Stay Off My Operating Table Krisna Hanks: Even Professional Athletes Can Be Metabolically Ill - #74
For some people, being healthy is always associated with weight loss. Krisna Hanks never had that problem. Having spent 30 years of her life as a professional dancer, she was a vegetarian, did Pilates and swimming to strengthen herself, and took care of her body as her topmost priority.
But at one point in her life, a bad joint pain made her struggle to stand up or sit down. For 2 years, doctors can't diagnose what was wrong with her. With all tests exhausted, her physical therapist friend recommended changing her diet. From vegetarian to meat-centric, the change didn’t happen overnight. It was a process.
Now as a health coach, she has a deep understanding of the different struggles of each person. Overall wellness is in body, mind, and spirit. In this conversation, she shares her mindset as a professional dancer helped her to be the health coach she is now, how social connections are important for our well-being, and why mindset is a big factor when one decides to change.
Quick Guide:
01:01 Introduction
07:19 The perspective she carried as a dancer to being a health coach
10:35 Favorite choreography
15:36 The health issues of a professional dancer
25:26 Shift of identity based on their diet
29:13 Wellness is body, mind, and spirit
31:16 Simple, doable, and actionable steps help with change
34:41 Social connections matter as much
47:10 Movement heals
52:47 I Fix Hearts coaching program
Get to know our guest
Krisna Hanks was a professional dancer in USA and Europe for more than 30 years. She now spends time coaching people and she’s part of Dr. Ovadia’s I Fix Hearts coaching program.
“I think that's something that I learned early in my career, the more you're consistent with taking care of yourself, the less chance you're gonna have risks. There's going to be risks. Yeah, I had a couple of injuries, then you have to learn how to take care of yourself to come back from tho
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