The OPT2LIV Podcast

Dr. Amy Banter & Eric share what inspires them everyday to focus on how they Breathe ~ Eat ~ Move ~ Sleep. OPT2LIV MEDICAL is a Holistic Primary Care Provider with offices in Indiana and Colorado. You can find us at www.opt2liv.com . We are a team of highly qualified and expert primary care and wellness providers spanning 26+ years experience serving people that value living a high quality optimal...

Over the next few Podcasts Dr. Amy Banter & Eric Banter will be inviting guests that have inspired them along their journey of realizing OPT2LIV MEDICAL. Today's guest is Dr. Amy's mother, Nancy Hinkle. She shares her life journey and her secrets of joy and resiliency through life's peaks and valleys. OPT2LIV MEDICAL is a Holistic Primary Care Provider with offices in Indiana and Colorado. You can...

Over the next few Podcasts Dr. Amy Banter & Eric Banter will be inviting guests that have inspired them along their journey of realizing OPT2LIV MEDICAL. Today's guest is Linda Banter. She tells her story of how family, yoga, massage therapy, and caring for others has formed her into who she is today. She also shares her recent journey with lung cancer and how she was able to stay positive amidst...

Dr. Amy Banter & Eric share what are optimal carbohydrates for the body and where do you buy them. OPT2LIV MEDICAL is a Holistic Primary Care Provider with offices in Indiana and Colorado. You can find us at www.opt2liv.com . We are a team of highly qualified and expert primary care and wellness providers spanning 26+ years experience serving people that value living a high quality optimal life an...

Dr. Amy Banter & Eric share what are optimal carbohydrates for the body and where do you buy them. OPT2LIV MEDICAL is a Holistic Primary Care Provider with offices in Indiana and Colorado. You can find us at www.opt2liv.com . We are a team of highly qualified and expert primary care and wellness providers spanning 26+ years experience serving people that value living a high quality optimal life an...

Dr. Amy Banter & Eric share what is an optimal protein for the body and where do you buy them. OPT2LIV MEDICAL is a Holistic Primary Care Provider with offices in Indiana and Colorado. You can find us at www.opt2liv.com . We are a team of highly qualified and expert primary care and wellness providers spanning 26+ years experience serving people that value living a high quality optimal life and pe...

Dr. Amy Banter & Eric share the importance of an optimal brain and how to achieve this preferred state.

Dr. Amy Banter & Eric invite guest John Ameis to discuss the benefits that can be realized from integrating OPT2LIV MEDICAL in your life if you fully engage in your personalized plan set by Dr. Amy.

Dr. Amy Banter and Eric share that this last week has been a week of New Beginnings for their kids and for them at OPT2LIV MEDICAL.

Dr. Amy Banter and Eric share their excitement for kicking off their OPT2LIV MEDICAL Vision that they have had for a few years.

In this OPT2LIV Mornings Live Episode Dr. Amy Banter, Doug Anderson, and Eric Banter talk about how a Yoga Nidra practice can help people to better manage anxiety and stress. Yoga Nidra is a practice that dates back to around 1000 BC and today is used by Olympic Athletes, Executives, the Military, and others to induce a relaxed state and stabilize mental chatter. For a free guided Yoga Nidra for t...

Doug and Eric discuss the number of New Year’s Resolutions that are made and the statistics for how well people are in hitting their goals. They generally include eating better, exercising, slowing down, and just being better to oneself. To be successful one will need knowledge, a commitment, and discipline. Doug shares that 83% of people who join a gym on 1/1 are not their by 2/1 ( sharecarehealt...

Dr. Amy and Eric breakdown what it takes to be successful with your New Year’s resolutions. They share that 80% of people fail to follow through with their resolutions. They breakdown what parts of the brain are responsible for this low performance and how to change this performance for the better. Dr. Amy says that it’s not that we are a bad person but that our instincts for survival are very str...

