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Healthy Update
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May 23, 2011 - Vol. 23, Issue 19
Healthy Update provides the latest news, expert articles and resources on wellness, healthy living, and integrative medicine. A weekly service of HealthWorld Online since 1997.
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| SPONSOR - WELLNESS CERTIFICATION TRAINING |
Become a Certified Wellness Coach - Trainings Start in September
Register & Reserve Your Space Now!
The goal of the Wellness Inventory Certification Training is to accelerate your own personal growth process, while creating wellness coaching skills and competence in delivering the Wellness Inventory (WellPeople.com) program to your clients, patients, or employees, and supporting them in creating sustainable lifestyle change. Three concurrent trainings begin September 13, 14 & 15, 2011.
Level I of the training runs for 14 weeks. Level II, the Holographic Coaching Practicum, is 7 weeks. Graduates of the two levels of the training receive the designation of Certified Wellness Inventory Coach.
Developed for wellness and life coaches, health, wellness and spa professionals, the training is delivered via a live phone teleconference. The trainings are approved by the International Coach Federation for 42 CCEs, as well as for 42 hours towards the Board Certifed Coach (BCC) credential. Daytime and evening classes. Payment plans available.
For more information contact Jim Strohecker at 310-823-9553 or jim@healthy.net
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New Report: Health Reform Law Will Insure Nearly All Uninsured Woman by 2014, Make Health Care More Affordable for Millions of Women
The new health reform law will expand health insurance coverage to nearly all uninsured women and will make health care more affordable for millions of women through premium subsidies beginning in 2014 and new rules, some already in place, that will protect women from high costs, according to a Commonwealth Fund report released today. View more
Flip the Switch on Summer: Five Tips to Help Limit Your Family’s Screen Time
Screen time is not just TV, it includes watching DVD’s, playing video games or surfing the Internet. All that time in front of a screen limits physical activity – and experts say that kids need at least 60 minutes of activity or more a day. Now that summer vacation is approaching it’s time to start to create a healthier balance between screen time and activity for your entire family. View more
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WEBINAR: "CREATING WELLNESS" - May 19, 2011 (2-3 ET)
Are you ready to focus on creating wellness rather than focusing on disease and risk management? Are you looking for an innovative, holistic approach to wellness?
Learn how the Wellness Inventory program (www.WellPeople.com), a whole person model for sustainable lifestyle change, can support your clients, patients, or employees in improving their level of overall personal wellbeing. We will also discuss our coach certification training. Health practitioners, nurses, social workers, wellness and life coaches, as well as fitness, spa, and wellness professionals welcome.
To register, contact: http://tinyurl.com/CreatingWellness-Register
For more information, contact jim@healthy.net or call 310-823-9553.
When: Thursday May 19, 2011 - 2:00-3:00 pm ET (1-2 CT, 12-1 MT, 11-12 PT)
Cost: Free
Presenter: Jim Strohecker, President, HealthWorld Online, & co-creator, Wellness Inventory Certification Training
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| WELLNESS & HEALTHY LIVING |
Continuing our Wellness Journey - Feeling
This week our journey focuses on Feeling, the 6th of 12 keys to wellness in the Wellness Inventory. We experience feelings and emotions from well before the event of our birth. They can be intense, or frightening, or wonderful. They can also be the most misunderstood, and consequently mistreated, gifts we have as human beings. We judge them, repress them, discount them, drug them, worship them, and run from them. Yet, what a bore to be without them! Life fully lived is life filled with feeling! View more
Simply Well - "Make a Friend of Death" - John W. Travis, MD, MPH
Death is a fact of life. In "Make a Friend of Death" John W. Travis, M.D.,
M.P.H., presents the position that with death as your friend, you might live more consciously—caring for your health and wellbeing, honoring your body as the only one you've got.
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Healthy Computing - "Healthy Computing: Incorporate Breaks" - Erik Peper, PhD
"I feel a less tired by the end of the day" and "When I come home I have energy to make dinner" are some of the comments reported when people begin to integrate breaks during their computer work. Yet, even with the best intentions we may forget to take micro-breaks or large movement breaks. Micro-breaks are 1 to 2-second moments of muscle relaxation to interrupt the low level static tension while larger breaks include standing up and movement. These allow the blood to flow in and out, bringing oxygen and nourishment to the tissue and removing waste products. Prevent discomfort and increase your energy when you incorporate breaks.
