The Twin Cities Wellness Collective Tm Podcast

Corey Hiben owns a digital media agency for health professionals and has a vision to help 1,000 health providers build an online brand that invokes trust. Corey is in constant pursuit of improving both physical and mental health while also focusing on being present and enjoying the journey of life. He is also the host of his podcast, the Health Hustle.Links from the EpisodeCorey's Website: https://www.coreyhi.com/The Health Hustle Podcast: https://www.coreyhi.com/podcastCorey's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hibencorey/Corey's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreyhiben/Join the Twin Cities Wellness Collective™: https://www.tcwellnesscollective.com/

Jason Jones coaches wellness practitioners, certified coaches and business owners to be more adaptive, agile and confident in their life and and business  by nurturing an adaptive communication style and mindset to thrive. He has spent 30 years developing his adaptive way of being that has produced outlier results in business growth, fund raising and mass media entertainment. His previous coaching and training company went global in two years and now serves the US, Canada, Australia and the UK. His previous ventures involved communications media and entertainment including a number one rated radio morning show and a  talk show on WCCO, Minneapolis, MN.  Jason is certified by The Royal Roads University.  His coaching and training programs focus on the mastery of adaptive conversations with strategic emphasis on emotional connection and supporting making a confident buying choice. Links from the Episode:Jason's Website: https://www.thecoachinghour.com/Jason's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com

Kate LaBrosse is a Natural Products Industry Consultant, Amazon Bestselling Author of This Is Me, Bipolar-Free: Heal Your Mental Illness and Create Your Authentic Life, and Motivational Speaker.  She is the founder of Kate LaBrosse Coaching & Consulting and creator of the Brand Builders™ program, created to help emerging brands succeed in retail.  She is passionate about furthering the reach of the natural industry across all sales channels and demographics and is dedicated to helping more people live into their highest potential, holistically healing themselves and living with purpose because she knows the impact that just one person can have when they are doing what they’re meant to be doing in the specific way they’re meant to be doing it. Links From the EpisodeKate's website: https://www.katelabrosse.com/Kate's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kate-labrosse-2b294a66Kate's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KateLaBrosseNatural/Kate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kate.labrosse/Join

With over 20 years of career development experience, Megan Meuli has been assisting women in the midst of career transition from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, ages, and lifestyle needs in private practice, non-profit, and university settings. She oversees the development and implementation of all four Dress for Success Twin Cities programs.Links from the Episode:Dress for Success Twin Cities website: https://twincities.dressforsuccess.org/Join the Twin Cities Wellness Collective™: https://www.tcwellnesscollective.com/

Dr. Nicole Fredricks Jackson is a growth strategist and executive coach who helps high performing professionals who are on the verge of burnout navigate life and career transitions. She spent 20+ years working in law and higher education. She helped hundreds of professionals navigate their career and leadership trajectories. Upon completing her Doctorate in Leadership from the University of St. Thomas in 2018, Nicole knew that rather than teach, she wanted to work directly with other high achieving, career-oriented people. She knew the toll that these characteristics have on one’s personal and professional life and her mission is to help leaders in both their career and personal life without sacrificing their health and wellbeing.  Nicole holds a Doctorate in Leadership from the University of St. Thomas, a law degree from the University of North Dakota, and most recently completed the Bridges Coaching Method certification for executive coaches.Links From the Episode:Nicole's Website: https://www.nicolefj

Ashley Oswald founded Oswald Digestive Clinic in 2016 after being frustrated to see people struggle with their gut health, while knowing that there are ways to help them improve and often resolve their bothersome symptoms.After struggling with her own gut heath issues from being on and off antibiotics for 10 years as a child to her early 20’s, Ashley is passionate about helping others to improve and eliminate their gut health issues too, and to regain their freedom in life. She has completed 7 years of schooling in nutrition science, including a year at Harvard’s Brigham And Women’s Hospital, and has worked in a variety of settings in the health care system, so has a unique big picture view of where there are gaps.She has been published on ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC, has spoken at Top 50 Hospitals across the country, and has been invited to be on guest panels at leading Universities. With Oswald Digestive Clinic, she is working to fill healthcare gaps, helping their clients finally go from gut struggles to gut fr

Zachary Lee is CEO of LifeWorks Group and is a certified Relationship & Life Coach and Mediator, having worked in the field for over 12 years. LifeWorks is a relationship coaching and counseling company that focuses on working with couples to help them improve their relationship and is based in the Twin Cities. Zach's favorite hobbies are spending time with his family, working out, and he is currently preparing for running a marathon this summer. Zach is married to his beautiful wife Kate and they have three amazing children.Links from the Episode:Zach's website: https://www.lovecommitsucceed.com/Join the Twin Cities Wellness Collective™: https://www.tcwellnesscollective.com/

