Your Healing Playground - Dr. Tina Koopersmith

Your Healing Playground - Dr. Tina Koopersmith  What if the thing holding you back… isn’t something you need to fix—but something you’re finally ready to free? In this deeply activating episode of Your Healing Playground, I sit down with —a relationship guide, masculine embodiment teacher, and author of Uncaged—to explore what it truly means to live, love, and lead from truth. We dive into: The invisible cages men and women are living in Why “self-improvement” might actually be keeping you stuck Sacred union, polarity, and the future of love The root wound of humanity—and how it shows up in your relationships How to move from shame, numbness, and survival… into aliveness, devotion, and embodied power This is not surface-level relationship talk. This is about soul reclamation. Whether you’re navigating love, longing for deeper connection, healing from past wounds, or calling in your next-level partnership… This conversation will challenge you, open you, and invite you to remember who you really are. If you’ve ever wondered: Why do relationships feel so hard? What do men really need—and what do women need to understand? How do we create love that actually evolves us? Then this episode is for you. Press play if you’re ready to live uncaged. Dr. Matt Helm is one of the most powerful romantic and love shamans alive today—an elite men’s coach, relationship and marriage whisperer, and guide for those ready to live, love, and lead from unapologetic truth and embodied purpose. For over 30 years, he has helped thousands of men and women dissolve shame, trauma, and outdated conditioning to create lives and relationships rooted in freedom, devotion, and soul-level alignment. He is the author of Uncaged: A New Model of Masculinity for Men and the Women Who Love Them, a paradigm-shifting work redefining the future of masculine and feminine evolution. Matt is also the founder and owner of Primal Alchemy, a premium supplement and peptide company built on one embodied mission: To awaken and empower men to reclaim their bodies, their purpose, and their rightful place on this planet. Reclaim your body. Awaken your purpose. Lead with power. Primal Alchemy blends scientifically backed formulas with holistic coaching and conscious community to support visionary men in becoming the leaders their families, organizations, and the world are calling for. But Matt’s mission extends beyond men—he is deeply committed to helping women, couples, and relationships evolve into sacred union, healed polarity, erotic aliveness, and love that liberates both souls. Licensed Professional Counselor. Certified Accelerated Evolution Guide. Certified Erotic Blueprint™ Coach. Spiritual Intelligence Coach. Father of five. Devoted husband to his queen, Larissa. Matt’s work is not self-help. It is soul reclamation. Not therapy—evolution. Not “be better”—be whole, be real, be free. This is your time. Awaken. Lead. Live uncaged. https://drmatthelm.com/ Your Healing Playground: How Play, Pleasure, and Connection Unlock Your Body's Power to Heal   Author Dr. Tina Koopersmith   Amazon.com – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1997615347 Amazon.ca – https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1997615347   ~ More About Your Healing Playground with Dr. Tina Koopersmith ~  Dr. Tina Koopersmith has practiced Western medicine for over 30 years. But she is so much more than a physician. An integrative medicine and fertility specialist, she is a transformational healer and coach who not only brings life to her patients but reminds them that it is their responsibility and, in their power, to bring themselves back to vibrancy and vitality. Root cause healing starts with energy, emotions, communication—between your cells and your soul. As a speaker-coach-author as well as mother, nonconformist, and recovering perfectionist, she is dedicated to modifying our health care system from one focused on illness and sickness to one devoted to prevention and wellness. She reminds us all that love, play, pleasure and purpose are the secret ingredients to wellness. She starts with the premise we all have the same parts and very similar DNA, and yet we all have different experiences and imprinting. Our unique signature means we are all wired to access safety and pleasure in a slightly different fashion; this diversity is to be praised and celebrated. When our body feels safe, we can move from our “childhood” survival stress mode to our “Wise Sage Self”. Healing, recovery and regeneration thrive only when we stop resisting what is and celebrate all of life with acceptance of the NOW. Health and Wellness is nourished with empathy, compassion innovation and connection—a total integration of the mind body, the heart body, the physical body and the energetic. ALL are worthy of self-care, self-acceptance and self-love. To learn more: https://drtinaplays.com/  or [email protected]   To get more of Your Healing Playground with Dr Tina Koopersmith, be sure to visit the archives page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/your-healing-playground-dr-tina-koopersmith/

