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Change in the Moment, Health Benefits for a Lifetime

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:30:40 +0000

What I am most excited and passionate about this spring is sharing with all of you many of the Mind-Body-Spirit Medicine skills and techniques I have learned over the years. I am offering a series of Playshops entitled “You’ve got the Power.” Playshops are fun, interactive workshops–not work, just learning through fun and play. The first of the series will be offered Saturday April 24th from 9:00am to 3:00pm. It will be held at the Arbor House at Maple Grove Park 14600 W.32nd Avenue, Golden Colorado. The first class is “SELF CARE IS POWERFUL CARE.” It will focus on effective-scientifically proven ways to calm the mind and relax the body, transform stress and lower blood pressure, enhance your immune system and create a better quality of life. The cost is just $100.00 for a full day filled with fun, information and skills training! You will learn that changing (your thinking, your breathing, etc) in the moment can have health benefits for a lifetime. Class size is limited! Reserve your space NOW. Call me at The Center for Healing and Change at 303-463-4742 to register or register on the CLASSES page on my website with PayPal. Take a day out of your busy life to take care of yourself. Make it even more fun, bring your friends! You won’t regret it!

Doorways to Healing

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:34:23 +0000

On April 27, 2009, my best friend, Kathy Bennett, died of ovarian cancer. As a tribute to her and to create a legacy which would truly have an impact on ovarian cancer deaths, her husband, Stu Bennett created The Kathleen Bennett Foundation of Hope for Early Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer. Saturday February 27–10 months after her death–we had the first Board Meeting of the Foundation. The “foundation of the Foundation” is now in place. We have a 501(c)3 and have an extremely talented group of volunteers and Board members who are ready to change the deadly paradigm of ovarian cancer. There is valid research that ovarian cancer is CURABLE if it is detected in its earliest stages. We plan to get the word out…to start the conversation about early diagnosis of ovarian cancer.There is research and clinical evidence that will provide new doorways to healing. Creating and working with The Kathleen Bennett Foundation of Hope is a doorway to a path of healing for Stu and for all of us who loved her, and even more importantly, it will provide a doorway to hope for changing ovarian cancer from a deadly to a curable disease.

COMING HOME

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:06:08 +0000

Sunrise

This month of full circles. New Orleans, early October. Returning to the start of my life in nursing and medicine. At 18 years old, my first huge step into the world of disease, suffering and healing. Back to my training, my roots at Charity Hospital. My first experiences of being of service…to the indigent. It fit me. I had a sense of belonging there that I had never experienced before. When I was in a relationship with my patients, I was alive in a way that I had not known even existed.

Two weeks ago, light years away from New Orleans, on the water in Mill Valley California, I sat in a room filled with seasoned doctors and nurses. Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, the magnificent visionary healer and author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather’s Blessings, was leading our discussion. We were talking about finding meaning in Medicine and Nursing. We were sharing about being “called” to our work. We were remembering and voicing why we do this work, knowing at the deepest level we are exactly where we need to be–in the heart of healing. And with tears streaming down our faces we knew without a doubt that we were home.