In this episode we interview a colleague and local entrepreneur that I hold tremendous respect for. A new business opening during the chaos of COVID and all the hurdles that comes with a new business, our guess walks us through what helped him get through this to where he is today...a thriving and expanding business.

I have known of Scott for almost 8-10 years if I had to guess but it was not until the past few years where I was fortunate to get to know him on a personal level. We have mutual patients and the patients that see and work with him rave about him and the care his business, Greater Than Performance, delivers. His gym providers an amazing approach to athletic performance and training as well as all the providers that you would want supporting you.

The more I got speaking with Scott, I couldn't help but appreciate that one of his biggest strengths was his mindset and mental approach to personal and business growth.

In our episode together we touch on various topics. Exploring forming a business through COVID, to morning routines, functional care and health optimization to the role of religion and spirituality in serving in one's pursuit of growth and optimization of one self.

I hope you enjoy our conversation and discussion.

For more information on Scott Pollock and his mission, please visit his website at

https://greaterthanperformanceandrehab.com/staff/scott-pollock/

In this episode we dive into the world of functional health and discuss Functional Neurology with our special guest Freddy Garcia, director of operations at the Carrick Institute for Neuroscience and a clinical neuroscientist with more than a decade of experience.

Dr. Garcia is a leader in education and travels the world teaching other doctors, in various specialties, the latest in functional neurology.

We discuss his journey that led him to where he is today as a leader in functional neurology with the most prestigious in the field, The Carrick Institute for Neuroscience. We discuss his experience learning from Dr. Ted Carrick himself and explore what it means to practice functional neurology as a paradigm in healthcare.

The paradigm of Functional Neurology allows providers across all specialties to adapt their backgrounds and tools and apply a functional approach to healthcare in neurology. Understanding and utilizing the concept of neuroplasticity, functional neurology utilizes sensory therapies to target very specific neurological pathways identified by a specific detailed neurological examination with the goal of driving neuroplasticity to identified regions of the nervous system needing improved function.

We discuss how this paradigm of Functional Neurology can be applied across various continuums to adapt to where the individual patient is at in their health journey. From post stroke rehabilitation and traumatic brain injury to sports performance optimization, functional neurology can be utilized.

We hope you enjoy our discussion on Functional Neurology!.

Your Health, Wealth and UltimateSelf Team!

In this week's episode we tackle headlines from the month in research and have a candid analysis and discussion around each article.

This is a common in office discussion that our team naturally has and we figured we would do an episode reflecting our common discussion and insight of the various headlines.

There is so much research being published each day, week, and month. What influences which ones reach the media outlets and the public eye? Is it their significance? Is it their financial ties? Each day there are hundreds to thousands of articles published across the globe on various health subjects. Weekly, there are several thousand published and monthly this number easily hits tens of thousands.

What is even more astonishing is that last year over 10,000 articles were retracted, setting a new annual record. This number of retractions reflects issues with an increase in fraudulent papers and compromised peer-reviewed processes. An article is retracted because there are findings that question the merits of the article and its findings and/or its legitimacy. Now how often do we hear about the hype of a new article but fail to hear if that article has later been retracted? This happened in the case of COVID 19 and early treatment using a pre-existing medication. Major media outlets pushed the retracted article and offered no apology when the article was later retracted. This is despite numerous articles demonstrating benefit and yet one article that was soaked up to push away from the majority of these other articles. This is why it is critical to always question and allow discussion. The moment the ability to question and have open discussion is taken away around a subject is the moment one should have suspicion on the article in reference. Scientific prinicples welcomes debate and discussion and acknowledges that what we know today may change with new research findings of tomorrow and that is ok.

We hope you enjoy this discussion by our team!

From Dance Floors to the Doctor's Doors: Ketamine's Emerging Role in Mental Health...

In this episode we have on a special guest, friend and colleague, Dr. Spencer Zimmerman, to discuss the world of Ketamine.

Dr. Zimmerman calls Idaho home where he runs a clinic that serves people both locally as well as from across the country.

He has a unique back ground with his specialties in functional neurology, peptide therapy, ketamine therapy and functional medicine and he uses this unique understanding to approach and target a variety of chronic disease and complaints.

