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Welcome to Neff Inspiration, a show dedicated to revolutionizing your health through the lens of functional medicine. Hosted by a functional medicine practitioner, this platform delves into the science of healing from the inside out. Whether you’re seeking solutions for mental health, trauma recovery, or overcoming addiction, I provide actionable tools and expert insights to help you transform your life. With a focus on root-cause medicine, sustainable wellness strategies, and personal growth, I aim to inspire you to become the best version of yourself. Join me in redefining health, one powerful conversation at a time.
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Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
If you have ever been in burnout due to work, you have probably heard the old adage “Do more self-care.” But what do you do when self-care is not working? Today we are going to look at other factors that feed into inner resilience to help you deal with the stress at work and beyond.
Mary Buffington is a registered nurse and life coach. She is the founder of the Burnout Ward and offers coaching to nurses who are in burnout. She helps nurses stop wasting money on “burnout bandaids” so they can actually create the careers and lives they love.
Mary's top 3 tips:
1. Self-preservation is not self-care.
2. Resiliency is not a constant state and requires commitment.
3. Inner resilience is something you can learn.
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Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Jessica Sikora founded SUPERBANDS in 2014, which became the catalyst to push her to make a difference in the stigma of the youth mental health crisis. Her hope for this organization is to create a global phenomenon, shedding light on the resilience and strength that lies within all of us.
Jessica Sikora believes in the power that music has to saves lives. After all, it did for her throughout her own struggles with depression and suicide at such a young age. She strives to build up the combined power of music and hope to fuel the community that she once longed for.
Jessica's 3 top tips:
1. The youth mental health (and bullying) crisis is growing, finding outlets through music can help young people who struggle.
2. Anyone can start a nonprofit (or business) even with no business background. Passion can fuel you and do so much to get you to where you want to be
3. SUPERBANDS is like the Make A Wish Foundation for teens struggling with bullying and depression with a music/pop culture twist! Let’s make wishes come true.
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Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
In Linda's words:
Have you ever felt like you were stuck in a loop of fear and failure?
Have you ever looked in the mirror and felt like a stranger was staring back at you?
You are not able to see your limitless potential when you are focused on your limiting beliefs.
Over the course of the last 4 years I have developed an easy 3 step process to help you Reboot Your Life and Bring Back Your Spark.
You can always reinvent yourself and become the best version of yourself.
I am the proud author of my debut book REBOOT YOUR LIFE. I began my career in the Motion Picture Industry where I worked in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. I spent over a decade as an elementary educator where my passion for teaching was sparked. After a full life reboot of my own, I am now living out all of my dreams and unlocking more of my potential each day. I am a co-host and co-producer of a TV show called SOUL SEEKERS TV with my partner in crime Patricia Ribeiro Wolfson. I am a thought leader for mothers who are looking to live out their personal dreams in harmony with motherhood. My purpose is to ignite a movement of mothers who learn the power of Self Love.
Linda's 3 top tips
1. When you are spinning - turn off and wait- then turn it back on and reboot
2. Upgrade your energetic system through self love
3. Reinvent yourself at any age and in any phase
If you want to know more about Linda's work:
https://www.lindakraussbarnett.com/
LIFE REBOOT BASICS
An introductory course to introduce you to the fundamental principles of the REBOOT process. This course is designed to kickstart your momentum and unlock your limitless potential.
LIFE REBOOT INTEGRATION
This intensive 12-week course designed to identify and reprogram limiting beliefs. Release limiting beliefs, take inspired action, and activate your full potential.
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Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Michelle Lange is the Perfect Daughter of an alcoholic parent. In turn she spends each day controlling the urge to want a drink and not become her father.In Michelle's words:
I have learned that I must function perfectly in order to avoid unpleasant situations. I enjoy controlled chaos because I function best in a chaotic environment. I do everything at 100%.
