Radically Resilient Health

After receiving a serious diagnosis at an oddly young age, Physician Assistant, Dr. Cassie Seacrist learned how to take care of her whole health and be her own advocate for medical care. Dr. Seacrist is the cousin of Vitakinetics founder Carolyn Dolan and tells her story. 

Evoke Fitness owner, Mena Spodobalski, shares her joys and struggles toward radically resilient health. Health doesn't always have to seem radical. The best workout that you can do is the one you can do. Celebrate the triumphs of what you are doing instead of focusing on what other people can do that you cannot. 

Radically Resilient Health is not about the absence of disease, injury, or stress, it is the ability to recover and make positive choices to support your overall health. Lori Windfelt, a certified recovery Coach and designated coach for "She Recovers," talks about her personal journey through substance use and how that has led to her mission to help others lead Radically Resilient lives in the face of substance dependency issues. 

Our mind and body are intimately interconnected in ways that we can't really comprehend outside of science. We oftentimes think of ourselves (or our mind) as separate from our body, when in reality they are linked so closely that we can be affected physically by each and every little thought. In this special episode of Radically Resilient Health, special guest, Psychologist, Dr. Dusty Braun helps us understand the emotional, mental, spiritual components of Radically Resilient Health. 

Dr. Carolyn Dolan shares her deeply personal "WHY" about developing Vitakinetics. Dr. Dolan actually wrote a thesis setting out to disprove the need for supplements and came to a dramatically different conclusion. On her own journey to be Radically Resilient, Vitakinetics became more than just a supplement - but a mission. 

In this special episode of Radically Resilient Health, Dr. Carolyn Dolan sits down with her friend Leah GiaQuinta who shares a story of recovering from harsh circumstances and emotional stress. She tells how the tenets of Vitakinetics to Eat Well, Sleep Well, Move Well and Supplement Well helped her cope with tough situations for her and her family. 

In this episode, special guest, Danielle Litoff, discusses the importance of nutrition as a main ingredient in recovery and how we need to make supplements a support role instead of replacing whole foods. 

Special Guest Paige Galeoto sits down with Dr. Carolyn Dolan and Connie Wray to discuss the rigorous requirements the Air Force Academy put on her son to recover and get accepted to the University. She discusses how Vitakinetics not only helped her son make the requirements in the knick of time but also manage her own stress through the pandemic and Nevada wildfires. 

Mike Fraley, co-owner of YogaPod in Reno, joins Dr. Carolyn Dolan to share how he was able to replace pain meds using Vitakinetics after his shoulder surgery. 

Connie Wray and Dr. Carolyn Dolan discuss the importance of understanding how to choose the right doctor and what goes into finding one your can trust. 

In Season 2 of Radically Resilient Health, Dr. Carolyn Dolan and Connie Wray plan to host people who have had personal journeys of healing and pain management with the help of Vitakinetics. 

In this episode, Dr. Carolyn Dolan explains why Tumeric is her heavy hitter in her Vitakinetics supplement blend because of its known benefits to support gut-brain health and control inflammation. Dr. Dolan explains the therapeutic benefits of turmeric especially during times of stress or surgery. 

Continuing her series on supplement ingredients, Vitakinetics founder Carolyn Dolan helps you understand the benefits of taking vitamin C before surgeries or to recover from illness. Dr. Dolan explains how a high dose of vitamin C can help drastically improve your overall wellness in ways you can't get from eating an orange. 

In this episode, Dr. Carolyn Dolan sits down with a colleague, Dr. Jessica Drummond, who shares her 2020 adventures getting the virus, despite her nutritional and physical therapy background. Even those who "do everything right" physically and nutritionally are not immune to life just happening.

Vitamin D3 is provided by the sun, but it is not always possible to get enough sun optimal for your body. That is why Dr. Carolyn Dolan put D3 in Vitakinetics to boost gut health and overall absorption of the foods that fuel your body for better recovery. In this episode, Dr. Carolyn Dolan talks about why D3 is so important to your overall health and how you can have a holistic relationship with the sun, your skin, and your overall health. 

The Opioid Crisis is no joke and Dr. Carolyn Dolan of VitaKinetics has dedicated her career to helping useful alternatives for pain management. In this episode of VitaKinetics, we talk about the reasons that opioid management and alternatives are so important - especially for the younger population. It takes more than personal responsibility - it starts with friends, family, and neighbors. 

In this extra special episode, Dr. Carolyn Dolan interviews one of he role models growing up - her mother, Dr Nancy Byl, PT, PhD. Nancy is an active and motivated physical therapist nearing 80 who preached about the importance of movement and mindset over sleep. She credits her ability to recover to nutrition, supplements, and a healthy connection to those around her.

We are all recovering all the time. It is a natural part of growth and living. Some recovery can be harder than others and in this episode, we discussed how to give your body the gift of an easier recovery through whole health and supplementation. We have invited Paige Galeoto on this episode to share her experience as a competitive cyclist and a mother dealing with her child's sports injury. Paige explains how she took a skeptical but hopeful consumer and got amazing results. 

Even when we have the greatest habits, sometimes our best efforts just don't work for us. There is no utopia of health. No one is immune to life and sometimes even luck. In this episode of Radically Resilient Health, Dr. Carolyn Dolan walks us through how to be patient with our health and diligent in finding the true causes of our problems.  For many, it is easy just to treat symptoms, but with a little bit of health, we can live fully by finding the root cause of our health issues. 

