Podcasts about your wellness connection

On this episode of Banking on KC, Dr. Michelle Robin, founder of Your Wellness Connection and host of the Small Changes, Big Shifts podcast, joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss how small, intentional changes can transform health, wellness and community dynamics.Tune in to discover:How adopting small, sustainable habits can have a significant impact on health and well-being.The role gratitude and kindness play in fostering mental and emotional wellness.Why balancing physical, mental and financial well-being is essential for a fulfilling life.Country Club Bank – Member FDIC

A team of holistic wellness champions who balance the wisdom of experience with fresh, new perspectives join Joel Goldberg. Dr. Michelle Robin is Kansas City's original pioneer of integrative medicine and founder of Your Wellness Connection. She's joined by Bayleigh Petty, program manager of Small Changes Big Shifts. Together, they are co-hosts of the eponymous podcast that plants weekly seeds of possibility to nourish your soul. It's a dose of inspiration fueled by a passion for helping people come fully alive. And through small changes, moves others towards healthier, more connected lives that stick for generations to come. Website: https://yourwellnessconnection.com/ | https://smallchangesbigshifts.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmichellerobin/ | https://www.instagram.com/baayleighnicole/ Twitter: https://x.com/bigshifts | https://x.com/baayleighnicole Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drmichellerobin/ | https://www.facebook.com/B.Petty25Check out our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/tTe4gXlwMIc

“This is something that connected our region like never before.” - Eileen Weir   There's a famous saying that goes, “It only takes one tree to start a forest, one smile to begin a friendship... one thought to change the world” and that's exactly what happened in the Kansas City community through the Parade of Hearts that began from one drawing on a napkin. During its last auction in 2022, it raised more than $2 million for Kansas City charities. During today's episode, Dr. Michelle invites Jenn Nussbeck and Eileen Weir to share how this project began, the doors that it opened in our community, and the opportunity it provided to build connections with people in different neighborhoods across the metro. They also explain why public art has become a crucial piece to our community's well-being and why it evoked certain senses for the people who live here. Jenn will also tell a moving story about two people who met at one of the hearts and how that location formed their new friendship. At the end of the episode, they will give listeners an exclusive update about what's next for the Parade of Hearts in Kansas City, which means you will be the first to hear it on this episode!  About Today's Guests:  Jenn Nussbeck is the Parade of Hearts Executive Director. She has served on numerous public charity boards as well as dedicated the last 15 years supporting organizations throughout communities in Kansas City. Assisting those navigating the philanthropy and civic channels is not only her work, but her passion. Jenn was born in San Diego but raised in Kansas City. She comes from a large Irish family. Her great uncle (Pat O'Neill Sr.) started the Kansas City St. Patrick's Day Parade with Mike Murphy.  Eileen Weir was elected Mayor of the City of Independence, Missouri, in 2014. Prior to her election, she served on the Independence City Council representing the city's 4th District from 2012 to 2014. She began her career in communications and public relations with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1992, acting as the team's Manager of Public Information and Media Services. She served as the Chiefs Charity Game Coordinator from 2009 to 2013 for the Children's Center for the Visually Impaired and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City. Eileen and her husband Tom live in southwestern Independence with their twins, John and Nora.  Mentioned in the Episode:  Parade of Hearts website  Parade of Hearts mobile app  Parade of Hearts on Facebook  Parade of Hearts on Instagram  Parade of Hearts on Twitter  The story about the heart at Your Wellness Connection 

“Blood sugar is like comparing water to Kool-Aid – while water flows through our body, Kool-Aid can't flow as well because it's stickier. When we have too much sugar in our bloodstream, our body has a harder time carrying out the processes it needs to.” - Dr. Georgia Nab   About 1 in 5 people in the United States have diabetes but don't know it, according to the CDC. While people generally know sugar isn't good for the body, most people don't know why our consumption of it needs to be managed – not eliminated. In today's show, Dr. Michelle Robin invites Dr. Georgia Nab – a Functional Medicine doctor at Your Wellness Connection – to help people understand what's really happening in the body once we consume sugar and why it's then converted to blood sugar. If you have ever wondered what glycemic and glucose mean – or the difference between metabolic syndrome (prediabetes), Type I, Type I.5, Type II, and Type III – this week's episode will give you a clearer understanding of each one in very simple terms. Dr. Nab even dives into how our blood sugar numbers have a tremendous impact on our hormonal levels and anxiety issues in today's world. She encourages listeners that small changes can make a big difference. At the end of the episode, Dr. Nab will also share why sleep and movement matter in managing your blood sugar – ending with some tips that can help you get on a better path toward wellness. About Today's Guest:  Dr. Georgia Nab entered the chiropractic industry in 1992 by owning a chiropractic clinic in Wichita, Kansas. From 2012 through 2017, she joined a manufacturing facility in Wisconsin to provide chiropractic care, nutritional counseling, and educational training to the employees at the company's corporate headquarters. While there, she authored her book called 1 Degree of Change, in addition to numerous other publications. In 2015, she graduated with her Master's degree in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine degree. She is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Western States for their Master's program. Dr. Nab is a Certified Nutrition Specialist from the Board for Nutrition Specialist and works with Affiliated Monitors, an independent monitoring company for professionals.  Mentioned in the Episode:  Your Wellness Connection  1 Degree of Change book by Dr. Georgia Nab – contact Dr. Nab for a free PDF version 

In this episode, Tess interviews Dr. Michelle Robin, founder of Your Wellness Connection® and Small Changes Big Shifts®. Michelle tells how she redefined success, gained clarity about her purpose, learned to practice self love, and achieved fulfillment. Keys for her were letting go of the expectations of others, and building more truthful connections with herself and in her relationships. Michelle emphasizes the power of listening to your inner voice, getting clear about your “why,” and practicing kindness to feed joy within yourself and people you serve. Dr. Robin shares her Quadrants of Well-Being, tips for healthy living, and how to simplify your approach with basic steps that are sustainable. She also talks about the importance of owning your unique medicine to nurture meaningful connections and contribute to your community. Knowing what's yours to hold and what isn't is a core part of Michelle's decision-making process. To help you get what you want, Dr. Robin shares strategies for how to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be. KEY THINGS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: The Importance of a Wellness Plan: Dr. Robin shares her practices for maintaining healthy boundaries, being present in each moment, and finding a balance between self care and care for others. The Four Quadrants Of Well-Being: Michelle explains how to embrace the Mechanical, Chemical, Energetic, and Psycho-Spiritual approach to holistic healing. Small Changes Big Shifts: Simplify your approach to healthy living to make it doable and sustainable. Dr. Robin gives you the basic things to do today that add up to positive change. KEY MOMENTS IN THE PODCAST “For me, church is not Sunday to Sunday. It's not Sunday, Wednesday, Sunday. It's not day to day, it's moment by moment.” - Michelle “I want to own 100% of my 50% in the relationship. It's not all mine.” - Michelle “Know your medicine. We are implanted with medicine that only we can uniquely give. Use your own medicine to help others, and figure out how you can give back to the world.” - Michelle “The gap between where you are and self-love is self-care. When people are struggling to get to self-love, just take the next step in the gap. Being well is so simple…It's shocking how hard we make it.” - Michelle CONNECT WITH MICHELLE Wellness Programs: https://onlineprograms.smallchangesbigshifts.com/course/ Small Changes Big Shifts Podcast: https://smallchangesbigshifts.com/podcast/ 31 Days Of Kindness: https://smallchangesbigshifts.com/kindness/ Wellness Deck: https://smallchangesbigshifts.com/product/snackables-deck/ Wellness On A Shoestring Book: https://smallchangesbigshifts.com/product/wellness-on-a-shoestring/ The E Factor Book https://smallchangesbigshifts.com/product/the-e-factor/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drmichellerobin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmichellerobin/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmichellerobin/ CONNECT WITH TESS Website: https://tessmasters.com/ Podcast Website: https://ithastobeme.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theblendergirl/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theblendergirl/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theblendergirl YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/theblendergirl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessmasters/ Product Sites: https://www.skinny60.com/ https://www.thedecadentdetox.com/ https://www.theblendergirl.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I hear well-being differently every year based on how I've grown – and I know you will, too.” - Dr. Michelle Robin  As you approach the New Year, it's a wonderful time to develop fresh perspective about your goals, dreams, purpose, and overall life. People do this by taking time to reconnect with their heart, utilizing the power of “yes” toward themselves, flexing their empathy muscles, and even zooming out from situations to see from a wider lens. In this solo show, join Dr. Michelle Robin as she talks about the importance of renewing your energy so you can focus on your calling and well-being. She'll explain why it can be easy to give up on our needs (i.e. self-care) when other needs seem so much greater around you – and she'll also share why it helps to recall lessons you've learned along the way to get you to the next step in life. As she celebrates 10 years of this podcast, she'll explain why there will be some upcoming changes to the show beginning in 2024. You'll also get to hear a sneak peek of episodes to come, in addition to some new products she'll be releasing next year that will continue to pour hope into our community.  About Today's Guest:  Dr. Michelle Robin is the founder of Small Changes Big Shifts, the Kansas City Wellness Consortium, and Your Wellness Connection. More importantly, she's a visionary for the well-being of many generations. After opening her chiropractic practice in Kansas City over 30 years ago, she's become a national influence and memorable leader in the wellness industry. Her simple framework – called the Quadrants of Well-Being – is the key to what many people have been looking for when it comes to discovering their best life. She has spent the majority of her career helping people make small changes that ultimately create the biggest shifts in their well-being. As a chiropractor, author, teacher, holistic healer, podcast host, unshakable optimist, international speaker, and passionate advocate for generational change, Dr. Robin has left an impression on thousands of lives by helping them find their unique path to wellness and enrich their purpose in life.  Mentioned in the Episode:  Your Wellness Connection services  Teen Therapy Group with Stacy Cahalan  “Experience Oola” event with Dr. Dave Braun in Kansas City  Whole 30 website  Quadrants of Well-Being 

