Rebel and Be Well

Christa Rymal of The Point interviews Thaddeus Owen- BS Chemical Engineering, MS Holistic Nutrition, Biohacker. A lifelong learner of the latest science and ancient practices, hear what Thaddeus has found, through self-experimentation, works best for upgrading our own health. A captivating speaker and educator that warrants listening to, Thaddeus teaches from his expansive pool of knowledge with information that is easy to take home. Not only did we find opportunities to relate to his personal journey to health, but everything we'd learned is directly applicable to the health struggles we most all have- and the barriers we most all face in the modern age. 

Many health and wellness leaders are attracted to biohacking, primal living, or natural living but are unsure where to begin. Thaddeus is a great leader in the space and this podcast is a good entry point to the subject- as Owen takes this opportunity to educate by using anecdotes, research, and a cutting edge perspective to preventative wellness. Hearing outside-the-box ideas from Thaddeus feels far less outside-the-box once you better understand his background, personality, and affinity for knowledge. By the end of the podcast we're optimistic you will have found more than one rebellious way to live well, and the resources and to do it confidently:

- Personal Journey to Health: Challenges with Anxiety, Morals, Career, etc.

- Biohacking

- Sleep

- Supplements

- Living Well Within A Modern Era

- Bridging Body, Mind & Soul

- Spirituality

+ Resources to Apply at Home

Especially relevant to current events, Thaddeus also shares with the audience his thoughts on what we can learn from the recent pandemic. Yes, supplements and behavioral changes are mentioned, but we were impressed with the novel idea that a perspective change is our greatest opportunity for long term health. Owen's opinion? How you see the big picture can help or hurt - altering how you care for yourself physically and feel emotionally. Listen in to understand the stance Thaddeus suggests we take as we move into the next year.

Thaddeus Owen concludes our podcast with a fireround which brought up a new topic of holistic health gaining momentum in the industry- spirituality. Evaluating purpose, life, and greater meaning is a growing practice in preventative medicine and lifestyle health. 

"I want to share these secrets with you. I want you to build optimal health. Most statistics show what it takes to be 'average'. We don’t want to be average, we want to be as healthy as humanly possible while we’re on this plane of reality. This is what I’m here to teach you. Information from ancient sages, spiritual masters, health experts, and the latest science thrown in with a bit of the occult (meaning hidden)". – Thaddeus Owen

Resources

Access blogs, products, and ongoing education in biohacking and other outside-the box-health opportunities: 

https://primalhacker.com/

Join Thaddeus Owen (and partner Heidi Sime) as he leads and facilitates an all-inclusive offsite Boundary Waters Canoe Adventure Summer '21:

- June 24-28, 2021: https://thepointretreats.com/program-retreat/217

Christa Rymal of The Point interviews Bill Manahan, MD- Assistant Professor Emeritus with the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center in Minneapolis. A heart centered physician, Dr. Bill Manahan co-founded The Wellness Center of Minnesota (1982-1992), one of America’s first, physician-led, integrative medicine centers. 

With a robust career to speak to and learn from, Bill now consults with physicians and clinics wishing to expand into a more integrative and holistic practice. The intention? Help to make the primary healthcare system more holistic and more joyful for patients and practitioners. In this interview Dr. Bill provides listeners with an insider's look at how medicine has changed over the past several decades in the western world- what has been lost and what has been gained. His lessons speak to both a healthcare practitioner and a care consumer, so we invite you to listen in on his perspective around the current culture of healthcare, where professionals may have blindspots, and some notable changes that have profoundly changed the course of most of his patients' lives. 

Dr. Bill Manahan offers insight into what he personally had to unlearn as an expert in the medical field, some stories that changed the course of his practice, as well as a personal testimony to the need to implement lifestyle medicine in tandem with allopathic medicine. Feel reminded of the value in a whole-systems approach to wellness, and as a healthcare professional relate to Bill's call to bringing heart back into medicine: empathy, compassion, understanding, and individualized treatments as means of healing equally as important as modern pharmaceuticals - arguably more.