Anna Klimmek's Bio:Anna is a health coach and personal chef who teaches people to eat for their body in a way that works for their life.  As a Le Cordon Blue grad, she has over 18 years of culinary experience.  Her education as a Health Coach with advanced study in Hormonal and Gut Health from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition guide how she cooks and approaches food and gives her a unique perspective on the relationship between cooking, food, health and life.  Anna’s mission is to empower people to live their best lives in the body that they are in.   Happy Food MN offer’s programs that create self-empowerment, not only with food but with life choices.  She is a personal chef and cooks for people with autoimmune disorders and food sensitivities.  She does one-on-one health coaching, cooking classes and Healthy Living and Eating Workshops that teach you, “it doesn’t have to be hard to live healthy.” Anna's superpower is that she makes healthy living, tasty fun and easy! Find Anna! Website - http

Dr. Bryan Laskin's Bio: Having learned from 20 years of experience providing dental care to anxious patients, Dr. Bryan Laskin is on a mission to reduce the stress of both doctors and patients by upgrading care through innovation, education and standardization.Creator of Upgrade Dental, Digital Nitrous, OperaDDS, co-founder of ToothApps, as well as author of the Amazon best selling book “The Patient First Manifesto,” Dr. Laskin excels at helping others integrate technology and teamwork into their practices.  Dr. Laskin plays an active role in driving innovation at several progressive dental organizations, including Abundents, Vyne Dental, Lake Minnetonka Dental, Talentship, Evergreen, Kwikly and Dental Care Alliance. Dr. Laskin also serves as counsel to many leading companies in dentistry. Through his participation on the groundbreaking workgroups at Dental Standards Institute, Dr. Laskin is giving patients a voice as well as creating important guidelines for emerging technologies.  Links from the Episod

On this episode, I am joined by Josh Driver. After playing with his family's cameras while growing up, Josh bought his first dslr in 2016 because he just needed a quality camera better than a point-and-shoot for his trip to Iceland.His wife’s encouragement and another professional photographer’s mentorship served as catalysts for him to start selling his images at Minnesota’s top art fairs in 2019. Josh’s favorite pastime is camping with his camera and enjoying all the quiet and beauty. To learn more about Josh and his work go here: https://www.joshdriverphotography.com/About-the-ArtistJoin the Twin Cities Wellness Collective here: https://www.tcwellnesscollective.com/

The last 18 months have challenged some of the most basic assumptions we had about what is necessary for a productive work environment. Gone are the days when we believed we absolutely HAD TO BE IN PERSON to be productive. Among others, one of the big lessons COVID has taught us is that the future of work is flexible.Today, I'm speaking with April Seifert, Ph.D. in Social Cognitive Psychology and co-Founder of Peak Mind: The Center for Psychological Strength.  We're talking about major insights we've all learned from our hybrid work during COVID as well as some very practical ways we can support our own wellbeing and leaders can support their teams in a hybrid work model.Links from the episode:Listen to April's Podcast, "Building Psychological Strength" here: https://www.peakmindpsychology.com/blog/Join the Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ here: https://www.tcwellnesscollective.com/

Stephanie's Bio: Stephanie is an accredited health and well-being coach (NBC-HWC), meditation teacher, group fitness instructor, and wellness educator with a master’s degree in Integrative Health and Well-Being Coaching from the University of Minnesota’s Center for Spirituality and Healing. She helps people bring mindfulness, compassion and wisdom into their journey to greater well-being.Stephanie’s passion in holistic well-being started with an interest in meditation that led her to study with some of the world’s most renowned teachers like Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Sharon Salzberg, and Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche. Stephanie is inspired to bring the practice of meditation to as many people as possible and does this through her work as a facilitator within the Tergar Meditation Community and as a trainer with Healthy Minds Innovations, a non-profit started by acclaimed neuroscientist Richard Davidson at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Stephanie brings the practice of secular meditation

Melissa Albers Bio: Melissa is a family girl, business owner, loud laugher and lover of people.  As a self awareness and self development junkie she runs a company that focuses on the same.  She loves trying new things, and has recently picked up the Ukulele (with questionable but satisfying results) and hip hop dancing (with even more questionable yet satisfying results).  Oh yeah, she also loves her many dogs and eats a LOT of candy.  If you’d like to connect with Melissa, you can find her at 612.751.2115, https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissaalberstheautheticleader/ or melissa@theselfawarenessjourney.com.JJ Parker Bio: An operational expert, JJ is the guy that keeps all the lights on.  Quick to develop ideas, research and problem solve, he's started multiple companies and still runs his tech firm.  He loves learning and being creative, and seasonally can be seen snowboarding, rock climbing or practicing his latest endeavor - flying small airplanes. JJ is pretty fond of his family, cool art projects (lik

