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Consciousness of The Way 126 PodcastIgnite Your INNER GUIDANCE and Own Your Dream Life!On today's episode with San Qing, we welcome world renowned Occupational Therapist and Healer, Emmy Vadnais. Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L is an Occupational Therapist, Intuitive Healer, Health Coach, teacher, consultant, and writer. She provides holistic and integrative healthcare and intuitive development education to individuals, healthcare practitioners, and organizations. Emmy helps people transform pain and anxiety to peace and joy, and align with the divine. She provides intuitive development coaching and training. She is author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance with Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. She is the founder and director of t...2025-07-242h 10
New Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastReflections on Hosting New Thinking Allowed with Emmy Vadnais and Jeffrey Mishlove
Reflections on Hosting New Thinking Allowed with Emmy Vadnais and Jeffrey Mishlove
This is an unusual conversation in that New Thinking Allowed Host, Jeffrey Mishlove, and CoHost, Emmy Vadnais, share their reflections on what it has meant to them personally to work together, and to engage in conversations with so many brilliant thought leaders in the fields they love. This video also initiates our reflections on New Thinking Allowed’s ten year anniversary.
New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 an...2025-05-1558 min
Lifability22 - The Power of Intuition in Healing with Emmy VadnaisIn today's episode Emmy discusses the importance of maintaining health and well-being through integrative and complementary health approaches. Emmy dives into the power of intuition in healing.
Emmy Vadnais is an Occupational Therapist, Intuitive Healer, Health Coach, teacher, consultant, and writer. She provides holistic and integrative healthcare and intuitive development education to individuals, healthcare practitioners, and organizations. Emmy helps people transform pain and anxiety to peace and joy, and align with the divine. Emmy advocates for cultural acceptance of Holistic/Integrative Health, Wellness, Prevention and Intuitive Development is accomplished through sharing education, writing, research, a...2024-10-0848 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastHeartfulness Meditation with Emmy VadnaisHeartfulness Meditation with Emmy Vadnais
The Heartfulness Meditation is similar to what is known as mindfulness meditation. In this meditation, CoHost Emmy Vadnais guides you to connect with your heart and loving awareness to balance your mind, body, and spirit.
Being present with non-judging awareness, from your heart, allows thoughts, feelings, and emotions to come and go without getting caught up in them. This can increase clarity and acceptance of the present-moment reality. It can create sense of calm, peace, love, and joy. It can connect you more deeply with your intuition.
All vi...2024-09-2328 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastIntroduction to Tonglen Meditation with Emmy VadnaisHere, Emmy Vadnais and Jeffrey Mishlove have a conversation about the Tonglen meditation that will be posted soon. Tonglen is a special healing technique that entails both compassion for oneself and for others. Emmy and Jeffrey see this particular exercise as foundational for projects that they expect to unfold over the coming year. But, it is probably not for everyone.
New Thinking Allowed CoHost, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, is an intuitive healer and health coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance With Relationships...2024-02-1520 min
Get to the Root of ItIntuition's Role in Healing with Emmy Vadnais
This conversation is with Emmy Vadnais, Occupational Therapist, Intuitive Healer, and Health Coach to look at intuition’s role in healing. She shares her own story and offers an introduction to those interested in learning more about intuition and its role in healing.