Your Healing Playground - Dr. Tina Koopersmith  What if pleasure wasn’t indulgent—but essential? In this episode of Your Healing Playground, Dr. Tina explores the deep and often misunderstood relationship between pleasure and safety, and why both are required to shift the body and mind into true healing mode. Most of us are living with nervous systems shaped in early childhood—primed for survival, hyper-vigilance, and constant “ON” mode. Even when danger is no longer real, our bodies respond as if it is. Over time, this chronic stress drains our internal battery, leading to burnout, anxiety, depression, inflammation, and dis-ease. Here’s the truth: Healing doesn’t happen through force or thinking harder. It happens when the body feels safe. Pleasure and play are powerful biological signals that tell the nervous system, “You’re okay. You can rest now.” When safety is felt in the body—not argued in the mind—the parasympathetic system activates, allowing us to rest, digest, repair, reproduce, and renew our joy for life. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why safety is a felt sense, not a thought How early childhood wiring keeps us stuck in survival mode Why pleasure is a gateway to healing, not a reward How embodiment rewires the brain and restores vitality Why your stories are editable—and meant to serve your joy This is an invitation to turn off the engine, recharge your system, and remember what it feels like to truly enjoy being alive. What Am I – Children’s Book   Author Dr. Tina Koopersmith   https://tinakoopersmith.com/what-am-i-childrens-book/   ~ More About Your Healing Playground with Dr. Tina Koopersmith ~  Dr. Tina Koopersmith has practiced Western medicine for over 30 years. But she is so much more than a physician. An integrative medicine and fertility specialist, she is a transformational healer and coach who not only brings life to her patients but reminds them that it is their responsibility and, in their power, to bring themselves back to vibrancy and vitality. Root cause healing starts with energy, emotions, communication—between your cells and your soul. As a speaker-coach-author as well as mother, nonconformist, and recovering perfectionist, she is dedicated to modifying our health care system from one focused on illness and sickness to one devoted to prevention and wellness. She reminds us all that love, play, pleasure and purpose are the secret ingredients to wellness. She starts with the premise we all have the same parts and very similar DNA, and yet we all have different experiences and imprinting. Our unique signature means we are all wired to access safety and pleasure in a slightly different fashion; this diversity is to be praised and celebrated. When our body feels safe, we can move from our “childhood” survival stress mode to our “Wise Sage Self”. Healing, recovery and regeneration thrive only when we stop resisting what is and celebrate all of life with acceptance of the NOW. Health and Wellness is nourished with empathy, compassion innovation and connection—a total integration of the mind body, the heart body, the physical body and the energetic. ALL are worthy of self-care, self-acceptance and self-love. To learn more: https://drtinaplays.com/  or [email protected]   To get more of Your Healing Playground with Dr Tina Koopersmith, be sure to visit the archives page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/your-healing-playground-dr-tina-koopersmith/

Your Healing Playground - Dr. Tina Koopersmith  In this episode of Your Healing Playground, Dr. Tina opens with a provocative reframe: Is it disability… or superability? Who decides what is “normal,” “able,” or “limited”? What if our abilities were determined not by society’s labels but by how we choose to see ourselves? We explore how language shapes reality — how words like disability, disorder, deficit, or slow cast spells that limit potential. And how one shift in perspective, like seeing a stutter as a superpower, can open entirely new pathways of possibility. Together with guest Stephanie Ward — founder of Spicy Brain Collective and mentor to neurodivergent entrepreneurs — we dig into what neurodivergence really means, how differently-wired brains often hold immense creativity and innovation, and why “regression to the mean” has harmed generations of brilliant minds. Stephanie shares her personal story of reclaiming her neurodivergence as a gift, not a liability, and how she helps others create structures, tools, and environments where unconventional brains can thrive. This episode is about rewriting the narrative of ability, shifting from limitation to potentiality, and recognizing that every human is capable of meaningful contribution, connection, and success — when given the right language, support, and freedom to self-express. Stephanie Ward is the founder of the Spicy Brain Collective and Spicy Brain Energy. These companies help neurodivergent entrepreneurs with