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Impact is what lives on beyond our daily challenges as an entrepreneur, parent and global citizen. It is the end product of living on purpose, thinking strategically, optimizing your health and committing to an evolving mindset. Impact is possible for all of us. Join your host, Dr. Meghan Walker, an entrepreneur, author, mother and former Naturopathic Doctor for provocative, progressive and playful weekly conversations that shatter the boundaries of what is possible for your life. Whether it is a solo session with Meghan, a soulful story, or a profound interview with actionable takeaways, you will leave each conversation inspired and prepared to turn your dreams into impactful creations and opportunities. Each week we explore topics and speak to world-class experts related to optimal health, mindset, wealth creation, and entrepreneurial tactics. We believe you can have your cake and eat it too. If you are ready to escape hustle culture and build a life on your terms, we’ve got your back. Impact is for women who are ready to pick up the pen and write the unregrettable version of their life’s story. Brace for Impact.
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Jun 28, 2022

On this episode of IMPACT, we had a conversation with the wonderful Dr. Aimie Apigian. Dr. Aimie is a Board Certified Preventative Medicine Physician with a Masters in Biochemistry and Public Health. She is also an author, speaker, and founder of Trauma Healing Accelerated, LLC. The topic of discussion for this week is understanding the complexity behind trauma and how to properly address it in order to heal from it.

 

There are many factors that play into trauma but many of us don’t know what those factors are, let alone what trauma actually is and how it deeply affects us. In this episode, Dr. Aimie dives deep into how she became involved with healing trauma through her own personal experiences and how she has harnessed the pain and turned it into an art and practice that helps many people in their healing journeys.

 

Of course, we discuss many topics in this episode, but the one statement that Dr. Aimie could not emphasize enough is “less talking, more doing”. Quite frequently, she notices that people tend to stay in the act of expressing their feelings about their trauma and not enough on taking action to diminish it. She asserts that everyone has trauma; everyone in this world is going to endure it at some point. In this episode, she recommends how one should approach their road to emotional wellness and stability. Make sure to have your notepad on hand when you tune in!  




KEY TAKEAWAYS: 

[5:50] How Dr. Aimie Apigian got started in the world healing trauma

​​[12:21] The tools needed to rewire the nervous system

[13:14] How trauma affects our minds and bodies through the years

[22:01] Breaking down the process of fight-or-flight-or-freeze

[24:29] Love and affection can be scary for some traumatized people

[35:11] How trauma is stored in the body

[36:38] Gender bias to being able to manage and integrate trauma

[39:40] Pandemic of insecure attachment

[46:37] The relationship between resilience and trauma




WHERE TO FIND THE GUEST: 

 

Biology of Trauma Summit 2.0

 

Trauma Healing Accelerated Website




MEMORABLE QUOTES:

“Trauma is anything that, for any reason, at that time, overwhelmed your system. And that’s why it’s so individual. And that’s why it’s also very much related to what is the state of your nervous system.”

-Dr. Aimie Apigian 

 

“We’ve lumped fight, flight, or freeze all in the same category, and that’s not true. Those are very different physiological states.”

-Dr. Aimie Apigian 

 

“If we just take that moment to pause and sit, and let whatever comes up, come up, what we would find is that our body would start to shake and tremble because it’s releasing all this adrenaline.”

-Dr. Aimie Apigian 

 

“Let’s not talk, let’s just do. Where many people get hurt in the process of their healing journey around trauma is talking about it.”

-Dr. Aimie Apigian 

 

“When we experience trauma, those are very uncomfortable sensations that happen in the body. And so, our nervous system, unconsciously but intentionally, disconnects us from those uncomfortable sensations it sees as a threat to our survival.” 

-Dr. Aimie Apigian 

Jun 21, 2022

On this week’s episode of IMPACT, there are no guests, it’s just you and me. The topic of discussion for this episode is resilience. I wanted to unpack this very complex term because there are many layers to resilience and I think that it is something that every entrepreneur, every employee, every parent, every kid… everybody should have.

 

I discuss the factors that lead to substantial and robust resilience, most of which is developed at an early age. When my parents divorced, I flew back and forth between their homes since the age of 11. As if flying wasn’t nerve-wrecking enough, I had to fly by myself and those experiences helped me build a tremendously strong emotional and mental resilience because that ‘goodbye’ hurt every single time. It is the experiences we face when we’re younger that shape us into the people we are today. But we have to address our traumas instead of masking them. 

 

Though some of us have had the privilege of having a home, a nice family, good friends, a full fridge, not everyone has those privileges. It is very important to be aware that people act a certain way based on their life’s circumstances. Empathy is something that we can and should develop in ourselves because not everyone has developed their resilience enough to endure their unfortunate circumstances. 

