THE COUNTERFEIT SLEEP® PODCAST

When’s the last time you heard these two words? “Be careful.”

We say these words to each other all the time because we know life comes with risk. And this is especially true in the workplace. So what can you do to create a truly safe workplace—one that goes beyond simply checking the boxes that OSHA requires?

You make safety part of the culture, just like today’s guest, Ray Brown, CEO of ESCO Group. Esco Group provides electrical construction, electrical engineering, and electrical safety services to various commercial and industrial clients. ESCO group makes safety a priority, from safety gear, to a focus on sleep, to engaging employees in training that builds a profound awareness of why safety is important to the employees themselves—and to their families. Whether you’re focused on workplace safety or personal safety, there is something for you in this insightful conversation with Ray.

Listen and learn:

How to move beyond “checking the boxes” for workplace safety

Why safety at work starts at home

How deciding to “make it awkward” may be the key to achieving the safety mindset

BIO

Ray Brown is the President of Esco Group. Esco Group provides electrical construction, electrical engineering plant automation, Arc flash analysis, and electrical safety services to various commercial and industrial clients, primarily within the food and beverage manufacturing agriculture and municipal markets. Ray likes to say ESCO Group provides engineering construction services from seed to table.

Connect with Ray Brown

Email: Ray [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-brown-23b65622/

For you:

Find out your risk of Counterfeit Sleep®. Take the screening here: www.counterfeitsleep.com

For your workplace:

Get the benefits of High Performance Sleep in your workplace! Learn more about high performance sleep and our sleep performance assessment in your workplace. Visit www.hipersleep.com 

Book Tara to speak to your group: www.o2tara.org/speaker

ER Visits, Panic Attacks & Believing in Yourself!

Have you ever had the feeling that your drive….has slipped into neutral? Or maybe you even feel like you’re just stalling out completely?

That’s the core of the story you’ll hear today. Our guest is Lisa Moler, Founder of Medmark LLC, an ever-expanding media company. Lisa’s high energy and laser-focus surely qualify her as a Type A personality, but Lisa takes that one step further: she calls herself a AAA personality!

So what does a AAA personality think—and do—when she starts falling asleep on her desk and can’t remember the drive home?

Listen to Lisa’s compelling story and you:

Recognize what’s normal and what’s NOT normal as we age

Learn some of the stranger symptoms of Counterfeit Sleep® that can land you in the ER

And, perhaps most importantly, identify how to avoid wasting time and money on your journey back to being you 

LISA MOLER'S BIO

Lisa Moler is an entrepreneur and the founder of Medmark LLC, an ever-expanding media company with four industry-leading dental publications and strategic investments in the fields of obstructive sleep apnea, dental sleep, stem cell therapy, and regenerative medicine. 

Rooted in a sales background, Lisa achieved early success in working with various outlets such as Phoenix Magazine and a local ABC affiliate. In the wake of both personal and business challenges that forced a major career shift, she embarked on a new journey, founding Medmark in 2004. The road to success was rocky, but Lisa persevered and overcame a myriad of obstacles, she never gave up! Today, Medmark publishes multiple specialty dental publications and has expanded into digital platforms. 

Always one for following your passions and being a self-described “go with your gut” kind of girl, Lisa has done just that. A personal passion of her is conducting interviews with those who inspire and ignite change, sharing their experiences with the world. She has conducted interviews with iconic public figures such as Shaquille O’Neal, Tony Robbins, Simon Sinek, and Dr Oz, to name a few. 

Not to be found just behind the scenes, Lisa shared her inspiring personal and professional journey as a female entrepreneur as a guest contributor to the book “Wake Up: Awakened Woman” as well as a piece in Dental Entrepreneur Woman. She currently is at work on a book best described as a memoir meets motivation and overcoming past trauma. 

Lisa strongly believes that not only belief in yourself, but also truly loving yourself combined with passion and drive, are truly the keys to success and achieving the life of your dreams! 

CONNECT WITH LISA HERE:

Email: [email protected] 

IG: @reallisamoler

Links:

Dentalsleeppractice.com

Medmarkmedia.com

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Grief Is So Personal with Tanya Detrik |

Pandemic living puts grief front and center in all of our lives. It affects the way we eat. It affects the way we sleep. And it even affects the way we breathe.

But here’s the tricky thing about grief: it can be hard to see when you’re in it.

