From Trauma to Transformation: The Journey to Wellness Within by Founder Patti Brown
As time has passed, I’ve come to recognize that several life experiences served as the impetus to my bringing about Wellness Within.
For instance, as a teenager I unknowingly learned how trauma remains embedded in our bodies.
Let me explain.
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Breathwork and Beyond: Unlocking the Power of Pranayama
Explore the transformative power of breathwork in our latest podcast episode. Learn how mindful breathing can profoundly impact your physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
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Honoring Loss: Exploring the Sacred Practice of Grief with Patti Brown, MS, LMFT
In the latest episode of the Wellness Within Podcast, Patti Brown, MS, LMFT the esteemed founder of Wellness Within, dives deep into the profound and often overlooked topic of grief. Acknowledging the challenges that holidays, anniversaries, and memorable days can bring, Patti offers a thoughtful exploration of grief as a sacred practice.
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"Cultivating Caregiver Resilience": Insights and Strategies
In our recent podcast episode, "Cultivating Caregiver Resilience," Patti Brown, LMFT, the founder of Wellness Within, shares profound insights drawn from her own personal caregiving journey. This episode offers practical take-aways for care partners, focusing on essential tools for self-care and strategies for navigating the challenges of caregiving.
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Katie’s Nourishing Reads and Resources: An Empowered Wellness Journey
Food has the power to heal, and along with modern medicine, my team of doctors and nurses, as well as my overall lifestyle change, I feel that I have put myself in the best position to 'live' with my cancer diagnosis for a very long time.
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Navigating Intimacy: The Challenges Faced by Cancer Patients regarding Sex
Cancer takes. It can hijack and upend lives. At the least invasive, it is highly inconvenient. But one that often goes under the radar is the impact of cancer on our sexuality.
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The Healing Network: Unveiling the Crucial Role of Community for Cancer Patients and Survivors
Wellness Within’s August 2023 Sacramento Cancer Wellness Retreat, a recent gathering of individuals on navigating their own cancer experience, proved a testament to these findings and exemplified the profound impact of community connection on the well-being of cancer patients and survivors.
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The Financial Challenges of Cancer: Insights from the "Key CA Financial Cancer Resources" Webinar
From understanding insurance coverage to dealing with medical bills and exploring financial assistance programs, it's crucial to have access to reliable resources that can provide guidance and support. In this blog post, we'll review the key takeaways from the recent "Key CA Financial Cancer Resources" webinar.
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The Science Behind the Benefits of Knitting: Unraveling Wellness Within
While various wellness practices exist and are also offered here at Wellness Within, one activity that has gained considerable attention is knitting. Beyond its artistic appeal, knitting has been shown to offer numerous benefits for mental, emotional, and even physical health.
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Discovering Choices in Your Cancer Care
Do you find yourself looking for methods to improve treatment outcomes, manage side effects of cancer and treatments, reduce chances of recurrence, or prevent long-term or late effects of cancer and treatments?
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Influencing the Mind-Body Connection with Music
Did you know that music therapy is increasingly being used as an intervention for stress reduction in both medical and mental healthcare settings? A 2020 research analysis confirms that music therapy has many proven mind & body benefits, including reducing stress in those facing a life-changing diagnosis like cancer.
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Tree Meditation Series with Susan Whitaker
One of our amazing, certified instructors Susan Whitaker specially crafted a powerful Tree Meditation Series consisting of 10 guided imagery meditations.
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Somatic Practices for Relief and Recovery
If you’re a cancer patient, survivor, or a caregiver for a loved one with cancer, I don’t need to tell you that what you have experienced and are experiencing is traumatic. Or at the very least stressful and disorienting. I know, as I’ve experienced each of these “roles.”
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What is Forest Therapy/Bathing and Why Try It?
So what is it exactly? Per the Association of Nature & Forest Therapy, “Forest Therapy is a research-based framework for supporting healing and wellness through immersion in forests and other natural environments.
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Demystifying Qigong & Cultivating Vitality
At Wellness Within, we offer a variety of movement classes including Qigong. For those that are new to the practice or even those who have been practicing for a long time, we wanted to provide more information and resources. We turned to Cynthia Li, MD and our Wellness Within instructor, John Brewer to
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Connecting with your Authentic Self - Karen Penfold
There is much talk these days about being authentic. We strive to be authentic with our social media, authentic in our relationships, authentic in our work, business or ministry and authentic with ourselves.
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