¤ ¤
00:00:01.36\00:01:09.96
Hi friends and welcome to
another edition of NEWSTART Now.
00:01:10.03\00:01:16.74
I'm your host, Ron Giannoni.
00:01:16.77\00:01:18.71
If you believe in miracles or
if you don't believe in miracles
00:01:18.74\00:01:23.48
I want you to stand by and watch
what I'm going to show you next.
00:01:23.51\00:01:31.15
I'm here, I've lost my memory
a part of it and I forget a lot
00:01:31.19\00:01:38.79
of things and they say
it's going to really help me and
00:01:38.83\00:01:45.53
wife has really researched
it and everything. A lot of
00:01:45.57\00:01:48.57
tremendous success here. My
balance, you know, I was falling
00:01:48.60\00:01:54.94
I guide fishing on the river and
I was falling all the time. So
00:01:54.98\00:02:00.88
anyways I was checked out and
I had had a mini stroke and they
00:02:00.92\00:02:06.25
thought that that was from the
accident I had elk hunting. So
00:02:06.29\00:02:11.56
they said they could help me
here also. Before I leave here
00:02:13.19\00:02:19.33
I would like to have my chole-
sterol and I'm feeling a lot
00:02:19.37\00:02:25.74
better, in better shape. I lost
187 pounds already in the last
00:02:25.77\00:02:31.51
eight years. I've kept it off.
I had size 44 pants and now I'm
00:02:31.55\00:02:37.49
a size 32. So I'm tickled with
it but I've still got to lose
00:02:37.52\00:02:43.39
some cholesterol and so forth.
00:02:43.43\00:02:48.50
Welcome back friends.
Leonard, how are you sir?
00:02:48.56\00:02:53.10
Fine sir.
00:02:53.13\00:02:54.50
Well I just said watch this
because you're about to see a
00:02:54.54\00:02:58.94
miracle. Well you are a
miracle, at least what's
00:02:58.97\00:03:04.41
happened to you in the
last 16 days or 17. But who's
00:03:04.45\00:03:10.22
counting? Yeah. Tell us
now how is your blood pressure?
00:03:10.25\00:03:17.76
Blood pressure? I'm just
points away from being OK with
00:03:17.79\00:03:25.27
everything.
00:03:25.30\00:03:26.63
Are you on the
blood pressure meds?
00:03:26.67\00:03:28.00
He took me off of them. When I
was in Farmington I had like 10
00:03:28.07\00:03:34.18
different medications for
high blood pressure and...
00:03:34.21\00:03:35.54
Ten for high blood pressure?!
00:03:36.78\00:03:40.42
Well for my neuropathy and
blood pressure and blood sugar.
00:03:40.45\00:03:45.65
Oh for all the...
00:03:45.69\00:03:47.02
He took me off of them. Today
the doctor got the final blood
00:03:47.46\00:03:53.56
work and everything, so
he took me off the pill.
00:03:53.60\00:03:58.13
So what is your
A1C, do you remember? No.
00:03:58.17\00:04:01.37
Do you remember what
your morning glucose is?
00:04:01.40\00:04:04.54
Well my blood count, I started
at I want to say about 170 and
00:04:04.57\00:04:10.81
I'm down to about 103.
00:04:10.85\00:04:15.45
One O three. Your there.
All right. Congratulations.
00:04:15.48\00:04:18.65
Now the 170, you
were on metformin?
00:04:18.69\00:04:21.42
Yes, he took
that away right away.
00:04:21.49\00:04:24.16
Right away? Yes.
How about the insulin?
00:04:24.19\00:04:25.99
I wasn't on insulin.
00:04:26.03\00:04:28.33
OK it was just metformin.
00:04:28.36\00:04:30.20
Metformin.
00:04:30.23\00:04:31.57
So you're off that.
00:04:31.60\00:04:32.93
Yes. He took me
off all the pills.
00:04:32.97\00:04:35.20
Yes. Yes. And you had neuropathy
and tell us what neuropathy
00:04:35.27\00:04:40.88
feels like?
00:04:40.91\00:04:42.24
Oh, you get stinging in your
feet and so forth and whatever
00:04:42.28\00:04:48.58
else I had. Memory loss and
all that and boy it's... I feel
00:04:48.62\00:04:54.22
wonderful.
