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Leonardo. He's the founder of LeonardoMedicine. He's an American Board of Niessiology
diplomat and a chronic pain management specialistsin Ontario, Canada. He offers services
in esthetic medicine, regenerative medicine,sexual health and anti aging. He's interestingly
enough, a pioneer in the fieldof sexual medicine and pioneered his own penile

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augmentation protocol. He's going to joinme today to chat pnyle and male rejuvenation,
carboxy therapy for the skin down there, and how he's one of the
first medical pioneers to use CO twolift to minimize likened sclerosis. In our
Hydration with Heart segment, brought toyou by Once Upon a Coconut, We're
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a prominent woman's wellness company. Amyis not only a sucessful businesswoman, but
is also a loving mama to sixchildren, one of whom has Down syndrome.
She's here to shed some light andeducate us on the misconceptions surrounding down
syndrome, the importance of inclusion,and how Pink Stork is revolutionizing the female
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Welcome back, beautiful Tri State area. You're listening to a moment of
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iHeartRadio. I'm your host, Zen. Sam's up next in our Going Deep

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segment, We're featuring doctor John Leonardo. He's the founder of Leonardo Medicine.
He's an American Board of Anesthesiology diplomatand a chronic pain management specialist in Ontario,
Canada. He offers services in aestheticmedicine, regenerative medicine, sexual health
and anti aging. He's a pioneerin the field of sexual medicine. Having

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pie near his own penile augmentation protocoltoday he joins me to chat penile and
male rejuvenation, carboxy therapy for theskin down there and how. He's one
of the first medical pioneers to useCOO two lift to help minimize and treat
symptoms and effects associated with likens sclerosis, which is a chronic inflammatory condition occurring

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in the general area causing pigmentation,discoloration, dryness, and a ton of
discomfort. Welcoming now to the showis the awesome doctor John Leonardo. Welcome,
superstar, Hi Zed, thanks forhaving me. Thank you so much
for coming on, my fellow Canadian. That's fantastic. Eh, there you
got Hey, no pun intended.Now let's chat global pain management. So

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global pain management market was estimated atapproximately eighty one billion dollars with a capital
B in twenty twenty two. DoctorLeonardo, can you tell us about your
journey into the field of an anestheticmedicine and what inspires you to specialize in
chronic pain management. Sure, tenyears ago, I would never have i'd
be in this position right now.My background is in anesthesiology and the doors

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open the way that they did,and I found myself into chronic pain management.
It's a specialization of anesthesiology where Iperformed or blocks join injections at epidurals
and these are the tools that wecan use to manage pain successfully. It
was through chronic pain management that wediscovered the use of PRP to help with

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injuries to help them heal, andwe also found out that it helps treat
erecta dysfunctionion, it can regenerate airgrowth and it can make for a youthful
skit. That's everything that America issuffering with. Now, now let's chat
men's health, which is the mostcommon. The most common problem in men's
overall sexual health is irrectile dysfunction anderectile dysfunction otherwise known as EG or impedance

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for those listening out there are mydear friends. It's when a man can't
get or keep an erection firm enoughfor sex. And this condition is very
common and affects fifty percent of Americanmen over the age of forty and ED
is mainly caused by blood flow problemssuch as high blood pressure or vascular disease,
which are which are very common amongaging men. Now, as a

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pioneer in sexual medicine, doctor Leonardo, can you elaborate on the significance having
pioneered your own pnile augmentation protocol andwhat makes it a unique solution for male
augmentation and how have these really trendsfor sexual health changed over the last few
years. Sure, so you touchedon a couple of different things. For
one thing, erecta dysfunction and thenalso penal augmentation. They're completely different things.

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But sometimes one can lend to theother in terms of ed what you
described is correct. Sometimes it's amatter of just improving the blood flow,
and we have certain techniques that wecan use to do that, particularly with
PRP in the p shot. Oncewe improve circulation, sometimes we have bigger,
stronger erections. From there, wecan actually augment the penis with filler.

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It's plumping. Just like we plumpthe lips with filler. We can
use a bunch of filler for thepenis to get improve thickness and growth.
That's fascinating. Okay, now youcaught me off guard. I had no
idea that men are using fillers intheir penises. That's fantastic that fillers have
come such a long way, andwhen you talk about it, it makes
total sense. Now with your trademarks, growths and scrotos are trademarks in Canada.

