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Coaching for Health and Wellness
On the Healing Connections Podcast, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Ana Hernando, OTR, MOT, MBA about “Coaching for Health and Wellness.” Ana shares what coaching is, how it can benefit a person in all areas of their life, what to look for in a coach, and why occupational therapists may have the most unique set of skills to provide coaching for the mind, body, and spirit. Ana is passionate about complementary and integrative health. She holds several certifications including Sensory Specialist, Level III Reiki provider, Self Talk Speaker and Trainer, Life Coach and Chair Yoga for Seniors provider. Ana focuses on empowering people to reclaim their health from the inside out.…
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Keep Calm & Call a Holistic OT – COVID-19
Yes I am open. In the midst of uncertainty with COVID-19 I am keeping my doors open and am offering telehealth––phone or live video appointments to help you destress and continue to assist you with your goals in your life, and online classes and consultation sessions for health care professionals. As you may know, the better you can manage your stress and the more enjoyment you can find the better your immune system can function, and the more likely you can prevent disease. Here’s an article I wrote for HolisticOT.org “Keep Calm and Call a Holistic OT” full of tips to stay well and happy. Social interactions are the life blood of…
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Acupressure and Your Health
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews thought leaders and health care practitioners about integrative health, wellness, prevention, spirituality, and consciousness. Acupressure and Your Health Marilyn Zurwaski, OTR/L and Carroll Noel-Mozer, OTR/L were interviewed by Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L about “Acupressure and Your Health” on the Healing Connections Podcast episode 19 on 2/17/20. Marilyn Zurwaski is the Co-President for Soul Lightening International. Marilyn is a Soul Lightening certified practitioner for Clinical Acupressure and Process Acupressure, and teaches several of their acupressure courses. Marilyn is an occupational therapist, and for the past 25 years she has been in private practice providing occupational therapy in Middleboro, MA. Carroll Noel-Mozer is an occupational therapist at Spaulding Rehabilitation…
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Occupational Therapy with Integrative Health for Bipolar and Anxiety Disorders: Case Report – Now in Remission
By Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L and Carisa Hillman, OTS This case report was created by Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L and fieldwork student, Carisa Hillman, OTS, while providing occupational therapy with integrative health for their client “Mary” in 2016. It was submitted to an OT and mental health journal, and after two years of revisions, including thorough assistance from an OT professor, it was not accepted. We were not told clearly how we could improve it for acceptance. We chose to not submit it to any other journals as we believe it will likely get more exposure and readership here. During this time Mary’s Bipolar Disorder diagnosis was reported to be in remission…
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Aging Well
On the Healing Connections Podcast Episode 15, I interviewed Mandy Chamberlain, MOTR/L about “Aging Well.” Watch or Listen to Full Interview Here Mandy is an occupational therapist with a passion for working with the older adult population and the founder of SeniorsFlourish.com and the membership site, The Learning Lab. Both are dedicated to helping other geriatric OT’s be the best they can be through education, resources, tips and videos. Her varied clinical background includes working with geriatrics through long term care, home health services, home modification consultation, assisted living, inpatient critical access and outpatient therapy services. The book mentioned about preventing and reversing Alzheimer’s is: “The End of Alzheimer’s: The…
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New American OT Association Class on Complementary and Integrative Health
I am so grateful to have just completed creating the new course for the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), “OT with Complementary Health Approaches and Integrative Health.” If you are an occupational therapist interested in Integrative Medicine you will enjoy this course! It took me six months, in between teaching and client sessions, to create this webinar that will be available on their website as a downloadable class for the next five years. I had a wonderful experience working closely with their education director. I hope you enjoy it! Go Here to take the class. OT with Complementary Health Approaches and Integrative Health Presenter: Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, BCTMB, ARCB Earn .15…
