Tag: motivation
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Podcast: Leadville 100 mile Trail Run from a Volunteer Perspective
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. What does a 100 mile grueling trail race have to do with wellness? Community, mindfulness, endurance, grace, grounding, connection with others, and connection with nature are just a few words that come to mind. I experienced them all on a volunteer level and the runners and crews experienced them…
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Podcast: Silver Rush 50 Mile Run Recap: How it improved my health.
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. The Silver Rush 50 Mile Trail race is in the books. Finish time 13:41:42 . Third place in the 60-69 age group category. It was definitely the hardest race I have done to date not only the distance but terrain and altitude. There are controversies around running ultra distances. …
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Podcast: Practice Choosing Hard Things
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. We have so many nutritional options and things to choose leading to confusion and indecision. There is more dietary advise advertised than just about anything else. Eating is glamorous, social, and is portrayed as having a large role in our overall happiness. Admitting that our food choices play a…
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Podcast: Atrial Fibrillation and Plant Based Nutrition
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common arrhythmias that people develop. It can require hospitalization as well as long term medications that can have side effects. I am often asked whether a plant based diet can prevent or reverse such arrhythmias. The answer is possibly yes. Yes, if…
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Podcast: Osteoporosis and Plant Based Nutrition
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. Osteoporosis is a diagnosis that is said to just happen. You wake up one day and get the diagnosis. Sometimes people fall first, but largely the diagnosis is made by a DEXA scan. So now what do you do? Medication ? Supplements? I have a better solution. Prevention and…
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Podcast: Treasure Coast Marathon Interviews
Welcome! and thank you for listening. This episode features four runners that are members of our wellness practice that have taken control of their own health and stepped into an endurance training regimen culminating in finishing the Treasure Coast half and whole marathons. We often hear people say, “when I get healthy, I’m going to…
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Podcast: CIM Marathon Mediocracies
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. I completed the California International Marathon for the 5th time this past weekend. It was not my worst time or my best time. Marathons are a lot like life. I seem to learn more when things don’t go as well as I would like than if they go smooth. …
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Podcast: Health For The Holidays
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. The holiday season is upon us. Many of us have traditions that involve high calorie meals. It is easy and very common this time of year to just chuck our nutrition and “enjoy” the holidays. This comes at the expense of weight gain and worsening of lifestyle diseases. Don’t…
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Podcast: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor: Whole Brain Living
Welcome and thank you for listening! Today I am honored to have Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor on the show. She is the author of two incredible books. The first is her chronicle and inside look as a neuroscientist on her own hemorrhagic stroke at age 37 entitled, My Stroke of Insight. The second is her…