Bri Scalesse; Anna Devere; Dr. Bradley Nelson; Dr. Michael Reed

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She advocates for disability representation in mediaand air travel rights for wheelchair users.
She's a viral social media influencer withhundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram and
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modeled for Google, Victoria's Secret,Nars, Sephora, ug Skims, Ramel
London, so many just to namea few, I could go on,
Maybolene, Tommy Hoole figure she shotwith almost everyone. Now she joins me
today She's gonna help me demystify thestigma's surrounding disabilities and advocate for wheelchair users
worldwide. We're chatting modeling, socialactivism, and navigating life in a wheldow

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chair with a super beautiful, talentedprize Galici. Welcome to the show,
Stanner, Thank you so much forhaving me. I'm so excited to be
here. This is amazing. Solet's jump right in, and we know
that about ten percent of the globalpopulation, it's about six hundred and fifty
million people have disabilities. And alsocurrently it's estimated that one hundred and thirty
two million people, it's about twopercent of the global population require a wheelchair.

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So these are big numbers. Asa prominent advocate for disability representation,
could you shed light on the currentstate of representation in media. Yeah,
So, to throw another statistic outthere, one in four people in the
US are considered disabled, but onlythree percent of characters on television are represented
and also in film as people withdisabilities, and even then sometimes it's not

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a disabled person playing the character.So representation since I was even a young
girl, I would say, hascome a long way. We're seeing a
lot more representation in the media,I would say, especially since the pandemic.
But I would say presentation is stillvery much lagging behind for people with
disabilities, and when we are represented, it's a lot of stereotypes and we're

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not represented kind of as our fullestselves. You're one hundred percent right there
was I was reading to prep forthis interview that the Annenberg School for Communication
and Journalism revealed that in the topone hundred films of twenty nineteen, only
two point three percent of the speakingcharacters were depicted with a disability, so
making the numbers even more narrow.Now we have twenty six million Americans aged

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five and older. They have selfreported travel limiting disabilities. That's like we're
talking about thirteen to fifteen million areaged eighteen to sixty five, and we
have over eleven million that are sixtyfive and older. So access is extremely,
extremely important. Could you share someinsights into the challenges faced by wheelchair

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users, particularly in air travel.Yes, so I would say access as
a whole is a challenge for wheelchairusers and disabled people, but particularly in
air travel, it's a major,major struggle. So twenty over twenty wheelchairs
are broken a day by airlines,and I think that people don't realize how

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essential a wheelchair is to a person, not just having a wheelchair, but
actually having your own wheelchair that's custommade for your body. It's like a
part of our body. So whenour wheelchairs are broken, it's extremely detrimental
to our physical health. There wasactually an incredible disabled activist who passed away
due to having her wheelchair broken,not being in her own wheelchair, and

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then having injuries due to that.So I've experienced having my own wheelchair broken
by airlines, and my best friendhas experienced it, and it is an
extremely frustrating time because it's like apart of your body is not with you.
So as well as our wheelchairs notbeing handled properly by airlines, we
also often a lot of us aren'table to use the bathroom on flights,

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so we are kind of portioning outour liquid intake and what we eat the
day before because we know we're notgoing to be able to use the air
plan's bathroom because they're not accessible towheelchair users. That's horrific. Yeah,
very frust to think that this iswhere we're at in the year twenty twenty
four. I know that you knowwe're big on surveys because that's the we

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can only go by statistics to addressthese issues and be socially active. But
the survey conducted by the Muscular DistrictAssociation found that, to your point,
fifty five percent of wheelchair users reportedexperiencing issues related to accessibility or damage when
traveling by air. So you knowthese numbers and probably these numbers are underreported

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if you ask me, because noteverybody's actually reporting this. Now, you've
been incredibly successful as a model fromvarious renowned brands. I named a whole
bunch of them in the intro.How do you think the fashion industry has
progressed in terms of inclusivity towards individualswith disabilities. Yeah, so when I
was little, the reason I wantedto become a model is because I didn't
see anyone who looked like me inmodeling and in the fashion space. And

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I would say it's definitely come along way since I was a little girl.
I think inclusivity really started to popoff after the pandemic, and we
really saw in twenty twenty one twentytwenty two a lot of inclusivity for people
with disabilities in major brands, butit is still mainly in the commercial space,
I would say, more so ratherthan the high fashion space. We're

