Small Changes Big Shifts

"If I can find love, kindness, and compassion for myself, then I can find it for my mother because everyone is just trying to do the very best that they can." - Crystal Jenkins

Today on Small Changes Big Shifts, we are honoring mothers with Your Wellness Connection's very own, Crystal Jenkins. Crystal is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor at Your Wellness Connection as well was a Director of Teacher Training at The Hoffman Institute.

Mother's Day can mean a lot of different things for everyone as each of us has a different relationship with our mothers.

Today, we're reminding you that even if that relationship is complicated, you can still love and appreciate your mother in your own way. So, not only are we honoring mothers today but also supporting those who may be struggling with the relationship they have with their mother, their role as a parent, or finding inner peace and self-love for themselves.

As you listen, you will learn:

• How to transfer from the relationship you had with your parents as a child to the one you now have as an adult.
• How to give others more compassion by loving and "dating yourself" first.
• How you can be the best parent you can be by teaching your children how to love themselves and how to get back up with strength when they fall down by being an example for them.
• Why you emotionally and physically react the way you do as a response to daily interactions.
• How breathwork, meditation, and being present can help heal your aches and pains.

Listen and find out how you can put yourself in your mother's own shoes to imagine what her own childhood was like including where she was living and who she was living with. This will help you to understand your mother's own struggles, self-beliefs, thoughts, and emotions and in turn, improve your relationship with each other.

In this special episode, we also dive deep into how the Hoffman Institute can help you understand where you come from including which thoughts, habits, and behaviors have been passed down to you so that you may reset and recreate yourself through self-compassion and self-love by being more present with yourself.

"We can't give away what we don't have." - Wayne Dyer

The opposite of addiction is connection. - Johann Hari

Is love at the core of all healing?

That is one of many topics that Dr. Michelle discusses with Chiropractor, Dr. Jonah Yakel, of Lifegate Health Center, in this week's podcast episode.

Practicing since 2006 at the LifeGate Health Center, Dr. Yakel is always seeking the most advanced techniques that have the most profound influence on the central nervous system. Specifically, he helps his patients heal with the following techniques that support the greatest expression of the body's own healing potential: Torque Release Technique, Network Spinal Analysis (NSA), and Flowtrition (Flow) to maximize his patients' results.

"Addiction begins in pain and ends in pain." - Eckhart Tolle

As you listen to this episode, Dr. Yakel explains the power of our body's natural intelligence including how it knows how to heal itself and support its central nervous system. However, the body also needs some special attention from us through the Four Quadrants of Wellbeing: Energetic, Movement, Chemical, and Psychospiritual.

Listen and learn more about why inflammation isn't only at the core our physical challenges and illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes but also our mental and emotional struggles including anxiety, depression, ADD, bipolar disease, and schizophrenia.

There is an abundance of takeaways from this interview including how to begin healing from addiction with small changes that will lead to big shifts with the following steps:

• Add more whole foods
• Have a self-care practice
• Take time to self-reflect
• Create a coping strategy
• Connect with others

Love is the magic bullet of healing. - Dr. James W. Parker

Good health starts in your mouth and don't let it end there. - Trina Felber

Is that favorite skincare product of yours disrupting your body's hormones?

Today we are joined by the International best-selling author of Beauty's Dirty Secret and CEO of the Primal Life Organics Skincare Company, Trina Felber.

A nurse with over 25 years of experience, Trina has developed over 100-food-based skincare solutions to feed the skin thus making her THENatural Skincare Expert and Skincare Biohacker. She is improving the way we feed our skin by helping others realize the dangers of everyday cosmetics and skin care while spreading awareness for the importance of using plant-based products.

As the creator and CEO of Primal Life Organics, her entrepreneurial skills and business-savvy mindset are an inspiration to women everywhere as she puts her nursing knowledge and care into every product she creates.

As our body's largest organ, our skin plays a big part in our overall health and the importance of paying attention to how we feed it with the skin products we use. Not only that but the foods we eat and the products we use to clean our teeth can either aid or harm our health.

Listen and discover why some of the most common skincare conditions are a result of our natural, healthy microbiome being destroyed by what we're putting on our skin, what we eat, or another problem with our digestive system.

Find out why natural clay, CBD, and oil-based products are actually what our body needs compared to drug-store products with harsh chemicals in them.

