Podcasts about perfect practice

In this episode, George is joined by Simon Schröttle, founder of Simon Schröttle Fussball Akademie in Germany. Simon, a coach and player in the Bundesliga for FC Augsburg, and a leading expert in the Constraints-Led Approach (CLA) in soccer, discusses his recent three-part book series titled 'Revolution in Soccer, the Perfect Practice.' Simon shares his journey into CLA, inspired by Rob Gray's book 'How We Learned to Move,' and his experiences applying these principles to optimize soccer practice. He explores various aspects of practice design, including balancing skill and team development, involving players in creating practice constraints, and the importance of watching and analyzing games. Chapters: 00:00 - The Importance of Play in Coaching01:28 - Introducing Simon Schrutle and His Philosophy02:19 - Optimizing Practice Through Theoretical Frameworks03:49 - Repetition Without Repetition: A New Approach05:17 - Creating Variability in Practice07:59 - The Role of Space in Practice Design09:23 - Incorporating Shot Clock Principles10:26 - Intentionality in Practice Design12:52 - Learning Through Play: The Under 12 Philosophy16:30 - Structuring Effective Practices20:06 - Balancing Skill Development and Team Strategy23:44 - Learning from Other Sports28:16 - Transformative Tips Level up your coaching with our Amazon Best Selling Book: https://amzn.to/3vO1Tc7 Access tons more of evidence-based coaching resources: https://transformingbball.com/products/ Links: Website: http://transformingbball.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/transformbball Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transformingbasketball/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@transformingbasketball Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/transformingbasketball/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@transforming.basketball

Contact Scott from Bonsai MatsuBranch cutters are an essential tool when it comes to bonsai but they are commonly abused and misused. I love them and have them in a range of different sizes and shapes. I want to run through how I use them to get the best results. And the old saying of ‘Practice makes Perfect' isn't necessarily correct. It should be ‘Perfect Practise makes Perfect'. The apex on your bonsai can make or break your design and I have a few ‘guidelines' that may help. As I always say, these are not rules and your design is personal but hopefully it may help provide some clarity if your design is not quite what you want just yet.Support the showBecome a podcast supporter and show the Bonsai Love (it's really appreciated) ❤️https://www.buzzsprout.com/263290/supportWhere to find Bonsai Matsu:InstagramFacebookYouTube Web

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Send us a textIn this enlightening episode of 'Light Up Your Worth,' host Debbie engages in a captivating conversation with spiritual counselor and meditation teacher Rain Elizabeth Stickney. Renowned for her profound presence and healing expertise, Rain shares her insights into the vast realm of meditation, its origins in spiritual practice, and its applications for mental and physical well-being. The discussion delves into the importance of selecting the appropriate meditation to meet personal needs, whether cognitive, emotional, or physical. Rain emphasizes the power of mindfulness and visualization, and shares her experiences of meditating in the natural beauty of Vermont. This episode is a deep dive into understanding how meditation can enhance life and bring about inner peace, with practical advice for listeners to incorporate mindfulness into their daily routines. 00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome02:35 Exploring Meditation and Its Origins06:51 Different Types of Meditation Practices10:02 Personal Experiences with Meditation17:39 Meditation for Anxiety and Visualization Techniques29:50 Mindfulness and Daily Practices34:20 The Power of Breathwork40:19 Final Thoughts and Contact InformationConnect with Rain:www.rainelizabeth.org IG: @pictures_of_presence LinkedIn, FB, Insigjt Timer: Rain Elizabeth Stickney Thank you for tuning into another illuminating episode of Light Up Your Worth. Your presence here is a testament to your commitment to healing, personal growth, and self discovery. As we conclude, remember, your worth is innate, your light is powerful beyond words, and your potential is limitless.Remember, when you own your worth, your light shines with abundance. Until next time, let your inner light shine. Sending sunshine.Support the showI'd be honored to walk beside you in this intimate space through my monthly Light Up Your Worth Society soul circle. Come home to yourself and join our heart-centered community. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lightupyourworth YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/Lightupyourworthpodcast Facebook Business Page: https://www.facebook.com/LightUpYourWorthwithDebbieMcAllister From my heart to yours, I'd love to invite you to support our podcast journey! If you've found value in our conversations and would like to share some love, you can treat me to a virtual coffee for just $5. It's a beautiful way to contribute whenever you feel called - no pressure, no commitments, just pure appreciation flowing both ways. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lightupyrworth Spread your light with our soul family across 35 countries and beyond!

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I contend that you cannot get a more effective, more powerful in terms of function and more usable practice amplifier system than the Positive Grid Spark 2. This episode is not sponsored by anyone and I wasn't bought off. I really believe this so have a listen and let me explain why. Help keep the channel running by becoming a supporter on Patreon.

In a sport as limitless as Jiu Jitsu, every coach must ask themselves the same question… How the hell am I going to teach this stuff to people? With so many ways to structure your practices, how do we know if we are doing it right? In this episode, I discuss training to become a better athlete for Jiu Jistu, separating the weight room from the tatami, making drilling productive, and the ecological approach. Whether or not we can ever make practice perfect, we can always try.Please leave a review, subscribe, like, share, and comment if possible. It really helps to grow the show!Contact/Support The Show:Website: ejjp.showInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeverydayjiujitsupodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ejjpodEmail: ejjpod@gmail.com On Guard Online Academy: https://onguardbjj.com/p/online-academy Zara Can Do Jiu Jitsu! https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000253392052/Matt-Kwan-Zara-Can-Do-Jiu-Jitsu%21 The Everyday Jiu Jitsu Podcast Store: https://my-store-ee3230.creator-spring.com/ Make a donation to my PayPal account: matt@onguardbjj.com

Alay Yajnik is the Founding Partner of Law Firm Success Group, Host of the , and author of Staffing Up: The Attorney's Guide to Hiring Top Talent.Alay's firm enables law firms and attorneys to grow their income, take more time off, and reduce their stress. They equip their clients with the clarity, capabilities, and confidence to build their Perfect Practice: the income they want, the time off that they need, while dramatically reducing the stress that is wrecking their quality of life.Law Firm Success Group applies proven business growth principles in the areas of Business Development, Hiring and Managing Teams, Marketing, Strategy, and Time Management to solo and small law firms.Connect with Alay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alayyajnik/Visit Law Firm Success Group: https://www.lawfirmsuccessgroup.com/Alay's Book: Staffing Up: The Attorney's Guide to Hiring Top TalentOn This Episode, We Discuss…How to Master Time Management for Better Work-life BalanceOvercoming the Billable-hour MindsetSecrets to Hiring Top Talent His book Staffing Up: The Attorney's Guide to Hiring Top Talent

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In this episode, Sachin interviews Joshua B. Lee on all things about developing your connections on LinkedIn and why LinkedIn delivers the audience you want better than any other social media platform. Josh opens with vulnerability and builds on his strengths as he teaches principles for human connection online. Listen to learn more about H2H relationships on LinkedIn and how you can grow your authority there.   Key Takeaways: [1:00] Sachin introduces today's guest, Joshua B. Lee, the Dopamine Dealer on LinkedIn. He's one of the most positive, caring, compassionate human beings. He will talk to us about making our interactions and marketing more human. Sachin welcomes Josh to Perfect Practice.   [2:20] Sachin met Josh at a variety of masterminds, including Archangel with Giovanni Marsico, Amber Spear's Mimosa mastermind, and Genius Network with Joe Polish.   [2:43] Josh and Sachin were introduced by Kevin Thompson. Josh talks about Sachin taking time to show up for so many. We change the world for the better through enriching, transparent conversations about what's going on.   [4:00] Josh is the Dopamine Dealer on LinkedIn. His approach online is to treat other humans how his mother taught him to treat them. That allows him to start conversations that turn into relationships that open massive opportunities.   [5:24] Josh says when he acknowledges someone for something they take for granted, compliments them, or asks about them, they get a little dopamine hit. This puts them into a flow state, allowing them to have a conversation. It's like going from the door to sitting on the couch.   [5:48] With the dopamine bond, it's two friends having a conversation. It's not about sales, it's about coming together to create opportunity, allowing the byproduct to be whatever it might be.   [6:34] Josh and Sachin were part of the mastermind and Kevin Thompson brought them together. In recent years, Josh has built many ventures; now he focuses on LinkedIn.   [7:11] LinkedIn has been going for 20 years, longer than any other social media platform! It made a shift when Microsoft bought it. People are on it to add value and get value.   [8:21] It's a platform to add value to other educated individuals who are business decision-makers, who generate a revenue scale that's a lot higher than that on any other social media platform. On LinkedIn, you can create a massive change.   [8:39] Josh adds that he's not competing against half-naked influencers selling sunglasses. He calls the people he works with thought leaders with influence. They put information out there.   [9:01] Josh gets massive reach on LinkedIn. There are a billion people on LinkedIn. Four million of them are active. Those four million get access to 10 billion content impressions weekly.   [9:17] Josh says there's no other platform he can win on with the right people who are ready to take action with people that he wants to be able to talk to.   [9:29] Josh sees OpenAI as the future of business and search in the next year or two.   [10:13] Josh designed one of the first MySpace ads that a lot of social media ads are based on today. There's a conditioning on social media to like, comment, share, post, and be caught up in a pattern we don't even think about.   [10:57] We take these things for granted. There's so much in this world that we take for granted and don't pay attention to. How do we connect humanly on a platform like LinkedIn?   [11:43] Use messages like, “Hey Sachin, I saw you looked at my profile. I just want to reach out and say thank you. Too often we don't appreciate that. I'd love to find out what pushed you to look me up.”   [11:55] Or, “I saw you liked my recent post. I just want to reach out and say thank you. Too often we don't appreciate that. I'd love to find out what pushed you to engage with my content.” You're trying to start a conversation by thanking them for something they take for granted.   [12:07] It's a stop-gap in the pattern. It allows them to be able to hear you now and be able to have that true conversation. Josh hates cold calling and cold emailing, but these people looked at his profile or his content. It's an opportunity, let's explore.   [12:26] People like Sachin post amazing content on LinkedIn. If you like a post, comment on it, thank the poster for it, and compliment it. Start with “Thank you.” Don't make it about you. [13:28] Josh points out how it feels when there's a warm reaction to something you post on LinkedIn. It opens up the opportunity to engage.   [14:09] Josh's advice for a practitioner to be in service on LinkedIn: Start with your profile. Build the right profile, fully fleshed out, not just with your resume but with your career journey. Most people don't look past your banner and title.   [14:36] Titles don't attract. Use a headline with an XYZ statement: “I help (support) X to do Y so they can have (achieve) Z.” X is your ideal client or tribe. It starts there. Use your profile to tell people where you've been, where you are, and where you're going. It's a storyboard of your life.   [16:01] The more you talk about where you've been, the gap between you and your audience gets smaller. “You worked at Chili's? Me too!” Now you have commonality and connection.   [16:50] The next step is to share content that backs up that you're the authority in your space. Better to be an authority than an expert. In the world of AI, everyone's an expert. Be the authority that people go to every day.   [17:40] Use the 10-20-70 rule of content. Ten percent personal, showing you're human. Twenty percent, stories of what your company has done for people. Seventy percent, educate and aggregate value for your audience. Become a destination site as the authority in your field.   [19:10] If you say, “Hey, here's 50 pages, and here are the 10 lines of it you need to pay attention to now,” that's how you need to show up on LinkedIn every day. Educate them enough that if they have a problem or issue, they're going to come to you for the solution.   [19:45] After profile and content, what next? You have to be active about drawing in your audience. Josh uses LinkedIn's CRM system, Sales Navigator to identify his audience better than any other social media platform. [20:18] It costs $100 U.S. per month. With the relationship you can build with one person, it should give you, if not 10X, at least $100 in value every month. You can only reach out and connect with 400 people a month. Monday through Friday, that's 20 people per day.   [20:47] Use Sales Navigator to identify your exact audience, click on the button, “Active on LinkedIn the last 30 days,” to get a pretty tight audience. Engage on their content, reach out, connect with them, and draw your ideal audience in to look at your profile and content.   [21:09] When you're having that conversation with them in the DMs, you create that opportunity and make that relationship deeper.   [21:24] It takes Josh's clients 30 to 45 days to get in the human algorithm, rebuild their LinkedIn profile, get content going, and have that in place, to start messaging. Josh helped a client have a relationship conversation within seven days of engaging with someone's content.   [22:20] Most people fail here by talking about themselves. Josh's Mom taught him when you meet someone new, compliment them. It's nice to be nice. Do that on LinkedIn. Give endorsements. You'll get thanks. Get their mindset, to know them better.   [24:01] Ask if they consider themselves an entrepreneur, or a business owner with an entrepreneurial mindset. Entrepreneurs are early in their careers. Being an entrepreneur is exhausting. Business owners are more established with a team and a growth mindset.   [24:40] They might answer they work for someone else. However they answer, it allows you to provide value. If the answer isn't what you're looking for, you can still leave them with value.   [24:59] Josh shares an example. He helped Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy relaunch the book, Who Not How with a free plus shipping book offer, even though they weren't aligned.   [25:14] Josh has done it in seven days, but it can take longer, depending on a person's LinkedIn profile and content. As you continue to have 400 conversations a month, it keeps growing, creating more opportunities.   [25:59] Sachin's updating his LinkedIn profile during this call. Josh says Giovanni Marsico did, too. Josh was also on Evan Carmichael's podcast and Evan did it, too. Make your profile human. There are people who do things similar to you but they're not you.   [27:34] Josh points out that he is sharing his knowledge with Sachin and influencing him to take action. It's essential to be a thought leader with influence. The power is yours. You can do it straight from LinkedIn better than from any other platform out there.   [28:12] Josh has a book, Balance is Bullsh*t. He was very successful but he didn't feel it. He was miserable, and money was his driver when it should have been a byproduct. He reset his life at age 36 and wrote about it. He was going to be a life coach!   [30:40] Josh realized quickly that he wasn't a life coach. Instead, he realized he had to humanize the way he was online and be able to shift and change his marketing. He paired his marketing background with where he was trying to go.   [31:16] He didn't write the book for anyone else but himself, to see where he had messed up. He changed his life for himself and his family and kids. He hopes it will inspire someone else.   [31:35] Josh is the Dopamine Dealer of LinkedIn because he took the time to share his story and change for the better.    [32:21] On average, Josh posts on LinkedIn three times a week. He doesn't have to create tons of overwhelming content. Each post is 200 to 400 words. Each post is from him. No matter how many companies he has, the commonality is him, so they are all one profile.   [33:10] Start with that humanity and make a human connection, not a B2B or B2C connection, because a human being runs every company, so it's all H2H. Josh's content is about entrepreneurship, LinkedIn, and how to use AI as a tool to empower us, not as a replacement.   [34:00] In Josh's content, he'll do one picture with some content, with the picture being real and raw, not overproduced, a PDF as a carousel, each page being a cell, and a 30-to-60-second video. LinkedIn is diving deeper into video to draw people in. Write for fifth graders.   [36:44] Josh summarizes: Be you, using 10;20;70, think about the three pillars of content that make up you, and create content that is relevant today, that someone can take in and process.   [37:17] Another tip: Watch the LinkedIn news feed. Josh looks for the top news. If you can add value to a news story, use the story to create new content, and do it every week. You'll get more visibility and be highlighted by the LinkedIn editorial team, which will get you more opportunities.    [38:58] Everyone's human. They're not all talking about business and they all have health concerns. Josh talks about his health issues. He dealt with a panic issue this weekend and Sachin offered him support. A health practitioner needs to post about health issues.   [39:28] Josh recently posted about men's mental health and male suicide. Men and women need support. Share what you wish someone would have shared with you. Talk to people like human beings. LinkedIn looks for people who add value and give actionable steps on LinkedIn.   [40:20] Josh states that as a practitioner, you have more power on LinkedIn than most people. You're not just another person selling them something but you're there to educate them on what might be going on in their life that they're scared to talk about.   [41:16] Is there shadow-banning on LinkedIn? Josh hasn't seen it yet. He shares an example of an actress friend who posts on the subject of child trafficking on Instagram and gets 200 views, but if she posts herself half-naked she gets views. LinkedIn wants value, not half-naked videos.   [42:01] Josh had the same conversation with a recovering alcoholic. Post for the family members of someone with an alcohol problem. People are scared of being vulnerable. Understand what audience you are talking to, the direct audience or the people around them.   [42:56] You may need to shift how you write your content and whom you're writing it to, to reach the audience you want to reach. They will DM you.   [44:09] Likes and comments are just vanity metrics. They don't mean anything. People ask Josh how he attracts his KPIs. In the conversations. If a post with few likes spurs one or two conversations, you've won. Another post can be viral but spark few conversations.   [44:44] Change your perspective. Are you being polarizing enough to push someone to love you or be pushed to engage with you? Indifferent content not only wastes your time but also the readers' time.   [45:35] Sachin saw on his LinkedIn profile that his wife had posted. She had attended Josh's training last week in the community and she was inspired to work with LinkedIn as a new channel for her to a new audience. Sachin thanks Josh for that.   [46:21] Josh shares what he can to add value to the world and not just monetize it. He tried to change the world on his own and nearly killed himself. The only way that we can change this world and make it a better place is for all of us to rise together and share that knowledge.   [46:59] Sachin'swife's posts are getting indexed highly on Google as the MOZ SEO score for LinkedIn on Google is 100/100. OpenAI and Microsoft index LinkedIn for the next level of search. People who leverage content from profiles to newsletters to articles, show in all three.   [47:38] That's an opportunity coming to you rather than you spending energy to go find it. Spamming a lot of people is a waste of energy. Engagement gives you energy.   [48:01] Sachin thanks Josh and asks for links. Find JoshuaBLee on LinkedIn but don't send that blank connection request! To connect with Josh tell him why you listen to Sachin, and why you love him, his wife, and the community. That gives Josh a better relationship with Sachin!   [48:34] You can check out Josh's website at StandOutAuthority.com but he'd rather have that conversation with you that builds that relationship and creates an opportunity for both of you.   [48:42] Sachin thanks Joshua B. Lee for sharing knowledge so openly and willingly. He's looking forward to connecting with Josh again.   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live Joshua B. Lee Archangel Academy with Giovanni MarsicoAmber Spears's Mimosa Mastermind Genius Network with Joe Polish Kevin Thompson Dan Sullivan Balance is Bullsh*t: How to Successfully Integrate Work & Life, by Joshua B. Lee   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live sachin@becomeproof.com To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You're Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done   Tweetables:   “That's the only way we're truly going to be able to change this world for the better, is to be able to have enriching conversations that are 100% transparent.” — Joshua B. Lee   “There are a billion people on LinkedIn right now. Only about four million of them are active on a regular basis but those four million are getting access to 10 billion content impressions weekly.” — Joshua B. Lee   “One thing I realized, especially post-COVID, was there's much in this world that we do take for granted, that we don't pay attention to.” — Joshua B. Lee   “Likes and comments are just vanity metrics. They don't mean anything. … How do you attract your KPIs? On the conversations.” — Joshua B. Lee   “The only way that we can truly change this world and make it a better place is for all of us to rise together and share that knowledge.” — Joshua B. Lee   Joshua B. Lee on LinkedIn StandOutAuthority.com  

