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Ram Krishnan, CEO of Valant, uses AI to make mental health care more accessible through their practice management and patient engagement platforms designed specifically for mental health providers. AI is applied to improve administrative efficiency, address billing and compliance, and drive successful patient outcomes. New solutions are needed due to the growing patient population for mental health services and the potential of advanced therapeutics that are transforming the behavioral health environment, where demand is outpacing the supply of mental health care providers. Ram explains, "If I took a step back, AI - let's describe what AI is across a practice. Multiple functional verticals exist within a practice, including marketing. A team is trying to acquire the right type of patients. There's your administrative vertical, if you will, which is just making sure you're running the business well. You have your clinical vertical, which is the time the clinician, prescriber, psychiatrist, and practitioner spend with the patient. There's billing, making sure you're getting paid for all this work, and there's compliance along the way. And each of these verticals has the potential to have an increased efficiency, first and foremost, by AI. Secondly, behind it are improved outcomes."  "Yes, I think we are getting into a wild realm of possibilities for our application of AI. I think what we are making in our systems is a cautious and practical, pragmatic approach of working our way through the functions that I laid out, and then the goals in terms of efficiency. I think there is a wide range of potential here with AI. When people think of AI in mental health, they immediately think of an AI avatar of some kind that you can converse with and becomes a replacement for the therapist and a replacement for the understanding and awareness of everything. From the words you're choosing to the changes in your vocal modulation to the facial expressions on your face. Putting that all through the analytics to come back and assess risk of things like you said, suicide ideation or violence, potential violence. I think those are much later-term applications. There has to be a purpose behind that."  #Valant #BehavioralHealth #MentalHealth #PatientEngagement #PracticeManagement valant.io  Download the transcript here

Ram Krishnan, CEO of Valant, uses AI to make mental health care more accessible through their practice management and patient engagement platforms designed specifically for mental health providers. AI is applied to improve administrative efficiency, address billing and compliance, and drive successful patient outcomes. New solutions are needed due to the growing patient population for mental health services and the potential of advanced therapeutics that are transforming the behavioral health environment, where demand is outpacing the supply of mental health care providers. Ram explains, "If I took a step back, AI - let's describe what AI is across a practice. Multiple functional verticals exist within a practice, including marketing. A team is trying to acquire the right type of patients. There's your administrative vertical, if you will, which is just making sure you're running the business well. You have your clinical vertical, which is the time the clinician, prescriber, psychiatrist, and practitioner spend with the patient. There's billing, making sure you're getting paid for all this work, and there's compliance along the way. And each of these verticals has the potential to have an increased efficiency, first and foremost, by AI. Secondly, behind it are improved outcomes."  "Yes, I think we are getting into a wild realm of possibilities for our application of AI. I think what we are making in our systems is a cautious and practical, pragmatic approach of working our way through the functions that I laid out, and then the goals in terms of efficiency. I think there is a wide range of potential here with AI. When people think of AI in mental health, they immediately think of an AI avatar of some kind that you can converse with and becomes a replacement for the therapist and a replacement for the understanding and awareness of everything. From the words you're choosing to the changes in your vocal modulation to the facial expressions on your face. Putting that all through the analytics to come back and assess risk of things like you said, suicide ideation or violence, potential violence. I think those are much later-term applications. There has to be a purpose behind that."  #Valant #BehavioralHealth #MentalHealth #PatientEngagement #PracticeManagement valant.io  Listen to the podcast here

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As the demand for mental health services continues to rise, access to care and finding the right therapist remain pressing challenges. How can we close the gap between growing awareness and ensuring sustainable, effective treatment for everyone in need? In this episode, Sharlee Dixon speaks with Ram Krishnan, CEO of Valant, a leading EHR software provider for behavioral health practices. With a background in healthcare information management and a history of driving market-changing innovations, Ram began his career as a systems engineer and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago. Since joining Valant in 2020, Ram has led the company through significant growth, prioritizing customer feedback and building strong teams. Under his leadership, Valant continues to enhance its service to the behavioral healthcare market. We're thrilled to have Ram back to discuss the latest trends in mental health accessibility and how we can improve access to care.   For more information about Valent, please visit: https://www.valant.io To get a Live Personal Demo of how Valent can help your practice, please visit: https://www.valant.io/request-live-demo To watch a recorded software demonstration video, please visit: https://www.valant.io/buy/watch-recorded-demo Connect with Valent on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/valant-medical-solutions Connect with Valent on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/ValantMed/ Connect with Valent on X at: https://twitter.com/valant

Ram Krishnan, CEO of Valant, works with therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and nurse practitioners in the outpatient behavioral healthcare environment, which has significant unmet needs that can be addressed with technology. Scaling a mental health practice differs from other medical practices due to the frequency of visits and the need for individualized care with the most effective therapist. Virtual visits and telehealth are helping providers bridge the gap between physical and mental health, and generative AI is showing promise in diagnosing and maintaining behavioral health.  Ram explains, "This has been a market that has evolved over the last 25 years because so much has changed with our overall perception of the value and importance of mental health. This is a market that was primarily rarely covered by insurance, and employers rarely demanded coverage for their employees. Therefore, it was a cash-based business for most of its existence." "But over the last ten years, as the stigma for mental health has started to fade, and people are more outspoken about mental health challenges that they're facing, whether it's celebrities or athletes, it's just made its way to the forefront. So employers, first and foremost, have begun to demand that the payers offer their services, and that's where it starts. Payers then, in turn, begin to look for coverage. Now you have a market that was built for cash working its way into the insurance model. Finding itself subscale, they are now looking to build to scale so that it can have the systems and structures required to be able to swim into the larger waters of the US healthcare system with the insurance and payer process. And so, you have a lot of practices that have a lot of catching up to do with respect to adopting technology, and quite frankly, just process."  #Valant #MentalHealth #BehavioralHealth #BehavioralHealthEHR #PracticeManagement #PatientPortal #Telehealth Valant.io Download the transcript here

Ram Krishnan, CEO of Valant, works with therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and nurse practitioners in the outpatient behavioral healthcare environment, which has significant unmet needs that can be addressed with technology. Scaling a mental health practice differs from other medical practices due to the frequency of visits and the need for individualized care with the most effective therapist. Virtual visits and telehealth are helping providers bridge the gap between physical and mental health, and generative AI is showing promise in diagnosing and maintaining behavioral health.  Ram explains, "This has been a market that has evolved over the last 25 years because so much has changed with our overall perception of the value and importance of mental health. This is a market that was primarily rarely covered by insurance, and employers rarely demanded coverage for their employees. Therefore, it was a cash-based business for most of its existence." "But over the last ten years, as the stigma for mental health has started to fade, and people are more outspoken about mental health challenges that they're facing, whether it's celebrities or athletes, it's just made its way to the forefront. So employers, first and foremost, have begun to demand that the payers offer their services, and that's where it starts. Payers then, in turn, begin to look for coverage. Now you have a market that was built for cash working its way into the insurance model. Finding itself subscale, they are now looking to build to scale so that it can have the systems and structures required to be able to swim into the larger waters of the US healthcare system with the insurance and payer process. And so, you have a lot of practices that have a lot of catching up to do with respect to adopting technology, and quite frankly, just process."  #Valant #MentalHealth #BehavioralHealth #BehavioralHealthEHR #PracticeManagement #PatientPortal #Telehealth Valant.io Listen to the podcast here

Join Ram Krishnan, a technology executive. Discover the power of provider feedback in improving health practices and gain valuable insights into fostering a supportive feedback culture, anonymous feedback mechanisms, and leveraging technology for continuous improvement. Learn from Ram's expertise and real-world examples as we explore the key strategies to enhance efficiency, staff satisfaction, and patient care in health settings. Ram Krishnan joined Valant in 2020 as an experienced technology executive to lead the organization through its next stage of growth. His passion for listening to customers and building strong teams, coupled with his demonstrated ability to drive scalability, provides a solid foundation for Valant to grow as it discovers new ways to serve the behavioral health care market. He discusses the KevinMD article, "Gathering clinician feedback at a growing practice." Our presenting sponsor is Nuance, a Microsoft company. Together, Microsoft and Nuance are leveraging their rich digital technology and advanced AI capabilities to tackle some of health care's biggest challenges. AI-driven technology promises to revolutionize patient and provider experiences with clinical documentation that writes itself. The Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience, or DAX for short, is a voice-enabled solution that automatically captures patient encounters securely and accurately at the point of care. DAX Copilot combines proven conversational and ambient AI with the most advanced generative AI in a mobile application that integrates directly with your existing workflows. Physicians who use DAX have reported a 50 percent decrease in documentation time and a 70 percent reduction in feelings of burnout, and 85 percent of patients say their physician is more personable and conversational. Discover AI-powered clinical documentation that writes itself. Visit https://nuance.com/daxinaction to see a 12-minute DAX Copilot demo. VISIT SPONSOR → https://nuance.com/daxinaction SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast RECOMMENDED BY KEVINMD → https://www.kevinmd.com/recommended GET CME FOR THIS EPISODE → https://earnc.me/2iej9T Powered by CMEfy.

