Saturday, October 12, 2019
Morning
REGISTRATION
Registration begins at 8:30am; the program will begin at 10am. We recommend arriving early to network and participate in some fun activities before the program begins!
SETTING THE STAGE with the Red Light Band
Enjoy live music from IIN’s own seven-piece band! Get an early wake-up and energy boost with some rocking tunes.
WELCOME, ALL! So You Say You Want a Revolution…
Welcome to IIN Live 2019! Over the next two days, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with classmates, meet new people from all over the world, and learn from our amazing lineup of speakers. Lynda Cloud, IIN’s chief executive officer, will set the stage for the weekend with an exciting keynote talk.
The Way of The Healthy Deviant: A Rule Breaker’s Guide to Being Weirdly Radiant, Resilient, and Good in Your Own Skin
PILAR GERASIMO, IIN’s chief creative officer and cohost of The Living Experiment podcast
We live in a society that reliably produces more unhealthy, unhappy people than it does healthy, happy ones. So how can you hope to beat the odds? Prepare to start breaking the rules that have been breaking you. Explore the nonconformist path of Healthy Deviance – the renegade art of being a healthy person in an unhealthy world.
OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS BROKEN: How to Fix It, One Health Coach at a Time
ANDREW WEIL, MD, integrative medicine pioneer and bestselling author
Andrew Weil, MD, discusses the state of health and dysfunction within the current healthcare system. He’ll speak to possible new institutions that could come into being and the role of Health Coaches within them. Dr. Weil’s session will be followed by a Q&A with our host, Pilar Gerasimo.
INSPIRATIONAL VOICE OF EXPERIENCE: Health Coaching Means Going with Your Gut
ROBYN YOUKILIS, founder and CEO of Your Healthiest You and author of bestselling books Go with Your Gut and Thin from Within
Do you find yourself overwhelmed by all the information about how to build a successful coaching practice? Robyn will share what it means to “go with your gut” and how to use your intuition for business success.
LUNCH BREAK (approximately 12:30pm – 2:00pm)
Take time to meet and connect with your IIN family! Visit the Student Success and Ambassador tables, take a selfie with your friends, pick up some IIN merch, and explore the beautiful Columbus Circle area with plenty of healthy food and drink options, such as Whole Foods, Le Pain Quotidien, Aba, Juice Generation, Pressed Juicery, and Bareburger!
Afternoon
ENTREPRENEURIAL VOICE OF EXPERIENCE: The Power of Mind-Set to Bring Your Dreams into Reality
CORA POAGE, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, heart whisperer, and presence coach
Cora Poage invites you to break through limiting beliefs, old stories, and internal belief systems to expand your external reality to build the business and life of your dreams.
MIND YOUR MIND: Creating More Conscious Leaders Through Mindfulness
MICHELLE MALDONADO, mindful leadership and human potential expert and founder of Lucenscia
Michelle Maldonado will discuss the roles and value of vulnerability and gratitude in coaching. She’ll explore empathy, compassion, and courage; dive into gratitude research; and share strategies for cultivating these qualities when working with clients. She will conclude with an integrative checklist for coaching.
COACHING IIN ACTION: Coaching Demo
CORA POAGE, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, heart whisperer, and presence coach
Watch a coaching session in real time with Cora Poage.
HEALING THROUGH MOVEMENT with Afro Flow Yoga®
LESLIE SALMON JONES and JEFF W. JONES, founders of Afro Flow Yoga®
Wife and husband team Leslie Salmon Jones and Jeff W. Jones travel the world leading health and wellness workshops, retreats, and teacher trainings. They are strong proponents of healing individually and collectively through yoga, music, dance, and spirituality in connection to nature. They’ll give a brief demonstration of how these modalities can help you master your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being and transform your communities.
RADICAL RECOVERY: Rethinking Disease, Health, and Bio-Individuality
TERRY WAHLS, MD, functional medicine physician and bestselling author of The Wahls Protocol
Dr. Terry Wahls will share her personal story of recovery from severe disability due to progressive multiple sclerosis, which confined her to a tilt/recline wheelchair for four years, despite seeing the best multiple sclerosis centers in the country and taking the newest biologic disease-modifying drugs. Dr. Wahls will discuss how she designed a therapeutic diet and lifestyle protocol specifically for her brain, which led to a dramatic recovery of function and changed how she thought about disease and health. She will also review how she changed her clinical practice and overcame resistance from peers.
Dr. Wahls’s session will be followed by a Q&A with our host, Pilar Gerasimo.
