Small Changes Big Shifts With Dr. Michelle Robin

I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday. - Eleanor Roosevelt What impact does food have not only on our own health but the wellness of future generations? In this special episode, Dr. Michelle Robin is joined by journalist and author, Judith Finlayson, who is teaching us how we can live a healthy life and leave a legacy of wellness by looking both to the past and to the future. As a journalist, she has written on a variety of subjects, from personal well-being, women’s history to food and nutrition. She has also written more than a dozen cookbooks. In today’s show, Dr. Michelle and Judith are taking a deep dive with her latest book, You Are What Your Grandparents Ate: What You Need to Know About Nutrition, Experience, Epigenetics & the Origins of Chronic Disease. Be sure to catch Judith when she is in Kansas City on Monday, October 28th at the Unity Temple on The Plaza for a special event at 7:00pm. Click here to learn all about the event. Join us as our Small Changes Big Shifts Podca

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. Do you find yourself consuming more entertaining than nourishing foods? What does healthy living truly look like and how can you get started today? Author of Habit That!: How You Can Health Up in Just 5 Minutes a Day, Dr. Jaime Hope, joins us to share how we can be the creators of healthier lives with small changes today that will lead to big shifts tomorrow. One of the many important shifts that she and Dr. Michelle Robin will discuss is how we can create healthier habits around nourishing vs. entertaining foods.  More About Dr. Hope Dr. Hope is a dual board-certified physician working outside of Detroit, Michigan, in one of the busiest emergency departments in the country.  In over twelve years on the job, she has learned that no matter what brought her patients to the ER, they all want the same thing: to live happier, healthier lives.  Whether she's helping patients, teaching future doctors, or engaging the local com

Finding joy is probably tantamount to finding yourself and being comfortable in your own skin.- Morgan Freeman An expert on the technique for sensory emotional regulation, Emotional Resolution Process (EmRes), and Founder of the Emotional Health Institute, Cedric Bertelli, is on a mission to help others further better understand our emotional functioning. On this episode of Small Changes Big Shifts Podcast with your host, Dr. Michelle Robin, he shares how he began studying emotional functioning in 2009 and how through his years of working with clients, therapists, parents, educators, and physicians, he has developed complete mastery of the physiologic capacity for emotional resolution. Tune in with Dr. Michelle Robin and Cedric Bertelli as they discuss: The struggles with negative emotions that he experienced from a young age and how he became comfortable in his own skin. Various techniques that he tried including psychotherapy before discovering Tipi and the sensory emotional regulation, The Emotional Res

When you’re aware, you’re halfway there. - Wendy Basch Sentenced to sixty-five years in a Texas prison, Damon West once had it all. He came from a great family, in a home full of God, love, support, and opportunities to reach any goal. A natural born leader, an athlete with good looks and charm, he appeared to be the all-American kid pursuing his dreams. Underneath this facade, however, was an addict in the early stages of disease. After suffering childhood sexual abuse by a babysitter at the age of nine, Damon began putting chemicals into his body to alter the way he felt. Once he was introduced to methamphetamines, however, he became instantly hooked—and the lives of so many innocent people would forever be changed by the choices he made in order to feed his insatiable meth habit. After a fateful discussion during his incarceration with a seasoned convict, Damon had a spiritual awakening. He learned that, like a coffee bean changing with the application of heat and pressure, he was capable of changing the e

Why is nutrition and sleep just as important if not more than just exercise? We sacrifice our health in order to make wealth, then we sacrifice our wealth in order to get back our health. - The Dalai Lama  For as long as he can remember, Founder of the Premier Fitness Center brand, Eupraxia, Dr. Steve Czys DC, CCWP, CSCS has been obsessed with health and human performance. He still has copies of the workouts he wrote when he was in grade 9! After studying business and pre-med, Dr. Czys graduated from the University of Wisconsin La Crosse and went on to get his Doctorate from the prestigious Palmer College. While in college Dr. Czys played football, wrestled and traveled the country playing rugby. He also served for 6 years in the Army National Guard. After college Dr. Czys moved back to La Crosse, WI and opened a private practice. He quickly learned that what the overwhelming majority of people needed to truly regain their health was a facility that showed them exactly how to eat and exercise. Dr Czys decided

