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Melanie Rubin, M.Ed., associate director and Director of National Disaster Relief of Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) discusses how AWB provides disaster relief, recovery and support for building resiliency – to communities affected by disasters, human conflict, environmental devastation, poverty and social injustice. Unresolved trauma affects not only the health of individuals, but the well-being of families, communities and entire nations. Trauma often has repercussions for generations, preventing cooperation, co-existence and peace among the world’s people. AWB’s mission is to interrupt the devastating effects of trauma by reducing suffering and helping individuals and communities find greater balance and resiliency. We use community-style ear acupuncture as a powerful, simple, safe way of helping people “reset” their nervous systems to a greater state of calm, quiet and clarity. When a group experiences this relief from chaos, hope, determination and resiliency can begin to be restored, which allows communities to move forward.

Lyme disease affects more than 300,000 people in the United States, costs $1.3 billion to treat each year and is the sixth most common reported infectious disease in the United States. It is named after Lyme, Conn., where it was first discovered 40 years ago. Lyme disease, contracted through bites from a black footed deer tick and caused by the Borrelia burgdoferi bacteria, was once thought of as a disease only contracted in the Northeastern region of the United States. However with the spread of housing into once rural areas, the overabundance of deer and white footed mice (another carrier of the deer tick) and climate change Lyme disease has spread throughout the country and throughout the world. We need to be aware that one can contract Lyme in Oregon. Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac. speaks with Dr. Tom Messinger about Lyme disease and its treatment. Dr Messinger practices naturopathic medicine in Portland, Oregon, specializing in the treatment of Lyme and chronic Lyme disease. Prior to becoming an N.D.,he was an RN for 23 years and spent most of his career working in inner city Emergency Rooms.

Advice from cancer specialists, psychologists, and other healers..... Amidst all of the doctors’ visits, unfamiliar treatments, anxiety, and fear that follow a cancer diagnosis, it’s crucial to maintain a sense of stability and peace during your journey. That’s exactly what An Inside Job: A Psychologist Shares Healing Wisdom for Your Cancer Journey offers readers. By combining scientific findings with integrative wisdom and the true, heartwarming stories of her cancer patients, Susan Apollon—a psychologist who has specialized in integrative oncology, grief, and trauma for nearly 30 years—provides a deeper, richer perspective of what we call “healing.” You’ll find a wealth of practical steps and insightful advice to help you shift to a more positive perspective, tap into hope, and pursue the possibility of a physical, emotional, and spiritual healing experience. - See more at: http://kboo.fm/media/57074-inside-job#sthash.JF2P6JS3.dpuf

Peggy Orenstein is the author of The New York Times best-sellers Girls & Sex, Cinderella Ate My Daughter and Waiting for Daisy as well as Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Kids, Love and Life in a Half-Changed World and the classic, School Girls: Young Women, Self-Esteem and the Confidence Gap. A contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, Peggy has also written for such publications as The Los Angeles Times, Vogue, Elle, Time, Mother Jones, Slate, O: The Oprah Magazine, and The New Yorker, and has contributed commentaries to NPR’s All Things Considered and the PBS Newshour Her articles have been anthologized multiple times, including in The Best American Science Writing. She has been a keynote speaker at numerous colleges and conferences and has been featured on, among other programs, Nightline, CBS This Morning, The Today Show, NPR’s Fresh Air and Morning Edition and CBC’s As It Happens. In 2012, The Columbia Journalism Review named Peggy one of its “40 women who changed the media business in the past 40 years.” She has been recognized for her Outstanding Coverage of Family Diversity, by the Council on Contemporary Families and received a Books For A Better Life Award for Waiting for Daisy. Her work has also been honored by the Commonwealth Club of California, the National Women’s Political Caucus of California and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Additionally, she has been awarded fellowships from the United States-Japan Foundation and the Asian Cultural Council. - See more at: http://kboo.fm/media/56419-girls-and-sex-interview-peggy-orenstein#sthash.Lw8U4ooH.dpuf

Sandor Ellix Katz is a fermentation revivalist. His books Wild Fermentation (2003, 2016) and the Art of Fermentation (2012), along with the hundreds of fermentation workshops he has taught around the world and helped to catalyze a broad revival of the fermentation arts. A self-taught experimentalist who lives in rural Tennessee, the New York Times calls him “one of the unlikely rock stars of the American food scene.” Sandor is the recipient of a James Beard award and many other honors.

