Winning with Wellness

“We are truly incredible beings and we have the capability of healing ourselves, and shaping our reality. “ — Brittney Leigh Brittney Leigh’s mission is to shift the perception on what self-care is – that it is not a form of selfishness but rather, an expression of self-love. For her, everything comes down to paying equal attention to all four components such as physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual body; beyond that is our soul.

“If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.” — Candace Plattor Addiction is a topic that not many of us are not open about but in this episode, Candace Plattor, once struggling from addiction and now an addiction therapist, shows her vulnerability by telling her personal story of addiction to recovery.

“You are capable of so much more than you are aware of.” — Stacey Berger It is already established that there are laws of science and laws of math but in this episode with Stacey Berger, we’ll dig deeper into the invisible laws of success and transformation where there is a proven system that is guaranteed to create results.

“Pay attention to the details that are really important and then make your choices from there. “ — Michelle Greenwell Wellness, for Michelle, means that she makes choices every day to make sure that things are in balance and in check. When she does these choices, she feels uplifted to respond to whatever situations arise and not be overwhelmed.

“You were never meant to live in emotional pain. It is there as a sign that we need to take care of ourselves, but it's not a place you want to live for long.” — Adele Anderson When Adele Anderson miraculously survived a plane crash, she had this deep desire and strong urge to figure out how. Adele openly shared her near-death experience: from realizing that a catastrophe just happened, doing your body checklist, running out of oxygen, and even going through life flashbacks in literal seconds.

“Wellness means to me that I feel great. I'm not hopeful that tomorrow will be better. I know that it will be better. I'm connected to my spirits and able to move around in my body as I expect myself to be.” — Pauline Kehoe Pauline Kehoe delved into the journey of wellness through her personal modality known as the five elements. In 2005, she had her Masters in Five Elements Acupuncture and from then on, she used her beautiful gift to communicate and bring the hidden language of five elements back to our modernized humanity.

“What I want people to achieve in terms of wellness is that they know what they're doing every day when they wake up and it's not causing them undue stress.” — Sartre Jean-Gilles The most important factor in achieving wellness is the state of flow, according to Sartre Jean-Gilles. It is a concept in which you know where your habits are in line, you know what you need to do every day to help eliminate that decision fatigue in our lives.

“Wellness is striving to achieve balance and alignment, so flow in each quadrant of your life.” — Jesse Szymanski Jesse Szymanski responds to a question about wellness by immediately associating it with alignment and balance; in which she notes that the word "balance" looks different for all of us. For instance, when you’re working more in one area of your life it means you’re working less in another, maybe that is balance. She further explains that balance is something that is constantly moving, instead of it being on a perfectly balanced scale where you have just the right amount of everything.

“That risk, that leap, that step into the greatness that you do; it allows you to channel that empowering feeling and feel the validity of your why.” — Kathy Davis Kathy Davis, a plant-based accountability empowerment coach, is back on this episode to dig deeper about her wellness journey. Previously, she shared on Winning with Wellness Episode 32 her healthy lifestyle in terms of food and diet. In this episode, we dig deeper about her life decisions, risks and leaps that she took for her to reach where she is now.

“Wellness has always meant being proactive and working in those areas that we don't think of.” — Elizabeth Macarthur The main reason why Elizabeth Macarthur, now a facilitator, coach, practitioner, energy healer, jumped into the industry of personal development is that she wanted to heal those issues within herself and release negative energies trapped within her.

“You need to invest in yourself so that everybody else around you can benefit.” — Travis Belanger Travis Belanger, a dynamic coach, provides emphasis on the importance of redefining wellness for men. When men are asked by people who they are, a lot will typically answer by saying what they do for work not about who they are as a person.

“The body is the starting point to healing because it tells us the truth.” — Joan Small As she discovers the Rubenfeld Synergy Technique, Joan Small became more invested in integrating the body, mind, emotions and even spirit to have whole-person wellness. It was pointed out that our bodies speak to us metaphorically. In some cases, we tend to say, for example, “my husband is a pain in the neck.” and there is a strong possibility that there is an actual, physical pain in the neck. To maintain our wellness, it’s important to have awareness of what’s going on in the body.

At some point in her life, Lesley Evans realized that the concept of how we were supposed to sacrifice ourselves for the happiness others is not what she wanted for her daughters. That deep rooted lesson that everything is about self-sacrifice. Lesley emphasizes that while we are paying attention togoing through the steps in therapy, it is also important to piece it together with our purpose and passion. It’s is hard to proceed with the steps in the process if we do not know the reason why we want to feel better. In this conversation, Lesley and Jenny truthfully showed that doing the work is not going to be easy but then, taking them as small, simple but consistent steps will eventually lead us where we need to be. “Wellness is all about alignment with who you are as a person and who you are as a soul.” — Lesley Evans

“Wellness is when you’re thriving and radiating and not just getting through your day.” — Denise Cambiotti Muscle testing or muscle tuning, from their company name itself, is a proprietary technique that releases the emotional and electrical stress of the muscles, tendons and even ligaments. It creates a domino stress release that communicates with the body systems, from the lymph, blood and even nerves. It is overall connected to a meridian system, to the organs and glands of the body.

“Your physical space matches your mental space.” — Dawn Taylor Dawn Taylor shared with us her personal experience in dealing with trauma in a much less intimidating way. The best way to start a healing journey is by first assessing the little things; from as simple as what your space looks like, what food are you eating, what are you watching or reading. The healing journey is different for everyone and so it is crucial to find someone that resonates with you. A lot of people with trauma are afraid of hurting other people with their stories. With that analysis, she chose to approach her craft differently in a way that her clients would feel more comfortable digging a deeper level with her.