September 11, 2024 • 15 mins
A Look Back: Memorable Conversations and Lessons Learned | Conversations With a Chiropractor
In this special episode of Conversations With a Chiropractor, Dr. Stephanie Wautier reflects on some of the most memorable moments from past guests. With highlights from Bertha, Bill, and Daniele, this episode showcases inspiring stories of healing, personal growth, and resilience. Whether you’re new or have followed along for a while, this recap provides insight into the heart of the podcast’s mission: health, healing, and transformation.
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- Healing and Growth: Insights into overcoming life’s challenges and growing through adversity.
- A Look Back: Celebrating the inspiring stories that have shaped Conversations With a Chiropractor.
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00:00 Introduction and Gratitude
00:52 Episode Recaps: From Bertha to Bill
02:11 Family and Friends: Personal Stories
02:55 Chiropractic School and Beyond
03:59 Diverse Lives and Experiences
05:27 Vulnerability and Healing
07:12 Business and Health Insights
08:41 Resilience and Overcoming Obstacles
13:53 Final Thoughts and Gratitude
Mark as Played
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Episode Transcript
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Speaker (00:01):
Welcome to Episode 17 of Conversations with a Chiropractor.
A giant thank you to all of you who'vebeen listening from the very beginning.
I know some of these episodes havebeen long and your time is precious.
It means even more to me thatyou've been so gracious to come
back and tell me what you thoughtof Episode 1 and 2 So thank you.
(00:26):
Thank you to my listeners.
if you haven't done so yet, I wouldso appreciate a like, a review.
You can be honest, subscribe, nomatter where you're listening.
There's a way to give me some feedback.
And if you did want to be a guest onthis podcast, just send me an email
(00:46):
at drstephaniewautier@yahoo.com.
---. That's all lower case.
one of my friends was like, Stephanie,You should really do like a synopsis, or
you should really kind of discuss whathas gone on from episode one through now.
She is someone who had a littlebit of a tumultuous childhood,
who moved around a lot.
She moved around a lot in her collegeyears, and I thought, wow, a lot of
(01:12):
these folks that I've interviewed,like Bertha, episode one, who's 98
and a half, In fact, now we're likesix weeks from her 99th birthday, grew
up in a little tiny town in the UpperPeninsula, wrote letters to her friends
and her future husband in World War II.
And then we jumped to Kurt,who talked a lot about energy
(01:35):
and frequency and Kangen water.
It's really funny.
I thought more folks would be interestedin learning about that Kangen water.
But, I digress.
Episode 3, my very sweet patient Bill,who did pass on after we had recorded that
episode, and I think that was so special.
(01:58):
You know, for his family to hear hisvoice, and for me to hear his voice again.
We had some beautiful moments as Doctorand Patient and truly we became friends.
Then we jumped to me being sovulnerable with my sisters and dad
and Woodass Girls Part 1 and 2 wherewe talked about sibling rivalry.
(02:23):
Another one of my friends wholistened said, I'm surprised you
didn't know more about each other.
And I said, well, you know, theinteresting thing is that when I left
for school, I still had a 12 year oldand a nine year old sister at home.
And you imagine all of the thingsthat they did in their life, you
know, after I left for college andreally wasn't around day to day.
(02:47):
there was some fun banter.
I hope that you all appreciated seeinga little bit about where I came from.
and then in episode six, I had thedistinct honor of talking to my
friend from chiropractic school, Dr.
Jill Bala, who is nowpracticing in Traverse City.
She talked a little bit about things thatI had never heard about the chiropractor
(03:10):
who had his practice at the bottom ofthe hill and used to walk up and down.
Every day, who really was her inspirationand another time warp in episode
seven, where Michelle and Eileen and Isort of took a trip down memory lane.
And I think about how the three of us werethese young girls in the small town of
(03:35):
Escanaba, Michigan, and yet we were allliving such distinctly different lives.
And each single one of us are lookingout at the world with the lens that
we've been raised, you know, tobelieve, I mean, I'm not saying that
we can't change our beliefs, but.
Just the difference betweenthe three of us in high school
(03:57):
and what that looked like.
And then we jumped to episode8 where one of my friends from
college, Susan, was interviewed.
Sweet, beautiful, spiritual woman.
And the bizarre and interestingthing when I started that interview,
and I said, oh Susan, you know,so you were a missionary in Haiti.
(04:19):
And she was like, well,I wasn't a missionary.
And You're going to have to listenif you don't know the story.
