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Being Heart Centered – A Free Event with Emmy Vadnais
Being Heart Centered A Free Event with Emmy Vadnais February 11, 6:00-7:00 p.m. CT (7:00 ET/4:00 PT) Live on Zoom Free and Open to the Public All are welcome. You are invited to join this free event with Emmy Vadnais where you will be guided in relaxing meditations designed to help you be more deeply centered in your heart with compassion and unconditional love for yourself and others. Experience a calm mind, heart, and body for yourself and toward the health and well-being of the collective world. Register to attend live. Registration is required. Registrants will receive a recording after. Join Event Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/dyLYDGO8QKebmsiAIPB1yw
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Compassion With Addiction
Carrie Wilkens, PhD, is cofounder and clinical director of the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC). She is coauthor of The Parent’s 20 Minute Guide to Change: A Guide for Parents About How to Help their Children Change their Substance Use, The Partner’s 20 Minute Guide: A Guide for Partners About How to Help their Loved One Change their Substance Use, Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change, and The Beyond Addiction Workbook for Family and Friends: Evidence-Based Skills to Help a Loved One Make Positive Change. The CMC: Foundation for Change website is cmcffc.org. Carrie shares that loved ones can support people struggling with substance use with…
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Activated Threat Response, Anger, Anxiety, Compassion, Ego, Emotions, Health, Mental Health, Mind-Body Connection, Mindfulness, New Thinking Allowed, Pain, Self-Esteem, Self-Love, Thoughts
Healing Self-Esteem
What is self-esteem, really? David Hansom, MD, proposes that it could be more harmful than helpful. Would you agree? David Hanscom, MD, is author of, Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain and Do You Really Need Spine Surgery?: Take Control with a Spine Surgeon’s Advice. Dr. Hanscom is an orthopedic complex spinal deformity surgeon who quit his surgical practice in 2019 to focus on teaching people how to break loose from the grip of chronic mental and physical pain – with and without surgery. His insights arose out of escaping from his own 15-year ordeal of suffering with severe chronic pain. As he began to share…
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Anxiety, Emotions, Happiness, Health, Inflammation, New Thinking Allowed, Pain, Stress Management, Thoughts
Intrusive Thoughts
Here are some tips that may help you about “Intrusive Thoughts” in this interview I had with Dr. David Hanscom on New Thinking Allowed. David Hanscom, M.D. is author of, Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain and Do You Really Need Spine Surgery?: Take Control with a Spine Surgeon’s Advice. Dr. Hanscom is an orthopedic complex spinal deformity surgeon who quit his surgical practice in 2019 to focus on teaching people how to break loose from the grip of chronic mental and physical pain – with and without surgery. His insights arose out of escaping from his own 15-year ordeal of suffering with severe chronic pain.…
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Success through Failure
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Scarlett V Clark about “Success through Failure” on the Healing Connections Podcast episode 38. Scarlett V Clark is the CEO and founder of the Smart Girl Tribe that is the UK’s #1 female empowerment organization. Scarlett is the author of “The Smart Girls Handbook.” She has worked with UN Women, the British Council, Women for Women International, Harvard University, and the NSPCC, and through her online community is redefining girlhood. Scarlett shares that to be successful in life you need to continue past “failures” that are really learning experiences. She provides encouragement to tame the inner critic and keep going when you’re feeling down. She…
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Guided Imagery, Meditation, Mindfulness, Relaxation & Meditation, The Science of Happiness, Wellness
Is Mindfulness or Relaxation Better for You?
On the Healing Connections Podcast Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews thought leaders and health care practitioners about integrative health, wellness, prevention, spirituality, and consciousness. Listen to Healing Connections on YouTube, ApplePodcasts, and Spotify. Is Mindfulness or Relaxation Better for You? Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares “Is Mindfulness or Relaxation Better for You?” on the Healing Connections Podcast episode 36 on 7/30/21. Emmy shares what the latest research says about how acceptance-based therapies, such as mindfulness and relaxation are similar in their ability to lower worry, anxiety, and depression and increase overall quality of life. Emmy is the author of “Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance with Relationships, Health,…
