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Join Wellness Within instructors, staff and special guests for relaxing meditations and thoughtful, enlivening conversation about pertinent treatment and survivorship topics supporting wellness in the presence of cancer. 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 wellnesswithin.org.
Relax and unwind with "Restful Moments: A Guided Meditation for Relaxation," led by Patti Brown, LMFT. This meditation is designed to help you find peace and tranquility, releasing stress and embracing calm.
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 grassroots 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.
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This podcast is sponsored in part by Kaiser Permanente, Umpqua bank, UC Davis Health. It 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
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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.
In this episode, Patti Brown, LMFT, Founder of Wellness Within, extends a warm welcome to Sara Stratton, NTP, ONC, an Oncology Nutrition Consultant and breast cancer survivor. Join us as Sara shares her experience and insights into the vital role of nutrition in cancer wellness. Discover the metabolic approach to cancer and practical tips for supporting your body's resilience. Tune in for practical guidance deeply grounded in purpose and inspiration. Sara also references "The Metabolic Approach to Cancer: Integrating Deep Nutrition, the Ketogenic Diet, and Nontoxic Bio-Individualized Therapies," a book that delves into strategies for cancer care through nutrition.
Sara, a lifelong health enthusiast with over 20 years of healthcare experience, faced a breast cancer diagnosis at 37. She utilizes her certifications from the Nutritional Therapy Association and the Oncology Nutrition Institute to empower others in their health journey. Today, thriving five years post-diagnosis in Northern California, Sara inspires through her holistic approach, backed by her education and dedication to helping others eat, move, and live with purpose. Learn more about Sarah at:
- Remission Nutrition
- Purposely Rooted
This podcast is sponsored in part by UC Davis Health, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
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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.
Experience the serene guidance of Patti Brown, LMFT, founder of Wellness Within, as she leads you through gentle guided imagery. Through her soothing narration and gentle prompts, discover hidden wisdom and embrace the radiance of your inner light.
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 grassroots 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 in part by UC Davis Health, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
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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.
In this podcast episode marked by courage and vulnerability, Dr. Samantha Siegel, a two-time cancer survivor, shares profound insights shaped by her extraordinary perspectives on survivorship. Dr. Siegel underscores the significance of creating meaning in life after a cancer diagnosis, managing energy, navigating work and disclosures, recognizing your limits and exploring expectations of self. Her narrative emphasizes the resilience of cancer survivors, promoting a holistic approach to survivorship care. Additionally, she delves into her near-death experience, discussing how it heightened her awareness of energy. Dr. Siegel explores the importance of tuning into oneself, identifying sources of negativity, and making choices that prioritize personal well-being.
Guest Bio:Dr. Samantha Siegel is an internist in Kaiser Permanente. She has survived relapsed/refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, including an autologous bone marrow transplant in June 2022. This has made her passionate about cancer survivorship, integrative medicine and personal narrative impacting the illness experience. She hopes to pioneer a longitudinal cancer survivorship care model, beginning at diagnosis, that can be replicated in other healthcare systems. She’s focused on elevating cancer survivorship to its own multidisciplinary board certification status. Dr. Siegel lives in Davis with her husband, three kids and energetic dog. They enjoy outdoor activities and plant-based living.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Kaiser Permanente, Umpqua bank, UC Davis Health. It 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
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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.
Tune into this episode with Nicholas Holmes, a dedicated Breathwork instructor, as he offers us a bite-sized understanding of pranayama - a vital, yet frequently underappreciated element of yoga, often eclipsed by the more familiar asanas or physical postures. Nicholas's insights illuminate the transformative potential of breathwork, presenting it as a key to unlocking deeper aspects of the yoga experience. This episode is a treasure for anyone keen to explore beyond the surface of yoga and discover the impactful role of our breath.
Nicholas Holmes has been in the Health & Wellness space for over 10 years in a variety of roles including fitness manager, personal trainer, nutrition coach, metabolic specialist, and holistic lifestyle coach. He has developed an array of knowledge and certifications including NASM CPT, Precision Nutrition Level 1 and 2, CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach Level 3, and Integrated Movement Science 1.
In 2022 he felt a calling to go to India to dive deeper into Yoga, wanting to experience it from the source. He ventured to an area outside of Rishikesh called Mohan Chatti where he experienced the wisdom of the Rishi’s, ancient Vedic texts, and engaged in the practices of Himalayan Yogi masters from over the years, including Pranayama, Kriya, Asana, Mantra, and meditation. He is grateful to utilize these tools for his own daily practice and to also share them with others on their unique journey to health and well-being.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Kaiser Permanente, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
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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.
In this poignant episode, Wellness Within's founder, Patti Brown, MS, LMFT explores the profound nature of grief as a sacred practice, emphasizing its multifaceted layers and the importance of companionship throughout the journey. Drawing from personal experiences, Patti shares insights on navigating grief, finding solace in memories, and embracing the healing power of nature. Join her on this compassionate exploration by tuning in here or watch on our YouTube channel.
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 grassroots 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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Kaiser Permanente and Columbia Bank. It 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
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.
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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.
In this episode join Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown, LMFT as she reflects on the caregiving journey and emphasizes the significance of self-care tools. Discover practical tips to enhance your well-being as a care partner and navigate the challenges with resilience.
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 in part by Kaiser Permanente and Columbia Bank. It 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
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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.
In this episode of the Wellness Within podcast, join Nicholas Holmes, for a deeply calming and transformative meditation experience. In "Tuning into Silence," Nicholas expertly guides you through a meditation designed to help you connect with your inner self and the profound stillness within.
Nicholas Holmes has been in the Health & Wellness space for over 10 years in a variety of roles including fitness manager, personal trainer, nutrition coach, metabolic specialist, and holistic lifestyle coach. He has developed an array of knowledge and certifications including NASM CPT, Precision Nutrition Level 1 and 2, CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach Level 3, and Integrated Movement Science 1.
In 2022 he felt a calling to go to India to dive deeper into Yoga, wanting to experience it from the source. He ventured to an area outside of Rishikesh called Mohan Chatti where he experienced the wisdom of the Rishi’s, ancient Vedic texts, and engaged in the practices of Himalayan Yogi masters from over the years, including Pranayama, Kriya, Asana, Mantra, and meditation. He is grateful to utilize these tools for his own daily practice and to also share them with others on their unique journey to health and well-being.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Kaiser Permanente, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
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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.
In this candid and important episode, we delve into the often sensitive and overlooked topic of intimacy and sexuality during and after cancer. We're excited to be joined by Dr. Samantha Siegel, an inspiring internist from Kaiser Permanente, who brings both her professional expertise and her personal triumph over relapsed/refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphoma into this conversation.
Before we dive in, we want to provide a forewarning that this episode will address explicit sexual topics. We believe it's essential to engage openly and honestly with these matters, as they play a significant role in the lives of those facing cancer. Dr. Siegel's insights will provide valuable guidance, but we understand that this content might not be suitable for all listeners. For further insights into the intersection of cancer and sexuality, don't miss our previous episode featuring Dr. Anne Katz, a certified sexuality counselor and Clinical Nurse Specialist. You can listen to that episode HERE, where Dr. Katz expertly discusses breaking the silence on sexuality in oncology, navigating vulnerable conversations for survivors and their partners, and finding body acceptance after cancer-related physical changes.
This episode is a reminder that thriving beyond cancer involves addressing all dimensions of life, including intimacy. Join us for this essential conversation with Dr. Samantha Siegel, as we navigate the complexities of intimacy and cancer, offer insights for survivors, care partners, and healthcare professionals alike.
Guest Bio:
Dr. Samantha Siegel is an internist in Kaiser Permanente. She has overcome relapsed/refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, including an autologous bone marrow transplant in June 2022. This has made her passionate about cancer survivorship, integrative medicine and the concept of personal narrative impacting the illness experience. She hopes to pioneer a longitudinal cancer survivorship care model, beginning at diagnosis, that can be replicated in other health systems and to elevate the status of cancer survivorship within ACGME to a distinct, multidisciplinary board certification. Dr. Siegel lives in Davis with her husband, three kids and energetic dog. They enjoy outdoor activities and plant based living.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Kaiser Permanente, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
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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.
Join Wellness Within Founder, Patti Brown, LMFT in this meditation for partnering with your immune system.
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 grassroots 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 in part by UC Davis Health, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
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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.
Do you find yourself looking for methods to improve treatment outcomes, manage side effects of cancer and treatments, reduce chances of recurrence, or prevent long-term or late effects of cancer and treatments? Hear from Laura Pole, RN, MSN, OCNS from CancerChoices as she speaks about using the integrative whole person approach to cancer care which includes conventional, complimentary, and self-care practices. Laura provides many knowledgeable and inspiring take-aways in this episode, while embracing the importance of shifting from the state of overwhelm to discovering your internal map with supportive resources and guidance from those who will walk beside you.
The episode ends with Laura sharing about her beautiful song, "I Come for the Love", off Laura's trio's album "Virginia Morning". Click here to listen and download: https://trifolkal.hearnow.com/
Laura Pole is senior clinical consultant for CancerChoices. Laura is an oncology clinical nurse specialist who has been providing integrative oncology clinical care, navigation, consultation, and education services for over 40 years. She is the co-creator and co-coordinator of the Integrative Oncology Navigation Training at Smith Center for Healing and the Arts in Washington, DC. Laura also manages the “Media Watch Cancer News That You Can Use” listserv for Smith Center/Commonweal. In her role as a palliative care educator and consultant, Laura has served as statewide Respecting Choices Faculty for the Virginia POST (Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment) Collaborative as well as provided statewide professional education on palliative and end-of-life care for the Virginia Association for Hospices and Palliative Care.
