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Hey, everybody. Matt Measures from Clickstream

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Studio. Welcome to another edition of Good News

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York. It's been a while since I've been here,

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but I might do it for a while and get things

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going. We got this new spate that's coming along

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nicely. If you haven't been following, follow

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along on all of our socials, TikTok, and all

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of those to see the progress of that in downtown

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Syracuse. And don't forget about our sponsor

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And that was Zach in the box trucks driving around

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ado, we have a guest. This is this is great way

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to start our morning. Her name is Alex, and she

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is the founder of Salt and Stone Event Company,

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which just sounds really cool to begin with.

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I'm just going to say that's great for an event

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company. Alex, welcome to Good News York. Hi.

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Thank you for having me. If you wouldn't mind,

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let's jump right in. Tell us a little bit about

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yourself and this event business that we're talking

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about today. Yeah. Where do I start? So. Salt

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and stone has been a long process within myself.

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Really? Do you remember Chucks on the Hill? On

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SU Hill? Yeah. Yeah. OK. So my grandfather had

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opened, he owned that plaza. OK. And then, you

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know, Funk and Waffles. And you remember when

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they were in the basement there? That was the

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best looking. The best looking. So that was my

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grandma's deli. Oh, wow. So my grandfather owned

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the building, and then my grandma had the deli.

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And it was a little big, right? It was pretty.

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And then she moved out, and Funk and Waffles

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went in. But so I really was in, I started there.

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Right? And I was just a child, 10, 11, and then

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I was like 12, and I could, then I could be the

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pickle girl for the deli, right? I could put

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the pickles on the plate, and it was a very important

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job, how you place the pickle to not mess up

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the sandwich. It's a big deal. And so I started

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there, and that's when I kind of, I liked people,

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and I liked taking care of people, right? And

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so eventually I kind of grew from there, right?

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I had to go to like high school, and I had to

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go to college, you know? And then around 19 years

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old, I had to get a job, but I didn't have a

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car. So I traveled to different cities and I

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knew that there's like central systems. And I

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was a ball circus, that was central system. We're

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a city, why wouldn't we? And that's when I discovered

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we don't have a very good central system, so

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to speak. But nevertheless, I figured out the

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bus schedule and I figured out that I could work

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downtown. And then that's when the bus schedule

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kind of picked up. So from Weeville, you had

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two hours. You had like six o 'clock, seven o

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'clock in the morning to get on the bus. And

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then you had to be back on the bus by about 4

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.30 to get back home. So I had to go to work

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and I had to finish college. So I went on Craigslist

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because that was when Craigslist was cool. And

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Prano Fresh is opening up. Do you remember Pirano

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Fresh in Hanover? It was right next to Bull &

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Bear. And so Mark was opening up Pirano Fresh,

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and I didn't know it at the time. And I said,

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OK, this is great. I can take the bus because

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they open up early. I'll go to work in the morning,

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and then I'll go to college. I went to school

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at OCC. And so I was able to do that and schedule

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my classes. And so I opened up Pirano Fresh.

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And then Mark's like, come host over at Bull

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& Bear. And so I did that for a little bit. And

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then I figured, well, I was making a good amount

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of money. And I figured, well, there's apartments

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above here, condos, or not condos, lofts, sorry,

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lofts. And I said, well, I might as well just

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live above where I work and then cut the whole

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central. bus out all together, you know? And

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so that's what I did. I was 19 years old. I was

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working at Bull & Bear and I was going to school

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at OCC and I was taking the central bus. But

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I'm from Baldwin'sville and so all that was relatively

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new. You never really, you know. A different

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experience, absolutely. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And

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so I did that and I lived in Hanover when I was

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19. And with that, I was able to pick up a couple

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shifts at Empire Brewing Company. And I was a

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host over there for the nighttime. And then World

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Martini Bar is in Hanover Square. And so I would

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cocktail waitress over there. And I really got

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to just take it all in at, I think, a relatively

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young age on my own. I was 19, living on my own

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in Hanover Square. And that's when I really kind

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of fell in love with the city and the people.

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and where I really got my grounds and bone structure,

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you know, from that. And I had some really good

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mentors in the business that were able to kind

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of guide me. You know, don't do this, don't do

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that. And I took it all in and that was really

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good. Then I graduated college and I moved to

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Miami. which was, and I've traveled all over

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the place, Chicago and Denver and Miami. I was

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like, yeah, okay, I'll go to Miami. And I worked

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there for a little bit and it is not like Syracuse.

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A lot of people have that experience. Yeah, go

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to Florida. It's better there. Yeah. Yeah, it's

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warm. I did that in my 20s as well Did you also

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you know? Yeah? Yeah? Yeah? Yeah, but so I there

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was a lot of cool things that Syracuse didn't

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have and it just was mind -blowing You're like

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whoa like what do you mean? There's an ice bar.

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What is an ice bar, right? You don't know and

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um and I and I lived there for a little bit and

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then I And then you always kind of come back,

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right? You're like, okay, I like fall and I do

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like to see snow. You really appreciate those

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things and how beautiful where you live really

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is. Sure, absolutely. And so I came back and

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I wasn't sure exactly if I was going to stay

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or if I was going to go. So my mom lived in Miami.

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My dad still lived here in Baldensville. So I

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came back for a little bit and I talked to Dennis

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over at Mohegan Manor, because I grew up there,

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so I knew him. And I said, Dennis, I know it's

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the holiday season. Is there any work I can do

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while I'm here to just kind of make a little

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money and hang out? And he's like, yeah. And

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so I did that. I did that. And then I met my

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husband, and I didn't go back. That's the story.

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That's the story. That happens that way sometimes.

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It does. And so I stayed here. I have four kids.

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So I kind of. I'm done having kids no more so,

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you know, that's when I was like, okay I'm done

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having kids and now I'm in a place where I can

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build myself where I want to go and I've worked

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at rail line for four years and Rob has been

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really great because I've been pregnant and you

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know, so I think you know often take me back

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and I love Rob He's great for that and and I

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really was able to develop myself even more there

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And there was one day I said, I said, hey, Rob,

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I want to do a craft cocktail competition. He's

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like, what? Like, yeah, I want a craft cocktail.

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Can I put one on? He's like, you know, we've

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seen those done before, and they don't really

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work, Alex. And I was like, yeah, but it's not

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mine. It's not mine, you know? And I, please,

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Rob. And he's like, OK, you can do it. And that's

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where I kind of, it was a make or break for me.

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Either I can do it and pull it off or I can't

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and I'll accept that. And we did good. We did

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really good. I pulled in and I can't tell you

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how many people that I went to when I was developing

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this and creating this and building this that

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said, you know, we've done these before and nobody

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comes. Good luck. And I was like. Yeah, thank

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you, thank you. I was like, man, man, you guys,

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come on. But we got about 120 people in. We had

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10 bartenders bartending. They each had their

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own station. And everybody, we had a band, Brian

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from Name Brand Covers. He was our singer, solo

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singer, and he did a great job. And we had some

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vendors out on the patio. So Rail Line is a rooftop

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bar, and then it's got. a second rooftop on top

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of that. It's a really neat space. Yeah, it's

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an incredible space. And so that, to me, really

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solidified that I am capable. What I felt inside,

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I was able to put out forward. And that was when

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I said, OK, I feel confident to do this and go

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forward with it. Awesome. Yeah. And from that

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point, you decided, let's do it as a legit business.

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And that's where Yeah. Where Salt and Stone came

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from? Yeah. So yeah, I'm a rule follower. I like

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it. Some people are like, you don't have to do

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it. Just get a DBA. You don't have to. I'm like,

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no, no, no, no, no, no. I've worked events and

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I've done things for long enough. I need it umbrellaed

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and insured because anything can go wrong. And

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so I did. And so Salt and Stone is dual purpose.

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We are Salt City. But it's also the one seasoning.

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So I'm community. I like community and development.

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togetherness. And it's like the one ingredient

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that I think everybody uses, no matter who you

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are and where you come from. That's absolutely

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true. That's a great way to look at that. Yeah.

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And then stone would be just a firm foundation.

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Sure. Yeah. I love that. Thank you. How long

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ago was that? When did the company actually...

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informed, I guess. I don't know if that's proper.

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Was it November? It's like November 28th or 29th.

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So it's a brand new venture. Yeah, it's brand

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brand new. Yeah. Yeah. Awesome. Yeah. That's

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so cool. And then so sounds like the first big

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thing you're going out with is this new reoccurring

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Monday night event. Is that is that accurate?

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Yeah. Tell us a little bit about this thing.

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So it was probably about a week and a half before

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Christmas, and I called. I have a photographer,

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Abby, and she's fantastic. And I said, Abby,

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I want to do Monday night socials. And I would

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like if you could take people's headshots. Let's

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update their headshots. Sure. And she's like,

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OK. Which I love about her. She's like, OK. I'm

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like, OK. She's like, well, why Mondays? And

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I said, well, I'm like, Mondays because Saturdays,

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Sundays. All the girls, you know, and the guys,

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they go and get haircuts and they get their nails

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done and they look pretty. And Monday's like

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the beginning of the week, you know, so you're

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fresh. And she's like, okay, I can understand

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that. Yeah. She's like, but it's winter time

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and it's slow. And I'm like, well, it is. And

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I'm like, and that's the point, you know, because

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there's not much to do, you know. And so you

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might as well just do something, you know. And

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so that's kind of how it formed there. You know

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headshots aren't cheap if you ever go and do

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them so it's $15 and we bring in some light food

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and and and then you get to either like a headshots

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or if you come with your Team from work, you

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know, you get a group photo and it's awesome.

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Yeah, that's really cool And so this event is

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it's a really it's not a one -time thing, right?

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It's a recurring Monday evenings from five to

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seven thirty. Did I get that right? Yeah. Awesome.

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Yeah. Awesome. What is the you mentioned a little

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bit. It sounds like it's it's kind of a young

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professional thing. Who's kind of your target

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audience for this? Yeah. Yeah. Young professionals,

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people who are either just kind of getting in

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the field or even if you've been in the field

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and you know. People are like, oh yeah, I need

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to update my photo, my head shot. You go to work,

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so it's set at five, right? So you get out of

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work and you come down and whether you just hang

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out with your team from work or you invite someone

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out to it and you just hang out. I wanna say

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there's not really a structure to it. I have

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co -branders, so February is jam -packed. We

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have CNY professionals under 40 coming February

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9th. And so it's just a place to gather and hang

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out and just get to know each other on a real

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personal, not awkward level. Sure. I love that.

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Facilitating that is exactly what you need. I

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think you're absolutely on the right path. And

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people talk about all the time, they don't have

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their third place anymore. People are off in

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their own worlds, and I think they very much

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want to. need opportunities exactly like this.

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So this is pretty cool where it's not just a

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random, hey, let's get together at some random

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place. You've got an event. You've got a cool

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thing happening. You can get some photos done.

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You can do some networking. It's pretty cool.

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It's pretty cool. Thank you. Tell us if you wouldn't

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mind just a little bit more about the venue.

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So this is at the rail line. And I mentioned

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earlier, I just think it's such a neat event.

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For those who aren't familiar, or maybe aren't

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even from Syracuse, can you tell people a little

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bit about just what's unique about this place?

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Because it's not some unit in a plaza where you

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might find a bar or restaurant. It's a pretty

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unique spot, right? Yeah, and you definitely

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can miss it if you don't know about it. So it's

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high up, off the ground, like you mentioned.

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The front of the building is all glass, so you

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have just a high elevated view of the city and

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then I You kind of walk out and there is garage

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glass garage doors onto a very large Patio if

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you will I mean, it's huge. I don't even it's

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not a patio. It's just it's huge And so you have

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all that and there's like Rob created this really

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nice waterfall and pond back there he did a good

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job with it and And there's some fireplaces and

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some patio furniture you can lounge at. And then

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you can go upstairs onto, so you're already on

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a rooftop, right? And then you go upstairs to

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another rooftop where he has created a garden.

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And he's done a great job. Because I said, I

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said, bro, Rob, how do you, how do you get the

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dirt up there? He's like, wow. So there's there's

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a machine apparently that has like a arm system

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and it shoots the dirt and mulch up to the third

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floor. That's incredible. Incredible. That's

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so neat. Neat spot right behind Salt City Market.

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Anybody who's familiar with that, if they've

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driven by that in Salina, just just. Go around

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the corner. It's red. It's a big red thing. You

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can't miss it. It's a rail car, right? That's

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where rail line comes from. Alice, this has been

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awesome. We love hearing all about this. Is there

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a website, a Facebook, if folks want to learn

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more about this and keep an eye on it, where

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should they go? Yeah, I have a Facebook and an

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Instagram page. So Salt and Stone Events Company.

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It's right there. Awesome. Anything else that's

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going on? Is this kind of your main focus, I'm

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guessing, with the new venture? Is this a particular

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event? Do you see other events happening under

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the salt and stone banner? Yeah. So this is one

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that I have right now. I have one in the summertime.

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It's a bit different. So what I do is I create.

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my own events. Whatever they come to my mind,

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I just kind of push it out. And so I don't do

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weddings. I don't do birthday parties. I don't

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those are that's somebody somebody else is really

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good at those. I could you know what their special

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moment and I, I, my heart cannot take disappointing

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people like that, you know? And so if it's my

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own event, I can disappoint myself. You know,

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that's how I, yeah, yeah. So the other one in

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the summertime, it's gonna be like a 2000s throwback

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party. There might be some like, I'm gonna call

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it water pong because we're not gonna put beer

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in it. But there might be like a water pong competition

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going on and we have a DJ and it's gonna be a

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great time. But for now, That's a far ways away.

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For now, I just have the Monday socials. Kids

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these days play beer pong with water, like regularly.

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Yeah. Oh, you know, the way you're supposed to

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do it, you got the ball in the cup and you're

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supposed to drink the cup of nasty beer with

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the pong. Kids, oh no, we can't do that. No,

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no, no, no. I don't know what's happening anymore,

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kids these days. I know. We could talk for hours

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about kids these days. Alex, this has been awesome.

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Thank you so much for joining us on Good News

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York and telling us all about this. And also,

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let's check in. This event is going on through

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March periodically. Drop by and tell us a little

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bit about some of the different things you've

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got going on in these various Mondays. Absolutely.

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We'd love to hear more about it. Thank you. Thank

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you for having me. Thank you so much. And with

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that, we'll be back with some more Good News

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York. Hello and welcome to good news York sponsored

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by ads on the go get ads on the go calm I am

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Mike producing with you on this Tuesday. I think

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it's Tuesday, right? Yeah. Thank you, Danny Danny

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Tripodi on the ones and twos over there Um, it

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is Tuesday. It is the new year. I am joined by

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a very special guest today Matt's not here Matt's

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out. Uh, I think he bought a pair of snowshoes

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and he's trying out I know, but he's a weird

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guy. He's not here today, but I am joined by

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a very special guest. I'm very excited because

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my mother -in -law is a retired PT professor

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from Ithaca College. So when I heard that we

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were going to be sitting down with a physical

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therapist, I thought, hey, I think I can hang

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in this conversation. From Minnie Milestone Physical

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Therapy in Cicero, New York, right here in the

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Syracuse area, Brittany Schuler. It's only one

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clap, but better than none. Brittany, you are

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the founder of Many Milestones Physical Therapy.