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We spoke to Valant's CEO, Ram Krishnan, about Valant EHR. Valant is an EHR system designed specifically for behavioral health practices. It offers a wide range of features, including documentation, scheduling, billing, outcome measures. We discussed some very interesting topics pertaining to EHR systems: heterogeneity of needs of users, measuring and incorporating usability, how to manage feedback, understanding design bias, and how AI will integrate into EHR systems.Host: Bruce Bassi MDMore resources, including a full transcript, can be found at our podcast website: https://www.telepsychhealth.com/futurepsychiatrypodcast/We are always looking to grow and learn more about the field of tech and mental health. If you have an idea for the show, want to suggest a guest, or have a suggestion, please feel to message us through our website's contact page. If you want to support the show, please like on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram, and Tiktok and subscribe on Youtube.As always, the content is for educational purposes and is not medical advice. If you are having a medical or psychiatric emergency please contact 911.

Fitness and fertility can be a confusing juggling act of myths, recommendations, and reality. In today's Baby or Bust episode, host and reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Lora Shahine meets with licensed physical therapist and Pilates teacher Jessica Valant to discuss her fertility journey and her fitness recommendations when you're trying to conceive. Jessica is an open book during this episode, and she shares her endometriosis diagnosis, pregnancy journey, IVF experience with multiple failed cycles, and healing your body through movement. Lora and Jessica also discuss honoring fear, exercising during IVF and pregnancy, listening to your body, and busting common exercise myths. This episode will help you feel empowered to feel safe in your own body. Connect with Dr. Lora Shahine on social media. Tik Tok | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | LinkedIn This episode of Baby Or Bust is produced by Mark Ramsey, Jaime Solis, and Greg Moga and executive produced by Paul Anderson and Nick Panella for Workhouse Media. Baby Or Bust is produced in partnership with the Seattle Sperm Bank. Advertising Inquiries: info@audiotocracy.com

Today I'm pulling back the curtain on Jessica Valant Pilates! I'll tell you the story of how our current business came to be and what makes us different than other online fitness and health care programs. Finally, we'll cover the six cornerstone values of Jessica Valant Pilates and they inform all the content and services we offer. Let's get started!  UNLIMITED online membership:http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com/unlimitedYouTube (workouts and tips)https://www.youtube.com/c/JessicaValantPilatesResources, services & more:http://www.jessicavalantpilates.comFollow Jessica on Instagram:http://www.instagram.com/jessicavalantpilatesJessica Valant Pilates app:Apple IOS - https://tinyurl.com/mry5ya8rGoogle - https://tinyurl.com/yh3ty5fpJessica Valant and Jessica Valant Pilates, LLC, recommend you consult with a physician before starting any new exercise program. The information given here is not meant to treat or diagnose any medical condition.

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Jessica Valant graduated from Regis University in Denver with her Master's Degree in Physical Therapy in 2000. She received her Pilates training in 2001 through Polestar Pilates and is a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher and PMA approved continuing education provider.She has worked with thousands of clients of different backgrounds, ages, injuries and abilities, to help them reach their ultimate health goals.Jessica is recognized as a leader in the Pilates industry. She has a successful YouTube channel, membership site and blog. She has been named a top 10 finalist in the 2015 Pilates Anytime Next Instructor Contest and a Creator on the Rise by YouTube and has been featured in Pilates Style Magazine (including as a cover model in 2020), Shape, Buzzfeed, Yoga Journal and Thrillest. She teaches popular workshops and courses to other health care professionals and Pilates instructors and is considered an expert in the women's health arena.Jessica and her husband, Brian, founded Momentum Fest, a three day Pilates and movement festival, in 2017 in order to create an inclusive, loving and fun place for all people to celebrate movement together.She is married to her best friend and their days are spent in Denver wrangling two young kids, being in the sun, living their passion through work and drinking coffee.Topics:•Women's Health•Physical Therapy and Pilates•New Thoughts on Movement•Endometriosis •Symptoms of uterine prolapse•Urogynocologists•HystorectomyFind Jessica at:Website: www.jessicavalantpilates.comIG: @jessicavalantpilatesMeet your hosts:Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio and Caitlin Hatzenbuhler is the founder of Conscious Core. Caitlin and Sue have their unique styles of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. You can learn more about Sue at https://www.instagram.com/opal_wellness_studio/and Caitlin at https://www.instagram.com/conscious_core_caitlinThank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review.This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/well2you-podcast/id1547156150?i=1000504170074 https://open.spotify.com/show/7AE1vZFmBoxPvYfn5Abr1T?si=RjrXrOWoToKvZ5bmCcJSgw https://www.well2you.org/well2you-podcast 

Did you miss out on a trip to Momentum Fest? Me too!So I decided to invite Momentum Fest founder Jessica Valant on to share all about what happened at this year's event and what the future holds.We also talked about how Jessica manages her time as a teacher, online business owner, event host and mom and wife. Talk about busy.Want to know more about Momentum Fest: https://momentumfest.comFREE GUIDE: Revenue Growth Roadmap For Your Boutique Fitness Studio Business

Valant EHR software understands both the technical aspects and the emotional aspects of what's happening between the client and the provider interaction at the time. Valant has created clinical documentation that happened in a way that retains the connection between the two, during a session, that's so critical. In today's episode, Dr. Erin Elmore is joined by Ram Krishnan, CEO of Valant an EHR software solution for behavioral health private practices. Ram has experience in healthcare information management, working on market-changing products, and started as a systems engineer. He has an MBA from the University of Chicago.  Ram joined Valant in 2020 and has led the organization through its next stage of growth, listening to customers and building strong teams, providing a strong foundation for Valant to double down on serving the behavioral healthcare market. Together they discuss the common challenges with EHRs, the features of Valant including measurement-based tracking, billing software, and group therapy, and Valant's specific focus on addressing the needs of behavioral and mental health. Valant gives you an integrated solution that allows you to provide better care, run a smoother and more efficient operation, and remain compliant.   For more information about Valant and their EHR software, please visit: https://www.valant.io To request a free live demo of Valant's EHR software, please visit: https://www.valant.io/request-live-demo/  

