Brain Wellness - the Podcast

Brain Wellness - the Podcast

By Mandi SwansonMedicineHealth & Fitness
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Brain Wellness - the Podcast episodes

  • 38. Discussing anti-aging and brain exercise with Deepak Saini

    Deepak Saini is an Anti-Aging and Longevity Coach. Having spent many stressed years in the corporate world and overcoming an autoimmune condition, back injury and lifelong battle with obesity. Deepak brings a unique perspective to working with his clients. When not spending time with his family, Deepak is researching and staying at the forefront of emerging and cutting-edge health research. Deepak is a speaker, course instructor, writer and actively working on becoming a Centenarian. 

     

    Find Deepak at:

    Free gift: www.deepaksainihealth.com/freebie

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100018254956132

     

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

    32 min
  • 37. Discussing holistic trauma therapy with Michelle Agopsowicz

    Michelle Agopsowicz has a Masters in Social Work, a Bachelors in Disability Studies and is a Reiki Master.  Michelle offers counseling and education opportunities from a holistic, trauma informed perspective.  She aims to create wellness and balance through the integration of traditional counselling and mindfulness techniques.  This approach has developed through her own journey of having an autoimmune condition, trauma, and anxiety. 

    She offers practices and discussions that can guide us to live a more fulfilled and authentic experience with self compassion. She believes strongly that trauma is a universal human experience that affects the body, mind, and spirit.  She believes that addressing our suffering leads to a journey that is beautiful, painful and ultimately reconstructs our fundamental meaning of compassion, humanity and our place in the world.


    Find Michelle at:

    https://linktr.ee/illuminatedpathcounselling

    www.illuminatedpathcounselling.com

    https://www.facebook.com/IlluminatedPathCounselling/

    https://youtube.com/@illuminatedpathcounselling

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-agopsowicz-a74672219

    https://www.instagram.com/illuminatedpathcounselling/?hl=en

    Insight Timer

    https://insighttimer.com/illuminatedpath

    Courses

    Trauma Recovery Method- Discovering Resiliency, Reconnection and

    Healing through Mindfulness

    https://illuminatedpathcounselling.thinkific.com/courses/trauma-recovery-method

    Meditation Through the Senses- This 10 day meditation challenge

    explores The Five Aspects of Self, The Five Elements and The Five Senses

    https://www.udemy.com/course/meditation-through-the-senses/?referralCode=073E8B9F41E5AFA140D8

     

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

    33 min
  • 36. Discussing chronic pain & fitness with Dr. Harmony Bell

    Dr. Harmony Bell is an independent chiropractor practicing on Newbury Street in Boston, MA. A native New Englander from Mount Desert Island, Dr. Bell is a 2015 Northeast College of Health Sciences graduate. Dr. Bell’s interest in musculoskeletal pain management began during their undergraduate career, studying the immunohistochemical markers of chronic pain due to spinal nerve injury. 

    While in clinical rotations Dr. Bell had the pleasure of working with veterans at the Bath Veterans Association Medical Center, terminal care patients at the Monroe Community Hospital and the Elmira Pioneers baseball team. Since opening the Boston clinic in April 2016, Dr. Bell has had the privilege of treating some of the world's top elite Track and Field athletes in preparation for the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, Adidas Boost Boston Games, Boston Marathon, and the Spring Olympics.

     

    Find Dr. Bell at:

    Website: www.BellChiropracticBoston.com

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

    TikTok: @Bellchiro

     

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

    26 min
  • 35. Discussing multiple sclerosis & nutrition with Alicia Christian, DNP

    Alicia Christian is a force to be reckoned with as an actress, singer, Doctorate in Nursing Practice, and up and coming podcast host of Eating Me! After

    over 10 years away from the entertainment world, Alicia is ready to share her ability to engage an audience through her story telling, sultry and gospel based vocal stylings, or by way of interviewing individuals sharing stories about how eating has affected their lives on a personal or professional level.

    Beyond the entertainment realm, Alicia is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner. Children are magical and generally want to be their best selves each and every day. Alicia prides herself in assisting the pediatric population in providing preventative health education, as well as treatment to help them lead lives they are meant to have as they approach adulthood.

    “I’m a jack of all trades that has mastered how to do what I want in this life…what I want to do is be a blessing to those that I encounter…the hope is they go out in the world and to do the same.” – Alicia Christian

     

    Find Alicia at:

    Website: https://www.aliciachristian.com/

    Instagram: @thealiciachristian

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

    Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-eating-me-podcast/id1638940665

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

    35 min
  • 34. Discussing plant-based diet for brain health with Anna Tseng

    Anna Tseng is a plant-based Registered Dietitian with a Master's degree in Public Health Nutrition. She’s also the Founder of PlantNourished, and an award-winning published recipe creator. Through private coaching and online courses, Anna passionately helps busy people with health challenges move easily

    to plant-based eating for optimal health. Anna empowers them with key skills, practical strategies, and tasty nutrient-packed recipes, so they can regain
    their health and enjoy an active, vibrant life...without long hours in the kitchen!


