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Sarah Wirth has had a strange path because she is a lawyer by training but does not practice. But her life's passion became studying leaders. She has been studying what makes a great leader. What they do with their teams to make them more effective, the best practices they employ to help their team members excel and succeed in their work. And she is sharing some of that knowledge with us here today.   Getting promoted for being a good individual performer does not translate into being a good leader. Plus, you need to learn new skill sets to be an effective leader.   Dealing with the uncertainty in the world right now with the global Coronavirus pandemic that is affecting all industries worldwide, there are ways in which leaders can tap into empathy. Specifically for women, to lead teams both at home and in the work force.   At Ecsell Institute they refer to leadership in terms of coaching, because a coach is not just going to make sure you're going to get your work down. A coach is there to manage people as a person and not just as an employee to motivate   Sarah breaks down coaching into 3 key principals : 1- Building good relationships 2- Establishing order, so they know what they're supposed to be accomplishing. 3- Putting people in complexity so they feel challenged to grown and achieve a higher level.   Sarah and Jennifer go further into unpacking what makes a great leader and how that can come into play in a transitioning timeframe when we might quite possibly never go back to normal business as we once knew it.   Listen in to get some great tips, where leaders can take action, how to tap into empathy and giving their team a sense of control in these days of uncertainty.   EcSell Institute Website: https://www.ecsellinstitute.com/ Sarah's book, The Coaching Effect: https://www.ecsellinstitute.com/the-coaching-effect-book

www.UnLockYouToday.com   In this episode I'm talking about how we're going to make 2020 our Best Decade EVER!!   I'm giving you the tools to UnLOCK a Life to Love!   I understand the internal work of UnLOCKing yourself through healing the past, removing limiting beliefs, clearing space for dreams and getting your vibration to become an energetic match for what you want.   I also understand the external work and practical steps it takes to step into abundance and create an EPIC life:   Exceptional Body & Health Passion, Love and Soulmate Connection with Your One-and-Only Inspiration & Daily Joy Cash Money for Your Heart-Centered Purpose   With this in mind, I invite you a FREE 10, day Facebook Live Extravaganza Experience with live videos, inner-work and a ton of UnLOCKing the blocks and chains that keep holding you back from having all of your desires, all of the time!   Join me for tips, tricks, tools, strategy, healing and fresh perspective around really making this your EPIC DECADE as you UnLOCK a Life to Love!   www.UnLockYouToday.com

Happy New Year! Happy New Decade!   Reviewing 3 tips to begin practicing now at the beginning of the year is beginning to get us on the right track to achieve extraordinary success this year!!   Here's a hint: They are the 3 laws of the mind.   These can be a game changer if you embrace them and work with them.

Finding a sense of renewal during the holidays. Stepping into 2020, unlocking our best selves.   Take a moment this Christmas season and ask yourself, "How is Christmas going to change me this year?"   Be aware this holiday season and soak in the spirit and that moment that creates change in you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Here's to 2020!!   WWW.FSLMODERN.COM

Finding a sense of renewal during the holidays. Stepping into 2020, unlocking our best selves.   Take a moment this Christmas season and ask yourself, "How is Christmas going to change me this year?"   Be aware this holiday season and soak in the spirit and that moment that creates change in you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Here's to 2020!!   WWW.FSLMODERN.COM

In today's episode we are chatting with Larry Sternberg about working through change on a team, great advice for up and coming leaders and managing difficult conversations. The rate of change at which we are all moving today, is the slowest it will ever be. Change is happening at faster rates daily, so we need to embrace change with flexibility and mindfulness. Larry's Book: Managing to Make a Difference https://amzn.to/2s032MC Recommended Book: Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being   https://amzn.to/35xrgwj   Find Larry Sternberg at 402-613-0130 (call or text) and at lsternberg@talentplus.com. www.talentplus.com

Having gratitude has been proven to create amazing effects in our lives. Practicing gratitude regularly can create lasting effects and raises our vibe. But, what are we really grateful for? When we say "I'm grateful for my husband", think of why that is. The habit of gratitude is where the benefits really start to shine. Let's use this week's Thanksgiving holiday to start to challenge ourselves and practice gratitude daily. Join our 60 day challenge starting 12/1/19 over at FSLModern Community on Facebook. Download our Meditation Series at www.UnlockYourMovie.com.