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really not seeing any wheelchair users representedin the high fashion space. If ever,
it's one person on a runway aseason, which is really frustrating because
we're such a large part of thepopulation. So I really think fashion still
has a long way to go,but it's definitely gotten better. We're really
seeing ourselves represented in those commercial brands, so now we just have to see

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it more in the high fashion space. Yeah, baby steps, Baby steps.
The Fashion and the Beauty Monitor diversityreport found that in twenty twenty,
less than three percent of models featuredin fashion campaigns identified as having a disability.
But to your point, it marksan improvement from the previous years.
So it's a slow but steady increasein inclusivity efforts, and I think we
just have to keep at it,keep advocating. So can you discuss the

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impact of empowering young disabled women throughmodeling a dance. I know that's important
to you, Yes, So honestly, the core of everything that I do
is when I get a message froma young girl saying seeing you made me
feel beautiful in my wheelchair, orseeing you in that campaign made me feel
worthy. I think that when wedon't see versions of ourselves on screen and

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media in fashion, we don't knowwhere we fit. And I very much
felt like that as a young girl, and so it is incredibly important to
see versions of yourself so that youcan feel empowered. And I think that
that's at the core of the reasonof why I continue to do what I
do. And I think that particularlywith modeling, dance, acting, seeing

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yourself represented in those spaces is massivefor disabled people because, as we said,
we are so underrepresented without a doubt. And you know, if you
look at the psychological and emotional effectsof participation in physical activities like dance,
this significantly improves self esteem and bodyimage, specifically among people with individuals with

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disabilities like yourself. And a studypublished in the Journal of Reabiliitation Medicine found
that engaging in these activities that promoteself expression, like modeling exactly what you're
doing, enhances overall well being andsocial integration for individuals with disabilities. So
it's extremely important that you stick tothe roadmap that you set out for yourself,
because you're doing a fantastic job andyou made so many people proud of

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you. Now, social media,let's go back to that. You're an
influencer. You have hundreds of thousandsof followers on TikTok and on Instagram.
How has social media played a significantrole really in amplifying your advocacy efforts and
how do you think platforms like installand TikTok have helped and raise awareness about
disability rights. So I would saythat with social media we are kind of

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having control of our own narrative aspeople with disabilities. We get to show
who we truly are to the worldwithout any filtered narrative or lack of representation.
Also the communities that we can build. I've found such a beautiful community
through TikTok and through Instagram, andthat is so essential, especially when people
become new wheelchair users, to feelinglike they're not alone, to feeling like

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there is a purpose to keep living, to feeling like they can have a
beautiful life. I really didn't getto see that much when I was little,
so now I feel like with socialmedia there's such a power to seeing
women living their dreams, to seeingpeople living their dreams in wheelchairs. It's
definitely connected the community, and that'swhat social media is. It breeds the

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right community and if used properly,it's it's so so impactful and useful.
You have seventy percent of adults thatare aged between eighteen and thirty that are
on Instagram, and these platforms reallyjust provide such a vast audience for disability
advocates like yourself to share your storyand really educate others, because it's really
just about sharing your story, educatingand inspiring. That's all you could do,

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right, So this is extremely,extremely important. So I think that
social media definitely empowers individuals with disabilitiesby providing these very platforms for self representation
and community building and bonding. Really, so, what are some misconceptions people
have about navigating life in a wheelchair. I would say the most common misconception,

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unfortunately, is that it's not alife worth living and that it's not
a full life. And even asI'm going about my day outside in New
York City, I have people askingme questions about my life. Do I
am I able to live on myown? Do I have a job?
And I think that people don't understandhow absolutely amazing life can be with a

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disability. There's a lot of adaptionsthat have to happen when you first become
disabled, when you first become awheelchair user, But once you figure that
out, you are just as capableof living an amazing life as any other
person. So I would say thatis the biggest misconception, is that our
lives are not as valuable as anon disabled life. The fact of the

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matter is that you're one hundred percentaccurate because the survey conducted by Scope and
Scope is a ukse based disability It'sa UK based disability charity. Are you
ready? Sixty seven percent of respondentsfelt that the general public has a limited
understanding of the challenges faced by wheelchairusers. Now that's close to seventy percent.
What we're talking about right, feelthat no one understands what wheelchair users

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are going through. Now, ifyou go even one step further, they
revealed that stereotypes and misconceptions about disabilitieslead to social exclusion and discrimination. So
it's just one big vicious circle.And I always urge the public to educate
themselves and to stop the discrimination andto really lend their hand to social activism