00:04:54.26\00:04:55.59
And your feet
now, how do you feel?
00:04:55.62\00:04:56.96
Great. We're walking 10, 13
miles a day now. They wanted
00:04:56.99\00:05:02.93
8 as a max and so...
00:05:02.96\00:05:06.13
So you walked 13? You
had to show them up, huh?
00:05:06.17\00:05:09.17
Oh no, no. My wife and I get
up early. They open the doors at
00:05:09.20\00:05:15.11
6 o'clock. We're up at 10... We
left about 10, 15 after 4 and we
00:05:15.14\00:05:22.78
just cranked about 5
miles in the morning.
00:05:22.82\00:05:27.26
Before breakfast?
00:05:27.29\00:05:28.62
Oh yeah. Then breaks during the
day, we'd catch a mile or so.
00:05:28.69\00:05:33.63
In the evening time
we'd catch 4 or 5 more.
00:05:33.66\00:05:36.90
That's awesome. Did you walk
that much before you got here?
00:05:36.93\00:05:41.77
Yes, not that many miles but in
Farmington has a beautiful river
00:05:41.80\00:05:46.57
walk and it goes for miles
and miles and it goes along the
00:05:46.61\00:05:51.81
Animas River. So when I take
my dog walking every day and we
00:05:51.85\00:05:56.99
walk and walk and she loves it.
00:05:57.02\00:05:59.82
So how much
weight have you lost?
00:05:59.85\00:06:02.59
He said I lost almost 10 pounds,
9 point something pounds I lost.
00:06:02.62\00:06:09.76
You weren't obese. You were
a little heavy, right? You did
00:06:09.80\00:06:13.94
want to lose some weight. Yes.
00:06:13.97\00:06:15.30
And get my blood sugar counts
and everything down but...
00:06:15.34\00:06:18.67
Oh, I'd say four years
ago I started a diet and I
00:06:18.71\00:06:25.01
had size 44 pants and now my
32's are fitting kind of big.
00:06:25.05\00:06:30.25
Wow, that's wonderful.
What about the cooking?
00:06:30.29\00:06:37.13
Cooking? Yeah. Well they got us
on two meals a day here and you
00:06:37.16\00:06:42.63
get the food that they feed you.
00:06:42.66\00:06:45.23
Did you get hungry
around six or seven?
00:06:45.30\00:06:47.80
No because I started this before
on my own. I read a book by, I
00:06:47.87\00:06:52.17
can't think of who he is, but
he started this a long time ago
00:06:52.24\00:06:56.54
and he said people are
programmed to eat from early
00:06:56.58\00:07:05.32
on. When it was morning you
got up and expected breakfast
00:07:05.35\00:07:08.26
Then at noon time you started
wondering what am I going
00:07:08.29\00:07:11.13
eat for noon. In the
evening time you had supper.
00:07:12.39\00:07:16.26
And he says no. Your body tells
you when you're hungry so I
00:07:16.30\00:07:22.07
started going at that philosophy
and sometimes I'd eat one meal
00:07:22.10\00:07:26.78
a day. Most of the time I'd eat
about 8:30 in the morning and
00:07:26.84\00:07:31.05
then that'd get me through until
about 3 o'clock. Then if I ate
00:07:31.08\00:07:35.78
my meal at 3 o'clock that got me
through the night and so in the
00:07:35.82\00:07:40.52
What about the mental clarity?
You notice any difference
00:07:40.56\00:07:43.69
with that?
00:07:43.73\00:07:45.06
Well I'm not forgetting as much
as when I had memory loss but
00:07:45.09\00:07:49.13
Dr. K was really excited
about it today. Oh, I recommend
00:07:49.16\00:07:56.27
this. I recommend it. The
doctors are really good. They
00:07:56.30\00:08:00.21
work with you. They check on
you. They care about you here.
00:08:00.24\00:08:04.25
It's just a wonderful place
to be. My wife and I both said
00:08:04.28\00:08:08.18
we're having a great time here,
we really did. We made a lot of,
00:08:08.25\00:08:12.55
a lot of friends.
00:08:12.59\00:08:13.92
Yeah, you had a big group plus
the staff so you met like 40 new
00:08:13.96\00:08:21.06
people or more.
