Podcasts about neurologically

On this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing 'Wisdom' episode, we revisit part of our conversation with proud ADHDer, neurodiversity advocate and author Louise Gooding.Louise has written three books that celebrate neurodiversity and help children understand their wonderfully wired brains, including: Just Like Me: 40 Neurologically and Physically Diverse People Who Broke StereotypesThe Memory Book, a reassuring story about understanding dementiaWonderfully Wired Brains, an introduction to the world of neurodiversity.In this inspiring conversation, Louise shares how her late ADHD diagnosis unlocked her creativity and passion for storytelling, leading her to publish three books in just a few years. She opens up about the challenges of navigating an undiagnosed childhood, struggling within traditional education, and finally finding validation in her neurodivergence.Here's What You'll Learn on This Week's Wisdom Episode:✨ How Louise's ADHD diagnosis has opened up doors to creativity and given her permission to go back into education and write her books. ✨ Managing rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) and imposter syndrome as an author. ✨ The importance of writing books about neurodiversity, especially from a lived experience perspective. ✨ Finding your passion and using energy to feel good about yourself instead of bringing yourself down. Ready to swap burnout and overwhelm for balance and ease this spring? Join me for a season of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Workshops - a series of empowering workshops to activate your ADHD life, improve your wellbeing and harness your potential! https://adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk/adhd-womens-wellbeing-seriesFind Kate's popular online workshops and free resources here.Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity. Follow the podcast on Instagram.Follow Kate on Instagram.Mentioned in this episode:A gesture of gratitude Welcome to the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast. If this episode has helped you, please support this podcast with a gesture of gratitude. Thank you

Isabelle and David continue to talk with David's brother's friend, Aaron, and dig deep into why winding down and going to sleep is the hardest transition of all: because you're staring into a black hole of no dopamine for hours! And also, a lot of traditional sleep hygiene tricks may not work. Folks with ADHD have higher rates of sleep apnea, among other sleep disorders, and also, can do with staying away from preferred activities before bed. This, sleep tips and tricks, and recognizing the value of being open about your neurodivergence...as well as some really good callbacks to the previous two episodes (096 and 097) regarding "St. Elmo's Fire's" amazing theme song.—-Isabelle and Aaron wonder: what's with this PDA business (persistent drive for autonomy/persistent demand avoidance)? David explains: It's hard for us to connect a learned moment with an experience, it's hard for us to take a moment we're learning now and take it into the future, and we're distractable. If we're in a place with any shame, guilt, or anxiety, distraction becomes highly reinforcing. We are highly reinforced by not paying attention to what we want to pay attention to it. We're not seeing the long term consequence, we don't understand what we're doing to our future by not doing it in this moment--delay of gratification and response cost. Like, what did you do today? “I watched three seasons of Scrubs and ate a buffet of Indian food.” We can't claim any wins at the end of the day, but in the moment it felt so nice, it was a distraction. Neurologically we don't get a success, norepinephrine —you feel anxious, and it leads into their evening, and for kids and adults, if you're really anxious about the next day, you don't want to go to sleep. “The longer I'm up today, the longer today is! I don't have to face tomorrow if I haven't gone to bed yet.” David has been thinking about this with his friend and colleague Noah, based on this book, Dopamine Nation. If we're not accommodated or assisted by something during a transition, and then you have nothing else to do, you are looking down a long dark hole of no dopamine—that's why the evening can look so hard. The road to sleep to extra awful, you have to sit still, you have to tolerate frustration and still yourself enough to go to sleep. David names: we are considered overtired if it takes less than 15 minutes to fall alseep—most ADHD folks, as an accommodation to not sit in the discomfort of staying still with no dopamine, don't hit the bed until they are beyond exhausted and just crash. Isabelle and Aaron disbelieve this. Isabelle does not compute that this is how people live, that people just lay there for 8, 10, 15 minutes and slowly go to sleep, this has never happened to her. Aaron gets anxious that he won't fall asleep in 5 minutes and then can't stand the guided meditation.  David will be snoring watching tv on the couch with his partner but doesn't confirm he is “tired." with Delayed sleep phase onset, this is a thing we struggle with. Accommodations for sleep? Did you use enough physical energy during the day? You can't go into a preferred activity before bed—you have to find weird shows or things that are interesting but not so interesting it will keep you awake. What is a preferred activity? If you're super into a video game, for example—if you can't sleep, don't play the video game. The things that you prefer and wake you up, engage your hyperfocus. What's the boring video game that's like paint by numbers? Isabelle will read nonfiction when she's not feeling very tired, but if she reads compelling fiction she will stay awake. Because, who wants to sit in boredom? These are tips that are not sleep hygiene or what you'd expect. So many tactics to help a kid fall asleep are there to help them get bored enough to stay still and not reach for a preferred activity. The most important task in the brain's development is boredom: One of the most important things is to experience boredom. It's really important and yet we run from it all the time. A neurotypicaly person needs to encounter a certain amount of boredom to get creative. But with ADHD, we are bored a 1000's of times more often in a day than a neurotypical does in a day, and the feeling of being bored is so caustic and our brain is so creative and thinking of fun things all the time. But because we encounter so many micromoments of boredom, it makes it really hard to tolerate the 10 or 15 minutes to fall asleep. Or try something on in the store. The moment of a transition that's boredom and hurts. When do we want to sit with it, when do you want to avoid it? David tries to stop listening to a D&D podcast he wants to, he's trying to train himself to be awake still and do it at a time and then fall asleep, instead of falling asleep when he crashes. AND there are literal sleep disturbances. People with ADHD have a much higher likelihood of getting a CPAP machine and sleep apnea, cause our physical necks are bigger (what?!). We have to think of social conventions made to busy people as problematic: are you folding your underwear because you're worried about them wrinkling? So many clothes are not wrinkling! Clean your clothes, but don't think you're failing at life if you're not folding laundry. Aaron requests more on sleep, and refers to an older episode by name "I'm not tired, you're tired!” David wonders: what would a Aaron tell his younger self if he had a 20 second time machine. He'd like to tell himself: “be brave, it's hard, it gets better. And look into ADHD earlier." The whole sequence of anxiety he's had to deal with has been altered by knowing about ADHD and being medicated. It's not just the medicine, it's finally having a reason for how his interior life is the way he is. If there's no reason, it's just your fault—why is Aaron a slob in his private places? It's not a character defect. But some people with ADHD are clean and tidy! Isabelle is one of these people—she just got a label maker and has been labeling her cabinets and pantry with things but then putting exclamation points at the end, so it says things like “BEANS!” “PASTA!” Referring back to Ep097, David names that Isabelle is a promoter: of pantry staples. But for Isabelle, she doesn't mind if others are making messes, she just needs things to be in order because otherwise they will move on her, it's a way to accommodate her working memory and find things again later. There isn't a right way to fit into this culture,. There's parts of ADHD culture—and theory of group dynamics, that says that people within a group have more things different between each other than they do with those outside of the group: ADHD is no different. Like medically: with depression, you can sleep not at all, or sleep a lot: these are opposite things and yet they all fall under the same diagnosis. Some things we can all relate to, like the way that we are hurt by our own integrity (not doing what we wanted or said we would do), our celebration and glee at remembering to do or finally doing the boring thing! Recognizing you have ADHD is a bit like parts of you being seen before, and suddenly all these associated pains --you don't know why you can't do what you want to do, and it has be to you. Aaron ties that back to his calvinist upbringing: “I wanted to do this, why did I forget?" It's the internal monologue we have to chance. There are parts of us that in a wheelchair and we keep coming at stairs. Isabelle references “I wanna to be a man in motion? All I need is this pair of wheels. Take me where the eagle's fly: St. Elmo's Fire."  ...

The Medical Establishment is getting 2/3 of Depression Diagnoses Wrong & Science is PROVING We're ALL Hardwired for Spiritual Awakening  Dr. Lisa Miller (Columbia University Clinical Psychology Professor, Founder & Director of Spirituality Mind Body Institute) reveals surprising scientific proof that we're ALL born with the capacity to awaken spiritually—and how you can tap into it TODAY!  She shares mind-blowing research on how your brain is wired for spiritual awareness, how depression can actually be a doorway to spiritual awakening, and how mindfulness can lead to deeper inner peace, connection to a higher power, and even an increase in intuitive abilities. Dr. Miller dives into the shocking truth about why medicine is failing us in treating depression & anxiety—and what you can do about it without relying on SSRIs—how serving others can be the key to lifting yourself up, and what structured religion is missing when it comes to fostering true spiritual awareness. Dr. Lisa Miller also breaks down:- 4 powerful steps to living a fully integrated spiritual life (no need for psychedelics or one-off altered states!)- Purpose of suffering in your spiritual path & how it can lead to growth- Spiritual solution to depression- 3 simple techniques to quiet your mind enough to hear messages from the universe- Why loving your enemy is a game-changer for spiritual growth- Practical tips to cultivate a deeper connection to our higher selves and the divine If you're ready to break free from the conventional and tap into a higher consciousness, you NEED to TUNE IN to MBB today! Dr. Lisa Miller's book, THE AWAKENED BRAIN: https://a.co/d/iaBHLXU BialikBreakdown.comYouTube.com/mayimbialik

"playfulness and adults is very under researched and under utilised in organisations to help people to thrive..."Elrika and I have a great conversation about the power of play and playfulness in creating workplaces where people and performance can thrive. Light-hearted practices enhance empathy and shared experiences, and despite challenges in remote work, maintaining playfulness is possible in virtual meetings. Playfulness is often undervalued in adult contexts, yet it's crucial for brain function, creativity, and performance. We explore the cultural sensitivities around play in the workplace as well as the neuroscientific processes as work. Technology and digital can also be used to leverage play in the workplace and leaders who dare to incorporate playfulness can create more collaborative, creative, and resilient workplaces, and enhance human connection.Techniques like Lego Serious Play are more than just child's play; they are strategic tools for inclusion, creativity and balance, even at the highest levels of management.Elrika shares her research, insights and experience from working with organisations and leaders around the globe on 'how to play' seriously and to enhance the bottom line business results. The main insights you'll get from this epsiode are : - Playfulness in adults is important for thriving although sadly scarce. Research into playfulness and its effect on the brain shows that play is rooted in our brain chemistry, so it is part of all of us but not nurtured in all of us.- An agile world requires us to consider the whole human and embrace our roots of being playful. One definition of play is the playful onion: play is on the outer layers we can see, playfulness is on the inner layers we can't see, and the playful centre is where we find compassion, warmth and imagination.- The LEGO Serious Play approach allows us to learn from each other's models and gives us time to reflect on the results, which enables introverts and extroverts to play along by creating a safe space and catering for all personality types – it is overarchingly collective but facilitates individual input.- It builds skills, increases challenge, enables flow and does not assume that leaders have the answers – rather that everyone has the answers. Neurologically, thinking and talking use only the frontal lobe of the brain.- The hand-brain connection relaxes people enough to listen and be creative and using more of the brain increases divergent thinking. LEGO stimulates multiple processes simultaneously, releasing serotonin (excitement about the process), dopamine (completing the task) and adrenaline (the urgency of the task).- In a safe environment, it is possible to build something and break it again, enabling us to fail together and building team cohesiveness. Playfulness in the workplace can also address stress and burnout challenges, providing a feeling of safety to experience emotions: ‘If I can laugh with you, I can cry with you'.- Playfulness creates safety, but safety is required to play – this reciprocity needs respect, clear boundaries, and space for exploration and engagement; it allows us to bring our personalities to work, and be less afraid of who we are, and of imposter syndrome.- When using play for leaders in organisations with a clear hierarchy, it is important to understand different levels of play and playfulness; sometimes apparently serious people are playful (NOT silly – this is a clear and significant difference).- The Proyer approach of OLIW – other-directed, light-hearted, intellectual, whimsical – is...

In this episode of the Experience Miracles podcast, Dr. Tony Ebel discusses the unique aspects of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care and how it differs from traditional chiropractic approaches. He explains why focusing on the nervous system first is crucial for healing and details the specific techniques and philosophy behind neurotonal adjustments.[00:00:45] - The importance of parents who never stop learning and advocating for their children[00:01:30] - Overview of current healthcare options available to parents through social media and online resources[00:02:45] - The critical role of nervous system healing as a foundation for all other treatments[00:04:00] - Discussion of why patients often try multiple natural approaches before finding neurotonal chiropracticKey Differences in Neurotonal Chiropractic: [00:05:00] - Introduction to neurotonal adjustments and their focus on nervous system tone [00:07:00] - Explanation of structural vs. neurological approaches in chiropractic care [00:09:00] - The importance of the spine as the hub of the central and autonomic nervous systemApproaches: [00:11:00] - How neurotonal adjustments differ from traditional chiropractic techniques [00:13:00] - The gentler, more specific nature of neurotonal adjustments [00:15:00] - Why higher frequency of visits is necessary for neurological reorganizationTechnical Details: [00:16:00] - Discussion of various chiropractic techniques (Gonstead, Thompson, etc.) [00:18:00] - The use of multiple techniques in neurotonal practice [00:20:00] - Why the integrator is preferred over the activatorAdditional Therapies: [00:22:00] - Discussion of complementary therapies (MNRI, cranial work, etc.) [00:24:00] - Why timing matters in introducing additional therapies [00:26:00] - Perspective on laser therapy and other modern interventions-- Follow us on Socials: Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care. To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory Subscribe, share, and stay tuned for more incredible episodes unpacking the power of Nervous System focused care for children!

In this episode, Dr. Tony Ebel delves into the critical differences between three types of chiropractic care, with a particular focus on Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care for children with chronic health issues. He shares his personal journey as a chiropractor, evolving from standard care to functional neurology, and finally to a neurologically focused approach. Dr. Tony emphasizes the importance of addressing the nervous system first and explains why doing too much too soon can be counterproductive. The episode also provides guidance on how to identify a truly Neurologically- Focused Chiropractor and highlights the significance of measuring progress through specialized scans and neurological soft signs. 00:00 - Introduction and importance of understanding different types of chiropractic care02:30 - Dr. Ebel's personal journey as a chiropractorStandard chiropractic care (V1)Functional neurology and biomedical interventions (V2)Neurologically focused pediatric chiropractic (V3)10:00 - The problem with doing too much too soon in treatment15:00 - Explanation of standard spinal chiropractic care (Type 1)22:00 - Introduction to functional neurology chiropractic care (Type 2)28:00 - The importance of sequencing in healing32:00 - Neurologically focused chiropractic care (Type 3)Emphasis on central and autonomic nervous systemAchieving stability, resiliency, and adaptability38:00 - How to identify a truly neurologically focused chiropractor43:00 - The concept of "less is more" in initial phases of care48:00 - The role of education and empowerment in chiropractic care52:00 - Measuring progress through scans and neurological soft signs57:00 - Closing thoughts and call to action for sharing the podcastThe link to the Youtube video reference in this Episode by Dr. Tony : The Importance of Understanding Healing Order in Your Child's Health JourneyFor more information, visit PXDocs.com to read our “Understanding the Different Types of Chiropractic Care” article-- Follow us on Socials: Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care. To attend the next live Webinar: https://www.thepxdocs.com Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory Subscribe, share, and stay tuned for more incredible episodes unpacking the power of Nervous System focused care for children!

To learn more about the Neurodivere Love Conversation Cards and Workbook, the Neurodiverse Love Conference videos and the other resources available for individuals or couples in mixed neurotype relationships, check out ⁠Neurodiverse Love. _________________________________________________ Just about everyone in a neurologically mixed relationship is confused about their partner's behavior and is often quick to assign motive. Instead, Joe Biel and Faith Harper offer tools to step back, listen, take care of yourself, and learn how to attack challenges as a team.  You can learn more about Joe at: joebiel.net You can contact Dr. Faith at: www.faithharper.com

Episode Overview: In this episode of the Experience Miracles podcast, Dr. Tony Ebel discusses sensory processing disorder (SPD) in children. He explains the science behind SPD, its symptoms, and how it relates to other conditions such as ADHD, anxiety, and autism. Dr. Ebel also shares the three main triggers of SPD (pregnancy stress, birth interventions, and early developmental challenges) and the four neurological dysfunctions associated with it (subluxation, dysautonomia, nervous system dysregulation, and vagus nerve dysfunction). He emphasizes the importance of seeking neurologically-focused chiropractic care to address the root cause of sensory issues in children.Key Topics Covered:00:02:45 - Introduction to sensory processing disorder (SPD) and its various names00:07:14 - SPD is a brain-body disconnection, disregulation, and disorganization00:11:30 - SPD is not normal and should not be dismissed by healthcare professionals00:16:16 - The nervous system's role in sensory processing and integration00:22:49 - Two main types of SPD: overstimulation (raging bull) and understimulation (drunken bull)00:26:58 - Granular look at SPD symptoms in overstimulated and understimulated children00:31:06 - Three main triggers of SPD: pregnancy stress, birth interventions, and early developmental challenges (the perfect storm)00:34:21 - The role of birth interventions in causing neuromotor injuries leading to SPD00:36:07 - The impact of early developmental challenges (colic, antibiotics) on the gut-brain connection and SPD00:37:56 - Four neurological dysfunctions associated with SPD: subluxation, dysautonomia, nervous system dysregulation, and vagus nerve dysfunction00:43:50 - The importance of the vagus nerve in regulating the sensory processing system00:45:52 - Neurologically-focused chiropractic care as the missing link in addressing SPD00:46:47 - Using insight scanning technology to measure nervous system imbalances in children with SPD00:49:41 - Personalized chiropractic care plans for children with SPD, focusing on neurological repair and restoration00:52:25 - The importance of seeking out a specialized chiropractor who understands SPD and uses the appropriate techniques and technology00:53:57 - Call to action: learn more about SPD, share the podcast, and find a qualified PX doctor to help your childFor more information, visit PXDocs.com to read our “What is Sensory Processing Disorder?” article, as well as other informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care.-- Follow us on Socials: Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care. To attend the next live Webinar: https://www.thepxdocs.com Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory Subscribe, share, and stay tuned for more incredible episodes unpacking the power of Nervous System focused care for children!