The companion cookbook to Dr. Hyman's revolutionary Eat Fat, Get Thin, with more than 175 delicious, nutritious, heart- and waist-friendly recipes. Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac., interviews Dr. Mark Hyman on KBOO's Healthwatch Dr. Hyman's Eat Fat, Get Thin radically changed the way we view dietary fat, and proved that the key to losing weight and keeping it off is to eat ample amounts of good fats. Now, Dr. Hyman shares more than 175 mouthwatering recipes to help you incorporate these good fats into your diet and continue on your path to wellness. With easy-to-prepare recipes for every meal--featuring nuts, coconut oil, avocados, and lots of other superfoods you thought were "off limits"--you can achieve fast and sustained weight loss. Your health is a life-long journey, and THE EAT FAT, GET THIN COOKBOOK helps make that journey both do-able and delicious. Mark Hyman, MD, is the director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, founder of The UltraWellness Center, and New York Times bestselling author whose latest book The Eat Fat, Get Thin Cookbook was recently published by Little, Brown.

Gastroenterologist Dr. Robynne Chutkan speaks with Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac. on Healthwatch about living a little more dirty and eating clean as a way to heal your gut. With the prevalence of chronic afflictions like obesity, diabetes, food allergies, auto-immune disease, chronic fatigue, depression, acne & rosacea they'll talk about the connection to digestive health and the microbiome. Dr. Chutkan discusses her new book The Microbiome Solution: A Radical New Way to Heal Your Body from the Inside Out.

According to the United States Center for Disease Control, it is currently estimated that about 1 – 1.3 million people suffer from Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Known as IBD this disease involves chronic inflammation of all or part of the digestive tract. IBD primarily includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, potentially debilitating conditions. Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a chronic condition that also affects the digestive tract and is often unrecognized or untreated, with as few as 25% of IBS sufferers seeking professional health care. Today Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac. is speaking with Dr. Edie Vickers, naturopathic physican and licensed acupuncturist on KBOO's Healthwatch about IBD, IBS and the naturopathic and Chinese medicine approach to treating these health problems. Dr. Vickers is Director of the An Hao Natural Health Clinic in NW Portland. Her practice focuses on women's health, immune disorders, cancer, and chronic diseases. Dr. Vickers uses acupuncture, Chinese herbs, hydrotherapy, injection therapy, diet, and nutritional supplements to assist her patients in achieving better health and balance. She holds degrees from the University of Toronto, the National College of Naturopathic Medicine, and the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. In addition to her long time practice, she also is an educator teaching Chinese medicine students and as a NUNM Supervising Physician to naturopathic and Chinese medicine interns.

SCREENAGERS probes into the vulnerable corners of family life, including the director's own, and depicts messy struggles, over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Through surprising insights from authors and brain scientists solutions emerge on how we can empower kids to best navigate the digital world. Today, Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac. interviews Lisa Tabb,co-executive and co-producer on the film Screenagers directed by Dr. Delaney Ruston. Dr. Delaney Ruston decided to make SCREENAGERS when she found herself constantly struggling with her two kids about screen time. Ruston felt guilty and confused, not sure what limits were best, especially around mobile phones, social media, gaming, and how to monitor online homework. Hearing repeatedly how other parents were equally overwhelmed, she realized this is one of the biggest, unexplored parenting issues of our time.

In 2014, the American Psychological Association deemed teens, during the school year, the most stressed group of people in the United States. Teens experience stress much the way adults do, but do not yet have the skills and mechanisms to effectively work with it. To address this dilemma, Peace in Schools launched the first for-credit high school mindfulness course in the nation in 2014 in collaboration with Portland’s Wilson High School to great success. Today their program is also available to high school students at Rosemary Anderson, Lincoln and Cleveland High Schools and will be available this coming school year in Madison, Franklin and Alliance Meek High Schools, all as for credit elective courses. Caverly Morgan founded Peace in Schools and leads the Peace in Schools teaching team, develops the secular mindfulness curriculums, and works directly with teens. Caverly has been practicing mindfulness since 1995, including eight years in a monastic setting. She also offers awareness practice for adults though her nonprofit One House of Peace. Caverly is known for the insight, passion and humor she brings to her transformative work with students of all ages. Listen in to learn about this innovative and effective semester long program for teens and the resources it provides. - See more at: http://kboo.fm/media/51016-peace-schools-bringing-mindfulness-teens-interview-caverly-morgan#sthash.x1DB0Cfs.dpuf

