inhale exhale could hear so thank you very much you're welcome let's start by telling me a little bit about you ok sure an exercise physiologist of my own empower your body wellness empower body wellness focuses on where health and fitness consulting business that contributes to the overall wellness of humanity oh yeah that's pretty intense that is what we do this lots of different ways are programs products services and tools and i'm all about accountability and responsibility and i just live what i do every single day and love it now how did you get into what you do well as we were discussing i don't even feel like i got into it i just got on board there's like that term dad on board yeah like this is what i'm supposed to be doing so did you find it how we doing this or you live sure well i guess i've always been inspirational and motivating as a physically active i was could see that also even in college playing sports i'd be behind the batting cage while everybody was batting and you know motivating them it just feels right that's what i'm supposed to do so what sport did you do in college i played tennis i played basketball and softball oh wow so you did a fast pitch how cool is something i love knowing it's like a game me and that person over there right i do like the camaraderie of the team sports basketball probably the least only because you are inside right you know if you're outside of phil's just better feeling like you know your senses are stimulated but i have to say tennis tennis well so how did you keep yourself fit through those three sports because they're very different correct you said sidewall tennis and basketball  so many it depends on the person it depends on the person in order to prescribe an exercise program you really have to do an assessment of an individual and that's what i want you to talk about and to live empower your body as a company sure it's the first thing you do when  you have a client an assessment right i need to know measurements madi fat body weight postural assessment nutritional assessment health history medical history i want to know your insurance your current insurance muscular s muscular flick flexibility once i know all that then we figure out what your goals are right and then there's just like the exercise prescription is laid in place they go so that that's really really good so how so you have multiple is it multiple concepts within your program sure so you want to talk about some of those sure if you're asking like is there one for weight loss or one more for like a sport specific weight gain yes some you know i when i used a personal trainer on a private client i had one could i in she says oh i'm going to probably be a tough his client i said why is that well because i'm trying to gain weight you know she really was and he was a tough client sure  could see that then again it all depends on the person but you know i would lean probably towards if there is no eating disorder because then that's something specific and i've worked with men and women like that as well but then you want to focus on some muscle because muscle increase your weight as well right so it's hard to really say exactly what i would do with somebody and i don't have them breland programs at all that i work with get to know you and it's like a flow chart every second i'm with you what's the answer to this question what am i seeing how are you feeling boom boom boom program it just it's all for the person it's all for the individual so empower your body i see it because i did a little bit of research on you and you know i have to let the viewers know we've talked on the phone two years ago and she just now coming to the all right this girl is busy ok this young lady is busy so i'm grateful yes and you should be let's talk about the elements of empower your body as a dove tails into the seven wellness elements that the show focuses on so financial ok right so sure when you empower your body and i try to promote someone to be the best them that they can be it's not about as you were saying being that i want to be like you it's know you want to be the best that you kitty that's so how do we apply that to all of them i think that if you are happy healthy and clear you generate more money into your life then i love it happy healthy clear you generate more money your  your self esteem is up that meijer you're not listening to the noise now outside noise ok you're clear about social shores well same thing they are more confident you feel more comfortable you have a better body image no matter what you look like you have a better body image of yourself and they have to define that right absolutely individually define absolutely and you say that one more time that is individually defined you because a lot of times the reason why i want to do the same is because some people may think that all right when they see you on t v they're supposed to look like what they see on t v and they're not usually the case which causes a lot of oh man disconnect the emotional disturbance forget it so now let's move to environmental sure already let's see you are more likely to eat better which therefore will positively affect our environment by what you know you're maybe not eating so many right but so the nutrition piece is that they eat better right because you do meal plans yes i was on your web site you do real plans yes so so how would you assess do an assessment for a meal plan for someone sure well once again i figure out who you are what you want to achieve and when you're currently doing and then i make changes based on what you want to do and it's small changes i meet clients sometimes and their first changes drink more water i know next time we are