The Journey of Luis and Bobo the Iguana features a blend of real characters (like Bobo, Luis, and his grandparents) and imaginative ones inspired by Aesop's fables. As a child, I often imagined traveling to distant planets, walking through enchanted forests filled with magical creatures, playing hide-and-seek with children from all over the world, or having conversations with whales and beings from outer space. I was captivated by stories, both in books and audio, and used my imagination to "see" the characters and worlds they portrayed.

This is what we want for our children—not just to learn, but to think and spark their own creativity. Storytelling has been an essential teaching tool since the dawn of human language. Audiobooks, in particular, offer kids access to a virtually limitless number of stories, whether at home, in school, or on the go. While they don't replace reading—an invaluable skill—they provide a powerful way to inspire imagination and learning.

"Dr. Obinna Mgbako is a Foot and Ankle Specialist providing comprehensive care to patients throughout the Tri State Area at the offices of Foot & Ankle Specialists of New Jersey. He has vast experience treating a plethora of foot and ankle pathologies, particularly lower leg limb salvage, diabetic wound care and sports injuries. Dr. Mgbako specializes in revision and complex reparative surgical procedures, as well as minimally invasive and arthroscopic surgical practices. Dr. Mgbako is double board certified, both as a Wound Care Specialist (American Professional Wound Care Association) and a reconstructive foot and ankle surgeon (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons). He is on staff at Morristown Memorial, Overlook and Rahway Hospitals. He is the current Section Chief of Podiatry at Overlook Hospital. He is a panel member at the Overlook Hospital Wound Care Center where he is adept in the management and treatment of chronic, non-healing foot, ankle and lower leg ulcerations. He currently serves as a medical consultant to Sanuwave Technologies and is a medical ambassador to Thorne Health LLC. Dr. Mgbako received a Bachelors of Arts degree in Computer Science from New York University where he was deemed a College of Arts and Science Trustee Scholar. He was inducted into the Pi Delta National Honor Society – Gamma Chapter from the New York College of Podiatric Medicine after graduating with honors. He completed his postgraduate residency training at the Morristown Memorial Hospital Podiatric Surgical Residency program where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Mgbako is passionate about health and wellness and is an exercise enthusiast. He is particularly interested in sports medicine, nutrition and physical fitness. He is an ardent reader of science, history and technology. He is a fervent leader in the community where he frequently lectures on diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, and the pursuit of health & wellness."

Tezeta Roro - Communities Voices | UZIMAONE PODCAST

Tezeta "Tez" Roro is a mom, a PTA leader and a community builder. She is a BROKER-SALESPERSON and your local real estate professional who is deeply engaged in her community and thus keeps up with the pulse of the town.

After a 12-year career in the corporate world, Tez entered the real estate profession as a result of her own home buying experience and thus has a great deal of empathy and understanding for the home buying and selling process. While Tez strives to give a full service real estate experience resulting in a confident and informed decision making for her clients, her bigger goal is to create meaningful relationships that last way past a real estate project. She enjoys working with diverse personalities from different walks of life who each have their unique stories. She is a power connector who is passionately curious, asks lots of questions and makes magical connections happen for her network. Her business model includes giving back to causes and nonprofits of client's choices.

She is intentional about supporting local businesses, adding value to her network and taking action towards solving local issues. She is lover of reggae and storytelling and has been featured on Forbes, Huffington Post, Thrive, Buzz Feed and Ellevate Network.

In this podcast we will explore the field of Occupational Therapy with practitioner Amanda E. Fleissner, OTR/L.

The American Occupational Therapy Association defines an occupational therapist as someone who "helps people across their lifespan participate in the things they want and/or need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities. The Occupational therapists' can provide assistance to those who want to improve their mental and or physical health, disabilities, injuries, or impairments.

We will get a deeper understanding of OT and how it can help make your life better by reliving pain, retraining your body alone with the restorage techniques used.

