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Mei Liu, Dr Jengyu Lai
Healing Steps to Wellness
In this episode of Healing Steps to Wellness, Dr. J and Mei explore the powerful connection between heart health, brain health, plantar fasciitis, insulin resistance, and inflammation. They discuss how muscle health affects glucose use, why walking after meals can help reduce blood sugar spikes, and how daily movement supports whole-body wellness. The conversation also includes practical lifestyle tips, healing strategies, and delicious food as medicine ideas featuring beets, kale, and other anti-inflammatory foods.

Whether you’re dealing with foot pain, looking to improve your energy, or interested in preventing chronic disease, this episode offers simple and actionable insights you can use right away. From morning sunlight and qigong to better sleep and better food choices, this discussion shows how small habits can create lasting health benefits.

Topics include:

Plantar fasciitis and root-cause healing

Insulin resistance and muscle health

Heart health and brain health connection

Walking after meals for blood sugar control

Anti-inflammatory foods and lifestyle habits

Morning movement, sunlight, and stress reduction

Subscribe for more conversations on lifestyle medicine, healing, and practical wellness tips.

Join the Lotus Health Foundation Online Community at: https://lotushealthfoundation.org/lotus-community

Bet on Yourself: From Employee Thinking to Creator Thinking with Rian Nilsen

What if the stability you've been protecting is actually keeping you from the life you're meant to live?

In this inspiring episode of Economy Creators™, Mary sits down with entrepreneur, personal growth advocate, and Economy Creators Anthology co-author Rian Nilsen to explore the journey from employee thinking to creator thinking.

For more than 30 years, Rian built a successful career in retail leadership and human resources. From the outside, life looked secure. But internally, he knew something was missing.

As he explains, everything he created—programs, policies, and systems—belonged to someone else. When he left, all of it stayed behind.

That realization led him to ask a powerful question:

What would it look like to create an economy that truly belonged to me?

In this conversation, Mary and Rian discuss:

The difference between employee thinking and creator thinking
Why identity shapes results more than circumstances
The importance of self-image in personal and professional growth
Why waiting until you feel "ready" often keeps you stuck
How consistent action creates confidence
The role of relationships, partnerships, and community in building your own economy
Why autonomy—not just income—is one of life's greatest freedoms

One of the most memorable moments comes when Rian describes feeling like he was holding a beach ball underwater. The longer he tried to keep it down, the more exhausting life became. Finally, he let go—and that became the beginning of a completely new chapter.

Mary also expands on one of the episode's central ideas: self-image.

How we see ourselves determines how we respond to every circumstance. When we identify as capable and growing, we begin to see opportunities where others see obstacles.

As Rian says:

"Identity shapes results far more than circumstances do."

Throughout the conversation, another theme emerges: don't wait.

You don't need every answer before you begin.

Sometimes willingness comes before confidence.

Sometimes action creates clarity.

And sometimes the life you've been dreaming about is waiting on the other side of one courageous decision.

Rian leaves listeners with one final challenge:

"Don't spend your life protecting stability so much that you never fully bet on yourself."

If you've been feeling an inner pull toward something more, this episode will encourage you to trust that desire, take the next step, and begin creating a YOU-shaped economy.

Connect with Rian Nilsen

📧 rian@riansreviews.com

📺 YouTube: Rian's Reviews https://www.youtube.com/@riansreviews

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rian.nilsen

🚀 Continue Your Economy Creator Journey
🎯 Join the Economy Creators Workshop

Discover where you are in your journey to Lead Yourself → Lead Your Economy → Lead Others, and identify your next steps toward building a YOU-shaped economy.

👉 https://www.magnetminddevelopment.com/economy

📘 Download The Economy Creators Framework

Learn how to build an economy around your unique interests, talents, experiences, and purpose.

👉 https://www.economycreators.live/ec-framework-ebook

🧭 Take the Economy Creators Diagnostic Quiz

Identify the opportunities, strengths, and gaps in your personal economy.

👉 https://www.economycreators.live/quiz

🎙️ About Economy Creators™

Economy Creators™ is a podcast and radio show featuring entrepreneurs, authors, coaches, leaders, and visionaries who are building lives and businesses around who they are—not just what they do.

Because when you stop protecting someone else's economy and start creating your own, you don't just change your income—you change your identity.

