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Just Us Girls is the podcast for you to laugh with, learn from & drink to. Your host Alex packs each episode with new guests, piping hot tea and all thing LGBTQ+. You can grab a bottle of wine or a broom while you listen in on our chats, but promise that we keep it between... Just Us Girls!
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Instead of hating Monday and feeling anxious about it, could it be possible to make Monday one of the best days of the week? The momentum you create on Monday can translate to the rest of the week. This podcast will share how I did it by having an in-depth conversation about health and our successes and failures surrounding health.
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Episode 166 - Is This Good Or Bad Mental Health Advice?
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I’m interested in your thoughts this week, I came across this YouTube video on neuroticism, it made a lot of sense to me and my experience, but would love to know what you think. Here's the link to the YouTube video, hope it helps and works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJISydQ0AQQ&t=378s
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Episode 165 - Two words I’m convinced ruin lives.
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I believe you can get what you want in life. Even if it’s a huge goal that right now seems unattainable. I also think we get in our way more often that we think. In todays podcast I share one way we mess it up for ourselves.
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Episode 164 - How To Not Gain Weight And Enjoy Holiday Treats
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Believe it or not there is a way to still enjoy your holiday traditions and treats without completely destroying your health and weight. That’s what today’s episode is all about.
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Does pain mean things are getting worse or could it mean that things are getting better and we have to go through the emotion of pain to find all the things we desire. If it’s true that growth happens outside our comfort zone, then why aren’t we willing to spend more time in that discomfort?
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Episode 162 - Finding The Motivation To Work Out
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I don’t know why some people seem to love somethings over others and I don’t know what motivates people. I do know that I hated going to work out, yet know I like it, am consistent and see results. Here’s what’s worked for me.
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Episode 161 - What Is Health And How Do You Know You Got it?
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The purpose of this episode is to help start a dialogue around health. I would argue that we are worse off today than we were just a few years ago, and I know that the people who are the healthiest, look at things a bit different. I don’t want to offer medical advice, but I do want to create more awareness around health.…
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Episode 160 - Managing Your Sugar Cravings?
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Honestly though, Is there anything more delicious than sugar? It was a rhetorical question, the answer is no, it is the best. With that being said sugar is not always conducive to helping you meet your health goals, and, It's addictive. So on this week's episode, Rachelle and I discuss what we've done, and how it's helped.…
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EPISODE 159 - Why your back is still tight and injured
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Why your back is still tight and injured The missing component to most people’s health, especially physical health, is strength training. That’s doesn’t downplay the importance of mobility - not the same as flexibility - but it does shed light on something that is missing from your life. In this episode, we discuss what strength training is, how to…
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EPISODE 158 - Stop Letting Social Media Affect Your Mood
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Be careful what you spend you spend your time thinking about and consuming. There are no wasted thoughts; literally, everything you think about moves you closer to who and where you want to be or away from there. Sorry if that sounded threatening, it's just that something became abundantly clear to us the other day, and we wanted to share. It start…
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EPISODE 157 - The Long Term Strategy For Healing
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How do you get well and stay well? Is that even a thing? If yes, is it possible without having to spend hours doing rehab or working on it? On this podcast, we take you through the thinking process of the steps and ideas that we use in our own health and with that of our patients seeking our help. Oftentimes, it's not about 'more,' it's about 'righ…
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EPISODE 156 - How To Stay Sane Despite The State Of The World
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On my Instagram this week, I asked you to ask me anything. By far the most common question - it came in various forms but the theme was always the same - How do I (we) maintain a level of happiness despite the current climate? That’s what this podcast is about: 1) Stop doing list - I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, if I didn’t have a bus…
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EPISODE 155 - Getting Healthy Despite a Bad MRI or X-ray
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"You become what you think about most." -Earl Nightingale Those are words to live by and are extremely important when it comes to your health. For too many people, what they are told becomes their identity and governs their lives and health for many years. This is not to say that medical examinations and diagnoses' are not important; they are, just…
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Episode 154 - How do you stay consistent with training and eating
