1. 4 | FEBRUARY 4, 2016 WOMAN UP! EVENT GUIDE
Dr. Tiffany
Mullen
Medical
Director of
Integrative
Medicine,
Aurora
Health Care
Aurora Health Care’s mission is to
“put people first,” seeking to comple-
ment traditional medicine with
functional and integrative medicine
to best meet that need. It’s a phi-
losophy that resonates deeply with
Tiffany Mullen, a doctor of osteopathy
at Aurora. Even before she became
a physician, she thought traditional
medicine was “short-sighted,” focus-
ing only on symptoms or diseases,
instead of a person’s health—some-
thing not in traditional medical school
curriculum. Mullen found her niche,
however, at the Chicago College of
Osteopathic Medicine, where she
studied the interconnection of nerves,
bones and tissue, the musculoskeletal
system and more. She completed
her residency training at St. Joseph’s
Hospital Family Medical Center, and
is board certified in family medicine.
She then trained at the University
of Arizona Integrative Medicine
Fellowship Program; the fellowship
training taught her to use wellness
and lifestyle to treat patients. She
also completed her certification in
medical acupuncture from the UCLA.
Although it’s appropriate, she feels,
for a physician to treat disease, it is
also vital to address the growing “dis-
eases of lifestyle.” She brings to her
work the philosophy of treating “the
whole patient: body, mind and spirit.”
Through integrative medicine, she
says, they are “working hard to figure
out new ways of creating health in a
disease-based system.”
Michele
Nickels, ND
Michele Nickels,
ND went to col-
lege to become a
doctor—pre-med
at the University
of Wisconsin-Lacrosse (graduating
with a Bachelor of Science in Biology),
but she realized while working for a
local hospital that the current system
of care didn’t quite work for her.
She discovered spending time with
patients in various ways was often
more positive than zipping off a pre-
scription. She wanted to be more and
do more, but she also wanted to be a
doctor, so it was off to the Southwest
College of Naturopathic Medicine—a
school focusing on doctoring at a
primary care level, but also clinical
nutrition, herbal medicine, counseling,
acupuncture and more.
There she realized that it was pos-
sible to do more. Nickels, a licensed
acupuncturist and doctor of naturopa-
thy, likes to ask her patients, “Who’s
in charge of you?” Think about it. It’s
almost unheard of to spend 40-60
minutes with your doctor. You’ll get
that time from Nickels because she
wants her patients to know she is
there to treat the whole person, not
just the symptom. Patients run the
gamut from infant to geriatric. A
5-year-old patient came to her with
hypothyroidism—rare for a child. His
traditional physicians wanted to put
him on medication, but she discov-
ered it came from eating too much
soy; he was a vegetarian. She says,
“It’s pretty simple, really, we just fix
the problem.” Don’t miss her pre-
sentation “Happy Hormones.” For
women, hormones and menopause
are eventualities, but as Nickels says,
“We don’t have to suffer through it!”
Get your daily dose.
Brianna
Olson and
Dondeena
Bradley
Weight
Watchers
“We’re meeting
members where
they are today,
inspiring and
guiding healthier
choices not only
to lose weight but
realize benefits
that go beyond just the number on the
scale,” says Brianna Olson, Wisconsin
territory manager for Weight Watchers
International.
Oprah (you remember her, don’t
you?), Olson and Dondeena Bradley of
Weight Watchers want to inspire you to
look beyond the scale. In a world strug-
gling with all things food, it can be a
daunting task to keep to a self-improve-
ment plan. You’re discouraged and full
of self-doubt because the numbers on
the scale just don’t move or don’t move
enough. Weight Watchers challenges
you to look beyond those numbers with
a new and holistic approach to getting
healthy. The plan uses a personalized
plan with SmartPoints™ and fitness
plans with achievable activity goals.
Weight Watchers works; just ask
Olson. She lost 78 pounds in a year
with Weight Watchers, and that was
before she became a manager. Her
transformation gave her a new lease on
life and a better understanding of what
extra weight can do to your body, mind
and soul. Her success has driven her to
empower others to get healthy. Weight
Watchers Vice President Bradley shares
Olson’s quest to motivate people by
encouraging them to make positive
changes, no matter how small, to all
aspects of life: emotional, physical or
spiritual.
Maggie
Skinner
Girls Pint
Out
Enjoying a cold
one isn’t just for
the boys anymore, and Maggie Skinner
of Girls Pint Out is out to prove it. Girls
Pint Out, a national organization origi-
nating from Indianapolis, celebrates
women and craft beer. They’re building
a community of women who love and
are educated about beer. Events are
educational, charitable and/or social.
For Skinner, what wasn’t there to love
about beer and hanging with the girls?
She reached out to the organization
and made Girls Pint Out local.
Skinner is a Wisconsin native, hailing
from Baraboo, with a marketing degree
and a deep thirst. After trekking around
the Midwest, she found herself back in
Milwaukee and in love with the city—its
history, its beer history and, of course,
the beer itself! With Girls Pint Out, she
gets to meet new people, explore, learn
new things and discuss everything beer.
It’s why she loves Woman Up! “Woman
Up! is a great resource for women in
the greater Milwaukee area to network,
make new friends and foster current/
new interests—like Milwaukee Girls Pint
Out,” she explains. Stop by for a chat
with Skinner and her gals. Also, read
her blog, “Girl Meets Beer,” at shepher-
dexpess.com.
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