How do we elevate out of overwhelm?   Everyone is busy in America. We get really busy during this holiday season and we move into a sense of overwhelm. And towards the end of the year, we want to get our goals for the year accomplished.   Today's show is about meditation. Whether you're a seasoned meditator or you're just starting out, this story will serve you well today. Meditations helps us live on "island time" and help us destress. There are many types of meditations. Pick a type that works best for you.   Take a listen and let me know what you think.   Make sure to download a series of meditations at www.UnlockYouMovie.com

This week on Finding Success in Life for the Modern Woman, we are interviewing Menno Henselmans. We are talking all things weightlifting and nutrition for women. He’s super geeky (in a great way ;-)) and uses only evidence based data to backup his training and nutrition protocols for weightlifting, healthy eating plans, losing weight and burning belly fat.   www.UnlockYouMovie.com www.FSLModern.com

Talking about MANIFESTATION.   The Law of the Mind states that everything you experience in life is done in pictures and words.   When you feel it in your body it becomes a reality. What we most are missing when trying to manifest is faith.   In today's episode I'm taking you through an exercise to very quickly prove this phenomenon. It is quite amazing and you will want to tune in to try this.   www.FSLModern.com

Talking about relationships today. Relationships are a hot button for women. Whether it's with our partner, kids, girlfriends, coworkers…What can we do about having better relationships?   Here's a key tip: INVITE CHOICE. instead of expecting something from people, we have to invite choice back. Maybe making the choice of holding our tongue and keeping our side of the street clean.   Listen in to hear more about this tip and my recent experience with it. Visit us at www.fslmodern.com

FSLModern is back! We have amazing interviews lined up and and we're launching today with Dr. Mike T Nelson. We're talking all things body composition, healthy living and demistyfing trends.   About Dr. Mike T Nelson: Dr. Mike T. Nelson has spent 18 years of his life learning how the human body works, specifically focusing on how to properly condition it to burn fat and become stronger, more flexible, and healthier. He’s has a PhD in Exercise Physiology, a BA in Natural Science, and an MS in Biomechanics. He’s an adjunct professor and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine. He’s been called in to share his techniques with top government agencies. The techniques he’s developed, and the results Mike gets for his clients have been featured in international magazines, in scientific publications, and on websites across the globe.  You can Dr. Mike T Nelson at: https://miketnelson.com/ fslmodern.com

FSLModern is back! We have amazing interviews lined up and and we're launching today with Dr. Mike T Nelson. We're talking all things body composition, healthy living and demistyfing trends.   About Dr. Mike T Nelson: Dr. Mike T. Nelson has spent 18 years of his life learning how the human body works, specifically focusing on how to properly condition it to burn fat and become stronger, more flexible, and healthier. He’s has a PhD in Exercise Physiology, a BA in Natural Science, and an MS in Biomechanics. He’s an adjunct professor and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine. He’s been called in to share his techniques with top government agencies. The techniques he’s developed, and the results Mike gets for his clients have been featured in international magazines, in scientific publications, and on websites across the globe.  You can Dr. Mike T Nelson at: https://miketnelson.com/ fslmodern.com

