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134. Road to CBS News - Suzanne Le Mignot Feb 06, 2024

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Suzanne Le Mignot serves as CBS2 Chicago's weekend news morning anchor and weekday reporter. Le Mignot joined the station in 1995 as a freelance reporter and became a full-time reporter in 1999. She has covered a wide variety of stories, with a particular concentration on community related events, including serving as a news correspondent for CBS2′s Southside neighborhood newsroom from 1999-2000.

Prior to joining CBS2, Le Mignot was a news anchor and reporter for WBBM-AM Newsradio 780 (1994-99). She was a news anchor and reporter at WGN-AM (1996) and at WTMJ-AM in Milwaukee (1995-96), before returning to WBBM-AM in 1996. In 2007, LeMignot was honored by The Associated Press in the hard news feature category for her investigative report entitled "Tracking Your Security." Her investigation uncovered that bomb-sniffing dogs at Chicago's Metra train stations could not detect the passing scent of explosives. As a result of that story, Illinois passed a law that requires dog handlers to undergo 180 hours of rigorous training and to pass a new state exam. The report also earned LeMignot a Peter Lisagor Award in the in-depth reporting or series category and a Herman Kogan Award from the Chicago Bar Association.

Le Mignot has won several other industry awards: a local and national Emmy for her breaking news reports on the Blue Line derailment (2008); a local and national Emmy Award for her breaking news reports about the death of Pope John Paul II (2005); the Illinois Broadcasters Association Silver Dome Award (1997); two Peter Lisagor Awards (1994 and 1996) and the National Association of Black Journalists Leadership Award, while a student (1993). She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and a Board Member of the National Association of Black Journalists Chicago Chapter.

Le Mignot has served as a mentor and volunteer at Bunche Elementary School in Chicago's Englewood community. She regularly held workshops and planned field trips centered on building self-esteem for young girls. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & Northwest Indiana. Additionally, she is on the Board of Directors of PAWS Chicago, the largest no-kill animal shelter in the Midwest. Le Mignot helped set up the first humane education program with PAWS in 2003. PAWS visits Chicago area schools, using the program to teach elementary school children about the importance of nurturing animals. The program is also used by the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago.

Le Mignot has served on the Board of Directors of the Better Boys Foundation. The organization provides educational assistance to boys and girls in the North Lawndale community on Chicago's west side. Le Mignot is the recipient of the National Civil Rights Library 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award for her work in journalism. In 2017, she was inducted into the National Civil Rights Hall of Fame. In 2017, Le Mignot also received the "We Dream in Color" Michelle Obama Humanitarian Award for her reports that led to positive change in the lives of those who have endured challenging times.

In 2019, Le Mignot won first place in the Chicago Journalists Association Sarah Brown Boyden Award Competition in the Public Service category for her "Misidentified Man" series of reports. The day before Le Mignot received the award, Senate Bill SB2309 was introduced on November 14, 2019. The bill would make fingerprinting and DNA testing mandatory in John and Jane Doe cases in Illinois. In 2021 she received The Shantieya Smith "We Fight for Her Award" by MOVE and YOVE (Mothers Opposed to Violence Everywhere and Youth Opposed to Violence Everywhere) for her reports bringing attention to missing and murdered black girls and women in Chicago. She was also chosen by Better Magazine in 2021 as one of the top 10 Black Women of Impact in Chicago and chosen by the America Nation Multicultural World Foundation as the 2021 Multicultural Woman of the Year.

She has served as a Trustee of Ray Graham Association for People with Disabilities, an organization that supports children and adults with developmental disabilities in DuPage and Cook counties. Le Mignot is also on the Board of Trustees of Lifeline Humanitarian Organization. The group provides medical supplies and aid for war orphans throughout former Yugoslavia. She's on the Advisory Council for Smile Train, an organization that provides life-saving cleft-palate surgery for children in need around the world.

