Amy Novotny joins me to discuss how she helps free others from pain.

Amy's Bio: Dr. Amy Novotny founded the PABR Institute™ with the mission to provide pain, stress and anxiety relief to those who seek a naturalistic form of treatment when other treatment methods have fallen short. Her unique approach comes from her experience treating in a variety of settings and with a wide range of patient populations over the past 10 years. Her background in orthopedics, sports, geriatrics, balance disorders, nerve injuries, and most recently, chronic pain; and influences from coursework at the Postural Restoration Institute gave her the foundation to develop this treatment method to address a wide variety of painful and restrictive conditions.   She customizes all treatment plans to the individual to help them achieve their goals, whether it is to pick up a child, get through a work day pain free or play a sport. She co-authored a #1 Best-Selling book Don’t Quit: Stories of Persistence, Courage and Faith, which shares her journey on how and why she developed the PABR Method™.  She is also part of the collaborative book, 1 Habit for Women Action Takers: Life Changing Habits from the Happiest Achieving Women on the Planet.  Her ability to speak French and Spanish has allowed her to communicate with and help various clients from all around the world, including France, Mexico, Central America and South America.  She has a variety of interests including running 40+ marathons, running 10 ultra marathons (including two 100 milers), photographing wildlife and landscapes all over the world that has led to several of her images being chosen as Photos of the Day, most notably National Geographic Your Shot World Top Photo of the Day.  Visit her photography portfolio at www.amysimpressions.com.

Links From the Episode:

The PABR Institute Website
Amy's Photography Portfolio

Margaret Bjork joins me on the show to discuss how companies can operationalize goodness. 

Margaret's Bio: Margaret has worked to power good through technology for over 15 years. Helping corporations and nonprofits create, scale and communicate the impact they are having.  Margaret works as a Director of Goodness Solutions for Benevity, which is a B-Corp, that help companies Power Their Company’s Purpose So They Can See More Success.  Benevity has created a resource hub for COVID response for companies trying to understand how they can help, and where to start. 

Starting as a practitioner in the nonprofit community, and then working for companies who provided the technology to nonprofits and corporations use to run their fundraising, employee engagement, HR, digital marketing. Margaret helps her clients find ways to operationalize goodness so that it is easy and scalable to combine Profit and Purpose and create engaging programs for their employees, consumers and communities.

Throughout her career she has worked hands on with some of the most recognizable Brands and the world's most admired nonprofits. In addition, she has also been selected by Self Magazine, as one of their #SelfMade Women, and was the Leadership and Career contributing editor for the online community Best Kept Self. Her work has also been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and as a top 25 finalist in the US Chamber of Commerce Free Enterprise “Dream Big” campaign.

Links From the Episode: 

Benevity's COVID-19 Resource Hub
Benevity's Website
Margaret's LinkedIn Profile
Twin Cities Corporate Volunteerism Council

Emma Laurence joins me to discuss how she provides support, tools, and structure to help others live their best life.

Emma's Bio: Emma Laurence has spent years in education, the performing arts, and spiritual service. She's an International Coach Foundation (ICF) certified life coach and the founder of Life Is Coaching You, her singular approach to serving those in challenging life transitions.  

As an educator and international speaker, Emma's experience included everything from pre-school music, to high school theater, to corporate business writing and speaking for adults. As an award-winning actress, she studied the complex nature of the human psyche and learned to be fully present with others. Though Emma began as a shy singer/songwriter, she grew into a powerful musical performer, emerging from the shadows to share her expressive voice. And as a spiritual aide, Emma developed a rare ability to listen so others can hear their own truth.  She trained for years in providing a compassionate, shame-free space and in shifting perspectives to unlock self-created prisons. 

Emma's own life experiences, which include sexual assault, life-threatening surgery, marital separation and the rigors of building a business, have taught her resilience, courage, love, and trust.

Life is Coaching You Mission

Emma's mission in creating Life is Coaching You is to provide the necessary support, tools and structure for others to hear their own voice, discover their own path, and create their best life going forward.  She works equally with Baby Boomers who are reinventing and Millennial clients experiencing Millennial burnout.  She always sees significant progress and changes in six weeks. 

Details and a free workbook can be found at lifeiscoachingyou.com.  Millennials, click the pink button to get to your page.

Links from the Episode

www.lifeiscoachingyou.com

Jenny Landon joins me to discuss her mission to help others grow from the most difficult times in their lives.

Jenny's Bio: Jenny Landon uses the lessons she’s learned from the most difficult times of her life to create an experience for her audience that goes well beyond simply sharing a story. She connects with her audience through her own transparency and sense of vulnerability to help them develop a better understanding for mental health and how to support it. Jenny’s need for understanding mental health began in 1999 after she lost her father to suicide. Determined to understand his death, she focused the remainder of her undergraduate studies on depression and how to heal after experiencing such a loss.

Jenny graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in psychology and went on to be a trained crisis counselor and public educator on suicide prevention. Still, she credits her life experiences as being the best teacher in helping her better understand mental health. In addition to losing her dad, Jenny became suicidal as a result of missing the signs that she was experiencing postpartum depression. In recent years, Jenny’s attention has been on understanding the mental health of her adolescent daughter and helping her to live a life she loves after nearly losing her to suicide.

Shining a light on the importance of addressing how we are speaking about mental health is a critical element to Jenny’s message on how we can save more lives. She firmly believes it requires a shift in perspective to develop a true understanding of mental health and that this shift will change the way we speak, think and respond to those experiencing mental health struggles. Through her talk along with the materials she provides, Jenny is determined to not only save lives, but also improve the lives we’re living.

