Qi Talks

We sit down with Physical Therapist Karen Wisheu to explore Developmental Coordination Disorder, or DCD. What it is, how it impacts movement and learning, and the ways early intervention can make a life changing difference.

About Qi Creative: Qi Talks Podcast is a project of Qi Creative. Learn more about our mission and how we support children and families. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit Our Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Featured Books from Qi Creative:

• My Name is Trauma — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• I Am Awesome! — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Core Services: Check out our Success Coaching Services and Qi University professional development workshops for families and practitioners. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Rachel Rogers, founder of the ADHD Association of Greater Edmonton, shares powerful stories of turning lived experience into advocacy, and how ADHD Edmonton is changing the way communities support those with ADHD.

Free Support Groups with ADHD Association of Greater Edmonton — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

About Qi Creative: Qi Talks Podcast is a project of Qi Creative. Learn more about our mission and how we support children and families. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit Our Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Featured Books from Qi Creative:

• My Name is Trauma — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• I Am Awesome! — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Core Services: Check out our Success Coaching Services and Qi University professional development workshops for families and practitioners. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Qi IQ Awesome Free Online Resources: Visit today to download free visuals, watch online learning videos, and follow do-it-yourself tutorials on how to teach and learn meaningful and functional life skills. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠

Lloyd McKenzie shares stories of 16 years with Young Master Club Taekwondo, and how the community of the dojang can build confidence, connection, and life skills for the whole family.

About Qi Creative: Qi Talks Podcast is a project of Qi Creative. Learn more about our mission and how we support children and families. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit Our Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Featured Books from Qi Creative:

• My Name is Trauma — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• I Am Awesome! — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Core Services: Check out our Success Coaching Services and Qi University professional development workshops for families and practitioners. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Qi IQ Awesome Free Online Resources: Visit today to download free visuals, watch online learning videos, and follow do-it-yourself tutorials on how to teach and learn meaningful and functional life skills. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠

Trent Magis and Karen Wisheu are physical therapists with Qi Creative. Join us as Trent and Karen share how Physical Therapy (PT) is more than movement, and how our PTs make movement and play accessible for everyone.

Guests: Trent Magis, MScPT and Karen Wisheu, MScPT

About Qi Creative: Qi Talks Podcast is a project of Qi Creative. Learn more about our mission and how we support children and families. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit Our Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Featured Books from Qi Creative:

• My Name is Trauma — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• I Am Awesome! — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Core Services: Check out our Success Coaching Services and Qi University professional development workshops for families and practitioners. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Qi IQ Awesome Free Online Resources: Visit today to download free visuals, watch online learning videos, and follow do-it-yourself tutorials on how to teach and learn meaningful and functional life skills. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠

Taylor Riffel is back for another episode of Qi Talks! After an awesome first episode about Taylor's experiences growing up with OCD, Taylor returns for more tips, more strategies, and more takeaways for living and thriving with OCD.

Guest: Taylor Riffel, MScOT

Coach Taylor's Book Recommendations: Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thought by Sally M. Winston, PsyD and Martin N. Seif, PhDWhen a Family Member Has OCD: Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Skills to Help Families Affected by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Jon Hershfield, MFT, foreword by Jeff Bell

About Qi Creative: Qi Talks Podcast is a project of Qi Creative. Learn more about our mission and how we support children and families. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit Our Website⁠⁠⁠⁠

Featured Books from Qi Creative:

• My Name is Trauma — ⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠
• I Am Awesome! — ⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠

Core Services: Check out our Success Coaching Services and Qi University professional development workshops for families and practitioners. ⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠⁠

Qi IQ Awesome Free Online Resources: Visit today to download free visuals, watch online learning videos, and follow do-it-yourself tutorials on how to teach and learn meaningful and functional life skills. ⁠⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠

Paula and Mike welcome Cheryl Whiskeyjack, Executive Director of Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society. With over 30 years experience championing Indigenous communities, Cheryl brings wisdom, heart, and a vision for a more connected future.