PASSIONATE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE: Get Out of Your Own Way to Become Your Highest Self
SAHARA ROSE, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and bestselling author
Sahara Rose never considered a career in health coaching, but it became a calling after going through the Health Coach Training Program and falling in love with Ayurveda. She’ll share the evolution of her coaching career and how you, too, can fall in love with your work.
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Morning
REGISTRATION
Registration begins at 8:30am; the program will begin at 10am.
RETURN TO WHOLENESS: Learning to Heal from Trauma with Compassion
LISSA RANKIN, MD, integrative physician and founder of the Whole Health Medicine Institute
Trauma takes many forms, and the impact of this trauma can be deeply ingrained in our bodies, manifesting in our health and well-being. Dr. Lissa Rankin will discuss how we must learn to love all parts of our being instead of beating ourselves up for experiences that we may not have had control over. Only when we learn how to love and accept these parts can we help others make their own transformational journey.
MINDFUL VOICE OF EXPERIENCE: A Transformational Journey
LATHAM THOMAS, author, maternity lifestyle maven, and wellness and birth coach
Latham Thomas will start with a guided meditation to get you grounded for the rest of the day. She will also speak about her transformative journey from IIN student to bestselling author, women’s wellness maven, and founder of Mama Glow.
HEALING THROUGH MOVEMENT with Afro Flow Yoga®
LESLIE SALMON JONES and JEFF W. JONES, founders of Afro Flow Yoga®
Leslie Salmon Jones and Jeff W. Jones will lead a short, interactive session to get you moving. For more information about this husband-and-wife team, browse Saturday’s details.
VIEWFINDER PANEL: Trends, Insights, and Oversights in Health Transformation
Get inspired as Pilar Gerasimo leads a conversation about health transformation with some of our speakers.
LUNCH BREAK (approximately 12:30pm – 2:00pm)
Take time to meet and connect with your IIN family! Visit the Student Success and Ambassador tables, take a selfie with your friends, pick up some IIN merch, and explore the beautiful Columbus Circle area with plenty of healthy food and drink options, such as Whole Foods, Le Pain Quotidien, Aba, Juice Generation, Pressed Juicery, and Bareburger!
Afternoon
ULTRADIAN RHYTHM BREAKS: The Ultimate Bio-Hack
PILAR GERASIMO, IIN’s chief creative officer
Want to enjoy better energy, focus, productivity, and resilience? Learn about the powerful, oscillating energy cycles that are programmed into your DNA, and find out how you can use them to help conquer cravings, mood swings, inflammation, and more.
IN-PRACTICE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE: The Integral Role of Health Coaches in Community Healthcare
MEGHAN MCCARTHY, systems director of community health for PeaceHealth
Meghan McCarthy will empower you as a Health Coach by discussing your integral value in healthcare. She will discuss the roles of behavior change and nutrition services in preventive care, current nonprofit and for-profit health programs, and how PeaceHealth is building an army of Health Coaches to help improve community wellness.
THE MOVEMENT IIN ACTION: Advocacy for Health Coaches
DARRELL ROGERS, IIN’s director of advocacy
Darrell Rogers’s work in Washington, D.C., is focused on increasing the recognition of Health Coaches to ensure their continued success. But what does that actually mean when it comes to enacting change at the national and international level? Darrell will address these topics and provide ways you can be a Health Coach advocate.
CREATE SUSTAINABLE CHANGE: Shifting Our Mind-Set to Shift Our Identity
PATRICIA MORENO, creator of the intenSati method and mind-body movement champion
Want to make sustainable lifestyle changes? Patricia Moreno will show you exactly how to do so. The key is shifting your focus from doing to being by choosing empowering thoughts. She will lead you through empowered movement with affirmations – the intenSati method.
THE OBESITY CRISIS AND OUR DIET: The Complicated Role of Carbohydrates
DAVID LUDWIG, MD, PHD, professor, nutrition researcher, obesity warrior, and bestselling author
David Ludwig, MD, PhD, lends his endocrinology and research background to this compelling discussion around why our current understanding of nutrition and energy expenditure is flawed and how we can make dietary changes that result in sustained weight loss and better health. Dr. Ludwig’s session will be followed by a Q&A with Pilar Gerasimo and special guest Mark Hyman, MD, functional medicine physician, founder of The UltraWellness Center, and bestselling author.
BUILD A SUCCESSFUL COACHING BUSINESS: The Five Things You Need to Do
JIM CURTIS, IIN’s chief revenue and marketing officer
Do you find yourself waiting until you think you’re ready to start coaching? Stop waiting and start doing. Jim Curtis brings his wealth of experience and inspirational energy to the stage to walk you through the five things you must do to build a successful coaching business.