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In this episode, Sachin interviews Dr. Jessica Drummond on a variety of topics around her journey from being a nurse practitioner in a clinical facility to being an integrative women's health practitioner, serving clients around the world. She speaks of her experience with long-haul COVID, and how her practice had prepared for her to be absent for two months while she recovered with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Dr. Jessica shares her business insights and how going digital in time for the pandemic was a great shift for her business. Listen to learn more about how Dr. Jessica navigates health and illness, hard times and good times, with the support of family, friends, and mentors.   Key Takeaways: [1:03] Sachin introduces today's guest, Dr. Jessica Drummond, who will talk about her health challenges and her business. Sachin welcomes Dr. Jessica to Perfect Practice.   [2:16] Dr. Jessica is a physical therapist and a certified clinical nutritionist with a doctorate in clinical nutrition. She graduated as a physical therapist in 1999, planning on sports medicine. She enjoys sports and exercise so she started her career in outpatient orthopedics.   [3:19] She grew interested in women's health. Within the first decade of her career, Dr. Jessica realized that physical therapy was not the complete answer to some of the more complex conditions affecting women.   [4:06] That's when Dr. Jessica dove in to learn more about health coaching, clinical nutrition, functional nutrition, and taking a more integrative perspective. Dr. Jessica mostly educates professionals but she has a small practice of clients with complex chronic illness.   [4:52] When you come at a complex condition with a holistic mindset, and let the client lead with all the things that they can do, that gets Dr. Jessica excited. We don't have a quick-fix solution for complex chronic illnesses like endometriosis.   [5:25] Dr. Jessica started the Integrative Women's Health Institute as CEO and Founder. Dr. Jessica thinks that having an athlete mindset has supported her in everything, not just her work. In terms of successfully navigating entrepreneurship, it absolutely helps her.   [6:26] From 2006 to 2010, Dr. Jessica's husband moved the family often as a consultant, so Dr. Jessica had to keep restarting in new clinical positions. She started her practice not to be an entrepreneur but to create something she could do anywhere.   [7:12] At the time Dr. Jessica didn't even have an iPhone, so she didn't have a lot of tools to do digital telehealth but it was possible. She had a beautiful office in her home to meet clients in, but all of them chose to work with her by telehealth, instead.   [8:10] Dr. Jessica's athlete mindset is flexible, curious, and persistent. She says if you just keep doing it, you overcome the obstacles. If you give up, you don't overcome the obstacles.   [8:39] Sachin is reading Areté, by Brian Johnson. He recommends it. It has 451 lessons on 1,000 pages. One lesson is about making 50 pounds of pottery to get the best final product in an art class, which is another way of putting in the reps.   [9:54] No one mentored Dr. Jessica in entrepreneurship, but she had a teacher who inspired her in digital marketing. She has a cousin entrepreneur who helped her a lot. All during her schooling, she expected to have a straightforward clinical career.   [11:58] Dr. Jessica's parents supported her education and paid for most of her schooling. She had a safety net. It's easier to be entrepreneurial when you have some financial cushion. She also still had her clinical skillset if she needed to fall back on a job, that helped her to take risks.   [14:00] In the beginning of her business, Dr. Jessica's challenge was technology and she never did a tone of it. As quickly as she could, she hired people to help her with technology. The way she learned is when she didn't know how to do something, she would do it and get feedback.   [14:46] Dr. Jessica thinks what gets people stuck is thinking through how to do something, and learning about how to do it, instead of doing it. The most valuable thing for her to do was to try something and then see if it worked.   [15:09] Dr. Jessica was building the first large-scale digital version of her women's health coach certification when she met JJ Virgin, who encouraged her to sell it first and then build it, so she did.   [16:45] For the first five years when Dr. Jessica was launching larger-scale global programs, she would go talk about them anywhere in the world that invited her to speak, if there were more than 20 people. She went all over the place.   [17:08] Dr. Jessica overcame obstacles by taking action. That required doing a lot of things, like being on the news, filming YouTube videos, and speaking in front of audiences who heckled her. She knew that what she was talking about was helpful for patients because she had seen it.   [20:19] Sachin had a conversation with an investment banker who told him the three things investors look for when buying a business: EBITDA, How much the Founder is involved in operations, and SOP.   [20:52] Many entrepreneurs were challenged by the pandemic. It affected Dr. Jessica with long-haul symptoms. [21:39] Dr. Jessica thanks Sachin for the help he provided to her with breathwork, while she was ill. The year 2020 was great for the Integrative Women's Health Institute because they were ahead of the curve. Her colleagues at in-person practices were shut down.   [22:36] Dr. Jessica and her team were able to quickly pivot and educate people through telehealth with a decade of telehealth experience by that point. If you're creative and constantly looking for opportunities, sometimes you're a little bit ahead of the curve and can take advantage of shifts.   [23:02] Her colleagues who run small private practices were willing to adapt. Some of them grew new lines of service but in the short term, it was hard. For Dr. Jessica, the short-term was great.   [23:21] Then, in December 2020, Dr. Jessica got COVID-19. She thought with Vitamin D, she would be strong. She was shocked to become super sick. She was weak for months and had more long-haul issues. Almost four years later, it's still something she manages.   [24:03] Being so sick cost Dr. Jessica a lot of money. She was grateful to have some cushion from earlier in 2020. Dr. Jessica had a team of 20 running the company. They stepped up. Dr. Jessica was grateful to have work, to tether her to reality as she recovered.   [24:59] Dr. Jessica says part of the healing is staying contributory, even if in small ways. There's a sense of purpose in the work.   [25:41] The systems and structure of Dr. Jessica's company had to be ironclad. At that point, they were not, so she brought in a fractional COO. They reorganized the team a bit and the COO is still with the company today.   [26:12] In 2023, as a part of her long-haul COVID recovery, Dr. Jessica went to the hospital at Yale for hyperbaric oxygen therapy which was key to her complete recovery. It required hours of therapy every day for 40 sessions, so she took two months off work.   [27:03] At that point, the Integrative Women's Health Institute had built all the structure and systems to have everything running without Dr. Jessica's participation. They were able to maintain their revenue generation, and profitability, and support their students and clients.   [27:26] This year, they are working on how to scale their strongest programs. Dr. Jessica has hand-picked the strongest programs that they want to keep doing. They have a clear path to the goals to hit to get to the ideal EBITDA for profitability, and for the company to be stronger.   [28:03] When you go from being at the peak of health to the week later, almost dying, you think about your business as a resource for your family, if they were to need it and you weren't there.   [28:19] Dr. Jessica doubled down on creating and optimizing SOPs, so her skilled team can continue to scale the mission of women's integrative healthcare. Dr. Jessica has worked very hard on this asset for 15 years. If anything happens to her, her family will recoup something.   [29:18] Hopefully, Dr. Jessica won't die suddenly, and she and her husband will have something out of the intense work of the past 15 years.   [30:35] Dr. Jessica says if someone has long-haul, the key is figuring out what kind of long-haul. There are different underlying causes. The most common symptom is fatigue. Dr. Jessica supported her mitochondria from Day 1, so she never had fatigue. Support your mitochondria.   [31:11] The second thing is thinking of oxygen as a nutrient. For Dr. Jessica, hyperbaric oxygen therapy was key. You may have capillary microclotting. You may be dealing with organ damage or irritation to the immune system that triggers mast cell activation syndrome.   [34:31] Because you create a business out of thin air, you can create it in any way that you want. It's valuable from the beginning to think about the pieces of it that could run without you needing to be fully present even for a little bit at a time. You can keep expanding it.   [35:01] It doesn't have to be about a crisis. Dr. Jessica has learned that stepping away from the business for weeks or months brings a presence to her most important people. It also brings her new ideas and more energy to bring back to the company when she has had a true rest.   [37:09] Sachin recently had three days in the wilderness. It was magical; time stood still. He was fully present. No new information was coming in. He was off the grid. Having three-day weekends now and then can be a great stepping stone if you are afraid to fully unplug.   [37:54] Sachin went to India a few years ago. His business ran better while he was gone! A true business benefits when you're there but doesn't rely on you to exist. It's like raising children. The more they grow, the more independent they become.   [39:26] The pandemic was a turning point for many businesses. Some businesses were ahead of the curve and took off. Some businesses that were strictly physical took a bit of a hit. Things are open again. Assess what would happen in another crisis. Would your business survive?   [40:20] Dr. Jessica says we can stress-test our businesses, but we don't know what the next stressor will be. That's where flexibility and the willingness to try crazy things come in. True entrepreneurs survive long-term by treating stressors as interesting challenges for creativity.   [41:01] Always do the best you can. You can't control everything. The stronger the foundation of the business is, the healthier it will be.   [41:24] Sachin mentions a mutual mentor, JJ Virgin. Dr. Jessica gives a shoutout to a colleague, Greg Todd, who was not a direct mentor but reached out to help when she was ill. Also, Fabian Frederickson, and also her Dad, as a sounding board with his experience in the business world.   [42:30] Dr. Jessica credits her team with putting their heads together to figure out what to do. Dr. Jessica goes to a lot of conferences and just listens. She chats with friends and colleagues such as Trudi, Magdalena, Isabella, and a few others she met through JJ years ago.   [43:15] Being an entrepreneur can be lonely compared to working in a hospital with colleagues every day. Not all of Dr. Jessica's mentors have been formal, but she finds mentorship through being friends with people who are doing the same thing.   [44:14] Dr. Jessica just started reading a fiction book about the Panama Canal. One of the books that recently impacted her the most is Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, by Katherine May. It's a beautiful book about navigating life when it is hard.   [44:47] Another book that helped Dr. Jessica navigate living with a chronic illness is Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted, by Suleika Jaouad, written by a woman who had cancer and recovered. Both books changed Dr. Jessica's definitions of health and disease.   [45:16] Dr. Jessica sees health and disease now as more of a continuum. Defining “healthy” is so elusive. Defining “sick” can be somewhat elusive, too. We don't have to call ourselves one or the other, no matter what stage of health we are in. It's the same with life being hard or easy.   [46:35] Sachin talks about seasonality in life, and if you prepare, you can navigate all the seasons as they come up in our day. Sachin thanks Dr. Jessica for sharing her insights and some amazing nuggets of wisdom on Perfect Practice. This time has been valuable.   [47:07] Learn more about the work of Dr. Jessica at IntegrativeWomensHealthInstitute.com, on Instagram @IntegrativeWomensHealth, and on The Integrative Women's Health Podcast.   [47:28] Sachin thanks Dr. Jessica again for taking time out of her day. Sachin wishes continued health, happiness, and wholeness to her, her family, and those around her. Dr. Jessica wishes the same for Sachin.   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live Jessica Drummond Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential, by Brian Johnson Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, by Katherine May Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted, by Suleika Jaouad   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live sachin@becomeproof.com To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You're Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done   Tweetables:   “I started my practice, not with an intentional decision to become an entrepreneur. I was trying to create something that I could do from anywhere. At the time … I don't think I even had an iPhone, so I didn't have a lot of tools to do digital telehealth.” — Jessica Drummond   “I think my athlete mindset has just been two things, flexible and curious, and then also persistent.” — Jessica Drummond   “The way I've learned in my business is when there were obstacles and I didn't know how to do something, I would do it and get feedback. … What gets people stuck is thinking through how to do it; learning about how to do it.” — Jessica Drummond   “When you go from being at the peak of health to the week later, almost dying, you think about your business as a resource for your family, if they were to need it and you weren't there.” — Jessica Drummond   “We're always going to do the best we can, and I can't control everything, but the more creative I am and the more strong the business's foundation is, the healthier it will be.” — Jessica Drummond   “Defining ‘healthy' is so elusive. Defining ‘sick' can be somewhat elusive, too. We don't have to call ourselves one or the other, no matter what stage of health we are in. The same thing with life being hard or easy.” — Jessica Drummond   Jessica Drummond on LinkedIn Integrative Women's Health Institute @IntegrativeWomensHealth on Instagram  The Integrative Women's Health Podcast  

Send us a Text Message.In this inspiring episode of Choose Your Next Yes, we're joined by the remarkable Dan Rigby, a renowned wrestling coach, award-winning teacher, and devoted mentor. With a wealth of experience in both education and athletics, Dan shares his journey and the pivotal role that discipline has played in his success.We'll explore the concept of perfect practice and how it transcends beyond sports into every aspect of life. Dan's unique perspective on discipline not only helps athletes achieve their highest potential but also empowers students and educators to strive for excellence.Tune in to discover actionable strategies for integrating discipline into your daily routine, enhancing your skills, and achieving your goals. Whether you're an educator, coach, or someone seeking to elevate your personal and professional life, Dan's insights will provide you with the tools and motivation to practice perfect and choose your next yes.Connect with DanWin The Day PlannerBook: Educator to Entrepreneur: IGNITE Your Path to Freelance SuccessLet me help you determine the next steps in your Career! Grab a complimentary Career emPOWERment Sessionemail: melinda@empowereducator.com

Send us a Text Message.In this episode of Empowered Educator, Dr. Mel Vandevort sits down with Dan Rigby, a public high school PE teacher and former wrestling coach from Delaware. Dan shares his journey from aspiring state trooper to passionate educator and business owner. Together, they delve into the crucial role of discipline and the concept of "practicing perfect" in both education and personal growth. Whether you're teaching high schoolers, coaching athletes, or striving for personal excellence, this episode offers valuable insights into building effective habits and systems for success. Connect with DanWin The Day PlannerIntern Interest FormEducator to Entrepreneur AcademyBook: Educator to Entrepreneur: IGNITE Your Path to Freelance SuccessLet me help you determine the next steps in your career!Grab a complimentary POWER SessionWith Rubi.ai, you'll experience cutting-edge technology, research-driven insights, and efficient content delivery.email: melinda@empowereducator.comWebsite: www.empowereducator.com Join the PowerED Up Educator Facebook Group

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In this episode, Sachin interviews Dr. Tom O'Bryan on excess inflammation and the effects it has on your body. They address the causes of inflammation, the purpose of inflammation in your body, and how it can accumulate by continued exposure to toxins in your body. Dr. Tom O'Bryan talks about his docuseries The Inflammation Equation, the experts he interviewed over a year for the docuseries, and how you can access this docuseries and learn more about inflammation in your body. Dr. Tom also recommends the Neural Zoomer Plus test to learn about excess inflammation you may have in your brain. Listen to learn more about excess inflammation and its treatment and prevention.   Key Takeaways: [1:02] Sachin introduces today's guest, Dr. Tom O'Bryan. Today we're going to talk about one of the most important topics that impacts virtually every cell, every system, and every organ in your body, something that Time magazine has called the silent killer, inflammation.   [1:24] Dr. Tom is not only a brilliant clinician but also very detail - and scientifically - oriented. He is working on a new project Sachin says will blow your mind.   [1:54] Sachin welcomes Dr. Tom to Perfect Practice. Dr. Tom wishes he and Sachin lived in the same place to get together weekly or so for coffee. Dr. Tom lives in Costa Rica but he imports his coffee from Reno, Nevada, from Brain Bean.   [2:44] Dr. Tom tells about Brain Bean, its founder, Dr. Michael Nelson, and their coffees, including Zen Blend. Sachin says “I'm going to buy it right now. … I'm sold. Thank you.”   [3:55] Dr. Tom explains his work with inflammation. We wouldn't be here if we didn't have an active immune system protecting us every day. When it gets called up, the question is, what's it trying to protect you from?   [4:55] A related thought is that, according to the CDC, 14 of the 15 top causes of death are chronic inflammatory diseases. It's always excessive inflammation that causes disease.   [5:28] Dr. Tom shares a slide from Dr. David Furman at Stanford. The slide has three gears that are linked in a line. The first gear has teeth labeled with things that attack our systems: viruses, bacteria, inactivity, obesity, lack of regenerative sleep, excess stress hormones, and more.   [7:11] When the first gear gets out of balance, it turns to the middle gear, labeled Systemic Chronic Inflammation. Your immune system is responding to a perceived threat.   [7:44] Dr. Jeff Bland, the Founder of Functional Medicine, told Dr. Tom in an interview, “A negative thought is just as powerful at activating your immune system, creating inflammation, as exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.”   [8:21] Dr. Patrick Hanaway, who co-founded the Functional Medicine Center at Cleveland Clinic, told Dr. Tom in an interview, after a diagnosis of Stage 4 throat cancer, “I thought I was bigger than the stress in my life.”   [9:50] Then Dr. Hanaway talked about how he has learned to handle the stress of life so much better, which reduces activating the immune system.    [10:24] Dr. Tom returns to the image of the three gears. The gear in the middle is your immune system trying to protect you. That turns the gear on the right, which is your genetics and antecedents, such as mercury toxicity. Genetics and antecedents point to your weakest link.   [11:02] The pull on the chain attacks your weakest part. The pull on the chain is inflammation. Excessive inflammation is bad for you.   [11:28] The World Health Organization tells us for the last four years, the average life expectancy for newborn children is less than the average life expectancy of their parents, meaning kids are expected to live shorter lives than their parents are expected to live.   [11:50] The main reason for this shortened average life expectancy is the inflammation from your immune system trying to protect you from something. We have to identify what your immune system is trying to protect you from. Maybe your toxic dishwasher detergent!   [12:57] We can't eliminate all exposure to toxins, but we can make progress. Keep working at it, a little bit at a time. Can you reduce your immune system's need to protect you?   [13:54] Dr. Tom interviewed the actress Fran Drescher. She's a 23-year survivor of uterine cancer. Her oncologist saved her life. Fran wrote a NY Times bestselling book, Cancer Schmancer. She started the Cancer Schmancer organization to educate people about cancer.   [14:50] Fran Drescher said the first thing you have to do is to treat yourself as your best friend. Educate yourself on the chemicals you use every day. For longevity and quality of life, take regular baby steps to reduce the load on your immune system trying to protect you.   [15:27] Dr. Tom has patients answer a questionnaire and take labs before he sees them by Zoom. One of the tests is the Neural Zoomer Plus. It looks at 53 markers of excess inflammation in your brain. [17:18] Blue Cross Blue Shield came out with a paper in February 2020 that went unreported because the pandemic was happening. The paper said that in the previous four-year period, there was a 407% increase in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's in 30- to 44-year-olds.   [17:56] Right now, there is an explosion of cognitive decline, diagnosed depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, brain dysfunction, autism, and attention deficit. The brain is a sensitive and active organ with 20‒25% of the body's blood at one time. Inflammation is killing brain tissue.   [18:36] Dr. Tom has never had a Neural Zoomer Plus come back normal. Results show people have low-grade inflammation in the brain. It doesn't make them sick but it eventually triggers symptoms. Then they get diagnosed with a disease, after decades of inflammation.   [19:31] A government report published in 2019 stated that Alzheimer's will bankrupt Medicare within 25 years because so many more people are getting it.   [19:59] They showed that there are 20 to 25 years of excess inflammation in the brain before you ever have a symptom. You feel fine but your brain's on fire! By the time symptoms come you're pretty far down the path.   [20:32] Look for antibodies being elevated. Dr. Tom tells of four immune systems. The one in our gut is like the sheriff. The marshall is in the bloodstream. The system in the brain is the glial cells. They fire an inflammatory cascade to get rid of anything that's not supposed to be there.   [21:47] When you have chronic inflammation from environmental toxins like mold in your house, your immune system tries to fight it. Inflammation in the bloodstream crosses the barrier into your brain and the glial cells react like fireworks exploding and causing collateral damage.   [22:44] The collateral damage causes elevated antibodies to get rid of the damaged brain cells. The Neural Zoomer Plus test identifies elevated antibodies in the bloodstream. Next, find out where the inflammation is coming from; food, mold, or toxins.   [23:36] Dr. Tom says the Neural Zoomer Plus test looks at pathogens like herpes, cytomegalovirus, and streptococcus. Those pathogens can be in other parts of the body, but the antibodies cross into the brain.   [24:24] Dr. Tom speaks of a connection between some celiac patients and antibodies to the cerebellum. If they have these antibodies, when they go gluten-free, the antibodies to the cerebellum go down. Dr. Tom calls this molecular mimicry.   [25:21] When the cerebellum is attacked, you can lose your balance, or misjudge door frames as you walk through them. To test balance, take your shoes off, stand straight, lift your right knee in the air, and count to five. Let it down lift the left knee and count to five.   [25:48] Repeat the test with eyes closed. That's a simple test for cerebellar balance. If you can't keep your balance, we now know where we have to look. Let's measure and see. Do you have antibodies in your cerebellum? We have a path to follow to reduce the inflammation.   [27:30] The Journal of the American Medical Association, one of the most prestigious journals, published a paper on couples going to assisted fertility centers. It showed that women who ate three servings a week of organic fruits and vegetables had the best outcomes.   [31:11] The study didn't address this, but Dr. Tom thinks the women were also doing other things to be exposed to fewer toxins, like using organic shampoos and soaps. Probably there were other areas where there was less insult activating the immune system trying to protect them.   [32:07] Dr. Tom notes that a fertilized egg has no defense. It's completely dependent on Mom's environment. If Mom has a toxic environment, from a lifetime of accumulating toxic chemicals, and she's eating conventional fruits and vegetables, that takes her over the edge more often.   [33:01] In those women, the implantation failed 18% more often, and if there was a pregnancy, it was lost 26% more often. That's powerful information! Anyone can eat three servings of organic fruits and vegetables a week while working in the direction of reducing the toxins in your life!   [33:23] Buy organic shampoo from the health foods store. Don't use poisonous toothpastes. What we're being given is reducing the life expectancy of newborns compared to their parents and increasing the incidence of every autoimmune disease by four to nine percent yearly.   [34:42] More people are getting sicker because more and more chemicals are accumulating in our bodies.   [34:53] In Chicago in 2016 they collected urine from 326 women in the eighth month of pregnancy. They measured five different phthalates, and chemicals used to mold plastic. They followed the offspring of those pregnancies for seven years.   [36:16] When the children turned seven, the study team did Wechsler IQ tests on the children. The children whose mothers had the highest amount of phthalates in urine during pregnancy had IQs seven points lower than the children whose mothers had the lowest amount of phthalates.   [36:59] One IQ point is noticeable. A difference of seven IQ points is the difference between a child working very hard to get straight As and a child working very hard to get straight Cs. A baby's brain doesn't develop in utero to its full potential when Mom is high in phthalates.   [37:46] Phthalates are what harden nail polish in four or five minutes. They're in your bloodstream within four to five minutes.   [38:58] Part of Dr. Tom's goal is to reach women of childbearing age to attend The Inflammation Equation and listen to the experts. Dr. Tom went to seven countries for a year interviewing people for this docuseries. Just listen to what they say. It makes perfect sense.   [39:32] The goal is to reduce the exposure to all of these things that activate your immune system, trying to protect you. You need to get the insult out of there so the immune system calms down on its own.   [40:13] Taking Turmeric as an anti-inflammatory can help, but what is the source of the inflammation? Dr. Tom wants to reduce our exposure to toxins. You can protect yourself and your family by cleaning toxins off your food with a product like Veggie Wash from TrulyFree.   [41:50] The Inflammation Equation can be found at TheInflammationEquation.com/Patel. Register here. When you register, you'll get the full interview with Fran Drescher. You'll laugh and you'll cry. Dr. Tom tells how Fran Drescher protects her home environment.   [44:27] For healthcare practitioners, Dr. Tom hopes you will register as an affiliate. When you register as an affiliate, Dr. Tom gives you all the information to send to your patient base so they will attend. Dr. Tom wants you to be able to ask more engaging questions.   [45:22] NASA published a gook on houseplants for space. Two six-inch houseplants in a 10x10 room absorb 74% of the toxins in the air. All home fabrics are soaked in flame-retardant chemicals that are not good to breathe. Get houseplants. Mother-in-law's tongue is a great one.   [47:28] If your cabinets are not solid wood, they're pressboard. Pressboard is soaked in formaldehyde that off-gasses into the air. Furniture, too can be pressboard. Fran Drescher has a switch she uses at night to turn off the wireless in her home to protect her environment.   [48:35] Sachin thanks Dr. Tom for always sharing what he learned, paying it forward to practitioners, and to all who are seeking better health. Sachin is excited about the event. He's excited always to learn more and keep pushing the envelope forward.   [49:18] Sachin says we'll share all the links that Dr. Tom O'Bryan mentioned. Here's to having the right amount of inflammation, so that your body can heal, repair, and regenerate itself for a long healthy life.   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live Dr. Tom O'Bryan The Inflammation Equation   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live sachin@becomeproof.com To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You're Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done   Tweetables:   “The Center for Disease Control tells us that 14 of the 15 top causes of death are chronic inflammatory diseases. It's always excessive inflammation that causes disease.” — Dr. Tom O'Bryan   “It was Dr. Jeff Bland, the Founder of Functional Medicine, who said in the interview that I had with him, ‘A negative thought is just as powerful at activating your immune system, creating inflammation, as exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.'” — Dr. Tom O'Bryan   “You'll hear it time and time again from our experts. The pull on the chain is inflammation. Inflammation is not bad for you. Excessive inflammation is bad for you.” — Dr. Tom O'Bryan   “The World Health Organization tells us for the last four years, the average life expectancy for newborn children is less than the average life expectancy of their parents, meaning kids are expected to live shorter lives than their parents are expected to live.” — Dr. Tom O'Bryan   “There is such an explosion going on of cognitive decline, diagnosed depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, brain dysfunction, autism, and attention deficit. The brain is such sensitive tissue. … Inflammation is killing brain tissue.” — Dr. Tom O'Bryan   “More people are getting sicker because there are more and more of these chemicals that are accumulating in their bodies.” — Dr. Tom O'Bryan   Dr. Tom O'Bryan@TheDr-com on LinkedIn @TheDrcom on YouTube  