By accident, Chris Holder blended QiGong and Chinese medicine and realized that it has a great amount of efficacy for very ill people. Chris started exploring the possibility of using the same protocol for athletes at Cal Poly Pomona University, San Luis Obispo who might just need a “tune up”, and they saw great results. They started to see athletes getting stronger and faster. Bring inflammation down. Clearing their mind. Sleeping better. Having a peace of mind, and being prepared to perform. Qigong is still fairly taboo, so other universities are not picking up on it yet, and seeking Chris to expand his program into other universities.   What is Qigong? Traditional Chinese medicine revolves around 4 main pillars: Qigong Acupuncture Herbs Massage   Qigong is the mother of acupuncture. Everything that goes on in acupuncture (meridians, vibrating energy, movement, chi movement, breath, etc.), happens in Qigong but without the needles. It helps you move through the energy through a series of physical exercises and breathing control. You learn to control your energy. It does a woo-woo feel to it, and most of the information you find on it online has cosmic type costumes and backgrounds. Chris’ goal is to normalize it as much as possible, it doesn’t have to have that “weird” look and make it look as comfortable as possible. When you take your first breath as a newborn, and you take in the energy of the room with that. So your line beings to move around. When it moves too far to the side, that’s when you see illnesses. Qigong helps realign that line down the middle of the body, and this is where people will feel their best.       Who are you treating with Qigong? Chris does no advertising or marketing. He became a Taoist priest and sent it out to the divine that he is here to help those that need and want to be helped. He sees a lot of people who are getting their funeral arrangements together. People who are dying of cancer and other types of diseases. For a period of time, all he would see is women who had been abused. It’s the Universe responding. He sees people who usually cannot get a solution through Western processes. Chris shares amazing stories of how Qigong has changed and saved many lives.   A very interesting episode!   FSLModern is now sponsored by Marriage OS. They help business owners and executives just like you reignite or save their marriages and unlock with their partner the unbreakable bond of unconditional love and passionate connection so that together they discover the secret of their limitless potential, soar above challenges and find EPIC HAPPINESS. They’re offering a COMPLIMENTARY Breakthrough Sessions to all FSLers. Click HERE to book your Breakthrough Session today!   15 Day Fat Loss Kick Start Ebook Download your FREE copy here!! DOWNLOAD!   We respect your privacy- We will not rent, spam or sell your email. About Chris Holder: Chris Holder is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Cal Poly Athletics in beautiful San Luis Obispo, California. Along with being a coach, Chris is also a doctor of Medical Qigong. Throughout his career, Chris has blended the western strength training philosophies with eastern medical and spiritual practices to provide the most complete system possible to develop the student-athlete. With over 550 male and female competitive athletes under his supervision, Chris has conducted two ground breaking research studies involving the influence of regular exposures to Qigong and performance. Both are currently in the publication process. Along with being a full-time strength coach, Chris has a small practice in the town where he see’s a wide variety of patients. Many of his patients are in the final stages of an illness and are reaching to something out of the western mainstream for healing. Along with in-person sessions, Chris specializes in remote work, having a client list located in an array of places, all over the world. Links and Resources Chris’ recommended book: The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering Challenges of Women, Work and Sexual Desire by David Deida. This is great for men AND women. Digital Resource: Robb Wolf’s Keto Master Class, it’s online. Chris’ recommended digital resource: Rob Wolf’s Keto Master Class Online. If you missed it, listen in on last week’s podcast episode: Never Give Up…Not Just an Empty Line. It’s REAL. Hear One Woman’s Amazong Journey, #84 Join our private FSL Modern Community on FB.

