Failing Forward With Nikou Lohse Podcast

About Failing Forward With Nikou Lohse Podcast

Failing forward is about the successes we find after enduring failure. Each episode is an opportunity to hear interviews and stories from professional athletes, entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, and loved ones who have fallen down, struggled, and transformed. They’ll be sharing how they got to where they are today, and the lessons they learned along the way. We’ll be covering topics in entrepreneurship, careers, relationships, holistic wellness, mindfulness, gut health, and finding your competitive edge. With raw human moments and empowering information, this podcast is here to inspire you, remind you of your greatness, and give you the knowledge to uplevel in every area of your life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Nikou Lohse

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Jun 2021

Latest episode

26 May 2022

Latest episodes

28 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 May 2022

   Interview With The Pure Living Family

   In this episode, Nikou talks to power couple Angela and Shawn Blymiller who create content sharing their health journey as well as the challenges of raising an autistic child. To view Gut-Brain axis video go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcRZxd1WJ_A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcRZxd1WJ_A) KEY TAKEAWAYS We were always on the go and fell into the routine of eating convenience foods, but when our son was diagnosed with autism Angela did a lot of research and said we need to go gluten free and dairy free. I fought it for a while, but only having one person commit to that diet is really hard. I thought it was hippy logic, but I said fine, I'll give you two weeks so I can prove you wrong and I never want to hear about it again. There was a lot of pain and suffering that we had to go through before we got to the diet change. Feeding a toddler, there are so many meltdowns where he wants what he wants, and I needed my husband to be on board and not just feed him anything. I feel that we're all born with a toxic load that we can take according to your genetic makeup and the different mutations your body might have in enabling your body to detox. A lot of chronic illness, that's rampant in this country, is due to toxic overload. Adverse events are real and the slogan is that they're rare, and the CDC posts that on their advertisements all the time which is so infuriating for us as a family, because it's not rare if it happens to you. When you see the pain and the trauma that it causes, not just to the individual that suffers the adverse event, but the family that supports that individual. The pain caused by brain inflammation from Theo's “injury” became so server that when he was almost four he was diagnosed with PANDAS (Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal infections), which is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in his brain. When he had aflare it would be hours and hours of him screaming in pain and us not knowing how to help him because his brain feels like it's on fire. We had to do cyclical antibiotics for a while, but that destroyed his gut and his microbiome. So, we ended up doing faecal microbiota transfer. 70% of our immune system is housed in our gut. The gut brain access is so real, and we've seen that with Theo. But through doing the diet together we've got less brain fog as well. If you focus on your gut health your brain health will improve. BEST MOMENTS ‘One week into the diet change, Theo regained eye contact and started responding to his name again, both of which he had lost after the “injury”.' ‘The blood brain barrier doesn't always fully develop until a child is two or three, it's a physical barrier that prevents toxins in your blood from going into your brain.' ‘The thing that makes us upset is that people can be so rude and dismissive.' ‘It's always the dads out there that hold everyone up, so dads, listen to this story please!' ABOUT THE GUESTS The Pure Family's mission and purpose is to help you take better care of yourself while providing hope and direction for your future. They want to create a community to empower parents to do more for themselves and for their kids. Website: https://purelivingfamily.com/ (https://purelivingfamily.com/) Pure Living Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pure-living-family-podcast/id1565836396 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pure-living-family-podcast/id1565836396) Microgreens product with THEOBOY 15% discount (available on website) VALUABLE RESOURCES Email: nikoulohse@gmail.com (mailto:nikoulohse@gmail.com) Instagram: @nikoulohse @elev8tedtribe Elev8ted Tribe LIVE & on demand workouts/community: https://app.heymarvelous.com/elev8tedtribe/buy/product/13842 Gut Reset program details (email me nikoulohse@gmail.com if you would like to join the next group, or for more information to start today on self-guided course!) now.nikoulohse.com ABOUT THE HOST Nikou Lohse is a mom of three, wife to former MLB pitcher Kyle Lohse, Master Pilates instructor, yoga teacher, and lover of all things MOVEment, MINDFULness, and commUNITY. Nikou is a serial entrepreneur. She started her first company at 21 doing sales & marketing for Fortune 500 companies, made her first million at 24, and decided to exit at 30 in order to pursue her passion for helping others. She became a yoga, Pilates, barre, and mindfulness instructor, but her own struggle with SIBO and postpartum depression led her to redefine the way she took care of her body. Now, as a holistic health coach, she is on a mission to empower women and help them heal their gut through nutrition, movement, mindfulness, and spirituality. CONTACT METHOD Email: nikoulohse@gmail.com (mailto:nikoulohse@gmail.com) Podcast Description Failing forward is about the successes we find after enduring failure. Each episode is an opportunity to hear interviews and stories from professional athletes, entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, and loved ones who have fallen down, struggled, and transformed. They'll be sharing how they got to where they are today, and the lessons they learned along the way. We'll be covering topics in entrepreneurship, careers, relationships, holistic wellness, mindfulness, gut health, and finding your competitive edge. With raw human moments and empowering information, this podcast is here to inspire you, remind you of your greatness, and give you the knowledge to up-level in every area of your life. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   12 May 2022