And I said, Oh my gosh, well, whydidn't you ever share these things
when we were, we were living together?
We were roommates.
And she said, I just thinkthat it was too fresh.
Like it was too much.
It was, it was embarrassing.
(04:40):
It was overwhelming.
And at that time she hadn'thealed from it or processed it.
So you know, 20 some, maybe itwas 30 years later when we're
having this conversation, right?
These were things thatI never knew happened.
One of the things I especially lovedabout Susan's interview was the beautiful
(05:03):
way that she described, like, themale and female blending and having
sort of symbiotic roles in the church.
Because I know that a lot of people aremaybe against female pastors and she,
she just spoke so eloquently about that.
So if you haven't listenedto episode eight, please do
(05:25):
yourself a favor and listen.
And then we jumped to episode numbernine, where my friend Kat and I spoke
and a lot of people are nervous aboutthat vulnerability coming through.
And being so public, Cat was one of themand we didn't publish her full name.
I didn't take her on Facebook becauseshe and I have this sort of like
(05:48):
motherly moment where we are sharing ourbirth stories and we both tell a lot.
We both share a lot of those experiences,which is, you know, very raw, very real,
very vulnerable, and I'm just so proud of.
of her willingness to share that andnot have any fear of judgment because I
(06:12):
think there's so many people listeningwho probably can really relate to
some of the things that she shared.
When I interviewed my friend Kim Kee,who is the craniosacral therapist in
episode 10, we talked a little bit aboutthe things she's doing and I want to say
maybe right at this moment in September2024, she is starting to record her PBS
(06:39):
series where they take a woman from NewYork City and they bring her to a remote
area in the Upper Peninsula of Michiganand sort of address some of her fears.
And I love that, that sortof big city versus rural.
Again, I'm overusing the wordjuxtaposition, but just that contrast
(07:00):
in the busyness of a life like in NewYork City versus .... a kind of a calm,
serene, rural Upper Peninsula experience.
In episode 11, my business partnerJamie Thayer and I do a deep
dive into all of the things thatwe do at Glow Laser Aesthetics.
(07:23):
We talk about our outreach programfor tattoo removal, We talk about how
these tools work and some of the otherthings that we do and that we offer.
So if you're curious about how thatbusiness began, listen to episode 11.
In episode 12, one of my patients talksa little bit about, well she talks a
(07:46):
lot about, Her journey with long COVID.
And I think for some people, theyassume that long COVID relates only
to their lungs and pulmonary issues.
But as you will hear, even in one ofthe first sentences of episode 12, Deb
came to me numb from the waist down andwas desperate to get some medical care.
(08:10):
In episode 13, the dear sweet.
Actress Faye Elder was interviewed.
She talks about how she grew upin Marquette, Michigan, and how
she was selected to be part ofthis young Americans group and
then her career in California.
And she, again, is very vulnerableabout some of the things that
(08:32):
happened in her childhood.
I think if anything, some ofthese stories just tell us
about the resiliency of humans.
the desire to succeed, about thedesire to overcome obstacles.
And if you've listened from the verybeginning, my intro was a little
long, but I talked about grit andgrace and Faye definitely demonstrates
(08:58):
and exudes grit and grace, andthen she, she throws in some humor.
So listen to episode 13 and maybeyou can even Google Faye and find
what she looked like when shewas the Knott's Berry Farm woman.
In episode 14, I talked to a womanfrom Negaunee, Michigan, who truly
(09:20):
built a beauty empire from scratch.
And again, she had a very tumultuous,very difficult, poor upbringing.
I have this vision of something shedescribes of her petticoat scratching
her legs so she would wear jeans toschool, walking through the snow,
(09:40):
and then she would be soaking wet.
She would take those jeans and put themover the heat register in the bathroom so
that she could walk home with dry pants.
I think so much about the luxury ofmany of our lives, mine included.
And I'm not always great atbeing positive, but I do think
(10:02):
that it's an amazing reminderto see what obstacles do create.
They create resiliency.
They create people who arewilling to work hard and work
long and be tenacious to succeed.
not only provide for themselves,but to succeed in whatever
they deem as being successful.
(10:24):
One of my favorite sort of mentorsin life has been Wayne Dyer.
My mom and dad actually introduced me tosome of his recordings when he had been
on PBS and I remember listening to themand then getting a little bit more deep
and following him Because of his verytumultuous upbringing where his father
(10:46):
left and his mom didn't have enough moneyto keep all of the children at home.
