The Nurse Is In!
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Learn about a variety of current health-related topics to make informed decisions regarding health and wellness. Explore integrative health practices and how they can be utilized for preventative care or in conjunction with traditional health practices. Guest speakers discuss integrative practices and how they use them in their professional and/or personal lives. Learn ways to use integrative practices to set life goals, develop awareness, utilize your strengths, learn techniques and methods to manage your life.

Susan Cacciola

As a Registered Nurse, Susan educates patients suffering from diabetes, cardiac and kidney disease about disease and appropriate dietary management. However, the most successful clients are those who also adopted a holistic integrative approach to include exercise and various forms of stress management and behavioral awareness
  •  What is the difference between a dietician and a nutritionist and why choose one over​ the other?
  • Vaping- the pros and cons
  • The epidemic of obesity- effects on the individual and society
  • Ways to reduce stress in your life
  • What is functional medicine? Interview with a traditional/ functional medicine doctor
  • Using herbals in conjunction with a behavioral health practice- speaking with a psychiatric nurse practitioner.
  • Learning ways to reduce stress and anxiety; calm yourself in the middle of chaos
  • ­ Energy healing practices that really work!
  • ­ Use of somatic awareness, self-assessment and relaxation techniques
  • ­ What is craniosacral therapy and how can it help you?
  • Getting the skeleton out of the hospital closet- protein energy malnutrition
  • ­ Using affirmations to improve your health, self-worth and life in general

Class Topics

  • ​Reiki
  • Essential oils
  • CBD, with guest speaker Karen Apy: nurse, entrepreneur, and cancer survivor
  • Gratitude
  • Breathwork
  • Teachings of Louise Hay, motivational author
  • Shamanism
  • Functional Medicine, with guest speaker, Daniel Rieders MD, a triple board- certified cardiologist; cardiology, Holistic, Functional, Integrative Medicine specialist
  • CranioSacral Therapy, with guest speaker Linda Mitchell, Founder & CranioSacral Therapist at The Tree of Health Center.
  • Integrative health practices of a psychiatric nurse practitioner, Ann Mendelsohn APRN-BC
  • STRESS: Effects on the body and ways to reduce stress in your life.
  • Guest speaker Lisa Ferranti LCSW, Mental Health Counselor. Holistic modalities of meditation, mindfulness, yoga, laws of attraction, forest bathing and nutrition.
  • Ritual Ceremony and Intentions
  • Shadow Work
  • Water: The ins and outs of water - tap water, bottled water, concerns, integrative practice.
  • Cassandra Speaks: Lessons from the book by Elizabeth Lesser, When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes.