Dr. Terry Wahls is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she conducts clinical trials.  In 2018 she was awarded the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Linus Pauling Award for her contributions in research, clinical care and patient advocacy. She is also a patient with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, which confined her to a tilt-recline wheelchair for four years. Dr. Wahls restored her health using a diet and lifestyle program she designed specifically for her brain and now pedals her bike to work each day. She is the author of The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles.

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Madiha Saeed, MD, also known as HolisticMom, MD on social media,  is a practicing board certified family physician in the USA, international speaker and a best-selling author. Her best-selling books The Holistic Rx: Your Guide to Healing Chronic Inflammation and Disease, Adam’s Healing Adventures children’s health book series, The Quranic Prescription: Unlocking the Secrets to Optimal Health and The Holistic Rx for Kids: Parenting Healthy Children to Save Our Future. 

Dr Saeed is the director of education for Documenting Hope and KnoWEwell. She sits on multiple medical advisory boards including being the president of Nagamia Institute of Islamic Medicine and Sciences (formally known as International Institute of Islamic Medicine), Holistic Primary Care and Wellness Mama. Dr Saeed and her children speak internationally in the most prestigious holistic conferences, summits, TV (ABC, NBC and CBS), radio and newspaper. She is a regular on MindBodyGreen and the international Emmy winning medical talk show the Dr. Nandi Show. 

Dr Saeed’s children host “The Holistic Kids’ Show” podcast with interviewing the biggest names in the functional, holistic and integrative medicine world, helping kids empower and educate other kids. With Dr Saeed’s mother in law they reach millions via HolisticUrdu, MD an online social media platform. 

Three generations speak internationally igniting the world with their energy and passion to ignite a healing revolution to save our future. 

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-holistic-kids-show/id1534757503

Let’s face it, healing might be a lot easier when done alone, without judgment, but that’s not usually the case.

We live in a world with cultural and generational obstacles to healing. What is society, culture, our youth, and our elders claim acceptable might not be what your body needs to heal. Join Dr Madiha Saeed, MD, aka HolisticMom, MD, who was able to resolve her autoimmune conditions all while navigating the challenges of feeding 9-20 people daily, with two different cultures over three different generations. The rocky waters can be tamed with these easy steps to optimize healing and peace, no matter the age or demographic.

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Breath work has long been recognised as a way to stimulate the rest a repair (parasympathic) parts of the nervous system.  The Dutch extreme athlete Wim Hof has developed a unique approach to breath work that has been shown to regulate the body’s natural immune response.  This has implications for all people who suffer from auto immune disease. In this practical lecture Ed Paget will introduce the science behind the method and take participants through 3 rounds of breath work so they can experience first-hand this unique approach. 

I’m a Stanford-, NYU-, UCSF-trained holistic pediatrician. I founded Whole Family Wellness (formerly Whole Child Wellness), an integrative pediatric practice in Belmont, CA – one of the first and most highly regarded holistic pediatric practices in the country. I created Healthy Kids Happy Kids – dedicated to empowering parents to take charge of their kids’ health … naturally! I’m a holistic pediatrician, integrating conventional pediatrics with functional medicine, holistic nutrition, homeopathy, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and essential oils. I’m also a lecturer for the Center for Education and Development in Clinical Homeopathy (CEDH), Academy for Pain Research, Institute for Functional Medicine, and Holistic Pediatric Association, among others.

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Andrea is a Health Supportive Chef & Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. She helps clients learn to love food again after food allergies or a healing crisis causes them to radically change their diets.

With over a decade in the culinary business, Andrea first went to culinary school

to learn to cook for herself after a food allergy diagnosis. In culinary school, she

discovered not just her love of cooking, but a new way to feed herself that completely

eliminated the symptoms of the food allergy that had plagued her for years.

Through her own health journey, she discovered the immense healing power food can have and dedicated her life to helping others heal in the same way. She utilizes healing diets like the Wahls Protocol to create nutrient dense menu plans that are also delicious and satisfying. Andrea is a certified Wahls Health Practitioner.

Andrea’s mission is to help people live their best life, focusing on the role nutrition plays in their overall wellbeing.  She is masterful at helping people implement dietary changes that stick. She has a series of online courses focused on allergy free cooking that are designed for both the home cook and professional chefs.

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Sheryl focuses on the practical, most direct treatments for her patients to see immediate results.  Her exceptional clinical experience and teaching background enables her to actively involve her patients in their treatment program.  Sheryl has used several key tools/props extensively in acute care, home health, and outpatient settings, including a variety of foam rolls, the Magic Circle, yoga blocks, straps, and STM tools.  She has introduced them to hundreds of clinicians during the last 30 years to help them individualize treatment with every patient.

With a strong foundation in PNF from Northwestern University (PT school) and the Institute of Physical Art, Sheryl has added the Pilates Method and principles of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons to her rehab, exercise, and movement repertoire.  She has also been incorporating Hatha yoga and Iyengar techniques into her physical therapy practice and is continually impressed at the benefits of yoga-based interventions and cues for the majority of her patients.  Yoga, Pilates, Feldenkrais, and PNF are all important tools for her physical examination, functional assessment, and prescription of therapeutic exercises.

Sheryl’s professional experience ranges from clinical specialist to management in acute care, home health, and outpatient settings.  She currently owns a private practice and lectures nationally.  She also has the unique experience as a certified case manager having worked with insurance companies to determine medical necessity of therapy and manage limited funds for providers.  She contends with the same clinical challenges as most clinicians are because she is currently a treating therapist, clinical instructor, and private practice owner.

While also working as a Physical Therapist for 30+ years, Sheryl has taught at numerous clinics, colleges, and universities, including the Institute of Physical Art, Northwestern University, Morton College, Fox College, University of Illinois Extension, and South Suburban College.  Dynamic and down to earth, Sheryl’s immediate and fluid teaching style brings concepts and techniques to life.  Her enthusiasm and eclectic approach complements her expertise in educating the adult learner.  She shares her synthesis of information, practical tools and strategies, experience, and perspectives to enable you to expand your repertoire of skills to provide the best care for your patients.

Exercise, Activity, and Movement, abbreviated EAM, are different terms for one concept modified for different people at different times. As one key piece of an optimal resilience puzzle, EAM is most beneficial when selected appropriately and performed effectively. 

This action-oriented presentation will help you identify appropriate exercises, activities, and movements to become more resilient, including ideal posture and positioning, breathing, and pearls for training your brain and your body. In addition, you will be able to start your action plan handout of “My Top 10 EAM” based on evidence-informed healthy habits to help you function better. 

Physical therapy has always played a key role in restoring and maintaining function and physical therapists are experts in the movement system. Your physical therapist (PT) may perform your movement checkup once or multiple times a year, and if appropriate, provide recommendations to help you maintain or improve your function. During exercise breaks, Sheryl will share key functional exercise tests that you can perform during her presentation and later as self-tests to monitor your own function. Plus you will receive her “Your Semi-Annual Movement Checkup” form of potential examination items plus a resource and reference list of selected standardized tests.

Dr. Nicole Apelian is an herbalist, a biologist, an anthropologist, a survival skills instructor, and a mother. Nicole was a challenger on the second and fifth seasons of the History Channel’s TV series “Alone”, where she thrived in the wilderness totally solo with little more than her knife and her wits and also stars in the UK documentary mini-series “Surviving the Stone Age: Adventure to the Wild”. She is the author of three books, “The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies: The Healing Power of Plant Medicine”, “A Reference Guide to Surviving Nature: Outdoor Preparation and Remedies (GEAR-WILDLIFE-WEATHER-FIRST AID)”, and “The Forager’s Guide to Wild Foods: Edible Plants, Lichens, Mushrooms,and Seaweeds”. Her next book, “The Holistic Guide to Wellness: Herbal Protocols for Common Ailments”, will be available late 2022.

An unexpected diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in 2000 led Nicole to apply her scientific research skills towards her own personal wellness. She focuses on a healthy living strategy, including deep nature connection and gratitude practices. Through changes in her lifestyle & diet, recognizing profound mind-body linkages, and making and using her own herbal remedies, Nicole went from bedridden to being fully alive and from surviving to thriving.

She has spent years living in nature with the San Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert, one of the last Indigenous peoples who still live as hunter-gatherers. Developing strong relationships within the tribe helped Nicole learn many of the remedies and skills she practices and teaches today and she continues her work with the San through her joint non-profit, “The Origins Project”. 

At home in the Pacific Northwest, she makes her own herbal medicines from local plants as part of her healthy living strategy, especially as related to autoimmune issues, and has her own herbal medicinal apothecary line. 

Find out more about Nicole at www.nicoleapelian.com.

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How do you cultivate personal sustainable holistic health? Dr. Nicole Apelian will discuss deeper levels of wellness – beyond the world of herbs, supplements, and diet. She will present strategies to help with personal cultural repair, offering tangible ways to regain optimal health. Dr. Apelian used natural wellness and deep nature connection in her journey with multiple sclerosis, going from bed-ridden to living “Alone” in the wild for 57 days on Vancouver Island with little more than her knife and her wits.

Learning Objectives:

– What is holistic sustainable health?

– Strategies to achieve sustainable health 

– Nature deficit disorder

– Nature connection and its relationship to health and personal cultural repair

– The power of the mind-body connection

– How to foster connection to self and health

I was successful for 20 years in clinical and corporate roles, AND by the time I was 44, I had been diagnosed with 7 autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus, fibromyalgia, endometriosis and narcolepsy. I discovered the hard way that if you don’t take care of your mind, body and soul, your body will shut you down for maintenance. I accepted the call to heal and I am happy to say that I am now free of autoimmune disease. I am also a Stage 3 Cancer thriver. I now know that positive psychology coaching is the career where my talents and passion collide. My passion and purpose is to help others achieve mental, emotional, spiritual and physical wellbeing so that they are free to pursue their passion and their purpose – because the world craves each of our unique contributions.

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My resilience is built upon defying and learning from the significant challenges of growing up in public housing in the South Bronx and Puerto Rico, being diagnosed at age 37 with Type 1 Diabetes, and navigating the USAF and in the Investment Banking culture as both a female and a minority. After 20 years as a Wealth Advisor, I reinvented myself to pursue helping individuals lead well by resetting their wellbeing and emboldening their courage to pursue the life they’ve imagined. My Type 1 diagnosis inspired me to dare to fully live, except this time, I would partner with my body. I identified my strengths and their alignment with leadership, coaching, and organizational development consulting.

Teaching leaders to lead productively and collaboratively, and powered by optimal health and wellbeing, has become the multiplier to my biggest legacy. I have learned that embodiment is necessary to optimize our strengths contribution and to empower the body to heal. Today, I embed movement and mindfulness practices in my coaching and leadership courses and programs. Working with the neurobiology of the three brains (head, heart, and gut), I am able to uniquely help clients and leaders connect and integrate deep wisdom to take courageous action

Gain clarity, courage, and confidence to lead and live well. Connect to joy and peace. Learn to use dance to access and activate whole-self wisdom to fully live your life. Envision a life that is fulfilling. Connect to the power of gratefulness. In this session you will learn about the neurobiology of how your body’s three advisors (head, heart, and gut brain) can guide you to design a life worth living, with joy and purpose, no matter the circumstances.