Grapevine Wellness Show

Angela Jenkins spent decades as a dietitian helping other people eat better. Then her own body stopped cooperating. She had brain fog that came and went, fatigue she couldn't explain, and skin problems that didn't respond to the usual fixes. Her search for answers took her well outside the conventional approach she was trained in, and it changed how she works with clients today.

In this episode, Angela tells that story and explains what it taught her about looking for root causes instead of treating symptoms one at a time. We talk about the environments we live in, including the mold she found in her own home. We also talk about why planning, not willpower, is what keeps people away from the drive-through. Angela, author of Destination Real Food, explains how eating locally is possible even in winter. She also talks about the emotional side of healing, which often gets overlooked. Stress and old patterns sit in the body alongside everything else, and Angela has seen clients release far more than they expected once they started addressing them.

You'll also hear how to work with Angela, including how to book a discovery call and where to find her book.

Show Notes: 

Book a Discovery Call   https://www.healthislocal.com/cellular-detox-discovery-call 
Get Angela’s book https://www.healthislocal.com/books

Episode Description:

Not every relationship ends in a fight. Many end in silence.

One partner stops reaching. The other stops noticing. Nobody slams a door, and slowly the home starts to feel like two roommates sharing a space. Couples in this place often say, “We never even argue,” and that can be the thing that worries them most.

In this episode of Between Sessions, Jolyn Armstrong explains how emotional distance builds in small, ordinary moments, and how small, ordinary moments can bring closeness back. You’ll hear:

• What a “bid for connection” is, and why the way a partner answers one matters so much
• Why one person can start changing the pattern, even when the other isn’t ready
• The somatic practice Jolyn asks nearly every couple she works with to try, and what to do when a hug feels out of reach
• Why talking about hurt so often turns into criticism and defensiveness, and a gentler way in
• A seven-day practice you can begin today.

Whether your relationship is on the brink or simply feels quieter than it used to, this episode offers a place to start.

Gabe spent nearly a decade on patrol, seven years on SWAT, and five years as a sniper with Reno PD before retiring this year. He was trained to stay composed under extreme pressure. What that training didn't prepare him for was what all of it would eventually cost him.

In this episode, Gabe shares the story behind the badge: the immense personal struggles he faced in the years following his military service, and the sixteen years of sobriety he's built since. He talks candidly about what recovery actually required, why the culture around asking for help in law enforcement and military life is so slow to change, and how he found his way back to purpose through helping others carry what he once carried alone.

Today Gabe runs Precision Resilience, a fitness and firearms training business, and the Resilient Lives Foundation, a nonprofit supporting first responders and veterans through group workouts built around trauma and moral injury. In this episode, he and Jolyn also talk through firearms training and preparedness in a way that's accessible whether or not you've ever considered owning a gun.

If you've ever wondered what happens to the people trained to hold everything together for the rest of us, this conversation is for you.

Show Notes:

Website: precision-resilience.com

Nonprofit: https://www.resilientlivesfoundation.org/

Socials:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/precision_resilience

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@precision.resilience

Episode Description:

Adult friendship rarely falls apart all at once. It just quietly gets crowded out by work, family, and moving, until one day you realize your calendar is full and your list of people to call is not. In this episode, Jolyn breaks down why adult friendship has become so difficult, drawing on the Surgeon General's own story of loneliness, Benjamin Franklin's approach to building friendship on purpose, and a real client story for those whose social anxiety makes even trying feel impossible. This episode closes with a specific, doable Pause for the week. Millennialism

Winston Meikle spent decades as a bedside nurse and nurse administrator before a patient's against-the-odds recovery changed how he thought about healthcare entirely. In this episode, Winston shares the story that reshaped his practice, walks through the love-based, intention-driven approach he now teaches, and makes the case for why healthcare consumers need to be active participants in their own healing, not just recipients of a protocol. This is a conversation about fear, hope, and what it means to bring more of yourself into your own care.

SHOW NOTES:

Website: Lovingcarepartners.org

Get Winson’s book: Poweroflovetheory.com

Mobile Lab Services: Mobilelabtecs.com

Most people think grief is about death. It isn't.

Grief is the normal and natural reaction to loss, and loss takes more than forty forms. The end of a friendship. A family ruptured by politics. A faith that no longer holds. A future you had planned on. A person who is very much alive but completely out of reach.

In this episode, Certified Trauma Recovery Coach and Grief Recovery Specialist Jolyn Armstrong explores the grief most of us are carrying without knowing it has a name and why unnamed grief doesn't heal.

She opens with one of the most striking stories in American history, walks through the many losses society fails to recognize as grief, and addresses one of the most painful experiences showing up right now: the family member you love but can no longer talk to.

