Small Changes Big Shifts With Dr. Michelle Robin

We are all given the same 24 hours in a day but it seems some people are able to do so much more with those hours than others. Lane Kennedy says it all comes down to presence, clarity and choice. Lane started on her health journey after getting very sick over 20 years ago and struggled to find answers or anything that helped. She decided one day that she was going to find the answers herself and “hacked” her own internal system. She started using bio-identical hormones, balanced her hormones, looked at her mental health and found relief, happiness and inspiration. Now, Lane is helping people all over “hack” their way to a healthier and healthier life.

The first thing we must do to move forward in life is learn to love ourselves. No matter who we are, what we look like or what we do. Alex Salazar understands this more than most as he has been on a journey his entire life of self love and discovery. Alex is a transgender male who knew at a young age that he didn’t identify with the gender he was born into. He has gone through life hearing people tell him who and what he should be but has continued to trust and stay true to himself. Now he is helping people going through similar experiences find their own way and voice so they can live their life just the way they want to. Whether you are going through your own transformation or know someone going through one, Alex’s words of self love, compassion and acceptance are here to help.

Have you ever realized that we often focus on what is “wrong” in the world instead of what is “right” with it? Whenever tragedy hits, we always jump to conclusions or talk about how everything is bad, instead of looking at all the good in the world. Dr. Steve Arkin has his own personal story of losing a loved one to suicide and has turned that experience into an opportunity to help others in even more ways than he thought possible. He is constantly sharing that no matter what a person looks like or how they act on the outside, they can still be going through something life altering on the inside. It is up to us to love and respect each other enough to find out and help.  Dr. Arkin is helping people all over the community begin to find peace by reminding them to focus on the right instead of the wrong. By this simple change in perspective, it can lead to big shifts in your mental health.

Why can’t people just be good to people? I’m sure we all have asked this numerous times while running errands or out at social gatherings. It’s a simple question and concept but so often people are not kind to one another. Kris Wittenberg of Be Good to People, asked herself this question one day after a run in with a rude person and an hour later was already working on securing a URL and was running with the idea of Be Good to People. It is amazing what a little reminder like a water bottle or shirt that says “be good to people” can do and Kris and her team are changing the way people think, act and speak to one another. They are helping people remember that being kind and good to people is as simple as black and white.

“You are not crazy, these drugs are making you ill.” is what Dr. Kelly Brogan told Ali Zeck after decades of being prescribed prescription medications for her mental and physical health. Ali’s story is one that is becoming all too common in our day and age as she was handed medication after medication for everything from bulimia to anxiety and bipolarity. Through her journey, she attempted suicide multiple times and was in and out of hospitals and doctors offices for years before meeting on doctor who helped turn her life around.  After seeing, Dr. Kelly Brogan, Ali changed her diet over night and saw immediate results and learned how her genetics and environment played a role in her wellbeing. Now, Ali is sharing her story with people all over the country and is dedicated to helping young women be their own advocate when it comes to their mental health and wellbeing.

What would happen if you reimagined yourself? What would look different or better yet, what would look the same? Dr. Deb Kern had her so-called perfect life and then was thrown a curve ball and was given the chance to reimagine herself. Dr. Deb comes from a background as a nurse, health educator, physical trainer and Ph. D scientist. She is now helping women improve their lives through intuitive coaching, body movement, dance courses and workshops. By learning to trust her gut and embrace the stillness in life, Dr. Deb’s reimagined life is bringing joy to women all over the world by helping them remember they are perfect just the way they are.

What really is that gut feeling we call intuition? And where does that inner voice come from? Bill Bennett had a life changing experience eighteen years ago when his intuition saved his life. Now he is sharing his own journey of being a skeptic when it came to intuition and guidance, to living his life fear free due to his own trust in his intuition. How can we use our intuition to make better decisions? By trusting ourselves. We are all born with intuition and there are three different types: survival, cognitive, and divine. Bill is helping people think of intuition as something real and learn to receive these messages with open arms.  An extraordinary experience turned Bill’s life upside down and he is now on the path of sharing hope and healing with others by teaching that it all starts with oneself and their intuition.