I am a proud mother of 2 children and partner to my better half, Jason. I am the athletic director of the Thames Valley Regional Athletic Association and I own my own Social Media freelance business. I am innovative and motivated with vast experience creating content and managing the online presence of small businesses. I have a passion for engaging, inspiring, and informing the community through social media platforms which results in an active community of followers. I have an overarching passion for women in athletics and advocating for youth in sport.
Michelle's 3 top insights:
1. I overwork b/c I thrive in controlled chaos. I get more done that most people in a 24 hour period
2. Trauma in my childhood has made it so that I have difficulty with true intimacy, I struggle to control my drinking (very good at functioning), and I feel that I lack necessary skills as a parent even though I had the best mother anyone could ask for.
3. Daughters of alcoholic fathers tend to lie when they don’t need to. I am not sure why. But I do this…. and for no reason. I like to think of it more like embellishing facts…..I make a great storyteller sometimes…. but it’s not necessary.
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Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
The world has been hit with major uncertainty especially addictive behavioural issues. I have witnessed the attendance of my SMART Recovery meeting increase from 5 people to 25. People are filled with fear, frustration, mental health issues. The common factor has been losing their jobs, boredom, relationships just to name a few. The good news is that people are starting to accept what they can't control or change in the world but they know that they can change the way they feel, think and behave when it comes to their addictions. I have seen a massive shift with mindset after learning the SMART Recovery's tools and tips that I train to those who are taking action. They know now that the problem in their life can be changed with practice, patience and persistence.
Stefan Neff had been living with addictive behaviours from the age of 12 until 46 years of age, after releasing his addictions in 2016 he found himself struggling time to time with urges even though he had released addiction on his own, then life changed after a good friend introduced him to the power of choice with SMART Recovery.
After going to his first SMART meeting in 2018 Stefan fell in love with the science aspect that the facilitator was speaking about. He knew right then and there that this is something that he wanted to be part of.
A few weeks later he found himself online taking the facilitators training to become part of a team with SMART Recovery. Stefan added the role of regional coordinator in British Columbia Canada guiding 175 facilitators in my Canadian province.
Stefan's 3 top tips:
1. ABC’s tool that will change the way people feel, think and behave in life.
2. One of the most powerful processes that helps me with self-acceptance was the mirror exercise.
3. The power of choice is Key to sobriety. I know that I am largely responsible for my addictive behaviour. I know that there is nothing wrong with me, I just had an unwanted belief about my self-worth as a person.
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Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
You have cancer. Oh, but there is more. Having always been an overachiever, I had not one cancer but two – Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma. Yep, I did not know you could get two cancers at the same time either! It’s even rarer to get the two I had. I am a part of the lucky 1%! Like most people you start examining your lifestyle – obesity, stress levels, food etc.… My husband was convinced it was the stress of the job. So, on one of my weak days, he made me promise to retire. Since that day, I love what I do, I love what I do, has been on loop in my head. I cannot imagine not getting up daily to make the world a better place through my work. Plus, I have so much knowledge in my head that can help others. Hence, the brainchild Supporting World Hope was developed. What if I could help fill in the gap for those small nonprofits who do not have access to a National office?
Having been a CEO of a nonprofit for the last 15 years and working through the ranks from program delivery to operations I experienced all levels of what it takes to run a great nonprofit. I swear on one day I went from cleaning a toilet to being flown in a private plan to visit the board of a major foundation. It’s all in a day’s work, right? And yes, we received the grant from the foundation. I digress, because of this experience I believe that if you focus on supporting the CEOs & the Board of Directors and developing the program staff organizations can stay razor sharp on their mission. Thus, changing the world and giving people hope. Hence the name Supporting World Hope!
I’m a cancer survivor who promised her husband to take it slow, but I have a passion for nonprofit work.
Sabrina Walker Hernandez is the President & CEO of Supporting World Hope. She has over 25 years of experience in nonprofit management, fundraising and leadership. One of Sabrina’s greatest successes is that she increased operation revenue from $750,000 to 2.5 million over an 8-year period as well as being responsible for the planning and operations of a $12 million comprehensive capital campaign. She has facilitated numerous workshops with hundreds of nonprofit professionals. Sabrina is certified in Nonprofit Management by Harvard Business School.