In this episode, Dr. Tony Ebel discusses the important connection between the brain and gut, and how supporting this connection is key for children's health and wellbeing. He explains how the Vagus Nerve is the main pathway between the brain and gut, and a dysfunctional Vagus Nerve caused by a stressed nervous system can lead to many chronic health issues. Dr. Ebel emphasizes the need to focus on restoring nervous system function through a neurologically-focused chiropractor to truly help heal the gut and microbiome.Key Topics Covered:00:02 - Intro to brain-gut connection and making complex science simple and actionable00:06 - Most only learn about gut/microbiome from a nutritional perspective, but nervous system is key00:10 - Recap of how toxins damage the gut, but what if you've already fixed the diet?00:16 - Overview of role of microbiome and why it's been damaged recently00:22 - Nervous system dysregulation is root of inflammation, not just the gut00:27 - Nervous system controls gut function and microbiome, vagus nerve is conductor00:32 - Neurologically focused chiropractic adjusts vagus nerve most directly00:37 - Birth trauma and antibiotics damage vagus nerve and gut-brain connection00:43 - Finding subluxation patterns through scans to identify gut and immune issues00:58 - Traditional medicine is siloed, functional medicine works on systems, but chiropractic gets nervous system online01:06 - Examples of patients Francesca and Cole with anxiety, seizures improved through vagus nerve focus01:13 - Takeaway: if you've tried everything nutritionally, missing piece is nervous system chiropractic focus-- Follow us on Socials: Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care. To attend the next live Webinar: https://www.thepxdocs.com Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory Subscribe, share, and stay tuned for more incredible episodes unpacking the power of Nervous System focused care for children!

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Are you newly diagnosed with ADHD and looking for more support? Or are you currently awaiting an ADHD diagnosis and desperate for more guidance?? If so, look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.This week, proud ADHDer and neurodiversity advocate Louise Gooding joins us on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast.Louise is the author of three braintastic children's nonfiction books: Just Like Me: 40 Neurologically and Physically Diverse People Who Broke Stereotypes; The Memory Book, a reassuring story about understanding dementia; and recently released and best-selling Wonderfully Wired Brains, an introduction to the world of neurodiversity.Louise has worked with children from 5 to 16 and has got them thinking about their own wonderfully wired brains. She speaks openly about her own experiences as a neurodiverse child and adult and how her experiences have shaped who she is today.On this week's episode, Kate and Louise spoke about:Realising your dreams in unconventional ways Louise's journey to becoming a children's author Creating characters that ADHD children can relate to Creating understanding about Nuerodiverdence through booksFinding validation Struggling with the school system being undiagnosed Not being deterred by conventional ways of learning Accepting how your brain works to achieve what you want Having someone to bounce our ideas and reflect our emotions toThanks to our sponsor, Get Dopa, created by and for neurodivergent brains, with 16 powerful nootropic ingredients in one smart supplement. Get your 10% discount by using code Kate10 at the checkout. Click here to find out more. Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner helping overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly-diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity. Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.Follow the podcast on Instagram hereFollow Kate on Instagram hereFind Kate's resources on ADDitude magazine here

Today's episode ends our trip to Prague and the Motol Hospital, the birthplace of Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization. Julia Demekova is a PT specializing in assessing and treating patients with neurologic deficits. We discuss the necessary adaptations and arrangements for working with these patients. We also get her to tell some great Prague School stories. Enjoy! Show Notes DNS Pediatrics 1 with Marcela Safarova Neurodynamics World Congress Upcoming Courses Human Locomotion.com | Code 'GESTALTEDUCATION10' Core360 Belt | Code 'GESTALT' Dynamic Disc Designs | Code 'GESTALT' --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gestalt-education/support

As a mom, you've most likely heard the term “mommy brain” used to describe being more forgetful or more emotional once you've had your first child. It can sometimes wreak havoc for accountant moms who are ordinarily organized and even-tempered. Neurologically your female brain goes through many changes during pregnancy, but as a modern woman with a career, this can be very challenging. Think about it - just a century ago, most women were responsible for giving birth and raising children, not working outside the home to support them economically as well. Unfortunately, terms like “mommy brain” add to the preconception that pregnancy makes someone less capable. While women do go through various changes, it's also important not to assume that a soon-to-be or current accountant mom is any less capable than anyone else; in fact, she might now be more capable than before. This week on the podcast we discuss 3 things you should know about your accountant mom's brain and why they're important. You can read the full show notes HERE

Recently, I was talking to my brother-in-law, the shaman, don Xavier, yesterday. It was just a general conversation though some things came up that we have talked about before. None of it was pointed at me but we talked about a few concepts that just may be able to have an impact in your life.    Two things in particular. 1) Reactivity and 2) Nothing changes. When it comes to not changing I don't mean it in the way you may think. In the way we talked about it here, I'm sure most listeners will find it valuable and will be able to see themselves in it.   In my 13-week transformation program, TCP, we spend a week on the concept of reaction. Neurologically, a reaction can be related to either a survival defense or has simply become a brain-based habit. Regardless, how often do you get yourself in trouble when you react? How often do you react and wish you could take back your reaction? How often do you react and cause fights in your relationships?   No matter your reactivity, when it happens in response to someone else's behavior, you're out of balance.   Next, we talked about what we allow to change us and I don't mean overall, in the grand scheme of our life but I mean in the course of daily living.   When we let things change us, we give our power to the external world. The bigger caveat/message here is that it's vital that we find impeccability in our life and that is a loss of ego, letting go of attachment, letting go of past history, and balancing the higher part of us with the lower part of us.   When we learn to create impeccability, the key is not to let things change us from that, no matter what happens in life.   Transformational Takeaway: When we react, we change based on external circumstances and we let these circumstances pull us out of our peace of mind and balance.   Transformational Takeaway: The world needs those of us who desire to make it a better place. The world offers you opportunities; what you do with them is your choice.   VISIT THE SHOW NOTES HERE FOR MORE: https://www.jimfortin.com/274   LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.   Join the conversation inside the Jim Fortin Podcast Community Facebook group HERE.   OTHER RESOURCES YOU MAY ENJOY: My Instagram account Podcast Facebook Community Click here to send your questions   Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

David Allison is creator of the Valuegraphics database, and as of recording this interview, is closing in on his one millionth in-depth survey making his dataset iron clad. Allison is the first person in history to have built a tool allowing us to precisely communicate and position our message in a way others are neurologically wired to hear and understand.  Much of failed startups, wars, and broken relationships stem from bad communication resulting from misalignment and misunderstanding of others' values. Allison believes the valuegraphics databse is a great tool for marketers, allowing them to tap into new markets in a way not possible historically, but also believes this can change the world.  Traditionally, we've relied on poor demographic data to understand groups. But demographic groups rarely agree on anything. What groups do agree? Groups identified by values.  See the full show notes and a video message from Allison to listeners of the show at https://justinkbrady.com/david-allison-death-of-demographics 

EP:28 Do you often wonder have I absolutely failed my children? And the damage is done? Have I damaged them for good? And luckily, I get to tell you now, the damage is NOT just simply done. My goal with this week's episode of THRIVE Like a Parent podcast is to help you understand and go to sleep, trusting that you are doing enough that you're a great parent, you love your kids, and to stop shaming that brain. Everything leads back to sensory and emotional regulation. Neurologically supporting the brain affects your children in a very beautiful repair healthy way. If you learn to regulate your nervous system, what ends up happening is you learn to have a much healthier co regulation with your children. Because if you can support your brain in your body into repairing your own emotional state and repairing your own sensory state, then you can support your child as well... Join me on this week's episode of THRIVE Like a Parent podcast to dive deep into how to release the guilt and repair the relationship with your child.

This episode is about the power of your mindset and how to transform it into your superpower. Mindset has been a really hot topic lately, and for good reason - it can make a huge difference in how you make it count for your leadership and your life. The current landscape we're living in is tough and there is a lot that can pull us into negative thinking. In this episode, I discuss strategies and approaches that equip you to adapt and respond to situations in an empowered way, rather than letting things get you down, or control you. Neurologically, everything starts with a mindset. I explain what mindset is, the two types (fixed and growth) and how a growth mindset influences your success. I also share with you my easy, game-changing model - Mindset, Behaviour, Results and how this model can influence your life, personally and professionally. Finally, I equip you with six tips that will get you underway to having a mindset that is your superpower: Identify negative thoughts Reframe your thinking Be conscious of your language Watch your actions Understand how to fuel your mindset Get support Your mindset is everything - you need to fuel it, protect it and support it, always. This episode will help you take the steps you need to understand and tweak your mindset for success. LINKS: Carol Dweck - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Wayne Dyer - “Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change.” Craig McRae - “We lost the game, we're not losers.” Connect with Julie: Instagram:    @juliehydeleads Website:    https://juliehyde.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neurologically speaking, our brains do not shut down when we go to sleep, and our subconscious kicks into gear with processing the flurry of information that we wrestle with during our waking hours. Is it possible that God speaks to us through our subconscious? On this Sunday, we'll look at various scientific and psychological studies about dreaming, and learn how to put our dreams into context. Yes, it is possible that God speaks to us through our dreams, but interpreting them requires intentionality and care, just like everything else related to listening for God's voice.

Welcome to Hope For Wives. With your co-hostesses: Pam Blizzard from RecoveredPeace.com Lyschel Burket from HopeRedefined.org Bonny Burns from StrongWives.com Today we are discussing how grief plays a part in our healing from the impact of sexual betrayal. As I've mentioned in previous podcasts, when the main person in your life betrays you, he murders the trust you had in him. Neurologically, your brain does not know the difference between the death of a person and the death of trust. So, the same process that brings about healing from the death of a loved one is the same process that brings about healing after the death of trust. It's painful, and messy, and often times doesn't make sense. We each give a short definition of grief. What were your personal experience with betrayal and grief? What are some ways you've seen your clients experience grief or things you've learned about grief? What practical tools and hope can we leave our friends with, especially for the ones who are fearful of the pain of grief?

This is Back To The Basics in Healthcare with Dr. Harley from Balanced Life Chiropractic in Sioux Falls, SD. Hear this program on Sunny 93.3fm each Wellness Wednesday at about 7:25am... also on SiouxFallsNewsRadio.com each hour that day. BalancedLifeSD.com or call 605-215-1785

