Podcast 162: Interview with Dr. Lynn F. Hellerstein

In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing best-selling author, Dr. Lynn F. Hellerstein.  We talked about her new book: Expand Your Vision: How to Gain Clarity, Courage, and Confidence. Dr. Hellerstein is a pioneer in vision therapy and author of the award-winning book, See It. Say It. Do It!: The Parent's & Teacher's Action Guide to Creating Successful Students & Confident Kids (HiClear Publishing, LLC, 2010), has utilized vision therapy with children and adults with learning-related vision problems, vision perception deficits, or brain injuries, as well as enhancing visual performance for athletes. She has inspired thousands of people to improve their vision and enhance their lives. An international speaker, Dr. Hellerstein has published extensively on vision-related topics and is a faculty member at several optometry schools. She serves as a consultant to schools and rehabilitation facilities.A Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) and American Academy of Optometry, Dr. Hellerstein is Past-President of COVD.She is a co-owner of Hellerstein and Brenner Vision Center, P.C., a full-scope optometry practice in the Denver, Colorado area. Her books are available on Amazon! Her contact information is: [email protected]://www.lynnhellerstein.com SUMMARY KEYWORDS vision, visualization, learning, field, optometrist, people, burnout, therapy, patients, visual, optometry, book, brain injury, called, reading, life, problems, doctor, school Hello, everyone, it’s Dr. Sam, I’d like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. This is a show that offers cutting-edge information on how to improve your vision and overall wellness through holistic methods. I so appreciate you spending part of your day with me. If you have questions, you can send them to [email protected]. Now to the latest EyeClarity episode. Hey folks, it's Dr. Sam and I'd like to welcome you to another EyeClarity podcast. So we have a very interesting guest today one of my colleagues, I haven't talked to her in quite a while her name is Dr. Lynn F Hellerstein and let me give you a little background about her. She is a pioneer in the field of vision therapy. And she's an award winning author. She's written several books, and she has a new book out. I want to talk about that. And the book is entitled, expand your vision, how to gain clarity, courage and confidence. So, Dr. Hellerstein is really an amazing optometrist she is. Well, she's a leader in the field of behavioral optometry, developmental optometry, and I certainly have had a great deal of respect. Watching her over the years in her career. She has utilized vision therapy for both children and adults with learning related vision problems, brain injuries, as well as helping athletes enhance their performance. At this point, she is helped 1000s of people improve their vision and enhance their lives. She's an international best seller. And I'm so excited to have her on Dr. Hellerstein. Welcome to the program. How are you doing today? 01:44 I'm doing great, Sam. It's so great to be with you. It has been ages since we've actually talked. So it's it's delightful. And I appreciate the invite. 01:54 Yeah, I want to introduce my community to you. They're so hungry for another approach. And I care. I mean, I feel like I'm a voice out there, especially in social media, where, you know, it's great to be able to bring on other holistic optometrists and have them speak about their perspectives. So let's start with this. How did you get into the field? What What was your What was your starting point?