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They have quite conteresting names. Whatare these treatments and how do they
contribute to P and L rejuvenation?Sure so growtox I named it as such
because I wanted something descriptive. It'sessentially botox for growers, botoxes, batchel
Ainum, toxin. They're different brands, just like coke and pepsi. There's

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botox zm in and also disport,but I think everyone's more familiar with botox,
so botox for growers, it addressesfrankage. We're all familiar with the
Seinfeld episode with virg Castanza found handsdown after having been in cold water,
and it was a point of embarrassmentfor him, just like a lot of
guys out there. And there werepapers out there that demonstrate it improved blood

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flow to the penis with botox injections, and I figured, you know what,
there's a muscle that controls shrinkage forthe penis, and maybe we can
use the boatox to relax the penis. And that's what I've done in growtox.
So it helps improve circulation for bettererections, and then it also addresses
shrinkage and it's actually a good treatmentfor premature ejaculation as well. Now scrowtos

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that's been in the esthetic vernacula forages. I didn't invent it, so
in the United States ended up trademarkingit, and I figured, you know,
I'm going to trademark it in Canadabecause I want use of this term
as well. And again it's descriptive. It is botox for the scro dup
and just like the penis, alot of guys experienced retraction of the scrotum

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and sometimes it's so severe that it'sreally uncomfortable in certain situations. So we
use it to relax the scrotum sothat the testes hang a little bit lower.
What does it have to do withpiano augmentation. Absolutely nothing. It's
just kind of an add on.If we're rejuvenating the genitalia, we're not
going to miss the scrotum as well. And sometimes it could add to the

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fun in the bedroom since the testeswill descend a little bit and they're now
no longer tucked in the background,and they get some attention and love too.
I love it. All parts ofthe body should get all kinds of
attention and love, especially during sex. Now you offer services in regenerative medicine,
which is a field of medicine thatutilizes the power of platelets and growth

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factors and stem cells to regenerate andrepair various tissue injuries, tendinitis, ligament
sprains, cartilage damage, partial muscletearis. I mean, the list goes
on and on. This practice canalso be applied for other purposes promote growth
of youthful skin, stimulate hairy growth, and treat of course to what we've
just been talking about. Ed,could you explain though, how specifically carboxy

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therapy CO two lift and its rolein skincare rejuvenation and how does this technique
improve the condition of the skin,particularly the skin down there. Sure,
carboxy therapy was traditionally an injection techniquewhere you injected THEO two underneath the skin.
The body's response is to vasodilate,meaning that the blood vessels open up

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and deliver more oxygen blood so thatyou have improved hydration and moisture. Now,
CO two lift PRO and CO twolift V are an amazing invention because
it is a transdermal form of carboxytherapy, meaning no needles. You can
use these products at home to rejuvenatethe skin on your face. And cootwo

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left V is for the vagina,all right, but we can apply CO
to lift pro anywhere else on thebody. And in terms of the male
genitalia, I conducted small study wherewe applied it to the penis and it
worked magic. We were able toimprove erections in a lot of our subjects,

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and it's magic on erectile tissue,particularly the nipples, the glans,
penis, or even the clutterists.We improve circulation there, we're going to
improve sensitivity. And then also it'sa skin treatment, and sex is basically
skin on skin contact, so thatif you have nice, supple skin that
is soft, it's magic. Byfar, that's been single handedly the best

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endorsement of carboxy therapy and SOO twolift. And I've had I mean a
dozen surgeons on but this was sucha good explanation. And you're right,
skin on skin that you said atall, that's the root of what we're
talking about here when we're talking aboutrejuvenation, any skin that we're rejuvenating.
Now, when I tried CO twolift V, I immediately saw a difference.

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And I'm not by any means preventa puzzle or you know, need
help down there. But guess what, I didn't realize I needed help down
there until I tried it. Imean, in just three applications, tightened,
lifted everything, and it was simple. I felt my circulation in Hence,
I mean when we talk about rushingoxygen rich blood to tissue and regenerating

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those cells to improve sensitivity and lubrication. You know, you read that and
you're like, oh, sounds right, but then it actually feels so soothing.
So yeah, to your point,I echo what you're saying. Now,
feel like we've been talking about sensitivity, urinary incontinence, mild laxity of
the vagina and labia as well aswhat we've been talking about earlier. So

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like in sclerosis, which is arare skin disease that causes itchy and painful
patches of thin, white, wrinkledlooking skin. In fact, in women,
these may occur in the vulva andaround the anus. Perhaps in men,
basic research will show that it typicallyaffects the head of the penis.
Now you've mentioned the use of COEOtwo lift to minimize and treat symptoms of

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likensco roses. Can you describe thetreatment process and its effectiveness and can you
shed some light on its prevalence andimportance of addressing these specific symptoms. I
mean, lichen is not very common. Sure, the prevalence is anywhere from
one in one thousand to one andthree hundred, so it's rare. But
as a practitioner, you may seepatients and it's very tough to address.