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Natural Supplements that Enhance Your Mind, Memory, and Mood, Mind Power Rx helps improve mental alertness and wakefulness along with boosting mental stamina. Many people notice being more focused and able to concentrate better. The dozen or more herbs and nutrients found in Mind Power Rx support neurotransmitter function, improve blood flow to the brain, support enzymatic and metabolic function in nerve cells, and act as neuronal antioxidants.
If you have tried single brain nutrients or combinations that left you unsatisfied, overstimulated, or on edge and restless, it is time you do yourself a favor and try Mind Power Rx, a highly popular and respected, doctor-formulated formula with 18 different herbs and nutrients balanced delicately to provide smooth and healthy mind support.
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What Will Work for Me? - "Infants and Viral Pneumonia from RSV Reduced 85%" - John Whitcomb, MD
RSV is a scary pneumonia. It hits infants, often within a couple of weeks of delivery. They look sick. They wheeze. Their chests bend in with their effort. I have spent 33 years being petrified of these kids because there isn’t much you can do for them except put them on a ventilator. And their mothers are living in sheer terror. Every child gets it by age two, but most hardly know it other than a bad cold. But we still have a couple of hundred thousand admissions to the hospital every year for newborns whose little chests are almost collapsing with their effort to breathe.
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Dr. Christine Horner's Natural Secrets for Breast Health - "Breast Health Tip #9: Anti-Inflammatories"
Taking an anti-inflammatory can lower your risk of breast cancer by as much as 50%. Research shows herbal anti-inflammatories works just as well as aspirin. And rather than side effects, they have a multitude of wonderful side benefits.
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Integrator Blog - "The Integrative Healthcare Community: Is it Kurt Vonnegut's "Karass" or His "Granfalloon"?"
An exchange with two friends over a decision about a bike trip in Moab, Utah brought to mind a distinction author Kurt Vonnegut made in his 1963 book, Cat's Cradle. Vonnegut describes as a "karass" a true community of people who are "often unknowingly, working together to do God's will." Against this he juxtaposes a "granfalloon," or false community. The reference led to reflection on the nature "CAM" and of the so-called "integrative healthcare community" or "integrative practice community." CAM may well be the definitive granfalloon. But is integrative healthcare karass or is it a granfalloon? View more
"The Integrator Blog" offers News, Reports, Opinions and Networking for the Business, Education, Policy and Practice of Integrative Medicine, CAM and Integrative Health Care, from Publisher/Editor John Weeks.
Find a Counselor or Psychotherapist
Ranked as one of the top therapist directories on the web, GoodTherapy.org is an association of mental health professionals from over 30 countries worldwide who support efforts to reduce harm in therapy. GoodTherapy.org was founded in an effort to address and prevent therapists from misusing their power, getting their own needs met at the expense of their clients, violating boundaries, and treating clients in punitive and condescending ways. As an advocate for healthy psychotherapy, GoodTherapy.org educates the public about the differences between healthy and unhealthy psychotherapy practices and promotes collaborative and non-pathologically based approaches within the professional community. GoodTherapy.org maintains the highest membership requirements, individually verifying that each applicant meets strict educational, licensure, and philosophical guidelines.
To find a therapist or view more about membership, visit: http://www.goodtherapy.org
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Vegan Global Fusion - "Spring Quinoa Salad" - Louise Hagler
Quinoa is the high quality, complete protein grain of the Incas, sometimes known as the "mother grain or seed" in the Andes where it has been a staple for over 5000 years. It was so central to Incan religious culture that its’ cultivation was banned by the Spanish conquistadores under threat of death. In the 1980’s, quinoa was introduced to the world outside of the Andes, and is now cultivated in the high plains of Colorado and Western Canada.
