I entered this area of medicine after I became disenchanted with cookbook medicine that focuses on naming a disease, blaming the disease and taming the disease with drugs and surgery. I found traditional medicine to be very good at treating severe illness, but woefully inadequate when it came to treating people with chronic illnesses.”

“I want to help people thrive and live healthy, vital lives. I want to help people prevent diseases, avoid unnecessary surgeries and achieve real wellness. Integrative Medicine combines the best of Western Medicine with alternative and holistic therapies. I want to help the whole person, not just an illness. And I believe that optimal wellness is much more than the absence of illness. It’s functioning at 100% of your abilities for the rest of your life. I love giving my patients the tools and treatments to achieve that

My name is Jordan Gurkin and I am 26 years old. I grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and I went to college at Wake Forest University. I graduated in 2014 with a degree in Business Management with concentrations in International Sales and Marketing and Non-Profit Management. While in college I studied abroad in Venice, Italy, for a semester where I discovered my love for traveling and different cultures. Right after my semester abroad I completed an internship in Madrid, Spain, where I worked for Campofrio Food Group which is a CPG company focusing on pork products. The following summer after my junior year, I had an internship in Sacramento, California, working for Kelloggs.

Upon graduating, I went to work for PepsiCo on their Gatorade, Quaker, and Tropicana brands. I was recruited into a fast track sales program where I changed jobs and cities every 12-18 months. During that time I lived and worked in Dallas, New Orleans, and Philadelphia as a sales rep. and later as an account manager.

In the summer of 2017, I came to the conclusion that corporate america wasn’t the right fit for me and I decided to leave my job with PepsiCo and move to Argentina to teach English. I moved to Mendoza, which is known for producing Malbec wine and is also close to the Andes Mountains. I lived here for 5 months and in December 2017, their summer, I finished my teaching job and started backpacking around South America. I spent the next 6 months in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru having amazing adventures such as climbing a mountain of almost 20,000ft, rafting class 4 rapids, and hiking an active volcano. During this time I met some incredible people and started to better understand who I was and what I wanted in life.

Upon my return to the U.S. in May 2018, I spend 6 months volunteering for a non-profit called Compassion International which is a christian organization focusing on relieving kids from extreme poverty by connecting them with sponsors. The sponsorship provides them with food, medical care, and the children write letters back and forth with their sponsors where they receive the love and encouragement they need.

In December of this past year, I moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado. I am currently working for the ski resort as a rental tech for their kids ski school and as a waitress. I am skiing almost every day and I am excited for what is next

Christine Seibold had worked as a Paralegal in a law firm and at the Harvard School of Public Health. She was tired of the winters, and limited freedom to travel. Christine is now the CEO of Freelancenfreedom.com. Assisting women entrepreneurs with projects and tasks in order to give them their freedom. Christine now lives her passion of travel while working as a Virtual Assistant

Soon after a dog is lost, it goes into survival mode. When this happens, even friendly dogs won’t go to their owners. So, if you are getting regular sightings of your lost dog but are not able to catch him, setting up a feeding station is key. You simply have to put food out at the same time every day and in the same place. Today Kathy Pobloskie, from Lost Dogs of America, will talk about the feeding station and establishing a regular feeding schedule.

Kathy Pobloskie is the co-founder of Lost Dogs of America and Director/Founder of Lost Dogs Wisconsin. Kathy will join us each month to discuss the methods of dealing with lost and found pets. Our goals are to reunite the lost with their families and to keep more strays out of our local overcrowded shelters.

Jean-Paul Brayer is a semi-retired and accomplished businessman living 8 miles outside central Paris. Jean-Paul has lived in other parts of the world, especially Europe, for long periods of time. He has worked at, and been the CEO of, big companies including Heineken (Holland), Levi-Strauss (France), Quick Restaurants (worldwide), and Group Flo worldwide, just to name a few. He has also been a student/lecturer in French in the US and is a graduate of the acclaimed Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Paris. He is also cited on page 394 of the most recent Who’s Who in France!

Asymmetrical relationships are when one person is more committed than the other. Imbalances occur which impacts the depth and length of the relationship. Today we address possible causes for the reduction in committed relationships and the apparent inability to create lasting friendships, including marriage.

, Executive Director of West Central Florida Labor Council, AFL-CIO.Cheryl began her union involvement in 1987 by joining and eventually serving as president of UAW Local 2278, representing teacher union staff across Florida. She eventually was selected to be involved in several UAW organizing campaigns that defined her passion of union organizing. In 2004, she accepted the position of Executive Director of the West Central Florida Labor Council working with affiliated local unions in a 12-county jurisdiction to further a collaborative political and legislative program