Krisna Hanks - Even Professional Athletes Can Be Metabolically Ill

Metabolic Health with Heart Surgeon Dr. Philip Ovadia

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Krisna Hanks - Even Professional Athletes Can Be Metabolically Ill

Dr. Philip Ovadia

Jan 17, 2023

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 those, having also good team around you is helpful.” - Krisna Hanks

Connect with her
Website: https://www.square1wellness.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Square1Wellness
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/square_1_wellness/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisnahanks/

Episode snippets
14:47 - 15:36 - To learn how to come back from injuries
17:13 - 18:36 - Different forms of health issues
25:44 - 27:15 - We all struggle with different things
31:22 - 32:02 - You have to help people change
40:26 - 41:07 - Coaches get to know the whole person
50:47 - 51:30 - We all sit too much in a day