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Anna Rapson rejoins Stephanie to discuss how and why to cultivate courage in your everyday life.

"Choosing courage helps build inner trust, it grows strength and we are actually developing new neural pathways in the brain when we choose courage despite being scared. It's like teaching the body and the mind and the soul that it is safe - and not typically life threatening or dangerous - to the harder, more authentic path." - Anna Rapson

About Anna

Anna has over 15 years of experience as a clinician in the health and wellness field and is a licensed clinical social worker as well as a licensed marriage and family therapist. She is currently in private practice in Eastern Montana where she lives with her 2 daughters. Anna has extensive training in evidence mindfulness based methods to effectively address issues getting in the way of living a fulfilling, balanced life. She is currently enrolled in a two year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.

Hear more from Anna on Facing Anxiety to Build Resilience(Episode 1),The Importance of Self Compassion (Episode 8) and The Power of the Pause (Episode 11).

Erin Chamberlin joins Stephanie to discuss ways to discover your true self with energy healing.

"Energy healing works simply with the energy systems of our body. It has the goal of creating harmony between our mental, emotional, physical and spiritual selves. It has a foundation in eastern culture and practices where we recognize energy as the life force that flows through absolutely everything." - Erin Chamberlin

About Erin

Erin Chamberlin is an energy healer, a ‘body whisperer,’ and a guide. She is a Certified Emotion Code Practitioner, Certified Body Code Practitioner and an ordained Reverend (Minister of Walking Prayer) through the Center for Sacred Studies in California. She is blessed to have received teachings from many elders and mentors, the majority of whom are indigenous women carrying the knowledge of their lineages forward.

Erin found ‘alternative’ wellness because she was once deeply unwell herself. She was in her mid-to-late twenty’s, was chronically ill, felt completely lost, and was experiencing a personal crisis of faith. At her lowest point, it was yoga and acupuncture which first helped her understand the mind-body-spirit connection and the power of Eastern Medicine. Her spiritual awakening unfolded over the next few years, as she learned to take ownership of her gifts and all the ways they had been unconsciously ruling her life.

The most impactful discovery for her, in terms of creating true wellness in her life, was Energy Healing. Specifically the Emotion Code and Body Code modalities as developed by Dr. Bradley Nelson. By becoming conscious of her emotional baggage and releasing it with these methods, she was finally getting ‘unstuck.’  She was able to reconnect to her own inner wisdom; to hear that quiet voice inside herself rather than being so caught up in old stories and external validation. While it was quite a journey to become a practitioner, it was (and still is) so empowering to witness how energy healing improves all areas of our lives!

You can follow her work at @waters_edge_healing and online here.

Katie Cook-Bretson joins Stephanie to discuss healing with Chinese Herbal Medicine and Somatic Experiencing.

"I got into somatic experiencing really through a blessing. It weaves together perfectly with acupuncture and body work because it helps us learn how to listen to our bodies at that cellular wiring behind the scenes. The idea behind it is that we are working on all of the past tendencies and traumas that we have accumulated through life and the way that each of our nervous systems is wired uniquely. We are becoming astute listeners to our inside world so that we can create change through this awareness." - Katie Cook-Bretson

About Katie

Katie’s experience has been woven together with 16 years of experience working with all walks of life: athletes, moms-to-be, anyone in big transitions, and those seeking better balance in their health.

Katie has always been inspired by the capacity of the human body. In 2006 she began her career as a massage therapist working closely with athletes at the top of their sport to help them refine their performance, recovery, prevent injuries, and heal gracefully. She worked at Bozeman Health spending time in the cancer center, hospice, post-operative, and obstetrics departments getting to see a wide variety of clients. After working closely with pregnant women and new mothers in their postpartum time, she trained as a Doula. As Katie attuned her skills, she realized there was more depth to health than the physical which led her to her next evolution in healthcare.

In 2016 Katie earned a masters degree from the Academy of 5-Element Acupuncture in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine with the desire to practice medicine that looks at the larger picture of what it is to be human, in our own unique balanced health. She studied a classical lineage that looks at the virtue of each individual and supports our potential by not just managing symptoms but going deeper into the balancing all the body’s systems – physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Over the years she has studied several modalities of healing including Somatic Experiencing, Structural Integration, movement education, pregnancy massage, labor support, nutrition, aromatherapy, herbal medicine and classical acupuncture modalities. She uniquely blends treatments looking at the larger capacity for health through several lenses blending traditional healing wisdom of the East together with modern medicine of the West.

Katie devoutly continues her education and blending medicine into her own life’s journey. She is currently enrolled in the three-year Somatic Experiencing training with Abi Blakslee, and the two-year clinical immersion courses of Body Work and Somatic Experiencing with Dave Berger and Deepening Perspectives with Lonnie Jarrett.

One integral aspect of health that Katie has always held high in her values is connection in community. She believes we are stronger together in all aspects of our lives. In 2017 she and Dr. Holcomb Johnston joined forces to fulfill the dream of creating an integrative medical practice filled with experienced providers in multiple healing modalities. Through the combination of over 30 years in healthcare, they birthed Enso Natural Medicine with the goal of supporting the Bozeman and surrounding Montana community.

If Katie is not at Enso, you'll likely find her looking through the world from the eyes of her new baby, outside exploring the mountains, in the garden, on her yoga mat, crafting something in the kitchen or spending time with her Bozeman family (friends).