Posts Tagged ‘Stephanie Wilger NC’
Hello, everyone! / Bonjour à tous !
I wish for miracles. Life must be so very hard when one spouse (a senior) has been diagnosed with Dementia and is now living in a board and care home while the other spouse (also a senior) has to return to work in order to pay for the board and care home.
For the spouse to implement change to benefit the spouse who has Dementia must be so very hard when the spouse has no authority to train the caregivers.
I am sitting on the front steps of M & R’s house in California… I use my phone to get onto the Internet… I’m searching keywords (TAGs)
“Foods that reverse dementia”
I must not be asking the right question… I type ”What foods restore brain cells?” This link appears –
https://www.abta.org/mindmatters/how-the-right-foods-can-help-your-brain-heal-and-thrive/
American Brain Tumor Association“How the Right Foods Can Help Your Brain Heal and Thrive”

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I look at Dr. Steven Gundry’s website https://gundrymd.com/books
the book - The Gut-Brain Paradox
In his previous books, Dr. Gundry taught readers how to improve health and well-being by supporting our gut health. In The Gut-Brain Paradox, Dr. Gundry focuses on brain health and reveals how our gut microbiome is driving our thoughts, feelings, behaviors—not to mention, our mental, emotional, and neuronal health. And he shows us how to heal our microbiomes to take back control of our minds.
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What to Eat, What Not to Eat, to reverse illness, reverse disease, to improve health. Foods that reverse Dementia?
What combination of nutrients could reverse Dementia?
I know… excellent health is a combination of nutrition, environment, genetics, individual brain and body, the world’s well-being.
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I send you BIG smiles; when I smile I help myself too
https://neurolaunch.com/does-smiling-release-endorphins/
After years of eating processed foods (even though the labels list quality ingredients… the emulsifiers and preservatives aren’t food; they do NOT feed healthy gut bacteria)… I have been fighting a silent illness.
I didn’t know about polyphenols, lectins, prebiotics, probiotics, postbiotics, gut lining, gut bacteria, compounds in foods…
Last month, eating delicious eggplant plunged me into depression which made me crave foods that aren’t real foods at all. Then, my Angel Mom and others intervened…
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Heart Surgeon Dr. Steven Gundry says:
”The road to health is paved with good intestines. Start repairing yours today.”
Dr. Steven Gundry’s YouTube Channel and sub-channels
https://www.youtube.com/@DrGundry
Dr. Steven Gundry’s website: https://drgundry.com/about/
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Dr. Leonid Kim, M.D. says:
“True wealth is long-lasting health. Live longer. Live better. Healthspan should be designed. Not left to chance.”
Dr. Kim’s YouTube channel: https://m.youtube.com/@LeonidKimMD
Dr. Kim’s website: https://www.leonidkimmd.com/
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Dr. William Li says:
“Discover the foods and drinks shown to help starve cancer by targeting angiogenesis and cancer growth pathways.”
Dr. Li’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DrWilliamLi
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Stephanie Wilger, NC, founder of Health Happens –
When I am in California, I get Chi Nei Tsang treatments from Stephanie who says:
“Foods and herbs nourish us as well as help us to maintain harmony and health.”
https://stephaniewilgernc.net/
https://stephaniewilgernc.net/recipes/
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When I am in France, I get Chi Nei Tsang treatments from Marie-Christine Cornet who also gives me food advice.
https://www.mariechristinecornet.com/
https://www.mariechristinecornet.com/chi-nei-tsang
Chi Nei Tsang for digesting life experiences and emotions
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Gilles Marin, Founder and Director of the Chi Nei Tsang Institute, Founder and Director of the School of TaoTouch says:
” … Healing is pure grace. To heal, we do need honesty. We need to be true to ourselves. We need to be able to admit that we have feelings we wish we didn’t have. We need to own these feelings so we can outgrow them, and so we can mature as human beings.”
https://www.chineitsang.com/blog
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I am reading Dr Steven Gundry’s book
GUT CHECK: Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Health
https://www.youtube.com/@DrGundry/featured
I am taking Dr. Gundry’s “Total Restore” supplement.
