In today’s episode of the Practitioner RISE Podcast, Hailey sits down with Dr. Gilles LaMarche, chiropractor, speaker, educator, author, Vice President of University Advancement at Life University, and 2025 World Champion in the 400-meter run for Team USA Masters Track & Field.

At twelve years old, Dr. Gilles was a chronically unwell child suffering with constant pain and digestive issues, until one chiropractic visit changed the trajectory of his entire life.

Then decades later, at age 48, after spending years teaching people about the body’s ability to heal, he received a devastating diagnosis: primary pulmonary hypertension. He was told he had two years to live.

What happened next will challenge the way you think about health, healing, aging, and what the body is truly capable of.

This episode is about more than chiropractic. It’s about hope. Discipline. Faith. Nervous system health. And the small daily choices that quietly shape the quality of our lives over time.

Whether you’re a practitioner, parent, entrepreneur, or simply someone trying to feel better in your body, this conversation will stay with you.

What happens when your child is struggling… and the answers you’re given don’t fully sit right in your gut?

In this deeply personal intro episode, Hailey Krajewski shares the story behind why she created the Practitioner Rise Podcast: from her twins’ painful eczema as babies to emergency hospital visits, food allergy discoveries, asthma struggles, and the emotional weight so many moms quietly carry while trying to make the “right” health decisions for their families.

This episode isn’t about fear or perfection.

It’s about becoming more informed.

More intentional.

More empowered to ask deeper questions.

Hailey opens up about navigating both Western medicine and holistic healing modalities, the guilt that can come with parenting through health challenges, and the incredible practitioners who helped her family along the way through chiropractic care, nutrition, acupuncture, and root-cause healing approaches.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed trying to figure out what’s best for your health or your children’s health…

If you’ve ever stayed up late Googling symptoms…

If you’ve ever thought, “There has to be more to this”…

This conversation is for you.

Because when practitioners rise, entire communities rise with them.