We are honored to hear Dr. Manahan's wisdom and perspective, and we welcome you to feel heard and inspired to "rebel and be well" alongside us - tune in!

- Fast vs. slow medicine

- Empathy, compassion, and heart returning to conventional healthcare

- Blind spots in western medicine and areas of opportunity to integrate eastern medicine

- How lifestyle medicine can delay, negate, and heal chronic disease

- Specific practices that have profound impacts on healing

Resources

Access information, events and a health clinician community open to both allopathic and alternative medicine in Minnesota - Co-Chaired by Dr. Bill Mahanan

http://www.minnesotaintegrative.com/

Join Dr. Bill Manahan as he leads and facilitates an all-inclusive retreat with education on preventative health, alternative care advocacy and personal growth at The Point:

- September CME Retreat: https://thepointretreats.com/program-retreat/510

Episode 8

Christa Rymal of The Point interviews Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller, MD, FACOG, FABOIM, on the resurgence of an old practice- Forest Bathing. Dr. Suzanne, a healthcare leader reintroducing forest bathing into the US, offers anecdotes, studies and much more backing the approach that time in nature medically heals. An author, speaker, an expert in several integrative modalities, having her own conventional MD background, and with an active client base in OB-GYN, Dr. Bartlett Hackenmiller didn't miss a beat in acknowledging the potentially 'out-there' claim that simply being in nature can tangibly better your health. As you listen-in, she will debunk any hesitancy with anecdotes, stories, and studies as Suzanne teaches us not only what forest bathing is, but how and why it may be practiced. 

"Going outdoors and walking, hiking, running, sitting, gazing, bird watching, fishing. Whatever the activity is, if you enjoy it and you're outdoors, you're benefiting from it. It doesn't have to be some fancy new thing - it's just getting outdoors." - Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller, M.D.

Board certified by American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American Board of Integrative Medicine, Suzanne holds additional certifications in herbal medicine and is a certified forest therapy guide. She currently serves as medical director for the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy and as medical advisor for the organization, AllTrails. Her partnership with AllTrails paris well with her interest in outdoor adventure; something she notes is a great alternative to quiet meditative time in nature while still having the wellbeing benefits. Her personal interest in mountain biking and National Park hiking also brought to light insider trail recommendations - shared in the podcast!

Dr. Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller is a great resource for any person interested in health and wellbeing. Though her stories commonly speak to the symptom solving and healing nature of time outdoors; her work also pairs well with nutrition and movement in living a preventative medicine lifestyle. As a bonus, Suzanne also dives into breathwork and the importance of breathing exercises. Another integrative modality she recommends that, alone or paired with forest bathing, can surpass many conventional approaches in resolving unwanted symptoms. 

Tune into this episode to be reminded of the small but impactful changes that you can implement immediately without side-effects or a need for continuing education. Better yet, you get to individualize how you bathe in the forest, so you will enjoy the practice on both a visceral and cognitive level - all while you're improving your health. 

 Resources

Personal website providing integrative wellness offerings and opportunities - events, media, blog and more. 

- https://integrativeinitiative.com/

Authored book: The Outdoor Adventurer's Guide to Forest Bathing: Using Shinrin-Yoku to Hike, Bike, Paddle, and Climb Your Way to Health and Happiness 

- https://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-Adventurers-Guide-Forest-Bathing/dp/1493042025

Join Dr. Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller as she leads and facilitates activities and education at The Point. She will partner with The Point for the following CME retreat in 2021:

- September 30th - October 2nd: https://thepointretreats.com/program-retreat/510 

For the first time, Christa Rymal of The Point interviews Dr. David Katz - leading physician, author, multiple time Founder and CEO, and nominee for both a James Beard Foundation Award and the position of US Surgeon General. Katz is a provoking visionary with the career, case studies, and community accolades to invite trust, so we recommend a pen and paper for this episode. Tune in to learn about his life's work; turning science into action for the addition of years to life, and life to years. Dr. David provides immediate actions you can take for your longevity, the 6 cylinder engine that makes up lifestyle medicine, and a financial case for putting the 'health' back in 'health'care. 