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And when I went on the site and started researching

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and doing the story, I really I really enjoyed

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your story. And I like kind of what your your

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mission is about. And one of the first things

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I did read up on was that you knew and this is

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rare sometimes you knew in high school. that

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this is what you wanted to do. You wanted to

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work in the physical therapy field. Was there

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a specific moment? Was there a person that influenced

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that? How did that all come about? Yeah. Well,

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originally, I thought I was going to be a math

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teacher up until about my senior year of high

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school. And then one of my friends just started

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talking about physical therapy. And I was like,

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well, I play sports like maybe I can work with

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athletes. They get a lot of injuries. They need

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a lot of rehab. And from the get -go, so senior

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year, then I was able to do some BOCES, and I

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went and learned allied health. So just learning

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anatomy and physiology. And then Thursdays and

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Fridays, we got to job shadow. So I job shadowed

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a school -based physical therapist. I was in

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the hospital. I got to see a few surgeries, and

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then job shadowed a hospital -based outpatient

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clinic, and she did wound care. That one was

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a little crazy, seeing just big open wounds and

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how they, like, PTs can... dress and do all of

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that as well, not just nursing. But I didn't

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obviously go that route. But I wanted to be a

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math teacher because I always loved numbers and

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kids. So my goal is always to work with children.

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And but once I got and saw like how they could

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help people because that was another like mission

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I was always drawn to is just any way that I

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could help somebody. So my senior year, I think

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job shadowing those individual physical therapists

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and seeing what they did drew me to that profession.

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So then I got a scholarship to Clarkson and they're

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known for engineering But they don't a lot of

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people don't know they have like a tiny little

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physical therapy school so and their classes

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maybe like 21 24 kids like That was their program

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was like 24 kids a class. So it's pretty small

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and it's all problem -based learning but that

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kind of Sealed the deal. It was small that they

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do a lot of like critical thinking and a lot

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of like self learning which is how I learned

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best but Yeah, once I was able to see the physical

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therapist like during my senior year that kind

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of like was a yep This is what I can do. I can

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work with kids. I can help them And that was

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Pretty much it and there's there's still numbers

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involved. No, we always numbers involved We have

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to count the number of reps. Yeah, exactly Which

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by the way Clarkson great hockey school side

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note? I know that. I think I went to one or two

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games while I was there. Tell anybody with only

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one or two. As long as you went to one, that's

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that's all that matters. You know, as you touched

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on there, there are people when they hear physical

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therapy, they think of, you know, oh, my ankle

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hurts and we're going to go and we're going to

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do some exercises. And there are so there is

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so much more to the field itself. There's a lot

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of different things. And you specialize in a

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lot of that in some areas, specialized areas.

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We'll get to that. But first, I want to stick

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with your background. You are the founder of

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Mini Milestones in Cicero. And I would love to

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hear how that was founded. How did this come

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about? You know, it's a leap of faith to to to,

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you know, open your own practice. That is, as

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I said, you know, you can you can work with athletes,

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you can, you know, work at a practice, but to

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to run your own practice is a big undertaking.

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Talk a little bit about how it was founded. And

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also, I love if you could talk about the meaning

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behind the name. Yeah, of course. So I come from

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a background working in the hospital setting.

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I started in Watertown, did more like adult acute

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care. It was very slow, but it was, it got my

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grounding and confidence in like therapy. Coming

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to Upstate, I worked there for about 10 years.

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I was the lead physical therapist on the neuro

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rehab. And that kind of solidified my like love

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for neuro in the brain. And then November 2020

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when I went to school base and then there's my

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kids like working with the children I got to

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an upstate because I was the lead pediatric PT

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But it wasn't always a full caseload as a lot

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of adults because we don't always want neuro

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Kids like that means like brain injury spinal

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cord injuries. I love doing it, but you're just

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kind of getting burnt out so into school base

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and I get to see these kids for like 20 30 minutes

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at most but I can't I could never treat how I

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thought was appropriate, because we're always

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kind of told how to, and we get set this expectations,

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I guess. But working in the school, I'm like,

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I know that it's just a deeper level I can help

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these kids on. And again, I love working with

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:06.059
kids. So I'm like, how can I do this? And so

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I started doing some of it on the side or during

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the summers. And then I was like, I got to make

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this bigger, because I was seeing such change

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in these kids. It's just been my passion to,

00:24:16.529 --> 00:24:19.750
like, help these kiddos how I can, but many milestones

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came about with, like, making every milestone

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count, even the little ones, because with some

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of these kids with, like, drastic diagnoses,

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you're only going to see small improvements at

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a time. But those are huge in their daily life.

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Like, just being able to... I had one kid, when

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he came to me, all he could do was sit, and now

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he's practically running and jumping. But we

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first had to, like, go from sitting to laying

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down and sitting, like... from sitting to laying

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down and be like that transition to be able to

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do that first. And then we got him crawling and

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then we got him standing. So it's like even even

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the mini milestones are like huge progress in

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:56.859
some of these kiddos lives. And I think it fits

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perfectly with the name and like the children.

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That's exactly why I wanted you to bring that

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up. That's what hit me right away was it's also

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:09.359
a life lesson. You know, you hear a lot of times

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:12.099
that, you know, people like, for example, it's

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the new year and everyone's like, I'm going to

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go to the gym and I'm going to change my life.

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And then, you know, they kind of start slowly

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like they can't get, you know, muster up the

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energy to do it. And what you'll hear people

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say is, well, don't think about going to the

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gym five times. Let's just start with one day.

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And you're applying that physical therapy. And

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the fact that you're doing it with children,

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I mean, that's so touching. You know, when you

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:38.619
go to see any sort of doctor in any field, You

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:41.400
want someone that cares. Yeah. So I think that's

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what jumps out to me about you and your practice

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the most is that you are it's not like, hey,

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I'm a P .T. and I have a practice. It's it's

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you're putting your heart and soul into it. And

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one of the main main parts of that is I see individualized

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care come up a lot on when I when I looked into

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your your background and into the practice. Can

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you just explain what does that mean? And. Is

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that something that is kind of unique? Like,

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is that is that something that not all PT clinics

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or practices use or implement? Well, I hope they

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:21.099
all do. Sure. Right, right. Some but some like

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ortho, you get a total knee, you're going to

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do the same exercises. It's just like a protocol.

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But I want to do I come from like a whole body

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or a whole brain, whole body approach. And even

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though I see a lot of neurodivergent kiddos,

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autism, non -verbal autism, high -functional

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autism, ADHD, or other neurodiagnoses, when I

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assess them, I assess their cranial nerves, like

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each part of their brain. And some kid might

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have like a deficit on their sensory on this

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side or this side, and it's like through testing.

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So it's like I have to individualize it because

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not all kids with autism will present the same.

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Not all kids with ADHD will present the same.

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So I have to figure out their body the weak areas

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:05.599
and then we focus on those areas to kind of balance

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:08.359
the brain to like help so individualized kind

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:10.740
of comes from that because each kid is their

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:13.319
own unique self and we got to figure out their

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:16.460
weak areas and address them from That aspect

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:19.539
that's so great and even even in the world of

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:22.420
autism We learned over the years that not all

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:24.359
autism is the same either right? You know, there's

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:27.009
a whole there's a whole spectrum And you may

00:27:27.009 --> 00:27:28.970
have already answered this, but what do you feel

00:27:28.970 --> 00:27:31.269
kind of sets you apart? You know, many milestones.

00:27:31.990 --> 00:27:34.190
What's what sets your practice apart from other

00:27:34.190 --> 00:27:39.130
other PT clinics and practices? I come from a

00:27:39.130 --> 00:27:42.470
lot of like cutting edge technology, so I don't

00:27:42.470 --> 00:27:45.990
just do hands on. I do a lot of hands on like

00:27:45.990 --> 00:27:48.309
dynamic movement intervention. I'm a level C

00:27:48.309 --> 00:27:50.369
certified. I don't know if anyone else in the

00:27:50.369 --> 00:27:53.829
area is. I use photobiomodulation, which is cold.

00:27:54.029 --> 00:27:56.349
level laser therapy. I don't think anyone else

00:27:56.349 --> 00:27:58.609
in the area has it within like a good three -hour

00:27:58.609 --> 00:28:00.509
radius. I have people coming from like Albany,

00:28:00.609 --> 00:28:05.390
Rochester, Ithaca areas. Neurosage, which is

00:28:05.390 --> 00:28:07.710
like a brain -based video game where they use

00:28:07.710 --> 00:28:11.650
like auditory and visual input to target certain

00:28:11.650 --> 00:28:14.170
areas of the brain. And then there's interactive

00:28:14.170 --> 00:28:17.730
metronome. So I research and I take courses on

00:28:17.730 --> 00:28:20.430
these technologies so I can use them. And I have

00:28:20.430 --> 00:28:23.660
kids that come in And I don't work on reading,

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:26.500
writing, communication because I'm not speech,

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:29.000
I'm not OT, but when you address like our primitive

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:31.279
reflexes, which is the foundation of our brain

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:33.259
development, you're going to see improvements

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:36.000
all over. So I had a mom like, oh, he's able

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.940
to follow directions, not for me, but now my

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:40.240
mom and his aunt and he's more focused and he's

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:42.000
playing with his sister and he's communicating

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:44.680
better. But it's like, I believe it's these technologies

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:47.099
because of how they rewire the brain and how

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:49.259
they like target certain areas of the brain,

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:54.650
which... It's not Really around this area yet,

00:28:54.650 --> 00:28:57.630
right? I'm cutting edge. You really are in every

00:28:57.630 --> 00:28:59.990
way I mean the practice itself is cutting edge,

00:28:59.990 --> 00:29:02.269
but you just said yourself that you're constantly

00:29:02.269 --> 00:29:05.130
researching and using these these new technologies

00:29:05.130 --> 00:29:09.109
and and and That's awesome. That's it's incredible

00:29:09.109 --> 00:29:15.450
and I Are you I know obviously? One of your specialties

00:29:15.450 --> 00:29:20.630
is in the neuro field Is your practice, do everything

00:29:20.630 --> 00:29:23.089
across the board or does the whole practice just

00:29:23.089 --> 00:29:27.430
focus on the neuro side? I have quite a few kids

00:29:27.430 --> 00:29:29.690
with like developmental delays. So they come

00:29:29.690 --> 00:29:31.609
in to me, they're not walking yet. Maybe they're

00:29:31.609 --> 00:29:35.210
not ADHD or like autism or something, but they

00:29:35.210 --> 00:29:37.569
just have a gross motor delay. I still see them

00:29:37.569 --> 00:29:39.490
and address them because that still somehow comes

00:29:39.490 --> 00:29:41.670
back to the brain. Everything comes back to like

00:29:41.670 --> 00:29:44.230
our foundation development. Because with any

00:29:44.230 --> 00:29:46.869
kind of gross motor delay, you might have a learning...

00:29:46.869 --> 00:29:49.089
I think I read somewhere where there's 100 %

00:29:49.089 --> 00:29:51.069
of learning disabilities stem from a gross motor

00:29:51.069 --> 00:29:54.730
delay, which is what us SPTs address, is gross

00:29:54.730 --> 00:29:57.750
motor movement. And if I can figure out, again,

00:29:57.890 --> 00:30:01.869
the weak areas, then I can address the other

00:30:01.869 --> 00:30:04.690
issues going on. If it's a coordination issue,

00:30:04.930 --> 00:30:06.150
balance issue, I'm like, all right, that's your

00:30:06.150 --> 00:30:08.589
cerebellum. How can we focus on that? Vibration

00:30:08.589 --> 00:30:11.339
plate leads to the cerebellum. do certain like

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:14.759
activities and target these areas. So I don't

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:18.559
just see the autism in ADHD. I see like zero

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:22.460
to 21. I do have a few adults like a stroke case.

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:26.920
I think 95 % of my population is peds, but I

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:29.799
do see a few adults as well. Concussions, I've,

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:32.660
they lost their post -concussive symptoms in

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:35.200
like three to four visits using like the lasers

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:37.559
and certain like eye exercises and everything.

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:40.440
They get back to full functioning, exercising,

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:46.339
running like miles. So yeah, I think it all can

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:49.740
stem somehow from some kind of like addressing

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:52.220
the brain. But if I was to hurt my hip, because

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:55.119
I'm an old man these days. Oh yeah, no. Would

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:59.299
you refer to you or is it mostly the neuro patient?

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:03.259
Yeah, no, that is more of an ortho case. I could

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:06.380
address it, but I don't feel as specialized in

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:10.170
that area. um or comfortable because so it is

00:31:10.170 --> 00:31:12.029
that i do send them next door to like on adaga

00:31:12.029 --> 00:31:14.069
pt i'm like i think you need to go over next

00:31:14.069 --> 00:31:15.970
door and what you just taught me something because

00:31:15.970 --> 00:31:18.009
up until today i thought gross motor was just

00:31:18.009 --> 00:31:21.009
something like a mechanic work down gross gross

00:31:21.009 --> 00:31:25.410
motor skills i'm gonna write that down um so

00:31:25.410 --> 00:31:27.470
owning your own practice is a huge undertaking

00:31:27.470 --> 00:31:30.630
but there seems to be a lot of challenges in

00:31:30.630 --> 00:31:32.880
your field but i think more than that So many

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:35.279
rewards. What are some of the challenges and

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:37.440
rewards that do come with owning your own practice?

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:40.339
Oh, gosh. Yeah. Challenges like the business

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:42.720
aspect. I'm sure. Making sure your financials

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:45.400
in order. Marketing, which I haven't really done.

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:47.220
Everything's been word of mouth. I've been full.

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.799
You're here. Yeah, exactly. This is the stuff.

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:50.799
This is a mini milestone. Exactly. See what I

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:56.000
did there? Mini milestone. But that's something

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:58.000
that's been hard because it's like I try to manage

00:31:58.000 --> 00:32:00.279
my social medias, but it's like I'm so focused

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:03.349
on. my patient at the time. Like I can't always

00:32:03.349 --> 00:32:05.369
videotape. I can't always do certain things.

00:32:05.470 --> 00:32:08.569
So it's like trying to wear all these hats at

00:32:08.569 --> 00:32:11.509
once. That's probably been the biggest challenge.

00:32:12.049 --> 00:32:16.089
The rewards is just randomly on a Saturday, look

00:32:16.089 --> 00:32:17.849
at what we're doing at home. They're walking

00:32:17.849 --> 00:32:20.509
now. Like they're practicing the PT at home.

00:32:23.529 --> 00:32:25.190
Parents have my number. A lot of them do and

00:32:25.190 --> 00:32:27.730
they reach out randomly and that gives them pretty

00:32:27.730 --> 00:32:30.319
much open access. I probably shouldn't, but Well,

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:32.700
they but I just love hearing those things and

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:35.880
I feel like we I can collaborate better when

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:39.059
we build a sound like relationship they trust

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:42.319
me and I think that's the biggest reward is them

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:44.880
trusting me with their kid their kiddos I'm so

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:48.180
impressed by you. I'm a father of two kids and

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:50.920
if God forbid anything was wrong with my kids,

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:54.680
I would be a wreck and Having someone like you

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:57.500
that is not only as good as you are at what you

00:32:57.500 --> 00:33:00.019
do, but that is willing to say, hey, here's my

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:02.539
number. Let's keep an open line of communication.