Being healthy or well isn’t just exercising or eating right but is taking care of your whole body, mind and spirit. Dr. Richard Prather is helping people care for their health in a new way by looking at the whole person. Much like the Quadrants of Wellbeing approach, Dr. Richard takes every person he sees through the same kind of tests and protocols in order to get a look at the whole person. From there, he then takes the results and works through a plan with you but does not neglect or disregard any thought, feeling or symptom you are expressing. Dr. Richard says wellness is ultimately taking responsibility for one’s own care, continuing to educate oneself on different modalities and treatments and thinking outside the box. Not only is he helping people take responsibility for their own health but also is teaching them preventive measures when it comes to being healthy in all facets of life.

Are you looking to find yourself? Your true self, the self that ignites your soul and really gets you excited about your life and what you are doing? Derek Rydall is a spiritual visionary, who is helping people all over find and tune into their own potential. Derek is a firm believer in being the change you wish to see in the world and that it all starts with a clear vision. At the end of the day, it is about thinking, feeling, being and doing and Derek practices what he preaches every single day. He uses his own self journey to help others realize the power is within and all it takes is awakening that inner self to fulfill your destiny. 

We have all tried different diets and weight loss programs and more often than not no weight is lost, or in some cases weight is gained. What went wrong? Normally is it because we aren’t treating ourselves from an inside out approach. Dr. Deb Butler is here to help people lose weight through brain science, nutrition, physiology and life coaching and lessons. She uses her own personal journey of weight loss and weight gain and created a program to help you think correctly for losing weight and learn the ways to balance your body. There is no magic pill when it comes to weight loss but Dr. Deb is helping others find the magic in themselves to ultimately achieve the weight loss they aspire to have.

We all experience career shifts but Brett Blair has had the unique opportunity to go through three completely different careers so far and is sharing his insights and advice with people all over the world. After experiencing a moment of clarity early one morning, he know something had to change and change quickly. He left his corporate job and opened his own recruiting firm and is now a performance and life coach helping people live their best lives.  Brett not only understands that we must constantly work on our own self in order to help others but that it is okay to put ourselves first and it’s not at all selfish when it comes to our own wellbeing. Whether it be through helping you become more resilient, intentional, or aware of your environment, Brett is here to help.

In honor of Mother’s Day, Hilary Illick is sharing her stories, advice and insights on self compassion and self love, especially; when it comes to motherhood. Hilary is not only a mother of four but is a writer, speaker, executive and life coach and teacher at the Hoffman Institute. Through her journey of becoming a mother, she realized that her own behaviors whether healthy or not were trickling down and becoming her children’s behaviors as well. In hopes of stopping these behaviors before they became ingrained, she attended the Hoffman Institute as a student and learned how to put the odds in her favor when it came to her family’s past and their future. Hilary is now helping people all over find their bio - spirituality, self love and compassion and realize that in order to help others find self love, we must first have self love for yourself. 

Over 703 million people in the world are blind due to lack of glasses. Dr. Travis Zigler is on a mission to bring access to eye care and glasses to those in Jamaica, Ecuador, Peru and more.  Dr. Travis and his wife, Jenna started Eye Love in 2010 after meeting a gentleman in Educador who was blind and suffering from extreme pressure pain in his eye. After treating this quiet man for several hours, he finally exclaimed that he was pain free. It was this incident that sparked the mission for Eye Love.  Eye Love is on a mission to end preventable blindness and is doing so without prescribing medications left and right but taking a more holistic approach to achieving whole personal health, starting in the eye.

