There’s so much to learn from times when there are industry wide U-Turns and so we asked so we asked the community to share stories of such reversals that they’ve witnessed over the course of their careers.

Emily Kieson

I first started riding horses when I was ten and later, at about 14 years old, I started riding regularly. Later, in my 20s, I became a fulltime instructor and trainer, following the mantras, principles, and techniques of Olympic dressage riders, renowned competitors in Western Pleasure, and every natural horsemanship trainer I could find. Sometime during this journey, I started asking questions about horses and the interactions between horses and humans that resulted in our current riding paradigms. Every instructor and clinician had a different answer, often contradicting one another. Read more>>

Sean Nguyen

The strength world has long been male dominant and most methods of training developed around male athletes, thus leading to most coaches having a male-biased view of training. So a pretty cool U-Turn that I experienced in the Fitness industry and sports, is that men and women should train differently, mainly due to women having a menstrual cycle while men do not. When I’m talking about training differently, I’m referring more to the timing and programming of certain phases of training and not men and women should focus on different exercises from each other. Read more>>

Caroline Huarte

I spent over 20 years working in the behavioral health space, primarily providing behavioral intervention to children on the Autism Spectrum and their families. I was working as the VP of Clinical Services, overseeing the Southern Branch of an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) company, when I was laid off due to company downsizing. I had an infant daughter at home at the time, so decided to take that time to be with her while also enrolling in a Functional Nutrition training program I had wanted to do for a few years. What I learned about the power of food as medicine was so mind-blowing that I needed to shout this information from the mountaintops. So, I shifted from my focus on ABA to starting my own clinical practice integrating Nutritional Therapy with Psychotherapy and behavior change work. My goal is to help children and adults dealing with physical illness and/or psychiatric diagnoses to prevent reliance on pharmaceutical drugs, restore health, and promote vitality, through nourishing the mind and body with real foods. Read more>>