Wellness Wisdom

How can we find gratitude in the midst of challenges and suffering? How does gratitude for our struggles change us? Elizabeth Allen is a Certified Body Talk Practitioner who shares how the holistic therapy of "Body Talk" connects the body to it's own healing power. She gets vulnerable about abuse, grief, and suffering in her own life.
Elizabeth gained a profound understanding of grief when her 16 yr old son Jesse died suddenly from a hereditary heart condition. Her son's death inspired Elizabeth to write a book "Heart So Big" to help educate parents, healthcare providers, and schools about HCM (Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy).
Listen as Elizabeth describes how you can advocate for your child and protect your family through educating schools, teams, and individuals about the risks of HCM. Elizabeth explains how the Body Talk system helped her through her grief. She is inspired by the belief that her son is directing her mission to educate, heal, and save lives. Elizabeth expresses gratitude for her experience and how it has helped gain the education and compassion to help others.

"Everything that happens to me is the BEST possible thing that can happen to me."
-Zen and the Art of Happiness

When Norbert Lieberknecht, a retired army medic, got a call from his pharmacist after a routine blood draw, his life would change forever. The pharmacist informed him that his blood sugar level was 630, a number way beyond the danger zone. He was advised to go to the hospital emergency room immediately. Although he had very few signs of a "problem" this high blood sugar was a "wake up call." His life was in danger!
After testing and time in the hospital he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. As an army nurse Norbert saw many patients with diabetes who lost their eyesight, or had their limbs amputated. He said he was scared of what his future look like. He wanted to live to see his grandchildren grow up and to grow old with his wife.
The diagnosis of Diabetes led Norbert to the decision to "FIGHT" for his life. This was a difficult road. He had to completely change his eating habits. He was used to eating meat, potatoes, and lots of carbs. He would have to start eating salads, fruits, and vegetables.
Norbert illustrates to us that change isn't easy, but it's better than the alternative. He demonstrates how change is possible when you know what your motivation is. His motivation was to stay alive!
As Norbert shares his healthy journey he talks about the importance of his support team, especially his wife, Dee. She was his lifeline and joined with him in the fight eating healthy, packing his lunches, and keeping him accountable to his new lifestyle. No sneaking a candy bar in front of her!
Norbert's message is that YOU CAN BEAT DIABETES. His lifestyle and mindset shifted when he realized his life depended on it. He felt motivated by the love of his wife. He wanted to ease her mind. According to Norbert our health, doesn't just effect us but it effects our family too.
Norbert is here to warn people of the dangers of unhealthy habits and what we put into our bodies. He says if you have Diabetes try to keep yourself positive with mantras like, "It's not going to beat me, don't give up, don't quit!"
When you are sick with an illness you feel trapped. When you choose life you are given freedom!
Listen as he shares tips to get started whether you have been diagnosed with diabetes or not.
Believe that you can win the FIGHT!
Norbert gives all the thanks and gratitude to his wife for supporting him and changing with him. Change what you eat change your life! Choose life!

Many people struggle to keep up with a healthy lifestyle because of the time and preparation it takes. Who has time for all day meal prep or to spend hours at the gym?
Well what if in just a few hours each week you could eat a variety of delicious, nutritious, and colorful meals? You wouldn't have to open the fridge and wonder what to eat. You wouldn't feel desperate to run out for fast food when you are hungry. You would have all that you need safely packaged in your refrigerator at your disposal to be eaten whenever you like. Sounds too good to be true?
Amber Raleigh and Edg Fish from Supawesome life with show you how. They have created a "SupawesomeLife Cooking System" that makes meal prep easy and fun and gives you the colors, flavors, and variety that you want depending on your lifestyle and diet preferences.
Edg and Amber create Supawesome Life to help people find fulfillment, perspective, wisdom, and support. They share their stories of transformation of overcoming limiting beliefs and getting out of the mundane of life to pursue their passions.
They have created "systems of efficiency", as Edg put it, to make a healthy joyous life possible. Amber shares their passion in helping people connect to themselves, to find out what works for them, and to live a life of sustainable health. Edg and Amber's systems help people maintain their mental bandwidth and have the time and energy to do the things they love. Their system makes health doable, enjoyable, and fun! They personalize the program to each person and their health goals. There is something for everyone no matter where they are on their health journey.
Listen in to learn how more about how you can practice Mindfulness, make meal planning simple, and move your body for enjoyment!

