Podcast
Dear Misfits
Hosted by Isaiah Vlasek and Amy VanArkel · EN
Dear Misfits, Dear the Misunderstood, Dear Knowledge Seekers,
We see you and we hear you.
This podcast is for you, as individuals, wanting to gain a bite-sized ”why” on a variety of health and wellness topics. Our team wants to dig in to different topics just a bit deeper than you may have before. We are two health care professionals and humans on our own journeys; that believe the ”why” enables you to keep up with the changes you need to continue moving toward health and wellness. Plus, we add practical insights and tools to help you integrate healthy adjustments into your day to day life.
Sincerely,
Your Misfit Friends
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Episodes
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Stop Letting Everything Affect You
Nov 2900:39:24Tap to summarizeIsaiah and Amy begin to explore the concepts behind "Stop Letting Everything Affect You", a book written by Daniel Chidiac. So come join us as we discuss today overthinking and deeply feeling! This will be a series with more episodes to follow! If you have a topic that you want us to cover, please click here and let us know the topic and describe what you are hoping to learn. Thank you for listening!
Transcribe →Insomnia (Wrestling with Sleep)
Nov 2300:27:58Tap to summarizeHello fellow misfits! Isaiah and Amy talk about insomnia, the struggle to fall, stay and return to sleep. We hope the content both helps better understand what insomnia is as well as what treatments could be beneficial for you! If you have a topic that you want us to cover, please click here and let us know the topic and describe what you are hoping to learn. Thank you for listening!
Transcribe →The Magic School Bus | The Knee, Specifically The ACL
Oct 2500:17:09Tap to summarizeIsaiah drives us on the Magic School Bus down into the inner workings of the knee to discover the ACL. If you have a topic that you want us to cover, please click here and let us know the topic and describe what you are hoping to learn. When you click here it will let you send us an email. We will keep you anonymous! Thank you for listening!
Transcribe →100th Episode! Grieving The Loss Of You
Oct 1800:28:59Tap to summarizeIsaiah and I chit chat through a topic near and dear to us because we talk with patients almost every day about this. Grieving the loss of who you once were is real. You are different than the you that you were 15 years ago! How do you frame that in your mind? How do you take that information and let is define the person you are now? Come have a listen and think about how these thoughts may be impacting you. As always, we need you to tell us what you want to hear from us! If you have a topic you want us to cover please click here and send us an email. We will keep you anonymous. Ultimately, we have you as a listener and we want to be relevant to our listeners! Thank you for listening!
Transcribe →We're Baaaack After A Nice Summer Break
Oct 1800:18:37Tap to summarizeWelcome back to The Dear Misfits! Isaiah and I took a break over the summer to rest and recoup. We also used this time to decide where we wanted to head with this podcast as it is our passion project. This episodes just gives a little insight to that. We have chose to continue and are excited. But we need your help. If you have topics you want us to cover please click here and let us know. It allows you to send us an email to describe what you would like us to cover. We will keep you anonymous!
Transcribe →Tilt-A-Whirld
Mar 29, 202500:24:39Tap to summarizeAmy and Isaiah discuss the many facets of balance. Join us on the episode that has so much great information it just might make your head spin! Thank you for tuning in to this episode. Please subscribe, like and share any episodes you think that would be good for a person you know. If you would like to submit a question, topic or even a testimonial about the podcast please click here. We appreciate you!
Transcribe →What Shoe is Right for Me?
Mar 22, 202500:14:17Tap to summarizeThis episode will go over what shoe types are out there and who best "fits" into each one! Thank you for tuning in to this episode. Please subscribe, like and share any episodes you think that would be good for a person you know. If you would like to submit a question, topic or even a testimonial about the podcast please click here. We appreciate you!
Transcribe →Judgement and A Hard Fought Hallelujah
Mar 15, 202500:13:26Tap to summarizeHello friends! Thanks for listening to the episode. Below are the lyrics to the song "Hard Fought Hallelujah". Click here for the link to the youTube video of Brandon Lake and Jelly Roll on the Grand Ole Opry stage. Please watch it and listen to the lyrics. Life is not easy...don't we know that so well these days! But this song is a great reminder of how praising God can be a personal hard fight because life isn't always easy! Our spiritual health is important and I had a moment today where I spent a little extra time so thankful. Thankful for my relationship with God, but also that I got to see a moment where team members were enamored by this video. Also, that another team member though enough of it to share that with that group. That Brandon Lake and Jelly Roll teamed up on a stage that maybe was a little unexpected to perform a song that happened to be one of my favorites to listen to right now! Thankful for music and cool video sets, wild hair and sassy tattoos. So glad that we each have a unique fingerprint and bring our own approach to the world. Thankful to have the opportunity to share some feelings about all of it! May each of you feel a blessing today! In the end my goal was to share a moment that struck me today about a pair of guys singing a song that has such deep meaning. Also, that instead of breezing over the song because of judgement (or maybe just disinterest) that you stop and listen; that if you know the background of that person a little more that you may have a whole different appreciation for them! But in order to know them more you have to ask some questions and be open to hear or find out the answers. Isaiah and I always want to leave you with a practical thing to try. Watching this video and reflecting on the lyrics is what we would love you to do and just see if it's moving to you. It's ok if is not. Thank you for tuning in to this episode. Please subscribe, like and share any episodes you think that would be good for a person you know. If you would like to submit a question, topic or even a testimonial about the podcast please click here. We appreciate you!
Transcribe →Pain Education Intro (Session 1 from the Reducing Sympathetics in person Class)
Mar 12, 202501:09:16Tap to summarizeHello! Amy here. Please forgive the format of this episode. We sort of last minute decided to put it on as a podcast episode. It's actually the audio recording of the first session of our in person "Reducing Sympathetics" class. I couldn't get our normal intro to trim into the audio of the class so it jumps right in to the class. #nosocialmediateam We put the podcasts up on our off time and it's just Isaiah and I so thank you for your grace with some of the clunkiness. I did edit a couple minutes from the very start of class as people were coming in. If you would like to learn the content of the other 5 sessions you would need to come to an in person class or wait for our online class to be released. The online format release date is TBD as of the release of this episode. As always, Isaiah and I love when you let us know questions or topics you would like us to cover. If you click here it will let you submit a question via email which is the easiest way for us to get your thoughts and be able to think on how we want to put them into an episode. Please like, subscribe and share these episodes with friends to help us grow. We appreciate you!
Transcribe →Preparing for Death to Live Better Now
Mar 2, 202500:48:12Tap to summarizeAmy and Isaiah take a wonderful opportunity to discuss how to prepare for death, not the act of death itself. The goal is to give you thoughts to help you make preparations in the event of your death. You may need to have a conversation like this with your parents. You may have your own kids. Whatever your situation is, it is such a good idea to have plans made and your plans laid out. Open discussions about this are so important so that everyone feels they can ask questions and know what to do upon your death. Our prayer is for you to have a long healthy life. Estate planning, directives, funeral plans and other considerations are all part of the conversation in this episode. If you would like a little list of things to consider to prepare you and your family for what to do upon your death click here. As always, Isaiah and Amy would love to hear from you about topics you would like us to cover or questions you would like us to discuss. Please click here to submit your question or comment. Thank you for listening and don't forget to like, subscribe and/or share the Dear Misfits podcast.
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