a range of done-for-you and done-with-you business services, so that they can achieve the success they deserve in business. Stephanie is an experienced virtual assistant with a broad range of skills developed across 12 years as a freelancer. First starting as a copywriter in 2012 as a way to pass her maternity leave, she has developed a plethora of services in her one-stop-shop group of companies, ranging from web design, to diary management, to Amazon KDP campaign development, to fundraising, to strategic coaching. She fell into this line of work and unexpectedly found it to be something she loved to do. Stephanie is a firm advocate for implementation of AI in business, but is concerned about it’s usage by neurodivergents, instead believing that we need to use and develop our own intuition for internal validation. thespicybraincollective.com What Am I – Children’s Book   Author Dr. Tina Koopersmith   https://tinakoopersmith.com/what-am-i-childrens-book/   ~ More About Your Healing Playground with Dr. Tina Koopersmith ~  Dr. Tina Koopersmith has practiced Western medicine for over 30 years. But she is so much more than a physician. An integrative medicine and fertility specialist, she is a transformational healer and coach who not only brings life to her patients but reminds them that it is their responsibility and, in their power, to bring themselves back to vibrancy and vitality. Root cause healing starts with energy, emotions, communication—between your cells and your soul. As a speaker-coach-author as well as mother, nonconformist, and recovering perfectionist, she is dedicated to modifying our health care system from one focused on illness and sickness to one devoted to prevention and wellness. She reminds us all that love, play, pleasure and purpose are the secret ingredients to wellness. She starts with the premise we all have the same parts and very similar DNA, and yet we all have different experiences and imprinting. Our unique signature means we are all wired to access safety and pleasure in a slightly different fashion; this diversity is to be praised and celebrated. When our body feels safe, we can move from our “childhood” survival stress mode to our “Wise Sage Self”. Healing, recovery and regeneration thrive only when we stop resisting what is and celebrate all of life with acceptance of the NOW. Health and Wellness is nourished with empathy, compassion innovation and connection—a total integration of the mind body, the heart body, the physical body and the energetic. ALL are worthy of self-care, self-acceptance and self-love. To learn more: https://drtinaplays.com/  or [email protected]   To get more of Your Healing Playground with Dr Tina Koopersmith, be sure to visit the archives page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/your-healing-playground-dr-tina-koopersmith/

Your Healing Playground - Dr. Tina Koopersmith  Life is your Personal PLAY. You choose the script & the actors, you direct it and produce it and even choose who supports your production. There can be multiple rewrites, revisions and productions, prequels and sequels. It's up to you to get CREATIVE as you experience and write and edit your play(your life). As you experience your life, your personal play, ideally, you remember that your one magical life is a gift from the universe to you, for you always, and you get to PLAY with this life. Life doesn't have to be a struggle.  Human civilization has survived through millenia through love and collaboration and creativity (love is even hidden in the word EVOLution).  The outdated paradigm of competition, comparison, conformity, & control is only one way to do life. In contrast, play as a means of resetting the nervous system is repeated over and over again in nature and we would do well to REMEMBER that just as children play, adults can and should PLAY too. In fact, the best ways to move through trauma, release stuck energy and to heal is somatically. To feel, to create, to imagine, to move and to connect with ourselves and others. So let's have an episode dedicated to ADULT PLAY!! What Am I – Children’s Book   Author Dr. Tina Koopersmith   https://tinakoopersmith.com/what-am-i-childrens-book/   ~ More About Your Healing Playground with Dr. Tina Koopersmith ~  Dr. Tina Koopersmith has practiced Western medicine for over 30 years. But she is so much more than a physician. An integrative medicine and fertility specialist, she is a transformational healer and coach who not only brings life to her patients but reminds them that it is their responsibility and, in their power, to bring themselves back to vibrancy and vitality. Root cause healing starts with energy, emotions, communication—between your cells and your soul. As a speaker-coach-author as well as mother, nonconformist, and recovering perfectionist, she is dedicated to modifying our health care system from one focused on illness and sickness to one devoted to prevention and wellness. She reminds us all that love, play, pleasure and purpose are the secret ingredients to wellness. She