And he and his brother were brought toan orphanage and it was very abusive.
He used to say, you know, God put meon this earth to be able to survive
and then teach others how to survive.
And I think we sometimesthink of obstacles in life.
(11:09):
as like bad things.
And I think we really need to changethat perspective and think of them as
something that's going to grow us andteach us and be grateful for those.
Be grateful for those challenges.
Never, what's the quote?
A smooth sea never madefor a skilled sailor.
(11:33):
In episode 15, one of my dear friendsand sweet patients, Tim, and I
had an amazingly long conversationabout him growing up in McFarland,
Michigan, with his dad being a logger.
There were a few things that really stuckout to me besides perhaps the obvious,
(11:54):
but one of them was the fact that hisdad didn't have a business name, that
he was just a logger and went into thewoods and people knew that, and he sold
his goods and his wares, so interestingnow in today's world, we are consumed
with the details of a business, sowe get our LLC, or is it an S Corp,
and then we have to file our tax ID.
(12:18):
One of those things thatwas just such a contrast.
And the second, when he talked a littlebit about being in the service and going
to all those places, I was so ready forsome stories about the things he saw and
the dishes he ate and experiences thathe had and he mostly was underwhelmed.
(12:38):
He was mostly underwhelmed withbeing away and wanted to be home.
And I do love home and I do lovethe UP, but I was surprised by that.
I was like, Oh, you got to see the world.
and he was like, yeah, but you know, I wasworking and oh yeah, I was in the service.
And one of the things I got to do asa 20 year old into my 30th birthday,
(13:02):
really, was be a traveling nurse.
And I loved that experience.
Moving into a furnished apartmentand having a 13 week assignment and
becoming instant friends with theother nurses who were travelers.
And I would work three 12 hour shifts andthen kind of consider myself a tourist.
(13:24):
And I've had to do some amazing things.
So, I definitely have the travel bug.
And my 16th episode, I interviewMy favorite photographer,
Danielle Carroll, and she isright here in Marquette, Michigan.
She talks a little bit about hertraining in California and how
(13:44):
she got here and kind of somefunny stories about how we met and
interestingly, each of our perspectives.
So thank you so much forbeing on this journey on these
conversations with a chiropractor.
I am truly grateful for all of my guestsand for all of you who've listened.
(14:05):
If you have a story to share and youwould like to be a guest on conversations
with a chiropractor, just send me anemail at drstephaniewautier@yahoo.com.
... and I would so appreciate .. Anywhereyou're listening, if you could
leave me a review, subscribe, like,that helps the podcast continue.
(14:28):
Thanks again.
This has been Dr.
Stephanie with a review, a sort ofcontemplation, a compilation of the
conversations with a chiropractor.
(14:55):
Produced
by Brand|Sound Podcastsm.
Welcome to Episode 17 of Conversations with a Chiropractor.
A giant thank you to all of you who'vebeen listening from the very beginning.
I know some of these episodes havebeen long and your time is precious.
It means even more to me thatyou've been so gracious to come
back and tell me what you thoughtof Episode 1 and 2 So thank you.
(00:26):
Thank you to my listeners.
if you haven't done so yet, I wouldso appreciate a like, a review.
You can be honest, subscribe, nomatter where you're listening.
There's a way to give me some feedback.
And if you did want to be a guest onthis podcast, just send me an email
(00:46):
at drstephaniewautier@yahoo.com.
---. That's all lower case.
one of my friends was like, Stephanie,You should really do like a synopsis, or
you should really kind of discuss whathas gone on from episode one through now.
She is someone who had a littlebit of a tumultuous childhood,
who moved around a lot.
She moved around a lot in her collegeyears, and I thought, wow, a lot of
(01:12):
these folks that I've interviewed,like Bertha, episode one, who's 98
and a half, In fact, now we're likesix weeks from her 99th birthday, grew
up in a little tiny town in the UpperPeninsula, wrote letters to her friends
and her future husband in World War II.
And then we jumped to Kurt,who talked a lot about energy
(01:35):
and frequency and Kangen water.
It's really funny.
I thought more folks would be interestedin learning about that Kangen water.
But, I digress.
Episode 3, my very sweet patient Bill,who did pass on after we had recorded that
episode, and I think that was so special.
(01:58):
You know, for his family to hear hisvoice, and for me to hear his voice again.
We had some beautiful moments as Doctorand Patient and truly we became friends.
