The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ Podcast

Frances Roen is a Georgia girl at heart, and has been graciously adopted by beautiful, snowy Minnesota. She is a forty-something daughter, friend, mom, wife, and entrepreneur, and is always on the look-out for a perfectly fried piece of chicken.

Frances is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) with nearly 20 years of experience fundraising, and has raised over $160M for nonprofits across the globe. She holds a Bachelor ...

Sara Ecklin is a recipe developer, food photographer, and lover of clean food. Clean Plate Mama was born out of her passion for health & wellness and making amazing foods from real food ingredients. She loves taking everyday recipes, childhood favorites, and any new ideas she can think of, and putting a clean food twist on them. Her goal is to share healthy recipes made from real foods that are easy to make, as well as share in...

As the founder of ProportionFit, Dr. Nick Meyer has been on a mission to see others gain control of their weight and their health. Working as an orthopedic surgeon, he has watched so many patients suffer from the ill effects of their excess weight that he decided to do something about it. He developed the ProportionFit diet and health plan which was the catalyst that brought about better health for him (he had gotten to the point o...

For more than 50 years, Shirley has been a coach, teacher, author, speaker, and body image specialist helping women, men, teens, and children resolve their issues with food and eating. She earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Minnesota in 1971 and 1975, respectfully.  The author of Inner Eating (Thomas Nelson 1991), she created Innergetics in 1994. Shirley has continued to refine the Inne...

Kerry Lipanot is a speech language pathologist with nearly 12 years of experience in outpatient and school settings. Since learning to assess and treat orofacial myofunctional disorders, Kerry has become passionate about getting this information out to the masses. In September of 2021, Kerry left her job of over 10 years to start her own adventure in private practice. Her practice, Elevate Speech Therapy, focuses on helping those o...

Marisarah Larvick is the founder & owner of MN IV. She is a Minnesota State University, Mankato alumni and has been working the majority of her nursing career in Emergency Medicine. Through the pandemic and watching the health care systems flooded with patient’s and lack of resources, MN IV was naturally born. Marisarah poured her heart and soul into creating a luxury concierge IV hydration service with the mission to help peop...

 Kavita Desai Dakoji, PhD, LP is a a self-proclaimed psychology superfan who loves challenging perceptions about health- especially kid’s pain. Dr. Kavita started out working as a pediatric pain psychologist at Children’s Minnesota. After a decade hearing families skepticism, doubts, and uncertainty that psychology can actually change their health, Dr. Kavita decided to do something about it. And, Peace Out Pain was born – a rebell...

Molly Raymond, MSW is an award-winning leader, social impact professional, and entrepreneur. She has been recognized in all her workplaces for her empathetic leadership, ability to build community and belonging, and inspirational commitment to inclusion and wellbeing for all. She is a community social worker with over 20 years of human development practice in nonprofit and higher education, serving as a certified facilitator, works...

Alex Stalberger is the founder of Well Connected Twin Cities. Much like myself, Alex has spent countless hours interviewing wellness practitioners, experts, and enthusiasts in our Twin Cities community. She had the brilliant idea to host a show together to discuss what we’ve learned about well-being throughout our journeys. This is part 2 of our conversation, so before you listen to this part you should jump over to part 1 of our c...

Daniel Larson, CEO and Founder of Kyros, is an entrepreneur with over decade of experience in technology and labor market solutions. In previous roles at SHI One Platform and Field Nation, where he served as Program Manager and Director of Strategic Business Development respectively, Daniel successfully built two nine-figure revenue programs from the ground up, resulting in eight-figure revenue streams for each company during his t...

Alex French is the co-founder and CEO of Bizzy Coffee, the #1 seller of cold brew coffee on Amazon. Bizzy Coffee’s mission is to create the greatest tasting and most convenient products on the market. Alex started Bizzy Coffee with his friend Andrew Healy.

Prior to starting Bizzy Coffee. Alex worked as an Associate at 301 Inc. General Mills' Venture Capital division, as a Marketing Analyst for Cheerios, an M&A Analyst at La...

Chris Wieseler has over a decade of sales experience with an emphasis on continual improvement and a pursuit for perfection. He possesses a background in sports with a deep love of soccer that shapes his professional attitude. Chris is dedicated to helping all people reach their own excellence goals no matter the field of play. He is a experienced Business Development Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the profession...

Jordan Johnson grew up in Stewartville, Minnesota. He attended the University of St. Thomas - studying psychology and exercise science. Jordan was also a member of the St. Thomas track and field team. Following his undergraduate education, he completed a Master of Arts in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology at Minnesota State University, Mankato. His experience as a researcher, student-athlete, and mental performance consul...

Kira Vanderlan is the founder and owner of Zestful Design. She understands that an uninspired and disorganized space can leave you feeling stressed and even embarrassed.  No one needs to live in a space that has disorder and lacks personal style.  She wants her clients to feel energetic and amazed by radical transformations in their living and working environments. 

Kira has a Masters degree in Cultural Studies from Dartmouth Colleg...

With a proven-track record of practical, human-centric solutions, Pastor Hart is a proud farm wife, mother and business professional with over 25 years of deep experience in health care delivery disruption.

She has managed hosts of multi-million dollar research programs at Mayo Clinic including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare IT (ONC), the National Institutes of Heal...

Nikki Vanecek was raised in the western suburbs of Minneapolis on Lake Minnetonka and raised her children there as well. Nikki is active in the community; she serves on the Ridgeview Medical Center Foundation Board and is also a member of the Northwestern Health Science University Board of Trustees. 

When she is not busy helping others, she enjoys most any outdoor activity from wake surfing, downhill skiing, to riding her motorcycle...

Andrew Headrick grew up locally in the Western suburbs of Minneapolis. He grew up in a large family with quadruplet younger siblings, which meant he spent ample time in primary care clinics and waiting rooms during his younger years. Andrew attended Middlebury College in Vermont, where he studied Economics and Chinese. He has held various roles professionally, at Medtronic, at a local hedge fund, and most recently at Piper Sandler,...

Bryan Piatt is the host of the "Take What Serves. Leave the Rest" podcast - creating a safe space to talk about healing and mental health. Bryan is a former news anchor and reporter at KARE 11 News, and is currently in graduate school for mental health counseling. Bryan is also a yoga teacher, meditation guide & breathwork facilitator.
 
Links from the Episode:
Bryan's Podcast - "Take What Serves...

B.J. Jenney, founder of the Strength Project, is focused on bridging the gap between physical and spiritual fitness. 

B.J. is passionate about helping people live better, healthier lives through physical and spiritual growth. 

He studied Sports Management and Biblical Studies at the University of Northwestern – Saint Paul, where he was also a student athlete. 

He is currently pursuing his Master of Divinity through Liberty University.

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