March 27, 2025 • 27 mins
Ever wonder what happens when an ER doctor decides there must be a better way to keep people healthy? Dr. Danelle Kuttner joins us to reveal her remarkable journey from emergency medicine to founding Enlightened Medical, a holistic wellness practice transforming healthcare one patient at a time.
Growing weary of treating preventable conditions in the ER, Dr. Kuttner envisioned a practice focused on "keeping healthy people healthy" rather than merely treating sickness. What emerged is a revolutionary approach to wellness combining cutting-edge medical science with holistic healing principles.
We dive deep into bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, exploring how plant-derived hormones create balance and anti-inflammatory effects unlike their synthetic counterparts. Dr. Kuttner dispels myths surrounding these treatments while explaining their profound benefits for aging gracefully.
The conversation takes a fascinating turn as we explore Dr. Kuttner's proprietary skincare line, formulated through years of research to address everything from acne to aging. She reveals why mineral-based sunscreens outperform chemical alternatives and how proper skincare delivers 80% of aesthetic results patients seek.
Perhaps most compelling is her candid discussion about medical weight loss and aesthetic treatments. Dr. Kuttner emphasizes that medications like semaglutide work best alongside mindset shifting and lifestyle changes, while aesthetic procedures should enhance natural beauty rather than create an obviously "done" look.
The wisdom shared transcends medical advice when Dr. Kuttner recounts her experience as a pregnant ER doctor during COVID's darkest days. This crucible shaped her philosophy of mindfulness, presence, and gratitude—values now integrated into her practice.
Her parting message resonates powerfully: "Just start. We're not in this for a six-pack. We're in this for staying out of the nursing home, building strong bones, healthy muscles, healthy brains." It's a refreshing perspective in a world fixated on quick fixes.
Ready to transform your approach to health? Follow Enlightened Medical on social platforms or visit www.enlightenedmedicalpractice.com to begin your wellness journey today.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Jeremy Wolf.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Well, hello, hello, friends, family, community,
great universe.
We are back with anotherepisode of the Good Neighbor
Podcast.
I don't know about everyoneelse out there, but I am feeling
particularly enlightened today.
Reason being is that I'm herewith Dr Danelle Kuttner from
Enlightened Medical and Iactually had the pleasure of
(00:35):
meeting Danelle.
Should I call you Danelle or DrKuttner?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Whatever you prefer.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I'm going to go, danelle, we'll keep it formal
today.
I had the pleasure of meetingher at the most recent Davie
Cooper City Chamber of Commerceluncheon.
She was the presenter there andshe spoke about her business,
and at the end of herpresentation, one of the members
got up and gave her such aglowing review and
recommendation I had no otherchoice but to extend the olive
(01:02):
branch and invite her to come onthe show.
So, danelle, thanks for joiningus.
Thanks so much, jeremy.
It's great to be here.
Yes, yes, great to have you.
And thanks, as always, to ourlisteners for tuning in.
So why don't we start from thetop?
Tell everybody a little bitabout your business.
Enlightened Medical.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
So Enlightened Medical is a concierge medical
practice that focuses on thewhole body.
So holistic medicine, holistichealing.
We focus very much on theentire person.
We want to make everybody feelmen and women that's very
important to feel like the bestversion of themselves.
(01:44):
So we focus on aestheticmedicine as well advanced
aesthetics procedures.
We do bioidentical, hormonereplacement therapy, medical
weight loss, gut healthrestoration, lasers and all
aesthetics.
So we're working from theinside out.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Well, now you're speaking my language.
I find myself increasinglysurrounded by people in the
wellness space that focus onholistic whole body healing.
I think it has something to dowith my own personal journey on
the north side of 40.
I've become more aware of mybody and its ability to heal
itself from within, so I amtruly fascinated by this stuff.
(02:26):
I want to get into some ofthese different services that
you offer there.
You mentioned one bio-medical.
What was that?
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Bio-identical or body-identical hormone
replacement therapy.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
So what exactly is that?
Speaker 3 (02:41):
So this is.
We've heard of hormonereplacement therapy in the past.
I'm sure you know a wholegeneration of women were scared
out of doing hormone replacementtherapy because of a study that
came out in 2001 called theWomen's Health Initiative, which
led people to believe thatthere was an increased risk of
some cancers and blood clotsusing hormone replacement
(03:04):
therapy.
This is because that study usedsynthetic hormones, which is
what many women are on withbirth control pills and other
hormone replacement therapies.
People didn't really know thatthere's another option, but it's
becoming much more popular now.
So the old type of hormonescreated inflammation in the body
, so there was that increasedrisk.
(03:25):
Now we have bioidenticals,which are made from plant
hormones like soy or yam, sothey're exactly identical to the
structure of our own humanhormones.
So they actually createhomeostasis or balance within
the body and they create ananti-inflammatory effect in the
body while also replacing createan anti-inflammatory effect in
the body while also replacingthe necessary hormones that
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women and men lose as they age.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Fascinating stuff.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
So you had also mentioned.
When we spoke, when we met, Iwas actually and forgive me I
had been meaning to set up anappointment for my daughter to
come see you.
The recommendation that you gotat the chamber was about the
skincare side of what you do,and she said that.
Remind me again what she said.
She said that the she had atransformation in herself and
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then she took her daughter therefor her acne and got cleared up
very quickly as well.
Talk a little bit about that.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Yeah, so I formulated my own medical grade skincare
line.
So it's Enlightened Medical'sown medical grade skincare line.
All different types of skinconcerns, whether it be fine
lines and wrinkles, pigmentationfrom the sun, rosacea, acne,
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anything that you can think ofwe have a solution for you.