Ketamine has a unique history, originally gaining FDA approval in 1970 for use in humans as an anesthetic. It was used commonly in surgery and on the battlefield as an anesthetic due to its safety profile compared to alternatives.

On the street, Ketamine became popular as a party drug, with common street names being "Special K, K and Cat Valium". This drug became known on the street for the dissociation, euphoria and the altered perception it would place on its user.

In the early 2000's Ketamine began receiving scientific interest for its psychiatric potential. The early scientific observations showed ketamine had rapid-acting antidepressant effects. This is where our episode on ketamine keys in on and the growth of ketamine in the world of mental health.

We discuss the potential benefits with Dr Zimmerman on the benefits of ketamine for: Depression; PTST; Anxiety and OCD. We also discuss the mechanism of how ketamine works and the various routes of delivery.

Lastly, we jump in and discuss with Dr. Zimmerman how to get the most out of treatment with ketamine and how to approach the entire health picture and not solely focus on Ketamine as a stand alone. Dr. Zimmerman emphasizes ketamine can drastically help improve brain chemistry but there are other important areas that we discuss that also impact brain health that often go overlooked in many of the ketamine clinics out there. This is where an integrative approach is essential to serving the patient.

We hope you enjoy our discussion as we dive into the world of Ketamine and its potential uses in the world of mental health.

Health, Wealth and The UltimateSelf Team.

With a Masters in Psychology and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Dr. Luz Maria brings a deep and engaging conversation to the world of mental health and ways to maintain and build strong relationships.

In our conversation we discuss the patterns in mental health, from anxiety to depression to post traumatic stress disorder and then discuss one of Dr Luz Maria's specialties and passions, relationship and intimacy health.

Dr Luz Mario brings her wealth of knowledge to discuss what her ideal integrative healthcare clinic would look like and why.

She also discusses the ins and outs of relationship ups and downs. Having worked in private practice, at the Logan Heights Behavioral Health Center, and taught at Grossmont College for nearly a decade, Dr. Luz shares both her professional insight as well as some educational gems.

She has curated an impressive wealth of knowledge on the subject of sexuality within relationships, and finds fulfillment by sharing this wisdom through individual and family relationship coaching and consulting. Her work involves

• improving intimacy
• developing communication in couples
• healing body shame and attachment wounds
• low emotional sexual desire
• solving family conflicts
• successfully raising physically-challenged children

We also discuss Dr Luz Maria's upcoming book "Lets Talk, Sex and money" that is set to hit the shelves in the first half of 2024.

For more information on Dr Luz Maria, her practice and her upcoming book you can go to her website www.discoverpassionwithdrluz.com

The world of Dysautonomia and all the various symptoms and conditions that fall under this broad heading, can leave people impacted by it, feeling miserable, defeated and like their world is limited due to their inability to properly function within it.

Dysautonomia is an umbrella term used to described disorders related to the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS serves as an automatic/unconscious control system for our brain and the nervous system making sure our body has a stable environment and all the fuel and input it needs. This beautiful system, the ANS, regulates blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, digestion, temperature control, hormone secretion and regulation, pupillary reflexes, organ function and basic survival control.

As you can imagine, when any of these above areas of our body are impacted and the ANS loses is ability to properly control the specific system, the resulting Dysautonomia can be incredibly disruptive to the health of the individual.

Common Symptoms to Dysautonomia are the following:

• Lightheadedness
• Fainting
• Heat Intolerance
• Abnormal Blood Pressure
• Irregular Heart Beat (Commonly Tachycardia/Increased Heart Rate)
• Brain Fog
• Improper Nutrient Absorption
• Fatigue
• Intolerance to standing or exercise (Often Due to Orthostatic Hypotension or POTS)
• Photophobia (Light sensitivity)
• Gastrointestinal Problems
• Chronic Pain
• Dizziness (Lightheadedness)
• Migraine and Chronic Headaches

In this episode we are fortunate to have our friend, colleague and expert in the field of Dysautonomia on the podcast to discuss the subject and share his wealth of knowledge on how to help people impacted by it... Dr. Nathan Kaiser, DC, DACNB, FABBIR.