00:08:21.10\00:08:22.83
Yes, yes. This is a really
good place to come if you have a
00:08:22.86\00:08:28.04
problem or something. You go
away feeling good. I talked to
00:08:28.07\00:08:32.27
people at lunch today because
everybody is getting their final
00:08:32.31\00:08:36.91
reports and everybody's tickled.
They've got some good scores and
00:08:36.95\00:08:41.88
that they didn't plan on so it
turned out to be just wonderful.
00:08:41.92\00:08:46.82
Well I'm very happy for you.
00:08:46.86\00:08:49.02
Well I'm happy, too.
00:08:49.06\00:08:50.43
Yeah, to say the least. What was
your favorite part of the entire
00:08:50.46\00:08:55.60
program?
00:08:55.63\00:08:56.97
Favorite part? Oh I'd have to
say that the spa, because we had
00:08:57.00\00:09:04.31
a young man in there, Philip,
and what a wonderful person.
00:09:04.34\00:09:11.68
You had that hot and cold
whirlpool. That was a killer
00:09:11.71\00:09:17.32
and the sauna was really good
and then we had that hot and
00:09:17.35\00:09:22.66
cold shower. Then you get the
massage and boy he can give you
00:09:22.69\00:09:27.83
a massage and you come away
from that feeling really good.
00:09:27.86\00:09:32.97
We've run out of
time. I want to thank you.
00:09:33.00\00:09:35.80
Thank you so much.
00:09:35.84\00:09:37.44
We'll be in touch.
00:09:37.51\00:09:38.84
I hope so.
00:09:38.87\00:09:40.21
Thank you friends but
don't go away. Dr. K is up next.
00:09:40.24\00:09:43.85
Every year in America there are
over one million deaths because
00:09:43.88\00:09:50.02
type two diabetes and chronic
obesity. This includes heart
00:09:50.05\00:09:53.99
attacks and strokes. That's six
and a half 747s crashing every
00:09:54.06\00:09:58.53
day. What's even worse is
that the fix is easy. It's your
00:09:58.56\00:10:02.96
lifestyle. Wouldn't it be
nice if you could actually add
00:10:03.00\00:10:05.73
quality years to your life
rather than dying one organ at a
00:10:05.77\00:10:09.00
time? Obesity and diabetes
are the cause of over a million
00:10:09.04\00:10:12.81
deaths per year. Most diseases
are reversible because most
00:10:12.84\00:10:16.54
diseases are lifestyle diseases,
especially type 2 diabetes and
00:10:16.58\00:10:19.08
chronic obesity. Seriously it
can be reversed and the quality
00:10:19.11\00:10:24.65
of your life can be
renewed. Call NEWSTART today at
00:10:25.12\00:10:29.49
1-800-525-9192. You will see
dramatic changes in the first
00:10:29.52\00:10:36.26
few days of our program and you
will be on the road to a better
00:10:36.30\00:10:39.83
more robust quality of life.
The NEWSTART programs are simple
00:10:39.90\00:10:43.41
and effective.
00:10:43.44\00:10:44.87
Welcome back friends.
Help me welcome Dr. Kuninobo.
00:10:44.91\00:10:51.85
How you doing, Ron?
00:10:51.88\00:10:53.21
Do you like to be called Dr.
K, Dr. Andrew, what do you like?
00:10:53.25\00:10:55.98
Well most people say Dr. K
purely because Kuninobo is such
00:10:56.02\00:10:59.29
a long name. They don't
want to stumble all over it.
00:10:59.32\00:11:03.16
It's like my name, yeah.
So getting right into this
00:11:03.19\00:11:06.93
interview about Leonard. Now
I really like this guy, I really
00:11:07.00\00:11:10.67
kind of fell in love with him.
00:11:10.70\00:11:12.03
Nice guy, nice guy.
00:11:12.07\00:11:13.77
Just such a wonderful man.
He had all these problems. I say
00:11:13.84\00:11:18.07
HAD and that's a segue into
what the doctor's going to tell
00:11:18.11\00:11:21.84
us. Because when he came here
he had neuropathy, he had blood
00:11:21.88\00:11:25.71
pressure, diabetes and who
knows what else and I don't
00:11:25.75\00:11:29.15
know the rest of the story,
but maybe you can share with us.