So I had her on an AM and PMregimen that particular person
you're speaking of for ananti-aging regimen and I have
her daughter on an acne regimenand it's so super simple to use.
It takes about four to fiveminutes in the morning, four to
(05:09):
five minutes at night and itreally gets your skin in amazing
shape and glowing and thechange happens within two weeks
and then the most results you'llsee is in three months.
So it takes about three fullmonths to get the maximum
results, but patients notice adifference near immediately and
it's so rewarding to hear thestories of people and their
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lives are being changed by this.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
So how does one go about formulating their own
natural line of skincareproducts?
You said that to me and I'm inmy mind thinking like are you
taking natural products andtrying them?
Are you looking at studies?
How are you coming up with aformula like this?
Is it a trial?
And error thing.
I'm curious how that processworks.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
All of the above.
I've pretty much, I believe,tried every skincare product on
the market.
I know what works and I knowwhat doesn't work.
So, yes, a lot of trial anderror and a lot of investigating
the ingredients.
There's active acids that docertain things, you know.
So, putting together a regimenin that way where we have all of
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the correct active acidsworking on the things that we're
trying to treat.
Plus, we're protecting the skinbarrier, so we're getting great
moisturizer.
We're protecting the skin fromthe sun, so we're using mineral
SPF because, as we know now,chemical SPF does get into our
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bloodstream and it can createhormonal imbalances and other
untoward things.
So, really trying to focus onthe holistic side of the
skincare too.
But yes, I worked with apharmacist and you know who's
been in the business for 30years and came up with this
fantastic line.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
That's one of the things that I've struggled with
as I've become more aware ofwhat I've been.
What I'm putting in my body issourcing, and not just for
skincare products, but also forfood, any anything you really
put in your body or put on yourbody.
If you're out there looking atthese things and you look at all
the ingredients, like we don'tknow what these things are, and
then, if you try to research it,there's so much information out
(07:14):
there.
Some is accurate, some is notaccurate.
So it's refreshing to havefolks like you out there kind of
coming up and formulatingproducts that are very, very
positive and healthy for thebody and really serve their
function a lot better than someof the things that are currently
out there on the shelf.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Thank you.
We know so much now and we knowso many things are banned in
Europe that are not banned here.
And we know better, so we mustdo better.
Not banned here.
And we know better, so we mustdo better.
You know, we really have toprotect our bodies from the
toxins that are in theenvironment, in our food source,
in our soil, in our skincare,in all of our hygiene products.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Yeah, and we live in I say this all the time we live
in an instant gratification,quick fix society, right,
Everybody is looking for theshortcut, the one thing they
could do, and it just doesn'texist out there.
You got to.
We live in an instantgratification, quick fix society
, right, everybody is lookingfor the shortcut, the one thing
they could do, and it justdoesn't exist out there.
You gotta uh, you gotta do theresearch.
You gotta put the work in interms of taking care of yourself
, right, exercising the food youput in your body.
Um, this is our body, this isour temple.
(08:16):
We only got one life to liveand it's so important.
That's why I love havingconversations like this and
that's why I think I'm havingmore and more conversations with
people in the holistichealthcare space, and it seems
like every other day I'm havingthese conversations and it's
because I'm like is attracting,like it's on my mind, so these
things are gravitating towardsme.
I'm interested, danelle, howdid Enlightened Medical come to
(08:40):
be Now?
Is this something that you'vealways had a fascination with
going back to when you wereyoung?
Tell us a little bit about yourjourney that led you to where
you're at today.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Yeah, so I was an ER physician for many, many years
at a level one trauma center andin 2018, I started dreaming of
Enlightened Medical.
I didn't know exactly what itwas going to look like or how it
was going to be, but that itsparked something in me and I
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knew that I had to open thispractice.
I was on a night shift.
It was 3 am.
The chest pain patients arecoming in, one after the other.
The patients were gettingsicker and sicker and there was
no end in sight.
So our medical system is so setup and really great at catching
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people when they fall, but howabout preventing the fall?
Speaker 2 (09:36):
in the first place.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
How about keeping healthy people healthy?
Keeping healthy people healthy.
We're so good at saving lives,but we're not good at keeping
the lives beautiful from thebeginning.
If we taught people how to behealthy and how to prevent
things from happening in thefirst place, we wouldn't have so
many patients with morbidobesity on multiple medications
(10:01):
that they have trouble gettingoff of.
A lot of this comes frommindset shifting and habit
formation and discipline, whichis what I teach so much here,
especially for my wellnesspatients, my weight loss
patients.
It's not just putting people onmedications.
It's really changing theirmindset so that they can live a
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healthier and happier life.
Moving forward.
I want to get them off theirmedications.
I want to get themunderstanding their bodies so
that they can feel like theirabsolute best self.
That's the goal here.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
The mind is so incredibly powerful.
All right, and it's.
We all know how important it isto create these routines and
habits and to eat good food andall that.
It's just so easy to fall intoold habits, right, old habits
die hard.
And it goes back to education,raising awareness and teaching
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our kids from an early age Oneof the things that you'll
probably meet my daughterbecause she's going to come in
there for the skin issue, one ofthe things that she was.
My kids were eating pretty badfor a while and then, all of a
sudden, my daughter startedgetting into soccer and training
and she decided she wanted tostart eating healthier and she's
eating a lot of protein now andshe gave me lists.
(11:19):
She sends me little like TikTokvideos of foods and dinners and
dishes that she wants me tocreate and it's really been
refreshing and it's given me asense of rejuvenation.
It's something about when yourkids have that kind of mindset.
It just it fuels me and itmakes me want to do better
myself.
