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This week's sermon, "Beloved" is from Rev Jenny Warner. Music by Aisea Taimani & Kate Lamont

Jenny gives a personal sermon about why and how she thinks church matters right now. At the end, the congregation is invited to engage in prayer stations that will invite them to learn more about the strategic goals of VPC, offer prayers for the church and invite ownership into what's possible for the future. Check out more about what Valley Presbyterian is up to at valleypreschurch.org

This worship service on June 6 was live-streamed from the Valley Presbyterian sanctuary. Jenny Warner was preaching and music offered by the VPC musicians.

Renee Dua, MD, is a nephrologist and internist. She helmed her own private practice in Los Angeles and served as chief of medicine at Valley Presbyterian and Simi Valley Hospitals. But after years in the healthcare industry, and one particularly frustrating visit to the ER on the patient’s side of things, Dua had a lightbulb moment. In creating a new kind of healthcare system based around house calls and telehealth, she could cut down on patient wait times and create accessibility for those for whom getting to a doctor’s office or hospital is less than convenient. Now, as the CMO (chief medical officer) of Heal, Dua is doing just that. On this episode of Second Life, hear how she made the switch from working in the traditional healthcare system to creating her own system.

Rev. Jenny Warner preached on "The Book of Justice" on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020 at Valley Presbyterian, inviting us to not accept "business as usual," and to refuse the inevitability of our times. In Jenny's words: We looked at the Bible "as a book of justice. Cornel West said: “Justice is what love looks like in public.” And the general message of the Bible agrees with him. There is little room for a private and individual faith in Scripture. Instead, our faith should lift up the lowest and seek to balance the scales economically and sociologically. This is how we make real Jesus’ words that we are the light of the world. " www.valleypreschurch.org

On Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, Valley Presbyterian Church celebrated the commissioning of Rev. Karen Thistlethwaite as our Executive Pastor. Rev. Dr. Graham Baird, the lead pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Burlingame (https://burlpres.org/staff/), led the service of commissioning at Valley Presbyterian and provided our sermon ("The Commission and the Mission"). What is an Executive Pastor, you may ask? The closest parallel in the business world is a Chief Operations Officer. Executive pastors function as the organizational heart of a church, making sure we are stewarding our resources of people, finances and facilities in the service of our mission. www.valleypreschurch.org

This January 2020 we're starting our new sermon series at Valley Presbyterian "Called to Love." Our primary calling is to receive and BE Love. On Sunday, January 12, Rev. Jenny Warner delivered her sermon entitled "Who Should Wear the Robe and Crown?" www.valleypreschurch.org.

On Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019 we celebrated at Valley Presbyterian with a Thanksgiving Service. Pastor Jenny Warner sermon was titled "Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart." www.valleypreschurch.org

Valley Presbyterian's new Executive Pastor Karen Thistlethwaite addressed the congregation last Sunday, November 3, with a sermon on "A Legacy of Faith and Forgiveness." Building on the reading from Acts 7:55-60, Pastor Karen noted that Stephen asked God to forgive his persecutors with his dying breath. Karen suggested we bring forgiveness and God's love to those we are inclined to love the least, following Stephen's example. www.valleypreschurch.org

Welcome back to the second week of our "Gather Around" fall sermon series. Today Rev. Jenny Warner addresses creativity & joy, as part of our second Valley Presbyterian core value: "Seeking the sacred through creativity, playfulness and nature, we nurture our faith." www.valleypreschurch.org

September 8, 2019 was BaseCamp Sunday, a big day for Valley Presbyterian. Pastor Jenny Warner kicked of our new fall sermon series "Gather Around" by exploring our first core value at VPC: Slowing down, we ask questions and experience the mystery of faith. Through examples from her own recent week, Jenny reminded us to take a moment to slow down when we're caught up in the flurry of life's busy-ness, and set our hearts on a higher order. To be our best in the world requires rest, and if we can stay plugged in to God's love instead of distraught freneticism, we can experience faith as a mystery instead of as a problem to be solved on a check list.