The self is the guru.

If we stop and pause more often throughout the day, we will easily learn more about ourselves.

Today on Small Changes Big Shifts, Yoga Teacher at the Sage Center for Yoga & Healing Arts, Chiropractor, and Ayurvedic Practioner as well as Author of brand new book, The Ayurvedic Self-Care Handbook, Dr. Sarah Kucera, is sharing how being brought up to have an appreciation for nature set her on a path to explore natural self-care and wellness.

As she dives into her wellness journey story, Dr. Sarah explains what drew her towards Ayurvedic medicine, what exactly Ayurveda is, and how natural healing goes beyond the exoskeleton system.

Together, we will learn how practicing Ayurveda allows us to stay connected with nature in our external environment as well as our true inner selves through the five elements of Ether, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth.

By the end of this episode, you will have the knowledge of how you can reconnect with yourself today through these small, daily changes:

• Observe and question your daily rituals to learn about yourself and be less critical.
• Be consistent with your small changes over long, slow periods of time.
• Pay attention to daily physical transitions from one place to the next and how you can allow your mindset to shift and be more present.
• Take time for yourself to be more aware of what your mind and body need.
• Keep learning and evolving your critical thinking skills.
• Make the effort to connect with people in real life.

How you treat yourself is how you're embodying the world to treat you.

Good health rarely comes out of a medicine bottle.- Dr. Aseem Malhotra

Today on Small Changes Big Shifts, we are speaking to the Founder of both Local Burger and Hilary's Eat Well and now, the Chef at Optimal Living, Hilary Brown, who is on a mission to provide people with whole, local, and delicious meals that give them energy, make them feel good, and boost their health.

However, before that goal even got put into motion, Hilary's own wellness journey had taken a turn back in 2002 when her blood tests revealed that she had multiple food intolerances. Basically, she was allergic to the American Diet.

That discovery led her down a path of researching nutrition and developing recipes from uncommon foods. Flashforward 3 years later and she launched her first business, the restaurant, Local Burger, in Kansas City which later led her to launch Hilary's Eat Well in 2010.

As you listen, Hilary shares how all of the forced changes happening at Hilary's Eat Well led her on a spiritual journey to be more empathetic, curious, less critical, and become a stronger person.

Even though it was a difficult experience, she saw being pushed out of Hilary's Eat Well as a gift and now lives by the mantra, "No mistakes."

Listen and discover how our allergies can change over the years, why you should consider getting a food sensitivity test, the benefits of doing an elimination diet when you're not feeling your best, and why you should ban the following 7 foods while doing a 5-30 day elimination diet:

• Dairy
• Gluten
• Corn
• Soy
• Eggs
• Peanuts
• Sugar

Find out why diversifying your daily meals is so beneficial to the gut health; especially if you avoid monocrops and focus on eating foods that are high-energy, clean, and organic

I am as God created me. His son can separate from nothing and I am his son. -Gary Renard and Cindy Lora-Renard

Today on Small Changes Big Shifts, we have two very special guests, Gary Renard andCindy Lora-Renard who will be hosting a special event, an awakening and empowering full-day workshopLetting Go Of Fear Through the Principles of A Course in Miracles, at theUnity Temple on The Plaza (707 W 47th Street, KCMO 64112) in Kansas City on Saturday, June 1st from 10am to 5pm.

If you pay before May 15th, the day workshop is $95. After May 15th it will be at $125. You may go to CornerstoneFoundation.com for more information and to register.

Gary is the acclaimed author of the spiritual classics, The Disappearance of the Universe, and The Lifetimes When Jesus and Buddha Knew Each Other. Cindy Lora-Renard is an international speaker on A Course in Miracles, and the author of A Course in Health and Well-Being.

In their workshop, A Course in Miracles, Gary & Cindy will take you through the process of awakening from the dream of separation using the purely non-dualistic thought system of A Course in Miracles. Principles and practices of undoing the ego through true forgiveness will be discussed. Gain a deeper understanding of how the mind works so you can take control of your thoughts and choose peace and oneness over conflict and separation.

As a participant, you will learn how to heal all your relationships by changing your perception and interpretations, moving you further on the path of awakening to your reality as Spirit! There will be a guided meditation for further deepening of the material as well as original music performed by Cindy. This is an event you won't want to miss.

