Wellness Renaissance Podcast

Let’s talk about mold BABY!

Laura and Steve are the co-owners of Green Home Solutions of

Duluth.  Why make mold and air quality

their focus?  They will share the

inspiration and drive to help people suss out if mold is an issue for them in

their home, work, car, etc. They help them get rid of it for good and support

their health along the way. 

Laura shares her experience of mold in her home and having no where to turn. So, she decided to help solve the problem for herself and others.

Who knew mold could be so interesting? 

What do we talk about?

When is mold a problem?What can we do in our home to not give mold a desirable home?“I cleaned up the mold… why am I still sick?”What about bleach?? (Spoiler alert… NOPE!)Steve gives insights to the training he and his employees go through and the precautions they take in clean up to protect them and their customers. MycotoxinsSo much more is known now than years ago about how to clean up mold allowing them to provide a much more affordable and effective option. Stachybotrys!!!

Thank you to our surprise guest… the mail carrier played by… ANONYMOUS

CONTACT

Free consultations up to 2 hours from Duluth, MN.Or, if you have had a water event for quick clean up to prevent mold…WOOHOO PREVENTION!

Green Home Solutions Of Duluth https://www.greenhomesolutions.com/duluth-mn/ 218-576-5293

Nationallywww.greenhomeolutions.com

What is

clear to me in talking with Jackie is how her joy of learning ignites her

creativity as she works with essential oils to create good scents that work and

have positive effects. 

She

shares some of her experiments she has tried in order to solve problems… like

mosquitoes and lice for instance. 

Jackie works with people one on one, teaches classes, and creates custom products to do her part to raise the quality of life for those she works with.

3 things she lives by in her

work…

Safety firstBe effectiveNot being wasteful

Some things we talked about…

What parts of the plant the essential comes fromDifferent species have different effects on usWhat processes are used to make the oilsHydrosolsVetiver “Neat” application = directly on the skin. Use for babies and nursing momsUse with MedicationDilutionCarrier oilsTesting on our skinRelaxing sleep and comfortable feet

6 Routes of application with essential oils.

TopicalInhalationSublingual AnalVaginalOral

Jackie’s Creations include

ButtersChest butters for muscle pain from coughScent free productsInhalers Bath bombs – what they are made of (For humans and bugs!)Insect repellent sprays, salves, etc. Anti bug bite itch sprayLice repellent products.

Essential oils can help with

DiscomfortAnalgesic AntibacterialAnti inflammatory

CONTACT

Connect with Jackie for consultations, or information about in stock or custom made products, classes, presentations, etc. 

Over the phone or in person if available

She does make and take

birthday parties or other events… adults or kids

https://lipskisnaturals.com/[email protected]

Find her products at 2 stores

(Fall 2019)

1.  Two Loons gallery and boutique in Duluth https://www.twoloons.mn/

2.  Gateway Goods in Carlton https://www.facebook.com/gatewaygoodsmn/

Classes at the Duluth MakersSpace andhttps://duluthmakerspace.com/

The Duluth Folk Schoolhttps://duluthfolkschool.com/

OUTRO EXTRAS

Life’s Pure Balance Veggie wash at Mount Royal foods in Duluth, MN http://fruitandveggiewash.com/

Fishing in Duluth, MNhttp://catchingadventures.com/

Talk about a life shift!  Kari went from living an “all in” fundamental religious framework in all aspects of her life, work and play. A “mid life crisis” lead her through a journey she had to follow to find her truth. In a few short years she found herself on a new life path as a queer secular humanist.

She carved her way thought this journey very much on her own

and without support from her previous community.

Now, living a life with a new vision for herself she is

taking her skills and life experience and supporting others to do the same in

their transitions… what EVER they might be!

Get to know Kari by listening to her journey, what it means

to her to be a Core Energy Transitions Coach, what it looks like working with

her.

She shares some GREAT coaching tools for us to think about

when our little internal Gremlin talks to us, the purpose it serves and how we

might honor, respect and give it the boot.

IF “SMART Goals” make you cringe, Kari has a tool beyond the SMART goal making them more user friendly and inspiring.

Kari is excited to work with those who come ready to make a

change and come embracing their courageous vulnerability.

Ready to come out of limiting beliefs and imposed expectations and step into your true self identity craft and calling?

CONTACT

KariBecken.com

Sign up for her email and get the MP3 Meditation she talks

about near the end.

KariBeckenCoaching on [email protected]

Restorative justice, Restorative philosophy, Restorative

work.  All refer to the work that is

bringing humanity, building relationships and community, and opening

communication resulting in positive change in everything from disagreements to finding

accountability for crimes that have been committed.

Laraine and Paul Mickelson help define restorative justice

and give us a picture of how it effects people’s lives and the actions they

take moving forward. They share a glimpse of how it can help people see each

other as human beings, find resolution, trade judgment for outcomes that helps

us understand each other better.