Dr Keiser is a board certified chiropractic neurologist specializing in non-surgical, non-pharmaceutical treatment of the dysautonomia, traumatic brain injury, and movement disorders. He resides and practices in Chelsea, Michigan, just 20 minutes west of Ann Arbor.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Keiser serves as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology for the Carrick Institute, which provides post-graduate instruction for doctors of all disciplines in the field of clinical and functional neurology. He is actively involved in ongoing research in his area of study and he regularly presents and teaches across North America and Europe. He is a true leader in the world of Dysautonomia and through his research, clinical approach years of practice in this specialized area has led to greater hope for those suffering from one of the many conditions that fall under this broad family of neurological disorders.

Over 70 million people worldwide live with various forms of dysautonomia and I would estimate that this number is well below the actual number truly impacted.

Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) are two common causes to dysautonomia but more recently we have seen an increase in post-infectious causes due to infections like COVID-19. Dysautonomia can be a part of the lingering "Long Haulers" symptoms.

Common Dysautonomias:

• Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
• Migraines
• Anxiety and Panic Attacks (certain ones can be a result of dysautonomia)

We hope you enjoy this discussion on dysautonomia and we hope it delivers information to help you or someone you know find help and answers.

For more information on our guest, Dr. Keiser, please check out his instagram, @dockeiser, or his website at www.drkeiser.com

For more information about the hosts of the show and to get in contact please reach out to: www.thewellnessinstituteofdallas.com or on IG @healthwealthultimateself or @wellnessinstituteofdallas

In the world we live in today it feels like we are being bombarded by more and more chemicals in our food, cosmetics and various household items. As if eating healthy is not hard enough already, now add the challenge of reviewing the chemical impact of the items you use as you get ready each day or as you cook and clean your home. The goal of this episode is to not overwhelm but provide some starter level education on the potential chemical burden of some of your common daily products and allow you to slowly take charge and control over your chemical environment.

80,000 chemicals have been produced and are circulating on this earth yet only 20,000 have been tested by various agencies. Of those, many have been allowed to be found years later posing significant health risks.

Autoimmune and cancer rates have been increasing at an alarming rate over the past few decades and we have to consider all potential causes and the chemicals we are exposed to on a daily basis need to be considered as a contributing factor.

If you are looking for starting points to clean up your routine, EWG Health Living has an app that can be used to scan the bar codes of various products. Although not perfect, this app helps identify some of the worst offenders you may be using and it is free to use.

We hope you enjoy our episode on environmental toxins, their potential impact on our health and starting steps to make meaningful changes.

Yours in health,

Health, Wealth and the UltimateSelf Team!

Anxiety impacts a large portion of our population and it can look and take different forms in various segments of the population. Traditionally, anxiety and panic attacks are what most think about when they hear anxiety but it can also include avoidance and OCD like behaviors and more.

Our perspective to mental health and anxiety includes various approaches and considerations and it is why we have a multidisciplinary team and approach in our practice for our community. At the end of the day, the approach to best serve someone impacted by anxiety may include a combination of interventions to best support the underpinnings of anxiety.

In this podcast we discuss and review the neurological structures of the brain commonly associated with anxiety in research. We discuss the basic neurological benefit to having these neurological structures in place to when this becomes maladaptive.

We discuss trauma and the importance to understand its role in the plasticity of anxiety in the brain and the importance to having healthcare providers on your team to address this aspect of it.

We also deep dive into some of the biochemistry and physiology that can have major influences into the threat perception of the brain and what lab testing may look like when starting to look at this aspect to supporting brain chemistry and physiology. We also touch on genetics and nutritional genomic impacts and how single nucleotide polymorphisms can impact your brain and biochemistry.

We hope you enjoy this deep dive into our thoughts around anxiety and the various factors that can impact it. At the end of the day we want to advocate to making sure those suffering with anxiety, panic attacks and mood disorders have all the pieces to help them get well and from what our multidisciplinary team often sees, this is too often not the case.

We appreciate all our listeners. If you have any podcast topics discussed please feel free to reach out to : twidstaff@gmail.com with suggestions.

Yours In Health,

Health, Wealth and The UltimateSelf Team!

Disclaimer:

Our podcast is for informative and educational purposes only and is not meant to be medical or healthcare advice in any way shape or form. If you have any immediate healthcare needs please reach out to your healthcare provider or seek emergency help.