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Lori Bean and Alyssa Rabin, the sister hosts of Women's Wellness - The Holistic Shift, share Lori's life-changing story about how she found healing and purpose within holistic modalities. Lori's experience led to the founding of Maliya and the devotion to true nurturing and collaboration between practitioners that Maliya stands for.Lori shares how she had what many in society consider an ideal life - a good marriage, a great husband, two lovely children, and a thriving interior design business - until a terrible car accident led to what felt like interminable recovery from profound injuries. Lori and Alyssa give insight into Lori's struggles to find support and healing modalities that truly worked. It wasn't until Lori attended a soul retreat that she identified what felt off and what she was missing in both her recovery and her life.Lori's realization led to her becoming a lymphatic drainage therapist and then a biodynamic craniosacral therapist. She founded Maliya because of her belief that part of what's missing in women's care is true collaboration between not only Western and Eastern medical practices, but between practitioners as well. Lori and Alyssa detail how Maliya offers nurturing, care, collaboration, and medication all designed to support women through connecting, healing body and soul, and helping them navigate the formation of true community.Resources discussed in this episode:MitochondriaSedona Soul AdventuresCalgary Distress CentreMaliya - Services-- Maliya: website | instagram | facebook TranscriptionAlyssa Rabin  01:00Hey, Lori. Lori Bean  01:01Hi, Alyssa. Alyssa Rabin  01:03How are you? Lori Bean  01:03I'm good. How are you? Alyssa Rabin  01:04I'm good. I'm so excited. We're here today to let you know why we've created Maliya, what we're all about, and how we're here to support you as women. So I think we need to start by, Lori, why have you created Maliya? What happened? What's going on? Lori Bean  01:25So I think I'll share a little bit about my story. The listeners will have a bit of an understanding of where this has come from and why Maliya is needed today. And maybe we start, we go back a little bit. So as we all navigate life, we have this idea that, you know, go to school, we graduate, we go to university, we get a degree, we get a job, we get into a relationship, we get married, we have children, and we live or we hope to live this little white picket fence life. And my life, like most people, was on track for that. I got married at 24. I had my first baby at 25. I graduated university very early, I became an interior designer. Before I even had my baby, I started my own interior design practice. And I was on track for this beautiful life. Alyssa Rabin  02:32That society tells us is a beautiful life. Lori Bean  02:34Yeah. And what we know or what's been ingrained in us as being the ideal life. And things were going pretty well. So I started to have this flourishing design practice, I had a three and a five year old. And my life was pretty good. Something, though, always felt a little bit unsettling. And I wasn't really sure what that was. At that time, I was super well, had a great husband, like, things were as they were supposed to be. And then about five or six years later, something started to feel out of alignment is the only way I can say it. So I was running my design practice but it wasn't fulfilling me. I had these amazing kids, but there was still something missing. Something was off and I just wasn't sure what it was. Then one morning, I'm now 31, we're taking the kids to swimming lessons and out of the blue we get into this horrible car accident. I was severely injured. My kids were injured. My husband at the time was fine. And it was a huge shock. I was physically traumatized. I had numerous injuries. Neurologically, I think at the time, I probably had some neurological damage. So I emerge from this car accident and this experience with, 'what just happened', like, my awareness at that time was okay, I'm in this car accident, I need to get care, I need to get help. I need to get better for my children. I need to get better for my husband. And I started this journey of searching for care. So in the beginning, being very much incapacitated, I did what normal people would do in this situation. So I saw my physician, I went for physio, I went for massage, I had chiropractic treatments, and I did all the things but I wasn't getting better. My physical body was starting to heal a little bit but I think the whiplash piece, the inflammation, just kept getting worse. Alyssa Rabin  04:57And I remember you saying one time it was almost, like, spreading. Lori Bean  05:00Yeah, it was, like, spreading and spreading in the sense of it was overtaking my body: the exhaustion, the inflammation. I just was not getting better. So even though the physical - so the herniations and all those things started to heal - the inflammation wasn't leaving, neurologically I wasn't getting better. I was just not feeling well, even though I looked well. Alyssa Rabin  05:27Okay, the reason that I can talk about this so personally is, Lori and I are sisters. So I was there through this journey with her. And one thing I'll say about Lori is, she is extremely stubborn. And does not like to ask for help. So in her everyday life she looked, quote/unquote, normal and healthy and with it and everything was going on. Lori Bean  05:55But I think it's because we live in this society where we need to show up. And it doesn't matter what's going on, we still need to be the perfect wife, the perfect friend, the perfect daughter, the perfect mother, still navigate our children. So we're still doing all of those things and holding space for everybody else, and we still come second. And I think what should have happened is I really should have delved deeper into care so I could be my fullest self. And then I would be able to navigate everything else with more capacity. But we don't know what we don't know. Alyssa Rabin  06:37Well, like they say on an airplane, if it's going down you put the mask on yourself first. So you can help everyone out. Lori Bean  06:43Right. But we don't, we just don't do that. And we don't ask for help, and we don't get the care we need. So as this is going along, I'm recognizing that my relationship with my spouse, he was unable to hold space for what I was going through. I think being a very strong woman and having it all together and running a business and running a family and all these things... and now I'm incapacitated, he didn't know what to do. No fault of his but the roles had sort of shifted. So I was very alone in this healing journey. My parents didn't really understand, my family didn't really understand, I couldn't - obviously my kids are five and three, I still needed to show up. So I go on this journey of trying to heal and I'm not getting better, and I'm not getting better, and I'm not getting better. Alyssa Rabin  07:28You're not getting the care and the support that you need. Lori Bean  07:30No, I would go to doctor's appointments and it would be this quick fix, 10-20 minute appointment, they would do an adjustment, or I would go for physio, I'd go home, and I would be alone. So this whole alone scenario started to develop and they didn't have an understanding emotionally around what I was going through. I was not coping, I didn't have the capacity, I was continuing to deteriorate. And so then it led to not only this physical unwellness, but this emotional/mental unwellness. So then I was put on anti anxiety/anti depression medication, which sort of, in reflection, was a band aid. Kind of helped a little bit but I was still struggling and not recovering. I slept constantly, my immune system started to fail. I started to get every single illness that was out there, every flu, every - everything that you could possibly experience I started to experience. Alyssa Rabin  08:31And you were diagnosed with every everything. Fibromyalgia... Lori Bean  08:36Chronic fatigue, they thought I had MS, they thought I had Lyme disease. I had all this testing done through my medical doctor, and the testing comes back or kept coming back normal, normal, normal, you're fine, normal. Alyssa Rabin  08:49FYI, people, did you know that when you actually go to a western medicine doctor, and they do the whole line of bloodwork, your annual bloodwork work, they literally don't test for anything. It's the bare bone basics. Lori Bean  09:06Yeah. And then if you fall into, for example, if they're checking your thyroid, and you fall into the quote/unquote normal range, even if you're really, really high, but you're still normal or just a little over, or really, really low, you're still considered fine. They will not pursue that or navigate that any further. They do not check for things like cancers or Lyme disease, like things that - Alyssa Rabin  09:32 - are on a cellular basis. Lori Bean  09:33Yeah. They don't look into your mitochondria. They don't look into the health of your cells. They don't look at certain levels of inflammation. It still falls within a certain range. Which I didn't know for quite a while because how can I be this unwell and everything comes back normal? So this actually went on for, I would say, seven years. And it affected everything in my life and I was not getting better, not getting better, not getting better. And it also actually gave me time to sit with what I would call my truth. My truth being: What is this all about? Why is this happening? What is out of alignment in my life that is not allowing me to move forward and to heal? What do I need to find and what support do I need to get better? To fulfill me, but also to get to the root of what was actually happening. Alyssa Rabin  10:32And by then you start thinking you're crazy. Lori Bean  10:36Oh yeah, definitely thought I was crazy. Every day I spent time on WebMD researching everything I could possibly research. And it turned out I, in my mind, I had every single disease out there because I had every symptom out there of everything. And then one day, I'm now - my car accident was 31, I'm now 39 - I'm sitting at the computer on WebMD and a pop-up comes up about something about the soul. And I remember seeing the word 'the soul'. And I sat at the computer and I looked at that word for a while and I thought what's the soul? Yeah, is it religious? My interpretation or my awareness at that time around soul was, it was very existential and it was super woo-woo and I grew up with this very scientific Western medical way of navigating life. You have an illness, you take a pill, you take a drug, you know, then you're going to be fine, fine. And I'm, something about that resonated, because I knew it wasn't my physicalness. It wasn't my mental health - that was deteriorating, but I knew that wasn't the cause. And then I started to look up the soul. And I thought, hmm, maybe it's something deeper that I am not aware of, or not connected to. And as I started to explore what the soul, our soul, is all about, I discovered this retreat in Sedona through the Sedona - what was it called? - it was like a soul adventure retreat. It was a five day retreat, and the explanation of what you experienced and why you would go to this retreat was all about connecting to your truth. Are you in alignment with yourself? Are you on the right path in life? And this connection of being out of alignment with your soul, your essence, how that impacts your mental, physical well being. And every example they gave, it was like reading my story. And I didn't recognize at the time how out of alignment I was because my life, in essence, was perfect. I had a great husband, I had beautiful children, I had an amazing job making tons of money, all the things that we aspire to. But when I sat with the truth, my relationship was more of a friendship, which was lovely, but it wasn't fulfilling the needs that I started to learn I needed in a marriage. And being a mom was not enough. And I started to recognize that that was okay. I love being a mom, but it wasn't fulfilling my soul. And my design practice, even though it was flourishing, you know, I was successful, making a lot of money, I don't think that's exactly what I should be doing in this lifetime. There was something more for me. Which I always knew, but I was still following this path. So anyway, I decided I'm gonna go to the soul adventure retreat. I literally booked the retreat the next day. I flew away on my own to Sedona, Arizona, I rented a car, got my own hotel, I'd never left my husband, I'd never left my family. And I do this five day soul exploration. And all I can say is my life shifted drastically from that experience. I really grasped how important it is that in this lifetime, we live our truth and we spend time diving into what is in alignment with who we are, how we need to show up, what really feels good. Alyssa Rabin  14:34What feels right. Lori Bean  14:35What feels right. Just because you're good at something, I was great at design and I still like it, it's something I love to do, but is that my purpose? Is that really how I need to be living my days, you know, what kind of relationship am I really looking for? You know, there was no abuse. There was nothing like that, but there was this disconnect, this deep level of understand who I was that was not being fulfilled, being seen in my relationship, a level of intimacy that I didn't really even know I wasn't receiving. I mean, you don't know what you don't know if you haven't had it, we got married super young. I just knew something was missing. So essentially, I came back, and with this greater sense of awareness, still not knowing exactly what I should be doing, I knew that there was more. I decided to end my 18 year marriage. Alyssa Rabin  15:30And he is wonderful. Lori Bean  15:32Yep, nothing against him. It was just this sense of Alyssa Rabin  15:36Disconnect. I keep saying disconnect. Lori Bean  15:39There was a disconnect. And we're different people, which is okay, but I think we were both meant for more. He was meant for more from our relationship that I wasn't able to facilitate. And the same for me. And so yeah, I ended the relationship, I sold my business, we got separated. And I did a lot of self work. Who I was. I knew there was something around connecting to women. So I started to volunteer at the Calgary Distress Center. I did that for two years, supporting women on the phone lines. I worked at the Women's Center, the women's shelters, and in doing that, even as a volunteer, my heart, my soul, that's when I knew my soul was connected to my truth. Because I felt so good. I started to feel better. My physical being started to heal, my mental well being started to heal. I felt in alignment. I felt excited about life, I was showing up better for my children, better for my family. And trust me, I wasn't healed or perfect, there was still a lot of work. Alyssa Rabin  16:55And she was still on her anti anxiety, which we still are, thank God for that. Lori Bean  16:59Yeah. Like, I think there's definitely value in our western medical system. But I also, at the time, became more open to exploring different modalities, different ways of healing, different opportunities and practitioners that could support me. And I met with a naturopath who did unsurmountable levels of testing and I discovered so much on a cellular level that was going on in my body, there was so much hormone dysregulation. I had incredibly low progesterone levels, super high estrogen levels, my cortisol levels were off the chart, I ended up just outside of the range of where my thyroid should be. So I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. And then I started on supplementation to help support all these different systems in my body. And literally, it changed my life. Alyssa Rabin  17:56Yeah. And I remember it was almost like a switch. Lori Bean  17:58It was like a switch. And I was being heard and seen. All of these appointments are people who deeply care, they've gone through their own experiences, they can hold space for your well being. Alyssa Rabin  18:12They get it. Lori Bean  18:14They get it. They have a level of understanding that I'd never experienced. I dove into the world of craniosacral therapy and lymphatic drainage therapy and acupuncture. And collectively, I started to emerge as the person I am meant to be in this lifetime. And from there, I decided okay, maybe my role in this world is to become a practitioner. So I became a life coach. So I took a two year training to become a life coach. And something about that - it was amazing and there was a lot of self exploration through that - but still, I realized after that program, that just wasn't the right fit. So then I went and became a lymphatic drainage therapist, which was incredible. And I think it's one of the most beautiful modalities for healing. It gets our systems, our fluids flowing and draining and clearing, and relieves toxicity in the body, and all these things, amazing. And then I thought, okay I need to add something to that, so I became a biodynamic craniosacral therapist, which literally changed my life. I mean, that is really about regulating the nervous system and supporting all our systems in our body on a cellular level: our tissues, our blood, our cerebrospinal fluids, our muscles, our organs, everything in functioning on a higher level. Alyssa Rabin  19:51And how they're quote/unquote supposed to function. Lori Bean  19:54And how they're supposed to function. And the incredible things I was seeing with my clients, I mean, I would be working at the head on the brain and all of a sudden somebody with a knee injury, the knee would start to shift, the patella would move, the healing that's connected throughout the body is absolutely fascinating. And in doing that, what really started to happen was I started to recognize, especially with something like biodynamic craniosacral therapy, because you're releasing, a lot of it's based in trauma, and trauma gets trapped in our tissues and ourselves. A couple of days later, all these emotions would start to emerge. And so it was kind of cool, because I could then bring in my life coaching and support them. But that's not really my role. So I started to connect with some psychologists that I knew, that after a craniosacral treatment, they could meet with a psychologist, and they can kind of work through the trauma that was emerging. Very cool, right? Or, on the other hand, I would start to notice in the body that there were other things that needed to support. So I could actually really tap into what was going on, perhaps with the liver, or with the hormones in the body, or different things that I started to connect with. And I reached out to my friend, who's a functional medicine practitioner, and she was able to take them on so she can get to their systems at a deeper level and do deeper testing. So all of that was... Alyssa Rabin  21:29Except practitioners can't talk from clinic to clinic. Lori Bean  21:35No, no. So it wasn't cohesive enough, because they would work with one of my clients but I wouldn't really know what was going on, or they wouldn't totally know because there's not a- Alyssa Rabin  21:46Collaboration. Lori Bean  21:48Yeah, it's not a true collaboration, because we're not really working together. It's one referral to another referral, they're still going all over the place. So there was still - Alyssa Rabin  21:58Doctor/client privilege, you know? You keep what's going on and you can't share that with anyone else. Lori Bean  22:04Yeah. So I really started to understand that this needed to be happening in an environment where all of this information can be shared and we work collaboratively with these clients. And in saying that, it's not just one client going to this person, this person, and this person, it's really working together to create a plan for the client. And we're supporting them holistically over a period of time. We're all monitoring the client together, we're making sure that the treatments align with one another. They're getting the support they need, we're taking the time to really listen to what's going on in the body and finding and working with the practitioners that will really meet their specific needs. Alyssa Rabin  22:55And this is what brings us to what is Maliya? What is it? Lori Bean  23:00And so, everyone kept saying, Lori we need to create something like this together, we need to open a center that comes from - yes, a lot of clinics talk about collaboration, but are they truly collaborating or are they're just a bunch of practitioners working together in a space? So it's really about collaborating together for care. And the other piece is, so much of it is about environment. I think the number one thing is being able to feel safe. And if you feel safe in an environment, and you feel nurtured, and supported and cared for, then that level of care is elevated to a whole other level. And so what Maliya, really that was number one, so number one was creating an environment that's not essentially spa-like, not clinic-like, but it is nurturing and welcoming and warm and comfortable. We have a beautiful lounge where people can come and sit and share and perhaps join a book club or perhaps a woman's talk or healing sessions. And it's warm and inviting. So that's number one. Number two, we have a wellness specialist, who's Alyssa, who takes the time to meet with you to figure out what you've been going through, what you're going through, what you've experienced, what modalities you've already explored, which physicians you're seeing, what medications you're on, and what is missing, why you're not better. Alyssa Rabin  24:45So what I would do with that information is I would, knowing the modalities that we have here very, very, very in depth and very well, I would sort of in my head you know, say okay, well, I think that they could do acupuncture which would help regulate blah blah blah. And cranial because they need some of their nervous system put in place and regulated. And then I would actually approach the practitioners and I would say, look without using names or anything, I would say, we have somebody here who is experiencing this, this is what they're going through, this is what's missing, do you believe that your modality could support them or fit with them. And then from there, I would continue and continue until we actually had a package put together for you as an individual, with individual practitioners that would work with you. And we have multiple practitioners working in each modality. So it's not just like, you're gonna come in, and you're gonna do psychology, and you have to see our psychologist, we have three different psychologists, so depends on your personality, depends on your needs, your wants, your desires, It's totally different, they practice differently from one another, so whatever is going to fit into you is who we would match you with and pair you with. And then I would sit down with you again, and I would lay out all of our practitioners and what we think would help, and not help, and then you get to choose. You can do all, you can do none, you can do one, you can do some, just knowing that there's care that can actually help you as an individual, is key is totally key. After you do a modality with a practitioner, me as the wellness coach, wellness specialist, I will call you, see how you're doing, you know. After cranio, as Lori stated earlier, things can start to come up a day or two later, and you're alone, by yourself, not knowing if this is normal. If, are you going crazy? Should I be experiencing this? Lori Bean  27:07Do I need additional support? Who else do I need to see right now? Alyssa Rabin  27:11Exactly, and so that's when you'll get a little phone call from me. Saying how are you doing? Do you have any questions? I'm here. Tell me, talk to me. Lori Bean  27:19It's all about support and care. And what I really know, one million percent, is that I think my journey of unwellness and illness really would have been a much shorter journey if I would have had the care and support and nurturing. And I think, too, when we show up in the world as these strong women, people don't recognize that it's actually the strong women that even need a whole other level of support. Alyssa Rabin  27:51Absolutely. Lori Bean  27:53And it's hard for us to ask for it or to even accept it, to be honest. But the need is so deep. And I wonder, too, if maybe we show up so strongly to really mask our sensitivity. And I think we need to have awareness as practitioners that this is something going on with a lot of us. Alyssa Rabin  28:23And let you know that you're not alone. Lori Bean  28:26Yeah, I think it's just so common. It's so normal, we see it all the time here. You know, people don't know what to do, they've been ill for a really long time, they're not getting the care they need, they've done practices that aren't working, there's no follow up. There's no conversation, there's no integration. Integration is so big when you've had an experience or you're trying a new medication, or you're trying a new supplement, like how is that working for you? Let's figure out how we can support you on a deeper level. Alyssa Rabin  28:56And, as well I was saying, you know, with acupuncture and cranial therapy, we also have a nurse practitioner that's on board here. So we truly and completely believe in a collaboration of Western and Eastern medicine. Like I always say thank God for my happy pills. But then at the same time, that's helping one aspect, whereas there's so many other aspects that can be helped and guided through all of these different modalities. So the collaboration of Western and Eastern is huge. Lori Bean  29:32Yeah. And what we really are promoting is seeing a naturopath first and getting all of the in depth testing done so we can see where all your levels are at. If there is something that shows up in that testing that needs to be dealt with immediately with medication, that's when the nurse practitioner comes in and they work together to navigate that. Or you're on supplements to help with, perhaps it's cortisol levels or your progesterone, whatever it is that's showing up. And if it needs to be managed at a deeper level, the nurse practitioner comes in to help regulate, you know, your hormones or what have you. But they're constantly working together with both supplements, and perhaps it's mental wellness, and medication. I think it's a total collaboration. And just the other piece that I want to bring in is, especially with COVID, and this level of isolation we've experienced, what we're seeing with people actually fearful of reemerging into society, and connecting again and getting help. We've created a studio where we offer - yes, we offer yoga - but we also offer small, intimate groups of connection through mindfulness, through restorative practices, through women connecting, all of our yoga, all of our group classes, are very small and intimate. The studio doesn't have mirrors, the teachers are all trauma informed, we really want people to start connecting back to themselves by connecting to isolation. Yeah, and connecting with each other. And it's been interesting. So through COVID I was starting to study this... there's these little areas in the world called blue zones where communities are highly functional. These people thrive on levels that are unheard of. So their longevity, they live, they all live past one hundred and whatever years old. Yeah, they don't have mental illness, they don't have physical illness, they're not on medication, their immune systems are really, really strong. And in studying this, I was thinking, especially in creating Maliya, what are they doing differently than what wwe're experiencing here in North America? Alyssa Rabin  32:11We automatically think exercise and healthy eating, which is very important, but that's not what it is. Lori Bean  32:17No, they said the number one reason that they have this incredible high level of function and health is through community. So by being supported by other people in their community, being nurtured, being taken care of, whether it's a woman going through her menstrual cycle, or whether someone's pregnant or they just had a baby, or kids are struggling, or one of them has to work, there's always a community supporting the needs of those who need it. Alyssa Rabin  32:54So you're never left alone. Lori Bean  32:57No, you're never alone. You're never... you're always seen and heard and supported. And there's this huge sense of this extended family and they're not all related. It's a huge community of people loving and nurturing each other. Alyssa Rabin  33:17We hope Maliya is a blue zone. Truly and completely. Lori Bean  33:22We need to get back to connecting to one another. And so if we just gently immerse ourselves in connection and community, and that's why our classes are very, very small. They're very, very intimate. They're gently nudging you out of your isolation. They're safe, loving and nurturing. And I think, if we can really get that message across as to how important that is for your mental well being, which contributes to your physical well being and your spiritual well being, I think there's the opportunity for some really, really deep healing. Alyssa Rabin  34:06Absolutely. Absolutely. Lori Bean  34:09So we welcome you to Maliya, we welcome you to just drop by, or give us a call and explore some of our offerings. And even just have a conversation. If you're curious about what modalities we offer, who our practitioners are, what we can do for you, if you have suggestions, we're open to that as well. Alyssa Rabin  34:34Absolutely. And come in and have a coffee with us. Lori Bean  34:37Yeah, come have a chat. Come have a coffee. Alyssa Rabin  34:40We love when people just come in and come say hi. Yeah, it's the best part of the day. Lori Bean  34:46But we we want to change the way we love and nurture and care and support one another. Alyssa Rabin  34:53Absolutely.