 

Tune in, share with a friend, and leave a ‘like’ if you enjoyed this episode!



KEY TAKEAWAYS

[3:35] Resilience is not simply the mental health piece

[7:38] Meghan’s own journey dealing with resilience

[12:20] Meghan hated being flown from one parent to another

[15:25] My resilience is my privilege

[18:23] We don’t know what happens behind closed doors to those around us

 

HOW TO CONNECT ME

Visit www.meghanwalker.com

Instagram: @drmeghanwalker




MEMORABLE QUOTES:

“Resilience is not simply the mental health piece, it is a spectrum; it’s how we set our physiology and our psychology up for success. And that means we challenge the system.”

– Meghan Walker

 

“If your physiology doesn’t have your back, it doesn’t matter how much positive psychology you throw at the table. The system cannot support the event.”

– Meghan Walker

 

“Developing resilience is not something we are necessarily born with. We may have a genetic predisposition to not fly off the physiological handle in the face of anxiety and stress. But that is simply a predisposition.”

– Meghan Walker

 

“I also know that this pattern of turning and walking forward and being able to move on to the next thing, that was part of my coping mechanism, and it’s part of the coping mechanism that I’ve carried to adulthood.”

– Meghan Walker

 

 “I acknowledge that I have had access to things in my life that have afforded me a tremendous amount of privilege. But nothing has afforded me more privilege than accessing, experiencing, and witnessing evidence of my own capacity at a young age.”

– Meghan Walker

 

“The one thing I can share with you as a clinician, and I think it’s one of the most powerful lessons I took away from the clinical era of my career, is that lots of people, most people, have lots of shit you don’t know about.”

– Meghan Walker

 

 “My question and call to action to you is: what and where in your life do you need to lean in on that resilience piece… On that physiological resilience… On that psychological resilience? What trauma would you benefit from unpacking?”

– Meghan Walker

Jun 14, 2022

On this week’s episode of IMPACT, we had one of the most intuitive conversations yet with the magical, Asha Frost. Asha is an Indigenous (Ojibwe) Medicine Person, mentor, space holder, author and more. Her mission is to have people decolonize their mind and free their spirit from the manacles that have been weighing us down for centuries.

 

Some of the most impactful ideas from this discussion were how she got introduced to the world of natural medicine and homeopathy; how one shouldn’t care too much about other people’s opinions; how to heal from generational trauma, and much more. Asha emphasizes the idea of decolonizing our brain and spirit, but it’s not only for Indigenous people. She says that all people have been colonized to some extent and now, there is a shift in that aspect.  

 

Asha is truly the modern bridge between the physical world and the spirit world. Her ways of living, ideologies, and ethics have tremendously sparked an inner light in many lives across the globe, including mine. If one wants to take a deeper dive into her journey and receive guidance from a true spiritual master, be sure to pick up her book, You Are The Medicine, available everywhere books are sold. 

 

Tune in to find out more about this beautiful and powerful being.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

[4:14] How Asha got introduced to the world of natural medicine and homeopathy

[9:44] Asha’s opinions on society have changed since the time when she wrote her book

[10:35] Asha felt a sense of healing through the process of publishing her book

[15:11] What ‘You Are The Medicine’ actually means

[23:42] How to heal from generational trauma

[32:18] Why the moon is so important

[40:34] What people can expect after picking up You Are The Medicine

 

HOW TO CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST

You Are The Medicine Book

IG: Asha Frost



MEMORABLE QUOTES:

“So then when 2020 came and everything rose up, it was hard because I’ve been talking about these things for years now and nobody really cared. Why are people caring now?” —Asha Frost 

 

“So when the book opportunity came about, I knew that this was my one opportunity to speak the truth, my truth, my ancestors’ truth, the land’s truth… I wanted to make that impactful, as impactful as I could.” —Asha Frost

 

“If you’re going to be medicines, can you look at where these are coming from? Can you honor the people? Can you honor the truth of what’s happening in our country?” —Asha Frost

 

“When we say we love Canada, Canada is a racist country. Are you seeing that? Are you seeing how our Indigenous people are… being treated. Can we see all of those things? It’s just asking for another level of accountability, responsibility, and reciprocity.” —Asha Frost 

 

“I think we’ve all been colonized in different ways. We’ve been disconnected from spirit. Even our bodies, you know? … And that’s one of the main purposes of my book, is reconnection, which seems so simple but we all need it.” —Asha Frost 

 

