EP 200: Understanding Your Body Language With Kelly Love
Your body language is essential to your well-being, but do you know when your body speaks? Psychosomatic bodywork is an approach that combines different techniques that are rooted in guiding a person to reach their goals through different therapies.
Among these include talk therapy, breathwork, and movement. It also includes somatic-emotional awareness and trauma release to reclaim one’s energy and physical presence.
Psychosomatic bodywork works by tapping into mind and body communication. It focuses on this connection so the therapist can work toward physical and emotional healing.
In a way, it is possible to heal the mind and the body through the mind. But how does this truly work? Is it possible to adapt this in our everyday life?
In this episode, we would like to introduce you to Kelly Love. Kelly is a rewilding coach guiding you back to the truth of what your soul came here to do, be, and express through the body’s wisdom.
Kelly uses transformative psychosomatic bodywork to help achieve physical and emotional healing.
Questions for Our Guest
The questions below are some we’d like to tackle. We often go off-topic, so we don’t expect to hit them all. If you have any ideas, please let us know.
Looking forward to our conversation!
These are the questions you had in Calendly. We’ll go off your questions and wherever else our conversation goes.
Please give us a little background about yourself.
What is the language of the body?
How can we use the body’s language to live aligned with our soul’s purpose?
Can you hear what pain and trauma you store in your body?
How can nurses use body Language to understand their patients?
How does this body language allow us to treat the root cause of disease to better care for our patients?
Tell us how you help patients heal.
Where can people find you?
Matts’s Experience with Body Language
The left pectoral muscle is also lower than the right, speaking again into the feminine heart energy being drained out, exhausted, or having challenges encouraging and uplifting your own heart.
This is your solar plexus, and when the elbows are turned out, it signifies a history of giving away your power. Imagine a young boy with his arms out asking, “How much more do I have to give you for you to love me?
LOWER BACK: More hollowing shows a long history of busting your back to please/care for others vs. caring for your own needs and desires.
ENDING QUESTIONS
Before we end the show, we have one last question we like to ask all our guests.
If you had the opportunity to have a Cup of coffee with anybody one last time, who would it be and why?
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction 01:35 About Kelly Love 03:26 How Kelly learned about the relationship between the body and emotions 07:31 How does body language impair our physical state? 11:56 How emotions impact particular body parts 13:41 Body language as a two-way system 15:37 How does the condition of our patients affect us as nurses? 21:31 How to tell if there is a medical or mental problem 25:56 How can a nurse give their patient greater care? 27:49 Common issues that most people have 29:42 How Kelly treats her patients 32:36 How can you heal yourself 33:42 A recurring theme in Kelly’s client 38:13 What should women do during their period? 41:49 Wrapping up the episode
The renal system produces, stores, and eliminates urine. Kidneys make urine by filtering wastes and extra water from the blood. Urine travels from the kidneys through two thin tubes called ureters and fills the bladder.
When the bladder is full of urine, a person urinates through the urethra to eliminate the waste.
Functions of the Kidneys
The kidneys are located on either side of the spine at the lowest level of the rib cage, consisting of the functional unit called a nephron.
There are about one million nephrons in each kidney; these nephrons consist of tiny blood vessels called glomerulus attached to a tubule.
When blood enters the glomerulus, it is filtered, and the remaining fluid passes to the tubule. In the tubule, minerals, elements, chemicals, and water are absorbed or filtered according to the body’s needs to create the final product, urine.
Our kidneys maintain a delicate balance of water and electrolytes in the body and remove excessive waste:
Remove wastes, urea, and ammonia, from the blood.
Maintain fluid status balance in the body by holding or retaining water and releasing and removing water from the bloodstream
It maintains the electrolyte balance of the blood.
Maintain acid-base/pH balance of the blood
Assist with endocrine functions such as the production of erythropoietin and calcitriol.
It is needed to produce red blood cells and calcium reabsorption, respectively.
Produce the enzyme renin
Help regulate blood pressure.
Convert vitamin D into its active form
Fun Fact:
Every 24 hours, your kidney filters 200 quarts of fluid. About two quarts are removed from the body, and 198 quarts are returned to the bloodstream.
The right kidney sits lower than the left kidney.
It helps accommodate the large size of the liver, right above the right kidney.
We call it REabsorption rather the just absorption because the substances filtered from the glomerulus were already absorbed through the GI tract and taken into the bloodstream.
Then the substances travel through the body via the heart and are sent to the kidneys through the renal artery to be filtered out. Therefore, our body reabsorbs these nutrients based on their needs, and the leftovers are excreted in the urine.
Anatomy of the Kidney
As a nurse and a nursing student, you’ll need to know these most critical parts of the kidney to understand how the renal system works.
Renal Capsule
The outer layer of the kidney protects the kidney from outside organ infections.
Renal cortex:
A layer outside contains the renal corpuscles, which house the glomerulus and Bowman’s capsule, whose primary functions are to FILTER the urine and renal tubules.
Renal medulla:
The inside layer is located within the renal pyramids. It is hypertonic and very salty. Along with the nephron, these conditions help maintain water and salt balance in our body, specifically the Loop of Henle.