So, yeah, that's excellent.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
She's setting herself up for a really healthy life
with activity and clean, wholefoods.
It sounds wonderful.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Now we just got to keep that train going, because I
know she fell off recently theother day and went to McDonald's
.
She used to love McDonald's andshe's like I don't want that
anymore.
It's gross.
But then she had a cheeseburgerthe other day.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Yeah, jeremy, it's not a linear path and a lot of
people feel that, oh, I have tobe perfect.
There's no such thing asperfection.
We have to stop judgingourselves so harshly and really
create a positive mindset,because that voice in our head
is our beacon.
(12:12):
If we don't speak kindly toourselves and we have negative
self-talk, we're not going to bereally productive and we're not
going to be able to be our bestselves for others too, and
we're not gonna be able to beour best selves for others too.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Yeah, absolutely.
And speaking of that, so one ofthe reasons why we do this show
is to educate, and there's alot.
I'm sure you run into a lot ofmyths and misconceptions in the
work that you do.
What are some of the mostcommon things that you hear from
your clients, people in thisspace that you can speak to to
(12:45):
kind of clear the air aroundthose things?
Speaker 3 (12:48):
You know there's been a lot of shaming for people who
are doing medical weight loss,people who are on medications
like semaglutide and terzapatideas you have heard of Ozembic
that's the buzzword.
As you have heard of Ozambicthat's the buzzword yeah,
there's been, you know, a lot ofmisinformation out there and
(13:08):
you know people really do needthis medication.
It really helps them.
But it's not the medicationalone.
Like I discussed with you prior, it's it's the mindset shifting
, it's the habit formation, it'steaching.
You know people people eat how.
They know they grew up infamilies that ate this way and
it becomes a family problem anda family disease.
(13:29):
So when you can take thatperson out of the environment
and really teach them how to eat, how to exercise, how to sleep,
how to meditate, all of thesethings come together and you
know they become a differentperson.
They become the really the bestversion of themselves.
So it's not just a medicine andI do medical weight loss
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without medication too.
But you know there's been a lotof shaming and you know just a
lot of buzz around thesemedications and they're so
excellent for helping people getthat kick that they need and
there's talk about that.
People lose muscle on it.
People lose muscle on any dietthey're on.
We cannot pick where we loseour weight from.
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We lose fat and we lose muscle.
So it's so important to weighttrain during these, when you're
on these medications, and eatprotein and get proper sleep and
really work on changing thediet and not diet diet's a bad
word, but changing the foodsourcing so that it's cleaner
eating and patients understandwhere they're getting their food
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sources and understanding howthe protein works in the body to
build the muscle up.
Also, another misconception onthe aesthetic side is that when
we do aesthetics procedures thatpatients look unnatural, and
that is not true.
The natural look is in thehands of the injector, the hands
of the physician, so it comeswith an artistic ability, it
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comes with expertise andtraining and the aesthetic look
can be so natural and justenhances the person's natural
beauty.
They don't have to look likethey've had anything done.
The best injectable isundetectable and if patients
come to thank you, if patientscome to Enlightened Medical,
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they really will see that theyhave amazing transformations,
but they just look like the bestversion of themselves.
They don't look done and theydon't look injected or fake.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Yeah, I think I know for me when I start thinking
about making changes like that.
I know aesthetics is differentthan like plastic surgery, but
you get this vision in your headfrom plastic surgery all these
actors and actresses that havehad work done and as they get
older, like their faces startlooking plastic, right.
So I think people kind ofgravitate towards that in terms
of what they're thinking when itcomes to this type of stuff.
(15:53):
But aesthetics is a differentthing altogether.
Yes, it's a-.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Well, I mean it is.
They go hand in hand, thoughyou know a lot of plastic
surgeons do aesthetics withinjectables like dermal filler,
bio-stimulators, Botox, thingslike that, and lasers.
So it all goes hand in hand,and I do everything here aside
from the surgery.
So I do like non-surgicalfacelifts here, all the lasers,
microneedling and the skincare,which is the foundation of
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everything, and that's reallytruly 80% of the results.
People think that they need todo all of these procedures to
get results.
Really, it's the skincare, themedical grade skincare, that
makes all the difference.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Yes, absolutely so.
In all that we do, family isusually at the backbone.
I know it is for me.
I got a beautiful 10-year-oldson.
My daughter's about to turn 13.
My lovely wife really drives mein all that.
I do.
Tell us a little bit about yourfamily.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
My family is amazing.
I have three unbelievablestepkids who are my own kids 25,
22, 18.
The 18-year-old lives with usand he's amazing.
He's graduating from highschool, about to go to college,
and I have a three-year-old aswell.
So it is a busy house, busylife.
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I have an amazing husband whois the most supportive and just
so loving, and I have two dogs.
So really busy life.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
What do you guys like to do for fun when you're not
working in your downtime?
Speaker 3 (17:33):
We love to go to the beach we have.
We've been going to do what'syour beach of choice.
We go to Fort Lauderdale Beach.
We do Sunday sunrise on thebeach Many weeks when the
weather is great.
We go for walks, we go to thepark, we play in the backyard.
We just have a really greattime together and really enjoy
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each other's company.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Yes, I don't often go to the beach, but I was just
there with my son and we hadsuch a wonderful time.
I buried him to his head in thesand and then we went out for
dinner.
He loves steak, so we went toSteak 954 when we were done and
had a beautiful evening.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Yeah, it's delicious there.
That sounds like such a greatday.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Yes, it really was.
That's bonding time with thechildren.
So important, so important.
So looking like what I found inmy own life.