It’s spring in the Pacific NW and for many that can mean misery. If you suffer from seasonal allergies it is also the season of allergy medicine advertising, promoting many over the counter medications designed to ease your symptoms. If you suffer with allergies, you're certainly not alone. According to the US National Institutes of Health, more than 50 million Americans live with allergies. This represents the 6th leading cause of chronic disease in the United States, is higher among children, and has rapidly increased over the past 15 years. But, did you know that the treatment of allergies with herbs is effective and one of the oldest medicines, going back on record over two thousand years. The World Health Organization estimates that 80% of people worldwide rely on herbal medicines for some part of their primary healthcare. Today we are speaking about seasonal allergies, the symptoms, the causes and how herbal medicine can treat and relieve suffering. Dr Glen Nagel, is a naturopathic physician, a practicing herbalist, and all around herbal wise guy for Glen Nagel, ND, naturopathic physician, herbal medicinethe last 30 years practicing in Oregon. He has apprenticed with leaders in the field, Herbal Ed Smith and Sara Katz, founders of Herb Pharm, Ryan Drum Ph D and wise woman Cascade Anderson Geller. He has taught at Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington and is an adjunct professor in botanical medicine at the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. He is currently the lead naturopathic physician for Herb Pharm, a company growing and producing high quality herbal herbal extracts and, educating people on the safe and effective use of medicinal herbs.

Join Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac. as she speaks with Jill Blakeway, L. Ac., CEO of the Yin Ova Center in New York City and author of Making Babies: A proven 3-month program for maximum fertility, co-authored Dr. Sami David, a reproductive endocrinologist. This book offers women and men a guide to fertility using the wisdom of Chinese medicine in conjunction with Western medicine. Fertility medicine today is all about aggressive surgical, chemical, and technological intervention, in Making Babies, acupuncturist Jill Blakeway and Dr. David draw on the best of both Eastern and Western medicine. By identifying your “fertility type,” inspired by the classical patterns of Chinese Medicine, you can focus in on the strategies most helpful in your particular situation, and avoid the things that may be causing you problems. Those strategies include: choosing fertility-promoting foods; properly predicting the best time to conceive (hint: the answer is not 14 days after your last period began); accurately pinpointing the cause of your fertility problems; making specific and sometimes surprising lifestyle choices, like exercising less; taking cough medicine; decreasing doses of fertility drugs; and getting acupuncture along with IVF. The book concludes with an easy three-month program designed to get your body in optimal shape to conceive. Think of it as “fertility book camp,” only without the scary drill sergeant. Some people will need additional support from a health care professional, whether conventional or complementary or both. Read this book for a clear and informative point of view on fertility.

Can you cure your child with food? Do you want to know what the hidden connections between nutrition and childhood ailments are? Listen in as Kelly Dorfman, M.S., L.N.D., one of the world’s foremost experts on using nutrition therapeutically to improve brain function, energy and mood introduces listeners to that connection. Her marvelous book, Cure Your Child with Food, offers parents the opportunity to become their family’s nutrition detective. Does your child suffer from recurrent ear infections, stomachaches, picky eating, anxiety, ADHD, behavioral issues or skin rashes? Kelly Dorfman’s scrupulous sleuthing uncovers problems with even the most “normal” everyday foods in a child’s diet. How important is nutrition really in improving health? A lot. Her book will open a door of understanding for you. From gluten, to sugar, to corn and dairy, modern food can present a highway of obstacles to optimal health in children. Kelly Dorfman helps you navigate the road.

Afro-Vegan by Bryant Terry is about eating close to home. Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean and Southern Flavors Remixed Bryant Terry is a chef, educator, and author renowned for his activism to create a healthy, just, and sustainable food system. In regard to his work, Bryant’s mentor Alice Waters says, “Bryant Terry knows that good food should be an everyday right and not a privilege.” Bryant is the author of four books and and the host of Urban Organic-a multi-episode web series that he co-created. Bryant Terry’ s new book, Afro-Vegan offers readers a flavorful, artistic and cultural journey into the power of whole- plant based cooking. He brings familiar foods forward that are integral to African culture and have traversed the globe as the African diaspora has. His interweaving of traditions, his innovation and spice are inspired by his commitment to health and empowering people in eating close to the source to re-vitalize physical and spiritual health. Whether it be growing your own food, taking part in a community garden, shopping at a local farmers market or eating with others, Bryant is passionate about bringing healthy, plant based cooking into communities and connecting people to their traditions. Honoring heritage with whole foods is integral in addressing the crisis of obesity, hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, and heart disease affecting African-American communities in this country today. Part One of the interview explores the roots of Bryant’s philosophy in creating viable, health promoting, delicious food while bringing people closer to their traditions and heritage. This is food for all and all for food.