Please welcome Jessica Valant, creator of Momentum Fest, former Pilates studio owner, and mom of two! Jessica and Lesley dive headfirst into knowing or not knowing when something is finished, leave other things unfinished, and the inner dialogue you have with yourself. After that they talk about priorities, dealing with the overwhelm, and deciding what you actually want.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co .And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:Being reminded of your braveryBeing unwilling to waitPlanning one step at a timeGoing back to your "why"It's okay not to know if you're done or notHaving an inner dialogueYou can only have so many prioritiesBrain dumpsEpisode References/Links:Jessica Valant's websiteFollow on Jessica IGFollow Grace Hurry on IGThe Enneagram of PersonalityGuest Bio:Jessica graduated from Regis University in Denver with her Master's Degree in Physical Therapy in 2000. She received her Pilates training in2001 through Polestar Pilates and is a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher and PMA approved continuing education provider.She has worked with thousands of clients of different backgrounds, ages, injuries and abilities, to help them reach their ultimate health goals.Jessica is recognized as a leader in the Pilates industry. She has a successful YouTube channel, membership site and blog. She has been named a top 10 finalist in the 2015 Pilates Anytime Next Instructor Contest and a Creator on the Rise by YouTube and has been featured in Pilates Style Magazine (including as a cover model in 2020), Shape, Buzzfeed, Yoga Journal and Thrillist. She teaches popular workshops and courses to other health care professionals and Pilates instructors and is considered an expert in the women's health arena.Jessica and her husband, Brian, founded Momentum Fest, a three day Pilates and movement festival, in 2017 in order to create an inclusive, loving and fun place for all people to celebrate movement together.She is married to her best friend and their days are spent in Denver wrangling two young kids, being in the sun, living their passion through work and drinking coffee.If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.ResourcesWatch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookTik TokLinkedInEpisode Transcript:Lesley Logan  Hello, welcome back. I'm so excited you're here. I'm, I'm so excited for you. One of the things I love about this podcast is I get to meet lots of new people that I've never talked to, and really hear their story. And then another reason is that I get to talk to some of my friends and share their stories and also hear things about them that I probably didn't know, because I would just talk to them as a friend, I wouldn't actually go, "Hey, why do you do that? Why why do you ask yourself so many questions?" And that is something I got to do here today with our guests with who is Jessica Valant. Find her at Jessica Valant Pilates, everywhere and she is. First of all, she is such a beautiful human being inside and out. I am honored to be a friend of hers truly, you get to hear how we meet, or how we met, and where our friendship has grown too and also just where she is right now and where she used to be and for my moms this one is for you. She has so much advice for you. And if you're not a mom, still listen, because if you are a busy person like me with three dogs, and you feel like, "Hey, they they demand my attention too and I have so much going on." There's still a lot to take away from this. You're going to want to take notes while you're listening. She threw out some awesome questions asked herself and her strategies at the end just I can't even wait for Brad and I to dive into this podcast and I can't wait for you to dive into this podcast. So check out the show notes to her links to check her out. Follow her you're going to want too and also learn more about who she is, why she rocks and listen to this, listen to this interview and enjoy.Lesley Logan  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guests will bring Bold, Executable, Intrinsic and Targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Lesley Logan  All right. Thank you so much for being here. Today, I have Jessica Valant. Who I can't... When I met her first of all, she was wearing a Fiona, Princess Fiona dress. I'm just gonna say that right now. She she actually texted me, which is something that I I really love that she did because at the time in my life, I was less good at texting random people to be friends with even though I wanted to be friends with them. And she was like, "Hey, let's meet for a drink." We were at a conference together and let's get to know each other. And so when I met her, she was dressed up as Princess Fiona. And she acted like we've known each other forever, which with social media, may we've followed each other for a long time. And, and then we've been we just ... like slowly became friends over time. And I know as adult, it's not easy to make friends. But you are someone Jessica, who I just am so grateful to call a friend and you inspire me every day. So welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast. Can you tell everyone a little bit about yourself?Jessica Valant  Yes, and thank you for that and for that reminder, actually, because sometimes I forget that I did that. And when you tell me I'm like, "I'm so proud of myself for doing that." Because I might have missed out on really one of the most important relationships professionally and personally, you and your family and Brad. But um, I think it's important to be reminded of times we were brave, because we forget. And right now in the world, actually, I forgotten that I can be brave. So that was a nice reminder. (Lesley: Oh) Thank you.Lesley Logan  You're so welcome. I, I, you're right, I think we do forget if we remember more times we made mistakes. Then we remember like we were brave, probably many more times than that.Lesley Logan  Right? And what's the worst thing that would have happened that you said, "No, I'm sorry. I'm busy. I can't but thanks so much." Like that's the worst thing that might have happened, right? (Lesley: Right) But yeah, I'm Jessica. I have been a Pilates teacher and physical therapist for a little over 20 years and I live in Denver now. I have two kids, eight year old, three year old. I'm married. I have a couple businesses and and then I have a whole journey that has brought me here and that's me. That's what I do.Lesley Logan  Yeah, well, y'all. I can't believe your kids are eight and three because I mean, like, (Jessica: I knew you when I was pregnant with both of them. I know.) (Jessica laughs) Yeah. Like I know. And when and you also put together, y'all when I say an event, like a massive event with a newborn. Like when you DM me and said, "Hey," we were in a group DM and you're like, "Hey, y'all, I think I'm gonna do this like, festival like thing." And you had just had your son I was like, as someone who put on retreats, I was like, "Wow, you go girl," like, I don't know how you did that. But I want like, let's talk about that. And we can talk about other things in your life too. Like, what prompted you to go now is the time to make this thing happen?Lesley Logan  I, sometimes I really don't know. But um, I so he was our second, so I think that's something to keep in mind for anyone planning something I kind of, I kind of knew a little bit what we were getting into, you know, having a second one. So that helped a little bit. So I remember very distinctly, I was pregnant with him and we're talking very pregnant, like eight months pregnant, and walking the lake, beautiful day here in Denver. And my husband and I have been throwing around this idea about this possible festival for years. And we had recently just that summer moved back to Denver. So I was probably feeling a little bit, um wanting something, you know, how do I create something? We're in the city that we know, but we haven't been here for a long time. And I want to create something that's maybe for me, I was probably feeling that a little bit. But I was literally walking around the lake and it hit me, well, in our industry was also in a tough time, there was a (Lesley: Yeah) lot of infighting. And it was hard for me to see that. And like, "I don't want that we need community and so how can we do that?" And it really hit me. I'm like, "I think now's the time." And I call I called him on that walk and I said, "I think now's the time that we do it." And I don't know, we just started meeting, we literally just moved into our house, we didn't have Wi-Fi for months. So we were meeting at a local college library, he and I while our older daughter was in preschool, we would meet in the afternoon and use their Wi-Fi in the conference rooms and just talk. And that's when we decided first that we needed to have teachers. And so I reached out to you and a few people like, well, I know a few people. And as soon as you guys said yes, like, "Okay, I think we need a venue. I think we knew the name." And literally I went in the first stages of labor at the library. Like that's how we were yes. I'm like, (Lesley: Oh my God) I think the baby's coming in the next two days and he did. And so we just, I don't know, like, I still can't put my finger on why that felt like the right time. Except that I knew if we didn't, it really just hit me. If we don't do it now, we probably won't. And I think somebody else might and how am I going to feel if somebody else does it, instead. Like how would I feel? I'm like, "I think I want to do it. I think we shouldn't be the ones to try this." And that's what made us do it.Lesley Logan  Okay, there's so much to unpack there that I think people can see themselves in. So y'all. I love that you were like, "We don't have Wi-Fi." So instead of going, "Well, I'll wait till we have our internet here." You're like, which, by the way waiting for the internet people to come. It's like, "Okay, we'll be there in three weeks between 9am and 12pm." And it's like, right. And so you're like, we're just you you took messy action, you we... you did what you could and then you, I love that you went with the teachers first because I think like that was I got to be one of them. And as we were so excited, I'm sure that that really helped. It's like instead of going, planning this whole thing and then going, "Okay, well anybody want to teach at it," you're like, "Well, let me just see if I can get people to do this." And so, I love that it's it's, you did it one step at a time. And I also love the question. If you, how would you feel if someone else did it? I do like that question because sometimes I asked myself like, "Well, what's the worst case? What's the worst thing that can happen?" (Jessica: Yup) But I love that second question. If like, "How would I feel, if someone did it before me?" Oh, that's so good. So this I want to talk about it, y'all. This is her events called Momentum Fest and it's actually not just for Pilates teachers. It's for like, anybody who loves movement, and it's also not even just Pilates. So, um, so you you truly went and did something so unique that's not really been done before. Like, I don't I don't think it's ever done before. Now that it's in its fourth year, fifth year, (Jessica: fourth) fourth year. How do you and maybe you haven't even talked about this yet or thought about but like, how do you figure out like, what's the next thing, right? Because sometimes I think the first one is the easier one ...Lesley Logan  Right, exactly and I agree. No expectations. First one was really just proof of concept. Like each teacher that texted me, "Yes," I was shocked. Like, Brian, that's my husband, like, "Brian, they said yes." Like, "They're gonna come." I mean, and Grace Hurry is someone who I hadn't even known professionally at all just through social media. And I'm like, "She's a great teacher. I'll just reach out." I'm like, "Brian, she's coming from the UK." I mean, so that's first off for people wanting to do something hard. Don't assume people will say, "No", they might, but people might shock you. (Lesley: Yeah) I mean, they're, it's it's truly amazing. So when you all said, "Yes." We knew there was a possibility so you're exactly right. First year was just proof of concepts. You know, we knew, we didn't want to take loans. Yes, some specific things in mind, boundaries for ourselves. I mean, this was just me and my husband. So we weren't going to put our family in financial stress. We had to figure it around our other businesses. So we really had boundaries and numbers in mind, how many people do we need to hit, you know, at least to break even? And exactly the next thing was just oh, this was proof of concept cool. The second year, could we possibly either make some money, grow the business and bring in more exhibitors like I really wanted to be able to promote other teachers, I think we doubled the amount of teachers the next year for exposure for more teachers. And then we did have some grand plans in mind to keep growing and then 2020 hit and our entire event was canceled. And so I think that's one lesson that yes, we had big plans in mind on what might be next and then everything changed. And so now we're changing goals, changing boundaries, changing all of it. And it really is sitting and thinking, "Okay, is this the goals we set? Are they still realistic?" The vision we had just even the goal as a business, does that still make sense or not in the current world, because we have different things we maybe want to promote now and Pilates has changed, the industry has changed. So it's definitely a day to day right now, which is a struggle for me. I'm a planner, like, "I want to plan things, I want to know, I work so well within that." (Lesley: Yeah.) And so to try to plan something in a new unplannable world is not easy for me whatsoever. But I think if you just go back to your why, and that was it was kind of that question again with this year? Do we keep it or do we not? And it was, "How would I feel if we didn't," and I just knew I wouldn't feel right. Like that is really what it comes came down to is, I will not feel right in my soul if we don't have an event this year, because I feel like people need it. I need it. We need a full circle moment. And sort of it was it just