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:04.519
That's huge for a parent who's worrying about

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:08.220
a child. And I think that's amazing. Now, in

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:11.140
addition to the challenges of owning your practice

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:14.420
itself, let's be honest. There's a lot of challenges

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:17.519
facing PT involving the health care system today.

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.579
What are some of the challenges you deal with

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:22.480
in that realm? Insurance is probably a big one.

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:25.889
Probably number one, I would assume. Yeah. They

00:33:25.889 --> 00:33:28.849
just keep cutting rates and expenses for everything

00:33:28.849 --> 00:33:32.289
go up. So I do accept some insurances because

00:33:32.289 --> 00:33:34.069
some are easier to work with than others, but

00:33:34.069 --> 00:33:36.269
I also do a hybrid model, but not everyone feels

00:33:36.269 --> 00:33:39.369
comfortable like doing cash base. And that's

00:33:39.369 --> 00:33:41.869
hard, but it's like once they see the difference

00:33:41.869 --> 00:33:44.930
in their kids, it's just like a no -brainer for

00:33:44.930 --> 00:33:46.170
them. They're like, okay, I'm going to figure

00:33:46.170 --> 00:33:48.089
out like a budget to be able to do this for a

00:33:48.089 --> 00:33:50.289
few months. Like if I don't accept their insurance.

00:33:50.849 --> 00:33:53.859
But I think that... Accepting insurances does

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:56.180
kind of tie our hands and limit how we can do

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:57.940
it, because they don't cover everything. So it's

00:33:57.940 --> 00:34:00.940
like we do have a couple cash -based add -ons,

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:03.339
like the Neurosage or the Interactive Metronome,

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:07.000
because insurance is like, meh, this doesn't

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:09.840
always count, or they don't see it as something

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:13.360
that we should be doing. But the difference that

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:16.519
I've seen using those tools is huge. I think,

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:20.269
yeah, that's... The biggest one for me. You know,

00:34:20.469 --> 00:34:24.590
again, my mother -in -law is a retired PT professor,

00:34:24.590 --> 00:34:27.449
and this is where she comes in. She gave me a

00:34:27.449 --> 00:34:30.210
good one. I asked her, I said, you know, I came

00:34:30.210 --> 00:34:32.530
up with some, you know, stuff to talk about with

00:34:32.530 --> 00:34:34.670
Brittany Shuler, by the way, founder of Mini

00:34:34.670 --> 00:34:38.570
Milestones Physical Therapy. But I said, hey,

00:34:38.630 --> 00:34:41.469
you know, anything I should bring up that I wouldn't

00:34:41.469 --> 00:34:43.969
know. And she taught me about a thing that in

00:34:43.969 --> 00:34:46.070
your in your field is a real thing, and that's

00:34:46.070 --> 00:34:49.280
called PT burnout. Oh yeah. And she said, it's

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:53.079
a very real thing. How do you deal with the potential

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:55.059
of burnout? And maybe explain a little bit what

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:58.440
that means, the PT burnout itself. I'm in a few

00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:00.380
PT groups and they actually talk about that.

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:03.699
And I think that comes from outpatient clinics,

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:06.420
many like orthoclinics. They just have such a

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:08.500
high demand. You're seeing multiple patients

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:10.539
in an hour. You're limited to like 30 minutes

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:13.719
because... So with insurances, whether you see

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:16.460
them for 30, 60, 90 minutes, you're getting like...

00:35:16.170 --> 00:35:19.409
Say 50 to 60 bucks. It's like a capped rate and

00:35:19.409 --> 00:35:22.690
then so then they're not being rewarded for their

00:35:22.690 --> 00:35:25.170
like efforts and their knowledge And you're just

00:35:25.170 --> 00:35:27.469
kind of like you feel like you plateau unless

00:35:27.469 --> 00:35:29.429
you go out and own your own business Then you

00:35:29.429 --> 00:35:32.630
can kind of grow which that's kind of what I

00:35:32.630 --> 00:35:34.429
did. I was working in the hospital I felt that

00:35:34.429 --> 00:35:36.630
burnout because it's like you have these demands

00:35:36.630 --> 00:35:38.789
you have these quotas that you need to meet you

00:35:38.789 --> 00:35:40.730
have these productivities that you have to meet

00:35:40.730 --> 00:35:44.690
and everyone is like but how I want to treat

00:35:44.690 --> 00:35:47.269
these patients need me. I need more time with

00:35:47.269 --> 00:35:50.929
them, but we are capped. We got to meet these

00:35:50.929 --> 00:35:55.329
KPIs in order to function in these certain areas.

00:35:55.389 --> 00:35:57.190
And I think that really just drives a lot of

00:35:57.190 --> 00:36:01.329
us mad. So what advice would you give young PT

00:36:01.329 --> 00:36:05.769
students in regards to avoiding or managing PT

00:36:05.769 --> 00:36:10.809
burnout? Finding a clinic that addresses that.

00:36:11.730 --> 00:36:13.969
I've always thought about it like because I my

00:36:13.969 --> 00:36:16.630
plan is to expand so I'm like How can I pour

00:36:16.630 --> 00:36:19.230
into my employees to make them feel like valued?

00:36:19.389 --> 00:36:22.289
That's a huge thing Noticing that maybe they

00:36:22.289 --> 00:36:24.429
do feel burnout. So hey, here's like a gift card

00:36:24.429 --> 00:36:29.250
for massage go take some me time Yeah, and Like

00:36:29.250 --> 00:36:31.550
breathe or like hey, how can I help during the

00:36:31.550 --> 00:36:37.750
session so that you know, you're Not feeling

00:36:37.750 --> 00:36:40.389
so overwhelmed just figuring out ways because

00:36:40.389 --> 00:36:43.550
as an owner I'm going to eventually have employees

00:36:43.550 --> 00:36:45.570
and I got to figure out how to manage that so

00:36:45.570 --> 00:36:49.050
that you know the retention rate is there because

00:36:49.050 --> 00:36:53.409
it's cycling through but as like a young PT find

00:36:53.409 --> 00:36:57.070
a clinic that you love find your passion because

00:36:57.070 --> 00:36:59.869
if you're coming into the PT world you want to

00:36:59.869 --> 00:37:02.349
help people and that I think right there is like

00:37:02.349 --> 00:37:03.949
that should be your mindset I'm here to help

00:37:03.949 --> 00:37:06.889
people but if you start to feel burnout then

00:37:06.889 --> 00:37:09.519
that might not be the right area for you, you

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:13.559
might need to like find a different setting because

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:15.860
as PTs we can do a lot. We can do Peds, we can

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:18.579
do neuro, we can do pelvic floor, we can do like

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:21.179
in the hospital, we can do sports space. So if

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:22.800
you're in the hospital and you're more of like

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:26.159
a sports -minded, ortho PT, see if you can either,

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:27.739
if that hospital has like an outpatient, you

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:31.780
can move to like that setting or some PTs are

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:34.480
moving cash space and doing like home visits

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:36.760
and doing that. I have a few friends doing that

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:39.349
and that's... That made a difference because

00:37:39.349 --> 00:37:41.650
they're again, they're helping the people how

00:37:41.650 --> 00:37:43.969
they want to help them And I think that's a big

00:37:43.969 --> 00:37:47.210
thing. It's like we have this mindset of how

00:37:47.210 --> 00:37:50.090
we want to help people but we can't always Do

00:37:50.090 --> 00:37:52.449
that in these certain settings? I have a friend

00:37:52.449 --> 00:37:56.269
We call them dinks double income. No kids. Oh,

00:37:56.269 --> 00:38:01.809
yeah They have a giant RV and For a while they

00:38:01.809 --> 00:38:03.730
they would travel the country for a half a year

00:38:03.730 --> 00:38:05.489
rent their house out and she was a traveling

00:38:05.489 --> 00:38:08.679
job And I just, it made me realize, you're right.

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:12.460
You can, it's rare that you go into a medical

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:15.260
field and you have so many options. You know,

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:17.699
a lot of it's specialized. In the PT world, you

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:22.340
do have a ton of options. Is there a huge difference

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:25.539
in the way that a PT has to treat kids as opposed

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:30.760
to adults? As far as, not as much as, I guess,

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:33.099
what they call bedside manner is like technique.

00:38:33.309 --> 00:38:35.630
The whole the whole realm of it is is that a

00:38:35.630 --> 00:38:37.769
challenge? Is there a difference? There are some

00:38:37.769 --> 00:38:40.170
similarities, especially if like a kid fell and

00:38:40.170 --> 00:38:43.210
broke their leg because playing football, playing

00:38:43.210 --> 00:38:46.789
sports, the ortho aspect is kind of similar.

00:38:46.789 --> 00:38:49.329
And then like gait mechanics and everything can

00:38:49.329 --> 00:38:53.570
kind of carry over as well. But then there is

00:38:53.570 --> 00:38:57.010
like I can be more hands on doing that DMI, the

00:38:57.010 --> 00:38:59.150
dynamic movement intervention with kiddos. That's

00:38:59.150 --> 00:39:00.989
more hands on and that kind of caps at a certain

00:39:00.989 --> 00:39:05.190
age. And then you can modify. Okay. So babies

00:39:05.190 --> 00:39:07.190
and like up to five, you can be a little more

00:39:07.190 --> 00:39:09.809
hands -on to where I can always do that with

00:39:09.809 --> 00:39:13.070
bigger people because they're way too big and

00:39:13.070 --> 00:39:16.889
I can't handle them the same way. I can try because

00:39:16.889 --> 00:39:18.570
I, again, I have that lady with her stroke and

00:39:18.570 --> 00:39:21.489
I try to modify to her in that aspect, but there

00:39:21.489 --> 00:39:24.969
are some like adult exercises that I'll see on

00:39:24.969 --> 00:39:26.429
like Instagram because there's a lot of beauty's

00:39:26.429 --> 00:39:28.369
posting and sometimes I get great ideas. I'm

00:39:28.369 --> 00:39:30.130
like, how can I modify that for this five -year

00:39:30.130 --> 00:39:33.909
-old? You're like somebody younger. I feel like

00:39:33.909 --> 00:39:37.210
we're the MacGyver's of the medical world. Great

00:39:37.210 --> 00:39:39.769
reference. You go into the room with a patient

00:39:39.769 --> 00:39:42.530
and a paperclip and you come up with a solution

00:39:42.530 --> 00:39:48.690
and they're fine. We were even just like the

00:39:48.690 --> 00:39:50.289
lasers. I have two of them now. I'm like, how

00:39:50.289 --> 00:39:52.190
can I put these here? And we're looking around

00:39:52.190 --> 00:39:55.010
the clinic and we're like, tangle them together

00:39:55.010 --> 00:39:57.409
so that we can use both of them at the same time.

00:39:57.960 --> 00:40:00.780
Yeah, we, there was a one PTA that I worked with

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:02.739
in the hospital and I literally called him my

00:40:02.739 --> 00:40:04.800
giver of the PT world because the way he came

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:06.719
up with some of the things, I'm like, like, how

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:09.039
do you think of this? Yeah, but see, but that's

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:11.000
that's how you're built. Like that's again, this

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:13.099
is why I was really impressed by you is because

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:14.940
you're always thinking ahead. You're like, how

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:16.920
can I, you know, individualized care? I'm going

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:18.500
to open my own practice. You know, I want I want

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:21.900
to work on this and I want to try this new procedure.

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:25.650
I just I'm really impressed by that. As far as

00:40:25.650 --> 00:40:27.449
the difference between treating kids and adults,

00:40:28.070 --> 00:40:30.210
educationalized, was that something? No? It's

00:40:30.210 --> 00:40:33.650
the same. Yeah, we all have... So it's either

00:40:33.650 --> 00:40:35.230
six or seven years of schooling. We all have

00:40:35.230 --> 00:40:38.949
our doctorate now. So we're a doctor of PT. But

00:40:38.949 --> 00:40:41.030
I am like a board certified neurospecialist,

00:40:41.190 --> 00:40:44.489
brain injury specialist and clinical primitive

00:40:44.489 --> 00:40:47.989
reflex specialist. So it's like you can specialize

00:40:47.989 --> 00:40:50.230
in things. So if you can be an ortho specialist,

00:40:50.269 --> 00:40:53.269
you can be a pelvic floor specialist. So after

00:40:53.269 --> 00:40:55.599
school, you can kind of specialize a little more,

00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:58.179
but coming out, we're more of like a generalist.

00:40:58.500 --> 00:41:00.699
And then we'll go ahead. Sorry. No, you're OK.

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:03.579
Because we have clinics, we have clinicals that

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:05.280
we have to do. So we have to do one hospital,

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:08.599
one outpatient specialty. We had to do four PTAs.

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:13.599
I think you have to do three. And the fourth

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:17.079
one, you can kind of pick as you please. And

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:18.920
if you have like an interest, maybe your last

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:21.079
one might be something that you are interested

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:23.579
in. But you have to meet like those certain things

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:25.599
so you can kind of come out and go into what

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:28.340
you feel comfortable doing and then specialize

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:31.519
from there. That's awesome. And I have it right

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:33.320
here, actually. This is it was perfect segue.

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:36.079
So, Brittany, I have it written down. I had to

00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:38.960
write it down. You are a board certified neurological

00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:41.840
specialist, certified brain injuries, brain injury

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:44.880
specialist, as well as an introductory level

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:48.559
C DMI certified practitioner and certified primitive

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:52.539
reflex practitioner. Because of my mother -in

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:54.780
-law, I'm aware that like not every PT is specialized

00:41:54.780 --> 00:41:57.960
in this. Can you explain what all of those mean

00:41:57.960 --> 00:42:00.179
and what additional education and training like

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:02.920
went in to get those certifications? So to become

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:04.699
like a board certified specialist, you either

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:10.440
need to do like a, it's almost like what the

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:12.960
doctors do, where you do your residency. Yes,

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:15.019
thank you. Where you can do like a residency.

00:42:15.819 --> 00:42:17.719
Following school like you can go right from school

00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:19.219
into a resident I'm sure you could do that at

00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:21.059
any point But you have to meet like a certain

00:42:21.059 --> 00:42:24.019
number of clinical hours and then take us a test

00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:27.539
So I sat for my boards to become a PT and then

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:29.659
when I was like nine months of pregnant I sat

00:42:29.659 --> 00:42:32.500
for more boards to become a specialist after

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:35.360
studying for like seven months But I had been

00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:37.739
in the field for I think five years and then

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:40.559
you have to have like 2 ,000 clinical hours or

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:44.079
something like that So I sat for those and then

00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:46.480
three months after that I sat for another test

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:48.280
for the brain injury specialist because working

00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:51.420
in the hospital in the neuro field I saw a lot

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:54.579
of brain injuries and then going to the school

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:56.380
and learning about primitive reflexes and how

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:58.159
like the foundation of a lot of like learning

00:42:58.159 --> 00:43:00.679
disabilities and other things I went and wanted

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:02.900
to learn more about that so then I learned more

00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:05.920
about that and took a test and then the DMI is

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:08.840
um that's three different courses that I went

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:11.780
to they were like two days long um a lot of like

00:43:11.780 --> 00:43:13.949
hands -on practice but So I've been to three

00:43:13.949 --> 00:43:16.989
of those. Each one you go up a level. My word.