"When you write down what you eat, suddenly you become aware.” - Stacy Cahalan   Kids are establishing their school routine again, but students are still struggling to regain some aspects of what they lost during the pandemic. This results in loss of connection, loneliness, anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. During today's show, Dr. Michelle Robin invites Stacy Cahalan to share why she decided to leave her previous career path and begin helping younger generations navigate these unchartered waters. Stacy also reveals a personal story about why food can play a major role in that disconnection and the way a child feels each day. Their conversation also dives into why gut health directly impacts moods. By the end of the show, Stacy will also share more about the book she and Jane Hosey Stern wrote that helps put simple, yet powerful life lessons back into focus.  About Today's Guest:  One of Stacy's favorite quotes is by Emily Dickinson, “I am out with the lanterns looking for myself.” All the years she's wandered the earth, she doesn't know a lot to be true, but she strongly believes that we are all doing the best we can with what we have. Sometimes we just don't have what we need. We are all better together. We are all wandering this earth trying to find purpose. And we all need help finding our way. As a Licensed Professional Therapist and Licensed School Counselor, her goal is to help people find hope. She has been called the Hope Dealer and she's cool with that. Her style is fun, direct, and focused on your here and now and your future. She has a shovel tattoo on her wrist to remind herself to dig deep and do the work. Every day, if we are lucky enough to wake up, we have another chance. She is ready to help people do their life's work with more grace, mercy, hope, and love.  Mentioned in the Episode:  Dr. Neal Barnard episode on dairy  Learn more about the blood type diet  Fed Up movie trailer  Connect with Stacy at Prairie Group Girl  Your Wellness Connection counseling services  Stacy's book called Atlas for Good Living 

Dr. Michelle Robin invites Frankie Banuelos to share what his experience has been like going through the Big Shifts Foundation Scholarship Program this year. As he's getting ready to wrap-up his six-month curriculum in the program, he reflects on some of the highlights of being part of it and how his perception and understanding of self-care has shifted since he began the journey. He also shares some of the habits he's embodied, and most of all, how his new lifestyle and mindset has translated and impacted other youth in the Kansas City area. By the end of the show, Frankie shares what he would go back and tell his younger self if he could, and how this program taught him to develop a clearer vision for his life going forward. About Today's Guest:  Since 2020, Frankie Banuelos has been working as a project manager for a nonprofit organization called Young Women on the Move in Kansas City, Kansas. His primary responsibility is to facilitate and implement a program called Love Notes, which helps youths make wise choices regarding relationships and sexuality during their teenage and young adult years. Frankie's strengths lie in his excellent organizational skills, his willingness to learn and grow, and his passion for working closely with young people to help them develop skills.  Mentioned in the Episode:  Young Women on the Move in Kansas City  Love Notes Program  Big Shifts Foundation Scholarship Program  Energy healing with Alex McAnderson  Quadrants of Well-Being  Counseling with Subrena Hicks  Your Wellness Connection Center  Atypical TV show on Netflix  Dr. Georgia Nab at Your Wellness Connection 

“When people come in and talk about stress, I find that it's actually anxiety they are facing.'”   - Subrena Hicks Did you know that anxiety is the most common mental health issue in the world? Moreover, other studies say that 1 in 5 adults don't receive therapy services to address their mental health. In today's episode, Dr. Michelle Robin invites licensed therapist Subrena Hicks to share her mission on breaking the stigmas around mental health. She'll share insights about what she's been noticing with stress and anxiety today – and why there are repercussions in the body when we aren't able to understand which one we're experiencing. She'll also explain why many adults struggle with anxiety and why therapy can help them develop the right coping skills to lessen the buildup of anxiety in the body. Subrena ends the show with some tips around kids and mental health, providing some guidance on when parents should consider therapy for them. She'll discuss why we need to be teaching the younger generations that it's okay to start talking about what's going on, labeling their feelings, and finding someone outside of the family who can model these tools for them.  About Today's Guest:  Subrena Hicks is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Kansas. She strives to provide a safe, non-judgmental environment while showing compassion to help identify current life stresses, and create new, healthier patterns. She believes in helping people overcome life's struggles by focusing on each person's individual needs, and meeting people where they are at. She received her bachelor's in business administration and management from Friends University and completed her Master of Arts in Counseling at MidAmerica Nazarene University in 2016. She is currently a Nationally Certified Counselor and works with a variety of clients such as individuals, couples, families, and adolescents. Her treatment approach to therapy is Experiential and attachment based.  Mentioned in the Episode:  Love in Gray Counseling website  Love in Gray Counseling Therapy Toolbox  Love in Gray Facebook page  Loving What Is by Byron Katie  Big Shifts Foundation  Counseling at Your Wellness Connection  Quadrants of Well-Being  Hoffman Process  Feelings and Emotion Chart for Kids  PsychologyToday.com to find a therapist in your area  Therapy for Black Girls 

“This is something that connected our region like never before.'”   - Eileen Weir   There's a famous saying that goes, “It only takes one tree to start a forest, one smile to begin a friendship... one thought to change the world” and that's exactly what happened in the Kansas City community through the Parade of Hearts that began from one drawing on a napkin. During its last auction in 2022, it raised more than $2 million for Kansas City charities. During today's episode, Dr. Michelle invites Jenn Nussbeck and Eileen Weir to share how this project began, the doors that it opened in our community, and the opportunity it provided to build connections with people in different neighborhoods across the metro. They also explain why public art has become a crucial piece to our community's well-being and why it evoked certain senses for the people who live here. Jenn will also tell a moving story about two people who met at one of the hearts and how that location formed their new friendship. At the end of the episode, they will give listeners an exclusive update about what's next for the Parade of Hearts in Kansas City, which means you will be the first to hear it on this episode!  About Today's Guests:  Jenn Nussbeck is the Parade of Hearts Executive Director. She has served on numerous public charity boards as well as dedicated the last 15 years supporting organizations throughout communities in Kansas City. Assisting those navigating the philanthropy and civic channels is not only her work, but her passion. Jenn was born in San Diego but raised in Kansas City. She comes from a large Irish family. Her great uncle (Pat O'Neill Sr.) started the Kansas City St. Patrick's Day Parade with Mike Murphy.  Eileen Weir was elected Mayor of the City of Independence, Missouri, in 2014. Prior to her election, she served on the Independence City Council representing the city's 4th District from 2012 to 2014. She began her career in communications and public relations with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1992, acting as the team's Manager of Public Information and Media Services. She served as the Chiefs Charity Game Coordinator from 2009 to 2013 for the Children's Center for the Visually Impaired and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City. Eileen and her husband Tom live in southwestern Independence with their twins, John and Nora.  Mentioned in the Episode:  Parade of Hearts website  Parade of Hearts mobile app  Parade of Hearts on Facebook  Parade of Hearts on Instagram  Parade of Hearts on Twitter  The story about the heart at Your Wellness Connection 