Emmy’s Bio: Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, is an Occupational Therapist, Intuitive Healer, Health Coach, teacher, consultant, and writer. She provides holistic and integrative healthcare and intuitive development education to healthcare practitioners and organizations. She is the founder of the Holistic OT Community and is in private practice in St. Paul, Minne...2023-11-1653 min
Yoga Therapy Hour with Amy WheelerIntuitive Insights: Navigating Life with A Deep Self Connection– A Conversation with Emmy VadnaisIntroduction:In today's episode, we are joined by Emmy Vadnais, a Holistic and Integrative Occupational Therapist who has devoted decades to the development of intuition. Emmy offers fascinating insights into the confluence of yoga and intuition, enriching our understanding of their inherent connectivity.Key Points:1. Intuition: Emmy shares her unique journey and motivations in exploring intuitive development.2. Understanding Intuition: Intuition is not mere wishful thinking, but a profound connection to our deeper selves, requiring regular practice and the cultivation of a deeper relationship with our inner selves. Emmy elucidates this concept, chal...2023-10-2059 min
The Teaching Journeys PodcastIntuition and Holistic HealingIn this episode of The Teaching Journeys Podcast, Dave speaks with Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L about Intuition and Holistic Healing and how they can improve our quality of life and overall health.Emmy's Bio:Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, is an Occupational Therapist, Intuitive Healer, Health Coach, teacher, consultant, and writer. She provides holistic and integrative healthcare and intuitive development education to healthcare practitioners and organizations. She is author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance with Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. Emmy provides intuitive development coaching and training. She is the founder...2023-10-1049 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastGrounding and Relaxing Meditation with Emmy VadnaisIn this grounding meditation with CoHost Emmy Vadnais, you can more deeply and calmly connect with your own body and the earth. Grounding to the earth may help your body, mind, and spirit function more smoothly, efficiently, and effortlessly. It may help heal or prevent illness or disease when engaged in regularly. Images in the video are from Emmy’s garden.
New Thinking Allowed CoHost, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, is an intuitive healer and health coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance With Re...2023-08-0808 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastHealing Light MeditationIn the Healing Light Meditation, CoHost Emmy Vadnais guides you to connect to light to assist with healing in any area of your life. This light may also represent your intuition, spirituality, creativity, joy, or peace.
New Thinking Allowed CoHost, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, is an intuitive healer and health coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance With Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. Her website is https://emmyvadnais.com/
(Recorded on May 2, 2023)
For a short video on How to Get...2023-06-0509 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastExpanded Heart Meditation with Emmy VadnaisIn the Expanded Heart Meditation, CoHost Emmy Vadnais guides you to connect with your heart and feel love, gratitude, joy, compassion, and forgiveness for yourself and the whole universe.
New Thinking Allowed CoHost, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, is an intuitive healer and health coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance With Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. Her website is https://emmyvadnais.com/
(Recorded on February 3, 2023)
2023-02-2712 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastDesired Outcome Meditation with Emmy VadnaisIn the Desired Outcome Meditation, CoHost Emmy Vadnais guides you to create an ideal outcome that you would like to achieve in your life. Focused attention and intention combined with feeling and emotion can help you achieve your desired outcome or goal.
(Recorded on January 5, 2023)
2023-02-0415 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastInner Wisdom Meditation with Emmy VadnaisIn the Inner Wisdom Meditation, CoHost Emmy Vadnais guides you to access your intuition. Set an intention or ask a question about any area of your life that you would like to receive insight about or guidance. Relax your mind and body. Then, let your inner wisdom come forward in any way that’s easy for … Continue reading "Inner Wisdom Meditation with Emmy Vadnais"2023-01-0115 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastBeing in Your Element with Lindsay FauntleroyLindsay Fauntleroy, LAc, is a licensed acupuncturist and founder of The Spirit Seed school. She is author of In Our Element: Using the Five Elements as Soul Medicine to Unleash Your Personal Power. She is an instructor for the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) and a facilitator of the Flower Essence Society’s global practitioner certification program. She is engaging in her Doctoral studies of Indigenous and African Diasporic psychology. Her website is thespiritseed.org.
Lindsay describes how the five elements of the natural world have archetypal patterns and soul lessons. They derive fr...2022-12-1159 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastWriting From the Soul with Joanne DiMaggioJoanne DiMaggio, MA, CHt, conducts past-life regressions and soul writing sessions. She has been involved with Edgar Cayce’s Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.) since 1987. She has been professionally pursuing past-life research and therapy for over 30 years and has headed her own past-life research center. Joanne is author of several books, including Your Soul Remembers: Accessing Your Past Lives Through Soul Writing, and Soul Writing: Conversing with Your Higher Self. Her website is JoanneDiMaggio.com
Joanne shares that “soul writing” is a form of inspirational writing that is distinct from automatic writing. Soul writing is a meth...2022-12-0257 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastMental Health, Consciousness, and the Body with Thomas VernyThomas Verny, MD, DPsych, is a psychiatrist who founded the Association for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health and served as its president for eight years. He is associate editor of the Journal of Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health and is author of Inside Groups: A Practical Guide to Encounter Groups and Group Therapy, The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, with John Kelly, Pre-And Peri-Natal Psychology: An Introduction, Parenting Your Unborn Child, Nurturing The Unborn Child with Pamela Weintraub, Gifts Of Our Fathers: Heartfelt Remembrances of Fathers and Grandfathers, Tomorrow’s Baby: The Art and Science of Pa...2022-11-3052 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastPre-Birth Memories with Christian SundbergAs a child, Christian Sundberg remembered his existence before coming to earth. While that memory completely left him in his early adult life, it spontaneously returned at the age of 30 through meditation practice and a personal awakening journey. He also began to have Out of Body Experiences (OBEs). Christian is author of A Walk in the Physical: Understanding the Human Experience Within the Larger Spiritual Context. His website is awalkinthephysical.com. Christian describes his pre-birth memories choosing to come to earth with the help of his guides.