For CancerChoices, Laura scouts out content and research, networks with clinical and organizational partners, brings awareness and education of integrative oncology at professional and patient conferences and programs, and translates research into information relevant to the patient experience as well as clinical practice.
- Web address: www.cancerchoices.org
- Guidance for Each Phase: https://cancerchoices.org/guidance-for-each-phase/
- Seven Healing Practices: https://cancerchoices.org/your-choices/choices-in-self-care/7-healing-practices/
- Reviews of Complementary Therapies: https://cancerchoices.org/your-choices/choices-in-complementary-care/reviews-of-complementary-therapies/
- Managing Symptoms and Side Effects: https://cancerchoices.org/therapies-handbooks/managing-symptoms-side-effects/
- Request a Volunteer Guide (to guide you through the website): https://cancerchoices.org/find-support/find-a-volunteer-guide/
- Find Support: Healing Circles and Retreats: https://cancerchoices.org/find-support/healing-circles-and-retreats/
This podcast is sponsored in part by UC Davis Health, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
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In this episode Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown, MS LMFT is joined by honored guest, Akil Palanisamy, MD. Dr. Akil is a Harvard-trained physician, author, and holistic medicine expert in integrative and functional medicine. He joins us to share about the connection between cancer & autoimmune disease, and the integrative approach to heal and strengthen our immune systems by addressing the 5 root causes of disease.
Akil Palanisamy, MD practices integrative medicine, blending his conventional medical expertise with holistic approaches including functional medicine and Ayurveda. “Dr. Akil” attended Harvard University and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in biochemical sciences. He earned an MD from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and completed family medicine residency training at Stanford University. He then graduated from a fellowship in integrative medicine with Dr. Andrew Weil at the University of Arizona, and received certification in mind-body medicine from the Georgetown University Center.
Dr. Akil is the Department Chair for Integrative Medicine at the Sutter Health Institute for Health and Healing (IHH). He also serves as IHH Physician Director for Community Education and leads their educational initiatives and programs. Dr. Akil has been a consultant with the Medical Board of California for many years.
A widely known speaker and educator, he is the author of “The Tiger Protocol” (his latest book) and “The Paleovedic Diet: A Complete Program to Burn Fat, Increase Energy, and Reverse Disease”. As he has done for two-plus decades, Dr. Akil sees patients and conducts clinical research studies in the San Francisco Bay Area. In his free time, he enjoys playing tennis, traveling, and spending time with his wife and daughter.
Website: https://doctorakil.com/ Instagram: @doctorakil To Order his book on Amazon: The Tiger Protocol
This podcast is sponsored in part by UC Davis Health, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
BEACON is a self-paced online system that provides cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors a place to learn and practice wellness. It is designed to support the individual based on where they are in their cancer experience. Enroll at https://beacon.wellnesswithin.org/
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Join Wellness Within Founder, Patti Brown, LMFT in this meditation for practicing acceptance as a key to unlocking the door of anguish and struggle that may come when life throws you a curveball. Allowing for a new way to reveal itself to you.
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 grassroots 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 in part by UC Davis Health, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
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Wellness Within instructor, Annie Mascorro shares Denise Levertov's inspiring poem "For the New Year".
Annie Mascorro received her M.F.A. in poetry from The University of Montana and her B.S. in nursing from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She has also studied poetry therapy through the International Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy and attended the Squaw Valley Community of Writers Poetry workshop. Her poems have been widely published. She has lead poetry workshops for many years in both clinical and non-clinical community centers, focusing on the writing process as a way to promote wellness. Annie finds joy in sharing the transformative power of poetry with writers of all levels. Her background as a poet, teacher, nurse, and student of poetry therapy helps create a supportive, nurturing, and energetic atmosphere in all of her workshops. Be sure to keep a look out for her next workshop at Wellness Within.
This podcast is sponsored in part by UC Davis Health, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
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In this episode, Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown, MS LMFT is joined by our returning honored guest, Cynthia Li, MD. In this in-depth conversation, Dr. Li shares about her transformational experiences of grief, while providing insightful and uplifting wisdom for those who are ready to hear it. This episode invites listeners to see themselves in how they relate to the holding and release of their own grief. Exemplifying how healing and grieving is not always linear, and how "you can't heal what you don't feel or what you are not connected to". Are you ready?
And in cased you missed their last podcast conversation together, be sure to check out the episode, Qigong Demystified with Dr. Cynthia Li where she shares how Zhineng (Wisdom Healing) Qigong contributed to her radical remission of an autoimmune thyroid condition, and her observation of how science is evolving to measure and support the benefits of this ancient practice.
Dr. Cynthia Li is a doctor and author whose personal healing journey through a disabling autoimmune condition took her from public health in underserved populations, to integrative and functional medicine.
Her personal health challenges began in 2005, and they expanded her beyond her conventional training. She has studied and practiced with functional medicine experts, environmental health scientists, acupuncturists, qigong masters, and alternative healers, weaving together cutting-edge science and ancient healing arts. Currently, she has a private practice in Berkeley, CA, and serves as faculty for the Healer’s Art program at the University of California San Francisco Medical School.
After becoming an anchor for Awakin Calls, a podcast of the global, all-volunteer-run ServiceSpace community of 2M+, she modeled her clinical services on the gift economy, where patients contribute into a community fund according to their abilities, giving and receiving from each other based on trust.
She is author of the book, Brave New Medicine: A Doctor's Unconventional Path to Healing Her Autoimmune Illness.
This podcast is sponsored in part by UC Davis Health, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
BEACON is a self-paced online system that provides cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors a place to learn and practice wellness. It is designed to support the individual based on where they are in their cancer experience. Enroll at https://beacon.wellnesswithin.org/
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Join Wellness Within's Founder, Patti Brown, LMFT in this guided imagery meditation to deeply explore your connection to nature.
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 grassroots 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 in part by UC Davis Health, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
BEACON is a self-paced online system that provides cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors a place to learn and practice wellness. It is designed to support the individual based on where they are in their cancer experience. Enroll at https://beacon.wellnesswithin.org/
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Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown, LMFT and guest Margo Fowkes return for another powerful conversation about Grief. This time they discuss grief in the workplace which is the topic of Margo's new book, "Leading through Loss: How to Navigate Grief at Work". And if listeners have any questions that did not get covered on this topic, please email your questions to admin@wellnesswithin.org and we will plan another conversation with Margo to address some of your questions.
Click below to listen to previous podcast conversations with Margo:
1. An Honest Conversation about Grief & Vulnerability 2. There is always room for hope - A Conversation about Loss & GriefMargo 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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by UC Davis Health, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
BEACON is a self-paced online system that provides cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors a place to learn and practice wellness. It is designed to support the individual based on where they are in their cancer experience. Enroll at https://beacon.wellnesswithin.org/
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Enjoy a new mindfulness meditation with Wellness Within Founder, Patti Brown, LMFT. It is specially crafted to experience a sense of ease, relaxation and expansiveness in your mind and body.
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 grassroots 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 in part by UC Davis Health, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
BEACON is a self-paced online system that provides cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors a place to learn and practice wellness. It is designed to support the individual based on where they are in their cancer experience. Enroll at https://beacon.wellnesswithin.org/
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Enjoy a new loving awareness meditation with Wellness Within Founder, Patti Brown. It is specifically designed to begin the process of being with and understanding your fear, without it overtaking you.
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 grassroots 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 in part by UC Davis Health, Elizabeth A. Harmon D.D.S., and Columbia Bank. It 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
BEACON is a self-paced online system that provides cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors a place to learn and practice wellness. It is designed to support the individual based on where they are in their cancer experience. Enroll at https://beacon.wellnesswithin.org/
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In this guided meditation, you will return to your sanctuary and connect with a sense of gratitude through a ceremony. You'll be able to light candles to acknowledge what you have learned on your meditation journey. This is a continuation of Susan's last 9 meditations which can be heard by clicking below, but it can also be enjoyed on its own.
1. Discover Your Life Tree 2. Exploring Your Earth Connection 3. Climbing the Canopy 4. Your Tree Sanctuary 5. Meeting a Helping Spirit 6. Taking Flight 7. The Prayer Tree 8. The Cosmic Tree of Life 9. The Four DirectionsThere 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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications. 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
BEACON is a self-paced online system that provides cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors a place to learn and practice wellness. It is designed to support the individual based on where they are in their cancer experience. Enroll at https://beacon.wellnesswithin.org/
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In many traditions, the four directions offer a deeper understanding of our place in the world. You can relax and surrender to the teachings of the forest and the great tree in this guided meditation. This is a continuation of Susan's last 8 meditations which can be heard by clicking below, but it can also be enjoyed on its own.
1. Discover Your Life Tree 2. Exploring Your Earth Connection 3. Climbing the Canopy 4. Your Tree Sanctuary 5. Meeting a Helping Spirit 6. Taking Flight 7. The Prayer Tree 8. The Cosmic Tree of LifeThere 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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications. 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
BEACON is a self-paced online system that provides cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors a place to learn and practice wellness. It is designed to support the individual based on where they are in their cancer experience. Enroll at https://beacon.wellnesswithin.org/
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The Tree of Life or World Tree is a central archetype for many of the worlds mythologies, religions, and philosophical traditions. In this guided imagery meditation, we will walk through the forest to meet this mythical symbol. This is a continuation of Susan's last 7 meditations which can be heard by clicking below, but it can also be enjoyed on its own.