I am preparing my own meals, and, now have interest in foods that I used to not be interested in.
“Unclog Your Arteries Naturally With These 5 Foods Recommended By A Heart Surgeon” Dr. Steven Gundry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICQBmkzrnjo
Learn All About Polyphenol Benefits
https://gundrymd.com/polyphenol-benefits
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I love drinking green tea which is good for gut bacteria. Because I live out of my suitcase…I don’t have space for kettle and teapot for loose leaf teas. I rely on tea bags.
Thanks to Nan who enlightened me about tea companies who do not use microplastic material to make their tea bags.
Chemicals and health expert Konstantina Antoniadou says:
“Research links ‘microplastics’ to endocrine disruption, reproductive toxicity, and neurological issues. The tiny particles can enter our bodies and accumulate over time, potentially leading to long-term health problems.
“32 Plastic-Free Tea Bag Brands Without Microplastics”
https://greenchoicelifestyle.com/plastic-free-tea-bag-brands/
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Dr. Leonid Kim, MD is board-certified in Internal and Obesity Medicine, with a focus on the most up to date and evidence-based information on the topics of weight loss, metabolic health and longevity.
Cut Your DEMENTIA Risk in HALF (What Actually Works) – Leonid Kim MD
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UaWxB8EyYWA
5 Early Warning Signs You’re Aging Faster Than You Should – Leonid Kim MD
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cptbl3U4yyU&pp=QAFIAQ%3D%3D
(There are copycat channels… not Dr. Kim’s)
Dr. Leonid Kim’s YouTube channel: https://m.youtube.com/@LeonidKimMD
Dr. Kim’s website: https://www.leonidkimmd.com/
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Thank you, Chris Y, for telling me about Dr. Eric Berg’s insightful talks on his YouTube channel.
“The #1 Secret to Restoring Your Heart, Joints & Gut”
Dr. Eric Berg, D.C. reminds us that collagen is vital to heart, joints and gut, and, why the foods we eat could be deficient with this protein.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qRrfwUHx99M
Dr Berg’s YouTube channel: https://m.youtube.com/@Drberg/videos
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The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans | Daniel Amen | TEDxOrangeCoast
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=esPRsT-lmw8&pp=ygUSODMgMDAwIGJyYWluIHNjYW5z0gcJCTgLAYcqIYzv
TEDxOrangeCoast – Daniel Amen – Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MLKj1puoWCg&t=47s
Dr Daniel Amen’s YouTube channel: https://m.youtube.com/@AmenClinic/videos
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https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/the-gut-brain-connection
What is the gut-brain connection?
Your brain talks to your gut, and your gut talks back. If you’ve ever had a “gut feeling,” you’ve experienced this communication. It’s how the thought of an exciting event can make you feel “butterflies in your stomach,” while the thought of something dreadful might be “gut-wrenching.” And it’s how the feeling in your gut can influence your decision-making, as in “going with your gut”.
Your brain communicates with all of your body through nerves (your nervous system). But your brain and your gut are like besties. They talk about all kinds of things, from practical, physical matters to emotional ones. More information passes between your brain and your gut than any other body system. In fact, there are more nerve cells in your gut than anywhere else in your body outside of your brain.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4973770/
Plants are not sitting ducks waiting for herbivores to eat them.
There is a common attitude toward plants, accordingly, plants are waiting around to be found and eaten by herbivores. This common approach toward plants is a great underestimation of the huge and variable arsenal of defensive plant strategies. Plants do everything evolution has allowed them to do in order not to be eaten. Therefore, plants are not sitting ducks and many plants outsmart and even exploit many invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores and carnivores for pollination and for seed dispersal, and even carnivores and parasitoids for defense.