Dr. Shane is the owner and lead chiropractor at Thrive Family Chiropractic. He grew up in Carroll, IA graduating from Kuemper Catholic High School. From a very young age, he had the passion to help people and was fascinated by the potential of the human body. He furthered his education studying biology and pre-chiropractic at the University of Northern Iowa. In Cedar Falls, he met his wife, Kristin (Ploeger) Hoffman, who teaches at Cornell Elementary in the Saydel School District. Together, with their two dogs, they relocated to the Urbandale area to be closer to family and friends and currently live in Ankeny. Dr. Shane worked in a large family practice in Waterloo while in undergrad and at that point in time he discovered his passion for pediatrics and pregnancy. During the last part of his clinical experience at Palmer, Dr. Shane had the opportunity to intern at Higher Health Chiropractic, one of the largest pediatric clinics in the midwest and the biggest in the state of Michigan. Member of the Johnston & Urbandale Chambers, The Greater Des Moines Partnership, Urbandale GenYP, the Kiwanis club of Urbandale, a frequent volunteer within the community, and regularly presents educational lunch & learns to help educate the community about their health, healing, and why chiropractic works. In high school, Dr. Shane suffered from asthma and digestive issues that affected the sports he loved and his daily life. After being under consistent chiropractic care, Dr. Shane noticed not only were his aches and pains gone, but so were his respiratory and digestive issues.  It was then that Dr. Shane knew he wanted to help others find healing from the inside-out through principled chiropractic care. His passion is to help families find hope, get well, and make informed decisions about their health, and thrive in life through principled chiropractic corrective care.FOLLOW THRIVE FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC:InstagramFacebookthrivefamilydsm.com Produced by: Northgate Marketing, Inc. Host: David Allen Tracy  CONNECT WITH DAVID:InstagramLinkedin FOLLOW NORTHGATE:LinkedinInstagramFacebookYouTubewww.wearenorthgate.comSUBSCRIBE TO MIDNIGHT FOOD COMA

When was the last time you had the freedom to pursue things you were curious about? These activities are key to unlocking our peak performances. Find out more in this illuminating episode with our special guest, Steven Kotler.   What motivates you?   It's a simple question that can be answered in a variety of ways. You can look at extrinsic motivators, which are things in the world that you work hard to get. Examples of this include money, sex, fame, a new house, and car.   And then you can also have intrinsic motivators. This includes goal-setting, grip, passion, curiosity, purpose, autonomy, and mastery.    When we discuss cultivating motivation, we're discussing how we can align and tune-up that entire stack of skills. Steven Kotler concedes that this isn't an easy feat—but when you finally get the hang of it, the benefits are extraordinary.   You may think that this isn't something you're capable of doing. Maybe you feel different from the “greats” of this world. But in this episode, Steven Kotler and Alexander McCaig disprove that mindset. The reality is you are just as capable of peak performance as any other athlete.   It's the first basic point of Steven Kotler's book: all human beings are foundationally hardwired for peak performance. Our biggest challenge is learning how to work with our natural biology so that we seamlessly enter a flow sequence that empowers us to become our best selves. What Happens if I Just Push Through? What's our instinctive response to getting something done? We try using raw grit to push ourselves through the task. And grit is trainable, but you have to work at it by pushing yourself slightly harder than you want to every single day. Grit without flow is a recipe for burnout.   The way our system is wired, we need to get some flow from an activity before we're comfortable enough with learning how to get gritty.   Extrinsic motivators can only do so much in propelling us forward. Once we get what we want, we need to start asking ourselves: what else can we look forward to?    This is where intrinsic motivators come in. And Steven Kotler believes that it's best to start with curiosity. Look for different curiosities that introduce more passion into your life. Learn things that catch your eye: read some books, watch a movie, listen to a lecture, take a quick class…there are so many ways to feed your curiosity.   Once you start cultivating them, you can really start looking for where they overlap and intersect. And then you can start building something that's uniquely your own from these intersections—something that fuels your passion because it gives you all the dopamine you need to focus.   It's important to think of achieving peak performance as a marathon, not a sprint. This won't happen overnight.  It's all about getting a little today and a little tomorrow, until everything compounds into the peak mindset we're looking for. The Role of Autonomy in Motivation What does our personal autonomy have to do with cultivating motivation? This was a salient part of the discussion, as TARTLE is an advocate for human rights.   If you have to do something that is not of your own choosing, Steven Kotler believes that the best way forward is to find something in the task that affords an opportunity for mastery.   At this point, Alexander McCaig shares his personal experience with rowing. Sure, it helped him get through college and he was pretty good at it. But he did not have any motivation for the sport.    “My life became a function of how low can you get a specific number over a set distance. That was the mastery, right? How do I get there? How do I get there the most efficiently?” Alexander McCaig shared, “Everything else, it paid for me to go to university at the time and all that other good stuff. But it wasn't truly something I had any passion towards. I wasn't actually intrinsically motivated to do this thing.”   When Alexander McCaig chose to leave rowing, he regained his sense of autonomy. And he shares that the benefits were twofold: first, there was a massive difference in his internal happiness. Second, he freed up more energy to focus on the things he really wanted to do. Steven Kotler's Encounter With the Flow State Steven Kotler shared his experience in being diagnosed with Lyme disease, a chronic autoimmune condition that can be fatal when it reaches the brain. He was incredibly sick, and described it as having “the worst flu you've ever had crossed with paranoid schizophrenia.”   Neurologically, Steven Kotler struggled. He lost both short-term and long-term memory, suffered from hallucinations, couldn't see straight, and experienced pain everywhere. This was his life for three years.   In the middle of this dark period, one of his friends demanded that he try surfing. Initially Steven Kotler laughed at this suggestion—after all, he couldn't even walk across a room. But she insisted, and eventually he gave in. They took a trip to the beach, carried him to the shore, and handed him a board the size of the Cadillac.   And then they walked him to the lineup and he sat on his board.   “I took all the energy I had left in the world, I think and decided I was going to try to catch that wave. And it was maybe, as I said, like a foot and a half on,” Steven Kotler explained, “But I paddled and puffed my feet and popped up into a dimension that I didn't even know existed.”   Later in the episode, he described his feeling while surfing as a “very powerful altered state experience.” And he found out that this altered consciousness is referred to as a flow state.    This flow state is incredibly similar to the state of mind that athletes used to become superhuman. So What Really is the Flow State All About? How did Steven Kotler interpret his experience of the flow state, in the context of his Lyme disease? To this, he refers to a book called The Breakout Principle by Herb Benson.    First, an autoimmune condition is caused by a nervous system going haywire. According to Herb Benson, moving into a flow state jumpstart a release of nitric oxide. This pushes stress hormones out of our system and lets in a variety of feel-good neurochemicals, such as dopamine and serotonin.   When Steven Kotler entered the flow state, he effectively reset his nervous system to zero. In addition, these neurochemicals are huge immune system boosters.   We most commonly see the flow state with athletes. But it can also take on a mystical form as well. Abraham Maslow, in his study of high achievers, found that their one commonality was a capacity to alter consciousness and place themselves into flow states.    Suddenly, a common thread is established between high achievers, athletes, and Steven Kotler's experience on the waves. Everything boils down to shifting into the flow state. Closing Thoughts Our quality of life can be improved significantly if we understand how our biology works, and what we can do to build towards our flow state. Steven Kotler's life experiences and insights highlight the urgency for systems and foundations that give us autonomy, the freedom to pursue our curiosities and our passions.   As it turns out, there is nothing that separates us from high achievers, athletes, and mystics. We've got everything we need to be built into our human biology. What we need to work on is our capacity to induce our peak performance.   Let's build a world where we can make that happen for everyone.   What's your flow state worth?

Ariele Mortkowitz is passionate about working with and for women. She creates communities that help women interact with each other, their families and their faith. Ariele has dedicated herself to the pursuit of fulfilling female spiritual and communal experiences. Prior to the creation of SVIVAH, she created the Agam Center to establish a Jewish communal home for women's spirituality, wellness, ritual, and education. She has dedicated her life to learning and becoming a woman who spiritually uplifts other women. Through her work, she had developed many connections that inspired and encouraged her to create SVIVAH. Although Ariele describes the creation of SVIVAH as a happy accident, Ariele's experience and learning positioned her to successfully launch SVIVAH. In the three years of SVIVAH's existence they have grown from a gathering of 50 women to a database of over 2,000. ABOUT SVIVAH (From their website)SVIVAH is a multigenerational, inclusive, powerful community of Jewish women*.SVIVAH is a women-designed, women-run, women-centered community dedicated to exploring, designing, and discovering a more nourishing, inspiring, and connected Jewish communal experience for women. The purpose of “community” is to make us stronger, nurture our values, show us where we belong, inspire and enable us to achieve more than we can alone. It is time for women to ensure that our Jewish community fills these universal communal needs for ourselves. As an inclusive, women-only space in the Jewish community, SVIVAH serves as a training ground, a safe space for skill-building and exploration, a “dugout” to empower women to be at their best when they go back out on the “playing field” of our professional and social spheres. SVIVAH is committed to creating communal conversations and support for women's health, wealth, spiritual, professional, and personal empowerment as a vehicle for strengthening us as individuals and making us more powerful as a collective. It is a space for meaningful interactions with like-minded, like-hearted individuals and an opportunity to be strengthened by what we have in common, while growing from the ways we differ. Let us not waste the incredible strength and value of our diverse, multigenerational Jewish womanhood. Women are strengthened by each other; the Jewish community will be better for our strength. Of us. By us. For us.In an ever-increasingly egalitarian global society, there is need for a women-only space for Jewish women to convene, connect, and build confidence through community. There is proven scientific benefit to women connecting meaningfully with other women. Neurologically, women benefit from the community of other women – women who share their values and life-experience. We want to invest in connections built on shared experience rather than common demographics or location. We want to widen the pipleline to the bounty of community resources intended to help us live our strongest lives. In times that are increasingly fraught by “the plague of loneliness”, lack of connection, limited time, why not maximize the purposefulness of our Jewish community and its value to its women? Women are stronger with community – let's give it to them.In Hebrew, “svivah” means “to surround her” – and that's exactly what we do.*SVIVAH DEFINES "JEWISH WOMAN" AS ANYONE WISHING TO BE INCLUDED IN A CIRCLE OF JEWISH WOMEN.*Follow SVIVAH on  Facebook ,  Instagram , Twitter, and YouTube.Support the show (https://www.bridges613.org/donate)

Neurologically and physiologically we are predisposed to be attracted to the negative, but how does that influence our decision-making reactions? How is this linked to fear and its ability to control us as we function opposite of who we are? What is the truth concerning the condition of humanity and the future of our nation?

Journalist and science writer Emily Willingham chats with Trey Elling about THE TAILORED BRAIN: FROM KETAMINE, TO KETO, TO COMPANIONSHIP, A USER'S GUIDE TO FEELING BETTER AND THINKING SMARTER. Questions include: Why does the brain burn so much energy, even when it isn't doing much? (03:04) Can brain game apps translate to increased performance in real life? (10:41) Do any drugs enhance cognitive load, a la Bradley Cooper in Limitless? (13:53) How much does exercise help with cognition? (14:45) Can socioeconomics impact cognitive functioning? (18:04) Neurologically speaking, how does empathy work? (20:27) Is there a common mistake made when thinking about stress in modern times? (25:44) Do psychedelics help with anxiety? (28:45) Why do 'memory athletes' remember so much better than the average person? (32:58) How can temporary depression be valuable to the individual? (36:50) Can psychedelics help with depression? (39:20) Do Omega 3s or vitamin D combat depression? (40:48) How does sugar negatively affect creativity? (43:41)

1. Health/Wealth Tip: Health: Matcha Green Tea - Baby green tea leaves are ground into a powder - High in antioxidants and EGCG - Improves focus - Has an earthy flavor Wealth: Expanding Your Network - Talk to people in your circle that you respect - Don't just stick to what you know - Expand your horizons - Keep your blinders off 2. Dr. Adam Smith's Background (14:03) - A practicing chiropractor - Opened a chiropractic practice with his wife in 2019 - How it's like to have his wife as a business partner - The spaghetti and waffle analogy - Deepening their relationship through their connection with Christ - Owning a practice because you're practicing every day 3. Running the Business (30:30) - Adam as the visionary and his wife as the integrator - Talking about money with your employees - Having financial conversations with employees - Making people feel it's their company too - Variations of chiropractic therapy 4. Variations of Chiropractic Therapy (39:37) - Hundreds of techniques out there - Some people adjust with hands, others with instruments - Neurologically based approach (which Adam uses) - Adjustment improves nervous system function - Torque release technique and the tonal model - Parasympathetic vs. sympathetic - The body does the fixing, the adjustment facilitates the healing process 5. Customer Experience: What Makes Their Practice Different (49:27) - Giving their patients the Ritz-Carlton Experience - The 100% rule - The importance of mentorship 6. Improving Your Immune System (53:03) - Improves the functioning ability of the nervous system - Better functioning immune system - Symptoms are a blessing, they're a warning sign - Let fever run its course - Your immune system functions well if you take care of your body 7. Final Exam: (1:07:21) - What book or film changed your life? - What's one healthy habit you wish more of your patients did? - What is one wealth tip you wish you hadn't learned yourself earlier in life? - What do you do for fun? - Where do you see yourself in five years? - What did you want to be when you grew up? - What's one bucket list item you have not accomplished yet? Links: https://www.gorestorehealth.com/

Your Perfectly Imperfect Life “We all have perfect moments in life, and it's exceptionally healthy to seek to be our best in these moments.” In this week's episode, McKay brings the truth of this quote to vivid life by opening our eyes to the illusion of perfection and spurring us on to seek optimalism and excellence instead. He begins by sharing the story of Yogi Berra, and then highlights the attractiveness about the world's imperfection and points out that if the world were perfect, it would be less attractive. McKay assures us that it's okay to allow ourselves to be imperfect and show our imperfections, and goes on to elucidate the effects of living with the unrealistic need for perfection. He also shares tools on how to deal with unfair criticism from others and practice forgiveness, and shows us that there is great benefit in failure and that we need to worry a lot less about what other people think about us. Overall, McKay encourages us to leave behind the title of perfectionist, adopt the title of optimalist, and end the unhealthy anxiety of being perfect. The Finer Details of This Episode: ·   Stories of perfection, forgiveness, and failure ·   The problem with the constant pursuit of perfection. ·   How to deal with unfair criticism from others. ·   Carol Dweck's research about having a growth mindset. ·   How to get past mistakes and deal productively with the emotion. ·   The bliss in apologizing, admitting mistakes, committing to doing better, and approaching life humbly. ·   The definition of an optimalist and an encouragement to be one. ·   Good grace. Quotes “If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.” “We seem to aspire to be perfect, but in the doing so we often struggle with the anxiety it creates” “We're all flawed in one way or another.” “Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.” “You can apply your energy in one of two directions, defending or learning, because the truth is, nothing is perfect” “How do you get better at forgiving? Remember the many times in life you've needed forgiveness.” “Just like a muscle is built back stronger after it's broken down through exercise, so we grow by attempting something and failing.” “Neurologically, our brains become more resilient to whatever failures and discomfort we experience regularly.” “It takes a great deal of character and strength to apologize quickly, but it also builds character when we apologize quickly.” “When we seek to redirect and right our wrongs immediately, we tend to build relationships no matter how big our mistakes.” “Time spent pursuing flawlessness is time squandered.” “No matter how slow I go, I'm still lapping everyone on the couch.” “Grace is an enabling power that will help you find those perfect moments in life.” Show Links: https://www.mckaychristensen.org/ (Open Your Eyes with McKay Christensen)

Listening to an amazing storyteller connects us to that person. Wouldn't you like to be a better storyteller? The most important skill in life is relationship building. Our brains are wired to build relationships through storytelling. Neurologically, it's what we hear, what we retain, what makes us feel a certain way, and it's what we remember. Dan Negroni is a public speaker that connects with his audiences by telling stories. He facilitates workshops to get people to connect with each other and lead people. In this episode, he reveals how you become a better storyteller. Show highlights include: Why deep self-reflection helps you serve other people (9:34) How listening to your audience makes you a better storyteller (and builds stronger relationships) (10:52) Why asking shallow questions ruins your credibility (even if you are the most trustworthy person in the room) (11:14) How personal growth impacts your actions to become a better co-worker, friend, and person (13:09) If you found a golden nugget of wisdom in this episode, share it on social media with the hashtag #ResultsLeaderFM to help spread the word. If you loved what Dan revealed in this episode, you'll find more of him online at https://www.launchbox365.com or https://www.dannegroni.com.

Neurologically based, upper cervical chiropractor supports the nervous system to function better. We have 24 moveable bones, nerves between all that can have a kink in the cells, tissue, the electronics of your body. Our current life a sitting adds to spine issues. What are the solutions?

Scott rails against the biggest barrier to writing Human: nounitis.