00:11:29.18\00:11:32.55
Sure. A lot of things had
happened to Leonard over the
00:11:32.59\00:11:35.89
years. Diabetes, as you
mentioned, high blood pressure,
00:11:35.92\00:11:39.13
high cholesterol. Unfortunately
somewhere along the line he had
00:11:39.16\00:11:43.16
some kind of I'm going to say
a neurological event, he said
00:11:43.20\00:11:47.80
it was a stroke. The history
was a little interesting how
00:11:47.84\00:11:52.41
that came about. But it
did affect his memory some.
00:11:52.44\00:11:54.78
It did? Yes. So you
think it was a stroke?
00:11:54.81\00:11:58.35
Yeah, he probably did have a
stroke, I would imagine. Minor?
00:11:58.41\00:12:01.32
Yeah. The thing is this is a
really active guy and a lot of
00:12:01.35\00:12:03.95
other things had happened along
the way, too, so I can't say
00:12:03.99\00:12:07.56
whether it was due to lifestyle
disease or one of the injuries
00:12:07.59\00:12:11.13
from his active lifestyle.
00:12:11.16\00:12:13.40
I like the way you put that,
"from his active lifestyle. "
00:12:13.46\00:12:21.20
This is a guy that, fun guy,
I mean. He guides with a fishing
00:12:21.24\00:12:26.84
company or maybe it's his
own, I'm not sure. Yeah, he's a
00:12:26.88\00:12:32.41
master fly fisherman and takes
people out fly fishing. He lives
00:12:32.45\00:12:37.79
in a beautiful area. Anyway,
the reason I say his active
00:12:37.82\00:12:40.69
lifestyle is that he had an
injury along the way too. I'm
00:12:40.72\00:12:43.56
not sure if that may
have played a role when he got
00:12:43.59\00:12:48.50
from a, I think it was
a donkey, or something.
00:12:48.53\00:12:50.97
Yeah, I think he shared that
during the interview. I don't
00:12:51.00\00:12:54.60
want to ride a
donkey to begin with.
00:12:54.64\00:12:56.40
Well it's supposed to be one of
those safe ones. Anyway things
00:12:56.44\00:13:00.21
do happen all the time.
00:13:00.24\00:13:01.58
Yes, this poor guy got hurt.
But isn't it amazing how he's
00:13:01.61\00:13:06.15
changed just in a couple weeks?
00:13:06.18\00:13:07.92
You know, he was on a journey
before he even came here.
00:13:07.95\00:13:11.75
One of the interesting things,
he had been actually reading
00:13:11.79\00:13:16.56
about doing things better and
changed his lifestyle to a great
00:13:16.59\00:13:21.36
degree. But still was having
problems getting to his goals.
00:13:21.40\00:13:26.53
I think it's interesting, there
is a lot of information out
00:13:26.57\00:13:30.07
there people are reading about
and getting interested in a
00:13:30.11\00:13:33.51
healthier lifestyle, for example
a plant based diet. He tried to
00:13:33.58\00:13:38.01
apply it as best he could but
sometimes you need the help of
00:13:38.05\00:13:42.48
a formal program.
00:13:42.52\00:13:43.85
Well do you think it's fair
to say, oh I'm going to say it
00:13:43.89\00:13:48.59
anyway; I too was one of those
people looking for an answer to
00:13:48.62\00:13:53.56
a lot of questions I had about
my life and I read an Atkins
00:13:53.60\00:13:58.67
book and he said eat steak eat
bacon and this and that, all the
00:13:58.70\00:14:03.07
fat and protein and you'll lose
all this weight and he's right.
00:14:03.10\00:14:07.48
It worked.
00:14:07.51\00:14:08.84
Yeah people lose
weight on that kind of a diet.
00:14:08.88\00:14:10.48
But all of a sudden I had open
heart surgery a couple of months
00:14:10.88\00:14:15.52
later.
00:14:15.55\00:14:16.89
Yeah that Atkins diet is
in that category they call the
00:14:16.92\00:14:18.92
paleo diet and people will lose
weight on that. But the problem
00:14:18.95\00:14:21.56
is it's an outside change and
you don't want to just look good
00:14:21.59\00:14:26.26
on the outside.