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and inclusivity to demystify the stigmas surroundingexactly what we're talking about today. So
what do you hope to achieve throughyour advocacy work in the future and how
can individuals support your efforts. Ithink, through my advocacy, through my
modeling, I hope to not onlyimprove the representation of people with disabilities,
but help shift those stereotypes, helpshift those narratives so that people can see

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that we are just as worthy aseveryone else. People can support that by
following my social media and also byI think, just educating themselves on the
way that disabled people live, ourlives, on all of these statistics that
we're talking about, and understanding thatwe are a huge part of the population.
Well, that is the end ofthis fabulous interview. I could talk

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to you forever. You are soamazing and transparent and I loved chatting with
you today. Thank you so muchfor having me. The tests we face
in life's journey are not to revealour weaknesses, but to help us discover
our inner strengths. We can onlyknow how strong we are when we strive
and thrive beyond the challenges we face, and all the energy in the universe
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potential. Segment brought to you byThe Wellness Way. Today, we're joined
by contributor, podcaster and host AnnaDevere. Today she's joined by veteran holistic

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physician, doctor Bradley Nelson, oneof the world's foremost experts on natural methods
of achieving wellness. He's an internationaltrainer, speaker, the author of best
selling books The Motion Code and TheBody Code, Unlocking your Body's ability to
heal itself. He's also the founderand CEO of Discover Healing, a holistic

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education platform that provides training and certifiespractitioners worldwide. They're going to join me
today to chat all about holistic healingthe power of energy and his Emotion Code
method. Welcome me. Now tothe show are my dear friends, doctor
Bradley Nelson and Anna Devere. Welcome, superstars. Hey, thanks driving me
on. Great to be here,Great to have you. Okay, let's
jump right in. So doctor Nelson, taking a look back to my understanding.

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As a child, you suffered twolife threatening illnesses and while they were
healed, it was not done withtraditional Western medicine, but rather by separating
alternative methods that tap into the powerof energy. Quite fascinating stuff, and
it was these experiences that are reallyat the root of your journey and ultimately
shaped your life moving forward. Nowyou're the creator of the emotion code and

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the body code and have spoken andwritten extensively on these topics. For our
audience members who are unfamiliar with theemotion code and the body code, how
does your modality work? Well,essentially, if you think about the emotional
experiences that you have had in yourlife, you know, we've all hit
emotional highs, we've hit emotional lows, and it's the emotional lows that tend

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to create long lasting effects for us. And what we now are understanding is
that those times and when you usedto cry yourself to sleep as a child,
or listening to your parents argue,or having someone in your life that
passes away, or relationships that breakup, or your parents divorce or your
own divorces, things like that.All that emotional energy that you have experienced

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in your life can be still withyou in the form of what you might
call emotional baggage. It literally isthe energy of those emotions that becomes trapped
in the body. Quantum physicists understandthis because the body is an energy field.
We're made of pure energy. Ifyou look at your hand, that
looks solid, but if you zoomin on your hand with a big enough
microscope, you see it's just madeof energy. Ultimately, looking at an

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atom, you know it's just madeof energy. So when you develop a
trapped emotion, what's happening is you'vegone through some emotional experience that's been a
little bit too much for you totake, or you've decided not to feel
that emotion. You've decided to stuffthat emotion, and so it hasn't expressed.
And so what happens is these emotionalenergies can result in physical pain later

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on in life. They're an underlyingcause of things like depression, and anxiety
and phobias and panic attacks and PTSDand eating disorders. They're also an underlying
cause of every disease process that we'veseen now in thirty five years of doing
this around the world. So it'ssomething that people need to know about.

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It's all interconnected and it's interesting becauseyou've created this incredible roadmap for those seeking
a path to healing, and you'redefinitely set to continue changing lives. In
fact, according to it's served bythe National Institute of Health, nearly one
out of three people in the USare seeking holistic health care solutions. So
you definitely have an audience of peopleeager to learn from you. Now,

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Anna, I know you have someexperience with this modality. I'd love to
hear your story and how it factoredinto your life. Well. I was
introduced to the emotion code a longtime ago, about a decade ago,
and it was in relation to adoptinga child and someone said to me,
you know, the history of thatchild's unknown. You might want to check
this out. And I kept thatat in the back of my mind because