He shares that consciousness transcends form and gives rise to...2022-11-281h 10New Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastHealing Trauma With Dreams with Linda Yael SchillerLinda Yael Schiller, MSW, LICSW is a psychotherapist who specializes in trauma and grief in Watertown, MA. She integrates traditional therapeutic styles with dreamwork, energy psychology, body-based modalities, and spirituality. Linda is author of Modern Dreamwork: New Tools for Decoding Your Soul’s Wisdom and PTSDreams: Transform Your Nightmares from Trauma through Healing Dreamwork. Her website is lindayaelschiller.com.
Linda shares that healing from trauma is always possible. Dreams can bring wisdom and messages from the unconscious to conscious awareness. Not all nightmares are indicative of trauma. Even frightening dreams can bare gifts. We can heal from tr...2022-11-2558 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastLight at Death with William PetersWilliam Peters, M.Ed., MFT, is a licensed psychotherapist at the Family Therapy Institute in Santa Barbara, specializing in end-of-life counseling as a means toward psycho-spiritual evolution. He is author of At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Shared Crossing Project where he and his research team collect and study extraordinary end-of-life experiences through the Shared Crossing Research Initiative. His website is sharedcrossing.com.
He explains that experiences with the light occur in about 75% of near-death experiences (NDEs) and 25...2022-11-2254 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastMeaning and Coincidence with Bernard BeitmanDr. Bernard Beitman, MD, is a Visiting Professor at the University of Virginia and former Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He has edited two issues of Psychiatric Annals that focus on coincidences, and is the founder of The Coincidence Project, that is a global initiative cultivating world-wide use of coincidence, synchronicity, and serendipity. He is the host of the podcast, Connecting with Coincidence. He is author of a dozen books, including Connecting with Coincidence: The New Science...2022-11-2059 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastSouth African Sangoma Shamanism with John LockleyJohn Lockley is one of the first white men, in recent history, to become a fully initiated sangoma in the Xhosa lineage of South Africa. He is author of Leopard Warrior: A Journey into the African Teachings of Ancestry, Instinct, and Dreams. John was born, into a divided Apartheid South Africa, with the mark of the sangoma on his face – a band of white birth skin around the eyes. He was serving in the South African army as a medic (during the war with Angola in the 1980s) when he had a strong, prophetic dream calling him to train as...2022-11-1958 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastHealing Self-Esteem with David HanscomDavid Hanscom, M.D. is author of, Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain and Do You Really Need Spine Surgery?: Take Control with a Spine Surgeon’s Advice. Dr. Hanscom is an orthopedic complex spinal deformity surgeon who quit his surgical practice in 2019 to focus on teaching people how to break loose from the grip of chronic mental and physical pain – with and without surgery. His insights arose out of escaping from his own 15-year ordeal of suffering with severe chronic pain. As he began to share his approaches with his patients, a predictable sequen...2022-11-1851 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastBonus: Love of All Things Meditation with Matthew McKayThis is a special, guided meditation video. It will be particularly valuable for those who have watched the interview with Matthew McKay titled “Love and Impermanence” by Emmy Vadnais.