The older I get like when I wasyounger I always used to.
When I had some kind ofchallenging situation or
obstacle come up in my life, Ialways used to get super
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stressed out and I would kind ofask myself why does this always
happen to me?
What I've come to learn as I'vegotten older is that these are
the experiences that really helpus to grow, and often it's some
of the most challengingexperiences that we've had in
our life that shape us to wherewe're at today and we draw the
most valuable lessons from thoseexperiences.
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Looking back through yourjourney, is there something that
comes to mind that kind of fitsthe bill there?
Some life hardship or challenge, a crisis situation where you
thought the world was ending.
You thought there was no comingback from it.
But with hindsight now, sittinghere today, you look back at
that moment and you say, man,had I not gone through that, I
wouldn't be where I'm at today.
(19:19):
What comes to mind for youthere?
Speaker 3 (19:22):
Being on the front lines for COVID in the ER yeah,
pregnant that was really anexperience that I didn't know if
we were going to come back fromthat and it was so difficult to
watch everything happen, theway it transpired, and you know
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how the world responded, and itwas such a difficult time seeing
people that I loved pass away,seeing friends, parents very
sick, colleagues very sick, andnot knowing if I was going to
have my baby be sick or ifeverything was going to be okay,
(20:08):
if I was going to bring homesomething to the virus to my
family.
It was a very stressful timeand I was trying to foster such
a peaceful environment for mygrowing baby that it was
definitely the biggest challengethat I've faced thus far, but
we came out the other side, sothat we did and it really does
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give you just a deeperappreciation for life and for
our health going through these,these challenging experiences
like that.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Yeah, covid was a doozy for for for many out there
.
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
It was a huge turning point in for me in gratitude,
in just appreciation, gratitudeand being present.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Mindful and present.
That's one of the things Ireally wish they would start
implementing more in the publicschool system is mindfulness
they should have.
That should be instilled.
It's just so important I can'ttell you how many times I've
been in it in the moment andthen I just take a step away
from what I'm doing and do likea minute of breathing or just
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just even sitting in silence orwhatever, just meditating and it
just really grounds you andcenters you and brings you back.
And that needs to become moremainstream because I think a lot
of people out there still stillfeel that they still hear about
that stuff and they feel thewoo coming on right, the woo-woo
stuff.
But it's just so powerful itreally is.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Absolutely.
It is a huge game changer andyou just kind of have to lean
into it.
It may seem woo-woo at first,but leaning in to it really
changes everything.
And on top of it, changing thefood sources in our school
system would also be amazing,little by little bringing whole
food sources into the schools,because if kids' brains are on
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these preservatives and dyesthey're not going to be able to
be present or mindful period.
So it's a combination and Ithink we really have to do the
work to get the school system onboard with these changes.
So hopefully in the futurewe'll see that.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, I mentioned earlier, weonly have this one life to live
and this is our body, this isour temple and we put so much
crap inside our bodies and likeyou said, it's okay to have a
little bit of cheat day, it'sgood to eat good stuff and all
that, but it's just so much morebeneficial for your well-being
when you have a nice, balanceddiet.
(22:38):
Very, very difficult to dosometimes, but again, all we
could do is keep talking aboutit and keep raising awareness
and keep enhancing the narrativeforward.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
What would be, before we wrap this up here, what
would be one thing that you'dlike to leave our listeners with
about your business?
You know it could be about thebusiness, something you'd like
me I'll tell you.
I'll give you two things.
One thing you'd like ourlisteners to know about the
business specifically, and then,on the other side, maybe like a
life, a little piece of wisdom,a tidbit, something that you'd
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like to leave the listeners with.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
So about the business is that we're not just another
medical practice.
We really are a conciergepractice, which means you're
going to get expertise, you'regoing to get handholding, you're
going to feel the love from us.
We have a lot of compassionatecare here and you know we put
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together high quality treatmentplans for our patients for like
a year, year and a half, so youcan see where you've been and
you know where you're going.
So there's never a question asto what's coming next and what
am I going to do.
But I sit with my patients, Ihear their stories and we work
together to get to the goal forthe patients.
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So you're never going to feelalone in this journey.
And then something um, just thewisdom that I have is just start
.
It doesn't matter if it's, youknow, a Tuesday, or you feel too
late, or you feel I'm 60, Ican't do it.
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No, just start.
We all start somewhere.
Stop judging yourself and juststart.
Whatever that may be liftingweights, going for a walk,
changing one thing in your diet,adding more protein, getting an
hour extra of sleep, beingoutside more whatever that may
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look like to you, just start.
And the trajectory is notlinear, but it's beautiful when
you start to see the fruits ofyour labor.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
Beautiful.
I absolutely love it.
That's great advice becausethis stuff can be incredibly
overwhelming.
But, like you said, if you justtake it one step at a time and
just slowly start implementingthings and build on it, you'll
start to see maybe not rightaway, but months down the road
you're going to start to seehuge transformations in your
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life and you're going to feel alot better.
Speaker 3 (25:14):
Yeah, we're in this for longevity.
We're not in this for a sixpack.
We're in this for staying outof the nursing home, for
building strong bones, healthymuscles, healthy brains.
This is what it's about.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Absolutely.
How can we learn more?
Let us know, let our listenersknow, how we can reach you.
Maybe share your contactinformation, your website,
social media?
How can we find you?
I know there's going to befolks out there listening that
are going to want to reach out,because I really love what
you're doing out there.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
Thank you.
So you can find us on allsocial platforms.
At Enlightened Medical.
You can check out our websiteat
wwwenlightenedmedicalpracticecom, and you can text or call our
office at 954-210-8686.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
Excellent.