1. Discover Your Life Tree 2. Exploring Your Earth Connection 3. Climbing the Canopy 4. Your Tree Sanctuary 5. Meeting a Helping Spirit 6. Taking Flight 7. The Prayer TreeThere 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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications. 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
BEACON is a self-paced online system that provides cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors a place to learn and practice wellness. It is designed to support the individual based on where they are in their cancer experience. Enroll at https://beacon.wellnesswithin.org/
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In this guided imagery meditation, you'll be led by a loving companion as you walk through the forest. They will guide you to an ancient Laurel tree that offers a place of community blessings. This is a continuation of Susan's last 6 meditations which can be heard by clicking below, but it can also be enjoyed on it's own.
1. Discover Your Life Tree 2. Exploring Your Earth Connection 3. Climbing the Canopy 4. Your Tree Sanctuary 5. Meeting a Helping Spirit 6. Taking FlightThere 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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
BEACON is a self-paced online system that provides cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors a place to learn and practice wellness. It is designed to support the individual based on where they are in their cancer experience. Enroll at https://beacon.wellnesswithin.org/
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In this meditation, Karen Penfold invites you to connect to your present moment and experience your breath as a therapeutic tool to help sooth and calm your nervous system.
Karen is an inspiring 11-year, two-time breast cancer survivor who was introduced to yoga while recovering from treatments, surgeries, and a broken pelvis. Karen shares, “I could tell my body was healing and getting stronger, but something else was happening. I was healing from the severe anxiety I developed from post-traumatic stress from my cancer battle"…"I then set out to learn all I could about healing PTSD, Anxiety and Depression using what I now know as Body-Based Interventions like Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Breathwork, and other mind-body practices of Somatic Awareness, Mindfulness, and Therapeutic Meditation.”
Karen is a Registered Yoga Trainer (RYT) through YogaFaith with specialty certifications in Trauma Sensitive Yoga as well as Meditation and Yoga Nidra. Karen leads four weekly classes from her Full of Hope Yoga home studio and sees private clients in person and Online for Trauma Recovery. You can learn more at www.fullofhopeyoga.com or contact her directly at fullofhopeyoga@gmail.com. “My passion is to help you find greater health and freedom from trauma so you can breathe, move and live - Full of Hope” ~ Karen Penfold
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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Reconnect to your helper spirit to become open to a sense of wonder as you imagine taking flight. See how the forest around you is connected by a web of light. This is a continuation of her last 5 meditations which can be heard by clicking below, but it can also be enjoyed on it's own.
1. Discover Your Life Tree 2. Exploring Your Earth Connection 3. Climbing the Canopy 4. Your Tree Sanctuary 5. Meeting a Helping SpiritThere 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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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Get to know the spirit energy of your special tree. It will connect with you, then help you find another helper spirit who will be a courageous and loving companion. This is a continuation of her last 4 meditations which can be heard by clicking below, but it can also be enjoyed on it's own.
1. Discover Your Life Tree 2. Exploring Your Earth Connection 3. Climbing the Canopy 4. Your Tree SanctuaryThere 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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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In this meditation, you are invited to find a secret doorway into your special tree and enter your own private space in which you relax and create. This is a continuation of her last 3 meditations which can be heard by clicking below, but it can also be enjoyed on it's own.
1. Discover Your Life Tree 2. Exploring Your Earth Connection 3. Climbing the CanopyThere 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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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In this episode, we are joined by Theresa Brown, RN where we discuss her new memoir, HEALING: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient. Theresa presents an honest look at struggling with cancer while navigating American health care, she does this through her unique perspective of being both a patient and a practitioner.
Theresa Brown, RN, author of the New York Times bestseller The Shift, has been a contributor to the New York Times. Her writing appears on CNN.com and in the American Journal of Nursing, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. She has been a guest on MSNBC Live and NPR’s Fresh Air. Her first book was Critical Care, and during what she calls her past life, she received a PhD in English from the University of Chicago. She lectures nationally and internationally on issues related to nursing, health care, and end of life. You can learn more about her at theresabrownrn.com
Below are some optional links for finding her book:
- City of Asylum Books
- Barnes & Noble
- Amazon
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services, Consolidated Communications, and Merchants Bank of Commerce. Guests and information on this podcast are not an endorsement of those individuals or practices. 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 or click the link below.
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In this meditation, get to know your Life Tree by tuning into the way it is nourished by the light and air. This is a continuation of her last 2 meditations which can be heard by clicking below, but it can also be enjoyed on it's own.
1. Discover Your Life Tree 2. Exploring Your Earth ConnectionThere 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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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After Pam was diagnosed and treated for uterine cancer in 2000, she experienced first-hand a lack of guidance for addressing how cancer and its treatments can devastate your body. She recognized the gap in medical treatments in treating the whole person. This is why she has dedicated 17 years of her life to making Triumph Cancer Foundation a part of our community, with the mission of empowering cancer survivors to recapture their lives after cancer treatment through physical fitness. In this episode Pam acknowledges how cancer survivors can begin to set some amazing goals for themselves when allowing room for grace in their recovery process and take the needed time to build up your strength from experts who understand how issues like lymphedema, neuropathy, balance and range of motion can impede progress.
Pam continues to thrive as a cancer survivor and advocate. She is grateful to have the steadfast support of her husband Paul Almond and her family, and the guiding hands of many advisors over the years to help her steer the ship. As an architect, she strives to design homes that inspire her clients and is sensitive to the environment. As a cancer survivor, her goal is, and will always be, to inspire other survivors and to make the cancer journey a bit easier through the work of the Triumph Cancer Foundation.
To learn more visit https://triumphfound.org/
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services, Consolidated Communications, and Merchants Bank of Commerce. Guests and information on this podcast are not an endorsement of those individuals or practices. 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 or click the link below.
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Join Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown, LMFT in this brief meditation to assist you in getting yourself grounded before an event, appointment, or a difficult situation. You can utilize this meditation to find your center and get back into your body so as to navigate with more confidence.
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 grassroots 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 in part by Koinonia Family Services. It 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
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Karen Penfold invites you to utilize your curiosity in this mediation as an embodied practice and antidote to anxiety.
Karen is an inspiring 11-year, two-time breast cancer survivor who was introduced to yoga while recovering from treatments, surgeries, and a broken pelvis. Karen shares, “I could tell my body was healing and getting stronger, but something else was happening. I was healing from the severe anxiety I developed from post-traumatic stress from my cancer battle"…"I then set out to learn all I could about healing PTSD, Anxiety and Depression using what I now know as Body-Based Interventions like Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Breathwork, and other mind-body practices of Somatic Awareness, Mindfulness, and Therapeutic Meditation.”
Karen is a Registered Yoga Trainer (RYT) through YogaFaith with specialty certifications in Trauma Sensitive Yoga as well as Meditation and Yoga Nidra. Karen leads four weekly classes from her Full of Hope Yoga home studio and sees private clients in person and Online for Trauma Recovery. You can learn more at www.fullofhopeyoga.com or contact her directly at fullofhopeyoga@gmail.com. “My passion is to help you find greater health and freedom from trauma so you can breathe, move and live - Full of Hope” ~ Karen Penfold
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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In this episode, Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown, MS LMFT is joined by Qigong Instructor, John Brewer. John is an honored instructor at Wellness Within and he provides Qigong classes in-person at the center and online. In this episode, he shares about how his own journey led him to Qigong and helped him heal. He discusses what is “qi”, breaks down the components of the Qigong practice, describes the power of Wisdom Healing Qigong, and much more.
John has been studying, practicing, and teaching qigong for years. He is a lifelong educator, versed in making learning effective and fun. He creates a safe, engaging environment through his practice of compassionate communication and empathy. John has been trained in, and will draw from, two systems: Wisdom Healing Qigong with Master Mingtong Gu, and Integral Qigong with Dr. Roger Jahnke. Should you wish to explore these two very compatible paths you are invited to examine the following websites: www.chicenter.com or www.instituteofintegralqigongandtaichi.org
He looks forward to serving those who are interested in giving Qigong a try either in person or online via Zoom. Visit www.wellnesswithin.org to register for a class.
Additional Resources:
The Physiology of Tai Chi & Qigong – This is a 12-minute practical introduction to fundamentals of Qigong in relation to our human bodies.
Qigong Demystified with Dr. Cynthia Li – Check out this previous Wellness Within Podcast episode with honored guest, Cynthia Li, MD. Dr. Li's health challenges with an autoimmune thyroid condition and chronic fatigue changed her life and her practice of medicine. In this in-depth conversation about healing, she shares her experience of how Zhineng (Wisdom Healing) Qigong contributed to her radical remission and her observation of how science is evolving to measure and support the benefits of this ancient practice.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services, Consolidated Communications, and Merchants Bank of Commerce. Guests and information on this podcast are not an endorsement of those individuals or practices. 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 or click the link below.
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This meditation takes you into the roots of your Life Tree and connects you to other trees that surround it, bringing a sense of stability and belonging. This is a continuation of her last meditation which can be heard by clicking below, but it can also be enjoyed on it's own.
Discover Your Life Tree
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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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This guided meditation takes you on an imaginal walk to discover your own tree of life. You'll also engage in a grounding practice to give you a full sense of presence.
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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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In today's episode we are joined by cognitive neuroscientist and associate professor, Dr. Shelli Kesler, as we delve into the topic of Chemo Brain, the common term used for the cognitive changes that often occur with cancer treatments. She offers helpful information and tips, while also debunking some of the myths about Chemo Brain.