One woman's amazing story through the struggles of becoming a mother and how the very same struggles shaped her positive outlook on life. Shelley is married to her high school sweetheart. They started dating at the age of 16, at which age she also learned she couldn't carry her own children, due to a unique genetic condition. It was devastating but also was not the worst news at that age when other girls her age were having abortions. Somewhere in her 20s, it really hit her, because she decided she really wanted to be a mother. Finally, in their 30s, they had a surrogate lined up. So she had the oven ready and just needed the bun to put in it. She never imagined that the real struggle would be getting the bun vs. the oven. This is where her IVF story begins and where she related to so many women who's IVF process was not successful. She shares her loss with their first try with the surrogate and all the other circumstances around that time period, from losing her dogs to a home purchase falling through. All the chaos kept her and her husband together and getting through all the losses. Today, her and her husband share an amazingly strong bond. Shelley, unabashedly, shares the struggles in her relationship having gotten married at the age of 21, their struggles, their losses, their growing up and the lessons they learned along the way that kept them together for two decades. The one thing that Shelley has learned through this all: Gratitude- the gratitude journey is the way to reduce the static in life. It's a unique space that has enabled her to live in today, with a gratitude for today. Your future will thank you for your gratitude today. Meditation is a huge key to practicing gratitude because of what it does to your awareness. Shelley considers meditation the most critical habit she has developed. Before your feet hit the ground, tell yourself that something wonderful is going to happen today. Spend the whole day looking for that awesome. Challenge your partner, husband or friend to do the same. The 4 Habits Shelley Has Developed to Ensure Her Health Habit: Walk everyday Loads of daily gratitude Drink enough water Take deep breaths   FSLModern is now sponsored by Marriage OS. They help business owners and executives just like you reignite or save their marriages and unlock with their partner the unbreakable bond of unconditional love and passionate connection so that together they discover the secret of their limitless potential, soar above challenges and find EPIC HAPPINESS. They're offering a COMPLIMENTARY Breakthrough Session to all FSLers. Click HERE to book your Breakthrough Session today!   [et_bloom_inline optin_id=optin_4] About Shelley Knick: Shelley Knick, RN, BSN, CPHRM is an RN of 18 years, just turned 40, about to celebrate her 19 year anniversary to her high school sweetheart. In career, she works as a Risk Manager for a healthcare system. She also has a rich background in critical care nursing operations, health and wellness promotion, and expertise in case investigation of high liability adverse events in healthcare. She has straddled both employment to a corporate healthcare system and entrepreneurship as a consultant and wellness ambassador for the past nine years. In her healthcare experience, she has had the good fortune to pilot multiple new roles within the hospital and remodel one very significant role in service to the patients, nurses, and leadership. She finds great purpose in serving the hospital nurses who thrive on being heroes within the hospital community.  In life, she is a diverse athlete and nutrition hobbiest who is obsessed with the microbiome and all types of hacks that help us avoid being a customer of the reactive healthcare system. After years of research and study, she has most recently become an wellness Ambassador for a supplement company, Plexus, which offers a streamlined, easy to follow, supplement system for nurturing the gut microbiome that produces incredible results.  She is an Ohio native, a former Maui resident, and currently a Washington state resident where she and her husband incorporate a whole living lifestyle to balance the modern stress and pressures of career and entrepreneurship life. Best of all, she is married to her best friend for the past 19 years who was her high school boyfriend when she first found out she couldn’t carry a baby due to MRKH. Over the years, they have faced the ups and downs of pursing parenthood facing a number of heart wrenching attempts to have their own baby and the twists and turns of that journey. They still remain hopeful for their future. Meanwhile, they enjoy a faith based lifestyle, travel, two stinky dogs, 14 chickens, relationships all over the world, good wine, and their loving family while they re-invent themselves with every obstacle out of a spirit of sheer grit. Links and Resources Shelley's recommended books: Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distractions, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long by David Rock Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Shelley's recommended digital resource: her smartphone. There are so many apps to help in every aspect of life!  If you missed it, listen in on last week's podcast episode: The "Force" is Already with YOU. Start Realizing EPIC in Your Life Today with the Power of Intention To start and build your meditation practice, listen to this podcast episode. And to get you started here is a guided meditation created specifically for FSL on Setting Goals and Achieving Success by Michelle Chalfant. Join our private FSL Modern Community on FB.

Lynne McTaggart discusses with us the miraculous healing effects of small groups with us and how we too can achieve this from home. Award-winning journalist and international bestselling author, Lynne McTaggart plans scientific study of the power of group intention, accidentally discovers the miraculous rebound healing power of focusing on others rather than on yourself. From causing seeds to grow faster, to reducing the effects of PTSD in people. She has done numerous studies and experiments of groups of people gathered to think about the same intention and focus for about 10 minutes at the same exact time, even when these people were in different parts of the world, and has witnessed and discovered that the power of intention works. Powering Up is the program she developed for group intentions. It is mind-blowing that this works, but it’s not the big story. Lynne is now running huge experiments with big world issues, like violent crime in certain areas of the U.S. and peace in Jerusalem, and is seeing great results, by having groups of people focus on thinking of those areas and what the outcome they want to see. They have not only seen great results for the area and intent in which they were focusing, but also in the participants that are doing the focusing and intention. Participants reported their lives and relationships were improving after their participation. The beauty of these intention group is that it doesn’t matter the size of the group. They have seen results with 7 people in the same room and with thousands of people worldwide, and it works virutally too! Her book The Power of 8 is all about harnessing the miraculous energies of a small group to heal others, your life and the world. She talks about the positive effects that doing a good deed has on ourselves like improving our nervous system. This is truly a fascinating episode to listen to.   FSLModern is now sponsored by Marriage OS. They help business owners and executives just like you reignite or save their marriages and unlock with their partner the unbreakable bond of unconditional love and passionate connection so that together they discover the secret of their limitless potential, soar above challenges and find EPIC HAPPINESS. They’re offering a COMPLIMENTARY Breakthrough Session to all FSLers. Click HERE to book your Breakthrough Session today!   15 Day Fat Loss Kick Start Ebook Download your FREE copy here!! DOWNLOAD!   We respect your privacy- We will not rent, spam or sell your email. About Lynne McTaggart: Lynne McTaggart is one of the central voices in the new consciousness movement. She is the award-winning author of seven books including worldwide bestsellers, “The Field,” “The Intention Experiment,” “The Bond” and her latest book “The Power of Eight.” She also serves as Editorial Director of What Doctors Don’t Tell You (www.WDDTY.com), one of the world’s most highly praised health publications. Lynne and her husband, WDDTY co-founder Bryan Hubbard, live and work in London, UK. For more information, visit www.LynneMcTaggart.com. Links and Resources She has a teleseminar called Become a Better Healer with the Power of Eight coming in June for healers and practitioners of all varieties. To find a group in your area and form a virtual group of 8 go to  www.lynnemctaggart.com/form Find her on Facebook and Instagram.  If you missed it, listen in on last week’s podcast episode: How to Love Mondays…Secrets to Leadership that Will Leave You Loving Every Day. Join our private FSL Modern Community on FB.

