The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ Podcast

Jim Robinson has a dual career in psychology and improvisation. As a professor, he has taught Lifespan Development and Psychopathology at St. Catherine University and the University of St. Thomas. He’s also an alumnus of the Brave New Workshop—the longest-running satirical comedy theater in the United States—and of the Off-Beat Comedy Club onboard the Disney Magic. Along with Dennis Curley and Rachael Flanery, Jim is a founding member of Table Salt Productions, an independent theater company in the Twin Cities dedicated to producing original works (https://tablesaltproductions.com). As a Fulbright Specialist, he worked with Islamabad’s Theatre Wallay and taught his course “Improvisation and Mental Health” to various psychology training centers in Pakistan. Jim hails from Riverside, California.

Links from the Episode
Jim's website: https://jimrobinsonmn.com/index.html
University of Minnesota's College of Continuing and Professional Studies: https://ccaps.umn.edu/
The Theater of Public Policy: http://t2p2.net/
Table Salt Productions: https://tablesaltproductions.com/
Join the Twin Cities Wellness Collective™: https://www.tcwellnesscollective.com/

Everyone in David Nathan's family is a teacher or teacher adjacent.  Both of his parents were teachers, his twin sister is a math teacher today and his little sister is a speech pathologist.  David knew at an early age he did not want to become a teacher because classroom management seemed overwhelming.  After working in IT for 10 years as a project manager, he took some career assessments and everything came back saying he should be a teacher or a psychologist.  After talking to some psychologists and volunteering for a crisis phone line, he decided to go back to school to become a psychologist. 

He loves his work and thinks he has the best job in the world because he gets to help his patients live the most successful, fulfilling lives they can. David enjoys working with children, teens, young adults and their families on a wide variety of issues including anger management, anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, adoption, and screen addiction.  He is a developmental psychologist who examines the many factors that impact how a person's mind and body experience things in the present. One of his biggest accomplishments was partnering with his wife to chair a playground committee that raised $42,000 in one year to build a playground for a school in St. Paul that did not have one. 

Outside of work, he is a father of twin girls and is married to the woman he admires most in the world. He enjoys playing baseball, reading, playing board games with his family and camping.  

Links From the Episode:
Allina Health: https://www.allinahealth.org/
Change to Chill: https://www.changetochill.org/
Health Powered Kids: https://healthpoweredkids.org/
Hello4Health: https://hello4health.org/
Join the Twin Cities Wellness Collective: https://www.tcwellnesscollective.com/

Chris Maltbie is the Director of Global Product at Tough Mudder, where he oversees the development of customer experiences and event products. He previously co-founded Pine Coast Culture Company, a New Jersey-based kombucha brewery. 

Chris formerly studied Neurobiology and Physiology at the University of Maryland, before working with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in a developmental biology laboratory at Johns Hopkins. Outside of the office, Chris is an avid ultramarathoner and traveler with aspirations of running/eating his way around the world. 

Links From the Episode:

Tough Mudder in Hugo, MN: https://toughmudder.com/events/twin-cities/
Join the Twin Cities Wellness Collective™: https://www.tcwellnesscollective.com/

Scott Mikesh founded 4D Fit Mental Fitness in 2016 to empower every individual to feel and do their best to achieve their goals by prioritizing brain health and mental well-being.

 Scott published his first book last year titled 'My Brain Can’t Poop: A mental fitness guide for humans' to raise awareness about the importance of brain health, mental function, and neurodiversity. He typically works with small- to mid-size organizations to provide mental fitness talks, workshops, and one-on-one training sessions for employees, but also works with individual clients as well.

Links From the Episode:
4D Fit Website: http://www.4dfit.net/
Scott's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmikesh/
Scott's Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/Mikesh_MN
Scott's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scott_mikesh/
Join the Twin Cities Wellness Collective™: https://www.tcwellnesscollective.com/

Brenda Navin is the founder and CEO of Launch My Health and a Registered Dietitian. Launch My Health, established in 2020, is a virtual health and wellbeing company providing virtual culinary and nutrition programs for employees, health plan members, and other business customers. Brenda started Launch My Health because she truly believes that health is created in the home and wanted to make taking care of yourself fun, approachable, and accessible. Launch My Health has secured several large contracts including a Fortune 100 company and is now working with a global reseller. Since inception Launch My Health has had over 107,000 video downloads, over 19,000 hours of video watched, and more than 900 5-star reviews.

Before starting Launch My Health, Brenda spent the past 20 + years working in healthcare delivery for a large healthcare system in Minnesota. During her career she developed strategies for employee health and wellbeing, community health, and retail medicine. She created an integrated functional medicine program and was a team member of the group that developed a cross functional weight loss program. Additionally, she was a part of the system diversity, equity, and inclusion committee. Part of her recent work was leading community COVID testing sites and vaccination clinics to underserved populations and creating a system wide Food Transformation with a community lens. 

Links from the Episode:
Launch My Health website: https://launchmyhealth.com/
Brenda's email: [email protected]
Join the Twin Cities Wellness Collective™: www.tcwellnesscollective.com

Jeremy Quinby is an integrative health practitioner and educator, CranioSacral Therapist and Rehab Specialist.  He has dedicated the past twenty-five years to improving the health and well-being of individuals, families and communities. 