On Aug. 18, 2019, Pastor Jenny Warner preached on "Releasing What Binds Us" at Valley Presbyterian. She started by summarizing an Irish short story, "The First Confession" by Frank O'Connor. As she continued, she demonstrated that only through confessing do we let down our guard and open ourselves fully to truth telling. When we "live in confession" and openly tell our truth, we discover the joy of being loved by God, just as we are, and we are able to move forward, rather than being blocked in a damaging, defensive posture. We must confess the truth, otherwise we get "stuck" in denial. www.valleypreschurch.org

Rev. Jenny Warner offered a sermon on "Walking in Gratitude" as the congregation of Valley Presbyterian gathered under the redwoods for a lovely outdoor worship service on July 7, 2019. www.valleypreschurch.org

June 23 was a memorable worship service for Valley Presbyterian, as we were treated to the return of Ashley Pogue & Andrew Quick for a joint sermon at VPC's pulpit. Andrew & Ashley shared with us the persistent questions they have lived with through their three years as seminary students. Towards the end of their sermon, they offer their answers, then challenge the congregation to consider these same questions for our own lives.

This special service starts a summer of music at Valley Presbyterian. Rev. Jenny Warner's sermon reminds us that the Trinity supports a community spirit, in which singing together is a spiritual celebration. Paul Vasile leads musical meditations with the congregation. Piano played by Paul Vasile, cello by Barbary Grant, and vocals by all three. Enjoy! www.valleypreschurch.org

Sometimes art can help our friends and family understand our lives when we cannot. We're all too close to our own situations to adequately explain them. I'm gradually working my way through a list of stroke related movies. It's not always easy to watch them, but they are often rewarding. This week, I talk about 2 of them. My Beautiful Broken Brain This film chronicle the life of film producer Lotje Sodderland in the year after her stroke. We see her struggle with language, improve, decline, and generally come to terms with her new way of seeing and communicating with the world.     The Diving Bell and the Butterfly This film is "based on a true story." It's based on a book written by Jean-Dominique Bauby, the former editor of Elle magazine in Paris, and it's his memoir. Bauby suffered a stroke while at the peak of his professional life. When he woke from a coma, he had Locked-In Syndrome. He had all his cognitive abilities but he couldn't speak and he couldn't move. He couldn't communicate with the world outside his body. Eventually, he was able to communicate by blinking his left eye. And that's how he dictated his book.     #JusticeForJoe A few weeks ago, I spoke with Joe Borges from The NeuroNerds on this show. You can hear that episode here. Recently, Joe shared the story of his care at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys, CA. Basically, when he was a patient, they lost him. The administered significant narcotics to a brain injury/brain surgery survivor and ignored him. Completely not in his right mind, Joe got up in the middle of the night, got dressed -- sort of -- wandered by the empty nurses station, and eventually encountered a security guard who ignored Joe's fall-risk bracelets, obvious head wound, and told him to leave. Joe wandered the streets of Van Nuys in the middle of the night for hours with no memory of what he did or what happened to him. Eventually, his sister found him. Joe has significant post traumatic stress from the incident and the hospital is convinced they did nothing wrong. Check out the full story here or just play the episode below. And let Valley Presbyterian know your thoughts. (Twitter: http://twitter.com/VPHCares)     Hack of the Week Hemiparesis can make it hard to shake hands. The cane is in my right, and there not a whole lot I can so with the left one yet. The fist bump is a great alternative. I find I can do a right-handed fist bump while holding my cane. I can do a left handed one if I concentrate. It's a nice, simple way to engage in social protocol despite my disabilities. Where do we go from here? Watch "My Beautiful Broken Brain" and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly." Check out Joe's story at http://Strokecast.com/JusticeForJoe Share this episode with the movie lover in your life by giving them the link http://Strokecast.com/movies Subscribe to Strokecast for free in your favorite podcast app so you never miss an episode Don't get best...get better. Strokecast is the stroke podcast where a Gen X stroke survivor explores rehab, recovery, the frontiers of neuroscience and one-handed banana peeling by helping stroke survivors, caregivers, medical providers and stroke industry affiliates connect and share their stories.