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Have you ever been excited about your new diet or felt an extreme amount of inspiration to get to the gym and pursue your new body or new goals? Isn't it funny how it all fades, and then a week later, you're back to where you were before, feeling unmotivated to get back to it? I'm hoping this video can give you some insight into what you need to do…
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Episode 153 - The Do's And Don'ts When You've Tweaked Your Back
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You bend over, tie up your shoe, or maybe pick up your child or grandchild. Something pops (or not), and you cannot stand back up. The pain can be excruciating. It can be sharp, burning, numbing, travel down your leg or produce that horrible 'weakness' feeling. You've just tweaked your back. But, do you know what to do about it? The most common thi…
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If you're trying and are unhappy with your diet - specially if you're having a hard time with carbs - this episode is for you. Take it from two people that have struggle for a long time with dysfunctional eating and, now looking back with clarity, food addiction. The purpose of this episode is to share what we've found helpful, not so helpful, and …
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The feeling of ‘being stuck’ or working hard to see little progress is not new. In fact, If you’re going to do anything in this life it’s a feeling you’re going to have to get used to. Here is something I’ve found helpful. Hope it helps you too
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Episode 150 - You Need To Start Your Day Like This
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Your morning routine and how you start your day are crucial to your success. In this episode I talk about mind and why it helps me. Hope the conversation helps you.
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Episode 149 - When You Feel Like Garbage And 2 Questions For You
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A simple thing you can do right now to make you feel less bad about your life and two questions I’d love to hear your thoughts on
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Episode 148 - The Most Important Trait For Success
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What’s the one thing you could have that would give you the best chance of success? It’s probably not what you think, but it’s in this week’s episode.
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If you’re struggling with your nutrition this one is for you. But beware, there are no “quick” tips and tactics here. Just a long, boring, hard path to follow, that if you can do it will lead to success.
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Episode 146 - How To Not Lose Energy Throughout The Day
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One thing that high performers and successful people have going for them is the ability to create high energy. Transitions, switching from one task to another, are a place where a lot of energy is lost. Here’s something you can do about that.
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Episode 145 - The Difference Between Creating Health And Fighting Disease
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There is a big difference between fighting disease and creating health. Both are important but one needs constant pursuit.
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It hasn’t been easy in the last little bit. I’m hoping that sharing what the happiest and most successful people in the world do to get happiness and success can help, if only just a little bit.
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These podcast deals with practical strategies on how to remain positive in world that is seemingly growing crazier and crazier. And I’m not talking about fake, fabricated positive.
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Last week I asked social media what the biggest obstacles getting in your way of health results were? Food came in at number two. Here’s how I’ve fixed that issue in the past. Hope it helps.
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Episode 141 - Feeling And Dealing With Intimidation
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Have you ever felt guilted or shamed for feeling or doing what you’re doing or want to do? There is a name for that. There is also a way to deal with that appropriately. Which is the theme for today’s episode.
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Episode - 140 How To Protect Your Lumbar Spine
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The health of your spine is very important. Not only does it house your nerve system but it’s impossible to replace. Meaning you only have one shot at this. On this podcast I’ll give you some ideas as to how to make you protect and maintain your spine
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New to the gym or to strength training? Here is some stuff to consider, and here's what I cover:1. Why motivation, or lack thereof, might not have anything to do with actual lack of motivation, it might have to do with something else that's much easier to solve2. Knowing what you want (weight loss, sport-specific, etc.) is important to know before …
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Through failure after failure, here is what I found helpful for keeping me on track with my diet.
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Episode 137 - Help With Concussion Symptoms?
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Concussions can be debilitating and tough to deal with. On today’s episode I discuss an important and often overlooked avenue and anatomical structure for helping you heal from a concussion.
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Episode 136 - How To Undo Postural Stress Of Working From Home
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Our bodies are meant to move, not sit. This we I discuss a great plan for how to undo all the damage done by sitting.
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It’s never fun when something as innocent as tying up your shoes puts your ‘back out.’ I was there last week. Thankfully I knew what to do so I could continue with my lifting. On today’s episode I share my thoughts on what to do if you tweak your back.
