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Introducing the Trauma-Alchemy Mastery Program, a groundbreaking online course and group coaching program designed to bridge ancient and modern healing modalities. This immersive 12-week program, described as an enchanted forest of healing, offers participants the opportunity to uncover hidden gems of radical resilience and harmonize with one’s past.

Led by Jess Spooner, JD, MSW, LSW, founder of IntegralPTSD, a lawyer by training, turned Trauma-Informed Coach and therapist, this program is rooted in the belief that trauma can awaken lost potential and lead to personal transformation. Jess’s own journey of recovery and rediscovery of her resilience and power serves as a guiding light for participants. Through mind-body integrative practices, including psycho-education, embodiment practices, and also spiritual exploration, we learn to embrace discomfort, listen and surrender, ultimately redefining our relationship with ourself and the world as we have known it.

The Trauma-Alchemy Mastery program also offers a conscious community of like-minded individuals, providing you with the support and encouragement needed on your healing journey. This community is a safe space where you can share your experiences, learn from others, and grow together.

By enrolling in the Trauma-Alchemy Mastery program, you will gain the tools and knowledge to rewrite your life and become the alchemist of your own destiny. This program is a key to unlocking your healing potential and finding purpose. The comprehensive course and group coaching program is currently being offered at a fraction of the cost.  For more information and to sign up please visit www.integralptsd.expert/alchemy.

In-Print November 2023
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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