In this episode, we discussed what it takes to be a leadership expert. What it takes to excel in this world, of all different types of people, perspectives, opportunities and agendas. David Cottrell, an expert in leadership is guiding us through this process. For anyone interested in developing leadership skills, getting ahead of the crowd and a great tip for recent graduates. A must listen! We are in our 3rd year at FSL, and our most sincerest THANK YOU to all you, our dear audience and our guests!! We are taking a little shift in the podcast format. We will be focusing more on how we become a complete woman, diving further into the "life" and "success" part of Food, Success and Life for the Modern Woman.   FSLModern is now sponsored by Marriage OS. They help business owners and executives just like you reignite or save their marriages and unlock with their partner the unbreakable bond of unconditional love and passionate connection so that together they discover the secret of their limitless potential, soar above challenges and find EPIC HAPPINESS. They're offering a COMPLIMENTARY Breakthrough Session to all FSLers. Click HERE to book your Breakthrough Session today!   And now….our guest David Cottrell.   What makes a great leader? The million dollar question!! There are a lot of factors. Surround yourself with good people. You're only as good as the people you have working with you. Once you have the team that will help where you want to get…you need… Clarity- Sometimes people are really good at getting to the wrong place because they don't know where they're trying to get. This can be developed with your own people. Communication- Being able to deliver with clarity what you're trying to accomplish and have everyone understand why it's important. Empower others- Allow your people to do their job, allow them to lead where they are. If you don't allow them to, you're stifling your opportunity for better results.   What hacks do you have to help overstressed leaders? It is always changing and evolving. The difficult part for people today because of the vast amount of information that is hitting us today, is discerning was is true and was is fiction. What is the truth of what we have to deal with? Determine that vs. what is a perceived truth of what we think we need to be taking care of. This is where clarity comes in. What is really important and how should I spend my time? There will still be conflict and things we do not have the time to do. But once we are clear on the truth of what must be done and not just to try to please everyone, we will actually be more fulfilled.   What Are Some Tips to Reach Clarity and Determine What is Important? People make assumptions without asking questions. If we as leaders in any company communicate better, be direct, we will have a shortcut to reach clarity. You have to leave the feelings of inadequacy or feeling like we will be reprimanded for asking questions so we can reach the goal quicker. Everyone is trying to reach a goal, so let's start asking the questions that feel uncomfortable. People's time is valuable and the more we can respect that by asking direct questions, the better it's going to be for all parties involved and we can manage everything better.   A Tip for People in New Roles at Work. If you're just accepting a new position, the worst thing you can do is go in and change things because you don't have the right perspective yet on what the culture is. For anyone who is taking on a new role, it is best to do nothing, look, ask evaluate. Find out why things are done the way they are. It might not be a good reason, but there's a reason. Do this before any changes are made. First, develop trust with your people, get them involved, then make changes. You need trust to develop people, which you will need to make changes. Don't just tell people what to do, when they're involved they feel like they're accomplishing something as well.   What to do to Surround Yourself with the Right People? Most people are promoted to a position because they were good at their position, not necessarily because they have the right skills for that position. The first thing that promoted person learns is that not everyone cares as much as they do for the end goal and that no everyone is really skilled to be where they're at. Before you actually hire someone for a position, do the following: Find at least 3 people who are qualified for that position- a lot of people don't want to do this because it takes time. What it means is that if you hired just one of these people, the job would get done. Get help from HR if you have to do perform good interviews. Interview them 3 different times- if you're going to have someone working for you from 8 to 5, you need to know as much as you can about those people. Once in the morning, noon and after work on different days, so you can get as much information as you can from them. When they're in interviewing with you, they're all smiles. You have to understand you're going to lose some of that enthusiasm. So if you're stretching it to get them to fit that position, you're going to lose some of that and it's going to be worse. Get at least 3 other people to interview with you. Get some people on your team. One of the things that will make a valuable team, is that there needs to be a fit with what you currently have. Get the superstars on your team, so they also have some skin in the game, and they will help the chosen person be successful too. Mistakes will still be made, but if you do the above, you'll have a lot better chance of getting the right people on your team. Such great tips!!! This is really profound!! First answer, what is the one thing that your team can bring to the table? When something from outside the box comes in, you can evaluate if this is something you should be working on and spending time on. You are there to accomplish that main thing. So many great nuggets of information and tips to being a great leader, forming a great team, gaining clarity and communicate! A must listen!! And can you really develop that trust and relationship via email? No, really?   Take a listen and give us your thoughts in the comments.    The 3 Habits David Developed to Lead Teams Successfully Stay in the Game Continue to Grow- read 1 book a month to stand out from the crowd. Don't lose your faith