133. Toxins and Obesity - Dr. Jenna Hua Feb 05, 2024

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Jenna's extensive experience as an academic and health advocate led to her founding Million Marker in 2019, shortly after completing a Postdoctoral Fellowship with Stanford University's School of Medicine. Throughout her career in academia, Jenna has researched and published numerous studies that largely focused on citizens science, general health, and the impact of food consumption on a person's well-being. In one of her most recent publications, Jenna used machine learning to identify people based on food consumed in order to offer healthier food options. She also published another report that studied the arsenic exposure and risks of eating rice within adolescents in Kunming, China. Jenna has been a Project Manager for UNC's Carolina Population Center, a Graduate Instructor and Research Assistant at UC Berkeley, and a Project Manager at UCLA's Center for Population Research. She was also a US Fulbright Fellow at the Institute of International Education in Kunming, China.

Jenna holds a BS in Nutrition and an MPH and PhD in Environmental Health Sciences from UC Berkeley. Learn More: https://millionmarker.com

132. Upgrade Your Vagus Nerve - Dr. Navaz Habib Jan 31, 2024

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Dr. Navaz Habib, is the bestselling author of 'Activate Your Vagus Nerve', and the newly released 'Upgrade Your Vagus Nerve' He is also the host of 'The Health Upgrade Podcast'.

After graduating as class valedictorian from Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 2010 and went on to practice traditional chiropractic for years, until he utilized the power of functional medicine to transform his own health. He continued his lifelong journey to seek answers through the Institute of Functional Medicine and everything Vagus nerve releated.

Dr. Habib is the founder of 'Health Upgraded' an online functional health consulting clinic, supporting optimal health by elevating the awareness and function of the Vagus nerve.

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131. Recharge Your Battery - Dr. Molly Maloof Jan 24, 2024

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Dr. Molly Maloof, best selling author of The Spark Factor, provides health optimisation and personalised medicine to high achieving entrepreneurs, investors, and technology executives. For three years she taught a pioneering course on healthspan in the Wellness Department of the Medical School at Stanford University before launching her own company, inspired by her unique philosophy of health.

Since 2012, she has worked as an advisor or consultant to more than fifty companies in the digital health, consumer health, and biotechnology industries. Dr. Maloof is on the frontier of personalised medicine, digital-health technologies, biofeedback-assisted lifestyle interventions, psychedelic medicine, and science-backed wellness products and services.

130. The Importance of Algae - Catherine Arnston Jan 23, 2024

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Catharine started ENERGYbits after her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer and advised by her oncologist that an alkaline diet would help her heal. Catharine immediately sprung into action to help her sister research alkaline foods and in the process she discovered algae.

When Catharine learned that algae was the most alkaline, plant-based, nutrient-dense food in the world and had been used for fifty years in Asia to improve health and longevity, she knew she had discovered something big (and yes, her sister fully recovered - thanks for asking). As Catharine dug into the science of algae, she learned it had 64% protein, 40 vitamins/minerals and was endorsed by the United Nations and NASA as the most nutrient dense food in the world. She also discovered there were 100,000 studies documenting its long list of benefits and it was the most sustainable, eco-friendly food crop in the world. And yet algae remained virtually unknown outside of Asia. How could this be possible?

Catharine knew algae could be a game changer for our health, our children and our world if she could only convince people it wasn't weird. And so ENERGYbits was born. It took Catharine ten years to bring algae into the mainstream and build ENERGYbits into a national company. We're glad she finally did, because now you and your family can benefit from our naturally grown, toxin-free, Non-GMO algae tablets too. A handful will help satisfy your hunger, help give you steady energy, and help ensure your nutritional needs are met. All this from a food that has one ingredient, no chemicals, caffeine, sugar or processing and is the most sustainable, safe, eco-friendly, crop in the world - algae.

Your body and Mother Earth say thank you. And we do too.

129. New Year Reboot - Dr. Lauryn Lax Jan 08, 2024

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Dr. Lauryn Lax is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Functional Medicine Practitioner, health journalist and speaker with over 20 years of clinical and personal experience specializing in gut health, intuitive eating, food freedom, anxiety, hormone balance and women's health.

Dr. Lauryn operates a virtual Functional Medicine & Nutrition practice, Thrive Wellness & Recovery, and works with clients around the world to reinvent the way their body looks, moves and feels. She is also a published journalist, and her work has been featured in Oxygen Magazine, Women's Health, Paleo Magazine, Breaking Muscle, CrossFit Inc, USA Today, ABC and CBS News.