All episodes available at http://TheNeuroNerds.com. Follow @TheNeuroNerds on Twitter/Instagram and Like us at Facebook.com/TheNeuroNerds. Summary This is a very personal episode for our host Joe Borges. For the first time, he is sharing the full story behind a traumatic incident that occurred while he was in rehab after his stroke at Valley Presbyterian Hospital on August 26, 2016. This incident has caused a lot of emotional damage and distress including PTSD for Joe so it is extremely difficult to share, but Joe wanted to shed light on hospital negligence and find some closure. Valley Pres committed extreme negligence in not having proper supervision and sending a stroke patient, Joe, out of their hospital onto the streets of Van Nuys in the middle of the night. Joe tells the story along with the help of his girlfriend, caregiver and co-producer, Felice. Please help us fight back by joining us in telling Valley Pres to admit their wrong doing and demand justice for Joe. Contact details in our show notes. Links to Topics Mentioned Please help us get closure and justice for Joe. Tweet @vphcares and tell Valley Pres to admit their fault and negligence in losing @joesorocks on August 26, 2016. Here's an example tweet: "@vphcares, shame on you for losing a stroke patient, @joesorocks on the streets of Van Nuys on 8/26/16! Do the right thing, admit your negligence and issue a public apology." Contact Valley Presbyterian Hospital and demand justice - https://www.valleypres.org/Contact-Us.aspx Credits Support The NeuroNerds podcast on Patreon and join our NeuroJedi High Council at www.Patreon.com/TheNeuroNerds. During April and May 2019, we are donating a portion of the proceeds to aneurysm and stroke survivor Emilia Clarke's nonprofit SameYou.org Co-hosted by Joe Borges and Lauren Manzano Find Joe at http://joesorocks.com and @joesorocks on Twitter/Instagram and submit your stroke/brain injury recovery story at https://www.joesorocks.com/submit-your-story Find Lauren at @laurenlmanzano on Instagram, @tankbbg on Twitter Produced by Joe Borges and Felice LaZae Edited by Felice LaZae, http://felicelazae.com, @felicelazae on Twitter/Instagram Theme song produced by Sleep Deez, @sleepvision on Instagram, @sleepdeez on Twitter

I gave listeners an assignment at the beginning of this sermon so they could do their own biblical interpretation, even if it wasn’t the same as mine. That’s some Disciples... Read more >