came down to them.Lesley Logan  Yeah, that makes me think of I could be wrong. But I swear I was on a run years ago, and I heard Brené Brown on a podcast talking about how she hates the bumper sticker. Like, "What would you do if you didn't think you could fail?" (Jessica: Oh yeah) she sle... and she said like, "What would you do even if you could like, even if you did?" (Jessica: Yeah) and I feel like with you, you're like, you've just it keeps going back to like, "I ju... I'm not done yet." (Jessica: Yeah) Like, "This isn't done yet."Jessica Valant  That's exactly what it is. I just am like, "We're not done yet." And we might be and at some point with anything in life, like when I sold my studios, that was a hard place to get to. Also I didn't know I was done yet until it got to a point. I'm like, "One past done. Oops, (Lesley: Yeah) I missed the turn off like ... past done." And I just kind of woke up and knew that, but I think sometimes we don't and it's okay not to know if you're done or not. I just listened to a podcast the other day and actually, it might have been Brené Brown ... (Lesley: She's so good) I know ...Lesley Logan  We can probably just give it to her and even if she's not, she'll just actually tell us who it wasn't her. Because I heard her on a podcast, people kept saying that this quote was from her. And she's like, "Actually, this is Sonya Renee Taylor." And I was like, "She's amazing." (Jessica: Yeah) So, we attributed to her, she'll let us know. (Lesley laughs)Lesley Logan  But it was, it's okay to leave things unfinished. And again, for my planning personality, like, "No, it's not, (Jessica laughs) I can't leave it anything unfinished." But I thought about that a lot. That I think that's some grace, we need to give ourselves that it is okay. And I don't feel that with the event at all like, I love where we are right now. But just other things in life that's a good lesson for me to realize, you know what it is okay? If you suddenly realize a project you're doing, a new business relationship you're in if you suddenly realize, "Gosh, this really isn't right for me." I don't think we have to feel like we have to finish it out for the next year. I mean, you can pivot you you're allowed to change your mind. You're allowed to do that.Lesley Logan  I I love this because I think like you say, as a planner, I think a lot of people don't want to leave things unfinished, because there's like, well, then it's not perfect. Like, "I didn't do it 'right'", in air quotes, you know, and you know, we... let's I want to talk about your your studios, because I think that a lot of people can resonate, like with ending something. For me, you know, I really struggled, going... before 2020 started, I was struggling with like, "I have the studio, I teach all these people, I love them so much." But I really, really and being called to OPC, I'm really called to expand this and 10x and bring in more people and with a focus of just connecting and community and not a not and that's also probably why we're really good friends, it's the same thing with Momentum Fest. It's like, how do we get people who aren't teachers to also connect and have community and not be perfect and not be like is this exercise, right? And I struggled because I'm like, well, I couldn't see how I ended the studio. (Jessica: Yeah) I couldn't see that and when and when and so I just kept going, "Gosh, I wish I had time, wish I had time." And so when COVID hit, I was like, "So next time we wish were more specific." We're like, ... "I wish I had time and a plan." (Lesley laughs)Jessica Valant  And maybe that coffee shops were still open, maybe ...Lesley Logan  Yeah, and maybe, and maybe that my husband and I are in a one, like a studio apartment working from home together. But, um, I, I, because of COVID I left, you know, that whole studio unfin... like the exit was very unfinished. And it was, it was not how I first saw it happening. And what was a blessing was I had the excuse, like, "Well, the pandemic kind of made me do it." And what I realized is, "Actually, like, I don't need that excuse," like that might work as like, on the surface, might sound really good to other people, and they can understand that. But I also if there wasn't one, I don't think I need that." Lesley Logan  And so, you know, when you had, so you had two studios in Hawaii, so before Denver before you lived in Hawaii. You know, when you started those, what was the vision? And then how did you know when you were like beyond the exit?Lesley Logan  Um, I think it was just talking to someone about this yesterday, I think one thing is, in our industry, at least, the pinnacle is, or at least was back 10 years ago, to own your own studios. I mean, that was in Pilates, especially in physical therapy the same, you own your own clinic and studios, and then you've reached it. And that's all I'm like, "That's it. I'm here, we have two, we have a staff of 19. This is amazing." And so we ended up leaving Hawaii, which I never thought we'd do either, like one of my biggest lessons in life now is, "Never say never." Because you you just I never thought I'd own my own business like I never wanted to, you just never know. So we left Hawaii and so I was managing them from afar. And I just was feeling that anxiety every day. I mean, I was looking at the schedule and counting every highlighting are we making our numbers, we're doing this, it had become very anxiety riddle to me instead of the part I love, which is the community and all of that. And I remember the moment, but I still never thought I would sell whatsoever. But the moment for me, like there was a very clear moment. My husband was out of town so I was with our one year old daughter on my own. And she was at my feet wanting to be held and she was crying to be held but I had to put her down because I got a call from Hawaii from one of my instructors who was locked out of the class and she had a full class in the hall trying to get into she was locked out because the key was inside, the previous instructor had locked the key in the door. So they needed me. I mean, both needed me they needed me desperately, and there was nothing I could do. And my daughter was crying, my feet needed me desperately. And it just hit me, I can't do both well, I just can't, some people can but I can't. And and that was what kind of did it was I think I need to let something though. And I knew myself and one of my top priorities was I didn't want to let her go. Like I (Lesley: Yeah) thought I'd be a mom who did full time childcare, I always thought that and then she came and I'm like, "No, I want to be home." I want to at least have the option to be home. And so that was whenever I feel like I'm not doing well enough or I need to make a decision, I kind of have that touchstone I come back to because that for me is what it is, is can I give the kids the time they need and I couldn't give her the time she needed. And I was going crazy. And so that meant it was time to let someone else do something really good with the studios because they were suffering. Everybody was suffering because I couldn't let something go. So, man, once I did and handed that key over, I never looked back.Lesley Logan  Wow! So what what keeps coming up is like you ask yourself really good questions. Do you do this in a journal? Do you do this, um like it just out loud on like, you wanna walk around like, where does this question? Are you just someone who asked good questions.Jessica Valant  So, have you done any studying of the enneagram at all?Lesley Logan  I get a little bit and I need to figure out what I am because I hear too much about it.Lesley Logan  So I decided when COVID when all of this started, and I was in the anxiety place and like, "I have to get myself out of it because I need to serve people better." So, and I've been in therapy a long time ago that served me really well. And I'm like, "This, I need to learn more about myself." And like ... enneagram stuff's interesting to me anyway, so I dove into it. And I'm almost positive. I'm a six. And one of the biggest things about the six is we have a constant internal dialogue. And I could never put my finger on what that was called. I just assumed everybody does. But literally they describe it as the board meeting going on in your head at all times. So I kind of do have that like, I'm the CEO and then I have another voice who's doing another voice. And it's constantly talking which can be very hmm sometimes but also it does. It helps me lay things out and ask myself, "Why I'm doing something? What my motivation is? What are my goals?" and I think the therapy I went through 20 years ago helped with that too. I just I don't want to go back to that place I was. So for me, it's important to talk it out. So I usually do just talk it out in my head, I'll go on a long walk and think it through, really figure out why I'm trying to make a decision or not make a decision. I don't always do that well, but ...Lesley Logan  That's a good question, "Why am I not trying to make a decision?" I feel like a lot of people can put that on their like, questions list. If you're not a six, and you need, (Jessica: Yeah) you need ... need a list and there's about four good ones in here. I'm gonna, I'm gonna take it, so by the time Brad, and I do the recap, I can say, cuz maybe that's what's going on. Because I totally feel like I have got a whole conversation happening then I got to talk to Brad. He's like, "I don't even know where ... like, where are we starting in this conversation?" (Lesley laughs)Jessica Valant  Brian says that, too! He's like, "Are you really talking to yourself?" Like, constantly in my head.Lesley Logan  Yes. Yeah. And so when I actually asked you a question out loud, I just assumed you were with me on that whole dialogue that I just had (Lesley laughs)Jessica Valant  Exactly, like, "Didn't you hear all of that? I've already made the decision for us, because I've been thinking about it for a week." (Lesley: Yeah) Like, do you not know? (Jessica laughs)Lesley Logan  Yeah, yeah, I definitely thought it was more my aquarian, but maybe it's, maybe it's my enneagram (Jessica: Right) number. So I'll have to, have to dive into that. So okay. Um, now you've two kids. And you, being in Denver, you now work from home, you have an online Pilates platform, you have this festival. What, when you work when you work, when you work for yourself and you're like, at home and you've got kids. I feel like it could, I feel like as an outsider looking in, I wonder, how do you structure a day, because, you know, if there's a child who's like, under five, they're not in school, they're like asking you for things while you might be wanting to like, do the thing for yourself. So for the moms listen to this, like, how are you structuring a day?Jessica Valant  I, and right now, it's like all bets are off since March of 2020 because then the kids were suddenly home. So I will be honest, that it is. It's just I'm hoping in the fall to have more structure because I do not have enough at all. So I think if you don't have structure, whether it's kids or pets, or you know, you're taking care of elderly parents, whatever it is, it is okay if you don't have structure, because sometimes we just can't. So for me, like when the structure itself went out the window, again, I had to kind of go back to what are my main goals because like you, I have an online community, I really want to make sure I'm serving them. So I realized, okay, if I need to not be getting new clients, right now, in order to use my small amount of time to take care of my current community, that will be my goal. So I kind of made sure I knew my top top things, you know, that needed to be done, so that I wasn't spinning my wheels all over the place. That helped me a little bit. And then for the days, I try, so if you do have, our kids are both in school, like two days a week. So those are the days I do zoom calls, I do my filming the things that I absolutely cannot be interrupted, I will block and batch on those days if I can, as much as I can. And then when I have them, I try really hard not to do both. But it's not because they don't I think kids should see you're working. I mean, my kids absolutely know what I do. They're a part of it. Everyone who's a part of my life knows their at Momentum Fest in my videos half the time, like they know what mom does, and that I love it. But I don't do a good enough job at either if I'm trying to watch them and do social media on my phone, like it just doesn't work. I'm not serving anybody. So that's one boundary I try hard to have in place, if I'm with them. If it's mom time, like when school is over, or whatever, then that's what it is. And then they know if it's work time, okay, it's work time, either my husband's home, or a lot of times, it's just after they go to bed at night. And when I'm up till midnight a lot. I don't love it, but it is what it is right now. So that's the that's the few ways I try to structure. It's not always perfect.Lesley Logan  Well, thank you for the honesty. And I think that that's important and it's true, like right now and tell kids are back in school, the normal amount of hours that they used to be, it's just really hard. But also, you know, you went back to what your top priorities are. And I think that there's a blessing and then this disguise of unplanned and not enough boundaries, it's that you can only have so many priorities. And so you're only able to do those, you're not actually able to get distracted by other things, which is probab... it's actually a good thing because I think too many people are like, "Oh, I'm going to do this social media thing over here. And I'm also going to plan this thing over here" and you're like, "No, I'm actually going to be doing these things right now and that's it (Jessica: Yeah) and I'll be okay with that." (Jessica: Yeah)Jessica Valant  And I think it's okay to drop like I do grocery order only. And I refuse to feel bad about it because that's something I had to drop. Like, I don't feel like schlepping the kids. If I have that either. One if the kids aren't here I have, I'm working and that's it. I'm not cleaning the house. I'm not ordering groceries, like, I have to use the time for work. And if I do have them, I don't really like to go to