Dr. Shelli Kesler, cognitive neuroscientist and associate professor in both the School of Nursing and the Department of Diagnostic Medicine at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. She is also the Director of Statistical Services, Cain Center for Nursing Research, Co-Chair of Survivorship and Supportive Care Research, and LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes Director, Cancer Neuroscience Lab. As a cognitive neuroscientist, she has specific expertise in neuroimaging, neuropsychology, biostatistics, machine learning, and computer programming. Her research program focuses on the neural mechanisms of chronic conditions, especially cancer-related cognitive neurotoxicities. Her work includes both clinical and preclinical studies that focus on translational approaches for measuring the functional and structural connectome in both humans and animals using MR neuroimaging. The overarching goals of her work concern the neurobiologic subtyping of cognitive impairments as well as neuroimaging-based prediction of cognitive-behavioral outcomes, survival and treatment response across the lifespan. She has obtained over $14 million in external grant funding including four NIH R01's and the prestigious NIH Director's New Innovator Award.
Dr. Kesler is also the author of Improving Cognitive Function After Cancer.
For more resources about Chemo Brain, click the links listed below:
- American Cancer Society
- Mayo Clinic
- Dana Farber Institute
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services, Consolidated Communications, and Merchants Bank of Commerce. Guests and information on this podcast are not an endorsement of those individuals or practices. 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 or click the link below.
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Join Susan Whitaker in this guided meditation for harvesting your gifts. This is a continuation of her last meditations which can be heard by clicking below, but it can also be enjoyed on it's own.
- Finding your Inner Garden
- Planting Seeds of Light
- Tending the Garden with Fire and Water
- Welcoming New Growth
- The Waterfall
- Heart Healing
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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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Join Susan Whitaker in this guided meditation for healing the heart. This is a continuation of her last 5 meditations which can be heard by clicking below, but it can also be enjoyed on it's own.
- Finding your Inner Garden
- Planting Seeds of Light
- Tending the Garden with Fire and Water
- Welcoming New Growth
- The Waterfall
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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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In this episode we welcome our guest, Lauren Huffmaster, Founder of Adventure Therapy Foundation and RISE coaching program.She shares how her own experience with metastatic cancer led her to create her organization and help others through the emotional side effects of cancer. She also sheds light on the importance of time in nature and finding community.
Lauren was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer at the age of 37, and as a young mother with metastatic cancer, she understands the emotional burden that cancer brings into the life of a patient and his/her immediate family. In 2017, she founded Adventure Therapy Foundation, a nonprofit that exists to give families impacted by cancer the opportunity to find healing through cancer coaching and emotional release in the outdoor retreats. And In 2022 she launched RISE, a curriculum-based virtual platform for promoting good mental health in and through cancer.
To find out more, visit adventurefound.org and risefound.org
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services, Consolidated Communications, and Merchants Bank of Commerce. Guests and information on this podcast are not an endorsement of those individuals or practices. 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 or click the link below.
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Meditation Instructor Karen Penfolds welcomes you to this trauma recovery somatic meditation for self-awareness so you can discover the values that are true and genuine for you, thereby connecting to your authentic self. CLICK HERE to dive deeper with more information that Karen shares, including a short self reflection practice for after the meditation.
Karen is an inspiring 11-year, two-time breast cancer survivor who was introduced to yoga while recovering from treatments, surgeries, and a broken pelvis. Karen shares, “I could tell my body was healing and getting stronger, but something else was happening. I was healing from the severe anxiety I developed from post-traumatic stress from my cancer battle"…"I then set out to learn all I could about healing PTSD, Anxiety and Depression using what I now know as Body-Based Interventions like Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Breathwork, and other mind-body practices of Somatic Awareness, Mindfulness, and Therapeutic Meditation.”
Karen is a Registered Yoga Trainer (RYT) through YogaFaith with specialty certifications in Trauma Sensitive Yoga as well as Meditation and Yoga Nidra. Karen leads four weekly classes from her Full of Hope Yoga home studio and sees private clients in person and Online for Trauma Recovery. You can learn more at www.fullofhopeyoga.com or contact her directly at fullofhopeyoga@gmail.com. “My passion is to help you find greater health and freedom from trauma so you can breathe, move and live - Full of Hope” ~ Karen Penfold
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Listen as Patti Brown leads you through a body scan meditation for deep, peaceful sleep.
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 grassroots 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 in part by Koinonia Family Services. It 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
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Join Susan Whitaker in this guided meditation for release and renewal. This is a continuation of her last 4 meditations which can be heard by clicking below, but it can also be enjoyed on it's own.
- Finding your Inner Garden
- Planting Seeds of Light
- Tending the Garden with Fire and Water
- Welcoming New Growth
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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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In this episode, Stevie Hannickel is joined by Wellness Within's Executive Director, Elizabeth Klein, in an open conversation about life after cancer treatment ends. While recognizing everyone's journey is different, they draw on their own experiences as cancer survivors to discuss what happens during the transition from in-treatment to post-treatment. They emphasize the different ways that can help to find your authentic path in survivorship and how taking pause to connect with your genuine feelings can aid you as you move forward.
For more post-treatment insights, information, and ways to cope, listen to these previous episodes with oncology and survivorship nurse practitioner Kristie Howlett, MS, CNS, NP-C, AOCNP:
- In The Beginning ... A Survivorship Conversation
- Fear of Recurrence
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Join Susan Whitaker in this guided meditation for welcoming new growth. This is a continuation of her last 3 meditations which can be heard by clicking below, but it can also be enjoyed on it's own.
- Finding your Inner Garden
- Planting Seeds of Light
- Tending the Garden with Fire and Water
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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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Join Susan Whitaker in this guided meditation for tending to your inner garden with fire and water. This is a continuation of her last 2 meditations which can be heard by clicking below, but it can also be enjoyed on it's own.
- Finding your Inner Garden
- Planting Seeds of Light
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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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In this episode, we welcome guest and musical artist Kevin Roth. He shares his story of how he was diagnosed with stage-three melanoma in 2016 and was told that he had just a few years left to live. He openly shares how he navigated his diagnosis and ultimately discovered what matters most in his life. Now thriving, he teaches others how to play the Dulcimer in a mindfulness practice coined as "Dulcimeditation".
You can learn more at kevinroth.org and listen to his 50 musical albums on Spotify, including his Dulcimeditation album.
"Kevin Roth began to play the dulcimer in 1972 at the old age of thirteen, and at sixteen recorded his first album for Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways Records, which immediately launched him into international fame. Between 1974 and 1984 Roth recorded ten albums with this label, establishing himself as a prominent folk singer and dulcimer player. In 1984, Roth performed the theme to the PBS-TV children’s show Shining Time Station, which brought him to another new and much larger market. His friendship and collaboration in 2006 with Noel Paul Stookey, of the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary, further cemented Roth in American folk history. His career took him to a concert and symphony stages around the world, to festivals, radio, television shows, and two appearances at the White House."
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services, Consolidated Communications, and Merchants Bank of Commerce. Guests and information on this podcast are not an endorsement of those individuals or practices. 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 or click the link below.
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Join Karen Penfold for a somatic, body based meditation for grief. David Kessler, an expert on grief states, "Enter your moments with compassion for yourself, allow space for your feelings and let yourself experience your feelings without struggling to resist or edit them." This meditation is an invitation to embody this message with a trauma informed somatic meditation, allowing space for your feelings by being present with your feelings, sensations and emotions.
Karen is an inspiring 11-year, two-time breast cancer survivor who was introduced to yoga while recovering from treatments, surgeries, and a broken pelvis. Karen shares, “I could tell my body was healing and getting stronger, but something else was happening. I was healing from the severe anxiety I developed from post-traumatic stress from my cancer battle"…"I then set out to learn all I could about healing PTSD, Anxiety and Depression using what I now know as Body-Based Interventions like Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Breathwork, and other mind-body practices of Somatic Awareness, Mindfulness, and Therapeutic Meditation.”
Karen is a Registered Yoga Trainer (RYT) through YogaFaith with specialty certifications in Trauma Sensitive Yoga as well as Meditation and Yoga Nidra. Karen leads four weekly classes from her Full of Hope Yoga home studio and sees private clients in person and Online for Trauma Recovery. You can learn more at www.fullofhopeyoga.com or contact her directly at fullofhopeyoga@gmail.com. “My passion is to help you find greater health and freedom from trauma so you can breathe, move and live - Full of Hope” ~ Karen Penfold
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Join Susan Whitaker in this guided meditation for planting seeds of light. This is a continuation of her last meditation, "Finding your Inner Garden", but it can also be enjoyed on it's own.
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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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In this episode Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown, MS LMFT is joined by honored guest, Cynthia Li, MD. Dr. Li's health challenges with an autoimmune thyroid condition and chronic fatigue changed her life and her practice of medicine. In this in-depth conversation about healing, she shares her experience of how Zhineng (Wisdom Healing) Qigong contributed to her radical remission and her observation of how science is evolving to measure and support the benefits of this ancient practice.
Cynthia Li, MD, is a physician, author, and speaker. She has practiced in settings including Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco General Hospital, St. Anthony’s Medical Clinic for the homeless, and Doctors Without Borders in rural China. Currently, she has a private practice in integrative and functional medicine, and serves as faculty for the Healer’s Art program at the University of California San Francisco Medical School. She is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine, the Institute for Functional Medicine, and Integrative Medicine for the Underserved. She is a contributor to Thrive Global and Psychology Today.She is author of the book, Brave New Medicine: A Doctor's Unconventional Path to Healing Her Autoimmune Illness.