00:43:17.369 --> 00:43:21.110
That is wildly impressive. A couple more questions

00:43:21.110 --> 00:43:23.369
and we'll get you out of here. I'm fascinated

00:43:23.369 --> 00:43:28.010
by this. I don't know. It's kind of a weird question.

00:43:28.469 --> 00:43:32.550
Is there any sort of, I don't know the word this

00:43:32.550 --> 00:43:35.369
correctly, PT that you find more rewarding than

00:43:35.369 --> 00:43:37.409
others or something that you really enjoy? Like

00:43:37.409 --> 00:43:40.880
is there a certain injury you love? working on

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:46.579
or a condition of any sort? Mainly those autism

00:43:46.579 --> 00:43:50.519
and ADHD, because I know we never want to say

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:52.619
we want to cure it, but these parents, some of

00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:55.300
them are struggling. Just mentally, they're exhausted.

00:43:55.539 --> 00:43:58.760
These kids have high needs. If I can do anything

00:43:58.760 --> 00:44:01.199
to lessen that burden or help these kids focus

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:03.400
better, help them regulate, it's going to improve

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:05.559
the quality of life of not only the kid, but

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:08.510
the family and the parents, which - A lot of

00:44:08.510 --> 00:44:10.829
them get that burnt out feeling. They're always

00:44:10.829 --> 00:44:13.010
worrying and they worry so much about their kid.

00:44:13.070 --> 00:44:14.670
Are they being treated well at school? Are they

00:44:14.670 --> 00:44:17.889
like doing this? But if I can, again, I don't

00:44:17.889 --> 00:44:19.789
always specifically address those areas, but

00:44:19.789 --> 00:44:21.309
I know what part of the brain that they come

00:44:21.309 --> 00:44:24.289
from. So if I'm addressing those areas of the

00:44:24.289 --> 00:44:27.210
brain and we're making them stronger, then you're

00:44:27.210 --> 00:44:28.869
going to see more of that regulation aspect.

00:44:28.909 --> 00:44:31.329
You're going to not see as many meltdowns. They're

00:44:31.329 --> 00:44:34.010
better focused. So I have this one girl where

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:38.280
She got glowing three weeks straight. The mom's

00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:40.219
like, this has never happened. She hasn't been

00:44:40.219 --> 00:44:42.059
this well behaved in school for like three weeks

00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:45.260
in a row. And this is like huge. And so like

00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:47.739
her teachers are noticing. I had a kid that had

00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:50.179
seizures and last summer I got like a text from

00:44:50.179 --> 00:44:53.059
mom like he's seizure free. But his little cake

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:56.480
said my brain is healed. But he came to me not

00:44:56.480 --> 00:44:58.639
this December, but the previous being pulled

00:44:58.639 --> 00:45:01.179
from school because of behavior. So his mom always,

00:45:01.179 --> 00:45:03.260
it was affecting her work. So she had to leave

00:45:03.260 --> 00:45:05.869
early to go get him. We did a three -week intensive.

00:45:05.969 --> 00:45:09.309
He went back that Monday after break. And again,

00:45:10.210 --> 00:45:12.269
complete difference. And then she sent me the

00:45:12.269 --> 00:45:14.449
teacher report. Like, he comes in, he still might

00:45:14.449 --> 00:45:16.289
be a little chatty, but he sits down. He wants

00:45:16.289 --> 00:45:19.309
to work hard. He wants to do well. And he's like,

00:45:19.349 --> 00:45:21.329
not behavior. So what's that mean? He's doing

00:45:21.329 --> 00:45:24.269
better. Teacher is able to like manage and teach

00:45:24.269 --> 00:45:26.570
better. Mom isn't having to leave work. So it's

00:45:26.570 --> 00:45:30.389
like, it's not only the kiddo. It's just, it

00:45:30.389 --> 00:45:32.389
like bleeds over into like other areas of their

00:45:32.389 --> 00:45:36.280
life, which is... Huge. I mean, that's as rewarding

00:45:36.280 --> 00:45:38.400
as it gets. Yeah. You know, it's rewarding when

00:45:38.400 --> 00:45:41.480
you help someone up the stairs, you know, as

00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:43.780
a human being. I mean, every day of your life,

00:45:43.860 --> 00:45:46.260
you're you're you're changing people's lives

00:45:46.260 --> 00:45:51.400
for the better. And do you find it hard to separate

00:45:51.400 --> 00:45:54.579
work from home because you're you're really dealing

00:45:54.579 --> 00:45:57.559
with people on a personal level. And obviously,

00:45:57.559 --> 00:45:59.800
you can tell you have a huge heart. You have

00:45:59.800 --> 00:46:02.400
to to do what you do and the way that you do

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:05.599
it. Isn't it hard for you to not bring it home?

00:46:06.340 --> 00:46:09.079
And how do you deal with that? Yeah, I think

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:13.039
my husband wants to say yes. Yeah, I bet. Because

00:46:13.039 --> 00:46:15.880
he like, again, having like that access. And

00:46:15.880 --> 00:46:17.840
I need to be better about setting boundaries.

00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:20.820
Like, all right, between like 430 and nine, like

00:46:20.820 --> 00:46:22.960
don't take any calls or texts from patients and

00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:24.579
like wait till the kids go to bed. Boundaries,

00:46:24.780 --> 00:46:26.480
yeah. Yeah. And I think that's the biggest thing

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:29.320
because I want that relationship and I want them

00:46:29.320 --> 00:46:32.409
to be able to do that. But. self -wise and family

00:46:32.409 --> 00:46:35.010
-wise, I do need to be better about that. Because

00:46:35.010 --> 00:46:37.550
that's PT burnout too, in a way. Yeah. Yeah.

00:46:37.550 --> 00:46:40.849
Yeah. Just that open access and just that mental

00:46:40.849 --> 00:46:42.730
power of always like, oh, I see the text. Like

00:46:42.730 --> 00:46:46.269
I got to do it now. But people can wait and I

00:46:46.269 --> 00:46:49.000
just need to be. Just need to learn that. I get

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:51.860
it. But yeah, it definitely carries over. And

00:46:51.860 --> 00:46:53.940
sometimes it just wears on you. Like yesterday,

00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:56.219
this kid came in and it just wasn't a normal

00:46:56.219 --> 00:46:58.159
session because he just seemed more dysregulated.

00:46:58.219 --> 00:46:59.780
He was like a little more aggressive. And I'm

00:46:59.780 --> 00:47:01.579
just like, I know that's not the kid. But by

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:04.059
the end, he was like cuddling me and I was able

00:47:04.059 --> 00:47:06.320
to like sit there and do this. And I went out

00:47:06.320 --> 00:47:07.980
to the waiting room and was chatting with mom

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:09.820
and he just had his head in my lap. And so I'm

00:47:09.820 --> 00:47:11.360
like playing with his hair is like I'm talking

00:47:11.360 --> 00:47:15.289
to her and telling her how it went. But it kind

00:47:15.289 --> 00:47:18.510
of just carries over to home because you're a

00:47:18.510 --> 00:47:21.090
little burnt out. And then sometimes it's hard

00:47:21.090 --> 00:47:22.489
going home and playing with the kids because

00:47:22.489 --> 00:47:25.050
I'm like, all right, I just mentally had to do

00:47:25.050 --> 00:47:27.130
all of this and hang with all these kiddos. So

00:47:27.130 --> 00:47:30.809
I worked before I came here. I worked for a year

00:47:30.809 --> 00:47:34.690
and a half in an elementary school. And I have

00:47:34.690 --> 00:47:36.869
a new found respect for teachers. And I built

00:47:36.869 --> 00:47:38.869
such a strong relationship with these kids. And

00:47:38.869 --> 00:47:41.780
I, too. would bring it home. And I find myself

00:47:41.780 --> 00:47:43.960
getting upset at night thinking about kids that

00:47:43.960 --> 00:47:47.280
were in unfortunate situations. But I also remember

00:47:47.280 --> 00:47:50.119
I caught myself being very short with my kids

00:47:50.119 --> 00:47:53.340
sometimes. Not like mean or yelling, but where

00:47:53.340 --> 00:47:55.440
I would normally be like chipper and ready to

00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:57.659
go outside. I'm like, ah, okay, you know. Yeah.

00:47:58.320 --> 00:48:02.579
And that's a real thing. It does affect your

00:48:02.579 --> 00:48:04.880
home because you're around kids all day and you

00:48:04.880 --> 00:48:08.150
just, you can't, you know, muster up the... the

00:48:08.150 --> 00:48:11.710
mental energy. Last question was, was, you kind

00:48:11.710 --> 00:48:13.809
of already mentioned a little bit. I'm sure this

00:48:13.809 --> 00:48:16.789
has happened. Is there a moment or moments where

00:48:16.789 --> 00:48:19.690
you had a patient where you thought this is,

00:48:19.710 --> 00:48:22.909
this is not hopeless, but there's not much we

00:48:22.909 --> 00:48:25.909
can do. But and and you just saw a miraculous

00:48:25.909 --> 00:48:31.429
turnaround. I mean, that's a few of my kiddos

00:48:31.429 --> 00:48:33.969
because they come. the one that is walking and

00:48:33.969 --> 00:48:35.869
running now like they come in with a grim hope

00:48:35.869 --> 00:48:39.469
like the doctor said he had like a almost like

00:48:39.469 --> 00:48:42.429
a brain injury from less oxygen at birth and

00:48:42.429 --> 00:48:44.969
they always do those things i'm like okay like

00:48:44.969 --> 00:48:47.110
can i really do like it's that imposter syndrome

00:48:47.110 --> 00:48:48.949
it's like can i really do this can i really make

00:48:48.949 --> 00:48:52.769
a difference um but we have to appreciate those

00:48:52.769 --> 00:48:54.650
many milestones so when he came in and he did

00:48:54.650 --> 00:48:56.889
that weak intensive and then we got him going

00:48:56.889 --> 00:48:59.630
like laying down the sitting by himself okay

00:48:59.929 --> 00:49:02.530
We're getting somewhere and then a few months

00:49:02.530 --> 00:49:04.289
later came back for another intensive Then I

00:49:04.289 --> 00:49:06.090
had him crawling with like the first two days

00:49:06.090 --> 00:49:08.809
and I'm like, okay So maybe he can be a little

00:49:08.809 --> 00:49:11.510
more mobile But you just get like are these doctors

00:49:11.510 --> 00:49:14.369
right? Like am I like doing am I taking on too

00:49:14.369 --> 00:49:19.489
much? But I'm seeing like all these these changes

00:49:19.489 --> 00:49:21.130
and like that it is possible even with like these

00:49:21.130 --> 00:49:24.710
nonverbal kiddos they with the the low level

00:49:24.710 --> 00:49:26.530
laser therapy that I use the parents come back

00:49:26.530 --> 00:49:28.599
and like I don't know what's in those lasers,

00:49:28.739 --> 00:49:31.280
or if it was those lasers. But like these last

00:49:31.280 --> 00:49:33.239
three to five days, their behaviors were better.

00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:36.400
And I'm like... Give me those lasers. Can I borrow

00:49:36.400 --> 00:49:41.219
that laser? Pretty much. Britney Schuler, you're

00:49:41.219 --> 00:49:44.719
amazing. Give me the plugs. Plug your business,

00:49:44.820 --> 00:49:47.400
whether it's a phone number, some sort of event

00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:50.400
you have coming up, email, address. Give us the

00:49:50.400 --> 00:49:55.679
plugs. All right. So you can contact me at minimilestones

00:49:55.679 --> 00:49:59.480
ppt at gmail .com. You can set up a free phone

00:49:59.480 --> 00:50:02.320
consult. We can chat about how I can best serve

00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:05.960
your kiddo. And then usually we go right into

00:50:05.960 --> 00:50:08.940
an evaluation and I let you know where the weak

00:50:08.940 --> 00:50:11.579
areas are, how we can best address them. We do

00:50:11.579 --> 00:50:14.659
intensives for quicker results. So that's like

00:50:14.659 --> 00:50:17.860
one to three hours a day for every day for one

00:50:17.860 --> 00:50:19.400
to three weeks, whatever can kind of fit into

00:50:19.400 --> 00:50:24.840
your schedule. I do accept some insurances, UnitedHealthcare,

00:50:25.059 --> 00:50:28.099
Excellus, MVP, Cigna, Medicare, because I do

00:50:28.099 --> 00:50:31.639
see a couple adults, and then the other is CashBase,

00:50:31.719 --> 00:50:33.300
in which you would get super bills, and then

00:50:33.300 --> 00:50:35.679
you can submit them to your insurance if I don't

00:50:35.679 --> 00:50:38.639
take them and get reimbursed yourself. Where

00:50:38.639 --> 00:50:41.099
are you on social media, if you are? Instagram

00:50:41.099 --> 00:50:45.960
and Facebook. Instagram. You can do it. I know.

00:50:46.400 --> 00:50:53.300
Dr. Shu, the brain PT. The Brain PT, and then

00:50:53.300 --> 00:50:55.219
Minnie Milestone's physical therapy on Facebook.

00:50:55.719 --> 00:50:58.539
We'll make sure that when we put clips out in

00:50:58.539 --> 00:51:01.199
the episode, we'll tag you and all that. Brittany

00:51:01.199 --> 00:51:03.500
Shuler, founder of Minnie Milestone's physical

00:51:03.500 --> 00:51:07.159
therapy. Some call her Brittany. I call her MacGyver.

00:51:08.159 --> 00:51:10.820
Thank you for coming on Good News York, sponsored

00:51:10.820 --> 00:51:13.039
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00:51:13.260 --> 00:51:15.630
Honestly. You know, you're not just a physical

00:51:15.630 --> 00:51:18.469
therapist. Your story is fantastic. And thank

00:51:18.469 --> 00:51:21.710
you for sharing it with us. As a father and just

00:51:21.710 --> 00:51:24.909
as a human being, I appreciate how much you don't

00:51:24.909 --> 00:51:27.550
treat it as like I'm going into work and I can't,

00:51:27.670 --> 00:51:29.250
you know, it's a nine to five thing. You really

00:51:29.250 --> 00:51:31.469
do care about your patients and it really shows.

00:51:31.809 --> 00:51:33.849
So thank you for joining us. Again, Brittany

00:51:33.849 --> 00:51:36.809
Shuler, founder of Mini Milestone Physical Therapy

00:51:36.809 --> 00:51:40.289
in Cicero, New York. Stick around. Matt is coming

00:51:40.289 --> 00:51:42.849
up. He's got a great interview next on this Tuesday

00:51:42.849 --> 00:51:45.570
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00:51:47.670 --> 00:51:51.289
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00:51:59.969 --> 00:52:02.449
Hey guys, welcome back to Good News York. I'm

00:52:02.449 --> 00:52:04.969
Matt from Clickstream Studios. Welcome back.