Guest: Cheryl Whiskeyjack

About Qi Creative: Qi Talks Podcast is a project of Qi Creative. Learn more about our mission and how we support children and families. ⁠⁠⁠Visit Our Website⁠⁠⁠

Featured Books from Qi Creative:

• My Name is Trauma — ⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠
• I Am Awesome! — ⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠

Core Services: Check out our Success Coaching Services and Qi University professional development workshops for families and practitioners. ⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠

Qi IQ Awesome Free Online Resources: Visit today to download free visuals, watch online learning videos, and follow do-it-yourself tutorials on how to teach and learn meaningful and functional life skills. ⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠

On this episode of Qi Talks, the Qi Creative team meets with Karen Calhoun, as she shares her family's experiences working with us! From receiving her son's diagnosis for the first time, to his life now in university over a decade later, Karen has plenty to share and even more to celebrate.

Guests: Karen Calhoun

About Qi Creative: Qi Talks Podcast is a project of Qi Creative. Learn more about our mission and how we support children and families. ⁠⁠⁠Visit Our Website⁠⁠⁠

Featured Books from Qi Creative:

• My Name is Trauma — ⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠
• I Am Awesome! — ⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠

Core Services: Check out our Success Coaching Services and Qi University professional development workshops for families and practitioners. ⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠

Qi IQ Awesome Free Online Resources: Visit today to download free visuals, watch online learning videos, and follow do-it-yourself tutorials on how to teach and learn meaningful and functional life skills. ⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠

NOTE: This episode contains discussions of sexual abuse: signs of sexual abuse, past events as experienced in the therapy setting by our guest clinician, negative outcomes of sexual abuse, and awareness for abuse survivors, their loved ones, and their communities.

On this episode of Qi Talks, join us as we hear from Dr. Wanda Polzin Holman, CEO of Little Warriors. Little Warriors is an organization focused on the awareness and treatment of child sexual abuse, and known for their trauma-informed treatment facility, the Be Brave Ranch here in Alberta.

About Little Warriors: Visit Their Website

About the Be Brave Ranch: The Be Brave Ranch is the first and only program of its kind in Canada, providing specialized, intensive, multi-modal therapeutic interventions for the treatment of child and adolescent sexual abuse. Visit Their Website.⁠

About Qi Creative: Qi Talks Podcast is a project of Qi Creative. Learn more about our mission and how we support children and families. ⁠⁠⁠Visit Our Website⁠⁠⁠

Featured Books from Qi Creative:

• My Name is Trauma — ⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠
• I Am Awesome! — ⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠

Core Services: Check out our Success Coaching Services and Qi University professional development workshops for families and practitioners. ⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠⁠

Qi IQ Awesome Free Online Resources: Visit today to download free visuals, watch online learning videos, and follow do-it-yourself tutorials on how to teach and learn meaningful and functional life skills. ⁠⁠⁠More Info⁠

Every week, our clinical team of Occupational, Speech and Physical Therapists serves communities across Alberta. Join Qi Creative coaches Robyn and Kris as they share stories on the road and highlight the importance of therapy in clients' natural environments.

Guests: Robyn Christenson, MScSLP and Kris Vicente, MScOT

About Qi Creative: Qi Talks Podcast is a project of Qi Creative. Learn more about our mission and how we support children and families. ⁠⁠Visit Our Website⁠⁠

Featured Books from Qi Creative:

Core Services: Check out our Success Coaching Services and Qi University professional development workshops for families and practitioners. ⁠⁠More Info⁠⁠

Qi IQ Awesome Free Online Resources:

Join Occupational Therapists Taylor Riffel and Sheka Reid as they discuss strategies to help children feel safe in their bodies and navigate big feelings. By exploring regulation and co-regulation strategies, we can prepare children for a lifetime of resilience.

Guests: Taylor Riffel, MScOT and Sheka Reid, MScOT

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