“When I started taking the cofactors to get vitamin D into my body, immediately my brain chemistry turned on and I thought, ‘This is what happy feels like.'”   - Dr. J Dunn   This month, Dr. Michelle Robin has invited a series of guests on the show to speak about the mental health crisis happening - something that has been a problem long before the pandemic hit. To kick off the series, she's invited Dr. J Dunn, who has been creating waves within the mental health landscape by unveiling why gene expression could be causing a rise in brain imbalances such as depression, anxiety, as well as other disorders and conditions. Dr. Dunn shares an incredibly powerful story about her own battle with depression, and how epigenetics played a significant role in how she began to heal from it. She'll also tell the story about what got her curious to go down this path, and how it began to translate into her own clients and resulted in her founding My Happy Genes. By the end of the show, she'll explain why understanding gene expression can help us be more compassionate towards other human beings. This episode is not only packed with helpful tips, but it's also a helpful introduction to why our genes play a critical role in the way everything else works in the body. About Today's Guest and Co-Host:  Dr. J Dunn has been practicing natural medicine for over 30 years. She is a Chiropractic Physician and certified in Functional Medicine. She is an internationally known lecturer on genetics and nutrition, teaching physicians around the world on how to use genetic information to get to the underlying causes of disease. Her drive to understand true causes and her passion for helping those who are suffering with depression, anxiety, and attention issues has led her to create her program. She is the author of the books Wholistic Kinesiology and Perfect Health in Paradise. Mentioned in the Episode:  My Happy Genes  Wholistic Kinesiology book by Dr. J Dunn  Perfect Health in Paradise book by Dr. J Dunn  Dr. Georgia Nab at Your Wellness Connection  Dr. J Dunn speaking at Dr. Robin's 25th year anniversary launch

“This experience awoken a grace in me towards other parents.” - Diana Toman Parenting can open new doors to community. While kids may be different from one another, parents are still able to speak the same language and navigate similar things happening in their lives. However, raising a child with autism spectrum disorder or other special needs can be a different experience for a parent – one that comes with a realization that you aren't speaking the same language as everybody else. These parents say isolation can be the hardest part of the journey. In today's episode, Dr. Michelle Robin invites Diana Toman to tell her story about raising her son who is on the spectrum, graduating high school, and soon entering college. She shares some of the challenges and triumphs that came while raising him in those early years, and why support and community made a difference in her family's life and her well-being. Diana also provides some guidance and advice to co-host Desiree Cole, whose son is also on the spectrum and beginning his journey into school and the community. By the end of the episode, Diana explains why she has no doubt that God selected her to raise her son, and that every parent should trust that they are the right parent whether they are raising a neurotypical or neurodivergent child.  About Today's Guest and Co-Host:  Diana Toman is the CEO of Toman Advisory Group and a former Fortune 500 Chief Legal Officer, who has parlayed years of large company experience into an advisory firm focused on corporate governance, ESG, risk management, and strategy. She is a mom of two teenagers, Parker and Reagan, passionate about being involved in the community, and advocate for the things she believes in.  Desiree Cole is the Content Director and Brand Manager at Small Changes Big Shifts. She creates, writes, and manages the voice and content for the brand. She has loved all things wellness since she was introduced to the lifestyle in college, where she learned to cook more plant-based food and care for the whole body in holistic ways. She began her journalism career in Chicago and New York City, where she worked in Manhattan as an editor for news agencies, magazines, and book publishing. She's part of the Small Changes Big Shifts team because she believes words are powerful messengers to the spirit, heart, and mind. Desiree was born and raised in Kansas City and believes there's no place like it. Her husband (Zach), son (Ollie), and two golden retrievers (Linus and Lucy) live in a loud and happy house with its eight paws and a very joyful little boy who loves them.  Mentioned in the Episode:  The Joshua Center  Your Wellness Connection  Toman Advisory Group 

What a wonderful conversation with Dr. Michelle Robin. She is a chiropractor, author, teacher, holistic healer, podcaster, and national speaker. My favorite title for her is Wellness Evangelist!She is the Chief Wellness Officer at Your Wellness Connection. Their approach to health is at the level of wellness rather than illness or disease. Dr. Robin believes in treating the whole person. Her Kansas City-based center for Integrative Wellness offers various services to meet the wellness needs of the community. Her Wellness NetworkSmall Changes Big Shifts is another resource offering a framework called the "Quadrants of Well-Being." #1 Bestselling AuthorThe E FactorWellness on a ShoestringSmall Changes Big Shifts"Wellness is a continuum. It is not static but ever-changing. We are either moving toward disease or toward wellness each moment we make a choice of what to drink or eat, how we think, how we interact with others, and how we move. " ~Dr. RobinHow are you paying attention to your health? Do you invest each day in your wellness? This conversation will encourage you to do just that! Follow Dr. Robin for more health-promoting tools!Thank you for being here today!HeatherI would love to hear from you!If you found this episode valuable, share it with others! Always appreciate your thoughts and reviews! CLICK HEREYou can also message me directly via email or DMheathersuedaily@gmail.comor Instagram"Life is challenging! We can figure it out together." TM

“Blood sugar is like comparing water to Kool-Aid – while water flows through our body, Kool-Aid can't flow as well because it's stickier. When we have too much sugar in our bloodstream, our body has a harder time carrying out the processes it needs to.” - Dr. Georgia Nab   About 1 in 5 people in the United States have diabetes but don't know it, according to the CDC. While people generally know sugar isn't good for the body, most people don't know why our consumption of it needs to be managed – not eliminated. In today's show, Dr. Michelle Robin invites Dr. Georgia Nab – a Functional Medicine doctor at Your Wellness Connection – to help people understand what's really happening in the body once we consume sugar and why it's then converted to blood sugar. If you have ever wondered what glycemic and glucose mean – or the difference between metabolic syndrome (prediabetes), Type I, Type I.5, Type II, and Type III – this week's episode will give you a clearer understanding of each one in very simple terms. Dr. Nab even dives into how our blood sugar numbers have a tremendous impact on our hormonal levels and anxiety issues in today's world. She encourages listeners that small changes can make a big difference. At the end of the episode, Dr. Nab will also share why sleep and movement matter in managing your blood sugar – ending with some tips that can help you get on a better path toward wellness. About Today's Guest:  Dr. Georgia Nab entered the chiropractic industry in 1992 by owning a chiropractic clinic in Wichita, Kansas. From 2012 through 2017, she joined a manufacturing facility in Wisconsin to provide chiropractic care, nutritional counseling, and educational training to the employees at the company's corporate headquarters. While there, she authored her book called 1 Degree of Change, in addition to numerous other publications. In 2015, she graduated with her Master's degree in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine degree. She is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Western States for their Master's program. Dr. Nab is a Certified Nutrition Specialist from the Board for Nutrition Specialist and works with Affiliated Monitors, an independent monitoring company for professionals.  Mentioned in the Episode:  Your Wellness Connection  1 Degree of Change book by Dr. Georgia Nab – contact Dr. Nab for a free PDF version 