If you've been feeling heavy, stuck, or sad in a way you can't quite explain this episode might give that feeling its name.

Between Sessions is part of the Grapevine Wellness Show with Jolyn Armstrong.

In this episode, Jolyn sits down with Seung "Bruce" Lee, founder of Infinite Potential Advisors in Truckee, California, and author of The Zen of Your Infinite Potential. Bruce's story starts with a health crisis that upended everything he thought he knew about himself, and traces the road that followed: leaving his career and his home in Maryland, an RV journey west, and an unexpected landing in Lake Tahoe that became the beginning of a full rebuild. Using eight Japanese Zen principles as a map, from kintsugi (the breaking) to his ascent into a new sense of self, Bruce and Jolyn walk through what it actually looks like to fall apart and become someone new on purpose. This conversation touches grief, identity, nature as medicine, and the decision to bet everything on a new direction.

Show Notes:

Website: InfinitePotentialAdvisors.com
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Your-Infinite-Potential-Principles/dp/B0GZSSHJRY/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.U_Ec80HFHZy6_P2Rs3nrN7JnjOD1xYh_5AoZvegUDIE.Cakvb6kpD1MhqXGIyYlcHRmOsTirr4AVv6mfGse5UwQ&dib_tag=se&qid=1784400699&refinements=p_27%3ASeung+%22Bruce%22+Lee&s=books&sr=1-3&text=Seung+%22Bruce%22+Lee#detailBullets_feature_div

Dementia touches more families than almost any other condition — and yet most of us don't know what to do until we're already in the middle of it. In this episode, Jolyn sits down with Kathy Ovenstone of Help at Home Senior Care for an honest, deeply practical conversation about caring for someone you love through cognitive decline.

Kathy's work in senior care began when she was a teenager helping care for her grandmother with Alzheimer's, and decades later — after a career in healthcare operations — she now spends her days walking families through exactly the moments most of us are quietly dreading. Together, Jolyn and Kathy talk about the conversations families keep avoiding, why hiding cognitive decline costs more than acknowledging it, when it's time to take the keys away, and the surprising reframes — like "therapeutic lying" and "meeting them where they are" — that make this season more bearable for everyone.

If you've ever watched a loved one start to slip, or quietly wondered whether someone you care about is showing early signs, this conversation is for you.

Show Notes:
Alz stats
https://www.alz.org/getmedia/ef8f48f9-ad36-48ea-87f9-b74034635c1e/alzheimers-facts-and-figures.pdf

https://www.facebook.com/NNSES
Our website: https://helpathomenv.com
https://helpathomenv.com/how-to-know-when-its-time-to-get-help-for-your-aging-parents/
Sage test: 
https://helpathomenv.com/sage-dementia-test/

Something Feels Off. Here's Why That Actually Makes Sense.

If you've been carrying a heaviness you can't quite name: a low hum of anxiety, a restlessness you can't shake, a sense that something is wrong even when you can't point to what, you're not alone. And you're not broken.

In this first episode of Between Sessions, Certified Trauma Recovery Coach and Grief Recovery Specialist Jolyn Armstrong explores what's actually happening in your nervous system when the world feels uncertain and your internal model of how things are supposed to work no longer matches reality. She unpacks the psychology of disillusionment: what it is, where it shows up, and why it hits the body the way it does.

From faith and career to the institutions we grew up trusting, disillusionment is one of the most undernamed sources of pain people are carrying right now. And with America marking its 250th year, the collective weight of that experience has never felt more present.

This episode won't tell you what to think. It will help you understand what you're feeling and offer a path toward something more grounded than either blind loyalty or giving up entirely.

Between Sessions is part of the Grapevine Wellness Show with Jolyn Armstrong.

When a medical emergency strikes a family member, especially an elderly loved one, it can feel overwhelming. For so many families, panic and confusion take over—leaving them feeling lost and unprepared. What if you could change that?

Matt Bruback, founder of the Northern Nevada Senior Empowerment Seminar, is providing you the ability to do just that. Matt created this initiative to help families like yours navigate medical crises with confidence, clarity, and calm.

In this episode, Matt shares:

• The simple steps you can take now to protect your elderly loved ones during a health emergency.
• The resources every family should know before a crisis strikes.
• How preparation can ease stress, save time, and even save lives when it matters most.

From financial planning and legal guidance to home care, hospice, and beyond, Matt’s insights offer a clear roadmap to help you move from panic to prepared—so you can care for your loved ones with confidence.

Show Notes
Matt Bruback, Northern Nevada Senior Empowerment Seminar
Email: [email protected]