Nourish and Shine

Sarah Stinson is a leader and practitioner in the field of holistic health and healing. After graduating with a masters in community counseling she started working with those affected by eating disorders both in the area of prevention and treatment. In the beginning of her career she was an activist facilitating a group called GO GIRLS!TM which stands for Giving Our Girls(and Guys) Inspiration and Resources for Lasting Self-Esteem. This journey led her to become the Creative Energy Officer (CEO) for a non-profit called Higherself whose mission was to "strengthen the spirit of each girl to celebrate who she is and what she can do." In addition she lobbied on Capitol Hill in support of an eating disorders bill, appeared on a national talk show, presented at various national conferences and brought the GO GIRLS! to Fiji to present on the impact of the media on body image and self-esteem. She was the recipient of the Outstanding Service Award (Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention), Lori Irving Award for Excellence (National Eating Disorders Association), the Whitaker Award (Minnesota Coalition of Adolescent Females), and the Westin Family Award for Activism (National Eating Disorders Association). She was active as a member of the girlsBEST Advisory Board for the Women's Foundation of Minnesota and past member and president of the board of directors for the Girls Coalition of MN. 

As Sarah has always been one to live out of the box and create her own path she is now integrating her passion for facilitating and supporting individuals to find their true beauty and unique place in the world with her interest in health and medicine. She completed massage school and then went on to become certified in Healing Touch through Healing Beyond Borders. Being a student of life she continued with her training to become an instructor of Foundations in Healing Touch and completed a 2 year interprofessional fellowship in integrative medicine from the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine. 

Currently she is exploring how to blend her years of experience in the mental health field primarily working with those in recovery from eating disorders with her recent training in energy medicine and integrative health and medicine. Stay tuned to see where her journey takes her.

In the meantime she loves her job as an eating disorders therapist, integrative medicine and health coordinator and manager of a behavioral health department. She continues to be passionate about presenting on topics such as resiliency, work-life balance, eating disorders, integrative health and medicine and Healing Touch. She feels blessed to have witnessed the healing journeys of so many including her own healing from a brain aneurysm and a herniated disc. She finds joy spending time in nature with her dog Luna, traveling with friends, swimming with dolphins, reading, listening to music, especially reggae, and connecting and chilling with her wonderful partner Dan, family, friends, new and old and their pets. She looks forward to continuing to inspire each person to find their true calling, create their own formula for happiness and health and to see their true beauty and worth!!! 

Contact Sarah at: [email protected]

Resiliency:  Dr. Sood YouTube Videos; his website-www.resilientoption.com/

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Stephanie Schneider is co-owner of Together Farms. She has her MS in Environmental Science & Policy from UW-Green Bay and BS in Natural Resources from Northland College. She and her husband bought the farm quickly in 2009 due to a job relocation and moved to Mondovi after living in Madison for about 2 years and previously the Green Bay area. Steph grew up on her family's cheese factory and her only dream was to do that, she left for school with the expectation of returning to the family business but once she was gone, they sold it. Her entire existence was flipped upside down. She finished school, went on for a master's, got married, had two daughters and bought a farm. She and the farm have been on a path of self-discovery since.

https://www.togetherfarms.com/

Burger Night: https://www.togetherfarms.com/burger-night-2019/

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

Instagram @togetherfarms

Interested in LIVER?? Check out this blog post for info and recipes! 

Burger Night is a unique celebration of community, land and food that takes place seasonally at Together Farms in Mondovi, WI. The on-farm kitchen cooks up specialty burgers to order and the kids run around and play while local musicians entertain. Taking kids out to eat doesn't have to be stressful! In addition to supporting local farmers and musicians, Burger Night also serves up local beers and has a huge wine selection. Have a great time supporting local communities and producers and check it out! GF & Vegetarian options. Open every Friday at 4pm and Saturday at 11:30am from May - October and Thursdays at 4pm in June - August. Every Saturday there is also a farm tour at 2:30pm. 

Wine Night: Farm-AND-Table dining! 

Wine Nights are the 2nd Wednesday of every month from April - October. Local chefs create 4 course seasonal meals that are expertly paired with wine's that bring out the best of each dish. Watch our event calendar or Facebook for more details. Every month sells out so don't wait! Tickets required

Together Farms

A perennial-based farm that believes in using the power of good food to care for the health and well-being of people, land and animals. TF predominantly raises nutrient-dense and 100% grassfed beef and lamb and pastured, heritage pork, all processed without any weird stuff. They care about helping you "meat" your health & wellness goals so they make it easy to order online and then deliver right to your door! Together Farm's also offers meal kits, recipes and ebooks to help take the stress out of supper. In addition to meat, they also host on-farm Burger Nights every weekend from May - October and Wine Nights every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Free farm tours are available every Saturday at 2:30 so they can show you the care they put into raising the best meat possible and you can feel confident in trusting where your food comes from. 

Philip is a dedicated and passionate practitioner who combines principles of Eastern and Western Medicine practices with Movement Based Therapies to help individuals think, move, and feel the best they possibly can.