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, mindfulnes

When you know your why, it’s much easier to comply. - Dr. Michelle Robin In this episode of Small Changes Big Shifts, Dr. Michelle Robin is joined by Kara Goldin, who is the founder and CEO of Hint Inc., the San Francisco-based healthy lifestyle company, best known for Hint Water and most recently, Hint Sunscreen. When Kara left AOL, where she built the eCommerce business to a billion-dollar division, she recognized that she needed to put down the diet soda and make a change which led to the creation of Hint Inc. Kara is also the host of the podcast, Unstoppable, and a regular speaker. She speaks to large teams and executives at companies, including Google, LinkedIn, Instagram, Oracle, Chobani and others to get them to think about purpose in business as well as one's own life. Her mission is to get the audience to think about the "why" in what they are doing today or in the future. She’s sharing that mission with us today as both her and Dr. Michelle discuss: Her personal need to create the great-tasting, na

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want. - Zig Ziglar In this episode of Small Changes Big Shifts with Dr. Michelle Robin, her guest, Bob Burg, is a sought-after speaker at company leadership and sales conferences sharing the platform with everyone from today’s business leaders and broadcast personalities to even a former U.S. President. Bob is the author of a number of books on sales, marketing and influence, with total book sales of well over a million copies. His book, The Go-Giver, coauthored with John David Mann, itself has sold over 850,000 copies and it has been translated into 28 languages. His and John’s newest parable in The Go-Giver Series is The Go-Giver Influencer. Bob is an advocate, supporter and defender of the Free Enterprise system, believing that the amount of money one makes is directly proportional to how many people they serve. He is also an unapologetic animal fanatic, and is a past member of the Board of Directors of Furry Friends

Look for the helpers. - Fred Rogers  With what we see on social media, hear in the news, and witness in everyday life interactions, does the world seem harsher to you these days? Maybe you feel a little hopeless but there is something you can do and guest, Angela Santomero, explains how in this Small Changes Big Shifts podcast episode.  Not only is Angela helping empower kids and parents through her Emmy award winning kids' shows, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and Blue's Clues plus her book, Preschool Clues, but she is also on a mission for a kindness revolution through her latest book, Radical Kindness: The Life Changing Power of Giving and Receiving. Find out how you can make the world a better place through radical kindness. See Angela Santomero speak in person at this year's LIV: Living in Vitality Conference in Kansas City  Tune in as Dr. Michelle and Angela discuss:  How to help your children’s transition on the first day of school easier What life lessons her TV shows are teaching both children and a

It's not too late to get the physical health and emotional well-being you desire.   Owner of Rise and Shine Wellness, Wendy Basch, joins Dr. Michelle Robin to share her mission to provide a safe place of belonging and support in which individuals gain the courage, clarity, and purpose needed to achieve their best physical health and emotional well-being.  As you listen, you’ll learn all about:  Her start to the health and wellness world. The importance of educating and coaching people on how to live life well. Why she loves wellness programming and working with people one-on-one. How she launched her own pilates business, Rise and Shine Wellness About the foundation, Jill’s Hope, that she started with her friend to help those with cancer. Listen and find out about Dr. Michelle and Wendy’s new movement, The SHIFT Experience with Win for KC will help you create a tight wellness tribe, learn more about and apply the Four Quadrants of Wellbeing to your life, and connect with health professionals in the local K