starts with the premise we all have the same parts and very similar DNA, and yet we all have different experiences and imprinting. Our unique signature means we are all wired to access safety and pleasure in a slightly different fashion; this diversity is to be praised and celebrated. When our body feels safe, we can move from our “childhood” survival stress mode to our “Wise Sage Self”. Healing, recovery and regeneration thrive only when we stop resisting what is and celebrate all of life with acceptance of the NOW. Health and Wellness is nourished with empathy, compassion innovation and connection—a total integration of the mind body, the heart body, the physical body and the energetic. ALL are worthy of self-care, self-acceptance and self-love. To learn more: play.womensreproduction.com and [email protected] To get more of Your Healing Playground with Dr Tina Koopersmith, be sure to visit the archives page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/your-healing-playground-dr-tina-koopersmith/

Your Healing Playground - Dr. Tina Koopersmith  Sarah will join us as we dress up and continue the conversation on healing through sexuality. Trauma and Healing both occur in the body--and we can use embodiment, sexuality, breath and play  to heal more completely What do you get when a Stylist meets Sexuality--a creatrix dedicated to you, ensuring you are always authentically you, clothed or not. When you meet your Eroticism, when you are in love with yourself and know who you are from the inside out, from the boardroom to the bedroom, the energy of who you are follows you everywhere. Sarah empowers people to embrace their sexuality and feel radiant from the inside and out, from dressed to undressed. Sarah brings you to life, not by using clothes to hide who you are, but actually by ensuring you know yourself, without the layers. And from this place of deep knowing-- you can play full out in all arenas. Life becomes your playground and you can bring your whole self to all your endeavors. A sexologist, a sex and intimacy coach--certified as Er0tic blueprint coach and VITA coach as well as  a flamenco dancer and professional stylist--she is so much more than a person to help you buy your wardrobe.   https://sarahward.co/ *Listen now on the Inspired Choices Network app!  https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/links/ What Am I – Children’s Book   Author Dr. Tina Koopersmith   https://tinakoopersmith.com/what-am-i-childrens-book/   ~ More About Your Healing Playground with Dr. Tina Koopersmith ~  Dr. Tina Koopersmith has practiced Western medicine for over 30 years. But she is so much more than a physician. An integrative medicine and fertility specialist, she is a transformational healer and coach who not only brings life to her patients but reminds them that it is their responsibility and, in their power, to bring themselves back to vibrancy and vitality. Root cause healing starts with energy, emotions, communication—between your cells and your soul. As a speaker-coach-author as well as mother, nonconformist, and recovering perfectionist, she is dedicated to modifying our health care system from one focused on illness and sickness to one devoted to prevention and wellness. She reminds us all that love, play, pleasure and purpose are the secret ingredients to wellness. She starts with the premise we all have the same parts and very similar DNA, and yet we all have different experiences and imprinting. Our unique signature means we are all wired to access safety and pleasure in a slightly different fashion; this diversity is to be praised and celebrated. When our body feels safe, we can move from our “childhood” survival stress mode to our “Wise Sage Self”. Healing, recovery and regeneration thrive only when we stop resisting what is and celebrate all of life with acceptance of the NOW. Health and Wellness is nourished with empathy, compassion innovation and connection—a total integration of the mind body, the heart body, the physical body and the energetic. ALL are worthy of self-care, self-acceptance and self-love. To learn more: play.womensreproduction.com and [email protected] To get more of Your Healing Playground with Dr Tina Koopersmith, be sure to visit the archives page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/your-healing-playground-dr-tina-koopersmith/