Renal artery:
The renal artery takes oxygenated blood from the heart and moves it to the kidney to be filtered. It branches off around the renal columns into the renal cortex, into arterioles, and finally to the peritubular capillaries.
Renal vein:
The renal veins take filtered blood to heart for re-oxygenation and are pumped throughout the body. It comes from the efferent arterioles.
Renal pyramids:
Lie Within the renal medulla contains the loop of Henle and parts of the collecting tubule.
Renal papilla, minor and significant calyx:
Pointed projections of the renal pyramid play a role in draining urine along with the renal pelvis, ureters, bladder, and urethra.
Nephrons:
The functional part of the kidneys.
Filters the blood via the renal corpuscle
Reabsorbs minerals/water and secretes waste via the renal tubule
Produces urine which drains down into the ureters, is stored in the bladder, and voided out via the urethra.
Each nephron is composed of
Renal corpuscle (glomerulus within Bowman’s capsule)
Proximal tubule
An intermediate tubule (loop of Henle)
A distal convoluted tubule, a connecting tubule, and cortical, outer medullary, and inner medullary collecting ducts.
Glomerulus:
Lies within the nephron
Circular capillaries that have incredibly high pressure helps perform ULTRAFILTRATION.
Bowman’s capsule
Forms a cup-like sack around the glomerulus
It helps the glomerulus filter blood
The Nephron and blood supply
Blood enters the afferent arteriole and sends blood to the first part of the nephron, called the glomerulus.
In the glomerulus, blood will be filtered, and filtrate will be created, a liquid consisting of the collection of fluid and particles from the blood.
The filtrate will “drip” down into a capsule surrounding the glomerulus called Bowman’s capsule.
Bowman’s capsule collects the filtrate.
Water, NA, CL, CA, K, Mg, Phos, Bicarb, amino acids, glucose, creatinine, and urea.
Then the filtered blood exits via the efferent arterioles to the peritubular capillaries surrounding the nephrons.
Peritubular capillaries carry the reabsorbed nutrients from the filtrate back into the body’s system to the renal vein. They secrete urea, ions, and drugs in the blood into the tubules.
The created filtrate then flows through the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT); here, the tubule reabsorbs most of the parts of the filtrate that we need to function that just came from the Bowman’s capsule.
Then the filtrate enters the Loop of Henle; we are now in the renal medulla. The loop of Henle has a descending limb and ascending limb. Its goal is to concentrate the urine via the renal medulla.
The renal medulla’s interstitial fluid is hypertonic, helping reabsorb water from the filtrate to maintain the body’s water and salt balance.
Descending limb is only permeable to water.
Ascending limb is only permeable to ions.
The filtrate then enters the distal convoluted tubule, where more substances are reabsorbed and secreted.
Then it travels to the collecting tubule, where parts of the filtrate are reabsorbed.
Finally, the filtrate leaves the collecting tubule as urine which flow through the renal papilla, minor/major calyx, renal pelvis, ureters, bladder, and urethra.
Kidney and Blood Pressure Management
The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is the system of hormones, proteins, enzymes, and reactions that regulate your blood pressure and blood volume long-term.
It regulates your blood pressure by increasing sodium (salt) reabsorption, water reabsorption (retention), and vascular tone (the degree to which your blood vessels constrict or narrow). The RAAS consists of three major substances including:
Renin (an enzyme).
Angiotensin II (a hormone).
Aldosterone (a hormone).
RAAS System
Increases blood pressure when it drops too low by activating Angiotensin II
Angiotensin II increases vasoconstriction, causing an increase in blood pressure. Conserves sodium and water to increase volume. Aldosterone and ADH are released.
The sympathetic nervous system sends nerve impulses to Juxtaglomerular Cells in the kidneys to release RENIN.
RENIN present in the blood will activate ANGIOTENSINOGEN in the liver.
ANGIOTENSINOGEN then turns into ANGIOTENSIN I causing a release of ACE
ACE is Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme. ACE converts Angiotensin I into ANGIOTENSIN II
ANGIOTENSIN II activation will cause
Vasoconstriction
Increases systemic vascular resistance (SVR) and blood pressure.
Increase Blood Volume
Kidneys will keep water and sodium.
The adrenal cortex gland will be triggered by angiotensin II to release aldosterone. Aldosterone will also cause the kidneys to keep sodium and water and excrete potassium.
Angiotensin II triggers the pituitary gland to release ADH. It causes the kidneys to keep water.
2. Increased blood pressure
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction 02:10 The functional parts of the kidney 03:18 What does a kidney do 04:40 Kidney fun facts 05:40 Anatomy of the kidney 10:00 The nephron and blood supply 15:48 Kidney and blood pressure management 17:39 How the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (RAAS) works 21:50 Further views on the episode 24:02 Wrapping up the show
Personal finance must be your top priority. The nursing profession is indeed a lucrative job. It has its perks and advantages, mainly if you choose to be a nurse in a specific field like travel nursing.
If you’re a student nurse right now, you’re probably thinking, “I want to be a nurse because it pays well, ” While this is true, this should not be your end goal. Just because the job pays well, that’s all you’ll ever chase.
