All Disease Begins in the Gutwith Tom

O'Bryan, DC, CCN, DACBN

What you'll learn from this expert talk:
 Link between gut inflammation and chronic pain 
 5 pillars that lead to chronic inflammation
 How to begin the healing process  

Tom O'Bryan, DC, CCN, DACBN

When it comes to getting healthy, Dr. Tom O’Bryan’s goal is to make it easy to do the right
thing. He is an internationally recognized, admired and compassionate speaker focusing on food
sensitivities, environmental toxins and the development of autoimmune diseases. He is
considered a "Sherlock Holmes" for chronic disease and teaches that recognition of the
underlying mechanisms activating an immune response is the start toward better health.

Dr. O'Bryan is a recognized world expert on gluten, autoimmunity and brain health. He is the
founder of TheDr.com and author of several best-selling books. His first critically acclaimed
book, The Autoimmune Fix, outlines the step-by-step development of degenerative diseases and
gives the tools to identify a disease process years before the symptoms are obvious. His second
book, You Can Fix Your Brain: Just 1 Hour a Week to the Best Memory, Productivity, and Sleep
You've Ever Had, is the handbook for anyone worried about brain health. From dementia to brain
fog to headaches, this essential guide covers the full spectrum — from prevention to treatment. 

Dr. O'Bryan holds teaching faculty positions with the Institute for Functional Medicine and the
National University of Health Sciences and has trained and certified tens of thousands of
practitioners around the world in advanced understanding of the impact of wheat sensitivity and
the development of individual autoimmune diseases.  

The Many Puzzle Pieces of Painwith Keesha

Ewers, PhD, ARNP-C, IFM-C, AAP
What you'll learn from this expert talk:
 Link between childhood trauma, gut health and pain
 Role of genetics, lifestyle and emotions
 Connecting the dots so you can heal  
Keesha Ewers, PhD, ARNP-C, IFM-C, AAP
Dr. Keesha Ewers is board certified in functional medicine and Ayurvedic medicine. She is a
doctor of sexology, a trauma-informed psychotherapist, a family practice advanced registered
nurse practitioner with a specialty in integrative medicine, a conscious dying doula and the
founder and medical director of the Academy for Integrative Medicine Health Coach
Certification Program. 

Dr. Ewers has been in the medical field for over 30 years. After conducting the HURT Study in
2013 (Healing Un-Resolved Trauma), she developed the HURT Model for understanding how
past childhood trauma impacts adult health. This led to the creation of the Healing Trauma
Through the Chakra System online program and the You Unbroken online program for patients
to heal their own trauma, and the Mystic Medicine deep immersion healing retreats she leads at
her home on San Juan Island, WA. 

Dr. Ewers is a popular speaker, including at Harvard and from the TEDx stage, and the
bestselling author of Solving the Autoimmune Puzzle: The Woman’s Guide to Reclaiming
Emotional Freedom and Vibrant Health, The Quick and Easy Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook:
Anti-Inflammatory Recipes with 7 Ingredients or Less for Busy People and Your Libido Story: A
Workbook for Women Who Want to Find, Fix, and Free Their Sexual Desire. You can listen to
her Mystic Medicine Radio Show and find her programs at DrKeesha.com.

Your Body Speaks Your Mindwith Darren

Weissman, DC
What you'll learn from this expert talk:
 Pain is a gift in strange wrapping paper
 How the subconscious mind influences pain
 Strategies for using the LifeLine Technique  

Darren Weissman, DC
Dr. Darren Weissman is a chiropractic holistic physician, developer of The LifeLine
Technique®, an international keynote speaker and teacher in the field of consciousness and
emotional health, and a multi best-selling Hay House author. His passion is teaching people The
LifeLine Technique® to intentionally change the emotional programs of the subconscious mind.
He has been featured in the award-winning Netflix documentary HEAL and in the films E-
Motion, Making Mankind, Beyond Belief and The Truth. He has written for numerous
publications, including Natural Health, The Huffington Post, Prevention and InStyle. Dr.
Weissman was named Thought Leader for the United Breast Cancer Foundation and United
Women’s Health Alliance and has been voted the top holistic physician in the Chicago
Metropolitan area.

The Science of Hope for Healingwith Rob

Downey, MD, IFMCP
What you'll learn from this expert talk:
 Why the capacity to heal from pain is more promising than you may think
 Science behind the good news
 Emotions associated with healing  

Rob Downey, MD, IFMCP

Dr. Rob Downey is a board-certified family practice MD and IFM Certified Practitioner. He has
21 years of experience as an attending physician, and 15 years as a functional medicine provider.
He is the founder of Seaworthy Functional Medicine. Seaworthy is a pioneer in responding to
needs for better availability of functional medicine in underserved areas of Alaska, as well as
travel medicine to Alaska, wherein non-Alaskans can visit once, become an Alaskan patient and
follow up from anywhere on earth. His whole career has been spent working for, and on behalf
of, non-profit hospitals and Alaskan Native corporations. Many of the people Dr. Downey has
the privilege of providing care for have a very high ratio of challenges to resources; this gives
him a unique capacity to share a key lesson – a little goes a long way.

Simple Anti-Inflammatory Livingwith Eric

Zielinski, DC
What you'll learn from this expert talk:
 Personalizing your healing journey
 Resolving emotional inflammation 
 Using essential oils to connect with the harmony of nature  
Eric Zielinski, DC
Dr. Eric Zielinski is the author of a U.S. bestselling book, The Healing Power of Essential Oils,
and has pioneered natural living and biblical health education since 2003. Trained as an
aromatherapist, public health researcher and chiropractor, Dr. Z started
NaturalLivingFamily.com in 2014 with his wife, Sabrina Ann, to help people learn how to safely
and effectively use natural remedies such as essential oils. Now visited by more than four million
natural health seekers every year, NaturalLivingFamily.com has rapidly become the #1 online
source for biblical health and non-branded essential oils education.

Happiness Habits for Releasing Painwith

Margie Bissinger, PT, MS, CHC
What you'll learn from this expert talk:
 Understanding happiness and how it affects your health
 How does happiness impact pain?
 3 powerful happiness practices  

Margie Bissinger, PT, MS, CHC

Margie Bissinger is a physical therapist, integrative health coach and happiness trainer. She has
over 25 years of experience helping people with osteoporosis and osteopenia improve their bone
health through an integrative comprehensive approach utilizing whole foods, exercise,
supplements, mind-body relaxation techniques and happiness training. She is the author of
Osteoporosis: An Exercise Guide, teaches Happy Bones, Happy Life, an online 6-week program
designed to give people the tools to naturally achieve optimal bone health, and is host of the
Happy Bones, Happy Life Podcast. She also oversees all the osteoporosis initiatives in the state
of New Jersey as the physical therapy representative to the NJ Interagency Council on
Osteoporosis.
Bissinger has lectured to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, hospitals and women’s
groups throughout the country. She has been featured in The New York Times, Menopause
Management, OB GYN News and has contributed to numerous health and fitness books.