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This episode will shift your mind! There are key ways to cultivate a positive mindset that have nothing to do with thinking more positively, or thinking at all.

Cultivating positivity involves addressing Five Element patterns within your health that'll allow you to make changes physically, emotionally and mentally to have your best year yet.

In this episode, you'll learn the 5 key patterns to focus on, including improving your gut health, so that you can cultivate a positive mindset with far less effort, and set goals you’ll actually achieve this new year and beyond.

Even if you only have a few minutes to spare, fast forward to any of these segments then bookmark this episode for later:

6:00 what’s most essential for you to make a positive global impact
10:00 foods to help purify your mind
12:10 how to overcome your fear
13:20 your life purpose and why it’s important to open your heart
14:38 the important role of the Lungs to let go of trauma and experience forgiveness
15:36 one of the easiest ways to shift patterns when you feel stuck and can’t let go
16:15 why it’s hard to change your mind, and what to do instead
17:00 lowering your stress response to protect your Lungs and Liver
19:00 how your brain wave frequency affects your vibrational frequency
19:28 what we can do to start to shift the way the world is vibrating right now
21:00 a summary of 5 key things you can do to set goals you can actually achieve
23:31 the most important question to ask yourself in order to get what you truly want

You’ll learn powerful ways to improve your gut health, strengthen your Kidney energy, calm your Heart, settle your nervous system, break patterns of of anger and frustration, and strengthen your immune system.

Once you’ve listened, let us know in the comments below — what was your biggest takeaway from this episode?

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by Setareh Moafi, Ph.D., L.Ac. & Salvador Cefalu, M.S., L.Ac.

Once you’ve listened, let us know in the comments below—how is your body speaking to you?

Our guest today is our dear friend, Denise Alberto—a physical therapist and pelvic pain specialist. Denise is a Bay Area native who earned her B.S. in Psychology from St. Mary’s College and holds a Master’s degree in Physical Therapy from University of St. Augustine.

Denise Alberto developed a keen interest in treating the spine, especially the pelvic/SI (sacroiliac) region. With continued education, she has developed a unique approach to treating chronic pain syndrome and pelvic region dysfunction.

Denise Alberto has a distinct passion to help couples with unconsummated marriage and sexual pain issues. In addition, she emphasizes the mind-body connection in her post-traumatic stress recovery and resorts to local practitioners—among them are acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists—to help heal her patients.

Denise Alberto realized her passion for physical therapy early on, as she began working for a physical therapist after graduating from college. She went on to obtain her Master’s in Physical Therapy and started a thriving but demanding practice. It was during her early years of practice as a physical therapist that Denise Alberto realized her own health needed attention.

Denise’s personal journey to address her health led her to a very resourceful course on pelvic health that encouraged her to further pursue the specialty, eventually becoming a pelvic physical therapist.

Denise emphasizes that in addition to using physical touch during treatments, she encourages patients to face the emotional entanglements of their trauma. It is only through facing these entanglements that we begin to experience emotional and physiological healing.

Denise elaborates that as a therapist she holds room or space for strength so patients are able to process and release wounds that are causing their trauma, especially since patients may feel at their most vulnerable during these moments.

Chronic pain patterns are often accompanied by uncomfortable feelings or past experiences and Denise believes that additional support is often needed to tackle these feelings as she works with healing the physical body.

In these instances, she turns to other healers like acupuncturists, massage therapists and often refers her patients to psychologists. This holistic approach that aims to empower patients almost always results in healing.