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Dr. Debra Palmer: Practices for Positive Wellbeing

By admin on July 17, 2025

Practices for positive wellbeing that you can implement today! Dr. Debra Palmer, Family Nurse Practitioner, earned a PHD and DNP from the University of San Diego and a BS degree from the College of St. Scholastica in MN where she was raised. She is a business owner, nurse practitioner, and former professor. Debra resides in California where she enjoys hiking and gardening with her husband near their adult children.

In episode 589 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out what drew her to the field of nursing and healthcare, what inspired her to write “Between Wounded and Well”, what are the 4 A’s of overcoming woundedness, how you can assess the wellness of the soul, what are the 7 Practices for Positive Wellbeing, how you can get unstuck and start healing, why is understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences so important for young adults, how service work contributed to her own healing and purpose, and what message she hopes college students take away from her book. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R9g0aAXfRs

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Nicole Byars: How did trauma informed yoga become your lifeline?

By admin on August 17, 2023

Nicole Byars is the founder of Honest Yoga. She’s a struggling overachiever turned yoga educator and studio owner. Not to be dramatic or anything – but yoga saved her life. If we rewind a decade you would find her struggling with an eating disorder while balancing first-time motherhood and an unhappy marriage. Yoga was ultimately what got Nicole through that challenging time. She ended up getting her teaching certification, started training other teachers, and built Honest Yoga to be a space for all of us to heal, evolve, grow, and thrive together.

In episode 386 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Nicole chose Arizona State University, what was happening in her life when she was admitted to an eating disorder treatment center in 2007, how trauma informed yoga become her lifeline, what are some ways to slow down and be present, do only flexible people do yoga, are the more difficult yoga positions are better for you, how can you practice yoga while folding laundry, and what are some of the problems with the yoga industry. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhjWYy_6K2Y