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when you adopt a baby, youknow, you don't really see that.
So flash forward, my niece washaving a really difficult time and developed symptoms
over the course of a year anda half that were debilitating. I will
tell you her parents and family memberswere traditional doctors, and we were looking
at this for her to a veryfrustrating degree because everyone's trying to problem solve

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this poor girl, and she'd becameskeletal in weight, couldn't leave her home,
couldn't attend college. And I finally, you know, because everyone's a
doctor, I don't want to weighin on this, really, you know,
everybody's got a strong opinion. Andof course it's emotional because it's a
child. But I suggested to hermom, I think it's I think you
should take a look at the emotioncode, and very quickly that worked for

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her. Today the woman has youknow, is married, has a child,
and we really thought we were goingto lose her. So to me,
that was the biggest testimony of whatthe power of the emotion code actually
was. That's fascinating, doctor Nelson. This must warm your heart. And
now you've been talking about the emotioncode is a powerful yet simple way to
rid yourself of this unseen emotional baggagethat we've been talking about, and your

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method really does give individuals the toolsto identify and release these trapped emotions and
open the heart and body to thepositive energies of the world, so to
speak. Because to your point,as you just eloquently put, we all
know that trapped emotions left untouched willfester in our life psychologically and linger on
to further create physical problems. Nowfocusing on the mental aspect of this,

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we know that there are millions ofpeople in the US affected by mental illness
each year, and the CDC hasreported one in five US adults live with
a mental illness. Fifty percent ofall lifetime mental illnesses also begin by the
age of fourteen, so clearly peopleare in need. How does the Emotion
code complement traditional mental health therapies andwhere does it diverge. Well, you

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know, the interesting thing about itis that with the Emotion Code, what
we're doing is we're actually using thesubconscious mind, which has all the information
about what's going on with the personand what emotional baggage they have. And
what we're teaching people is how tocommunicate with that internal computer that has all
the answers, and so we're ableto find the energies of those emotions that
are trapped in the body. Sothe emotion code is completely different from any

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other kind of cognitive therapy or reallyany other kind of mental therapy, because
what we're doing is we're treating thebody as an energy field and finding these
emotional energies that are invisible, thatare trapped in the body. And I
mean, I can't tell you howmany times people have said to me,
Gee, I thought I dealt withall that, you know, I went

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to therapy for that. I can'tbelieve that's still showing up. Well.
Emotional energies are not released by traditionaltherapies. So you may have a trapped
emotion of anger or resentment or frustrationor grief in your body that is affecting
you physically, mentally, emotionally,and you can go to traditional therapies,
but it's not going to release thatenergy. Emotion code is how we can
find and release that energy, andthen that alone can make an enormous change.

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Not to say that cognitive type therapiesaren't all so definitely beneficial, but
sometimes just releasing that emotional baggage isthe biggest piece of the puzzle that's often
missed. So Anna, I'm gonnapivot here because I want to go back
to your niece. But you witnessthis firsthand, So in your opinion,
how do you weigh in on thereasons for the success of this treatment versus

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other treatments. Well, because Isaw such bright minds trying to solve it,
and so many different mobalities thrown fromEastern to Western, I think I
want to just say in dovetail whatdoctor Nelson says. It comes down to
conscious versus subconscious. And some ofthe most powerful tools in traditional therapy can
be cognitive behavioral therapy because it allowsthe person to weigh in. But what

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doctor Nelson is saying is that youcan get to the invisible root cause.
And I know for my niece,you know it was painful for her to
think the tool was in her hand, but once it clicked, I mean,
we're tapping the subconscious versus the consciousbrain because there's wisdom in that subconsciousness
that allows her to be part ofthe process. So if that makes sense,
and that to me is the keyto any modality shifting a patient is

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when they are really a part ofthe equation, there's really their wisdom and
their body that's inherently part of thesolution. That's why I think it worked
well, Doctor Nelson, You've turnedan a deverr into a believer. She
could be on your PR team now. Doctor. Just as any other wellness
or healthcare field, there are alwaysskeptics, right, So looking back at

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your journey, what's the most commonskepticism you've encountered about your work and how
do you address it? Well,the most common skepticism really has been that
it can't possibly be this simple.It can't possibly be this easy. It's
got to be more complicated because we'reused to things being complicated. But the
reality of it is, you know, Albert Einstein many many years ago said

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the medicine of the future will bethe medicine of frequencies. No one had
any idea what he was talking aboutat the time, But now here we
are in twenty twenty four, andwe're finally beginning to realize, Oh,
the medicine frequencies looks like this.Treating the body as an energy field is
it's completely different from western medicine,from pharmaceutical medicine, no surgery involved.