At the intersection of manual therapy, mental health support, orthopedics, pain management, and newborn and pediatric care, he has become known as a bridge-builder between many fields of care.

A graduate of St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN, building community and developing health networks is second nature.  Having had private practices in New York and Minneapolis, and now, as host of Highway to Health Podcast, he is furthering this outreach across the U.S. and beyond, promoting a more fully realized approach to integrated care.

Links from the Episode:

Jeremy's website: http://www.jeremyquinbycst.com/
Join the Twin Cities Wellness Collective™: https://www.tcwellnesscollective.com/

Over the course of his life Chad Scheitel has been actively studying and researching the best ways to optimize human performance and recovery from injuries. As an athlete, he initially began doing this for himself, and now it’s something he does for others. In doing this research Chad has learned how amazing the human body is and if given the right types of things in regards to stress, sleep, mental focus, emotion, and nutrition methods, it can recover from just about anything.  Chad believes that you don’t have to be in pain, and in many cases you absolutely don’t need surgery to fix your pain and problems.  

Chad's Education
MA Kinesology (Exercise Physiology) University of Minnesota 
BS Health Promotion Science (Exercise Science) Augsburg University 
NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR) Levels 1 & 2 Certified 

Links From the Episode
Refined Performance + Rehabilitation website: https://www.refinedmpls.com/
Chad Scheitel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-scheitel-04a14ba/

Britta Svihel MA, LPCC, LADC is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor (LADC). Britta earned her Bachelor's Degree in 2008 from Hamline University and her Master's Degree from Hazelden Betty Ford in 2010. Britta worked for a decade in youth, high-intensity residential treatment before retiring into a private practice. She owns Dagaz Therapy in Maple Grove, MN. She also teaches as an Adjunct Faculty at Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School. Britta is currently pursuing her PhD with a focus on community psychology, policy and social justice. 

In her private practice, Britta specializes in working with youth, young adults, and adults who struggle with mental health and/or chemical health issues, as well as life transitions and stressors related to those age groups. The most common symptoms or concerns include depression, anxiety, trauma/PTSD, addiction, and parenting support. Britta is passionate about healthy communities and raising healthy children and youth. 

Links From the Episode: 

Dagaz Therapy Website: https://dagaztherapy.com/
Britta's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/britta-svihel-ma-lpcc-ladc-26124a76/

Jonah Salita is an entrepreneur, and creative consultant.

He’s the co-founder of Diall, and the creator and creative force behind Vasco Creative, an early-stage creative consulting firm.

Jonah’s entrepreneurial spirit started when he stumbled into the creative world after designing his own tennis apparel brand because he was too small to fit into the “cool” looking adult clothes.
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Salita attended Hobart College in upstate New York, studying Economics and Media and Society. During his time at Hobart, he was the captain of the varsity tennis team and won numerous athletic and scholastic awards, Academic All-American being one of the most prestigious.

Salita began his career in 2016 as an intern at GenGuru. He would go on to work as a copywriter for Red Circle Agency, The Nitrous Effect and the infamous advertising agency, Fallon, where he wrote for Arby’s and Stok Cold Brew Coffee.

In 2018, Salita was awarded a SIIF Grant for photography and moved to Hong Kong to study at Lingnan University and document the elderly residents of Fu Tei. He exhibited the resulting collection of photographs in the Solarium Gallery, NY upon his return.

In 2019, Salita moved to London to be the creative director for Learn To Trade, a financial education company having taught over 300,000 students worldwide. During this time, Salita led creative strategy for the United Kingdom, Philippines, South Africa and Australian branches.

In 2020, Salita returned to Minnesota and founded Vasco Creative, an early-stage creative consulting firm. As a creative consultant, Salita has advised companies including Factory Motor Parts, Kavira Health, Kore Partners, Geniecast, Monaco’s Coffee, and many others.

Just 3 months after founding Vasco Creative, Salita co-founded Diall, a mental health startup educating students on mental health and wellness before they reach crisis.

Jonah is both Portuguese and American and currently resides in Lisbon. On the horizon, he is looking to bring his experience and passion of solving the world’s greatest problems to angel investing in early-stage impact ventures.

Links From the Episode:
Diall's website: https://www.diallapp.com/
Make sure to download the Diall app on IOS or Android!
Jonah's email: [email protected]

Join the Twin Cities Wellness Collective™: https://www.tcwellnesscollective.com/

Dr. Brenna Highby is the pregnancy expert at Experience Wellness Chiropractic and loves support mom and baby through their incredible journey. She specializes in both pregnancy and pediatric care and is Webster Certified through the ICPA. Her neurologically based chiropractic care focuses on the function of the nervous system to find the root cause of the health concern. This whole-body approach allows the body to heal naturally from the inside out.

She started her own healing journey right at EWC. This is where she began to have life changing results through Tonal based chiropractic care. She had more energy, better focus, decreased anxiety and a stronger immune system!

Her mission is to educate and empower families of all ages in their health so they can live the most vibrant life possible. Dr. Brenna is our go to community resource to connect our patients with any additional resources needed. She has a passion to unite chiropractic care to Plymouth and the surrounding areas to help build a stronger community.

Links From The Episode
Experience Wellness Chiropractic: https://www.experiencewellnessmn.com/
Dr. Brenna Highby: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenna-highby-6bbb99169/