She lives in Austin, Texas, and in her spare time, you can find her hiking outside on the trails, writing blogs, squatting heavy barbells, cooking yummy food and spending time with people she loves.

128. Building Self-Esteem - Bryana Kappadakunnel Dec 28, 2023

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Bryana Kappadakunnel is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (90464), an Infant-Family Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist, and a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist-Certified. She earned her Conscious Parenting coaching credential from Dr. Shefali's Conscious Parenting Institute.

Since 2011, Bryana has worked exclusively with families with very young children to navigate challenges related to child development, ADHD, behavioral & emotional issues, attachment problems, family dysfunction, poor boundaries, discipline challenges, and trauma.

Guided by attachment theory and the neurorelational framework, her approach is unique in that she works primarily with parents by helping them discover their child's nervous system and developmental needs. In this process, parents also learn about their nervous system, and the ways it supports - and sometimes conflicts - with their child's. She also guides parents to develop vital skills in self-reflection & deconstructing familial cycles of guilt and shame, which aims to drastically shift the child-parent relational patterns.

Bryana also specializes in working with new moms experiencing perinatal mood or anxiety disorders as well as the general ups & downs of new motherhood. She uses a conscious- and mindfulness-informed approach to help moms realign their expectations with reality, deconstruct the guilt & shame they're experiencing, set more effective boundaries, and shift into the present moment, where depression and anxiety cannot exist. Bryana has a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology, has been licensed since 2015, and has an extensive number of advanced certifications & specializations in perinatal, infant, and early childhood mental health as well as conscious parenting. She has 2 children.

Learn More: https://www.consciousmommy.com

127. Master Your Frequency - David Wong Dec 13, 2023

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David Wong "The Frequency Expert", is a best selling author (Life of Qi), visionary inventor, inspiration speaker, martial artist, qi gong practitioner and entrepreneur.

At 43 years old, (Often mistook to be 27) he is the founder of Qi Life, a company that develops cutting-edge technologies for personal wellness. His own personal journey of transformation began when he self-healed from an incurable digestive disease that he had for over ten years - achieved with only frequency and energy devices.

This led him to invent the Qi Coil™ frequency technology together with a training program, "The Transformation System" that allows for effortless mind and body wellness, balance, happiness, and the ability to manifest ideas into reality.

Learn More: https://www.UseTheQi.com

126. How to Live a Non-Anxious Life - Dr. John Delony Dec 04, 2023

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Dr. John Delony is a bestselling author, mental health expert and host of The Dr. John Delony Show. John has two PhDs and over two decades of experience in counseling, crisis response and higher education.

He is the author of the bestselling books Building a Non-Anxious Life, Own Your Past, Change Your Future and Redefining Anxiety. John has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business and Today and has been featured in the Real Simple and Fast Company magazines as well as HuffPost. He has also been a guest on The Minimalist Podcast, The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast and the Mind Pump Podcast.

After spending over 20 years in crisis response and leading students in higher education (and finding real solutions and freedom in his own wellness journey), John knew he wanted to help as many people as possible heal from their past trauma and live whole, connected lives. He now writes, speaks and teaches on relationships, mental health, anxiety and wellness.

He also hosts The Dr. John Delony Show, where he answers callers' questions about all of the above, and serves as co-host of The Ramsey Show, where he helps unpack the psychology behind finances. John's goal is to help people navigate tough decisions, improve their relationships, and believe they're worth being well.

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125. Talking on Eggshells - Sam Horn Dec 04, 2023

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Sam Horn is the founder and CEO of the Intrigue Agency and the Tongue Fu!® Training Institute. As a communication strategist, she helps people design and deliver one-of-a-kind presentations, pitches, books, businesses, and brands that scale their impact — for good.

She is an in-demand keynoter and trainer for organizations like Intel, Oracle, and Accenture. Her three TEDx talks and numerous books (including Tongue Fu!, POP!, and Got Your Attention?) have been featured in the New York Times, Fast Company, and Forbes.

Learn More: https://samhorn.com

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