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Episode 134 - What’s The Optimal Strength Training Schedule
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Strength training is vitally important to your health and overall well being but, what’s the optimal schedule? What should you be doing? How much, how often? All on today’s episode
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I think in certain ways we’ve all had enough. My enough can about two months. On this episode I share what I found helpful to keep calm and happy during this time. Hope it helps you too.
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Episode 132 - Losing Weight During A Pandemic, With the Gyms Closed
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Happy New Year, In this episode how you can still hope to lose weight in a stressful uncertain environment where important items for weight loss, like the gym, are unavailable to you -Dr. K
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Episode 130 - Getting Super Good At Journaling
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This week I share my best tip on what really help me up my journaling game. It’s not even that hard to start to do. -Dr. K
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Episode 129 - More Important Than Your Willpower
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Of course you need will power and determination to get better at things, but there is one thing that I believe is much more powerful than willpower. And, if you don’t have it, it doesn’t matter how strong your will power is, it will drag you down. -Dr. K
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Episode - 128 How To Add Your Own Unique Touch
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It’s a mental health need to be yourself. Yet, in a world that pay lip service to mental health and authenticity, cancel culture and virtue signaling have never made it harder to be yourself, here’s what you can do. -Dr. K
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I’ve seen this meme pop up enough times have a good think about it, and, if you’re interested l I’m my thoughts, this episode is dedicated to what I like and don’t like about it. Feel free to disagree, and if you, I’d love to hear why. -Dr. K
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Episode 126 - When It Gets Complicated And Uncertain
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What do you do when life gets scary? I’m not sure if this is correct, but here is my thinking process when I feel that way. Hope it helps. -Dr. K
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Episode 125 - You Really Can’t Mess Up Your Eating
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You really can’t mess this up. Well you can, in two ways, none of which involve the actual food you eat, only your mindset. More on today’s episode
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There is really only one person you need to seeking validation from. That’s not to say other’s opinions don’t matter, some do, but until you have it right for yourself, you will always be chasing the same old thing. More on this episode -Kresimir Jug
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Episode 123 - Why You’re Not Getting Results
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There could be many reasons, the most common one I see is you’re not willing to plan your life around what you want, you’re still planning what you want around your life.More on this episode-Kresimir Jug
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Episode 122 - Pilots know the secret to health
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I was chatting with a pilot friend of mine the other day and he, unknowingly, told me the secret to health, that if more people practiced would be leaner, happier, and more successful. This week’s podcast is all about that secret. -Kresimir Jug
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Just a reminder that life is not easy and that’s ok. Sometimes what you need to improve is be ok with, and accept the pain. Sometimes it’s necessary to moving forward -Kresimir Jug
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Authenticity is getting a lot of attention and rightfully so. I have been playing guitar for some time and if you know anything about the guitar you’ll know that it’s hard to sound like yourself and stand out. On this podcast, I discuss what I’ve learned, through the guitar, about authenticity. -Kresimir Jug…
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JUG Heads rejoice for it is Tuesday. It is particular special because today is our 10th episode and of course has another amazing story with it. Dantès is an audio visual artist with hits like "So Below" & "Killer" (do your self a favor & listen). You will get a behind the scenes look into the experiences that are woven into Dantès expression. Dant…
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They don’t really, they are just not good tools to use to make decisions. Emotions are what makes life awesome. Feeling joy, love, pride, self-esteem are all wonderful as feeling depressed, anxious, nervous, or apathetic are important, yet not fun to experience. This does not change what emotions are or how we should use them in our life. -Kresimir…
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Episode 9- Matt & The Quest For Equal Rights
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Hi JUG Heads! I hope our absence last week can be forgiven, Alex forgot to press record (facepalm), but we are back! To make up for that we are talking with extra special guest Matt. He shares his early life and college days and the role he played in the 2015 supreme court ruling for equal marriage rights. His story and experience allows us to refl…
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Episode 118 - Just don’t disappoint this person
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Somedays I’m equally amazed and horrified at the level of social pressure that exists in 2020. As always, it’s a philosophical issue, which I’ll talk about today. I’ll also mention the one person you should not let down. -Kresimir Jug
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