Parsely, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme are herbs for our health. Herbs for health, yes they are in your pantryThose simple cooking herbs in your pantry are there to add flavor to your meal yet they also help clear your ills, uplift your spirits and help you with that sore throat you may be getting. They have been used for millennia in cultures all around the world. Let’s not forget their benefits and that the power of nature is right at our finger tips. Today Ellen Goldsmith, shares some secrets from the kitchen in a talk about the benefits of sage, rosemary, thyme and a bit about parsley. Perhaps you simply put a little rosemary in with your soup or dinner, but did you know that rosemary has been used for centuries to lift one’s spirit? Next time you use your cooking herbs for flavor, remember that they might add a little health to your meal as well!

Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Bio-Medical Treatment, Part Two Dr. Valerie LaRosa continues the conversation about the bio-medical and naturopathic approach to treating children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The bio-medical and naturopathic treatment takes a functional approach to each individual. Not all treatments fit all people. Dr. LaRosa takes us through what evaluation is like, and what treatments can be beneficial to children and families dealing with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders are challenging and the Bio-Medical Approach to treatment is making a difference. Dr. Valerie LaRosa, naturopathic physician and former behavioral therapist speaks about what Autism Spectrum Disorder is, what underlying issues may accompany it, and what could be done to help a child and their family. The bio-medical approach to the treatment of autism and Autism Spectrum Disorder has contributed to a broader view on its underlying causes and its treatment.This podcast is part one of a two part series on ASD – its assessment and physiological treatment. So many children with ASD also suffer nagging health problems, which when addressed can support improved function. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders. What can be done? Bio-medical and naturopathic treatment offer children and families options for addressing the whole child and their health. Listen in to learn more.

The 5 flavors in Chinese medicine exists in the food we eat as well as the herbs we may take. This is perennial wisdom. Let’s bring this wisdom into the future. Chinese Medicine, 5 Healing FlavorsChinese medicine offers us a way to understand food and its healing capacity. One of the most important elements is the therapeutic effect that a flavor of a food has. The action and the energy a flavor has on us is not simply the pleasure of taste but the action it has on our body. Did you know that the sweet flavor of food, not sugar, such as the sweetness of winter squash and carrots have a positive impact on our digestion and helps us to relax? Did you know that the bitter taste is important for detoxifying and cleansing? Or that pungent foods help lift our vitality and move our qi? Listen in as Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac. takes you on a tour of the healing actions of the Five Flavors from a Chinese medicine point of view. Then “energetic” components of food can be applied in any type of whole food diet to keep us healthy throughout our lifetime. This is a great introduction to the ancient wisdom that traditional cultures have held for thousands of years.

Sugar is it too much? Sami and Meredith think so.foracause Rowing 2400 miles to raise money and awareness on how sugar is detrimental to our health. Sami Inkinen and Meredith Loring are rowing from San Francisco, California to Honolulu, Hawaii as part of the inaugural Great Pacific Race as a mixed pair. fat chance row, sugar, Dr. Robert LustigWhy are they doing this, unsupported-meaning they will carry all their food (no sugar or processed foods) and gear? First, as they said, “Because we can and we like a good challenge.” Plus they will be promoting healthy eating and the fight against the proliferation of sugar in the global diet. Sami and Meredith are extra- ordinary. All funds they raise on this expedition will go to Dr. Robert Lustig’s Institute for Responsible Nutrition.

Sugar is everywhere. Sugar is addictive. sugar- hiding in plain sightSugar, sugar you are everywhere and we do not even know it. Wolfram Alderson, Executive Director of the Institute for Responsible Nutrition founded by Dr. Robert Lustig, is back on Health Currents Radio to talk about the progress made in bringing awareness to the toxic effects sugar can have on our health and how to find it in your food. But, it is hard to avoid if you do not even know the 56 aliases good ole’ sugar goes by. The World Health Organization has recommended only 25 grams of sugar daily for optimal health (approximately 6 teaspoons), that’s about one “protein bar” and less than a can of soda, which has 39 grams. The Institute for Responsible Nutrition has been working with organizations, governments, and individuals, as well as creating wonderfully animated short films to bring the ill effects of sugar to the public: Sugar is Killing Us and Sugar: Hiding in Plain Sight. Institute for Responsible Nutrition, Dr. Robert LustigAll money raised by this organization goes towards their mission: To End Childhood Obesity and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes. Wolfram Alderson shares what you can do, what is being done and what can be done to reduce the impact of excess sugar on our health.

You are not alone, stress is part of life – sometimes it makes us stronger and sometimes it wears us down. Do we need it? Yes. Can we change how we respond to it? Yes. That is where Stress 2.0 comes in. Today we are speaking with Dr. Samantha Brody, naturopathic physician and licensed acupuncturist to understand more about stress and what you can do about it. Do the daily choices we make about what we eat, our exercise, and rejuvenation have an impact on our capacity to deal with and regulate the stress we experience? Absolutely! Dr. Samantha, takes us through how we can take charge of our lives, understand how stress affects us and presents a way of breaking it down to what we can control, what we cannot and what we can do for ourselves.

