Tag: Mind-Body Techniques

Host and Producer: Rhonda Feiman
Co-Producer: Petra Hall
Engineer: Amy Brown

Program Topic: Trauma resiliency and community resiliency
Key Discussion Points:
What are the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) and the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)?
What are the new ways in which these models are being used to effectively deal with trauma?
What are some of the successes in communities across the world, with the use of TRM & CRM?

Guest: Elaine Miller-Karas, the executive director and co-founder of the Trauma Resource Institute,
a non-profit agency which provides training worldwide, to bring about more effective
treatment for long-term and acute trauma

Contact info:
www.traumaresourceinstitute.com

2 previous Healthy Options programs about the work of the Trauma Resource Institute can be found at

Healthy Options 12/1/10

Healthy Options 9/02/09

Host: Andree Bella
Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: Integrative Health

Program Topic: Preparing for Surgery Using Mind-Body Techniques
Key Discussion Points:
a) What are the “Five Steps to Prepare for Surgery” discussed in the book, Prepare For Surgery, Heal Faster?
b) What research studies document the benefits of these mind-body techniques?
c) What role can a patient’s surgeon and anesthesiologist play in implementing these techniques?
d) What are some of the hospitals offering Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster Workshops?

Guest: Peggy Huddleston, author of Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster www.HealFaster.com