asked of credit i can't change everybody's diet right on even like the word not i can't even change some of these food intake don't like that either ok i'm open to hearing a subjects a suggestion right now no no no i said the food intake yes you can it that's a tough thing but water we need is that because y need to replenish it and that's just one simple thing that people can do simple just for this week that's all you have endorsed soda no definite no no no what would i know my health club and i ran a i read a biggest lose this give me just one tip this before it started and i said well you want to lose weight i saw you drinking a pepsi eliminate eliminate that soda absolutely place it with the water absolutely and your boyfriend  will be will be owing you whatever you bet and see she not only i mean she lost a lot of weight sure she the face she felt good she won the contest yeah right and that's great so let's talk about so we did we did do we do physical we did not we did not so do it physical wellness how do you improve your physical wellness by empowering your body self explanatory what is that yes so as you get the brand in there so you simply just lifts wist that's how i hurt myself then twist what do you say for injury on vine now i can cart wheel wonderful run raising miles what do you say for injuries and that pertains to the physical wellness so well when you are fit and healthy and strong you recover faster in the studies show this all over the board so when you're strong your body is less likely to injure itself and if you're being trained properly you are shown proper form so you're less likely to get injured so what would you say person that does injure them what would you say to them i'd say go to the doctor you have to go to get a diagnosis right have to make sure that i need to diagnose that's common sense yes ok and then after that then i say rest you have to rest when you heard yes a little bit do ok but then you have to reassess your body where the strengths where the weaknesses where the obstacles where what do we do for you when you're injured it's because something's not in alignment something's not right so i think you have to sit back and re evaluate and take a different approach ok i like that what about spiritual  aspire higher ok explain well growing up my grandmother always would say you can do anything you want aspire higher just think out of the box thing higher so and what stops people fear  fear fear of success fear of success a fear of failure i think fear of success because they don't know how to handle it really i think ok i think i think we're of going through life in a right and going through ok this is the way it is this is the way it is it's acceptable it's monday and it's acceptable i don't want it to be that way but i think a lot of people are just used to their little routines feel like i so i just i just can't so spiritual aspire higher gratitude gratitude being grateful yes grateful for simple things to every day everyday i suggest to  people and it's not it's come up with this i have to give the credit to life coach that was on my show coach will educate inches learn she's also a good friend of mine yes that is she challenge me and maybe challenge is a strong word but she encouraged me yeah let's just say she says hey dr joy i have something for you to do i want you to count forty it was a certain number of days before my before milestone birthday and start to write down case i'm christian so i say god for everybody else it could be to their higher power ok something and do you know when you do something for twenty eight days it becomes a what have it so i'm now up to two thousand seven hundred you have to without gratitude you don't have appreciation and not only do you not have appreciation but it just gives you a moment to focus on the positive picture a minute to just sit back and breathe the next film be grateful but when you said it you're creating so much momentum behind you that's what you're doing you're you're like these are like affirmations that are just fueling you and lifting you yeah but you know sometimes it does get hard because if you if you're injured if you're injured or something is going on you're experiencing gree complaining because you know i'm sure you hear a lot i hear a lot of things and i will listen and be sensitive to the individual of course i would say ok what's your plan b right exactly and also you know it can be worse right i not connected you're not whole right and if you're not holes you can't be something powerful to create any sort of outcome that is empowering to your life so you've got to be able to have your mind and body connected or injuries occur or disconnect happen or you're out of balance you are the balance right so you need to have your body is a vessel for you her spirit  your mind so that is really the essence of you and your body can help reflect what state that's in and your thoughts come in through very connected you feel connected your thoughts will do something to your feelings while they create they create the feeling you write good bad or indifferent record and then from those feelings mom very action correct exactly and then from the actions you have some kind of result say it i deserve to have this i feel and always bring it in the present so you own it as opposed to i will have a lot like that yes or a present great if i have right so even if you don't believe it you just have to start and start saying and those are the thoughts and then that creates the feelings and then you start to believe it and then you start to feel empowered and then you start lebanese start limiting your achieving it so do you believe in cosmos yes you do so let's talk a little