To Detox or not to Detox? That is the question. Whether it is noble to detox or not is not the question. The question is do you need to revitalize the physical, mental and emotional aspects of yourself? Do you feel you need a break from the long winter? A 10-day nutritional cleanse can be just the thing to help you move into spring, the vitality of the season without so much of the stress. spring detx, nutritonal cleanse, weight loss, Ellen GoldsmithEllen Goldsmith, shares the benefits and basic protocol for doing your own 10-day cleanse, one in which you have the opportunity to change the way you eat, while utilizing a medicinal grade protein powder with enzymes and nutrients to support your body’s capacity to burn your own fuel. If you have ever considered a cleanse, you can take the opportunity to clear your mind, give your digestive system a break and discover some of the side benefits – weight loss and elimination of those foods which seem to do more harm than good, such as sugar, caffeine, processed foods, and alcohol. Why not take 10-days out of your normal eating routine to try something a bit different, all the while giving yourself the opportunity to feel better, one day at a time.

Are You Cooking with What you Have in Late Winter/ Early Spring? Katherine Deumling, of Cook with What You Have is back on Health Currents Radio to talk with Ellen Goldsmith about cooking and eating at that awkward time of year, when winter is coming to a close, but spring is not quite here. Ellen and Katherine team up for a lively and delicious conversation on the pleasures of cooking with what you have in every season from the perspective of a dedicated locavore and Chinese medicine practitioner. Listen in to learn more about how the two points of view converge to offer new ways of cooking and choosing the food you eat in each season.

Are you wondering what you could do in spring to feel healthier? First, eat seasonally. Eating seasonally is ​an age old tradition in most cultures. If you want to feel healthy, more balanced and in tune, why not adjust your food to meet the season? Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac., Chinese Dietary Therapy instructor at the National College of Chinese Medicine’s, Classical Chinese Medicine Program shares the wisdom of Chinese medicinal thought, in easy and understandable modern terms.healthy eating, Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac., Chinese medicine, Chinese dietary therapy If you are wondering how to make changes and what to do about your food as we move from winter to spring, you will learn some easy tips for adjusting your food to support your vitality, and reduce your susceptibility to colds and allergies.

Can’t Sleep? Tips for Insomniacs who want to improve their chances for sleeping better. Sleep is key to functioning well and feeling well. Are you one of the tens of millions of people who cannot sleep well or have insomnia? Did you know that it is a public health epidemic? Lack of sleep affects our mood, our functioning, our stress levels. Losing even an hour of sleep per night results in the loss of one night of sleep per week. We are a nation of people who don’t get enough sleep. We can change that. Listen in as Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac. takes you through possible reasons why you may not be sleeping well, what you can do, and what type of health care provider could offer help in improving your sleep without long term use of sleeping aids.insomnia, better sleep, Ellen Goldsmith We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep. – William Shakepseare

Are you seeking natural and safe treatments for healing depression and anxiety? Are you wondering how come they are happy and I’m not? Listen in to part two of the interview with Dr. Peter Bongiorno, naturopathic physician and licensed acupuncturist. His years of healing depression, anxiety, Dr. Peter Bongiornoresearch and clinical practice treating depression and anxiety is made clear in his marvelous book, How Come They’re Happy and I’m Not? The Complete Natural Program for Healing Depression for Good. In part two of this conversation on Health Currents Radio, Dr. Bongiorno offers his 7-steps to treating depression integrating naturopathic and Chinese medicine. If you are seeking long lasting and sustainable results, you will want to listen in to this interview.

Acupuncture, recognized by the World Health Organization as beneficial for over 40 health conditions, is most widely known in the West for its effective treatment of pain conditions. What if you knew that acupuncture could also help you in revitalizing your health, and help you feel more balanced and connected to yourself? If you go through life trying to plow through your list of “have to” and feel somewhat out of synch with who you are, out of balance, stressed, tense consider acupuncture treatments.Pearl Natural Health Acupuncture, Naturopathic Medicine What happens during an acupuncture treatment? Upon the placement of acupuncture needles on points along meridians or acupuncture channels, your body begins to respond. Often times people will talk of a feeling profound rest and feeling of energy. After an acupuncture treatment, one can feel, well, different. Your body is working to re-balance itself, your nervous system is getting a rest, your immune system is supported, and your general sense of balance and well being is supported. Not sure how this could work for you? Listen in as Ellen Goldsmith, host of Health Currents Radio, licensed acupuncturist, and Chinese medicine practitioner shares with you insights into how this ancient art could benefit your modern life.

