Brain Wellness - the Podcast

Brain Wellness - the Podcast

By Mandi SwansonMedicineHealth & Fitness
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Brain Wellness - the Podcast episodes

  • 28. Discussing bouncing back & ruptured brain aneurysm with Lady J

    Lady J is the definition of ‘Resilience on Repeat’. She has mastered the ability to bounce back repeatedly from multiple traumas and hardships in life and business which earned her the title, “THE BOUNCE BACK QUEEN.” From different forms of abuse to homelessness, to addiction, and a near-fatal ruptured brain aneurysm among other setbacks, she has let nothing stop her from winning in life and business. As an Award-Winning Community Leader, Speaker, Rising Multimedia Mogul, BounceBackologist, Author, Mentor, and Serial Entrepreneur, she has been equipped with a unique set of tools to encourage, empower, and support individuals and organizations from all walks of life and industries to conquer the impossible too.

    She has been featured on numerous media platforms that include but are not limited to WTHR Channel 13 News, RTV 6, Google News, FOX, Formidable Woman Magazine, and more. She is the Founder/President/CEO of E.G.O. Entertainment Network, Life Support Company LLC, BounceBackology LLC, and No Limits Ministry Inc. Her supporters stretch over 63 countries, and she has had the opportunity to feature and cover some of the nation’s largest events and celebrities that include but are not limited to, Sheryl Underwood, Marvin Sapp, Michael Colyar, The Oscars, Claudia Jordan, Brian White, Patty Spitler, The Stellar Awards, and many more.

    Over the past 12 years, she has dedicated her life to supporting, serving, mentoring, and empowering others personally and professionally through not only sharing her jaw-dropping, awe- inspiring story, but also through her numerous programs, gifts, talents, and platforms. She will continue the work in ensuring all that are assigned to her learn the fundamentals of how to Bounce Back and win.

     

    Find Lady J at: www.ladyj.co

     

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

    49 min
  • 27. Discussing chronic pain with Irene Vaksberg

    Irene Vaksberg is a motivational speaker and neurological wearable technology coach. She’s on a mission to change people’s lives with chronic pain just like she experienced for 5 years after a car accident. She believes your darkest moment will become your brightest light and giving up is not an option.

     

    Find Irene at:

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=11eoy4wtha9ij&utm_content=3d0t7v2

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/irene.vaksberg?mibextid=LQQJ4d

    Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@irenevaksberg?_t=8ZY1BCwlE8Q&_r=1

    Website: gothealth.VoxxLife.com 

    YouTube: https://youtube.com/@irenevaksberg-painManagement

     

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

    28 min
  • 26. Discussing digestion & the body's response with Andrea Nicholson

    Andrea Nicholson helps driven, successful, people struggling with poor metabolism, digestive issues, and low energy to achieve vibrant health.

    Using over a decade of experience in the health industry, training as a Nutrition Therapist Master and a Restorative Wellness Practitioner, she creates personalized coaching packages for clients using functional lab testing and cutting-edge technologies to uncover underlying imbalances and for clients to gain actionable awareness into the choices, habits and behaviors they have that aren’t serving them.

     

    Find Andrea at: www.healthylifewithandrea.com

     

    Find more about Brain Wellness at www.brainwellnesssolutions.com

     

    40 min
  • 25. Discussing PTSD, trauma & gender identity with Harris Eddie Hill

    Harris Eddie Hill (they/them) is an out-and-proud nonbinary podcaster, best-selling author, and founder of Bulletproof; a platform supporting other unique people to become resilient and bulletproof so they can enjoy their lives despite others' unaccepting attitudes. Harris has survived and overcome trauma, unaccepting family members, cancer, abusive relationships and mental health challenges, yet has found their way to emotional freedom and is now passing that gift forward.

    Find Harris at: https://www.mxharrishill.com/


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

    51 min
  • 24. Discussing goal setting & accountability with Seth Miller

    Seth Miller served for 21 years in the United States Air Force, rose to the rank of Master Sergeant, and left his mark as a leader on all those around him. But it’s after leaving the military that he really found success. Seth has become a nationally recognized speaker and author, inspiring people from all walks of life to take accountability for their actions and apply The Black Collar Mindset in both personal and professional settings. His two podcasts reach audiences of over 20k listeners each week, allowing even more people access to Seth’s words of wisdom.