In this episode, Sachin interviews Dr. Olga Stevko on unconscious programs and how to transform them, relieving symptoms caused by the stress created by your unconscious programs. Listen for insight on stress and its effects on many systems in the body, and most importantly, how to become neutral to stress triggers.   Key Takeaways: [1:01] The topic is our subconscious and unconscious nervous system and how it affects our health, business, and the way we show up for others and ourselves.   [1:28] Sachin introduces today's guest, Dr. Olga Stevko. Sachin met Dr. Olga last year at Mindshare. Sachin and Dr. Olga have connected several times over the past few months as she helped him with some of the subconscious challenges holding him back.   [2:32] Sachin welcomes Dr. Olga Stevko to Perfect Practice.   [2:58] Dr. Oga developed her methodology by combining several modalities. She trained as a medical doctor in Russia and practiced medicine there. She learned neurolinguistic programming and started working with the unconscious mind.   [4:06] In her medical practice, Dr. Olga observed that people of similar age and condition healed at different rates. Some healed quickly. Some never healed completely. Dr. Olga believes that their mindsets would determine how they would heal.   [4:58] Dr. Olga's curiosity led her to explore the work of Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, and Milton Erickson. She realized that the unconscious mind is so powerful it creates our subjective reality and things related to it.   [6:28] Dr. Olga explains that unconscious programs result from stressful life events and trauma, including transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. Dr. Olga says that 95% of our entire life experiences are shaped by unconscious programs.   [7:40] She says unconscious programs influence how we perceive ourselves, other people, and the world around us.   [8:18] Dr. Olga states that unconscious programs affect our nervous system with fight, fight, or freeze responses. This can lead to many different issues in many areas of our lives; relationships, business, health, and even premature aging for some people.   [9:11] Dr. Olga says perception is how we perceive with all of our senses: what we see, hear, touch, smell, and taste. Perception comes through our autonomic nervous system. Dr. Olga's theory is that our unconscious mind is our autonomic nervous system and much more.   [10:13] The perception of an experience is different for every person in a group in the same situation. This comes from unconscious programs from unresolved genetic trauma, wound trauma, and childhood trauma.   [10:58] For some people, the perception can be fearful, for some, neutral. For some, it can create anger. Our perception is not our reality. Our perception creates in us a certain reaction because of our unconscious programs that can create fight, flight, and freeze responses.   [11:28] All of that can affect our body and mind in a big way. Psychoneuroimmunology shows that stress affects our immune system and endocrine system. Perception can affect how our brain, peripheral nervous system, and autonomic nervous system react to a certain stimulus.   [12:34] That creates biochemical and physiological changes in our body that can lead to our immune system response, which can lead to health conditions. Stress can lead to numerous health conditions, including cardiovascular, autoimmune, and allergies.   [13:35] Your perception can create a stress response. That stress response can be because of emotions like fear, sadness, grief, and anger. Dr. Olga found that emotions support us through our autonomic nervous system.   [13:58] It's unconscious. No matter how you prepare yourself not to react, in that situation when you have a similar perception and response to certain emotions, your unconscious mind will rule, no matter how consciously you're preparing yourself to react differently.   [14:24] It's significant that emotions are created on the unconscious level. To change the response, you need to work on the unconscious level. You need to transform unconscious programs that create that response and perception that create many issues in your life. [14:59] Your business and relationships are about you, how you look at situations, how you perceive situations, how your thoughts are forming, your ability to verbalize those thoughts, and your emotional intelligence and social intelligence.   [15:36] All of that can create can create problems in your relationships and business, or allow you to be very good in business, communication, and relationships.   [16:53] Dr. Olga believes that everybody experiences trauma. She believes the opposite of the consequences of trauma is resilience. Some people are resilient. They find new meaning and resources to deal with challenges.   [18:07] Dr. Olga has a theory that some people are so resilient because of their ancestral genetic experience. Their ancestors' ability to be resilient can be passed down genetically.   [18:49] Some people are resilient even if something horrible happens, while others cannot function under stress.   [19:33] Dr. Olga explains that people are born with a certain set of genes that do not change. Genes can be expressed in the womb. People are born already with certain symptoms. In some people, genes are expressed in childhood or adult life. Trauma leads genes to express.   [20:35] Dr. Olga's process can work even with children several months old. She would work directly with the children and with their parents. She asks that the child be present in the room, playing, sleeping, or watching TV. The child's unconscious mind can still be listening.   [21:29] During the process Dr. Olga created, the trauma that created the unconscious program will resolve and the unconscious program will be transformed. As a result, there can often be dramatic shifts not only for that issue, but other issues can also resolved or symptoms reduced.   [22:00] The same unconscious program can create more than one issue.   [23:24] How the mind reacts to some unconscious programs wastes a lot of energy. Some people are in a freeze, fight, or flight state every day. Dr. Olga observes how people look. Unconscious programs often create neuromuscular locks everywhere in the body and face.   [25:47] Dr. Olga describes traits she observes in people with neuromuscular locks from unconscious programs in their facial expressions, posture, breathing, and speaking.   [27:12] For example, if there are neuromuscular locks in muscles for breathing and voice production, often, people's voices will be not deep but airy, or they might have a choked voice or feel a lump in their throat that will remarkably affect their voices or breathing.   [28:02] Dr. Olga has seen multiple clients with panic attacks who had such strong neuromuscular locks that they could not breathe deeply to help calm their panic. It's important to train your muscles and transform the unconscious programs that create neuromuscular locks.   [28:55] Dr. Olga had a client who, by transforming several of his unconscious programs, went from a high-pitched nasal voice to a voice like a baritone singer. It's a total change, without doing voice exercises. He's breathing dramatically deeper without trying to change it.   [30:16] She has observed a change in body language in some clients. She asks people to express themselves by drawing lines and shapes. Dr. Olga sees in these shapes unconscious patterns that guide her in what unconscious program to work on during that session.   [31:05] Dr. Olga works on one program at a time. Even transforming one unconscious program can produce truly dramatic shifts for many people.   [33:34] Some people sabotage themselves all their lives because of unconscious programs. They're doing so much but not moving in the direction they want.   [34:41] Some unconscious programs trigger neuromuscular locks that affect muscles and joints, and even after adjustments, they do not stay adjusted. When you identify what causes some neuromuscular locks, the problems are resolved. Dr. Olga gives patient examples from her website.   [35:43] Dr. Olga talks of the process she created. After an assessment, observation, and looking at the drawing or drawings, Dr. Olga identifies what unconscious program the person will work on in the session. During the process, the client's unconscious mind will do most of the work.   [36:18] While the client's unconscious mind is working, consciously, the client will be doing the two or three steps of the process. The unconscious program the client will be working on creates certain somatic experiences. It can be an emotional experience.   [36:45] The process will guide the client's unconscious mind to find all the memories that created these unconscious programs and the symptoms they created. Your mind can be working on groups of memories at the same time, including genetic and childhood memories.   [37:30] After the client's unconscious mind finds all these memories, your conscious mind does not need to recall these memories. Recalling some traumatic memories can recreate the trauma. For some people, short-term concepts of memories of trauma might come.   [38:11] Dr. Olga asks the unconscious mind to do several steps and during these steps, trauma or traumas they experienced during those traumatic memories can be resolved.   [38:34] At the end of the process, the unconscious program will be transformed and symptoms can be gone, or reduced if something else caused the same symptoms. It will positively influence all the areas of the client's life that the unconscious program influenced.   [40:23] Dr. Olga did not do this type of work in Russia. Russian medical school is different from American medical schools. She is grateful for the medical training she received in Russia. Russia has a more holistic approach. They look at the entire system to resolve symptoms.   [42:58] Most people are not aware of the unconscious patterns and programs. They are aware of issues that are created because of their unconscious programs. It is important for everybody to bring awareness to these unconscious patterns that create issues.   [43:39] Bringing awareness is the first step for healing, transformation, and resolving issues.   [44:55] Most of the time, unconscious programs cause the issue you are having. Dr. Olga mentions that not everyone has the chance to work on the unconscious program, but other things can be done that will make your life easier.   [46:25] When you change your perspective, it can shape how you feel. If you can imagine stepping out or dissociating from the situation, it is better than reliving the trauma or associating with it. When trauma is resolved, people feel dissociated from it. They are neutral to it.   [48:04] You can observe yourself. How are you feeling in the situation? Can you change your position? Step right. Imagine you are the person you are dealing with. Observe the perspective of the person. Find the positive intention of the person and why the person is behaving that way.   [48:56] Become a witness of the situation. Then step left and you can imagine yourself as the wisest teacher or grandmother you had. Look at the situation from her point of view. After you get this information, be yourself being a witness. It might shape how you act in the situation.   [50:10] Stress responses are not about the stressful situation. Stressful situations can come every day. It's all about how you perceive the situation and react to it. That all can be treated by working on the unconscious programs or even changing your perspective.   [50:52] When you work on unconscious programs, when the unconscious programs are transformed, the next time you are in the same triggering situation, your emotions and behavior will be neutral, not triggered.   [51:39] Dr. Olga had a client with Hashimoto's Disease, an autoimmune disease. She was overwhelmed. By working on unconscious programs, all symptoms of Hashimoto's were gone. Her doctor took her off several medications. She could deal with situations without overwhelm.   [53:42] For more information about Dr. Olga', go to DrOlga.com. Dr. Olga would like to let people know that even watching some podcasts and webinars and bringing awareness to others can shape how you feel. People have told her that by watching her videos they feel better.   [54:36] Sachin went through this process and experienced great benefits from it. He endorses it highly. Check out the amazing testimonials on DrOlga.com. Sachin thanks Dr. Olga Stevko.   [54:54] To everyone listening, here's to your highest healing. Let's get rid of those unconscious blocks and patterns that aren't serving us so we can step up and live our best lives but also help others live their best lives!   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live Dr. Olga Stevko The Power of Your Unconscious Mind, by Joseph Murphy   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live sachin@becomeproof.com To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You're Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done   Tweetables:   “I realized that the unconscious mind is so powerful it pretty much creates our subjective reality.” — Dr. Olga Stevko   “Some unconscious programs stop us from creating our best life and becoming our best self. Unconscious programs are called as a result of stressful life events and trauma, including trauma passed genetically as transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.” — Dr. Olga Stevko   “Unconscious programs influence how we perceive ourselves, other people around us, and the world around us.” — Dr. Olga Stevko   “The same unconscious program can create more than one issue.” — Dr. Olga Stevko   “Some people sabotage themselves all their adult lives because of unconscious programs.” — Dr. Olga Stevko   Dr. Olga Stevko  

In this episode, Sachin interviews Dr. Elena Villanueva on her journey from chiropractic to holistic health practitioner. She shares some of her origin and the health crisis that cost her three sports medicine centers and her home before she recovered. Listen to learn more about the Holistic Health practices of Dr. Elena Villanueva.   Key Takeaways: [1:01] Sachin introduces today's guest, Dr. Elena Villanueva. Dr. Elena runs an amazing practice that brings the best of ancient wisdom and modern science together to help people have their deepest healing and feel amazing even when all other things have failed.   [1:42] ModernHolisticHealth.com is where you can learn more about her work.   [1:49] Sachin will ask Dr. Elena to unpack her recipe for growth, persistence, and success, and share with us how we can build a practice that we love, that gets amazing outcomes, and that has an awesome impact in the community, and build an amazing team that does great work.   [2:33] Sachin welcomes Dr. Elena to Perfect Practice.   [3:04] Dr. Elena's biggest challenge has keeping her personal life and lifestyle as her “number one.” She starts working and she can just go, go, go, like a racecar. Before you know it, the wheels are coming off the car because she put herself on the back burner.   [3:51] Her biggest rewards have been when she sat down and took time to get right with herself, reprioritize her values, and get a deeper understanding of how she can have longevity in this type of work.   [4:24] Dr. Elena aspired to be in the health field from the time she was six or seven years old. Her stepfather was a surgeon. Her uncle is a surgeon. All her uncles are in the medical field. She wanted to be like them, helping people, and making a difference.   [4:49] In her pre-teens, Elena started going to the clinic with her dad, getting patients ready to be seen. As a teenager, she was with him in his plane, flying to border towns to do charity cataract surgeries for the farmers. She helped him in the surgery room.   [5:39] Elena developed a love for helping people. That led her to go to chiropractic school to learn to do things in a more natural way. At the time, she didn't know about naturopathic school or she might have gone in that direction. That's the essence of the work she does today.   [6:03] After chiropractic school Dr. Elena had three successful sports medicine practices in the Austin, Texas area but she ended up getting very sick. Her father had just passed on and she had no advocate to help her. She was ashamed to tell anyone she was suffering.   [6:41] Dr. Elena was so sick she almost died. She lost her three practices and her home. She lived in her car but didn't share with anyone what had happened to her because she carried a lot of shame.    [7:03] Dr. Elena survived. She experienced a lot of miracles along the way and says miracles are always there if you're looking for them. She had a big shift that led her to where she is today. She went back into practice with opportunities to cover for other doctors on maternity leave.   [7:33] Dr. Elena rediscovered her love for being in the health and wellness field, this time, doing more holistic and functional-type care rather than strictly the biomechanics of the back and neck. She discovered her purpose for what she is supposed to do, and that's why she is here.   [8:03] It has been a beautiful ride, but it's not always easy. It presents itself with challenges. If we can become conscious of the common challenges, we can overcome them and we can complete our mission or whatever it is we believe that we're here to do.   [8:23] Sachin points out the many similarities between Dr. Elena's journey and his own, including the unwellness he experienced and thought was normal before discovering functional medicine. Informed decisions bring better outcomes.   [9:57] Dr. Elena found out that there was a combination of factors that had led to her becoming ill and unable to heal. That is what she teaches today in her five-part series. She had had a combination of toxins in her body, including mold. She wasn‘t eating the right foods.   [10:40] She was burning the candle at both ends so she had a lot of physical and mental stress running three clinics as a single mother. She worked super hard to build security. Her choices, combined with toxins in her environment, and unresolved trauma, led to massive dysbiosis.   [12:11] Dr. Elena also suffered fatigue, brain fog, and back pain, She went down quickly with some severe symptoms and conditions. Doctors didn't know what to do for her. She had severe bleeding for about two years. The doctors wanted to cut out her reproductive organs. [12:55] Looking back, she sees it was a lot of grief being processed. She lost her memory gradually. She developed complete aphasia and severe gut issues. She had to take things to help her sleep and to help her massive panic attacks that she thought were heart attacks.   [13:47] She experienced massive headaches, emotional breakdowns, massive depression, and rashes all over her body. It felt like everything that could go wrong was going wrong.   [15:10] Dr. Elena talks about how her experiences help her as she reaches out to others through an educational five-part series, starting with the Beyond the Pill Masterclass, and the Mental Health Masterclass, exploring the root causes of problems and offering solutions that work.   [16:24] Dr. Elena's experiences also show up in her practice. Everyone who works for Dr. Elena first came to her because they saw her teaching when she shared a part of her story when she found that our mess is really our message. Her story can inspire audiences and practitioners.   [17:53] Dr. Elena's approach incorporates a multi-faceted system addressing the conscious and the unconscious mind, the belief systems, the mindset and the stories that we create, and the unprocessed emotions and trauma, as well as the physical facets of who we are.   [18:21] The physical aspects are explored through bloodwork and labs, to help guide the bio-individual needs of their foods, lifestyle choices, and manner of exercise, supplements, and protocols to work on for the different organ systems of their body.   [19:34] Modern Holistic Health has a six-pillar system: Personal, Business, Marketing, Sales, Lifestyle, and Integration. Personal comes at the top, as she learned from her very successful mentors. She applies the Personal to her team, helping them to develop themselves.   [20:27] Dr. Elena believes that the degree of success that you can see in your business is directly correlated to your personal development and growth. Success to us doesn't just mean money. What happens if you're healthy in the money section, but not in the relationship section?   [21:12] A lot of people have a bad relationship with money. They generate money but later they have nothing to show for it. They don't know how to invest their money, build their portfolio, or be better stewards of the money they make. This is under the Personal pillar.   [21:45] Personal is the first of the six pillars and Dr. Elena teaches a lot of personal development. Dr. Elena sees that as a gap in a lot of practitioner certification courses and masterminds. Dr. Elena has a lot of breakthroughs with her practitioners on that.   [22:11] The second pillar is Business. What are the foundations and the values upon which we are building our business? Why are we doing the business? It's important that what we are doing with our business is in alignment with our value systems. Know basic business strategies.   [23:01] Building a solid foundation is important so you can get to that million-dollar mark and beyond it. What worked for you to get to $500,000 isn't necessarily the same structure that will get you from $500,000 to $1,000,000, from a million to two million, and so on.   [23:47] One of the biggest mistakes practitioners make is that they try to grow wide quickly rather than focusing on growing deep roots first. Be involved in and understand every bit of your processes, in the beginning. Know that Version One is not going to be the final process.   [24:42] You need to be on top of your processes. When you scale to the next level, if your processes are not solid, and you're not deep-rooted in your processes, that's where things will go sideways really quickly and you could end up losing money without even knowing it.   [25:03] Dr. Elena teaches her practitioners to develop a mindset of curiosity and excitement around the processes. If you dread working on your processes, you are saying to the universe, “I don't want this anymore,” and something will happen to mess up what you're trying to build.   [25:38] The other four pillars are Marketing, Sales, Lifestyle, and Integration. Building the right team around you that has the same values is part of integration. Integration is key. That is where you get the real growth. Integrate all the parts for long-term business success.   [30:12] Modern Holistic Health has an organizational chart showing who is on each team. Dr. Elena tracks metrics and KPIs of the top things each member of each team is responsible for doing. She has them fill out a questionnaire to assess their values every year.   [31:20] Annual assessments help Dr. Elena to know if employees are still a good fit in the practice, should be promoted, moved, or go somewhere else. This is vital to the success of the business. Implement a process like this from the beginning, with a chart, to be able to scale.   [35:48] Dr. Elena believes it is important to invest in your team members' professional development. It's expensive; structure it so that if they leave your organization shortly after your investment in them, they owe you back the money you paid for their training.   [42:16] Dr. Elena has experienced stress when someone wasn't meeting their metrics and she found it hard to fire them. Now she sees that if someone is not doing well, they know it and they're not happy in their job, so it's easy to fire them. Help them find a job where they fit.   [43:31] Dr. Elena speaks of having kept people in the practice for too long. It was bad for the business. After firing them, the business rebounded like a rubber band. Don't keep people that hold your business back. They're not happy, either. Let them go sooner rather than later.   [46:09] Dr. Elena has been super blessed to attract amazing mentors who have also been amazing friends to her. She has burned through a lot of money hiring mentors and joining masterminds. She feels a lot of gaps with practitioners in the personal development area.   [47:38] About two-and-a-half years ago, Modern Holistic Health hired their most recent business coach. After spending about $85,000 on him, they realized he wasn't delivering what he promised, which was to help them set up a C-Suite and investors. Dr. Elena says this is rampant.   [49:41] Dr. Elena has probably spent $250,000 hiring people who didn't help them. Ask for referrals from people who are where you want to be. Don't get your referrals from somebody promoting themselves on stage but from people who have hired the best themselves.   [50:42] Dr. Elena speaks of some practitioners paying to go to an event and leaving feeling overwhelmed, having gotten little pearls of advice but not enough to connect the dots and implement in their practice, leaving a gap.   [51:08] Dr. Elena says the program she has put together is something that fills those gaps for practitioners. She also comments on the success of Sachin's Metabolic Program. Besides the program she offers, she helps practitioners with their personal development.   [52:05] A big reason why people are not breaking the $250K or the $500K mark is their own limiting belief system. It's not all just about the mechanics of building out the right SOPs and hiring the right people. It's about what's going on with your money mindset.   [52:30] Modern Holistic Health, is filling in the gap with a lot of personal development tools and breakthrough tools. She speaks of just finishing a week-long Level 1 Breakthrough event that took people through amazing blocks and limiting belief breakthroughs.   [53:15] One of Dr. Elena's clients at the Breakthrough last week just sold one of her clients a $12K Breakthrough on the same tools she had learned in the Breakthrough.   [53:47] Certain practitioners have money mindset issues and limiting beliefs. Dr. Elena helps them to break through those blocks and limits. She sits with them, looks at where their process is breaking, puts together a process for them, and asks them to follow up in eight weeks.   [55:37] Dr. Elena has been diving into esoteric studies and is excited to explore spiritual experiences with mature women, traveling to ancient, megalithic sites and gathering in a community with like-minded women to live their lives in head-heart coherence.   [57:24] Practitioners and mentors can learn about Dr. Elena's work by visiting ModernHolisticHealth.com and @ModernHolisticHealth on YouTube with case studies and teachings on things from bioenergetics to hormones to epigenetics.   [58:33] Sachin thanks Dr. Elena for the conversation today. Here's to an amazing year ahead helping people in the capacity that brings you the absolute most joy. Dr. Elena sends the same wishes to Sachin and everyone listening to this episode of Perfect Practice.   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live Dr. Elena Villanueva   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live sachin@becomeproof.com To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You're Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done   Tweetables:   “If we can become conscious of the common challenges, we can overcome them and we can complete our mission or whatever it is that we believe we're here to do.” — Dr. Elena Villanueva   “The degree of success that you can see in your business is directly correlated to your personal development and your personal growth.” — Dr. Elena Villanueva   “Know that Version One is not going to be the final process. You may go through 10 versions of how you want your front office, whether it's virtual or a physical office, to operate each day and the checklist of what you want them to do first.” — Dr. Elena Villanueva   “Integration is not optional, it's key. That is where you get the real growth. We need to integrate all of the parts, all the things that I just talked about.” — Dr. Elena Villanueva   “A players only want to work with A players and B players only want to work with C players”  — Sachin paraphrasing Steve Jobs   “We have experienced keeping the wrong people for too long, for whatever excuses we came up with. … But when we let go of them it was like the business rebounded and did way better as soon as we cut the branches.” — Dr. Elena Villanueva   “Oftentimes, a big reason why people are not breaking the $250K or the $500K mark is their own limiting belief system. So, it's not all just about the mechanics of building out the right SOPs and hiring the right people.” — Dr. Elena Villanueva   Dr. Elena Villanueva ModernHolisticHealth.com @ModernHolisticHealth on YouTube  