(Recorded on July 22, 2022)
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You...2022-11-1708 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastLove and Impermanence with Matthew McKayMatthew McKay, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, professor of psychology at the Wright Institute, co-founder of Haight Ashbury Psychological Services, founder of the Berkeley CBT Clinic, and co-founder of the Bay Area Trauma Recovery Clinic, which serves low-income clients. He has authored and co-authored more than 40 books, including The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook, Seeking Jordan: How I Learned the Truth about Death and the Invisible Universe, The Luminous Landscape of the Afterlife: Jordan’s Message to the Living on What to Expect After Death, and Love in the Time of Impermanence. His website is seekingjordan.com.
...2022-11-1658 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastIntrusive Thoughts with David HanscomDavid Hanscom, M.D. is author of, Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain and Do You Really Need Spine Surgery?: Take Control with a Spine Surgeon’s Advice. Dr. Hanscom is an orthopedic complex spinal deformity surgeon who quit his surgical practice in 2019 to focus on teaching people how to break loose from the grip of chronic mental and physical pain – with and without surgery. His insights arose out of escaping from his own 15-year ordeal of suffering with severe chronic pain. As he began to share his approaches with his patients, a predictable sequen...2022-11-111h 02New Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastSpirituality and Out-of-Body Experience with Graham NichollsGraham Nicholls has 35 years’ experience having out-of-body experiences and researching them. He has participated in research at the Rhine Research Center and the Institute of Noetic Sciences. He is on the Rhine Research Center advisory board. He is author of Avenues of the Human Spirit and Navigating the Out-of-Body Experience: Radical New Techniques. His website is grahamnicholls.com.
Graham describes the out-of-body (OBE) as an immersive psychic experience that includes sensations of floating and movement beyond the physical body. OBEs can occur during deep relaxation, exhaustion, sleep, and near-death experiences. A person can directly experience their spirit, in...2022-11-101h 30New Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastPsychopathologizing Psychic Phenomena with Paul J. LeslieDr. Paul J. Leslie, EdD, is a psychotherapist, researcher, trainer, and author. He is the coordinator of the psychology program at Aiken Technical College in South Carolina. He is author of nine books, including The Art of Creating a Magical Session: Key Elements for Transformative Psychotherapy, Shadows in the Session: The Presence of the Anomalous in Psychotherapy, Transforming Themes: Creative Perspectives on Therapeutic Interaction, and Perceptions and Possibilities: Strategic and Solution Oriented Approaches to Working with Depression. His website is drpaulleslie.com.
Paul shares that the norm may be that most people, including mental health practitioners, have...2022-07-161h 55
Pushing Boundaries with Dr. Thomas R VernyHow to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance with Relationships, Health, and Spirituality with Emmy VadnaisMy guest is Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, Occupational Therapist, Intuitive Healer, Integrative Health Practitioner, Health Coach, teacher, consultant, and author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance with Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. We talk about how to learn to trust your own intuition and how this can benefit your life.If you liked this podcast please tell your friends about it, subscribe to this podcast wherever you listen to podcasts and/or write a brief note on apple podcasts, check out my blogs on Psychology Today at https://www.psychologytoday.com...2022-07-0142 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastThe Embodied Quantum Mind with Thomas VernyThomas Verny, MD, DPsych, is a psychiatrist who founded the Association for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health and served as its president for eight years. He is associate editor of the Journal of Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health and is author of Inside Groups: A Practical Guide to Encounter Groups and Group Therapy, The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, with John Kelly, Pre-And Peri-Natal Psychology: An Introduction, Parenting Your Unborn Child, Nurturing The Unborn Child with Pamela Weintraub, Gifts Of Our Fathers: Heartfelt Remembrances of Fathers and Grandfathers, Tomorrow’s Baby: The Art and Science of Pa...2022-06-2947 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastHealing Chronic Pain with David HanscomDavid Hanscom, MD, is author of, Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain and Do You Really Need Spine Surgery?: Take Control with a Spine Surgeon’s Advice. Dr. Hanscom is an orthopedic complex spinal deformity surgeon who quit his surgical practice in 2019 to focus on teaching people how to break loose from the grip of chronic mental and physical pain – with and without surgery. His insights arose out of escaping from his own 15-year ordeal of suffering with severe chronic pain. As he began to share his approaches with his patients, a predictable sequence of lea...2022-06-241h 21New Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastShared-Death Experience with William PetersWilliam Peters, M.Ed., MFT, is a licensed psychotherapist at the Family Therapy Institute in Santa Barbara, specializing in end-of-life counseling as a means toward psycho-spiritual evolution. He is author of At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Shared Crossing Project where he and his research team collect and study extraordinary end-of-life experiences. His website is sharedcrossing.com.