“We need cultural responsibility and personal responsibility, and when they work in tandem then everything can change” - Dr. David Katz

Dr. David Katz, has been featured on Anderson Cooper, Good Morning America, and CNN. Dr. David's life work is in the translation of science into action; for addition of years to life, and life to years. Recently, and amidst the COVID pandemic, Dr. Katz has advocated for a "total harm minimization" strategy. Dr. David Katz is a Founder and former Director of Yale University's Yale Research Center, past President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, President and Founder of non-profit True Health Initiative, and Founder and CEO of Diet ID, inc. A fellow of numerous renowned colleges, Katz is also the recipient of several awards for teaching writing and contributions to public health. A 2019 nominee for a James Beard Foundation award in health journalism, David has too been a widely supported nominee for the position of US Surgeon General. Dr. Katz has received three honorary doctorates, holds multiple US patents and has over 200 peer reviewed publications. In addition, Katz has co-authored 19 books including multiple editions of leading textbooks in nutrition, preventative medicine, and epidemiology.

Don't miss this highly-anticipated episode, as Dr. David Katz shares his pointed concerns and solutions to the widespread issue of poor health, chronic disease, and loss of vitality. While illuminating the big picture need for a change in our healthcare systems, David also offers insight into the individual's health deficit which was emphasized during the recent pandemic. He grants us perspective, too, to his well-supported response to COVID- 'Total harm minimization'. Learn how Dr. David Katz is suggesting we respect the virus while minimizing total harm. During the interview we acknowledge that, anywhere people are hurt is bad, and anywhere they are protected is good. As a listener, discover where your vulnerabilities may lay - socially, economically, in health, or otherwise. 

“The broader vision is about healthcare, but there is a critical place in that for disease care and for what clinicians do and we salute that.” - Dr. David Katz

Our team anticipates a part II and part III with Dr. David Katz, though for now we appreciate the knowledge provided, and find hope- that we have physicians leading wellbeing initiatives with wisdom, expertise and the drive to make our communities return to vitality.

“The value proposition of this cannot be overstated, and we have the knowledge, we just need to convert it into the power of routine action”. - Dr. David Katz

Resources

Leaders in healthcare offering their grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies. Sign their recommended approach - Focused Protection:

- https://gbdeclaration.org/

Understand your health-risk and review documentation on total harm minimization: 

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Christa Rymal of The Point hosts a special episode on our podcast: interviewing three women, together, leading outside-the-box health and wellness. Meet trainer of the trainers, Coach Rachel Prairie; spiritual life coach & reiki master Christine McDonough; and inspirational blogger and fitness enthusiast Mandi Holden. Join us as we discuss the tie these women have to one another, and the hard-learned and earned lessons they're teaching their independent communities. 

All three of our female-guests, with differing backgrounds and experiences expanding their healthspan, offer us a fresh perspective on our own journeys. As non-conventional health professionals, they provide listeners nuanced yet sound reasons for taking a whole-systems approach to health.

Hear Rachel speak to action, Chritine speak to energy, and Mandi speak to mindset. Learn the importance of play, and how to determine what goals are best for you to focus on- paramount to finding happiness and the lifestyle suited for you. Rachel, Christine, and Mandi each share their intimate relationship with failure and resolution, empowering us as listeners to answer these questions for ourselves:

1) How do I feel?

2) Where do I feel I can do better?

3) Where do I not feel well? 

Without limiting wellness to nutrition, fitness, or any other single modality, we start to piece together our wellness web. In doing so, we also begin tuning in to where we are in the present, and prioritizing what we need for a better future.

Take inventory as you follow along, let their messages resonate with you, and feel inspired, heard and understood. Before the end of today's episode you will gain new insight on how to approach holistic well-being with less struggle than those who've come before you. 

Resources

Read more from Mandi Holden on her blog:

https://www.mandiholden.com/

Follow each of our guests on social media. Become part of their inspirational wellness communities:

Rachel Prairie: @coachrachelprairie 

Christine McDonough: @christinewmcd

Mandi Holden: @mandimon04

Join this group of women as they lead and facilitate experiential wellness, self-care advocacy and personal growth at The Point:

- May Women's Retreat:

https://thepointretreats.com/program-retreat/499

Christa Rymal of The Point interviews women's health specialist and integrative primary care physician, Carolyn Torkelson MD, MS. 