the grocery store at all. So I think unloading the things that you can unload is really good. And then what I try to do is always, like my little shame voices will come out at night, like after the kids go to sleep. It's "Oh, I didn't do enough today. I snapped at them, then I wasn't a good enough, this, I wasn't good enough that" and so I try to remember that and just do, like, whatever during the day is going to help me at night feel like, "You know what I did my best to serve people today." That helps me and I have found it's when I can kind of separate them and just not do them at the same time. I'm either in mom mode, or I'm in work mode. And if I didn't get something done, it's okay - but I, at least, was present for those people in those moments.Lesley Logan  So you, we had another guest here on the podcast, her name is Amy Ledin, she's a friend of mine, I got to introduce you two actually, you... she has five kids. So and she runs an online business and she actually talked about how at night those voices are the ones that are like, telling you like, "You're didn't do this right, you didn't this right, you didn't do this right." And that's actually how she has this thing called DAC, how she actually plans her next day. Her goals for the day are to like if she's like, "Oh, I wasn't present enough as a mom today." (Jessica: Yeah) She's like, "Okay, so intentionally, like, I'm gonna spend 15 minutes with each kid just doing whatever they want to do," right? And so she uses those, like shaming voices to actually, like, dictate how she's going to show up the next day. Because they're just the things that we wish we'd already been doing we hadn't, we promised ourselves we would have done.Jessica Valant  Yeah, exactly. And I think the other thing, I think that's perfect. And the other thing that helps me, and maybe it's because of that constant voice in my head, I will also start to be over..., it just happened this morning, overwhelmed with what I think or how many things I have to do, like, "Oh my gosh, there's so many." So I will just sit down immediately, or the next chance I have and I write them all out like, so here it is, I write them all out and get a brain dump from Marie Forleo calls it a "brain dump," and I dump them all out of my brain and then I can move on. It's amazing to just get them down on paper, be like, "Okay, now I can prioritize them." Or if I do, you know, the kids are happily playing for 20 minutes, I'll look at my list, "I'm like, great, I can get that done, I can check that off, I can check that off." And that helps me a lot.Lesley Logan  So I'm my my therapist, who is also a somatic leadership coach. So it's kind of nice, because sometimes it's actual therapy. And sometimes it's like helping me as a leader, I'm like, "Thank ... I'm glad you're both because I don't have time for more appointments." (Jessica laughs) But she talks about when you're overwhelmed, she's like, she has me write down when I'm overwhelmed all the things just like you do. And then she's like circle, the ones that are actually like a mental overwhelm. Because then we can talk about that separate because a lot of a lot of us have a pattern that like when something is happening, good or bad. We have a pattern in our brain that we go and do that we go through this like overwhelm rehearsal like a loop. And she's like, "If it's serving you, then there's that's something different. But if it's not serving you, then it's like, we have to redefine that pattern." We have to like I said, the new pathway in your brain.Jessica Valant  Yeah, know for sure. And I think for me, the pathway is I'm not doing enough. I'm not good enough. I'm not doing enough versus you're right. I could probably redefine it as maybe a lesson like, "Oh, I've overextended myself, okay, I'll learn from it." Or sometimes I write it down like, "That's not really that long, Jesscia," like ... (Jessica laughs) "You could get that done in an afternoon if you just buckled down."Lesley Logan  Yeah, I do the same thing too. I put some things off and I let them like, like, linger in my head is like something I have to do. It's I don't know why I do it to myself. But it's like, it's a pattern. And then I sit down and do it. If it's an interrupted, like, I can write a newsletter in 15 minutes. Like, this is not hard. Why did I say like, "Oh, I have to do that. I don't have enough time for this." It's like no, if you just turn your phone over and (Jessica: Yeah ...) Yeah, (Jessica: ... exactly.) So, what are you excited about right now? Like, what are you looking forward towards? Or what do you what's on your brain of like, because you're such a creator. What are you working on?Lesley Logan  I'm excited for summer, to be honest, like be in Denver. I'm really excited for summer for a little bit of hope. Like, that's what I feel right now is a little weight off my shoulders, which feels really good and then really Momentum Fest. I mean, we're on like the five week countdown. (Lesley: Aahhh) So, ... like seeing everyone's excitement and realizing that I can that I can be a part of that, you know, instead of being the creator of it, I'm like, "I just want to be a part of it." I mean, I think that's where Momentum Fest comes from is, I it was what I always wanted as a teacher and as a student. So I just love being a part of it like I, I just love being able to lift people up and bring people together. And so yeah, being a part of it and having people excited now that it's coming, that's what I'm really excited about, to give some hugs actually ...Lesley Logan  100%. And I think, you know, during during the pandemic, there was a window, where my friend got to have a very small outdoor wedding. And we were, I mean, Brad and I work from home, were essentially quarantining all the time. But we like we're very intentional for two weeks, like even my brother came to walk the dogs, we're in our office, because he goes out into the world and so we could go to this wedding. You know, everyone was wearing masks outside anyways, but we wanted to make sure that everyone could feel safe. No one wanted to be the wedding that caused an outbreak. And I didn't know how much I needed something to look forward to until I got there. And I did not cry at weddings, I was in like, tears at this woman's wedding. And what I when I think about Momentum Fest this year, is that like, it is something that so many people needed to look forward to like, it's almost like, like a lighthouse. You know, like we're all on the ship, we've been at sea for a long time and there's this lighthouse of hope, and of what can be after all of this. And so, I mean, I have so much like love and adoration for you because it's not easy to... you don't have all the answers. And you are one of very few people are like, "Okay, I'm gonna do this" during a time where there's a lot of unknowns and that's a lot. And I'm glad to hear that you are taking the time to enjoy the excitement around it to.Jessica Valant  I think I'm just there ... (Lesley laughs) because you're right, it's been a lot of, "I don't know, I don't know," but really seeing everybody's support and excitement. Like, "Wow!" it's really, it's really good. And yeah, if I get some hugs out of it, I'll tell you what, (Lesley: Yeah) that'll make my year.Lesley Logan  Oh, Brad and I will be the first. We're gettin' there early. Okay, Jessica, now that everyone's in love with you. And I'm sure so many women with children or lots of dogs like me are like, "Oh, thank goodness, I'm not the only one." Where can they find you, follow you? Where can they connect with you?Lesley Logan  I am @jessicavalantpilates everywhere. So, YouTube is a great place to go. If you want to find free workouts. I do a lot with women's health. So, anyone prenatal, postpartum prolapse, hysterectomy, you'll find a lot of resources if you need it. And then I have a website with a lot of resources and Instagram is always a great place, DM me, email me. I'm all over the place.Lesley Logan  Yeah, we didn't even get into all of the women's health stuff. We'll have to have you back because I think, you know, one of the things I want to get into with this podcast is like, "How our health can really keep us from be it till we see it." So well, we'll have to dive into that um more with you for sure. Okay, so I always ask everyone this question, because it's so nice to be inspired. It's so ni... I mean, you also gave some awesome questions and strategies already, but just in case someone is like skip to the end. And they're like, "Tell me how to Be It Till I See It?" What, what are some strategies that they can do right now that that you would think of for be it till they see it?Jessica Valant  I think one is to just decide what you actually want and you don't have to put definitions on it or anything like that. And it can be so out there, I mean, don't limit yourself. But don't like don't see someone on Instagram that you think is awesome. And be like, "I want to do that" without asking yourself, "Oh, do I actually like fashion?" Like I actually that happens to me, I see fashion bloggers and I'm like, "That looks so awesome. I want to be with her." Well, I don't even know anything. I don't like fashion. What would I want to do that. So first is ask yourself truly and be honest and own it and be excited about it. Like what lights a fire under you? What is your dream about what you love, and stay in that lane for now and don't limit your dreams on that. But don't try to be somebody you're not just because you think you should definitely decide what you want ... For me, it's getting out there. Like one, this is so funny when I was thinking about this podcast this week. Zillow and owning a house is one example I have, so we bought the house we're in a year ago actually in the middle of all of this craziness. But for a year prior maybe two years prior, I had really wanted a house for our family like a house. We were in a walk up with a rooftop and stuff but no yard. I'm like, "I want a house. I want a house" and I just didn't see how it whatever happened in our neighborhood and everything going on. But I would lurk Zillow, and I'm like, "I'm just gonna get on here and I'm gonna look at houses and save them." And I knew that just by learning like about houses and what house was going on the market fast and what wasn't like that information is going to help me I don't know how, I have no idea how, I don't know how we're gonna buy a house here. I don't know how that's gonna work. I don't know how this is gonna help me but it is. And then truly when we came to look at this house, all of that helped because the house didn't show great, but we knew it was a great buy in this neighborhood that it was rare to find. And it's been a dream house for us and our family. And so that's one thing is like, even if you don't know how something's going to happen, if you know what you want, and you know what your passions are, just start either following things on social media or getting on Zillow, or doing Pinterest boards about your dream office space, or finding YouTube fitness folks that you love and just follow it and see how they do things that you like, or don't just be open to getting information because it will serve you when the opportunity comes like prepare yourself so that you're ready when the opportunity comes because it will you just don't know how or when.Lesley Logan  Oh, I have chills and I I can't wait to dive into this conversation with Brad because he's gonna have so much to say about that because we have a very similar story like the "How" is for us we moved a year ago as well. The "How" is and like couldn't figure out the "How" but so, y'all, I really hope you take those two tips and use them and what I'd love for you to do is screenshot this podcast, write your takeaway tag @jessicavalantpilates, tag the @be_it_pod. Let us know so we can cheer for you, root you on and until next time, Be It Till You See It.Lesley Logan  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review. And, follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcasts. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the @be_it_pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others BE IT TILL YOU SEE IT. Have an awesome day!Lesley Logan  'Be It Till You See It' is a production of 'As The Crows Fly Media'.Brad Crowell  It's written, produced, filmed and recorded by your host, Lesley Logan and me, Brad Crowell.Lesley Logan  Kevin and Bel at Disenyo handle all of our audio editing and some social media content.Brad Crowell  Our theme music is by Ali at APEX Production Music. And our branding by designer and artist, Gianfranco Cioffi.Lesley Logan  Special thanks to our designer Jaira Mandal for creating all of our visuals (which you can't see because this is a podcast) and our digital producer, Jay Pedroso for editing all the video each week so you can.Brad Crowell  And the Meridith Crowell for keeping us all on point and on time.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/be-it-till-you-see-it/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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#Podcast #WGU the latest in #Geeknews and #Popculture sponsored by https://siouxsiequeues.com/,   this week first off is a lost toy opening. PJ and Smurf open Snake Eyes from the Classified Series and then compare to some of the other versions out there. Then Smurf has the creative powerhouse Barry McClain Jr in studio. Barry talks about his time at Valant comics his love of Saturday morning cartoons and how they influenced his own creations and approach to comics over the years. Now Barry is about to premier his latest character from Blue Juice Comics at the Colorado Festival of Horror titled Billy the Kit with a strong adventure/horror theme to the series. It doesn't end there as the two continue to talk cons, characters, and Barry's adventures with The Four Color Demons; all of this and more from your Weekend Geek Update.  #GeekNews #NerdNews #Popculture #Interview #SpotlightInterview #BarryMcClainJR #BillytheKit #Valiant #Horror #COFOH #FourColorDemon #BlueJuice #Artist #comics #indiecomics #Catroons #ClassicCartoons  #collecting #ToyOpening #GIJoe #SnakeEyes #ClassicToys #conlife #NewEpisode #5280Geek #StayGeeky #IHeartRadio #Itunes #Spotify #Podbean #YouTube    