He explains that shared death experiences (SDEs) have many of the same features as a near-death experience (NDE). However, in th...2022-06-151h 16New Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastResearching Contact With the Deceased with Evelyn ElsaesserEvelyn Elsaesser is an independent researcher and expert on death-related experiences, notably spontaneous and direct After-Death Communications (ADCs), Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), and End-of-Life Experiences (ELE). She is the project leader of the five-year ongoing research project “Investigation of the Phenomenology and Impact of Spontaneous After-Death Communications (ADCs)” with team members Chris A. Roe, Callum E. Cooper, and David Lorimer, where the first phase was published in the book, “Spontaneous Contacts with the Deceased: A Large-Scale International Survey Reveals the Circumstances and Lived Experience of After-Death Communications (ADCs) and their Beneficial Impact.” Her other books include “On the Other Side of Life: E...2022-06-041h 14New Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastInvestigating Your Soul’s Purpose with Joanne DiMaggioJoanne DiMaggio, MA, CHt, has a Masters degree in Transpersonal Studies and is a Spiritual Mentor. She is the founder and director of the Unity Holistic Healing Center in Charlottesville, VA, where she conducts past-life regressions and soul writing sessions. She has been involved with Edgar Cayce’s Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.) since 1987. Joanne is author of Your Soul Remembers: Accessing Your Past Lives Through Soul Writing, Karma Can Be a Real Pain: Past Life Clues to Current Life Maladies, Soul Writing: Conversing with Your Higher Self, Edgar Cayce and the Unfulfilled Destiny of Thomas Je...2022-06-0258 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastMedical Intuition with Wendie ColterWendie Colter, MCWC, CMIP is a Certified Medical Intuitive, Certified Wellness Coach, and the founder and CEO of The Practical Path®. Wendie is author of, Essentials of Medical Intuition: A Visionary Path to Wellness. Wendie’s research study, “Assessing the Accuracy of Medical Intuition: A Subjective and Exploratory Study” is published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
Wendie shares that the medical intuition profession can be part of the healthcare team to help decrease medical errors and save lives. Her research shows that medical intuition can assist with increasing the accuracy rate of health assessm...2022-05-141h 00New Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastSpirit Sex and Marriage with Megan RoseMegan Rose, PhD, is author of Spirit Marriage: Intimate Relationships with Otherworldly Beings. Megan has a doctorate in East-West psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies and a master’s degree in religion in society from the Graduate Theological Union. She is an initiated ceremonial magician, a Shakta Tantric practitioner, and a senior seer in the House of Brigh Faery Seership Institute. She serves as an ordained interfaith minister and psycho-spiritual counselor and is the executive director of the Entheosis Institute. Her website is www.Drmeganrose.com.
Megan shares her research that spirit marriage is practiced ac...2022-04-0700 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastPsychic Children with Elly MolinaElly Molina is author of Children Who Know How to Know: A Resource Guide for Helping Children Develop and Utilize Their Powerful Intuitive Abilities as well as Dream Interpretation Guide: How to Access Information From Your Subconscious Mind. Her website is https://ellymolina.com/.
Here she explains to Emmy Vadnais how she began working in the classroom to assist children in cultivating and understanding their natural intuitive gifts. She describes a variety of exercises and provides examples showing how young children responded. She points out that children can learn to acknowledge their innate psychic potentials without feeling...2022-03-1049 min
Healing Connections PodcastFoundations of Whole-Person Care with Arlene SchmidEpisode 56 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Arlene Schmid, PhD, OTR/L about "Foundations of Whole-Person Care" on 2/23/22. Arlene shares the researched health benefits of whole-person care, including yoga, breath work, meditation, mindfulness, and many integrative health approaches. She describes how people are able to heal from physical and emotional pain and make better mind-body-spirit improvements and prevent illness and disability with whole-person care. Arlene Schmid has been an occupational therapist for over 20 years and started to use yoga with her clients in the late 90s. She is a professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at...2022-03-0240 minNew Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastEmmy Vadnais Interviews Jeffrey Mishlove About the Grand Prize Bigelow Institute EssayThis special program introduces New Thinking Allowed’s first regular Guest Host – Emmy Vadnais. Emmy, a previous guest on this channel, is author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance With Relationships, Health, and Spirituality.
Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2...2022-02-1249 minHealing Connections PodcastIntuition and Desire with Emmy VadnaisEpisode 55 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "Intuition and Desire" on 1/28/22. Emmy shares that your intuition and desire can help you manifest what you want to create in your life. She shares three tips to help you reach your goals: 1. Strengthen your intuition. 2. Listen to what comes forward. 3. Connect to your desire. These steps will help you get clear on what you want in life. Through your intuition and feeling your desire, you will be more likely to reach your goals. Emmy is the author of "Intuitive Development: How to Tr...2022-01-2920 minHealing Connections PodcastStress Resilience and Wellbeing with Jen Willoughby VogtmannEpisode 54 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Jen Willoughby Vogtmann, OTD, OTR/L about "Stress Resilience and Wellbeing" on 1/12/22. Jen Willoughby Vogtmann, OTD, OTR/L shares findings from her recent research study that was co-authored with Ingrid Provident, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA, "Building Stress Resilience and Wellbeing: Introducing Mindfulness Training to Reduce Stress in Entry-Level Occupational Therapy Students." This study was statistically significant with helping participants (OT students) lower their perceived stress levels. Occupational Therapy students were able to feel more calm, engage more mindfully in every day activities, and be able to respond vs. react in situations. Students requested th...2022-01-1444 minHealing Connections PodcastConnecting to Your Heart with Emmy VadnaisEpisode 53 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "Connecting to Your Heart" on 1/07/22. Emmy shares that love is our true and authentic self. We all want to have loving relationships. Each relationship teaches us, ultimately about how to love ourselves and others better. Emmy provides three simple tips to help you connect with your heart, live with more love, joy, meaning, and purpose. 1. Play – engage in an activity you enjoy doing. 2. Meditate on the heart and love. 3. Step back and observe yourself and others from a place of love. When you are able to experience positive vibes, bring love to y...2022-01-0815 minHealing Connections PodcastHealing Environment with Emmy VadnaisEpisode 52 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "Healing Environment" on 12/16/21. Emmy shares that we desire healing as we all experience dis-ease during our lives. She shares how to improve your external and internal environment for optimal healing. She gives prompts for you to consider how to improve what you experience with your senses, thoughts, emotions, beliefs, expectations, and relationships with yourself and others. Being open to giving and receiving love may also help with your healing environment to feel more whole, peace, and joy. Emmy is the author of "Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Kn...2021-12-1722 minHealing Connections PodcastMagical Healing with Dr. Paul J. LeslieEpisode 51 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Dr. Paul J. Leslie about "Magical Healing" on 12/08/21. Paul shares that magical healing can occur when a therapist or health care practitioner moves beyond the medical or disease based model that primarily focuses on a problem. Magical healing happens in an interaction model where both the client and practitioner are alive, dynamic, flowing, being spontaneous in the moment, and in realm of intuition. He shares that many therapists adhere to what they consider safe theories and techniques and cling to linear approaches when helping clients. Moving into the realm of the un...2021-12-1052 minHealing Connections PodcastGetting Clarity and Direction with Emmy VadnaisEpisode 50 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "Getting Clarity and Direction" on 12/03/21. There are times in your life where you may have confusion and need more clarity on what direction to take. Emmy offers four tips plus a bonus technique that may help you. 1. Take time to think about what you what and don't want. 2. Quiet your mind. 3. Notice what has risen to the surface. 4. Use divination tools, or your own images or symbols. In the bonus step, she shares how you can access conflicting parts of you to come to an...2021-12-0317 minHealing Connections PodcastSigns and Symbols with Emmy VadnaisEpisode 49 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "Signs and Symbols" on 11/19/21. Emmy shares how signs and symbols are subtle yet powerful ways to connect to your intuition. She provides examples of how signs can come in your life through music, the radio, podcasts, dreams, and something you read, see, or a person says to you. Setting an intention to receive a sign may help you to get information to know you're on the right track, help you make decisions, have healthy relationships, and live a more meaningful and joyful live. Emmy is the author of "Intuitive De...2021-11-1918 minHealing Connections PodcastAddiction and Spirituality