Below are her primary Qigong teachers that were mentioned in this episode:
- Teacher Wei - www.daohearts.com
- Master Mingtong Gu - www.chicenter.com
Beyond this informative and insightful episode, she has provided a number of free resources below.
Sutter Institute for Health & Healing Videos:
- Easing Anxiety In Times Of Change with Cynthia Li, M.D.
- Connect, Awaken & Restore with Cynthia Li, M.D.
Article & Free E-Book:
- What Qi Gong Taught One Doctor About Healing
- How to Strengthen Your Inner Shield
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Listen as Karen Penfold leads a somatic meditation to aid you to a restful sleep.
Karen is an inspiring 11-year, two-time breast cancer survivor who was introduced to yoga while recovering from treatments, surgeries, and a broken pelvis. Karen shares, “I could tell my body was healing and getting stronger, but something else was happening. I was healing from the severe anxiety I developed from post-traumatic stress from my cancer battle"…"I then set out to learn all I could about healing PTSD, Anxiety and Depression using what I now know as Body-Based Interventions like Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Breathwork, and other mind-body practices of Somatic Awareness, Mindfulness, and Therapeutic Meditation.”
Karen is a Registered Yoga Trainer (RYT) through YogaFaith with specialty certifications in Trauma Sensitive Yoga as well as Meditation and Yoga Nidra. Karen leads four weekly classes from her Full of Hope Yoga home studio and sees private clients in person and Online for Trauma Recovery. You can learn more at www.fullofhopeyoga.com or contact her directly at fullofhopeyoga@gmail.com. “My passion is to help you find greater health and freedom from trauma so you can breathe, move and live - Full of Hope” ~ Karen Penfold
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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Join Susan Whitaker as she leads a guided imagery meditation that invites you to find your inner garden.
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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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In this episode, Nancy Birang BS, NC joins us to speak about the scientifically-proven healing properties of Herbs and Spices.
Nancy is a Board-Certified Nutrition Consultant and founder and owner of Four Seasons Nutrition, an integrative nutrition consulting service for individuals, families and groups. She has been providing integrative nutrition consultation services since the year 2000. Prior to her work in nutrition, she worked as a clinical laboratory scientist in hospitals, clinics, research labs, and biotechnology companies.
In the episode, you will hear about:
- What is the general distinction between herbs and spices
- What makes herbs and species important allies for our health
- How herbs and spices contain cancer-fighting properties
- What are the precautions and should your oncologist be aware of which herbs and spices you are incorporating into your life
- The scientifically-proven benefits of Garlic, Ginger, Turmeric and Cinnamon
- How to incorporate these herbs and spices into your life and some amazing recipes too!
Click below to enjoy these herbaceous yummy recipes provided by Nancy:Pumpkin Applesauce Loaf
Immune Boosting Fall Soup
Veggie Curry
Mediterranean Herb Soup
Ginger Herb Tea
The recommended books Nancy references in the episode:Spice for Life, E. Bauman, S. Moorthy
Healing Spices, B. Aggarwal
Please let us know what you think and make sure to send us pictures of your creations from these delicious and nutritious recipes at admin@wellnesswithin.org.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services, Consolidated Communications, and Merchants Bank of Commerce. Guests and information on this podcast are not an endorsement of those individuals or practices. 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 or click the link below.
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Join Anika Mahavni as she leads a 15-minute guided meditation to help with harnessing your emotions. Use this meditation to get to know your emotions more intimately and come back to it when you're feeling out of center.
Anika is a second-year medical student at Saint Louis University who is passionate about mental health. She began the practice of meditation 2 years ago and has found it to be one of the best practices for managing all kinds of stress. During the school year, she leads meditations for her fellow classmates incorporating body scans, visualizations, breathing exercises, and self-affirmations.
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The holidays can be a time of great joy and celebration, but for some, it can also be a time of grief. Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown, MS LMFT discusses giving ourselves the permission to grieve honestly. She debunks the concept that grief should be contained within a certain period of time, and discusses how navigating grief is deeper than trying to contain it to a prescriptive model. She offers insights including the significance of ceremonies and rituals, as well as thoughtful questions to ask a loved one who may be grieving during the holidays. With this being a short episode, not all important aspects of grief were able to be discussed, including how the element of shock can affect us. For more information, please see the resources listed below.
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 grassroots 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.
Resources mentioned during this episode:Recommended books by Patti on this topic are "The Wild Edge of Sorrow "by Francis Weller, "Bearing the Unbearable" by Joanne Cacciatore, and "It's okay that you're not okay" by Megan Devine.
After the death of her son Jimmy in 2014, Margo Fowkes created Salt Water, an online community that provides a safe harbor for those who are grieving the death of someone dear to them. Links to Margo's previous conversational episodes with Patti can be found below:
- There is always room for hope - A Conversation about Loss & Grief with Margo Fowkes ( part 1)
- An Honest Conversation about Grief & Vulnerability with Margo Fowkes ( part 2)
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services, Consolidated Communications, 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 or click the link below.
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Join Susan Whitaker in a guided meditation for inviting gifts that arise from quieting the mind.
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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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Did you know that the American Cancer Society estimated that there were going to be 1.9 million new cancer cases diagnosed in the year 2021? There is growing evidence around less-publicized chemical exposures that have been linked to certain cancers such as breast cancer. So what are these chemical exposures that we encounter every day, and what can we do to reduce our exposure? Listen to this powerful conversation with Dr. Aly Cohen, author of Non-Toxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World, as she provides key take-home tips that can help improve your health.
Dr. Aly Cohen is a board-certified Rheumatologist and Integrative Medicine Specialist, as well as an environmental health expert in Princeton, New Jersey. She has collaborated with the Environmental Working Group, Cancer Schmancer, and other disease-prevention organizations, and is co-editor of the textbook, Integrative Environmental Medicine, part of the Oxford University Press Weil Integrative Medicine Library. She is the co-author of Non-Toxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World. In 2015, she created TheSmartHuman.com to share environmental health, disease prevention, and wellness information with the public. Dr. Cohen is working to integrate environmental health information into high school curricula nationwide. Her TEDx talk on her mission can be found on YouTube.
Click the links below to learn more, read her book, watch her TEDx Talk, listen to her podcast, or connect.
Co-author:"Non-Toxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World"*, Oxford University Press, 2020
Co-Editor/Contributor: "Integrative Environmental Medicine"*, Oxford University Press, 2017
TEDx Talk: How To Protect Your Kids from Toxic Chemicals
http://www.TheSmartHuman.com
www.AlyCohenMD.com
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YouTube Channel
The Smart Human podcast
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Listen as Karen leads a meditation to help you to pay kind attention to your body and journey through a practice of self-compassion.
Karen is an inspiring 11-year, two-time breast cancer survivor who was introduced to yoga while recovering from treatments, surgeries, and a broken pelvis. Karen shares, “I could tell my body was healing and getting stronger, but something else was happening. I was healing from the severe anxiety I developed from post-traumatic stress from my cancer battle"…"I then set out to learn all I could about healing PTSD, Anxiety and Depression using what I now know as Body-Based Interventions like Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Breathwork, and other mind-body practices of Somatic Awareness, Mindfulness, and Therapeutic Meditation.”
Karen is a Registered Yoga Trainer (RYT) through YogaFaith with specialty certifications in Trauma Sensitive Yoga as well as Meditation and Yoga Nidra. Karen leads four weekly classes from her Full of Hope Yoga home studio and sees private clients in person and Online for Trauma Recovery. You can learn more at www.fullofhopeyoga.com or contact her directly at fullofhopeyoga@gmail.com. “My passion is to help you find greater health and freedom from trauma so you can breathe, move and live - Full of Hope” ~ Karen Penfold
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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Enjoy this relaxing meditation for opening your heart to gratitude. Distinguish what you think you should be grateful for and that of which is more genuine inside of you, to learn what you are really most grateful for.
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 grassroots 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 in part by Koinonia Family Services. It 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
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Participants in our monthly Compose YOURSELF! Music Therapy classes are frequently invited to join in songwriting experiences with our music therapist, Celeste Keith MT-BC. No previous music experience is needed to participate in these classes. Celeste uses a variety of safe and collaborative approaches to lead group members in crafting songs that give voice to their collective concerns and celebrations. Celeste notes:
"When you listen to any piece of music or sing a song it no longer resides outside of your being. Rather you become the song itself... its story, its message...its truth. Actual songwriting amplifies this experience."
The group's most recent song is titled, "Attitude is Everything". Contributors to the song wrote the lyrics and built all other musical elements heard in this recording including the melody, chords, rhythms, riffs, instruments, backup vocals, and more.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services, Consolidated Communications, 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 or click the link below.
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Join Susan Whitaker as she leads a guided meditation that invites you to listen to your inner voice.
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.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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Join Karen Penfold as she leads a somatic meditation for pain relief. This meditation will calm the nervous system which will help release tension, receive rest, and find relief.
Karen is an inspiring 11-year, two-time breast cancer survivor who was introduced to yoga while recovering from treatments, surgeries, and a broken pelvis. Karen shares, “I could tell my body was healing and getting stronger, but something else was happening. I was healing from the severe anxiety I developed from post-traumatic stress from my cancer battle"…"I then set out to learn all I could about healing PTSD, Anxiety and Depression using what I now know as Body-Based Interventions like Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Breathwork, and other mind-body practices of Somatic Awareness, Mindfulness, and Therapeutic Meditation.”
