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The Healing CompassExercise: "What Do Happy People Have in Common?" w/guest James SchinWhat does exercise have to do with happiness? My guest James Schin shares from research and experience the steadfast correlation between exercise and every aspect of one's life. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podcast to get alerts of new episodes! Email Sway with your questions: healingwithsway@outlook.com. Want to be on my podcast? Submit a request! www.healingwithsway.com/podcast-contribution
James is a seasoned wellness coach and founder of The New Standard Wellnes...2023-06-191h 23
The Healing CompassFeldenkrais Method: "Cultivating Your Attention with Movement" w/guest Elaine Clark, GCFP, LMTYou may not have heard of Feldenkrais...perhaps you might have heard of Functional Integration or Awareness Through Movement. These are practices of the Feldenkrais Method which my guest Elaine Clark is here to share with us. Learn the history and founder Moshe Feldenkrais, its purpose and Elaine's deliverance of its practice. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podcast to get alerts of new episodes! Email Sway with your questions: healingwithsway@outlook.com. Want to be on my podcast? Su...2023-05-211h 50
The Healing CompassMyofascial release for Pain, Stress & Trauma: "Reconnecting After the Storm" w/guest Tara Tylicki CMT, HHPHow can bodywork shift our perception and experience of restriction and pain? Tara Tylicki discusses the technique of Myofascial Release is in depth, including what it is, what it does, the energetic and subconscious implications of unwinding, rebounding, session experience and expectations, and the list of ailments it can bring relief for. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podcast to get alerts of new episodes! Email Sway with your questions: healingwithsway@outlook.com. Want to be on my podcast? Submit a re...2023-04-161h 06
The Healing CompassPosture, Pain & Trauma: "Peeling Back the Layers of Pain" w/guest Christina RogersHow do posture, pain and trauma relate to one another? My guest Christina Rogers delves deep into the paradigm of physical-energetic-emotional pain and how we carry ourselves says a lot about our history as well as how it relates to the pain and discomfort we experience. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podcast to get alerts of new episodes! Email Sway with your questions: healingwithsway@outlook.com. Want to be on my podcast? Submit a request! www.healingwithsway.com/podcast-cont...2023-04-101h 28
The Healing CompassBusiness & Life Success: "Aligning Your Energies for Success" w/Sheevaun MoranSheevaun is a life survivor and has an incredible story to share about how a near-death experience changed her life. Now she provides guidance to entrepreneurs and businesses, as well as individuals, tapping into the energy behind our circumstances to bring clarity and new sense of direction in order to thrive. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podcast to get alerts of new episodes! Email Sway with your questions: healingwithsway@outlook.com. Want to be on my podcast? Submit a request! ...2023-04-0844 min
The Healing CompassBio-Energy Balancing: "Decoding the Energetics" w/guest Paul Wellin, M.A., CAMT, LFTThe integrative approach to healing is on the rise and Paul Wellin is one to be contributing to this upward trend. Paul has found a way to incorporate his past training and knowledge of psychotherapy and massage to help clients "find" their blockages and release them, physically and energetically. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some. Helpful resources are at my LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podcast to get alerts of new episodes! Email Sway with any questions: healingwithsway@outlook.com. Want to be on my podcast? Submit a request! www.healingwithsway.com/podcast-c...2023-04-021h 08
The Healing CompassHealth Self-Advocacy: "How to Have Agency Over Your Well-Being" w/guest Lissette PedrazaWhen you don't feel heard by your physician or therapist, when you feel like giving up on getting help, when nothing that the professionals are suggesting is working - what do you do? It's vital to take agency for your health and well-being, especially in this day and age, when the system is flooded with the demand and the supply is not there to give you the undivided attention you deserve. Lissette shares with me her experiences through life practicing self-advocacy in order to overcome her adversities and gain control of her health and well-being. *This episode may contain...2023-03-261h 17