Childbirth is a topic that is both awe-inspiring and can be anxiety provoking. Women have the opportunity to give life and there are all kinds of physical, emotional, and psychological issues that surround getting pregnant, child birth, and child rearing.
Richelle Jolley is a Professional Midwife who has been helping women and families across the state of Utah welcome babies into their homes. Richelle believes that childbirth is a sacred experience and should be honored with gentleness and respect.
Richelle recognizes we have a culture that speaks of childbirth in negative terms and correlates childbirth to suffering and pain. Richelle helps women transform themselves through childbirth.
She loves to help women tune into their inner wisdom and intuition. She sees pregnancy and childbirth as a season of spiritual and emotional growth. Richelle assists women to intentionally create the birth experience they want. She focuses on health, healing, and empowerment for women who are experiencing the miracle of childbirth. Richelle defines natural childbirth as an opportunity for a woman to express herself, to have choices, and to feel in control of her environment and her experience.
Richelle describes giving birth as a "Rite of Passage" into motherhood. Richelles helps women connect to and listen to their inner wisdom. She assists them to challenge negative beliefs and trust themselves and the process more fully. Richelle emphasizes healthy lifestyle habits for pregnancy and beyond.
Richelle shares with us how she helps women find peace and follow their instincts. Childbirth can be a beautiful, peaceful, and faith promoting experience.

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Lori J. Lee is the writer and producer of the LOVE YOUR STORY Podcast. According to Lori, "We are born storytellers, it's ingrained in our DNA. It's how we communicate our past, share, teach, and define our world to ourselves and others. The stories we tell ourselves create our realities- they can motivate us, scare us, and help us find joy or sabotage us."
Lori gets vulnerable and shares her STORY through 3 divorces- the heart break, disappointment, and pain of life not turning out how she expected. Lori's transformation began when she discovered Emotional Intelligence training to help her tell her story, come to peace with it, re-frame her story, and ultimately go from failure and shame to feeling peace and understanding about her story. Lori says we decide how we tell our story and that we can make meaning and purpose from our stories.
Lori shares her 5 Step Process of how to transform your thoughts and re-frame your story.
Lori believes that we don't always choose the challenges we have in our lives, but that we can choose our response.
Lori shares the process of rewriting your story by accepting your story, claiming the story and saying it aloud, recognizing the lens through which you see the world (perspective), decide what to focus on in your story (tragedy vs accomplishment), and recognizing the meaning and purpose found in your story.
What story are you telling yourself?
What are your gifts, opportunities, and strengths that come from YOU living and sharing your story?
Transform your Story and Transform your Life!

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What if you only had ONE car for your entire life? How would you take care of it? Would you get the oil changed regularly and rotate the tires?
We are only given ONE body in this life. How we care for it determines how it functions and how many miles we can go (or years).
Robin Corbin is a wife, mother, health nut, and consultant with Arbonne International.
Robin shares her journey struggling to lose weight and yo yo dieting. She tells of her obsession with weight that led her to join "Overeaters Anonymous." Robin talks about her volatile relationship with food and the struggle to care for herself and release weight.
She shares how her life began to change when she desired change and started shifting her mindset to love and care for herself.
This discovery led her to seek out help to transform how her eating and begin an exercise program. Robin was able to release over 40 lbs and felt free to be herself and love life.
Through her passion for health Robin became involved with Arbonne International and their mission to make products that are pure and botanically based with nothing harmful to your body.
Robin shares how she mentors people to begin a 30 day health experiment. They begin by eliminate foods to explore what allergies or sensitivities they may have. She emphasizes how every body is different in the effect different foods have on us.
Robin inspires people to take "one step at a time" in improving their health and encouraging them to try new things and possible healthy alternatives in their daily food choices. She shares how the American diet of processed foods and sugars contributes to inflammation, lack of energy, sleep problems, headaches, and pain issues.
Robin will share with us some of her wisdom to help us maintain health and well-being throughout our lives. She promotes "eating right" not "eating less." Robins shares how the 30 program helps people release weight, reduce inflammation, and eliminate cravings.

