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Karen Kelsall, DC, CCSP®, has been practicing the healing art and science of chiropractic since 1997 from a stately Victorian set in the bustling commercial district of NW 23rd Avenue in Portland, Oregon. She discovered gymnastics at nine, and within three years had moved from her Surrey, BC, home to Eugene, Oregon, to hone her talent at the Olympic training center. Kelsall competed internationally for five years, culminating in the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics where she earned distinction as the Games youngest competitor. She climbed to tenth in world ranking in 1978. At her peak as she prepared for the 1980 Olympics, her Olympic career came to an end when her native country, Canada, boycotted the Moscow Olympics.

On Today’s Episode:

·        Karen Kelsall is an Olympic gymnast who competed in the 1876 Olympics in Montreal

·        Gymnastics has been a positive experience, opening many doors for the speaker

·        She was instilled an incredible work ethic and showed that if you set your mind to something, you can achieve it

·        Pursuing a career in modern dance in New York City

·        An injured shoulder made her pursue a career in chiropractic

·        The pressures of an Olympic athlete

·        Modern equipment is much better now with more safety

·         Her experience in gymnastics has helped treat injuries

Connect with Karen Kelsall at her:

Website: Kelsall Chiropractic Clinic

LinkedIn: Dr. Karen Kelsall

Facebook: Kelsall Chiropractic Clinic

Instagram: @kelsallchiropractic

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Guest Quotes:

“The one thing that I really like about being a chiropractor is it's a mix of science and art.” – Karen Kelsall

“If you set your mind to something, no matter what you have or don't have, you can actually do it. You just have to do it and proceed, just keep working at it and incremental steps sometimes need to happen. I use my gymnastics every day and I have a very positive memory of it because it did a lot for me.” – Karen Kelsall

On this episode, we welcome Melissa and Lacee, Lacee discovered kettlebell training in 2013; working with bells not only changed her body but her entire career trajectory. She now helps clients build strong bodies with kettlebells, barbells, and bodyweight training. Lacee is a graduate with honors from Portland State University, holding a BA in communication forms/Business Administration, and National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer. She is a StrongFirst Kettlebell Level 2 and Bodyweight Instructor and a current RKC Level 1 Kettlebell Instructor.

Melissa has a degree in dietetics and has been working as a personal trainer since college, Melissa has 15 years of fitness and nutrition experience. Since the birth of her sons in 2014 and 2018, her business shifted to working with prenatal and postnatal women seeking guidance in safe and effective ways to retain strength for the duration of pregnancy and recovery.

On Today’s Episode:

• Melissa and Lacee are introduced to the show!

• Lacee discovered kettlebell training in 2013 and now helps clients build strong bodies with kettlebells, barbells, and body-weight training

• Melissa has been working as a personal trainer for 15 years and specializes in prenatal and postnatal women seeking guidance in safe and effective ways to retrain strength for the duration of pregnancy and recovery

• Building businesses from the ground up, all referral based, and with a strong clientele

• Mentoring and learning from experienced trainers are key to success

• Personal connections to helping others feel good about their bodies and elevate them

• Applying traditional values that have led to a corporate job, but feeling stuck

• How they started building digital businesses before the pandemic for flexibility

• They found that kettlebells are most effective for clients

• How they funded themselves by teaching kettlebell basics during the pandemic

• They stress the value of consistency and repetition in a program

• They compare fitness goal setting to teaching a child to read with a progression

• Kettlebell training is functional and translates well into everyday life

• Group fitness can be unsustainable and frustrating for many people

• Bells Up TV focuses on building long-term habits and progress over time

• Fitness requires consistent effort and cannot be achieved with a quick fix or pill

• Video format provides encouragement, technique cues, and explanations

• Flexibility in training plans is important for managing stress and life demands

• Strength training is important for recovery and injury prevention

• Extreme exercise can come with a price and it’s important to find balance and listen to your body

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Guest Quotes:

“This is a journey, this is a process... It’s maintaining and giving you like the anti-aging answer. There is no pill, this is the pill, this is it! You actually have to do the thing.” – Melissa Paris

“I think it's an evolving science and I have learned so much over nine years working with general population. We could never have built a digital business without that experience of working with people.” – Lacee Lazoff

Monica Franke is an osteopath, counselor and movement specialist using PRI.She is also a self-published author of the books, BodySense and BodySense for Fitness and Health Professionals.Her vision is to enable a journey into health and fitness that creates and holds space for all aspects of the person - brain, body and heart - and allows both client and professional to leave each session in their fullest capacity.