In this episode, we are visiting with Steve Capobianco, DC, the co-founder of RockTape. He shares his story of starting RockTape and the incredible education platform that they've built (certifying over 100,000 practitioners worldwide!). He also describes numerous concepts from pain science and the neuro-centric treatment methods that they teach in their curriculum. For our regular listeners, you will recognize a ton of overlap between their approach and ours and see that RockTape offers really valuable tools that complement our work at NeuFit.   Visit our WEBSITE www.neu.fit to learn more! Purchase THE NEUFIT METHOD BOOK on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3itezL6 Follow us on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/neufitrfp/ Join our FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/neufitRFP Schedule a CALL with a NeuFit Specialist here: https://calendly.com/clayedgin/ex  

“Dehumanisation is a psychological process, and every psychological process can be used for good or bad.”Humanisation (attributing motive and consciousness) and dehumanisation are flip sides of common cognitive processes, what Harris calls “Flexible Social Cognition”, which he has measured via fMRI scans.“I think of dehumanization much more as an everyday psychological phenomenon”Neurologically, dehumanisation is the ability to regulate one's own social cognition. We grant more ‘humanity' to our friends than the bad driver in front of us. And in certain professional contexts, dehumanising is a good thing: to small degrees, doctors do it their patients better to treat them.But thinking of dehumanisation as a scale provides a new frame through which to look at sexual objectification and the commoditisation of labour, all the way through to the Holocaust and the Slave Trade.Because while dehumanisation isn't the cause of atrocities, it is always used to justify them.“Emotions like anger and fear are much more energising when it comes to committing these human atrocities. What dehumanisation does is it allows you to justify why the behaviour has occurred…”Listen to Lasana explain:Theory of MindSocial NeuroscienceThe role of Stereotypes in cognitionThe Evolutionary reasons for “Flexible Social Cognition”And how we can fight Dehumanisation - societally, and as individuals.“We need to re-engineer our social systems”Works cited include:Dignity Takings and Dehumanization: A Social Neuroscience PerspectiveWhy Economic, Health, Legal, and Immigration Policy Should Consider DehumanizationHow social cognition can inform social decision makingRead the Full TranscriptLasana HarrisDr Lasana Harris is Senior Lecturer in Social Cognition at UCL. Lasana's research focuses on social, legal and economic decision making and how thinking about what other people are thinking affects those types of decisions. His work explores dehumanisaton, how people fail to consider other people's minds, and anthropomorphism, extending minds to things that don't have them.On Opinion is a member of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.Listen to Democracy MattersMore on this episodeLearn all about On OpinionMeet Turi Munthe: https://twitter.com/turiLearn more about the Parlia project here: https://www.parlia.com/aboutAnd visit us at: https://www.parlia.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why writing laden with abstract language doesn't land.

Three New Rules of RetailComplex market forces require intelligent, innovative solutions, powered by technology. Customer-centric strategies that are interconnected and change with the changing landscape deliver a competitive edge. Who's the poster child for this model? Tractor Supply Company.1. Neurologically connecting experiences attract new customers and develop loyalists.2. Preemptive distribution is essential to guarantee localization and relevance. 3. A superior supply chain delivers exactly what your customers want.Listen in as Robin Lewis and Shelley E. Kohan, chief strategy officer of TRR, dig into three new rules of retail that will define success with today's informed, savvy, demanding customers.For more strategic insights and compelling content, visit TheRobinReport.com where you can read, watch, and listen to content from Robin Lewis and other industry experts.Be sure to follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter for the latest from Robin Lewis and The Robin Report.Music Courtesy of Mixaund

Interview with Dr. Sam McDonald, D.C., Neurologically-based Chiropractor & Founder of Wild & Precious Optimal Living

Sam Rowells bravely bares her soul and courageously walks us through her story of living with ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), growing up with an abusive mother and an early childhood misdiagnosis. Even if, as a listener, you don't suffer from ADHD, this interview will impact you in some way. Our conversation is real, raw, mostly unedited and beautiful in every way. Coming to terms with her diagnosis of ADHD helped Sam realize that she's not just flaky, scattered, unorganized and impulsive. Neurologically it's how her brain is wired and she has to work harder than "a normal brain" to stay on top of tasks and fight through depression/anxiety. As you can imagine that comes along with tremendous challenges. "It's a very scary place inside your head..." Sam told me during the interview. When I asked Sam, what does ADHD feel like? Hard time following through, unorganized, messy, lose interest very fast, restless, hard on yourself, anxiety, depression, concerned what everyone thinks of you, blame, hyper focused at times, consistency is difficult. Tools that help Sam: therapy, yoga, counting small wins the_mini_adhd_coach/ https://www.additudemag.com/ Sam's coaching program is through: I have ADHD podcast by Kristen Carter How to find Sam: @sam.am.i @adhd.sam --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alimarielong/support

What Makes Naples Natural Medicine & Diagnostics a Good Neighbor...Dr. Hillis is a Chiropractic Physician who has advanced post-doctoral training in Natural Medicine methods for treating a wide variety of health problems. Dr. Hillis treats each patient with great consideration of their individual needs and personal preferences.We believe in treating each patient with a comprehensive strategy that often involves a program of natural health care methods after a careful evaluation of your individual story.Many of our patients enjoy the benefits of nutritional biochemical-oriented blood laboratory testing, neurotransmitter evaluations, food allergy testing, natural hormone balancing, and kinesiological evaluations and treatments.Manual therapies include visceral adjustments, complete craniofacial/TMJ support care, corrections of all major joints, organ-to-nerve reflex analysis and indepth evaluation of difficult and chronic cases.Dr. Hillis sometimes coordinates and co-manages care with physicians and dental specialists, as needed, for the best interest and protection of all his patients.He treats patients Wholistically, Neurologically and Metabolically. Individualized patient care with emphasis on quality doctor-patient time for difficult, chronic and complex or unique cases, including treatments for a wide spectrum of different conditions.To learn more about Naples Natural Medicine & Diagnostics, go to: https://naplesnaturalhealth.com/Naples Natural Medicine & Diagnostics840 Anchor Rode DrNaples, FL 34103(239) 597-3929Support the show (https://goodneighborpodcast.com)

This week on your Dental Top 5 Podcast, your host Amanda Hill is talking with mentor and friend Anne Guignon about Gratitude. May this episode get you into the Thanksgiving spirit and help you realize all you have to be grateful for in your own life!   Episode Highlights Gratitude Top 5 Quotes   “Gratitude allows you to survive, it allows you to make it through hard times.”    “In march 90% of my projected income for the year disappeared.”    “Neurologically our brains default to the negative unless we build a practice of gratitude.”    “Happiness is an inside job.”   “If you don't keep yourself centered on happiness where are you going?”   “It's free, it doesn't cost anything except a little bit of time and energy.” Links anne@anneguignon.com    More Your Dental Top 5 Episodes: https://www.ataleoftwohygienists.com/dentaltop5/    The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage: http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/ The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429 Amanda's email: amandahillrdh@gmail.com

Interview with Dr. Lynn Tran McDonald, D.C., Neurologically-based Chiropractor & Founder of Wild & Precious Optimal Living

Bugcrowd is the #1 Crowdsourced Security Platform. "Inside the Mind of a Hacker" is an annual report that highlights the latest composition of humans on the Bugcrowd platform. To learn more about Bugcrowd’s “2020 Inside the Mind of a Hacker” report visit: https://itmoah.bugcrowd.com

TRAINING Weldon's MAC training program ? https://mindgames.gg/MAC Use the $5 OFF coupon "askweldon" Ask A Question by calling in on ANCHOR: https://anchor.fm/weldongreen JOIN MY DISCORD!! Ask a question there (or use #AskWeldon on Twitter): https://discord.gg/0fmDROEblvfN4NQS Today's Questions: 1. For choosing a successful career, do you need talent? 2. How do I manage scrims with 2 teams per day? 3. How do I train for 2 roles at a time? 4. Are breaks necessary? ---- The #AskWeldon show is about performance psychology and esports. Weldon Green is the sport psychology trainer for esports athletes and is focused on helping them optimize their game, learn faster, stop tilting, and get in the zone. ----- ?? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mindgamesgg Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mindgamesweldon Podcast: https://mindgames.gg/podcast Blog: https://mindgames.gg ?? Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mindgamesweldon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindgamesweldon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weldongreen/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/weldongreen/support

I recently did an interview with Autism One radio where I spoke about using essential oils protocols for... ...neurological health, emotional and digestive health as well as dealing with stress. These are great protocols not only for your children but also for you Moms and other family members too. This is not just limited to one person. Everyone can benefit. You’ll love these tips as they’re easy to follow, easy to implement and I have been using them in my own life for many years for amazing success. I also shared my journey with oils with my son when he was experiencing health challenges as a young boy -- which led to him thriving with his health today. Enjoy Xo Melody

Millions of people are affected by health disparities secondary to racial and cultural inequalities (Payne, 2014). With the changing demographics, speech-language pathologists must anticipate significantly diverse caseloads which will include persons who are impacted by health disparities. The presenters of this podcast will describe health disparities as related to neurologically-based communication disorders and provide background on why disparities exist. In addition, the listeners will be provided with resources and methods that can be employed in clinical practice to support increased outcomes for patients and clients of color who have neurologically-based communication disorders and may be impacted by health disparities. Show notes available at : https://www.speechuncensored.com/podcastepisodes/s3e13

Millions of people are affected by health disparities secondary to racial and cultural inequalities (Payne, 2014). With the changing demographics, speech-language pathologists must anticipate significantly diverse caseloads which will include persons who are impacted by health disparities. The presenters of this podcast will describe health disparities as related to neurologically-based communication disorders and provide background on why disparities exist. In addition, the listeners will be provided with resources and methods that can be employed in clinical practice to support increased outcomes for patients and clients of color who have neurologically-based communication disorders and may be impacted by health disparities. Show notes available at : https://www.speechuncensored.com/podcastepisodes/s3e13 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/speech-uncensored/message

You can support West's film "Blueberries" at this link (https://igg.me/at/blueberriesfilm/x#/) . This is a bit of a different episode. Courtney is away this week, so West and Andrew sit down to talk about their experiences with family members who have been affected by Alzheimer's and Parkison's diseases. 

Today we are delving into brain health as it relates to physical rehabilitation and exercise. More specifically, we have a really exciting piece of technology we want to introduce to you called the NEUBIE (Neuro-Bioelectric-Stimulator)! Today’s guest, Rich Dougherty, of BioEnhancement Tech joins us to talk about the paradigm shift of exercise and rehabilitation and the body's innate power to heal itself. 1:21 Welcome to the show!2:14 Rich Dougherty’s Bio2:58 Rich’s story4:12 Paradigm Shift with movement training4:45 The invention of the NEUBIE machine5:30 Lifting weights isn’t about muscle6:10 Brain controls the muscles6:47 Analogy: Men lifting cars off of kids7:40 How this technology differs 8:30 How A/C current differs from D/C current9:49 Neurological firing patterns11:08 Why A/C current devices aren’t effective11:59 NEUBIE Training vs Rehab12:34 Diagnostic process14:31 Why DC current is so powerful15:08 Common findings with a knee injury/pain16:23 Renee’s experience17:10 Glute activation & neck pain18:09 The initial client session19:15 Pain vs origin of pain20:05 (8) main uses for the NEUBIE20:40 What is pain?21:10 “Kink” in the nervous system23:01 Self-imposed limitations24:23 Do you need weights?27:25 Rich’s (personal) training program29:15 Tennis pro analogy30:14 Who is this for?31:17 The Master Reset (nervous system reset)32:39 Success stories!33:40 Emotional trauma held in tissue34:20 Lauren’s experience35:15 Why typical physical therapies aren’t successful37:15 How you can find a NEUBIE in your area37:46 Rich’s mission & motto38:28 One piece of advice from Rich!40:20 How you can find out more about Rich41:42 Thanks for joining us!RESOURCES:Rich's Website: Bioenhancementtech.com IG: BioEnhancement Tech @bioenhancementtechIG: Rich Dougherty (@rich_dougherty)https://www.neu.fit/theneubie

Today were talking about how to make human change. Neurologically, what's holding you back and what to do about it.

Dr. Barwell is the Founder and President of the Chiropractic Equity Offices, Inc. program, and has more than thirty years of experience in chiropractic practice. After graduating from Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College with clinic honors in 1964, he started a family Wellness Practice in British Columbia. He has since established numerous successful practices, won several awards and guest lectured at various chiropractic institutions. Before establishing CEO, Inc. Dr. Barwell was the Director of Seminars and Programs at Quest and Executive Director of the Chiropractic Leadership Alliance. BIO obtained from: www.neuroinfiniti.com  

Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford.  He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir’s writing has been featured in The Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today.   Podcast Highlights   Who is Nir Eyal?    Nir describes himself as a chubby immigrant from Israel. He moved from Israel with his family when he was 3 years old and always had a bit of a weight problem, which was actually how he started exploring the idea of how certain products can get us hooked and change our behaviours. A phrase that authors like to repeat is “research is mesearch”, which is exactly why Nir likes to write. He wrote his first book because he couldn’t find a satisfactory answer out in the wild around how to use technology to build healthy habits in user’s lives, so he wrote it himself. It was the same with his second book, we all know what we need to do so the question was why don’t we do those things? It’s certainly not a lack of knowledge.   Changing Behaviours   Unless we figure out why we are distracted on a psychological level, we will go back to our default behaviour and old habits. The opposite of distraction is not focus, it’s traction. Traction is any action that pulls you towards what you want and distraction is what pulls you away.  The key is that it’s not the technology that’s the problem, it’s the idea that technology is the problem. As long as we have a scapegoat to blame the issue on, we don’t have to do anything ourselves. Imagine how powerful you could become if you simple did everything you said you were going to do.   Becoming Indistractable   Most people will tell you that motivation is about the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain, but it’s not true. Neurologically speaking it’s pain all the way down. All products cater to uncomfortable sensations because wanting something is neurologically and fundamentally uncomfortable. This means that time management is also pain management. We have to come to terms with the fact that our behaviour is driven by the desire to escape discomfort, and we only have two choices to deal with that. We can either learn techniques to cope with the discomfort, or fundamentally change the source of the discomfort. There is nothing wrong with watching cat videos, it’s only when it distracts you from the things you value like being with your kids. Time you plan to waste is not wasted time.   Living Your Values   When it comes to external triggers, there is nothing inherently bad about them. It comes down to whether they are helping you gain traction or pulling you into distraction. By far the most distraction comes from internal triggers like boredom and fatigue. You have to make time for traction, put time into your

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How do you deal with fear? let's get to the bottom of this so we can deal with it in the most effective way possible. How do we do this? By understand where fear originates from in the brain and how to train our brain in the right way to overcome fear! TAKE NOTES!

In this episode we talk with Matt the youngest entrepreneur that we have interviewed on Weblysoft StartUp TrailBlazers Podcast. Matt is twenty one year old and he is part of what we commonly called the Millennial Generation. He is an extremely compassionate, smart, driven young man that took the pain from a personal tragedy (his grand mother stroke) and used it to create a company (Frenalytics - http://www.frenalytics.com) that aims to help Neurologically impaired Patients. During this episode, Matt shares with us who he is, tell us how and why he started his company, the difficulties he encountered along the way and give us his views on entrepreneurship. Matt and I had a lot of fun talking with each other. I was very impressed with Matt and talking with him makes even more confident that our planet and our future is into great hands: The Millennial generation. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/weblysoft/support

On today's podcast episode, I chat with Drs. Josh and Taylor Logan of True North Chiropractic in Colorado Springs. They discuss the importance of root cause care and how they utilize neurological-based technology for assessing mis-alignments not just in the spine, but among the nerves along the spine that communicate with the entire body. Tune in for the how and why with this level of chiropractic care! -- Get in touch with True North Chiropractic:  www.thetruenorthlife.com On Instagram: @livetruenorth On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livetruenorth/ --   Get in touch! nutritionunscripted@gmail.com On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nutritionunscripted/ On Instagram: @nutritionunscripted With Ashley:  https://www.facebook.com/ashleycastlenutrition @ashley_castle_nutrition ashleycastlenutrition.com            Music by: bendsound.com  

Dr. Monique Andrews has been sharing her knowledge and wisdom with Chiropractors for nearly 2 decades. Her dedication to the philosophy, art & science was recognized the moment she entered the profession. Upon graduation from Palmer College in Davenport she was awarded a Presidential Citation for Service to the Chiropractic Profession. The only student to ever receive the honor. Holding both Doctor of Chiropractic and Master's degrees in Neuroscience, the breadth and depth of her knowledge is vast. Dr. Mo is best known for her engaging presentations and TED style of lecturing, making even the most difficult concepts in neurology and physiology accessible to all learners. While her brain is an obvious asset perhaps her greatest gift is in the enormity of her heart. Dr. Mo's compassionate, authentic expression of life is exemplified in her belief that who you are as a person precedes who you are as a chiropractor.   Connect: FB: @MoniqueAndrews Resources: Getting Unstuck: Pema Chodron The Brain's Way of Healing: Norman Doidge When the Body says No: Gabor Mate   Neuroscience Subscription Dr. Dan Murphy Article Review Dr. Heidi Haavik and T. Ogura