The Healing CompassThe Gut-Brain Connection: "Trust Your Gut" w/guest Jana Cordero, RN, BSN, Nurse CoachThere's a lot of talk about the gut-brain connection, but what is it? My guest Jana Cordero and I discuss the physiological connection, what is known as the MBGA (Microbiota-Gut-Brain-Axis), the vagus nerve that is a major link between the brain and the gut, and what we can do to improve and curb various mental/psychological and physical health conditions. Because the brain affects the gut and the gut affects the brain. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources are under 'Brain Gut Connection' on my LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my pod...2023-03-191h 31
The Healing CompassAddiction (Pt 2): "The Miracle of Self-Empowerment" w/guest Rob Schneider, CADC, RADTRob Schneider, now a Clinical Addictions Counselor, shares his incredible journey of past struggle with addiction and substance abuse, which is a disease and mask of adversities one may face mentally, physically and emotionally. This message gives hope for those feeling in the darkness of addiction or for those who know someone in the darkness. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podcast to get alerts of new episodes! Email Sway with your questions: healingwithsway@outlook.com. Want to b...2023-03-121h 10
The Healing CompassAddiction (Pt 1): "The Miracle of Self-Empowerment" w/guest Rob Schneider, CADC, RADTRob Schneider, now a Clinical Addictions Counselor, shares his incredible journey of past struggle with addiction and substance abuse, which is a disease and mask of adversities one may face mentally, physically and emotionally. This message gives hope for those feeling in the darkness of addiction or for those who know someone in the darkness. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podcast to get alerts of new episodes! Email Sway with your questions: healingwithsway@outlook.com. Want to be on m...2023-03-0553 min
The Healing CompassSelf-Worth: "The Parenting Paradigm of Teen Mental Health " w/Karen BraveheartHow does one develop self-worth? Where does it come from? Can it be changed? Parents & caregivers of the young, listen up! Also, this episode is great for teenagers and young adults. Hell, it's great for everyone! But the message that Karen Braveheart is so unabashedly revealing here is aimed to make breakthroughs in the way in which we raise our children in order to empower them. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podcast to get alerts of new episodes...2023-02-191h 23
The Healing CompassWhat is NEURODIVERGENT? And More Terms Explained! (Bonus Episode)Did you know? This is an interim bonus episode in which I bring some non-expert, but studied and researched clarification to many terms used in the mental health realm. Let's break down terminology and understand differences between such things as neurological and psychiatric conditions, genetics and epigenetics, neuroplasticity, neurodiverse vs neurodivergent, mindfulness vs awareness, natural vs holistic, types of trauma and more. There will be some myth-busting, dot-connecting, and good ol' referencing! I hope you find this useful! If there is something you would like a better understanding or explanation of that I don't mention, please let me know...2023-02-1250 min
The Healing CompassDiagnoses: "Seeing the Human Behind the Label" w/Marlena McCrea, MASLPWe are piggybacking on the last episode about medication as Marlena delves into her 20+ years of experience as a Speech & Language Pathologist, as well as her own personal tribulations with Bipolar Disorder, on how diagnoses are utilized in the medical field and what she has seen in the homes of thousands of patients that have brought a shocking revelation to her own diagnosis. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podcast to get alerts of new episodes! Email Sway with your q...2023-02-061h 36
The Healing CompassPsychiatric Medication: "To Medicate or Not to Medicate?" w/Stephanie Wallace, AMFTMedications for various psychiatric conditions- from Anxiety and Depression to Schizophrenia, Bipolar, OCD and BPD. Are they helpful? Dangerous? Stephanie Wallace, trauma-informed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, joins me to discuss her professional insight on when medication is appropriate and necessary. Contributers Gwen and Erica were not able to be with us but allowed me to share their stories and personal experiences and have questions answered by Stephanie. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podcast to get alerts of new epi...2023-01-301h 14
The Healing CompassNeural Rewiring/Reprogramming: "Rewiring your Trauma Response" w/Linda White & Andrei KnightOh my gosh! This episode is my jam! It was tough keeping the convo short, so in this will be so much helpful information! Pause and come back if you need to, there's a lot to digest!