Karen is a Registered Yoga Trainer (RYT) through YogaFaith with specialty certifications in Trauma Sensitive Yoga as well as Meditation and Yoga Nidra. Karen leads four weekly classes from her Full of Hope Yoga home studio and sees private clients in person and Online for Trauma Recovery. You can learn more at www.fullofhopeyoga.com or contact her directly at fullofhopeyoga@gmail.com.
“My passion is to help you find greater health and freedom from trauma so you can breathe, move and live - Full of Hope” ~ Karen Penfold
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This chakra is represented by a thousand-petaled lotus made of light, right above the crown of the head. Here is where we connect with that which is greater than ourselves, drawing it into our physical bodies through noticing the constant movement within. All of the chakras are represented here, from the root to the crown. We will ponder how to bring this divine inspiration into our daily lives.
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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.
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In this episode, Wellness Within's Patti Brown MS LMFT, Elizabeth Klein, and Stevie Hannickel have an open, honest, and encouraging discussion about the need for rest during difficult times. This episode speaks to the elephant in the room and addresses how productivity can be tied to identity, how to recognize when we are depressed or unmotivated, how to ask for help or make modifications to better serve ourselves, and much more. You will hear them share some of their personal experiences but most importantly they touch on how not to wait until your body, mind, or emotions scream at you before you give yourself permission to rest.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services, Consolidated Communications, 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 or click the link below.
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Wellness Within Founder, Patti Brown reads two powerful poems that were recently created by clients who participated in the Poetry in Our Everyday Lives workshop series led by Annie Mascorro, MFA. We thank Aileen Florentz & Donna Gilreath for sharing their powerful words.
The music in today's episode is provided by Elizabeth Proett, MA, CMP from Music Partners in Healthcare, Inc.
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In this episode, Wellness Within welcomes a special guest, Constanza Roeder who is a cancer survivor and is the founder and CEO of Hearts Need Art: Creative Support for Patients and Caregivers, a nonprofit in San Antonio, TX. Their mission is to create moments of joy, self-expression, and connection with those facing life-altering health challenges through arts engagement, advocacy, and innovation. Constanza shares the proven health benefits of participating in expressive arts and also shares some inspirational stories.
As a Leukemia survivor, she knows firsthand the power of Arts in Health programs. She graduated with a degree in vocal performance and minor in psychology from Bethany University and has run her own voice studio business since 2008. Constanza spent many years as a professional musical theater actress and performed in venues around the country. She has volunteered as a musician-in-residence at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio since 2010 and founded Hearts Need Art in 2016. She now also co-hosts a podcast called, Arts for the Health Of It.
Website Links:http://heartsneedart.org
http://constanzaroeder.com
Arts for the Health of It Podcast:
http://heartsneedart.org/podcast/
Articles to learn more about the health benefits of expressive arts:
Arts on Prescription
Music Therapy reduces anxiety for cancer patients
Art Therapy in Cancer
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Join Anika Mahavni as she leads a 15-minute guided meditation that includes breathing and visualization techniques to deepen self-love and relaxation.
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Anika is a second-year medical student at Saint Louis University who is passionate about mental health. She began the practice of meditation 2 years ago and has found it to be one of the best practices for managing all kinds of stress. During the school year, she leads meditations for her fellow classmates incorporating body scans, visualizations, breathing exercises, and self-affirmations.
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This episode is welcomed by our guest and Breast Cancer Survivor, Nicole Eldredge as she shares her powerful message about early detection and her experience of being diagnosed at the age of 45, right as the pandemic started to develop. Nicole provides her unique perspective as having worked for many years in the Sutter Oncology department prior to her diagnosis. She now serves as a patient advocate and works to help other women through their cancer journey.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services, Consolidated Communications, 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 or click the link below.
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In this episode Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown, MS LMFT is joined by honored guest, Anne Katz, PhD, RN, FAAN to discuss Cancer and Sexuality. Dr. Katz addresses the need for oncologists to break the silence on the topic of sexuality with their patients, how survivors and their partners can navigate vulnerable conversations about sexuality, and also how to find body acceptance after physical changes from cancer and its treatments.
Dr. Anne Katz is a certified sexuality counselor and Clinical Nurse Specialist in Manitoba. She is the editor of the Oncology Nursing Forum, the premier research journal of the Oncology Nursing Society. She has educated thousands of cancer survivors and health care providers about cancer, sexuality, and survivorship. She is the author of going on 16 books for health care providers and readers on the topics of illness, sexuality and cancer survivorship.
"My professional life is focused on providing information, education and counseling to people with cancer and their partners about sexual changes that can occur during and after treatment.
But there is another important aspect to this work; I want every person with cancer to be able to have a discussion about sexuality with their health care providers. And so I travel around the world, teaching health care providers to ask their patients about this important part of quality of life."
Learn more about Dr. Katz, her books, podcast and her services at https://www.drannekatz.com/. Tune into her podcast, Sexually Speaking with Dr. Anne Katz, on popular podcast platforms or on her website.
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In this meditation, we focus on light and how we can see the light in people and objects more clearly with our third eye, or Ajna. This light reflects the inner vibration of all beings and all things. This is our place of intuition and imagination. We will learn how to imagine others generating their own light for healing instead of sending light to them.
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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.
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Patti Brown leads a guided imagery mediation of a walk amongst the trees. This meditation invites you to focus on the change in seasons, including the seasons of your life.
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 grassroots 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 in part by Koinonia Family Services, Consolidated Communications, and Merchants Bank of Commerce. It 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**
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Join Karen Penfold as she leads a somatic meditation to help you release tension, and to feel or sense hope as an anchor for the soul.
Karen is an inspiring 11-year, two-time breast cancer survivor who was introduced to yoga while recovering from treatments, surgeries, and a broken pelvis. Karen shares, “I could tell my body was healing and getting stronger, but something else was happening. I was healing from the severe anxiety I developed from post-traumatic stress from my cancer battle"…"I then set out to learn all I could about healing PTSD, Anxiety and Depression using what I now know as Body-Based Interventions like Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Breathwork, and other mind-body practices of Somatic Awareness, Mindfulness, and Therapeutic Meditation.”
Karen is a Registered Yoga Trainer (RYT) through YogaFaith with specialty certifications in Trauma Sensitive Yoga as well as Meditation and Yoga Nidra. Karen leads four weekly classes from her Full of Hope Yoga home studio and sees private clients in person and Online for Trauma Recovery. You can learn more at www.fullofhopeyoga.com or contact her directly at fullofhopeyoga@gmail.com.
“My passion is to help you find greater health and freedom from trauma so you can breathe, move and live - Full of Hope” ~ Karen Penfold
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services, Consolidated Communications, 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 or click the link below.
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Join our guest Jeannette Northern and Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown in a conversation about the ancient practice of Jin Shin Jyutsu. Jin Shin Jyutsu is a nature-based healing system that is grounded in the body's innate ability to bring balance and harmony to itself. Jin Shin Jyutsu, like acupressure or acupuncture, activates and opens blocked pathways of energy in the body restoring health and well-being. Listen as Jeannette shares how it is "an art of compassion, happiness, and longevity", as well as ways you can incorporate it in your everyday life.
Jeannette has been a certified Jin Shin Jyutsu Practitioner and Self-Help Instructor since 2003. She graduated from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2014 with a master's in Integrative Health Studies and a Health & Wellness coach certification. Jeannette also teaches simple, self-care practices as an integral component to her client's health, wellness, and recovery. She currently lives and practices in Sacramento, CA.
Learn more about Jeannette and her services: https://www.lifepulsecoaching.com/
To find a Jin Shin Jyutsu in your local area: jsjinc.net
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Join Susan in exploring your connection to the solar plexus chakra which is in the center of the body, at the diaphragm. It’s also called the Manipura chakra and is associated with the color yellow, like the sun. This is where we store our life force energy. It houses the inner element of fire and the will. A strong solar plexus helps us feel self-esteem, self-discipline, self-respect, generosity and the strength of our character. Notice how it helps you feel connected to your power.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications 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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Join our guest Jeannine Walston and Wellness Within's Stevie Hannickel in a conversation about Integrative Cancer Care for the Whole Person. As a 23-year brain tumor survivor, Jeannine has been working as a Cancer Coach, Consultant & Speaker. She shares why integrative cancer care is so important, as well as the 5 major components of health with emphasis on the Physical Body, Mind-Body Connection, and Spiritual Vitality. Listen in as she provides valuable insights that she has obtained throughout her own journey, which has led her to help so many others navigate their cancer journey.
Through her ongoing personal and professional evolution since 1998, Jeannine Walston created integrative cancer care for the whole person. She discovered the importance of attention to the physical body, mind-body connection, spiritual vitality, social support, and a cleaner environment. Research demonstrates that integrative cancer care for the whole person improves quality of life, cancer survival, and cancer prevention. Jeannine has extensive experience in cancer education and advocacy, health care policy, and both conventional and integrative cancer care. Her career includes work in the U.S. Congress, government agencies, cancer non-profit organizations, hospitals, clinics, doctors, providers, other businesses, patients, and caregivers.
Navigate to her website to learn more and connect: https://jeanninewalston.com/
“ Jeannine Walston gets it because she been there. She is an exceptional cancer coach, advocate and patient. Jeannine can translate a mountain of research and information to help you make educated and informed decisions. Quite simply, she is a blessing. -Kris Carr, New York Times best-selling author and wellness advocate ”
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services, Consolidated Communications, 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
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Join Anika Mahavni as she leads a 15-minute progressive muscle relaxation exercise for easing both the mind and body.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications 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
Anika is a second-year medical student at Saint Louis University who is passionate about mental health. She began the practice of meditation 2 years ago and has found it to be one of the best practices for managing all kinds of stress. During the school year, she leads meditations for her fellow classmates incorporating body scans, visualizations, breathing exercises, and self-affirmations.
