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Oct 29, 2018

There’s nothing like challenging our inner badass than having a dysfunction in our pelvic floor. And today we’re going to talk all about it (and more!) with my guest, Chana Ross. Chana is a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist and the owner of Vital Physiotherapy and Wellness here in Toronto, Canada. She is an absolute expert in her field and she is going to give us the low-down on what we need to know about our pelvic floor and what we can do about improving it!


While it’s easy to joke about the leakage that may occur while performing certain tasks or while playing with your kids, it is sad to me that most of us are not given the opportunity to rehabilitate our bodies and connect with them the way we could if we were working with a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist. I wish for every woman not to have to wear big, plastic underwear in order to feel confident in leaving her house — and instead be able to handle that situation themselves.

 

So today we’re getting the lowdown on pelvic floor physio — what you need to know, what you can do about it, and the signs and symptoms that you need to be aware of!

 

Key Takeaways:

[1:39] About today’s episode and guest!

[3:38] Welcoming Chana Ross to the podcast!

[4:34] Chana Ross’s story and how she became a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist.

[6:09] How long Chana has been running her business for and how it is different than Chana’s previous experience as a practitioner.

[8:37] How people’s lives can be changed when they work with a pelvic floor physio.

[11:11] Some of the obvious symptoms of a dysfunctional pelvic floor.

[14:28] Should people be seeing a pelvic floor physio before they have a baby?

[16:17] What’s the experience like when you go for pelvic floor physiotherapy?

[20:40] The role your core plays in terms of your pregnancy and your pelvic floor.

[24:46] What happens if you don’t focus early on healing your pelvic floor.

[26:52] The stigma around seeking help for pelvic floor dysfunction.

[28:14] What kind of training should people be looking for when they are assessing the credentials of a practitioner that can assess and help them in relation to their pelvic floor?

[30:38] What does Chana want her legacy to be?

[31:14] How does Chana define health?

[32:33] About Entrepology Performance Labs

[34:33] Chana Ross’s KPIs!

[39:57] Where to find Chana Ross online.

 

Mentioned in This Episode:

Vital Physiotherapy and Wellness

Entrepology Performance Labs

Impact LIVEs (event in Toronto) Oct. 26-27th (Coupon code: Entrepology20 for 20% off)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

 

More About Chana Ross

Chana is the owner and pelvic physiotherapist at Vital Physiotherapy & Wellness, a women’s health and pelvic health physiotherapy clinic in mid-town Toronto. Her interest in women’s health developed during her pregnancies with her four beautiful children, Rebecca, 10; Maya, 8; Isaac, 4; and Mollie, 6 weeks.

 

Chana provides prenatal and postpartum physiotherapy as well as rehabilitation for all forms pelvic pain and dysfunction. She is a sought-after educator and teacher and regularly speaks about pelvic health, prenatal preparation and loves to empower clients to take the lead in their health and lifestyle. Along with her team of highly-skilled physiotherapists and allied health practitioners, Chana assists clients of all ages and stages with pelvic health issues such as diastasis recti (“mummy tummy”), pelvic pain, incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, pregnancy preparation, and pre- and postnatal conditions, as well as labor and delivery support.

 

Connect with my Guest:

Website: VitalPhysioTherapy.com

Email: chana@vitalphysiotherapy.com

Facebook: VitalPhysiotherapyToronto
Twitter: @ChanaHRoss
Instagram: @VitalPhysiotherapyAndWellness

 

If you enjoyed our conversation and would like to hear more:

Please subscribe to The Entrepology Podcast on Stitcher or iTunes.

We would also appreciate a review!

 

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ENTREPOLOGY PERFORMANCE LABS

Opt in for your free, personalized functional medicine quiz on Entrepology Performance Labs! Completing this questionnaire will take approximately 40 minutes of your time, and when you’re done, you will be prompted for an opportunity to sit down with someone on our medical team to review your individualized results. We are all on big missions, we are all trying to change the world. It’s no longer sufficient for our health to simply be fine. For us to achieve what we want to do as badass women with a vision for how we can help the world, we need to move our health to an optimal place!

 

CALL TO ACTION

Are you planning a pregnancy, in the middle of one, or are recently postpartum? Now is your opportunity to check in with a local pelvic floor physiotherapist! Just remember to check all of their credentials as per Chana’s recommendations and then be on your way! It’s never too late or too early to get assessed and make sure you’re on the right path for optimal health. And remember to follow-up on The Entrepology Podcast Facebook page — because when you are accountable, you are helpable.

