Back in the Saddle

Life can be scary from 7 feet above after an unscheduled dismount from your <3 horse. For many, getting back on their equine after the train wreck can be overwhelming and down right scary. Sometimes injuries result that are a constant reminder of your mortality, and the relationship between you and your equine has been … Read more

Adolescents, Nutrition, & Behavior

Taken from a one of my presentations in Health Psychology… With the exception of the first year of life, the majority of a person’s growth occurs during adolescence (Stang, Story, & U.M., 2008).  This creates an increase in need for energy and nutrients to supply the energy.  Nutrient needs are higher during adolescence than any … Read more

Vitamin C, the Brain, and Behavior

Vitamin C, also known as L-ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin needed for health.Human beings do not have the ability to make vitamin C in the body like most other mammals are able to, and therefore must obtain the vitamin from dietary sources (Higdon, 2006). Within the human body, vitamin C functions as an essential cofactor in … Read more

Mindfulness in Therapy

Mindfulness meditation is a practice that was developed in the ancient Buddhist tradition and continues to be practiced today.  It involves obtaining a calm and conscious awareness of one’s body functions and feelings.  Currently, many therapists are incorporating this practice of mindfulness meditation with cognitive behavioral therapy to form a treatment for a variety of … Read more

Drug-free Therapy for Pain

My specialty is to help our clients achieve optimum health and well-being, in a drug-free environment. What does this actually mean for a person? It can mean anything from just feeling good throughout the day, to healing and overcoming difficult health challenges. What it does not mean is maintaining drug use to an accepted perceived … Read more

Workplace Health Program

An effective workplace health program can help in promoting to workers healthy behaviors to avoid disease as well as help those already affected by disease to improve or delay disease progression.  While the evidence demonstrates good workplace health programs are beneficial, some employers choose not to invest in them or to cut funding for programs … Read more