The Provider's Table

The Provider's Table

By Dr. Jamal FrüsterHealth & Fitness
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The Provider's Table episodes

  • The Body Isn't Just Keeping Score, It's Predicting the Next One w/ Jessica Maguire Mphysio | Ep #113

    Jessica Maguire is back at The Provider's Table and this time we go deep. Jessica is a physiotherapist, vagus nerve researcher, and TED speaker who has taught over 20,000 students how the nervous system actually works. She recently ran her Nervous System Certification Course and now leads Impact, her graduate community for coaches and clinicians.

    In this conversation we get past the surface-level "regulate your nervous system" talk and into the mechanics: What neuroplasticity actually requires, why predictive processing not just past trauma, drives chronic conditions, and why so many practitioners (us included) get stuck offering good intentions instead of specific interventions.

    We talk about:

    • Why "the body keeps the score" is only half the story — and what predictive processing adds to it
    • The difference between bottom-up and top-down nervous system work, and why chronic conditions usually need both
    • Interoception and emotional granularity, why clients can't regulate what they can't feel or name
    • Co-regulation, boundaries, and the empathetic distress every practitioner risks if they skip their own nervous system work
    • How early developmental experience programs the body's baseline predictions
    • Jessica's approach to assessment, including subjective and objective interoceptive measures


    If you're a provider, coach, or clinician doing nervous system work, or you're the one who's been doing "the work" and still feels stuck this episode gives you the specificity most conversations about healing skip.

    Connect with Jessica Maguire:

    Jessicamaguire.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repairing_the_nervous_system/

    57 min
  • What Self-Care Actually Demands w/Eliana Reyes, The Soul Mami | Ep #112

    Self-care is a buzzword. But Eliana who is a TEDx speaker, songwriter, founder of The Journaling Hive, and The Soul Mami is here to tell you what it actually demands.
    In this episode of The Provider's Table, Dr. Jamal and Eliana go
    deep on what it means to truly be in communion with yourself and why so many providers are walking around in a state of
    self-abandonment without even knowing it.
    What you'll take from this episode:
    — Why self-care starts with constant communion with your own body, not a bubble bath
    — How self-abandonment becomes self-perpetuated and what it takes to stop the cycle
    — Journaling as nervous system regulation: Why writing is
    parasympathetic activation on paper
    — How care is a generative force. How protecting it is the
    most clinical thing a provider can do
    — What your "nectar" is, how to discover it, and why you can't
    fake it
    — Human Design as a tool for decolonizing your identity and
    returning to your original self
    — The courage it takes to finally say: I have been abandoning
    myself, and I'm tired
    Guest: Eliana @thesoulmami on Instagram

    Music: "In the Name of Love" available on all streaming
    platforms now.

    59 min
  • The Impact Of Having Little to No Boundaries and Self-Abandonment w/ Sophia Serrano | Ep #111

    You hold space for everyone. You alchemize trauma, manage crises, track every client’s nervous system and go home and collapse. Sound familiar?

    In this episode, Dr. Jamal sits down with Sophia Serrano. Licensed clinical social worker, Gottman-trained therapist, and someone who understands the weight of creating safe space for others for a real conversation about the patterns nobody warns you about in grad school.

    They go deep on self-abandonment, the five wounds of childhood and their antidotes, why providers struggle to receive, what boundaries actually look like when they come from the inside out, why your body holds more wisdom than your brain, and what it takes to stop managing the outcome long enough to actually heal.

    If you’ve ever set the table beautifully for everyone else and forgotten to pull out your own chair this one’s especially for you.


    Connect with Sophia Serrano:

    • Psychology Today (search Sophia Serrano, Tucson AZ)
    • Brain Wise Systems: brainwisesystems.com
    • Instagram: @fromthethroat
    54 min
  • Into the Fire: Why Men Need Men Right Now | Ep #110

    You already know something is off. But nobody's talking about it in the way men need to hear it.

    In this episode, Dr. Jamal sits down with three leaders in Tucson he holds to a high regard, Michael Brasher (PhD, political geography, men's educator), Chris Gartrell (CrossFit 244, Tucson Men's Forum), and Kendall Foster (community steward, co-faciliator of Gathering The Herd Men's Group) to go all the way there.

    They talk about why men crave connection and are conditioned to deny it, what grief work actually looks like in a man's body, the difference between loneliness and solitude, and why courage in the everyday matters more than the grand gesture.

    If you've been carrying it alone this one was made for you. And if you're a woman listening: share this with a man in your life who might not think he needs it.


    Upcoming: Into the Fire — June 13, 8am–12pm · Crooked Tooth Brewery, Tucson AZ. Movement. Neuroscience. Brotherhood. Real conversation.


    Into the Fire Event Details:

    • June 13 · Saturday · 8am–12pm
    • Crooked Tooth Brewery, Tucson AZ
    • Movement (Chris) + Neuroscience (Dr. Jamal) + Brotherhood (Michael & Kendall)


    Guest Socials :

    • Michael Brasher → @lifeunboundcoaching
    • Chris Gartrell → @two_forty_four / @mensforumtucson @cgartrell
    • Kendall Foster → @kenda11foster

    Eventbrite link to the event:

    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/into-the-fire-a-tucson-mens-event-tickets-1989173504499?aff=oddtdtcreator

    59 min
  • Community Is the X Factor, The Neuroscience of Healing Together w/ Rossy Burgos | Ep #109

    Again, you've been doing ALL the things for yourself. Yet you're still running on empty. In this episode, Dr. Jamal sits down with Tucson community builder Rossy Burgos to talk about the one thing most providers are missing, community. They explore the neuroscience of co-regulation, why loneliness can happen even in a full room, what it actually takes to build spaces where people heal, and why community isn't soft it's the X factor. If you've been white-knuckling it alone, this one is for you.