What do we WANT as an outcome when a conflict or crime occurs?What is justice?What is accountability?

What are the critical pieces that our court system is

missing that restorative justice brings back – allowing for true vulnerability,

investing in relationships and allowing for change that ripples out to improve

communities?

Laraine and Paul have a long history of working on the

justice system, conflict resolution and more, giving them a front row seat to

the outcomes of our current systems of law and punishment (what isn’t working)

and they have tools that they see resulting in life changing behavior shifts in

schools, work places and in the criminal justice system.

CONTACT

https://mickelsonconsulting.org/

Mediation, organization around conflict management, and relational ecology Training around relational learning in work places Designing and implementing restorative practices in schools and the criminal justice system – all built around restorative philosophy.

Emily is a Sex Educator,  an expert on women’s sexual well-being, healthy relationships, and the prevention of sexual violence and harassment.  

If her name sounds familiar, you may know her from her best selling book, Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science that will Transform your Sex Life, or various TED talks. (links below)

(She also has a recent book with her sister Amelia called, Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle.)

So much

thought provoking, life changing stuff in here for women and anyone else who

has ever had sex, might have sex or born from someone having sex!

What did we

talk about??

How

cultural narratives have changed over time, what it teaches us right away when

someone assigns us as a boy or girl, how it has lied to us and how it is

helpful for us to recognize that!

What do we

do now?   Emily shares her garden

metaphor to help us think about that.  

Desire is

at the center of sex in many discussions

Pleasure…

that is what we should be using as a guide.

Pleasure is

the Measure!

Understanding

Arousal Non-Concordance

This isn’t

something we understand in our culture well. 

How that lack

of that understanding, and believing, has set the course to women not being

trusted to know what they want.   “You

say no but your body says yes.” used to place blame in sexual assault cases and

in relationships.   

Emily talks

about how we experience this.

You are normal… and… you not knowing you are normal… is TOTALLY normal!

How do

couples sustain a good sexual connection over decades?

Emily talks

about the few simple things they have in common and do to maintain that.

What we can

do to re-connect.

She shared

a difficult time in her own life and marriage that she walked through pulled

her and her husband closer together…

Why the 6 second kiss and 20 second hug!

Emily Mentions

https://hermanwallace.com/

Peggy Kleinplatz – Sex Therapisthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_J._Kleinplatz

Girls and Sex by Peggy Orensteinhttps://amzn.to/31OsUrd

Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Mannehttps://amzn.to/2ZhndAg

Emily’s Books

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Lifehttps://amzn.to/2KTZJfp

The Come as You Are Workbook: A Practical Guide to the Science of Sexhttps://amzn.to/2Z4ICRZ

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle https://amzn.to/31RxtB3

Emily’s TED Talks

The Keys to a Happier, Healthier Sex Life

The Truth about Unwanted Arousal

How Couples Sustain a Strong Sexual Connection for a Lifetime

Learn More About Emily

http://www.emilynagoski.com/

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Find your core Beastie at:FOLLOW YOUR FEEL GOOD TO AN ABSURDLY FANTASTIC LIFE

Lots of

good, solid, usable… and simple… ideas to support our health sprinkled in this

great talk with Dr. Herbert. 

He shares his challenges and experiences that lead him to chiropractic, functional medicine, applied kinesiology, etc.

What do we

talk about?

Kinesiology.

 What is it… who uses it here and in

other countries?

How food

sensitivities and leaky gut go together.  (And, what is this LEAKY GUT thing anyway?)

The

multiple ways we can be sensitive to foods…

IgA, IgE,

IgG responses and what they mean

How that

can change over time and with healing.

Gut Flora…

Find out

what works even better than a pro biotic in Dr. Herbert’s practice.

Oils…

healthy oils… best cooking and salad dressing oils.

Lectins

and sensitivity to them.

What are

they? Why do some people have issues with them?

What might

you do if you think you have sensitivity to lectins and can you eat them again

in the future if you are sensitive?

Diets… What

is best??

Three things

to try if you are NOT feeling good… where you can start.

When might

you choose a functional health medicine doc over a conventional medicine doc

and tips for finding a practitioner.

CONTACT

http://www.northlandak.com/4897 Miller Trunk Highway, Suite 228Hermantown, MN218-727-3343

Eric is an Anthropologist teaching medical anthropology and history at the very intriguing Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.

Storytelling – In many ways and places; a lost art.

He shares about Illness Narratives.

What they are and what is meant by “telling the good story”.    Why are these important? How does storytelling serve both the teller and the listener?

Illnesses shift our stories… 

A ship wreck that comes along and shifts how we see ourselves and tell

our stories.  “Story telling repairs

broken narratives”.