Listen and learn from Cindy and Gary in this special interview on how you can shift your perception and attain inner peace today through small changes for bigger shifts.

Co-sponsored by the Cornerstone Foundation and Evolving Magazine at Unity Temple on the Plaza, 707 W. 47th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112. Workshop fee is $95 per person before May 15th | $125 after May 15th. For more information or to register online go to CornerstoneFoundation.com, call (816) 561-4466 or visit Unity Temple on the Plaza.

"You can't just blame the food. You have to look at what's in your food, around your food, and what you're cooking your food on." - Dr. David Friedman

In this episode of the Small Changes Big Shifts Podcast, Author of Food Sanity, Podcast Host of To Your Good Health Radio, as well as Doctor of Naturopathy, Clinical Nutritionist and Chiropractic Neurologist, Dr. David Friedman, explores the impact of lifestyle changes and how food controls the brain, spinal chord, and the essence of who we are.

We're so used to chasing symptoms rather than just looking for the cause but that outlook on health can change if we just pause and observe our lifestyle habits.

According to Dr. Friedman, a whopping 80% of the most common diagnoses of pain, illness, and health setbacks that he and other chiropractors find in their patients come from their lifestyle and history versus only 20% being found through examinations. How is that possible?

As you continue listening to this episode, you will discover exactly how Dr. Friedman's patients were able to cure their leg pain and headaches simply by making small, specific lifestyle changes.

Tune in and find out why we shouldn't eat like a Caveman but rather like our great-great grandparents in this information-packed episode.

"Inch by inch, wellness is a cinch" .- Dr. Robin Michelle

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What does the future of healthcare look like?

Today, Dr. Michelle Robin is joined by her good friend and internal medicine physician at Reinvent Your Health, Dr. Diane Voss. In this episode, they discuss how healthcare practitioners can make a difference in other people's lives through sympathetic medicine, better communication via tools like the Spruce app, and affordable healthcare via direct primary care with organizations such as The Midwest Direct Primary Care Alliance.

Dr. Diane Voss has been practicing internal medicine for more than 20 years. She is a member of the American College for the Advancement of Medicine (ACAM)- the foremost group of physicians who practice integrative medicine.

In addition to standard American medicine, Dr. Voss has an ardent interest in holistic alternative/sympathetic medicine, nutritional therapies, exercise and coaching people to improve their lifestyle to enjoy better health.

Dr. Voss finds she learns something new from her patients every day and believes healthcare should be a partnership between doctor and patient.

To help her make that connection, her and her team at Reinvent Your Health use the Spruce app which is a safe and confidential way for patients to get in touch with them whenever they need to ask a question or see someone in person at either the clinic or at their own home.

Listen and discover how you can help your patients find a healthy lifestyle that resonates with them, empower them to find their joy, and take their lives back.

Life is really simple but we insist on making it complicated. - Confucious

Be grateful. Have faith. Live Oola.

Those are the words of wisdom that the OolaGuys and Authors of Oolaand Oola for Women, Dave Braun and Troy Amdahl,of OolaLifeare spreading to the USA: That we must always be grateful; even be grateful for our past, have faith in the future, and live in the present.

You will be able to learn more about their message and meet them in person at Your Wellness Connection is coming Thursday, April 11th from 6:00pm-7:30 pm for a book signing and sticker stop as part of their OolaLife Dream Tour!

As you listen to Dr. Michelle's interview with them, you will learn what the 7 F's | 7 Blockers | 7 Accelerators of the OolaLife are, what sparked them to do the OolaLife Dream Tour, how they've incorporated the OolaLife into their own lives, and what big shifts you can make with their 21 Day OolaLife Challenge.

Turn small changes into big shifts with their 3 core steps to living an OolaLife by thinking about:

1. Where you are today
2. Where you want to go
3. How you're going to get there

If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.- Zig Zaglar

About OolaLife

What is OolaLife all about? The OolaLife isn't just a book series but a process of life. It allows you to take a day or two every day to step outside of your life and look at it give yourself an honest assessment with where you are with your life, career, family, friendships, and yourself. Once you have assessed that, you can think about where you want to go with your life and how you're going to get there.

Listen and discover the deep truth that where you are now is simply just that and it doesn't define who you are.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? - Mary Oliver