All Things Vagus

Episode 31: Gardening—Nourishing Mind, Body & Soul

May 13th, 2025  |  27 mins 43 secs

connection, emotional health, farm ecology, farming, gardening, grief, kathleen managan, mental health, natural world, nature, philosophy, psychology, red willow learning center, resiliance, university of montana, western montana ahec, wmt ahec

Greg Price has degrees in philosophy and psychology and has been the River Road Farm Director for Garden City Harvest for 24 years. In addition to farming, he teaches classes on soil health, farm ecology, and farming/gardening best practices. He also has taught naturalist classes centered around bear ecology throughout western Montana.

Episode 2: Emotional Awareness: Learning To Better Understand Yourself

July 29th, 2022  |  34 mins 9 secs

behavioral, body, chronic, dickinson, emotions, end of life care, fairleigh, herbs, medicine, mind, mind/body, montana, nervous system, professional, psychology, psychopharmacology, self care, selfcare, trauma, university, vagus

Our guest today is Carilyn Ellis who received her doctorate in clinical psychology from George Fox University and then her postdoctoral masters in clinical psychopharmacology from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is the former president of the Oregon Psychological Association, has her own private practice, and also teaches graduate psychology and behavioral medicine for George Fox University. She has worked in a variety of medical settings and has completed formal training as well as professional development in the areas of trauma, chronic medical conditions, pain, and end of life care.

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