bit about that well let's see there is a whole working universe going on and i think that you kind of just get on board and when you get on board it takes you where you're supposed to go exact so there's like a working rhythm but it's not smooth all the time though right ok but life and being human is not just about without obstacle right or challenges pain is part of that right to our t is life duality is life we learn from those sure so it's not a euphoric hath it's the path the light in men it's a path of up it's a path of growth right right if you get on board you're going to achieve what you're supposed to achieve his own yes yes  you are fighting in you don't surrender then what happens then there's something called this  then there's something i think all disease is easy this is ok now i'm not knocking because there are some things that are i'm not a doctor and i'm not acting like i am right and that's ok when i went to massage school we really talked about ease means and diseases just something's not easy though it's bigger than being off balance though right i think it's bigger than the min there are a lot of factors involved but you want to just about the stressing sure i've been saying that that's it exactly so our stress is just when you're feeling like you are pressured and you can't really handle what's being thrown at you or what's in front of you right there is a positive stress called  stress you stress used yeah ok you stress and that actually has a positive effect which can help light a fire under you and get you going but a lot of times stress can be overwhelming and it put you in a state of fight or flight and you're basically on all the time in some of your systems are suppressed and some are going crazy and you're just all often the key then is you want to try to it lowers your immune system so food how to distress eat health just the simple act of eating healthier one of the fine healthy though sure you're right good point clean from earth balanced this is healthy you don't always need protein shakes and tofu say that again you don't always need protein shakes or tofu good it's just about being clean and balanced and from the earth so when you eat like this it will help increase your immune system help you to feel like you have more energy right and some lean proteins right but naturally proteins and that can help ok other ways are have some fun i say right if you can't like that so when you feel so stressed and i got this and i got this and i got this no this will go into number three that i'm going to talk about but having fun gives you something to look forward to x right back so if you  know i'm going here in a week or i'm going here in a month you know it can make you feel you get some to look forward to and having fun can help decrease stress laughter is amazing oh yeah laugh yes it's awesome gatorade it is decrease you release dopamine as well yes also time management so a lot of times we feel stressed because we have so much on our plate in but if we rest well well and have some time management we feel more in control we don't feel as overwhelmed so maybe maybe we tell people no absolutely ok it's ok to put yourself first some tell you and to say you know it's a little bit yeah it's a balance right so and it's not even selfish when you are taking care of you know it's not right so but another way is also learning so the anxiety and depression association of america spine twenty five years twenty five percent less likely to experience any side of anxiety disorder no more stress when you yes so we're on ten right but the new york waterway when you ride those ferries we have videos on there that show you while you're sitting on the ferry while you're coming from manhattan to new jersey how to decrease your stress and just to like do next roles and different body position stretches and stuff so any sort of little activity will help to release attention from your muscles so those e f five right in my file yes so i had ten proven stress last tips and five of those that you discussed in here and i'll share them with the viewers because the other thing is that it's very important to know that stress i call it you remember clint eastwood the good the bad and ugly that's that's h exactly the bad can be that depends for some people it could be losing a job that could be bad in some instances the ugly pool i don't know snarled in traffic traffic i agree with love yourself yes and we talked about saying no organized right with the time management exercise you said the words right you know thirty to forty five minutes five days a week and if the injured that i love it because hole in the ground that i think holding a grudge will set you want to pass a disease completely very quickly i can deep breathing which we do not worrying  god and faith is a big and i understand that right and you're on your path and he has a bigger picture right but if you you are in control of you you determine every day when you wake up how you want to feel  you determine every day if you're going to be in a happy mood or not it is completely up to you yes you do you determine every day if you go what you're going to eat today for most of us yes you determine you determine every day if you're going to live well you sure you can go to empower your body dot com right now here's an edward m is a mary empower your body dot com ok you can contact me aleesha a l y cia at empower buddy dot com but everything's all on my website everything is on your make sure that you're in control of your life make sure that you exercise five days a week according to lisa if you experience injury go to the doctor and rest drink plenty of fluids water ok because our body is comprised of