Tough Conversations with Kids
This holiday season, how will you start difficult conversations with your children? Psychotherapist Rodney Long, LISW talks about how to discuss school shootings, sex ed, and other important topics. When kids feel free to discuss challenges as they occur, it becomes easier each time. As usual, Rodney and Nick spend most of this episode of Ascend Health Show laughing at each other.
Trauma & the Brain
How do the frontal lobe and limbic system affect trauma? Can we “unstick” the brain from painful memories without patronizing or justifying? Victoria Gutbrod, LPCC-S from Renew Counseling Ministries here in Fairlawn, Ohio, and Nick Angelis, CRNA discuss the latest research about our complex nervous systems. The brain can be reborn, and the spiritual imagery asks all manner of thought-provoking questions about God, Xanax, and the role of psychiatric and psychedelic care.
Yoga and Addiction
Therapist, Yogi, and Reiki Master Lisa Shaefer, LSW, LICDC-CS, RYT-200 from Carve Your Own Path, here in Copley, discusses yoga and addiction with nurse anesthetist Nick Angelis, MSN, CRNA. There’s a continuum in mental health between simple movement and posh inpatient rehab retreat facilities. As we continue to delve deep into spiritual topics on Ascend Health Show at the Wadsworth Community Television studio, common threads emerge. You’ll recall our last guest, Sonic Shaman, today’s energy practitioner, or, for our next show, a Christian trauma counselor from our friends at Renew Counseling Ministries.
Spirituality and Mental Health
Do I need Jesus or Xanax? Nurse anesthetist Nick Angelis discusses difficult topics as a Christian and a clinician with Hank the Sonic Shaman. The medical system can't answer spiritual questions. Unmet expectations can harm our mental health, substituting truth and sincerity for shallow self-righteousness. The first step is to know ourselves. Are Psychedelic and indigenous medicines reconcilable with faith and science? What about ketamine? With so much potential to heal, can it make people worse the way marijuana hasn't lived up to the medical hype?
Why Eat Healthy?
Of course, eating nutritionally dense food does so much more than help us lose a few pounds. It’s a sustainable way to better health. In the interview, we mention how ... Read more
Pain and Fear
Nick:Hello, and welcome to the Ascend Health show. I’m your host, Nick Angelis. I’m a Nurse Anesthetist and one of the Owners of Ascend Health Center. And today we have ... Read more
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Welcome to the Ascend Health Show. I'm Nick Angelis. I'm one of the Owners of Ascend Health Center and I'm a nurse anesthetist. And today I'm with Adriana Markov, and we're going to talk about Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and what it is.