We had the good fortune of connecting with Dr. Jill Kahn and we’ve shared our conversation below.
Hi Dr. Jill, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
Absolutely! We believe that a healthy community comes from individuals who know how to take responsibility for their lives, especially when under stress. What I know for certain is we all want to be our best selves and lead a great life. We want to be proud of ourselves. We want to be able to do hard things more easily. We want to have less stress and to feel connected those around us. But for so many of us, our lives don’t feel like that. We want to have great days, but we’re usually stressed out before even get out the door in the morning. From the moment we wake up, within seconds things go from good to stressful, maybe you get stuck in traffic, you’re late to an appointment and your kids forgot to turn in their assignment… again! If we want great days, why aren’t we having them? Because life is challenging and we were never taught the skills to strengthen ourselves in these stressful moments. We go to school and learn how to problem-solve, but who’s teaching us how to deal with everyday life stress? Did you get your ‘how to live your best life’ manual when you were born? I didn’t get mine. The truth is when it comes to everyday challenges and problems, we’re winging it. Why? Because we were home schooled on how to handle stressful situations. Our parents didn’t get the manual either. My parents’ strategy for handling stress looked like this: you’re crying, I’ll give you something to cry about. Clearly there was a missing skillset.
I created a propriety tool called The BioCode System®. This program solves for that missing skillset. This is a new concept, a daily inner workout program that builds your Behavioral Agility muscle: individuals or groups learn the skills to feel so empowered, making themselves stronger than their stress. It’s like a superpower! These skills teach how to show up to meet the challenges throughout the day when stress pushes against you. So, you can deal better with anything or anyone that annoys or disturbs you, including yourself.
Here’s the thing: Everyone knows what to do when things are going well, more of the same. The problem is we were never taught, in the moment strategies, for what to do when things aren’t going according to plan, beyond take the day off strategies (which are all great). When stress hits we are taught to move away from the situation. We do things like yoga, meditate, rest and exercise to relax. The challenge is come Monday morning, or that next moment, it’s waiting for you, and the cycle begins. You stress yourself out, deplete yourself, only to eject out of that moment to refill and go at it again. It’s a vicious cycle of recharge and deplete. The BioCode System® teaches you when life comes at you, instead of needing to take the day off, you’re going to be ready to TAKE THE DAY ON.
Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
My story of helping people reclaim their health was an unexpected discovery that began over three decades ago. It was in 1996 when the unimaginable hit our family directly and this healing journey became personal. On Independence Day1996, my husband Danny, 35 at the time, was diagnosed with life-threatening brain cancer. With no hope from conventional treatments, we knew his best chance of survival as taking it on ourselves to seek unconventional strategies. Shortly in, what became most obvious was trying to figure out how to stay strong and healthy during this time of utter stress and personal chaos was mandatory. The BioCode System® was literally born out of the desire to help my husband navigate life’s most brutal challenge. Little did I know at the time what I was about to discover, was not only here to help save my husband’s life but to benefit so many other people as well. The good news is Danny is alive and well. The big aha moment came when I returned to my practice, I had the most eye-opening realization, it wasn’t ‘life’s big problems’ that were taking people down as much as the stress in their everyday life. Regardless of the problem (fill in the blank) health, life, work, relationship, parenting, there was a missing skill set… how to strengthen themselves first to deal with whatever they were facing. It was then that I knew, this life-strengthening system was needed for everyone, all ages, all stages. The BioCode System® is now being used to help individuals, families, schools, athletic programs around the globe as well as, executives, managers and employees in some of the world’s most recognized companies.
Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Being mindful of COVID-19 and being a holistic vegan, I would most probably stay home, enjoy tons of quality time together and cook super healthy, yummy food.
Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Shout out to my husband Danny! His bravery and willingness to trust in me to help navigate alternative paths in search for his brain cancer cure literally saved his life and is now helping empower people in their everyday lives and is being used in companies around the globe.
Website: www.empowerhousegroup.com
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Image Credits
All photos taken by Julia Kahn