Supplements have a bad wrap, and Dr. Carolyn Dolan was the first to have her doubts. After her thesis which was trying to disprove the need for supplements, this Vitakinetics founder changed her tune. In this episode of Radically Resilient Health, Dr. Dolan explains how she found proof that we need to supplement our diets and how we can do it effectively and safely. With a history in physical therapy, Dr. Dolan tells us about the need for everyday recovery, a healthy gut, and a diet to support your activity. 

Stress is a normal part of our physiology, but prolonged or unnecessary stress can become an injury to your system. It can take you out of a healthy state and cause your body to change the way it operates to accommodate long periods of flight or flight hormones. In this episode, Dr. Carolyn Dolan talks about how stress affects the permeability of the gut lining, how we can effectively recover from stress in the gut, and how your mind and thought-processes play a role.

We don't need nearly as much exercise as we think we do to maintain our whole health. In this episode, Dr. Carolyn Dolan speaks about how exercise affects the gut-brain connection and how to find your ideal exercise level for your overall body benefit. Consistency is the main thing that gives us long-term benefits, but you don't have to be a world-class athlete to get the real benefits needed to stay fit. Sports like tennis, walking, dancing, etc., and other social and outdoor exercises are shown to have extended benefits through all ages. The best exercise is the one that you will do and do consistently. 

Sleep & the gut-brain connection. Does the gut-brain connection also have an effect on one's sleep patterns? In this episode, Dr. Dolan continues part 3 of her series on the Gut-Brain Connection. Sleep is a critical component to overall health and a sense of well-being. Whenever possible, sleeping anywhere from 7-10 hours a night, depending on your age and activity level. When sleep patterns are disrupted it causes increased pain in the body. Dr. Dolan shares her research on what foods can help improve sleep patterns and how things like alcohol and processed food affect those sleep patterns. What are ways to improve sleep patterns without relying on sleep aids? What happens to sleep patterns when opioids are consumed?

In this Episode, Dr. Dolan continues her series on the Gut-Brain Connection and the importance of inflammation, and the role it plays in healing the body.  There is a difference between good and bad inflammation. To maintain the good and bad balance of inflammation in the body we need to understand the importance of what we are putting into our bodies. Not only can the foods we eat help with inflammation, but nutrient-dense food also help our brains function better. Can simple food changes help improve brain function? What foods should we eliminate and what foods should be added to our diet to improve the Gut-Brain Connection? 

In this Episode Dr. Carolyn Dolan begins her series on the Gut Brain Connection by looking at the important role our digestive system plays in overall health. Dr. Dolan's own health journey started with a diagnosis of Leaky Gut. She was on a mission to find a way to heal her own health. What she discovered was having the right balance of microbes and the right balance of microbes as part of your microbiome keeps your immune system strong and healthy. Could the right balance fight disease? What happens to the body after years of eating pro-inflammatory, non-organic, processed, nutrient-poor foods? How did gut health play a role in the brain's health?

In this episode, Dr. Carolyn Dolan shares her research on the importance of sleep. How much sleep should you be getting? How does sleep play a role in your body's ability to heal?  Dr. Dolan has done extensive research on sleep. She has worked with patients from all walks of life with varying sleep schedules to understand what our body is doing while it's sleeping? If you are struggling with sleep, Dr. Dolan offers some easy solutions to help you get better sleep tonight. Could better sleep lead to better decision making in both life and work decisions? When should you look into getting a sleep study? 

In this Episode Dr. Carolyn Dolan discusses the power of inflammation. Acute Inflammation is how one's body fights off infection which would mean that inflammation is a good thing because it is protecting the body as it heals from injury. Yet why are we taught to turn that natural healing process off by reaching for an over the counter anti-inflammatory? In this episode of Radically Resilient Health Dr. Dolan highlights her research on the importance of inflammation. How can you harness your body's natural superpower? How does Vitakinetics play a role in the balance of good and bad inflammation?

For years there has been discussion about the importance of the first meal of the day. In this episode of Radically Resilient Health Dr. Carolyn Dolan shares her research on breakfast. This 1st meal can set the tone for the day. Could a high-calorie breakfast be exactly what your body needs? What are the benefits of dinner for breakfast? Dr. Dolan examines the difference between a large breakfast versus a large dinner? Dr. Dolan also offers tips for those who work erratic schedules -how can they find the right balance to wield the health benefits? 

Who is Dr. Carolyn Dolan? Dr Carolyn Dolan, DPT, Cert MDT, MSHNIn 2012, Dr. Carolyn Dolan wasn't happy with her health. She was experiencing chronic fatigue, chronic pain, chronic sinus infections, and was overweight. Her journey lead her to better overall health.  Radically Resilient Health is a podcast where Dr. Dolan shares her journey. Her research led her to a world of nutrition and to a simple lifestyle program that transformed her health and the health of her family. In this episode meet Dr. Dolan. Find out why she has dedicated her life to helping her patients reach better health by sharing her research, tips & tools to reaching optimum health. Her journey also led her to creating VitaKinetics. The VitaKinetics supplement is a blend of vitamins, plant compounds, enzymes, and probiotics that support your body's natural healing process.Dr. Carolyn Dolan Doctorate in Physical TherapyCertified Mechanical Diagnosis and TreatmentMasters in Science of Holistic Nutrition