Mei Liu, Dr Jengyu Lai, Eldon Lai, Hannah Lai
Healing Steps to Wellness
In this episode of Healing Steps to Wellness with Mei & Dr. Jengyu Lai, the family sits down for a real and practical conversation about how healthy habits develop across life stages. Mei and Dr. Jengyu Lai are joined by their children, Elden and Hannah, to talk about transitioning from a standard American diet to a whole food plant-based lifestyle, learning to cook, staying active, and making better food choices in college and beyond.

They also share useful tips on meal prep, fiber, budget-friendly foods, the value of vegetables and fruits, and how movement can become a natural part of daily life. This episode is full of honest stories, practical advice, and encouraging ideas for families, students, and anyone working toward a healthier lifestyle.

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https://lotushealthfoundation.org/lotus-community

Learn more at https://healingstepstowellness.com

Maryjane Festus
Tech with Myla
Welcome to Tech with Myla
African Women in Tech

Mary Farias & Toby Brooks
Economy Creators
Becoming Undone: Why Life Falls Apart Before It Comes Together with Dr. Toby Brooks

What happens when the thing that has defined you for years suddenly ends?

For athletes, it might be the final competition.

For entrepreneurs, it might be the sale of a business.

For professionals, it might be retirement, career change, or unexpected loss.

And for all of us, eventually, it becomes the same question:

Now what?

In this powerful episode of Economy Creators™, Mary sits down with longtime friend, educator, speaker, author, and podcast host Dr. Toby Brooks to explore the often-overlooked reality of identity transitions and what it means to rebuild your life when a major chapter comes to a close.

Toby's journey began in the world of sports medicine as an athletic trainer, where he worked closely with elite athletes navigating injuries, setbacks, and the emotional realities of high-level competition. Over the years, his work evolved beyond physical recovery and into a deeper fascination with identity, purpose, resilience, and human transformation.

Today, Toby serves as a professor, administrator, speaker, podcast host, and lifelong learner pursuing his sixth and soon seventh degree. But perhaps his most meaningful work is helping people understand what happens after the dream changes.

His podcast and upcoming book, Becoming Undone, explore the stories of athletes, Olympians, military veterans, entrepreneurs, artists, and high achievers who have all faced the same challenge:

How do you move forward when the identity you've built your life around no longer fits?

In this conversation, Mary and Toby discuss:

✨ Why identity loss is a universal human experience
✨ The emotional transition from athlete to "what's next"
✨ How perfectionism can help—and hurt—high achievers
✨ Why life's hardest seasons often become our greatest teachers
✨ The power of persistence through the "trough of disillusionment"
✨ What Toby learned from interviewing Olympic gold medalists, Navy SEALs, professional athletes, and other high performers
✨ How failure, uncertainty, and reinvention are part of every meaningful journey
✨ Why becoming undone may actually be the first step toward becoming who you're meant to be

One of the most compelling insights from the episode is Toby's observation that transitions are not just an athlete's challenge—they're a human challenge. Whether you're leaving sports, changing careers, navigating retirement, closing a business, or simply entering a new season of life, the process is remarkably similar.

The old identity begins to unravel.

The future isn't yet clear.

And somewhere in the middle is the opportunity to discover a deeper purpose.

Toby also shares the evolution of his own podcast journey—from near burnout and discouragement to becoming one of the top-ranked shows in education and self-improvement. His story serves as a powerful reminder that success often arrives after the excitement fades and persistence takes over.

Throughout the episode, a recurring theme emerges:

The thing that feels like it's falling apart may actually be making room for what comes next.

As Toby explains, becoming undone isn't about being broken.

It's about being unfinished.

It's about recognizing that the skills, experiences, and lessons you've accumulated are preparing you for a new season of contribution and impact.

For anyone navigating change, uncertainty, reinvention, or a major life transition, this conversation offers hope, perspective, and a roadmap forward.

Because sometimes the end of one story is simply the beginning of another.

🔗 Connect with Dr. Toby Brooks

🌐 Website: TobyBrooksPhD.com

🎙 Podcast: Becoming Undone
🌐 UndonePodcast.com: https://undonepodcast.com/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtobybrooks/

📚 Upcoming Book: Becoming Undone

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Join the Economy Creators Workshop

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