00:52:04.989 --> 00:52:08.170
This has been a jam packed episode between Mike

00:52:08.170 --> 00:52:10.809
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00:52:10.809 --> 00:52:14.059
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00:52:14.059 --> 00:52:17.760
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00:52:17.760 --> 00:52:20.880
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00:52:20.880 --> 00:52:23.420
I could use your services. So this is this is

00:52:23.420 --> 00:52:25.719
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truck driving around spreading the good word

00:52:37.840 --> 00:52:41.699
all over all over the greater Syracuse area Check

00:52:41.699 --> 00:52:43.900
him out. He's an incredible young guy and he's

00:52:43.900 --> 00:52:46.000
got a great service. He is awesome. You know

00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:47.780
Zach? Yeah, I do. From the Liverpool Chamber.

00:52:48.059 --> 00:52:50.760
He's just the most impressive young man in the

00:52:50.760 --> 00:52:54.679
world. He is. He really is. But anyway, without

00:52:54.679 --> 00:52:57.280
further ado, let's jump right into you. This

00:52:57.280 --> 00:53:01.340
young lady here who has been happy enough to

00:53:01.340 --> 00:53:03.639
join us this morning, her name is Emily Gozzi.

00:53:03.900 --> 00:53:06.659
And I understand that you work in the nutrition

00:53:06.659 --> 00:53:08.820
field. Yes. Well, thank you so much for having

00:53:08.820 --> 00:53:11.280
me. I'm really excited to be here. I am a registered

00:53:11.280 --> 00:53:14.400
dietitian. So I help busy professionals feel

00:53:14.400 --> 00:53:16.219
confident in their skin and in the kitchen through

00:53:16.219 --> 00:53:18.179
nutrition counseling, education, and support.

00:53:18.579 --> 00:53:21.699
Wow. She's got that down. I love that. That's

00:53:21.699 --> 00:53:25.800
impressive. What does all that mean? Yeah. So.

00:53:26.460 --> 00:53:28.500
Kind of to back through a little bit of my history,

00:53:28.519 --> 00:53:30.320
when I was in high school, I had an eating disorder.

00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:32.679
And part of my treatment, I had to go see a registered

00:53:32.679 --> 00:53:34.460
dietitian. And up until that point, I thought

00:53:34.460 --> 00:53:36.980
I wanted to do sports marketing, sports management.

00:53:37.300 --> 00:53:40.460
And she really changed how I thought about nutrition,

00:53:40.579 --> 00:53:42.679
how I thought about the food that I was eating,

00:53:43.019 --> 00:53:45.420
how I just kind of went through the day. And

00:53:45.420 --> 00:53:47.139
I was like, this is so cool that you just get

00:53:47.139 --> 00:53:48.920
to talk about food all day long. I love to cook.

00:53:48.980 --> 00:53:52.179
I love to eat. So I went to school for nutrition.

00:53:52.480 --> 00:53:55.179
And really what a registered dietitian is is

00:53:55.420 --> 00:53:57.500
Anyone can call themselves a nutritionist. Not

00:53:57.500 --> 00:53:59.300
anyone can call themselves a registered dietitian.

00:53:59.320 --> 00:54:02.400
I see. So it's our job to kind of educate and

00:54:02.400 --> 00:54:04.940
take all of the scientific research, the new...

00:54:05.079 --> 00:54:08.219
food pyramid and make it into an applicable,

00:54:08.519 --> 00:54:11.119
digestible way for the American people to understand

00:54:11.119 --> 00:54:13.420
how to make those nutrition changes as well as

00:54:13.420 --> 00:54:15.519
support disease states. Like if you have diabetes,

00:54:15.900 --> 00:54:17.480
I had a call with someone this morning who has

00:54:17.480 --> 00:54:20.079
chronic kidney disease, navigate that with nutrition

00:54:20.079 --> 00:54:23.360
to help keep you healthy as long as we can without

00:54:23.360 --> 00:54:25.980
having to go on medication. So really nutrition

00:54:25.980 --> 00:54:28.909
is preventative medicine. Gotcha. Now, tell me

00:54:28.909 --> 00:54:31.030
how this works in the whole sort of healthcare

00:54:31.030 --> 00:54:34.909
model. Are you an independent person somebody

00:54:34.909 --> 00:54:36.849
might come to? Are you someone that a doctor

00:54:36.849 --> 00:54:39.610
would refer to? How does that work? Both. Okay.

00:54:39.610 --> 00:54:41.909
So my practice is entirely virtual. I live over

00:54:41.909 --> 00:54:43.969
in East Syracuse, but we serve clients all over

00:54:43.969 --> 00:54:46.889
the state and all over the US. We can get doctor's

00:54:46.889 --> 00:54:48.929
referrals if you have, let's say you need to

00:54:48.929 --> 00:54:50.570
lose weight in order to have a JET replacement.

00:54:51.010 --> 00:54:52.670
We absolutely accept doctor's referrals, but

00:54:52.670 --> 00:54:54.489
a lot of our clients come from word of mouth

00:54:54.489 --> 00:54:57.159
as well as social media. Wow. That's incredible.

00:54:57.460 --> 00:55:00.460
And what is the most common ask, I guess, you

00:55:00.460 --> 00:55:02.059
know, when somebody comes to you, is it just,

00:55:02.239 --> 00:55:04.880
I'm unhealthy, fix me, or are they more specific

00:55:04.880 --> 00:55:07.179
than that? A lot of it is weight loss to begin

00:55:07.179 --> 00:55:09.400
with, but then as we start to work together and

00:55:09.400 --> 00:55:11.900
unpack all of those things, people start to find

00:55:11.900 --> 00:55:13.980
that their energy improves and that their labs

00:55:13.980 --> 00:55:15.639
are improving, but they didn't even come to us

00:55:15.639 --> 00:55:17.539
to talk about their labs. They didn't see that

00:55:17.539 --> 00:55:19.880
as a big priority. And that's really the beauty

00:55:19.880 --> 00:55:21.619
of working with a registered dietitian is that

00:55:21.619 --> 00:55:23.579
we're not just focused on that one piece, we

00:55:23.579 --> 00:55:25.460
really take your health into that whole picture

00:55:25.460 --> 00:55:28.039
to help you feel your best. And what also can

00:55:28.039 --> 00:55:30.539
be translatable over the next 90 years, not just

00:55:30.539 --> 00:55:34.039
the next 90 days. That's really, really incredible.

00:55:36.399 --> 00:55:38.800
So there's so many things to dive into here.

00:55:40.099 --> 00:55:42.460
First and foremost, just some basics. So who

00:55:42.460 --> 00:55:44.860
do you work with, age ranges, things like that?

00:55:44.940 --> 00:55:47.260
So most often we work with individuals between

00:55:47.260 --> 00:55:50.300
the ages of like 30 to 65. We have some outlier

00:55:50.300 --> 00:55:52.440
clients too. So ambitious clients, but they just

00:55:52.440 --> 00:55:54.019
get out of college and like, I want to take care

00:55:54.019 --> 00:55:55.739
of my nutrition and my relationship with food

00:55:55.739 --> 00:55:59.019
now. And I have a client who is 83 and she's

00:55:59.019 --> 00:56:00.880
just so fabulous and fun to work with. She tells

00:56:00.880 --> 00:56:02.480
me about her mermaid classes that she goes to.

00:56:02.519 --> 00:56:06.269
Wow. I know. So a good variety of clients, both

00:56:06.269 --> 00:56:08.309
men and women. I would say a majority of the

00:56:08.309 --> 00:56:10.769
people that reach out to us are women. Maybe

00:56:10.769 --> 00:56:12.769
that's because I'm also a woman where they just

00:56:12.769 --> 00:56:14.670
feel more confident and comfortable, but we do

00:56:14.670 --> 00:56:17.630
have a good mix of men clients as well. I don't

00:56:17.630 --> 00:56:19.610
do active eating disorders because you really

00:56:19.610 --> 00:56:21.570
need to be specially trained in eating disorders

00:56:21.570 --> 00:56:24.050
to help somebody. But if you have a history of

00:56:24.050 --> 00:56:25.889
eating disorders, a disorder eating, they absolutely

00:56:25.889 --> 00:56:30.349
can help you. Wow. Wow. Is there... Obviously,

00:56:30.570 --> 00:56:33.190
so many things are custom and personal to each

00:56:33.190 --> 00:56:35.070
individual person, but is there sort of like

00:56:35.070 --> 00:56:38.590
a very common go -to that you start with with

00:56:38.590 --> 00:56:40.329
the majority of people? Yeah, that's a great

00:56:40.329 --> 00:56:42.750
question. I always start with building a plate

00:56:42.750 --> 00:56:45.309
because we are not taught nutrition in school.

00:56:45.690 --> 00:56:47.429
Research shows that we're spending less and less

00:56:47.429 --> 00:56:49.750
time on nutrition education. They can't need

00:56:49.750 --> 00:56:52.190
at least 50 hours of nutrition education each

00:56:52.190 --> 00:56:55.460
year. They're getting eight. very disproportionate.

00:56:55.760 --> 00:56:57.219
And no wonder we have all these health issues

00:56:57.219 --> 00:56:59.519
on the rise. So we always start with like, how

00:56:59.519 --> 00:57:01.440
am I building a plate? What should I be looking

00:57:01.440 --> 00:57:04.460
for? And I like to use an acronym called PCC.

00:57:04.559 --> 00:57:06.280
So we're looking for protein, we're looking for

00:57:06.280 --> 00:57:08.429
carb, and we're looking for color. Those are

00:57:08.429 --> 00:57:09.989
those three things where if we have those on

00:57:09.989 --> 00:57:11.869
our plate and then we'll work on portion sizes

00:57:11.869 --> 00:57:14.070
and slowing down and listening to your body.

00:57:14.389 --> 00:57:15.889
But if we have those three things on your plate,

00:57:15.969 --> 00:57:17.750
you're most likely going to be able to get the

00:57:17.750 --> 00:57:20.690
fiber that you need, the antioxidants that you

00:57:20.690 --> 00:57:22.730
need, enough protein in and having that good

00:57:22.730 --> 00:57:24.650
balance too where it might not just be a full

00:57:24.650 --> 00:57:26.449
plate of pasta. You're also going to be getting

00:57:26.449 --> 00:57:28.190
the protein that keeps you feeling fuller for

00:57:28.190 --> 00:57:30.130
longer and then the fiber too that helps to reduce

00:57:30.130 --> 00:57:34.909
disease risk. Wow. That's incredible. Is there

00:57:34.909 --> 00:57:39.469
something that I'm trying to think of the best

00:57:39.469 --> 00:57:41.550
way to phrase this question. I guess, is there

00:57:41.550 --> 00:57:44.809
something that people overdo the most or is there

00:57:44.809 --> 00:57:48.429
a real big culprit that everybody's battling?

00:57:49.250 --> 00:57:52.889
That's a great question. I think protein is almost

00:57:52.889 --> 00:57:54.969
getting a little overplayed right now. We need

00:57:54.969 --> 00:57:58.909
protein, absolutely. I do agree with the dietary

00:57:58.909 --> 00:58:01.329
guidelines that just came out of 1 .2 to 1 .6

00:58:01.329 --> 00:58:03.929
grams per kilogram is that recommendation. However,

00:58:04.130 --> 00:58:06.409
we don't need protein in everything that we eat.

00:58:06.599 --> 00:58:08.440
You know, you can just have regular popcorn.

00:58:08.539 --> 00:58:11.119
It doesn't need to be protein popcorn. The protein

00:58:11.119 --> 00:58:16.119
chips, they don't taste great. So realizing that

00:58:16.119 --> 00:58:18.420
not everything has to be protein -fied. We do

00:58:18.420 --> 00:58:20.880
need those other macronutrients. And then also

00:58:20.880 --> 00:58:22.980
I'm seeing more and more people with very high

00:58:22.980 --> 00:58:25.380
intakes of sugar sweetened beverages. So lots

00:58:25.380 --> 00:58:29.000
of soda, lots of sweet tea, lots of juice where

00:58:29.000 --> 00:58:31.619
those things will have some nutrients for us,

00:58:31.719 --> 00:58:33.860
but we're better off not drinking as many of

00:58:33.860 --> 00:58:36.179
our calories and really trying to look at that.

00:58:36.199 --> 00:58:38.000
the majority of our calories coming from the

00:58:38.000 --> 00:58:39.539
food that we're eating versus what we're drinking.

00:58:40.239 --> 00:58:43.500
That's incredible. If you could, can you talk

00:58:43.500 --> 00:58:46.880
a little bit more about sugar? Just because I

00:58:46.880 --> 00:58:50.139
personally have found that it's a horrible, addicting

00:58:50.139 --> 00:58:53.699
drug that has done bad things to me over my lifetime.

00:58:54.940 --> 00:58:56.539
And it's interesting, like you mentioned, new

00:58:56.539 --> 00:58:58.800
guidelines have shifted a little bit, putting

00:58:58.800 --> 00:59:01.719
some focus on, hey, less sugar. I feel like maybe

00:59:01.719 --> 00:59:03.900
for the first time they're really telling people

00:59:03.900 --> 00:59:06.570
that. But just kind of what is your opinion overall?

00:59:06.869 --> 00:59:11.070
Is it as bad as I think it is? Is that overplayed?

00:59:11.309 --> 00:59:14.269
How do you feel about that? So we have to understand

00:59:14.269 --> 00:59:17.170
that sugar is part of the carbohydrate umbrella.

00:59:17.489 --> 00:59:20.269
Sugar just means simple carbohydrates. So the

00:59:20.269 --> 00:59:22.949
sugar that we get in carrots or apples, it's

00:59:22.949 --> 00:59:24.369
going to be better for us because it's not like

00:59:24.369 --> 00:59:27.010
they're pumping a syringe full of sugar into

00:59:27.010 --> 00:59:29.929
the apple to make it sweet. When we have those

00:59:29.929 --> 00:59:31.730
types of sugars, there's more fiber, there's

00:59:31.730 --> 00:59:33.610
vitamins, there's minerals in there. However,

00:59:33.769 --> 00:59:35.909
when we're eating candy, we're eating cookies

00:59:35.909 --> 00:59:38.409
or cake, those things, we're not getting heart

00:59:38.409 --> 00:59:40.309
-healthy fats. We're not getting fiber that help

00:59:40.309 --> 00:59:42.670
to keep us feeling fuller for longer. Those also

00:59:42.670 --> 00:59:45.710
help to slow down digestion. So if we're having,

00:59:45.710 --> 00:59:48.349
let's say, a piece of cake and there's no other

00:59:48.349 --> 00:59:50.269
protein with it like a glass of milk, that's

00:59:50.269 --> 00:59:52.409
why you put glass of milk with Oreos. They also

00:59:52.409 --> 00:59:55.659
take good together too. having that cake on,

00:59:55.760 --> 00:59:57.320
it's on your blood sugar level goes up and you

00:59:57.320 --> 00:59:59.300
get this energy burst. Like, oh, I feel really

00:59:59.300 --> 01:00:01.340
good. You get that like high feeling. Then your

01:00:01.340 --> 01:00:03.159
body shoots off insulin and it comes crashing

01:00:03.159 --> 01:00:06.000
back down again and you get that tired, lethargic,

01:00:06.000 --> 01:00:08.139
off feeling of like, well, I guess I need more

01:00:08.139 --> 01:00:09.980
sugar. You might not be having that conversation

01:00:09.980 --> 01:00:11.940
with yourself, but your brain is thinking it.

01:00:12.059 --> 01:00:13.760
And so then we're having more of those cravings.