We will, of course, put in thelink in the description below.
We're going to drop a link inthe description below to all of
your contact information.
Anyone out there listening.
If you found this contentuseful, don't forget to like and
subscribe.
And if you've had your ownexperience in aesthetics or in
the space, leave it in thecomments below.
Let us know what's on your mind.
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We always appreciate hearingyour feedback and we thank you
so much for joining us, danelle.
It was a pleasure.
I love what you're doing.
Keep up the great work in thecommunity.
If you're out there listening,please reach out to Danelle if
you need help with any of thisstuff.
She really is doing great workfor us here in our community.
So thanks for coming on theshow, danelle.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
Thanks so much, Jeremy.
It's been a pleasure.
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
Of course, everyone take care, stay blessed out
there and have a wonderful day.
Catch you next time.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
Thanks for listening to the Good Neighbor Podcast
Cooper City.
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Here's your host, Jeremy Wolf.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Well, hello, hello, friends, family, community,
great universe.
We are back with anotherepisode of the Good Neighbor
Podcast.
I don't know about everyoneelse out there, but I am feeling
particularly enlightened today.
Reason being is that I'm herewith Dr Danelle Kuttner from
Enlightened Medical and Iactually had the pleasure of
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meeting Danelle.
Should I call you Danelle or DrKuttner?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Whatever you prefer.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I'm going to go, danelle, we'll keep it formal
today.
I had the pleasure of meetingher at the most recent Davie
Cooper City Chamber of Commerceluncheon.
She was the presenter there andshe spoke about her business,
and at the end of herpresentation, one of the members
got up and gave her such aglowing review and
recommendation I had no otherchoice but to extend the olive
(01:02):
branch and invite her to come onthe show.
So, danelle, thanks for joiningus.
Thanks so much, jeremy.
It's great to be here.
Yes, yes, great to have you.
And thanks, as always, to ourlisteners for tuning in.
So why don't we start from thetop?
Tell everybody a little bitabout your business.
Enlightened Medical.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
So Enlightened Medical is a concierge medical
practice that focuses on thewhole body.
So holistic medicine, holistichealing.
We focus very much on theentire person.
We want to make everybody feelmen and women that's very
important to feel like the bestversion of themselves.
(01:44):
So we focus on aestheticmedicine as well advanced
aesthetics procedures.
We do bioidentical, hormonereplacement therapy, medical
weight loss, gut healthrestoration, lasers and all
aesthetics.
So we're working from theinside out.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Well, now you're speaking my language.
I find myself increasinglysurrounded by people in the
wellness space that focus onholistic whole body healing.
I think it has something to dowith my own personal journey on
the north side of 40.
I've become more aware of mybody and its ability to heal
itself from within, so I amtruly fascinated by this stuff.
(02:26):
I want to get into some ofthese different services that
you offer there.
You mentioned one bio-medical.
What was that?
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Bio-identical or body-identical hormone
replacement therapy.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
So what exactly is that?
Speaker 3 (02:41):
So this is.
We've heard of hormonereplacement therapy in the past.
I'm sure you know a wholegeneration of women were scared
out of doing hormone replacementtherapy because of a study that
came out in 2001 called theWomen's Health Initiative, which
led people to believe thatthere was an increased risk of
some cancers and blood clotsusing hormone replacement
(03:04):
therapy.
This is because that study usedsynthetic hormones, which is
what many women are on withbirth control pills and other
hormone replacement therapies.
People didn't really know thatthere's another option, but it's
becoming much more popular now.
So the old type of hormonescreated inflammation in the body
, so there was that increasedrisk.
(03:25):
Now we have bioidenticals,which are made from plant
hormones like soy or yam, sothey're exactly identical to the
structure of our own humanhormones.
So they actually createhomeostasis or balance within
the body and they create ananti-inflammatory effect in the
body while also replacing createan anti-inflammatory effect in
the body while also replacingthe necessary hormones that
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women and men lose as they age.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Fascinating stuff.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
So you had also mentioned.
When we spoke, when we met, Iwas actually and forgive me I
had been meaning to set up anappointment for my daughter to
come see you.
The recommendation that you gotat the chamber was about the
skincare side of what you do,and she said that.
Remind me again what she said.
She said that the she had atransformation in herself and
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then she took her daughter therefor her acne and got cleared up
very quickly as well.
Talk a little bit about that.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Yeah, so I formulated my own medical grade skincare
line.
So it's Enlightened Medical'sown medical grade skincare line.
All different types of skinconcerns, whether it be fine
lines and wrinkles, pigmentationfrom the sun, rosacea, acne,
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anything that you can think ofwe have a solution for you.
So I had her on an AM and PMregimen that particular person
you're speaking of for ananti-aging regimen and I have
her daughter on an acne regimenand it's so super simple to use.
It takes about four to fiveminutes in the morning, four to
(05:09):
five minutes at night and itreally gets your skin in amazing
shape and glowing and thechange happens within two weeks
and then the most results you'llsee is in three months.
So it takes about three fullmonths to get the maximum
results, but patients notice adifference near immediately and
it's so rewarding to hear thestories of people and their
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lives are being changed by this.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
So how does one go about formulating their own
natural line of skincareproducts?
You said that to me and I'm inmy mind thinking like are you
taking natural products andtrying them?
Are you looking at studies?
How are you coming up with aformula like this?
Is it a trial?
And error thing.
I'm curious how that processworks.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
All of the above.
I've pretty much, I believe,tried every skincare product on
the market.
I know what works and I knowwhat doesn't work.
So, yes, a lot of trial anderror and a lot of investigating
the ingredients.