Listen in as I chat with Jessica Valant, Physical Therapist, Pilates Teacher, Founder of Jessica Valant Pilates, Creator of Momentum Fest, Wife and Mom to 2 little ones!She shares all the turns along her path in the Pilates world and why, after building a highly successful online platform, she wanted to bring people together in-person to share the joy of movement via Momentum Fest.Truly, one of the most inspiring leaders in our industry, you'll love hearing all about Jessica's journey in the world of pilates and business.Connect with Jessica Valant on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jessicavalantpilates/Learn more about Momentum Fest and grab your ticket here: https://momentumfest.com/

Jessica and Martin shared about the notion of being a success. We define success as being who we are called to be and doing what we are called to do. Jessica shared about the Momentumfest event coming up in June.   www.momentumfest.com   Check out the Personal Victory website here: www.personalvictory.ca Sign up for online personal training and Pilates with Martin here: https://tinyurl.com/3vhnpk6m Support The Core Conversations Podcast by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MartinReid Our Fave Affiliate: Hush Blankets: promo code VICTORY at check out. https://tinyurl.com/6kbyph2w #fitness, #core #conversations, #wellness, #martinreid, #Pilates, #onlinetraining, #ontariowellness,#ontariofitnesstrainer #mississaugaPilates

Are you a chronically injured runner or triathlete? Do you know you should incorporate strength and mobility work, but have no clue how and where to start?Or maybe you're a pregnant athlete and want to avoid abdominal separation and issues down the line, but don't know what information to trust? In this episode, we talk with Jessica Valant, PT and Pilates Instructor who breaks down how you can avoid injuries for life.We discuss:Jessica's journey with prolapse, an often not discussed but common problem postpartumThe main exercise modifications (running, jumping, and strength training) pregnant women should know about and what to avoid during pregnancy and in the postpartum periodHow to identify a diastasis recti and how to repair itGiving yourself grace and time in the postpartum periodWhat should runners and other endurance athletes be doing to avoid injuries? What are the benefits of pilates, especially for endurance athletes?How can having more strength improve speed/performance in running, if at all?The most common injuries in athletes and how to fix them  What can runners do to avoid or rehab a knee injuryWhat exactly is our core, and how can we keep it strongWhy balance in work/life/motherhood doesn't exist And more! For full resources and things mentioned in this episode, check out the show notes here.Connect with Jessica Valant:Jessica Valant PilatesJessica's InstagramJessica Valant Pilates YouTubeStay connected:Grab your free fueling chart download to figure out which fuel is easiest on your stomach!Join our community on Facebook!Join us in the Nail Your Nutrition fueling courseTo follow along with the show, follow Nailyournutrition.