Regulating the nervous system is a hot topic right now amongst the mental health community. Also, trauma is not just an obvious major one-time or series of events. Many of us have apparent, buried or hidden traumas that cause limitations in our life which in turn causes us to react without reason at times. Linda White and Andrei Knight join me...2023-01-221h 27
The Healing Compass(part 2) Resolutions & Goal-Setting: The Do's and Don'ts 
The Healing Compass(Part 1) Resolutions & Goal-Setting: The Do's and Don'ts 
The Healing CompassEMDR: "Creating Safe Connections to Our Past" w/Emily Dailey, LCSWEmily Dailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has had profound breakthroughs with her own trauma using a somatic process called EMDR and is now providing this therapy for her clients. She discusses the basis of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) including its use, the process, and benefits of. It has shown tremendous results especially for those with PTSD and known/unknown trauma. Visit www.emilydailylcsw.com for more information.
*This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podc...2022-12-1656 min
The Healing CompassPsychadelics & Microdosing: "Opening the Doors of Our Perception" w/Phoenix MacGregor, M.S.Phoenix dives into the amazing benefits of Cannabis and Psilocybin as well as this practice called microdosing. She lays out her reasoning through her background in psychology and her own breakthroughs with these earth medicines. Phoenix, a Soul Archeologist who specializes in trauma psychotherapy, resides in San Diego. Feel free to visit her site for more info or to book with her: www.phoenix-macgregor.com. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podcast to get alerts of new episodes! Email Sway w...2022-12-0445 min
The Healing CompassTrauma, Addiction, and the Power of Self-Research: "Finding Strength in the Struggle" Part 2 w/Aaron SpiraIn part 2, Aaron shares his trauma that stemmed from his chronic pain/illness conditions and his battle with opioid use/cannabis to escape the pain. In his scientific studies, he shares helpful tips and resources for others to research their conditions in order to improve their quality of life. In part 1 he lays out his history and journey of chronic pain and illness conditions including Ehlers Danlos, Fibromyalgia and POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome). *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podc...2022-11-3045 min
The Healing CompassChronic Pain & Chronic Illness: "Finding Strength in the Struggle" Part 1 w/Aaron SpiraIn part 1 of my interview with Aaron Spira, an online health & fitness coach, he lays out his history and journey with a multitude of chronic pain and chronic illness conditions from an early age. He shares how living these conditions caused depression and trauma in his life. In part 2 we discuss his struggle with pain management including drug addiction and how his knowledge of research paid off by giving him resources to help improve his quality of life. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to...2022-11-3038 min
The Healing CompassMental Health Awareness: "You Are Not Alone" a compilation message for the holidays and beyondInspired by artist Jewel's #notalonechallenge through her Inspiring Children Foundation. This social movement is another reminder of how important mental health awareness is and that there is an abundance of helpful resources for us to tap into. This episode is a collaboration of community coming together to express their own experience with mental health struggles, as well as messages and resources they recommend. Thank you to everyone who contributed! LeighAnn, Megan, Josh, James, Aaron and Rachel, as well as Nichole Alden who allowed me to use her song "You Are Not Alone" in this episode. Helpful resources and scientific...2022-11-1614 min
The Healing CompassChildren's Mental Health: "Raising Soul Strong Children" w/Rachel KutnerRachel Kutner of Soul Strong Kids (NJ) is a certified life coach and children's yoga instructor. She teaches kids mindfulness techniques and SEL (Social Emotional Learning) in order to manage stress and handle their emotions in a healthy way. This episode is great for parents/guardians, educators/teachers, family, and other adults who are influence children in some way. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific sources can be found at: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway. Be sure to subscribe to my podcast to get alerts of new episodes! Email Sway with your questions: healingwithsway@outlook.com...2022-11-0551 min
The Healing CompassTrauma & MDMA: "Escaping the Trauma Prison" w/Mary Bell, LCSWMary Bell, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in San Diego, explains her own journey of trauma and how the discovery and experience with MDMA changed her life around, leading her to provide MDMA treatment for her therapy clients. The MAPS resource discussed in this episode is provided in my LinkTree under Psychadelics: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway*This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Be sure to subscribe to my podcast to get alerts of new episodes! Email Sway with your questions: healingwithsway@outlook.com. Want to be on my podcast? Submit a request! www.healingwithsway.com/podcast-contribution
If yo...2022-10-2952 min
The Healing CompassSelf-Care Education: "Self-Care Inside & Out" w/Sharla FaganWhat is self-love and why is it so important to feel good on the inside as well as the outside? My guest Sharla Fagan of Shear Karma, a green holistic hair salon in Oceanside CA, has some important messages regarding inner self-care and how she incorporates it into her hair services for a relaxing and rejuvenating spa experience, educating her clients along the way. Energy work, the chakras and aromatherapy are discussed in this episode. Sharla Fagan, Shear Karma Hair Salon- Oceanside, CA https://www.shearkarma.com. *This episode may contain sensitive content for some)* Helpful resources and scientific s...2022-10-2320 min