There's active acids that docertain things, you know.
So, putting together a regimenin that way where we have all of
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the correct active acidsworking on the things that we're
trying to treat.
Plus, we're protecting the skinbarrier, so we're getting great
moisturizer.
We're protecting the skin fromthe sun, so we're using mineral
SPF because, as we know now,chemical SPF does get into our
(06:38):
bloodstream and it can createhormonal imbalances and other
untoward things.
So, really trying to focus onthe holistic side of the
skincare too.
But yes, I worked with apharmacist and you know who's
been in the business for 30years and came up with this
fantastic line.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
That's one of the things that I've struggled with
as I've become more aware ofwhat I've been.
What I'm putting in my body issourcing, and not just for
skincare products, but also forfood, any anything you really
put in your body or put on yourbody.
If you're out there looking atthese things and you look at all
the ingredients, like we don'tknow what these things are, and
then, if you try to research it,there's so much information out
(07:14):
there.
Some is accurate, some is notaccurate.
So it's refreshing to havefolks like you out there kind of
coming up and formulatingproducts that are very, very
positive and healthy for thebody and really serve their
function a lot better than someof the things that are currently
out there on the shelf.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Thank you.
We know so much now and we knowso many things are banned in
Europe that are not banned here.
And we know better, so we mustdo better.
Not banned here.
And we know better, so we mustdo better.
You know, we really have toprotect our bodies from the
toxins that are in theenvironment, in our food source,
in our soil, in our skincare,in all of our hygiene products.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Yeah, and we live in I say this all the time we live
in an instant gratification,quick fix society, right,
Everybody is looking for theshortcut, the one thing they
could do, and it just doesn'texist out there.
You got to.
We live in an instantgratification, quick fix society
, right, everybody is lookingfor the shortcut, the one thing
they could do, and it justdoesn't exist out there.
You gotta uh, you gotta do theresearch.
You gotta put the work in interms of taking care of yourself
, right, exercising the food youput in your body.
Um, this is our body, this isour temple.
(08:16):
We only got one life to liveand it's so important.
That's why I love havingconversations like this and
that's why I think I'm havingmore and more conversations with
people in the holistichealthcare space, and it seems
like every other day I'm havingthese conversations and it's
because I'm like is attracting,like it's on my mind, so these
things are gravitating towardsme.
I'm interested, danelle, howdid Enlightened Medical come to
(08:40):
be Now?
Is this something that you'vealways had a fascination with
going back to when you wereyoung?
Tell us a little bit about yourjourney that led you to where
you're at today.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Yeah, so I was an ER physician for many, many years
at a level one trauma center andin 2018, I started dreaming of
Enlightened Medical.
I didn't know exactly what itwas going to look like or how it
was going to be, but that itsparked something in me and I
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knew that I had to open thispractice.
I was on a night shift.
It was 3 am.
The chest pain patients arecoming in, one after the other.
The patients were gettingsicker and sicker and there was
no end in sight.
So our medical system is so setup and really great at catching
(09:32):
people when they fall, but howabout preventing the fall?
Speaker 2 (09:36):
in the first place.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
How about keeping healthy people healthy?
Keeping healthy people healthy.
We're so good at saving lives,but we're not good at keeping
the lives beautiful from thebeginning.
If we taught people how to behealthy and how to prevent
things from happening in thefirst place, we wouldn't have so
many patients with morbidobesity on multiple medications
(10:01):
that they have trouble gettingoff of.
A lot of this comes frommindset shifting and habit
formation and discipline, whichis what I teach so much here,
especially for my wellnesspatients, my weight loss
patients.
It's not just putting people onmedications.
It's really changing theirmindset so that they can live a
(10:24):
healthier and happier life.
Moving forward.
I want to get them off theirmedications.
I want to get themunderstanding their bodies so
that they can feel like theirabsolute best self.
That's the goal here.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
The mind is so incredibly powerful.
All right, and it's.
We all know how important it isto create these routines and
habits and to eat good food andall that.
It's just so easy to fall intoold habits, right, old habits
die hard.
And it goes back to education,raising awareness and teaching
(10:58):
our kids from an early age Oneof the things that you'll
probably meet my daughterbecause she's going to come in
there for the skin issue, one ofthe things that she was.
My kids were eating pretty badfor a while and then, all of a
sudden, my daughter startedgetting into soccer and training
and she decided she wanted tostart eating healthier and she's
eating a lot of protein now andshe gave me lists.
(11:19):
She sends me little like TikTokvideos of foods and dinners and
dishes that she wants me tocreate and it's really been
refreshing and it's given me asense of rejuvenation.
It's something about when yourkids have that kind of mindset.
It just it fuels me and itmakes me want to do better
myself.
So, yeah, that's excellent.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
She's setting herself up for a really healthy life
with activity and clean, wholefoods.
It sounds wonderful.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Now we just got to keep that train going, because I
know she fell off recently theother day and went to McDonald's
.
She used to love McDonald's andshe's like I don't want that
anymore.
It's gross.
But then she had a cheeseburgerthe other day.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Yeah, jeremy, it's not a linear path and a lot of
people feel that, oh, I have tobe perfect.
There's no such thing asperfection.
We have to stop judgingourselves so harshly and really
create a positive mindset,because that voice in our head
is our beacon.
(12:12):
If we don't speak kindly toourselves and we have negative
self-talk, we're not going to bereally productive and we're not
going to be able to be our bestselves for others too, and
we're not gonna be able to beour best selves for others too.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Yeah, absolutely.
And speaking of that, so one ofthe reasons why we do this show
is to educate, and there's alot.
I'm sure you run into a lot ofmyths and misconceptions in the
work that you do.