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Join Susan in exploring your connection to the throat chakra. It is a place where we become intuitively aware of our wisdom. It is also called the Vishudda chakra and is connected to the color of sky blue, and the element of ether. It connects to the mouth, nose, ears, and throat. It tunes us into the sound of our breath and voice. From this chakra, you can express yourself and influence the world around you. Notice how this chakra connects you to your own creativity and communication.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications 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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Karen Penfold welcomes you to join this somatic meditation to ease anxiety and cultivate stress resilience. This body-based meditation regulates and calms your nervous system. Think of this mediation as "calm body, calm mind". By bringing focused awareness to the body's felt sense, and cultivating ease and release in the muscles of the face, around the eyes, and into the jaw and neck, we can activate the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve functions like the body's natural reset button bringing about physiological calming responses to your system such as slowing your heart rate, slowing your breathing, aiding your digestion and lowering blood pressure. All of which creates relaxation responses to help you rest, reset, and recover from anxiety and traumatic stress.
Karen is an inspiring 11-year, two-time breast cancer survivor who was introduced to yoga while recovering from treatments, surgeries, and a broken pelvis. Karen shares, “I could tell my body was healing and getting stronger, but something else was happening. I was healing from the severe anxiety I developed from post-traumatic stress from my cancer battle"…"I then set out to learn all I could about healing PTSD, Anxiety and Depression using what I now know as Body-Based Interventions like Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Breathwork, and other mind-body practices of Somatic Awareness, Mindfulness, and Therapeutic Meditation.”
Karen is a Registered Yoga Trainer (RYT) through YogaFaith with specialty certifications in Trauma Sensitive Yoga as well as Meditation and Yoga Nidra. Karen leads four weekly classes from her Full of Hope Yoga home studio and sees private clients in person and Online for Trauma Recovery. You can learn more at www.fullofhopeyoga.com or contact her directly at fullofhopeyoga@gmail.com.
“My passion is to help you find greater health and freedom from trauma so you can breathe, move and live - Full of Hope” ~ Karen Penfold
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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Join Anika Mahavni as she leads a 15-minute meditation incorporating breathing techniques, a body scan, and a visualization exercise to channel relaxation and gratitude.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications 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
Anika is a second-year medical student at Saint Louis University who is passionate about mental health. She began the practice of meditation 2 years ago and has found it to be one of the best practices for managing all kinds of stress. During the school year, she leads meditations for her fellow classmates incorporating body scans, visualizations, breathing exercises, and self-affirmations.
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Join Susan in exploring your connection to your heart chakra. The heart chakra also called the Anahata chakra, reminds us of the powerful resonance of an unstruck bell. Our heart is the center of compassion, courage, kindness, and the ability to care for others. We will call upon the element of air, which increases our life force, or prana. We will also explore a practice of self-forgiveness.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications 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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Join Patti Brown as she leads a relaxing meditation focusing on connecting to your truest self and letting go of who you think you are supposed to be.
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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Join Anika Mahavni as she leads a 15-minute body scan meditation to welcome full-body relaxation.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications 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
Anika is a second-year medical student at Saint Louis University who is passionate about mental health. She began the practice of meditation 2 years ago and has found it to be one of the best practices for managing all kinds of stress. During the school year, she leads meditations for her fellow classmates incorporating body scans, visualizations, breathing exercises, and self-affirmations.
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Listen in on this powerful yet uplifting conversation delving deeper into the topic of Trauma and its effects on the body. Hear from Susan Whitaker as she brings her perspective of being a yoga instructor for 45 years, with her expertise in healing with mind-body practices. Also hear from Wellness Within Founder, Patti Brown who not only brings 20 years of previous experience as a psychotherapist but also brings her training in mind-body medicine used in supporting a community of people struggling with a cancer diagnosis. They discuss what happens in the mind and body when experiencing trauma, and also the different methods that can help individuals begin to heal. This conversation is part 2 of a series discussing trauma and its effects on the body.
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 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.
To experience Susan's yoga classes, you can watch them on-demand on our YouTube Channel, Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. Or you can sign-up for in-person classes on our Program Calendar.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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Join Patti Brown as she leads a meditation to help you release tension, unnecessary burdens, and anxiety.
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 grassroots 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.
mindfulness #meditation #wellnesswithin #healingcancer
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Join registered Yoga Trainer, Karen Penfold, and Cancer Support Programs Manager, Stevie Hannickel as they discuss Traumatic Stress and Building Traumatic Stress Resilience in the context of their own cancer experience. This conversation is part 1 of a series discussing trauma and its effects on the body.
Karen is an inspiring 11-year, two-time breast cancer survivor who was introduced to yoga while recovering from treatments, surgeries, and a broken pelvis. Karen shares, “I could tell my body was healing and getting stronger, but something else was happening. I was healing from the severe anxiety I developed from post-traumatic stress from my cancer battle"…"I then set out to learn all I could about healing PTSD, Anxiety and Depression using what I now know as Body-Based Interventions like Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Breathwork, and other mind-body practices of Somatic Awareness, Mindfulness, and Therapeutic Meditation.”
Karen has specialty certifications in Trauma Sensitive Yoga as well as Meditation and Yoga Nidra. You can read more about what Karen offers on her website www.fullofhopeyoga.com or contact her directly at fullofhopeyoga@gmail.com
“My passion is to help you find greater health and freedom from trauma so you can breathe, move and live - Full of Hope” ~ Karen Penfold
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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Join Anika Mahavni as she leads this guided imagery meditation for calming the mind and managing anxiety.
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Anika is a second-year medical student at Saint Louis University who is passionate about mental health. She began the practice of meditation 2 years ago and has found it to be one of the best practices for managing all kinds of stress. During the school year, she leads meditations for her fellow classmates incorporating body scans, visualizations, breathing exercises, and self-affirmations.
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Margo Fowkes and Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown return for part 2 of their open, honest, and heart-felt conversation about Grief. In this conversation, they discuss how part of receiving a diagnosis or grieving of a loved one is actually allowing yourself to be vulnerable, and the experiences that can arise with this vulnerability.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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.
Interlude music provided by Elizabeth Proett, MA, CMP from Music Partners in Healthcare, Inc.
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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Dr. E returns to offer another wonderful meditation at Wellness Within. Listen as she leads a meditation to help you to pay kind attention to your body and journey through a practice of self-compassion.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications 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
My name is Janet Eatherton, or as I am known to my patients, Dr E. I have been a physician in the field of Internal medicine for the past 27 years and have been practicing meditation for the past 10 + years. The profound impact that mindfulness, meditation and living with intention has had on my life is something I am hoping to share with the Wellness Within community.
I have noticed that so many aspects of my life have also been bettered by my being more mindful – I am a more thoughtful physician, friend, parent and partner, a more intentional photographer and cook. Traveling when you actually, mindfully, feel the earth beneath your feet, taste the food and see the grand vistas and the small details of life are also gifts of mindfulness.
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Join this conversation with Yarn Therapy Instructor, Theresa Ainsworth of One Thread, and Stevie Hannickel, Cancer Support Programs Manager at Wellness Within. Listen as Theresa speaks about the research behind the therapeutic power of knitting and crochet, her experience with teaching women in Ghana, and how her own life-altering disease diagnosis led her to find even more meaning and impact in her teaching.
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Theresa Ainsworth has been crocheting for 40 years and knitting for 15 years. She has been teaching both arts for 15 years at both a local yarn shop as well as a service-learning project while studying abroad at the University of Ghana to complete her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Women’s Studies with Sacramento State University. After being diagnosed with a life-altering disease in 2017, she shifted her teaching to focus from classes in yarn shops to more meaningful and impactful venues. She states, "I have long believed in the therapeutic power of knitting and crochet and have studied much of the research around this subject. I have seen the power and meditative benefits first hand in the classes I conduct."
“The act of knitting is a meditation, for the work of the hands compels the mind to rest and gives free rein to movements of the soul”—Author Unknown
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Join Patti Brown as she leads a meditation to enliven the senses and welcome the power and wisdom that nature offers.
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.
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Join Kristie Howlett, MS, CNS, NP-C, AOCNP, and Development Director, Elizabeth Klein, in part 2 of their survivorship conversation. In their first podcast episode in November 2020, they discussed what it means to transition to survivorship, how to develop a survivorship care plan and how to thrive as a survivor. In this episode, they continue their conversation to discuss fear of recurrence and how different dynamics will impact how individuals cope. Kristie also offers techniques for decreasing stress and therefore decreasing chances of recurrence.
Kristie Howlett, MS, CNS, NP-C, AOCNP is an oncology and survivorship nurse practitioner with over 20 years of experience caring for those undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy. She received her BSN from University of Nevada, Reno, her MS from University of California, San Francisco, and her post-master’s NP certificate from University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her focus has always been to take a holistic approach to caring for patients. She is currently working at Kaiser Permanente in South Sacramento. She is active in the local Sacrament Oncology Nursing Chapter. She has an interest in the root cause of disease and continues her education with the Institute of Functional Medicine. She is the owner of Howlett Integrative Cancer Care, found at www.howlettintegrativecancercare.com, where she is able to help patients in other areas of the country get through traditional cancer treatments with an integrative approach.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinonia Family Services. 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
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Patti Brown leads a mediation focusing on the ability to manage the changes that come your way.