Your Healing Playground - Dr. Tina Koopersmith  Last week we talked about feel good, place your order, place your order, feel good. This is NOT about spiritual bypass or avoiding BIG emotions. Emotions are your birthright. Pleasure is your birthright. So how can we feel all our emotions and FIND pleasure in ALL our emotions?? Unconditional love for yourself means you are entitled to truly go back to feeling good no matter what is happening around you.  You get to be the eye of the storm—that’s the center of the hurricane—when all is chaos around you, when you may lose everything, when life is absolutely NOT going the way you want it to—we may feel loads of negative emotions, we may feel that the energy and life are being sucked out of us. We may feel that there is no freaking way we can feel good, much less truly experience JOY.  And yet.... And yet.... No one is allowed to make you feel bad WITHOUT your consent, and that includes you. In this episode, we will talk about and experience EMOTIONAL ALCHEMY. Because your magical superpower as a human is that you ALWAYS have the right, and YOU POSSESS the ability to transfigure and transmute your emotions. Join me today on a MAGICAL carpet ride as we talk about and DEMONSTRATE some tools of alchemy. What Am I – Children’s Book   Author Dr. Tina Koopersmith   https://tinakoopersmith.com/what-am-i-childrens-book/   ~ More About Your Healing Playground with Dr. Tina Koopersmith ~  Dr. Tina Koopersmith has practiced Western medicine for over 30 years. But she is so much more than a physician. An integrative medicine and fertility specialist, she is a transformational healer and coach who not only brings life to her patients but reminds them that it is their responsibility and, in their power, to bring themselves back to vibrancy and vitality. Root cause healing starts with energy, emotions, communication—between your cells and your soul. As a speaker-coach-author as well as mother, nonconformist, and recovering perfectionist, she is dedicated to modifying our health care system from one focused on illness and sickness to one devoted to prevention and wellness. She reminds us all that love, play, pleasure and purpose are the secret ingredients to wellness. She starts with the premise we all have the same parts and very similar DNA, and yet we all have different experiences and imprinting. Our unique signature means we are all wired to access safety and pleasure in a slightly different fashion; this diversity is to be praised and celebrated. When our body feels safe, we can move from our “childhood” survival stress mode to our “Wise Sage Self”. Healing, recovery and regeneration thrive only when we stop resisting what is and celebrate all of life with acceptance of the NOW. Health and Wellness is nourished with empathy, compassion innovation and connection—a total integration of the mind body, the heart body, the physical body and the energetic. ALL are worthy of self-care, self-acceptance and self-love. To learn more: play.womensreproduction.com and [email protected] To get more of Your Healing Playground with Dr Tina Koopersmith, be sure to visit the archives page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/your-healing-playground-dr-tina-koopersmith/

Your Healing Playground - Dr. Tina Koopersmith  Pleasure is critical to a well lived magical life. One of my mentors, Emily Fletcher, who teaches ZIVA meditation and ZIVA magic, reminds us of the importance of visualization and somatization of our innermost dreams and desires and simultaneously the necessity of vibrating high enough to attract our dreams. What she reminds us: is that feeling good, no matter what, but without spiritual bypass, is essential to magnetizing our dream fulfillment. Living a pleasure-filled life is possible for all of us, but it requires us to continue to play at life and move back to that pleasure-filled state. Again, if life is really lived in the NOW, in this moment right now—then all that really is, is only RIGHT NOW and we can make a decision, right now, that right now - I am going to feel good. With this tool, life is so much less of a struggle and instead a PLAYGROUND for new discoveries, always.  Lets learn how to bring more pleasure into your life! What Am I – Children’s Book   Author Dr. Tina Koopersmith   https://tinakoopersmith.com/what-am-i-childrens-book/   ~ More About Your Healing Playground with Dr. Tina Koopersmith ~  Dr. Tina Koopersmith has practiced Western medicine for over 30 years. But she is so much more than a physician. An integrative medicine and fertility specialist, she is a transformational healer and coach who not only brings life to her patients but reminds them that it is their responsibility and, in their power, to bring themselves back to vibrancy and vitality. Root cause healing starts with energy, emotions, communication—between your cells and your soul. As a speaker-coach-author as well as mother, nonconformist, and recovering perfectionist, she is dedicated to modifying our health care system from one focused on illness and sickness to one devoted to prevention and wellness. She reminds us all that love, play, pleasure and purpose are the secret ingredients to wellness. She starts with the premise we all have the same parts and very similar DNA, and yet we all have different experiences and imprinting. Our unique signature means we are all wired to access safety and pleasure in a slightly different fashion; this diversity is to be praised and celebrated. When our body feels safe, we can move from our “childhood” survival stress mode to our “Wise Sage Self”. Healing, recovery and regeneration thrive only when we stop resisting what is and celebrate all of life with acceptance of the NOW. Health and Wellness is nourished with empathy, compassion innovation and connection—a total integration of the mind body, the heart body, the physical body and the energetic. ALL are worthy of self-care, self-acceptance and self-love. To learn more: play.womensreproduction.com and [email protected] To get more of Your Healing Playground with Dr Tina Koopersmith, be sure to visit the archives page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/your-healing-playground-dr-tina-koopersmith/