‘You are the Medicine’, it really comes from my work as a Homeopath I think because I would see folks in front of me and I can see their vital force beaming at me… I could hear or sense the component of their vital force.” —Asha Frost

 

“I believe that part of the issue is we’re so externally focused, our eyes are all red. I believe that when we could close our eyes and get into that internal space… if I do a shamanic journey, it’s like spirit brings me all the messages.” —Asha Frost

 

“When you think about how she moves the tides, like we have tides within us and she’s always communicating with us. But we have been colonized to just not reconnect to that. Yet, she is doing it anyways.” —Asha Frost

 

“It’s really powerful when you lean into this work and turn off your brain, and you just let your being be, the capacity for manifestation in all elements of your life is really powerful.” —Dr. Megan Walker

 

“I want people to say that everywhere she showed up, her presence made me feel seen.” —Asha Frost

Jun 7, 2022

On this week’s episode of IMPACT, we had a very special conversation with Natalie Jill. Natalie is a fat loss expert turned high-performance coach. One can also say she is a supermom. But more than that, she is an amazing philosopher that is turning the clock to a different time when it comes to our mindset. Her mission is to tackle these FAT’s, false assumed truths, and reprogram our minds in order to achieve our highest potential.

 

In this conversation, we dive into many different topics regarding health and business, but the main idea of discussion was definitely learning how to get rid of these social norms or “truths” that aren’t necessarily our truth, but someone else’s. Natalie emphasizes how one should go about achieving their dream life through the process of deciding what it is they want, envisioning exactly how they want it, and then taking the right actions to achieve it.

 

More than ever now with social media, people have been programmed to think that we can only do things a certain way and that is not our truth. It may be for them but once one starts to break the barriers they thought existed within them, one then finds out that almost anything is possible. We are creatures of this planet put here to live, experience, and grow, and the possibilities for different outcomes are endless! 

 

Tune in to find out more about this amazing woman’s story!



KEY TAKEAWAYS 

[7:59] How Natalie got her start in her career as trainer then high performance coach

[13:18] Being stuck in circumstance

[15:30] Parents handing down unfortunate or fortunate circumstances

[16:35] FAT- Falsely Assumed Truths

[23:35] Natalie’s process for fat loss is similar to business and goal achievement – Decide, Vision, Action

[31:51] Knowing how and when to delegate in your business

 

HOW TO CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST

Website:  https://www.nataliejillfitness.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/nataliejillfit/?hl=en

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MEMORABLE QUOTES

“I honestly think that one of the things that creates depression… were boredom in life or comparison problems, is this idea that we have to somehow stay the same.”

~Natalie Jill

 

“You see, so many times, Megan, we stay stuck in circumstances… I’m overweight, I’m broke, I’m getting a divorce… And I had to ask myself, ok, what are the possibilities though? Where could I create?”

~Natalie Jill

 

“When you scroll social media first thing in the morning, you’re in circumstance. Because what runs through your head is ugh, why don’t I look like that? How come I’m not on that trip? Why don’t I have that successful business?”

~Natalie Jill

 

“What I did that day was reprogram myself into what do I actually want and I had to stop my brain from telling me what it is that I don’t want, or what I couldn’t have.”

~Natalie Jill

 

“One thing my parents did very well, and I hope I do this for my daughter, is they always told me I could create or be whatever I wanted.”

~Natalie Jill

 

“The fact is you had a hysterectomy, got it. The fact is you’re not going to gain 30 pounds. That’s a false-assumed truth, which means somebody told you that and now you believe that’s what’s going to happen to you.”

~Natalie Jill

 

“What a false assumed truth is that it doesn’t mean it’s a fact, it means somebody put that over you. You then found evidence to support it and now that’s what’s going to happen to you.”

~Natalie Jill

“I had people bringing me down all the time… I don’t have anyone in my life that doesn’t support my vision, period. And it’s not a me-decision, it’s an intuitive soul decision.”

~Natalie Jill

 

If people skip this step, then willpower doesn’t work. I get people laser-clear on the detail, what are you going to be wearing when they release the weight? What are they going to look like? How are they going to feel?”

~Natalie Jill

 

“Most diet/nutrition plans talk about all the things that you can’t have. I don’t do that. I have a very clear outline of what I want people eating. But what I tell them to do is I don’t want you to worry about what you can’t have, what I want you to do is focus on how do I get all of this good stuff in, which makes less room for the not so good.”

~Natalie Jill

 

“I had to crash and burn. I had to start over. What I know now is that when you bring somebody on, 1.) You have to bring them on for that one thing… 2.) You have to train people really, really well.”

~Natalie Jill

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