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/giveWellness 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 grassroots 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.
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Join this conversation with Wellness Within founder Patti Brown and Kimberly Cargile, C.E.O. of A Therapeutic Alternative, as Kimberly educates how cannabinoids can be used in conjunction with western medicine to help cancer patients treat their symptoms, whether the symptoms come from illness or from the treatment. Learn about the science and history of the cannabis plant, the difference between CBD and THC, and how cannabis can be used as a natural alternative.
Kimberly Cargile is the C.E.O. of A Therapeutic Alternative, a locally permitted and State licensed storefront dispensary in Sacramento. She has been an educator to local and State governments advocating for regulations that protect consumers, the industry, the environment, and the public. She speaks regularly at colleges, hospitals, and various organizations in efforts to spread the education of cannabis as medicine.
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Join Patti Brown as she leads a meditation to regain a sense of calm and clarity. This mediation includes a body scan to open awareness and allow for quieting in the mind.
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/giveWellness 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.
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This week Wellness Within presents a guest leading our weekly meditation, Dr. Janet Eatherton. Listen to Dr. E as she leads a body scan meditation to help you to pay kind attention to your body. Think of this meditation as a mindful tour of your physical being.
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/giveMy name is Janet Eatherton, or as I am known to my patients, Dr E. I have been a physician in the field of Internal medicine for the past 27 years and have been practicing meditation for the past 10 + years. The profound impact that mindfulness, meditation and living with intention has had on my life is something I am hoping to share with the Wellness Within community.
I have noticed that so many aspects of my life have also been bettered by my being more mindful – I am a more thoughtful physician, friend, parent and partner, a more intentional photographer and cook. Traveling when you actually, mindfully, feel the earth beneath your feet, taste the food and see the grand vistas and the small details of life are also gifts of mindfulness.
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This sleep meditation led by Patti Brown includes 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.
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Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown discusses support - support groups for a specific age group in dealing with issues that are unique to women 45 and under and how this vital support helps cancer outcomes - with the two support group facilitators, Kristin Kozlowski, LMFT and Maribeth Williams RN, BSN.
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
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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/giveWellness 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.
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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
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A sleep meditation. a guided visualization to help you rest and sleep led by Patti Brown.
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.
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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.
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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/giveMargo 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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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Oftentimes when we cling or hold too tightly to regrets of and/or worry it can be like carrying an albatross around our neck, causing stress that can hinder our emotional wellbeing. This meditation invites a release on the hold some regrets or worries may have on your quality of life.
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 Lyons Real Estate.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message
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Our series of readings "Voice matters, Words of Inspiration" concludes today. Our instructors and staff have enjoyed bringing you inspirational and uplifting thoughts. Our final reading is a favorite of everyone "If you grow- Shine the Light of Loving Self-care on Yourself" by Daniel Mead
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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.
Jan Webb reads For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet by Joy Harjo
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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.
Elizabeth Klein reads "Homecoming" by Linda Reuther.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message
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Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown leads a guided imagery meditation on finding your inner guide, your wiser self, or your intuition.
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.
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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 David Whyte "All The True Vows"--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message
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Marilyn Lapkass Shares Ralph Waldo Emerson thoughts on success.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message
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Join Kristie Howlett, MS, CNS, NP-C, AOCNP and Development Director Elizabeth Klein in a conversation related to survivorship and cancer. They discuss what it means to transition to survivorship, how to develop a survivorship care plan and how to thrive as a survivorship.
Kristie Howlett, MS, CNS, NP-C, AOCNP is an oncology and survivorship nurse practitioner with over 20 years of experience caring for those undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy. She received her BSN from University of Nevada, Reno, her MS from University of California, San Francisco, and her post-master’s NP certificate from University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her focus has always been to take a holistic approach to caring for patients. She is currently working at Kaiser Permanente in South Sacramento. She is active in the local Sacrament Oncology Nursing Chapter. She has an interest in the root cause of disease and continues her education with the Institute of Functional Medicine. She is the owner of Howlett Integrative Cancer Care, found at www.howlettintegrativecancercare.com, where she is able to help patients in other areas of the country get through traditional cancer treatments with an integrative approach.
On a personal note, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Lyons Real Estate and the 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.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message
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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.
Office Manager Marilyn Lapkass reads poems from Shel Silverstein--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message
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Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown guides a Gratitude Meditation.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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
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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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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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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.
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Wellness Within shares inspirational and uplifting thoughts.
Poem - John Brewer reads Prayer for the Great Family ~ Gary Snyder ~---
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Patti Brown guides a breathing exercises meditation based upon the breathing meditations of Thich Nhat Hanh. From https://plumvillage.org/ "Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is a global spiritual leader, poet, and peace activist, renowned for his powerful teachings and bestselling writings on mindfulness and peace. A gentle, humble monk, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called him “an Apostle of peace and nonviolence” when nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize."
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.
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Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown discusses the role of nutrition in your cancer health management plan with Erin Costa. Erin Costa is a certified Integrative Nutrition Health a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. Their discussion focus on the importance a macro nutrient diet, how to build a macro nutrient rich meal, keys to hydration, and natural sources for sugar substitutes.
Find the recipe for the yummy oatmeal apple pancakes at: https://cookieandkate.com/apple-oatmeal-pancakes-recipe/.
Resources: https://www.ewg.org/ provides a yearly list of the dirty dozen produce and the clean fifteen. The Environmental Working Group’s mission is to empower people to live healthier lives in a healthier environment. With breakthrough research and education, we drive consumer choice and civic action.
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Join Wellness Within Director of Community Outreach Elizabeth Klein in a conversation with Jennifer Vincent owner Wig R You in Roseville, CA. They discuss the emotional, mental, and physical challenges associated with hair loss related to cancer treatments.
Jennifer Vincent began her journey to shop owner following her 2012 cancer diagnosis. She remembers walking into Wigs R You feeling dazed at what was happening but was immediately put at ease, and felt how welcoming and sincere the staff were at Wigs R You. Following the completion of treatment she joined the staff and became the proud owner for Wigs R You in May 2019. Learn more at: https://www.wigsryou.com/. Jennifer also demonstrates a variety of wigs and hair coverings on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-mufIs2WJ6AydKE3f6lAZQ
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A new cancer diagnosis can be an overwhelming time. Join Terri Wolf, RN, MS OCN in a conversation with Elizabeth Klein, Wellness Within Director of Community Outreach, in an insightful conversation about ways to cope with a cancer diagnosis.
Join Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown and Director of Community Outreach Elizabeth Klein for a discussion on coping with the contradictory "Hurry Up & Wait" of the cancer process: the urgency and the waiting surrounding the process of appointments, waiting rooms, labs, treatments and results.
Resources: www.clinicaltrials.gov
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Join Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown and Director of Community Outreach Elizabeth Klein for a discussion on coping with the contradictory "Hurry Up & Wait" of the cancer process: the urgency and the waiting surrounding the process of appointments, waiting rooms, labs, treatments and results.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific Foundation and Lyons Real Estate Foundation.
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Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown discusses the role of nutrition in your cancer health management plan with Nancy Birang. Nancy is a Board Certified Nutrition Consultant and founder and owner of Four Seasons Nutrition, an integrative nutrition consulting service for individuals, families and groups. (https://www.fourseasonsnutrition.com).
In the part two of their discussion, Patti and Nancy discuss the truths and myths about macro and micro nutrients, immunity boosting foods, sugar and dairy.
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Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown discusses the role of nutrition in your cancer health management plan with Nancy Birang. Nancy is a Board Certified Nutrition Consultant and founder and owner of Four Seasons Nutrition, an integrative nutrition consulting service for individuals, families and groups. (https://www.fourseasonsnutrition.com).
In this episode they discuss the simple ways to stay hydrated, eat healthy simple foods, stock pantry staples and other tips to eat healthy.
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Join Patti Brown for part 2 of an educational conversation with Certified Massage Therapist Michelle Sanderson to learn more about the benefits of massage during and after cancer treatment. Michelle discusses safety, finding qualified therapists, and information about lymphatic system. Michelle actively works with cancer patients in all stages of recovery to optimize lymphatic function, reduce post-surgical pain, and promote optimal range of motion.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific Foundation.
Key Episode Resource:
Michelle’s website: www.lymphworksmichelle.com
Follow Michelle on Instagram @lymphworks.michelle
Find Oncology Massage Therapists in your area: s4om.org
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Join Patti Brown for an educational conversation with Certified Massage Therapist Michelle Sanderson to learn more about the benefits of massage during and after cancer treatment. Michelle discusses safety, finding qualified therapists, and differing types of massage. Michelle actively works with cancer patients in all stages of recovery to optimize lymphatic function, reduce post-surgical pain, and promote optimal range of motion.
This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific Foundation
Key Episode Resource:
Michelle’s website: www.lymphworksmichelle.com
Follow Michelle on Instagram @lymphworks.michelle
Find Oncology Massage Therapists in your area: s4om.org
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In this episode, Patti Brown, founder and executive director of Wellness Within, guides us through a 12-minute sleep meditation.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message
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In this episode, Patti Brown, founder and executive director of Wellness Within, guides us through a 15-minute loving-kindness and self-compassion meditation.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message
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In this episode, Patti Brown, founder and executive director of Wellness Within, guides us through a 10-minute body scan meditation.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message
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On this episode, Patti Brown, founder and executive director of Wellness Within, guides us through a 5-minute breathing meditation.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message
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On this episode, Patti Brown, founder and executive director of Wellness Within, introduces us to the new Wellness Within podcast.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message
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