Relaxation is a life skill that is easy to develop with these 3 easy steps to help you relax. 60 – 90% of doctor’s visits have an underlying or stress-related component that is often poorly treated. Listen to these easy to follow along to guided relaxation, imagery, and meditation techniques to help you relax. You…
Holistic OT Tips: Evidence and Reimbursement
Looking for tips to integrate Holistic approaches into your practice or ways to help yourself or a loved one? Sarah Lyon, OTR/L recently interviewed Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L for her OT Potential Blog. Emmy shared 3 areas where Holistic OT can be practiced and how to get reimbursement. Read the full interview here! Thank you, Sarah, for helping us…
Happy Valentine's! How Much Do You Love Yourself?
With Valentine’s just around the corner, we often turn our attention to “that someone special” or romantic love. Intimacy and connection with others is important to us, but how much do you love or even like yourself? After 7 years of providing deep emotional support and healing after being trained in “Emotional Clearing”, a form…
Guided Imagery Info Session – FREE October 21st!
Are you interested in learning more about using Guided Imagery as a healing tool for your clients? Guided Imagery is a form of healing that can positively affect the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of a person. Research has shown that it can assist with lowering stress, anxiety, depression, lowering affects of trauma, and…
A Holistic OT Helps a Woman with Cancer Treatments
I recently had the honor and pleasure of helping a woman during her cancer treatments and one of the most difficult times of her life. She was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her medical treatment included surgeries for a lumpectomy, port placement, two rounds of chemotherapy, and radiation. I provided her with Intuitive Coaching, Spiritual Counseling,…
See it! Feel it! Believe it! Achieve it!
Welcome to 2014! Many people begin the new year with new goals and intentions for what they want to release in their lives and what they want to invite and bring into their lives. What is it you want to create in your life? You probably know what would be ‘good’ for you. However, there…
The Power of the Mind in Healing
Relaxation Can Positively Affect Our Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health All the Way to the Genetic Level. This article was originally published in ADVANCE Magazine for Occupational Therapy Practitioners on April 15, 2013 by Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L. It is applicable to all health care practitioners and anyone seeking inner peace and joy. New research…
Stories Define Us
Stories define us. Stories are how we explain who we are to others. Stories entertain. Stories pass on knowledge. Stories hold memories. Stories bring us together. Stories tear us apart. Stories make us unique. I once met a 79 year old, silver-haired, thin-framed woman who was recuperating at a skilled nursing facility after falling…