“You can't run from your passion or your purpose, it will try to find you.” - Dr. Michelle Robin  Dr. Michelle Robin gives listeners a special treat today – a solo episode that celebrates the beginning of her 10th season of the podcast. She will share the story behind how the podcast was born, but more importantly, what has propelled her to continue making episodes all these years later. She will also highlight the most memorable conversations and moments she's had with guests over the years. If you are seeking guidance on to remain true to yourself, and grounded this year, you don't want to miss this episode. She will reveal her one-word this year as well, and how it always helps her feel more anchored to her well-being. By the end of the episode, she will share the wisdom she learned in 2022, which are now the lessons she is taking forward into 2023.  About Dr. Michelle Robin:  Dr. Michelle Robin is the founder of Your Wellness Connection, Small Changes Big Shifts®, Big Shifts Foundation®, and the Kansas City Wellness Consortium®, but more importantly, she is a visionary for the well-being of many generations. After opening her chiropractic practice in Kansas City over 30 years ago, she's become a national influence and memorable leader in the wellness industry. Her simple framework – called the Quadrants of Well-Being – is the key to what many people have been looking for when it comes to discovering their best life. She has spent the majority of her career helping people make small changes that ultimately create the biggest shifts in their well-being. As a chiropractor, author, teacher, holistic healer, podcast host, unshakable optimist, international speaker, and passionate advocate for generational change, Michelle has left an impression on thousands of lives by helping them find their unique path to wellness and enrich their purpose in life.  Mentioned in the Episode:  Your Wellness Connection Small Changes Big Shifts Big Shifts Foundation Scholarship 30-Year Celebration Video & Lessons Wellness Consortium website Troy Nash episode How Kindness Raises Your Vibration with Sonia Choquette Your One Word This Year with Jimmy Page and Dan Britton Why Surrendering is the Passage to Freedom with Kute Blackson From Comfort to Chaos – and the Journey Home to Peace with Tareq Hadhad Super Gut with Dr. William Davis How Every Child Can Thrive by Five with Molly Wright (TedTalk) Caterpillar post by Dr. Michelle Robin Finding Purpose in Unexpected Places with Isaac Lee Collins 31 Days of Kindness

Dr. Michelle Robin, chiropractor, author, and healer, completed the Hoffman Process in 1997. After decades of a life of service to humanity's well-being, Michelle has a lot of wisdom to share. In this conversation with Liz, Michelle reflects back on her time at the Process and the 25 years since. Michelle came to the Process because she realized she'd lost her sense of joy. She left with the profound realization that she isn't broken and never was. She shares that she left no longer carrying that dark cloud of not-enoughness. Michelle shares her sense of and vision for a life of well-being. One of the beautiful takeaways from Michelle is how vitally important it is to be part of a community, especially one that is vibrantly alive and caring. Listen in to hear this wisdom about living a vibrant life. And listen all the way to the end to hear Michelle's wishes for you and the coming year. More about Michelle Robin: Michelle is the founder of Small Changes Big Shifts®, Big Shifts Foundation®, and the Kansas City Wellness Consortium®, but more importantly, she is a visionary for the well-being of many generations. With a 30-year chiropractic practice in Kansas City, Michelle has become a national influence and memorable leader in the wellness industry. Her simple framework – called the Quadrants of Well-Being – is the key to what many people have been looking for when it comes to discovering their best life. Michelle has spent the majority of her career helping people make small changes that ultimately create the biggest shifts in their well-being. As a chiropractor, author, teacher, holistic healer, podcast host, unshakable optimist, international speaker, and passionate advocate for generational change, Michelle has left an impression on thousands of lives by helping them find their unique path to wellness and enriching their purpose in life. Learn more about Michelle on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Find out more about Your Wellness Connection on  LinkedIn and Facebook.   https://media.blubrry.com/the_hoffman_podcast/content.blubrry.com/the_hoffman_podcast/Liz_and_Michelle_Robin_Podcast.mp3 As mentioned in this episode: Crystal Jenkins: Michelle's partner is Crystal Jenkins, Hoffman teacher and coach. Crystal holds a B.S. in education and a Master's degree in counseling. She is trained in EMDR and the Enneagram and is a certified Daring WayTM facilitator. Read more about Crystal here. A Path to Personal Freedom & Love: Written by Bob Hoffman, this booklet offers substantial insight into the principles upon which The Hoffman Process is based. Read or download the booklet here. Chiropractic: In the chiropractic model, people are sick for three reasons: Thoughts, Trauma, and Toxins. Read more about these here. Dr. Richard Yennie: "In 1968, Dr. Yennie founded the Acupuncture Society of America, which was the first professional acupuncture association in the USA (NCCAOM was founded in 1982.) During the 1960s and 1970s, Dr. Yennie brought in the best teachers and healers from China, Japan, and Korea to teach acupuncture classes to healthcare professionals in the chiropractic, medical, osteopathic, and veterinary fields." - Miridiatech.com Chinese Medicine & Three Sources of Chi (or Qi): Original Lifestyle Chi, Soul Chi, and Chi from our parents. Learn more about Chi/Qi here. Qigong: "Qigong, pronounced “chi gong,” was developed in China thousands of years ago as part of traditional Chinese medicine. It involves using exercises to optimize energy within the body, mind, and spirit, with the goal of improving and maintaining health and well-being." - National Center for Complimentary and Integrative Health Feng Shui: "Feng shui, sometimes called Chinese geomancy, is an ancient Chinese traditional practice that claims to use energy forces to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment. The term feng shui means, literally, "wind-water"." Wikipedia

Today's guest is Dr. Chelsea Karwath, owner of Abide Functional Wellness. About Chelsea: I am a small town Midwest girl, born and raised in Troy, Missouri. My passion for health and wellness began as a teen, when I decided to dig for the root cause of my lifelong digestive issues. This time in my life caused me to develop a passion for health and wellness rooted in a holistic view of the body. I continued learning about natural physiology and its functioning the way God intended. I became determined to live a cleaner lifestyle, which led me to start making and selling my own clean beauty and personal products in high school. My desire to be a part of the holistic healthcare solution led me to pursue Chiropractic as a career. Throughout my time pursuing my doctorate and extracurricular training in acupuncture and functional medicine, I, like so many women feeling the pressure of high achievements, found myself suffering from chronic stress, adrenal insufficiency, hormone imbalance, hypothyroidism, and fatigue. I finished my academic career in, what I felt was a completely different body than what I began with, and this led me to truly focus in on my passion to help other women recover from burn out and honor their feminine physiology. I attended Williams Baptist University in Walnut Ridge, AR, before transferring to Logan University to complete both my Bachelor of Science degree in Life Sciences, and my Doctorate in Chiropractic. During my time at Logan University, I completed multiple additional hours of education outside of my Doctoral course work. I have completed training in Functional Medicine, Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sacro-Occipital Technique, Pregnancy & Pediatric Chiropractic Care, Webster Technique, and the McKenzie Technique for the Lumbar Spine. I opened my dream practice, Abide Functional Wellness, in June of 2022, where I serve clients in-person in Shawnee, KS, inside Your Wellness Connection, and also virtually. My incredibly supportive husband Graham, a college wrestling coach, and I currently live in Leawood, KS with our Dane-Shepherd mix, Gus, and enjoy traveling and visiting the amazing coffee shops and restaurant patios in the Kansas City area when it's not wrestling season! You can find Chelsea on instagram at: https://instagram.com/drchelseakarwath?igshid=MTA0ZTI1NzA= AND https://instagram.com/abidefunctionalwellness?igshid=MTA0ZTI1NzA= Or on her website at: https://www.drchelseakarwath.com/ You can find Cheska on instagram at: www.instagram.com/createdbycheska

“Lower back pain is not bad genetics or bad luck. A majority of the time it's just a mechanical issue.”   - Dr. Sean Cailteux  Between medications, surgeries, treatments, and missed work, lower back pain is costing people in the United States over 200 billion dollars per year. Even more, research shows that 4 out of 5 people will experience lower back pain at some point in their lives, and most of them either feel hopeless about it or unsure how to treat it. In today's episode, Dr. Sean Cailteux shares his story about how he found his calling in chiropractic medicine and how God played an integral role in getting him to this point in his life. Dr. Cailteux specializes in lower back pain, so he provides several methods that chiropractors can do to help people who experience it. He recommends what every good chiropractor should do when someone comes in with pain in the body as well as a few prevention tips. He also describes why decompression treatments and the Kinesio Taping Method are growing holistic treatments.  Later in the show, Dr. Michelle Robin welcomes Starla Bargmann from the YMCA of Greater Kansas City. Starla explains how their LIVESTRONG program is impacting our community who are currently fighting cancer or cancer survivors. The LIVESTRONG program helps them work on their physical and mental health by providing fitness activities and a community of others who are along a similar journey.    About Today's Guests:  Dr. Sean Cailteux specializes in lower back pain conditions and the care of extremities using Cox Flexion Distraction, Diversified, Activator, Spinal Decompression, Kinesio Taping Method, and Cold Laser therapy. He received his undergraduate from Washburn University in Exercise Physiology and Pre-Med. Graduating with Honors, Dr. Cailteux continued on to Parker University for a Doctorate in Chiropractic, Bachelor of Science in Human Anatomy, and a Bachelor of Science in Health and Wellness. Dr. Cailteux finished his time at Parker University Cum Laude and was awarded The Robert J. Czopoth Service and Leadership Award as well as Best Technique Award, awarded to one member of every graduating class. He grew up in St. Mary's, Kansas, and now calls Kansas City home, where he has been chiropractor at Your Wellness Connection for 12 years.  Starla Bargmann is the Healthy Living Director at the YMCA in the Greater Kansas City area. She joined the YMCA team in 2012 when she became a group exercise instructor, healthy living coach, personal trainer, and LIVESTRONG certified instructor. She is also a NETA certified personal trainer and a YUSA certified group exercise instructor. Starla has a Master's degree in teaching. Before the YMCA, Starla taught high school history for six years and preschool for two years. When she isn't working, she's gardening. She and her family have a mini farm where they raise chickens, sell eggs, and raise turkeys for Thanksgiving.  Mentioned in the Episode:  Cleveland Chiropractic School Chiropractic Experience Wellness Center in Lawrence Cleveland Clinic Research Small Changes Big Shifts Kansas City Wellness Consortium Network Spinal Hygiene Exercises from Dr. Sean – Download will begin immediately LIVESTRONG program at the YMCA in Greater Kansas City  

