All Things Vagus

Episode 20: Open To Grace

March 28th, 2024  |  22 mins 21 secs

healing, julie rae o'connor, kathy mangan, mental health, therapy, yoga, yoga therapy

Julie Rae OConnor began teaching yoga in Missoula, Montana in 2000 at the request of her then employer and friends. She teaches individual and group yoga classes. Julie Rae is a Registered Yoga Teacher and Licensed Massage Therapist practicing myriad modalities. Traditional Thai Medical Massage, CranioSacral Therapy, Structural Integration, Reiki, and yoga are present in a session. Julie Rae earned a BFA in Drama with an emphasis in Acting at the University of Montana. The essence of acting is keen listening, observation and honestly responding. Awareness, self-observation, and reflection inspire action and practice with dedication. Julie Rae is passionate about sharing self-care practices with her hamlet through her business and with her tango dance community.

Episode 19: The Healing Powers of Sound

February 6th, 2024  |  25 mins 40 secs

arwen kittelson-aldred, healing, kathy mangan, mental health, music therapy, musical healing, red willow learning center, sound therapy, therapy

Arwen Kittelson-Aldred is a trained instructor of Kundalini Yoga and meditation as taught by Yogi Bhajan. She is also a classically trained musician and brings her skills to sound therapeutic practices and workshops. Arwen is currently at work earning her Master's in Social Work.

To learn more about Arwen and her practice visit: https://www.arweniansoundscapes.com/

Episode 14: Journal Yourself into the Hero of Your Own Story

August 3rd, 2023  |  24 mins 21 secs

healing, journaling, kathleen mangan, melissa neff, neurofeedback, post-traumatic growth

Dr. Melissa Neff is a clinical psychologist, educator, speaker, and trainer in Missoula, MT. The main focus of Dr. Neff’s practice is neurofeedback. She is a certified neurofeedback provider and the proud owner of Well Up, a business whose goal is to help people stress less and live well. Her research background is in the area of post-traumatic growth and she has a passion for creative writing.

Episode 13: Preventing Burnout: Cultivating Self-Empowerment

July 3rd, 2023  |  32 mins 52 secs

burnout, energy healing, healing, joan hoedel, kathleen mangan, life coach, medical professionals, nursing

Joan Hoedel is a life coach and an energy healing practitioner with a background in nursing. She is passionate about her work and is always learning something new. Joan focuses on the combination of modalities that helps her clients heal in the fastest, least invasive, most effective way. She works with the subconscious and the energy field, striving to meet people where they are and gently invite them to expand their concept of what is possible. To learn more visit www.joanhoedel.com or email her at [email protected].

Episode 8: The Power of Breathwork

January 25th, 2023  |  37 mins 20 secs

anxiety, behavioral, body, breath, breathe, breathing, chronic, clinical, disorders, energetic, entanglement, focus, focused, healing, health, integrative medicine, medicine, mind, mind/body, nervous system, nina, nocebo, nutrition, observation, osteopathic, placebo, practitioner, professional, ptsd, quantum science, self care, selfcare, university, vagus, wellbeing

Nina Kahm MSW, LCSW, has been working as a psychotherapist for fifteen years, during which she has worked with a wide variety of modalities that lead to wellness. Her diverse background—with clinical, energetic, and interdisciplinary training—allows her to assess the relationship between body and mind, taking the whole person and their life experiences into consideration. She is passionate about breathwork and awakening our body's own innate ability to heal. Nina’s goal is to explore and address the multifaceted aspects of imbalance and disease through holistic approaches, mind/body connections, and soul-level healing.

Episode 6: Microbiome - Why It Matters

November 30th, 2022  |  46 mins 40 secs

behavioral, bio chemistry, bio-chemistry, biochem, biotech, body, chronic, dr. laura stuve, entanglement, genes, healing, health, integrative medicine, laura stuve, medicine, mind, mind/body, molecular biologist mind body medicine, nervous system, nocebo, observation, osteopathic, placebo, practitioner, professional, quantum science, self care, selfcare, ucsf, university, vagus, wellbeing

Dr. Laura Stuve is a PhD molecular biologist, researcher and instructor of science-based intuitive medicine. Her academic background includes a PhD at UCSF in bio-chemistry and that’s followed by a post-doc fellowship at Stanford working on the Human Genome Project. From there Laura went on to become Senior Director of Research and Development at two California biotech companies, working on identifying genes involved in chronic disease. Laura spent 26 years in basic research in human molecular genetics, academia and in the biotech industry before shifting her to full time teaching, practicing and researching mind-body medicine in 2008.

Episode 5: Accessing Your Inner Wisdom - The Support That Is Always With You

October 28th, 2022  |  50 mins 16 secs

behavioral, chronic, entanglement, healing, health, integrative medicine, medicine, mind, mind/body, nervous system, nocebo, observation, osteopathic, placebo, practitioner, professional, quantum science, self care, selfcare, university, vagus, wellbeing

Angela Adkins has over 25 years of experience in the field of holistic healing, alpha mind intuition training, and personal empowerment processes. She has facilitated seminars and workshops for well over 3,000 students in the United States, Japan, Brazil, Canada, and Germany. She really enjoys sharing cutting edge wellness modalities and speaking at international educational conferences. Angela makes her home in Dallas, Texas, and is passionate about guiding people to understand and awaken their inborn power to heal.

Episode 4: The Energy Resource of Emotions

September 30th, 2022  |  38 mins 42 secs

behavioral, chronic, entanglement, healing, health, integrative medicine, medicine, mind, mind/body, nervous system, nocebo, observation, osteopathic, placebo, practitioner, professional, quantum science, self care, selfcare, university, vagus, wellbeing

Dr.Tracy Clarke is a board certified manual Osteopathic practitioner and holds a doctorate and a PhD in integrative medicine from the International Quantum University of Integrative Medicine in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Clarke's doctoral research focused on the influence of observation, entanglement, placebo, and nosebo on the outcome of healing.This passion for quantum science has enabled Dr.Clark to create courses for anyone who wishes to incorporate these concepts into their professional practice or personal healing journey.

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