OT involves the use of assessment and intervention to develop, recover, or maintain the meaningful activities, or occupations, of individuals, groups, or communities. The field of OT consists of health care practitioners trained and educated to improve mental and physical performance. Occupational therapists specialize in teaching, educating, and supporting participation in any activity that occupies an individual's time.

A registered dietician has to complete a very long process. First you have to complete a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics, like a four-year degree. Then you must do what is called a dietetic internship. This part of the process looks a little different for everyone. There are a few different paths you can take. But the large majority does what's called a dietetic internship, which is what I did. I did mine through Montclair State University and you take some graduate courses, and you also complete over 1200 hours of supervised practice. So that's working with people who are already dietitians in hospitals and in schools, all different types of areas, so that you can kind of learn and then you take a dietitian's exam. And once you complete the exam, you're able to call yourself a Registered Dietitian and after that you must continue with continuing education credits to maintain the credential. So basically, when someone is a Registered Dietician, you can just guarantee that they've had a lot of schooling about nutrition.

In this episode we will be speaking with Lisa C. Batchelor owner and founder of Unique Performance Arts Dance Center in West Orange NJ. We will take a deeper dive into dance and its impact on health and wellness.

Lisa has enjoyed more than twenty years as Director/Owner of Unique Performance Arts Center. Her training includes the Royal Academy of Ballet, Broadway Dance Center and Dance Theatre of Harlem. She has performed in Los Angeles and for Norwegian Cruise Lines. She was the featured dancer in the 1998 Miss New Jersey Pageant.

Lisa choreographed West Orange High School's production of West Side Story and choreographed industrial productions in NYC. Before UPAC, she taught at several schools and choreographed award-winning routines for their competition teams.

Lisa, her husband and two children reside in Montclair; however, she considers West Orange her "home away from home." Having taught classes and later establishing her business in West Orange, Lisa has been very active in West Orange's small business community for more than thirty years.

Dance has existed since the dawn of humankind it is a part of ever culture worldwide. It is physical movement of the body in a rhythmic way, for the purpose of expressing an idea or emotion, releasing energy, or simply for the pleasure of the movement itself.

Aristotle refers to dance as rhythmic movement whose purpose is "to represent men's characters as well as what they do and suffer." But today dance has evolved to embrace much more than man's suffering. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements, or by its historical period or place of origin. both may have special functions, whether social, ceremonial, competitive, erotic, martial, or sacred/liturgical. Other forms of human movement are sometimes said to have a dance-like quality, including martial arts, gymnastics, cheerleading, figure skating, synchronized swimming, marching bands, and many other forms of athletics. Dance is not solely restricted to performance, though, as dance is used as a form of exercise and occasionally training for other sports and activities.

Dance itself has also become a sport for some, with dancing competitions found across the world exhibiting various different styles and standards.

Dance requires an equal amount of cognitive focus as well as physical strength. The demanding yet evolving art-form allows individuals to express themselves creatively through movement, while enabling them to adapt movement that possesses a rhythmical pattern and fluid motions that allure to an audience either onstage or on film. Dance is considered to be a very aesthetically pleasing art-form with many health benefits.

Reference:

https://www.britannica.com/art/dance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance

Dance has exited scents the dawn of humankind it is a part of ever culture worldwide. It is physical movement of the body in a rhythmic way, for the purpose of expressing an idea or emotion, releasing energy, or simply for the pleasure of the movement itself.

Aristotle refers to dance as rhythmic movement whose purpose is "to represent men's characters as well as what they do and suffer." But today dance has evolved to embrace much more than man's suffering. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements, or by its historical period or place of origin. both may have special functions, whether social, ceremonial, competitive, erotic, martial, or sacred/liturgical. Other forms of human movement are sometimes said to have a dance-like quality, including martial arts, gymnastics, cheerleading, figure skating, synchronized swimming, marching bands, and many other forms of athletics. Dance is not solely restricted to performance, though, as dance is used as a form of exercise and occasionally training for other sports and activities.

