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I Am Successful
How does it feel to say this to your self? “I am successful.” What thoughts come to mind, feelings or emotions? Does if feel strange or good to say that. Do you believe it? The desire for fame and fortune is likely about feeling love, safe and accepted. We are often conditioned in Western culture that success means primarily financial success, and then anything else we want to add in the mix as secondary and tertiary. Financial success is probably about feeling you have and are enough. How do you define success? What do you feel you have accomplished? What more do you want to accomplish? Can you be okay…
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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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Love Remains
Having recently lost a loved one, what is most important is that #LoveRemains🌷 Love Remains for Sally “After the first sprout, your days in the sunYour days in the rainOften lit by moonlight and your own magic when in the sky there was none,shining your love,shining your smile,your joy After you toiled, you made it look effortless,gradually transforming “the system”greeting people into your heart, they couldn’t resistinto your home After creating your family with all of the artists, poets, singers and filmmakers, all the way to great grandchildren,inspiring others to be their authentic self, you’d say “Be original.” After the words left your mouth and the presence grew stronger,your eyes grew…
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Living in a Wild Country: Is a Community Based on Love Possible?
On the Healing Connections Podcast, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews thought leaders and health care practitioners about integrative health, wellness, prevention, spirituality, and consciousness. Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Niren, also known as Philip Toelkes about “Living in a Wild Country: Is a Community Based on Love Possible?” Niren has been a lawyer for over 40 years, a daily meditator for over 30 years, and a mediator and coach for over 20 years – from big firm lawyer, he has come to a very quiet life, in nature, meditating, writing and doing his work as a Consciousness Coach. He may be best known for being Osho’s lawyer and was featured in the…
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Yoga for Kids
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Theresa Tovey, MOTR/L about “Yoga for Kids” in this Healing Connections Podcast episode 17. Terry is an occupational therapist who uses children’s yoga as a therapeutic modality extensively in her work as a public school OT. Embedding student’s OT goals into what she calls sensory-motor yoga has allowed Terry to work holistically addressing the development of the Whole Child. Teaching breathing and meditation practices, an integral part of children’s yoga, provide students with tools they can use both inside and outside of school. In 2015, Terry became a Lead Trainer for Radiant Child Yoga allowing her to spread her passion and love of children’s yoga to more…
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Breath Work Class Recording
Breath Work Class Webinar RecordingInstructor: Emmy Vadnais, OTR/LCEU: 2 HoursPrice: $25 for Full Members of the Holistic OT Community, $49 for non-membersREGISTER HERE Health Care PractitionersWould you like to learn simple and effective methods to help your clients and your own self-care with breath work? Breath work techniques have research supporting efficacy to: create the relaxation response – opposite of the stress response transform stress, anxiety, pain, and depression to positive states and well-being positively affect overall mind, body & spirt health You will Learn: Conscious, controlled, and meditation breathing techniques that can induce the relaxation response and transform stress, anxiety, pain & depression to positive states and well-being. How…