with Dave RobertsEpisode 48 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Dave Roberts, LMSW about "Addiction and Spirituality" on 11/11/21. Dave shares that there are many forms of addiction, including substance use, gambling, sex, internet, food, and shopping. He provides ways that spirituality may enhance a person to feel more hope and a greater connection to the universe to help people cope, ease pain, loss, trauma, and grief. He shares examples of how his clients have helped his spirituality expand through connecting with their passed loved ones. He offers simple ways for people to develop their spirituality to heal from addiction. Da...2021-11-1241 minHealing Connections PodcastBeing in the Flow with Emmy VadnaisEpisode 47 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "Being in the Flow" on 11/05/21. Emmy shares how being in the flow can improve joy, creativity, intuition, love, and problem-solving. Being in the present moment and enjoying the moment may increase being in the zone and having peak experiences. She suggests activities that may improve your ability to be in the flow and enjoy life more, such as play, meditation, prayer, being in nature, engaging in mind-body-spirit health and wellness activities, and surrounding yourself with beauty and people you enjoy. Emmy is the author of "Intuitive Development: How to Tr...2021-11-0622 minHealing Connections PodcastIntentions that Work for You with Emmy VadnaisEpisode 46 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "Intentions that Work for You" on 10/29/21. Emmy shares how to create the best intentions to manifest your goals and dreams. Getting crystal clear with what you want and don't want will make your path easier. Utilizing the law of attraction with writing, art, images, affirmations, meditation, and prayer can help you achieve your goals. Intuition can support you to become aware of the inner workings of your mind to easily develop your own personal affirmations and intentions. Becoming aware of your beliefs, self-talk, and expectations can help you identify barriers and ar...2021-10-3023 minHealing Connections PodcastAnimal Communication with Kathy Van GuilderEpisode 45 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Kathy Van Guilder about "Animal Communication" on 10/19/21. Kathy shares that animals are supreme beings or angels who are here to help us humans to live in the heart and support us on our journeys. We can all learn how to communicate with animals, and many of us are doing this already. She provides tips and suggestions on how to communicate with animals, including a free download to strengthen your intuitive abilities and confidence. https://kathyvanguilder.com/animal-communication-free-gift She provides an animal communication demonstration with insightful messages from Emmy's dog, Lola, that can help ev...2021-10-2343 minHealing Connections PodcastHarnessing the Wounded Healer with Emmy VadnaisEpisode 44 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "Harnessing the Wounded Healer" on 10/15/21. Emmy shares that the wounded healer is an archetype or area of your life where you have the greatest wound and the also the greatest opportunity to grow and heal. Through a healing journey you can learn how to heal your wound and help heal others. You can learn greater compassion, empathy, and love for yourself and others. This can lower a sense of loneliness with a connection to all. Emmy shares personal stories of areas where the wounded healer has been the most active in he...2021-10-1517 minHealing Connections PodcastImproving Self-Compassion with a Nonjudgmental Attitude with Emmy Vadnais Episode 43 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "Improving Self-Compassion with a Nonjudgmental Attitude" on 10/08/21. Emmy describes how your sense of self-compassion and a non-judging attitude can impact your mental and physical health and wellness. When you are judging yourself, consciously or unconsciously, you then in turn can judge others. This influences the quality of love and your satisfaction in relationships. She shares methods to increase your self-compassion, acceptance, and love for yourself for more positive emotions, a higher vibration, and a greater connection to intuition. Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L is an Occupational Therapist, Intuitive Healer, Integrative He...2021-10-0924 minHealing Connections PodcastStaying Positive in Troubling Times with Dave RobertsEpisode 42 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Dave Roberts, LMSW about "Staying Positive in Troubling Times" on 9/29/21. Dave shares that embracing all emotions while also being hopeful can lead to greater joy and contentment in life. He shares how his affirmations and intentions to have a greater connection to spirit led to several synchronicities and people who supported him with his grief, after the passing of his daughter. David J. Roberts, Licensed Marriage Social Worker, became a parent who experienced the death of a child, when his daughter Jeannine died of cancer on 3/1/03 