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In this episode, Sachin interviews Dr. Penney Stringer on her journey from working as a family practice physician to achieving her purpose of bringing healing to groups of people through a mindful functional medicine practice. Listen for insight on following your heart in the flow of abundance as you help clients heal.   Key Takeaways: [1:01] Sachin introduces Dr. Penney Stringer, a trailblazer and mother of two children. Sachin welcomes Penney to Perfect Practice. [2:22] Dr. Penney Stringer started as a medical doctor and moved into functional medicine. After her residency, she worked in a community healthcare center outside Seattle, Washington, working with people on the margins. The clinic also had an acupuncturist and naturopaths.   [2:54] Dr. Stringer was a family medicine doctor. She referred everyone to the people she knew could help them: a nutritionist, a naturopath, an acupuncturist, and a counselor. There was also a dispensary. At the same time, she did hospital work associated with the clinic.   [3:36] All she had to do was write prescriptions. One day, she felt sick writing a prescription for a medicine she knew was harmful. A young patient with ankylosing spondylitis and bad back pain had been to a naturopath and had been given antibiotics and fish oil for a gut infection.   [4:08] The patient came back to Dr. Stringer and was all better. He didn't need the prescription for pain medication. After being treated for his gut infection, his autoimmune disease got better. Dr. Stringer questioned how that happened.   [4:26] About that time, she was invited by a naturopathic student to a Jeffrey Bland lecture in 2000, in Seattle. Jeffrey Bland is the “grandfather” of functional medicine. She started going to the free lectures Jeffrey Bland was giving.   [4:57] The first lecture was all about the microbiome and the biochemical pathways. It was what Dr. Stringer had thought she would learn in medical school. She went to her first training not too long after that. She says the rest is history.   [5:28] Dr. Stringer moved to a new town in the early 2000s. A doctor was practicing functional medicine there with a patient waitlist of five years. A nearby hospital funded the functional medicine wellness clinic and Dr. Stringer's salary at the clinic.   [6:43] Right out of her Institute for Functional Medicine AFMCP course in Boston, Dr. Stringer had a mentor, all the testing, all the supplements, all the patients lined up to see her, and a salary that she didn't have to worry about. She felt like it was what she was supposed to do.   [8:21] Dr. Stringer says it was a blessed situation in every way. It was all insurance-based so patients could get the best care with two dedicated physicians. The doctors were free to do what they believed in. It was not regular Western medicine. It was functional medicine from the start.   [8:47] The town is a nuclear toxic cleanup site. A lot of the jobs are in the cleanup. She helps with people's detox and hormone renewal analysis. Her first patient was full of heavy metals, just as she had learned in class. She feels like things are put in our path to see if we're awake.   [10:45] Dr. Stringer thinks that the key is paying attention. If you want to learn about something, request it from whoever is listening and see how long it takes to show up at your doorstep.   [11:52] Dr. Stringer talks about her sense of presence. She says her dad was a keen observer of nature. He was a biologist and environmental scientist with a doctorate in parasitology from Johns Hopkins. He viewed the world with a beginner's mind and asked profound questions. [12:25] Dr. Stringer tells how her father researched the chrysalis of the monarch butterfly, and presented papers on it around the world, all because he wanted to know what happened in the chrysalis. He asked the question and got a grant to find out. He's now in a documentary.   [13:35] One of Dr. Stringer's earliest memories with her dad is going in the woods. He would stoop down and turn over a rock and show his children the universe under the rock. He instilled in Penney some of that sense of presence.    [14:01] Dr Stringer spent her junior college year in Spain, studying Spanish literature and she saw daily siestas. When she came back, she learned transcendental meditation. After meditating, when she went outside, she could see every shade of green she had never seen.   [15:05] Dr. Stringer teams up with a master cranial sacral therapist to do a double hands-on with patients. They sit in silence with a patient for an hour.   [15:50] That has given Dr. Stringer so much insight and awareness about the process of healing and being present with another human being and holding the space for transformation, being there with their joy, pain, or release. It's not always comfortable.   [16:18] Dr. Stringer has to do cranial sacral herself to release what she observes in others. There's a lot of pain and suffering. Some of us are very in tune with that pain and suffering. It's important to do your own work to release what you observe so it doesn't get stuck in your body.   [17:28] If you are not dissipating the energy that's building up, you feel burned out or don't care as much. You feel tired. Dr. Stringer notices that her nervous system gets shaky. You could get headaches, upset stomach, or not sleep well, or more, from holding onto other people's energy.   [20:13] Dr. Stringer worked at the functional medicine office for about five years and then they went their separate ways. She had children. She went back and worked at the community health center so she didn't have to run a business when her babies were little.   [20:30] Then Dr. Stringer started her own practice. For 18-and-a-half years, she had done functional medicine in the insurance system. With Sachin's mentorship, she took the leap and jumped out of the insurance system, partially spurred by how the recent pandemic was handled.   [22:00] Sachin has been Dr. Stringer's only business growth mentor. She has done everything by her heart. She doesn't do or choose anything based on finances. Dr. Stringer thinks that when you have the right intention, things work out for you and abundance flows.   [22:46] Dr. Stringer says that Sachin has been a very helpful mentor for her, for thinking heart-centered but business savvy. Beyond finances, for Dr. Stringer, the bigger part of abundance is being in nature every day as part of her ability to do her work.   [23:32] Dr. Stringer had another important mentor in medical school at Georgetown, Dr. Jim Gordon, who runs the Center for Mind Body Medicine. He's a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and an acupuncturist. Dr. Gordon informed me so much about the way Dr. Stringer thinks about healing.   [24:09] Dr. Stringer's purpose is healing in community. The reason she joined the mentorship was to solidify doing groups and making the community the hallmark of her dynamic and system. Dr. Gordon's training in mind-body medicine is the basis of all of Dr. Stringer's groups.   [24:45] Dr. Stringer says Sachin is a great mentor. She feels that learning business and healing are not that different and that they can all be together.    [25:12] Dr. Stringer recommends learning to facilitate mind-body skills groups as an eloquent and beautiful model for being a facilitator but also a participant in the group. It's mindfulness-based training.   [25:35] Dr. Stringer had another pivotal shift when she went to ECO Conference. It helped her reframe the way she thinks about barriers to healing and how to address toxins and stealth bugs.   [26:17] Dr. Stringer speaks of a book that was pivotal to her, The Nature Fix, by Florence Williams which documents a positive biochemical effect in the brain that PTSD sufferers receive from being in nature for three days. Sachin relates it to the wellness modality of forest bathing.   [29:02] Nature is a powerful teacher and powerful medicine for our sanity. Sachin suggests prescribing forest bathing to your patients and clients. It could be a missing link for a lot of people's healing journeys.   [29:23] Dr. Stringer notes a recent NYTimes article on the recommendations of nature for health benefits. They recommend spending 20 minutes in nature, three days a week, plus five hours a month of longer hiking, plus going off-grid for three days a year.   [30:19] Sachin is going on a three-day snowshoeing hike with his brother and a guide in Algonquin Park where the lake freezes over. They'll have a sauna tent and bathe in a hole in the ice in the water. He's super stoked about it.   [30:55] Being in nature is such an important thing we should all be doing. He hopes what you learn from this conversation is to spend some more time in nature.   [31:41] Dr. Stringer brings up the benefits of fasting. She is on the second day of a three-day ProLon mimicking fast and she feels an amazing shift. It's amazing to get into a fasting state. It's phenomenal. Sachin notes that It's an easy modality to integrate into your practice.   [33:44] Dr. Stringer recommends bodywork; worrying with the subtle energy of the body, as another modality. She sticks to the elemental, basic things.   [39:43] Dr. Stringer thinks medical physicians and professionals pairing up with health coaches is a no-brainer.   [40:12] If you are interested in setting up a group-based program, Dr. Stringer says to follow what interests you and lights you up in terms of the kinds of patients you want to work with, and the setting. She believes that word of mouth is always the best way to grow a practice.   [40:35] If you want to do groups, start doing them. Don't wait for the perfect system; no one really has the perfect system. Just start doing groups of five, six, or 10 people. It's an efficient way to teach and to be compensated. Sometimes you have to start with individual people.   [41:23] Dr. Stringer doesn't have a referral system. That will be the next phase of what she does to reach more people. So far, it's 90% word of mouth.   [41:36] Offerings of teachings and master classes are a good way for people to know that you know what you're talking about, that you care, and that your heart's in it. Dr. Stringer has done master classes for the past three years and it has been great.   [41:58] Now she is doing more in-person things, which are the most fulfilling for her. Getting in front of people and being generous with your offerings to share your knowledge will come back to benefit you. Generosity is reciprocal.   [43:04] Dr. Penney Stringer says this is her year for saying, “yes” to everything. For the next four weekends, she is traveling to visit friends and family and to a breathwork conference with James Nestor.   [44:34] Dr. Penney Stringer learned of the James Nestor breathwork conference from Sachin, who says going to that event was one of the highlights of his life.   [44:45] Dr. Penney Stringer is also planning to go with a functional medicine friend to a nature-based three-day retreat for women in menopause.   [45:09] Sachin thanks Dr. Stringer for spending time with him and his audience today and sharing her wisdom. There are great takeaways of things we can do in nature, with self-care, keeping things simple in our practice, and following our hearts, with the highest integrity.   [46:02] To learn more about Dr. Stringer's practice, go to PenneyStringerMD.com.   [46:32] Penny's last words: “Follow your heart and trust that you are in the abundance flow.”   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live Dr. Penney Stringer Jeffrey Bland The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, by Florence Williams ProLon   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live sachin@becomeproof.com To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You're Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done   Tweetables:   “I feel like things are put in our path to see if we're awake and see if we're paying attention and I think that can happen with your patients and with your process as a healer and as a business owner.” — Dr. Penney Stringer   “If you want to learn about something, request it from whoever is listening and see how long it takes to show up at your doorstep.” — Dr. Penney Stringer    “I did all this training so I can teach people how to eat and breathe, and touch nature? How is that possible? … That's what gets people better!” — Dr. Penney Stringer   “I would say if you want to do groups, start doing them. Don't wait for the perfect system; no one has the perfect system. Just start doing groups of five, six, or 10 people.” — Dr. Penney Stringer    “Generosity is reciprocal.” — Dr. Penney Stringer    Dr. Penney StringerIFM  

In this episode, Sachin interviews Dr. Debi Silber, founder of the Post Betrayal Transformation® Institute about her journey from television production to coaching people to post betrayal transformation. She shares the problems that grow from past betrayals relating to emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual issues that remain unhealed until the betrayal is faced and dealt with. She shares examples from life and even from her family life and career. Listen in for insight on how your clients' betrayals or your betrayals may be causing issues for them or you.   Key Takeaways: [:59] Sachin introduces Dr. Debi Silber, who joins us for a conversation about our business, our emotional health, integrity, and betrayal. [1:42] Betrayal is something we deal with constantly. It likely happened to us many years ago and it currently impacts the way we operate. It may impact our nervous system, our relationships, and the dreams and aspirations we reach for; certainly, it impacts our self-worth.   [2:17] Dr. Debi Silber has developed a very successful business following her passion and her mission, speaking to people about betrayal and the trauma that it causes, the impact it has, and the breakthroughs that can come as a result.   [2:35] Sachin thanks Dr. Debi for being here on Perfect Practice.   [3:34] Dr. Debi followed her gut. She had graduated from college with a double major in TV production and broadcast journalism but she learned that production wasn't rewarding or fulfilling her. Debi didn't immediately give up production, but health was what was calling to her.   [4:32] Eventually, Debi became an NSRD and a holistic dietician with a Master's in nutrition. From there, Debi became a personal trainer. That business took off. Although Debi was eating well and exercising, she realized she was sick. She was anything but the picture of health.   [5:13] Debi studied to become a whole health coach. She learned that the thoughts she was thinking, the stress she was under, and the relationships she had were at the root of her sickness.   [5:30] Debi cut the ties and healed from all of it. That was the beginning of this new health journey. Years later, her traumas from betrayal led her to the Ph.D. program, the studies, and where she is now.   [5:51] Dr. Debi founded the Post Betrayal Transformation® Institute. She is a holistic psychologist with a health and personal development mindset. She is a two-time bestselling author. She has a popular podcast. She gave two TEDx talks. She's been on the Dr. Oz Show.   [6:40] About toxic relationships. Dr. Debi says you're in a toxic relationship when you start questioning and doubting yourself, when you stop believing in yourself and you figure that someone else knows better than you, and when you don't realize your value and worth.   [7:21] Often, it starts with an early betrayal. A child is shushed by his mother and starts to think he doesn't matter. If that's his belief, it will affect his choices, the work he would do, and the people he would date, if it doesn't get looked at.   [9:10] The second of Debi's three discoveries is that post betrayal syndrome has symptoms. It shows up in health, work, and relationships. It can show up as a repeat betrayal. The faces change but it's the same thing. You go from boss to boss, friend to friend, partner to partner. [9:40] It's not your fault, it's your opportunity: There's a profound lesson waiting to be learned! You are lovable, worthy, and deserving. You need better boundaries in place. Whatever it is, until and unless you get that, you will have opportunities in the form of people who teach you.   [9:56] A repeat betrayal means it is unhealed.   [9:59] The second way betrayal shows up in relationships is the big wall keeping everyone at a distance. It comes from a place of fear. Our trust was so shattered that we would rather keep everyone at bay than risk vulnerability and feel that pain again. That's an unhealed betrayal.   [10:24] At work, your confidence was shattered so you don't have the confidence to ask for a deserved raise or promotion, and you're bitter and resentful instead. Or you want to be a team player but the person you trusted the most, or your boss, proved untrustworthy.   [10:47] In health, people go to a well-meaning doctor, coach, healer, or therapist to manage a stress-related issue. At the root of it is an unhealed betrayal.   [11:06] Dr. Debi founded National Forgiveness Day, September 1. If you're working on forgiveness for the wrong reasons, it backfires every time. Move toward acceptance first, it's an easier reach.   [12:26] Withholding forgiveness only hurts us. In the betrayed community, we feel the rug has been pulled out from under us and we barely have any control over our lives. Granting or withholding forgiveness is something within our control and we are hesitant to give it back.   [12:52] Debi shares a story of the power of forgiveness for an elderly woman with an old family betrayal. She also had digestive issues. She participated in a 21-day forgiveness journey. Two weeks into her forgiveness journey, she healed from her digestive issues.   [14:36] Dr. Debi says 95,000-plus men and women have taken the Post Betrayal Quiz from many countries. Of respondents, 78% constantly revisit their experience, 81% feel loss of personal power, 80% are hyper-vigilant, and 94% deal with painful triggers.   [15:08] Physical symptoms reported are low energy (71%), sleep issues (68%), extreme fatigue (63%), weight changes (47%), and digestive issues (45%). Mental symptoms reported are overwhelm (78%), disbelief (70%), shock (64%), and inability to concentrate (62%).   [15:42] You can't concentrate, you have a gut issue, you're exhausted, and you still have to raise your children; you still have to work.   [15:52] Emotionally, 88% experience extreme sadness; 83% are very angry. Think about what your nervous system is doing when that's happening.   [16:07] Eighty-two percent are hurt; 79% are stressed; 84% have an inability to trust; 67% prevent themselves from forming deep relationships for fear of being hurt again; 82% find it hard to move forward, and 90% want to move forward but don't know how.   [17:01] This betrayal could be from a parent when you were a child or the boyfriend or girlfriend who broke your heart in high school. They may not know, care, or even be alive and you have these symptoms from something years ago. You can heal from all of it.   [17:34] People typically go to therapy, where they feel heard but also retraumatize themselves, solidify their story, and make it who they are. They are stuck with repeat betrayals.   [18:32] Some people numb, avoid, and distract. They use food, drugs, alcohol, work, TV, or more to numb, avoid, and distract themselves. In PBT, people learn to face it, feel it, and heal it. That's how to move through it. You can't move through it if you're numbing or coasting.   [19:03] Some people join a support group and are miserable together. They sabotage their healing because they don't want to outgrow their people.   [19:28] Numbing, hanging onto your story, or seeking people with the same story is like Krazy Glue® keeping you stuck in one spot, preventing you from moving through the five stages from betrayal to breakthrough.   [20:35] We can stay stuck for decades but if we're going to fully heal from post betrayal syndrome to a completely rebuilt space, post betrayal transformation, (Dr. Debi's first discovery), we're going to move through five proven, predictable stages (Dr. Debi's third discovery).   [20:58] We know what happens physically, mentally, and emotionally, at every one of the five stages and what it takes to move from one stage to the next. Healing is entirely predictable.   [21:18] Stage 1 is before it happens. Imagine four legs to a table, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. People lean heavily on the physical and mental and neglect the emotional and spiritual. A table with only two legs topples over.   [21:40] Stage 2 is shock, trauma, and discovery day. It's the scariest, by far of the stages. It's the breakdown of the body, mind, and worldview. You ignite the stress response. Your mind is in total chaos and overwhelm. You can't wrap your mind around what you just learned.   [22:39] Stage 3 is survival instinct. You grab hold of anything or anyone to stay safe and alive. This is the most practical stage. It's the most common place to get stuck. Once we've figured out how to survive our experience, as it feels better than shock and trauma, we plant roots.   [24:25] Because we don't know there's anywhere else to go, but it still feels bad, we start numbing and distracting. This can go on for years and we're stuck in Stage 3.   [25:19] If you are willing to let go of your story, the benefits you're receiving, grief, and more, you move to Stage 4.   [25:31] Stage 4 is finding and adjusting to a new normal. You acknowledge you can't undo what happened but you control what you do with it. That turns down the stress and stops the damage you've been accumulating in Stage 2 and Stage 3. It feels like you've moved to a new place.   [25:55] When you move, you don't take things with you that don't represent who you are ready to become. Old relationships that were not there for you or don't change with you are left behind. You've outgrown them.   [26:26] When you settle into your new space that you have made mentally home, you move into Stage 5. Stage 5 is healing, rebirth, and a new worldview. Your body starts to heal. Self-love, self-care, eating well, and exercising. You didn't have the bandwidth for that before; now you do.    [26:44] Your mind is healing. You make new rules, set new boundaries, and you have a new worldview, based on everything you've been through. The four legs of your table, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual, are solidly grounded. You are focused on all four legs.   [27:04] Sachin relates his life's growth to the five stages and speaks of a big shift when he moved away from a bad job. He considers his clients as possibly going through betrayal. He considers his relationship with his son and asks how to break the ice if he may be the betrayer.   [30:22] Debi's betrayal came when she had four teens. It was the biggest wake-up call. They are so close now, like having been through a war together. At the time, she told them how she loved them and was not at her best, but was giving them the best she could. They supported her.   [31:07] Debi finds that nothing beats honesty. She explains how that would work in a conversation with a child about falling short in dealing with that child. When in doubt, honesty wins every time. Sachin recommends you play this part of the episode back and practice it.   [32:25] Debi adds advice for a betrayer who wants to be accountable and repair trust in a relationship. Your honesty is not supposed to flow out of you beautifully. That doesn't build trust. It's supposed to be awkward. You're not supposed to be smooth at this. It's unfamiliar to you.   [33:08] It's OK. You're learning something new because that person is worth it. Instead of trying to get the words right, just tap into your heart. Conversations go wrong when we go from our head to reach someone's head or to reach their heart. Go from your heart to their heart.   [34:24] Debi has always gone by her intuition. Early on, with four kids, six dogs, and a thriving business, it was all about holding it together. Her advice is to be careful what feeds you. To keep it going, Debi was sacrificing sleep and cutting corners on herself, and that caught up quickly.   [35:15] The lesson learned led Debi to leave health in that way and move toward something that involves what stress is doing and what your lifestyle is creating. From there, Debi realized that toxic family relationships were at the root of her issues.   [35:52] When Debi cut those ties, her mentor told her it was like she had traded an anchor for a pair of wings. She healed from everything. Debi wrote her first book in two-and-a-half weeks. It flew out of her. She wanted every mom to know the “secret to everything” she thought she had.   [36:18] Debi became an FDN. Then Debi's betrayal came, from her family and her husband. She enrolled in a Ph.D. program in transpersonal psychology and did her study on betrayal, to get herself out of the jam and understand how the mind works and why we do these things.   [37:05] When the discoveries in her study showed up, Debi was on a Zoom call with a mentor talking about the discoveries but not sharing her story. Her mentor told her to stop hiding behind her study. She knew he was right.   [37:45] She sat down with her children and her husband, as they were working on reconciliation, and told them she was going to write their story in a book. Her children approved. Her husband got emotional and said, “You're going to help so many people.” So it was in the book.   [38:30] Debi gave two TEDx talks. In the first one, “Stop Sabotaging Yourself,” six weeks after her betrayal, she hinted at her story. In the second one, “Do You Have Post Betrayal Syndrome?” she talked about her betrayal for one of the first times. It's changed her life.   [39:24] Debi describes how people move through the stages at the PBT. She also offers two certification programs: Certified PBT Coach or Practioner and Certified Support Group Host. The intention is for people to get the right kind of support to lift and inspire them.   [40:15] Support groups are going up around the world, the PBT is growing and certifying more coaches and getting more members, especially corporate employees with fear, who are acting from unhealed betrayals of years ago. PBT is approaching corporations to help address this.   [41:58] Debi loves speaking and would like to do more of it. In the beginning for her, speaking was a means of imparting information. Then she realized it's not about information but about sharing a special experience with the audience, as though telling them about a great book.   [42:34] When Debi changed her speaking to sharing what excited her, she began to love speaking. Her favorite parts are the book signing or getting to hug people afterward. Her talks sometimes shock people to prod them out of numbness.   [43:32] When it comes to sharing your message, share it in a way that feels really good for you. If blogging feels natural and comfortable, do that. If podcasting feels great, do that. Or being on stages. The world needs what you have in the specific way you have it.   [44:01] Don't try everything. When you're doing what you do best, it's effortless and you love it. Why not just do more of that?   [45:26] Debi describes the Hero's Journey, going about their business, then there's the big trauma, and then the part where they start to rise and realize their worth and value. The trauma starts to subside and they ask “What can I do with this and use it to my advantage?”   [46:18] That's what excites Debi, because that's when you'll see new levels of health, new relationships, new passion projects, new businesses, and endless possibilities.   [47:26] The PBT offers two tracks for certifying PBT coaches. One is for coaches and healers and the other is for doctors, therapists, counselors, psychologists, and psychiatrists. It's the same training of the five stages, it's just a difference in the title and pay of coach or practitioner.   [47:50] The ideal candidate is a coach who has experienced betrayal and wants to serve this niche. As 45% of betrayed people have digestive issues, a digestive doctor would be a perfect candidate. How much more effective would they be if they got to the root cause of the issue?   [49:05] If a practitioner wants to refer to Dr. Debi Silber, start at ThePBTInstitute.com. The PBT can work remotely. They have clients and coaches all over the world. There's a recent coach from Dubai and one who's starting from Kenya. Members are from all over the world.   [49:45] Dr. Debi Silber shares her one message with the world: “As it relates to betrayal, even though it happened to you, it's not about you. Say that to yourself a million times until you believe it because that's absolutely true. There's a roadmap. Healing has become a choice.”   [50:03] “As far as business goes, follow your gut. If you feel called to do something, it's because you're supposed to. And do it boldly, and proudly, and don't give up, ever.”   [50:32] Sachin thanks Dr. Debi Silber for being such a source of inspiration on Perfect Practice. Sachin would love to hear about breakthroughs his listeners have as a result of listening to this conversation. Listeners, please check out the links in the show notes.   [51:39] Dr. Debi Silber thanks Sachin.   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live “Debi Silber: Stop Sabotaging Yourself” TEDx “Debi Silber: Do You Have Post Betrayal Syndrome?” TEDx   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live sachin@becomeproof.com To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You're Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done   Tweetables:   “You're in a toxic relationship when you start questioning and doubting yourself; when you stop believing in yourself and you figure that someone else knows better than you; when you don't realize your value and your worth.” — Dr. Debi Silber   “A repeat betrayal means it is unhealed.” — Dr. Debi Silber   “Withholding forgiveness only hurts us.” — Dr. Debi Silber   “Stage 5 is healing, rebirth, and a new worldview. Your body starts to heal with self-love, self-care, eating well, and exercising. You didn't have the bandwidth for that before; now you do.” — Dr. Debi Silber   “We just want to get the Five Stages into as many hands as possible.” — Dr. Debi Silber   Dr. Debi Silber, WBENC Certified WBE The PBT® Institute    