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There's a Yogi in the Kitchen - "Notes on Nutmeg" - Siri-Ved Kaur Khalsa
Nutmeg is a common spice with an enticing flavor and a rich history. The April "There's a Yogi in the Kitchen" column "De-Stress with Nutmeg!" by Siri-Ved Kaur Khalsa reports that this spice is believed to be everything from an aphrodisiac to a stomach remedy. Its flavor wakes up sweets, vegetable dishes, pancakes, hot beverages, and even marinara sauce! View More
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Mind/Body Health - "Healthy Anger: Let It Out or Keep It In?" - David Sobel, MD
When it comes to health, the best thing is not to get angry in the first place. Once triggered, however, is it better to argue, shout, and bang your fists - or silently seethe? In "Healthy Anger: Let It Out or Keep It In?" David S. Sobel, M.D. presents practical answers. View more
Mind Over Matter - "Feeling Good: Reaching the Top of Your Game" - Barry Bittman, MD
Living in a fast-paced society takes it's toll, yet isn't there more to living than simply existing? In "Feeling Good: Reaching the Top of Your Game" Barry Bittman, M.D. challenges you to make attitude adjustments and take time for introspection to uncover what is needed for the delicate balance that enables you to feel your best. Playing the game of life with greater ease and joy than you've ever imagined is certainly worth the effort.
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A Holistic Approach to Employee Wellness & Performance
Are you ready to focus on creating wellness rather than focusing on disease and risk management? Are you looking for a fresh and innovative approach to employee wellness?
The Wellness Inventory is a whole person wellness program designed to help individuals to gain personal insight into their state of physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. The program opens with the pioneering Wellness Inventory assessment then offers guidance and tools to maintain engagement and to transform the new awareness into lasting changes in people's lives, and a renewed sense of health and wellbeing.
Created by wellness pioneer John W. Travis, MD, MPH, and e-health pioneer, HealthWorld Online, the Wellness Inventory program is licensed by companies and organizations in the corporate, healthcare, educational, and government sectors. Are you ready to create a "culture of wellness" in your company or organization?
Contact Jim Strohecker: 310-823-9553 or jim@healthy.net
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Wellness Training at the National Wellness Conference (NWC)
Wellness professionals can choose from more than 15 certification and intensive programs during the 36th Annual NWC, hosted by the National Wellness Institute, July 16-21, 2011, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Receive certifications in worksite wellness or coaching, or participate in Intensive trainings in from Motivational Interviewing, Spring Forest Qigong, and water workout leadership to coaching, stress management, mental fitness training, and more. During the Main Conference (July 18-21), you'll experience one-of-a-kind wellness training (65+ breakout sessions to choose from!), community building opportunities, and unforgettable personal renewal. Enter code NWC36HN to SAVE $50 off your full Main Conference online registration. Visit http://www.nationalwellness.org/index.php?id_tier=90, e-mail nwc@nationalwellness.org, or call 715.342.2969 for more information or to register.
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Featured Event
36th Annual National Wellness Conference
Growing Wellness
July 18-21, 2011
Pre-conference Workshops - July 16-17, 2011
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI USA
National Wellness Institute
Email: nwc@nationalwellness.org
Web site: http://nationalwellness.org/index.php?id_tier=90
Presented by the National Wellness Institute, the National Wellness Conference provides wellness and health promotion professionals and students with one-of-a-kind wellness training, community building opportunities, and unforgettable personal renewal, all on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus. Programming includes intensive trainings and certification programs (including worksite wellness certifications), "best practices" programming, opportunities for professional and personal growth, wellness activities, and more. Enter code NWC36HN to SAVE $50 off your full Main Conference online registration.
Visit http://www.nationalwellness.org/index.php?id_tier=90, e-mail nwc@nationalwellness.org, or call 715.342.2969 for more information or to register.
AHNA's 31st Annual Conference Holistic Nursing
June 2-5, 2011
Louisville, USA
American Holistic Nurses Association
Website: http://www.ahna.org/Conference/tabid/1200/Default.aspx
From birth through our final transition holistic nurses are present, tending to the sacred flow of life. Through the creation of caring/healing spaces, they help people find peace within the transformations that are a part of the journey. Holistic nurses will leave this conference with a deepened awareness of their role in this unique praxis. Please join us for this special experience.
AMSUS 117th Annual Meeting
November 6-9, 2011
San Antonio, TX USA
The Society of Federal Health Agencies
Website: http://www.amsus.org/index.php/annual-meeting
Attendees will consist of medical center commanders, hospital staff directors, chiefs of professional services, physicians, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, social workers, pharmacists, medical administrators, optometrists, wound care specialists, health care technologists and technicians and others serving in approximately 400 Federal hospitals and clinics.
For more leading health events visit www.healthcalendar.com
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