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But these bodies are pure energy,that's what we are, and we're finally
waking up to that. And whenyou actually address the body as an energy
field, which is essentially what we'redoing with the emotion code, and when
we're talking to the internal computer withthe subconscious mind within each one of us
that is essentially a binary computer,it's easy to get answers. The subconscious

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mind is very willing to give thoseanswers, and that's what we teach people
how to do with the emotion code. So you can do it yourself.
You can find your own emotional baggage. Other people can help you. We
have certified thirteen thousand practitioners around theworld, and so yeah, it actually
is really easy. But that isthe biggest skepticism that people have. But
once they try it and they realize, oh my gosh, you know dad's
back, pain's gone, Or mysister finally got pregnant and had a baby

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when she tried in vitro for tenyears, it's the kind of thing that
happens. Well, it's clear theseskeptics have something to learn, because your
book received worldwide acclaim and best sellingsuccess, and it's filled with countless real
life examples of self healing with yourmethod from your many years of clinical practice,
and to Anna's very powerful testimonial withher niece, you know, seeing

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is believing. Now, Anna,how is working with the Emotion Code change
your perspective on energy healing? SoI kind of wanted to dive in on
the scientific side. I actually wentto school for massage and body work.
I loved learning about anatomy and theyou know, the mindmighty connection, of
course has always talked about. ButI really credit the Emotion Code and books
like the Emotion Code for kind ofpushing me into a lifelong learning situation.

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And then in my own experience,as the world has caught up to doctor
Nelson's theories, and you know,there's platforms like Guya TV that talk about
every kind of modality, it's likethe world finally caught up so that doctor
Nelson's not in the weeds proving thatthe energy it even matters. In the
field of quantum physics proves that outas well. But I'm just excited now
that he can push the frontier evenfurther because seeing is believing, and having

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put my hand on a lot ofbodies, it's really amazing to me that
now people are widely accepting energy medicine. I know it from my experience and
not just for my niece's. Youknow, treatment, things always come full
circle, don't they. Yeah,Now, doctor Nelson, For those out
there listening who are interested in startingthe self healing journey, what are the
most important first steps? Well,you know, getting a copy of the

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Emotion Code for yourself is a greatway to go. It's available on audible,
so if you like to listen,you can listen to it. It's
available anywhere books are sold. It'san easy book. It's not difficult.
Even though we're talking about principles ofquantum physics and things like that. We're
talking to it on about a fourthgrade level, and so you know,
anybody can read this book and understandit. In fact, kids can read

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this book and are reading the bookand are having success working with their friends
and family members and so on.So that's a very exciting thing. By
the way, this also works onanimals. We now know that animals develop
emotional baggage and the biggest cause oftheir behavioral and physical issues. Also,
just like for human beings, seemsto be emotional baggage, and so you

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can learn how to work on youranimals too. And there's no placebo effect
there. So having at work withanimals is a great proof that it's real.
Caesar Million, here we come.The dog whispers is right, is
coming to compete with you. Sowhat don't you do doctor Nelson? Now,
before we wrap up Anna any Discoveryour Potential takeaways, I would just

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like to say for you know,I'm a big advocate for people discovering their
potential. And what I'm so proudof to highlight doctor Nelson today is that
his approach is the same. Youcan literally buy a book and change your
life. I don't say that veryoften, so please understand. We want
you to not just reach the pointwhere you're treating symptoms in your life.
Take a look at your life.What do you want more of? See

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what's out there for you, andin order to discover your true potential,
get past some of these emotional blocks. I guarantee you'll find an interesting and
fascinating journey if you follow the emotioncode in your life. Very well said,
you just found your co author,doctor Nelson. I'm so excited.
Thank you, thank you, You'reawesome. Well that's to wrap my dear

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Then Zam's up in just a fewminutes and are going deep segment brought to
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skilled cos gynecologist who is passionate abouthelping women feel confident and revitalized. With
over twenty two years of experience inwomen's health, he's dedicated his career to
mastering cosmetic iecology and staying current onadvancements in the field. He takes a
holistic approach to patient care, combiningnon invasive methodologies with hormal therapies and surgical