In this episode, Sachin interviews James White, CEO of KBMO Diagnostics about the Food Inflammation Test or FIT, what it does for patients and practitioners, and how it works. James shares his career history and how KBMO Diagnostics came to be a key tool for determining the trigger foods for patients with inflammation. They also discuss the Gut Barrier Panel and the Cardiovascular Inflammation Test and how they could help your patients. Listen in for the details of how you can use KBMO Diagnostics to improve your health and in your practice to improve the health of your clients.   Key Takeaways: [1:01] Sachin introduces James White, the founder of KBMO Labs. This lab has been instrumental in Sachin's healing journey with a better understanding of what foods he should and should not be eating. One person's food could be poison for somebody else.   [1:38] Today we will discuss what functional food testing looks like to get a better understanding of how our body responds to foods that are favorable to it and foods that are not. This can give insight into what might lead to chronic inflammation or pain, despite a healthy and nutritious diet.   [2:04] James ran Sachin's labs on-site at Mindshare. Sachin made some unexpected discoveries. There could be hidden triggers to people's underlying issues or even issues they do not know. Sachin loves the convenience and the amazing service provided by the team.   [2:56] Sachin gives a shoutout to Dr. Robert Silverman, who introduced James to Sachin.   [3:05] Sachin welcomes James White to Perfect Practice.   [3:35] James has a background in running diagnostics companies from blood gas analysis to molecular diagnostics. Then he got involved in specialized cardiovascular testing. The mantra of cardiologists at the time was “eat less and exercise more,” without individualized care.   [4:59] James was looking for a better way to address heart issues when he came across Brent Dorval, Ph.D., who had invented the first rapid HIV diagnostic. Dr. Dorval had a new test that he had three providers using. James called each provider and they were unanimous in their praise.   [6:28] That led to James leaving a larger public company and joining Dr. Dorval in the diagnostic lab. They started with two people. Now the lab works with over 10,000 practitioners.   [8:00] KBMO Diagnostics offers the FIT or Food Inflammation Test. It is different from the C3d test. It doesn't just look at what you are exposed to but also at which foods are causing inflammation.   [9:35] James did a Dry January where he exercised every day and did the KBMO Cardiovascular test and the FIT. Twelve years ago, James did the FIT and it indicated five or six foods. This time, the text indicated five foods. The test is highly accurate and reproducible.   [11:05] James educates the population about what they are exposed to and which foods cause them inflammation. James took an Everlywell IgG test that indicated over 25 foods, versus the FIT, that indicated five foods. Twenty of the foods identified by the IgG test are false positives.   [12:38] Dr. Dorval's FIT uses a double screen to measure the whole immune system rather than just the front end of it, giving a more accurate result. The accuracy means fewer foods for the patient to eliminate.   [14:21] Sachin tested for 176 foods and for a leaky gut. The leaky gut test came back all clear. Certain foods showed up for Sachin. The two highest were cow's milk and eggs. Then there were cauliflower and other foods he doesn't often eat.   [15:21] Because it looks at the inflammatory response, the FIT is helpful for migraines, weight loss, joint pain, and skin-related issues. One patient with back acne learned to eliminate spinach to clear up the acne. You never know which food is going to be the trigger.   [17:21] The FIT also measures colorings and additives that are increasingly found in foods, supplements, and personal hygiene products. One 10-year-old boy was lethargic until benzoic acid was removed from any product he used. After eight weeks, his turnaround was remarkable.   [18:54] KBMO did a study on IBS patients and saw dramatic improvements. Migraines are another issue that shows remarkable improvements for patients who have suffered for years by eliminating a handful of trigger foods. It's a game-changer.   [20:08] KBMO suggests for their providers to do a symptom checklist. What symptoms are patients living with, that they can eliminate by reducing their inflammatory burden via diet?   [21:00] The test is made simple to help the busy provider and their busy patients understand it and move forward on their journey from a healthcare perspective.   [21:36] Sachin looks at his FIT results as a way to know the foods to eliminate to reduce low-grade chronic inflammation and potentially feel overall better. Food doesn't only affect the digestion or how you feel immediately. It can add to the load of inflammation in many systems.   [22:34] The two times James took the FIT over 12 years, the list of five foods to eliminate was very similar. Eggs, dairy, and wheat were the big three and then either clam or lobster were the top foods to eliminate. He says he's a bundle of laughs at breakfast time.   [23:12] When James first bought the company, his triglycerides were nearly 500. After eliminating gluten, eggs, and dairy, within six months his triglycerides were 100 by taking out those three foods. He also dropped 15 pounds in six months. He was also exercising more.   [25:04] One of the things patients and providers like about the FIT is there's no judgment attached. It's not telling you your triglycerides, but what your trigger foods are. It gives patients the ability to take control of their health and do meaningful, understandable things. [26:17] Sachin points out that knowing what to do instead of just knowing what's wrong is a powerful position to be in. When the doctor tells the average patient “These numbers are off,” it doesn't mean much to the patient. Sachin thinks everyone should have the FIT done.   [27:23] Sachin especially recommends the FIT for diabetics, autoimmune patients, cognitive decline patients, and IBS and digestive issue patients. James says mainstream evidence links leaky gut to “leaky brain.” Leaky gut may come from food inflammation.   [30:21] James believes 95% of patients most providers see have inflammation. The FIT is a great way to get to what might be causing some of that underlying inflammation burden to try to make the patients feel a bit more normal by taking control of their health.   [31:31] KBMO just did a study in Chengdu, China, on 75 patients with a variety of symptoms. They did a three-month elimination diet. Eighty-two percent of those patients saw an improvement from running the test. All KBMO did was provide the test plates. It's a robust test.   [35:10] How can a practitioner get the FIT? To sign up, go to Info@KBMODiagnostics.com. Mention Sachin's name and that you heard about it on Perfect Practice. They will send you a one-page new account form. Fill it out.   [35:52] The FIT kits are free. They can be sent to your office or drop-shipped to your patients. Your patients can go to the KBMO website and order the kits but they have to have a C-dash number that is linked to you, the provider. Everything is provider-centric.   [36:25] Whether given in the office or the patient's home, the kit is a finger stick. The patient kit includes two finger sticks. You or the patient mail it in. The patient kit has a stamped, self-addressed envelope back to KBMO.   [36:46] In seven to 10 business days, KBMO puts the results online for you, the provider, to see. You will have 14 days to go over the results with your client. Fourteen days after KBMO sends the results to the provider, the client gets an app to see the results on their phone.   [37:34] The app includes an individualized meal plan for your patient. If you need the 14-day consulting period to be longer, KBMO can adjust it for you so the app comes to the patient later. Having the results on their phone helps the patient to comply with the meal plan.   [38:05] With the app on their phone, patients love to share the results with their friends, talk about their amazing results following the meal plan, and encourage them to go to you to be tested. The app is great for marketing your practice to your patients' family and friends.   [39:16] If anything's elevated on the Gut Barrier Panel, there are a number of protocols KBMO has set up with a number of leading supplement companies and has also partnered with Fullscript. The Gut Barrier report will recommend going on a good gut-healing protocol.   [40:35] KBMO can either bill you, the provider, or bill the patient directly, as you choose. KBMO makes the process easy and transparent, and they walk you and the patient through it in a manageable way.   [40:55] Sachin tells how easy it was for him to take the test and get his results. He has his results on the app on his phone, which makes it easy to shop for his meal plan. Sachin notes that you can show the app to your server if you have questions about a menu.   [41:20] Sachin says it's been a positive experience and KBMO's customer service is exceptional.   [41:28] James adds that as a provider, when you run your first FIT on yourself or a patient, there is a doctor working with KBMO who can review your results with you. She has been running the test for 12 years in her practice.   [42:24] Sachin thanks James for being on Perfect Practice and he appreciates everything James is doing to make our lives as clinicians better. Clinicians can register for the FIT at info@KBMODiagnostics.com or on the website at KBMODiagnostics.com.   [43:25] “Here's to avoiding eggs, for both of us, and here's to amazing health and wholeness to everyone listening! Thank you so much!”   [43:33] James thanks Sachin. The time is much appreciated!   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live Mindshare Fullscript   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live sachin@becomeproof.com To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You're Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done   Tweetables:   “When I first did the test many years ago, it was five or six foods, and today, it remains five or six foods. It's interesting, the stability and the reproducibility of the testing over a 12-year period, in my case.” — James White   “We take this unique science and then re-educate the population about it, saying there's a real advantage in knowing what you're exposed to but if you take it to the next level, you're going to find out which foods are causing you inflammation.” — James White   “We measure colorings and additives. Regardless of how clean a lot of us try and live these days, you're going to get exposed to these colorings and additives. … They're increasingly in supplements and personal hygiene products.” — James White   “Your patients can go to the KBMO website and order the kits but they have to have a C-dash number that is linked to you, the provider. Everything is provider-centric.” — James White   James White, CEO of KBMO DiagnosticsEmail: Info@KBMODiagnostics.com    

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”When we change the way somebody breathes, we change their entire health.” -Sachin Patel In this episode of the Soaring Child podcast, discover how breathwork can help children with ADHD thrive. Sachin Patel,  father, husband, philanthropist, functional medicine practice, success coach, speaker, author, breathwork facilitator, and plant medicine advocate, joins the show.  He is dedicated to raising consciousness and activating the inner doctor in everyone through lifestyle changes and breathwork. He is the founder of the Living Proof Institute and has been at the forefront of the patient-centered healthcare revolution through his Perfect Practice mentorship program. Tune in to learn more about breathwork and breathing for the brain, which is a critical aspect of supporting not just our children with ADHD, but also ourselves as parents and caregivers.   Links mentioned in this episode:  ADHD Symptom Reduction Tool - www.adhdthriveinstitute.com/tool  3m nose tape – https://amzn.to/3RX239o  Chin straps to close the mouth: Kids - https://amzn.to/3RDzOey  Adults - https://amzn.to/41IXNNR  Nose salve – Nasya Oil - https://amzn.to/3RY2ccq  Nasal strip – https://amzn.to/47gXlYt  The Ultimate Breathwork Bundle -   https://sachinpatel.kartra.com/page/bUW390   Key Takeaways: [3:25] What inspired Sachin to get involved in breathwork [12:19] How does breathing affect our children [17:12] How do we breathe properly? [25:20] What parents can do if their children breathe through their mouths [35:05] The relationship between breathwork and mood and behavior [42:57] Where to find Sachin online?   Memorable Moments: ”When we change the way somebody breathes, we change their entire health.” “The average person is unconscious about how they breathe, and it's something that we do 23,000 times a day, whether we like it or not. And air, believe it or not, is the thing that we consume the most. The average person, the average adult, consumes about 30 pounds of air a day.” ”How we breathe plays a huge role in our immune health, plays a huge role in our energy levels, plays a huge role in how well we detoxify and eliminate toxicity from our body. In fact, 70% of the toxins in our body are actually eliminated through the lungs.” ”It's a very sophisticated instrument of healing, and it's also very simple. We're already doing it. We just need to draw our consciousness to it and then make the minor adjustments and shifts so that now we are breathing in a way that prioritizes our health.” ”Our breath overrides the brain…How our children breathe and how we as adults breathe is super informative to the nervous system, to our cellular respiratory system, and also to our behavior as well.” “The easiest analogy I can give to people is that the breath is like the steering wheel of the nervous system. So are we breathing in such a way that it's steering us in the right direction or are we breathing in such a way that it's steering us in an undesirable direction.” “We want our nervous system to match our desired state, and our nervous system is steered by our breath.”   How to Connect to Sachin Patel Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesachinpatel/  Website: https://thesachinpatel.com/    Dana Kay Resources: Website: https://adhdthriveinstitute.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ADHDThriveInstitute/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adhdthriveinstitute/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ADHDThriveInstitute  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/adhd-thrive-institute/mycompany/  Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ph/adhdthriveinstitute/  Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@adhd_thriveinstitute  International Best Selling Book, Thriving with ADHD – https://adhdthriveinstitute.com/book/  Free Reduce ADHD Symptoms Naturally Masterclass - https://bit.ly/3GAbFQl  ADHD Parenting Course – https://info.adhdthriveinstitute.com/parentingadhd ADHD Thrive Method 4 Kids Program – https://adhdthriveinstitute.com/packages/