Your Healing Playground - Dr. Tina Koopersmith  If healing requires play, how do we continue to play as adults. First we need to know how we like to play. There are more than 7 billion people on this planet –do we really think we should all be the same? Bees spend their day BE-ing a BEE. Trees stand tall and grow as a tree. We humans spend our days HUMAN-ING?? No we spend our days working and have forgotten HUMANING really means connecting and loving—this is more important than the DO—ing we get so busy DOING. But how we connect, what we love to do—that’s where we differ.  Water droplets are all the same, but those same water droplets get cold and become snowflakes and not 2 are alike. We humans are 2/3 water in our human form—we are both the same and different. There are so so many “typing” systems to understand ourselves better under all the layers, all the shells and skins. Today I am going to review the EROTIC BLUEPRINTs and the 5 archetypes because they really help people understand their pleasure map. And again prioritizing pleasure and play in your life may really turn that PNS back on and encourage your body to live in vitality and we want to maximize your HEALTH span and not just count the years. We all want a life of JOY and ECSTASY but so many think its out of reach—NO WAY! Its available to all. The erotic blueprint archetypes: ENERGETIC< SENSUAL< SEXUAL< KINKY< SHAPESHIFTER> What Am I – Children’s Book   Author Dr. Tina Koopersmith   https://tinakoopersmith.com/what-am-i-childrens-book/   ~ More About Your Healing Playground with Dr. Tina Koopersmith ~  Dr. Tina Koopersmith has practiced Western medicine for over 30 years. But she is so much more than a physician. An integrative medicine and fertility specialist, she is a transformational healer and coach who not only brings life to her patients but reminds them that it is their responsibility and, in their power, to bring themselves back to vibrancy and vitality. Root cause healing starts with energy, emotions, communication—between your cells and your soul. As a speaker-coach-author as well as mother, nonconformist, and recovering perfectionist, she is dedicated to modifying our health care system from one focused on illness and sickness to one devoted to prevention and wellness. She reminds us all that love, play, pleasure and purpose are the secret ingredients to wellness. She starts with the premise we all have the same parts and very similar DNA, and yet we all have different experiences and imprinting. Our unique signature means we are all wired to access safety and pleasure in a slightly different fashion; this diversity is to be praised and celebrated. When our body feels safe, we can move from our “childhood” survival stress mode to our “Wise Sage Self”. Healing, recovery and regeneration thrive only when we stop resisting what is and celebrate all of life with acceptance of the NOW. Health and Wellness is nourished with empathy, compassion innovation and connection—a total integration of the mind body, the heart body, the physical body and the energetic. ALL are worthy of self-care, self-acceptance and self-love. To learn more: play.womensreproduction.com and [email protected] To get more of Your Healing Playground with Dr Tina Koopersmith, be sure to visit the archives page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/your-healing-playground-dr-tina-koopersmith/

Your Healing Playground - Dr. Tina Koopersmith  Last episode we chatted about how to PLAY. We discussed how to rediscover your TURN ON, rediscover your inner child, how to remember yourself back to wonder and curiosity. ALERT: its when we stay turned on and curious that we activate that PNS, that part of us that keeps us healthy. SO why don’t we stay youthful and turned on? It’s because somewhere we got stuck asking the wrong question: What do you want to be when you grow up? Which really meant what do you want to DO when you are an ADULT. That question is a killer!! DON’T GROW UP: growing up equates to death. Adulting is not an endgame in itself. Life is not a destination, life is a journey. When you stop traveling, you stay stuck, let down your curiosity, start judging everyone doing things differently from you—because you are doing it “THE RIGHT WAY” as opposed to your unique way.