Cassi Stuckman has been a great pal of mine for 10+ years and we are an odd pair! We met as two young yogis headed to L.A. to train under Annie Carpenter, a well-known yoga teacher. We became friends and have kept in touch over the years through yoga trainings, hikes and the love for our pups (RIP Gus and Floyd). 

Cassi reviews the last two years of life transitioning from Chicago full time yogi to Colorado full time student at Naropa University. 

Polyvagal Theory 

How Cassi has used what she has learned in school to helped her learn more about her own story. 

Thank you, Cassi! 

Cassiyoga.com is where you can reach Cassi! 

We all have unique ways that our brains work. Ryder Carroll developed a unique way to journal and keep track of his days and projects that is a little outside the box. It is called The Bullet Journal Method and he wrote a book on it! In this podcast I interview a Manhattan, KS local that loves to Bullet Journal and is even on his 25th one in three years! 

Brian McCornack is the Department Head of Entomology at Kansas State University, a husband, a father of three and these are only a few of the things that make up his life. In this conversation we discuss how these rolls require many details and how Brian has optimized his Bullet Journaling skills to be more Present in his life. 

* Brian's life and the things keeps track of daily

* How he found Bullet Journaling and passed it by

* Community, Vulnerability and growth from sharing and living with this health habit for three years now!

One of my favorite parts of Ryder Carroll's book is Mindfulness "A heightened awareness of the present" 

By putting your thoughts into a space that makes sense to you can bring clarity, purpose and excitement for the future. Find what will help you become present. 

On Wellness on Your Terms episode two Lindsey chats with Anna Binder a local Manhattan, Kansas dietitian. 

Anna's journey begins in here teens when she had terrible knee trouble followed by surgeries. This lead her in the direction of the body and Kinesiology at Kansas State University. Not long after she included the dual degree for Kinesiology & Nutrition to finally agreeing that Dietetics was her way to go. After a year in Illinois for her internship she can back to Manhattan with direction that led her to started Rethink Nutrition, LLC. She currently is working with GI issues, food sensitivities, joint pain, autoimmune and much more. She is building a new business in Manhattan, Kansas working with eating disorders. In the podcast she gives us a bit of insight into her life raising a toddler and running a business during the pandemic. 

Balance and perfect is not a thing, we are all learning from this time in the world. 

Thank you, Anna, for putting up with my un-caffeinated self! I am back on the juice when you are ready for the next one! 

Anna's Journey

Leap Therapist

Food Sensitivity Testing 

Pandemic Life and having a little boy

New adventure with Dr. Stephanie Wick, Unbound Recovery LLC

      A place where therapist and dietitians help with eating disorders for all ages. 

      In the pandemic an epidemic of young adults with eating disorders

     Outpatient and possible early detection in the future!

  I am looking forward to a podcast with her new partner, and her chatting about Unbound Nutrition, an outpatient eating disorder clinic where nutritionist and therapist support each client!

This interview came from where it always comes from.... my interest in what is going on with wellness in the big and small parts of life. I can't talk for others but, for myself this last election and the one before has me questioning all patriarchal things.  Not just the patriarchy but all lessons handed down or spoon feed to us. 

I once heard someone say that parents don't want their kids to go to college because they will become atheist. I didn't understand that until I slowly transitioned into one.  An atheist not a parent. 

 I have studied yoga for years now and found a sense of awakening within it and the internal space that it has created. Through this process I have striped away a lot of what religion was in my mind. I became a single part of the universe instead of a child of God. It happened over many years and I was not devastated by it. Just the opposite at first I was in awe of this amazing space that had potential and endless opportunity. Then I created a child of my own and I was confused (still am) on what to teach, think and believe. Research shows that a person is happier and healthier with faith. How would I rob this new creature of that? On the other hand what do I teach? Religion that is unsettling in me?  

After asking Caela to be on the podcast I did some internal work and I believe my answer is not - Is there a God? But rather how big is God?  

Thank you Caela for the conversation about finding faith around religion! 

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This is an interview with Dr. Brett Baxter.

 Growing up in the Midwest lead to a diagnosis and he found Functional Medicine and now continues to help others on their health journeys. 

You can find Brett at Nichols Chiropractic & Functional Medicine 2749 Pembrook Place in Manhattan, Kansas.