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Typically treatment involves using the use ofsome kind of topical steroid and it can
be beneficial in terms of its antiinflammatory effect, but sometimes it can really
thin out the skin, cause ulcerations, and you can develop all sorts of
other problems with that. So withCO two lift, it's particularly cotwo V
for the vagina. It's the skintreatment. Okay, it's going to reprove

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the quality of the skin. Italso has very powerful anti inflammatory properties,
so it's it's perfect. I've hadabout three patients and want to occur.
The CEO of Lumisque, the pairof company ay of CO two Lift,
she allowed me to conduct a studyon these three women. They all presented

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with mild to moderate likens sclerosis andat the time we advised them to take
ten treatments, one treatment a dayon a daily basis for ten days,
and I found out that all threewomen just stopped at about five or six
treatments. I was like, whydid you do the full treatment? And

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they all said that their symptoms weremuch more mild and a lot of the
likens sclerosis had cleared up and theywanted to save the treatments for later.
So Yeah, that was kind ofunexpected because these were the first patients that
ever tried THEO two lift V fortheir likens sclerosis. We got fantastic.

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This warms my heart and I loveit that it's being researched on the medical
side and documented, because it's reallytruly the end of the day clinically,
even clinically researched. Our keywords thata lot of practitioners are looking at.
Now, what would you say,what demographic of men are coming in for
sexual enhancement procedures and what are themost common contributing factors. So I've been

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treating ed now for about seven eightyears, particularly with the pea shot,
and at the time, I wasgetting patients from the forties to sixties or
so, and we used pea shotto improve their circulation and they benefited from
that. And then ever since Istarted incorporating more esthetic procedures in terms of
augmentation, we've been getting younger patients, maybe guys in their late twenties and

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thirties, and then also up tothe sixty year old because if your guy,
you know, of course you wanta bigger penis if you can,
if you had the opportunity to dothat unless you're incredibly large and you know
it's unnecessary at that point. Butfor the most part, it's you know,
guys that you know take care ofthemselves, they go to the gym,

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they work out, they take careof themselves, and you know that's
another area that they don't want toignore. Well, we are out of
time. Thank you so much fora very thorough, transparent and expert conversation.
That was fantastic and I'm sure lotsof men got tons of information.
So going into twenty twenty four,gentlemen, if you're thinking of penal rejuvenation,

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any kind of enhancement down there,you definitely have to check out what's
fucker John Leonardo, thank you foryour insight, my friend, Thank you
for having me. Absolutely that wasour going deep segment. That was doctor
John Leonardo. He's the president ofLeonardo Medicine. He is an American Board
of Anesthesiology diplomat and a chronic painmanagement specialist in Ontario, Canada. He

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does maintain a quite busy practice.He's going to be here in New York
City in the Q two of twentytwenty four, probably offering services and aesthetic
medicine regenerative medicine, sexual health andanti aging. That was our Going Deep
segment brought to you by COEO two. You're listening to a moment of Zen
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Once spawn a Coconut. Today we'refeaturing Amy Suzanne up Church, founder and
CEO of Pink Stork, the prominentwoman's wellness company. Amy is not only
a successful businesswoman, but also aloving mama to six children, one of
whom has Down syndrome. Now,her personal journey has driven her to become
a passionate advocate for individuals with downsyndrome. In addition to running pink stork

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Amy's dea dedicated to supporting advocacy workwithin the Down community. A significant portion
of pink Stork's proceeds goes towards empoweringand improving the lives of those with Down
syndrome. Now Down syndrome, alsocalled tristomby twenty one, is the most
common chromosomal condition in the United States. A chromosomal condition, also called genetic

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condition, happens when there's a problemin one or more chromosomes. And Chromosomes
are the structures that hold genes.Genes are part of our body cells that
store instructions for the way your bodygrows and works. Genes are passed from
parents to children. About one inseven hundred babies, that's less than one
percent, is born with Down syndrome. Many children with Down syndrome lead healthy,

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active lives. They can go toschool, participate in activities, and
enjoy being social with others. Noweach person has twenty three pairs of chromosomes
or forty six in all. Foreach pair, you get one chromosome from
your mother and one from your father. Babies with Down syndrome have that extra
coffee of Chromzone twenty one. Justa little extra and this extra coffe changes

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the way the brain and body develop. Here to shed some light and educate
us is down syndrome Advocate. SuperMama Amy Suzanne, founder of CEO of
pink Stork, Welcome to the show, Superstar. Hi, thank you so
much for having us. We're excitedto be here. Oh, thank you
so much for joining me with thatprecious a little boy, Maximilian. Thank
you for coming my little lovey.Hi buddy. So those of you that