After an intense childhood of moving across continents multiple times, losing her home country (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe) and a fragmented family structure, as well as traumatic experiences in childhood, Monica took a few years  - or decades - to sort through the effects. Experiencing very delayed-onset PTSD and severe anxiety after the birth of her son, Monica started doing the work to heal and integrate her feelings and experiences.Monica has always been drawn to movement, physical expression of capacity and the human spirit.

Monica practices therapeutic and complementary counselling using Transactional Analysis (TA), having gained her qualification over a number of years and over 600 teaching hours and 250 hours clinical experience. Monica talks about the main theories of TA, which make it so usable and accessible.

• Monica Franke’s background & movement around different countries throughout her upbringing
• How she got into osteopathy
• The “should’s” in your life
• Idea of “okayness”
• How she uses PRI with counseling in client sessions
• 10 week course she is offering!
• The language and framework she uses with her work with clients
• How Monica’s upbringing has brought her to study psychology

Body Sense Program- 10 week program 

Contact Monica

Youtube Movement Classes

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Chris Wark was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2003, at 26 years old. After surgery, he opted out of chemotherapy and used evidence-based nutrition and natural non-toxic therapies to heal. He began sharing his story in 2010 with a mission to inspire people to take control of their health and reverse disease by radically transforming their diet and lifestyle. Chris reaches millions of people per year as a blogger, podcaster, speaker and global health coach through his social media channels and his website chrisbeatcancer.com. His book Chris Beat Cancer: A Comprehensive Plan for Healing Naturally was published by Hay House on September 25th, 2018 and became a National Bestseller as ranked by USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly.


On This Episode:

• Diagnosed with stage three colon cancer
• Horrible industrial process in hospitals
• The huge disconnect between healthcare and healthy living
• Finding alternatives besides relying on pharmaceutical drugs
• Accepting responsibility for your problems
• What causes cancer?
  • Smoking
  • Obesity
• Changing food and lifestyle habits
• The rise of young adult cancers
• Overscreening and over-diagnoses problem with breast cancer, thyroid cancer and lung cancer
• Preventing colon cancer through early colonoscopy
• Having a beat cancer mindset
• Surviving and thriving
• Re-shaping your thoughts and behaviors
• Practice gratitude instead of getting upset or resentful
• Converting to a Raw Food Diet
• A little support goes a long way in the challenges in your life
• Chris Beat Cancer book discussion
• Holistic methods and Alternative therapies for healing
• Cancer can be prevented and healed with diet and lifestyle
• The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most powerful and they can influence everything
• Science-based medicine
• How drug companies are horrible corrupt for all of the drugs they produce
• The paradox of chemotherapy
• Personal empowerment to protect yourself from cancer
• Cancer patients are being manipulated out of fear
• Fear suppresses your immune system
• Recognizing the source of fear in your life and turning it off
• News media thrives on fear
• Face your fears and failures and to forgive everyone

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Chris Beat Cancer Amazon Book

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Ryan Blaser is a husband, father, and Idaho native with a passion for bridging the gap between environment and wellness.  This passion fueled his 25 year career as an Electrical Engineer specializing in health hazards of the environment. His experience includes a position as Electrical Engineer for the Department of Energy (nuclear division), Field Engineer for the Department of Environmental Quality, Master Acoustician and Commercial Audio/Video integrator, and Broadband RF installation.

On This Episode:

• How Ryan created his company
• Carly Loves Kale IG Story (Linked here is the highlight)

MOLD

• Ryan discusses the issue of mold, types of testing, & issues that people may have with mold illness.
• How different houses or climates may affect types of mold buildup in homes.

EMF

• Devices, scams or not?
• Eliminating EMF’s to see how much it affects our bodies aka Digital detox
• EMF Testers 

WATER

• Water in the public system
• Chlorine & other chemicals in water
• Testing water

AIR

• Gas leaking issues in homes
• Fresh air is needed in homes, open windows can make a big difference
• Testing CO2 in homes
• Endotoxins in air

Other Mentions:

• Personal care products, mattresses & VOC
• Steps to make your home healthier
• EWG website
• Test my home is in Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Texas & California
• How Ryan moves his brain & body
• Contact Ryan or Test My Home 

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Jordan has developed, synthesized and teaches the Adaptable Polarity Series. Formally trained as an architect, Jordan made a career change from the structure and flow of buildings to that of the human body. Jordan earned his licensure to touch through Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute where he began his teaching career under the study, tutelage and mentorship of John Harris, local legend to Santa Barbara and author of Fix Pain, as well as, one of Jordan’s all-time favorite instructors. He has since accumulated hundreds of hours of continuing education and pursued countless hours of personal study that ultimately led to the formation and continual adaptation of Adaptable Polarity. Everything has its place and space, and it is our duty as therapists to adapt to the client before us.

