Wellness Ambassadors Class of 2018

WEforum Wellness Ambassadors share our vision and promote ways to improve health and wellness in our community. We are thrilled to introduce our newest Wellness Ambassadors.

Meet Lisa Phillips Designer, Small Business Owner, Spin Instructor

Lisa Phillips only likes to sit down if she’s at the beach. Otherwise she’s teaching spin, designing her fashion-forward line of Physhion fitness bags and running the Physhion Boutique . She’s also a busy mom to four young men and a grandmother. She carves out time to take care of herself by considering self-care as a lifestyle choice. What self-care strategies does she rely on daily? First , Lisa, who eats vegan, feeds her body from the inside out with real, not processed, foods and even makes her own vegan cheeses.

Second, she likes to say that, “going to the gym is the one thing that you will never regret.” Finally , when it comes to relationships, in all situations she treats people the way she wants to be treated.

Meet Dr. Karyn Marshall Chiropractor, Pioneer, World Class Weightlifter

Dr. Karyn Marshall is a trailblazer whose clean and jerk approach to life has awarded her more than just the first women’s U.S. Olympic weightlifting world championship. It’s helped cultivate a solid mind-body foundation that emboldens her daily, whether fighting for women’s equality, battling breast cancer, or recovering from Hurricane Sandy. And she brings this same devotion to her patients in her chiropractic practice, Champion Chiropractic. What self-care strategies does she rely on daily? First, she advises us to follow our passion.

Second, embrace fortifying routines like regular exercise, sleep and good nutrition. And for the mind and spirit, find peace in nature (she prefers kayaking).   Third, during challenging times, go into action-mode, taking little action steps that can define, clarify and solve a specific problem, propelling you slowly up to that mountaintop.

Meet Bridget Riepl Yoga and Fitness Instructor, Co-Founder of NJ Yoga Collective

As a lawyer, Bridget Riepl learned that her life could become so dominated by time that she was actually living it in 6-minute increments. She found a silence and stillness in yoga that she loves because it creates a space between our thoughts and actions, and by holding that space, an awareness emerges that positively affects our choices and outcomes. That is the first self-care strategy she relies on daily. Bridget, who is a mom to six year-old twins, also relies on two other self-care strategies.

She absolutely insists on keeping an appointment with herself every day, just for herself and she maintains very strong female relationships with family, friends and colleagues. She wants to redefine feminism as supporting other women, which is why she co-founded the NJ Yoga Collective, in order to celebrate the wonderful women we have right here in our community.

Meet Jessica Dalmedo Small Business Owner, Cross-Trainer, Runner

Jessica Dalmedo isn’t afraid to shift gears in life. When she was younger, she left the fashion world to get a Masters in Special Education. And after the birth of her second child, inspired by the emerging food truck scene and the lack of smoothie bars near her exercise studio, she wrote a business plan for Freshicas Juice Bar , which opened in 2012 and now has two locations. Jessica employs several self-care strategies for living her life on her own terms. First , she constantly sets goals and journals in order to capture her best ideas and convert them into action.

Second, she always exercises the minute the kids get on the school bus before the day gets away from her. Finally , she pampers herself with a massage every month.

Eat For Life: How The Power of Food Can Heal Your Body

WEforum Health and Wellness Conference 2018 November 13-14, 2018 Bell Works in Holmdel 101 Crawfords Corner, Holmdel, NJ

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