01:00:13.760 --> 01:00:15.800
So we can get on this roller coaster of like,

01:00:15.940 --> 01:00:17.199
I have it and then I feel like crap and then

01:00:17.199 --> 01:00:19.179
I have it again and I feel good. So if we can

01:00:19.179 --> 01:00:21.699
get off of that roller coaster, you're gonna

01:00:21.699 --> 01:00:24.480
feel a lot better. But it's all about what we

01:00:24.480 --> 01:00:27.219
can pair those things with. So maybe if you really

01:00:27.219 --> 01:00:29.199
want the chocolate, we could do chocolate with

01:00:29.199 --> 01:00:31.659
a handful of almonds. If you really want the

01:00:31.659 --> 01:00:33.500
cookie, maybe you're having that cookie with

01:00:33.500 --> 01:00:35.940
the dinner that also is a great source of heart

01:00:35.940 --> 01:00:37.719
-healthy fats, proteins, and fibers that help

01:00:37.719 --> 01:00:40.440
to slow down digestion so that you're not feeling

01:00:40.440 --> 01:00:42.360
ravenous in an hour and you're not feeling that

01:00:42.360 --> 01:00:44.000
energy bottom out where those cravings start

01:00:44.000 --> 01:00:48.659
to creep back in. Wow. This is great. This is

01:00:48.659 --> 01:00:51.409
the best interview I've done in weeks. I'm learning

01:00:51.409 --> 01:00:55.090
so much. This is phenomenal. If you could take

01:00:55.090 --> 01:00:57.070
us just a little through kind of the process

01:00:57.070 --> 01:00:59.489
of when you work with somebody. So we'll say

01:00:59.489 --> 01:01:03.170
I come to you and I say, Emily, I'm a mess. Where

01:01:03.170 --> 01:01:05.630
do we start? Yeah. So we'll do an introductory

01:01:05.630 --> 01:01:07.329
call together. We'll go over your goals, what

01:01:07.329 --> 01:01:09.329
you're looking for. I like to say to my clients

01:01:09.329 --> 01:01:11.210
or potential clients, tell me your nutrition

01:01:11.210 --> 01:01:13.449
history. And like, I could go on for hours. I'm

01:01:13.449 --> 01:01:15.570
like, that's fine. I've got time. I want to know.

01:01:15.590 --> 01:01:17.269
I want to know what's happening and going on.

01:01:17.710 --> 01:01:19.949
So we gather kind of that data. And then we go

01:01:19.949 --> 01:01:21.949
over like, OK, here are the options. If you're

01:01:21.949 --> 01:01:23.590
going to work with us one on one, if you want

01:01:23.590 --> 01:01:25.489
to join our membership, if you want to join our

01:01:25.489 --> 01:01:27.449
group program, we figure out what might work

01:01:27.449 --> 01:01:29.650
best for you, your budget, your time constraints.

01:01:30.130 --> 01:01:31.849
Then after that, if they're working with us one

01:01:31.849 --> 01:01:33.889
on one, we have them fill out our nutrition assessment

01:01:33.889 --> 01:01:35.909
form. So that goes over our health and nutrition

01:01:35.909 --> 01:01:38.130
history. They can send over their labs to us.

01:01:38.170 --> 01:01:40.349
They send over medications, supplements. They

01:01:40.349 --> 01:01:42.719
talk about it. in that form the relationship

01:01:42.719 --> 01:01:45.460
with food. So maybe you grew up in a place where

01:01:45.460 --> 01:01:47.000
you might've been food insecure and you weren't

01:01:47.000 --> 01:01:49.360
allowed to have really good or there wasn't the

01:01:49.360 --> 01:01:51.400
ability to have really good nutrient dense foods.

01:01:51.760 --> 01:01:54.699
Or your family was very against junk foods, very

01:01:54.699 --> 01:01:57.320
against sodas and cakes and cookies. Where now

01:01:57.320 --> 01:01:58.739
if you're around those things, you feel like

01:01:58.739 --> 01:02:00.960
you can't stop eating around them. We wanna know

01:02:00.960 --> 01:02:02.139
that stuff, because that's stuff that we can

01:02:02.139 --> 01:02:04.360
work on together. We also have our clients go

01:02:04.360 --> 01:02:07.000
over and do a three day food blog at least for

01:02:07.000 --> 01:02:08.800
us. So at least two weekdays and one weekend

01:02:08.800 --> 01:02:11.130
day. Give me a better idea. of where we're starting

01:02:11.130 --> 01:02:14.090
from. I always tell our clients, I'm sure you

01:02:14.090 --> 01:02:16.269
can eat salads all day long, but please don't

01:02:16.269 --> 01:02:17.829
start because I'm not going to recommend that

01:02:17.829 --> 01:02:19.949
to figure out what's going to work best. And

01:02:19.949 --> 01:02:21.849
I don't want you to show off to me that you can

01:02:21.849 --> 01:02:23.670
eat healthy. I want to see what's actually happening

01:02:23.670 --> 01:02:26.090
because that gives us more data and information

01:02:26.090 --> 01:02:28.269
to say, here's what we can do next to help you.

01:02:28.849 --> 01:02:30.849
From there, we usually set what our overarching

01:02:30.849 --> 01:02:32.550
goals are together, whether working together

01:02:32.550 --> 01:02:35.090
for three months or six months or beyond. And

01:02:35.090 --> 01:02:36.590
then with each of those follow -up calls, they

01:02:36.590 --> 01:02:38.230
have access to us in between appointments where

01:02:38.230 --> 01:02:39.710
our clients can reach out to us, kind of like

01:02:39.710 --> 01:02:42.230
phone a friend. If you have questions or concerns,

01:02:42.309 --> 01:02:43.809
you're going out to eat, you're making a meal

01:02:43.809 --> 01:02:46.230
plan. I had a client call me. She was down in

01:02:46.230 --> 01:02:48.210
Florida visiting in -laws and she's like, oh,

01:02:48.610 --> 01:02:50.190
I can tell my mother -in -law's relationship

01:02:50.190 --> 01:02:51.989
with food is not great and it's impacting my

01:02:51.989 --> 01:02:53.550
relationship with food. Can we talk about that?

01:02:53.789 --> 01:02:55.710
That's the beauty of working with us is that

01:02:55.710 --> 01:02:57.750
you have us in your back pocket as needed, almost

01:02:57.750 --> 01:03:00.050
like concierge nutrition. And then with follow

01:03:00.050 --> 01:03:03.230
-up calls, we get sent over to them a checking

01:03:03.230 --> 01:03:04.969
form. So it goes over, like, how did the last

01:03:04.969 --> 01:03:06.530
couple of weeks go? What are some strengths?

01:03:06.610 --> 01:03:08.409
What are some weaknesses? What questions do you

01:03:08.409 --> 01:03:10.329
have? How can we help you? We can pull up the

01:03:10.329 --> 01:03:12.929
analysis through our app on your food tracking

01:03:12.929 --> 01:03:14.909
of what's your calorie intake look like, all

01:03:14.909 --> 01:03:16.750
of these macronutrient, micronutrient goals,

01:03:16.989 --> 01:03:18.769
and then help to create those baby steps from

01:03:18.769 --> 01:03:20.769
there. So it is not a cookie cutter program at

01:03:20.769 --> 01:03:23.289
all. Everything is based around the client, their

01:03:23.289 --> 01:03:24.909
goals, their progress, and what they're looking

01:03:24.909 --> 01:03:31.309
for. Wow. That's incredible. I'd love to get

01:03:31.309 --> 01:03:35.429
your input on a wide variety of things. There's

01:03:35.429 --> 01:03:38.989
so many of these different types of diets and

01:03:38.989 --> 01:03:42.210
things like that that people do and with varying

01:03:42.210 --> 01:03:45.429
success, right? And then to some degree, I think

01:03:45.429 --> 01:03:47.369
almost like you were mentioning with protein,

01:03:47.429 --> 01:03:49.449
we start to hear that so much that the fad pieces

01:03:49.449 --> 01:03:54.769
come up like the protein chips. What are some,

01:03:55.530 --> 01:03:58.300
I guess I would say legitimate. if folks were

01:03:58.300 --> 01:04:00.239
to look at some of these things that aren't necessarily

01:04:00.239 --> 01:04:02.860
a fad or a scam or something that people should

01:04:02.860 --> 01:04:05.420
dig into a little bit on their own. So I really

01:04:05.420 --> 01:04:07.460
like if someone's looking to follow a particular,

01:04:07.460 --> 01:04:09.920
let's say, diet regimen, the Mediterranean style

01:04:09.920 --> 01:04:12.820
eating plan is still one of the most recommended

01:04:12.820 --> 01:04:15.440
and most successful ones. So that's a diet that

01:04:15.440 --> 01:04:17.579
really includes a lot of whole grains, fruits,

01:04:17.980 --> 01:04:20.300
vegetables, heart healthy fats. All of those

01:04:20.300 --> 01:04:22.500
things are very powerful with antioxidants that

01:04:22.500 --> 01:04:24.920
help to reduce inflammation in the body. trying

01:04:24.920 --> 01:04:27.940
to still have red meat, but limit it. We don't

01:04:27.940 --> 01:04:30.599
need just take every single night. It's a high

01:04:30.599 --> 01:04:32.599
source of saturated fat. It will cause your cholesterol

01:04:32.599 --> 01:04:34.840
to be elevated. So really leaning into that.

01:04:35.000 --> 01:04:36.679
And another really good one too is called the

01:04:36.679 --> 01:04:40.380
DASH diet. It is the dietary, I don't remember

01:04:40.380 --> 01:04:42.320
what the acronym is, but it's to stop hypertension.

01:04:42.539 --> 01:04:44.880
So many Americans have hypertension. I think

01:04:44.880 --> 01:04:47.889
the statistic is almost 50%. And so this whole

01:04:47.889 --> 01:04:50.190
diet goes through trying to get you to eat less

01:04:50.190 --> 01:04:52.329
of the processed foods that have more sodium,

01:04:52.510 --> 01:04:54.110
that have more saturated fat, that's going to

01:04:54.110 --> 01:04:57.710
have that direct link to your blood pressure

01:04:57.710 --> 01:05:01.710
levels. Wow. You mentioned processed foods and

01:05:01.710 --> 01:05:03.590
that was something that I wanted to talk to you

01:05:03.590 --> 01:05:07.110
a little bit about. People say that, you know,

01:05:07.230 --> 01:05:08.769
that's one of the biggest problems is we eat

01:05:08.769 --> 01:05:12.940
these processed foods and even a lot of these

01:05:12.940 --> 01:05:15.440
processed foods in America that they don't eat

01:05:15.440 --> 01:05:18.480
in Europe and other parts of the world. And people

01:05:18.480 --> 01:05:21.280
will say just eating the same types of things

01:05:21.280 --> 01:05:23.079
in other parts of the world, they come out a

01:05:23.079 --> 01:05:26.659
little healthier. Do you find, is that true?

01:05:26.739 --> 01:05:29.980
Was that sort of a wives tale or what are your

01:05:29.980 --> 01:05:31.760
thoughts on kind of those standards that we have

01:05:31.760 --> 01:05:34.440
here versus other parts of the world? So every

01:05:34.440 --> 01:05:36.619
country will have their own kind of same thing,

01:05:36.659 --> 01:05:39.519
the dietary guidelines for Italy, Germany, all

01:05:39.519 --> 01:05:42.699
of that. a lot of it is based off of let's say

01:05:42.699 --> 01:05:46.239
international research. I know a few of the dietitians

01:05:46.239 --> 01:05:50.340
that lobby with Washington and they actually

01:05:50.340 --> 01:05:53.280
aren't against the sodas because this one woman,

01:05:53.579 --> 01:05:57.360
she's also a registered dietitian, she had a

01:05:57.360 --> 01:06:00.320
food pantry and before she's very against a lot

01:06:00.320 --> 01:06:02.079
of these processed foods and then she was talking

01:06:02.079 --> 01:06:04.619
to a family that said, well, I don't have any

01:06:04.619 --> 01:06:07.019
money. The only money that I can spend on groceries

01:06:07.019 --> 01:06:09.179
is the food stamps. And the soda that I give

01:06:09.179 --> 01:06:11.860
my kids keeps them feeling fuller for longer

01:06:11.860 --> 01:06:15.199
because of the carbonation. So there are absolutely

01:06:15.199 --> 01:06:17.579
flaws in there. And I think when we look at what

01:06:17.579 --> 01:06:20.219
other nations are doing with as far as reducing

01:06:20.219 --> 01:06:22.699
pesticides, absolutely great. Reducing artificial

01:06:22.699 --> 01:06:24.800
flavors, artificial color sweeteners, absolutely

01:06:24.800 --> 01:06:27.909
great. I think it's still a lot of the food industry.

01:06:28.570 --> 01:06:31.190
Pepsi Cola is paying a lot of money to have their

01:06:31.190 --> 01:06:32.889
stuff kind of beyond the food pyramid and to

01:06:32.889 --> 01:06:35.550
be endorsed. Sure. So money absolutely talks

01:06:35.550 --> 01:06:37.889
and there are lobbyists for a reason. I think

01:06:37.889 --> 01:06:40.210
we have to look into how can we make some of

01:06:40.210 --> 01:06:42.190
the foods more affordable for people to eat in

01:06:42.190 --> 01:06:44.710
those fresh foods. And I firmly believe that

01:06:44.710 --> 01:06:46.989
eating healthy foods doesn't have to be expensive.

01:06:47.320 --> 01:06:50.159
you don't have to be getting the fully prepared

01:06:50.159 --> 01:06:52.019
and cooked, let's say pulled chicken that I got

01:06:52.019 --> 01:06:53.800
from Leibniz the other day, when you can get

01:06:53.800 --> 01:06:55.920
a chicken breast for $2 or a pound of chicken

01:06:55.920 --> 01:06:58.900
for $2 .50, and you can make it yourself. The

01:06:58.900 --> 01:07:01.340
bag of Fritos scoops I had to get for a pimento

01:07:01.340 --> 01:07:04.300
cheese dip I made last week was $7. You can get

01:07:04.300 --> 01:07:06.340
so many fruits and vegetables for that amount

01:07:06.340 --> 01:07:09.219
of money. So trying to look at it in that perspective,

01:07:09.380 --> 01:07:11.460
and then also remembering too that all of our

01:07:11.460 --> 01:07:13.519
food is processed. There is nothing that we take

01:07:13.519 --> 01:07:15.260
that is out of the ground that you eat it right

01:07:15.260 --> 01:07:17.710
away. So we are going to have some of those nutrient

01:07:17.710 --> 01:07:20.710
losses. I think it can be better as far as monitoring

01:07:20.710 --> 01:07:22.170
what's getting put into our food, the amount

01:07:22.170 --> 01:07:24.690
of sodium, the amount of artificial things to

01:07:24.690 --> 01:07:27.909
keep it lasting longer. We really should be paying

01:07:27.909 --> 01:07:29.929
attention to more of those things, but I think

01:07:29.929 --> 01:07:32.769
we have to catch up on how can we educate people

01:07:32.769 --> 01:07:34.489
that eating healthy doesn't have to mean that

01:07:34.489 --> 01:07:36.570
you're sacrificing flavor and you're just eating

01:07:36.570 --> 01:07:39.480
raw carrots all the time. So absolutely. I think

01:07:39.480 --> 01:07:41.460
with the international standards, I think it's

01:07:41.460 --> 01:07:43.360
starting to creep into the U .S. where, you know,

01:07:43.360 --> 01:07:45.860
there was a red dye number three that was banned

01:07:45.860 --> 01:07:47.800
last year. I think that takes effect in seven

01:07:47.800 --> 01:07:50.039
years. There's absolutely more work to go. But

01:07:50.039 --> 01:07:52.039
I think we need more of that nutrition education

01:07:52.039 --> 01:07:54.719
around teaching people that healthy eating doesn't

01:07:54.719 --> 01:07:56.500
have to be expensive. And you can still make

01:07:56.500 --> 01:07:59.059
nutrient -dense meals and not have to rely on,

01:07:59.059 --> 01:08:00.920
you know, soda to kind of fill your kids' bellies.

