Healing Connections Podcast

Episode 36 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "Is Mindfulness or Relaxation Better for You?" 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, and Spirituality." You can purchase her book directly from her or through Amazon or IngramSpark. https://emmyvadnais.com/book "A randomized clinical trial comparing an acceptance-based behavior therapy to applied relaxation for generalized anxiety disorder." https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fa0032871

Episode 35 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "The Myth of Meditation" on 7/24/21. Emmy shares what the myth of meditation is and how to dispel it. She gives tips and suggestions on how to have an enjoyable meditation practice that will help you receive the healthy mind-body-spirit benefits. She shares how this quote is a great description of what can happen in meditation. "Do you have the patience to wait Till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving Till the right action arises by itself?" ― Lao Tzu

Episode 34 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "Balance and Harmony with Energy Healing" on 7/9/21. Emmy describes how energy is vital life force that can be impacted by many aspects in life. She shares how you can be balanced and feel harmony by healing your own aura, chakras, and meridians by guiding you in two techniques – the Heaven-Earth meditation and EFT - Emotional Freedom Technique. She shares that love is the greatest healer and that most, if not all illness and disease comes from a lack of self-love and self-acceptance. Healing may be the evolution of our consciousness. Emmy is the author of "Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance with Relationships, Health, and Spirituality." You can purchase her book directly from her or through Amazon or IngramSpark. https://emmyvadnais.com/book

Episode 33 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "The Intersection of Intuition and Health" on 7/2/21. Emmy shares that cultivating and engaging with your intuition can also improve your health. The word "heal" means whole. Health is wealth. She shares how you can tap into your intuition to benefit your physical and mental health. She helps you to have a personal experience with your intuition and spirituality. When connected to your intuition you can feel whole and complete and manifest your dreams for a more joyful life. Emmy is the author of "Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance with Relationships, Health, and Spirituality." You can purchase her book directly from her or through Amazon or IngramSpark. https://emmyvadnais.com/book

Episode 32 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "How to Make the Best Decisions with Intuition" on 6/25/21. Emmy shares that one of the best ways intuition can serve you is with decision-making. She shares how to connect with your intuition through various activities, such as meditation, leisure activities, and movement. Intuition can help you to make the best decisions and hindsight can support making decisions in the present and future. Sometimes, we need more time and information to make decisions. Intuition can help you gather that information to make choices and feel more confident as you go forward. Emmy is the author of "Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance with Relationships, Health, and Spirituality." You can purchase her book directly from her or through Amazon or IngramSpark. https://emmyvadnais.com/book

Episode 31 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Dave Roberts, LMSW about "Spirituality and Psychology" on 6/9/21.

Dave shares how is beliefs were reassessed and his spirituality expanded after the death of his daughter. He still values how science can help to understand psychology and behavior, and how the blend of spirituality and psychology can help heal past trauma better when used together. He describes how one can embrace new perspectives with core beliefs. We all have challenges to transcend for the evolution of our physical bodies and our goals. He shares how we live in a multidimensional universe and our loved ones are not far away. These experiences have helped his grief and changed the way he teaches his psychology courses to include spirituality.

David J. Roberts, Licensed Marriage Social Worker, became a parent who experienced the death of a child, when his daughter Jeannine died of cancer on 3/1/03 at the age of 18. He is a retired addiction professional and an adjunct professor in the psychology and psychology-child life departments at Utica College. Dave has contributed numerous articles on transformation of grief, and addiction, to several online sites and publications. His first is book co-authored with Reverend Patty Furino, When The Psychology Professor Met The Minister, was published in March of this year. Learn more at PsychologyProfessorandMinister.com.

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Episode 30 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Rhiannon Crispe, Occupational Therapist about "Healthy Lifestyle Tips" on 6/8/21. Rhiannon shares lifestyle optimization tips, how to engage in healthy habits and routines, change beliefs, lower stress, and eat, move, and play well. She shares how having an enjoyable morning routine can you to help manage stress, be more mindful, and less reactive throughout the day. She shares how health care professionals can learn holistic and integrative health, wellness, and prevention approaches in the OT Well-Being Summit that she created with Emmy Vadnais. Rhiannon Crispe is an occupational therapist, pediatric private practice owner and the founder of The OT Lifestyle Movement. She is passionate about supporting occupational therapists to pursue meaning in their lives by weaving their passion into their work. Rhiannon is the host of The OT Lifestyle Movement podcast where she interviews inspiring OT's from around the globe who are following the thread of their curiosity and doing things differently. Visit the OTLifeStyleMovement.com http://otlifestylemovement.com/ Register and Learn more about the OT Well-Being Summit https://otlifestylemovement.com/otwellbeingsummit/ OT Lifestyle Movement on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/otlifestylemovement Rhiannon Crispe on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rhiannoncrispe/?hl=en Visit EmmyVadnais.com https://emmyvadnais.com/ Visit HolisticOT.org https://holisticot.org/

Episode 29 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Reena Singh, Holistic Occupational Therapist about "Meaning Through Service" on 6/1/21. Reena shares how her family's influence and religious practices of Sikhism encouraged her to seek and follow service. She describes how she receives when she gives, and the process of service helps her to discover herself. Reena is a Holistic Occupational Therapist and founder of the Khushi Therapy Center based in Mumbai, India. She believes that the mind and body are connected and sees challenges from a whole person perspective. She combines complementary therapies and integral health techniques in her practice to help her clients at a deeper level. She has worked with neurodiverse kids and their families for 21 years, and is the author of two books: "Little Parenting Guru" and "Looking Beyond Labels...Becoming a Mindful Parent." Her strength lies in blending her role as a parent and a therapist to offer the best practical strategies to support families who come to her. Visit Khushi.net.in, HolisticOT.org, and Emmy Vadnais.com.

Episode 28 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Christina Spaeth-Harrer, OTR/L about "How to Sleep During Stressful Times" on 4/16/21. Christina Spaeth-Harrer is an occupational therapist who has over 20 years of experience providing holistic, sensory integration, developmental, and aquatic occupational therapy. She has provided therapy in a variety of locations that include clinics, schools, group homes, foster care, home care, private practice with children and adults. Christina has an occupational therapy degree from the College of Saint Catherine and a minor in psychology. She has advanced training in therapeutic listening (listening with the whole body), myofascial release, the Wilbarger touch pressure protocol, sensory integration therapy, family Dynamics, typical and atypical development, the nurtured heart approach, oral motor techniques (Deborah Beckman techniques), aquatic therapy techniques, massage, music training and more. Visit CS-OT.com, HolisticOT.org, and EmmyVadnais.com.

Episode 27 - Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Michelle Bonang, OT/L about "How to Be a Holistic Mama" on 3/16/21. Michelle is a Mama to three amazing children she calls 'loves', an occupational therapist, registered yoga teacher, personal growth coach and developer of the Holistic Mama Membership Community. Through Michelle's programs, she guides women through this sacred calling of motherhood with more peace, ease, self-love & vitality. Learn more at MichelleBonang.com, HolisticOT.org and Emmy Vadnais.com.