Are you one of over 18 million American adults who feel depressed and are searching for insight into underlying causes and treatment options? Dr. Peter Bongiorno, naturopathic physician, licensed acupuncturist, clinic director of Inner Source Health in NYC and vicinity offers his patients a comprehensive and integrative approach to healing depression. He is the author of the book, How Come They’re Happy and I Am Not: The Complete Natural Program for Healing Depression for Good. Today he joins Ellen Goldsmith for an informative and eye opening two-art conversation on the holistic, naturopathic and Chinese medicine approach to treating depression. There is hope, as Joan Baez said, ” Take action and don’t despair.” You can take one step at a time with a supportive team and begin to transform your health and state of mind.

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What happens to a person, a child after most everything in their lives have been wiped out by a natural disaster? After the basics of food, water and shelter have been stabilized, who tends to the inner landscape of the children and caregivers? Second Response, an initiative of the Fortunate Blessings Foundation.Second Response, Dr. Michelle Wang, Typhoon Haian, Typhoon Yolanda, disaster reiefl Join us as Dr. Michelle Wang, who worked with Second Response in the Philipines where she, Jonah Spear and Dr. Rony Berger worked with children, psychologists, and other care givers to prevent Post Traumatic Stress from becoming PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) through PLAYshops. PLAYshops are carefully crafted to offer children a safe space to release trauma, through movement, sound and play. Second Response, founded by William Spear has offered healing relief to over 100, 000 children from Hurricane Sandy, to Newtown, to Fukishima, Indonesia and beyond.

Does Mindfulness matter for children? It can; helping them cultivate awareness of their feelings, their actions, and compassion. What happens in school is crucial. Mindfulness training in schools can help our students increase their focus and capacity to pay attention, reduce stress, raise self-awarenss, cultivate a sense of empathy and calm: all key elements to a well functioning school atmosphere. Mindful Schools, is a program leading the integration of mindfulness into schools, training teachers and students. They are making a difference in the lives of over 18,000 children in public and private schools throughout the United States. Chris McKenna, program director of Mindful Schools joins Ellen Goldsmith in a lively and informative conversation about the roots of mindfulness training for teachers and students. Our children are our future, and in this complex world, we need engaged, self-aware and compassionate people. There is a lot to be done and Mindful Schools is investing in the future. Listen in and open your mind.

Are you juggling the demands of a productive and busy life in the 21st century and want to cultivate a more mindful approach? Whether you lead an organization, business, classroom or household you may find yourself dealing with one urgent matter to the next without the time to tend to what is truly important. Janice Marturano, was vice president and general counsel at General Mills for 15 years and initiated mindfulness programs at the corporate level. Seeking to make a difference in the lives of business leaders, she founded the Institute for Mindful Leadership where she is Executive Director. The Institute for Mindful Leadership offers mindfulness trainings for leaders throughout the world and has been featured in major news networks, as well as the Davos Economic Forum in 2013. Ms. Marturano’s new book, Finding the Space to Lead, A Practical Guide to Mindful Leadership can provide you with the core elements to cultivating your potential for authentic, clear, creative and compassionate leadership. Listen in as she speaks with Ellen Goldsmith, about the process of transforming your leadership capacities and your life.

Veterans are returning home with an alarming rate of health and mental health issues related to PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Their lives and the lives of their families and communities are adversely affected. We need these men and women as active members of society. Is there a way to relieve our veterans of their pain and strife from PTSD? Yes. emma seppala, ph.d, Stanford University, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research in Medicine and Education Emma Seppala, Ph.D., Associate Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University has conducted research on the effects of yoga-based interventions for combat veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with trauma and PTSD, with positive effect and healing. Join us as we listen in to an engaging and inspiring conversation about the relief of trauma and the cultivation of happiness.

Each new year we make a long list of resolutions meant to enhance and improve our health and how we feel, plus how we relate to others and to our lives. But, many times those resolutions fade. Listen in as Ellen Goldsmith shares some great tips on how to start where you are, envision where you want to go, and how to get there.

Are you a teenager, or parent of teenager and are totally stressed out? Gina's Cover to BookGina Biegel, M.A., LMFT and psychotherapist , is founder of Stressed Teens, otherwise known as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens (MBSR-T) Program, was founded in 2004 to support teens and their journey through adolescence. Join us on today’s podcast as we talk about what teens can do to reduce their stress. What stresses you out? Is it social interactions, school, family, grades? What happens to you, and do you feel it is just too much? As Gina Biegel says, “Don’t believe everything you think.” There are options, there are tools and skills you can learn to help you deal with the stresses of life, which are unique to teens and their families. You actually can learn to chill out a bit more than you think!