00:14:26.29\00:14:27.63
Well I do.
00:14:27.80\00:14:29.56
Let me rephrase it. Let me put
the emphasis where it belongs.
00:14:29.60\00:14:33.44
We don't want to JUST look good
on the outside. We want to look
00:14:33.47\00:14:37.27
good on the inside too. What
I mean by that is we want our
00:14:37.31\00:14:39.87
insides to get healthy too.
00:14:39.91\00:14:41.24
Oh absolutely. I totally get it.
But you know the only reason I
00:14:41.28\00:14:47.62
bring that up is there
are people who are diagnosing
00:14:47.65\00:14:53.92
themselves and they see this and
that and they think those are
00:14:53.96\00:14:56.49
the problems. They start making
corrections through whatever
00:14:56.52\00:15:02.33
and they get worse. So
what would you recommend?
00:15:02.36\00:15:06.17
Well I think it's good to
find a physician who understands
00:15:06.20\00:15:12.11
the plant based diet and how
effective that can be in helping
00:15:12.14\00:15:16.95
someone get better. But it goes
beyond that because it's not
00:15:16.98\00:15:19.85
just diet and we've talked about
this here before. The NEWSTART
00:15:19.88\00:15:25.52
program is not just N.
Right. There are the rest of the
00:15:25.55\00:15:29.66
letters in NEWSTART. Absolutely.
And they all work together
00:15:29.69\00:15:34.93
to help a person to get better.
Because we're not just our
00:15:34.96\00:15:40.17
digestive track and eating.
There are these other systems
00:15:40.20\00:15:43.64
that interact. So the exercise
is important. Water is important
00:15:43.71\00:15:47.11
Sunshine and the whole bit,
temperance, fresh air, rest.
00:15:47.14\00:15:52.78
Of course, what I think is
most unique about our program
00:15:52.81\00:15:54.98
compared to a lot of lifestyle
programs is the influence that
00:15:55.02\00:15:58.49
God has on this program. In fact
he's the glue that holds these
00:15:58.52\00:16:02.19
things together and really helps
people to apply it and then
00:16:02.22\00:16:05.86
maintain it when
they leave here as well.
00:16:05.89\00:16:07.66
You know, when I came here
several years ago and my doctor
00:16:07.70\00:16:12.37
said words like that and prayed
with me, I was just like wow! A
00:16:12.40\00:16:17.54
doctor praying with me. I could
never even get in to see my
00:16:17.61\00:16:22.71
doctor let alone him
stopping to pray with me.
00:16:22.74\00:16:25.65
That's one of the joys we have.
00:16:25.68\00:16:27.02
I know, you guys do a good job.
But you know we've run out of
00:16:27.05\00:16:32.09
time so I want to thank and let
the viewers know that they can
00:16:32.12\00:16:36.69
see you if they want to make
an appointment. They can call
00:16:36.73\00:16:41.26
530-637-4025. Dr.
K good to see you.
00:16:41.30\00:16:47.67
Good to see you
also. Ron take care.
00:16:47.70\00:16:49.84
Don't go away.
We'll be right back.
00:16:49.87\00:16:51.91
Welcome back
friends. Damon, how are you?
00:16:51.94\00:16:57.81
I'm doing fine my friend.
00:16:57.85\00:16:59.75
You know, we were talking about
this guy who you got to know
00:16:59.78\00:17:05.25
pretty well. But my experience
about coaches, they're not real
00:17:05.29\00:17:10.46
coachable. You know what I mean?
Leonard's a great guy and as you
00:17:10.53\00:17:15.90
could see in our interview, he
had a lot of good things to say.
00:17:15.93\00:17:21.84
And you know, I've run across
him several times on campus here
00:17:21.87\00:17:26.04
mainly at hydro because I was
helping in hydro this session.
00:17:26.07\00:17:30.18
But what was your
experience with him?
00:17:30.21\00:17:34.72
Yeah, he comes from a very rough
family, very rough part of the
00:17:35.22\00:17:39.92
world. He was telling me that
growing up he had four killings
00:17:39.95\00:17:44.13
on his front porch throughout
you know as a child growing up
00:17:44.16\00:17:47.50
in that part of the world.