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procedures to deliver thorough and personalized care. His patients include Hollywood A List celebrities,
foreign royalty, working mamas, andsingle women, all seeking awareness,
options, and a solution to improvetheir health and revitalize their sex lives.
As a board certified OBGYN, doctorReid truly understands the anatomical inchipacies of genital

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plastic surgery, and he has anaesthetic eye for creating beautiful, natural looking
results. Who wouldn't want that now? Sex and sexuality are part of life
clearly aside from reproduction. Sex canbe about intimacy and pleasure, as it
should be. Sexual activity offers somany surprising benefits, and sexual health is
more than just avoiding diseases and unplannedpregnancies. It's also about recognizing that sex

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is such an important part of yourlife today. He joins me to demystify
sexual shame and talk openly about women'shealth and wellness. Chatting about the health
benefits of sexual pleasure how to maximizecelebration of self and the many proprietary benefits
of carbon dioxide therapy for vaginal rejuvenation. That's right in furtit trending her boxy

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therapy. Welcoming out to the showis my expert on the microphone, Doctor
Michael Reid. Welcome, superstar,hey man, that was amazing. Let's
dive right in now. We mightnot all want to admit it, but
most of us have a preferred wordfor vagina. Of course, I'm all
for those who prefer to solely usethe correct anatomical term, but vigimina nicknames

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are in fact here to stay,and a lot of them are quite funny,
and really life is boring when it'snot spen having a bit of laughter
over turns like Ladygarden. Right,so, doctor Reid, what are the
top names that you have heard womenrefer to their vagina. I've heard all
kinds of names, you know,We've here cookie box, muff muff my

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down below. But the crazy thingis, why aren't we using vagina and
volva? I can't even use iton the internet. If I try to
share and educate using appropriate terms sothat we can get rid of the shame
behind the word vagina and volva.I'm immediately shadow band. So the important
thing that our audience needs to knowis, Hey, we need to fight

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for the fact that I can usethe word penis on Internet and Instagram,
but I can't use the word vaginaand volva, and that's where the real
problem is. I couldn't agree more. We're at the beginning of redressing the
wrongs and misinformation around this neglected organ, but so much more work has to
be done. In twenty twenty two, a study by gynecologists at the University

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of Manchester, England, found thatless than ten percent of women could accurately
label female genitalia like the glitterist iseven more taboo than the vagina and arguably
the most neglected human organ by medicine. It's still inadequately depicted in most medical
textbooks and barely touched upon in medicaltraining, and this is a very serious
problem. To your point, womenhave been injured by this lack of knowledge

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through botch reconstruction surgeries, antien continentprocedures such tears and repairs involve victimies.
So this is something that we haveto address. But going back to addressing
the misinformation and the uneducation of themedical community. Why do you think there's
shame and embarrassment in the word sexand vagina? Is it cultural? It's
a societal thing. I mean,you got to think about the United States

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is obsessed with sex. We areobsessed, but we want to act as
though we don't want to talk aboutit. You know, you like my
private parts, well, what aboutmy personal parts? Sexual desire in itself
is a need, not a want. It's a need. It's a human
need. And I think today intoday's society that shame is carrying over and

(36:16):
it's affecting women and their ability tofully experience their sex life equally as men
do. I mean, women arekind of have been left behind. It's
kind of like they've been sitting ona shelf. And after you deliver babies,
nothing else matters. Whatever longevity youhave in regards to your vulva and

(36:39):
vagina, that's all you get.And so I personally feel that it's a
human need and why there is shame. We have to eliminate it. We
have to eliminate it. One ofthe things you were talking about was education.
How can we educate women and getthem to educate them quickly. I'll
give you one quick thing that wouldeducate women quicker than anything else. If

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I could get every obgyn when theydo an exam to provide the patient with
a handheld mirror and point out,this is your clitterist, this is the
labya manora, this is the labyof majure. This is where your problem
is coming from. Let me openthe speculum and show you what we have
going on. Now, if youdid that, we're going to begin to
change the landscape as it means forwomen in the United States and in the

(37:30):
world. But that was a littleoff. But that's kind of a little
bit of a reason why I feelthat the shame still exists. What you
said is so important and that pieceof audio right there should be re shared.
You are one hundred percent right,And it begins with knowing your own
body and being knowledgeable of your differentgenitalia, of the different areas within,