Welcome Tina K. Valant, is a professional photographer who has offered some suggestions about having a portrait done and why. She was so excited to be interviewed.. here she is. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impactfullegacy/message

Moksliniai tyrimai, kuriuos Lietuvos ekspertai atlieka COVID-19 akivaizdoje, gavę specialų finansavimą. Karantino laikotarpis bibliotekas privertė imtis kitokių skaitytojų aptarnavimo formų – nuo paslaugų gausinimo virtualioje erdvėje iki knygų skaitymo telefonu.Mirtys valant šulinius ir darbuotojų sauga Lietuvoje. Lietuvos bankas šiandien išleidžia pirmąją pasaulyje skaitmeninę kolekcinę monetą, skiriamą 1918-ų metų Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Aktui ir jį pasirašiusiems signatarams. Studijoje – prezidento vyriausias patarėjas, Aplinkos ir infrastruktūros grupės vadovas Jaroslavas Neverovičius. Ved. Giedrė Čiužaitė.

Today's episode features the incredible Pilates teacher and Momentum Fest co-founder  Jessica Valant! She shares her journey to Pilates, what's happening with the Momentum Fest's virtual offerings  this June, and inspiring advice for Pilates teachers and studios. Be sure to grab your tickets to Momentum Fest at early bird pricing at momentumfest.com!  Jessica has been a physical therapist and Pilates teacher for 20 years. She is recognized as an expert in the field due to her experience, women's health expertise, continuing education workshops, successful YouTube channel and online membership site. Jessica and her husband are also the founders of Momentum Fest, a three day Pilates and movement festival meant to bring joy, celebration and community to the fitness world. You can find her at JessicaValantPilates.com and @jessicavalantpilates on social media.  Follow the podcast on Instagram @pilatesteachersmanual and on the web here: http://bit.ly/pilatesteachersmanual for the latest!  Be sure to subscribe to the podcast for updates, and rate and review wherever you listen!  Email pilatesteachersmanual@oliviabioni.com with your feedback.  Support the podcast:    Boka toothpaste: 15% off of your first order! *http://bit.ly/bokaPTM*  Fabletics activewear: Get your first two pairs of leggings for $24! *http://bit.ly/fableticsPTM*   Kencko smoothies: $10 off your first purchase of this delicious, portable smoothie subscription! *http://bit.ly/kenckoPTM*  Package Free Shop zero waste shopping: $10 off your first order and go green! *https://bit.ly/packagePTM*  Ritual multivitamin: $15 off your first month of minty vitamins! First 10 sign ups only! *https://bit.ly/RitualPTM*  Episode Music:  This episode uses NCS music in compliance with https://ncs.io/usage-policyTrack: Tobu - Good Times [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds.Watch: https://youtu.be/YHSH9k9ooZYFree Download / Stream: http://ncs.io/goodtimesTrack: Tobu & Itro - Sunburst [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds.Watch: https://youtu.be/4lXBHD5C8doSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oliviapodcasts)

In this episode, Nikki chats with Jessica Valant about what she's learned from running Momentum Fest for the past two years. They discuss: - How Jessica's own experiences and challenges have inspired her current perspective of teaching movement - Jessica's thoughts on creating a business model that makes sense for you and why it's okay to change your mind - What Jessica is excited for at Momentum Fest this year Then Jessica turns the tables and interviews Nikki, where they discuss Nikki's thoughts for taking action even if you suffer from self doubt + her thoughts on how to move past imposter syndrome. About Jessica Valant: Jessica Valant, MSPT, PMA-CPT, is a licensed Physical Therapist, Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher, continuing education provider, proud mama and movement lover. She believes when people feel strong and free in their own bodies it can lead to a ripple of more kindness and love in the world. Jessica is recognized as a leader in the Pilates industry due to her extensive experience, continuing education courses, women’s health expertise, successful online Pilates studio and popular Youtube channel. Her work has been featured in Pilates Style Magazine, Shape Magazine and Thrillest and she has been named a YouTube Creator on the Rise and Pilates Anytime Next Instructor Competition Finalist. Jessica and her husband, Brian, founded Momentum Fest in 2017 in order to create an inclusive, loving and fun place for all people to celebrate movement together. Jessica can be found at www.jessicavalantpilates.com, on social media @jessicavalantpilates or at home in Denver wrangling two young kids.

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Two young actors, at their first major role, in a coming of age bitter and sweet film, shot in gorgeous Slovenian landscapes. The post Matjias Valant, Tine Ugrin – Don’t Forget To Breathe #RomaFF14 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

Two young actors, at their first major role, in a coming of age bitter and sweet film, shot in gorgeous Slovenian landscapes. The post Matjias Valant, Tine Ugrin – Don’t Forget To Breathe #RomaFF14 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

Two young actors, at their first major role, in a coming of age bitter and sweet film, shot in gorgeous Slovenian landscapes. The post Matjias Valant, Tine Ugrin – Don’t Forget To Breathe #RomaFF14 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

Two young actors, at their first major role, in a coming of age bitter and sweet film, shot in gorgeous Slovenian landscapes. The post Matjias Valant, Tine Ugrin – Don’t Forget To Breathe #RomaFF14 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

Two young actors, at their first major role, in a coming of age bitter and sweet film, shot in gorgeous Slovenian landscapes. The post Matjias Valant, Tine Ugrin – Don’t Forget To Breathe #RomaFF14 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

I'm joined this week by Momentumfest founder, Jessica Valant to recap the 2019 event that happened in June. Jess shares her vision for creating this beautiful festival and clues us in on some of what's to come for 2020! Earlybird registration for next year ends on 11/15/19. Don't miss out on your chance to join this amazing weekend of celebrating movement!   SPONSOR OFFERS: Pilates Anytime.com - Workout of the week: #3715 Stability Challenge Reformer with Christi Idavoy Use code: PODCAST for a free 30-day trial.   Join Lesley Logan and Julie Driver for a Teach To Inspire Weekend in March, 2020 Visit ProfitablePilates.com for more info!  Get a free gift with purchase when you put the word "Unfiltered" in your order notes at www.pilatesnerd.com   LINKS: Jessica's Resources: WEBSITE MOMENTUMFEST FACEBOOK  INSTAGRAM     LINKS: Teach From The Heart Membership - USE CODE: MENYC for a full year subscription for $75 Pilates Unfiltered CEC's Teach From The Heart UK 

Ar kinta partijų, politikų ir institucijų reitingai? Ką skelbia naujausią visuomenės nuomonės ir rinkos tyrimų centro „Vilmorus“ apklausa? Šiandien, Pasaulinę tvarkymosi dieną, Lietuva pirmą kartą dalyvauja tarptautinėje upių valymo iniciatyvoje. Žmonės buvo kviečiami prisidėti valant Nemuną ir Nerį. Upių valymo akcijos tuo pat metu šiemet vyksta 15-oje Europos šalių. Vilniuje šiandien prasideda aukščiausio lygio pasaulio dronų varžybų taurės etapas. Tai pirmos tokio lygio dronų lenktynės Lietuvoje. Asta Kažukauskienė domisi kiek sveria moksleivių kuprinės. Vedėjas Artūras Matusas.

Učinkovito shranjevanje električne energije je ključno za uspešen in celosten prehod na obnovljive vire energije, prihranilo pa bi nam tudi velike izgube, ki so značilne za današnji način proizvodnje elektrike. Kadar sije sonce, piha veter ali so vodostaji visoki, lahko obnovljivi viri proizvedejo velike količine energije. Toda če jih v tistem trenutku ne potrebujemo, si z njimi ne moremo kaj dosti pomagati. Če pa bi lahko proizvedeno energijo v velikem obsegu shranili za kasnejšo uporabo, bi bila zgodba precej drugačna. Ključ se skriva v pravem materialu. Prav materialom pa se prof. dr. Matjaž Valant, vodja laboratorija za raziskave materialov in dekan fakultete za znanosti o okolju na Univerzi v Novi Gorici, posveča že vso raziskovalno kariero. Materiali lahko tudi proizvajajo vodik ali čistijo vodo ali pa raziskovalce preprosto navdušujejo preprosto s svojimi zelo posebnimi lastnostmi. Z dr. Valantom se je pogovarjala Nina Slaček. foto: iz osebnega arhiva Matjaža Valanta

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In this episode, Nikki chats with Pilates teacher, physical therapist, and creator of Momentum Fest, a 3 day Pilates Festival, Jessica Valant about why she created Momentum Fest and the importance of making time for play and a personal Pilates practice in addition to continuing education. They also discuss what Jessica learned from running Momentum Fest last year for the first time, who the event is for, what to expect, and why we should embrace all styles of movement.  About Jessica Valant Jessica Valant, MSPT, PMA-CPT, is a licensed Physical Therapist, PMA Certified Pilates Instructor, continuing education provider, proud mama and movement lover. She believes when people feel strong and free in their own bodies it can lead to a ripple of more kindness and love in the world. Jessica is recognized as a leader in the Pilates industry due to her extensive experience, continuing education courses, women’s health expertise, successful online Pilates studio and popular Youtube channel. Her work has been featured in Pilates Style Magazine, Shape Magazine and Thrillest and she has been named a YouTube Creator on the Rise and Pilates Anytime Next Instructor Competition Finalist. Jessica and her husband, Brian, founded Momentum Fest in 2017 in order to create an inclusive, loving and fun place for all people to celebrate movement together. Jessica can be found at www.jessicavalantpilates.com, on social media @jessicavalantpilates or at home in Denver wrangling two young kids.