People would come to his house
00:17:47.53\00:17:52.80
and he saw a lot of terrible
things. So he had a very somber
00:17:52.83\00:17:57.14
outlook on life and he wanted
to help. He grew up being a very
00:17:57.17\00:18:01.44
repentant kind of guy,
very forgiving kind of guy, very
00:18:01.48\00:18:04.51
loving kind of guy compared
to what he came from. So he gets
00:18:04.55\00:18:07.75
into coaching, you know, the...
00:18:07.78\00:18:09.12
I do...
00:18:09.15\00:18:10.59
Yeah, he becomes a coach
but the experience with coaches
00:18:10.62\00:18:14.92
with their health, they think
that because their exercising,
00:18:14.96\00:18:19.16
they're out there running around
with the kids that they're going
00:18:19.19\00:18:22.93
be OK. Looking back on my high
school years, my coaches, they
00:18:22.96\00:18:27.14
were always outside exercising
but they were not always the
00:18:27.17\00:18:32.24
picture of health. So this
is his story. You know, and he's
00:18:32.27\00:18:37.71
feeling very secure in his
health, he's exercising, but all
00:18:37.75\00:18:41.52
the while the internal, the
other things that are out of
00:18:41.55\00:18:45.22
whack. You know, the missing of
the diet, the nutrition side of
00:18:45.25\00:18:50.16
it. Right. And the fresh
water and these other issues are
00:18:50.19\00:18:52.83
catching up with him so he ends
up with type II diabetes and it
00:18:52.86\00:18:56.73
lands him here. And he's
realizing the coach now needs to
00:18:56.77\00:18:59.77
be coached.
00:18:59.80\00:19:01.80
But you know, attending all
these meetings, there's some 50
00:19:01.87\00:19:05.87
meetings, lectures if you will
by board certified physicians
00:19:05.91\00:19:11.08
yourself, plus you, myself
included. You know, people are
00:19:11.11\00:19:15.32
going to go away with a lot more
knowledge than when they got
00:19:15.35\00:19:20.06
here, even then ones that think
they know it already. And I
00:19:20.09\00:19:24.69
see that this would be the
case. Although we may not be as
00:19:24.73\00:19:29.10
coachable as we'd like, he's
a very smart, intelligent man.
00:19:29.13\00:19:33.47
Sure. I know he got the message.
00:19:33.50\00:19:37.21
Yeah he was open. When I asked
him what was the big take-away
00:19:37.24\00:19:40.34
for you for this program. He
said everything. Really? I mean
00:19:40.38\00:19:44.28
he was grasping the concepts
that we got to have this total
00:19:44.31\00:19:48.92
full orb experience to fully
benefit from it. I think that
00:19:48.95\00:19:53.46
he'll be one of those guys that
recognizes that I can't go home
00:19:53.49\00:19:56.93
and do things the old way.
He turned out to be somewhat
00:19:56.96\00:20:01.40
coachable.
00:20:01.43\00:20:02.76
He might be our next poster boy.
00:20:02.80\00:20:05.70
Maybe so. - Or man or elder.
00:20:05.73\00:20:07.07
Well that's so good to
hear. I wasn't aware of that.
00:20:07.10\00:20:10.74
You know one of the things that
impressed me so, he gets the
00:20:10.81\00:20:14.51
physical side of it, but he also
understands... We had a lot of
00:20:14.54\00:20:17.71
great spiritual conversations,
him and I. He told me that one
00:20:17.78\00:20:20.52
of the things that stuck with
him throughout most of his life
00:20:20.55\00:20:24.05
was something his dad told him
that when you're in the deepest,
00:20:24.09\00:20:27.52
darkest corner of your life,
if you cry out to God he will
00:20:27.56\00:20:31.93
always forgive. He's a
loving God. And he had that very
00:20:31.96\00:20:36.26
loving kind... You could see how
he was a great coach for young
00:20:36.30\00:20:40.07
men, because he understood this
idea that God's a forgiving God.
00:20:40.10\00:20:43.84
So that's one of the great
things that I took from him on
00:20:43.87\00:20:49.04
that side of things,
from the spiritual side.