She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Village in Valley, Edinburg Rotary, FEMCity of the RGV, and Edinburg Economic Development Corporation.
Sabrina's 3 top tips:
- A different way to look at your journey - what was it preparing you for?
- The joy of giving back
- Faith over Fear
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Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Nefertiti San Miguel is an international mixed media artist, Ikebana practitioner, metalsmith and jewelry designer, performer, balloon twister, cultural diversity advocate and trailblazer who have long been raising eyebrows in many different industries. She is the founder of Etnia Fusion and Aeolus Balloon Art. With a reputation for rocking her Gothic style with a hint of badassery, she currently resides in Boston (MA) and lives it up as if the world is coming to an end soon – virus apocalypse or not!
In this video Nefertiti and I explore how Ikebana (Japanese Arts of Floral Design) and other performing arts have allowed Nefertiti to face the challenges the world has thrown at her. We look at what it takes to not just survive but thrive, even when Covid19 turns ones world upside down.
If you want to find out more about Nefertiti, go to her website
www.etniafusion.com
https://www.facebook.com/Etnia-Fusion-by-Nefertiti-120992106966
Gift offer to the listeners of this program: an introductory session to Ikebana as Healing Arts and Stress Management Tool for a more peaceful living. Find out how to unleash your creativity.
Send email to: etnia.fusion@yahoo.com and write in the subject line: “MY STEPS TO SOBRIETY” to receive a private link to the access the material as the content is not available to the general public.
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Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Fight For Life- Feel Empowered, successful, free and fulfilled by learning the art of Boxing AND the Mindset of a Competitive Boxer and “fighter”
My name is Mim Parisi former competitive Boxer and Fighter. I help women who have suffered trauma and abuse or who are successful but have the ambition to take life to the next level feel POWERFUL & CONFIDENT like they can conquer the world.
I do this by training the mind and the body the art of BOXING.
I have been in this industry for 12 years and one thing that stands out to me when it comes to training and mindset is that women in particular do not put them self as a priority.
I’m a single mother of three who uses no excuses as boundaries to gain success. Passionate and grateful to the life lessons that boxing training has taught me over the years.
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Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Carob Mars Former Foster alumnis, tells her story of putting herself into care at the age of Eight after experiencing a myriad of abuse. Though she is never adopted she hangs on to joy. As a young adult she struggles to keep afloat and finally finds her way to happy. Her young family attempts to navigate the foster system only to be faced with other hurdles and eventually they give up trying to adopt, realizing she can’t beat the system, she turns her focus on those who have also been unseen. She interviews for fosters at all ages and stages of life giving them a community to feel a part of something larger.
Carob's 3 top tips:
1. Empowerment should always be over entitlement.
2. We as a people are resilient and can handle much more than we think.
3. Grace really is a strength.
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Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
How to Find Your No with Life Coach Jessie Benson
Do you say yes when you would rather say no? Do you find yourself agreeing to do things you’d rather not be doing? Let Jessie Benson, Certified Life Coach, guide you through an exploration of where in your life you don’t say no, the reasons why, and how to start harnessing the positive power of your No. Jessie Benson is part-life coach, part artist, part homesteader, and full-time life enjoyer. She left life in the hospital as a doctor to follow her dream and now helps others follow theirs. As a certified life coach, Jessie helps people figure out the life they truly want and build it. In addition to her 1:1 work with clients, Jessie teaches self-discovery to college and high school students. The culmination of her coaching is Brave Is Beautiful Circle, a year-long program helping women find their brave by helping them develop mastery of Jessie’s signature 10 Habits of a Brave Women.
Jessie's 3 top tips:
1. There is harm in saying yes when we don’t want to and we don’t have to do it.
2. Our relationships are better when we are authentic.
3. When we harness the positive power of our No, we can build a beautiful life.
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