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Thank you, dear Sue, for gifting me the book
Immune: A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive
by Philipp Dettmer, creator of the popular science YouTube channel “Kurzgesagt—In a Nutshell”
https://www.youtube.com/@kurzgesagt/videos
Page 62 of the book IMMUNE: A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive by Philipp Dettmer
“Inflammation is the universal response of your immune system to any sort of breach or damage or insult. No matter if you burn yourself, cut yourself, or get a bruise. No matter if bacteria or viruses infect your nose, lungs, or gut. No matter if a young tumor kills a few civilian cells by stealing their nutrients or you have an allergic reaction to a food, inflammation is the response. Damage or danger – PERCEIVED OR REAL – causes inflammation.”
I wish everyone total wellness, safety, and happiness always!
Je souhaite à chacun bien-être, sécurité et bonheur toujours !
Sincerely,
Teresa Jade LeYung
Author / Blogger of health and wellness / Story-Theme Consultant / Photo Historian
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https://m.youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/shorts
and https://www.youtube.com/@TeresaLeYung
http://www.OurBeautifulBrains.com and https://LoveMadeOfHeart.com/blog/
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15:20 April 15; 19:17 April 16; 18:00 May 15; 22:12 May 17; 17:06 May 20,; 20:20 May 23, 2025 Benicia, California
Dear Reader,
I wish you and everyone around you … vibrant health, peace and laughter always.
For me, illness comes and goes, comes again and goes again … I smile to help my Brain boost production of dopamine and serotonin…to benefit my immune system.
The kindness from my sister, elders, mentors, friends, neighbors, Angels… around the world led me to this moment.
Recently… when friends from San Francisco and San Bruno heard about my attempts and determination to see them … they changed their plans and carpooled to Benicia to see me. They gave me an afternoon that my Brain will associate the moments with happiness and gratitude.
Friends who let me house-sit for them. Friends who ask their siblings and friends to rent me their places at my modest budget. Friends who come visit me. Friends who drive me to see other friends. Friends who help me organize my worldly possessions in storage. Friends who wish me wellness via email, message, voicemail and postal mail. Everyone who sends me happy thoughts. I thank everyone with all my heart.
Right now, April 15, I am watching (again) NOEL, the movie that stars Susan Sarandon, Penélope Cruz, Robin Williams, Paul Walker, Alan Arkin, John Doman, et al.
Ms. Sarandon’s character Rose Collins is visiting her despondent mother in the hospital. She shows her mom an angel (one that would fit on top of a Christmas tree) but her mom is not responding. Rose notices the patient across the hall, under blanket, not moving, alone. She enters the room, hangs the angel on the window blind. When she turns around to leave, she is startled by a man sitting in a chair near the door. She had not seen him when she entered ….
at 51 minutes into the movie Dr. Baron (portrayed by John Doman) tells Rose that even though her mom has lost her memory and the ability to recognize people .. one thing she’ll never lose is her emotions… that she can sense and she can feel … that’s why we tell family members to touch… to talk….
According to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noel
“English speakers borrowed the word noel from French. It can be traced further back to the Latin word natalis, which can mean “birthday” as a noun or “of or relating to birth” as an adjective.
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Thank you, writers, continuity editors, actors, directors, producers, casts, crews, casting directors, et al!
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I love laughing with kooky and kindhearted characters in sitcoms.
Thank you, Youtube channel users, for posting episodes and clips from MIKE & MOLLY.
Here’s a 3-minute and 13 second compilation from CBS
Mike & Molly – Exclusive Preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi0VCpbkZQk&list=PL1RaM8eddoioVffitiSzPCrwOC2A5bDTT&index=1
Thank you, Youtube channel user Andrei Toth, for posting
Melissa McCarthy wins an Emmy Award for Mike and Molly 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfoxRXvNTGA&list=PL1RaM8eddoioVffitiSzPCrwOC2A5bDTT&index=12
6 fabulous women / actresses!
