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Heaven and Earth with Eben Alexander, MD and Karen Newell
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviewed Eben Alexander, MD and Karen Newell about “Heaven and Earth” on the Healing Connections Podcast. Emmy interviews thought leaders and health care practitioners about integrative health, wellness, prevention, spirituality, and consciousness. Eben Alexander, MD recounts his near death experience and how we can all have similar experiences, heal, and be love by going within and binaural beats created by Karen Newell from Sacred Acoustics. Eben Alexander, MD, was an academic neurosurgeon for over 25 years, including 15 years at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School in Boston, with a passionate interest in physics and cosmology. He is the author of the…
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Spirituality and Intuition in Occupational Therapy
I was interviewed about “Spirituality and Intuition in Occupational Therapy” by Mandy Chamberlain, MOTR/L on her Seniors Flourish Podcast. Listen to Podcast Here Description from the show: “Even though there is a large percentage of the US population that affiliates with some level of spirituality or God, our current healthcare system does not often put a priority on spirituality and intuition outside of a typical hospital chaplain. Because occupational therapy looks at the “whole person,” it is an important aspect of people’s lives that we sometimes don’t address. Some areas of OT practice integrate this more easily, such as roles in hospice and palliative care, but given the fact that spirituality affects the…
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Love, Art & Healing
I interview thought leaders and health care practitioners about integrative health, wellness, prevention, spirituality, and consciousness on the Healing Connections Podcast. Art, Love & Healing I had the pleasure to interview Anne Labovitz about “Love, Art & Healing” on the Healing Connections Podcast episode 11 on 2/7/19. Labovitz is an American artist based in St Paul, Minnesota, whose practice includes painting, drawing, and printmaking as well as experimental film and sound. Labovitz has a degree in psychology and art from Hamline University in St. Paul and a Masters in Fine Art from Transart Institute via Berlin and New York. Her work considers many themes often returning to the central notion…
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Health Care, Holistic Health, Integrative Medicine, Intuition, podcast, Prevention, Self Care, Spirituality, The Science of Happiness, Wellness, Yoga
Healing Connections
How has your autumn been? It’s turning to winter here in Minnesota. It’s been a few months since I’ve written on my own blog. I have been writing my intuition and healing book, managing the Holistic OT Community, teaching holistic health classes, supporting clients, and interviewing fascinating and intelligent people on the Healing Connections Podcast. On the Healing Connections Podcast I interview thought leaders and health care practitioners about integrative health, wellness, prevention, spirituality, and consciousness. Here are some of the people I have had the good fortune to speak with to bring you great content you might not find anywhere else. Each episode is 30-60 minutes. They’re on my YouTube…
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De-Stress, Emotional Healing, Gratitude, Holistic Health, Integrative Medicine, Intention, Love, Meditation, Prevention, The Science of Happiness
How an Attitude of Gratitude Can Improve Your Life
By Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L What are Your Grateful For? Taking a few moments each day or weekly to have an attitude of gratitude may improve your life. Research supports findings that there is an association with gratitude and an overall sense of well being. “Gratitude is the appreciation of what is valuable and meaningful to oneself and represents a general state of thankfulness and/or appreciation.” ~ Sansone & Sansone, 2010 Focus on What’s Right It may seem more easy to focus on what you feel may be going “wrong” in your life or what you want to improve, instead of focusing on what is going well. It can be helpful to…
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Occupational Therapists Complete The Power of the Mind in Healing Class
I just finished up teaching the “Power of the Mind in Healing” class. We met for four Saturdays in February. I had the pleasure of teaching two occupational therapists who have been practicing for nearly 20 years. In fact, they were in the graduating class right after me at St. Kate’s. We covered topics on the foundations of Holistic/Integrative Health Care, the Mind-Body-Spirit, meditation, relaxation, spirituality, and intuition. They loved it! Here they are practicing muscle energy testing. This is different than testing muscle strength. It assesses the body’s wisdom about if something is good for you or not, and can answer “yes” and “no” questions. Examples of what they…
