Well Connected Twin Cities Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Co-founder and podcast host Lilly says goodbye as she transitions away from Well Connected Twin Cities and the podcast takes a short pause. Well Connected Twin Cities is connecting you with local health and wellness professionals in your community. Discover what's possible by surfing the directory, taking a class, or attending the next event.  http://wellconnectedtwincities.c...

Send us Fan Mail Get to know Julie McCormick, owner of Selby Acupuncture, and learn about how Chinese Medicine works as an integrative model of care.  Julie shares a personal story of what drew her into this work and why she's so passionate about making it more accessible. Connect with Julie at selbyacupuncture.com Well Connected Twin Cities is connecting you with local health and wellness pr...

Send us Fan Mail Local chiropractor Dr. Brenna Erickson specializes in a very gentle style of chiropractic care called Directional Non-Force Technique (DNFT).  Learn more about how it works and specifically how she helps people dealing with symptoms of burnout and migraines especially. Connect with Dr. Brenna Erickson at healthyrootschiropractic.com Well Connected Twin Cities is connecting you wit...

Send us Fan Mail Get to know local Twin Cities QNRT practitioner Mallery Hammers as she talks about how she got started in the mental health field, what drew her into QNRT, and how it all works. Mentioned in this episode: Resmaa Mekakem and his book My Grandmother's Hands  Connect with Mallery at unlock-healing.com Well Connected Twin Cities is connecting you with local health and wellness pr...

Send us Fan Mail Mike Milios is a life and wellness coach and a mediator who discovered mindfulness and yoga through the Veterans Yoga Project.  He saw such a shift that he began building his wellness toolkit, training as a trauma informed yoga teacher, wellness coach, and mediator to begin sharing these tools with people around him. Get to know Mike and learn about how he and a few colleagues sta...

Send us Fan Mail Christina Gregory is a reiki practitioner and instructor who joins us on the podcast to talk about how she got into energy healing, how it works, and what results she's seen happen for her clients over the years.  Connect with Christina at energyhealinguniverse.com and find her on the Well Connected Twin Cities directory. Well Connected Twin Cities is connecting you with loca...

Send us Fan Mail Becky Kleive is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach who works with people before, during, and after pregnancy to use nutrition for optimal health along the way.  Like so many wellness practitioners, her own experience is what brought her to this work, so she talks about what that looked like for her. She also shares some basic nutrition tips and talks about how she customizes he...

Send us Fan Mail Desiree Ruvalcaba is a spiritual coach and energy alchemist who draws on many tools to support clients as they release emotional blockages and connect more deeply with their intuition.  We talk about how she got into this work, her own healing story, and the results some of her clients have seen through working with her. Connect with Desiree at theyeoflight.com Well Connected Twin...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Jaron and Dr. Jordan, founders of Statera Health in Edina, MN join this episode to talk about the approach of functional medicine and some of the specific tools they have available at their clinic.  We discuss the benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, LED light therapy, and infrared sauna.  They share their approach to lifestyle medicine and how developing lifestyle habits ca...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Tom Pastor is a chiropractor who is helping people develop strong and resilient self care habits for life.  He joins the podcast to talk about why he was drawn into chiropractic care and how it led him into working specifically around developing strong self care habits and taking a preventative approach to health and wellbeing. Connect with Tom at drtompastor.com Well Connecte...

Send us Fan Mail Angela Kittock is a personal growth and healing coach who uses a deep understanding of personality typing to help her clients learn more about how they're wired and use that as a stepping stone for personal growth and support in relationships and team dynamics.  Co-founders Alex and Lilly are both on this episode to speak to their own experience with the personality typing th...