For episode 117 we're learning from the best of the best companies that intersect at the crossroads for the future of health and wellness technology.   This is a topic we’ve explored over the past 100+ shows on Wellness Force Radio, but for 117 we’re going the deepest we’ve ever gone to address the most important question around this type of technology, much more important than just technology itself: How exactly can health and wellness technology including apps, wearables, smart garments, and smart devices truly help us get more physically and emotionally intelligent so we can live life well?    This is a big question that will affect not just national, but global health, so this deserves some big answers. That’s why today on the podcast we're bringing you not just one, but three doctors and industry experts in the fields of smart garments, with Dr. Tim Brown, founder of IntelliSkin, in brain neuroplasticity and neuropriming, with Dr. Daniel Chao, Co-Founder of Halo Neuroscience, and how the future of doctors will care for patients at home is actually here right now, with Dr. Renee Dua, Co-Founder of Heal.   JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | REVIEW THIS PODCAST   If you’re a tech-focused wellness enthusiast, or if you’re brand new to exploring how technology can help you in your wellness journey, you're equally going to love this episode...   Many of the concepts we’re discussing today are brand-new to the show, and we've handpicked these guests out of all the noise online to get clarity on what brands in wellness technology we can use today that will help secure better personal wellness for our future.   Listen To Episode 117 As Our Special Guests Uncover Dr. Tim Brown – IntelliSkin Using smart garments to retrain the body's awareness of its position in space Upper Cross Syndrome: “Death By Chair” How posture affects immunity, hormones, breath, and overall health and what we can do about it The 3 areas we all must keep flexible and why: ankle dorsiflexion, hip mobility, thoracic spine mobilization Dr. Daniel Chao – Halo Neuroscience Why professional sports teams are using Halo Sport with Halo Neuroscience What is “neuropriming”  (tDCS, transcranial direct current stimulation) and what does it do for human performance How a 20 minute application in the electric field will induce temporary state of “hyperlearning” Breaking the 10,000 hour mastery rule: With tDCS, new skill acquisition may be possible to learn in half the time Dr. Renee Dua – Heal App Why emergency rooms in the United States are beyond capacity and how Heal is changing the current paradigm of patient care What is the future of medical doctors delivering care on-call and insurance reimbursement How mHealth and health and wellness technology like Heal are disrupting the medical world forever What are the patient benefits of having doctors on call through a mobile app vs. current facility-only care models Resources From Dr. Tim Brown IntelliSkin Discount: Use code JoshTrent15 for a 15% discount up to a week from the broadcast. IntelliSkin Technology “Text Neck” “Computer Back” Davis's Law Upper Cross Syndrome Dr. Vladimir Janda Major League Sports + Athletes Using IntelliSkin James Andrews, Orthopedic Surgeon Alvaro Romano: Ginastica Natural 5 Tibetan Rights Dr. Tim Brown: 5 Tibetan Rights IntelliSkin on facebook IntelliSkin on Twitter IntelliSkin on the web IntelliSkin on Instagram Resources From Dr. Daniel Chao Halo Sport Discount: Get $125.00 off Halo Sport by using code WELLNESSFORCE125 at checkout The $7 billion industry of selling implantable neurostimulators to treat disease Hyper plasticity + hyperlearning Neuropriming:  tDCS, transcranial direct current stimulation Priming your brain for a training session “Feeding the brain” quality movements: replicating ideal movements better for each training session NBA + NFL teams using Halo Sport Long Term Potentiation Halo Neuroscience Announces partnerships with San Francisco Giants Fitness + Technology Podcast The future of Halo Sport: Human Performance company Halo Neuroscience on facebook Halo Neuroscience on Twitter Halo Neuroscience on the web Halo Neuroscience on Instagram Resources From Dr. Renee Dua Heal: This App Will Send a Doctor to Your House for $99 Why 71% of emergency room visits are unnecessary Perfecting the “house call” Heal is the Uber of doctor visits  Licensed, background-checked pediatricians for kids, general practice and internal medicine doctors for adults and family practice doctors for the whole family. Benefits of Using Heal: Case study – Stylishly Social Needless medical tests not only cost over $200 billion, they can do harm Patient-Generated Health Data is Valuable Personalization Tool Heal App: Expanding Nationwide Heal App on iOS Heal App on Android Heal on facebook Heal on Twitter Heal on the web Heal on Instagram About Our Featured Guests Dr. Tim Brown, Founder, IntelliSkin IntelliSkin inventor, Dr. Tim Brown, grew to understand his future creation while working as the medical director on the ASP surf and AVP volleyball tours during the 1980’s. As an early innovator in functional taping, he developed a hybrid kinesiology technique known as SPRT (Specific Proprioceptive Response Taping). Used on everyone from Olympians to NFL players, the technique quickly became a staple in the athletic world as it allowed injured athletes to compete despite their injuries.   Dr. Brown’s instinctive techniques got athletes asking for taping remedies so often, that he needed something that could do the job when he wasn’t there. Many late nights of trial and error using remnants of old wetsuits and rash guards, he devised a wearable technology that mimicked his taping technique. Dr. Brown’s goal was to take what he had learned in designing and come up with a comfortable, Smart Compression shirt that would clinically improve posture and spinal alignment for everyone, whether you’re an elite athlete or a weekend warrior. Dr. Brown’s ultimate goal is to help everybody to look better, feel better and perform better. He continues to pursue that goal every day.   Dr. Daniel Chao, Co-Founder, Halo Neuroscience   Daniel Chao is a neurotech entrepreneur, specializing in devices that improve brain performance. Currently, Dan is co-founder and CEO of Halo Neuroscience, a venture-backed human performance company based in San Francisco. The company's first product, Halo Sport, is the world's first neurostimulation system built specifically for athletes.   Prior to Halo, Dan was the head of business development at NeuroPace, where he helped raise $250M in capital to develop the world's first closed-loop neuromodulation device, winning FDA approval for the treatment of epilepsy in a unanimous 13-0 vote. Before NeuroPace, Dan was a consultant at McKinsey & Company in the New York office, and he received his M.D. and M.S. in neuroscience from Stanford University.   Renee Dua, Co-Founder, Heal   Dr. Renee Dua is Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Heal – an LA-based start-up providing on-demand house call medicine. Dr. Dua is a Board certified nephrologist and internal medicine doctor who has served as Chief of Medicine at Valley Presbyterian and Simi Valley Hospital. After building a thriving private practice and also teaching medicine at UCLA, Dr. Dua embarked on her greatest adventure, being mom to her first child, a now 15-month old little boy.   It was her son that led her to create Heal, because she knew moms and dads everywhere needed an easier way to see a doctor. As a mom-doctor doing her first start-up, Dr. Dua often jokes she’s a doctor-mom-preneur. 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