What are some of the mostcommon things that you hear from
your clients, people in thisspace that you can speak to to
(12:45):
kind of clear the air aroundthose things?
Speaker 3 (12:48):
You know there's been a lot of shaming for people who
are doing medical weight loss,people who are on medications
like semaglutide and terzapatideas you have heard of Ozembic
that's the buzzword.
As you have heard of Ozambicthat's the buzzword yeah,
there's been, you know, a lot ofmisinformation out there and
(13:08):
you know people really do needthis medication.
It really helps them.
But it's not the medicationalone.
Like I discussed with you prior, it's it's the mindset shifting
, it's the habit formation, it'steaching.
You know people people eat how.
They know they grew up infamilies that ate this way and
it becomes a family problem anda family disease.
(13:29):
So when you can take thatperson out of the environment
and really teach them how to eat, how to exercise, how to sleep,
how to meditate, all of thesethings come together and you
know they become a differentperson.
They become the really the bestversion of themselves.
So it's not just a medicine andI do medical weight loss
(13:51):
without medication too.
But you know there's been a lotof shaming and you know just a
lot of buzz around thesemedications and they're so
excellent for helping people getthat kick that they need and
there's talk about that.
People lose muscle on it.
People lose muscle on any dietthey're on.
We cannot pick where we loseour weight from.
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We lose fat and we lose muscle.
So it's so important to weighttrain during these, when you're
on these medications, and eatprotein and get proper sleep and
really work on changing thediet and not diet diet's a bad
word, but changing the foodsourcing so that it's cleaner
eating and patients understandwhere they're getting their food
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sources and understanding howthe protein works in the body to
build the muscle up.
Also, another misconception onthe aesthetic side is that when
we do aesthetics procedures thatpatients look unnatural, and
that is not true.
The natural look is in thehands of the injector, the hands
of the physician, so it comeswith an artistic ability, it
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comes with expertise andtraining and the aesthetic look
can be so natural and justenhances the person's natural
beauty.
They don't have to look likethey've had anything done.
The best injectable isundetectable and if patients
come to thank you, if patientscome to Enlightened Medical,
(15:19):
they really will see that theyhave amazing transformations,
but they just look like the bestversion of themselves.
They don't look done and theydon't look injected or fake.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Yeah, I think I know for me when I start thinking
about making changes like that.
I know aesthetics is differentthan like plastic surgery, but
you get this vision in your headfrom plastic surgery all these
actors and actresses that havehad work done and as they get
older, like their faces startlooking plastic, right.
So I think people kind ofgravitate towards that in terms
of what they're thinking when itcomes to this type of stuff.
(15:53):
But aesthetics is a differentthing altogether.
Yes, it's a-.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Well, I mean it is.
They go hand in hand, thoughyou know a lot of plastic
surgeons do aesthetics withinjectables like dermal filler,
bio-stimulators, Botox, thingslike that, and lasers.
So it all goes hand in hand,and I do everything here aside
from the surgery.
So I do like non-surgicalfacelifts here, all the lasers,
microneedling and the skincare,which is the foundation of
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everything, and that's reallytruly 80% of the results.
People think that they need todo all of these procedures to
get results.
Really, it's the skincare, themedical grade skincare, that
makes all the difference.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Yes, absolutely so.
In all that we do, family isusually at the backbone.
I know it is for me.
I got a beautiful 10-year-oldson.
My daughter's about to turn 13.
My lovely wife really drives mein all that.
I do.
Tell us a little bit about yourfamily.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
My family is amazing.
I have three unbelievablestepkids who are my own kids 25,
22, 18.
The 18-year-old lives with usand he's amazing.
He's graduating from highschool, about to go to college,
and I have a three-year-old aswell.
So it is a busy house, busylife.
(17:19):
I have an amazing husband whois the most supportive and just
so loving, and I have two dogs.
So really busy life.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
What do you guys like to do for fun when you're not
working in your downtime?
Speaker 3 (17:33):
We love to go to the beach we have.
We've been going to do what'syour beach of choice.
We go to Fort Lauderdale Beach.
We do Sunday sunrise on thebeach Many weeks when the
weather is great.
We go for walks, we go to thepark, we play in the backyard.
We just have a really greattime together and really enjoy
(17:53):
each other's company.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Yes, I don't often go to the beach, but I was just
there with my son and we hadsuch a wonderful time.
I buried him to his head in thesand and then we went out for
dinner.
He loves steak, so we went toSteak 954 when we were done and
had a beautiful evening.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Yeah, it's delicious there.
That sounds like such a greatday.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Yes, it really was.
That's bonding time with thechildren.
So important, so important.
So looking like what I found inmy own life.
The older I get like when I wasyounger I always used to.
When I had some kind ofchallenging situation or
obstacle come up in my life, Ialways used to get super
(18:38):
stressed out and I would kind ofask myself why does this always
happen to me?
What I've come to learn as I'vegotten older is that these are
the experiences that really helpus to grow, and often it's some
of the most challengingexperiences that we've had in
our life that shape us to wherewe're at today and we draw the
most valuable lessons from thoseexperiences.
(18:58):
Looking back through yourjourney, is there something that
comes to mind that kind of fitsthe bill there?
Some life hardship or challenge, a crisis situation where you
thought the world was ending.
You thought there was no comingback from it.
But with hindsight now, sittinghere today, you look back at
that moment and you say, man,had I not gone through that, I
wouldn't be where I'm at today.
(19:19):
What comes to mind for youthere?