Are you present right now, at this very moment? Or is it difficult to stop the chatter and thinking? Can the practice of being present moment to moment change how I feel? Bob Stahl, Ph.d., MBSR teacher and author of the MBSR Workbook, joins us for part two of our conversation on mindfulness and the benefits of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). MBSR is an intensive 8-week group program in which people learn and practice mindfulness meditation, mindful yoga, and mindfulness in daily life. The program was created by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and has helped people gain tools, skills and experience in reducing stress and suffering. People all over the world are practicing MBSR in hospitals, schools, their homes, veteran centers, and even in the United States Congress, led by the efforts of one congressman from Ohio. You too can learn and access the benefits and resources through an Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR course). Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, MBSR, Bob Stahl, Health Currents RadioWhat’s in a finger snapping ten times? One moment. As Bob Stahl’s meditation teacher once told him, “Being mindful one moment is better than living one hundred years without being present.”

After 35 years of scientific research on the effects of mindfulness meditation and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on stress, trauma, brain function and performance mindfulness is entering the mainstream consciousness. mindfulness meditation, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, MBSR, Bob Stahl Ellen Goldsmith begins a month long series of interviews and inquiries into mindfulness meditation, specifically Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with Bob Stahl, PhD, who has founded seven MBSR programs in the San Francisco Bay Area and currently directs three MBSR programs at Dominican Hospital, O’Connor Hospital and El Camino Hospital. Bob serves as a Senior Teacher for Oasis–the institute for mindfulness-based professional education and innovation at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is a co-author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, Living With Your Heart Wide Open,and Calming the Rush of Panic.

Would you like to feel more energized, empowered, and confident but you don’t know where to start? Did you know how connected our voice is to that potential? Naaz Hosseini, speaks with Ellen today about the voice and leadership. Naaz Hosseini is the author of the e-book Speak from the Heart, creator and owner of Powerful Presence. She works with entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and women to step into their vocal power to build confidence, enhance communication and leadership potential.Naaz Hosseini Listen in as we learn about how the power of your voice, how it can inspire you, your audience, and your potential. The sound clip at the beginning and end of this interview is “Night Breeze Caravan”, composed and performed by Naaz Hosseini on her original CD, “SoundPath“, available at cdbaby.com

Did you know that the tastes of food have an impact on our health? In this podcast, we get a peek into the autumnal cooking class and onto the dinner table with Ellen Goldsmith and Katherine Deumling, owner of Cook with What You Have. Need some delicious and healthy recipes for your next dinner? Want to know how pears help you with a cough, and homemade root vegetable pickles help your digestion? autumnal cooking, healthy food, healthy recipes, vegetable recipes, Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac. Listen in, and then click on here for those recipes. If you like this podcast, click on this link to subscribe, making sure each week you get to hear helpful and healthful information and inspiration.

If you are wondering if you could find a delicious way to kick sugar out of your daily diet and bring sweetness to your family at the table, listen in when Ellen Goldsmith speaks with Shirley Plant, author of Finally Food We Can Eat. Everyone needs delicious alternatives to one of the most basic and delightful flavors, the sweet one. eat_less_sugar, sugar free, sugar free recipes Why not challenge yourself to break out of old habits, learn some new tricks, and develop new tastes for naturally healthy and delicious food.

Sugar by any other name is, sugar. Are you reading your labels? If you do, you might notice so many different names for the sweet stuff, it makes you dizzy! Here is a partial list: buttered syrup, cane-juice crystals, cane sugar, corn syrup, dextran, dextrose, ethyl maltol, fructose, fruit juice concentrate, glucose, high-fructose corn syrup, lactose, maltodextrin, sorbitol, sucrose, or organic evaporated cane juice. Today we talk all about sugar, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other metabolic disorders caused by our over consumption of the sweet stuff, with Wolfram Alderson, Executive Director of Robert Lustig‘s institute for Responsible Foods. We are just in time for Halloween, so you might want to rethink grabbing that big bag of candy to add to a child’s trick or treat bags. Could it be, that sugar is killing us, slowly? Listen in and learn more how you can change your health, and the world we live in.

HealthCorps at Benson High School helps teens get healthy in partnership with teachers, students, and ultimately families. Don’t you wish your teen came home and insisted you two go to the gym together? Well here is our continuing conversation with HealthCorps, which is one of those programs working with teens across the country in high schools to build mental resilience, fitness and good nutrition habits. Today, we speak with student Maya Brown, her mother Myrsa, and Physical Education teacher, Katie Meyer about, their experience of working with HealthCorps at Benson High School, in Portland, Oregon. They exemplify the tremendous impact that focusing on health and wellness education can have on students, teachers, schools and people’s lives.