In this video interview, Christopher Shade, PhD, describes the diverse clinical applications of cannabidiol (CBD) oil. Also included is information about safety, dosage, and other issues associated with this somewhat controversial natural substance. About the Expert Christopher W. Shade, PhD, founder and CEO of Quicksilver Scientific, specializes in the biological, environmental, and analytical chemistry of mercury in all its forms and their interactions with sulfur compounds, particularly glutathione and its enzyme system. He has patented analytical systems for mercury speciation (separation of different forms of mercury), founded the only clinical lab in the world offering mercury speciation in human samples, and has designed cutting edge systems of nutraceuticals for detoxification and antioxidant protection, including advanced phospholipid delivery systems for both water- and fat-soluble compounds. Quicksilver Scientific is recognized globally for innovating on behalf of the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries. Dr. Shade is regularly sought out to speak as an educator on the topics of mercury, environmental toxicities, neuroinflammation, immune dysregulation, and the human detoxification system for practitioners and patients in the United States and internationally. About the Sponsor Quicksilver Scientific is a leading manufacturer of advanced nutritional systems with a focus on detoxification. We specialize in superior liposomal delivery systems and heavy metal testing to support optimal health. Our advanced liposomal supplements are highly absorbable, and support the body in the elimination of ubiquitous toxins, enabling you to achieve your genetic potential. At Quicksilver Scientific, we are passionate about health and well-being, and are committed to improving the lives of everyone we touch. To purchase Quicksilver Colorado Hemp Oil as a Practitioner, please access www.THRTech.com. Consumers, please access www.VitaExpress.com. Transcript Karolyn Gazella: Hello. I'm Karolyn Gazella, the publisher of the Natural Medicine Journal. Today we have a fascinating and somewhat controversial topic to talk about. We're going to be talking about the therapeutic effects of CBD oil from cannabis. Before we begin, I'd like to thank the sponsor of this podcast, who is Quicksilver Scientific. My guest today is Dr. Christopher Shade. Dr. Shade, it's always a pleasure. Christopher Shade, PhD: Always a pleasure. Gazella: And I have to ask you first of all, is there a reason that CBD oil would be controversial? Am I right in that? Shade: Much ado about nothing. Gazella: Maybe. Shade: You know, is there a reason for controversy? Controversy's built out of us evolving as a society in which we had instituted cannabis prohibition, and we all had this reefer madness fear around the THC side of cannabis, the psychoactive high-inducing side. But CBD is coming from industrial hemp, which is the THC is bred out of it, and you're left with another component that is big in the resins of cannabis, and it's called cannabidiol. It's chemically different than THC, and its physiological effects are vastly different, and they seem almost magical when you look at so many ... At the variety of things that they do for you, but they don't get you high. They have an effect of balancing and calming the mind, but they have so many different therapeutic benefits, and it's really just getting people out of the fear of the evil weed, into this wonderful, medicinal plant and all the uses it has. Gazella: I want to get into the mechanisms of action and all the science associated, but first, and I know that you're not a legal expert, but is it available freely? Is CBD oil available for purchase, or are there limitations because cannabis is not legal in many states? Shade: Yeah. The entrance of CBD into use in the US was made possible by the 2014 Farm Bill, which was allowing the use of industrial hemp for various uses in trade in the US. In those uses came the use of the extracts. Now, by some interpretations, well, that's still cannabis, and that's still scheduled as a drug. Certain parts of the government are saying, "Hey." Like the DEA. "Hey, that should still be scheduled. We didn't say that's okay." Whereas other parts of the government are saying, "Hey, that's all right. That comes underneath the Farm Bill." Most of the states have rolled with this being under the Farm Bill, and being an allowed substance. It's gained so much widespread use, and a lot of that use is from very impaired people that rely on it heavily for their health. Most places are reluctant to step in and go against the Farm Bill. Certain states, however, Indiana notably, recently the Attorney General said, "No. We're not doing this, except for under certain exemptions. If you have a certain type of a ..." It was probably a seizure disorder, "Then you can get a permit to use this." Missouri, I don't know the extent of their laws, but they're kind of difficult. Most people don't sell it in Missouri. Then other states are taking a tack of trying to adopt it into a state cannabis law. Making it like THC, where it's regulated by the state, just like Colorado regulates THC. It does not regulate CBD independently, but for instance, the State of Florida is trying to bring CBD into their medical marijuana world. We'll see how it rolls in Florida, but right now the places to stay out of are Indiana and Missouri. This is such a moving target that this might change in a month. Gazella: Right. Now, just to clarify, though, CBD oil or hemp oil does not have THC in it. Dr. Shade: No. In most of the extracts of industrial hemp ... Industrial hemp is defined in the Farm Bill as a plant that, on a whole plant basis, has less than 0.3% THC. When the Colorado Department of Agriculture goes and certifies a crop here for being harvested and processed, it will take representative plants and analyze them for this threshold of THC. Now, these plants usually have, oh, 7% to 9% to 10%, upwards to peak around 15% CBD as well. There's some residual THC along with the CBD. One of the concerns originally was, "Well, when we concentrate that up, will there be enough THC for people to get high?" Now, processors who are trying to stay very clean with the law will use extraction technologies and post-extraction purification technologies that minimize the THC. For instance, in our CBD oil, there's virtually indetectable THC. Whereas some oils will have a 20-to-1 CBD to THC ratio, ours is around 500-to-1. It's super clean, and that's nice because a lot of people that want to use the oil have THC testing programs that they're in, if they're firefighters, or policemen, or airline pilots. A lot of the commercial extracts have enough THC that if you're using large amounts to be really therapeutic against something like pain, you will probably have enough THC to tip the scales on some of the analytical techniques looking for THC. Gazella: Got it. Thanks for that clarification. Now, let's get into the science, which is your area of expertise. What's going on from a mechanism of action standpoint? How does CBD oil work inside the human body? Dr. Shade: Well, it works on a number of different levels, and when we were describing this, we used to chase after one thing or another. We'd say, "Oh, it's antiinflammatory." Or, "Oh, it helps GABA-glutamate balance." As we go forward, we look at it more and more in this symphony, and this symphony, I call neuro-endo-immune poise, or balance. Neuro means neurotransmitters. Endo is endocrine or hormone, and immune is obvious. It's the immune system. Neurologically is how we used it the most, for damping neuro-inflammation. When I lecture to doctors, I say, "This is the most exciting supplement for us in the last 30 years in functional and integrative medicine." Because we're treating a lot of people with [mole 00:07:45] toxicity, Lyme disease, mercury toxicity, and all these have as part of their symptomology neuro-inflammation, where you become ... Your autonomic nervous system becomes sympathetically dominant, you've got overactivity of glutamate receptors, there's activation of the immune system in the brain called the microglia, and they're sort of at war with the glutamate receptors. That's causing anxiety first, then brain fog, then a disruption with the autonomic nervous system. You're moving resources and blood in wrong ways throughout the body, and this acts to just stabilize all of that. It will block the excitation of the microglia. It will stabilize the glutamate receptor. That will result in a neuro-stabilization. Your neurotransmitter balance between glutamate and GABA gets balanced. Your autonomic nervous system balance between parasympathetic and sympathetic gets balanced. But that starts cascading down even farther into the body, and we start to look at really what homeostasis or balance of the biology is, and it's a set of reactions that all have these yin-yang poles, which you want to sit in the middle of and take forays in the yin or yang as needed to handle different perturbations, but you always want to come back to the poise of the center, and CBD is always bringing that back to the middle. In hormones, in women, the organ with the greatest amount of cannabinoid receptors? The uterus. I always pair CBD with bitters, and guess what's in the ovaries, but bitter receptors. We find such a stabilization of the female cycle by taking those things together. Then the immune system. You want inflammation when you need to kill things, but then when it gets stuck on, and it won't turn off, you get things like development of chronic inflammatory states. These can be cardiovascular complications. These can lead to cancer. These are problems, so where's the switch to bring it back? The CB-2 receptor, the cannabinoid number two receptor, and where's that located through the body but on the peripheral immune cells of the body. CBD lubricates your endo-cannabinoid system. Why would you have cannabinoid receptors if you didn't make cannabinoids. The two main cannabinoids you make are 2-Arachidonoylglycerol and anandamide, and the reason you make them is to zip together the neural system, the endocrine system, and the immune system have that neuro-endo-immune poise, and CBD helps you build more of those endo-cannabinoids and helps potentiate those CB-2 receptors. At the same time, it's up-regulating chemo-protective and antiinflammatory genes and down-regulating pro-inflammatory genes. There's really no one thing that helps you create that poise, that essential homeostasis. Nothing does it like CBD oil does, and that's why it seems like a panacea, because it helps so many things. Gazella: That was actually my next question, because when I was researching for this interview, I found such a diverse amount of conditions that it was being effective for, so because it works on these multiple pathways, that's why you're saying it works for such a variety of conditions. Do you give practitioners who say, "Wait a minute. That's a little bit too good to be true. How can it be that good for that many things?" Dr. Shade: Well, then I give them the neuro-endo-immune poise story. Gazella: Exactly. Dr. Shade: And as soon as you said neuro-endo-immune poise, they go, "Wow." Gazella: That's right. Shade: Because what are the disorders? There's some part of you in that yin-yang balance that's stuck over here, or stuck over there. Anything that helps you zip together so many fundamental processes, everything just starts to come back together again. I mean, it runs through all of our different protocols, because it's that X-factor for zipping it all up again. Gazella: Right. Now, there's got to be some conditions that bubble to the top, and that was the other thing that I was so impressed with, with the research, is the amount of research associated with CBD oil has grown dramatically. But what conditions? As you're looking through the research and you're kind of identifying the strength of the research, what conditions are bubbling to the top, to say, "Yup, that's really what it's going to work for"? Shade: Right. In our world, we deal with detoxification, and so we're dealing with people who have various problems that are associated with toxins. Autism is a really big one. That's always ... Unless they're just totally exhausted, autistics, always bringing CBD into that, because of that neurological stabilization. Then we're dealing with various mole toxicity, Lyme disease, and the neuro-inflammation that comes from that, the different metal toxins. All of our detoxification protocols, especially when they're neuro-detoxification protocols, involve the use of CBD. Then in distinct disease states, the big ones, MS, Parkinson's, any kind of tremor. Of course, everybody knows seizure disorders. Those are all crying out for some application of CBD. But then since I understood the endocrine side of it, women who are having endocrine destabilization or hormone imbalance, we're always recommending CBD along with the bitter herbs to them, and we get great ... You might not think, "Premenstrual syndrome: CBD." But it's fantastic for that. Those are the main ones that we use. Oh, any chronic inflammatory pain. That's a really big one. Cardiovascular complications. That's really big, too. We've seen some great data emerging on the use of CBD, including some doctors who have used ours to get preliminary data, on the health of the inside of the vascular system, and you'll see those cells on the inside of the vascular system all getting less stress, increased poise, and so we recommend it in those cases as well. Gazella: Now, what about mental health? You've now just listed some conditions that are related to our physical health, but what about some conditions associated with mental health? Shade: Anxiety's just hands down the biggest one, because anxiety results from over-excitation of the glutamate receptors, and boom. CBD stabilizes that immediately. It's very, very fast around that. Now, it's interesting, for much more complicated problems, like schizophrenia, here you've got one plant, two chemicals, THC, CBD. THC is like putting the fast forward button on schizophrenia. It's really bad for a schizophrenic, where CBD has fantastic data around stabilizing schizophrenics, so there it's useful as well. Even in depression. Depression, you think, "Okay, well anxiety, you're really stimulated, and that calms you down." But depression is also often cycling with anxiety, and so depressive disorders, there's been a lot of data around use of CBD too, and most of my favorite integrative psychiatrists like Kelly Brogan, they've showed very clearly that depression is a neuro-inflammatory disorder, and so you've got different reactions to antigens in your food, in your environment. You're having these constant allergic states and cytokines, these pro-inflammatory states that are contributing to depression, and CBD is working against all that, creating that balance again so it can be used in anxiety and depression. Gazella: Yeah. It's fascinating. Shade: Yeah. Gazella: I'd like to talk about safety, because I have to tell you that I've read some conflicting statements associated with safety. Based on your interpretation of the scientific literature, is it safe? Are there any interactions, contraindications that we need to be worried about? Shade: On its own, without you having to stick something else into your body like a heart pressure medication, CBD is inherently incredibly safe. We've found a couple of people here and there that seem to have an allergy to the plant, and they just feel unhappy on it, but the issue around CBD and safety is that it interacts with some of the cytochrome P450 system, which are metabolizing drugs. If you're taking a drug for blood pressure, CBD may either lower its breakdown, so increase its circulating levels, or increase its breakdown, and thereby decrease their circulating levels. If you're on a lot of pharmaceuticals, you usually have to do a little bit of research and see if there's some interaction between the CBD and the pharmaceutical that you're on. There's starting to be good lists online of the potential interactions. They've got to get a little bit better at where these are really relevant interactions, and where they're not relevant interactions. But this will be one of the things that we come up with in the future, is nice, clear guidelines on whether something's going to positively reinforce a drug, or work against the activity of the drug. Gazella: I mean, the case that I read was specific to antidepressants, and that's where it was very conflicting. Some reports were, "Yes, it will react," as you describe, and some were, "It will not." Shade: Because it's not antidepressants. It's, "This list of chemicals." Gazella: Exactly. Yeah. Shade: They just happen to be antidepressants to your body that get metabolized down different pathways according to their chemical nature. Your breakdown doesn't care whether it's an antidepressant or whether it's testosterone. It's got a chemical nature, and it's got to fit into the cytochrone that breaks it down. You get a list of antidepressants, they have different chemical natures, and they go into different cytochrome P450 enzymes to break down, and CBD interacts with two or three of those enzymes. If the antidepressant interacts with the same enzyme CBD does, then there could be an interaction, and if it doesn't, then there's no interaction. It's not about antidepressants. Gazella: Yes, and nothing is ever clearly black and white when we're talking about this type of chemistry. Shade: No. Gazella: I'd like to talk a little bit about the product that you specifically formulated, Colorado Hemp Oil. What makes your product unique or special compared to other CBD oil products that are on the market? Shade: Quicksilver Scientific specializes in delivery systems, ways to get the compounds into little, lipid-based carrier spheres that are so small that they passively diffuse through mucosal membranes, like your oral mucosa, the sublingual space, as you're swallowing, through the stomach, the upper GI. It's the rapid and complete absorption of these little nano-spheres which is what we do, and when we stick CBD in there, there's a very fast uptake, there's a high total uptake, and it's a very rapid uptake. One of the things that's a problem with CBD is there's only net about 10% uptake of all the CBD you swallow. That's a very expensive molecule, as you know, and so you're throwing away a lot of that and not getting a lot. The stuff you do absorb is absorbed over the whole transit time of the GI, so if we look at uptake versus time, you have a very gradual, slow movement into the blood. The blood levels, the peak blood levels never get very, very high. Now, a lot of what CBD does, it does through interacting with receptors, and gene triggers, like nuclear transcription factors, like NRF-2, which turns up all your glutathione genes. Now, the receptors and those transcription factors react to peak doses. Level versus time, here's a regular CBD oil. Here's ours. You get a very high transient peak dose. You saturate the system. You're able to work very well on the brain. You're able to hit all of those transcription factors. You're able to interact with all of those membranes, and everything happens very quickly, and you get a very strong effect. The total absorption is anywhere from four to sixfold higher than a regular pill, but even if you took four to six times as much, you don't get as much of an action, because you don't have that peak dose to really induce everything, ring the bell of those receptors. What happens when you hit receptors, you trigger a whole cascade of different proteins to be made, which is affecting the metabolism of the body. That transient peak dose really creates the effect that you're looking for. Gazella: Now, your label says that the patient needs to hold it in their mouth for 30 seconds. How important is that, and is that all a part of the enhanced absorption of the product? Shade: It is, because this is a nice space in the oral cavity. Interacting with the oral musoca is a space where your spheres that you've made have not had to interact with stomach acids or bile, so there's nothing modulating them or modifying them, changing their shape, their size. It's a nice, pure space where all the capillaries are very close to the surface, and you can get a whole bunch in. Now, that being said, for some of our products that are water-core, that are liposomes, those are a little bit more sensitive to the GI conditions, and a little bit more important that you do that oral holding. The nano-emulsion that we make, like the CBD, you have an oil core with a membrane around it. These are more resistant against change in the GI tract, and they will make it through, and you'll get the absorption anyways, but it'll be a little bit slower, and a little bit less efficient. The more you can do the oral hold, the better, but it is not a game-breaker. That's important for a lot of the people that are very taste-sensitive, or if you're working with autistic children, and they won't do that, or you're giving it to your dog or something, goes right down. Gazella: I don't know. My dog is pretty smart. Shade: Yeah. You just say, "30 seconds." Gazella: That's right. Shade: "No. Five seconds more." Gazella: It's interesting. I would like to stay on dosing. Is it complicated to dose from a practitioner's standpoint? Because you do have such a diverse offering of conditions that it can help. Is the dosing- Shade: Yeah. It's really titration dosing. You start at a low amount. One of the doctors in town here, Joe Cohen, goes with two pumps three times a day as a sort of basis dosing for an adult, and then they'll add more as they need it. If you're not getting the effects, how about three pumps three times a day? Then four pumps three times a day? Titrate up until you get the required effect. You can even start down at one a day, like if you're dealing with kids and you want to start low and slow, but just keep titrating up until you get the effect you want, and often once you induce the effect and start training the body into the healthier state, you can bring the doses back down. Just start low and work up until you get what you need. Gazella: Great. Now, before I talk about the future, because you know I like to talk about the future, I'd like to have you predict the future, is there anything else that practitioners need to know about CBD oil when it comes to using it in their clinical practice? Shade: No. Don't be afraid to use it for a wide variety of conditions. Work your dosages up until you get the effects that you want. Let people know, especially if they've never had anything like this, the feeling that they have in the first couple of days may be more intense than it will be later, but it's not ... Most of the other supplements, there's more tricks around it and things to watch out for. Not so much with this. One thing, though, you will, if you're using it alone, you will start to generate detoxification reactions through two mechanisms. One is NRF-2 up-regulation, that nuclear transcription factor that's turning up the glutathione system, and the other is the autonomic balance, bringing yourself over to a parasympathetic state, and detoxification doesn't happen in sympathetic states, because it's a luxury, and you're trying to survive when you're in sympathetic autonomic dominance. This will bring you over to parasympathetic. It'll help turn up these genes, so some people will start to have detoxification reactions. If they start getting headachey, or a little lower back stress, or rashes, give them good quality bitters, like the BitterX that we make, and maybe a little bit of GI binder, like our ultra-binder, or charcoal clay capsules, and that will help them detoxify. Gazella: Oh, good. That's good to know. Now, the future. Shade: The future. Gazella: What excites you the most when it comes to CBD oil research? Shade: Yeah. It's CBD not being just a standalone, but being an integrated ingredient in formulas, where it's doing this part of it, maybe the autonomic balancing, or the brain balancing, where the other things are doing other parts, and finding which things are synergistic together, which things are antithetical together. We'll find out how to blend it with other things, and really make it work better. Even if we're just working within the cannabis plant itself, there's the essential oils of the plant called the terpenes, very strongly affect the modulation of how CBD and THC work within the body. The science on the terpenes will be worked out, then the science on other nutriceuticals playing in with those will be worked out, and we'll start to see some really beautiful formulas come. Gazella: What about when we began, we talked about the availability. Do you see things loosening up a little bit? Shade: That part of the future. It's funny. There seems to be two forces at work within the United States around CBD. There's a liberalization movement that is not necessarily ... It's not coming out of Boulder County in California. It's coming from within the government, where they want to focus on real issues, like narcotics use, prescription pain med addiction, real drugs, heroin, cocaine, and they want to get away from talking about this. On the other side, there's other people who are just ... Some part of them are just working out what's already been started, where they're just really going to want to try to enforce this. We're starting to hear much more sophisticated language from the state departments of health about CBD, and that's towards a contractive thing. And who knows where that's really coming from? I mean, you have pharmaceutical companies getting into this now, and that may be the long, dark arm of the pharmaceutical companies. There's two things now, contraction and expansion, happening at the same time. Hopefully the light wins and we expand out, and we're able to use this in a broad scale, and do all the research that's really necessary to put this to the best use. Gazella: I would agree. I think that the therapeutic efficacy of CBD oil is really ... We're shining a light on it in the scientific literature. Even though it seems that it's preliminary, uncertain cases, it just seems like it's growing more [inaudible 00:28:22], it really should be something that we look harder at. Shade: Oh, it absolutely is, and I can always gauge it by when I'm on a plane, when little old ladies start talking to me about it, or my aunt came over from Florida, and she had a bottle of it, and it's made its way out to the masses. They need it. They want it. We hope it's here to stay. Gazella: I do too, and you know, we haven't even touched on the pain aspects, because right now we are in the midst of an opioid crisis in this country. Shade: Oh, yeah. Gazella: Is there an application for [crosstalk 00:28:57]? Shade: Oh, absolutely. Maybe little smidges of opioids along with CBD. CBD, and what we'll find is what we can blend with it nutriceutically to increase its effect at stopping pain, but it's got all the right aspects for that, and for some pains, it's magic. For other ones, it doesn't work as well. Well, maybe we'll find certain blends, but it will always, if you're taking it with opioids, it will always lower how much you need of the opioids, and that's one of the most beautiful things to come out of the legalization of medical marijuana in various states. They've seen a lowering of opioid use. Gazella: Right. It sure seems like CBD oil, hemp oil, is a valuable tool that clinicians can use in their clinical practice. Shade: Absolutely. Gazella: Great. Well, Dr. Shade, as per usual, this has been very interesting. Thank you so much for joining me today, and I would also like to thank the sponsor of this interview, who is Quicksilver Scientific. Thank you everybody for joining us. Have a great day.