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cannot see us just yet, shehas come on to the set with her
beautiful baby boy, Maximilian. Oh, just made his little entrance. My
heart is melting, My art ismelting. So let's jump right in.
Let's show background in motivation, becausethat's where it all starts, for sure.
So can you share with us whatinspired you to start pink Stork and

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how has your journey as a mominfluenced the vision and mission of your company?
Of course, Well, I actually, growing up, I was told,
I you know, was done tostruggle getting pregnant. I struggled with
regular cycles and all sorts of things. So when I found out that I
was pregnant, very shortly after Igot married. I was really surprised,
and anyways, I ended up havinga really tough pregnancy. At one point

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I was given twenty four hours tolive after I contracted a blood in fiction
and overcome hyperms. Discribe it armand needless to say, it just was
not very good at being pregnant.I actually did that four more times,
and so by the fourth time,I was like, my body is done.
I cannot do this anymore. There'sgot to be a better way to

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overcome the challenges that I was facingmy pregnancy, and so took long story
short, took a very holistic,natural approach to that fourth pregnancy and basically
had the best pregnancy I'd ever experienced. Was didn't have to go to the
hospital, didn't have to have Iyou know, live on medication, IDs,
all the things, and I justI wanted to start a company to

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help other women that we're struggling withtheir bodies and challenges with their bodies,
and started paying Stork and here weare today and the rest is history.
And now, so, as amother of six, including Maximilian who has
Down syndrome, how do you balanceyour personal and professional responsibilities? That is
a great question. Every day looksa little different. I think for me,

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really being ruthless with my time isreally my number one go too.
I really am intentional about the timeand how I spend my time, and
that's kind of what I live by. So prioritizing my time and you do
such a great job. Look,you're doing it right now. You are
balancing being a mama and being anadvocate and a spokesperson. Now, for

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those of you listening, many factorsare part of a Down syndrome diagnosis right
your age when you get pregnant.For one, your risk of having a
baby with Down syndrome increases as youget older, especially if you are age
thirty five or according to statistics,and also being a carrier of a certain
type of Down syndrome. So ifyou or your partner are a carrier of
one type of Down syndron, youcarry a gene change for that condition,

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but you don't actually have the condition. You can pass the gene change to
your baby, but it's rare andalready having a baby with Down syndron.
That's the last part. If youalready have a baby with Down syndrome,
you're risk for having another one.Is higher. So for those of you
listening, those are the statistics youwould be aware of. Now, Amy,
let's talk about pink Stork. So, pink Stork has been successful in

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the woman's wellness market. It's avery very niche market. What do you
believe sets your company apart from othersin the industry? You know, we
are woman known and we're woman run, so we have about eighty percent eighty
five percent of our employees are females, and so I think for us,
being able to really understand and relateto a woman and the challenges that she's

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going through, you know, that'sreally what sets us apart from a lot
of these other are compat and who'sin this space and who's developing products for
women's bodies while she's going through youknow, different life changes. So I
would say, you know, justbeing really able to empathize and understand a
female, that's all you had tosay. And you sold everyone listening,

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but empathizing with the female. Andyou know, the US has twelve point
three million women owned businesses, soforty percent of US businesses are women owned,
and US women owned businesses generate onepoint eight trillion dollars a year.
Yeah, women received just seven percentof venture funds for their startups, which
is still such a big gap inequality and in pay. Now, can

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you discuss a challenge that you facedwhile growing pink Stork and how you overcame
it multiple challenges. You know,I started the company not not knowing anything
about business or what I was gettinginto or how to do anything. So
I think just everything that we've doneat pink Stork has been done through kind
of carving our past and going ourown way. And so when I think

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of a specific challenge, I thinkone thing is I'm really big and also
like just women in general, employingwomen and being an advocate for the professional
prayers and development and so working withwomen. Obviously there's a lot that we
do and have to do, strugglingbeing the balance of moms, kids,
wife, friends, and so Iwould say, you know, one of

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our struggles is that, but it'salso one of our greatest prinks too.
So just continuing to develop opportunities professionallyfor women is something very important to us
as a brand, and it's unique. And what listen, you are balancing
it all very eloquently, and you'reyou have a razor focus and you have

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your your your baby on one handand you're talking professionally in the other and
nothing fazes you. You're just you'reyou're really really sharp when it comes to
being able to multitask and give yourtime presently to each one, even to
an intro like myself, And you'redoing a fantastic job. Amy, Now,
yeah, congratules you see that.And he's participating so nicely. For

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those of you listening on seven toten, wo are the voice of York.
That is our special guest, Maximilian. He is saying hello. Now,
how has your experience as a parentof a child with Down syndrome shaped
your approach to business and advocacy?Yeah, I think for me, just
learning about you know, I didn'thave a lot of awareness around Down syndrome