Our guest today, Tanya Detrik, experienced the tunnel vision of grief first hand after losing her spouse suddenly in 2018. As she worked through her grief, Tanya gained a unique perspective on the grief that flooded all of us as a result of pandemic living.

In this episode, Tanya talks about writing her forthcoming book entitled This is Grief – when breathing hurts, love songs suck, and good days come with guilt and she shares her timely insights on managing grief. Tanya reveals:

how your past traumas impact your grief today

what all that binge watching really means, and

how you can overcome the tunnel vision that grief creates. 

Listen to this episode and learn:

How grief can reactivate a past trauma 

What your binge watching habits tell you about your stage of grief

How grief gives you tunnel vision and the strategies to overcome it

TANYA'S BIO:

Tanya Detrik is an author and speaker who inspires readers and audiences with her “Perspective Prescription,” the drug free secret to stress relief and enhanced well-being. 

Tanya’s blog, Simply Inspiring Perspective, and her speech content have earned her state and national press awards. 

Her first book, Waking Up with Nora, is a memoir of perspectives gained in loving a special needs grandchild. All proceeds from the book go to helping special needs children. 

Tanya’s second book, due out in August, is a collage of perspectives in grieving a partner, entitled, This is Grief – when breathing hurts, love songs suck, and good days come with guilt. 

Connect with Tanya at www.tanyadetrik.com

Pre-order This is Grief – when breathing hurts, love songs suck, and good days come with guilt at www.tanyadetrik.com

Find out your risk of Counterfeit Sleep®. Take the screening here: www.counterfeitsleep.com

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Book O2 Tara to speak to your group: www.o2tara.org/speaker

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HOW TO SURVIVE MENTALLY DURING STRESSFUL TIMES |

Here’s a question for you: What is the best way to survive mentally during stressful times? If you’re like most people, you may be trying to figure this out right now as stress, uncertainty, and related sleep problems skyrocket.

Today we bring you a guest who is uniquely experienced to answer this question. Our guest is Tara Rolstad, and she is an author, a professional speaker and a comedian.

Several years ago, Tara left a career as a nonprofit executive to help raise nieces who lived with severe mental illness. Now, Tara uses humor, her personal story and the lessons she's learned to help audiences understand the experiences of those who struggle with mental health issues, and the experiences of their families. Understanding mental health challenges from everyone’s perspective is critical because as Tara says, “mental health affects everyone... with a brain.” 

In this episode you’ll learn: 

Why we have to separate the brain from the mind if we want to understand mental health struggles

What happens when we think about mental health problems AND mental health recovery

Tara’s 4-point framework for mental health maintenance

Get the handout here:

tararolstad.com/sleep or http://bit.ly/Lasagnaislove

Get the FIX YOUR SLEEP E-RESOURCE here:

http://o2tara.org/o2-tara-guides-fix-your-sleep/

BIO

Tara Rolstad is an author, professional speaker and comedian who left a career as a nonprofit executive to help raise nieces who lived with severe mental illness. Now, Tara uses humor, her personal story and the lessons she's learned to help audiences understand the experiences of those who struggle with mental health issues, and their families. Because mental health affects everyone...with a brain.

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When you're ready to make Counterfeit Sleep® a part of your past history and harness the benefits of High Performance Sleep™, clink the link below. You take this simple step, and we'll take care of the rest!

For you:

Find out your risk of Counterfeit Sleep®. Take the screening here: www.counterfeitsleep.com

For your workplace:

Bring the benefits of High Performance Sleep™ to your workplace!

Learn more about high performance sleep™ and our sleep performance assessment in your workplace. Visit www.hipersleep.com 

Connect with Tara A. Clancy, MA, High Performance Sleep Strategist.

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Depression, Anxiety & Counterfeit Sleep® Problems with Cindy Tschosik |

When was the last time you felt sad? If you’re like most people, feelings of sadness are more common than ever, especially with all the loss and uncertainty we have in our world right now. 

But what happens when feeling “blue” persists and deepens? What happens when on a beautiful sunny day with your precious young children, you have a dark storm cloud hanging over you? 

That’s exactly what happened to our guest today, Cindy Tschosik.

Cindy is professional speaker and a ghost writer on mental health. She speaks and writes about how depression and anxiety creep into our lives without us even knowing it. Through her work, she helps us connect the dots to the symptoms, solutions, and soundbites to mental wellness so we can help ourselves, our teams and our loved ones. 