With a background that has moved Carolyn from nurse, to MD, to leader and pioneer, and now to author and educator; Carolyn is a trusted resource to peer physicians and females especially. Carolyn talks today with Christa about bridging the gap between non-conventional medicine and conventional medicine to discover an optimal whole-systems approach to wellness: A kind of balanced health that without guidance can be hard to find, yet incredibly important if we as females wish to find fulfillment, satisfaction, and quality of life.

Operating as a friend, colleague, trusted advisor, and near-encyclopedia, Dr. Carolyn is a practitioner and professor of OB/GYN and Women's Health. Dr. Carolyn also directs integrative services at The University of Minnesota's Women's Health Specialists and co-chairs the Minnesota Holistic Medicine Group. 

In both today's episode and in many previous articles written by Dr. Carolyn, she covers female hormones, sexual wellbeing, nutrition for women and advocating for self.  She emphasizes the value of understanding your own health, gaining a wide range of knowledge about your options for well-being, and using that as a directive - advocating for yourself boldly as you build or rebuild a healthier life. 

We are grateful to have Dr. Carolyn with us to normalize many aspects of women's health that most females are hesitant to address- moving topics (such as sexual health) out of a taboo bucket and into one of necessity. In this episode you will hear of Carolyn's own personal and professional experiences in women's health, the impact her clinical research and patient practice has had on her road to being a forerunner in the specialty, and why beginning to prioritize female health has already made positive and impactful changes in our communities and can do the same for you in your personal life.  

Tune in to find out how you, at this stage in your journey, can find a whole-systems approach to wellness!

Resources

Access information around the work Dr. Carolyn Torkelson is doing around women's health in all ages and stages:

www.womenagingwell.org

Join Dr. Carolyn Torkelson as she leads and facilitates learning, advocacy and growth at The Point. She will educate for the two of the following retreats in 2021:

- May Women's Retreat:

https://thepointretreats.com/program-retreat/499

- September CME Retreat:

https://thepointretreats.com/program-retreat/510

Christa Rymal of The Point interviews culinary chef and educator, Jeremy Reinicke, on the real journey it takes to eat well for a lifetime - both for health and for pleasure. Be reminded of the perspective, simplicity, and humanity we all need to honestly improve our health-span using food as medicine; and, importantly, how to enjoy cooking for nutrition- enough to cause a ripple effect in your life and those you care for.  

Our podcast episode enlightens listeners on a “back to the basics” approach to cooking whole and fresh foods, great food, and taking command of your own kitchen. Having extensive experience in a professional kitchen and also in a healthcare and education setting; Jeremy brings novel light-heartedness, balance, and hope to eating for health. ⁠Jeremy stands as a rare breed as he bridges professional culinary cuisine, passion, healthcare, and applying what you've learned in a real-life setting.

As a regular culinary educator to physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers, Jeremy lets listeners in on his philosophy. Knowledge that students of his courses, healthcare providers and beyond, have taken home with lasting success. Covering cooking skills to safety, and never neglecting a individual's need for satisfaction and fun when handling food, this episode will cover it all. Expect to smile, experience countless "aha" moments and an urge to find passion in your kitchen.

“Becoming your ‘best self’ is a life-long journey, not a day trip. To stay energized and focused, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and avoid becoming discouraged when we fall short. Most importantly, we must not forget to celebrate the small successes along the way.” - Chef Jeremy Reinicke

Resources

Programs for virtual, live cooking courses:

- https://launchmyhealth.com/

Join Chef Jeremy as he leads classes in our teaching kitchen, and provides 5-star meals all-inclusive at The Point. He will educate and cook for the two following CME retreats, and many other events planned for 2021:

- April:

https://thepointretreats.com/program-retreat/375

- September:

https://thepointretreats.com/program-retreat/510