People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou Jessica Blublaugh has spent 15 years in the non-profit sector, specifically in events and marketing. After four years at the KC Sports Commission, she moved on to the Women’s Sports Foundation in New York and then Atlanta. In her time there, Jessica had the opportunity to work with sports greats like Billie Jean King, Michelle Kwan, Aimee Mullins, Julie Foudy and Jessica Mendoza, managing the organization’s major fundraisers and community events. Jessica returned to the Kansas City Sports Commission in September of 2018 as the Director of the Women’s Intersport Network for Kansas City after 11 years, having started her career with WIN in 2003 as an intern and then the Program and Media Relations Coordinator.  Tune in as her and Dr. Michelle discuss: Her love of sports and how she’s able to apply that in both a professional space and inspire other women and young girls. The b

The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years. - Deepak Chopra  Lisa Adams, an experienced nurse and health & wellness coach, and author of her first book, America’s Real Healthcare Crisis, helps overwhelmed professionals and health care providers recognize and manage the effects of chronic stress—the leading cause of disease, poor work performance and life dissatisfaction. Lisa provides simple, life-long and practical tools to help employees understand how the body functions; how to recognize and address chronic stress; and finally, how to facilitate healing and create lasting change. A former renal care unit nurse, Lisa knows first-hand the emotional, physical and mental toll of unmanaged, chronic stress on the well-being of physicians, nurses and first responders. This debilitating stress is crippling the healthcare industry resulting in lost productivity, high turnover, caregiver burn-out and medical mistakes. Through an integrated Whole Person appr

"Life is really simple but we insist on making it complicated." - Confucius In this episode of the Small Changes Big Shifts podcast, we are joined by board-certified psychiatrist, acupuncturist and yoga teacher, Dr. Ellen Vora who has also authored the chapter on Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Psychiatry in the textbook Mount Sinai Expert Guides: Psychiatry. Dr. Vora takes a functional medicine approach to mental health, considering the whole person and addressing the problem at the root, rather than reflexively prescribing medication to suppress symptoms. She also takes the whole person into consideration, focusing on everything from physical health, sleep, nutrition, digestion, thought patterns, relationships and community to our connection with nature and creativity, and the ways we find meaning in life. Ash she sits down with Dr. Michelle, we learn what drew Dr. Vora to learn more about holistic approach and other trainings to heal the human body such as Chinese medicine, movement, nutrition,

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health. - Hippocrates Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Premier Integrative Health, Dr. Bradley Dyer, knew that there was more to helping others than just the misguided healthcare system he was working in. As a hospitalist, he was expected to practice in a very protocol driven way,  which can be life-saving in acute settings,  however, the majority of his patients were admitted for complications associated with chronic disease.  He realized that the protocols primarily addressed the symptoms, not the root cause, and did very little to change the trajectory of the disease process itself. Seeing patients like this over and over again, Dr. Dyer decided to change course and learn more about addressing chronic illness at Dr. Weil's Fellowship in Integrative Medicine. From there he went on to become certified in Functional Medicine and his life, and approach to his

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.- Albert Einstein A Los Angeles native, Kelly Noonan - Gores, started her career in front of the camera, acting and hosting over a span of 20 years and considers her latest project, the documentary feature, HEAL, which is now on Netflix, her greatest passion and life’s work.  Before releasing HEAL, she started Elevative Entertainment in 2012 and then transitioned into writing and producing. She is a seeker of truth and has practiced both yoga and meditation for 15 years.  In this Small Changes Big Shifts episode, she joins Dr. Michelle Robin to share what lessons she learned during the filming of HEAL, her goal to inform and help people become their own health advocates, and how we can all feel empowered by all of the holistic possibilities out there to heal. Listen and learn why even though our brains are hard-wired for fear, there are small changes we can make to evolve our consci