   Interview With Dr Wendie Trubow

   In this episode, Nikou talks to Dr Wendie Trubow who has been through a healing journey physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and in business. They discuss how she's got to where she is today – personally and professionally – as well as the incredible things she's had to go through to get here. KEY TAKEAWAYS I got into the field of functional medicine, prevention and toxins because I am the poster child for terrible genetics piling it on, ruining my health and being sick as a dog. I felt called to heal. My husband had a dream to open a multi-specialty, integrative and functional medicine centre that really pulled the best of the best and did all the best technology and functional medicine and eventually moved to a large site where we had a farm, a school and a medical centre and brought all of the best providers in the area to this place. We violated the three rules of business: 1) Don't grow too fast. 2) Have enough cash on hand for rainy days. 3) Don't hire jerks. In 2015, we were 7 years old, and we saw the biggest snowfall in a winter for years. Telemedicine didn't exist back then and people stopped going to the doctors. Because we didn't have enough cash saved away because we'd grown too fast, it became clear that we didn't have the right people on the team and we were closed by August the next year we were closed. We lost all our money and our family's money that had been invested into the business, we lost the property, and my husband declared bankruptcy. The good news was that we didn't have enough equity in our house for the court to come after because we'd leveraged it. But we lost everything else. We had to start over in our mid-40s with four children. The choices were to do it again or leave medicine, which didn't feel right. We did a lot of soul searching. My husband is an innate optimist and could never have imagined that things could have occurred the way they occurred. We went into deep conversations about what his thought processes and how it works… I was just as guilty because I allowed it to happen. We've now worked together for 14 years and now I'm confident to say: “I can't explain why, but something feels wrong and you need to honour it”. Every fricking time that I said it was wrong in the past, it was wrong. My story has two parts, the first is pre-Celiac which starts at birth. I have two genes for Celiac, I then piled on lots of 70s ‘cooked' meals and microwaved meals in the 80s, then the stress kicked in when I became an OBGYN. All of those things meant I was diagnosed with Celiac at 35, but I was sick for years. Part two is post-Celiac, getting the diagnosis was transformational because I stopped getting so sick. I was able to get back to a reasonable baseline and then hit peri-menopause which I chalked a lot up to that, but in reality it was actually toxic exposure. It's so hard to diagnose and heal yourself. The toxins are all around us and it's impossible to live on this earth without being exposed to toxins. It's not about being toxin-free, it's about minimising the impact of what we're being exposed to so that our bodies can optimally function. Eat like a pregnant woman all the time. Think about what's going in you (food, water, alcohol), what's going on you (clothing, beauty products, make up), what's going on around you (herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, what you clean your house with). Think of these as buckets and then you can start to empty those buckets. It's not about perfection but making improvements and keep improving. The symptoms of mould are manifold: skin issues, respiratory issues, gut issues and difficulty losing weight. Test around you and test yourself. If you don't fail you don't grow. It's OK to