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This year, I was fortunate to have seen these remarkable healers
Marie-Christine Cornet https://www.mariechristinecornet.com/,
Dr. Amy Grace Lam https://www.vibrationalenergywellness.com/,
Dr. Faiza Dossa https://www.lunettesdumondeoptometry.com/
Dr. Jae Reed, DC https://azureskychiro.com/,
Stephanie Wilger, NC https://stephaniewilgernc.net/,
Dr. Cynthia Cox https://www.oaklandpacificdental.com/
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This month, I fell in love studying the themes, characters and plotlines in this movie:
UNDERTAKING BETTY – original title PLOTS WITH A VIEW (Comedy) To start a new life, she had to fake her own death!
- Director: Nick Hurran
- Writer: Fred Ponzlov
- Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Christopher Walken
- Youtube Channel: Cinéfilm
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Thank you for reading my blog post: “Kindness from Sister, Elders, Mentors, Friends and Neighbors Turns Every Day Into Noel for me everywhere I go”
I wish everyone vibrant health, peace and laughter always!
a grateful Teresa Jade LeYung
Author / Blogger / Story-Theme Consultant / Photo Historian
Auteur / Blogueur / Consultant en matière d’histoires / Historien de la photo
https://m.youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/videos for short short movies of Aix-les-Bains and Paris, FRANCE 2024 and 2025; Portland, Oregon USA 2024; Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA 2024
https://www.youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/shorts for “shorts” I have created.
https://LoveMadeOfHeart.com/blog/ goes to Teresa Jade LeYung’s Blog on Wellness, Story Themes, Archetypes
Love Made Of Heart ®
2024 May 29, 17:55; May 30, 12:04 – at Chez SGC, California USA
Dear Readers,
Bonjour.
The suffering in this world … the enormities of disasters … what can I do to ease the pain?
I have faith that if I share information relating to health which I’ve been fortunate to gain, surely the energy would help someone who would help someone else, on and on.
I am staying at dear friends’ home, however, not near wonderful chiropractor Dr. Jae Reed, D.C. https://azureskychiro.com/ to get treatments – Neuro Integration System and Neuro Emotional Technique…
Luckily, I found another wonderful chiropractor – Dr. Kerry Lilley, D.C. https://chiropracticbenicia.com/
Why do I need a chiropractor?
The apartment in Paris I was in from March 1 – 26 was beautifully furnished, however, the person (who lived in the apartment above the one I was in) did not honor “Apartment-Living Rules”. She would come home at all hours… walk in clunky shoes (fast walking too), and, she probably had removed floor rugs. The vibrations rolling across parquet floor when the entire building is quiet = unhealthy energy over my head.
Around 3:00am on March 4th, my brain so tired from the disturbance… I thought taking a shower would do me good.
I forgot that the high-wall bathtub … I would need to “ride side saddle” going in and coming out.
I fell.. coming out of the tub.
The distance from the rim of the bathtub to the floor is 22 inches while the distance from my knee joint to the bottom of my foot is about 16 inches. If I were a horse in a steeplechase … my legs didn’t clear the extra 6 inches. So, I fell. BAMM.
[ Thank you, Marisa, for having taught me how to fall safely (Aikido wisdom) https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/mountain-turtle-marisa/ While falling, time went into slow motion for me to stretch out both arms to minimize injuries. ]
At the time, I thought only my right knee sustained minimal impact. Wrong.
During my last two weeks in City of Light… my wanting to join my friends, I used Le Métro (Paris subway) … oh the stairs and more stairs … I realized that the right side of my body had been injured.
Last week, I learned from Dr. Lilley what the Psoas muscles are.
Today (May 29), during treatment, I asked Dr. Lilley to examine my wrists. Why are they achy with heat?
She said:
“Your smart body knows what to do. The heat you’re feeling in your wrists is your body’s way to release the trauma. Drink water. When exhaling, release the out breath twice. Release the trauma. Increase vitamin C for the time being.”
I thank Dr. Kerry Lilley https://chiropracticbenicia.com/, Dr. Jae Reed https://azureskychiro.com/, Stephanie Wilger, NC https://stephaniewilgernc.net/,
Dr. Amy Grace Lam https://www.vibrationalenergywellness.com/, Marie-Christine Cornet https://www.mariechristinecornet.com/,
Gilles Marin https://www.chineitsang.com/, and all the healers who have taught me how to listen to my Brain-Body communicate… how to continue fostering the Smart Body.