    When he isn’t working or spending time with family, you can find Seth volunteering at local schools, community events, and veteran organizations. Seth Miller is a true example of how dedication to service can bring about monumental change - both in oneself and the world around them.

    Find Seth at: https://www.seththespeaker.com/

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-a-miller/

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


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

    49 min
  • 23. Discussing uncommon strokes & empowerment with Carrie Baquie

    Carrie Baquie is a spunky mom of 3 amazing teens and survivor of simultaneous Brain Injury, Lyme disease and Mold Illness who transformed chaos and despair into thriving through soul-centered strategy. Now Carrie is a Wellbeing Empowerment Coach using the lessons she learned through her medical crisis to help other women who are sick & tired of being sick & tired to get unstuck and reclaim a life they love. Using a holistic approach, Carrie partners with her clients to break through emotional, mental and spiritual barriers keeping them stuck in order to make space for physical healing.

    Find Carrie at: https://carriebaquie.com/

    Intagram: https://www.instagram.com/carriebaquie/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carrie.baquie


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

    36 min
  • 22. Discussing migraines & heredity with Susan Parso

    Susan is a mom, teacher, and coach who’s learned the importance of taking care of herself. She has fibromyalgia, scoliosis, and has lived with migraines for 5 years. She has discovered the connection between mind, body, and health and is learning how to overcome and even thrive with chronic pain.

    Find Susan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susanparso/

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

    36 min
  • 21. Discussing learning disabilities & persevering with Michelle Steiner

    Michelle Steiner lives with an invisible disability. She has articles published on The Mighty, Non-Verbal Learning Project, Dyscalculia Blog, The Reluctant Spoonie, Imagine the World as one Magazine, Word Gathering, and her blog called Michelle’s Mission. She has had her photographs featured in Word Gathering and Independent and Work Ready. She works as a paraeducator in a school with students with disabilities. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two cats.

    Find Michelle at: https://michellesmission.blog/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steiner7250/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013356902200


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

    25 min
  • 20. Talking burnout & energy work with Dr. Mary Sanders

    Dr. Mary Sanders has over 25 years of experience as a self-employed business woman and consultant … AND 15 years ago, she experienced burnout firsthand and crashed hard! At the time, she didn’t have the necessary tools or resources to navigate the difficult period in her life, so she panicked and ran away to the other side of the world. Now, she is wholeheartedly committed to supporting women who want to transform the way they show up in this world and experience thriving health, happiness, and purpose, utilizing the tools of energy medicine, chiropractic, functional blood chemistry analysis, and positive psychology.

    Dr. Mary earned her doctorate in Chiropractic from Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis, MO.  She completed her Certificate in Positive Psychology from the Wholebeing Institute in Lennox, MA and studied under Dr. Tal Ben Shahar.  In addition, she completed her Masters in Intuition Medicine® from the Academy of Intuition Medicine® in Sausalito, CA and studied under Dr. Francesca McCartney.

    Find Dr. Mary at: https://www.drmarysanders.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.maryesanders/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dr.maryesanders


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

    31 min
  • 19. Talking mindset & poetry with Zen Ase

    The artistic entrepreneur known as Marlena “Zen Ase” Johns has lived an adventurous life, raising twin sons, and teaching high school for twenty-six years in the inner city. She was Teacher of the Year for AHS in 2011-2012 and 2017-2018, a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction and a University of Chicago Distinguished Educator. One of her plays was performed at a local community center. She won a prose contest sponsored by the University of Houston. She’s performed poetry more times than she can count at over 50 venues, hosted, and organized over 50 live music, comedy and poetry shows, Laughz and Lyrics, to both handfuls of adoring fans and wall to wall, standing room only crowds. She’s the Houston organizer for 100,000 Poets for Change, and she’s been honored with a Congressional Award for activism. Her poetry and prose can be found in over a dozen anthologies and magazines including, “ Let’s Talk about Being Human,” “Selfhood,” “Restless,” “Five 2 One magazine”, “Caravel”, and “Switchback”.

    She recently decided to include what she's learned from motivating students to help teens and adults accelerate mindset changes and replace limitations with possibilities. As of January 2023, she has created four books (three of them Amazon best sellers), a podcast- Zennurgy and a series of workshops.

    Find Zen Ase at https://www.facebook.com/Zenasepoetry

    Or https://www.instagram.com/zenasepoetry/


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

    33 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.