00:20:49.08\00:20:50.95
So if you were to give a message
to our friends at home who are
00:20:51.01\00:20:56.62
viewing this program right now
what would you say as far as the
00:20:56.65\00:21:02.22
spiritual aspects
of a new start in life?
00:21:02.26\00:21:05.89
Oh I would say that you cannot
underestimate it. We have a
00:21:05.93\00:21:10.33
tendency to think that our
spirituality with God is right
00:21:10.37\00:21:14.00
where it needs to be, but
that is never the case. There's
00:21:14.04\00:21:17.64
always a deepening and
sometimes we're stuck in
00:21:17.67\00:21:21.14
shallow waters and we really
need to take a deeper dive with
00:21:21.18\00:21:25.71
God and sometimes coming
to places like this, like our
00:21:25.75\00:21:28.42
friend Leonard realizes that,
you know. But through the health
00:21:28.45\00:21:31.62
message, through all... you know
these doctors are also preaching
00:21:31.65\00:21:34.69
to them. You know, it's not just
me. They realize that there is
00:21:34.72\00:21:37.76
deeper experience
with God that we can have.
00:21:37.79\00:21:41.10
Amen. And you know I've learned
that doing Bible studies with
00:21:41.13\00:21:45.03
you. Which we got to get
back into the groove. Right now
00:21:45.07\00:21:48.67
we've run out of time. It goes
so fast. Good to see you brother
00:21:48.70\00:21:54.84
I'll see you soon. Don't
go away we'll be right back.
00:21:54.88\00:22:02.15
¤ ¤
00:22:02.18\00:22:34.18
Welcome to Weimar College update
I'm Dr. Neil Nedley, president
00:22:34.22\00:22:38.55
of Weimar Institute and
there's a lot of exciting things
00:22:38.59\00:22:42.16
happening here at the college.
Many people are not aware that
00:22:42.19\00:22:45.89
we're a truly higher education
institution where our credits
00:22:45.93\00:22:50.40
are transferred to major
universities and people get into
00:22:50.43\00:22:54.77
medical school and to all sorts
of advanced careers by doing
00:22:54.80\00:22:59.37
their undergraduate program here
at Weimar. Many people do know
00:22:59.41\00:23:02.18
that we have a premed program,
now a nursing program. We've had
00:23:02.21\00:23:07.52
a religion and theology program
for years. We've also had
00:23:07.55\00:23:11.19
education and now an emphasis
in psychology and music. But one
00:23:11.22\00:23:17.16
of our newer programs is
business. Now why business at
00:23:17.19\00:23:22.93
Weimar whose vision is healing
a hurting world. Here to discuss
00:23:22.96\00:23:30.07
this new program is the chair
of our business program Laura
00:23:30.11\00:23:34.54
Boyer. Laura tell us a little
bit about what's happening with
00:23:34.58\00:23:39.01
our Weimar business program.
00:23:39.05\00:23:40.72
Well one thing that we
focus on at this program is the
00:23:40.75\00:23:48.02
importance of stewardship and I
think that's such a key thing in
00:23:48.06\00:23:51.89
today's society. Because what
do we think of America's issues,
00:23:51.93\00:23:55.86
we think of the
debt. We think of how the
00:23:55.90\00:23:59.47
economy is and how people just
spend way more than they have.
00:23:59.53\00:24:03.00
And what we're instilling in the
students is how do we correct
00:24:03.04\00:24:06.47
that, how do we follow God's
principles with stewardship. So
00:24:06.51\00:24:11.81
we take a deep look at that and
students are gaining principles
00:24:11.85\00:24:16.72
that they can apply to the work
later on also. So how do you
00:24:16.75\00:24:21.66
lucrative business that
can be used for mission?
00:24:21.69\00:24:24.23
Is by being a good steward.
00:24:24.26\00:24:26.33
Exactly. And you know one
of things that you've done
00:24:26.36\00:24:28.86
a great job with Laura is
connecting our business students
00:24:28.90\00:24:32.80
here with great business leaders
00:24:32.83\00:24:35.94
who understand that concept of
stewardship so well. Tell us a
00:24:36.17\00:24:41.11
little bit about
those connections.
00:24:41.14\00:24:43.11
So last semester we had a
class called business seminar.
