can attain an OolaLife. T e OolaGuys are co-authors of the international bestselling Oola book series that started with Oola: Find Balance in an Unbalanced World. Dr. Dave (the OolaSeeker) and Dr. Troy (the OolaGuru) are renowned experts in teaching a proper work-life balance and are committed to changing the world with their simple yet life-changing message. T ese gentlemen began this journey
in 1997 when Dr. Troy was working at his clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada. T e two of them, along with some friends, met at a hotel to sit around and plan the areas of their life. For each area (each F), they asked, “Where are you, where do you want to go, and how do you want to get there?” T e focus is on balance between
OolaLife O
by Kelly Martinsen
ola (originating from the word “oo-la-la”) is a
lifestyle based on the international bestselling book, Oola: Find Balance in an Unbalanced World.
Oo-la (noun): T at state of awesomeness. It is when your life is balanced and growing in the seven key areas of life—“the 7 F’s of Oola” (fi tness, fi nance, family, fi eld (career), faith, friends and fun). Have you seen the bus of dreams—a
1970 Volkswagen surf bus covered in stickers Central Florida
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where people have written their dreams? T e bus is now 19 sticker layers deep and traveling around the country with two men, fondly known as the OolaGuys, “Dr. Dave” Braun and “Dr. Troy” Amdahl, both doctors of chiropractic. T ey are on a mission to change the world with a word (#Oola) by collecting one-million dreams in the form of handwritten stickers on the side of a vintage bus. T e reason? Because they believe that the way people can achieve their dreams is to fi rst fi nd balance within the seven key areas of life they refer to as the 7 F’s. T e OolaGuys operate on the
principle that all of us are “designed for greatness,” and as such, they have made it their mission to help people achieve balance in these seven areas so that they
these seven areas of your life. Once you lose balance—yup, you guessed it—you lose Oola. But not everyone is unbalanced; not everyone is an OolaSeeker. T ere are some that are OolaGurus. Back in 1997, Dr. Troy seemed to have it all together while Dr. Dave found himself at his lowest point. He had a failed marriage and was living in a low rent motel, having lost most of his wealth. Dr. Dave reached out to Dr. Troy to see how two men who started out with the same ideas and ideals found themselves at such opposite ends of Oola. It didn’t take long for Dr. Dave to
realize that what Dr. Troy, the OolaGuru, was sharing with him and their friends— balance and growth in the 7 F’s—at this 1997 get-together was a profound concept that could help the masses. OolaLife is what is attained when
a person focuses on and puts forth the eff ort to have a balanced life, maybe even an inspired one. T e OolaGuys believe that “we are all designed by God for greatness and purpose,” and that Oola is just discovering that purpose and utilizing these seven areas as a guide. While no “F” is more important than another, it is worth emphasizing the importance of family, fi eld and fi nance, “given that 55 percent of marriages end in divorce, 53 percent of Americans hate their jobs, and 33 percent of the U.S. population has debt,” says Dr. Dave. “T at means many of us are spending 12 hours a day at a job
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