Five Days Live Pre Show Prep and Promotion Join Tina K. VaLant , Cheryl Piper-Snyder and Steven Healey To comment live click here https://www.facebook.com/LIveVideoHub/videos/421313115282605/ Tina will talk about PSP (pre show prep) from the importance to having a proper portrait to having a plan/outline for the message you want to share,. Cheryl gives advice on designing lower third and other graphics for branding They both share ideas on how to GET viewers and guests.' Day 2 of Five Days Live [ Comment below for more information - AutoResponder Bot is running ] The Show is Produced by Steven Healey using Belive.tv

In today’s podcast episode, we’re talking about a fitness lover's worst nightmare: injuries... and how to deal with them. It can be SO hard to be patient while you wait to heal. You want to make sure you’re doing everything you need to do for a full recovery and prevent injuries from occurring in the first place. Thankfully, my good friend Jessica Valant is here with tons of amazing tips for dealing with pain and injuries. In this episode, we discuss:  - How injuries happen in the first place  - When you should use heat and when you should ice - When is surgery necessary and when we should explore other options - Cryotherapy (and why we’ll both never do it) - How a healthy non-injured person can still have access to a Physical Therapist and  - Jessica’s tips for being Healthy In Real Life (such a great one for the upcoming holiday season!) A little bit about Jessica: Jessica Valant is the founder of Jessica Valant Pilates. She’s a physical therapist, fitness instructor, Pilates teacher, and mom of two. She has her own membership site and also provides free YouTube and Facebook workouts for her audience. She recently co-founded Momentum Fest with her husband and the dates are set for next year! Be sure to check it out if you’re close to Denver or want to plan a movement-based vacay. Resources from this episode: Jessica’s membership site Her AMAZING YouTube channel (she’s super close to hitting 100k subscribers, so help a girl out and click “subscribe!”) Some of my favorite YouTube videos from Jessica: Back pain relief exercises Exercises for shoulder pain Hip strengthening and hip pain How to do crunches without neck pain Pelvic floor exercises Sciatica pain relief Scoliosis exercises   Thank you so much for listening and for all of your support with the podcast! Please leave a rating or review if you enjoyed this episode. If you leave a rating, head to this page and you’ll get a little “thank you” gift from me to you.  You can listen and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play.

In this episode, physical therapist, Pilates teacher, and co-founder of  Momentum Fest Jessica Valant recaps what it was like to plan a 3 day Pilates festival and shares her tips for planning a large scale event.  To connect with Jessica, visit her website or say hello on Instagram. 

Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Tuesday, August 28th, 2018. The Ladies Go Live 5-day lifestream challenge is this week and it’s not too late to join. Lottie Hearn, Jenn Nelson, Tina K. VaLant and the Ladies Go Live community help you get started and overcome any fears. You can also win prizes ranging from $50 to $2000 dollars in value. More information on the Ladies Go Live Facebook page. Yesterday’s hardest working person in live streaming honors goes to Phil Gerbyshak. He hosted 3 separate full lifestream interview shows. Of particular interest to content creators, marketers and business owners is his interview with Tom Webster, the Senior Vice President of Edison Research. Tom discussed what you need to know about how your business sounds — and why you should care. All 3 shows are available on the Phil Gerbyshak Facebook page. On today’s viewing schedule… 2pm ET — It’s The Bot Signal with RJ Redden. That’s on the Black Belt Bots Facebook page. 4pm ET - Jessika Phillips and Mike Gingerich host Training Tuesdays. They’ll be talking about the Americans with Disabilities Act and what you should be prepared for. View on the Magnet Marketers Facebook page. For LivestreamUniverse.com, I’m Ross Brand. Have a great day!

Jenna has a candid check-in call with Carrie Pages, Anula Maiberg, Jessica Valant, and Lesley Logan. They discuss everything from setting your rates, to traveling, to social media. It's an insiders take on how professionals discuss their work and support each other's lives!

Jessica Valant is the founder of Jessica Valant Pilates. She’s a physical therapist, fitness instructor, Pilates teacher, and mom of two. She has her own membership site and also provides free YouTube and Facebook workouts for her audience. In this episode, we discuss: -Unrealistic expectations for new moms -Diastasis Recti and safe core work -Fitness plans for the early postpartum days -How Jess met her husband -Momentum Fest For show notes, visit: fitnessista.com/podcast

In this episode, Janet and Nikki chat with licensed physical therapist and certified Pilates instructor Jessica Valant about working with pre and postnatal clients in a Pilates and fitness setting. They cover: What it means when a client has a diagnosis of endometriosis and how to work with them in a Pilates or fitness setting Signs of pelvic floor dysfunction and how to know if you should refer a client out to a medical professional How to stay in your scope of practice when working with pre and postnatal clients and the difference between assessment and diagnosis Exercise recommendations + suggestions for your postnatal clients Precautions to reduce your risk of causing a diastasis recti during pregnancy What you should know when working with someone who's had abdominal surgery What to know about working with a client who is undergoing IVF Signs of prolapse and what to do if you suspect you or your client has one Why Jessica started Momentum Fest and how to be a part of it About Jessica Valant Jessica has been a licensed physical therapist and certified Pilates instructor for over 17 years. She first experienced Pilates during a short inservice at her first PT job out of graduate school. She quickly fell in love and realized Pilates could be used as an amazing tool in helping to rehabilitate her patients. She received her Pilates training through Polestar Pilates and is a Certified Pilates Teacher and continuing education provider under the Pilates Method Alliance. She has a successful fitness DVD series, YouTube channel, women’s health program and online Pilates studio called Jessica Valant Pilates. She was named a top 10 finalist in the 2015 Pilates Anytime Next Instructor Contest and teaches workshops and courses to other health care professionals and Pilates instructors. Jessica’s love and passion for the Pilates industry led her to co-found Momentum Fest with her husband, Brian. Jessica believes movement should be empowering and exciting and she hopes to help all people in her classes feel the same. To learn more about Jessica visit her website jessicavalantpilates.com.  

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Karen Palmer  is a master at manifesting and teaches simple strategies so anyone can live their dream life. She shares how to apply the Laws of the Universe as a Success/Mindful Coach. She brings Ancient Wisdom to modern times as a Kundalini Yoga Instructor and helps people discover the magic within. She has combined all her spiritual gifts to be a Conscious Dog Trainer, and a Non-Profit Business Leader. She is working to bring environmental education, animal advocacy, and kindness to public schools. You can reach her at www.itsalldivine.org www.positivelypetsandkids.com www.facebook.com/puppyloverevolution Karen's story is in the book Changes: Life Changes When You Do.  To help distribute this inspirational book into shelters, nursing homes, rehab centers, hospitals, jails, soup kitchens, anywhere a light is needed, please donate to http://globalkindnesstv.org/help  THANK YOU!!

Updates on sponsorship, becoming a guest on the show and Jenna's free webinar kick off this week's episode.  We dive deep into dealing with setbacks and disappointment and have an in-depth interview with Physical Therapist and Pilates Pro, Jessica Valant.  We'll talk about the teacher training improvements, women's health issues like diastasis and prolapse and debunk the rumored benefits of the "vagina weight." Tara Brach | Ph.D, psychologist, author and teacher of meditation, emotional healing and spiritual awakening.   This season is generously sponsored by: Pilates Anytime This episode is generously sponsored by: Farm Girl Marketing Solutions

Electronic Health Record systems for Behavioral Health Medical Practices are a special niche. Dr. David Lischner of Valant Medical Solutions talks about what his company offers the behavioral heatlhcare provider that is looking for an EHR that meets their needs. Dr. Lischner is a practicing psychiatrist, co-founder and CEO of the Evidence Based Treatment Centers of Seattle, a 25+ provider group practice. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Washington, David completed his internship at the University of Pennsylvania and then returned to the University of Washington for specialty training in psychiatry. David is CEO of and spokesperson for Valant, an EMR software solution designed for behavioral healthcare professionals.

Electronic Health Record systems for Behavioral Health Medical Practices are a special niche. Dr. David Lischner of Valant Medical Solutions talks about what his company offers the behavioral heatlhcare provider that is looking for an EHR that meets their needs. Dr. Lischner is a practicing psychiatrist, co-founder and CEO of the Evidence Based Treatment Centers of Seattle, a 25+ provider group practice. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Washington, David completed his internship at the University of Pennsylvania and then returned to the University of Washington for specialty training in psychiatry. David is CEO of and spokesperson for Valant, an EMR software solution designed for behavioral healthcare professionals.