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and really understanding that in knowledge ispower. Now, what are the different
requests you're seeing in your practice?Surgically? I see all kinds of requests.
I mean, I see nonsurgic request, I see surgical requests. I
see everything. But I think theimportant thing that women need to understand as
far as what are they really requesting? I often try to figure out what
is the unproposed question what they're sayingto me When they say, oh,

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I want to be a little bittighter, what they're really saying to me
is I want to feel my partneragain. I want to have intimate moments
with my partner again. I wantto feel love. I want to give
love. So we're treating a wholenumber of things. So it's not necessarily
the procedures that we do. It'sfinding the right position that does these procedures

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because we're cosmetic gynecologists. Cosmetic gynecologistsare board certified obgyns who have gone out
to get extra training to address themodern day concerns of women. What are
the modern day concerns of women?Well, I'll tell you this much.
When it comes to women's sexuality,it's been set on a bookshelf and hasn't

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been in touch since twenty twenty maybewhen the last time I've heard a patient
being asked, how are your orgasms? How are you feeling? Do you
feel as though you can have intercoursethe way that you would like to.
So we are addressing the unproposed questionsthat women want the answers to. And

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so as far as procedures, we'redoing whatever it takes to address the modern
day concerns of women. That's theprocedures that I personally try to achieve amen
to that. Now, what categoryof women seek your services? I mean,
is it Do you see more regularwomen, models, actresses, porn

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stars? Curious to know? Alsowhat the median age of your patients.
The women that I see are womenwho have said, you know what,
sex is not a want, it'sa need. It is something that I
desire, is something that I wantto improve upon, and it's something that
I'm supposed to have because I'm ableto thrive because I'm able to have enjoyable

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intimacy. So if that's the patientI see, I'm seeing celebrities, I'm
seeing porn stars, I'm seeing soccermoms, I'm seeing my Davis community moms.
I see all women, because allwomen are deserving of this right.
And so what I really want toget out is not necessarily Okay, come
see me and take care of me. What we want to do is change

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the landscape for women so that theycan go anywhere they want in the United
States or world and have their modernday concerns addressed. That's the woman I
se which currently they're not being addressed. Now we'll go back to one of
my favorite products that is sponsoring thesegment s two lift V now two lifts
V. It lifts, it,hydrates or juvenates in just three applications.

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I'm a huge fan. Helps tightenand lifts it all basically using carbon dioxide.
It's so simple. I gave ita shot and I found that it
enhanced theircus down there, undoubtedly byrushing this oxygen rich blood to tissue as
described and you can actually feel it. This is very regenerating and you can
actually see the transition over the courseof the month. It improves sensitivity and

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lubrication. This was my experience.Now, you're a well known cosmetic chronecologist
all about vaginal rejuvenation. How doyou feel about carboxy therapy for the vagina
and what are the best use casesfor the vaginal treatment. Carboxy therapy is
a game changer. I first encounteredit in my travels to the Philippines,

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Jamaica, India and the Middle East. Is something that's been used in other
countries, but usually as given asa gas. When I found out you
could do carboxy therapy as a jailin the privacy of your own home,
I had to learn more about it. And when I began to learn more
about it in terms of the jailapplication, I was pleasantly surprised. Most

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of the patients that I use thiscree want to fall into one of a
few categories. Number one is thewoman who comes in with her husband and
she's saying, I can't have intercourse. He can't touch me. It hurts,
it's almost like it's weeping, andI try to examine her. There's
no possible way to examine her.But yet I have carboxy therapy which she

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would be able to apply, andI have her apply this specifically. It's
really easy. You just mix onebig pack with a little pack, mix
it together, put it on thevulva, put it in the vulvat,
and go to sleep, wake upthe next day and wash it off.
I have them do this for tendays, and when they come into the
office, I am now able todo a thorough examination. I'm able to

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put that mirror that we talked aboutin front of them so that she can
see and understand her anatomy and understandthe process processes that are occurring. So
that's one case, and we callthat gentle urinary syndrome of menopause. Another
case that I use car box therapyis patients that are suffering from li Liken
scurosis. This is an autoimmune disease. This is a disease we really don't

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completely understand. But it causes terribleitching, It can cause discomfort, It
can make orgasms difficult to achieve.It can make it such that you can't
be intimate even personally or even withyour partner. And so we're stuck in
the same situation. But carboxy therapycan really help because it improves the collagen,

