Believe The Hope

Ole Olson: 00:25

But sometimes people get so stuck in, in waiting for a clear answer that they don't ever move their feet and actually take action. Right. So it's that, that ready fire aim. And it's like, they're just ready, ready. Right.

Ole Olson: 00:38

Like they're never actually preparing to take any action. And so we always stress that, you know, let's take action. Let's get things moving in the right direction and we can always course correct as we need to along the path. But if we just sit down to get the steady aim the whole time, we're never actually going to fire a river, actually going to take that first step moving forward. And then we're never really gonna have the chance to see the results.

Paul Nottoli: 00:59

Welcome to another episode of the Believe the Hope podcast, I am your host, Paul Natoli, and I'm here with doctor Ole Olson. Doc Olson is a chiropractic physician with a profound specialization in the field of neuropathy and holistic wellness. Because of the suffering of his own dad with nerve damage, doctor Olson has relentless has a relentless dedication to improving the lives of those struggling with neuropathic conditions. Doc Olson has emerged as a leading figure in the health care community, combining an extensive knowledge, compassionate approach, and innovative innovative techniques to provide unparalleled relief and healing. So thank you so much for your time today, doctor Olson.

Ole Olson: 01:41

Yeah. Thanks for having me on.

Paul Nottoli: 01:43

So you provide a lot of hope. Nerve pain is no joke for many people, and, so this was to be the perfect person to talk to about providing hope into the world, not only in your clinic, but, in the surrounding community. So and I always ask because everyone has different perspectives, and you provide a lot of hope to everybody else. But what does hope mean to you personally?

Ole Olson: 02:07

Yeah. I would say, you know, hope for me is just, you know, faith in something unseen. You know, so for our patients, for example, it's it's believing that they can get well. Right. And that's, that's usually the first step.

Ole Olson: 02:22

And I think when we see people that are hopeless, that's those are the most challenging patients because they've already got a roadblock in front of them without having that hope of something or of a better condition, a better life.

Paul Nottoli: 02:37

I like to give everybody a perspective on, stories or challenges that they may have had where they had to rely on hope and dig deep to overcome, any city or challenges. So can you think of a example or, time where you had to where you

Ole Olson: 02:53

Well, being a business owner, there's, lots of times or yeah. Because you have hope. Yeah. You know? That.

Ole Olson: 03:02

Yeah. Opening your doors with, no patience and and no money and, you know, wondering how you're gonna pay your rent that 1st month when you're locked into a contract. So, there's been lots of moments of of needing hope in in my career. So, I mean, that's probably the the easiest one for me is just just looking at the business because there's ebbs and flows to business or times where business is really good. There's times where business is really challenging, but just always having that hope.

Ole Olson: 03:30

You know, for me, I'm a faith person. So, I put my faith in in God, my hope in God. And so for me, it was kinda like I just keep plugging away, doing doing the things that I can do, controlling what I can control, and then just leaving it up to him for everything else. And so that's that's worked out well for me in life. Obviously, it's not without its own challenges and struggles, like I said.

Ole Olson: 03:51

But, but just always knowing that, just keep putting one foot in front of the other and and having that expectation that help that things are gonna get better and turn around.

Paul Nottoli: 04:01

Specific, mantra or anything or a saying or something that you always go to, when you're having these challenges that you look that you look for or say to yourself to yourself when things are not looking as as as well as they should?

Ole Olson: 04:19

Yeah. I mean, like I said before, the the one part in front of the next is probably a big one for me. Also, the book, the gap and the gain is probably one of my favorite books, and I recommend that to, you know, a lot of my clients that I've coached throughout the the years. But in there, he talks about you know, especially for people that are driven, we're always looking at you know, we set our goal, and as soon as we're getting near it or we meet it, we're already setting the next goal and the next goal, and we keep going further down the road. So he says, you know, that's where you're looking at the gap because you're never gonna get to where you want to be.