Being a nurse is more than just the dollar sign; being a travel nurse requires time and dedication. And if you want to do both and get the paycheck you deserve, you must also learn how to build a solid financial foundation.
Remember, you will not be a nurse forever, and learning to manage your finances as early as now will help set your future. What can you do about it? And what are the benefits of having a solid financial foundation?
In this episode, we would like to introduce you to Anthony Swain. Anthony has been an RN since 2014 and works as a travel nurse and Nurse Finance Coach. He recently released his new e-book, The Travel Nurses’ Guide to Personal Finance.
The goal of his book is to help nurses & other healthcare professionals develop a solid personal financial foundation so that they can be empowered by money rather than be hindered by it. His mission is to help others reach financial independence.
QUESTIONS FOR OUR GUEST
The questions below are some we’d like to tackle. We often go off-topic, so we don’t expect to hit them all. If you have any ideas, please let us know.
Looking forward to our conversation!
These are the questions you had in Calendly. We’ll go off your questions and wherever else our conversation goes.
Can you please give us a little background about yourself?
Before we dive into some financial tips, what was your favorite unit to work on?
What was it like working with liver and kidney transplants? What did the day-to-day look like?
When it comes to liver and kidney transplants, what are some protocols you follow or things you pay attention to?
When you started travel nursing, what really surprised you? Were you surprised by how little focus is placed on investing and saving for your future?
Is working overtime worth it? Doesn’t a lot of it get eaten away by taxes?
What are the most critical systems to put in play when travel nursing?
Where should people start to put their money?
In your book, you mention asset and investment allocation; what are they, and are they different?
ENDING QUESTIONS
Before we end the show, we have one last question we like to ask all our guests.
If you had the opportunity to have a Cup of coffee with anybody one last time, who would it be & why?
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction 01:44 About Anthony Swain 03:37 Travel nurse financial lesson 04:48 Financial tips for new grad nurses 10:02 Possible modifications to make student loan repayment easier 14:25 Financial advice for nursing staff who want to do travel nursing 17:16 What to do with the money you’ve saved? 18:32 The journey of writing a book 20:31 What’s inside the book 21:50 How to begin building financial stability 24:54 How to track your finances 30:35 What to do with your extra money 33:36 Can a nurse retire early? 36:45 Difference between Asset allocation and Investment allocation 38:01 Where are Anthony’s Investment 40:57 Difference between an Index Fund and a Stock 45:38 Universal Life Insurance vs. Term Life Insurance Policy 50:12 Wrapping up the show
How to Optimize Brain Function and Promote Neuroplasticity with Nicole Vignola
The ability of the brain to adapt and change due to experience is called neuroplasticity. This umbrella term refers to the brain’s ability to change, grow neural networks, and reorganize.
It can involve functional changes due to structural changes while you’re learning or can be altered due to brain damage. How does neuroplasticity affect us in the long run? And how can we develop it to help optimize our brain function better?
Our Guest
In this episode, we would like to introduce you to Nicole Vignola. Nicole is a neuroscientist that focuses on cognitive neuroscience that investigates high-risk decision-making.
Her previous research drew upon adult synaptic plasticity, whereby she reconstructed a section of the adult mouse somatosensory cortex using computer-based analytics to explore the wiring diagram of the human brain.
This served as a springboard for further interest and research into the plasticity of mindset change and how these principles can be adopted into everyday living.
Nicole is also a business owner and entrepreneur who coaches individuals and consults with organizations on brain health, longevity, mindset change, and optimization using science-based evidence.
Questions for our Guest
The questions below are some we’d like to tackle. We often go off-topic, so we don’t expect to hit them all. If you have any ideas, please let us know.
Looking forward to our conversation!
These are the questions you had in Calendly. We’ll go off your questions and wherever else our conversation goes.
Can you give us a little background about yourself?
What are your previous research experiences?
What is optimal brain health everyone should be aware of?
How do you optimize your brain for maximal performance?
Talk to us about the neuroplasticity of mindset change. How can you adopt the principles into everyday life?
What are science-based methods for mental resilience and managing burnout?
What happens in the default mode network?
Knowing everything about brain and mental health, what does your day-to-day routines?
ENDING QUESTIONS
Before we end the show, we have one last question we like to ask all our guests.
If you had the opportunity to have a Cup of coffee with anybody one last time, who would it be & why?
Links:
Connect with Nicole on Instagram and learn more about how our brain works at @nicoleneuroscience
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction 02:11 About Nicole Vignola 03:35 How to enhance judgment under pressure 10:21 Does the brain react differently to physical stress compared to emotional stress? 12:40 The positive effects of sleep 14:04 The optimal sleep cycle for enhancing mental health 20:31 Actions you can take to sharpen your brainpower 25:10 Do cold baths and marijuana aid in sleep? 28:08 Tips on improving cognitive function 29:03 Does alcohol aid in sleep? 30:00 How neuroplasticity works 34:55 How long does it take for someone to form a habit? 36:53 Neuroplasticity versus addiction 40:18 Tips for developing mental strength 44:06 Amazing cognitive benefits of exercising 50:51 Where does consciousness comes from 52:11 Wrapping up the show
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