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and what that meant and what thatlooks like for individuals that are living with
Down syndrome, and so as abusiness owner, I feel a responsibility to
help, you know, then continueto have opportunity and employment and growth professionally,
personally, making sure that they feellike they have lives, full life

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to live and reaching their full potential, whatever that might be. So creating
the opportunity with npink Storks has beena focus of ours sense having Maximilian really
opening my eyes. Yeah, andlisten, you know, motherhood every single
time you experience it, you experiencesomething different and you grow even more and

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probably you've come into your own andit's a full circle now with your sixth
child. But when you talk aboutdiversity, you know, diversity is cited
as a top of value by almostevery organization, and people with disabilities often
are overlooked or undersupported, and veryfew organizations include initiatives for hiring people with

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disabilities, and many don't consider whethertheir policies and practices are making it harder
than necessary for people with disabilities tofully participate. So being aware of that
is extremely important, which clearly youare, but a lot of business owners
are not, and as a result, they're missing out on a great source
of talent and missing out on thefull potential of people whose abilities put them

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in some way outside the standard fitin our workplaces. Is really important to
be aware of and how having gooddisability inclusion policies isn't just the right thing
to do, it's the only thingto do in businesses because we have to
include everybody that is so thank youfor doing that outside of just being a
super mama, because you have nowput your money where your mouth is if

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you will. Yeah, Yeah,it's been exciting. We're working with other
companies that are helping us find jobplacements for We've hired i think four people
with disabilities over the past like threemonths. So it's incredible to see Paing
Stork and just the environment, youknow, really working together to help bring
awareness to individuals with Down syndrome withouta doubt, and the ripple effects go

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well beyond the people who may beliving with the disability and even visible.
Let's talk about visible disabilities, becauseninety six percent of severe disabilities aren't readily
apparent. It takes compassion and foresightto plan for accessibility, and showing a
commitment to accessibility, especially in multipleways, shows people that their differences are
accepted, welcomed, and valued.And it took perhaps you, having a

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child with Down syndrome to advocate forthis, but now you are in it.
You're at the forefront of this fight, and God shows you for a
reason that that's the only way thatyou can answer this right. Yeah,
and I think too, as abusiness owner, culture is so important and
understanding and just witnessing myself the waythat people with disabilities can help shape your

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culture as a company. I thinkI've seen it happen firsthand over the learning
and incorporating people with disabilities into theorganization. It's been phenomenal, Like it's
just amazing to see. Well,you're definitely paving the way and supporting not
just women but individuals with down syndromein the coming years. You're definitely a
pioneer over there. Now, howdo you manage to stay motivated and focused

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given the myriad of responsibilities you have? That's a great you know, I
think that for me. You know, when I'm passionate about something, it's
all consuming, and so it doesn'tI don't feel like i'm working. I'm
doing what I love, and soI think that just comes very natural.
I am, like I said,ruthless with my time and ruthless on what

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it is that I'm spending my timeworking on. But I try to align
that with my passions and just letit run. That's a great answer.
And lastly, what stigmas do youwish to demystify? If you can choose
three, oh, three stigmas?Oh, this is nice. I think
capabilities they you know, their capabilitiesgo beyond what our limitations or the society's

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limitations are for people with disabilities.So to really erase capabilities, have an
open mind as to what they're bringinginto this world distigmatizing also, I think
just the physical attributes that some peoplewith disabilities can bring, you know,
really looking at everyone, we're allunique. None of us look alike,

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so there shouldn't be any you know, people make assumptions based off of what
people look, and I would reallylove to destigmatize that as well, in
capabilities, physical appearance, and alsoI guess I would say, you know
what, having an open mind,I just feel like being open minded about

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how they can change society because Ithink when people have closed minds, that's
where we're limiting ourselves as a society. And so really having an open mind
as to what path might unfold,what future impacts they're going to have to
bring to this world. He hassomething that I don't have and that you

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don't have, and that is agift and we should welcome that with open
arms and explore it to his fullestpotential, allowing him to take every opportunity
that he wants or that anyone elsewants into this world. So those three
stigmas would be capabilities, limitations,and physical attributes. And I think that
those are perfectly said because that's exactlywhat people judge. And so thank you

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for saying that, and your transparencymeans a lot. And this was a
great segment. I could talk toyou for hours. Well, thank you
so much for having me on.We're so excited, and thank you for
all the work that you're doing us. Well, that was our Hydration with
Heart segment, brought to you byOnce Upon a Coconut. That that was
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nine to ten pm on WOAR theVoice of New york iHeartRadio. Welcome back,
beautiful Tri State area. You're listeningto a Moment of Zen right here
on seven to ten wor the Voiceof New York iHeartRadio. I'm your host,
Zen. Sam's up next and DiscoverYour Potential Segment brought to you by
Rise Up Media Marketing. We're featuringour newest segment contributor, Dan Gilman.