Ole Olson: 04:52

Right? So taking that moment to pause and look backwards and say, wow, look how far we've come. And so when I'm in those moments of struggle, that's where I really start to pause and reflect on where we were and realize that, you know, I would have I probably was probably praying for struggles like this at one point in my life. Right?

Paul Nottoli: 05:13

Mhmm.

Ole Olson: 05:14

And so now to be here and to be struggling, it's like, yeah, this is a struggle I never thought I'd be dealing with because I never imagined we'd be where we are right now. So, so taking that second to reflect back on where we came from, that's that's probably the biggest one for me.

Paul Nottoli: 05:28

People with, neuropathy or just neurological conditions, and you're working your practice probably do come in feeling hopeless or almost hopeless in that despair, almost apathy. Who? Saying or how are you helping them see that there is that there is hope and that they can that they can heal and that they can come out of it regardless of whatever their past has been before leading up to stepping foot in your office.

Ole Olson: 05:58

Yeah. That's that's a great question. And that's really our our focus on that initial patient encounter is, you know, figuring out well, first off, is this person a good candidate? Right? We don't wanna be trying to sell hope to somebody we don't think is a good candidate.

Ole Olson: 06:14

So we do some high level testing that just kinda gives us a a view a good idea that, yes, this person is a good candidate or, no, they're not. But when we figure out they are, that's what we tell people in in our in our team, in our trainings and stuff. It's like, if that person doesn't walk away whole plot to the first visit, we've severely screwed up. No. So just kinda walking them through the history of of what the things that they've tried and and really just getting them to realize that although they've tried numerous things I mean, some people have been doing this for, you know, not only just years, but decades.

Ole Olson: 06:49

So imagine how many different things they've tried throughout the years. So we kinda show them that, even if they're saying that they may have tried that were actually good, it's really this comprehensive approach that we have. So showing them that it's putting all the pieces of the puzzle together at the same time, not just trying this one thing here, this one thing here. So we kinda guide them through that. And then, obviously, you know, we've got lots of testimonials around the office and, you know, sometimes we'll even have them interact with patients that are in the office at the time, just so they can talk to someone firsthand who who's felt like them.

Ole Olson: 07:22

Because most people come in skeptical and hopeless, and we've gotta get them turned around on that hopeless side as quickly as possible so that there's a chance that we can help them.

Paul Nottoli: 07:33

What you said because, the the testimonials are just the people in there. It's like you said, it can be something that you're looking for that may not be on that may be unseen, but you know that you can get there. And so they can see themselves or they can see that testimonial, like, oh, I have this. And they know they're a unique case or they're individual, a case by case basis. The aspect of that, I it's important for them to feel like, oh, I am part of something bigger.

Paul Nottoli: 08:01

I am I have some can look forward to on the other side, kinda see that future, but also respect the reality that they're in at the same time. Yeah. And it's just, just together, all together, and not just, like, I think a lot of times with hope, hope when we're when we're throwing just random stuff or grasping at random stuff because we're so desperate in a time of challenge that lot of activity, but we don't actually we're not actually accomplishing anything because it's or just in general without a specific goal or attention to it or the right order of things, can almost often make you feel hopeless even more because you feel like you're putting in all this work, but you're not actually putting the pieces together in the right order to get yourself out. So I think those are both

Ole Olson: 08:55

very important. Yeah. Yeah. Once you just said there's key, you know, it's we try to get patients to realize that their story matters. Right?

Ole Olson: 09:06

When the experience that they've had up to where they are, you know, whether it was they couldn't walk their dog, they couldn't golf, they couldn't fish, they couldn't play with their grandkids. You know, everybody has a story. And there's 1,000 and thousands of people that have very similar stories. And so when they share their story, they have the ability to impact someone else in a positive way because, like you said, that that story triggers that, oh, my story is very similar to that one. Right?

Ole Olson: 09:35

It's not gonna be identical. Everybody's got an individual unique story, but there's a lot of similarities. And so when they see that similarity, they're like, oh, this person actually got better from this, and now they're back walking their dog every day. Maybe I could do that too. And now we've got that seed planted.