fail, from that failure comes something you won't be able to imagine, so don't give up. BEST MOMENTS ‘At our peak we were the largest functional medicine facility in the country, which by extension means the world because America is really leading the charge in functional medicine.' ‘I'm committed to my marriage and have it be a great role model for my children.' ‘The absence of suffering is not necessarily the presence of health.' ‘Ignorance is bliss, knowledge is power, and we all land somewhere on that spectrum.' ABOUT THE GUEST Dr Wendie Trubow is passionate about helping women optimise their health and their lives. There are so many different challenges in a woman's life – work, home, relationships, spirituality, health – and they all matter! Although her credentials give a solid medical backdrop to help women achieve vitality in life, her own journey gives just as much support to to methods of care. Through Wendie's struggles with mould and metal toxicity, Celiac disease, and a variety of other health issues, she has a deep sense of compassion for what women are facing when they come to her. When not helping patients in our practice, you can find Wendie alongside Ed and their four kids creating a beautiful ecosystem in their yard that provides nourishment to both their bodies and souls. To learn more about her journey to health and how you can replicate what she has done, pre-order her book here: “Dirty Girl: Ditch the Toxins, Look Great, and Feel Freaking Amazing!” (https://www.fivejourneys.com/book/) Facebook (https://www.facebook): @fivejourneys Instagram: @5journeyshealth Twitter:@5JourneysHealth Website: www.fivejourneys.com (http://www.fivejourneys.com) Free gift: www.fivejourneys.com/promo (http://www.fivejourneys.com/promo) VALUABLE RESOURCES Email: nikoulohse@gmail.com (mailto:nikoulohse@gmail.com) Instagram: @nikoulohse @elev8tedtribe Elev8ted Tribe LIVE & on demand workouts/community: https://app.heymarvelous.com/elev8tedtribe/buy/product/13842 Gut Reset program details (email me nikoulohse@gmail.com if would like to join next group, or for more information to start today on self-guided course!) now.nikoulohse.com ABOUT THE HOST Nikou Lohse is a mom of three, wife to former MLB pitcher Kyle Lohse, Master Pilates instructor, yoga teacher, and lover of all things MOVEment, MINDFULness, and commUNITY. Nikou is a serial entrepreneur. She started her first company at 21 doing sales & marketing for Fortune 500 companies, made her first million at 24, and decided to exit at 30 in order to pursue her passion for helping others. She became a yoga, Pilates, barre, and mindfulness instructor, but her own struggle with SIBO and postpartum depression led her to redefine the way she took care of her body. Now, as a holistic health coach, she is on a mission to empower women and help them heal their gut through nutrition, movement, mindfulness, and spirituality. CONTACT METHOD Email: nikoulohse@gmail.com (mailto:nikoulohse@gmail.com) Podcast Description Failing forward is about the successes we find after enduring failure. Each episode is an opportunity to hear interviews and stories from professional athletes, entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, and loved ones who have fallen down, struggled, and transformed. They'll be sharing how they got to where they are today, and the lessons they learned along the way. We'll be covering topics in entrepreneurship, careers, relationships, holistic wellness, mindfulness, gut health, and finding your competitive edge. With raw human moments and empowering information, this podcast is here to inspire you, remind you of your greatness, and give you the knowledge to up-level in every area of your life. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   28 Apr 2022