01:08:01.079 --> 01:08:06.969
Yeah. Yeah, I hear you. Speaking of kids. What

01:08:06.969 --> 01:08:10.710
is a great place to start? If you've got young

01:08:10.710 --> 01:08:12.349
kids, you want to set them on a path for healthy

01:08:12.349 --> 01:08:15.050
eating. Talk to me a little bit about just a

01:08:15.050 --> 01:08:18.750
good, easy family meal that folks should be thinking

01:08:18.750 --> 01:08:22.789
about. So kids can be picky, and when a child

01:08:22.789 --> 01:08:24.630
is not hungry, they're actually very in tune

01:08:24.630 --> 01:08:26.710
to their hunger and fullness cues. We are all

01:08:26.710 --> 01:08:28.989
born intuitive eaters, and we can get conditioned

01:08:28.989 --> 01:08:31.819
out of it through Clean Plate Club. So trying

01:08:31.819 --> 01:08:33.880
to not force your kid to eat if they're not hungry

01:08:33.880 --> 01:08:36.340
because it's just gonna cause some trauma some

01:08:36.340 --> 01:08:39.239
meltdowns around meal time But trying to serve

01:08:39.239 --> 01:08:41.840
foods that are familiar to them So I don't have

01:08:41.840 --> 01:08:44.380
any kids a few of my friends have kids and what

01:08:44.380 --> 01:08:46.840
I've really observed is that They will still

01:08:46.840 --> 01:08:49.119
make that PCC plate for their child, but they

01:08:49.119 --> 01:08:51.359
might not mix those flavors So you're probably

01:08:51.359 --> 01:08:53.840
not gonna be serving let's say goulash to a four

01:08:53.840 --> 01:08:55.560
-year -old where they're like I don't like all

01:08:55.560 --> 01:08:58.500
these stuff together try to keep things separated

01:08:58.500 --> 01:09:01.380
out and me Maybe there's two or three foods that

01:09:01.380 --> 01:09:03.220
you know that your child is going to eat, but

01:09:03.220 --> 01:09:04.979
start to give them some of those other foods

01:09:04.979 --> 01:09:07.460
that they might not like yet. Maybe broccoli

01:09:07.460 --> 01:09:09.560
is a scary food for them. Just have them put

01:09:09.560 --> 01:09:11.340
it on their plate. You can tell them you don't

01:09:11.340 --> 01:09:13.979
have to eat it. Play with it, smell it, touch

01:09:13.979 --> 01:09:15.539
it. What does it look like? Does it look like

01:09:15.539 --> 01:09:18.279
trees? Does the stalk look different from the

01:09:18.279 --> 01:09:20.840
top of it? It can be a really great way to start

01:09:20.840 --> 01:09:22.640
to get kids interested. And once they become

01:09:22.640 --> 01:09:24.920
familiar with it on the plate, they're more likely

01:09:24.920 --> 01:09:27.079
to eat it. But really trying to keep things simple

01:09:27.079 --> 01:09:30.819
for kids is really important. because they're

01:09:30.819 --> 01:09:33.140
not really ready sometimes to have those very

01:09:33.140 --> 01:09:34.880
complex meals. Unless you have a very advanced

01:09:34.880 --> 01:09:37.239
eater in your house, trying to keep it as simple

01:09:37.239 --> 01:09:39.899
as possible might help to expose them to those

01:09:39.899 --> 01:09:41.520
different foods. And then as they get older and

01:09:41.520 --> 01:09:43.060
their palates change, then we can start to mix

01:09:43.060 --> 01:09:44.880
those things together. So still abide by that

01:09:44.880 --> 01:09:48.359
PCC, protein, carbon color, but have their favorite

01:09:48.359 --> 01:09:49.880
foods and then have some of those challenge foods

01:09:49.880 --> 01:09:52.659
there as well. I love that. I think that's phenomenal

01:09:52.659 --> 01:09:55.829
advice. I really appreciate that. Emily, I've

01:09:55.829 --> 01:09:57.489
got a few other things I want to ask you, but

01:09:57.489 --> 01:09:59.250
before I get much further, I want to give folks,

01:09:59.250 --> 01:10:01.010
again, a chance just to figure out where to find

01:10:01.010 --> 01:10:03.810
you. So real quick, where's the websites and

01:10:03.810 --> 01:10:05.630
socials and things like that where people can

01:10:05.630 --> 01:10:07.729
connect? Yeah, you can go to NourishedWithEmily

01:10:07.729 --> 01:10:11.399
.com, N -O -U -R -I -S -H -E -D. Nourish is a

01:10:11.399 --> 01:10:13.720
very hard word to spell sometimes. So nourishwithemily

01:10:13.720 --> 01:10:16.659
.com or follow us on Instagram at nourishwithemily.

01:10:16.960 --> 01:10:20.119
I'm also on Facebook, Emily Gozee. I'm on TikTok.

01:10:20.279 --> 01:10:22.199
I don't post a ton on there, but I'm on there

01:10:22.199 --> 01:10:24.300
and I'm also on LinkedIn too at Emily Gozee.

01:10:24.359 --> 01:10:26.300
Awesome. Emily, how long have you been doing

01:10:26.300 --> 01:10:29.260
this as your own venture? Yeah, so I started

01:10:29.260 --> 01:10:32.159
my business at the end of 2018. I was still working

01:10:32.159 --> 01:10:34.399
full -time in a nursing home until about October

01:10:34.399 --> 01:10:37.159
of 2020. Then I worked for the Onondaga County

01:10:37.159 --> 01:10:40.220
WIC department for about 15 months or so. So

01:10:40.220 --> 01:10:44.420
in January of 2022, it's actually been now four

01:10:44.420 --> 01:10:46.359
years of me being full -time in my business.

01:10:46.420 --> 01:10:48.399
So I've had it for eight, but now four years

01:10:48.399 --> 01:10:51.670
full -time. Is that for other professionals in

01:10:51.670 --> 01:10:54.289
your field, do they typically go into private

01:10:54.289 --> 01:10:56.770
practices or are they working with bigger medical

01:10:56.770 --> 01:10:58.689
organizations, things like that? I think it's

01:10:58.689 --> 01:11:02.569
a mix. We are definitely seeing with onsets of

01:11:02.569 --> 01:11:05.859
other. credentialing platforms like a Nourish

01:11:05.859 --> 01:11:07.899
or a Berry Street where people can go into their

01:11:07.899 --> 01:11:10.020
own business, but they are technically contractors

01:11:10.020 --> 01:11:13.680
of those larger companies. In school, it wasn't

01:11:13.680 --> 01:11:16.159
really encouraged, honestly, to go into your

01:11:16.159 --> 01:11:17.640
own practice. It was like, you can go work in

01:11:17.640 --> 01:11:21.060
a nursing home, you can go and work in food service,

01:11:21.119 --> 01:11:23.199
you can go and work in some private practice

01:11:23.199 --> 01:11:25.079
settings, but we weren't really given the tools

01:11:25.079 --> 01:11:27.640
to start your own business. I had to seek that

01:11:27.640 --> 01:11:29.819
out through using the Wise Center in Syracuse,

01:11:30.380 --> 01:11:33.359
the business center. as well as I was shadowing

01:11:33.359 --> 01:11:35.300
other dieticians when I was in school who had

01:11:35.300 --> 01:11:37.920
their own practices. And I think if we started

01:11:37.920 --> 01:11:39.800
teaching some of the dieticians earlier, that

01:11:39.800 --> 01:11:41.600
you can do this on your own, that you don't have

01:11:41.600 --> 01:11:44.439
to be in a larger conglomerate or working for

01:11:44.439 --> 01:11:48.979
a hospital, I think will grow even further. And

01:11:48.979 --> 01:11:50.699
dieticians are already in demand, but I think

01:11:50.699 --> 01:11:52.460
you'll see more and more practices starting up

01:11:52.460 --> 01:11:57.340
too. If someone's looking for a dietician, they

01:11:57.340 --> 01:11:59.560
just Google around, they find you, they find

01:11:59.560 --> 01:12:02.729
three other options. What questions should they

01:12:02.729 --> 01:12:05.770
be asking to find that the person, the service

01:12:05.770 --> 01:12:07.760
is a good fit for them? That's a great question.

01:12:07.840 --> 01:12:10.619
So you really want to make sure that you are

01:12:10.619 --> 01:12:12.619
working with someone that has experience with

01:12:12.619 --> 01:12:14.859
what you're looking for. Because I have a great

01:12:14.859 --> 01:12:17.560
friend, she only does kidney stuff. So you wouldn't

01:12:17.560 --> 01:12:19.399
want to go to see her for weight loss because

01:12:19.399 --> 01:12:22.359
she is a kidney dietitian. So looking to see

01:12:22.359 --> 01:12:25.220
what their specialty is, looking to see who they

01:12:25.220 --> 01:12:27.340
primarily work with, also looking to see what

01:12:27.340 --> 01:12:29.560
people are saying, you know, the good, the bad,

01:12:29.840 --> 01:12:32.260
look at Google reviews, look at the testimonials.

01:12:32.260 --> 01:12:34.300
And then I always tell people like check out

01:12:34.300 --> 01:12:36.470
my Instagram first before you give us a call,

01:12:36.590 --> 01:12:39.510
you'll get a real good vibe of who we are, how

01:12:39.510 --> 01:12:42.050
we do it, what we do. Cause that's going to help

01:12:42.050 --> 01:12:44.250
to tell you too of like, will this work out?

01:12:44.250 --> 01:12:45.930
You know, do I like their style and what they're

01:12:45.930 --> 01:12:47.970
teaching? So do a little bit of the research

01:12:47.970 --> 01:12:49.670
and see, see what you like. And you absolutely

01:12:49.670 --> 01:12:51.630
can have calls with other dietitians and see,

01:12:51.970 --> 01:12:53.510
you know, what they're, what they're about, what

01:12:53.510 --> 01:12:55.390
their teaching style is. And if you mesh with

01:12:55.390 --> 01:12:57.590
them. That's great. That's great. I can tell

01:12:57.590 --> 01:13:00.569
you just some personal experience. Uh, the one

01:13:00.569 --> 01:13:06.079
time that I saw a dietitian, um, They sent me.

01:13:06.640 --> 01:13:09.319
I was in the hospital at the time. The guy was

01:13:09.319 --> 01:13:13.340
a jerk, quite frankly. And I was trying to explain

01:13:13.340 --> 01:13:16.159
to him where I came from and what had worked

01:13:16.159 --> 01:13:19.260
well for me. And he said, oh, yeah, that's trash

01:13:19.260 --> 01:13:23.060
and don't do that. And it was like, all right,

01:13:23.060 --> 01:13:24.640
thanks for wasting everybody's time. Because

01:13:24.640 --> 01:13:27.840
it's just completely not paying attention to

01:13:27.840 --> 01:13:31.659
anything that this guy's telling me. And that's

01:13:31.659 --> 01:13:34.739
one of the reasons I wanted to ask. With every

01:13:34.739 --> 01:13:36.960
type of care, you've got to find the right folks

01:13:36.960 --> 01:13:40.699
that are a fit for you. But I really loved your

01:13:40.699 --> 01:13:43.479
answer on that, just finding the right person

01:13:43.479 --> 01:13:46.199
to work with. And just because your doctor might

01:13:46.199 --> 01:13:49.119
have referred you to one practice or one dietician,

01:13:49.140 --> 01:13:51.600
or let's say you go to one of the big area hospitals

01:13:51.600 --> 01:13:53.779
and they have their own dieticians, you absolutely

01:13:53.779 --> 01:13:55.939
can look at the other dieticians. They just know

01:13:55.939 --> 01:13:58.729
only who they have on staff. So that's where

01:13:58.729 --> 01:14:00.550
like doing your research and finding the other

01:14:00.550 --> 01:14:02.750
dietitians in your area or finding one online

01:14:02.750 --> 01:14:05.689
is a really great strategy to figure out like

01:14:05.689 --> 01:14:08.130
what's their style, you know, how long are their

01:14:08.130 --> 01:14:09.970
appointments? Sometimes I've seen people only

01:14:09.970 --> 01:14:11.989
do 15 minutes appointments. You can't get through

01:14:11.989 --> 01:14:14.529
much in 15 minutes. So seeing how they build

01:14:14.529 --> 01:14:16.630
their schedule, how they work with you, what

01:14:16.630 --> 01:14:18.890
their philosophy is, and you can ask them to

01:14:18.890 --> 01:14:20.630
when you give them a call that they're not going

01:14:20.630 --> 01:14:22.880
to charge you just a... kind of check in to see

01:14:22.880 --> 01:14:25.380
their offerings and everything. Ask them what

01:14:25.380 --> 01:14:27.180
their style is, like what their approach is with

01:14:27.180 --> 01:14:30.039
nutrition. And they should be asking you more

01:14:30.039 --> 01:14:31.720
about your nutrition history and what's going

01:14:31.720 --> 01:14:36.539
on as well. How in depth is it typically? So

01:14:36.539 --> 01:14:38.260
you work with somebody, are you getting right

01:14:38.260 --> 01:14:40.800
down to helping them plan every meal? Or is it

01:14:40.800 --> 01:14:44.100
more just guidelines of what to choose? How does

01:14:44.100 --> 01:14:46.579
that work? So my goal is for you to be your own

01:14:46.579 --> 01:14:49.590
dietitian at the end of this. Sure, I can make

01:14:49.590 --> 01:14:51.569
you a meal plan, but you would hate what I would

01:14:51.569 --> 01:14:53.270
put on here. You don't want to be eating salmon

01:14:53.270 --> 01:14:57.649
four times a week. Sure. with our style is we

01:14:57.649 --> 01:14:59.029
teach you kind of the guidelines. We teach you

01:14:59.029 --> 01:15:00.810
how to build the plate. And if you want to use

01:15:00.810 --> 01:15:03.569
that call time for us to go through planning

01:15:03.569 --> 01:15:05.210
your breakfast, lunches and dinners for that

01:15:05.210 --> 01:15:07.829
next week, absolutely. Your 30 minutes or an

01:15:07.829 --> 01:15:09.949
hour is up to you and how you want to choose

01:15:09.949 --> 01:15:11.710
them. And I'll often ask clients, I'm like, OK,

01:15:11.970 --> 01:15:14.229
we went through this check in piece. I know that

01:15:14.229 --> 01:15:15.609
you said that you've really been struggling with

01:15:15.609 --> 01:15:17.289
lunches. Let's talk about it. Do you want to

01:15:17.289 --> 01:15:19.050
spend a few minutes planning what those lunches

01:15:19.050 --> 01:15:21.149
might look like for you? Because I want you to

01:15:21.149 --> 01:15:23.829
have more of that ownership over building the

01:15:23.829 --> 01:15:25.800
plate and what we're looking for. versus me just

01:15:25.800 --> 01:15:27.420
telling you what to do, because I don't think

01:15:27.420 --> 01:15:30.460
you'll enjoy it. As well as, I want you to graduate.

