The Visibly Fit with Wendie Pett podcast is a show that shares healthy insights and tips to assist in your best health in mind, body, and spirit. From whole-food plant-based nutrition, how to use your body as your gym, mindset renewal, how to glorify God through your daily choices, and more. The ripple effect of how you take care of your health matters. You were created with greatness in mind, it’s time to live like it!
Episode 87: Hot Tips on Relieving Chronic Back and Neck Pain with Rick Olderman, MSPT
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What is _really_ causing that nagging pain in your back **_that just won't go away?_** My guest on today's show just might have some answers for you. Dr. Rick Olderman began his career as a physical therapist, yet after continually being frustrated with conventional treatments that didn't yield lasting results, he completely changed his methods and now teaches patients around the world how to not only _solve_ their chronic pains, but _never experience it again_. We talk about the importance …
Episode 86: The Best Exercises, Vitamins and Minerals, and Anecdotal Evidence Regarding Your Bone Health with Dr. Charles Price, MD
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I don’t know about you, but when I was a little girl, all of my teachers and my parents used to tell me to drink my milk! Why? Because they said it’s good for my bones. Well, I have come to realize as an adult, and as one who works with other adults to become and remain Visibly Fit, that the health of your bones is one of the key indicators of your overall health. And you need far more than a glass of milk per day to get your bones healthy and strong! In fact, milk DOES NOT do the body good …
Episode 85: Healthy Smile, Healthy YOU! with Holistic Dentist Dr. Michelle Jorgensen
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Smile! It's good for you! We've all heard that anecdote for a healthy life, but many people don't know the vital connection between our mouth health and the health and vitality of our entire body. Today I welcome to the show Dr. Michelle Jorgensen, DDS, BCTN, TNC. Dr. Michelle sought a more natural-based approach to her work as a dentist after suffering major health issues which were traced to toxins such as mercury in her mouth. Today Dr. Michelle advocates a natural approach to dentistry, …
Episode 84: A Christian Perspective to Managing EMF's In Your Life with Leah Lesesne
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You've probably heard A LOT about EMF's, some good, and a lot of bad. What we do know is that EMF's are here, and they're not going anywhere. In this episode, I asked blogger and content creator Leah Lesesne to share a bit about EMF's and how to understand and mitigate them from the perspective of we being made in the image of God. The first thing to remember is to _not fear EMF's_ , nor think they're going to somehow drown out the voice of God. That being said, there are some very easy …
Episode 83: Be Your Own Heart Surgeon with Dr. Jonathan Clark
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Can we do our own heart surgery? (Yes, you read that title correctly.) We're not talking about opening up your chest and repairing torn ventricles with your spouse holding your makeup mirror so you can see what you're doing. We're referring to addressing the _spiritual_ issues that cause _physical_ problems that can plague us for years, even to our death. "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones." Proverbs 17:22 My guest today, Dr. Jonathan Clark, took …
Episode 82: Service to Others is Good for Your Heart!
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My husband Todd and I recently visited a part of Florida that was recently affected by a devastating hurricane. While we were a bit shocked at how many people were still recovering from the storm, and reflected on how long it will really take to get back to a semblance of normal, we were inspired by the service of so many who willingly gave of their time and resources to help their neighbors in the recovery effort. It put me in mind of how serving others, true altruism, is so good for our …
Episode 81: Three Questions to Ask When Adversity Hits, and Tips on Maintaining the Health of Your Heart with Lori Ann Wood
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"This is your time, God," said Lori in a personal prayer. She had just received a clean bill of health, being told by her doctor she was about the last person on Earth who would have any type of heart issues. Three weeks later, Lori was diagnosed with an enlarged heart. The largest heart one doctor had ever seen. She was told she might have as little as 6 months left to live. **Here's a bit of what you'll hear in today's episode:** -Lori's conversation with God leading up to her heart …
Episode 80: Make a Decision, And Then Make the Decision Work!
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So many decisions! It seems there are unlimited options on how to do even the most basic things in our lives, right? In today's episode, we talk about decision fatigue: that sensation of exhaustion that comes from an abundance of choices. As well as the need to be firm in making a decision (even if it may not be the _best_ option) and sticking to it. In other words, making the decision, and then making the decision work for you! **Key points mentioned in the episode:** * …
Episode 79: Jacked up? Then Look Up. How to Develop a Growth-Oriented Mindset with Teri Johnson
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What a pleasure to welcome to my show my very good friend, Teri Johnson. Teri is the founder of Keeping it Personal, a blog and podcast that helps people just like you develop a _winning mindset_ when it comes to business, health, relationships and beyond. When your life and thinking is _jacked up_ , then you need to _look up_ , as Teri says. In other words, when things are awry with your circumstances, go back to the Source of Life, our heavenly Creator. Review the "operations manual" …
Episode 78: A Long (but manageable) List of Things You Can Do TODAY to Stop Disruptions to Your Endocrine System
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When is a disruption in our lives a good thing, and when is it not good? Pattern interruptors from unhealthy habits can be a good thing. Allowing someone who has their own agenda (like a social media company) to impede into our own lives is not healthy at all! **In this episode, you'll learn:** -Good and bad interruptors to our lives...02:30 -A discussion on the endocrine system... 04:30 -The definition of the word "hormone" and how to keep our hormones in control...06:30 -These …
Episode 77: How to Find Peace and Calm Working In Flow With Chaos with Life Coach Tabatha Perry
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Time management is one of those things everyone likes to talk about, but no one seems to have mastered. Try as we might to keep things in order, life just gets in the way and throws us curveball after curveball. My guest today says that the key to managing your time is _not_ to try to keep everything in line; but to go with the flow of the chaos that is natural in life. Keep a "junk drawer" so to speak in your schedule, space for all the stuff that comes up that doesn't fit your neat and …
Episode 76: The "I Am" Meditation
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I recently did an episode in which I led a meditation on the podcast. It was one of the most popular episodes I've published on this feed, and due to popular demand, I want to share another meditation with you! Before we begin the actual meditation, I'll give a few pointers on how to use the natural filtration and preventive functions of the human body. Then we'll dive in to the actual meditation that I share with you from the perspective of a servant of Jesus who wishes you to use this …
Episode 75: What is "Whole Body Passive Hyperthermia?" A Discussion on Saunas with Steve Daffer of Wellness USA!
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You've seen them near the pool at your local YMCA, and your health-conscious cousin had one installed in his home last summer. It's a sauna! So what can a sauna do for you, other than get you all hot and sweaty? Turns out there's a lot to it health and fitness wise, and although it's beginning to gain steam in the United States, it's been a robust practice and essential part of human health around the world for _millennia._ In today's episode we do a deep dive into all things sauna: their …
Episode 74: Common Relationship Problems, and What You Can Do to Address Them with Dr. Shannon Francom
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The holidays are upon us, and that means a lot of different things to different people. Sadly, it is also a time when tension in the family tends to rise with all the busyness that comes from shopping, feeling the need to meet societal expectations, family gatherings. Our guest today, Dr. Shannon Francom, is a licensed marriage and family therapist who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this, and will share common stressors in relationships (at any time of the year) and practical …