“There’s definitely people on our team that I think this (Steps) will be pretty cool for...This is a pretty good way to get yourself out of your comfort zone.” Time-Stamped Notes 00:03 – Introduction to OAO 00:34 – Ari took his family to Miami for the President’s Break 00:41 – While his family was in Miami, he had to go to Phoenix and Chicago for Entrepreneur’s Organization 01:18 – Nick will be out in Los Angeles for Victoria Labalme’s Rock the Room Live 01:39 – Nick just bought Raden Luggage, which has a built in scale and an app 03:27 – Steps is an iPhone app that beats social anxiety with small challenges 05:49 – Amazon Chime already came out a week ago, which is a competitor of Skype 06:46 – Get Leverage has a big need for a team of people to be able to make calls so Nick has been testing out platforms 07:01 – Ring Central seems to be the best platform so far for Get Leverage as it allows clients to send texts, calls, and you can create phone extensions 09:07 – reMarkable is like a limited feature iPad in some ways 10:19 – Neurologically, people tend to retain notes better by handwriting 10:41 – Ari finds it distracting to type out notes 12:08 – Nick has a bad memory 12:43 – Snappr is an on-demand photography service 14:05 – Mailjoy is like Mailchimp for physical mail 15:43 – Ari was talking to a client and found she was looking to outsource meal prep 16:20 – Nurture Life offers meals for kids 16:23 – One of Get Leverage’s VAs is a nutritionist who gave Nick a comprehensive plan 18:25 – Nick mentions not to drink while eating 19:07 – High amounts of bromelain digestive enzymes will sweeten the taste of semen 19:27 – End of today’s podcast Learn More About OAO Here: www.leveragepodcasts.com