   Interview With Reggie Walker And David Carter: Athletes Are Humans Too

   In this episode, Nikou introduces season 3 of the podcast by talking to former NFL players Reggie Walker and David Carter about failing forward and how to find your best self through trials, tribulations and adversity. KEY TAKEAWAYS Mental health is something everyone needs to maintain and suffers from from time to time. You become very aware that football carries a 100% injury rate, they tell you in the NFL that it's not an ‘if' thing, it's a ‘when' thing. As soon as you're thinking about not getting injured, that's your time to get out of there, because to do the job you need to be in a very special place. If anything's bothering you, you shouldn't be on the field. With anything other than what's in front of you on your mind you will get hurt, as soon as you hesitate. Any professional coach will tell you that sports are 90% mental and 10% physical. There are some monsters out there that can bench-press the world and can outrun a cheetah, but they'll be cut and out of league next week. The ones that last are the ones who have their mental down, they understand what their strategy is, what their tools are, what their weaknesses are. It's the same in life too. You need to be regimented, you need to know you're putting the best possible product out there. You're competing each and every day, so you need to eat right, manage your relationships in and outside of the building. Sports is all about relationships, the rest of the team could win without me and don't absolutely need me, but I can help to win more. So you have to be a good leader, a good follower, support people, gain their trust. You need to have a set of tools to bring to the game, not just one. There's a lot of weight on you because it's a game of inches and there are 53 players on a team and only 11 on the field. I've seen guys get cut because they were around the guy who made the mistake! Keeping the negativity from the press, the internet and the commentators – I have a special place of dislike for those guys, when you're watching a game, you can't ever tell definitely who made a mistake in a play. When you tell yourself ‘I'm not gonna do this or that' you're kinda telling yourself to actually focus on these things. You need to say ‘I'm doing this solely and nothing else matters'. Meditation helps with that. I've always brought curiosity to what I do and get excited About exploring something different, finding out something new about yourself and seeing where that takes you. It's all about the setup. I've gone through a lot of abuse – mental, physical, sexual. I do belly breathing because it's hard to control thoughts popping up, but you need to get rid of those things to focus on what you need to get done. I go on a lot of walks throughout the day to think things through, sometimes I'll let the bad thoughts catch me as well sometimes and I'll sit with it and understand it because running and hiding from things can be damaging. Sometimes those things need to be processed and you need to listen to them. An executive is the leader of a company, you have to come up with the ideas that make the money, you have to create a healthy environment for your employees. The best way to do that is to slow your ass down, look at what you have in front of you and come up with the best solution and figure it out. A lot of people make decisions when they're too close to the fire and they get burned, take a step back and look at all the perspectives. Meditation allows you to break things down in painstaking detail. When I have any time to myself, as a Dad of three, I work on my breathing. You can always find a minute in a day to do this, even if it's while you're driving or in the bathroom. The first 27 years of my life was filled with a lot of trauma and abuse. Sports was a safe haven for me and was where I could be happy. It wasn't the healthiest thing, looking back, but it drove me. When I realised that I wasn't feeling better, despite getting all my emotions out on the field, I figured I needed to start with myself. Once I found that out, the chip on my shoulder disappeared and my need to play football went away and I never picked it back up. The shocking thing was when I opened up about my abuse, I can't remember a single other player who didn't have a similar experience, but had never opened up about it. A lot of star athletes who surround themselves with people that speak positively to them all the time. But the people who are the most valuable are the ones that not only tell you straight, but the ones that come with facts, the why and the because of what's actually happening. Some of the most valuable information you can get in life is also the most painful. We can't learn things if we can't talk about things. BEST MOMENTS ‘As the mind goes, the body follows.' ‘We need to sculpt our ability to focus, like a muscle, so you can get the best results from what you're doing.' ‘Cutting all the noise out is really hard, which is why focus is one of the biggest abilities to have.' ‘Humans are like computers, we only have so much bandwidth. You need to focus on what you want to create whether in sports or business.' ABOUT THE GUESTS Reggie Walker: Grew up a military brat. Had the blessing of living in situations where I was a minority, part of the majority population, situations where I had money, and situations where we were so poor we had to get food from the church. All of these different circumstances aided in creating a very unique perspective in taking on the world. Also, from the age of 4 to 12 I experienced getting molested by a family friend. Growing up as well as my experience In the sports realm I experienced a lot of physical, mental, and emotional abuse as well. These unfortunate events had a profound impact on my mental well being. To combat the effects of my trauma I funnelled all my feelings and emotions into sports. Sports became a saving grace in dealing with a mind