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Living, Loving and Learning in Verona

Do you love to write and enjoy conversations with God? Perhaps you are an entrepreneur and want to attract more customers and increase revenue. Are you challenged by how to craft the best online dating profile? The common thread through these dots is “Living, Loving & Learning,” a weekly personal growth series led by Sue Waldman, LPC, held in Verona each Wednesday evening in August. Each week offers a different topic to inspire, empower and support all who wish to explore and reach their full potential.

Sue Waldman, LPC, a licensed psychotherapist and Inspirational Life and Business Coach in private practice for over 23 years, is a board certified clinical mental health counselor, and a board certified personal and executive life coach with specialty certifications in career, health, wellness, energy leadership, long distance counseling, clinical supervision, grief recovery, advanced Karuna Reiki® group counseling and published author.

Sue’s passion is guiding people to deeply love who they are and the life they are living. Whether through private sessions, workshops, networking meetings or retreats, she creates sacred spaces for men and women to explore their personal growth, spirituality and life purpose.

For details on Living, Loving and Learning, see our Daily Calendar section. Contact Sue at 973- 857-9090 or [email protected]. Visit Facebook.com/SueWaldmanLPC or SueWaldman.com. 

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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