Dance itself has also become a sport for some, with dancing competitions found across the world exhibiting various different styles and standards.

Dance requires an equal amount of cognitive focus as well as physical strength. The demanding yet evolving art-form allows individuals to express themselves creatively through movement, while enabling them to adapt movement that possesses a rhythmical pattern and fluid motions that allure to an audience either onstage or on film. Dance is considered to be a very aesthetically pleasing art-form with many health benefits.

Reference:

https://www.britannica.com/art/dance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance

Board Certified in Sports Medicine and Family Medicine.

Today we are delighted to interview Dr Christina Hector, DO, cofounder of Onyx Direct Care located on Prospect Ave, West Orange, NJ. Dr Hector is a Sports Medicine and Family Medicine specialist. We will learn about what a Doctor of Osteopathy is and what a DPC- direct primary care practice is.

The worldwide Covid 19 pandemic, has infected over 100 million people, and killed over 1 million people in the US alone (CDC December 2022). Everyone knows someone who has been infected, or has become ill, or died from this infection. In this podcast episode we interviewed Marlene Hall, a nurse practitioner and ICU critical care nurse who shares some of her experiences as a front-line medical provider, wife and mother during this devastating pandemic.

Music for this episode has been provided by Alex Productions and Foxxy Mulderr.

Dentistry is one of the oldest medical professions dating as far back as 7000 B.C. to the Indus Valley Civilization (current day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India). Hesy-Re, an Egyptian scribe who lived about 2600 B. C. is recognized as the first documented dental practitioner. In 1723, Pierre Fauchard, a French surgeon, is credited as the father of modern dentistry. He first introduced the idea of fillings, dental prosthesis, and the theory that acids from sugars lead to tooth decay.

Dental health is essential to maintaining general health and well-being. Gum disease or periodontal disease can not only cause tooth loss and infection, but is also linked to heart complications, strokes, diabetes complications, and respiratory issues. Good health= good dental health.

Dr. Leslie Ann Klardie is a 1990 Doctorate of Medical Dentistry recipient from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. With certifications to practice dentistry by the North East Regional Board of Dental Examiners, she immediately pursued additional Dental training in the Field of Prosthodontics at Emory University School of Dentistry in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1992 Dr. Klardie completed and received her Specialty Certificate in Prosthodontics.

Upon certificate completion, Dr. Klardie has been board eligible in the field of Prosthodontics. During her two-year advanced prosthodontic training, Dr. Klardie studied the dental disciplines of Removable dental prosthesis, Fixed Crown and Bridge, Cosmetic Dentistry, and Dental Implantology. Her advanced prosthodontic training included an internship in Maxillofacial Prosthodontics at the Veterans Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Klardie is a graduate of Temple University, where she has earned her undergraduate degrees in Sociology and Biology. Simultaneous to her undergraduate studies she was a Scholar Athlete and Team Captain of a Nationally ranked team in the Sport of Fencing.

Chiropractic medicine is a large and well-established health care profession in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Chiropractic was started by D. D. Palmer, a magnetic healer who formulated the vertebral subluxation theory, believing that all illness was secondary to a 'misalignment" in the nervous system.

The public increasingly uses chiropractic largely for spinal pain syndromes. Of all the so-called alternative professions, chiropractic has made the largest inroads into private and public health care financing systems and is increasingly viewed as an effective specialty by many in the medical profession. Much of the positive evolution of chiropractic can be ascribed to a quarter century-long research effort focused on the core chiropractic procedure of spinal manipulation. This effort has helped bring spinal manipulation out of the investigational category to become one of the most studied forms of conservative treatment for spinal pain.

Dr. Pugliese graduated from the New York Chiropractic College in 2001. He works in Westfield, NJ and 1 other location and specializes in Chiropractor.