Today's Body Aware Living guest is my big brother, Dr. Barry Rotman! Medical topics we discuss include: healthy testosterone levels, insomnia and depression. Barry also shares wisdom from his 40+ years of medical experience as a primary care physician, medical acupuncturist, sleep specialist, concierge medical doctor and founder of his new Banner Peak health multi-doctor concierge wellness clinic in Walnut Creek, CA.

00:00 Meet Dr. Barry Rotman

03:37 Testosterone: Myths and Natural Solutions

11:30 Sleep Quality and Insomnia Explained

17:03 Depression: The Mind-Body Connection

21:40 The Unhappy Triad

22:44 Light as Medicine

25:02 Personal Connection to Depression Prevention

Skillful Self Care Basics: https://bodyawareliving.com/skillful-self-care-basics/

Power and Wisdom of Women During Mid-Life: https://youtu.be/2MqViw8yC-Y

Guest Bio/contact info:

Banner Peak Health website:
https://bannerpeakhealth.com/

Banner Peak Health articles:
https://bannerpeakhealth.com/blog/

Margo Bio/contact info:
Margo Rose has been a personal trainer for over 25 years specializing in functional fitness. She has also written a book called
Body Aware Grieving; A Fitness Trainer's Guide To Caring For Your Health During Sad Times.
Body Aware Living is a new blend of these two systems of healing and self-care. On this website you will find: the Body Aware Living podcast, articles and videos about wellness in Margo Media section and description of her coaching services

Website:
https://www.BodyAwareLiving.com

Body Aware Grieving has been created to help you, or someone you care about, adjust to a loss or big life change. This link is one way to get the book quickly:
https://www.amazon.com/Body-Aware-Grieving-Fitness-Trainers/dp/0692459189

Also available from other vendors including this independent Bookshop organization:
https://bookshop.org/books/body-aware-grieving-a-fitness-trainer-s-guide-to-caring-for-your-health-during-sad-times/9780692459188

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What if you could honor your grief while still finding ways to feel more empowered? Join me, Margo Rose of Body Aware Living, as I converse with Meriel Wisotsky, a remarkable woman who has navigated life after losing her husband of 44 years.

Discover how Meriel has proactively planned for emotionally challenging times and turned them into opportunities for personal growth. Meriel learns how to use a healing technique I call Green-Yellow-Red to listen more carefully to her own body to figure out which choices feel most supportive to her during these confusing times.

Enjoy this episode of Body Aware Living and hopefully find new ways to navigate your own emotional landscapes.

Stay tuned to the last 15 minutes of this recording when we share a bonus follow up interview with Meriel! She shares how she has been navigating her first holiday season without Mayer and using the Green-Yellow-Red technique to plan a satisfying memorial with friends and family.

Please share this with your loved ones.
00:00 Introduction

01:00 Navigating Grief and Empowerment

00:14 Navigating Relationships With Green-Yellow-Red Emotional Zones

00:21 Navigating Loss and New Beginnings

00:30 Embracing Life and Chosen Family

Guest Bio/contact info:
Meriel Wisotsky is an artist who draws on her art school background, travels, and researches to create her own unique approach to the creative process. Like her late husband, Mayer Wisotsky, she is also a poet, writer and editor. She edited and provided the artwork for Mayer's Legend of the Twilight Owls, as well as his first book, The Woodcarver's Son. Animals are her main subject and she captures them with joy-- sometimes realistic, sometimes whimsical or stylized. "I make my art for the good of my soul and to spread happiness in the world.”

Meriel’s Contact info where she can be reached to arrange any purchase of her artwork:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/meriel.wisotsky?mibextid=ZbWKwL

Pinterest and Instagram: mercats3 and merielwisotsky

email: drwisotsky@yahoo.com


Margo Bio/contact info:
Margo Rose has been a personal trainer for over 25 years specializing in functional fitness. She has also written a book called
Body Aware Grieving; A Fitness Trainer's Guide To Caring For Your Health During Sad Times.
Body Aware Living is a new blend of these two systems of healing and self-care. On this website you will find: the Body Aware Living podcast, articles and videos about wellness in Margo Media section and description of her coaching services

Website:
https://www.BodyAwareLiving.com

Body Aware Grieving has been created to help you, or someone you care about, adjust to a loss or big life change. This link is one way to get the book quickly:
https://www.amazon.com/Body-Aware-Grieving-Fitness-Trainers/dp/0692459189

Also available from other vendors including this independent Bookshop organization:
https://bookshop.org/books/body-aware-grieving-a-fitness-trainer-s-guide-to-caring-for-your-health-during-sad-times/9780692459188

Follow Body Aware Living on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BodyAwareLiving

Switching from my usual role as host of the Body Aware Living Podcast, in this interview I join Jill Hart as a guest on her You World Order Showcase podcast. Together we explore how our individual preferences aren't just fun – they're a celebration of freedom and a powerful tool to improve our self-care.
Our talk includes:
- Discovering what helps you feel like your favorite self
- Creating long-term wellness by minimizing set backs
- A fall reduction technique for caregivers and seniors called, 3 Steps to Success
- What is “Concierge Coaching”? How mix-and-match services improves care for clients
- Why our bodies are an accurate and useful source of information

Please share this with your loved ones.
00:00 Body Aware Living and Wellness Strategies
08:45 Caring for the Caregiver
09:47 Concierge Coaching
16:09 Being a Multi-Home Nomad
17:59 Supportive Concierge Coaching for Life Changes
26:07 Support Through Life's Challenges
31:00 Giving support to people during and after difficult times.
41:00 Margo’s Book - Body Aware Grieving; A Fitness Trainer's Guide To Caring For Your Health During Sad Times.
41:41 Exploring Body Awareness and Self-Care


Host Bio/contact:
Jill Hart
The Coach's Alchemist & Host of the You World Order Showcase Podcast
Founder of The You World Order Community & Podcast (Podcasting - Attracting Clients & Building Authority)

Website: https://www.thecoachsalchemist.com/
Facebook Group: Podcasting-Attracting Clients & Brand Authority
https://www.facebook.com/groups/theyouworldorder

Guest Bio/contact info: Margo Rose

Margo Rose has been a personal trainer for over 20 years specializing in functional fitness. She has also written a book called
Body Aware Grieving; A Fitness Trainer's Guide To Caring For Your Health During Sad Times.
Body Aware Living is a new blend of these two systems of healing and self-care. On this website you will find: the Body Aware Living podcast, articles and videos about wellness in Margo Media section and description of her coaching services

Website:
https://www.BodyAwareLiving.com

Body Aware Grieving has been created to help you, or someone you care about, adjust to a loss or big life change. This link is one way to get the book quickly:
https://www.amazon.com/Body-Aware-Grieving-Fitness-Trainers/dp/0692459189

Also available from other vendors including this independent Bookshop organization:
https://bookshop.org/books/body-aware-grieving-a-fitness-trainer-s-guide-to-caring-for-your-health-during-sad-times/9780692459188

Follow Body Aware Living on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BodyAwareLiving