Patrick believes you deserve to feel happy, calm, and balanced. No matter the stressor, he works together with his clients to find solutions. It is his intent to create a therapeutic environment where you feel supported and encouraged but also challenged and inspired. Patrick hopes to gain a deep understanding of who you are as a person and how you have navigated the world until this point. Once he understands who you are and what you have experienced, he works alongside you to achieve your goals, find balance, and create real and lasting change.Patrick’s degrees include a Master of Arts in Marriage & Family Therapy from the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Minnesota, Morris. His early clinical experiences included in-home therapy with families as well as adolescents in Co-Occurring Intensive Outpatient therapy. He received specialized training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and have done ext

Andy is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice. In addition, he also works as a Children’s Mental Health Social Worker in a county mental health agency, as a recruiter/business developer, and as a Board Approved Clinical Supervisor for the Minnesota Board of Marriage and Family Therapy and the Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy.Andy has many years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families in vocational ministry and therapy contexts. Some areas of clinical treatment focus are anxiety, depression, family of origin issues, communication and relationship patterns, grief/loss and life transitions. He practices with a strengths-based approach, allowing clients the opportunity to bring forth their strengths already employed in relationships. He believes clients are the experts in the subject matter of their own lives and sees his role as a guide to provide a different perspective for clients as they work towards their goals. Andy views the process of therapy as making sp

This is a special episode where I was featured on The Self Awareness Journey Podcast with Melissa Albers and JJ Parker.  Melissa and JJ have joined forces to produce content and material to improve self awareness. Please check out their show by following the link below.Links From the Episode:The Self Awareness Journey PodcastJoin the Twin Cities Wellness Collective™

Grace Melek is the owner of Success Fitness and Training Center in Maplewood, MN where they specialize in customized training programs for a variety of needs.  Their diverse team of 16 trainers allows them to provide specialized services for older active adults, youth, prenatal and postpartum clientele, sports performance, post-operative rehabilitation, general health, disease prevention and management, weight loss, injury prevention, body building, figure competitions, and joint-replacement patients, among others.Their team has over 100 years of combined experience in the training industry, and the physical location of Success is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year.Grace holds Personal Training Certifications with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, as well as the American Council on Exercise, and the National Exercise Trainer’s Association.  She has advanced certifications in orthopedic exercise prescription, senior fitness, and prenatal and postpartum fitness.Grace and her team are driven by

Mike Vera is a Master Certified Health Coach and founder of Vera Health Strategies where he empowers his busy clients to take control of their health for long-term success. Mike has an M.S. in Exercise Science & Health Promotion, and a B.A. in Psychology with research experience in cognitive psychology. Mike's vision is to transform the health & wellness industry with his innovative time-management system. Originally from Philadelphia, PA, he currently lives in Scranton, PA. You can contact Mike with questions or requests for public speaking at www.mikevera.com.Join the Twin Cities Wellness Collective here: https://www.tcwellnesscollective.com/

Karina Muller is a certified life and executive coach and the founder of ClientCentric Consulting and coaching. From her early days in corporate America to founding ClientCentric Consulting & Coaching, she has been the go-to expert and trusted advisor for professionals and individuals who want to get the most out of life.Karina started her career at Accenture as a consultant where she gained her passion for helping others. After obtaining her MBA at University of Minnesota, she worked in marketing for companies such as General Mills and Honeywell before forming her own company.While in corporate, she managed businesses, with P&L responsibility, worth hundreds of millions in revenue and led teams that spanned the globe. Her years in leading global corporations gave her first-hand insight into the pace at which successful people today are expected to operate. She is passionate about helping professionals and individuals find ways to experience well-being despite the rigorous demands of work and everyday

Melissa Spiess, a board-certified music therapist, founded Living Spirit Therapy Services, LLC in 2008 to increase access to high quality music therapy services in the Twin Cities Metro Area. Living Spirit Therapy Services believes in the inherent potential of every individual regardless of disability and/or challenges; and the power of music to improve physical, emotional, and mental functioning. Living Spirit Therapy Services, LLC strives to build stronger communities by increasing independence, improving quality of life, providing support, and expanding resources of their members. Group and individual music therapy services and their Empowering Wellness Initiative are two ways they strive to meet this vision. Melissa began her professional career as a music therapist in 2003. She completed her music therapy equivalency degree and Master of Music from Western Michigan University. She is a Fellow in the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapists. Links From the Episode:Living Spirit Therapy Services Website: htt