"Our food can be our poison or our medicine." -Robin Corbin

Stephanie Aranda is a public speaker, musician, mentor, empowerment coach and mother of 5. Stephanie knows what it feels to be "stuck" in limiting beliefs and victim mode. Stephanie helps people explore what is holding them back by "embracing what is hard" in their lives. Stephanie will share with us some of her coaching and mentoring techniques that transform people from a place of blame, fear, and shame to a place of forgiveness, creation, and control.
Stephanie knows what it's like to be stuck in the grips of what she calls "shame" about "doing something wrong."
Stephanie will share with us how she was able to LET GO of what is hard in order to forgive herself, right her wrongs, and embrace a life of joy and happiness. She was able to release 50 lbs of excess weight through finding relief inside her body and soul. She talks about the power of overcoming our limiting beliefs through personal and self-development tools. Stephanie teaches people they can take control of their lives and they way they think and act.
Stephanie imparts her wisdom and about experiences working with women in a halfway house and people in nursing homes through music to help them "embrace emotion."
Stephanie believes that our tears are a necessary part of our healing journey and that we can embrace ALL emotions. Stephanie teaches through song and music how to let go and celebrate yourself. She believes that as we open ourselves up to something new we can "move through fear" and transform our body and mind through self-acceptance, self-care, re-framing life's difficulties, and the transforming power of music.
Listen in and be inspired and empowered to Xplore More and Live Happy!

What do you do when you have health problems and symptoms that won't go away? Headaches, fatigue, pain, breathing problems, allergies, heart problems or any other condition that is effecting your quality of life?
In today's world there are a myriad of options for diagnosing and treating health problems. Many people struggle for years without solutions. They may have tried many traditional MDs, specialists, and often "shopped" around for health care providers to get relief to their problems, without success.
Dr. Carmel Ferreira, is a board certified, Naturopathic Physician. She knows what Naturopathic Medicine can do to prevent and treat symptoms, using the wisdom of nature combined with modern science. Dr. Ferreira provides education on what a Naturopathic medicine doctor does and says it is often "misunderstood." She understands that health is about the "whole person" and all systems in the body. She partners with her patients and empowers them to listen to their bodies. Dr. Ferreira customizes a treatment plan for the individual which could include herbal supplements, injections, acupunture, and/or I.V. therapy. She helps people with autoimmune disorders, thyroid issues, pain, digestion, mental health issues, and many other health problems.
Dr. Ferreira has a delightful sense of humor. She shares her journey of health growing up in the Mexican culture and using natural methods for treatment as a child. She explains how changing her diet, using supplements, and listening to her body helped her improve her own quality of life. She tells stories of transformation of her patients as they incorporated naturopathic methods into their lives. Dr. Ferreira shares her "words of wisdom" on the small steps we can take to improve our health and well-being. She knows that the "small things" have big rewards.
Dr. Ferreira has a contagious laugh and loves to look for the good. She loves to hike, snow board, and create nutrient dense foods. She is a Pioneer in the state of Utah as the first native Spanish speaker and Latina in the naturopathic medicine profession.

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Are you feeling stuck in your life? Do you wish you had more success in your business? Are you overwhelmed with the roles of mother, business owner, friend, and homemaker?
Listen in as Elise Smith, Life Empowerment Coach, teaches you about overcoming "blocks" that are holding you back in your business and life.
Elise will share with us how the "Inner Dream Stealer" in your mind can come in and make you feel discouraged, stuck, and hopeless. Elise will help you "get your power back" by identifying road blocks, improving your mindset, and focusing on supporting the "Inner Dream Builder." She will share with us how to overcome fears and feelings of not being good enough. Elise will guide you to be aware of your inner voice and learn tips and tricks to identify the voice and choose what you think to be able to live the life you imagine.

Bring passion and abundance to your work and life now!

Get Elise's free Ebook "Get Unstuck!" at LastingEmpowerment.com

Women and hormones, it's a complicated relationship. When your hormones are out of balance it can cause heavy, irregular, or painful periods, hot flashes and night sweats, vaginal dryness, breast tenderness, indigestion, constipation, diarrhea, and other problems.
PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) is a hormonal disorder effecting 5 million women in the U.S. today. It is the most common hormonal endocrine disorder in women and the most common cause of infertility.
Dr. Nicole Priest, is a Board Certified Family Practice and Integrative Medicine Physician. Dr. Priest has a passion for Lifestyle Medicine and empowering people to make choices to improve their health. Dr. Priest shares her own journey with celiac disease and the benefits of making changes in her diet. She sees many women struggling with PCOS who have symptoms of irregular periods, depression, sleep apnea, weight gain, facial hair growth, acne on skin, and insulin resistance. She says, "it's about hormones, diet, and abdominal weight." Dr. Priest is concerned that people who have PCOS can develop type 2 diabetes.
Dr. Priest helps people explore what they eat by keeping a food log, she counsels them to eat more fruits and vegetables to increase fiber, and to eliminate processed foods and sugar that create inflammation in the body. What do you get out of your food? How do you think of food?
Dr. Priest says that "80% of diseases are highly influenced by lifestyle (what we eat, movement, sleep, and stress)." She shares how rewarding it is to see people gain energy, release weight, and feel more joy and fulfillment as they make small changes to their lifestyle.