Your naturopathic doctor can cover your health care. Does your health insurance cover your naturopathic doctor?naturopathic doctors, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Oregon Association of Naturopathic Physicians Laura Culberson Farr, executive director of the Oregon Association of Naturopathic Physicians, is an expert on the complexities of healthcare reform and shares her knowledge about the integration of naturopathic medicine in the evolving healthcare landscape. If you are wondering how to improve your health care options and be covered by your health insurance, then listen in. Whether you are excited about the new Affordable Care Act, not happy about it at all, or indifferent, this episode will give you facts you can follow up on.

Are your sweaters still in the closet? Are you hearing the ever present coughs at school pick ups and drop offs? Are adults around you starting to get sick? Are you going to wake up tomorrow with that scratch or soreness in the back of your throat that says one thing: Fall is here! Health Tips for Autumn On this episode, Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac. shares health tips that will help you adjust to and stay healthy this fall. Whether it’s food, exercise, sleep or herbal and home remedies, there is a lot you can do to avoid the colds and flu that come with the season. So don’t just give in to the yearly September Sniffles, fight back and take charge with these great health tips.

Gluten Free: It is possible. Find out how. Just a few years ago, most gluten-free products on the shelf were questionable tasting products at best. Of course there are naturally gluten-free foods, but I am talking about the other products that which are more grab-and-go or frozen foods. Now, in 2013 things have changed but to what degree? You can eat gluten-free food that tastes really good, but if you look closely at the ingredients how much cane sugar, tapioca and potato starch is actually in it? gluten free, gluten free diet, Dr. Samantha, Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac. At Health Currents Radio, we want you to eat your best and be your best, so in the episode we have enlisted the help of Dr. Samantha, naturopathic physician and curator of Gluten Free Portland an online resource for all things gluten-free in PDX. Listen and learn about what you should really be paying attention to when it comes to gluten-free food. She’ll walk us through how to assess whether or not a gluten-free food is really healthy, and how to step up your gluten-free game both at home and when you’re out and about. Just because you’re on a gluten-free diet doesn’t mean you don’t have delicious and healthy options. You do! Listen and find out more from Dr. Samantha.

Mary McBride and her band travel the world as cultural envoys for the US State Department and travel the USA with The Home Tour, bringing musical concerts and the transformative power of music to people where they live, whether it be long term mental health care centers, supported-housing communities, senior homes, homes for people with physical and mental disabilities or orphanages. From Portland, Oregon to the Iraqi Safe Home For Children in Sadr City, Iraq., Mary and her band bring passionate music to those who may need it most. Mary tells Ellen Goldsmith that her inspiration for The Home Tour started early in her career in NYC and was inspired by a home visit to an elderly woman in Washington D.C., who wished Mary would return one day to sing for her in her home. “I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.” - Maya Angelou

Patricia Warren got healthy doing the Ending Childhood Obesity Project program in Portland, Oregon. Through Delta Theta Sigma, and a local community center, she is working to share the gift of health, and increase access to healthier food, inspire healthier families and healthier children in the African-American community.

An Interview with Emma Sirois and Eecole Copen, RD Emma Sirois and Eecole Copen, RD are working in Portland, Oregon to bring whole, fresh and healthy sustainable food into the hospital system. Ms. Copen manages the Farmers Market at Oregon Health Sciences University and Ms. Sirois directs Oregon's Physicians for Social Responsibility Healthy Food in Healthcare programs, working with physicians and institutions to raise the bar on food and sustainability.

Ann Gentry is a pioneer, food educator, and founder of the Los Angeles area restaurant Real Food Daily. For two decades her restaurants, remain the premiere gourmet organic vegan eatery in Southern California. Their food is balanced according to Eastern health philosophies and heart-healthy Western nutrition recommendations and is made from fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, plant- proteins and high-quality natural condiments. Ellen sits down with Ann to talk about food, real good, healthy food and serving it up to thousands of people.

An Interview with Katherine Deumling, chair of Slow Food USA Listen in to learn more about how you too can join the Slow Food movement and Slow Food USA. Become part of a global movement to counter the rise of fast food, and reconnect to your local food sources and traditions. As Wendell Berry said, " Eating is an agricultural act." Eat well, enjoy the pleasures of good food while you have an impact on your health, the health of your family, community, and the planet.

Katherine Deumling, chef, food blogger, Chair of Slow Food USA, and food guide to many on how to make vegetables delightful and delicious, joins Ellen on this show. Listen in for some inspiration and some great tips on cooking with vegetables and what you have in your kitchen.