What if the reason you’re still stuck isn’t because you haven’t done enough — but because you’ve been looking in the wrong place?

Kristi Hujik sits down with Kiki Cordero-Drake, co-founder of Moderne Athlete, Vice President of EQ Flux Wave and founder of PEMF Pilates, for a fascinating conversation about pain, movement, nervous-system regulation and the interconnected nature of the body.

After years of injuries and multiple surgeries as a young athlete, Kiki eventually discovered Pilates and later PEMF therapy. Today, she combines Pilates Sports Therapy with frequency, vibration, breathwork, bodywork and fascial work to help people move, recover and feel better.

Kristi and Kiki explore why Pilates is more than exercise, how PEMF is being incorporated with movement, the potential significance of scars and fascial restrictions, and the connections between the jaw, diaphragm, pelvic floor, posture and pain.

They also tackle a bigger idea that runs throughout the conversation:

Your body isn’t necessarily fighting you. It may be trying to protect you.

Instead of immediately overriding a symptom, what might change if you became curious about what your body is trying to tell you?

If you’ve been doing “all the things” and still feel stuck, this episode may change where you look next.

Chapters

00:00 Intro Your body is a masterpiece, not a disaster

00:22 Kiki's journey from injuries to holistic healing

01:20 The impact of emotional trauma on physical health

02:16 How injuries in youth shape lifelong health

04:03 The breakthrough moment with PEMF therapy

06:20 Why stabilization and movement are essential

07:54 The emotional side of chronic pain

09:28 Why Pilates is a mind-body-soul connection

12:40 Understanding PEMF and its benefits

19:29 Combining PEMF with movement for optimal results

22:58 Healing emotional wounds stored in the body

27:54 Transformations through body awareness and frequency

31:34 Scars as memories and their role in healing

34:23 At-home techniques for scar and fascia release

40:07 Listening to your body's signals for better health

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Connect with Kiki Cordero-Drake

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What if the reason you feel depleted isn’t that you need to try harder—but that you’re carrying more than you realize?

In this episode of The Ripple Effect Connection, Kristi Hujik chats with health and performance expert Justin Buckthorp for a conversation about energy, resilience, recovery, and the hidden toll of modern life.

With more than 25 years in health and wellness, Justin has worked with everyone from executives to elite athletes, including professional golfer Justin Rose and soccer superstar Harry Kane. Through that experience, he’s seen that while our environments may be very different, the physical, mental, and emotional demands of life ultimately land on the same biological systems.

Justin introduces the idea of Life Load™ —the total stress we’re carrying at any given time—and explains why understanding that load can help us get ahead of burnout, illness, injury, and declining performance.

Kristi and Justin also explore the health consequences of being constantly “on,” why distraction is draining more than our productivity, and what elite performers understand about protecting their capacity that the rest of us can learn from.

Along the way, they get practical about morning routines, movement, recovery, sleep, gratitude, gut health, wearables, and why adding more health advice to an already overwhelmed life isn’t always the answer.

At its core, this conversation is about protecting your energy so you have more of yourself available for what matters most.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Justin Buckthorp and episode overview

01:58 Justin's journey into health and wellness

04:05 The evolution towards functional medicine

05:30 Working with professional athletes versus corporate wellness

07:07 Understanding life load and allostatic load

09:06 Proactive management of stress and recovery

11:05 The impact of distraction and modern society

12:58 Simple daily habits for health and well-being

17:01 Introduction to 360 Health and Performance™ platform

20:01 The future of personalized health care and technology

24:03 Gut health and the gut-brain axis

28:00 Practical tips for improving digestion and gut health

29:50 Connecting with Justin Buckthorp and resources

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Website - ⁠⁠https://justinbuckthorp.com/⁠⁠

360os - ⁠⁠https://360healthperformance.com/⁠

What happens when doing all the right things… still doesn’t feel like enough?

In this episode, with my sister-in-law, Sharon Hujik, we explore what resilience really looks like when life presents challenges you didn’t choose — and can’t control.

Sharon shares the deeper lessons she’s learned navigating trauma, parenting through the complexity of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), and the emotional weight that many women quietly carry. This conversation moves beyond surface-level advice and into the real work of resilience — the internal shifts that change how we respond when life feels overwhelming.

We talk about:

• How trauma and chronic stress shape the brain
• The role of neuroplasticity in changing our responses
• Why endurance alone isn’t the answer
• The importance nervous system awareness and regulation
• Practical tools to move from reaction → response

This is a conversation for the woman who feels stretched, responsible for everything, and is ready to respond differently — not by doing more, but by understanding herself on a deeper level.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re holding it all together on the outside… while navigating something heavy on the inside — this one will resonate.

🎙️ Listen now and learn how resilience is not something you’re born with — it’s something you build.

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Podcast "Rising To Resilience"