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Wellness Within series of poems and stories:  "Voice matters, Words of Inspiration"  to bring you inspirational and uplifting thoughts from our instructors and staff.

Outreach Director Elizabeth Klein reads "Hope" by Emily Dickinson.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message

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Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown leads a Progressive Muscle Relaxation Meditation to Aid in Sleep,

Progressive muscle relaxation is said to increase your awareness of the sensations associated with tension (and, in turn, help you identify and deal with the physical effects of everyday stress).

And a 2003 study from the journal Psychooncology found that progressive muscle relaxation helped relieve anxiety and improve quality of life among 29 colorectal cancer patients who had recently received surgery. A 2006 study published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, meanwhile, showed that progressive muscle relaxation improved quality of life and reduced blood pressure among people with heart disease.

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.

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 Consolidated  Communications.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message

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Join Founder Patti Brown and Dignity Health Nurse Navigator Jennifer Thietz, RN, BS, OCN in the conversation "Finding your Voice through Advocacy."  In this podcast, Patti and Jennifer discuss the importance of advocacy, as well as ways to become an effective advocate.  This is a podcast worthy of a listen to help develop and strengthen your own voice.

This podcast is sponsored by Union Pacific and The Kelly Foundation.--- 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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Wellness Within series of poems and stories:  "Voice matters, Words of Inspiration"  to bring you inspirational and uplifting thoughts from our instructors and staff.

Founder Patti Brown reads Mary Oliver's poem "The Journey"--- 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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Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown leads a meditation on uncertainty: "Calming the Anxiety Accompanied by 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.

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 Consolidated  Communications.--- 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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Wellness Within series of poems and stories:  "Voice matters, Words of Inspiration"  to bring you inspirational and uplifting thoughts from our instructors and staff.

Yoga Instructor Iram Khan recites Awareness by Neal Ghoshal.  --- 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 Nancy Novack for a conversation about coping with the impact of the trauma of a cancer diagnosis and how important it is to develop their own personal relationship with cancer. Healing involves not just the medical system, but it involves healing the mind, body and spirt and feeling connected. They also discuss the original purpose of Nancy’s List (www.nancyslist.org) which was to provide a resource for financial information and resources for someone with a cancer diagnosis.

Nancy Novack is clinical psychologist and ovarian cancer survivor who founded Nancy’s List and Nancy’s Club to support cancer patients. The guiding force behind Nancy’s List is that “No one will ever go through cancer alone”.

“I Am With You: Love Letters To Cancer Patients” is available on amazon.com

This podcast is sponsored by Union Pacific & The Kelly Foundation.--- 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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Wellness Within series of poems and stories:  "Voice matters, Words of Inspiration"  to bring you inspirational and uplifting thoughts from our instructors and staff.

Yoga Instructor Susan Whitaker shares her reading of "This Being Human is a Guest House" by Rumi

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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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Wellness Within series of poems and stories:  "Voice matters, Words of Inspiration"  to bring you inspirational and uplifting thoughts from our instructors and staff.

Founder Patti Brown shares her thoughts and inspiration from Danna Fauld's poem "Let it Go"--- 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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Ever been tempted to attend Art Therapy, but just not sure if it is right for you?  Are you unclear what happens in Art Therapy? After all, what is Art Therapy and why would you want to attend ? Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown and licensed Art Therapist Lindsay Kay Parkinson, LMFT, answer these questions and more in this interesting and engaging podcast! Spoiler alert: you do NOT need to be an artist!  Visit our website www.wellnesswithin.org to find out when our next session of Art Therapy is scheduled.

Lindsay Parkinson is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, Board-Certified Art Therapist, and Artist.  Her work is dedicated to creating trusted relationships and space for the process of narrating one’s story. Therapeutic Art, taught by an Art Therapist, can help us heal the split between our body and mind, our inner experiences and outer experiences.  It is an image-based process which is perfect for times when it is hard to put thoughts and feelings into words. Making art with others on a similar journey can provide much needed relief.

Lindsay graduated with her MA from Notre Dame de Namur University for both Marriage Family Therapy and Art Therapy, after having received her BA from San Francisco State University in Child & Adolescent Development, Youth & Family Services.  Traditional talk therapy combined with art therapy is the primary focus of her work, utilizing Narrative, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Problem-Solution Focused, and Family System theories. Lindsay is a Bay Area Native, and before starting her Sacramento area practice; Art & Soul Therapy, she worked in community-based programs with both adults and teens.

This podcast is sponsored by Union Pacific and Arts Council of Placer County (https://www.placerarts.org/)--- 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.