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Patti Brown leads a meditation on embracing change and learning to let go.

This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate to support Wellness Within offerings, please visit www.wellnesswithin.org/give

Wellness Within is the realization of a dream for Patti. After 20 years in private practice as a psychotherapist, she decided to honor the tugging at her heart and open a grass roots organization to serve a community dealing with cancer and its aftermath.  It is her life’s work to teach, support, and mobilize the body and mind for healing.  Learn more on our website at: www.wellnesswithin.org.

Patti actively incorporates her training in mind-body medicine to support a community of people struggling with a cancer diagnosis. The Center’s belief is based on honoring the integration of medical treatments with mind body practices that enhance one’s quality of life with dignity and hope.  As the founder of Wellness Within, she understands the profound impact a life threatening illness brings, and the significance of pulling together a caring, loving community to provide support, comfort and healing.

 #mindfulness #meditation #wellnesswithin #healingcancer

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This podcast offers health, wellness, fitness and nutritional information and is designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should always consult with a physician or other health-care professional. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your health-care professional because of something you may have read on this site. The use of any information provided on this podcast is solely at your own risk.

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Join Wellness Within founder Patti Brown in an open conversation with Anne Jacobs about her over 17 year journey with cancer.  Listen as she openly discusses her experience and thoughts over the years and how she learned to focus on living in the moment and thrive.

This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate to support Wellness Within offerings, please visit www.wellnesswithin.org/give

#wellnesswithin #healingcancer #cancerwellness #cancerthriver 

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This podcast offers health, wellness, fitness and nutritional information and is designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should always consult with a physician or other health-care professional. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your health-care professional because of something you may have read on this site. The use of any information provided on this podcast is solely at your own risk.

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A meditation which offers guided visualization to help you rest and sleep.

This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Kelly Foundation. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate to support Wellness Within offerings, please visit www.wellnesswithin.org/give

Wellness Within is the realization of a dream for Patti. After 20 years in private practice as a psychotherapist, she decided to honor the tugging at her heart and open a grass roots organization to serve a community dealing with cancer and its aftermath.  It is her life’s work to teach, support, and mobilize the body and mind for healing.  Learn more on our website at: www.wellnesswithin.org.

Patti actively incorporates her training in mind-body medicine to support a community of people struggling with a cancer diagnosis. The Center’s belief is based on honoring the integration of medical treatments with mind body practices that enhance one’s quality of life with dignity and hope.  As the founder of Wellness Within, she understands the profound impact a life threatening illness brings, and the significance of pulling together a caring, loving community to provide support, comfort and healing.

#mindfulness #meditation #wellnesswithin #healingcancer

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This podcast offers health, wellness, fitness and nutritional information and is designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should always consult with a physician or other health-care professional. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your health-care professional because of something you may have read on this site. The use of any information provided on this podcast is solely at your own risk.

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Learn to listen to our intuition and tune in.  How do we know when to listen to our gut?  This guided imagery meditation will help guide you to listen to the wisdom of your instincts.

This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate to support Wellness Within offerings, please visit www.wellnesswithin.org/give

Wellness Within is the realization of a dream for Patti. After 20 years in private practice as a psychotherapist, she decided to honor the tugging at her heart and open a grass roots organization to serve a community dealing with cancer and its aftermath.  It is her life’s work to teach, support, and mobilize the body and mind for healing.  Learn more on our website at: www.wellnesswithin.org.

Patti actively incorporates her training in mind-body medicine to support a community of people struggling with a cancer diagnosis. The Center’s belief is based on honoring the integration of medical treatments with mind body practices that enhance one’s quality of life with dignity and hope.  As the founder of Wellness Within, she understands the profound impact a life threatening illness brings, and the significance of pulling together a caring, loving community to provide support, comfort and healing.

#mindfulness #meditation #wellnesswithin #healingcancer

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This podcast offers health, wellness, fitness and nutritional information and is designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should always consult with a physician or other health-care professional. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your health-care professional because of something you may have read on this site. The use of any information provided on this podcast is solely at your own risk.

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Margo Fowkes and Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown discuss  giving ourselves the permission to grieve and the permission to live with grief.  They also debunked the idea that there is a hierarchy of levels of grief.  Listen to this open, honest and heart felt conversation about leaving room for hope in the space of grief and loss.