In this episode, Sachin interviews chef James Barry about his career as a personal chef to celebrities, how James became interested in organ meats, what inspired him to formulate an organ meat supplement called Pluck, and his passion for eating the whole animal as our ancestors did. James shares some research on the nutritional density of organ meats. Sachin tells how he broke his meat fast to try Pluck so he would be able to endorse it with integrity.   Listen in for ancestral knowledge about eating for your biological needs.   Key Takeaways: [1:02] Sachin introduces James Barry, a chef, and the Founder of Pluck, a company that makes organ meat-based seasoning. James had talked about Pluck on the stage at Mindshare where he pitched the idea to Joe Polish in a mock Shark Tank.   [2:15] James has found a way to make the delivery of organ meats simple and tasty for anyone. Sachin had lunch with James at Genius Network and they had a fascinating conversation they wish they had recorded! They will try to replicate and extend that conversation in this episode.   [2:40] Sachin welcomes James Barry to Perfect Practice.   [2:51] James Barry has been a celebrity personal chef for over 20 years. He names some of his clients.   [4:25] There was no blueprint for how to be a celebrity chef when James started. When he began, he found a private chef who mentored him. James has mentored many chefs since.   [5:22] Most who hire a private chef do so because they value their appearance and their time. Many of us don't value our precious time. Outsource things that are not your specialty.   [6:17] A lot of celebrities are just following the trend. They talk about the most popular book. When James first got out of culinary school the trend was the fat flush diet.   [6:38] James learned he had to understand the trending diet, not only by reading but also by working on the recipes to be very good at them. If a celebrity has a nutritionist, you need to execute that nutritionist's instructions or already know that diet to work with them.   [7:11] James had also studied nutrition. When he cooked for celebrities, they only wanted to eat what he cooked for them. Everything was from scratch. He used Whole Foods. He didn't use anything that was ultra-processed. He focused on clean eating and fairly low-carb.   [8:37] James describes celebrities as human beings with extraordinary attention focused on them, more money and resources, but just normal human beings. James treated them like regular people. He didn't try to become their best friend. He focused on fulfilling his role, honoring their environment and privacy.   [9:50] James thinks that sometimes a celebrity's “why” is a lot clearer. They know why they want to be healthy and mindful of what they put in their mouths. If you have a $300 million movie you are performing in and want to perform at your top, that's a lot of pressure.   [11:17] James has always strived to support people where they are. He learned the culinary arts to help people. Humans are inconsistent and gravitate toward comfort foods. He wanted to improve the foods people were eating.   [12:01] James has researched organ meats and calls them the most nutritionally dense foods on the planet. He wondered how to get over the hurdles that people had, eating them. They struggle with the taste, sourcing, how to cook them, and what to do with them.   [12:22] On a trip, James' two young girls got Shiga toxin from E. coli and couldn't hold anything in. James was warned not to give them antibiotics as it would release the toxin faster and overwhelm them. The two-year-old got to almost skin and bones and recovered slowly.   [14:01] When she recovered, all she would eat was toast. James wanted something he could sprinkle on the toast to make it healthier. He realized we have freeze-dried organ meats but it's in capsules because it doesn't taste good. James wanted to make organ meats taste better.   [15:13] Deconstructing paté, James found the ingredients he needed to add to make it taste better. James recreated the taste of paté with dry ingredients. The result is Pluck. It contains five organ meats, which are the liver, heart, kidney, spleen, and pancreas from 100% grass-fed cows. [15:44] It removes the barriers. You can sprinkle it on anything. It tastes delicious. Most people don't even realize they're eating organ meat. James gets amazing feedback from parents who sprinkle it on everything.   [16:33] When Sachin and James were at lunch, James was giving people samples of Pluck. Sachin, though a vegetarian, decided to try it so he would know if he could endorse it to listeners with an honest opinion.   [17:26] Sachin tried it and it tasted quite good. He sprinkled it on his salad and enjoyed it immensely. Sachin's honest truth is the product tastes amazing. It tastes good, it's healthy, and it upgrades the things family members are consuming without them realizing it.   [19:00] James has learned that for healthy food to become a lifestyle, it has to be easy because humans will do hard things for a while, not that long, and it has to be delicious because we will eat something that tastes bad for a bit, but then we default to what stimulates our dopamine.   [19:42] James knew he had to make a product that was easy and tasted good. James also wanted eating the whole animal, not just the muscle meat, to be as easy as possible.   [20:16] Ancestrally, archeologist Dr. Bill Schindler, author of Eat Like a Human, said humans are the only species in the world that look to someone else to tell us what to eat. We have lost our way around our food. James speaks about ancient tribes eating the whole animal.   [22:59] James tries to get to what is simple, easy, and delicious, so you'll eat it, feel better in your body, and treat others better. Once we feel better, we treat others better.   [24:06] The organ meats are raw frozen, processed to be a uniform size, freeze-dried, and powdered. There's no flow agent added to it. It's very pure. No one had combined them with spices before. The USDA and FDA didn't know what to do with it.   [26:22] When it was called food, a USDA-approved food processor had to do the packing. James tried for eight months to find a processor who could handle the powder without contamination by air but no one could. James had to repurpose it as a dietary supplement.   [27:29] A lot of people don't realize it's a dietary supplement. The box on the back of the package says Dietary Supplement, not Nutritional Facts. So it's an FDA product. James sources from New Zealand.   [29:47] New Zealand has very high standards. They have green grass year-round and cattle is one of New Zealand's major exports. The whole animal is accessible. You can get brains in New Zealand, but not in the U.S. James is trying to source through the U.S. but it's not possible yet.   [31:54] James launched Pluck during COVID-19. People didn't know what it tasted like and he had no means of getting samples to people. He got on as many podcasts as he could and sent the product ahead of time to the podcast host for an honest assessment. That was the launch.   [32:50] The biggest questions James gets are “How much am I really getting?” and “How do I know it's really working?” Our bodies know what they need. How do you get back to that intuitive knowledge? You won't get it by swallowing capsules and bypassing biological communication.   [33:54] James says digestion starts with your eyes. You see something that looks good. When you get closer, you smell a good aroma. That triggers something in your brain. You take a bite and you taste it. Your saliva starts breaking it down. Your body decides if you want more.   [34:57] If you eat slowly, your body will tell you when to stop. Too many of our foods have more flavor than nutrition, and that confuses the body. Swallowing a capsule bypasses biological communication. Eating a salt tablet instead of tasting salt bypasses communication.   [36:18] James emphasizes to people that when you eat, your body will tell you how much you need or don't need. Beef liver is huge and hard to eat in one sitting. If you eat a lot, it starts to taste different. If you keep eating when it doesn't taste good, you're not listening to your body.   [37:10] We're already seasoning our food. Instead of an all-purpose seasoning, Seasonings have anti-caking agents and stabilizers, that are not good for us. Most blends will be high in salt. That's the cheapest ingredient. Pluck gives you nutrients you do not get from seasonings.   [40:06] Organ meats are natural multivitamins. You don't have to worry about eating it with food; it is food. Like supports like. The liver can support your liver. Orcas are known for attacking a shark and eating only one part of the shark, the liver. Animals in the wild go right for the organs.   [44:03] James cautions us about getting too “heady” about things. Our bodies have responses we can learn from as we listen. Our body knows. You can't escape the truth your body will reveal. Follow it where it goes vs. your head leading you. James lauds Sachin for trying Pluck.   [46:45] Sachin agrees that the body never lies. Let's put our dogma aside and give our body more of what it needs so that we can be around longer and be of service to others longer, as well.   [47:10] To get Pluck, go to EatPluck.com or get it on Amazon under Pluck seasoning or organ seasoning. Also on the website, there are some clinics listed where Pluck is sold. There are some places in Canada where it is sold. There are also recipes on the website.   [47:48] If you have any questions about organ meats and how to cook them, James's mission is to help people learn how to eat that whole animal. They have resources about how to ease organ meats into your diet, besides Pluck.   [48:10] Sachin thanks James Barry for taking time out of his schedule to guest on Perfect Practice, spend time with Sachin, and share his passion with the audience. Here's to an amazing epic year for James and the team at Pluck!   [48:32] Here's to our listeners' health, wellness, and happiness! Get your products at EatPluck.com, check your grocer; if you're a practitioner, see if you can try out the products yourself first, and perhaps even encourage and endorse them to your patients, as well.   [48:55] James wishes everyone a fabulous year and please know to reach out. Pluck has affiliate programs and wholesale. “We're always happy to answer any questions and to support the eating of the whole animal, so please ask.”   [49:15] Sachin thanks James and wishes him a wonderful rest of the day.   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live Mindshare Genius Network Eat Like a Human: Nourishing Foods and Ancient Ways of Cooking to Revolutionize Your Health, by Dr. Bill Schindler   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live sachin@becomeproof.com To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You're Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done   Tweetables:   “Many of us don't value our time. As I get older, I'm realizing that time is much more precious than I've ever valued it.” — James Barry   “If it tastes good and it's good for you, and it's easy to apply, why wouldn't you use it? I'm not just talking about Pluck, I'm talking about anything!” — James Barry   “For health food to become a lifestyle, it has to hit two things. It has to be easy, … but then it also has to be delicious.” — James Barry   “Once we feel better, we treat others better.” — James Barry   “You can get too little of something, you can also get too much of something.” — James Barry   Chef James Barry: FB: Eat Pluck Website: Eat Pluck   Bio: James Barry   James Barry's 20 years in the culinary field started as a private chef cooking for celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Mariska Hargitay, George Clooney, Gerard Butler, Sean “Puffy” Combs, Barbra Streisand, and John Cusack. Most recently, James launched his first functional food product, Pluck, an organ-based seasoning. It's the first of its kind and an amazingly easy and delicious way for people to get organ meats into their diet.   James is also a published cookbook author having co-authored the recipes in Margaret Floyd's book Eat Naked and co-authored the follow-up cookbook The Naked Foods Cookbook. He most recently co-authored the recipes in Dr. Alejandro Junger's book, Clean 7.    

In this episode, Sachin interviews Dr. Betty Murray   Key Takeaways: [1:02] Sachin introduces Dr. Betty Murray, the CEO and Founder of Living Well Dallas, a functional medicine center. Betty is a nutritionist and researcher who has helped hundreds of people to feel their absolute best, so she has had great success and prosperity.   [2:08] Sachin and Betty will focus on Betty's methods for success and prosperity to help you succeed and prosper in your practice and life. Sachin welcomes Betty to Perfect Practice.   [2:52] Betty started her practice 20 years ago. In 2004, she did not find many clients for functional medicine. She bootstrapped her business with her part-time job. She didn't have enough runway to make a lot of mistakes. She had to be more resourceful with her resources.   [4:58] In Betty's clinic today, there are internal medicine, psychiatry, hormone replacement, clinical nutritionists, life coaches, counselors, and diagnostics. At first, her clinic was fee-for-service, and nobody was using coaching because they didn't know its value.   [6:40] Betty had to let go of her belief that if she educated someone, they would find value in her program, and instead, create the value proposition and give it to them so they would find value. If the market is not buying your strategy, your strategy is wrong and you need to rearrange it.   [8:44] Always add value for your client first. When you give value to your customers, patients, and clients, you get rewarded. When you're driving toward a value, and you're giving people what they need and helping them understand what they need, people will value that.   [9:47] When you're starting, the narrower you get with what you're doing, whom you're serving, and what problem you're solving, the easier it is to stand out in that market. Don't go bigger, faster, better and think it's going to be more money. It's complex. Betty has to spend more on marketing than others because she has more avatars. She has to spend more time on staff.   [13:45] Sachin says to keep it simple. Betty adds that if you have this burning desire to have a multi-disciplinary team, recognize that you'd better be a good business person or hire a good business person, which requires a runway of cash flow. It's not a low-paying job.    [14:57] Most of us in healthcare never had business training. Betty had a business degree before she came into healthcare. It's still a concept until you get it into action. Being a 30,000-hour expert comes from experience, not from a book or an education.   [17:09] The Mosaic of Autoimmunity, by Dr. Yehuda Schoenfeld, is a textbook Betty has been studying. It's probably the best textbook to explain the underpinnings of autoimmunity. Regardless of who our avatar is, all of us are going to be in the immune system.   [18:07] 10X is Easier than 2X: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less, by Dan Sullivan is the business-building book Betty recommends. It is easier and more effective to leapfrog from where you are to where you want to go than it is to make small changes.   [18:52] Betty recommends two personal/financial development books: Disruptor: How to Challenge the Status Quo and Unlock Innovation, by Alex Gonzalez, about innovation. The second book is Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life, by Bill Perkins. It's about not amassing money but using it to do good as you go.   [24:11] Betty tells how she grew her money mindset. As a child, she was determined to work and she falsified her birth certificate to get a job underage. She sees the world as abundant and if she lives in that abundance and does the right things, she will be rewarded for it. She doesn't hesitate to spend money. He husband is cautious so she asked him to handle the finances.   [25:55] Sachin also has a story about going after what he wanted at a young age. He learned to cut hair by watching a barber and then opened a barber shop in his garage. Bety's and Sachin's experiences helped mold them into who they are as adults.   [28:57] Walter Isaacson wrote about Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, and others who have changed the world. None of them had an easy life. Those things that are more difficult for us make us tenacious. Opening a practice outside the traditional medical establishment is also an adversity. Don't keep a Plan B that's easy to go back to. Keep marching forward, iterating, and changing.   [31:33] Whenever Betty is told she can't do something or the world will beat her, that is when it's “game on” for her. That guarantees she would act. Recognize that your challenges are also helpful.   [32:34] Justin notes that success is in doing things differently. Sally Hogshead said that different is better than better. Betty built a large, busy center. At first, she didn't want to be the brand but learned that your brand is you. You have to be part of the brand. One year, Betty spoke 220 times. She showed up everywhere as the owner so people would know about the center.   [34:17] When people leave a practice it's not from what happened but how it was handled. Every part of the customer experience must be planned and managed to make it extraordinary. If there's a problem, own it, fix it, and apologize. Betty's team out-executes everybody.   [35:37] When you want to stand out, look at the non-clinical stuff and double down on it all, from the emails to how the phone is answered. Those things will make up for a world of pain and will make you look better. Most practices shirk that, and people get mad about it.   [36:42] Betty tells about her hiring process. She starts with a matrix of requirements. Betty has a team member do the initial interviews to figure out if the applicant is a culture fit. Betty doesn't want “yes people” but they have to be on board for her strategy. Betty has a “Volkswagen test.”   [38:34] If they pass the culture fit and the skill set, they come in to interview 12 to 14 of the practitioners. Finally, Betty interviews them. If she likes them, they come in for a working day. They get paid for the day and do a final interview with Betty. Betty is slow to hire; and quick to fire. Because of the extensive interview process, Betty doesn't often have to fire.   [39:31] Betty tells about her first hire. It was an administrative assistant. Betty's role was to bring people through the door. She didn't want to spend billable hours doing unbillable work.   [42:09] Betty's last piece of advice: If you're a practitioner, you do not need any more certifications or training to do what you do. You need to do what you are trained to do.   [44:04]  Sachin warns against continual certifications. It's a form of procrastination and it leads to imposter syndrome. The way you build the muscles is by doing the reps. If you get into a situation where you don't know the answer, you have the resources to find it quickly.   [45:17] Betty got her Ph.D. not because she needed it for her business but because she wanted to dig into the research and get better at that, to prove this type of medicine works.   [46:12]  Sachin thanks Dr. Betty Murray for everything that she shared today. Betty mentions her practice Livingwelldallas.com, her website, Bettymurray.com, and her podcast Menopause Mastery. Sachin thanks her for sharing her wisdom.   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live sachin@becomeproof.com To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You're Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done

In this episode, Sachin interviews Chris Kelly, backcountry outfitter and friend, about the benefits of being in nature with a group, disconnecting from technology and using primal survival knowledge and skills, supporting each other, and growing naturally. Listen in for ways to embrace the natural world and put aside the office for a while.   Key Takeaways: [1:02] Sachin introduces and welcomes Chris Kelly to the Perfect Practice podcast. Chris is an outfitter and Sachin's outdoor mentor, friend, and guide in so many ways.   [2:11] Sachin met Chris on a three-day group camping trip in Algonquin. Chris and his brother Kieran involved everyone in meaningful, positive ways. Sachin was so impressed, he brought a group of his friends the following year for another amazing trip.   [3:46] The Time we spend with people is magnified in a backcountry camping experience over multiple days. Sachin learned more on a four-day trip than on a three-day trip.   [4:55] Sachin points out that your business can never grow bigger than you. You're like the trunk of a tree and your business is a branch coming off of that tree. Grow yourself to grow all the branches of your life, including your business. Part of that process occurs when we disconnect and go back to the essence of who we are.   [6:37] Chris describes the moment on a paddle when the person he was paddling with told him that his trips were transformational. It was an epiphany. People can rewrite their stories. They take down barriers they have put up. They stop telling themselves “I can't,” knowing “I did.”   [8:41] In the backcountry, there are no services, electronics, or artificial lights. On the first day, you find your footing and it seems to be going in slow motion. In a new environment, you've got to pay attention to everything. If you twist your ankle, you're a liability. The environment brings you new ways of thinking.   [10:16] When you're out there, you're a different person, entirely. There's so much onboarding of these skills that we have from being hunter-gatherers for 99.9% of our existence. You might think portages are scary but you navigate it with ease. It's amazing how we adapt. You're breaking an autopilot. You have an intense presence.   [12:02] Taking high school kids to the backcountry for four days removes them from their devices. When they get home, they don't want to see their phones. You see a shift in their behaviors. In the case of an emergency, Chris had a satellite phone available.   [14:05] Coming back from the first trip, Sachin realized he would rather paddle for three hours than drive for three hours to get home, it was such a magical experience that changes you in so many ways. It makes you tough; it softens you. Sachin describes the magic of seeing the sun for 15 minutes after five cloudy, rainy days.   [17:04] Chris says you build a relationship with nature. It's a reflection of your relationship with yourself. As people return to the backcountry, they become more themselves. They become more grounded. Families experience great beneficial changes. Everyone's accomplishing something together. Their stories wash away in community and love. This carries back to life.   [20:31] Sachin shares a reflection learned from the second trip when portaging uphill to the next lake, carrying packs or canoes. Everyone plays a role, big or small, glorious or not glorious.   [23:37] Chris talks of finding power in being humbled and disempowered and ultimately finding fulfillment. Finding wood to build a fire, feeling the heat of the fire, and cooking food on it is primal and satisfying. Everything you put energy into provides energy.   [24:33] One of Sachin's goals for 2024 is to get his team up there. His wife is hesitant because in the backcountry there are no bathrooms. Some on his team are eagerly looking forward to it. You bond on a backcountry camping trip in a way that you don't find going to dinner together.   [26:18] Chris tells how to prepare your team for a backcountry trip with him and Kieran. They set you up with a packing list. You show up with a weekend bag, and they take care of the rest. Top-end gear, sleeping bags, sleeping mats, tents; you're going to be warm, cozy, and dry. High-end, ultra-light canoes. Hop on a call and you won't regret it.   [27:13] Some people's highlight of camping in the backcountry is using the Thunderbox, the sun peeking through the canopy, hearing the call of the morning birds, and the lapping of the water on the shore. Chris does a guided meditation about this. It's not the problem, it's the attitude on the problem.   [28:21] Chris describes the benefits of getting your team together in the backcountry. You're putting work aside and getting to know each other as individuals. Handling hard things and fun things together grows a deep-rooted connection. Trust is formed on these trips. It's a great opportunity for inspiration to come through outside of the workplace structure.   [31:07] You're outside your comfort zone and so you're more vulnerable but also supported by the people you're spending time with. That allows you to show up at the office in a completely different way. On the trip, you are supporting people who might be lower or higher on the ladder. We have titles for our jobs but we are all humans.   [32:11] Chris cites the Dr. Chatterjee podcast. When we're making decisions, we're either making a decision to find happiness or making decisions from a place of happiness. The difference is drastic. Decisions you make from happiness are legacy decisions about your life. Chris uses Sachin as an example of making decisions from happiness after a trip.   [34:33] We all have nature around us. Have a plant in your house, at least. Find a sit spot. Sit quietly for five minutes, closing your eyes and tuning into your other senses. Open your eyes and see everything with a new lens. It's magnificently impactful. There's something special about going back to the same place daily. The birds and animals will accept you in their world.   [36:42] Chris describes some weather experiences and even a moving encounter with a mother and baby moose on backcountry trips. Sachin describes an unplanned trance experience he felt with others at the lake's edge.   [40:31] There are amazing sunsets. Being out there so long, Chris is confident in feeling whether it will rain soon or not. He shares an experience of imagining himself as a sapling growing up in the forest and growing through the canopy of massive trees. That inspired him to start Driftwood with his brother Kieran. Guiding exclusively gives him renewed energy.   [44:26] Chris learned from Majeed on a trip that nature is full of infinite intelligence. He feels that if you open up to that, it does come through. He and Sachin are walking examples of it.   [45:08] Sachin gives his endorsement to Chris as a life-changing companion on a trip like this. It is crucially important who you go with to lead you on the journey. Sachin urges every practitioner or individual listening to this to consider this as a valuable team-building, friendship-building exercise, or even for building yourself.   [46:08] To reach Chris and Kieran at Driftwood Paddle, go to their website, fill out the simple form, and let them know what your dreams are and what you're envisioning. They will book a call and have a Zoom meeting with you to show what they can offer and make sure it's the right fit. Every trip is curated toward the group or individual, including diet and itinerary.   [46:53] Chris and Kieran and the two other guides that work with them, Troy and Craig, are mature, with adaptive life experience. They are passionate about backcountry camping. There are barriers to backcountry camping. The guides provide food, water, shelter, safety, and security. You work on the needs of loving and belonging, self-realization, and team cohesion.   [48:36] Sachin thanks Chis for his time today and his contribution to this episode of Perfect Practice.   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live sachin@becomeproof.com To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You're Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done  