Speaker 3 (19:22):
Being on the front lines for COVID in the ER yeah,
pregnant that was really anexperience that I didn't know if
we were going to come back fromthat and it was so difficult to
watch everything happen, theway it transpired, and you know
(19:47):
how the world responded, and itwas such a difficult time seeing
people that I loved pass away,seeing friends, parents very
sick, colleagues very sick, andnot knowing if I was going to
have my baby be sick or ifeverything was going to be okay,
(20:08):
if I was going to bring homesomething to the virus to my
family.
It was a very stressful timeand I was trying to foster such
a peaceful environment for mygrowing baby that it was
definitely the biggest challengethat I've faced thus far, but
we came out the other side, sothat we did and it really does
(20:32):
give you just a deeperappreciation for life and for
our health going through these,these challenging experiences
like that.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Yeah, covid was a doozy for for for many out there
.
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
It was a huge turning point in for me in gratitude,
in just appreciation, gratitudeand being present.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Mindful and present.
That's one of the things Ireally wish they would start
implementing more in the publicschool system is mindfulness
they should have.
That should be instilled.
It's just so important I can'ttell you how many times I've
been in it in the moment andthen I just take a step away
from what I'm doing and do likea minute of breathing or just
(21:18):
just even sitting in silence orwhatever, just meditating and it
just really grounds you andcenters you and brings you back.
And that needs to become moremainstream because I think a lot
of people out there still stillfeel that they still hear about
that stuff and they feel thewoo coming on right, the woo-woo
stuff.
But it's just so powerful itreally is.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Absolutely.
It is a huge game changer andyou just kind of have to lean
into it.
It may seem woo-woo at first,but leaning in to it really
changes everything.
And on top of it, changing thefood sources in our school
system would also be amazing,little by little bringing whole
food sources into the schools,because if kids' brains are on
(22:01):
these preservatives and dyesthey're not going to be able to
be present or mindful period.
So it's a combination and Ithink we really have to do the
work to get the school system onboard with these changes.
So hopefully in the futurewe'll see that.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, I mentioned earlier, weonly have this one life to live
and this is our body, this isour temple and we put so much
crap inside our bodies and likeyou said, it's okay to have a
little bit of cheat day, it'sgood to eat good stuff and all
that, but it's just so much morebeneficial for your well-being
when you have a nice, balanceddiet.
(22:38):
Very, very difficult to dosometimes, but again, all we
could do is keep talking aboutit and keep raising awareness
and keep enhancing the narrativeforward.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
What would be, before we wrap this up here, what
would be one thing that you'dlike to leave our listeners with
about your business?
You know it could be about thebusiness, something you'd like
me I'll tell you.
I'll give you two things.
One thing you'd like ourlisteners to know about the
business specifically, and then,on the other side, maybe like a
life, a little piece of wisdom,a tidbit, something that you'd
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like to leave the listeners with.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
So about the business is that we're not just another
medical practice.
We really are a conciergepractice, which means you're
going to get expertise, you'regoing to get handholding, you're
going to feel the love from us.
We have a lot of compassionatecare here and you know we put
(23:35):
together high quality treatmentplans for our patients for like
a year, year and a half, so youcan see where you've been and
you know where you're going.
So there's never a question asto what's coming next and what
am I going to do.
But I sit with my patients, Ihear their stories and we work
together to get to the goal forthe patients.
(23:58):
So you're never going to feelalone in this journey.
And then something um, just thewisdom that I have is just start
.
It doesn't matter if it's, youknow, a Tuesday, or you feel too
late, or you feel I'm 60, Ican't do it.
(24:19):
No, just start.
We all start somewhere.
Stop judging yourself and juststart.
Whatever that may be liftingweights, going for a walk,
changing one thing in your diet,adding more protein, getting an
hour extra of sleep, beingoutside more whatever that may
(24:41):
look like to you, just start.
And the trajectory is notlinear, but it's beautiful when
you start to see the fruits ofyour labor.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
Beautiful.
I absolutely love it.
That's great advice becausethis stuff can be incredibly
overwhelming.
But, like you said, if you justtake it one step at a time and
just slowly start implementingthings and build on it, you'll
start to see maybe not rightaway, but months down the road
you're going to start to seehuge transformations in your
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life and you're going to feel alot better.
Speaker 3 (25:14):
Yeah, we're in this for longevity.
We're not in this for a sixpack.
We're in this for staying outof the nursing home, for
building strong bones, healthymuscles, healthy brains.
This is what it's about.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Absolutely.
How can we learn more?
Let us know, let our listenersknow, how we can reach you.
Maybe share your contactinformation, your website,
social media?
How can we find you?
I know there's going to befolks out there listening that
are going to want to reach out,because I really love what
you're doing out there.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
Thank you.
So you can find us on allsocial platforms.
At Enlightened Medical.
You can check out our websiteat
wwwenlightenedmedicalpracticecom, and you can text or call our
office at 954-210-8686.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
Excellent.
We will, of course, put in thelink in the description below.
We're going to drop a link inthe description below to all of
your contact information.
Anyone out there listening.
If you found this contentuseful, don't forget to like and
subscribe.
And if you've had your ownexperience in aesthetics or in
the space, leave it in thecomments below.
Let us know what's on your mind.
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We always appreciate hearingyour feedback and we thank you
so much for joining us, danelle.
It was a pleasure.
I love what you're doing.
Keep up the great work in thecommunity.
If you're out there listening,please reach out to Danelle if
you need help with any of thisstuff.
She really is doing great workfor us here in our community.
So thanks for coming on theshow, danelle.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
Thanks so much, Jeremy.
It's been a pleasure.
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
Of course, everyone take care, stay blessed out
there and have a wonderful day.
Catch you next time.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
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