Dr. Chelsea is a doctor of chiropractic, certified acupuncturist, and functional medicine practitioner. She has extensive education and healthcare training in the alternative medicine field. She utilizes her training in chiropractic, functional medicine, and acupuncture to work alongside and serve her clients as they achieve their health and wellness goals while educating them on how to support their natural, God-given physiology. She is extremely passionate about supporting women throughout the challenges of hormonal imbalance, burn out, adrenal dysfunction, fertility struggles, pregnancy and postpartum health. Her practice, Abide Functional Wellness, is located inside Your Wellness Connection in Shawnee, KS, where she serves clients in-person and virtually! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/airriaunte-mercer/message

This week on the Radiate Wellness Podcast, we Radiate Ripples with Dr. Michelle Robin, a chiropractor who has been helping her clients create healthy habits, one small change at a time for over 30 years. Listen at radiatewellnesscommunity.com/podcast as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you subscribe! In addition to her chiropractic work, Dr. Robin is also an author, teacher, holistic healer, podcast host and CEO of Small Changes Big Shifts https://smallchangesbigshifts.com/ , a nonprofit that aims to simplify what it means to be well for people all over the world. Dr. Robin started out with a small chriopractic practice that employed just herself and and an assistant. She began connecting and partnering with healers, wellness practitioners, and teachers which eventually led her to build Your Wellness Connection. yourwellnessconnection.com After a while, she began to feel that something wasn't working for her internally, despite all of this success and meaningful connection around her. In search of help and healing, she found the Hoffman Process. In search of help and healing, she found the Hoffman Process, through which she learned that being well is not the absence of disease, but rather the flourishing of the whole being – mind, body and spirit. Follow this link www.drmichellerobin.com/rejuvenate to get started with Dr. Robin and create the life you deserve. Don't forget to like, share, and follow this podcast! Sounds simple, but it helps others find us and our amazing guests.

You cannot heal the body without first healing the heart. Dr. Michelle Robin, today's special guest on the Owning the Wait podcast, says healing your heart may look like letting go of a painful memory, healing a broken relationship, or releasing other emotions that keep you from discovering the best version of yourself. As a chiropractor, author, teacher, holistic healer, podcast host, unshakable optimist, international speaker, and founder of Your Wellness Connection, Small Changes Big Shifts®, and Big Shifts Foundation®, Dr. Robin has left an impression on thousands of lives by helping them find a way to live a vibrant, happy, and healthy life. For 30 years, she has guided people to create small changes that ultimately shift their habits and their life. On this episode, we are going to let Dr. Robin speak on something I am passion about: focusing on small changes that allow for big shifts!   To learn more about Dr. Robin and her programs, please visit SmallChangesBigShifts.com   Find me on IG @JillianTedesco and at jilliantedesco.co

Lauren Conaway talks with Dr. Michelle Robin, Chief Wellness Officer of Your Wellness Connection. They discuss how to fully address and realize integrated wellness from a mechanical, chemical, energetical, and spiritual level. This episode is sponsored by, Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Find Startup Hustle on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/startuphustlexyz/ Visit Our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Suggest a Guest: Learn more about: Your Wellness Connection https://www.yourwellnessconnection.com/ Link to Dr. Robin's ebook: https://www.smallchangesbigshifts.com/download/14033/ InnovateHerKC https://www.innovateherkc.com/     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host: In this Takeover episode, Dr. Anne Morgan of Thrive Once More is back to introduce you to an inspiring and fascinating woman.Guest: Dr. Michelle Robin is a chiropractor, author, teacher, holistic healer, podcast host, unshakable optimist, speaker, and the founder of Your Wellness Connection. She believes that we all deserve to live a vibrant, happy, and healthy life. For twenty-five years, she has helped people create small changes that ultimately shift their habits and their life.www.mantraspective.com @mantraspective on facebook, twitter, and instagram

What old hurt, relationships or experiences are you holding on to that are negatively impacting your life? It's time to clean out the closet! In this episode, chiropractor, author, podcaster and founder of Your Wellness Connection, Dr. Michelle Robin talks through her wellness journey and some techniques that can help you through yours. A bundle of positivity and joy, Dr. Robin has a knack for helping others smile. Our hope is that this episode produces as many of them for you as Dr. Robin did for host, Paul J Long throughout their interaction. Learn more about Dr. Michelle Robin by visiting here site https://www.drmichellerobin.com/ and check out her podcast at https://www.smallchangesbigshifts.com/podcast/Be sure to check out https://www.fundamism.com to learn more about FUN speaker and host, Paul J Long and grab your very own copy of his best-selling book, Fundamism: Connecting to Life Through F.U.N. book (now available on Audible). Follow us on IG at https://www.instagram.com/fundamismpaul/

I wanted to have a wellness expert on here this week to help us breathe, to help us focus on the things we can control during a time that seems OUT of control.  If you have felt frazzled and all the emotions these past weeks during the Covid-19 this podcast is for you. Dr. Michelle helps us focus on the non-negotiable things we can focus on. Sleeping, eating, breathing, gratitude.    Today I am talking with Dr. Michelle Robin, an international speaker, best-selling author, radio host, and practicing chiropractor. She is the founder of Your Wellness Connection, P.A., one of the nation’s most successful integrative healing centers focusing on disciplines such as chiropractic, Chinese medicine, massage therapy, energy medicine, counseling, nutritional and wellness coaching, and movement arts. She is the Chairman of the Board of Small Changes Big Shifts®, an organization that exists to empower people to whole health through balanced daily practices and wellness providers who guide them and founder of Big Shifts Foundation®. Dr. Robin also consults with businesses and non-profit organizations developing wellness programs based on her philosophy of the Quadrants of Wellbeing. She has spoken on improving individual wellbeing as well as creating a culture of wellness, to a wide variety of groups and organizations across North America.   She guides us in a breathing exercise that we can practice daily, and she helps us recenter and focus on the things that matter. She helps us get back into a rhythm when things seem so unorderly. One of my favorite things she says, “Rhythm builds Resilience”.    She asks us questions like, “Are you ok, today?” Helping us take one moment at a time.    Tune in today and go to our show notes for all the links to her FREE guides she is making available to us this week.    Thank you to our sponsor Project Helping for helping families serve others well. Check out their amazing Kind Kits to do with families here: https://kyndkit.com  and their services for businesses to get all their employees volunteering https://projecthelping.org   Family Coaching is happening. Teaching and topics to strengthen your family.    Sign up here: www.bestrongstory.com

Michelle Robin is a Chief Wellness Officer at Your Wellness Connection. Your Wellness Connection helps individuals, families and corporations connect with the innate ability to be well.   Questions discussed:   1) Why is sick care a booming business? 2) Why is wellness a trillion dollar industry but we are barely moving the wellness of our country? 3) What can my company do to help our employee's?   Contact info: Email: mrobin@yourwellnessconnection.com Website: yourwellnessconnection.com  Bonus Material: e-Factor Course    