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Dan is founder of Hummingbird Radio,and of course Hummingbird is influenced by his
mother, Cindy Gilman, a famedradio host. He joins us in his
latest venture bringing things full circle onthis Discover your Potential segment. Today,
we're joined by podcast hosts and authorof When Life happens, William Jackson,

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we're chatting unlocked your potential from adversityto empowerment. Now. When a sinus
infection led to a stroke and paralysis, doctors gave William a little to no
chance of survival. Following two brainsurgeries and learning how to perform every bodily
function over again, he now dedicateshis life to ensure people overcome what he

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describes as purpose paralysis and discovers thefreedom of living a fulfilled life. Joining
me now to the show are myfriends Dan and William chatting about the power
of words and how if you speakit can it actually manifest. Welcome superstars,
Hi Zen, Welcome, Thank youso much. Excited to be here,
William, Your ability to connect deeplywith people from all walks of life

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is critical. It's not just yourgreat smile and way with words that motivates
people to take action like never beforewhen people face roadblocks or adversity. It's
the depth of your knowledge on achievementthat creates lasting results in your program.
I'm eager to hear what Dan isgoing to ask you. Take it away.
Thank you, thank you for beinghere. You experienced a significant health

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crisis leading to paralysis. How didthis challenge shape your approach to personal development
and helping others overcome their purpose purposeparalysis. Well, you know, then
in two thousand, when I hadthe sinus infection that spread to my brain,
I never anticipated having a stroke thatwould leave me paralyzed. There was
no history of stroke in my family. Nothing gave me insight that this would

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happen to me. So when Ihad to actually learn how to do everything
that I took for granted over again, it really just opened my eyes to
the things that we number one takefor granted, but also how we approach
life in general. It's amazing thatso many people are willing to throw in
the towel when the functionality of whatthey deemed their life to be is no

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longer working the same. So Iteach people how to battle through those moments
when you hit that wall, whenit's not working, when the relationship isn't
working, when the business isn't working, and tap into the true essence of
your potential, because if you canbreak through that space, your limitless potential
just explodes and you really are ableto achieve greatness in all facets of your

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life. Love that description of purposeparalysis. You must all check out this
book. When Life Happens has beendescribed as Life's playbook, and the ForWord
is written by the legendary motivational speakerLess Brown. It was a beautiful read,
absolutely So my question is, onyour podcast When Life Happens, you

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discuss thriving in adversity. Can youshare a key strategy or insight that has
been most impactful for your listeners inturning obstacles into opportunities. One thing that
I help my listeners and all thepeople that I'm in contact with develop is
the art of leaning. In mostpeople, I think when we hit tough
times, the tendency is to tryto escape, to try to run away

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from it. But it's those whoactually lean into the toughest times that you
come out on the other side better. You come out on the other side
stronger. When you lean into thetoughest times of your life, you extract
the lessons and the tools that arenecessary for you to sustain the success that
you're desiring. Once you start seeingdifficulty as development, it shifts your perspective.
It's a game changer when you're ina space where you are able to

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lean into it's those who run intothe fire that come out on the other
side with everything that they've desired.So I help people stop experiencing partial pieces
of their promise and destiny. Whenyou actually lean in, you get the
full gamut of what you were createdfor and get the full essence of your
purpose. No more partials. Weteach people how to lean in and extract

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the tools that are necessary. Yes, it reminds me of the notion of
speaking the words into the universe andmanifesting. It's a very real thing.
Ask and you shall receive, iswhat I always say. Words consist of
vibration and sound. It is thesevibrations that create the very reality that surrounds
us. Words are the creator,the creator of our universe, our lives,

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our reality. Without words, athought can never become a reality.
If our words and thoughts are thevery tools with which we create our reality,
then surely they are our most powerfultool. Yet I would say,
therefore, we should only pick thevery best words in order to create our
very best reality. My next questionwould be your website, quotes Winston Churchill,

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Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking your
potential. How do you apply thisphilosophy in your coaching and motivational speaking.
Well, I believe that unlocking yourpotential is not a destination. It's not
a moment. It's a lifetime processbecause we are ever evolving. A lot
of people settle because they reach aplace where they say, well, you

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know what, this is good enough. I've reached a place to where now
I understand where I am. Butthen you change over time, and if
you base your pursuit on things thatare fleeting, like your strength, one
day, the strength will leave.One day you won't have the intellect that
you once have. I'm at theage now while I go downstairs and forget
what I came down for. Whenyou get to that space where now you're
basing your pursuit on things that arefleeting, you're devastated once that changes.