(And, why we should take our physician out to coffee and

maybe have a bit of hope as new physicians come into practice??)

BOOKS MENTIONED

The Wounded Story Teller, by Arthur Frankhttps://amzn.to/2KiBEjv

The Cancer Journals, by Audre Lordehttps://amzn.to/2KlJfxT

CONNECT

Learn more about Eric and Evergreen State Collegehttps://www.evergreen.edu/directory/people/steinehttps://www.evergreen.edu/

Evergreen State College – (They don’t have grades… imagine the incentives that might drive one’s learning in that environment??  – A Judy side note)

What if you just want to find someone see that movie that

none of your friends want to see? Maybe you are visiting a new town and want to

get to know more about the area or share a dinner with a person who is local.

You’re not interested in a hook up; you REALLY just want a PLATONIC companion.  How do you take out the “awkward” discussion.

There’s an app for that!

Nate is the founder of Plantonic or “Plat”. It is an app that aims to help connect people real-time with people in the same location and with similar interests! Maybe you have trouble meeting new people with your same interests or you are new to the area.

Plat is designed to make it a little more comfortable…  It has technology that can allow you to see

who you might have as mutual, common connections through various social media

platforms.

Nate’s inspiration is also found in the consideration that

over 50% of Americans experience loneliness. 

(Judy’s looking at some research tells a story that, depending on how

you define loneliness it can arguably be much more towards 75%.)

Silverware –  An app

in production designed for folks that are 35/40 and older. This app will be

very similar to Plat, However, in addition it offers different questions you

can answer about yourself.  One of them

being, giving you the option of listing 3 of your core values.

All are welcome on Plat; Silverware is just another option

if you would like to focus on the older…Eh-hem… more mature…   age group.

(Perhaps you could do both?)

At the moment of publishing the app is still in beta

testing!   You, however, can still be a

part of it by going to platonicpeople.com

on your phone and signing up.

Look in the iTunes and google Play stores after the first

week of August.

Look for the app or connect with Nate

Find the App in the Google Play store or the iTunes App

store.

Don’t see it there?  Look here…platonicpeople.comhttps://www.mc-cubed.com/app-development

…I have some last minute updates!

Platonic is available as a beta tester… SO, if you are interested in checking out the app take the chance to be a beta tester. You can go to platonicpeople.com to get your code to download.

The instruction are clear, and there is a link to a survey at the end of the sign up page – that is for iPhone.

For android Platonic has to send you a link after you sign up.

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Nate gifts us with very accessible and understandable information, inspired by his experiences seeing results, passion, his in-depth research to understand what makes the hemp plant so useful, and best practices to growing for a clean end product.

He sheds light on why it may have an affect that

almost looks like a “miracle drug”.   

What else do we touch on?

His farm, growing craft hemp CBD – He shares how that is different than row crops for individualized plant care.  Licensing and legalities around growing hemp legallyWhat is the difference between hemp, marijuana and cannabis?An overview of terms of the parts of the plant that support our bodies beyond the basic THC and CBD.  (Spoiler… there are lots more cool things growing inside that plant that support health!)Our bodies Endocannabinoid System How hemp played a role in the pastWho and what type of health challenges are helped?How to know what’s in your product, what ever you takeStigma Basics of getting medical marijuana in MNAnd more!

CONTACTHolisticWellnessServices.LifeNate@holisticWellnessServices.Life

Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/HolisticWellnessServicesLLC

Yana works with people to support them through their

transitions both professional and personal. She has such a great passion for

helping people take control,  focus and

attain their vision and greatest human potential.  

She comes to this work with experience navigating her personal journey filled with various life transitions.  Not the least of them being making her way to Duluth, MN from Ukraine, through her work and education as a therapist.

This is a great opportunity to get an insight into Yana’s personal philosophy that drives her daily life and where she coaches from.  

She shares…

Why asking questions is so important to her and her work. What she means when she says she works from a minimalist approach.  What is the difference between “change” and “transition”. She even gives us insight to her personal routine to keep herself well and living her best life. Her experience with many cultures and religions to be able to connect with folks all over the world (She coaches in Ukrainian, Russian, English and is working on Spanish.)A tool to help us when we are in a bind and deep in our own challenge. And more!

CONTACT:(Yana works with people in person and around the world)

Connect with Yana to see her blog posts, and find out about getting your introductory session to see if you are a good match. Go to:YanaStockman.com

Instagram, linkedIn, facebook – Look for:YanaStockmanLifecoach

Yana generously spent a little time with me recording an exclusive segment, as a thank you to the podcast supporters. that included four ways to help us get organized and simplify our mind and space.  This recording can be found soon on…https://www.patreon.com/WellnessRen…the Patreon page; the easy way to support the existence and work of the podcast.  Thank YOU!!

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