Todd White started biohacking a few years back to eat better and become healthier. He quickly discovered that he could no longer enjoy his wine without feeling sick and getting drunk easily, or have it affect his body negatively (living just outside Napa Valley mind you!!!) He realized that the same mass manufacturing that is happening to food….is happening to WINE!!!! And it's a very well-kept secret that wine is not being grown in vineyards in chateaus in France…but being mass manufactured with all kinds of dark, dirty secrets. Check out this article Are Wines Toxic? to learn more about it. There are very few natural wine makers in the world. If we're going to be life-long wine drinkers, we have to be careful about how much we drink and what we drink. Most of us don't sit down and have ONE glass of wine, or one margarita….we have several. So Dry Farm Wines begins with a lower alcohol product, so we are able to have more servings. They don't have wines over 12.5%. Standards on the shelf contain over 14% alcohol and contain sugars and other additives. There are 76 additives approved by the FDA to be used in wines across the United States. They spend tens of millions of dollars to keep labels off of wines and keep this all a secret. Dry Farm Wines procures wines from small vineyards in Europe. No wines in the US meet Dry Farm Wines criteria. Dry Farm Wines are pure artisanal, and deliciously clean: Sugar free Low sulfites Low alcohol Mycotoxin/Mold-Free No additives Dry-Farmed Organic and biodynamic Old Vines Hand harvested Wild Native Yeast Small productions Gluten-free Paleo-friendly Keto-friendly Low carb-friendly Mouthwateringly delicious If you're paleo or keto or following a diet protocol, commercial wines will not meet your requirements. No more hangovers and no more headaches with Dry Farm Wines!!! Dry Farm Wines has very generously offered all our listeners a bottle of wine for a penny!!   Todd's 3 Habits to Ensure His Health: Meditation Ketogenic diet Intermittent Fasting