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So if you're committed to the continuouspursuit and continuous effort, then you're always
learning and evolving as you evolve,and then you're able to extract the true
essence of your purpose in every seasonof your life because it changes. I
love what you're saying. It's actuallyvery true. We apply it into even
myself right. I tell all ofmy friends and family. Choose your words

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wisely because as a society, we'vebecome conditioned to talk about our misfortunes and
problems, and we take our interpretationsof events and people and ourselves and communicate
them to the world, bringing theminto existence. So by that admission,
when we mown or complain about ourlives to others, we're putting those negative
words out there to become a reality. And when you say something out loud

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enough times, your words become thetruth, not only in your own mind,
but in the minds of everyone youare saying them to. So what
you're saying is so profound because becauseit's really just taking the core of manifestation
and applying it going forward. Ilove it, And this is a quote
that I absolutely love by Rainer.Maria Rilke's quote, the only journey is

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the journey within is featured on yourwebsite. How does that resonate with your
personal journey and the message you conveyto your audience. I believe that we're
all external reflection of what's going oninternally. You don't reproduce what you want,
you reproduce who you are. Soif the case of how I'm doing
on the inside is what reflects externally. Then I have to be willing to

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go in to make sure that Iam whole mind, body, soul and
spirit, so that I'm able toreflect that necessary attitude, the necessary energy
that's conducive to set me up fora life of success. It's being willing
to do what I call the dirtywork of actually going in and uncovering and
repulling and rediscovering yourself over and overand over again, because whatever's going on

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the inside is going to reflect externally. This brings me back to positive emotions,
right. Positive emotions have been linkedwith better health, longer life,
a greater well being in numerous scientificstudies. But on the other hand,
chronic anger and worry and hostility thoseincrease the risk of developing heart disease as
people reacts to these feelings with raisedblood pressure and stiffening of blood vessels.

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But it isn't easy to maintain ahealthy, positive emotional state, and harnessing
the power of happiness and mindfulness andinner strength can be a daunting, clueless
task for many. The key isto maintain a happy, consistent state throughout
life. Absolutely. My next questionFulfillment Formula six week program could you elaborate

(42:43):
on the core principles and how itaids individuals in finding their true calling.
Once again, I think so manypeople settle for parcels in life, parcel
happiness, partl peace and my goal. I've dedicated my life to help people
find true fulfillment in every area areSo it's rooted in wholeness and some of
the things and principles that we arebased on is rewiring your perspective because how

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you see things are a true indicationof where you will end up in what
you will receive. We do anexercise that I call collect the Dead,
where we do some historic extraction wherein ancient times where there was battles in
war, they will give opportunity foreach side to go collect the dead and
bury them properly. And so manytimes we look back on our lives,

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on our history, and all wesee is the carnage of the failures or
the mistakes, because we haven't trulygone back and buried it properly so that
we can tap into the fulfillment forour future. Because how you look back
determines what you see when you lookforward. So those are some of the
key principles that we do to reallyextract and help people to walk into fulfillment.

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Closure is so important. I lovethat you said that, because it's
true you have to really be ableto have closure in the past to be
able to move forward, and thatclosure is critical. And since we're dropping
quotes, they're hot. Philosopher EdmundBurke said he that wrestles with us strengthens
our nerves and sharpens our skill.Our antagonist is our helper. Life is
the worthy opponent, the antagonist weall need to grow when we have the

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right tools to overcome adversity, weembrace the situation as a helper rather than
letting it stop us from achieving ourgoals and reaching our dreams. And speaking
of building your self worth, yourprogram on building unshakeable self worth seems critical
for personal growth. What are theinitial steps someone can take to start this
journey of building self worth. Ibelieve self worth is the key most definitive

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core concept that determines what we receivein life, because you will never receive
or achieve anything that you don't thinkthat you deserve. So really heightening your
self worth, how you see yourself, your perspective internally, that will begin
to attract some of those ideas,some of those creative ways to tap into
purpose. So we really take peoplethrough this journey of seeing themselves differently,

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seeing their past differently, so thatwe can make them future focused. And
one of the key things that wedo, one of the key things that
anybody can do outside of enrolling inthis course, is identifying your storyline.
What is the thing that you've beenrehearsing about yourself for years Because a lot
of times we want to change thescript of our lives, but we haven't

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identified what we've been rehearsing and whathas become second nature in our mind,
body, and soul. So identifyingthat storyline it's key. Well, that's
officially officially, officially out of time. Thank you so much for joining us.
This was such an insightful conversation.I can't wait to send everyone to
your website to follow your program becausetwenty twenty four should be the year of
change. Thank you so much.I'm so excited to be here. Thank