Send us Fan Mail Lesley Koehnen began her career over 20 years ago as a pilates instructor, and over that time she's seen her clients progress through their 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and beyond.  Her clients have inspired her to have a very purposeful and intentional approach to aging.  She recently added health coaching to her practice and has also supported a lot...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. ShaRhae Matousek has over 22 years of experience in chiropractic care, and while she began with a focus on pediatrics, her practice grew as her patients did.  She talks about how chiropractic care works for kids of all ages, and how she incorporates craniosacral work into all of her adjustments. This is a fascinating episode for parents or soon-to-be parents because she shares...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Sara Jean Barrett is a naturopathic doctor and co-founder of Wellness Minneapolis.  She specializes in treating patients with chronic illness, and runs a group series for people with Hashimoto's disease.  We talk about how naturopathic doctors take a holistic approach and treat each person as a unique individual, but they're also able to walk the line between convent...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Emily started her career as a pharmacist, but after working with natural family planning and cycle tracking herself, she quickly discovered a passion for teaching others about it.  She now runs her business The NFP Pharmacist where she offers live virtual classes as well as 1-on-1 consults to help people better understand and plan around their cycles. In our conversation we al...

Send us Fan Mail Creative Kuponya founders Jamil and Sara Stamschror-Lott share the story behind how they got started as an organization that's changing the way people access mental health services. With a sliding scale and community funded model they can provide therapy to anyone, but they intentionally center those who are underserved by our systems and institutions.  Listen to the full epi...

Send us Fan Mail Christine Lord is a somatic psychotherapist who helps people slow down and connect with how emotions are showing up in their bodies.  In this episode we talk about how somatic experiencing can help people process uncomfortable emotions like anger, grief, and sadness.  Connect with Christine at christinelord.com Well Connected Twin Cities is connecting you with local health and wel...

Send us Fan Mail Christopher Gunlock is a psychedelic preparation and integration specialist and Executive Director of the Psychedelic Society of Minnesota. We talk about the benefits of psychedelics, the risk or dark side, and how the Psychedelic Society of Minnesota is bringing people together in community to help mitigate harm and help people explore what's possible with psychedelics. Ment...

Send us Fan Mail Julia Miller is the founder of Julia Elise natural + herbal body care products.  She joins us to talk about accessible self care practices and how self care relates to community care. Mentioned in this episode: - See No Stranger by Valerie Carr - Julia Elise Products can be found at juliaelise.com Well Connected Twin Cities is connecting you with local health and wellness professi...

Send us Fan Mail Julie Delene is a management consultant who's developed a system called Move As One, which draws on her experience in ballroom dance and Feng Shui to help teams move through stagnation or conflict. We talk about how this idea of co-creation is gaining momentum (with a lot of ground work already done by the activist communities of the 60's and 70's).  It's also...

Send us Fan Mail Ihotu Ali is an integrative medicine practitioner, researcher, doctor in training, and cultural womb healer. Fascinated by the connections between western and traditional medicine, she studied Afro-indigenous and global cultural practices for childbirth, ancestral and womb healing, alongside formal medical training in chiropractic care, neurological benefits of touch, and the neur...

Send us Fan Mail Anne Murphy is a celebrant, death educator, and home vigil guide who's passionate about helping people walk through death and grief in a supported way.  We talk about what home vigils can look like, and how slowing down the physical transition between death and final disposition of the body can give families more time to process the loss.  In our youth and productivity obsess...

Send us Fan Mail Erotic Blueprint™ coach Fauna Gold joins us to talk about how reclaiming their right to pleasure had a transformative and healing effect on all aspect of their life.  We discuss what the 5 Erotic Blueprint™ types are and how people can use this knowledge and understanding to deepen their experiences of pleasure. Connect with @faunamagick on Instagram or @faunagold Facebook. Shop A...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Rachel Allyn is a holistic psychologist, writer, retreat leader, and pleasure expert, and she joins us on the podcast to talk about her new book, The Pleasure Is All Yours . We talk about the reasons why so many of us are disconnected from our bodies and why practicing bodyfulness (similar to mindfulness, but focusing on the mind/body) is an important bridge to experiencing mo...

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Julie Shannon Williams, a certified yoga therapist who runs a group called The New Face of Aging, which provides members the space and impetus for exploring their personal relationship with aging.  We talk about how yoga therapy works, what prompted her to explore the topic of aging in this way, and who we both look up to for examples of great attitudes towards a...