Today’s episode is a RELAUCNH of one of our favorite episodes of Food, Success & Life for the Modern Woman. We welcome Dr. William Davis to talk about why we’re seeing so many everyday diseases and conditions, how grains have changed from what they were only decades ago, how these are contributing to our health (or lack thereof), and how to regain control of our health. Dr. Davis is author of the book Undoctored: Why Health Care Has Failed You And How You Can Become Smarter Than Your Doctor. Undoctored seeks to set you free from the predatory practices of the healthcare industry by helping you achieve ideal health, weight, and day-to-day functioning. Americans face daily struggles with ballooning costs, unsatisfactory outcomes, and over-whelming frustration with the U.S. healthcare system which aims to address illness but rarely accomplishes real health. Instead, we have a healthcare system that promotes a vicious cycle of illness followed by unnecessary medical procedures, expensive and counterproductive drugs, and disastrous health outcomes. We’re often told that we need grains to be healthy. This is nonsense. Grains actually cause a number of nutritional deficiencies. The most common everyday diseases like migraine, IBS, rheumatoid arthritis, plantar fasciitis, diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, etc, go away when following Dr. Davis’ 6 step plan that you can do without your doctor. When dealing with our body, our health wellness and our illnesses, we are the most educated person in a room with our doctors. We make it our business to learn what is going on with our body. Doctors make it their business to increase their bottom line, through MRIs, and chemo, and all the revenue producing activities they’re generating. But we are now living in the information age, and we can take our body’s health into our own hands. “The enemy of healthcare is not sickness. The enemy of the healthcare system are healthy people.”- Dr. William Davis       6 Week Program to Take Control of Your Health Dr. Davis starts with trying to make people skeptical about their doctor and the “health” in their “healthcare”. It is wheat and grain elimination, sugar limitation, iodine/thyroid stabilization and some other key steps. It makes you healthy, stronger and slender. This is not gluten free. You will have astounding, healthy control of your health and that of your family’s. The results of Dr. Davis’ 6-week program are superior to solutions provided by the conventional healthcare system. You will be equipped to manage your own health and sidestep the misguided motives of a profit-driven medical system.   How do you Collaborate with your Doctor on this Program? Tell them you don’t’ want to talk about medicine and drugs, tell them you want to talk about nutrition. If your doctor tells you they’re not interested, or that’s not how it works, walk out. You may have to find a functional, integrative doctor, naturopath or a chiropractor who can refer you to other like-minded practitioners. But keep at it and you will find the right doctor to work with.   Dr. Davis’ 3 Habits to Ensure His Health Eat no grains and no sugar. Take vitamin D and get in the sun. Strength training.   15 Day Fat Loss Kick Start Ebook Download your FREE copy here!! DOWNLOAD!   We respect your privacy- We will not rent, spam or sell your email. About Dr. William Davis: William Davis, MD, is a preventative cardiologist whose unique wheat/grain-free approach to diet is advocated in the New York Times best-seller Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health along with his series of associated cookbooks and blog. He is actively engaged in cultivating discussions about heart health, which have yielded solutions to a panoply of other diseases. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Links and Resources To learn more about Dr. William Davis’ work and his book visit his website www.undoctored.com. Recommended Books: Wheat Belly Undoctored The Complete Guide to Fasting Recommended Digital Resource: www.patientslikeme.com Dr. Davis’ Favorite Music: To push through: Foreigner To pump up when feeling down: Bach To soothe when tense: Enya If you missed it, listen in on our last podcast episode: Travel a Ton? How to Have Weight Loss and Health Despite Jetsetting with Dan Miller, #57