Oct 23, 2018

My guest today is up to something very cool! We met each other at an event that I was speaking at a few months ago and when Angela Kelly and I introduced ourselves to each other and I asked her what she did, she said that she was a cricket entrepreneur. And to say the least, I was intrigued. I had only eaten cricket once before in the form of a protein bar when I was 4 months pregnant.

 

I was totally curious how this woman was not only interested in and came upon crickets, but how she was building an entire business out of it! Well, Angela shares all of that with us today. We not only talk about the health benefits of crickets — but we also talk about the steps you need to take to actually launch a food product. And what’s so cool about this is that we talk specifically about how Toronto is an excellent center and has incredible resources for those who have really cool food products they want to bring to the market.


This podcast hits all of the marks on everything that’s important to us here at Entrepology: health, entrepreneurship, and badassery — because frankly, eating bugs is the most badass things I’ve ever heard of.

 

Key Takeaways:

[1:42] About my guest today, Angela Kelly.

[3:17] Welcoming Angela to the podcast!

[3:42] Angela gives us some background on what it means to be a cricket entrepreneur.

[5:17] Where did the consumption of insects originate?

[6:30] How do you cook with crickets?

[8:00] Why do we have such a block towards cooking with insects? And how Angela helps people get past the “ick” factor.

[9:35] Do “whole-roasted crickets” look like full crickets?

[10:29] What crickets taste like.

[10:50] Angela talks about the environmental benefits of consuming crickets.

[14:05] My first cricket tasting experience.

[14:45] About the cricket products Angela offers.

[16:04] What component of the cricket helps reduce inflammation in the gut?

[16:45] How a cricket entrepreneur is similar to being a naturopathic doctor.

[17:22] How Angela positioned her innovative product to get it in front of consumers.

[19:35] Angela takes us through her journey as a food entrepreneur.

[23:25] Where to purchase Angela’s products.

[24:19] What has been the hardest part of launching her business?

[25:40] Does Angela think there are other insects that will also rise in popularity similarly to crickets?

[27:47] Does Angela actively cook with some of these other edible insects in her life?

[28:56] About our Impact LIVEs event in Toronto!

[30:44] Angela’s key performance indicators!

[35:00] Where to learn more about Angela and her products.

 

Mentioned in This Episode:

Eating Crickets Can Be Good for Your Gut, According to New Clinical Trial” (Article on Lab Manager)

Food Starter in North York

Fit Cricket Nutrition

Cookie Martinez

Impact LIVEs (event in Toronto) Oct. 26-27th (Coupon code: Entrepology20 for 20% off)

Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World, by Timothy Ferriss

 

More About Angela Kelly

Angela Kelly is the founder and CEO of Fit Cricket Nutrition, based in Toronto, Ontario. Her product, Fit Cricket Nutrition, is cricket-based nutrition in the form of protein bars and cricket powder. Not only are crickets healthy for you — they’re healthy for the planet too!

 

As Angela explains, “They offer a sustainable and complete protein and a lot of it! Most plant-based proteins are incomplete and need to be paired with other proteins to get the full amino acid spectrum the body needs, whereas crickets already contain all 9 essential amino acids.” Cricket powder provides almost 3x the amount of protein than beef, more calcium than milk, more iron than spinach, contains a perfect Omega-6 to -3 ratio for the human body, and is a great source of fiber and Vitamin B12. Crickets also promote an optimal microbiome! They’re also very sustainable; if one family of four ate insect protein once a week over the span of a year they would save the planet 650,000L of fresh water.

 

Fit Cricket Protein Bars are 10g of protein in just a 50g serving size using cricket powder as our second ingredient (of only 8) so you are really reaping the nutritional benefits of crickets. They are gluten, soy, dairy- and nut-free, NON-GMO and have no refined sugars.


To learn more about Angela and her passion for crickets, read the story here!

 

Connect with my Guest:

Website: FitCricket.com

Social Media: Facebook and Instagram

 

If you enjoyed our conversation and would like to hear more:

Please subscribe to The Entrepology Podcast on Stitcher or iTunes.

We would also appreciate a review!

 

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Grab our simple checklist for balancing your neurotransmitters right here!

Your brain biochemistry can help amplify your mindset or your capacity to be effective — it can help accelerate your mission in the world. If you want to learn more about how you can optimize your brain health for success visit MeghanWalker.com/BrainHealth!

 

CALL TO ACTION

My challenge to you this week is to try a new, healthy, daring food. We all try to eat as healthy as possible but why not take the leap and try a new recipe this week with a new healthy ingredient? Who knows, you might find your new favorite just as Angela did (and maybe it will even be crickets?). Remember to follow-up on The Entrepology Podcast Facebook page — because when you are accountable, you are helpable.