00:24:43.14\00:24:46.08
It is a two credit class and the
students had lecturers come in
00:24:46.11\00:24:50.62
that came in every week
for about one to three hours
00:24:50.65\00:24:54.29
depending on the person's time
availability and they share with
00:24:54.32\00:24:58.39
the students about how they
used mission in their business.
00:24:58.43\00:25:02.60
It was just amazing to see the
light bulb click and how would
00:25:02.63\00:25:06.77
they later be able to
apply it in their lives.
00:25:06.80\00:25:08.74
So much in regards to your
success as a business student is
00:25:08.77\00:25:13.34
your ability to make connections
What you have provided here is
00:25:13.38\00:25:17.48
our students being able to
connect and do internships at
00:25:17.51\00:25:21.58
some of most exciting business
opportunities in the nation that
00:25:21.62\00:25:26.15
are utilizing their business
in regards to mission as well. I
00:25:26.19\00:25:30.33
know we've had students transfer
in even from other business
00:25:30.36\00:25:34.33
programs who have been telling
us how much better this is for
00:25:34.36\00:25:38.57
several reasons. Why is Weimar
business program thought to be
00:25:38.60\00:25:42.77
better by these transfer
students who've seen the
00:25:42.80\00:25:45.04
business programs
at other universities?
00:25:45.07\00:25:47.18
Well like you mentioned the
connections. The caliber that
00:25:47.21\00:25:50.35
they were getting at their other
schools is not the same caliber
00:25:50.38\00:25:53.85
that they've been getting here.
It's those connections and also
00:25:53.88\00:25:57.69
the small class sizes. They get
a lot more attention here. The
00:25:57.72\00:26:01.19
teachers have more time to meet
with them after class if they
00:26:01.22\00:26:04.79
have questions or need
mentoring. I've also had guest
00:26:04.83\00:26:08.70
lecturers come in and say we
want your students. Give us an
00:26:08.73\00:26:12.63
intern this summer if you can.
It's just amazing to see the
00:26:12.70\00:26:16.57
relationships getting built.
00:26:16.60\00:26:17.94
Well we're excited about what's
happening at Weimar Institute
00:26:17.97\00:26:21.01
business program.
We have a track in...
00:26:21.04\00:26:23.35
Tell us what
the tracks are like.
00:26:23.38\00:26:25.48
We have healthcare
administration and then we also
00:26:25.51\00:26:28.62
have organizational leadership.
00:26:28.65\00:26:30.12
And I know your advanced degrees
in postgraduate were in health
00:26:30.15\00:26:34.62
care administration. Yes. And
so organizational leadership is
00:26:34.66\00:26:38.86
also crucially important. And
that's why we started business
00:26:38.89\00:26:42.56
here at Weimar. Because in
our vision of healing a hurting
00:26:42.60\00:26:46.20
world we need leaders to be able
to set up new startups to help
00:26:46.23\00:26:51.17
us in this whole process of
healing a hurting world and also
00:26:51.21\00:26:55.54
in regards to administering
health care. We can have great
00:26:55.58\00:26:59.81
clinicians but if we don't have
administrators to work with them
00:26:59.85\00:27:02.02
it doesn't work too well.
00:27:02.05\00:27:03.65
Yes, that's very true. One of
the guests mentioned yesterday
00:27:03.69\00:27:07.16
how a lot of doctors have a hard
time managing their money and so
00:27:07.19\00:27:11.99
if they just had a business
person running the clinic they
00:27:12.03\00:27:15.46
would do a lot better for
staying on top of things and
00:27:15.50\00:27:18.90
retiring earlier.
00:27:18.93\00:27:20.27
Well thank you for coming to
Weimar Institute and starting
00:27:20.30\00:27:24.01
this great business program with
your team of professors. And
00:27:24.04\00:27:28.24
thank you for
watching Weimar College update.
00:27:28.28\00:27:31.25
Join us next time.
00:27:31.28\00:27:35.68
Well friends that's it for
today but join us next week for
00:27:35.72\00:27:39.59
another episode. In the meantime
pick up the phone and give us a
00:27:39.62\00:27:44.09
call at 800-525-9192. Mention
the NEWSTART Now program and
00:27:44.13\00:27:52.03
receive the NEWSTART special.
00:27:52.07\00:27:57.27
¤ ¤
00:27:57.31\00:28:19.73