I thank everyone who has encouraged me to seek help.
I thank everyone who plays a role in helping me find ways to Wellness.
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“The Essential Role of the Psoas Muscle”
By: Stephen Falatyn, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon
https://www.spine-health.com/blog/essential-role-psoas-muscle
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2024 July 6 https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/psoas-muscle
What does the psoas muscle do?
Your psoas muscles link your spine to your lower body and connect muscles deeper inside your body to ones closer to the surface of your skin. They’re like a bridge in the center of your body that connects lots of parts and helps you perform motions that use your abdomen and legs at the same time.
Your psoas muscles work with other muscles to stabilize your posture and move your hips and upper legs. Their functions include:
- Holding your lower back still when you’re sitting down.
- Pulling your abdomen up from a prone position (picture doing a sit-up).
- Helping you flex and move your hips when you’re standing and lying down.
- Lifting your upper legs (which lets you walk and climb stairs).
- Stabilizing the top of your femur (thigh bone) when you move your hips.
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This month, the writer who is supplying inspiration is Mr. George Carlin.
About humanity… he said that if there were only ten people, dropped off onto this planet… the ten people would ask each other:
“Is every body okay?” “Let’s get something to eat.” “That’s what any society says, but we don’t. Property rights over people’s rights.”
Stewart Interviews George Carlin
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nCGGWeD_EJk
Did you know he had a sitcom The George Carlin Show (1994-1995)?
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This morning, while thinking about dear NN and her soothing phone voice perfect for customer service … I believe that Mr. George Carlin inspired me
to search:
“Are there programs to train seniors to work from home?”
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Story Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung says: “When illness takes us onto a Hero’s Journey”
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BOOKS, Our Immune System, Our Beautiful Ever-Changing Brain, Our Internal Organs, Our Body and Vitality!
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Thank you for reading my blog post: “Paris Bathtub, Aikido Safe Fall, Apartment Neighbor, Le Métro Stairs, Psoas Muscle, Chiropractors, the George Carlin Show”
May beautiful food, clean water, clean air, laughter and quiet always be yours to enjoy!
Sincerely,
Teresa Jade LeYung
Love Made Of Heart ®
2023 November 13 California
Hello, Everyone!
I wish you total wellness!
Please help spread the word.
Compassionate Dr. Kim McMillon is teaching ONLINE class
first four Saturdays in December 2023
December 2, 9, 16, 23
10:00am to 1:00pm
U.S. Pacific Time
“THE POETRY OF HEALING: THE BODY” – ONLINE class
at San Francisco Creative Writing Institute
https://sfwriting.institute/events/the-poetry-of-healing-the-body/
cost: $395.00
In this 4-week workshop, Body Memoir-Healing with Poetry, we stand as flowers watered by healing words. Our bodies are a memoir to ourselves. We will write poems to our hearts, minds, bodies, and emotions. The most important person in this course is you. You will use words to create poetry that celebrates you.
This class is open to all. You don’t need to have ever written a poem. This is an opportunity to explore yourself through words that you create. We will also read poems that you select that support your discovery of how exceptional and beautiful you are.
The poems you create are meant to be a memoir about how you celebrate, explore, and support yourself.
INSTRUCTOR: Kim McMillon, Ph.D.
Dr. Kim McMillon is a producer, playwright, and contributor to the anthology Some Other Blues: New Perspectives on Amiri Baraka (Ohio University Press, 2021).
McMillon is the editor of Willow Books’ anthology Black Fire—This Time published March 15, 2022.
She is also the host of Berkeley Community Media’s Bay Area Artbeat.
McMillon produced the Dillard University-Harvard Hutchins Center Black Arts Movement 2016 Conference in New Orleans, and with UC Merced’s Center for the Humanities, ASUCM, and the Office of Student Life, Ms. McMillon co-produced the 2014 UC Merced Black Arts Movement Conference, Fifty Years On.