Oct 16, 2018

Today I want to speak about what gets in the way of accessing your inner badass, and that is this particular feeling. I don’t have a word for it, but I can describe it: it’s that feeling when you walk into a room, have an interaction with someone, and then depart that interaction feeling absolutely drained. In my practice, I’ve observed that women, more than men, are attuned to these feelings. And the unfortunate part is, these feelings can penetrate into our relationships, get in the way of our productivity, and can get in the way of our ability to amplify within our businesses.

 

My guest today, Art Giser, is an expert in removing and clearing this energy. He’s been an Energetic NLP or Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner for the last 30 years and has a particular focus in working with mission-driven individuals to help them understand and tap into their own energetics, their own energetic karma, and how to get rid of other people’s energy so you can accelerate in the mission you were meant to do. This is one of those factors that is a below-the-surface secret to success!

 

Key Takeaways:

[2:10] About my fantastic interview with my guest today, Art Giser!

[3:57] Welcoming Art to the podcast!

[4:20] Art takes us through his background and his personal journey on how he got to this place in his career.

[11:16] How long has Art been working with NLP in his own career?

[11:29] What is NLP? And how has this whole system of thinking formalized or systematized into what it is today?

[13:12] About the unique blend of Art’s energetic practice in conjunction with NLP.

[14:26] The way an energetic NLP session works at Art’s practice.

[17:02] How to tap into and connect with the notion of the miraculous self.

[22:01] What’s the deal with picking up on other people’s energy?

[26:12] About the three, free offers Art Giser has for listeners on his website!

[27:02] How to clear your energetic space

[38:05] About the energy that gold has and how you can use it in your daily life.

[40:04] How NLP can be used to invigorate your business.

[46:12] A book I’ve been reading recently, The Obstacle Is the Way, and how a different psychology related to obstacles can enable you to be successful.

[47:28] The purpose of obstacles.

[48:04] About our upcoming Impact LIVEs event in Toronto!

[49:51] Art Giser’s KPIs!

[55:33] Where to learn more about what Art Giser is up to.

 

Mentioned in This Episode:

UCSF School of Medicine

EnergeticNLP.com/Entrepology (Visit for three free offers from Art Giser!)

The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph,

by Ryan Holiday
Daoism

Hinduism

Impact LIVEs (event in Toronto) Oct. 26-27th (Coupon code: Entrepology20 for 20% off)

 

More About Art Giser

Art Giser was awed by how many people could transform their lives using NLP and he was awed how people could transform their lives using transformative energy work, intuition development, and spiritual development.

 

He began to explore combining these different areas in order to create something that was more powerful than any one system alone. The result is Energetic NLP.

 

Over the last 32 years, Art has continued to develop Energetic NLP into the wonderful field that it is today.

 

Infamous for his innate sense of fun, his mischievous way of training and his light-hearted approach, your days with Art will be full of light, joy and a lot of laughter! Art is known for his ability to make complex matters simple and easy to understand. This probably comes from his 11 years managing a research lab for the University of California San Francisco Medical School, 33 years as a life and executive coach, and his 32 years helping corporations develop leaders and high performing teams.

 

Art has over 33 years experience in and study of NLP, science, psychic development, and energetic and spiritual healing. He studied with all of the major developers of NLP including Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Leslie Cameron-Bandler, Michael Lebeau, David Gordon, Robert Dilts, and Steve and Connie Ray Andreas. He was also part of the NLP research team headed by Leslie Cameron-Bandler, David Gordon, and Michael Lebeau that developed Imperative Self Analysis. He was one of the first two trainers certified by them to teach Imperative Self Analysis. He has also studied intensively with a diverse group of spiritual teachers, intuitives, and healers including John Friedlander — author and teacher, John Fulton — founder of Aesclepion, Joseph Martinez — former president of the Philippine Psychic Healers Association of America, and John Norman.

 

(EnergeticNLP.com/Art-Giser)

 

Connect with my Guest:

Website: EnergeticNLP.com

Art Giser’s YouTube Channel and Facebook Page

 

If you enjoyed our conversation and would like to hear more:

Please subscribe to The Entrepology Podcast on Stitcher or iTunes.

We would also appreciate a review!

 

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If you want to be something amazing, you need to surround yourself with amazing people! The Legacy community is made up of badass women living — not leaving — their legacy every single day. If you are on a mission and get it that your health is the key to your unlimited potential — Join us on Facebook!