Dr. Michael Ash goes into detail explaining the correlation between gut health and chronic illnesses. He provides some very good tips to prevent and reverse illnesses and talks about one very specific fruit we should all be consuming (and is probably sitting on every countertop in America right now). He's scientifically explains everything, but in a way we can all understand.   What should we know about the mucosal immune system? The vast majority of people in the world will die of inflammatory chronic illnesses. The primary mechanism for making those conditions develop is an up-regulation of the immune system. And the largest part of our immune system is the referred to mucosal immune system. In simple terms, it's all the tissues in our body that are wet: eyes, mouth, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, liver and kidneys. All these have fluids over the surface performing roles. We share all the cells in them with creatures like bacteria, viruses, worms and sometimes parasites. Some are helpful and some are problematic.   The outside world reaches in to us primarily through the mucosal immune system. The better that system is to interpret the outside world, the more reliable we can be in terms of our health. The mucosal system is our body's diplomat, taking charge and care of our body.   What can we do to prepare our mucosal immune system to be the best? Look at our digestive tract first. What we are putting in our body is very important in terms of how our body is going to act. First what we eat is important. Consume foods that have messages that our body recognizes. And then, what we drink. If our system does not receive foods that our body recognizes (plant based foods grown in good soil), our body's response is to produce inflammation, acting as a defense mechanism. Simply getting older we produce more inflammation. So we should consume counter regulatory defenses as we age.   So what foods should we consume? Plant based foods carry messages that animal based foods do not. So the more plant based foods we consume, the better prepared our bodies will be.   Vegetables that are slightly bitter in their content are more densely packed with those keys that our immune system is looking for than those that are sweeter. Crunchy veggies like brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, parsnips, etc. which are stiff. Can be cooked or steamed, 3 to 4 times a week. These are remarkable! They are miraculous to our body to protect us against risk. If we don't consume these foods, we can survive but we cannot survive effectively. Therefore, other risks and challenges to our immune system are much more difficult to turn off and take under control. This then manifests into chronic ill health like heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, dementia, Alzheimer's, eye dysfunction, problems of reproduction and lots of gastrointestinal issues (IBS, bloating, diarrhea, cancer).   Fruits that contain those good messages for our bodies, like the veggies mentioned above are apples. Eating apples can be medicinal. Cook them by cleaning them, peel, cut into cubes, drop in a pan and cook with cinnamon and raisins and water, simmer (about 6 apples), soften and loose shape but not completely disappear. Referred to as stewed apples or applesauce. You'll see a gelatinous fluid called pectin. Pectin is a raw material for bacteria inside the gastrointestinal tract. When fed with pectin they manufacture fatty acids. The organisms look for the pectin and produce a substrate, the most powerful anti-inflammatory chemical a human can produce. A study done showed that consuming 3 apples a day was the same as taking 10 mg of prednisone in the treatment of inflammatory gut problems, preventing illnesses that can ultimately create cancer. Recommend 2 to 3 apples a day cooked, if you're ill. For prevention, 1 a day. Raw is not the same as if it's cooked. Make it for dessert and feed everyone!!     Get your FREE download here, Review Article: Is This a Perfect Functional Meal for Mucosal Tolerance, provided by Dr. Michael Ash to learn more about apples, the scientific rationale behind it, allergy protection, antibiotic impact, phenolic compounds, apple skins, inflammation control, the brain benefits, his applesauce recipe and more.   What other things can we do to prevent inflammation in our body? Avoid additional sugars. Anything that has been refined, for example sugar, corn and other sources, the less you consume of them the lower your risk of developing long term chronic illness.   Vegetables and fruits can convey benefits. So can meat, it does have a role in humans, but make it grass fed proteins. The Mediterranean style diet receives high votes because statistically it proves to be successful.   Fats comes in many forms. Simplistically, fat has been vilified and is wrong. There are fats that will never find success in human health. But high quality fats will benefit the health of our brain. Our diet should contain a reasonable quantity, which is a conversation for another day altogether.   PROBIOTICS   Two ways to identify the consumption of probiotics. Ecological consumption is when you just pick up something at the store with a mix of strains. When a type of organism, species and strain are identified to treat a certain type of illness.   Many studies have clearly shown that even if you just use a healthy strain of probiotic, you generally enjoy some improvement in overall health, by reducing inflammation. If we're over the age of 40, it is most advantageous to consume probiotics.   What are the benefits or probiotics? There are 7 things that probiotics do for our health. Dr. Ash spends some time explaining what these all are, as well as the dosage recommended based on body size and age.   [et_bloom_inline optin_id=optin_4] About Dr. Michael Ash: Michael Ash DO, ND, BSc, DipION was in full time clinical practice for 25 years during which time he founded and developed the largest Integrative Medicine practice in the south west of England, incorporating the philosophy of functional medicine from 1991 onward. He is no longer in full time practice having sold his practice in 1997, but devotes time to research, writing and the management of complex immune mediated illnesses through the application of natural and pharmaceutical interventions. He has specialised in the role of the wet tissues (such as the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts) in human health for over 20 years, through the application of food and lifestyle based interventions aimed at the remediation of dysfunctional bacterial communities and associated tissues essential to a healthy mucosal immune system. The manipulation and alteration of these commensal bacteria and tissues through changes in medicine and lifestyles over the last 100 years has seen a profound move away from acute infectious diseases to more chronic complex illnesses. The changing microbial landscape including decreased diversity and loss of key stone species and their associated impact on the creation of non-resolving inflammation are increasingly causally linked to many of our burgeoning health problems.  An author, researcher and presenter with skills in business development as well as clinical care, he has also been an adjunct member of the Institute for Functional Medicine’s faculty for many years, and provides a unique set of insights into the application of often complex and intersecting immune patterns for the resolution and restoration of loss of homeostasis within the framework of analytical and clinical application. Links and Resources Visit www.clinicaleducation.org to find more information about Dr. Ash's studies, and search "apples" to learn more about the benefits of apples. Dr. Ash's recommended books: Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics is Fueling Our Modern Plagues I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life Dr. Ash's Favorite Music: To push through: Wake Me Up by Avicci To pump her up when feeling down: Two Sides of Lonely by The Lone Bellow To soothe when feeling tense: it changes over time but right now it's Lord Huron