McMillon edited the April 2018 special edition of The Journal of PAN African Studies on the Black Arts Movement and contributed a chapter on the Black Arts Movement to the Black Power Encyclopedia (1965-1975), a two-volume reference work that explores the emergence and evolution of the Black Power Movement in the United States.
McMillon produced, wrote, and starred in her one-woman show, Confessions of a Thespian: When Spirit & Theatre Collide, directed by Margo Hall and staged at the Julia Morgan Theatre in Berkeley, CA in March 2000.
McMillon also produced, wrote and directed VOYAGES, which premiered at the Nova Theatre in San Francisco in March 1986, and was produced at Zellerbach Playhouse in August 1987. In January 1988, Berkeley’s Black Repertory Group produced Voyages. A musical excerpt from Voyages was staged at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center on February 4, 2023.
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I am grateful to:
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Kim McMillon, Ph.D. (poet, playwright, producer, editor, teacher, interviewer, talk-show host, her name synonymous with Black Arts Movement conferences and reference work) who encouraged to put pen to paper 40 years ago. https://www.facebook.com/kim.mcmillon
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Stephanie Wilger, NC for Chi Nei Tsang, Breast Wellness, Nutrition https://stephaniewilgernc.net/
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Dr. Jae Reed D.C. for Neuro Integration System (N.I.S.) and Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) https://azureskychiro.com/
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Amy Grace Lam, Ph.D. https://www.vibrationalenergywellness.com who taught me how to ask my Body questions.
Amy’s artist website https://www.amygracelam.com/ Her poem “The Remember Bones” https://www.kalw.org/show/bay-poets/2023-02-06/the-remember-bones-by-poet-amy-grace-lam
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Loduskia “Dusky” Pierce, MFT http://www.duskyswondersite.com/about/ who taught me EMDR and EFT and gave me grief counseling numerous times.
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Gilles Marin, master teacher and practitioner of Chi Nei Tsang, who gave me new hope on my journey.
USA: https://www.chineitsang.com/ France: http://chineitsang.marin.free.fr/
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Marie-Christine Cornet in France who taught me to be gentle with self wherever I am http://www.mariechristinecornet.com/
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Stephanie Doucette, M.S., L.Ac., Dipl. OM, for her kindness and acupuncture treatments
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Danielle Rosenman, M.D. for coaching me in Neuroplasticity at the beginning of my journey in the autumn of 2020
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Thank you for reading my blog posts.
I wish YOU vibrant health and happiness always!
Sincerely,
Teresa Jade LeYung
(formerly Teresa LeYung-Ryan)
author Love Made of Heart - the mother-daughter novel (archived at the San Francisco History Center)
author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days
author of the Talking To My Dead Mom monologues
author of all the blog posts at https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/
Writing Coach Teresa says:
“I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”
Love Made Of Heart ®
2023 October 26, 19:44
Dear Readers,
I wish you total wellness.
Yesterday – after receiving treatment from Stephanie Wilger, NC and two days after receiving treatment from Dr. Jae Reed, DC (treatments that get to the source of illness) - I refreshed the banner of my blog to read:
“Story Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung’s Blog - on Wellness, Themes, Archetypes”
I celebrate the Wellness Journey!
I celebrate dear friend / colleague Mary E. Knippel (“MEK”)!
Yesterday, a blog post written by MEK touched me deeply.
In Mary E. Knippel’s blog post of October 9, 2023 “An Unlikely Gift” Mary says: “… That’s how breast cancer is the gift that keeps on giving for me. I’ve learned to seize the day and reach for my dreams.”
https://www.maryeknippel.com/b/an-unlikely-gift
I wish Mary (“MEK”) total wellness and abundant happiness!