 

BRAIN HEALTH HANDOUT

Grab our simple checklist for balancing your neurotransmitters right here!

Your brain biochemistry can help amplify your mindset or your capacity to be effective — it can help accelerate your mission in the world. If you want to learn more about how you can optimize your brain health for success visit MeghanWalker.com/BrainHealth!

 

CALL TO ACTION

Connect to your energetic self and clear your energetic space! Re-tune into the podcast at 27:02 and use Art’s energetic NLP practice to help access your abilities. Remember, it’s more simple than you think! Give yourself permission to let go. And make sure to follow-up on The Entrepology Podcast Facebook page — because when you are accountable, you are helpable.

Oct 9, 2018

My guest today, Erin Wathen, is a food expert. She came to understand how we diet and why we don’t do well on them after her own personal journey of yo-yo dieting — starting from when she was only 15 years old. This is a story that so many of us can relate to but don’t know how to break free from.

 

In this episode, Erin talks extensively about food addiction and we go into great detail about how it’s not food that we are after, but actually, feelings that we are chasing. More explicitly, it’s actually a neurochemical reaction that we are trying to elicit. All of us on some level have a challenge with food addiction. And today, Erin breaks it all down for us. She explains how emotional components come into play with unhealthy eating habits, why we gain weight in the first place, how to stop yo-yo dieting and become a mindful eater, the connection between the food we choose to eat and its influence on our sleep and she gives us her five essential tips to literally be healthier by the end of this week!

 

Key Takeaways:

[1:33] About my guest today, Erin Wathen.

[3:08] Welcoming Erin to the podcast.

[3:15] Erin takes us through her personal and professional story.

[10:02] The emotional component of eating.

[15:27] How do we spot food addiction in our own lives?

[19:57] How to address food addiction head on.

[25:40] The connection between food choice and its influence on sleep.

[29:13] Erin’s five tips to literally be healthier by the end of the week.

[39:11] Erin’s key performance indicators!

[43:04] Where to find out more about Erin’s work.

 

Mentioned in This Episode:

Cheryl Tiegs

Why Can't I Stick To My Diet?: How To End the Food Drama, by Erin Wathen

Archangel Summit

Brendon Burchard

Impact LIVEs (event in Toronto) Oct. 26-27th (Coupon code: Entrepology20 for 20% off)

 

More About Erin Wathen

Erin Wathen is a holistic health coach, food abuse counselor and the author of Why Can’t I Stick to My Diet?: How To End The Food Drama. Originally from the West Coast, Erin worked in human resources in NYC for many years.

As a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) and a Food Addiction Counselor (INFACT), Erin understands the science behind health. As a Certified Spinning® Instructor (STAR 3), Vinyasa Yoga instructor (200 Hour) and Classical
Pilates instructor, she understands the mechanics of health as well. Fortunately,
she also knows how to break it all down into everyday language for her clients.

Despite her wealth of knowledge on diet and exercise, Erin was not at peace with her body. She found true nutrition to be the missing piece of the puzzle. She was always on a diet and yet never reached her goal weight. Through a lot of trial and error, Erin found her last diet, which became her food plan and the basis of her book, Why Can’t I Stick to My Diet? The book is currently available online at Amazon and will be available in bookstores November 2018.

Her philosophy simply put: Health isn’t a number on the scale or how often
we exercise, but our lives as a whole. She partners with her clients to work on
solutions that fit into their lifestyle, empowering them to live their healthiest life
in our crazy world.

You can learn more and tune into our interview here: https://erinwathenwellness.com/entrepology/

 

Connect with my Guest:

Website: https://erinwathenwellness.com/  

Social Media: Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn

 

If you enjoyed our conversation and would like to hear more:

Please subscribe to The Entrepology Podcast on Stitcher or iTunes.

We would also appreciate a review!

 

Join our badass Women’s Facebook Group, Legacy Performance Labs

If you want to be something amazing, you need to surround yourself with amazing people! The Legacy community is made up of badass women living — not leaving — their legacy every single day. If you are on a mission and get it that your health is the key to your unlimited potential — Join us on Facebook!

 

BRAIN HEALTH HANDOUT

Grab our simple checklist for balancing your neurotransmitters right here!

Your brain biochemistry can help amplify your mindset or your capacity to be effective — it can help accelerate your mission in the world. If you want to learn more about how you can optimize your brain health for success visit MeghanWalker.com/BrainHealth!