Ole Olson: 09:51

Right? Now we could start to turn the ship around.

Paul Nottoli: 09:54

And positive people spread more health and positivity. It's contagious. I think to my next question is, how do you feel listeners or, that listeners and anybody in your community help spread more hope in their community on a regular basis?

Ole Olson: 10:12

I mean, I think that's just, you know, how you approach everything in life. You know, for me, it's gotta be, you know, the glass half full, the glass half empty. Right? You've got those people where everything is bad. Everything is the end of the world.

Ole Olson: 10:28

You know, everything is is collapsing. Everything is being done to them versus the other side where it's it's always a positive outlook. And so for me, I think it's just taking that positive outlook into everything that I do. You know, we we just lost a a great team member, in one of our offices. And, you know, I just we could have gone down this this this path of negativity and, oh, geez.

Ole Olson: 10:54

What are we gonna do now? Well, and, you know and and my response was good. Like, it's a great opportunity for them. I'm glad they're they're they got that job that they were looking for, and we'll just figure it out. Right?

Ole Olson: 11:06

Like and so it's I just don't let anything really slow me down, and it's just always just keep learning. Another book I love is, either, what the heck is the book called? Either Fail or You You Learn or You Fail or something like that. I can't remember I can't remember you don't you don't fail, you only learn or something like that. But, it's been a while since I've read it.

Ole Olson: 11:30

But it's one of it's a great book too because it just kinda reinforces that lesson of even when you fall on your face, you know, it wasn't that you failed. You just learned another way not to do something. And if you take that approach in every aspect of life, right, you're you're just always getting better. You're always growing. You're always learning, and nothing ever is is a stopper for you.

Paul Nottoli: 11:50

And I have that, and you have that attitude. You definitely build more hope and just are in your surroundings on a regular basis. I feel contagious of doing that, of being positive of

Ole Olson: 12:04

Oh, I remember the book name. Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.

Paul Nottoli: 12:08

So yes. You do. And that's that's a good analogy for for hope and, a lot of times those, the embrace the suck phases, I've said on many times on this episode is earning phases, and that's actually where we have the most growth, and that's actually where we build the most resiliency and hope. And but it's also the most challenging because oftentimes, you're not necessarily seeing the or the outcome in those phases, or you have to, yeah, you have to kinda do self reflection and, even a little bit of self auditing, which, is easy. And, yeah.

Paul Nottoli: 12:47

And then if you do that, obviously, that and people wanna be around you. They see that contagious. They see, like, oh, man, this happened to them, but they're always smiling. They're always doing this. They're always treating people with respect, hope, and, in the world and community on a regular basis.

Paul Nottoli: 13:03

Yeah. It's a little bit with the testimonies, but how do you think other people will maintain hope in the future, but also grounded in the reality to take the necessary steps and action to to move forward to that future?

Ole Olson: 13:16

That's a good one. Yeah. That's that's a hard one sometimes because you have people that, you know, and like I said, I I'm a person of faith, and so when someone wants to go pray about something, you know, I I totally get that, on, and I think it's a good idea. But sometimes people get so stuck in in waiting for a clear answer that they don't ever move their feet and actually take action. Right?

Ole Olson: 13:41

So it's that that ready, fire, aim, and it's like they're just ready, ready. Right? Like, they're never actually preparing to take any action. And so we always stress that, you know, let's take action. Let's get things moving in the right direction, and we can always course correct as we need to along the path.

Ole Olson: 13:57

But if we just sit here trying to get the steady aim the whole time, we're never actually gonna fire. We're never actually gonna take that first step moving forward, and then we're never really gonna have the chance to see the results.

Paul Nottoli: 14:09

And the pursuit of happiness where they gave that analogy where the guy was drowning and a boat came, and he's like, no thanks. God will save me. The boat came, and he says, no thanks. God will save me. Another boat came.