Originally from Marshall, MN, Dr. Carter spent a year in Zimbabwe, Africa trying to start a sustainable non-profit chiropractic and functional medicine clinic.

https://optimal-movement.com/

https://www.facebook.com/movepainfreemn/

https://www.instagram.com/optimalmovementmn/

https://www.instagram.com/thedoc_carter/

Dr. Collier is a Board-certified neurologist and epileptologist as well as an integrative medicine doctor who practices in Grand Junction, CO. She completed her medical school education at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio in 2009. She then went on to finish her residency in neurology and fellowship in neurophysiology with a focus on epilepsy at the University of Utah. Since graduating from fellowship, she moved to Montana and was the first board-certified epileptologist for the state of Montana. She then moved to Grand Junction, Colorado in 2016 to build a first of it's kind epilepsy program for the Western Slope. She is the medical director of a NAEC (National Association of Epilepsy Centers) level 3 certified epilepsy monitoring unit providing comprehensive epilepsy care to patients with epilepsy in a rural setting. 

In 2018, she graduated from the AIHM (Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine) integrative medicine fellowship with honors.  She also is a graduate of the American Academy of Neurology's Live Well Lead Well leadership program creating a program to address physician wellness. 

She is also a 200 hour registered yoga teacher (RYT) and teaches yoga at national conferences including the American Academy of Neurology's annual conference. She will be teaching again this May in Philidelphia. She has been studying yoga since the age of 17, when she graduated from high school and spent the summer in Espanola, NM studying under the guidance of Yogi Bhajan who bestowed upon her the spiritual name Guru Prem Kaur. Since that time she has studied yoga in Rishikesh, India and obtained her RYT through the Baptiste Institute. She also recently completed Baptiste Level 1 in Tulum, Mexico with Baron Baptiste and will be attending the Fit to Lead leadership program next month. 

Dr. Collier believes that yoga can help patients with neurological disorders on many levels and recommends yoga to her patients for a number of conditions. Neurological disease is complex, difficult to treat and frequently requires a multidisciplinary approach. This is what drove her to explore yoga, mindfulness, meditation as well as functional and integrative medicine to help patients create a wellness toolkit in their journey to health.  

We had so much fun recording this interview & Marie has so much information to share that I decided to break this interview into two segments! This week is part 2! Both of this episodes are packed full of useful and insightful information. You will not want to miss a second of either of these interviews! 

You can find Dr. Collier on Instagram @integrative_brain_doc

Dr. Danielle Ott is a chiropractic physician who loves helping women and their families. From prenatal care to postpartum, from newborn through adolescence, she helps optimize the nervous system function through gentile chiropractic adjustments with a strong emphasis on nutrition. 

 Dr. Ott lives and has been practicing in Wabasha MN for the last 4 years at Ott Family Chiropractic & Wellness Clinic. She spends the majority of her free time playing chase and wrestling with her two year old son and cooking with her husband. One of her favorite things to do is be outside on a hot summer day reading a good book!  

This is a fantastic interview to start off Season 2 of Nourish + Shine. I had so much fun sitting down with Dr. Ott for this interview in person. As we talked I could see her face lighting up. She is so passionate, knowledgeable and I love that she's an entrepreneur!  

We talk about chiropractic care before, during and after pregnancy, children, and so much more. I am a huge fan of Dr. Ott's as I personally saw her during my pregnancy and felt it was tremendously helpful! I hope you enjoy this episode! 

https://wabashawellness.com

Facebook @wabashaottchiropractic

Guy Odishaw is the founder of Bhakti Wellness Center, an integrative medicine clinic in Edina.  He has been a Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) provider for over 26 years.  Co-founder of the CAM education program and integrative clinic at Boynton Health Services at the U of MN.  Guy is also a member of the teaching faculty for Body Intelligence International.  He is currently in private practice in Edina as a craniosacral therapist and neurofeedback practitioner.

In this episode we talk about Guy's journey to opening Bhakti and why it's a unique practice model in the Integrative Medicine space. 

We also talk about the new Brain Health Clinic at Bhakti Wellness Center - which is incredible! I hope you enjoy this episode! 

Connect with Bhakti Online at http://bhakticlinic.com/

On Facebook @bhakticlinic

More on the New Brain Health Clinic at Bhakti Wellness Center: http://bhakticlinic.com/neurofeedback-home/

Email: [email protected]

Sara shares her inspiring story in an extended interview. 

This week I talk with my friend and local farmer, Sara George. She owns D & S Gardens and grows fresh fruits and vegetables for local consumers in Pepin, WI. She manages the Wabasha Farmers Market, is on the board for Lake Pepin Local Foods, created the Wabasha Food Access Network, is the SE Regional coordinator for the MN Food Charter, is the Vice President of the MN Farmers Market Association and she is a Food Safety trainer for FSMA the Food Safety Modernization Act. 

Sara is so passionate about local foods and it totally shows through everything she is involved with! I hope you enjoy this episode!