    Find Anna at:

    PlantNourished

    Website: www.plantnourished.com

    Quick

    Start Grocery Guide for Plant-Based Essentials: www.plantnourished.com/groceryguide

     

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

    33 min
  • 33. Discussing hydrocephalus warriors with Jeff Pearson

    Jeff was born in Ft. Collins, CO. When he was 2 weeks old, it was confirmed that he had hydrocephalus and aqueductal stenosis. After confirming the diagnosis, Jeff had his first brain surgery. Over the next few years, he had several surgeries, most related to hydrocephalus through about age 10. When he was 18, the summer after graduating from high school, he had a couple more hydrocephalus-related surgeries (one of which was a revision). Following high school, Jeff traveled the world for a year as a singer with a group called Up with People, became a productive, working adult, married Catherine, and we now have 3 amazing children that are growing up way too fast.

    Between 2013 and 2022, he had 6 more surgeries - 5 of them were directly related to hydrocephalus, and one was complicated by the fact that Jeff’s had so many other surgeries. Having 4 brain surgeries in 8 years took its toll and Jeff experienced several health challenges (migraines, cluster headaches, seizures, dizziness, and severe, involuntary ticks) which limited his ability to work and do a lot of things he loved to do. Despite all that, Jeff has started Hydro with Hope, a company born out of Jeff’s desire to serve the hydrocephalus community by offering tangible help and encouragement through online and in-person resources. They also endeavor to increase awareness of hydrocephalus and normalize hydrocephalus-related vocabulary for friends and family of hydrowarriors. To that end, Jeff & Catherine have created a journal called “My Hydrowarrior Story” designed to help people with hydrocephalus be able to record their journey from diagnosis to surgery and beyond. Jeff is also speaking to audiences to increase awareness and to share the recently-released journal with the world.


    Find Jeff at:

    FB:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/hydrowithhope

    IG: 

    @hydrowithhope

    www.hydrowithhope.com

     

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

    45 min
  • 32. Discussing biohacking & reversing illness with Kody Remala

    Kody Remala is a biohacker, cognitive wellness coach, licensed massage therapist, meditation facilitator and host of the podcast Mind Shift. He has gone on the personal journey of upgrading his health, lost 140 lbs, reversed 3 different diseases, and is passionate about sharing his knowledge to others to help improve their lives. Kody has done all of this by studying brain states and applying the different strategies to upgrade his own brain. 

     

    Find Kody at:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kody-remala-0a565b139

    https://open.spotify.com/show/0ShRPRFwnEmNFILXmKBb2e?si=G5XmyZ7LTLerJHwZLbD8VA

    https://www.facebook.com/kody.remala?mibextid=LQQJ4d

     

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


    45 min
  • 31. Discussing TBI, self-doubt & neuroplasticity with Scott & Nancy Kiesling

    Scott & Nancy are relationship coaches. They use their unique method of adventure therapy to help people overcome their self-doubt and fears and build an ultimate relationship with themSELF first, so they can then attract in the love they’ve always desired. After two years of marriage, Scott was involved in an accidental explosion at work, resulting in a brain injury, hearing loss, and vertigo. This drastically changed their life and the dynamic of their relationship causing them to create innovative tools and strategies to keep their relationship thriving and continue to create the life they dreamed to live. Today they share what they have learned with others so they can help people develop unshakeable self love, live their best life, and have amazing relationships.

    Scott & Nancy continue to build online courses, speak at corporate events, and host esteem-building Adventure Therapy Retreats. They have multiplied their business by 10-fold in the last year working with high profile people such as supermodels, Hollywood actors/actresses, doctors, lawyers, realtors, and entrepreneurs. They have appeared on multiple podcasts, have been featured on The List TV, Authority Magazine, Wander Magazine, and Tony Robbins recently announced that he’d recommend them as coaches because “they’ve lived it!”


    Find Scott & Nancy at: https://www.scottandnancykiesling.com/

     

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

    54 min
  • 30. Discussing endometriosis & hormone-brain connection with Dr. LJ Johnson

    Dr. Lj Johnson IHP. FDNP. IIN, CHEK, is a women’s hormone coach specializing in endometriosis, PCOS, and fibroids. Lj has worked in the women's health and fitness industry for over 20 years while overcoming her own diagnosis of endometriosis. Lj’s passion is to empower, motivate and educate all women so they too can have quality of life despite their symptoms or diagnosis. 

     

    Find Dr. LJ on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ljs_powerhouse/

    Website: https://www.ljspowerhouse.org/

    Wholistic Endo Expert podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wholistic-endo-expert/id1633819303

     

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

    34 min
  • 29. Discussing healthcare worker stress with Eva ZobianWolf, RN

    Eva ZobianWolf is the CEO of Eva Zee Wellness. She's been in healthcare for over 20 years with ten years in Critical Care. 

    She has transitioned to mind-body medicine to help nurses manage their high stress careers. Eva's goal is to empower her clients to make small daily changes to live an authentic, joyful life, free from the impacts of work-related stress. 

    She is dedicated to helping healthcare workers find balance and peace both at work and at home.

     

    Find Eva at: https://www.evazeewellness.com/

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

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

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

     

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

    47 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.