at the age of...2021-10-0237 minHealing Connections PodcastThe Greatest Commodity in the Universe with Emmy VadnaisEpisode 41 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "The Greatest Commodity in the Universe" on 9/24/21. Emmy shares, what she believes, is the greatest commodity in the universe. She describes how love is the highest vibration of the universe that binds us all together and can help us heal. The energy we emit can be modified by how much love is flowing through us and can impact our relationships. When connected to love we are more aligned with intuition that can increase creativity, decision-making, and joy. Challenging experiences can teach us how to love better and ultimately enhance all of ou...2021-09-2521 minHealing Connections PodcastAcupressure for Stress and Tension with Deanna WaggyEpisode 40 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Deanna Waggy about "Acupressure for Stress and Tension" on 9/17/21. Deanna shares three simple acupressure techniques to help lower stress and tension that can be done day or night, anywhere. Each technique helps to lower the stress response to the relaxation response to increase a sense of well-being, connection to yourself, and spirituality. Deanna has a passion for promoting excellence within Occupational Therapy, Zero Balancing and Soul Lightening Acupressure through public speaking, writing, mentoring, study groups and research. She provides virtual and in-person holistic wellness services, acupressure classes, spiritual direction an...2021-09-1737 minHealing Connections PodcastMind-Body Practices for Pain with Emmy VadnaisEpisode 39 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "Mind-Body Practices for Pain" on 9/10/21. Emmy describes how the mind and body are one – our thoughts and emotions can affect the body, and the body can affect the mind. The stress response, known as the "fight, flight, or freeze" response can create or exacerbate tension and pain in the body. The relaxation response, known as the "rest and digest" response may help reduce pain. She shares five mind-body practices that may lower pain and prevent conditions that may lead to pain, such as: 1. Guided Imagery 2. Yoga 3. Massage and...2021-09-1125 minHealing Connections PodcastSuccess through Failure with Scarlett V ClarkEpisode 38 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Scarlett V Clark about "Success through Failure" on 8/24/21. Scarlett V Clark is the CEO and founder of the Smart Girl Tribe that is the UK’s #1 female empowerment organization. Scarlett is the author of "The Smart Girls Handbook." She has worked with UN Women, the British Council, Women for Women International, Harvard University, and the NSPCC, and through her online community is redefining girlhood. Scarlett shares that to be successful in life you need to continue past "failures" that are really learning experiences. She provides encouragement to tame the inner critic and...2021-08-2853 min
The Smart Girl Tribe PodcastHow to live intuitively and follow your gut when making life changing decisions with Emmy VadnaisFor a long time I have been living intuitively, before eating I ask myself what does my body want? I ditched my alarm in the morning so my body can guide how much sleep it needs and I have let my body decide what exercise I should be carrying out every day even if that means every morning for weeks I do yoga rather than running or a hit workout. I didn’t know intuitive living was a thing though until I discovered Emmy Vadnais. In our current society analytical thinking has been promoted over our intuition, especially as wo...2021-08-181h 09Healing Connections PodcastThree Tips for Meditation with Emmy VadnaisEpisode 37 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "Three Tips for Meditation" on 8/7/21. Emmy shares three tips to help you have a great and successful meditation practice: 1. Select the Environment 2. Select the Focus 3. Let Go of Trying She guides you in a heart meditation to help you connect to love for yourself and others. Emmy is the author of "Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance with Relationships, Health, and Spirituality." You can purchase her book directly from her or through Amazon or IngramSpark. https://emmyvadnais.com/book2021-08-0820 minHealing Connections PodcastIs Mindfulness or Relaxation Better for You? with Emmy VadnaisEpisode 36 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L shares "Is Mindfulness or Relaxation Better for You?" on 7/30/21. Emmy shares what the latest research says about how acceptance-based therapies, such as mindfulness and relaxation are similar in their ability to lower worry, anxiety, and depression and increase overall quality of life. Emmy is the author of "Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance with Relationships, Health, and Spirituality." You can purchase her book directly from her or through Amazon or IngramSpark. https://emmyvadnais.com/book "A randomized clinical trial comparing an acceptance-based behavior therapy to...2021-07-3119 min