This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate to support Wellness Within offerings, please visit www.wellnesswithin.org/give

Margo Fowkes (pronounced “Folks”) is the founder and president of OnTarget Consulting Inc., a firm specializing in helping organizations and individuals act strategically, improve their performance and achieve their business goals. 

After the death of her son Jimmy in 2014, Margo created Salt Water, an online community that provides a safe harbor for those who are grieving the death of someone dear to them. 

Inspired by Jimmy’s determination to live a rich, full life despite his circumstances, Salt Water’s articles and other resources focus on healing and building a new life in the aftermath of a devastating loss.

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This podcast offers health, wellness, fitness and nutritional information and is designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should always consult with a physician or other health-care professional. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your health-care professional because of something you may have read on this site. The use of any information provided on this podcast is solely at your own risk.

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Join Susan in exploring your connection to this abdominal chakra. The abdominal chakra, also called the belly chakra, is a center for emotional expression, the vital dynamic of creativity and for connecting to our deepest knowing. It's governed by the element of water and invites greater fluidity to the mind and body.

This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate to support Wellness Within offerings, please visit www.wellnesswithin.org/give

There are certain things that are essential to living a healthy, happy, meaningful life. Susan believes that yoga is one of them and had dedicated her life to sharing it with others. She has taught and practiced yoga for over 45 years. Susan specializes in adapting basic yoga poses to fit individual bodies and includes mindfulness, breathing, and concentration to connect a person more deeply to themselves. She approaches yoga in a gentle way and creates a class around who is present. She takes suggestions about what people need on any given day and weaves them together for a more inclusive experience. Susan establishes a safe atmosphere and encourages a sense of community for the class, even within personal exploration. Through breathing techniques, laughter, philosophy, poetry, and reverence, her classes are designed to give her students an accessible life skill that will serve them in their daily lives.

#meditation #intuition #mindfulness #wellnesswithin #healingcancer #chakra

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This podcast offers health, wellness, fitness and nutritional information and is designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should always consult with a physician or other health-care professional. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your health-care professional because of something you may have read on this site. The use of any information provided on this podcast is solely at your own risk.

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Join Elizabeth Klein and Celeste Keith in a conversation about why music therapy and the benefits of music therapy while coping with cancer.  Music plays a subtle yet powerful role in our lives. It shapes our attitudes and pulls at our heart strings. It directs our biology and inhabits our vitality. It welcomes everyone and speaks a language all understand. The Music Therapist fills this session with fail safe— musician-proof “I can’t carry a tune in a bucket” experiences. Events like Intentional Music Listening, Guided Song Composition, and good old “grooving” experiences give participants the opportunity to voice the un-wordable, validate and reflect on perceptions, control symptoms, and better their own day to day music self care customs.

This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Kelly Foundation. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate to support Wellness Within offerings, please visit www.wellnesswithin.org/give

Celeste Keith is a credentialed, Board Certified Music Therapist and owner of THE MUSIC WORKS Music Therapy Services. She has dedicated her last 41 years of practice to composing wellness and orchestrating change for person from 3 weeks of age to 104. Starting in the mid 1990s and for 10 years she spearheaded, worked at bedside and directed the music therapy oncology programs at Sutter Health. This work incorporated adult and pediatric oncology, bone marrow transplant, in-out patient pre-op and procedural support, sub-acute and neurological rehabilitation.  Her post graduate studies and work includes the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM), Neurological Music Therapy (NMT certification), DBT-Informed Music Therapy, and several music therapy improvisatory approaches including Orff-Schulwerk and Nordoff-Robbins.

#musictherapy #musicheals  #wellnesswithin #healingcancer

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This podcast offers health, wellness, fitness and nutritional information and is designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should always consult with a physician or other health-care professional. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your health-care professional because of something you may have read on this site. The use of any information provided on this podcast is solely at your own risk.

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Patti Brown leads us through a version of the classic meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn "The Mountain Meditation". Just as a mountain remains steadfast amidst the various changes in season and weather,  this meditation encourages inner stability, groundedness, and strength in a time of change and uncertainty.