—their way may be perfect for them. You get to DO many things in this lifetime. Yes it’s an amazing goal to become a MASTER at something…. You train and learn with teachers, but your goal is to perfect your own unique style of mastery not to become a carbon copy of them. Moreover, at different times of your life you can pivot—using the skills you previously mastered and re-purpose them in your new career or life experience. A therapist might be the best therapist but she may take time off the career path to focus on her children— starting from scratch with a newborn all the while using her skills of communication and translating these to build her family relationships. You can be a black belt in karate, but when you want to learn jujitsu or kravmaga—you have start again at the beginning at the white belt. Education should continue all through your life. The fundamentals of education at the younger years and college years are better spent teaching resilience and persistence as well as values. Let’s teach WHO are you? What are you? HOW do you want to feel as you travel your life path. What values do you value and can you remain true to your values as you choose careers and partners and friends? How do you want to play in your life so that work IS PLAY and you live in a turned on state? And is there a system to help you get back to that PNS, that Turned on state—can you stop RESISTING life, stop JUDGING life and others and JUST GO WITH THE FLOW. How do some people manage that?? TUNE in to learn how you too can manage this with ease and grace. What Am I – Children’s Book   Author Dr. Tina Koopersmith   https://tinakoopersmith.com/what-am-i-childrens-book/   ~ More About Your Healing Playground with Dr. Tina Koopersmith ~  Dr. Tina Koopersmith has practiced Western medicine for over 30 years. But she is so much more than a physician. An integrative medicine and fertility specialist, she is a transformational healer and coach who not only brings life to her patients but reminds them that it is their responsibility and, in their power, to bring themselves back to vibrancy and vitality. Root cause healing starts with energy, emotions, communication—between your cells and your soul. As a speaker-coach-author as well as mother, nonconformist, and recovering perfectionist, she is dedicated to modifying our health care system from one focused on illness and sickness to one devoted to prevention and wellness. She reminds us all that love, play, pleasure and purpose are the secret ingredients to wellness. She starts with the premise we all have the same parts and very similar DNA, and yet we all have different experiences and imprinting. Our unique signature means we are all wired to access safety and pleasure in a slightly different fashion; this diversity is to be praised and celebrated. When our body feels safe, we can move from our “childhood” survival stress mode to our “Wise Sage Self”. Healing, recovery and regeneration thrive only when we stop resisting what is and celebrate all of life with acceptance of the NOW. Health and Wellness is nourished with empathy, compassion innovation and connection—a total integration of the mind body, the heart body, the physical body and the energetic. ALL are worthy of self-care, self-acceptance and self-love. To learn more: play.womensreproduction.com and [email protected] To get more of Your Healing Playground with Dr Tina Koopersmith, be sure to visit the archives page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/your-healing-playground-dr-tina-koopersmith/

Your Healing Playground - Dr. Tina Koopersmith  The system I was trained in: Western medicine, is a reductionist system. IT breaks the body into its parts and then names and blames illness based on where the symptoms appear. Healers are trained in one system or body part and as science advanced, our specialists became ever more specialized. Yet..We forget the old adage/song:  Song by The Delta Rhythm Boys ‧ 1956…our toe bone connected to your foot bone Your foot bone connected to your heel bone…its all interconnected All organs connect to each other, the heart connects it all together, our breath breathes life into all our parts and our mind and body cannot be separated. Our thoughts and emotions are sounds, feelings and sensations that affect our body, just as our experiences do and just as the food and water we eat and drink. We need to put it all together and remember dis-ease in the body is just the body and microbiome speaking to us to change our life in some way to get back to healthy. AND the way back to healthy by necessity means we need to activate our PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM(PNS) —the rest and digest, relax and reproduce nervous system and modern society , especially in the USA, does everything to PREVENT our activation of this healing system. We will chat about the super easy and free ways to TURN on this PNS—and guess what the best way back to PNS is; through PLAY and through SAFETY. What Am I – Children’s Book   Author Dr. Tina Koopersmith   https://tinakoopersmith.com/what-am-i-childrens-book/   ~ More About Your Healing Playground with Dr. Tina Koopersmith ~  Dr. Tina Koopersmith has practiced Western medicine for over 30 years. But she is so much more than a physician. An integrative medicine and fertility