Paul Nottoli: 14:23

No God will save me. And then he drowns, and then he gets to heaven. He's like, God, why didn't you save me? He's like, what are you talking about? I sent you 3 boats.

Paul Nottoli: 14:30

And so we it was almost like waiting for the for but he literally sent him 3 boats to do it. And so I think that that analogy of the aim, aim, aim, aim, and never fire or never never step out in that faith, never step out and and to step out and do something better, which is my definition of hope is giving someone permission to do something greater, step into something greater than, or the next phase that may be scary or uncertain, but you you don't know what it looks like, but you're stepping out in faith, you're stepping out in to be better. So when you said that, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, I thought that's the first analogy I always have in my head about, oh, I sent you 3 votes, and then you're like, oh, you didn't take action even though it was right there.

Ole Olson: 15:14

So a

Paul Nottoli: 15:15

lot of times, you see that with some clients. They're in your office. That was, like, a sign. They they were in the right place, or maybe not your office, but someone else's office, or in the right section to get help. They're they're waiting for the perfect condition.

Paul Nottoli: 15:28

They're waiting for the perfect answer. Take that step, and then that opportunity is missed. And I get to think of a lot of times in business that I've done that because it's like, oh, it's not perfect. Or even even this podcast starting, I kept delaying for, like, a year saying I wasn't ready. I was the right person.

Paul Nottoli: 15:45

I wasn't this and that. That it is if I'm not gonna do it, someone else will. And I just had to I just had cord button and get people recording because, of hope is wasn't gonna wait for someone else was gonna do it if I wasn't gonna do it. So, so, yes, I I can relate to the hey, man, man, nothing perfect.

Ole Olson: 16:11

I've never done that, so I wouldn't know.

Paul Nottoli: 16:14

Yeah. Hopefully hopefully, you've never done that. Hopefully, you've always taken action when you when you needed to.

Ole Olson: 16:21

Oh, we've all made those mistakes where we can just sit there waiting and waiting.

Paul Nottoli: 16:25

Great. Any other insights that you would like to add about hope or just thing you'd like to add in the message? The hope inspiration?

Ole Olson: 16:41

No. I just, you know, I think we kinda touched on a little bit already, but to me, it's just you're you get out what you put into things. Right? So in all aspects of, you know, fitness, nutrition, your faith, you know, everything. If you don't put in the work, if you don't do the stuff, right, you can't expect to get the results.

Ole Olson: 17:06

And the same goes with with faith and hope. Right? It's like, you know, that that soldier who's or the camera if there's a soldier on, but he's like, you know, I believe. Lord, help me with my unbelief. Right?

Ole Olson: 17:20

It's that sort of we all we're always gonna have doubts. We're always gonna have questions about whatever. We're moving into something new, whether it's a a treatment or whether it's a new fitness program or a new diet or whatever it is. There's always gonna be those the the back of your mind saying, is this the right way? Should I be doing this?

Ole Olson: 17:36

Right? But it's kinda just taking those thoughts captive. Right? Like, we're instructed to do. Take your thoughts captive.

Ole Olson: 17:41

So take those thoughts captive. Say, hey. We've tried these other things before. This is something new. I'm gonna give it my all.

Ole Olson: 17:49

I believe this is something that's gonna get me moving in the right direction. And even patients that come to us have tried all these different things. Right? And they're just kind of burned out from it almost. It's like, I get it.

Ole Olson: 18:00

Right? I've been there. I've how many people have tried diet after diet after diet after diet after diet and just never got the results. Right? But there's gonna be some diet, or there's gonna be some fitness program.

Ole Olson: 18:11

There's gonna be some thing that will help kinda connect the dots for you, and all of a sudden, you'll start down a a better path. Right? I think of golf. Like, I've gotten into golf lately. I took a few years off, and I got back into it.

Ole Olson: 18:25

It's the one of the best games for me. I love it because of the challenge, but it's also so frustrating. Right? Like, you hit a great shot, and then you hit 5 terrible shots. You hit a great shot, 5 like, it's like, what is going on?