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The co-creator and co-writer of the #1 international hit podcast Welcome to Night Vale and New York Times bestselling co-author of the novel of same name, Jeffrey Cranor, dropped by the show to talk about the importance of collaboration, deadlines, and bad writing. In addition to producing and touring with the theater ensemble The New York Neo-Futurists, the playwright and author tours with live shows for the Night Vale Presents production banner, co-created with Joseph Fink. Night Vale Presents now produces four podcasts that regularly sit at the top of the charts — including Within the Wires, also created by the author — and recently published two volumes of episode transcripts that include extras for fans of their original show. Welcome to Night Vale has been described as “NPR meets The Twilight Zone,” a sci-fi broadcast about a small desert community where strange mythologies abound, and all conspiracy theory is potentially real. If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click subscribe to automatically see new interviews. In Part One of this file Jeffrey Cranor and I discuss: Why writing collaboratively can help you become less ‘precious’ about your work How a hit podcast producer and novelist divides his time An author’s comforts in coffee and sports talk radio Why the law of averages says you won’t always find the words The import of building a platform and setting a deadline for publish Listen to The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience below ... Download MP3 Subscribe by RSS Subscribe in iTunes The Show Notes Audible is Offering a Free Audiobook Download with a 30-day Trial: Grab Your Free Audiobook Here – audibletrial.com/rainmaker How #1 Hit Podcast ‘Welcome to Night Vale’ Co-Creator Jeffrey Cranor Writes: Part Two Welcome to Night Vale Welcome to Night Vale on Facebook Night Vale Presents Jeffrey Cranor on Amazon Jeffrey Cranor’s website NY Neo-Futurists Theater Company Jeffrey Cranor on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter The Transcript How #1 Hit Podcast Welcome to Night Vale Co-Creator Jeffrey Cranor Writes: Part One Voiceover: Rainmaker FM. Kelton Reid: Welcome back to The Writer Files. I’m your host, Kelton Reid, here to take you on yet another tour of the habits, habitats, and brains of renowned writers. The co-creator and co-writer of the number one international hit podcast, Welcome to Night Vale, a New York Times best selling co-author of the novel of the same name, Jeffrey Cranor dropped by this week to talk to me about the importance of collaboration, deadlines, and bad writing. In addition to producing and touring with the theater ensemble, The New York Neo-Futurists, the playwright and author tours with live shows for the Night Vale Presents production banner co-created with Joseph Fink. Night Vale Presents now produces four podcasts that often sit atop the charts, including Within the Wires, also created by the author. They recently published two volumes of episode transcripts that include extras for fans of their original show. Welcome to Night Vale has been described as NPR meets The Twilight Zone. A sci-fi broadcast about a small desert community where strange mythologies abound, and all conspiracy theory is potentially real. In part one of this file, Jeffrey and I discuss why writing collaboratively can help you become less precious about your work, how a hit podcast producer and novelist divides his time, an author s comforts and coffee and sports talk radio, why the law of averages says you won’t always find the words, and the importance of building a platform and setting a deadline for publish. If you’re a fan of the Writer Files, please click subscribe to automatically see new interviews as soon as they’re published. This episode of The Writer Files is brought to you by Audible. I ll have more on their special offer later in the show but if you love audiobooks or you’ve always wanted to give them a try, you can check out over 180,000 titles right now at Audibletrial.com/Rainmaker. We are rolling, today, with a very special guest, Jeffrey Cranor, co-author and co-creator of the international phenomenon that is Welcome to Night Vale. Thanks for coming on the show, Jeffrey. Jeffrey Cranor: Thanks for having me, Kelton. Kelton Reid: I’m just fascinated by kind of what you guys are doing and all the writing projects you must have in the hopper just is inspiring to see. It looks like you ve just recently released some new books. They look like transcripts, so those are collections of kind of the transcripts of the shows. There are two collections now, is that right? Jeffrey Cranor: Yeah. We put out the first two volumes which would be the first two years of Welcome to Night Vale episodes. That gets us through June of 2014. Kelton Reid: Wow. Jeffrey Cranor: We’ll hopefully have the next two years published pretty soon, and then we’ll, hopefully our goal is just to have an annual volume of Night Vale episodes each year. We added a bunch of, just so it wasn’t just transcripts, we added a bunch of kind of director s-notes-style background info on some of the episodes, and things like that. Kelton Reid: Right. There’s some bonus stuff in there for the die hards and they can kind of see, like glimpse into your brilliance as a writer. You’ve done so many things as a writer. I understand you have a theater background, you’ve been a playwright and a theater producer. Now you are a best selling author, a New York Times bestselling author of this novel, Welcome to Night Vale, of the same name. So you’re a busy guy, and you have all these other projects in the hopper with the Night Vale Presents, it seems like you have four shows now under that banner. Jeffrey Cranor: Mm-hmm (affirmative). The Challenges of Being an Aspiring Playwright Kelton Reid: Just a lot going on. Maybe to start out, for listeners who aren’t familiar with the Night Vale international phenomenon that is the podcast and the best selling books. Give us a little bit about your origin just as a writer, and how you got here. Jeffrey Cranor: Sure. Origin as a writer is really just, I don’t know, I think kind of just like origin of any other sort of career, you just sort of like it a lot. I can t remember when I started writing, I remember as early as elementary school, just writing satires of some of the books that were read to us in classes by teachers. You would write these little goofs on that and it would be a thing that you would, that I would just pass it to a friend and they would laugh and giggle and stuff. It would be a one page deal. It wasn’t like I was writing books as a ten year old. So yeah. For me, I read a lot of just whatever seemed fun to read. I remember reading Hardy Boys. I remember reading a lot of Choose Your Own Adventure books. I read Alice in Wonderland over and over as a kid. I visited my grandparents a lot as a kiddo, and they had a lot of humor books, people like Erma Bombeck and Dave Barry and Lewis Grizzard, and I read a lot of them. I really liked comedy. I just always thought, I just realized at a young age I wanted to be a comedy writer. And I wasn’t really sure what course that would take, because I’m not really a get up in front of people and make people laugh type of person, but writing seemed a lot of fun. So yeah, I got really into Dave Barry all throughout high school, and I tried to be a humor columnist for my high school newspaper, and got into journalism, and that is what my degree was in when I went to university. I think that was sort of my goal, but I got really invested in theater in college, I just enjoyed it so much. I enjoyed watching stage plays. I enjoyed reading them, so I started my hand at playwriting and trying that, that’s been kind of a long process for me, because the world of making theater is really expensive. There’s a lot of gatekeepers along the way. It’s a very tough field to break into. It just takes a long time to get your work accepted there’s a lot of different stops along the way. It’s not like submitting a manuscript to a publisher and saying, “Hey. I’d like to print my book.” You just get a lot of no, no, no, no. Then, eventually someone will say, “Sure. We’ll print this book.” In playwriting it’s just a lot of people going, “Sure. We’ll get some actors together and do a staged reading,” and that’s fun but also a little disheartening, just because it takes so long to produce stuff. Why Writing Collaboratively Can Help You Become Less Precious About Your Work Jeffrey Cranor: Anyways, I got involved, like in my early 30’s, so almost ten years ago I got involved in a theater company called The New York Neo-Futurists here in Manhattan. It’s a collective of writers and performers, and we do this weekly show called Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, and it is basically 30 plays on a timer of 60 minutes. We do a show where we have 30 short plays. Kelton Reid: Wow. Jeffrey Cranor: We do them in a random order every night based on every play, the audience just calls out the next play that they want to see, and we do that play. We have a timer on the wall that is 60 minutes long, if it runs out before we’re done, well too bad, we just stop in mid-show and say, “Goodnight, everyone,” and send you home. It becomes this kind of theater-as-sport sort of thing as competing against a timer, and we write new plays every week for it, too. Kelton Reid: Amazing. Jeffrey Cranor: It was just really a wonderful thing for me as a writer to do that because it forces you to not be precious about your work, it forces you to make new things constantly, to always think about reinventing yourself. That was really good for me. That really helped take a lot of the load off because as a playwright, it’s all about this one work, and you spend months and months, and maybe years just trying to make a thing, and the Neo-Futurists sort of taught me that, that’s not really necessary. Just find a stage and get something up, just make something happen. Be in the now. Be in this moment. Podcasting was really that way, too. Then, I met my co-writer Joseph, who created the concept of Welcome to Night Vale through the Neo-Futurists and we just loved podcasts a lot, so we started making the Welcome to Night Vale show. Kelton Reid: Amazing. Yeah. It s exploded from there into this number one international podcast and best selling book, and more to come. Do you have another novel in the works? The first one is really cool. Jeffrey Cranor: Thank you. Kelton Reid: It’s a standalone story, right? Jeffrey Cranor: Yeah. Kelton Reid: It’s kind of an offshoot of the podcast. Jeffrey Cranor: Yeah. Our goal in writing that novel was to make a novel that anyone could read. We’re not trying to supplement the expanded universe of Welcome to Night Vale. Although, expanded universe is such a weird loaded term. That, and canon, and things like that are always sort of stuff we avoid saying. But yeah, we didn’t want to write a novel that only fans of the podcast would like, because that just seemed sort of dull. I think the podcast develops it’s own fans, and I think we wanted to write something that, if you liked the podcast you would like the novel. I don’t know. It’s been really interesting. We’ve met a few people that never heard about the podcast, saw the book, liked the cover, or something like that, or had vaguely heard about it and read it, and just thought it was wonderful. That was sort of our goal, was to make something that you didn’t really need any other context for. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Jeffrey Cranor: We are working on another one. We are working on a second novel. I don’t have a release date for it yet, but we’re almost finished writing it. Kelton Reid: Cool. Jeffrey Cranor: That’s going to be exciting. It will be set in the same universe, I guess, is the right word to say, for Night Vale. But yeah, we’re just going to try to follow different stories, and kind of create a separate kind of standalone piece that kind of connects to the podcast, connects to the other novel, things like that, but ultimately is it’s own thing. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Amazing stuff. Congrats on all the successes that you all have had. Joseph Fink is the co-author and co-creator of Welcome to Night Vale, and now you’ve been on a book tour, you re doing live shows. You have, now, these four other podcasts, and you re producing Within the Wires, is that correct? Jeffrey Cranor: Yeah. That’s right. Yeah. We’re down to our last two episodes of that show. Kelton Reid: It is quite a ride. Jeffrey Cranor: Thanks. Kelton Reid: I was really enjoying it, today, this morning over breakfast. Jeffrey Cranor: Awesome. I hope you got your breathing exercises in Kelton Reid: I wasn’t sure if I was feeling relaxed afterwards, but it was a lot of fun. It’s amazing, amazing stuff. The newest addition is the Mostly Void, Partially Stars. I’m totally mispronouncing that. Then, The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe and those are those collections that can be found at welcometonightvale.com. And where else can we find your writing? I understand you have a couple of other websites where you put stuff. Jeffrey Cranor: Yeah. Mostly I would say if anything, like my writing is mostly through Welcome to Night Vale, and also through the Within the Wires podcast, and then we have these books out. I occasionally post to my website, but I say occasionally. I may have not updated in the last four or five years. I bet if you went to my personal website right now it would say, “Working on a new podcast idea with Joseph Fink.” We’ll see how that goes. Then, I have my Tumblr blog, Happier Man on Tumblr, so I post to that occasionally. Then, also my writing through the Neo-Futurists I don’t get to perform as often as I used to. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Jeffrey Cranor: We’re going to be, I’m pretty excited, because the first three weekends in London, the first three weekends in November I’m going to be in London, and we’re going to be doing Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind performances at the Rosemary Branch Theater in London for the first three weeks in November. I’m really excited about that, because I one, get to do Too Much Light, again, and two, will get to perform in a totally different country. Kelton Reid: Yes. Jeffrey Cranor: Which will be great, so anyway I’ll be in London at the Rosemary Branch the first three weekends of November, performing my own original writing and the original writing of everyone else in the company. Kelton Reid: Love it. Wish I could be there. I’d love to dig into your process a little bit as a writer. I’m fascinated by kind of the depth and breadth of the stuff you do. I know that I have this memory of someone asking, or Neil Gaiman writes about kind of like people asking him, “Where do you get your ideas?” I’m sure a lot of people ask you that, but I’m not going to ask you that, here. Jeffrey Cranor: Great. Because I don’t know. Kelton Reid: Right. He said, “I make them up out of my head. What else is there.” Jeffrey Cranor: Mm-hmm (affirmative). How a Hit Podcast Producer and Novelist Divides His Time Kelton Reid: I understand that the hard part is the execution, and kind of getting your butt in the chair, and actually getting those ideas down. How much time per day would you say that you are reading or doing research for stuff? Jeffrey Cranor: I guess it’s pretty loose depending on how much, I guess, it’s depending on how strictly you define research. Right? Kelton Reid: Yeah. Jeffrey Cranor: There’s some days where I don’t write a single thing, and I don’t read a single thing, but it may be a day where I’m listening to podcasts all day, or I’ve got an audiobook on in my head, which is sort of like reading. I listen to a lot of podcasts. I spend a lot of time without a book, or even a computer in my hand, and it might just be because I’m going for a run or mowing the lawn or something, and I’m just plowing through some podcasts. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Jeffrey Cranor: Which is, in a lot of ways, given my job in writing podcasts, is the equivalent to a writer reading a book. Right? Kelton Reid: Yeah. Jeffrey Cranor: It’s just getting in the flow of that. Listening to a lot of podcasts, and reading a lot of books. I spend a good chunk of each day trying to do a little bit of that. Some days, like the past couple of weeks, I’ve tried to be in front of a computer every day, writing several thousand words a day, so we can finish the novel. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Jeffrey Cranor: So I can finish the last few episodes of Within the Wires, and all that kind of stuff. It kind of varies, but yeah, I try to get down a few words every day, just because it just feels good to just kind of spit out a few things, and a lot of those are just in a file I call rough material on my computer. It’s just a text file full of miscellaneous junk. Sometimes I’ll try and write a little traffic report for a Welcome to Night Vale episode, or something. Kelton Reid: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Jeffrey Cranor: Maybe it’s just a diary thing. I don’t know. Talking about the leaves changing here in New York. It’s really beautiful out, right now. Just to kind of get a little bit of that out. Kelton Reid: We will be right back after a very short break. Thanks so much for listening to The Writer Files. This episode of The Writer Files is brought to you by Audible, offering over 180,000 audiobook titles to choose from. Audible seamlessly delivers the world’s both fiction and nonfiction to your iPhone, Android, Kindle or computer. For Rainmaker FM listeners, Audible is offering a free audiobook download with a 30 day trial to give you the opportunity to check them out. Grab your free audiobook right now by visiting Audibletrial.com/Rainmaker. I just hopped over there to grab Stephen King’s epic novel 11/22/63, about an English teacher who goes back in time to prevent the assassination of JFK. You can download your pick or any other audiobook free by heading over to Audibletrial.com/Rainmaker. To download your free audiobook today, go to Audibletrial.com/Rainmaker. An Author s Comforts in Coffee and Sports Talk Radio Kelton Reid: Are you brewing a pot of coffee before you sit down to write? Jeffrey Cranor: I brew a lot of coffee. I try to stop drinking coffee once it s past 12pm, just for general health, but yeah, I mean I just love coffee. Yeah. I’ll brew coffee every morning. My morning is kind of my time that if I’m going to just not do anything, I will sit and have a coffee. Sometimes I’ll go out and sit on the porch, if the weather is nice, and just drink coffee, and maybe put on a podcast, just listen to that for a little bit. Maybe do a crossword, just kind of unwind from the stress of sleep, and then kind of once I’ve kind of gotten through my morning coffee, I’ll run downstairs and start actually typing on things. Kelton Reid: Nice, nice. Once you get going and kind of get into the writing mode, then do you still have the headphones on? Do you listen to music, or do you prefer silence? Jeffrey Cranor: For a long time I used to just have headphones on all the time. I’ve gotten to the point now, especially in writing, in writing the novel, I’ve kind of gotten out of the habit of listening to anything while I write. Now, I kind of try and work in silence if I can, but for many years I would write while listening to sports talk radio. I would tune in to, and I don’t know why that is, I think it’s because I’ve listened to, I’m a sports fan, so I would listen to sports talk for a long time. I don’t know that sports talk radio is good or good for you, however it’s kind of relaxing to me. I don’t know. It just sounds like people in the background chatting. It is kind about the same thing, over and over again. Every now and then there’s a moment when I can stop and hear a really interesting story, like this person really did some research and has this interesting story to tell, so I’ll stop and listen to that. A lot of it is just, I don’t know, callers calling in complaining about the Cowboys defense or something. It’s like, okay, this is just comforting. This is just a thing happening. It feels good to just kind of type with some energy happening in the background. Music is hard for me, because I will start getting into the music, and then will forget to write. Kelton Reid: Yeah. That’s an interesting one. I haven’t heard it before. I imagine it’s kind of like those guys you meet in a bar who are just total strangers, but all of a sudden they want to share their opinion with you. Jeffrey Cranor: Right. Kelton Reid: It’s okay, it’s like, Yeah, totally. Yeah. All right, man. Go on about the defense. Jeffrey Cranor: You hear the same thing over and over again. I mean there’s only so much you can hear about, worry about any usage of the Red Sox middle relief rotation. It’s like I’ve heard all these arguments before. This is great. It’s very comforting because it’s something from childhood. Why The Law of Averages Says You Won t Always Find the Words Kelton Reid: Cool. Here’s the million dollar question for all writers. Do you believe in writer s block? Jeffrey Cranor: No. I don’t. I mean, let me hedge that a little bit by saying, I believe if you feel that you have writer s block, then I guess you do. I’m not saying that you can overcome any moment where you can t think of a good idea. There are some days, I don’t know, just writing is harder than other days. Some days running is harder than other days. Some days I don’t want to have to mow the lawn. You just do, and some days you just do a better job at mowing the lawn than others. I think the thing with writers block is that, I don’t know, let’s go back to the sports analogy, it’s like a batting slump. Right? The law of averages in baseball is just that you are not going to constantly hit 300. You are not going to hit three out of every seven, or three out of every ten at bat. You are going to have stretches where you’re only get three hits out of 20, or 25 at bats, some days you’ll have ten straight at bats with a hit, or getting on base. It doesn’t necessarily mean that it s not going to come back around. You always, like in baseball, as in writing you just sort of trust your process, trust your body, trust you mind, that you’ve been doing this for years. It’s going to come back around and I don’t think there is any shame in taking a step away from your computer for a little bit and saying, It’s just not there. I think you have to give yourself a fighting chance, and not give up after 30 minutes. Some days it’s not there for you, and go out, clear your mind, do something else, come back later. Read a book. Listen to a podcast. Do something to kind of help start it up. I don’t. Writers block sounds so, has always sounded so, like, permanent and that this is a condition that you can t get over. Neurologically, maybe there is something to that. Chuck Knoblauch of the New York Yankees once just stopped being able to throw the ball to first base. He literally could not throw the ball to first base. I think the same thing happened to the Red Sox catcher, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who just stopped being able to throw the ball correctly. I’m sure there’s some neurological thing that says, oh suddenly you cannot remember how to do a really basic function. Kelton Reid: Right. Jeffrey Cranor: I don t know, I think there are a lot of ways around it. I think if you are writing all the time, that’s great. I think where writer s block seems really profound is when you are on a deadline. You re like, I have until 8am tomorrow morning to finish this ten page paper due for my econ class. I have writer s block. Well, of course you have writer s block now, because there s a lot of pressure on you to finish it immediately. Kelton Reid: Can we see a note from your doctor? I’d love to take in your workflow because, I mean, it seems with the different types of writing you are doing that you have some processes in place. Are you a Mac or a PC guy? Jeffrey Cranor: I’ve been on a Mac for the last, probably the last seven years, now. Kelton Reid: Yeah. And are you working in Microsoft Word or Scrivener primarily, or do you kind of bounce around? Jeffrey Cranor: I have a program called TextWrangler, which is a software developing platform, it’s basically a text only platform. It’s made for programmers. I usually just set it to text only, and not HTML, or Java, or C++, or whatever it’s wanting to do it’s programming. I used to make websites as a freelance job. I used to code websites, back when web coding was really simple, like back in the late 90s and early aughts when it was HTML CSS sort of stuff. I’ve always had a program like this on my computer and I started writing in it because there is no formatting. Kelton Reid: Right. Jeffrey Cranor: There is just, you just have your letters, and spaces, and paragraphs, and that’s it, It kind of keeps me from messing with all the bells and whistles of Microsoft Word. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Whereas my friend Sonia says, “The dancing bologna.” Jeffrey Cranor: Right. The Import of Building a Platform and Setting a Deadline for Publish Kelton Reid: Cool. Do you have some organizational hacks that kind of keep you in line with your multiple projects, multiple deadlines that you can share with us? Jeffrey Cranor: I think the number one, and this seems sort of obvious, but I think the number one thing to keep me organized is deadlines. And that seems really obvious, because it’s built right into your question, which is deadlines. But, I think on the outside of any project, when I want to do something and I cannot tell you how many times in my life I’ve said, I want to do a thing, and then I just never do it. And you tell people, I’m thinking about this kind of project, I’m going to write, a thing where it’s like this, and people are like, “Cool, cool.” But, then you don’t every really actually do it. And I found in theater once I sort of, you know, talking about the Neo-Futurists earlier this idea of just getting your work out there, finding a platform upon which to put your work, and not wait around for like submitting it to places or going through this longer process of just saying, “You know what? I’m going to self produce this,” or “I’m just going to find a place that I can do this, and I’m going to take it on myself.” Once you do that, you have a deadline. You’ve rented a theater. You’ve set a place to do a thing, and now you have to do it. Once you have a deadline that solves 90% percent of your problems, because after that you know just have to make it. I feel like, for me anyway, having the responsibility to actually make something, because then it’s no longer about whether or not I have a good idea, now it’s whether or not I’m going to fulfill the promise I made to the theater that I rented, and the people I invited to see the show. Now it has nothing to do with the quality of my idea. I just have to trust that I’m good at writing enough to execute it. Kelton Reid: Right. Jeffrey Cranor: That helps a lot, and I’ve done a lot of bad writing and a lot of bad theater. I’ve done a lot of bad of those things, but that’s fine. You just do it and you move on. I think the other thing that I’ve found really helpful, in podcasting and theater you just sort of naturally have to do this, which is working with collaborators, and having collaborative efforts as a writer is really, really great because it just … One, it broadens your own horizons as a writer. It makes you think about the way other people write, and other people have good ideas. There is someone else in the process to be like, “I don’t know that that’s a good idea,” or “I’d kind of like to avoid this particular trope.” Kelton Reid: For sure. Jeffrey Cranor: That’s really good to hear in a collaborative process. Plus, they help you stick to you deadlines. It s one thing to let yourself down, it’s totally another thing to let other people down, and I don’t like doing the latter. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Jeffrey Cranor: So that’s it. Other organizational hacks, when I sit down to write I’ve taken to turning off my phone, and my WiFi on my computer. I don’t write by hand anymore, because it s just too slow. Sometimes I jot notes in a notebook, but mostly everything is done on the computer, now. I will shut down my WiFi and I will close everything but my text editor. Then, I’ll just write. If I have a question that I need to look up, I will just highlight it with a series of pound signs, so I can go back and search for those later. So yeah, I do that just to keep me from going down the rabbit hole of, You know what I’m going to check, I just got a text message, let’s see what this is, or, Oh, somebody needs this from me on email. I’m going to go ahead and do that. I’m just trying to go back to the 80s and 90s when you just couldn’t reach everyone all the time, whenever you wanted. Kelton Reid: Right. Yeah. That’s fantastic. Because, you know, I hear writers say that they’ve got these apps that will shut off the internet, or whatever, but the easiest way to do it is actually shut off the internet. Jeffrey Cranor: Yeah. Just go completely off the grid. Kelton Reid: That’s the way it should and there’s no going back. Thanks so much for joining me for this half of a tour through the writer’s process. If you enjoy The Writer Files podcast please subscribe to the show and leave us a rating or a review on iTunes to help other writers find us. 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Neurologically intact recovery after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remains dismal. In the United States, an 8% meaningful recovery rate is hopeful at best. The introduction of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is not new but has been shown to provide upwards of 27-30% meaningful recovery, when applied to the appropriate patient population. In 2011 we began extracorporeal CPR (ECPR) in our emergency department - a suburban non-academic center in San Diego, California, USA; the results have been very promising. As a result, we also began refining all aspects of resuscitation. What specific things did we change about the way we do resuscitation?Proper preparation of the resuscitation suite: If we assume the patient will end up on ECMO, then early femoral vessel access is the priority. Traditional paramedic offloading was problematic for many reasons. To address that we:attempt transfer of the patient from medic gurney to hospital gurney in the ambulance bay, where there is more room.When ‘CPR ala fresca’ isn’t possible, we bring the patient into the resuscitation room on the right side of the room, which allows the doctor accessing femoral vessels to be sterile-prepped with ultrasound in-hand.Early femoral arterial transduction to guide the resuscitationHemodynamic-Directed Dosing of Epinephrine intra-arrestNurse Code-Team Leader: assign the rote elements of the code, the ACLS protocols, to a trained nurse code team leader. This provides physician cognitive offload.Use a mechanical chest compression deviceUse an Impedence Threshold Device:increases venous returndecreases intracranial pressure (ICP)increases coronary perfusion pressure (CPP) Does any of this make a difference? Well, review of CARES data (U.S.-based cardiac arrest registry) shows that the 2014 arrest recovery rate, with meaningful neurologic outcome, at our hospital was almost double that of the nationwide data. And of the 50 patients included in the CARES database for our hospital, only 4 of those were resuscitated with ECPR. Perhaps we are just paying better attention and providing better overall care throughout the resuscitation. Perhaps we can all improve our resuscitation outcomes.

About 15 years ago I concluded that a medium-impact broadcast ad should be replaced only after the typical listener has heard it at least 12 times, and a low-impact ad should be replaced after achieving a frequency of 20. I arrived at these conclusions by carefully monitoring the results of radio campaigns of clients around the country. But the times have changed, and so have you and I. It appears that the media filters we carry in our heads are like computers: they've been forced to get faster in order to keep up with the demands our high-speed society puts on them. My most current research clearly indicates that today's moderate-impact broadcast ad begins to show diminishing returns after achieving a frequency of only 8 to 10. Let a listener hear the same ad 12 times or more and you'll see clearly diminished effectiveness after achieving a frequency of 8 to 10. It appears that our brains have learned to more quickly recognize what we've heard before, and to subconsciously tune it out. Dang. This is means we've got to write 20 to 50 percent more ads in every 52-week campaign if we're going to keep our message at maximum effectiveness. One thing that hasn't changed, though, is that we still have to hear the new ad 2 or 3 times before it begins to affect us, even when we're already familiar with the advertiser in question and have a positive opinion of them. What this means is that the first week of every new series of ads will continue to yield softer results than you can expect to see in weeks two and three. Neurologically, all of this happens in the phonological loop, one of the 3 functions of Working Memory just forward of Heschl's Gyrus and Broca's area in the dorsolateral prefrontal association area of the left hemisphere of your brain. Broca's area is also known as Brodmann's area 44. And just interior to it is the Nucleus Accumbens, the pleasure center of the brain. Okay, I'll admit it… I said all that just to impress you. I wonder why I do that. Do you figure perhaps I'm insecure about my lack of education? Or is it just that I like to show off? I should probably give that some thought. Oh well. That's pretty much all I've got to say today. Oh! One last thing: Wizard Academy is offering https://wizardacademy.org/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=90 (a Free, Public-Sampler Seminar on Saturday afternoon, August 19 in palatial Tuscan Hall.) I'll be delivering a tantalizing series of multimedia previews and teasers about each of the new, upcoming courses at Wizard Academy. It's going to be lots of fun. We won't be starting until 2 in the afternoon, so you'll have plenty of time to fly into Austin on Saturday morning from wherever you happen to be. We'll keep going until probably 9 or 10 that night because we want you to see how magical the Wizard Academy campus becomes after dark. But don't worry, we're going to provide a nice evening meal for you. No charge. We know you'll be back to take some classes later. We just take the cost of it from our ad budget. And that, my friend, is what you call “transparency.” I hope you approve. Roy H. Williams