On This Episode:

• How Jordan started into this work
• John Harris- Fixed Pain
• From Architecture to Adaptable Polarity 
• Similarities/ Differences between architecture & movement studies
• "I believe everything humans touch is infused with the spiral" -from the movie Pi
• Sacred Geometry
• Fractal nature of existence
• Artificial light vs. Nature
• Bret Weinstein Hunter Gatherers Podcast
• Jordan Aesthetically Pleasing Instagram Page
• How Jordan makes his posts
• The concept of arches in buildings and in the body
• Highlighting on of Jordan's specific IG posts
• Sphenoid Bone
• Parallels of architecture and the human body 
• How our bodies are like a Jenga game!
• Trigger Point Therapy
• Meridians, facial Lines and the true existence of how it works
• The Spark In The Machine - Keown

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On Move Your Brain Move Your Body Episode 78, Aleena and Meghan discuss their thoughts on stretching. 

On This Episode:

• Our ideas of stretching 
• The nature of sports/activities like Gymnastics and yoga
• FRC & hypermobility
• Isometric hold
• "People tend to feel tight and it may make them feel the need to stretch"
• Olympic Weightlifting/ explosive sports and stretching
• Neurology and bodies that need stability
• Controlling and owning full range of motion
• Overall body tension
• Pelvis positioning and hamstring length
• How asymmetries contribute to positioning 
• Meditation
• Holistic approach 
• Get an assessment!

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On today's episode we have Hayley Kava! Hayley Kava PT, MPT, never wanted to be a pelvic floor physical therapist. She had been an athlete her whole life and thought she would work with athletes integrating postural restoration teachings her entire career. She then gave birth for the first time and realized that labor, birth and post- partum recovery was the most physically, and emotionally demanding thing she had ever done, and pelvic floors needed a lot more attention and support than they were getting. Her mission become sharing more information and spreading empowerment about how to address these common, but often taboo, issues. She created her business, social platforms and podcast in order to serve this mission to spread this information, to help ensure that no person feels alone is dealing with any pelvic floor problem.

On This Episode:

• About Hayley
• The eye opening experience of having a baby
• What is the Pelvic Floor?
• Understanding human asymmetry in regards to the pelvic floor
• The right obturator muscle
• Postural Restoration 
• Powerlifting/ Weightlifting / Athletics and the Pelvic Floor
• Periods as a fifth vital sign
• Understanding posterior and anterior outlet of the pelvic floor
• What Hayley does to move her brain & body

Hayley's Website

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Don't Beat Around The Bush Podcast

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On This Episode Meghan and Aleena ask each other questions and reflect on their 2021 year. They talk about lessons learned, goals and what they are looking forward to in 2022!

Thank you so much for sticking with us through 76 episodes!! More to come. We appreciate each and everyone of our listeners!!

-Aleena  & Meghan

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Alison Marras is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Cookbook author of The Paleo Gut Healing Cookbook, blogging over at the delicious gut-healthy food blog, FoodbyMars.com. Alison has experienced first-hand the healing power of food, using it to manage Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and PCOS. She believes your healing journey with real food can be a stress-free lifestyle filled with joy and flavor and her content is here to help! Follow Alison for more Paleo and AIP-friendly recipes, meal plans, community, and coaching services. 

On This Episode:

• Alison's background & why she became a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
• Gut Health 
• The Paleo Gut Healing Cookbook - your gut-reset guidebook! Inside 14-day meal plan, 75 delicious recipes, food lists, & gut-healing strategies.
• Obvious & not so obvious digestion/ detox signs
• Food sensitivities are a symptom
• Elimination diets vs true gut healing
• Gluten/ Diary/ Processed Food/ Refined Sugars
• How stress affects our gut!
• Fight/ Flight/ Freeze / Fawn Stages of Stress
• Importance of Sleep
• Infants & Children and Food
• Thyroid Strong Program by Emily Kiberd
• How Alison moves her brain & her body

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The Paleo Gut Healing Cookbook

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**The information on this podcast is intended to educate and inform. It is not meant to be a substitute of advice from your physician or medical provider.