Ole Olson: 18:40

But I keep trying new things, tweaking things, and all of a sudden, I hit a couple good shots before my 5 terrible shots. Right? And it's like, I just keep compounding on those things with the faith, the hope that one day I'll actually be a decent golfer. I'll never be a great golfer, but be a decent golfer. Right?

Ole Olson: 18:56

Or or it'll be more fun, and I won't be so irritated by it. But but it just if I just had stopped after trying one thing, I would've never got to this point that I'm at now. Right? And once again, now I can stop and look back. You'd be like, wow.

Ole Olson: 19:10

I was really bad then. Now look at where I'm at. Still not where I want to be, but I'm definitely moving in the right direction. So just keeping that that that hope alive by by taking control of those or taking those thoughts captive, don't let that negativity seep in. And even to a point where sometimes you have to remove or at least reduce the amount of time you spend with certain people.

Ole Olson: 19:34

Because there are certain people that we all have in our lives that are just negativity about everything. And it's like, you know, the sun could be coming up in the morning. It's a beautiful day. And they're like, sun's too bright today. It's, like, always something to to to have a negative spin on it.

Ole Olson: 19:52

And and those people will wear on you. So I try to limit my interaction with people like that. I try to surround myself with positive people, uplifting people, people that are hopeful in life. Because, you know, the the one thing that really stood out to me, someone said, which is a very common thing, but I'd never heard it till, you know, I was in my thirties probably. But, you know, you're the result of the 5 closest people in your in your circle.

Ole Olson: 20:16

Right? So who are the people that I allow to be in my inner circle, my inner sphere of influence that they're influencing me and I'm influencing them? I've gotta be very cautious with that, and I try to teach my kids that too. It's like, you can be friends with everybody, but your inner circle, you need to pick very wisely. Because whatever the whatever they are, you're gonna be the 6th one.

Paul Nottoli: 20:42

That's in the thoughts. It brings in the intention. Since you're seeing that results to evidence, which also will will inspire hope, becomes a negative or, see that a lot on all kinds of places too, and so especially on social media because it gets the most attention often too, which is a lot of times why people result to it, if they're hopeless or hurt or in fear. You start to see this because it does get garner the most attention. I need to I want to have these conversations to have positive and whether we're in your inner circle or not, this is something that we can put in your ear on a regular basis, this message of hope and caring and understanding and positivity that you can have that seed in your brain on a regular basis, to move forward and not and drowned out some of the some of the negativity and darkness that's going on in the world on a regular basis.

Paul Nottoli: 21:42

Yep, absolutely. Others connect with you, learn more about you, and follow you for more information, whether they need help or they may have a family member that needs help or just, hired by today's conversation.

Ole Olson: 21:58

Yeah. Easiest way, just go to our website, asutahealth.org. So asutahealth.org. And, yeah, they they could sign up for our newsletter or, you know, just look around, reach out to us if they have questions. So, yeah, we try to create a lot of resources.

Ole Olson: 22:20

We also have a a a Suda Health YouTube channel. So I put videos out every week talking about different aspects of things that they can do on their own, whether it's exercises or nutritional or supplementation or whatever. So lots of different, things that we give out just for for free content for people to check out and hopefully continue to to learn and grow down their path.

Paul Nottoli: 22:42

Awesome. So, yes, check out Assuta Health and, and then connect with them there. And, yeah, watch the YouTube channel, and we'll link that as well in the show notes for anybody listening. So all the information will be the website will be there. The YouTube channel will be linked there.

Ole Olson: 22:58

Well, thanks for having me on. It was great to talk with you and, like always, and look forward to doing it again.

Paul Nottoli: 23:05

Thank you, Oli. Thank you, doctor Olsen. Yeah. So thank you for helping spread the message of hope, getting it out there. 10 at a time, 1 reach at a time.

Paul Nottoli: 23:14

And, yeah. Until next time, we'll bring you another episode of the Believe the Hope podcast.