In this episode, Sachin interviews Jay Abraham, the Founder and CEO of The Abraham Group, Inc. in Los Angeles, California. Jay attests to the power that practitioners have with the knowledge to remarkably improve the lives of people around them, clients, potential clients, and people who may never become clients. Jay speaks of investing in people first and how that pattern helped him in his career as an entrepreneur, business leader, and consultant.  Jay offers ideas that can bring you success in your practice by caring more about the people around you than about your finances. Listen in for an inspiring message from Jay Abraham to improve your life and practice.   Key Takeaways: [1:02] Sachin introduces and welcomes Jay Abraham to the Perfect Practice podcast. Jay has helped thousands of companies and entrepreneurs around the world generate revenue. Jay invites Yuri to ask him questions that might give clarity and actionable strategy to the audience.   [3:31] Jay thinks that we all have an enormously greater capacity to contribute to transforming people's lives. We must understand that most people don't know what we already know. Believe in your ability to contribute your knowledge and in your moral obligation to contribute. Be a positive catalyst in somebody's life. It's all about them.   [6:13] Jay's advice for people starting in the health and wellness space is to know that you have the knowledge and the ability to change someone's life. You have to get it into their mind in a way that they embrace it, believe it, and want it from you. How will you do that?   [7:40] Depending on the size of your market, local or national, find the lowest common denominator of influencers and offer to reciprocate a trade of services. Jay offers a script to use to give them your services for permanent wellness and healing and to ask them to introduce you to their clientele throughout their life, for a presentation of your services.   [11:00:] Jay tells how this worked for him when he started taking off in his services for entrepreneurs.   [12:25] You could become the recommended provider. Jay offers a way to do this ethically through exchanges of services. First, be the one to invest in others.   [13:07] Jay recommends his program on pre-eminence for Sachin's listeners. Jay always wants to invest first in others. If you invest in someone and it has a positive payoff, everyone may not turn into a future compensated client, but the numbers will work for you if you make a profound difference and if you choose wisely in terms of their values and respect your methodology.   [16:10] Everyone is not going to do as much with the profound knowledge, the methodologies, techniques, regimens, and protocols you are going to share. Choose people who have the highest probability of doing something with it and seeing the most wonderful outcome. Ask them to nominate people who are struggling. Try it in general and for specific applications.   [20:26] Sachin points out this is a long game. We can't add value to the lives of people who don't share the values we do. You can add value to the world with every hour, or you can miss the opportunity to add value to the world with every hour. When you add value, the referrals are much more genuine.   [21:06] Jay says half the people don‘t know what greatness is supposed to look like in health. They've never had it or it was so long ago, it's become hazy. They don't know what it's like to sleep through the night and have energy and focus with dramatically reduced stress levels, to have their bodies feel and look better. Give them an impact analysis tied to future pacing.   [24:30] Help someone consider what it would be like not to be tired but to have energy and focus galore.   [25:42] Jay shares a profound exercise to do with people. Ask “Who do you know in your life of your age that you would like to have the energy of?” That becomes the reference model for them to go after. If they have no model, ask them about an active celebrity of their age.   [27:39] Jay has been very successful in getting a lot of his clients to help them understand a holistic view of all the things going on in their lives. If you can help them in something that may even be outside the area of your skillset, you have a value-added advantage over your competitors.   [28:30] When you allow people to come to decisions and conclusions, themselves, it's a different kind of education, a way to validate what is being said, so they can come to the conclusion themselves.   [29:21] Jay tells how he built a half-a-billion-dollar-a-year company in the gold, silver, and rare coin market, by giving people a tripe case for why the research was worth understanding and letting them decide for themselves if it factored into their wealth creation. There's much more power in a decision when they make it themselves, based on gained knowledge you provide.   [31:17] Jay explains the power of having influential endorsers and champions who advocate for you to build trust with their audience. It's the safest short way to build a clientele. You don't build trust through advertising.   [32:20] You want to have ideas and perspectives nobody else does and do what nobody else does to differentiate yourself.   [32:55] Jay once helped a Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon by getting him to write a book that he deposited in the waiting room and stations at every hair salon, dental office, and related non-competitive location. It was successful through implied endorsement of the establishments where patrons saw the book. What can you do to educate people in an inspiring way?   [35:34] Jay has written 15 books over his career. Some of them have not been published but are available as digital files for free to his potential clients. He recommends practitioners who have published to provide their books for free without shipping and handling to the right potential clients. It is to let your potential clients know that their situation is not hopeless.   [39:10] Jay separates his investment in people from the financial reward that may or may not follow. He tells how he developed that perspective. He was never obsessed with making money. He gravitated toward entrepreneurs who were on missions to fill voids that nobody was filling or to add value to a segment of the market that was underserviced.   [40:09] Jay found himself worried more about the outcome for the end consumer than for himself. He saw how he could enhance, improve, and re-invigorate somebody's career or life. He was all about making a big difference for people, first and foremost.   [42:52] Jay says the greatest acknowledgment or reward you can give him, is if you are capable of transforming and catalyzing positively a multitude of people's lives over the next, 10, 20, 30 years, then do it! Do something meaningful with what he has shared.   [44:46] If you ask yourself how many people's lives can you transform each and every day by what Jay said or by what Sachin is teaching, that's compensation enough for the time Sachin and Jay have shared today.    [45:08] Sachin thanks Jay for his contribution to this episode of Perfect Practice.   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live sachin@becomeproof.com To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You're Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done  

It's not great to make mistakes on stage, but how big a deal are mistakes when you're learning something new?Is it best to avoid them right from Day 1? Or is it ok to set the bar a little lower in the early days of learning a new skill?A 2011 study tests out two different approaches to learning - setting the bar high vs. setting the bar low - and provides some clues on which approach might be better for us (as well as our students).Get all the nerdy details here: How Important Is “Perfect Practice” When Learning Something New?* * *BTW, have you ever wondered why it is exactly that things usually sound better at home than they do on stage?If you've been confused (and frustrated) by the inconsistency of your performances, I put together a free 4-minute quiz called the Mental Skills Audit, which will help you pinpoint your mental strengths and weaknesses, and figure out what exactly to adjust and tweak in your preparation for more consistently optimal performances. It's 100% free, takes only 4 minutes, and you'll get a downloadable PDF with a personalized breakdown of where you stand in six key mental skill areas. You'll also get the Pressure Proof Practice Challenge, a free 1-week email course where you'll learn specific practice strategies to help you perform your best when it matters most - even under pressure.Take the quiz here: bulletproofmusician.com/msa

Dr Jennifer Stewart is the founder and Chief Vision Officer of Look New Canaan, a boutique private practice in New Canaan, CT. She also helps optometrists and organizations with operations, sales success, practice management and sales team training through her advisory and consulting firm, OD Perspectives. She is the Professional Editor of Independent Strong, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the New England College of Optometry and a consultant for Coopervision, MacuHealth, GPN and Zyloware. She is the recipient of the 2022 Emerging Leader Award from the Optical Women's Association, the GameChanger Award from Eyecare Business, and the Theia Award for Innovation from Women in Optometry. With a deep interest in sports vision, Dr. Stewart is the Co-Founder and Chief Vision Officer for Performance 20/20, which provides services for sports and performance vision training. She serves on the Executive Board for the International Sports Vision Association, and provides consulting for sports vision practitioners around the world. odperspectives.com   If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to subscribe to this podcast for bi-weekly episodes or leave a review. Thank you to our listeners! -------------------------------- For our listeners, use the code 'EYECODEMEDIA22' for 10% off at check out for our Premiere Billing & Coding bundle or our EyeCode Billing & Coding course. Sharpen your billing and coding skills today and leave no money on the table! Show Sponsors: CooperVision MacuHealth    

    Listen in as we explore the journey of retired Navy Captain Paul B. Roach, MD, FACS, where he shares his valuable deployment experiences that led to significant improvements in combat casualty care.  From his early deployments as a flight surgeon in Okinawa to his gritty 14-month stint in Afghanistan, Dr. Roach offers a riveting account of combat surgery that will captivate and enlighten.  There, he learned the delicate dance of trauma algorithms and rhythms of combat surgery.     Dr. Roach explains his motivations to capture his experiences, trials, and triumphs in his memoir, Citizen Surgeon. His deeply moving recollections underscore the critical importance of training and preparation for those deployed, and his mantra of "perfect practice makes perfect" will leave lasting impressions. In an in-depth discussion, we delve into the American College of Surgeons' military-specific curriculum and how it prepares surgeons for the realities of the battlefield.   Finally, we navigate the evolution of Military Medicine through Dr. Roach's lens. His career trajectory showcases not just the rigors of deployment but also the harsh reality of transitioning home and the importance of family support. As a Navy Medical Corps Officer, a physician, and a mentor preparing the next generation of Military Medical professionals, Dr. Roach's narratives are an essential listen for anyone interested in the converging worlds of medicine and the military. This episode promises a wealth of insights and real-world experiences from the frontline of Military Medicine.   Chapters: (0:00:00) - Early Military Medical Experiences (0:07:06) - Surgical Oncology Career Path & Specialization (0:15:38) - Combat Surgery (0:29:18) - Military Specific Curriculum for Combat Surgeons (0:34:46) - The Evolution of Military Medicine   Chapter Summaries: (0:00:00) - Early Military Medical Experiences (7 Minutes) We talk with retired Navy Captain Paul B. Roach, MD, FACS about his experiences from deployments and the important lessons learned that have led to improvements in combat casualty care. We also discuss his memoir Citizen Surgeon and his work to prepare the next generation of military medical professionals, as well as his work with the American College of Surgeons. Dr Roach also recounts his experience as a flight surgeon in Okinawa with the Marines, including a medevac mission he was involved with.   (0:07:06) - Surgical Oncology Career Path & Specialization (9 Minutes) Dr.  Roach's deployments and the lessons he learned from them have shaped his career. He transitioned from his military service back to training and offers advice for those returning to their residencies after a break. His assignment to NAS Sigonella, Italy, gave him a unique opportunity. He decided to do fellowship training in complex surgical oncology.   (0:15:38) - Combat Surgery (14 Minutes) Dr. Roach recounts his experience from his 14-month deployment in Afghanistan. He explains how his training in surgical oncology prepared him for any area he was called upon to work in and how he had to adjust to the trauma algorithms and rhythms of combat surgery. He shares his experience of writing his memoir, Citizen Surgeon, as a way to process his experience and to understand his deployment. He dealt with situations that were outside of his comfort zone, such as pediatric gunshot wounds, and used his med school and residency training to remind himself that he was capable of carrying out the mission.   (0:29:18) - Military Specific Curriculum for Combat Surgeons (5 Minutes) Dr. Roach's experience with the American College of Surgeons' military-specific curriculum and exam is discussed. He explains how his training and practice prepared him for his deployments, including his stance on providing care to enemy combatants. He shares how his team was able to handle the Mass Casualty drills, even with members who were new to the experience, and his mantra of "perfect practice makes perfect" and the importance of training and preparation for those deployed.   (0:34:46) - The Evolution of Military Medicine (12 Minutes) Paul shares his own journey from being a medical student dressed as a Naval Officer to becoming a Naval oOficer who happens to be a physician. He also explains how the transition home from deployment can be difficult and how his family has been his anchor. We explore the differences between Role 2 and Role 3 facilities and how to best prepare for deployment in either scenario. Finally, we discuss the importance of tumor boards in the care of cancer patients and how a multidisciplinary team can craft an individualized solution for each patient. Take Home Messages: Transitioning from point-of-injury battlefield care to an operating room requires immense adaptability and resilience, as both environments demand unique skill sets and mental preparedness. Military medicine plays a crucial role in shaping an individual's career, especially when they transition from military service to civilian life. A compelling narrative of frontline experience can provide valuable insights and lessons, contributing to improvements in combat casualty care. The importance of 'perfect practice' is highlighted as a key to achieving excellence in the medical field, especially in high-pressure situations. The evolution of military medicine has seen a convergence of medical expertise and military discipline, which has led to more effective healthcare for both military and civilian populations. Multidisciplinary tumor boards play a vital role in cancer patient care, emphasizing the importance of a team-based approach to healthcare. Continuous training and preparation are crucial for medical professionals, particularly those deployed in combat zones. Writing and sharing personal experiences can help medical professionals process their experiences and understand their roles better. Deployed medical professionals face unique challenges and require certain skill sets that differ from those used in traditional hospital settings. The transition from military service to civilian life can be difficult, underscoring the importance of having strong support systems in place. Episode Keywords: Military Medicine, Combat Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Mass Casualty Drills, Flight Surgeon, Medevac Mission, Okinawa, American College of Surgeons, Role 2 Facilities, Role 3 Facilities, Multidisciplinary Team, Tumor Boards, Combat Casualty Care, Perfect Practice, Memoir Citizen Surgeon, Transition Home, Deployment Preparation Hashtags: #wardocs #military #medicine #podcast #MilMed #MedEd #MilitaryMedicine #CombatSurgery #MedicalJourney #FromBattlefieldToOperatingRoom #CitizenSurgeon #DrPaulRoach #MilitaryToMedicine #NavyCaptain #MedicalExcellence #OncologyTraining     Honoring the Legacy and Preserving the History of Military Medicine   The WarDocs Mission is to honor the legacy, preserve the oral history, and showcase career opportunities, unique expeditionary experiences, and achievements of Military Medicine. We foster patriotism and pride in Who we are, What we do, and, most importantly, How we serve Our Patients, the DoD, and Our Nation.   Find out more and join Team WarDocs at https://www.wardocspodcast.com/ Check our list of previous guest episodes at https://www.wardocspodcast.com/episodes Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm   WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible and go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in Military Medicine. 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The Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), the granddaddy of all standardized tests, is finally joining the digital age. International students have already been able to take the SAT on a computer; as of March 2024, the new Digital SAT will permanently replace pencil-and-paper exams worldwide. The SAT is evolving — and that's a good thing says Mike Bergin, President & Owner of Chariot Learning. Mike joins this episode to help us prepare for this brave new world of college admissions testing. We discuss:Why the SAT has finally decided to go digital, and what it means for you as a test takerLogistics of the online exam, including devices you're allowed to use and software you'll need to install before test dayThe new section-adaptive scoring algorithm, how it differs from the current linear paper test, and test-taking strategies to maximize the new section flowSubstantive differences between the Digital SAT and the legacy SAT, especially with regard to reading comprehension passages and the reintroduction of vocabularyRecommended resources for preparing for the Digital SATAnd more!The only constant in life is change, as they say. But change doesn't have to be scary. Indeed, once you fully understand how the new Digital SAT works and what you're in store for on test day, you can fully embrace this change and dominate your performance on test day. After learning from Mike in this episode, you'll be able to do just that.RESOURCES / LINKSFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the Digital SAT from the official College Board SAT siteFree SAT Prep from Khan AcademyPersonalized SAT Prep with Mike Bergin via Chariot LearningConnect with Mike Bergin on LinkedInEssential SAT Math Strategies - video course from Dominate Test PrepSIMILAR EPISODESIf you enjoyed this episode, we encourage you to check out these other similar episodes of The Dominate Test Prep Podcast:Episode 40: Proven Principles of Perfect Practice, with Mike BerginEpisode 67: What to Look for in a Tutor, with Mark SkoskiewiczEpisode 41: SAT vs. ACT for College Admissions, with Amy SeeleyEpisode 48: Planning Your Campus Visits, with Mary LanniA DOSE OF MOTIVATION"Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits…. Your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning habits…. You get what you repeat." — James ClearConnect with Us Get more free content on the DTP YouTube Channel Register for a comprehensive prep course (GMAT, GRE, EA, LSAT) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Questions? Comments? Email us at support@dominatetestprep.com.

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In this episode, Sachin interviews Yuri Elkaim. Yuri is prolific in the athletic world and the health and entrepreneur space. Sachin met Yuri at a conference that Peter Osborne was hosting. Yuri was onstage and “knocked it out of the park.” Yuri shares many nuggets of advice for the health practitioner who wants to move up to the next level. Listen in for a perspective that may improve your practice.   Key Takeaways: [1:40] Sachin welcomes Yuri Elkaim to the Perfect Practice podcast. Yuri is a former pro athlete and current entrepreneur in the health and athletic space. Sachin looks forward to today's conversation with Yuri about business and personality in the health space.   [3:14] Yuri trained, played, and competed in soccer from age 10, to become a pro player. He played professionally in his early 20s. When he was 17, he lost all his hair in six weeks, from an autoimmune disorder, alopecia. Before his hair loss, he had a lot of hair. Going from a full head of hair to bald in senior year was a transition, but his friends accepted it.   [5:12] Developing alopecia was one of the greatest things that happened to Yuri. It opened his eyes to what was going on with his health. Besides Western medical doctors, he was introduced to some amazing alternative practitioners. Nothing worked for his alopecia, but he is grateful for his exposure to these practices.   [5:59] Yuri studied kinesiology and health sciences at the University of Toronto and played pro soccer in France. After Yuri retired from pro soccer around 24, he came back and decided to pursue studies in holistic nutrition. That's when his life changed. He was being exposed to information he never knew existed. He started applying what he learned.   [6:31] After about two months of cleaning up his diet at the university, Yuri grew back pretty much all his hair. The diet was such a profound change and he had so much more energy. He worked with personal training clients, practicing what he had learned in school. He realized that there were billions of people who didn't know the holistic nutrition practices he had learned.   [7:29] That set Yuri on a mission. He started writing a book in the back row of nutrition class. Eight years later, he published the New York Times bestseller, The All-Day Energy Diet. Yuri's passion for wanting to help others came from his own struggle. He struggled for seven years trading time for money as a one-on-one trainer-nutritionist; overworked and underpaid.   [8:18] Yuri had a bigger vision, wanting to help more people. He went online in 2005 and tried to figure it out for himself. It didn't happen for three years. Then he hired a coach and things started to take off. With mentorship, coaching, and guidance, Yuri started to build a pretty substantial business. He helped half a million people to better health   [8:50] Yuri sold the company 13 years after starting it. During those 13 years, a lot of people had come to Yuri for business advice. He saw a space in the market and he started his current company, Healthpreneur®.about seven years ago. Some amazing health practitioners don't know how to get their message out.   [9:36]  Yuri seeks to help them to build better businesses. His vision is to help a billion people improve their lives in some way, shape, or form. He knew he couldn't get there, direct to consumer, but he thought if he had these skills and capabilities to help other practitioners build better businesses, virtually, then they could help more people and reach that goal collectively.   [10:22] Yuri truly cares about helping people stand in their power, shine their lights, and become the best version of themselves so they can share with more people. That's what he is here to do. He works hard because it is so much joy.   [11:34] Yuri discusses practitioners who are not moving forward. There are some mindset blocks common to health professionals that keep them small. One is the need to be liked. They don't want to post too much or email too often. Don't worry about the few people who might unsubscribe. Inspire others to be who they can be. Don't be afraid of sales!   [13:43] Another thing that holds practitioners back is a bad money mindset. There's a mindset that healthcare should be given to others for free. Some people delegate their health to others instead of taking responsibility for it. When a practitioner offers a package for $3,000 for an outcome, some people are offended. But people don't do anything unless they pay.   [15:07] Yuri talks about the self-inflicted lifestyle disease of diabetes 2. People about to have a leg amputated are not likely to turn their lives around. Give people a hand-up, not a handout. Don't be a martyr in the service of other people. Practitioners end up giving their services away for too little and work themselves to the bone, leading to burnout.   [16:14] Yuri's mission with Healthpreneur® is to help health entrepreneurs and practitioners make their dreams happen in the service of other people.   [18:03] Yuri and Sachin talk about how practitioners develop the mindset that their services are not worth a lot. Yuri tries to get health practitioners to recognize the value of what they do. If we're in the business of transforming people's lives, the best thing we can do is charge a premium price. Thinking a $20.00 diet book will change lives is delusional.   [22:52] We don't have to serve everyone on the planet. You have to be very clear about whom you want to work with, who would be a joy to serve, and for whom you could produce the best results. If some people are not ready to step up to that level, support them however you can with content until they are ready to work with you.   [23:13] Recognize that we can transform people's lives. How do you put a price tag on someone who's been dealing with weight issues for 20 years? If you can't help yourself, you can't help anyone. Fill your cup first, before giving your services away.   [25:12] Yuri recalls his process for hiring a good business coach. For years, he resisted hiring a coach because he didn't want to pay; he thought he could figure it out for himself. But after spending six figures on your education, isn't some kind of mentorship worth the investment? If you're not where you want to be, you're not good enough. Find someone who's been there.   [26:04] Do you value your time or your money more? If you are willing to spend your time to save money, then you value your money more. If you are willing to spend money to save time, then you value your time more. Posting on social media is not free. It costs you the thing you never get back, your time. If you don't pay to play, you value your money more than your time.   [28:08] It's time to stop preparing with extra certifications and a curriculum. Don't fear that you're not good enough for your clients. Work with your clients and you'll build the bridge as you go.   [31:25] Never take criticism from someone you'd never take advice from. Being online, you have to develop a thick skin. Don't engage with accounts talking trash online. Delete the comments. Don't give them any fuel.   [32:00] Yuri shares an anecdotal story about himself. In his late 20s, his hair had come back. When he was 31, he got a tetanus shot. His hair all fell out again and for two years he applied makeup eyebrows. He didn't want people to see a health guru with hair loss. He decided to stop the makeup after two years and he taped a YouTube video explaining what had happened.   [35:03] When you're sharing yourself in everything you do, whether it's social media, content, or whatever, the best thing you can all do is be the fullest version of yourselves. That's what appeals to people. They want to see the real you. There's always a group of people looking for someone they have an affinity to. If you don't share your true self, you may never find them.   [37:05] When Yuri revealed himself without eyebrow pencil, it was a relief and it felt like taking off a weighted vest. He recalls going for a dive in the ocean. It was cathartic and beautiful. He believes our business only grows to the extent that we do. He wouldn't be where he is now, had he not revealed himself.   [39:23] Yuri got into debt, got out of debt, and turned himself around financially. His mistakes allowed him to improve and get to where he is now. When he invested in products, he didn't build skills. When he invested with a coach, he did.   [43:32] When Yuri asks practitioners why they invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in Naturopathic College, it comes down to having the capability to help people. That tells Yuri that this person values investing in their skills. Then he asks, wouldn't it make sense for them to invest in business skills, so they can repay their debt and go where they want to go? [44:24] If Yuri invests in advertising and can turn a profit on it in a month or two, that is a great return. In contrast, real estate takes more than seven years to double in value. If you invest in a coach, how long will it take you to turn a profit?   [45:04] Value is an extraction game. It's most often caught, not taught. Take full ownership of your results. Don't look for a guarantee. Did Naturopathic College give you a guarantee? A lot of fear comes from small thinking and small vision. When Yuri invested $18,000 in coaching, it was like he had been dropped into the ocean and had to find a way to swim to shore.   [48:00] The payoff is worth it. People get hung up on the price instead of the payoff. They're comfortable in their current situation instead of thinking about what their vision looks like. If your vision is to pay the bills, just go work for someone else. There are many mediocre businesses and it doesn't take that much to be a lot better than them. You just have to have a bigger vision.   [49:54] You may not be an entrepreneur if you don't have self-belief. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will. The odds are so stacked against you in business that you have to have what Yuri calls “delusional optimism.” You have to persistently think that you're going to make it work and the universe is supporting you. Most people don't have that.   [51:17] You have to have drive. You have to have a big vision or it's not worth attempting. You can change the model from one-to-one care to working with thousands of clients at once.   [52:28] You have to have humility and coachability. Delegate. Yuri hasn't delegated marketing yet, because he does it best, but it is holding him back from additional growth. Yuri is humble enough to recognize that there are people way smarter than him in certain verticals, and he has to get out of their way and allow them to drive the bus.   [54:21] You have to be so committed to the vision you want to build. Yuri would never consider throwing in the towel. An entrepreneur, at the core, wants freedom but it doesn't mean lying on a beach. Yuri works now more than when he was a personal trainer but he loves his work. He wakes up at 4:00 a.m. to get to it.   [55:24] For Yuri, it's not about the money. It's about the growth and who he gets to become as he goes through this journey. What problems will he learn how to solve? A lot of entrepreneurs are very growth-oriented and they relish that growth and that contribution. The grass is not greener on the other side, it's greenest where we water it. You'll always deal with the same stuff.   [56:47] If you are committed to a great life and contributing in a big way, you know in your core that you're unemployable, and you have ideas that you want to bring to life, then you have to pursue that. If you can make decisions, take action, pivot quickly if something doesn't make sense, have mentorship and guidance, and fire in the belly, go for it. Not everyone has that.   [58:02] Yuri talks about aspects, traits, and elements he admires in specific people. Greatness lies in committing to the process. Yuri is transparent with the people who work with him. He sets expectations properly. It will be hard. There are no guarantees but there is help all along the way. What success looks like in Yuri's life is putting together things he has learned from others.   [1:02:41] Yuri's day starts at 4:00 a.m. He drinks a bottle of water and reviews his vision. He has an app where he has all his goals and his visualizations and he reviews that for five minutes. He doesn't go on social media. Then he gets into his most important work from 4:30 to 8:00, doing thought leadership in a Google Doc or a notepad.   [1:04:13] Yuri hangs out with his kids until they ride their bikes to school around 9:00. Then he does meetings on Monday or has focus time until 11:00. From 11:00 to 3:00 or 4:00 there are more meetings and interviews. Some days he goes outside. He works out for 45 minutes every day and walks or runs five K every day. Yuri stretches every day. Activity is very important.   [1:05:21] Yuri does a minimum of 30 minutes of learning every day, reading, listening to podcasts or audio; something to broaden his mind. He coaches his clients a couple of times a week, coaches his team, and looks at how they can continually elevate the business. Then it's family time, dinner time, and taking the kids to soccer. He gets joy from his routine.   [1:07:48] Sachin thanks Yuri Elkaim for this conversation. Sachin invites you to go back and listen again, as there are a lot of nuggets. You could listen again in 30 days and pick up something different.   [1:08:21] Learn more about Yuri or get in touch with him on the podcast The Healthpreneur Show, Instagram, and YouTube. See the links below.   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live The All-Day Energy Diet: Double Your Energy in 7 Days, by Yuri Elkaim   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live sachin@becomeproof.com To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You're Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done

