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I Blogged All Month in April for OT Month!
Throughout the entire month of April I intended to blog every day for OT Month. I did this for two reasons. I wanted to continue to raise awareness about the wonderful world of Holistic OT, and to challenge myself to share interesting, relevant, and valuable information with OTs and those seeking Holistic OT services. All of the blog posts are on the HolisticOT.org website. You can read my summary of “What I Learned Blogging in April for OT Month.” Each piece was written for health care professionals and OTs to strengthen their understanding of Holistic Health Care, and for anyone looking for tips and suggestions on how to stay well or…
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Holistic OT is Going Strong!
It has been 4 years since I first wrote about what I believe Holistic OT is and can be. Since then, I have had the good fortune of meeting and connecting with many OTs around the world who are embracing Mind-Body-Spirit Medicine, Prevention and Wellness in OT practice. When I wrote that first post I had no idea how quickly this would all get embraced. I now fully believe that holistic and integrative health care is here to stay. Dedicated professionals who know there are more and sometimes better ways to help their clients are the one of the reasons that holistic care will continue to grow and expand. There are…
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De-Stress, Emotional Healing, Energy Healing, Guided Imagery, Holistic Health, Intuition, Mind-Body Connection, Positive & Negative, Prevention, Relaxation & Meditation, Self Care, The Science of Happiness
Mindfulness and Acceptance – What Does it Mean?
Mindfulness is all a buzz now, and for good reason. Mindfulness shows us how to be with and accept our reactions to our experiences in a non-judgmental way. It can help us to learn to love and accept ourselves and others more, lower stress, anxiety, depression, pain, enhance our health, help us prevent disease, and create sense of calm, peace, and joy. It is a skill that allows us to be with our senses without reacting to them in a negative way. What resists persists, and if we resist our experience we can feel worse. Mindfulness Meditation has its roots from the Buddhist Meditation known as Vipassana – which means…
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De-Stress, Emotional Healing, Holistic Health, Positive & Negative, Self Care, The Science of Happiness
10 Ways to Balance Your Emotions for Good Health
How are you feeling? Likely, you are feeling many different feelings, emotions, and physical sensations. Did you know that how you feel and your emotions can greatly impact your health and well-being? What is happening with your thoughts? Thoughts are connected to emotions, but which came first – the emotion or thought? The mind and body are one. Our thoughts affect our emotions, the body’s functions, and our emotions and feelings affect our mind, thoughts, and outlook. How You Handle Your Emotions Can Impact Your Health We often think of emotions in terms as good or bad. We tend to avoid or reject unpleasant ones and try to hold on…
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Emotional Healing, Guided Imagery, Holistic Health, Mind-Body Connection, Positive & Negative, Prevention, Self Care, The Science of Happiness
Happy Valentine’s! How Much Do You Love Yourself?
With Valentine’s just around the corner, we often turn our attention to “that someone special” or romantic love. Intimacy and connection with others is important to us, but how much do you love or even like yourself? After 7 years of providing deep emotional support and healing after being trained in “Emotional Clearing”, a form of interactive guided mindfulness meditation, similar to Vipassana, a Buddhist meditation which means “clear-seeing”, and what Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction is based on, and providing Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), I have witnessed how all types of emotional, psychological, spiritual, and often, physical pain go back to how much a person loves and accepts or rejects…
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Holistic Health Consulting for You!
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L Offers You Holistic Health Consulting Would you like to Create or Expand Your Holistic Practice? Are you a Health Care Practitioner who would like to get into or expand your Holistic Services, Practice, or Business? Receive support and guidance from a Holistic Health Practitioner with 15 years in Holistic Medicine and private practice. Receive the help you need to move forward in the direction that is calling you to be the most satisfied you can be, providing the care you believe in, and know is best for your clients. Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L brings her 15 years experience in the Holistic Medicine to you to enhance your vision…
