Healing Through Movement: Danielle Pashko on REJUVENAGING with Dr. Ron Kaiser
Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser
Dr. Ron Kaiser
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🗓️ 18 February 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of REJUVENAGING with Dr. Ron Kaiser, Dr. Ron welcomes functional nutritionist and chronic illness coach Danielle Pashko . Danielle shares her powerful journey through personal health challenges, including thyroid cancer, chronic Lyme disease, and long COVID. Despite her extensive background in nutrition and wellness, it was the ancient practices of Tai Chi, Qigong, and internal martial arts that ultimately restored her strength and vitality. She recounts how these practices helped her rebuild her energy, reduce neurological symptoms, and cultivate resilience—profoundly shifting her approach to healing and personal wellness.
Danielle offers listeners an insightful explanation of Tai Chi and Qigong, describing how these internal martial arts stimulate the body's organs, balance emotions, and restore the nervous system from chronic stress responses. She highlights how movements, such as slow punches and body tapping, activate the body's natural healing mechanisms and promote longevity by strengthening the legs and improving circulation. She emphasizes that these practices are accessible to individuals of all ages and physical conditions, encouraging those suffering from chronic illness to start gently and build their way to better health.
Additionally, the conversation between Dr. Ron and Danielle introduces her platform, Soul Hacker, which offers affordable daily practice videos that guide users through simple exercises to boost their energy, reduce stress, and promote healing. She underscores the importance of movement for physical and emotional well-being and urges listeners to explore alternative methods when conventional therapies fall short. This inspiring episode reminds us of the power of mindset, movement, and holistic practices in overcoming adversity and thriving through life’s challenges.
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| 0:00.0 | reflect what we're feeling in our body, authors like Caroline Mace, Louise Hay, and so I got |
| 0:06.3 | very into a different mindset. And unfortunately, when she passed away, she did pass because |
| 0:13.3 | they found the cancer too late. And it had spread. And I was 13 years old and she was 38. I decided that I wanted to do something in the healing world. |
| 0:23.8 | And that's what led me to work in nutrition and I taught yoga and I was doing all these types of things to never get sick myself. |
| 0:39.7 | Welcome to rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser. |
| 0:43.0 | This is a podcast designed to help you lead your life enthusiastically today, |
| 0:48.8 | tomorrow, and every other day. |
| 0:50.7 | I am your host, Ron Kaiser, positive health psychologist and coach, keynote and TEDx speaker, |
| 0:56.8 | and also author of the Triple Award-winning book, Rejuvenaging the Art and Science of Growing |
| 1:02.8 | Older with enthusiasm. As listeners to the podcast know, my goal is to always bring you |
| 1:09.1 | interesting, informative, and sometimes entertaining guests |
| 1:13.1 | who lead their own lives with enthusiasm and have different ways of helping us to become |
| 1:18.8 | better versions of ourselves. And today's guest is no exception. I am so happy to welcome Danielle Paschko. She is a functional nutritionist and |
| 1:31.4 | chronic illness coach with two decades of experience. But when Danielle became ill herself with |
| 1:38.6 | chronic Lyme disease and long COVID, her knowledge of nutrition and functional health wasn't what ultimately healed her. |
| 1:47.2 | She immersed herself in internal martial arts like Tai Chi and Ji Kong, which ultimately were the |
| 1:55.8 | most effective healers. She went from being chronically fatigued to currently practicing Bruce Lee's |
| 2:03.7 | type of Kung Fu. And through building up her internal strength, she has been able to share |
| 2:13.2 | and help others. Her expertise in the wellness field is led to articles and videos and health and beauty |
| 2:19.8 | of publications, and she's the author of Weight Loss, Mistakes, Even Healthy Chicks Make, |
| 2:28.6 | and Smile at Her Challenges. |
| 2:31.7 | She spreads her message through Soul Hacker, her website and coaching programs. |
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