specialist, she is a transformational healer and coach who not only brings life to her patients but reminds them that it is their responsibility and, in their power, to bring themselves back to vibrancy and vitality. Root cause healing starts with energy, emotions, communication—between your cells and your soul. As a speaker-coach-author as well as mother, nonconformist, and recovering perfectionist, she is dedicated to modifying our health care system from one focused on illness and sickness to one devoted to prevention and wellness. She reminds us all that love, play, pleasure and purpose are the secret ingredients to wellness. She starts with the premise we all have the same parts and very similar DNA, and yet we all have different experiences and imprinting. Our unique signature means we are all wired to access safety and pleasure in a slightly different fashion; this diversity is to be praised and celebrated. When our body feels safe, we can move from our “childhood” survival stress mode to our “Wise Sage Self”. Healing, recovery and regeneration thrive only when we stop resisting what is and celebrate all of life with acceptance of the NOW. Health and Wellness is nourished with empathy, compassion innovation and connection—a total integration of the mind body, the heart body, the physical body and the energetic. ALL are worthy of self-care, self-acceptance and self-love. To learn more: play.womensreproduction.com and [email protected] To get more of Your Healing Playground with Dr Tina Koopersmith, be sure to visit the archives page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/your-healing-playground-dr-tina-koopersmith/

Your Healing Playground - Dr. Tina Koopersmith  The podcast where we discuss personalized healing—because you were born to be YOU and because you were born to be WELL. This is a podcast for all of you collectively and individually because you get to discover which healing tools fit for your unique self. We heal and we grow when we play. And the best playgrounds are those with defined limits and with so many choices of play experiences. Limits and limitlessness is what we are going for—because when you and your nervous system are safe, this is the state where healing and growth and expansion is possible. In this episode, you will get to know your host: Dr Tina Koopersmith. A witchy doctor who blends spirituality and science for immersive experiences. She blends healing of the mind, body, emotions and spirituality for comprehensive and integrative healing. 34 years of practicing gynecology and reproductive endocrinology and fertility laid the foundation of her healing practice, but the last 10 years she incorporated a multitude of other healing techniques as an integrative medicine physician, coach, author and speaker and mom. Monocultures and monopolies are never ideal—nature loves diversity and so does healing—we need to begin to pull from ancient and modern, mind and body, energy and matter to help our patients –YOU—discover what will help them live their best life in the best health. What Am I – Children’s Book   Author Dr. Tina Koopersmith   https://tinakoopersmith.com/what-am-i-childrens-book/   ~ More About Your Healing Playground with Dr. Tina Koopersmith ~  Dr. Tina Koopersmith has practiced Western medicine for over 30 years. But she is so much more than a physician. An integrative medicine and fertility specialist, she is a transformational healer and coach who not only brings life to her patients but reminds them that it is their responsibility and, in their power, to bring themselves back to vibrancy and vitality. Root cause healing starts with energy, emotions, communication—between your cells and your soul. As a speaker-coach-author as well as mother, nonconformist, and recovering perfectionist, she is dedicated to modifying our health care system from one focused on illness and sickness to one devoted to prevention and wellness. She reminds us all that love, play, pleasure and purpose are the secret ingredients to wellness. She starts with the premise we all have the same parts and very similar DNA, and yet we all have different experiences and imprinting. Our unique signature means we are all wired to access safety and pleasure in a slightly different fashion; this diversity is to be praised and celebrated. When our body feels safe, we can move from our “childhood” survival stress mode to our “Wise Sage Self”. Healing, recovery and regeneration thrive only when we stop resisting what is and celebrate all of life with acceptance of the NOW. Health and Wellness is nourished with empathy, compassion innovation and connection—a total integration of the mind body, the heart body, the physical body and the energetic. ALL are worthy of self-care, self-acceptance and self-love. To learn more: play.womensreproduction.com and [email protected] To get more of Your Healing Playground with Dr Tina Koopersmith, be sure to visit the archives page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/your-healing-playground-dr-tina-koopersmith/