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.- Jimmy Johnson A native of suburban Philadelphia and Chicago, Joel Goldberg has worked as part of the Royals’ broadcast team for FOX Sports Kansas City since 2008 and serves as the television play-by-play voice for the ECHL Kansas City Mavericks. In his career so far, he has spent nearly 25 years in television, developing and maintaining relationships with professional athletes, coaches, and team management. He became and continues to be an integral part of the Royals’ broadcast team and the overall Kansas City community. With his experience, he has become a powerful public speaker and presenter, talking with groups about the networking principles he’s learned from his experiences of interviewing successful icons. Joel drives home a strong message of personal perseverance tailored to each and every audience and focuses on delivery impact for growth. There’s a slippery slope between tradition and irrelevance. - Jeff Jones, CEO of H&R B

Shoot for the moon and you will land among the stars.  What comes to mind when you hear the words, ‘chiropractic medicine’? Today on Small Changes Big Shifts, we are joined by Chiropractor, Dr. Ann-Marie Barter of Alternative Family Medicine & Chiropractic, who was very skeptical about her now profession until she experienced the treatment first hand. It was like magic to her; she felt new and light...like a better version of herself. So, she immersed herself in school at the University of Western States in Portland, Oregon, learning not only the art and science of chiropractic modalities but also functional blood chemistry analysis, nutrition, applied kinesiology, and natural remedies. She now specializes in difficult functional medicine cases, helping people with issues concerning their thyroid, blood sugar, gut health, and hormone dysfunction as well as other metabolic conditions. Tune in as Dr. Robin and Dr. Barter discuss:  Her various health problems from acne and bloating to her feet and neck and

Your life reflects your choices that you have made. So if you want a different life, make different choices. - Dr. Michelle Robin How can improving your conscious awareness enhance both your life and those in your wellness tribe? In this Small Changes Big Shifts episode, we are joined by Chiropractor, Personal Coach, Author, and Speaker, Dr. Jay LaGuardia who has dedicated 30 years of his life to helping people around the world to understand the power of Conscious Awareness so they can live more intentionally while pursuing their highest-self. Through his coaching, speaking and writings, he teaches adopting the habits and rituals of an empowering mindset, a healthy lifestyle, and belief in something bigger than yourself. Many times in his life, and the lives of the people who have followed his advice, great prosperity in every area of life has been created. If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else. - Yogi Bear Joins us as Dr. Jay LaGuardia shares: What lead him to pursue chiropract

"Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you as a human being, no humility, no compassion. You would not be reading this now. Suffering cracks open the shell of ego & then comes a point when it has served its purpose. Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary." - Eckhart Tolle Are you ready to upgrade your life,  change the world, and experience the next level of human possibilities? Globally recognized Holistic Chinese Medicine Doctor, High Performance Coach, Podcast Host of The Dr. E Show, and Author of the Amazon #1 bestselling book, SuperWellness,  Dr. Edith Ubuntu Chan, joins Dr. Michelle Robin to share her own wellness journey, her 6 dimensions for H.E.A.L.T.H., and what health factors you must focus on besides just diet and fitness. Listen and learn how to turn small changes into big shifts as Dr. Edith shares:  The truth about how to live a healthy life amongst all of the myths and confusion. How an intense medita

“Go out into the world today and love the people you meet including yourself. Let your presence light new life in the hearts of others.”- Mother Teresa    Love yourself beyond anyone or anything else. Love yourself so much that you can’t do anything that doesn’t make you love yourself more. That is the message Small Changes Big Shifts Guest, Healer, Author, and Actress, Dee Wallace, is bringing to the world.  Originally from Kansas City, Kansas, Dee Wallace has worked as a teacher, dancer and actress in film, television, and stage for over 40 years including the role as Mary in Steven Spielberg's E.T., The Extraterrestrial. In addition to a career in acting, Dee is also the creator of the I Am Healing System, host of the Conscious Creation Radio Show, and Author of numerous books including Conscious Creation, The Big E!, Bright Light, Getting Stuff and Wake Up Now! “I am God and all whom I see do I love for I am all I see and I love what I am.”  As you listen, Dee shares:  Her ability to channel different