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New Book Focuses on Turning Stress into Bless
Theresa Crisci, founder and COO of Total-balance Life Choice, is excited to announce her newly released book, From Stressed to Blessed. Crisci, a corporate wellness consultant and massage therapist for 27 years and a licensed unity teacher for 1 ½ years, shares the tools she has used over the years to help thousands of people.
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From Stressed to Blessed is a quick guide to choosing a new perspective during times of struggle, frustration, difficulty or just having a bad day. It reminds the reader these feelings are just the result of thoughts. At any moment we can change our thoughts; we just have to remember to make that choice. Choice is a function of expanded awareness and frees you from merely reacting to circumstances; it is your point of power! The key to living a more authentic life from the essence of your being is a courageous journey of self-observation and self-discovery. This book includes wisdom from the people who were Crisci’s greatest influences and then using that wisdom to create affirmations, writing prompts and visualization exercises.
For more information, email TC@TotalBalanceLifeChoice.com, visit TotalBalanceLifeChoice.com or call 203-494-8846. From Stressed to Blessed can be purchased at Amazon.com/StressedBlessed-guidance-authentic-essence/dp/B08FP45FTG.
Sacred Song Reiki Reopens
The practice is reopening as of May 15, says owner Priscilla Gale. Sacred Song Reiki offers more than just Reiki, utilizing multiple healing modalities and techniques along with Reiki to improve health and well-being. This includes sound healing, sound healing with Reiki, crystal bed healing, and crystal bed healing with crystal sound vibration. Private sessions are available by appointment only at CDC Protocols Observed, located at 60 Church Street, Suite 4G, Wallingford, CT.
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To find our more information and to make an appointment, call 508-517-2400, email SacredSongReiki@yahoo.com or visit SacredSongReiki.com. See ad on page 27. Dr. Sara Frawley, a naturopathic physician, announced the grand opening of the Willowbrook Health Center in Cromwell, Connecticut. Starting May 1, the facility will offer everything for your holistic needs, including naturopathic medicine, chiropractic, nutrition, Reiki, cranial sacral therapy, psychotherapy and hydrotherapy treatments (including an infrared sauna). The facility is also one of the Dr. Sara Frawley few in the area to have an InBody Body Composition Scale, which analyzes muscle and fat mass. Come to Join Willowbrook Health Center for their May Day Celebration on May 1 from noon to 4 p.m. to tour the new facility, receive special offers, participate in the teacup raffle of local goods and meet the Willowbrook Health Team.
For more information, visit them on Facebook @WillowbrookHealthCT.
Dr. Katelyn Lieb, a naturopathic physician who specializes in women’s health at Fernwood Holistic Health in Westbrook, Connecticut, now provides wellwoman annual gynecological exams for patients who would like an integrative or alternative approach to their women’s health concerns. A well-woman exam is usually separate from an annual physical provided by a patient’s primary care of OB/GYN physician and may include a breast exam, pelvic exam, Pap smear and other testing Dr. Katelyn Lieb when a patient is concerned about possible vaginal infections, HPV, cervical dysplasia, PCOS, endometriosis or other “female” conditions. This holistic approach is ideal for patients who want integrative treatment options.
Dr. Lieb accepts Anthem, Cigna and Connecticare insurance. She can be reached at Info@FernwoodHolisticHealth.com or 860-661-5824.
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Women’s Consortium Highlights Holistic Behavioral Health Trainings
The Connecticut Women’s Consortium, located in Hamden, Connecticut, has been fortunate to be able to continue to provide quality, virtual behavioral health trainings and courses during these trying times. The following classes will be held via Zoom. On May 11, Whole Body Stress Relief will be held from 9 a.m. to noon. Experience a holistic approach to healing the body and mind through yoga, breath and meditation. In this training, Sharon Shanti will guide you through gentle, restorative asana (yoga postures), pranayama (breathing techniques), guided and non-guided meditation, and guided yoga Nidra (yoga sleep). The $60 course is worth 3 CEUs. Join trainers Kelvin Young, a certified sound healer, and Annette Diaz, MHFA, RSS, on May 12 from 9 a.m.-noon for Peer Support as a Healing Practice. It is an evidence-based practice that promotes healing as a form of self-care in recovery support specialist/peer support roles. There are no CECs offered for this free event. At the end of May on May 27, Bringing Vision Boards into Clinical Practice will be held in the morning. Vision boards are concrete and creative outlets which provide visual cues and focus. In this hands-on training, you will explore visual goal-setting techniques that can be used with clients, the process of creating a vision board, and how various graphic models can be used in the clinical setting. Participants will also have an opportunity to create a vision board for themselves. Bring magazines and printed material that you best identify with imagery that reflect your personal interests. The $60 course is worth 3 CECs. Healing the Body: Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating and the Ethical Healing of Bodies will be offered on May 28 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. This training seeks to educate mental health and physical health professionals on health at every size, intuitive eating, and how to integrate both into their work. Through this training, professionals will learn about the ethics surrounding the medical model in comparison to a HAES perspective, which requires allowing for bodily autonomy of patients and clients. Professionals will learn how HAES and IE can be lifesaving models of treatment that take a whole body approach combating racism, fatphobia, homophobia, ableism, and other social justice issues that directly affect the health and access to health that many face. The course is $90 and counts for 6 CECs.
To register for the events, visit WomensConsortium.org. For more information on the trainings and events, visit WomensConsortium.configio.com.
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Balance Screening
For many seniors, staying at home during the pandemic has increased the risk of decreased strength, endurance and balance; cognitive changes, and decreased ability to drive safely. These physical changes can put the elderly at a greater risk for falls and hip fractures.
Physical Therapy Services of Guilford, located in Branford, Connecticut, is offering complimentary 10-minute balance screenings for those who may be at risk for falling. Take advantage of our screening to evaluate your personal risk factors.
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Call 203-315-7727 to schedule your 10-minute screening. Location: Physical Therapy Services of Guilford, 500 East Main St., Ste. 310, Branford, CT. See ad, on page 21.
Dr. Kerr Focuses on Women’s Health with Holistic Moms Network
With so much stress and environmental toxins around women these days, it is important to look at their impact on reproductive health at all ages. On May 18 at 7:30 p.m., join the New Haven County chapter of Holistic Moms Network on Zoom as we gather virtually as Dr. Nicole Kerr, N.D., L.Ac., touches upon fertility, period health and what different symptoms may mean concerning overall health. The New Haven County Chapter is excited to team up with the soon-to-relaunch Greater Danbury Chapter as a co-host for our May event. They are looking to relaunch the chapter in the near future as a resource for holistic-minded parents in the Danbury area. Are you interested in being involved? The chapter is currently looking for a co-leader and passionate volunteers to get this great networking and educational chapter up and running again. Please reach out to connect. Like their Facebook page as well so you get the latest info when they relaunch.
Dr. Nicole Kerr, owner of Fertility Oasis, is a licensed naturopathic physician and licensed acupuncturist with more than 10 years’ experience treating women’s health concerns. Her personal struggles with fertility, and little guidance or options given from mainstream medical professionals, paved the road to a new passion: natural fertility. The mission of Holistic Moms Network, a nonprofit support and discussion network, is to connect parents who are interested in holistic health and green living. It welcomes people wherever they are on their own holistic path in an environment that does not judge. The monthly meetings, open to the public, are the third Tuesday of each month. While they usually take place in person at the Woodruff YMCA in Milford, Connecticut, the monthly meetings are currently offered through Zoom.
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