filled with toxicity from the trauma I experienced. Sports became an environment in which I excelled, leading me to be a top high school football player, a college football starter, and eventual NFL athlete and team captain of 7 years. In retirement, my journey of healing has led me to two stays at a treatment facility where I created the Personal Mastery School, a program built to help anyone find answers to how to find themselves, their purpose, and a plan. Using all the knowledge from my experiences, strategies that have helped me as well as others succeed in horrible environments, as well as knowledge from therapy, I put the Personal Mastery School together as an answer to questions I have known many of us as having in dealing with life and leading a good, successful, productive life. I have also become a mental, physical, and sexual abuse survivor advocate, Tedx speaker, public speaker, consultant, connector, and problem solver for individuals and businesses. With my unique perspective from my varied experiences I have found myself to be of value in many different environments as a problem solver. My goal is to help those who don't have guidance learn the essentials to guiding themselves towards their dreams and goals, find peace and confidence within themselves, learn the techniques to being a master strategist in their own lives in dealing with issues or problems, have the knowledge and system of effectively solving problems in their own lives, and be equipped with the knowledge to plan with an emphasis on fluidity. I want others to learn all these skills more so they can win the battle against their biggest enemy themselves and the unknown to move with confidence and tenacity towards their life mission. David Carter: From football to food justice, David Carter aka the 300 Pound Vegan. Born in Los Angeles, CA, David began his commitment to strength and success on the football field playing college football at his alma mater UCLA, and ultimately the National Football League. David played for major teams including the Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, and Dallas Cowboys. During his professional football career David discovered the other side of pro sports; injuries, prescription medication, and excessive eating to maintain 300 plus pounds on his 6' 6” frame. One fateful evening, watching the documentary Forks Over Knives changed his personal and professional life. David abandoned meat and dairy, and embraced a vegan lifestyle. For the past three years and counting David has used his NFL connections to spread the word about his mission to build awareness and educate the masses living in “food deserts” globally. “Food deserts” are defined as areas deprived of fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthful whole foods due to a lack of grocery stores, farmers' markets, and healthy food providers. David spoke of “Oppression in the food system” at many universities around the world including Harvard, Penn State, NYU, UCLA and more. David is also a film producer and participant in leading NETFLIX documentaries Game Changers (including James Cameron, Bill Clinton, etc.) and What The Health. Plant Based Athlete, Former NFL Food Justice Activist,Wilhelmina Model David has a multi-tiered career in food justice activism, film production, modelling (Wilhelmina Modelling Agency), public speaking, and music festival production. David has received press placements from; CNBC, Sports Illustrated, NFL Network, The New York Times, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times and other media outlets. Now David has moved his skills to Entrepreneurial, and Business Development working with Light Grove LLC. GUEST RESOURCES Instagrams: @iamdavidhcarter @rwalk56 LinkedIN: Reggie Walker David Carter The Game within the Game book https://amzn.to/3GmWJmt (https://amzn.to/3GmWJmt) TedX talk: https://youtu.be/JTanRQMitV0 (https://youtu.be/JTanRQMitV0) VALUABLE RESOURCES Email: nikoulohse@gmail.com (mailto:nikoulohse@gmail.com) Instagram: @nikoulohse @elev8tedtribe Elev8ted Tribe LIVE & on demand workouts/community: https://app.heymarvelous.com/elev8tedtribe/buy/product/13842 Gut Reset program details (email me nikoulohse@gmail.com if you would like to join the next group, or for more information to start today on self-guided course!) now.nikoulohse.com ABOUT THE HOST Nikou Lohse is a mom of three, wife to former MLB pitcher Kyle Lohse, Master Pilates instructor, yoga teacher, and lover of all things MOVEment, MINDFULness, and commUNITY. Nikou is a serial entrepreneur. She started her first company at 21 doing sales & marketing for Fortune 500 companies, made her first million at 24, and decided to exit at 30 in order to pursue her passion for helping others. She became a yoga, Pilates, barre, and mindfulness instructor, but her own struggle with SIBO and postpartum depression led her to redefine the way she took care of her body. Now, as a holistic health coach, she is on a mission to empower women and help them heal their gut through nutrition, movement, mindfulness, and spirituality. CONTACT METHOD Email: nikoulohse@gmail.com (mailto:nikoulohse@gmail.com) Podcast Description Failing forward is about the successes we find after enduring failure. Each episode is an opportunity to hear interviews and stories from professional athletes, entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, and loved ones who have fallen down, struggled, and transformed. They'll be sharing how they got to where they are today, and the lessons they learned along the way. We'll be covering topics in entrepreneurship, careers, relationships, holistic wellness, mindfulness, gut health, and finding your competitive edge. With raw human moments and empowering information, this podcast is here to inspire you, remind you of your greatness, and give you the knowledge to up-level in every area of your life. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

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