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In this episode, Steve Fretzin and Brian Glass discuss:Focusing on the client experience.Partnering with family in your law firm.Highest and best use of lawyers' time for law firm success.The power of coopetition and accountability. Key Takeaways:What gets in the way of lawyer business success is thinking the lawyer needs to be in the middle of everything in their practice.Identify and write down everything that is important to you - then reverse engineer your firm based on that criteria.Execute the good ideas and lessons learned from your peer groups. Having forced external accountability can help you to actually accomplish those goals.Give more power to your lieutenant - give them reins and responsibility, but also give them coaching and power to make decisions. You cannot do it all, especially if you are wanting to scale and grow. "If you have a good enough team, and you have a large enough vision, you can give them these projects to go and run with. I don't have to do it. I just have to have a big enough vision and create a fun enough and intellectually exciting enough place to work that attracts the kind of person that can go and execute on that for me." —  Brian GlassGet a free copy of Steve's book “Sales-Free Selling” here: www.fretzin.com/sales-free-selling Thank you to our Sponsors!Get Staffed Up: https://getstaffedup.com/bethatlawyer/Overture: https://overture.law/Get Visible: https://www.getvisible.com/ Episode References: Vivid Vision by Cameron Herold - https://www.amazon.com/Vivid-Vision-Remarkable-Aligning-Business/dp/161961877XMy First Million: https://www.mfmpod.com/ About Brian Glass: Brian Glass is a personal injury lawyer in Fairfax, Virginia. After a decade of practicing law across town from his dad, he joined Ben Glass Law in 2019 to run the auto accident section of the practice. Brian's greatest hits as a lawyer include a $3.4M medical malpractice verdict (2019), the record-setting settlement of a minor's wrongful death case in Virginia ($5.5M in 2020), and the largest auto accident verdict in the state in 2022. ($3.4M in compensatory damages and $1M in punitive damages). He is highly skilled at distilling complex problems into simple, understandable solutions. Brian runs Time Freedom for Lawyers, a podcast dedicated to teaching other lawyers and high-income professionals how to win back some of their time by running more efficient businesses, investing in real estate, and crafting the vision of their own perfect life. Brian's perfect life includes coaching his three boys in soccer, baseball, and whatever other athletic endeavor they want to pursue; travelling the world with his wife of 13 years; and competing in endurance events. Brian is a finisher of the Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Race, the Laurel Highlands 71 Miler, and about two dozen other ultramarathons. Lately, parenting has cut short his training timeline and he focuses on Crossfit and Spartan races, with a 2023 goal of traveling to Sparta, Greece to compete in the Spartan Race World Championships.  Connect with Brian Glass:  Website: https://greatlegalmarketing.com/Website: https://benglasslaw.com/Show: https://www.timefreedompod.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fairfaxpersonalinjury/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianglassesq/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greatlegalmarketing/ Connect with Steve Fretzin:LinkedIn: Steve FretzinTwitter: @stevefretzinInstagram: @fretzinsteveFacebook: Fretzin, Inc.Website: Fretzin.comEmail: Steve@Fretzin.comBook: Legal Business Development Isn't Rocket Science and more!YouTube: Steve FretzinCall Steve directly at 847-602-6911 Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

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In this episode, Sachin interviews Dr. Bryan Walsh. Sachin bumped into Dr. Walsh at ECO, the CellCore Conference. After talking, Sachin invited Bryan to be a guest on Perfect Practice. Bryan is extremely passionate about functional medicine. He brings over 25 years of experience in helping us become better clinicians, looking at our patients through a slightly different lens and upgrading our paradigm so we can be of better value to the people we want to serve the most.   Key Takeaways: [2:12] Sachin welcomes Dr. Bryan Walsh and thanks him for joining the podcast today. Sachin speaks of producing evidence-based treatment driven by awareness. There are more tests coming onto the market and more supplements and more research being done every year.   [3:10] Bryan started as a fitness specialist. He read much about nutrition. Before going to naturopathic school, Bryan went to a functional medicine weekend seminar produced by a lab. He was amazed by all the available tests. That hooked him on functional medicine.   [4:06] Bryan then went to naturopathic school where he met his wife. He learned about many tests and did them all: organic acid test, salivary cortisol test, urinary hormone test, stool test, hair tissue mineral analysis test, you name the test, he did it. But he started hearing gurus say things he knew not to be true and he started questioning the supplements.   [6:14] Bryan asked himself why he was running expensive tests if he didn't know their scientific validity. The scientific literature is not friendly to these biomarkers and tests. He compares it to testing your home for radon with a bad test. Bryan is trying to raise the bar in the industry for better practitioners and healthier patients for less money, and being more evidence-based.   [8:10] Bryan and his wife run their business while trying to raise the bar in the industry as much as they can. Sachin loves that they are holding the entire industry to a higher standard. You have to feel solid on the tests you order for people. The foundation of our business is the outcomes we produce.   [9:24] Sachin asks, “How do I create a program that is independent of the labs, that produces results every single time that has tons of evidence and ancient wisdom wrapped up into it, and common sense wrapped up into it, and develop a lifestyle-design program that isn't dependent on lab testing?” Sachin includes Oura rings for his patients so they can measure their progress.   [10:18] Bryan's view is that a lab test should not give you any new insights into the person, it should just confirm what you already believe to be true. That means going back to your clinical skills, history-taking, symptom questionnaire, and physical exam. Bryan's not opposed to any test that he knows of, but a test is not a fishing expedition, it's confirmation of a suspected issue.   [11:28] For example, if a patient has hypoglycemic symptoms, there's probably something going on. Testing blood glucose and A1C gathers hard data and allows for interventions and tracking progress. If someone has hypothyroid symptoms, run a complete thyroid panel and see where the defect is.   [12:35] Blood chemistry is one of Bryan's passions. Standard blood chemistry is one of the most studied labs around the world. It's been scientifically validated over and over. It's inexpensive for what you get, if you know what you're doing, have good reference markers, and are up to date on the modern literature on these markers.   [14:02] When you look at the literature on Albumin, old markers have new reasons they might be high or low that have implications for us as practitioners. If you take old tests and combine them with updated research on the markers, they can tell you as a clinician far more than you were using them for in the past.   [14:47] Bryan cites recent research linking high HDL with leaky gut. A high HDL may indicate testing for intestinal permeability of lipopolysaccharides to confirm. There is updated research on many old markers. Some inoculations are indicated from existing markers. There are new calculations for fatty liver. Some markers are useless and don't need to be run.   [17:55] Bryan notes that with too much data, it's hard for practitioners to know what to work on first. Go back to the fundamentals and the basics that you have evidence that they improve people. People are suffering and practitioners are suffering with inaccurate tests. Patients are spending on tests unnecessarily. Some tests just give patients something new to worry about.   [21:50] Bryan does not see people being plain honest about the industry. Practitioners do the best they can and show confidence about it but they don't know if the second test will show improvement over the first test.   [23:46] Bryan tells more about HDL. If triglycerides are low, HDL tends to be high, lymphocytes tend to be high and neutrophils in women tend to decrease. Potassium tends to high normal and sodium tends to low normal, because of low cortisol and aldosterone. Females with this pattern have autoimmunity and get dizzy when they stand up. Bryan looks hard at HDL.   [24:51] Bryan found one paper years ago that included in the data tape but did not report, data that people that had a higher HDL also had a higher incidence of cancer. There is an HDL immunological component. Bryan has been seeing HDL higher than LDL in the past five years more than ever before.   [24:45] Bryan talks about optimal functional ranges and shares a story. If you don't have a reference, don't speak of an optimal range. Bryan has stacks of references of ranges for various markers and he has the papers about them and how he came up with the ranges.   [28:06] The literature on GGT very clearly says high normal levels, in the upper 20s or 30s, are more accurate as a pathophysiology marker than CRP, some metrics like blood pressure, or A1C. GGT is a robust marker of pathology, xenobiotic exposure, and hepatic glutathione deficiency. It's a marker to justify your use of n-acetylcysteine.   [29:51] Pyroglutamic acid is lower in autoimmune patients than in healthy patients. Low bilirubin is a marker of fat-soluble oxidative stress. Papers that Bryan read recently show a highly increased risk of mortality for bilirubin levels below .4. This points to fat-soluble oxidative stress and may call for support from fat-soluble anti-oxidants, Co-Q 10 and Vitamin E and/or GGT.   [31:28] Bryan refers to water-soluble glutathione. N-acetylcysteine can lower High-normal GGT. These are old markers. Bryn mentions there are also loads of novel and new markers.   [32:13] What about mold? Bryan waits for the bandwagon to turn around and come back before hopping on. He doesn't want to give the newest supplement only to find it causes cancer. Mold is insidious. People are hyper-stressed about mold. A few years ago, people were stressed about candida and then heavy metals. Bryan doesn't run a blood chemistry for mold.   [35:41] High albumin is a dehydration marker. Low albumin is an inflammation marker. A1C and C-peptide are insulin markers. If fasting glucose is normal with high A1C, give a C-peptide test. Globulin is a marker of all globulins. IGG antibodies are the greatest contributor to serum globulin. To make globulin, tryptophan is required. High globulin is an autoimmunity marker.   [38:32] If a woman is taking exogenous estrogen (birth control, hormone replacement) that will drive up sex hormone-binding globulin. These women may have mild depression because of a relative tryptophan deficiency. Try tryptophan. Bryan discusses protein electrophoresis, CBC, and other tests.   [40:02] Iron fluctuates by within-person variability. Bryan talks about homocysteine. It is suggested to have a within-person variance of about 8% of 10 Mol/L. About 95% of people will have within +/- 2 standard deviations of that 8% variance. The results of a year's worth of monthly homocysteine tests might be as high as 11.2 mol/L and as low as 8.4.   [41:50] Iron has a 32% within-person variance. If iron is all over the place, so will serum iron. Don't consider iron overload protocol unless a reading is high again in 30 days. A standard iron test would be, iron, ferritin, and TIBC. Some use transferrin instead of TIBC. Ferritin has a variance of around 20%. Iron has a variance of upwards of 32%. TIBC has a low variance.   [43:19] When TIBC goes up, the body is looking for more iron. This may be because of a bacterial infection. TIBC is an important marker. The soluble transferrin receptor is a receptor for iron on transferrin. If there are no iron receptors on transferrin, the body is low on iron but doesn't want any, because it's fighting off a bacterial infection that thrives on iron. Clear it up. [48:47] Bryan believes the bacteria appear first in a leaky gut situation. He describes how they wake up without proliferating into sepsis. That's where the HDL test comes in. Bryan doesn't differentiate between a gut protocol and a non-gut immune protocol. Any botanical gets absorbed in the gut. Fibers and most minerals don't get absorbed.   [53:46] Bryan lists classifications of tests he recommends not using, and he explains why: Organic acid tests, salivary cortisol tests (unless you run it serially a few times in a week for patterns), hair tissue mineral analysis tests, and stool tests (unless you suspect a raging infection). Bryan cites incorrect medical treatments of past decades.   [1:04:45] Bryan started his career with more liberal and aggressive protocols. He is conservative now. He works with blood chemistry, evidence-based supplements, and the mental-emotional components and how they affect physiology. Not running all these labs and not going crazy about the best diet has been a huge stress reliever for Bryan.   [1:05:58] About CGM. Sometimes more data can cause anxiety, especially when used by people without diabetes. Bryan is interested in what the counterregulatory hormones are doing. If someone has hyperglycemia, is it because they have no insulin, or too much insulin and it's not working?   [1:07:56] Why do you have high glucose? Is it because you're not making enough insulin, insulin's late to the party, or do you have hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance? That's two different patients and protocols.   [1:08:23] There is also hyper insulin sensitivity. Bryan believes that is caused by too much GLP-1. These patients have totally normal glucose but they're having a hyper insulin response with insulin receptors that are more sensitive. That is not normal physiology. The only thing CGMs focus on is the easy one, glucose. Bryan has never recommended one to a client.   [1:08:38] Sleep trackers were part of a study. They put two groups of sleepers in a room with a clock showing the wrong time. Some people had a great night's sleep but they thought they had a restricted sleep. They were asked to do math problems and they did poorly. They thought they were exhausted after eight hours of sleep.   [1:10:12] The other sleep group was interrupted after four hours of sleep but the clock showed they had slept eight hours and they believed it. They reported feeling wonderful. They did well on the math problems. The problem with gadgets is that a little information is good but we can sometimes get taken too far. Use tools as they are defined and don't take them too far.   [1:11:39] Sachin commits to give up personal tech devices for a week and see the results. Bryan says one of the biggest issues we have right now is that we are hyper-focused on ourselves and no longer focused on life and our community. In the past, who you were was who you were to the community. It was your purpose in the community.   [1:12:43] Now we look so much within ourselves, we don't look out anymore. Nobody's focused on anybody else anymore. Bryan thinks that one of the biggest health issues we have is people running around lacking purpose, lacking knowing who they are and lacking connections to other people. Bryan thinks it's showing up in neurotransmitters and hormone issues.   [1:13:54] Sachin is a student for life, like Bryan, willing to learn and adapt and experiment. He will let Bryan know in a week how the tech fast goes. The Oura ring will sit on his desk for a week.   [1:14:37] What is Bryan's take on AI in blood chemistry? He thinks it has fantastic potential. His fear is that people don't like to think. Thinking is hormetic but we just want a protocol. The literature about AI in interpreting blood chemistry is good. It does what we are trying to do mentally and manually with the numbers. Bryan's concern is we will forget how to observe.   [1:16:05] Bryan has experience with AI and labs. He looks at the lab first and draws his conclusions without bias before looking at the AI interpretation. Sachin agrees. No one can do your pushups for you.   [1:17:09] Bryan and his wife have their business at MetabolicFitnessPro.com. They are trying to raise the bar. They are Christian. In a world of dishonesty, they run with humility and integrity and they hope that everything they do emanates from there. They have a number of courses people can get to improve what they do in their practice, be successful, and feel good about it.   [1:18:47] Bryan says he doesn't think of himself as smart; when you're dumb, you keep trying to be smart. He's always trying to impress his wife, who doesn't impress easily. They are working on creating a lab with some pretty cool markers that aren't on standard labs but the evidence suggests they should be. They teach a course in blood chemistry analysis. [1:20:04] Sachin thanks Dr. Bryan Walsh for this enlightening conversation. Sachin invites Bryan to return for further discussions, to speak at Sachin's events, and to offer mentorships.   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live ECO CellCore Conference   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live sachin@becomeproof.com To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You're Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done

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How do you plan the perfect practice session? Should you practice more on the practice chanter or the full pipes? And would the formula change depending on whether you're a complete beginner or have been playing for a while? This week on Dojo Conversations, Andrew and Jim dive into a listener question from Brad, all about how to structure a practice session for optimal improvement. They dive so deep they go all the way through to how you'd teach a beginner to get started on the bagpipes in general, among many other tangents (just for something different)...

Sachin Patel is convinced that, “the doctor of the future is the patient” and he has committed himself to helping others raise their consciousness, activate their inner doctor, and initiate their deepest healing through the use of lifestyle, and breathwork.  Sachin founded The Living Proof Institute through which he pioneered a revolutionary approach to patient-centered healthcare. Sachin coaches hundreds of practitioners around the world so that they are empowered to deliver affordable and inspired care to their communities through his Perfect Practice Mentorship Program. He is an advocate of transforming the healthcare paradigm and he has devoted his life to the betterment of health care for both patients and practitioners. FB: https://www.facebook.com/thesachinpatel IG: @thesachinpatel Health Seeker website: www.becomeproof.com Practitioner Coaching website: www.perfectpracticementorship.com FREE offer for health seekers: www.30in30.org - Get 30 of Sachin's best health tips all for FREE. Daily inspirational videos and emails to support your best health and wellness all from the comfort of your home by activating your inner doctor. FREE offer for Functional medicine practitioners and coaches, Sachin's book, Perfect Practice: www.getperfectpractice.com Follow Dr. Silverman: Facebook: @DrRobertSilverman Instagram: @drrobertsilverman Twitter: @drrobsilverman LinkedIn: drrobertsilverman

Mary Corning lives in the foothills of the Oregon Coast Range Mountains. She is an author, horse advocate, mentor and retreat facilitator. Mary enjoys a diverse yet simple and natural lifestyle. Her book Perfect Practice is based on experiential practice rather than intellectual belief. Mary encourages personal inquiry as a means to uncover hidden patterns. Mary's work centers on removing resistance and finding freedom of expression.  This life-enhancing work is applied in many varied environments, such as private personal sessions, horse sessions, personal retreats, group seminars, and workshops. Mary is an award-winning author, published journalist and dedicated practitioner. She has been interviewed on radio and podcasts and enjoys candid and authentic discussions. Mary's book Perfect Practice won the Winnie award for ‘Most Inspirational' at the December, 2022 Equus Film, Art and Literature Festival. Mary built and maintained her own horse facility where she hosted clinics, boarded horses and taught horsemanship for 20 years. She then extended her philosophical work into human wellness early in the year 2000, when she began offering private sessions and retreats. Mary considers herself a student of the soul. Her passion and inspiration has always come from living close to nature and in communion with horses. https://marycorning.com/Become a Patreon Member today! Get access to podcast bonus segments, ask questions to podcast guests, and even suggest future podcast guests while supporting Warwick: https://www.patreon.com/journeyonpodcastWarwick has over 650 Online Training Videos that are designed to create a relaxed, connected, and skilled equine partner. Start your horse training journey today!https://videos.warwickschiller.com/Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarwickschillerfanpageWatch hundreds of free Youtube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/warwickschillerFollow us on Instagram: @warwickschiller

The boys from #GoodLiesGolf share some funny moments from the past week. Brendan getting down on some family fun and practicing his short game on the mini golf course with his son while Ryan did about 4,000 reps on the swing stick. Warm up routines, favorite tips to remember, and lessons on how to have fun out there from the best. Gearing up for another hot golfer summer - we bring you aboard our journey to greatness... or stupidity. Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/jpyFH_M8ZGo or check out our Blog at www.goodliesgolf.coThis episode is brought to you by Springs Brewery, the most epic craft beer you can drink on the East End. Try it today! www.springs-brewery.com.

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Join us for an engaging conversation with pediatric dentist, Dr. Amanda Spitz, as she shares her valuable insights on the intriguing topic of Solo-Doctor versus Multi-Doctor practices in dentistry. With firsthand experience in both models, Dr. Spitz offers a unique perspective on the pros and cons of each approach. Tune in to discover the nuances and intricacies of these dental practice models in a lively and thought-provoking discussion. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to learn from a seasoned dental professional!