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Rondout Valley Holistic Health Center

Julie — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:02:08 +0000

Cornelia Wathen is on the Initiating Committee of Transition Marbletown which hosts weekly meetings and events to foster community, affordable health care, local food, economy, collaboration and enjoyment. Through Transition work, she also met two other co-creators of the new branch of Healthcare is a Human Right: Rondout Valley Holistic Health Center, opening March 20. Cornelia describes herself as wife and mother; she also teaches qi gong and is a certified Brennan Science Healer.

Didn’t I Take Care of That?

Julie — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:20:50 +0000

Leigh Fortson, author of Embrace, Release, Heal: An Empowering Guide to Talking About, Thinking About, and Treating Cancer returns to discuss principles of healing and her own ongoing journey following treatments for three distinct cancer diagnoses.

Embrace, Release, Heal

Julie — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:43:55 +0000

Leigh Fortson, author of Embrace, Release, Heal: An Empowering Guide to Talking About, Thinking About, and Treating Cancer. Leigh Fortson shares insights into the power of our mind-body connection, inspiring stories from people who survived cancer after being given a terminal diagnosis, and interviews with 20 experts on progressive cancer treatments – as well as her own story of overcoming cancer three times.

Breast Cancer Options

Julie — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:05:10 +0000

Our guest is Hope Nemiroff, Executive Director, Breast Cancer Options. Breast Cancer Options is a grassroots organization focusing on Health Advocacy, Support and Education. The 10 Annual Complementary Medicine Conference – ‘A Holistic Approach to Breast Health’ – will be held on Sunday, April 3, 2011, 8am-6pm at SUNY New Paltz in New Paltz NY.

Trauma Knowledge

Julie — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:11:06 +0000

A timely interview with a leading trainer and healer in trauma education, Raja Selvam, PhD. Learn about simple first-aid strategies to prevent trauma symptoms from forming and short-term treatment strategies to resolve trauma symptoms quickly. Raja’s insights offer practical hope as we continue to hear of the unfolding of events in Japan. Raja also offers guidance in resetting the body’s natural healing neurological patterns, relieving negative habits that we may have adopted at an early age.

Raja Selvam, PhD, is a senior Somatic Experiencing trainer and founder of Trauma Vidya, an organization that served hundreds of the survivors of the 2004 Asian tsunami. To find out more about Somatic Experiencing, as well as Raja’s trainings in Working with Stress and Trauma, Emotional, and Relational Symptoms with Greater Efficiency, go to http://www.traumahealing.com/.

Healthcare is a Human Right

Julie — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:38:54 +0000

Listen: Be the Change 2010-11-10

Susan Weeks is a Physician Assistant and co-founder of Healthcare is a Human Right, which offers a free health clinic every month in for the Kingston, Woodstock & Phoenicia areas. Susan has worked in emergency rooms, as a midwife and as a homeopath. She practices “guerrilla medicine,” bringing compassion and healing to the people.

Midwifery in the USA

Julie — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:50:16 +0000

Listen: Be the Change 2010-06-30

Elaine Germano educates and advocates for midwifery in the USA. — Want to become a midwife? http://www.midwife.org/ — Want to find a midwife? www.findamidwife.org

Essential Music Intelligence

Julie — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:36:22 +0000

Listen: Be the Change 2010-03-03

Louise Montello is a practicing psychoanalyst, music therapist, and award-winning author of Essential Music Intelligence. She has a workshop coming up in April at Kripalu: The Voice of Trauma: A Sound Approach to Healing the Wounds of Childhood Trauma.

It Takes More than Talk

Julie — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:37:27 +0000

Listen: Be the Change 2010-02-03

We speak to Nurit Nardi about why she does not call herself a healer, and how she helps people to heal themselves. Besides her background in the performing arts, Nurit holds a Master of Arts in Transpersonal Psychology, and is a licensed Massage Therapist. She combines energy-based psychotherapy with somatic and diverse bodywork modalities.

Herbal Medicine is People’s Medicine

Julie — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:54:48 +0000

Listen: Be the Change 2010-01-20

“Herbal Medicine is People’s Medicine.” Herbalist Susun Weed explains the uses of several plants that grow wild in your lawn. We get a very brief history of the Wise Woman’s role in the history of human healing, and learn about slowing down enough to listen to plants.