The Healing CompassThe Archives: The Throat Chakra (2022)This is the twentieth installment to my original podcast, titled the same. In covering the chakras one-by-one, I break down the mind-body-spirit correlations of the throat chakra and how you can encourage the flow of energy for this chakra.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
Intro/outro credit: Trust in What You Cannot See (They Dream By Day)2022-09-2119 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Podcast Recommendations (2022)This is the seventeenth installment to my original podcast, titled the same. Other podcasts I have thoroughly enjoyed regarding self development, health and mental health.
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Intro/outro credit: Trust in What You Cannot See (They Dream By Day)2022-09-2117 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: The Throat Chakra (2022)This is the sixteenth installment to my original podcast, titled the same. In covering the chakras, here I lay out the mind-body-spirit correlations of the throat chakra and how you can encourage the flow of energy for this chakra.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
Intro/outro credit: Trust in What You Cannot See (They Dream By Day)2022-09-2119 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Beta Meditation (2022)This is the final meditation I provide in my original podcast, titled the same. Why Beta waves are healthy for a restless brain? Follow this guided meditation when you are seeking calm or to encourage a restful night's sleep.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
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Epidemic Sound is used for all music including meditation background sounds2022-09-2113 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: The Left Brain-Right Brain Myths, Facts & Mysteries (2021)This is the fifteenth installment to my original podcast, titled the same. Does the right brain control our creative, artistic side and the left side control the analytical, methodical side of us? Are there dominating sides? What's the biological understanding of this? What's true? What isn't? What is yet to be discovered?
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
Intro/outro credit: Trust in What You Cannot See (They Dream By Day)2022-09-2123 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: The Root Chakra (2021)This is the fourteenth installment to my original podcast, titled the same. In covering the chakras one-by-one, this episode explains the mind-body-spirit correlations of the root chakra and how to promote energy flow for this chakra.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
Intro/outro credit: Trust in What You Cannot See (They Dream By Day)2022-09-2117 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: My Holiday Letter on Mental Health & Self-Care (2021)This is the thirteenth installment to my original podcast, titled the same. Instead of the same ol' message or promoting the "We can do better" philosophy in regard to the political and social upheaval in our country, I chose a route that highlights the importance of every single person's well-being with tips for self-care and mental hygiene, including resources for depression support and suicide prevention.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
Intro/outro credit: Trust in What You Cannot See (They Dream By Day)2022-09-2113 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Thought Meditation (2021)This is another meditation offered in my original podcast, titled the same. Meditation isn't necessarily about quieting the mind, but allowing your thoughts to properly cycle in order to be at peace and come to a calm, relaxed state. This meditation teaches you that your thoughts are not a part of you.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
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Epidemic Sound was used for all music including meditation soundtrack 2022-09-2112 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: The Heart Chakra (2021)This is the twelfth installment to my original podcast, titled the same. Beginning the discussion of chakras (energy wheels/vortexes), I first visit the Heart Chakra- what it correlates with and how to encourage the energy flow for this chakra.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
Intro/outro credit: Trust in What You Cannot See (They Dream By Day)2022-09-2122 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Aromatherapy (2021)This is the eleventh installment to my original podcast, titled the same. The science behind the age-old use of aromatherapy- it's not just some smell good, magical healing, hippie trend! It involves the therapeutic properties via chemistry and the brain! I also lay out use and blending safety and precautions, EO shopping and storage.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
Intro/outro credit: Trust in What You Cannot See (They Dream By Day)2022-09-2138 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: The Science of Meditation (2021)This is the tenth installment to my original podcast, titled the same. Let's take a look at the science (psychology, biology, chemistry, physiology, neuroscience) behind the ancient practice of meditation and tips on how to meditate.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
Intro/outro credit: Trust in What You Cannot See (They Dream By Day)2022-09-2116 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Self-Reflection (2021)This is the ninth installment to my original podcast, titled the same. Why is self-reflection so important for our healing and growth and how do we do it?