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.  - Earl Nightingale Joining Dr. Michelle Robin on this week’s Small Changes Big Shifts podcast episode is Meredith Atwood who is an author, host of The Same 24 Hours Podcast, speaker, 4x IRONMAN triathlete, and coach. Her first book, Triathlon for the Every Woman: You Can Be a Triathlete. Yes. You. has reached must-read status for beginner triathletes and anyone needing to find their way off the couch.  After completing her first IRONMAN 70.3 triathlon as a normal, non-endurance-athlete-mom of two very young kiddos, Meredith set out to show women and men that they could do anything–in the body they have right now. Her approach and philosophy to fitness and training has been ground-breaking–making fitness (and even sport) approachable and achievable for “the every person.” Her new book, The Year of No Nonsense, is now available everywhere,including at our favorite books store in Kansas City, Rainy Day Books! Learn more about meeting Meredith Atwood at Your Wellness Connection during her book tour on February 27th here Join Meredith and Dr. Michelle as they discuss: Her wellness journey and what lead her to begin training for triathlons. How her family helped her realize that she needed to start showing up again for both them as well as for herself. The moment she realized that she was stuck in the past and how she turned that around through positive habit change. How even just glancing back at our past to make new connections between our childhood and our behaviors or coping mechanisms today can help us make big shifts. The importance of realizing that any trauma that happened to us in the past is not our fault but it is our responsibility to get past it and move forward. Understanding and accepting that there is absolutely nothing we can do to change the past and we only have now. Learn how you can adapt a ‘No Nonsense’ mindset by: Making a list of what is going well in your life and list of ‘Things that suck ass.’ Understanding that nonsense is subjective to every single person. Recognizing the nonsense in our lives and saying ‘no’ to it. Thriving in the present, identifying your problems, and utilizing Meredith’s Truth Onion Tool. Realizing that the truth about yourself can give you great freedom. Find out how you can go after the life you want by: First understanding what kind of life you want. Realizing your dreams and what gives you purpose each day. Understanding your work ethic and what kind of environment you thrive in. Identifying your individual hopes and dreams by looking back at what you liked to do during your childhood. Knowing that it’s never, ever too late to start working on yourself and creating the life you want. Guest Meredith Atwood Triathlete Author Mother Connect CLICK HERE to connect on Facebook CLICK HERE to connect on Twitter CLICK HERE to connect on Instagram CLICK HERE to connect on YouTube CLICK HERE to connect on Pinterest CLICK HERE to connect on LinkedIn  Mentioned In This Episode Meredith Atwood The Same 24 Hours Podcast Triathlon for the Every Woman: You Can Be a Triathlete. Yes. You by Meredith Atwood The Year of No Nonsense by Meredith Atwood Rainy Day Books Learn more about meeting Meredith Atwood at Your Wellness Connection during her book tour on February 27th here Small Changes Big Shifts Episode 233 - Laurie Gerber Handel Group® Life Coaching Lauren Handel Zander Britt Frank Byron Katie Small Changes Big Shifts Episode 185 - Jon Gordon One Word that Will Change Your Life by Jon Gordon Andy Potts