Author / Writing Mentor / Speaker / Wise Woman Mary E. Knippel says:
“My clients come to me when they are overwhelmed about where to begin, what to say and how to make sense of the life-changing message they know they are here to deliver. I believe passionately everyone has a soul story of hope that the world needs to hear. I help my clients polish their words until their message sparkles and shines as a beacon of hope for those in search of a solution contained in my clients’ messages.”
https://www.maryeknippel.com/
When is Mary’s next Wise Woman Wisdom Retreat? https://www.maryeknippel.com/retreat
Mary’s first book - The Secret Artist – Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine
Mary’s newest book – Written in Her Own Words: Wise Woman Wisdom
written by Mary E. Knippel, Dr. Amba Tobin, Clare D’Agostino, Eme McAnam, Ingrid Dick, Laura Ann Garris, Rebekah Lara, Rita Aguilar, Stacy G. Fisher, Tina Palmgren
Wishing dear MEK and You dear Reader total wellness and abundant happiness!
Sincerely,
Teresa Jade LeYung
author Love Made of Heart - the mother-daughter novel (archived at the San Francisco History Center)
author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days
author of the Talking To My Dead Mom monologues
author of all the blog posts at https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/
Writing Coach Teresa says:
“I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”
Love Made Of Heart ®
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2023 Oct 19, 16:56 Thursday; Oct 21, 00:25; Oct 22, 14:23; Oct 23, 20:22; October 26, 12:52pm California
Hello Everyone,
I wish you total wellness.
I am grateful to all the people who care about my wellness / who teach me how to look for the goodness in obstacles / who inspire me to be happy, in spite of illness.
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So many people suffer silently – their illnesses don’t display overt signs like wearing a cast or a splint. Whenever someone asks me the question “How are you doing?” … I feel gratitude and I reply “Thank you for asking.” (That’s all… I don’t go into details except with close friends. Just grateful that the person asked) Whenever I ask someone that question… I am prepared to stop and listen.
Thank you, YouTube channel “Film Courage”, for posting the 11 videos of Mr. Christopher Vogler. Mr. Vogler is the author of The Writer”s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers.
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLez8jOvskc-OFbFPTf03N8PZBwcjK5VJt
Christopher Vogler’s 12 steps of the Hero’s Journey:
Ordinary World
Call To Adventure
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Refusal Of The Call
Meeting Of The Mentor
Crossing The Threshold (Launch Into The Special World)
Tests, Allies, Enemies
Approach To The Inmost Cave
The Ordeal
Reward
The Chase
Resurrection
Return With Elixir
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Illness propels us to all the stages of a Hero’s Journey, whether we want to go or not; for me, the stages are repeating – I would feel better, then worse, then better… My Body knows so much more than my conscious Brain.
As Dr. Amy Grace Lam’s poem says: “Maybe we only need to ask, ask our remember bones.”
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All the cells in our body perform as archetypes on our journeys / in our stories.
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Thank you, Philipp Dettmer, for your book Immune: A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive. Mr. Dettmer is the creator of the popular science YouTube channel “Kurzgesagt—In a Nutshell” https://www.youtube.com/@kurzgesagt/videos
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Christopher Vogler’s 8 types of Archetypes/Characters
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Hero
Herald
Mentor
Threshold Guardian
Ally
Shapeshifter
Shadow
Trickster
The person who introduced story-telling to me was my mother who was a school teacher in Hong Kong before she immigrated to the USA; she told me stories – translations of Aesop’s Fables. Even though I don’t remember details of the fables, I do recall how a character’s “cleverness” or “perseverance” can get one out of trouble.
(Thank you, the folks at https://www.umass.edu/aesop/fables.php, for showing Aesop’s Fables.)
The person who told me about the book that would inspire me to write about my experiences is Dr. Susan Thackrey, Ph.D. who taught me compassion.
The author who wrote that book (The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts) is Maxine Hong Kingston.
In 1998 award-winning writer Martha Alderson (who would become The Plot Whisperer https://marthaalderson.com/books-and-ebooks/) introduced me to Christopher Volger’s book The Writer”s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers.
