Dr. Coco Cabrel, The Flamenco-Dancing MD, helps women choose themselves so they can find their joy, grace, and confidence through Coco’sFlameFit©, her unique Flamenco-inspired and MD-designed fitness program - where non-dancers feel like dancers and safely get fit, gain confidence, and have fun together. A graduate of Northwestern’s prestigious Honors Program in Medical Education with 30 years of award-winning professorship in anatomy, physiology, and Flamenco dance, Coco harnessed the physical and emotional power of Flamenco to heal from divorce, bulimia, bullying, and an almost-career-ending back injury. Coco has been featured on Spectrum News SoCal, interviewed on several podcasts including Birth Re-imagined, and was voted into the Top 3 Northwestern Intersections Podcasts of 2020 by Northwestern University alumni around the world.
Spectrum News SoCal reporter, Sarah Pilla, interviews Coco Cabrel, Founder of Coco'sFlameFit, where people can get a spark in their day while getting fit during the pandemic.
On today’s episode, Elle and Taylor are joined by Dr. Coco Cabrel, a Flamenco choreographer and professor, with an MD from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine to talk about the births of her children, and how flamenco dance affected her during pregnancy and postpartum. She shares the tools she learned through flamenco that assisted her during the births of her 3rd and 4th children, and how each of her births differed from each other. She talks about empowerment, the power of rhythm during labor, how to dig deep emotionally and physically, and how giving birth makes you into a god/goddess!
Dr. Carla Hightower, MD, Founder of Living Health Works, interviews fellow Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine alumna and fellow Honors Program of Medical Education graduate, Dr. Coco Cabrel, The Flamenco-Dancing MD and Founder of Coco’sFlameFit. They focus on the importance of good posture, how to get that, and then they start riffing on hilarious stories from interviewing for med school through surviving it. April 21, 2021