt caused by childhood trauma to break free, heal, and become the hero of their own story. Michael has personally worked with thousands of individuals to help them create lasting transformations, destroy mental roadblocks, and build the wealth, health, and relationships of their dreams. Michael has taught his Unbroken Transformation tools to a wide range of clients from CEO and Fortune 100 Executives to normal everyday people. 

    For almost a decade, Michael has been a figure-head and thought leader in the mental health space coaching and educating millions from stage. Michael has been featured on Apple TV’s Office Hours, Jubilee’s Circle of Secrets, and Grant Cardone’s 10X bootcamp. Michael has also been featured on hundreds of podcasts including: Entrepreneurs on Fire, Cleaning up your Mental Mess, The Mental Illness Happy Hour, and The Mark Devine Show.

    From homeless to hero, Michael Unbroken found his way from stuck, hurt, and broken to being THE HERO of his own story. Michael is the author of the #1 best-selling book Think Unbroken. Michael also hosts The #1 award-winning Think Unbroken Podcast which has been downloaded over 4 million times in 125 countries. Michael teaches at Think Unbroken Academy, and is on a mission to end generational trauma in his lifetime through education and information.

     

    Find Michael at: https://www.thinkunbroken.com/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelUnbroken

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

    LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelunbroken/

    TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@michaelunbroken

    Find more about Brain Wellness at: https://brainwellnesssolutions.com/

    Support the show with Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brainwellnessnp

    32 min
  • 93. How alcohol can hold you back with Anna Charles

    Anna Charles is a stop overdrinking coach. She helps high achievers to drink less, to rarely or not at all. She’s the person they call when they want to take it or leave it. She teaches a simple, doable way to live a full life without worrying what’s in your glass. Anna is the host of the 90 Days Later podcast.

     

    Find Anna at: https://90dayslater.co/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/90dayslater

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/90dayslater.co/

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-charles-b24908232/

     

    Find more about Brain Wellness at: https://brainwellnesssolutions.com/

    Support the show with Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brainwellnessnp

    35 min
  • 92. Enhancing therapy with ketamine with Autumn Starks

    Autumn Starks is the founding therapist of Starks Therapy Group. She is a licensed clinical social work and has been practicing therapy for over 15 years. Autumn uses Internal Family System therapy (IFS) to support clients healing from trauma, depression and anxiety. She specializes in working with spiritual issues, religious trauma, neurodiversity discovered as an adult and therapy through a justice and equity lens. Today she's here to focus on therapy and psychedelics, specifically Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy, and evidence-based treatment for treatment resistant depression that pair Ketamine and work with a skillful therapist.

     

    Find Autumn at: https://www.starkstherapygroup.com/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starkstherapygroup

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

     

    Find more about Brain Wellness at: https://brainwellnesssolutions.com/

    Support the show with Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brainwellnessnp

    37 min
  • 91. Finding your bigger mission with Lainne Love

    Lainne Love is an award-winning spiritual psychology coach and leading edge healer specializing in transmuting trauma, overcoming limiting beliefs, and breaking free through self-mastery. She is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, mystic, and momma. Her process is rooted in Universal Law and Metaphysics. Informed by spiritual psychology and neuroscience, and supported with subconscious reprogramming & energetic insights. Lainne’s work is known for her dynamic, accessible, and innovative approach to healing. She has transformed lives worldwide, helping her clients restore their ability to dig deeper, find more within themselves, and birth the legacy they are here to deliver. She has been seen in Podcasts, FOX, CBS, NBC, Google, ABC and is a Senior-Level Executive Contributor at Brainz Magazine.

     

    Find Lainne at: https://lainne.com

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lainnelove/

    Instagram: https://instagram.com/lainnelove

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lainnelove

     

    Find more about Brain Wellness at: https://brainwellnesssolutions.com/

    Support the show with Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brainwellnessnp

    44 min
  • 90. Winning the day for students & athletes with Dan Rigby

    Dan Rigby is a 15+ year public high school teacher and coach. Over his years he has seen firsthand the changes in today’s students and athletes. Spending his first 5 years as a special education teacher and last 10 as a physical education teacher has given him a unique lens into different types or learners. Recently Dan built an academic planner for some of the student athletes he was working with. A year later Win the Day Planner would have 4 different paper-based planners on the market and 2 mobile applications. Win the Day Planner works with over 200 athletic teams from Alaska to New York. The mission of Win the Day Planner is to help young people live a more intentional life through positive habits and routines.

     


    Find Dan at: https://www.winthedayplanner.com/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092212461302

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

    LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-rigby-47a157294/

    Twitter: @winthedayplan

    TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@winthedayplanner

     

    Find more about Brain Wellness at: https://brainwellnesssolutions.com/

    Support the show with Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brainwellnessnp

    36 min
  • 89. Breaking through the masculine B.S. with Jeremy Roadruck

    Jeremy Roadruck - creator of The Roadmap to Relationship Mastery for Men and founder of The Unstoppable Masculine Community - is a Husband, Father, International Champion and 6th Degree Kung Fu Master, Multi-Time Best-Selling Author, Hypnotherapist, Neuro-Strategist, former Soldier, former factory worker and Consultant. Author of the only parenting book with a money-back guarantee, Jeremy is on a mission to help dads to master the 3 relationships that matter most in days or weeks instead of months or years!

     

    Find Jeremy at: http://www.leadlikeaking.com  or http://www.jeremyroadruck.com

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeremyr.thekungfuguy

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

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejeremyroadruck/

    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeremyroadruck

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jeremyroadruck

     

    Find more about Brain Wellness at: https://brainwellnesssolutions.com/

    Support the show with Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brainwellnessnp

    55 min

About Brain Wellness - the Podcast

From the publisher's feed

Hosted by Mandi, a Nurse Practitioner with 20+ years in healthcare (nearly all in neurology), this show started with a plan to cover all things related to brain health & wellness, but morphed into being mostly concussion & traumatic brain injury (TBI) related topics after the host's own TBI experience.