Then we jumped to me being sovulnerable with my sisters and dad
and Woodass Girls Part 1 and 2 wherewe talked about sibling rivalry.
(02:23):
Another one of my friends wholistened said, I'm surprised you
didn't know more about each other.
And I said, well, you know, theinteresting thing is that when I left
for school, I still had a 12 year oldand a nine year old sister at home.
And you imagine all of the thingsthat they did in their life, you
know, after I left for college andreally wasn't around day to day.
(02:47):
there was some fun banter.
I hope that you all appreciated seeinga little bit about where I came from.
and then in episode six, I had thedistinct honor of talking to my
friend from chiropractic school, Dr.
Jill Bala, who is nowpracticing in Traverse City.
She talked a little bit about things thatI had never heard about the chiropractor
(03:10):
who had his practice at the bottom ofthe hill and used to walk up and down.
Every day, who really was her inspirationand another time warp in episode
seven, where Michelle and Eileen and Isort of took a trip down memory lane.
And I think about how the three of us werethese young girls in the small town of
(03:35):
Escanaba, Michigan, and yet we were allliving such distinctly different lives.
And each single one of us are lookingout at the world with the lens that
we've been raised, you know, tobelieve, I mean, I'm not saying that
we can't change our beliefs, but.
Just the difference betweenthe three of us in high school
(03:57):
and what that looked like.
And then we jumped to episode8 where one of my friends from
college, Susan, was interviewed.
Sweet, beautiful, spiritual woman.
And the bizarre and interestingthing when I started that interview,
and I said, oh Susan, you know,so you were a missionary in Haiti.
(04:19):
And she was like, well,I wasn't a missionary.
And You're going to have to listenif you don't know the story.
And I said, Oh my gosh, well, whydidn't you ever share these things
when we were, we were living together?
We were roommates.
And she said, I just thinkthat it was too fresh.
Like it was too much.
It was, it was embarrassing.
(04:40):
It was overwhelming.
And at that time she hadn'thealed from it or processed it.
So you know, 20 some, maybe itwas 30 years later when we're
having this conversation, right?
These were things thatI never knew happened.
One of the things I especially lovedabout Susan's interview was the beautiful
(05:03):
way that she described, like, themale and female blending and having
sort of symbiotic roles in the church.
Because I know that a lot of people aremaybe against female pastors and she,
she just spoke so eloquently about that.
So if you haven't listenedto episode eight, please do
(05:25):
yourself a favor and listen.
And then we jumped to episode numbernine, where my friend Kat and I spoke
and a lot of people are nervous aboutthat vulnerability coming through.
And being so public, Cat was one of themand we didn't publish her full name.
I didn't take her on Facebook becauseshe and I have this sort of like
(05:48):
motherly moment where we are sharing ourbirth stories and we both tell a lot.
We both share a lot of those experiences,which is, you know, very raw, very real,
very vulnerable, and I'm just so proud of.
of her willingness to share that andnot have any fear of judgment because I
(06:12):
think there's so many people listeningwho probably can really relate to
some of the things that she shared.
When I interviewed my friend Kim Kee,who is the craniosacral therapist in
episode 10, we talked a little bit aboutthe things she's doing and I want to say
maybe right at this moment in September2024, she is starting to record her PBS
(06:39):
series where they take a woman from NewYork City and they bring her to a remote
area in the Upper Peninsula of Michiganand sort of address some of her fears.
And I love that, that sortof big city versus rural.
Again, I'm overusing the wordjuxtaposition, but just that contrast
(07:00):
in the busyness of a life like in NewYork City versus .... a kind of a calm,
serene, rural Upper Peninsula experience.
In episode 11, my business partnerJamie Thayer and I do a deep
dive into all of the things thatwe do at Glow Laser Aesthetics.
(07:23):
We talk about our outreach programfor tattoo removal, We talk about how
these tools work and some of the otherthings that we do and that we offer.
So if you're curious about how thatbusiness began, listen to episode 11.
In episode 12, one of my patients talksa little bit about, well she talks a
(07:46):
lot about, Her journey with long COVID.
And I think for some people, theyassume that long COVID relates only
to their lungs and pulmonary issues.
But as you will hear, even in one ofthe first sentences of episode 12, Deb
came to me numb from the waist down andwas desperate to get some medical care.
(08:10):
In episode 13, the dear sweet.
Actress Faye Elder was interviewed.
She talks about how she grew upin Marquette, Michigan, and how
she was selected to be part ofthis young Americans group and
then her career in California.