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
Intro/outro credit: Trust in What You Cannot See (They Dream By Day)2022-09-2127 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Ayurveda (2021)This is the eighth installment to my original podcast, titled the same. What is Ayurveda and why is it so beneficial for the mind-body-spirit?
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
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2022-09-2122 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Nadhi Sodhana- Alternate Nostril Breathing (2021)A breath work technique I provided in my original podcast, titled the same. Nadhi (Nah-dee) Sodhana (Sodah-nah) is also known as Alternate Nostril Breathing which can help with balance between left and right brain, clarity of thought, motivation, calmness and immune system boosting.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
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Epidemic Sound was used for all music, including meditation background2022-09-2112 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Depression (2021)This is the seventh installment to my original podcast, titled the same. Depression- my experience, my revelation, and how I got myself out of it.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
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Epidemic Sound was used for all music, including meditation background2022-09-2044 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Must Reads (Book/Audiobook recommendations) (2021)This is the sixth installment to my original podcast, titled the same. Here is a list of books/audiobooks that I have found of value over the years for self-healing, self development and health & well-being.
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Intro/outro credit: Trust in What You Cannot See (They Dream By Day)2022-09-2030 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Yoga (2021)This is the fifth installment to my original podcast, titled the same. Let's discover the roots, philosophy, and science behind yoga.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
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Epidemic Sound was used for all music, including meditation background2022-09-2034 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Heart Breath Meditation (2021)This is the first guided meditation I provided in my original podcast, titled the same. Heart Breath Meditation is helpful for anxiety, stress, self awareness, connecting to the body, connecting to others, and compassion.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
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Epidemic Sound was used for all music, including meditation background2022-09-2006 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Energy (2021)This is the fourth installment of my original podcast, titled the same. This episode covers the topic of energy- on an esoteric and scientific measure- to better understand, and appreciate, its mystery, power and known purposes.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
Intro/outro credit: Trust in What You Cannot See (They Dream By Day)2022-09-2019 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Therapeutic Touch & Massage Therapy (2021)This is the third installment my original podcast, titled the same. In this episode, due to my background in massage therapy, I share the biological and psychological aspects of healthy, therapeutic touch, its healing properties for every system of the body, and why every human needs it to survive.
LinkTree resources: https://linktr.ee/healingwithsway
Intro/outro credit: Trust in What You Cannot See (They Dream By Day)2022-09-2028 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Your Body Talks (2021)This is the 2nd installment of my original podcast, titled the same. This episode is about how our bodies communicate with us and how to tune in and nourish it.
Episode date: 6/18/21
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Intro/outro credit: Trust in What You Cannot See (They Dream By Day)2022-09-2045 minThe Healing CompassThe Archives: Intro to my podcast (6/18/21)This is the introduction to my original podcast, titled the same. It gives you a brief insight into what this podcast is about. Episode date: 6/18/21
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NOURISH Podcast with Kim BakaevEPISODE 37 LORI KROH "Getting Through Tough Times with Joy...and a Hot Glue Gun"I don't know many people who are looking for 2017 to be over more than my friend Lori Kroh. This has been a year of hardship and heartache, as I'm sure it has been for many. Despite the challenges, Lori is one of the most upbeat and inspiring women I know. She loves people, family, creating and "junking". I'm sure this conversation with her will be encouraging as she shares about using her giftings to serve and uplift others. To participate in Lori's Vision Board 2018 class on New Year's Day at All About Cha in Broken Arrow, OK, contact her on fb o...2017-12-291h 07