Links from the Episode:

Growing Out of Darkness Website
GOOD Chats

Today, we have a unique edition of the podcast. Joel and Amy Swanson join me to tell their powerful and uplifting adoption story. Professionally, Joel is a Certified EOS and Traction Implementer and Amy creates and directs cross-cultural immersion programs for high school students.

Links for Further Exploration:

Swanson Adoption Journey Blog
Joel's Business: Mile One

Dr. Read Sulik joins me to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and how we can support one another through this difficult moment in time.

Dr. Read Sulik is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Praestan Health, a technology-based behavioral health company, and the creator of Portages™, a Digital Health program designed to empower improved mental health and wellbeing, build resiliency and vitality, and overcome stress, anxiety and depression He is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Adult Psychiatrist and Pediatrician, who has for over 20 years passionately pursued the vision, design, development and delivery of innovations in technology, education and care delivery needed to improve mental health and wellbeing for individuals, families and communities. He is a popular, sought after speaker on mental health and wellbeing. At Praestan Health, he continues to forge new paths needed to bring better mental health and wellbeing solutions and services to individuals, organizations and communities. 

Portages is a whole-person, evidenced-based program designed to help users continuously self-assess, self-monitor and be self-guided using a whole-person approach to build emotional resiliency, manage stress, and overcome depression and anxiety. Portages integrates the best scientifically proven practices from Positive Psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Health Coaching, Motivational Interviewing and Habit Formation. The program is delivered through a mobile app that is available on tablets and smartphones with a built-in web interface. Professionals supporting individuals using Portages can collaborate with them using the same digital platform and through telehealth or face-to-face consultation providing uniquely personalized guidance that is always informed by the individual’s current needs as measured in the repeated self-assessments.

Links for Further Exploration:

Praestan Health
Portages
Dr. Read Sulik on LinkedIn
Dr. Read's Article, "Let's Be Smart, Safe, and Strong" and a chart depicting anxiety and its effects

Jennifer Zick, CEO and Founder of Authentic Brand, joins me to share her journey to starting Authentic Brand, how to eliminate random acts of marketing, and prioritize our best ideas.

Jennifer's Bio: Jennifer Zick is the CEO and Founder of Authentic Brand, a management consulting and marketing leadership firm, specializing in Fractional CMO services for growing businesses. For over 20 years, Jennifer has built brands and businesses locally and globally, as a sales and marketing executive for companies including Magnet360, PwC, and Corporate Visions. She is the past-president of the Business Marketing Association of Minnesota (now part of ANA), an award-winning business leader, and the founder and organizer of a grassroots community service movement called Two Or More.

Links from the episode:

Authentic Brand Website

Jennifer's LinkedIn

Kristine Keykal, Co-Founder and CEO of AdvantageHealth Corporation, joins me to discuss how company's can bolster the well-being of their employees.

Kristine's Bio: Kristine has spent the last 20+ years developing a variety of health promotion initiatives in order to improve the health and well-being of populations. This has included consulting with a wide variety of  employer groups including businesses, community organizations, educational clients and the government sector to develop strategic, results-oriented wellness programs. She co-founded AdvantageHealth Corporation in 2001 as a means to assist organizations with creating a healthier and more productive workforce. Clients appreciate her thoughtful and tactical mentality to worksite wellness, plus her “not every size fits all” approach.  Her goal is to develop a sustainable program that best fits each client’s needs, interests and health risks and that shows a positive value on their investment.  Kristine holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of Northern Colorado, plus a double-major in Community Health & Physical Education from St. Cloud State University. When she’s not working, Kristine enjoys training for marathons, instructing group fitness classes, and chasing after her three kids.

Links From the Episode:

Website: https://www.advantagehealth.com/

Colt Thompson joins me to discuss how ARPwave can accelerate recovery and eliminate pain.

Colt's Bio: ARP is an acronym for Accelerated Recovery Performance and these 3 words resonate well with what ARPwave is all about…Accelerating Recovery times from injury and surgery and helping people perform/move freely without pain. Colt Thompson has been involved with ARPwave since 2004 and is currently the Vice President and General Manager at ARPwave. His passion for performance and healing started at a young age, engrained and developed by his father Denis Thompson CEO and Founder of ARPwave. Over the last 16 years Colt and Denis have developed protocols and business models that have successfully treated 500,000+ patients including thousands of professional athletes. To find a local provider, get more information or to see if ARPwave Therapy will work for you, please visit our website www.ARPwave.com. 

Alex Stalberger and Lilly Zaborowski, founders of Well Connected Twin Cities, join me to discuss they work to connect the community with talented wellness practitioners.

Well Connected Twin Cities Introduction: Well Connected Twin Cities makes it easy to explore and connect with local health and wellness services. Lilly and Alex both had a vision of connecting our communities through relatable, informative content and events. 

Lilly brings over 10 years of marketing and business strategy experience from the corporate world, working for companies like Gap and Target to deliver great products to consumers.  With a strong interest in holistic health, she loves helping people find solutions that fit their lifestyle and help them feel better.

Alex emboldens our local professionals to think bigger, and work together toward a common goal. With her 6+ year's experience as a mentor and holistic health coach for some of our cities’ most vulnerable communities, she loves listening to each person’s story and collaborating to rewrite the future. 

Together, Lilly + Alex encourage the health-curious to discover what’s possible.

Links From the Episode: 

Well Connected Twin Cities Website

Well Connected Twin Cities Instagram

Well Connected Twin Cities on Facebook