Emotional Resilience: From Surviving to Thriving

Ashley Brockus, LCMFT, will be opening this workshop by introducing C-PTSD, I.E. Relational Trauma. She will explain how to recognize when you are stuck and how to come into resilience and hope for healing. Learn tools that go beyond surviving and into thriving by registering for this workshop.

Strengthening Relationships: Questions and Answers*

*Formerly planned for Sports Performance: Managing Stress and Anxiety. This topic can still be covered through questions.

Ian Foley, MAT Specialist, will be opening this workshop with a talk on Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT). Sports injuries and musculoskeletal pain are often the result of overcompensation for an area of weakness. Learn more about MAT and ways to improve performance by registering for this workshop.

We all Have Trauma: Defining Trauma and How it Impacts Us

Michael Grady, ND, will be opening this workshop with a talk on how trauma can present throughout the body. Stressful things happen to us and trauma happens in us. Learn more about trauma and its effect on the body by registering for this workshop.

Whole Brain Child - by Dan Siegel*

Jeff Davis, MD and Julie Davis, OTR/L will be opening this workshop with a talk on Neurodevelopment for children. They will discuss neuroplasticity, how the wiring of the brain can change, and things that can impact it. Learn more about Neurodevelopment for children by registering for this workshop.

*Dan Siegel will not be in attendance. Our Student Therapists, Meghan Low and Rye Kennedy, will be presenting on this topic.

The Role of Relationships - Gottman Approach

Safia Lyon, APRN will be opening this workshop with a talk on Intestinal Permeability and its relationship with our Immune System. What happens in the gut, doesn’t stay in the gut. To learn more about the relationship between the Gut and the Immune System, register for this workshop.

Communication for Success in Your Relationships

Kristen Marvin, ND, will be opening this workshop with a talk on How The Body Communicates with Us. Our bodies communicate with us via signs and symptoms. Are we listening? Learn more about how the body communicates with us in this workshop.

‪Attachment: How our Relationships are Formed

Joleen Zivnuska, APRN, will be opening this workshop with a talk on female hormones. She will cover the hormonal changes women experience through adolescence, perimenopause, and menopause. Learn more about female hormones and how they change throughout the lifespan in this workshop.

Knowing your Worth and Setting Boundaries

Safia Lyon, APRN, will be opening this workshop with a talk on the Sympathetic Nervous system. This is commonly referred to as our “fight or flight” response. Learn more about the Sympathetic Nervous system and what fight, flight, freeze, or fawn may look like in non-threatening situations.

Emotional Regulation and Coping

Anne Zauderer, DC will be opening this workshop with a talk on the Vagus Nerve. The vagus nerve is an important part of our nervous system that helps regulate our heart rate, breathing, digestion, and much more. Learn more about the vagus nerve and how to calm the nervous system in this workshop.

Emotional Literacy: Naming, Expressing, and Processing Emotions

Jeff Davis, MD, will be opening this workshop with a talk on the Gut Brain Connection. The communication from our gut is referred to as the Enteric Nervous System (ENS), and it is part of our Autonomic Nervous System (ANS). Learn more about this connection and how our gut health can impact our overall health, including our mental health.