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you so much for coming on.Gentlemen, we are at the end of
this inspiring interview, my dear friends, a few days away from twenty twenty
four, so take a moment toreflect on the year that passed, and
what changes you need to make tolive out your best life in this coming
new year. That was our DiscoverYour Potential segment, brought to you by
riightw Is up Marketing, featuring ournewest segment contributor Dan Gilman, joined by

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the amazing William Jackson. You couldhead directly to William's website at the Official
William Jackson dot com, where youcan check them out on the ground at
the Official William Jackson and don't forgetto head to Discover your potentialshow dot com
for more insightful interviews. You're listeningto a Moment of Zen right here on
seven to ten, wore the voiceof New York iHeartRadio. We'll be right

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back after this. Happy Holidays.A Moment of Zen is brought to you
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out Firehouse Kitchen Firefighter Ray combines firefighterlifestyle and fine cuisine. Join him as

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he travels the country searching for thefinest chefs among our bravest heroes, exclusively
on Your Home TV dot com.Remember these cooks Save lives. Hi,
this is Phil Kelly, pharmacist andpharmaceutical expert, and this is America's favorite
pharmacist segment. Here on a momentof Zen on sevent ten wor Voice of

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New york iHeartRadio. And today we'vebeen chatting all about melatonin. Is it
safe? Should you be using itevery night? And what's it doing to
our kids? Twas the night beforeChristmas, and all through the house not
a creature was stirring except for everysingle one of your children because they didn't
take their melatonin. So since twentytwelve, five hundred and thirty percent increase

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in the amount of melatonin's being usedinside the United States. Much that's attributed
to twenty eighteen twenty at nineteen twentytwenty because during that time period all of
our sleeping habits have messed up.So in twenty seventeen, there's a study
that was produced. It showed thatthe majority of supplements that are over the
counter that contain melatonin may not evenhave the dose that you want. They

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vary from negative eighty percent of whatthey should to four hundred percent. But
now that we have a lot ofour children on melatonin. Let's dig in
a little bit to what melatonin is, how it works, and the top
ten things you should know what itso. Number one melatonin. Melatonin is
a naturally produced hormone. When thesun starts to go down, our retinas

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recognize that as that lowering sun hitsour retinas, we start to release a
little bit of melatonin from our penilebland. Now that tells all of our
gabba receptors to increase what they do, and the gabba receptors are the ones
that help us fall asleep at night. It's a pretty natural process, except
for we've completely messed it up withall the blue lights and screens that we

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watch, because now our eyes don'tknow when the sun goes down. Let's
not even mention about all the peoplewho have to drive all night long shift
work. There are so many reasonswhy our sleep patterns are messed up so
naturally. The first thing we wantto reach to is the natural melatonin.
Melatonin is really a safe medication withsome caveats. First of all, one

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to three milligrams. That's about topof what you really want to be taking.
If you're taking substantially more than thator you're taking it for chronic periods
of time, we may have someproblems. It's been the longer you take
it at higher doses, the pinigland in your brain decides, hey,
I don't want to work anymore andstarts to shut down natural production. This
then leads to you having to takemore melatonin. Melatonin also has been linked

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to people's irritability being increased. Ifyou look where melatonin works as a hormone,
you can see that there's an easytie to serotonin. If you mess
with melatonin for long enough, orat least a high enough doses, you're
gonna mess with serotonin. In thatsame twenty seventeen study, it showed that
many of the supplements carried a serotoninlike product in it. Because of the
small regulation that is involved inside ofproducing these, you may be receiving a

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little bit of serotonin with a lotof melatonin every time you take that product.
There's been complaints of vivid dreams,and that makes sense too. As
we increase the time and frequency ofRAM, we're going to have more vivid
dreams, which then ends up peoplewaking up honory and irritable, which happens
about twenty five percent of all population. And then the last thing you need

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to ask yourself with melon platonin isis it helping the quality of sleep I'm
getting or just the quantity If you'retaking it short term, if your children
are having a hard time sleeping rightnow for a few weeks, melatonin is
a good way to re establish patterns. Once you start having to take melatonin
on a regular basis, there's beenmultiple studies that show that the quality of
sleep that you're receiving has been diminishedand that taking the supplement itself may not

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give you any more restfulness. Melatoninis also tied into regulating the menstrual cycle.
It can change the length and durationof menstruation. Melatonin is a useful
tool for short term sleep, butif we take it frequently and long term,
there are many more side effects thatwe should look at. This is
Phil Cowley, pharmacist and pharmaceutical expert, on America's Favorite Pharmacist segment, brought

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