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the elastic and new blood vessel growth, which then increases the integrity and
the resiliency of the vagina and alsoallows me to continue treatment. Lastly,
the person that I use this onis the patient who has come to me
and said and says, you know, I wanted a labiaplasty, and I
took the brave jump. I wentagainst society and said I'm going to do

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this. They do this, anda poorly executed labiaplasty is performed by another
surgeon. They come to me andI'm able to do a procedure in which
I'm able to fashion new labia fromwhen there were none before. And so
the healing properties of CO two liftare remarkable. So they get a five

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day treatment. So I have apatient reach coming in very soon where we'll
do five days solid treatment of COtwo lift V to help with healing.
So the places that I use itare healing liking scurosis, gentitle urinary syndrome
of menopause. But when you thinkof all of those things we are helping
women. We are helping the modernday women by having this tool CO two

(44:38):
left V. This is a newtool that wasn't present before but is now
present today. And this is alongthe same things that we need to teach
all gynecologists about. Not just Godsold, have me sold. This is
a miracle product. The explanation youjust gave on liken sclerosis, which to

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your point is such an inflammatory conditionthat you know is not very well understood,
the fact that this could mitigate thepain and the discomfort associated with like
in sclerosis, seems very very proprietaryand sustainable. Now let's talk about the
benefits. We about two minutes left. The benefits of having consistent sex.

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So for starters, pleasure and bettersleep as your body releases oxytocin also called
the love or intimacy hormone, andendorphins during an orgasm, and the combination
of these hormones act a sedation.But really, how important is intimacy in
a relationship? From your perspective,intimacy is very important to a relationship.
There's a triangle of love that Ithink that there's an important triangle that needs

(45:47):
to be in place. At thetop of that triangle is love. To
the right of that triangle is sex, and to the left is romance.
Yes, and it's sex is important. If you don't understand it, we
need to educate you. But again, sex is not a want, it's
a need. And so to havethe intimacy and to be closer is why.

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The easiest way to say it isif you can be in a relationship
where you respect love, romance andsex, you can experience a slice of
heaven here on earth. You shouldwrite a book and coin that hallmark right
there, That was the hallmark moment. Doctor read now it's true. In
a study of immunity. Listen tohow spot on you are. In a

(46:32):
study of immunity in people in romanticrelationships, people who had frequent sex one
to two times a week had morethan one of glubin aiga in their saliva,
and people who had infrequent sex lessthan once a week had significantly less
IgA. And IG is the antibodythat plays a role in preventing illnesses and

(46:52):
is the first line of defense againsthuman papoloma virus. Right, so it's
all correlated. Now, what's theaverage cost? Very quickly, like I
said, about a minute left,and then we have the I would nevers,
But what is the average cost ofa vaginal rejuvenation in office procedure these
days? Well, so that's adifficult See every procedure I do is in
office under local anesthesia. I cantighten, I can do everything. I

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can do nine evasive surgical procedures COtwo lyft V. So the price could
be from eighteen hundred to one hundredthousand. I don't know whatever it is
that it takes for you to eliminatethat cognitive dissatisfaction is what it is.

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There are solutions as little as eighteenhundred dollars, ladies, that's right,
not too low, but yeah,we can get you in there. Yeah,
listen, for the cost of threebotox sessions, you can have a
very very looking for JJ. Now, as a cosmetic kynecologist, let's do
this. I would never please listthree things. I would never get a

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labiaplast done in the hospital under myinsurance, in the hospital by an undertrained
or poorly trained physician. That's oneI wouldn't do. Yes, yes.
The second thing is I would runaway from any physician that told me that
I couldn't use vaginal estra dial.Vaginal estra dioll is safe for those breast

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cancer survivors, uterine cancer survivors,and vaginal estra dial can help prevent UTIs
vaginal dryness. So any doctor tellsyou no, you can't use that,
they're not savvy. I'd run fromthat one as well. Lastly, the
person I would run from is thephysician who is trying to sell you something.

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We're not trying to sell anybody anything. We're not Charlatan's. We are
physicians who are listening to the modernday concerns of women. We want to
change the landscape for women, Sofind the physician who will listen to your
concerns, willing to ask questions andwilling to find solutions. That's all I

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got. That's everything. Well,we are out of time officially, my
dear friend, thank you so muchfor such a transparent, informative and all
around great, great educational interview.You are amazing. Thank you very much.
That was our going deep segment broughtto you by Co two Lift,
and that was the amazing doctor MichaelReid, also known as the Cosmetic Gyn.

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