Dr. Amy and Eric talk about the importance of maintaining a healthy immune system and how the four pillars of OPT2LIV help. Dr. Amy shares that there is an increased number of people sick during the winter months due to the closed environments for living and highlights protocols for minimizing the spread of colds and viruses. She highlights how to take care of yourself if you are sick, walking thr...

Doug and Eric reflect on their most recent visit to the Abbey of Gethsemani, in Kentucky, on a silent retreat. They share their experience from prayer to hiking the 2000 acres of land. The spiritually healing experience was born from the welcoming atmosphere of the Abbey and the time that they had visiting with Brother Tom. They highlighted the challenges of living optimally, and that there is no...

Doug and Eric talk about how to prepare for the stresses of the Holiday Season, and the importance of keeping your glass over half full or overflowing. For survival purposes the brain is intrigued with fear. It is our job as conscious human beings to realize the difference between real fear and perceived fear. Real fear is usually an acute occurrence and our brain is wired to fight or flee. In thi...

Doug shares his recent tour and why it is hard sometimes to get back on track with your movement. Doug shares the benefits, challenges, and solutions. The benefits are energy, mental clarity, increased metabolism. The challenges are making a commitment and making the time. The solutions are find a partner, have a routine, and schedule the movement. Opt2Liv Virtual Wellness is a family owned busine...

Dr. Amy shares the benefits of getting a gut test through OPT2LIV. She reviews the who, why, how, and what. The gut test is one of four tests that Dr. Amy suggests getting to help individuals learn how to live an optimal life. She shares that everyone would benefit from a comprehensive digestive analysis and how our gut is crucial to our overall health. It will help you to better understand how to...

Dr. Amy shares her journey after a recent bout with acute back pain and how she used the Opt2Liv coaching protocols to move through it and facilitate her healing. Dr. highlights some of the statistics of back pain and starts with 84% of adults will have low back pain some time in their lives. She breaks down back pain into acute, subacute (4-12 wk) or chronic (>12 weeks). 85% of cases are nonspeci...

Dr. Amy Banter, Linda Banter, Kim Carlson, & Eric Banter are back to expand on what the chakras are and why knowing how they work could help someone to live optimally. The group breaks down each of the seven main chakras in the body: muladhara, svadhisthana, manipura, anahata, vishuddha, ajna, sahaswara. They start with muladhara located at the base of the spine, which is our center of survival. W...

Dr. Amy Banter, Linda Banter, Kim Carlson, & Eric Banter discuss what the Chakras are and how they are a part of our life. Eric shares how quantum physics is helping us to better understand the spiritual realm through proving that 4% of the energy in the universe is seen and measurable and that the other 96% is unseen and unmeasurable. The chakras are our bridge between the seen and unseen realms....

Dr. Amy, Doug, and Eric invited Nancy Schalk Connor back to talk about Trauma. Nancy shares that trauma is much more prevalent than we imagine. It is important to understand, because it actually changes the brain. Psychologists and psychiatrists refer to trauma as Big T and little “t”, where a little “t” trauma could be that I didn’t make the team and a Big T trauma would be a car accident or expo...

Doug and Eric welcome the newest OPT2LIV Coach to the team, Sarah Faulkner. Sarah brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the team from anxiety and depression to 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training modalities. Sarah shares her story for how the modalities of yoga helped her to successfully navigate postpartum depression and anxiety, and eliminate medications. The group discusses how kids today are...

Dr. Amy, Doug, and Eric welcome Kim Carlson from Roots and Wings Yoga Wellness back to talk about Aroma Therapy and Essential Oils. Kim specializes in combining essential oils with crystals to maximize the benefits for individuals. Dr. Amy shares that essential oils are extracts from plants that work with the brains limbic system, which manages our emotions and memories. These extracts capture the...

Dr. Amy, Doug and Eric introduce OPT2LIV's newest coach Nancy Schalk Connor, who is a yoga pioneer in the state of Indiana. Her passion for yoga has given her experience with running a yoga studio, certifying yoga students, and conducting research for our National Institutes of Health's Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) government agency. Her in depth research to find effective yoga mod...