Today’s Guest – Ashley Elmer
1. Your name, title, and age? What do you do (or did you do) for a living?
Ashley Elmer, D.C., 30 years old, I am a chiropractor who also practices acupuncture in Minnetonka, MN
2. Who was the person that inspired you as a child to eat healthy and stay fit? What was their relationship to you?
The person that inspired me the most to live a healthy lifestyle as a child was my mother. She was a single mom who instilled in my brother and I the benefits of eating healthy, non processed foods. She always made sure that we were in sports and activities that kept us moving. She passed along the wisdom of living in the moment and the importance of our thoughts creating our realities.
3. What did they do to inspire you?
My mother lead by example by cooking nutritious foods and limiting the amount of refined sugar and processed foods in the house. We really had no choice but to eat healthy and that shaped our palates food preferences even today. She also brought me to the chiropractor to be checked after I was born!
4. How did their lesson change your life?
Her lessons changed my life in a big way by leading me down the path of chiropractic as a career. As well as striving to be the healthiest version of myself that I can be via yoga, eating healthy, getting adjusted and meditation.
5. Do you convey their message to kids in your life presently?
I have a six month old baby boy and I’m going to start making homemade organic baby food for him soon!
6. What would be your main message to children today to lead healthy lifestyles?
My main message would be to make sure that you are balanced physically, mentally and emotionally by getting exercise, eating healthy and practicing meditation or having quiet time daily.
7. Do you have a web site you would like to promote….web address only?