Wellness Within is the realization of a dream for Patti. After 20 years in private practice as a psychotherapist, she decided to honor the tugging at her heart and open a grass roots organization to serve a community dealing with cancer and its aftermath.  It is her life’s work to teach, support, and mobilize the body and mind for healing.  Learn more on our website at: www.wellnesswithin.org.

Patti actively incorporates her training in mind-body medicine to support a community of people struggling with a cancer diagnosis. The Center’s belief is based on honoring the integration of medical treatments with mind body practices that enhance one’s quality of life with dignity and hope.  As the founder of Wellness Within, she understands the profound impact a life threatening illness brings, and the significance of pulling together a caring, loving community to provide support, comfort and healing.

This podcast is sponsored by Union Pacific and Merchants Bank of Commerce.

#mindfulness #meditation #wellnesswithin #healingcancer

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This podcast offers health, wellness, fitness and nutritional information and is designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should always consult with a physician or other health-care professional. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your health-care professional because of something you may have read on this site. The use of any information provided on this podcast is solely at your own risk.

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Introducing Susan Whitaker as one of our meditation providers.  Not only is Susan one of our yoga instructors, Susan brings together what she has learned throughout the years to help teach practices for a healthy and happy life.  A Root Chakra Mediation will help you strengthen the connection to your foundation. You will focus on the here and now, increase a sense of presence, and connect more deeply to your body.  Enjoy!

This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate to support Wellness Within offerings, please visit www.wellnesswithin.org/give

There are certain things that are essential to living a healthy, happy, meaningful life. Susan believes that yoga is one of them and had dedicated her life to sharing it with others. She has taught and practiced yoga for over 45 years. Susan specializes in adapting basic yoga poses to fit individual bodies and includes mindfulness, breathing, and concentration to connect a person more deeply to themselves. She approaches yoga in a gentle way and creates a class around who is present. She takes suggestions about what people need on any given day and weaves them together for a more inclusive experience. Susan establishes a safe atmosphere and encourages a sense of community for the class, even within personal exploration. Through breathing techniques, laughter, philosophy, poetry, and reverence, her classes are designed to give her students an accessible life skill that will serve them in their daily lives.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message

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This podcast offers health, wellness, fitness and nutritional information and is designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should always consult with a physician or other health-care professional. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your health-care professional because of something you may have read on this site. The use of any information provided on this podcast is solely at your own risk.

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Join Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown and Leslie Duket, MSW, LCSW as they discus the role of an Oncology Social Worker and how this role supports a cancer patient during their treatment.  Learn how an Oncology Social Worker's role is multi-faceted and can help you navigate all that accompanies a cancer diagnosis and the healthcare system.  What should cancer patients know about the role of a social worker and how the social worker can support the patient before, during and after cancer treatments.

This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Kelly Foundation. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate to support Wellness Within offerings, please visit www.wellnesswithin.org/give

Leslie Duket, LCSW, OSW-C. Her career at Sutter began in 1996 as a second year MSW intern at Sutter Hospice, Sacramento. After completing my Master’s in Social Work. She became a per diem social worker for both Sutter Hospice and the Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento Social Work department. Leslie provided support and guidance to patients and family members surrounding end of life issues, as well as helped facilitate Bereavement support groups. In 2004, she stepped into the role of out-patient counselor at Sutter Cancer Center, She provides counseling services to patients and their families.  In this role, she has facilitated both a Cancer Caregiver support group and a Cancer Patient support group. As well as partnering with the Art Therapy program to provide a Parent support group for the parents of children that attend the Children’s Art Therapy support.

Leslie has had the privilege of supervising Social Work interns and serving as the California representative for the Association of Oncology Social Work.  In 2017, after years of being inspired by Sutter Medical Center’s facility dog program in the Child Life department, Leslie wrote a proposal to extend the facility dog program to the Sutter Cancer Center. When the proposal was approved, She completed the training process with Canine Companions for Independence and in September of 2019, welcomed Facility dog, Juvy into her practice.

She is excited about this new prospect of serving patients and their loved ones at the Sutter Roseville Cancer Center. In my spare time, I enjoy trail running, hiking and biking, as well as teaching Juvy new commands.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message

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This podcast offers health, wellness, fitness and nutritional information and is designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should always consult with a physician or other health-care professional. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your health-care professional because of something you may have read on this site. The use of any information provided on this podcast is solely at your own risk.