Fast forward to 2023…
To my client, compassionate author Edward C. Hartshorn, I am cheering for you and all your characters in your new book. May you gain more aha moments listening to the interviews with Christopher Vogler.
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Thank you, YouTube channel “Film Courage”https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLez8jOvskc-OFbFPTf03N8PZBwcjK5VJt for posting the 11 videos of Mr. Christopher Vogler
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Joseph Campbell (author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces) was Mr. Vogler’s mentor
Carl Jung https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Jung (Angel Suzanne, I am thinking of you)
Archetypes
Characters
Mythology
Gods and Goddesses
Fairy Tales
Stories
Movies
Films
Books
Metaphors
Symbols
12 Stages Of The Hero’s Journey – Christopher Vogler 22:48
8 Common Character Types Writers Should Know – Christopher Vogler 17:31
The Hero’s Journey Is Not A Formula – Christopher Vogler 12:33
This Is Why It Doesn’t Matter If Every Story Has Been Told – Christopher Vogler 11:23
How Writers Can Use Symbols To Improve Their Stories – Christopher Vogler 11:01
How The Hero’s Journey Helps Writers With Their Characters – Christopher Vogler 12:13
Impact Of Myths And Fairy Tales On Modern Stories – Christopher Vogler 11:01
You Don’t Have To Suffer To Be An Artist But You Should Understand This – Christopher Vogler 13:38
The Big Problem With American Movies – Christopher Vogler 9:03
How To Write A Character’s Death – Christopher Vogler 16:05
A thousand thanks to Mr. CHRISTOPHER VOGLER and his book THE WRITER’S JOURNEY: Mythic Structure for Writers
I am grateful to beloved LAH who directly / indirectly led me to many of these remarkable healers:
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Stephanie Wilger, NC for Chi Nei Tsang, Breast Wellness, Nutrition https://stephaniewilgernc.net/
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Dr. Jae Reed D.C. for Neuro Integration System (N.I.S.) and Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) https://azureskychiro.com/
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Amy Grace Lam, Ph.D. https://www.vibrationalenergywellness.com who taught me how to ask my Body questions.
Amy’s artist website https://www.amygracelam.com/ Her poem “The Remember Bones” https://www.kalw.org/show/bay-poets/2023-02-06/the-remember-bones-by-poet-amy-grace-lam
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Loduskia “Dusky” Pierce, MFT http://www.duskyswondersite.com/about/ who taught me EMDR and EFT and gave me grief counseling numerous times.
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Gilles Marin, master teacher and practitioner of Chi Nei Tsang, who gave me new hope on my journey.
USA: https://www.chineitsang.com/ France: http://chineitsang.marin.free.fr/
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Marie-Christine Cornet in France who taught me to be gentle with self wherever I am http://www.mariechristinecornet.com/
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Stephanie Doucette, M.S., L.Ac., Dipl. OM, for her kindness and acupuncture treatments
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Danielle Rosenman, M.D. for coaching me in Neuroplasticity (I achieved success in training my Brain to stop sending chronic pain signals) at the beginning of my journey in the autumn of 2020;
Dr. Michael Moskowitz’s and Dr. Marla Golden’s workbook, webinars, brain graphics, and more..
TRANSFORMING THE BRAIN IN PAIN: NEUROPLASTIC TRANSFORMATION
http://www.neuroplastix.com
https://shop.neuroplastix.com/Neuroplastic-Transformation-Workbook-92-W8PZ-LIIY.htm
Thank you for reading my blog post:
Story Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung says: “When illness takes us onto a Hero’s Journey”
I wish YOU total wellness!
Sincerely,
photo of Teresa by Teresa’s beloved mentor Lynn Scott
Teresa Jade LeYung
(formerly Teresa LeYung-Ryan)
author Love Made of Heart - the mother-daughter novel (archived at the San Francisco History Center)
author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days
author of the Talking To My Dead Mom monologues
author of all the blog posts at https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/
Writing Coach Teresa says:
“I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”
Love Made Of Heart ®