01:15:30.619 --> 01:15:32.439
I want you, like I said, to be your own dietician

01:15:32.439 --> 01:15:33.979
at the end of this. So if I'm just telling you

01:15:33.979 --> 01:15:36.020
what to do, I'm not actually setting you up for

01:15:36.020 --> 01:15:38.039
success. It might work in the meantime, but you

01:15:38.039 --> 01:15:39.699
might say, like, I'm good. I feel great. I've

01:15:39.699 --> 01:15:41.699
lost all the weight. And then a month later,

01:15:41.699 --> 01:15:43.119
you're like, well, I don't know what to eat,

01:15:43.159 --> 01:15:45.319
because Emily's not telling me what to eat anymore.

01:15:45.720 --> 01:15:51.399
Yeah. I got you. OK. I love this. There's just

01:15:51.399 --> 01:15:55.579
something. You're phenomenal. right on every

01:15:55.579 --> 01:15:57.760
single thing. I love it. It's just really, really

01:15:57.760 --> 01:16:01.439
impressive. So with that, I'd love to finish

01:16:01.439 --> 01:16:03.760
up with just some rapid fire questions, if you

01:16:03.760 --> 01:16:05.340
don't mind. Let's do it. So what I'd love to

01:16:05.340 --> 01:16:09.020
do is just throw some random things out at you

01:16:09.020 --> 01:16:10.819
and just give me the first thought that comes

01:16:10.819 --> 01:16:14.319
to mind and we'll go on from that. So let's jump

01:16:14.319 --> 01:16:18.539
right in with GLP -1s. Can absolutely be supportive,

01:16:18.640 --> 01:16:20.279
especially if you've struggled with weight loss,

01:16:20.359 --> 01:16:22.479
but you should be working with a registered dietitian

01:16:22.479 --> 01:16:24.479
if you're on them. Okay. Because we don't want

01:16:24.479 --> 01:16:26.500
you to lose all your muscle mass. Your muscle

01:16:26.500 --> 01:16:28.560
mass is your metabolism. Many people are just

01:16:28.560 --> 01:16:30.380
taking the medications, not changing anything

01:16:30.380 --> 01:16:32.500
with their lifestyles, nutrition, and support.

01:16:32.960 --> 01:16:34.600
And then they've lost all this muscle mass, they

01:16:34.600 --> 01:16:36.699
come off the medication. So they've lost a lot

01:16:36.699 --> 01:16:38.340
of their metabolism and they gain the weight

01:16:38.340 --> 01:16:43.600
right back. Okay. Weight training. 100%, especially

01:16:43.600 --> 01:16:46.199
for women, which most women or some women can

01:16:46.199 --> 01:16:48.460
be a little bit apprehensive around. Women have

01:16:48.460 --> 01:16:50.819
that increased risk of osteoporosis. Weight training

01:16:50.819 --> 01:16:52.979
is how you reinforce your bones and help to prevent

01:16:52.979 --> 01:16:55.840
osteoporosis. Plus strength training is how you

01:16:55.840 --> 01:16:59.119
change body composition. You will not get chiseled

01:16:59.119 --> 01:17:01.619
and very defined and strong from just doing cardio.

01:17:02.079 --> 01:17:07.699
Gotcha. Okay. Keto or low carb diets. No. Not

01:17:07.699 --> 01:17:10.199
my favorite because your brain and spinal cord

01:17:10.199 --> 01:17:12.460
do need carbohydrates to be able to run efficiently.

01:17:13.079 --> 01:17:14.979
Most people are successful in keto because they've

01:17:14.979 --> 01:17:17.180
cut out a good chunk. They're in a calorie deficit,

01:17:17.199 --> 01:17:19.640
but it's very hard to stick with for the long

01:17:19.640 --> 01:17:22.279
run. Also too, we do see increased risk of high

01:17:22.279 --> 01:17:24.180
cholesterol, high triglyceride levels with eating

01:17:24.180 --> 01:17:26.539
a very high fat diet. Most people are not doing

01:17:26.539 --> 01:17:28.640
a true keto diet. They're just eating a high

01:17:28.640 --> 01:17:31.300
protein diet and proteins very easily can get

01:17:31.300 --> 01:17:33.500
turned into carbohydrates through a process called

01:17:33.500 --> 01:17:37.380
gluconeogenesis. Wow. in ketosis. They're not

01:17:37.380 --> 01:17:39.039
having those ketones in their body because their

01:17:39.039 --> 01:17:41.460
body is using proteins for carbohydrates. Wow.

01:17:41.640 --> 01:17:43.840
Okay. I was going to ask you a Mediterranean

01:17:43.840 --> 01:17:45.720
diet, but you already talked to us about that.

01:17:45.720 --> 01:17:48.680
I love that that is the go -to answer for everybody

01:17:48.680 --> 01:17:52.279
still. I guess I will say favorite Mediterranean

01:17:52.279 --> 01:17:57.079
meal. Oh, I love a good gyro. All right. It might

01:17:57.079 --> 01:17:59.239
be a little bit higher in fat, but we love to

01:17:59.239 --> 01:18:02.039
go to Baghdad and Salt City Market and get like

01:18:02.039 --> 01:18:06.689
either a gyro salad or the the gyro hummus with

01:18:06.689 --> 01:18:09.590
the pita chips and the pita. Really, a gyro is

01:18:09.590 --> 01:18:11.369
a perfect sandwich. You've got the carbs. You've

01:18:11.369 --> 01:18:13.750
got the protein with the lamb or whatever you

01:18:13.750 --> 01:18:16.069
prefer. And it does have a ton of vegetables

01:18:16.069 --> 01:18:18.189
in there. So it's one of my favorite dishes.

01:18:18.689 --> 01:18:19.770
All right. I'm going to hit you with kind of

01:18:19.770 --> 01:18:24.550
two at once. Juicing in general and then juice

01:18:24.550 --> 01:18:27.699
cleanses. So juicing, it depends on what you're

01:18:27.699 --> 01:18:30.420
using it for. You do lose all the fiber when

01:18:30.420 --> 01:18:32.600
you're juicing things. So it's not going to have

01:18:32.600 --> 01:18:34.239
that effect of like eating an apple and your

01:18:34.239 --> 01:18:36.460
blood sugar is going to slowly come up and come

01:18:36.460 --> 01:18:38.300
back down. When we're just having the juice,

01:18:38.479 --> 01:18:40.420
it's just carbohydrates. So it'll spike and then

01:18:40.420 --> 01:18:42.859
come back down. So I try to tell people to use

01:18:42.859 --> 01:18:45.000
it sparingly, just even with any juice, whether

01:18:45.000 --> 01:18:47.279
they're juicing it themselves or not. But you

01:18:47.279 --> 01:18:49.640
can get vitamins and minerals out of it. Juice

01:18:49.640 --> 01:18:52.479
cleanses, not my favorite. Basically you're just

01:18:52.939 --> 01:18:56.279
paying for a really expensive three days of diarrhea.

01:18:56.859 --> 01:19:02.460
Not worth it. Fair enough. Fair enough. The last

01:19:02.460 --> 01:19:05.920
thing that I will ask is gym membership versus

01:19:05.920 --> 01:19:09.020
exercise without a gym. It depends on what you

01:19:09.020 --> 01:19:10.539
can stay committed with. And that's what I've

01:19:10.539 --> 01:19:12.020
been telling my clients these past couple of

01:19:12.020 --> 01:19:14.600
weeks is what do you want to do where if you

01:19:14.600 --> 01:19:16.300
like strength training, then absolutely get a

01:19:16.300 --> 01:19:19.260
gym membership or build your home gym. But if

01:19:19.260 --> 01:19:21.300
you don't know what you like to do, you don't

01:19:21.300 --> 01:19:22.960
know if you want to do weight training or you

01:19:22.960 --> 01:19:25.340
don't know if you want to do Pilates or spin

01:19:25.340 --> 01:19:28.199
class, like try that stuff out. Many gyms will

01:19:28.199 --> 01:19:30.319
offer that drop in rate where you can go and

01:19:30.319 --> 01:19:32.340
see a class and try it out and see if you like

01:19:32.340 --> 01:19:35.100
it. There's also so many free videos on YouTube

01:19:35.100 --> 01:19:37.119
where you can try out many of those modalities.

01:19:37.199 --> 01:19:39.479
without having to pay for a gym membership. But

01:19:39.479 --> 01:19:42.319
the nice part is your insurance typically will

01:19:42.319 --> 01:19:44.479
help to cover the cost of a gym membership. So

01:19:44.479 --> 01:19:46.300
always give your insurance company a call and

01:19:46.300 --> 01:19:48.300
ask them what that gym benefit is. That's a great

01:19:48.300 --> 01:19:51.699
tip. That's an absolute phenomenal tip. I love

01:19:51.699 --> 01:19:59.539
that. Last one. Favorite cheat, dessert, something

01:19:59.539 --> 01:20:04.159
you shouldn't recommend. So I am a sucker for

01:20:04.159 --> 01:20:08.619
some Fresca. Oh my gosh. So diet soda is not

01:20:08.619 --> 01:20:10.880
the best for us because it does have aspartame.

01:20:11.079 --> 01:20:12.760
Aspartame and high amounts can accumulate in

01:20:12.760 --> 01:20:14.699
your liver and cause liver changes. So we try

01:20:14.699 --> 01:20:18.199
to keep it at a minimum. But I love a good fresca,

01:20:18.319 --> 01:20:20.000
especially on the golf course. My husband and

01:20:20.000 --> 01:20:22.140
I like to golf or just sitting there at the end

01:20:22.140 --> 01:20:24.020
of the night with our little eight ounce cans.

01:20:24.420 --> 01:20:26.699
If it's not that, it's probably one of the desserts

01:20:26.699 --> 01:20:28.260
that either of my parents have made, whether

01:20:28.260 --> 01:20:31.619
it's like a mousse cake, it's cookies. I love

01:20:31.619 --> 01:20:33.119
to throw one of those either with my lunch or

01:20:33.119 --> 01:20:35.600
my dinner and it's delicious. I do have to ask

01:20:35.600 --> 01:20:39.199
you one more rapid fire one, alcohol. Yeah. So

01:20:39.199 --> 01:20:42.399
that's a hot topic right now because with the

01:20:42.399 --> 01:20:44.539
new dietary guidelines for Americans, they're

01:20:44.539 --> 01:20:46.920
almost encouraging it. However, we do know that

01:20:46.920 --> 01:20:49.680
alcohol is a class one carcinogen. So it can

01:20:49.680 --> 01:20:55.020
cause cancer, breast, stomach, uterine, all of

01:20:55.020 --> 01:20:59.119
those. So I'm someone who does drink. I'm participating

01:20:59.119 --> 01:21:02.560
in Dry January right now, but use it with caution.

01:21:02.779 --> 01:21:05.640
I always tell our clients of being mindfully

01:21:05.640 --> 01:21:07.960
aware when you go into situations of like, is

01:21:07.960 --> 01:21:09.859
it worth me having a drink right now? Like if

01:21:09.859 --> 01:21:11.439
you're going out to dinner and this place is

01:21:11.439 --> 01:21:13.880
a wine spectator place and they've got beautiful

01:21:13.880 --> 01:21:16.300
glasses and bottles of wine, go right ahead.

01:21:16.659 --> 01:21:18.399
But try to be mindful of that relationship with

01:21:18.399 --> 01:21:20.659
alcohol. Try to limit it as best as you can,

01:21:20.899 --> 01:21:22.880
because it doesn't really help us with our health

01:21:22.880 --> 01:21:26.409
overall. Yeah. What about the old, I guess the

01:21:26.409 --> 01:21:29.369
old wives tale of one red glass, a glass of red

01:21:29.369 --> 01:21:31.649
wine a day sort of thing? Is there any genuine

01:21:31.649 --> 01:21:33.729
benefit to something like that? There are tannins

01:21:33.729 --> 01:21:35.369
in it, which can help with heart health, which

01:21:35.369 --> 01:21:37.270
can help with reducing blood pressure level.

01:21:37.609 --> 01:21:39.909
However, you can also get those same tannins

01:21:39.909 --> 01:21:42.789
from having dark chocolate. You can also get

01:21:42.789 --> 01:21:44.350
those same tannins too from having something

01:21:44.350 --> 01:21:47.289
like a congucha or eating fruits and vegetables.

01:21:47.550 --> 01:21:49.729
So while there is a little bit, we still have

01:21:49.729 --> 01:21:52.829
that risk of, it can increase that risk of cancer.

01:21:53.489 --> 01:21:57.210
Okay, wow, this is we learned so much in a very

01:21:57.210 --> 01:21:59.449
short period of time. This is incredible. I love

01:21:59.449 --> 01:22:03.810
this Emily nourished with Emily is the business

01:22:03.810 --> 01:22:06.869
is also the website right where folks can check

01:22:06.869 --> 01:22:10.689
it out What else should we tell people? Yeah,

01:22:10.689 --> 01:22:12.470
we have a group program that's kicking off on

01:22:12.470 --> 01:22:15.770
January 26 This is capped at 10 spots. It's six

01:22:15.770 --> 01:22:17.909
weeks long So it's our Weight Loss and Healthy

01:22:17.909 --> 01:22:19.970
Habits group program. There are 10 sessions.

01:22:20.449 --> 01:22:21.989
Eight of those are educational sessions. Two

01:22:21.989 --> 01:22:23.710
of those are community calls. You have access

01:22:23.710 --> 01:22:25.829
to a dietitian in your back pocket. You get a

01:22:25.829 --> 01:22:27.789
call with us included over that time. There are

01:22:27.789 --> 01:22:29.890
payment plans available. So we'd love to see

01:22:29.890 --> 01:22:31.989
you inside of our small group program that's

01:22:31.989 --> 01:22:34.069
kicking off on January 26th. That's awesome.

01:22:34.270 --> 01:22:36.489
That's awesome. All those details on the website.

01:22:36.989 --> 01:22:39.689
Join that. Get healthy. You'll know all this

01:22:39.689 --> 01:22:41.130
stuff. And then I don't have to ask all these

01:22:41.130 --> 01:22:42.770
questions. And that's that's what people should

01:22:42.770 --> 01:22:45.329
be doing. Right. Emily, thank you so much for

01:22:45.329 --> 01:22:48.170
joining us on Good News York. This has been honestly

01:22:48.170 --> 01:22:51.449
very, very educational. And I really appreciate

01:22:51.449 --> 01:22:53.970
it. And I know folks will too. Thank you so much

01:22:53.970 --> 01:22:55.649
for having me. This has been awesome. Come back

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any time. There's novels of questions we can

01:22:59.229 --> 01:23:03.989
get into. But for today, I think we got to call

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