And today, Cindy shares her story and key insights with us.

In this episode, you’ll:

Recognize what anxiety and depression look like and feel like 

Learn what you can do to help yourself or a loved one

Understand the significant role of sleep in mental health

So listen in, and then learn your risk of counterfeit sleep®!

ABOUT CINDY TSCHOSIK

MENTAL WELLNESS SPEAKER, GHOSTWRITER, AUTHOR & ADVOCATE

Cindy Tschosik (CHO-SICK) speaks and ghostwrites books on how depression and anxiety creep into our lives without us even knowing it. She connects the dots to the symptoms, solutions, and soundbites to mental wellness so we can help ourselves, our teams and our loved ones.

Connect with Cindy at https://www.soconnectedllc.com

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When you're ready to harness the benefits of High Performance Sleep™ in your workplace, clink the link below. You take this simple step, and we'll take care of the rest!

For your workplace:

Bring the benefits of High Performance Sleep™ to your workplace!

Learn more about high performance sleep™ and our sleep performance assessment in your workplace. Visit www.hipersleep.com 

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Post-nasal Drip, Reflux and Inflammation |

You probably know that sensation you get when you’re coming down with a cold…that gooey drip that runs down the back of your throat. Gross, yes, but a sure sign your immune system is working to protect you. 

But what if you have that dripping sensation all the time. What’s that a sign of? You get an answer to that exact question in this episode of The Counterfeit Sleep® Podcast. 

Our guest, Dr. Minna Kim, is a licensed Naturopathic Physician. She shares what chronic post-nasal drip really means. She also gives us uncommon insights into all-too-common problems like reflux, gut issues, and inflammation. And, of course, she reveals their intimate relationship with Counterfeit Sleep®.

So get ready to connect the dots with Dr. Kim and get the insights you need to get on the path to healthy sleep!

And listen for Dr. Kim’s billboard message at the end of our conversation to find out why farmers are a natural part of any health-centered philosophy. 

Find out:

what chronic post-nasal drip really means

why reflux, gut issues, and inflammation are signs you should not ignore

how these common problems are related to Counterfeit Sleep®.

BIO

Dr. Minna Kim is a licensed Naturopathic Physician who earned her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine and Master’s in Acupuncture from the University of Bridgeport. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in biology from Brown University.

Dr. Kim’s primary focus is to help patients identify obstacles that are preventing optimal health and to support the body’s own innate healing abilities. She firmly believes in the "doctor as teacher" mantra and enjoys building collaborative relationships with her patients in order to address health issues as a team. Patients who are empowered and active in their own wellness will achieve greater long-lasting results. 

She has experienced great success in treating a variety of conditions through natural solutions like dietary and lifestyle changes and botanical herbs and supplements, in addition to traditional Chinese medicine treatments such as moxa therapy, cupping, tuina massage and acupuncture. 

Dr. Kim provides a safe, quiet, and compassionate healing environment where she can listen to patients’ needs, provide support and start them on their way to a healthier lifestyle. Health and vitality are the natural state of the human body and mind and her goal is to harness their innate self-healing capabilities to restore balance and harmony.

CONNECT WITH DR. KIM HERE:

www.ifmct.com 

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When you're ready to harness the benefits of high performance sleep™, clink the link below. You take the first step, and we'll take care of the rest!

Sleep Performance

For you:

Find out your risk of Counterfeit Sleep®. Take the screening here: www.counterfeitsleep.com

For your workplace:

Bring the benefits of High Performance Sleep to your workplace!

Learn more about high performance sleep and our sleep performance assessment in your workplace. Visit www.hipersleep.com 

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Snoring, Hip Pain and Attention Problems with Ronda Holman, DA

Getting left back in kindergarten is a tough way to start your school career. And for today’s guest, Ronda Holman, DA, it only got worse:

Her attention problems made her hate being in school.

Her tooth-grinding at night was seriously wearing down her teeth.

And by the time she got married, she snored so loudly that she woke her husband up throughout the night.

Ronda thought it was just how her life was supposed to be. Then one day she learned something that made her ask the big question--and that was the key to transforming her life!

Today Ronda feels great and shares her abundant energy with her patients in the dentist’s office and also with other dental assistants as host of the DA Rockstars podcast. 

Listen to Ronda’s journey and learn:

her top strategy for better sleep

the key to improving your sleep over the long haul, and

why diets become a thing of the past when you banish COUNTERFEIT SLEEP®.

