Summary

A physician, surgeon, yoga health coach, author and overall health & wellness expert, Dr. Michele Summers Colon is known as The Holistic Podiatrist of Southern California and has been interviewed and quoted in many prominent publications.

One of Dr. Michele’s greatest strengths is her ability to combine the best of Eastern and Western medicine to treat the whole patient and create individualized treatment plans, yoga sequences, and meal plans for her clients and patients.

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She believes that food is medicine and that yoga, Ayurveda, and meditation are the keys to perfect health. Lastly, Dr. Michele is the creator of the Body Wisdom coaching program where she helps women with healthy habits, meditation and nutrition.

We start of this chat by discussing Ayurveda, a holistic approach to health from India. It looks as body types and more so the uniqueness of each of us individually to then help adopt holistic approaches to health. From there we jump right into nutrition, healthy eating habits, sleep and the benefits of yoga and meditation. Please enjoy and until next time peace, passion and purpose.

Key Take Outs

• Diversify your value. If you have value to offer, which I believe we all do, find ways to diversify your offerings. You may offer a service that provides value or a product that may complement the service. You may create something that is completely separate however still aligned with your expertness.
• Ayurveda Medicine. This looks at individual body types when it comes to searching for solutions to complement them. Your body type will directly affect what food, exercise and form of meditation you should adopt to lead a healthy life.
• The circadian rhythm. Are you a morning person or a night owl? The more I speak to people the more I believe that no matter what your current lifestyle people benefit more from rising and falling aligned with nature and the sun. Science apparently backs this up. Therefore, aim to get to bed by 10pm and rise at 6am.
• Sleeping is fundamental. Great sleeping has powerful affects on the mind, body and health. Make sure you work on improving your sleep and try things out that work better for you. Avoid eating 4 hours prior to sleep, aim for 7 to 9 hours a night, no screen time 1 hour prior to sleep. Bathing, oil messages and herbal teas can also assist.
• Healthy eating. This really depends on the individual and also the research that you choose to read. I have many insights and beliefs as it comes to diet but being that I am impatient and want things to be simple here is the best approach I find that works for me – do not eat processed foods.
• Mediation and yoga practice. Meditation calms your mind and in doing so allows you to deal with all that you face in life everyday. I found when starting out it almost immediately had effect. It really seems to ground me more allowing me to live more presently and I believe this is a key to finding more fulfilment and meaning in this life.

Do you have any routines and rituals that you believe contribute to your success?

She likes to start her days with meditation, with mantra chanting, followed by yoga.

What advice would you give to your 20-year-old self?

To go for it and not to worry about what other people will think of you.

Michele’s interpretation of success

Happiness

What is your number one productivity advice?

To focus on one thing until complete.

What advice would you give someone that needing/wanting to make change?

Everyday you can start over – its never too late. Make your daily goals achievable and take baby steps. Each day you will get closer to your bigger dreams.

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Quick round questions

Favourite Food

Smoothies

Favourite Leisure Activitiy

Reading in a hammock in the shade.

Favourite book(s)

The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller

The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness by Jeff Olson

Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison by Shaka Senghor

Quote

“The journey is the destination.”

What does living life with passion and purpose mean?

To know your why and to keep that in mind when you making decisions everyday.

Do we all have a why?

We all have Dharma – this is by walking different paths until you find it and you’ll know when you find it.

How to find Michele and other links

You can find Michele at here website Dr. Michele Summers Colon here.

She does coaching and has a 10 week program to help you get your health in order – check it out!

If you are interested in finding more freedom, fulfilment and happiness in your life take the opportunity to jump on the Discovery Call. Valued at $250, this is a one on one coaching session to help you define your hidden why and discover the action steps to getting your there.