When you wake up each morning, dial-in. Ask yourself about how you slept last night, your energy level, how your skin looks, and how your stomach feels. We really have this amazing vehicle; the most phenomenal creation is the human body, mind, and spirit. If you don't know where to start, I'd encourage you to start with dialing in. - Dr. Michelle Robin What makes kindness so powerful that it can help unlock greater wellness for your soul, brain, and gut microbiome?   Get 15% off your CURED Nutrition order with the code WELLNESSFORCE   ---> Get The Morning 21 System: A simple and powerful 21 minute system designed to give you more energy to let go of old weight and live life well.   JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | *REVIEW THE PODCAST*   Wellness Force Radio Episode 318 Chiropractor, Founder of both Your Wellness Connection and the Big Shifts Foundation, host of the Small Changes Big Shifts Podcast, and author of many books including Wellness on a Shoestring: Seven Habits for a Healthy Life, Dr. Michelle Robin, shares why kindness is the secret ingredient to wellness, why trauma is gasoline for our genes, and how what our grandparents ate and thought impacts us today. 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Wake up feeling refreshed and ready to go!   Listen To Episode 318 As Dr. Michelle Robin Uncovers: 1:30 Habit Change for 2020: Small Changes Big Shifts Dr. Michelle Robin Small Changes Big Shifts Podcast Your Wellness Connection Big Shifts Foundation Why kindness is so healing not only for our emotional wellness but physical health as well. The Hoffman Process Leave Wellness Force a review and enter to win 90-day supply of Organifi Organifi The contrast between having kindness and being nice. Her bike accident and it led her to want to learn more about her genetics. (8:00) Dr. J Dunn The "kindness gene" that she has and how you can call more kindness into your own life. Why being a Wellness Warrior has nothing to do with being physically strong and everything to do with emotional resilience. (11:00) Power vs. Force by Dr. David R. Hawkins   12:00 Kindness Is Our Power Why traumas happen for us in order to let greater self-improvement take place. What emotional resilience means to her with the decades of work and training she has had as a chiropractor. How you can give to others from your 'extra' and overflow, not your core. Barnett Helzberg, Sr The importance of taking care of yourself first before you can give to others. Why no one ever goes it alone and we truly do need people to help us along our life journeys. Josh's struggle with his ego telling him that his kindness was his weakness when it's actually his power. (15:30) Why she asks people about the worst thing and the best thing that has ever happened in their lives when they come to her for help at Your Wellness Connection. How someone greatly impacted her when she was 15 and thus her passion is to help people under 30. (17:00) What The Hoffman Process is and how it saved her life, helped her love herself, and kept her from continuing her self-sabotage cycle. (20:00) Wendy Basch  Wellness on a Shoestring: Seven Habits for a Healthy Life   23:30 Breaking Poor Habits & Loving Ourselves Why we're afraid to do it but we all want to show our true, authentic selves that we love to the world. How you can help yourself and younger generations break the cycle of bad habits in order to heal the human spirit. The two chiropractors that impacted her when she was 15 years old by pouring themselves into her and believing in her ability to do anything she wanted to do. Powerful bonds she creates with each and every single patient to ensure that she is able to give them the best care possible. Organifi Red   30:00 Dialing In Moment To Moment Her spirituality and connection with God. (30:30) The 'angels' that showed her up in her life to teach her a lot of great lessons as she grew up and started her carer as a chiropractor. Work of the holy spirit that she witnesses every day in people and experiences. How planting seeds of hope, love, and happiness in other people is the work of the Divine. (32:00) What children can teach us all by how they lean into messages about life. How she outweighs the bad with the good in life through positive messages, connections, and taking care of herself. Dr. Joe Dispenza The differences between 'hope' and 'intelligent hope.' (34:50)   36:20 The Four Quadrants Of Wellbeing The Mechanical Quadrant: What it is, why it's so important, and how it can impact our wellbeing. Dr. Richard Yennie Dr. Heidi Haavik Dr. James Chestnut The impact of our nervous system's health on the rest of our body and mind's wellbeing. Why pain in the lower back can be an indication of our lack of intimacy and the inability to manifest intentions. Louise Hay Damon West Why we need to be more open about discussing sexual violence to help ourselves and other people move past their trauma. (41:00) The Chemical Quadrant's focus on supporting your immune health and paying close attention to what you're eating.   45:20 Dialing Into Our Wellness Every Day What actually starts to sabotage us when we focus on making these little changes: the lack of love we have for ourselves. (45:20) The power of starting to dialing into ourselves every day to give our mind, body, and spirit the best care possible. Her sexual orientation and how opinions of it in her industry have shifted over the years. The fact that we're wasting so much time thinking about other people's lives when it doesn't even matter for our own. If we don't make something a big deal like another person's different sexual orientation, then it won't be a big deal for other people. The Broth Pot Dr. Michelle's Inspiring Quotes Card Deck   53:30 The Secret Ingredient To Wellness: Kindness How to be a Go-Giver and show up for other people when they need it the most. The power of shifting your own state, healing, and raising your vibration by giving to others. Creating a ripple in your own community by spreading kindness to those who really need it. How to reach out and help someone who is having a hard time accepting acts of kindness. You Are What Your Grandparents Ate by Judith Finlayson What you can do now for your family's future by creating good habits around nutrition, mindfulness, and self-love. The powerful fact that as we evolve, we learn how to give greater love through kindness. Several things you can do today to begin making the world better for both you and everyone else around you. Why curiosity can help you lean towards greater wellness as well as compassion and understanding for other people. The Shift Experience How to begin a conversation with your family about their own health habits. Her goal to help more people have easy access to professionals who can help them with their whole-person health. 179 Josh Tickell M21   Power Quotes From The Show The Importance Of Helping Yourself First "When you think about being a force, a magnet, or this vitality, I want to help walk into the room and elevate the vibration. The only way that I can do that is if I invest in my own wellbeing first." - Dr. Michelle Robin   Loving Your Authentic Self "It's hard to be kind to people when you're not kind to yourself. If I can't do for others what I can't do for myself, then I'm a fraud. It's human nature to not want to be a fraud. We want to be able to show up and share our most authentic selves no matter what that looks like. Bring your quirky self; I don't care. We have to break that cycle of being just blatantly mean to one another so we can love ourselves first and then one another." - Dr. Michelle Robin   What It Means To Be Well "When your mind, body, and spirit don't get in your way of living life meaning you're not paralyzed in fear, you don't have a bellyache, headache, or back pain, that is how we know we are well. We are innately designed to be well and that is the divine in all of us." - Dr. Michelle Robin Links From Today's Show The Hoffman Process Leave Wellness Force a review and enter to win 90-day supply of Organifi Organifi Dr. J Dunn Power vs. Force by Dr. David R. Hawkins Barnett Helzberg, Sr Wendy Basch  Wellness on a Shoestring: Seven Habits for a Healthy Life Organifi Red Dr. Joe Dispenza Dr. Richard Yennie Dr. Heidi Haavik Dr. James Chestnut Louise Hay Damon West The Broth Pot Dr. Michelle's Inspiring Quotes Card Deck You Are What Your Grandparents Ate by Judith Finlayson 179 Josh Tickell M21 The Shift Experience Your Wellness Connection Facebook Twitter Big Shifts Foundation Facebook Small Changes Big Shifts Podcast Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Dr. Michelle Robin Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube LinkedIn   About Dr. Michelle Robin Dr. Michelle Robin is an international speaker, best-selling author, radio host, and practicing chiropractor. She is the founder of Your Wellness Connection, P.A., one of the nation’s most successful integrative healing centers focusing on disciplines such as chiropractic, Chinese medicine, massage therapy, energy medicine, counseling, nutritional and wellness coaching, and movement arts. She is the author of The E Factor: Engage, Energize, Enrich – 3 Steps to Vibrant Health, Wellness on a Shoestring: Seven Habits for a Healthy Life, as well as its companion curriculum, The Wellness on a Shoestring Program, Small Changes Big Shifts - Put The Odds In Your Favor, and co-author of Succeeding In Spite of Everything. Work With Dr. Michelle Robin Evangelizer of Quadrants of Wellbeing, which connect you to a simple framework of daily practices that put the odds in your favor to achieving whole health and your optimum potential. Dr. Robin also consults with businesses and non-profit organizations developing wellness programs. She has spoken on improving individual well-being as well as creating a culture of wellness, to a wide variety of groups and organizations such as: YMCA of Greater Kansas City, Young Presidents Organization (YPO), AMC Theaters, Working Mother Magazine’s Work Life Congress, Speaking of Women’s Health Conference, Vistage, Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program, University of Kansas, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Unity Church (throughout the U.S.), Go Red for Women, and many others.   About Small Changes Big Shifts Small Changes Big Shifts empowers people to whole health through balanced daily practices and wellness providers who guide them. The company educates our members who are consumers and professional providers, and offers programs and consulting services in whole-person health. We believe the shift to whole-person health starts with greater access to interdisciplinary wellness providers and consistent, daily practice through The Quadrants of Wellbeing. We want to disrupt the current healthcare paradigm by empowering consumers with practices that put the odds in their favor to be well and stay well. The Framework – Quadrants of Wellbeing Whole health comes from four components or “quadrants”: mechanical, chemical, energetic and psychospiritual. Being healthy and staying well for a lifetime takes more than being diligent in one area, it requires balance and harmony across all four. 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The most powerful words in the world are, ‘me too.’ - Anne Lamott on the positive impact of vulnerability How can we take back the power to fuel our mind, body, and spirit? This week, Dr. Michelle Robin is joined by mother of three, blogger, self-proclaimed lover of food, and Author of the best-selling book, Instant Loss Cookbook, and her latest, Instant Loss: Eat Real, Lose Weight, Brittany Williams. Brittany has a remarkable Small Changes Big Shifts story as she decided to take charge of her family’s health by removing processed snacks, takeout and high-calorie meals from her their menus. She replaced those foods with healthier meals she could make in her Instant Pot. She has since lost 125 lbs and has been featured in several media outlets including Good Morning America, The Today Show, US Weekly and more.  Click here to learn more about Brittany’s upcoming event at Your Wellness Connection with Rainy Day Books on December 12th! As you listen to this episode, Brittany shares: The moment she decided both herself and her family needed to take better care of their health. Her daughter’s autoimmune disease, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and the special diet she created to help reduce the symptoms. The diet her own parents followed at home and why they were eating so many processed foods without realizing the negative impact of them. How she is helping her family break the mold of poor nutrition by making small changes to her everyday life as an example for them. It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. - Frederick Douglass Find out more about Brittany and her family’s wellness journey as she and Dr. Michelle discuss: Her experience with body dysmorphia before and after she lost the 125 pounds from eating better. The positive impact a healthier diet has made on her daughter’s juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and is now on lower dosage of medicine. Common autoimmune diseases including her own thyroid disease, Hashimoto's. The responsibility we have to be the ones to change our health through better nutrition rather than rely on medication. Why going all out and cutting everything out instead of focusing on balance is not a helpful approach to lifestyle change. Discover the top 3 things a parent can do to help a child learn healthy habits: Get your children involved in the kitchen and grocery shopping. Continue to make their favorite dishes but prepare them in a healthier way. Don’t cut out everything and focus on balance. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. - William Arthur Ward

If you don’t heal the heart, you will never heal the body. - Dr. Michelle Robin In this special BONUS episode of Small Changes Big Shifts, we are joined by two of Resolve Counseling & Wellness Center Licensed Counselors in Kansas City, Allison Kidd, LMSW and Jessica Nickels how to live a healthy life by making small changes for big shifts but also two incredible upcoming events: Care4U2 and The SHIFT Experience. Care4U2 - October 25th  Click here to learn more about the Care4U2 Event The 3rd Annual Care4U2 is A self-care event for helping professionals that is happening on Friday, October 25th 2019 from 9:00 am - 3:30pm at the KU Edwards Campus. Helper: someone who spends their time and energy supporting someone else. (social workers, counselors, clergy, doctors, nurses, community health workers, aids, wellness professionals...) Is that you? This event if for you! This year’s CARE4U2 theme is Leave Feeling Better. Speakers will cover topics from body image, relationships, grief, communication, mindfulness and wellbeing. There will be local resources onsite with information booths. One of our vendors will have massage and acupuncture available! Resolve’s CARE4U2 event includes 4 CEUs, lunch and networking. The SHIFT Experience  Click here to learn more about The SHIFT Experience We believe that whole health wellbeing comes from four components or “quadrants”: Mechanical, Chemical, Energetic, Psycho-spiritual Being healthy and staying well for a lifetime takes more than being diligent in one area. It requires balance and harmony in all areas to create whole person health. Wellness empowerment through lifestyle behaviors means practicing balance and putting the odds in your favor through small changes that make big shifts in whole health outcomes. A team of Wellness Coaches, Chiropractors, Registered Nurses, and Mental Health professionals will help you understand the four Quadrants of Wellbeing and support you as you work towards you own personal small changes. The program is mentored by Dr. Michelle Robin and managed by Wendy Basch, RN. Sessions will be available at 4 locations in the Kansas City area (including Your Wellness Connection in Shawnee, KS) AND even in your community. Sign up today!  Mantra of the day: Stay cool, calm, and collected. About Today’s Guests: Allison Kidd and Jessica Nickels Allison Kidd  is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Master Addictions Counselor in the state of Kansas, a member of the National Association of Social Workers, and a Senior Level Clinician at Resolve. She specializes in working with teens and young adults, ages 13-25, who are experiencing depression and/or anxiety. Jessica Nickels is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in cognitive processing therapy and believes that the Psychospiritual Quadrant is vital for all of the Four Quadrants Of Wellbeing To work together. She helps her clients focus on a whole-health approach that helps them build build emotional intelligence, communication effectiveness, lifestyle modification and resiliency skills As you tune in, Dr. Michelle, Allison, and Jessica also discuss: Why it’s important to celebrate the small wins and examples of them such as scheduling a therapy appointment and showing up to it. How to build intrinsic motivation, confidence, and positive attitude with small changes. A good sleep routine for students and young adults should be following. What a brain dump practice is and how to apply it to your self-care routine. The benefits of being part of group work therapy rather than one-on-one. How to reconnect with yourself through self-care and self-love practices. There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in. -  Desmond Tutu