Find out your risk of Counterfeit Sleep®. Take the screening here: www.counterfeitsleep.com

Schedule a strategy session with O2 Tara: www.o2tara.org/consultation

Book O2 Tara to speak to your group: www.o2tara.org/speaker

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Connect with Ronda on TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@the_airway_champion?lang=en 

Listen to Ronda interview me on the DA Rockstar podcast:

https://anchor.fm/darockstars/episodes/O2-Tara-talking-Breathing-Problems-e439ei

Take the Counterfeit Sleep® screening here: www.counterfeitsleep.com

Why do you have a bump in your nose?

If you're like many people, you have a subtle bump in your nose--and you have no idea why.

No Marcia Brady "football in the nose" incident. You'd remember that, right?

And even your mom can't recall an "elbow to the nose" event that could possibly explain the bump.

So where did it come from? And what does it mean for your risk of Counterfeit Sleep®? Get the answer here in this BONUS segment with Dr. Steven Y. Park.

Then listen to episode 7 to hear my full conversation with Dr. Park. Eye-opening stuff to help you answer today's most important health and wellness question: Is Your Sleep Making You Tired?®

Find out your risk of Counterfeit Sleep®. Take the screening here: www.counterfeitsleep.com

Schedule a strategy session with O2 Tara: www.o2tara.org/consultation

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We’ve all heard that stress is bad for the body. But you know how sometimes you just have to see it to believe it?

Well, here’s your opportunity! In this episode, you get an insider’s view of just how bad stress is for the body. And when I say insider's view, I mean that—literally.

Today’s guest is an ENT surgeon and a sleep physician, and he walks us through what he observed on the operating table.

Spoiler alert: If the image of dark, dusky bowels might make you lose your cookies, you won’t want to listen to this episode during lunch. But beyond that, you won’t want to miss this episode!

Our guest is Dr. Steven Y. Park!

You may recognize Dr. Park’s name because he is a prolific blogger, a long-time podcaster, and the author of the Amazon best-seller, Sleep Interrupted: A Physician Reveals the #1 Reason Why So Many of Us Are Sick and Tired.

And I love Dr. Park’s mission: to empower those who struggle to get a good night’s sleep to understand that the root cause may be a breathing problem during sleep. That’s the perfect complement to what we do here on The Counterfeit Sleep® Podcast!

So when you’ve finished that lunch, listen in to find out:

what stress on the body looks—inside and out,

how the size of your mouth impacts your sleep, and

why “facial profiling” is the key to banishing Counterfeit Sleep®.

SPECIAL NOTE: This is one episode where visuals help, so check out the video on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbD-ru7foakFvUw2Y0z6FXwhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbD-ru7foakFvUw2Y0z6FXw

Find out your risk of Counterfeit Sleep®. Take the screening here: www.counterfeitsleep.com

Schedule a strategy session with O2 Tara: www.o2tara.org/consultation

Book O2 Tara to speak to your group: www.o2tara.org/speaker

Order Myotape here: https://oxygenadvantage.com/product/myotape/#a_aid=myo

Connect with Dr. Park here:

Blog: doctorstevenpark.com

Podcast: Breathe Better, Sleep Better, Live Better Podcast

Book: Sleep Interrupted: A physician reveals the #1 reason why so many of us are sick and tired. You can find it on Amazon, in PDF, audio, or soft cover formats: https://www.amazon.com/Sleep-Interrupted-physician-reveals-reason/dp/0980236738

TMJ problems, Death During Childbirth, and Stunted Growth

Martha Cortes, DDS, provides a dental solution to a medical condition...one that leads to many problems including TMJ pain, death during childbirth and stunted growth in children. Listen as she shares her insights and innovative treatment methods.

In this episode, Dr. Cortes also shares how she treated Lauren, the NYC model who shared her story in episode 5.

Listen to episodes 5 and 6 back to back to help you connect the dots so you can learn:

how to reduce TMJ pain

the key to safe childbirth

how to avoid stunted growth

Find out your risk of Counterfeit Sleep®. Take the screening here: www.counterfeitsleep.com

Schedule a strategy session with O2 Tara: www.o2tara.org/consultation

Book O2 Tara to speak to your group: www.o2tara.org/speaker

Order Myotape here: https://oxygenadvantage.com/product/myotape/#a_aid=myo