Did you know that roughly 30% of the population is currently suffering from insomnia? That is nearly 90 million people! Dr. Michael Breus aka The Sleep Doctor is helping people all over the country take a hard look at their nightly routines and develop plans to get their best nights sleep. Dr. Breus’s passion for sleep came out of nowhere when one day there was an opening in the sleep lab during his residency and he decided to see what it was all about. Three days later and he was hooked and knew that his future was in sleep medicine.  He is motivated by the fact that by helping someone sleep better, you are helping them live a better overall life.

With so many different diets, regimens, fads and trends out there in the world of health and wellness, how do we know what works for us? Dr. Mark Hyman is helping people take a step backwards to look at themselves from a whole person perspective in order to move forward with their health.  The connection between how you feel and how you eat is so telling to the human body but so often overlooked. Instead of focusing on restrictive diets and what your body can’t break down, Dr. Mark focuses on why your body is reacting that way to certain foods.  Dr. Mark is changing the way we look at and eat food when it comes to our health and wellbeing. He is using functional medicine to approach food and illnesses with a new perspective that is transforming the way we treat any and all conditions in the human body.   

Over a hundred people a day are dying from opioid overdoses.That is a startling statistic that is growing each and every day due to the drug addiction problem we have in our country. Rob and Anissa Elsey are fighting back and leading the charge when it comes to sober living, providing resources and giving hope to recovering addicts. They are the Co - Founders of In the Name of Grace, a not-for-profit organization that raises fund and advocates for Oxford House in Missouri. In the Name of Grace stands for Giving Recovering Addicts a Chance to Evolve and they have given people all over the state of Missouri a chance to evolve through their hard work and efforts. In the Name of Grace is helping to give recovering addicts a second chance and show them that they are not alone in the fight and are worthy of everything the world has to offer.

Betsy went from the corporate world to the unknown territory of being an entrepreneur. What made her make this big life change? She saw her young daughter struggling with anxiety and knew she had to do more to help her and now she is not only helping her daughter but others live big by starting small. She helps others talk through their goals and realize that it is not always about enjoying the future but living and finding joy in the present. Instead of getting caught up in where you want to be, focus on where you are and realize that there is always something to be happy about. Life is more about the journey than the end destination and Betsy is helping people fall in love with their journey each and every day.

“The moment when the eye and light connect is vision” - Dr. Jacob Israel Liberman is known for being a classically trained visionist and optometrist who had a life changing vision experience of his own. He healed his own vision which lead him to the path of learning and understanding light and the true purpose of life. His passion has turned into a career as he now speaks all over the world and helps people from all over understand the connection between light, vision and consciousness. Dr. Jacob’s purpose in life is to help plant seeds of goodness wherever he can and help as many as he possibly can by looking through their eyes and finding their true vision.

I have wrapped up my 25th year in practice and while I thought I would go back to my normal routine after spending the last year celebrating, my spirit had other plans for me. Instead, I am now more motivated than ever to do everything I can to help make generational changes when it comes to the health and lifestyle of our future generations. The second leading cause of death of kids 10 - 24 years old is suicide. Something has to change in our current healthcare environment and it is up to us to lead the way and keep the conversations going. This is just one of the startling statistics that has reaffirmed my decision to dedicate the rest of my time to helping our children. I am excited to share with you my future plans and provide resources for you and others to help put the odds in your favor with your health. Let’s go out and make it a great day!

Imagine you were diagnosed with what has been deemed the world’s toughest cancer, Pancreatic cancer and it is now 12 years later and you are still living a full and healthy life. How did you get here? Laurie MacCaskill’s story is one of truth, hard work, a sunny mindset and full of inspiration.  Laurie likes to say her “healthy denial” mindset is what truly made the difference in her fight with pancreatic cancer as she strived to live her life as normally as possible even with her diagnosis. By celebrating small victories in her treatment and everyday life, she was able to take control of her diagnosis and move forward each and every day. She is now taking her own life lessons and sharing them with cancer patients, caregivers and more all over the country through coaching, speaking and writing. Her story is still being written but she is using her experiences as a cancer survivor to help others write their own chapters and live out their own happy endings.