 

CALL TO ACTION

Don’t eat close to bedtime — eating before bed leads your body to digest food during the night and creates a domino effect of fatigue going into your next day. When you eat right (and in turn, improve your sleep) your health and life will dramatically improve. More sleep means making healthier choices during the day, and a healthy diet is a key to feeling better! Remember to follow-up on The Entrepology Podcast Facebook page — because when you are accountable, you are helpable.

Oct 2, 2018

My guest today is someone I have known and respected for a very long time. She is the epitome of a go-getter; she is an entrepreneur, a colleague, and a naturopathic doctor. She’s immensely passionate around one of the most foundational things we look at as NDs — that’s also probably the least favorite thing you talk about as health seekers or as patients — and that is: poo.

 

If we’re going to talk about bowel movements, we’re going to bring someone in who can do it in not only an eloquent and passionate way but someone who literally describes poo and bowel movements as their life mission. Dr. Marisol is known as the Queen of Thrones, and today she is going to take us through what it means to actually have a perfect poo. If that isn’t enticing enough, we’re also going to talk about her product line, how she has integrated health and entrepreneurship, and how she taps into the feelings that she wants to be able to impart to the people in her life on a daily basis.

 

Key Takeaways:

[1:52] About my guest today: Dr. Marisol Teijeiro.

[3:24] Welcoming Dr. Marisol to the podcast!

[3:53] How did Marisol earn the titles of doctor and “Queen of Thrones”?

[8:46] What was it that made Marisol want to build her career around poo?

[14:00] What is the perfect poo? The 11 golden nuggets about a good stool.

[19:03] Dr. Marisol explains the importance of your stool length.

[19:59] What is the ideal amount of pooping you should be doing a day?

[21:30] What is a squatty potty?

[22:45] How does Dr. Marisol help people who are struggling with their bowel movements to restore their gut?

[27:55] Dr. Marisol explains the benefits of castor oil and how it has been used as a healing intervention.

[31:25] About Dr. Marisol’s easy castor oil pack and how to use it.

[35:46] Dr. Marisol describes the powerful, legendary tool that is castor oil and more of its benefits.

[37:58] How Marisol defines health.

[38:43] About our Impact LIVEs Event in Toronto!

[40:31] Dr. Marisol’s key-performance indicators.

[46:40] Where to find out more about what Dr. Marisol is up to.

 

Mentioned in This Episode:

Oh, Shit!, by Dr. Marisol

Gaba Supplement

Dr. Marisol’s Castor Oil Pack

Impact LIVEs (event in Toronto) Oct. 26-27th (Coupon code: Entrepology20 for 20% off)

 

More About Marisol Teijeiro

Dr. Marisol, ND is a world leader renowned for her passion for cleansing and gut health, not only because she has the degree on the wall but more so because she’s experienced feeling shitty and figured out the hierarchy on how to get healthy.

Crowned the Queen of Thrones™, for over 15 years, she has trained and educated healthcare practitioners and has helped thousands of patients transition from SHIT SHOW to OWNING their throne.

Dr. Marisol directs and practices at Sanas Health Practice in Canada, has spearheaded PuraSanas health supplements and invented the Queen of Thrones Organic Castor Oil Pack™ and line of products.

The launch of her first books, OH, SHIT!, her educational conferences and programs, heralds her championing you to become your legend. Join her movement and help her to achieve her goal of being in 1 billion bathrooms by 2020. We can do it!

 

Connect with my Guest:

Her website: Drmarisol.com

Social Media: Facebook

 

If you enjoyed our conversation and would like to hear more:

Please subscribe to The Entrepology Podcast on Stitcher or iTunes.

We would also appreciate a review!

 

Join our badass Women’s Facebook Group, Legacy Performance Labs

If you want to be something amazing, you need to surround yourself with amazing people! The Legacy community is made up of badass women living — not leaving — their legacy every single day. If you are on a mission and get it that your health is the key to your unlimited potential — Join us on Facebook!

 

BRAIN HEALTH HANDOUT

Grab our simple checklist for balancing your neurotransmitters right here!

Your brain biochemistry can help amplify your mindset or your capacity to be effective — they can help accelerate your mission in the world. If you want to learn more about how you can optimize your brain health for success visit MeghanWalker.com/BrainHealth!

 

CALL TO ACTION

Position and prepare yourself for success … with pooping! If you haven’t already, try putting into practice some of Dr. Marisol’s tips for a better poo. Pull out your squatty potty (or high heels), don’t stress, and look for the signs of a perfect poop: clean wipe, one piece, no smell, and the length of your stool. Remember to follow-up on The Entrepology Podcast Facebook page — because when you are accountable, you are helpable.

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