    Connect with Rossy Burgos: Instagram: @uplevel.wellness | @rosieupleveled Events & tickets: Sweatpels

    Join The Provider's Table Skool Community → [link]

    Work with Dr. Jamal at Alma Sana Chiropractic → almasanachiro.com 520-534-6144

    Follow on Instagram → @almasanachiro

    Share this with one provider who's been white-knuckling it alone. They need this!

    1 hr 4 min
  • Nervous System Regulation: A 3-Step Toolkit for When You're Overwhelmed

    You've read the books. Done the breathwork. Gone to the workshops. And then life hits... and every single tool goes OUT the window.

    In this episode, Dr. Jamal introduces the NOMS framework: a simple three-step toolkit you can actually use in the moment when you're triggered, flooded, or running on empty.


    Notice & Observe. Map. Shift. Under 15 minutes. Designed for the provider who knows what they need and finally wants to be able to access it when it counts.


    Instagram:

    @Drjamalfruster


    Join The Provider's Table Skool Community:

    https://www.skool.com/theproviderstable/about


    Work with Dr. Jamal at Alma Sana Chiropractic:

    Almasanachiro.com


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    14 min
  • Why the Healing Work Is Making You More Exhausted w/Annelise Cherie | Ep #107

    Are you doing all the work and STILL feeling exhausted?

    If you've read the books, done the breathwork, tried the tools, and you're still tired... this episode is for you. Dr. Jamal Früster sits down with returning guest Annelise Cherie (her 3rd time on the platform, 1st time at The Provider's Table) for a conversation that names what so many providers are feeling but can't quite articulate: personal development fatigue and spiritual burnout.

    This isn't a conversation about doing more. It's about doing it DIFFERENTLY.

    In this episode:

    • Why the flood of wellness information is actually making people sicker
    • What self-regulation really means (and what it has to do with your nervous system)
    • Why a 0.1% shift in your life is more powerful than you've been told
    • How your body's innate intelligence is already healing you... at its own pace
    • Why acceptance, not rejection, is where sustainable change begins
    • The role of negative emotions as signals, not punishments
    • What it means to truly collaborate in the healing process — as both practitioner and client

    About Annelise Cherie: Energy practitioner, somatic guide, and facilitator with 9+ years of practice. She will be leading a retreat to Costa Rica centered around return to nature through adventure, breathwork, yoga, and the elements. Online 5 and 10-week coaching containers also available. Reach out directly to connect with her.

    Instagram:
    @Annelisecherie

    Resources mentioned:

    • Power vs. Force — Dr. David Hawkins
    • The Four Agreements — Don Miguel Ruiz
    • The Alchemist — Paulo Coelho
    • The Science of Getting Rich — Wallace D. Wattles
    • Waking the Tiger — Peter Levine
    • Dr. Bruce Lipton on consciousness and the nervous system

    Join The Provider's Table Skool Community:

    https://www.skool.com/theproviderstable/about


    Providing for the Provider — Tucson, April 19 zoom as well!

    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/providing-for-the-providers-spring-a-fresh-start-tickets-1981585604887?aff=oddtdtcreator


    Work with Dr. Jamal at Alma Sana Chiropractic:

    Almasanachiro.com


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    57 min
  • Guided Meditation - A Grounding Reset | Ep #106

    This meditation was crafted to help potently bring you back from a fight or flight energy into a more regulated energy.


    Share with a co-worker, friend or fellow provider who could utilize this!


    Skool:

    https://www.skool.com/theproviderstable/about


    Instagram:

    @Drjamalfruster

    6 min
  • Welcome To The Provider's Table | Ep #105

    In this premier episode, Dr. Jamal OFFICIALLY has rebranded Soul Coffee to The Provider's Table podcast.


    He highlights what is to come and debuting the new Skool community for The Provider's Table where the conversations can come alive in between episodes, adjustments at Alma Sana Chiropractic Studio and Providing for the Provider workshop!


    Skool link:

    https://www.skool.com/theproviderstable/about


    Dropbox link:

    https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kynyaiwwks910qz5kno7f/SoulCoffee_Legacy_Guide_v2.pdf?rlkey=l6as4liffckeoj8pysbe39k1p&st=hgwmsgb1&dl=0


    Socials:

    IG: @Drjamalfruster

    Youtube: @Drjamalfruster

    15 min
  • The Last Sip of Soul Coffee | Ep #104

    Dr. Jamal reflects on the Journey of Soul Coffee before he transitions to the podcast's next evolution and rebrand!


    Community Skool link:

    https://www.skool.com/theproviderstable/about


    Soul Coffee Podcast Downloadable Map & Guide :

    https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/trxcp20cvnmwfnph1vz4u/SoulCoffee_Legacy_Guide.pdf?rlkey=84uphfmaot9j55gl3zvgr4kn6&st=8n8nl1xf&dl=0


    Dr. Jamal's Social media:

    • LinkedIn

    • YouTube

    • Instagram


    10 min

About The Provider's Table

From the publisher's feed

You give everything to your family, your patients, your team, your students and somehow, you're last on the list. The Provider's Table is the #1 podcast for those who pour into others before pouring into themselves.