And she, again, is very vulnerableabout some of the things that
(08:32):
happened in her childhood.
I think if anything, some ofthese stories just tell us
about the resiliency of humans.
the desire to succeed, about thedesire to overcome obstacles.
And if you've listened from the verybeginning, my intro was a little
long, but I talked about grit andgrace and Faye definitely demonstrates
(08:58):
and exudes grit and grace, andthen she, she throws in some humor.
So listen to episode 13 and maybeyou can even Google Faye and find
what she looked like when shewas the Knott's Berry Farm woman.
In episode 14, I talked to a womanfrom Negaunee, Michigan, who truly
(09:20):
built a beauty empire from scratch.
And again, she had a very tumultuous,very difficult, poor upbringing.
I have this vision of something shedescribes of her petticoat scratching
her legs so she would wear jeans toschool, walking through the snow,
(09:40):
and then she would be soaking wet.
She would take those jeans and put themover the heat register in the bathroom so
that she could walk home with dry pants.
I think so much about the luxury ofmany of our lives, mine included.
And I'm not always great atbeing positive, but I do think
(10:02):
that it's an amazing reminderto see what obstacles do create.
They create resiliency.
They create people who arewilling to work hard and work
long and be tenacious to succeed.
not only provide for themselves,but to succeed in whatever
they deem as being successful.
(10:24):
One of my favorite sort of mentorsin life has been Wayne Dyer.
My mom and dad actually introduced me tosome of his recordings when he had been
on PBS and I remember listening to themand then getting a little bit more deep
and following him Because of his verytumultuous upbringing where his father
(10:46):
left and his mom didn't have enough moneyto keep all of the children at home.
And he and his brother were brought toan orphanage and it was very abusive.
He used to say, you know, God put meon this earth to be able to survive
and then teach others how to survive.
And I think we sometimesthink of obstacles in life.
(11:09):
as like bad things.
And I think we really need to changethat perspective and think of them as
something that's going to grow us andteach us and be grateful for those.
Be grateful for those challenges.
Never, what's the quote?
A smooth sea never madefor a skilled sailor.
(11:33):
In episode 15, one of my dear friendsand sweet patients, Tim, and I
had an amazingly long conversationabout him growing up in McFarland,
Michigan, with his dad being a logger.
There were a few things that really stuckout to me besides perhaps the obvious,
(11:54):
but one of them was the fact that hisdad didn't have a business name, that
he was just a logger and went into thewoods and people knew that, and he sold
his goods and his wares, so interestingnow in today's world, we are consumed
with the details of a business, sowe get our LLC, or is it an S Corp,
and then we have to file our tax ID.
(12:18):
One of those things thatwas just such a contrast.
And the second, when he talked a littlebit about being in the service and going
to all those places, I was so ready forsome stories about the things he saw and
the dishes he ate and experiences thathe had and he mostly was underwhelmed.
(12:38):
He was mostly underwhelmed withbeing away and wanted to be home.
And I do love home and I do lovethe UP, but I was surprised by that.
I was like, Oh, you got to see the world.
and he was like, yeah, but you know, I wasworking and oh yeah, I was in the service.
And one of the things I got to do asa 20 year old into my 30th birthday,
(13:02):
really, was be a traveling nurse.
And I loved that experience.
Moving into a furnished apartmentand having a 13 week assignment and
becoming instant friends with theother nurses who were travelers.
And I would work three 12 hour shifts andthen kind of consider myself a tourist.
(13:24):
And I've had to do some amazing things.
So, I definitely have the travel bug.
And my 16th episode, I interviewMy favorite photographer,
Danielle Carroll, and she isright here in Marquette, Michigan.
She talks a little bit about hertraining in California and how
(13:44):
she got here and kind of somefunny stories about how we met and
interestingly, each of our perspectives.
So thank you so much forbeing on this journey on these
conversations with a chiropractor.
I am truly grateful for all of my guestsand for all of you who've listened.
(14:05):
If you have a story to share and youwould like to be a guest on conversations
with a chiropractor, just send me anemail at drstephaniewautier@yahoo.com.
... and I would so appreciate .. Anywhereyou're listening, if you could
leave me a review, subscribe, like,that helps the podcast continue.
(14:28):
Thanks again.
This has been Dr.
Stephanie with a review, a sort ofcontemplation, a compilation of the
conversations with a chiropractor.
(14:55):
Produced
by Brand|Sound Podcastsm.
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