Michelle Robin grew up in Parsons, Kansas and after a basketball injury as a teenager, she went to the chiropractor and liked the way it made her feel and wanted to pursue the field. She is a wellness chiropractor, focusing on full body wellness and she owns a practice called Your Wellness Connection. She participates in one triathlon a year. Michelle hosts a podcast called “Small Changes, Big Shifts,” and wrote a book with the same title. She believes that making small changes is a mindset. Key words to use are simple and consistent, make life more simple, which leads to consistency day to day and puts the odds in your favor. Michelle began the Big Shifts Foundation. She’s teaming up with Win For Kc and creating an event called Shifts on September 14, 2019 at UMKC, an event for women and girls ages 12 and up to experience a full day of mindfulness, movement and nutrition.  Will launch a 180 degree experience for women and daughters or women and their mentees to connect soul to soul. Website: smallchangesbigshifts.com    

"If I can find love, kindness, and compassion for myself, then I can find it for my mother because everyone is just trying to do the very best that they can." - Crystal Jenkins Today on Small Changes Big Shifts, we are honoring mothers with Your Wellness Connection’s very own, Crystal Jenkins. Crystal is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor at Your Wellness Connection as well was a Director of Teacher Training at The Hoffman Institute. Mother’s Day can mean a lot of different things for everyone as each of us has a different relationship with our mothers. Today, we’re reminding you that even if that relationship is complicated, you can still love and appreciate your mother in your own way. So, not only are we honoring mothers today but also supporting those who may be struggling with the relationship they have with their mother, their role as a parent, or finding inner peace and self-love for themselves. As you listen, you will learn: How to transfer from the relationship you had with your parents as a child to the one you now have as an adult. How to give others more compassion by loving and “dating yourself” first. How you can be the best parent you can be by teaching your children how to love themselves and how to get back up with strength when they fall down by being an example for them. Why you emotionally and physically react the way you do as a response to daily interactions. How breathwork, meditation, and being present can help heal your aches and pains. Listen and find out how you can put yourself in your mother's own shoes to imagine what her own childhood was like including where she was living and who she was living with. This will help you to understand your mother's own struggles, self-beliefs, thoughts, and emotions and in turn, improve your relationship with each other. In this special episode, we also dive deep into how the Hoffman Institute can help you understand where you come from including which thoughts, habits, and behaviors have been passed down to you so that you may reset and recreate yourself through self-compassion and self-love by being more present with yourself. "We can't give away what we don’t have." - Wayne Dyer

Be grateful. Have faith. Live Oola. Those are the words of wisdom that the OolaGuys and Authors of Oolaand Oola for Women, Dave Braun and Troy Amdahl,of OolaLifeare spreading to the USA: That we must always be grateful; even be grateful for our past, have faith in the future, and live in the present. You will be able to learn more about their message and meet them in person at Your Wellness Connection is coming Thursday, April 11th from 6:00pm-7:30 pm for a book signing and sticker stop as part of their OolaLife Dream Tour! As you listen to Dr. Michelle’s interview with them, you will learn what the 7 F’s  | 7 Blockers | 7 Accelerators of the OolaLife are, what sparked them to do the OolaLife Dream Tour, how they’ve incorporated the OolaLife into their own lives, and what big shifts you can make with their 21 Day OolaLife Challenge. Turn small changes into big shifts with their 3 core steps to living an OolaLife by thinking about: Where you are today Where you want to go How you’re going to get there If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.- Zig Zaglar About OolaLife What is OolaLife all about? The OolaLife isn’t just a book series but a process of life. It allows you to take a day or two every day to step outside of your life and look at it give yourself an honest assessment with where you are with your life, career, family, friendships, and yourself. Once you have assessed that, you can think about where you want to go with your life and how you’re going to get there.  Listen and discover the deep truth that where you are now is simply just that and it doesn’t define who you are.  Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? - Mary Oliver

Dr. Michelle Robin is an international speaker, best-selling author, radio host, and practicing chiropractor. She is the founder of Your Wellness Connection, P.A., one of the nation’s most successful integrative healing centers. Dr. Robin also consults with businesses and non-profit organizations developing wellness programs. She has spoken on improving individual well-being as well as creating a culture of wellness to a wide variety of companies, organizations, and conferences across the US and Canada. Visit her website for more details at www.DrMichelleRobin.com.

Dr. Michelle Robin is an international speaker, best-selling author, radio host, and practicing chiropractor. She is the founder of Your Wellness Connection, P.A., one of the nation’s most successful integrative healing centers. Dr. Robin also consults with businesses and non-profit organizations developing wellness programs. She has spoken on improving individual well-being as well as creating […]

Join the conversation with Dr.Michelle Robin from Your Wellness Connection an accomplished author, wellness practice owner, speaker, and Podcast Producer. Dr. Robin teaches us about taking care of ourselves as a whole person. How do you listen to your soul & stay in The Zone?! Managing the quadrants of wellbeing: Mechanical, Chemical, Psychospiritual, & Energetic. The good that came out of the "Oh Sugar" moments. Visit Dr. Michelle Robin at Your Wellness Connection in Shawnee, Ks or on online at www.drmichellerobin.com. Thank you for listening to Learning to Leap. Follow Jill online for more support to possibly take the leap of your lifetime online at www.JillMinton.me & on Instagram: @jill_minton This podcast is sponsored by t.Loft! Check out our health cafes online at www.tloft.net, on Instagram @t_loft, or stop in and see us in the Kansas City area.

Dr. Robin is a chiropractor, author, teacher, holistic healer, podcast host, unshakable optimist, speaker and the founder of Your Wellness Connection. Every day she meets people who truly want to feel better. They want to enjoy their existence and not merely “make it through another day.” She believes that we all deserve to live a … 049: Taking care of your WHOLE body with Dr. Michelle Robin Read More »

Michelle Robin, chiropractor, author and founder of Your Wellness Connection, shares her insights on what works when it comes to wellness programs.

Live Happy CEO Deborah K. Heisz joins Dr. Michelle Robin to talk about the impact of small changes on your overall well-being. Michelle is an international speaker, best-selling author and founder of Your Wellness Connection, one of the nation’s most successful integrative healing centers.

Dr. Michelle Robin, who has been around wellness for nearly three decades, is an international speaker, best-selling author and practicing chiropractor. She is the founder of Your Wellness Connection, P.A., one of the nation’s most successful integrative healing centers focusing on disciplines such as chiropractic, Chinese medicine, massage therapy, energy medicine, counseling, nutritional and wellness coaching, and movement arts. She is the author of The E Factor: Engage, Energize, Enrich – 3 Steps to Vibrant Health, Wellness on a Shoestring: Seven Habits for a Healthy Life, as well as its companion curriculum, The Wellness on a Shoestring Program, and co-author of Succeeding In Spite of Everything.   Dr. Robin holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Washburn University and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Cleveland Chiropractic College.  She has received post-graduate education from a number of institutions, including Parker College of Chiropractic, Logan College of Chiropractic, Cleveland Chiropractic College and Northwestern Health Sciences University.   She is the founder of Your Wellness Connection which is a health and wellness center dedicated to helping their patients live a healthier life!  You can get her book here: http://amzn.to/1yQ7mYI   Thanks for listening! - David Benjamin HealthyWildAndFree.com