Healthy Options | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: – The spreasd of new tick species and diseases in Maine & the Northeast – Prevention is the best medicine! Keep ticks from attaching. Create a barrier with clothes. Using permethrin on clothes & gear (embedded commercially, or sprayed...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: – What exactly is healthy aging? – How stress affects memory & brain function, & how we can reduce the negative effects of cortisol. – Mild cognitive impairment, dementia, & Alzheimer’s disease explained. – How sleep a...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County is community-based, with neighbors helping neighbors. They work closely with volunteers, families, and healthcare partners in their mission to help ensure that no one in Waldo County is alone when facing serious illness...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: What is trauma resiliency and how do our nervous systems respond to trauma & stress? How the nervous system responds to accumulated trauma. How generosity & gratitude can enhance resiliency. What role tears and/or laughter may play when we experi...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: 1. What is somatic movement? 2. Using movement to help us through grief, shock, stress & trauma 3. What is fright, flight and freeze? 4. How stress and trauma can affect our nervous system 5. How grief and shock can affect our nervous system 6. What...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: -We ALL will get older; how we deal with this reality is important for each of us to face in a positive, life-affirming manner -Age-positivity & how to reframe aging -Why & how do positive views of aging produce healthier outcomes? -The differenc...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: 1. Experiencing the physiological effects of music & song, and how different aspects of melody & rhythm can resonate with heart rates & the nervous system. 2. Music creating connection & community as well as personal empowerment- even if...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: -How music can help with emotional stability. -The attributes of music therapy in reducing stress. -The powerful & positive effects of singing in groups. -Music & memory. -Therapeutic use of music in addressing cognitive challenges. -Using music...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: -The different ticks appearing in Maine, and the tick diseases being found now. -The vital importance of keeping tick OFF of us! -Poppy-seed size of ticks right now, as nymphs in May, and sesame seed size as adults, and raisin-sized when engorged -Tick-b...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: Using the Trauma Resiliency Model to stay resilient and centered during this exceeding stressful time The differences between fight, flight, & freeze as reactions to stress “Toxic stress”,“tolerable stress”, & “positive stress”, and what may be h...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: The serious implications of the loss of funding for medical/health research & the curtailment of health data available for the public. The importance of “doing good science” as a research scientist, & the scientific method as it perta...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: 1. The origin & principles of the Feldenkrais Method. 2. Exploration of how its practice has been shown to improve movement, posture, balance & coordination. 3. How it may help to reduce pain, and improve range of motion & flexibility- and ho...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: What is Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and how can it help us be better listeners and engage our feelings of empathy for others? Some practical ways to be able to manage difficult conversations with people who have different viewpoints....

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: – What is a stroke & what are the signs of a stroke? – What to do immediately if you have signs of a stroke. – How to reduce your risk of having a stroke. – Treatment for stroke, and recovery. Guest(s): ...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Production Assistant: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: – Why is a local hospital so important for the community in which it is located? How can hospital consolidation affect local hospitals? – How is the success of a local hospital evaluated? How did Waldo County General...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: – What does it mean to have purpose in our lives and why is that important for healthy aging? – What steps can all of us take- at any age- to stay healthy? – How does the language we may use to describe getting older, r...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: – What is aging? Why is having a positive view of aging good for our health? – How can we stay healthy while aging? – What are “normal” or usual, stages of aging as we get older? – What is brain plasticity? H...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: – Why is prevention the best medicine when it comes to ticks? Why is it important to keep ticks off of us, to begin with? – What is a tick borne infection?  What is Lyme disease, and other tick-borne illness? – Wha...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: -What does an elder advocate do? -What are the steps that are needed to create a plan in the event that you or a family member require medical care in a health care facility such as rehab/or a nursing home? -What could go wrong when you...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well Program Topic: TEENS TO TRAILS, an organization connecting Maine students to life-changing outdoor experiences. This month: What is Teens to Trails and what is their mission? How does Teens to Trails work with parents, students and schools? What are...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: What are some ways we can enhance the health of our nervous systems, and calm our minds? How can simple breathing techniques enhance our health and well-being? Why is movement such an important technique to calm our nervous system? What is Qi Gong? What is WuJi? What do...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: Why is this topic & program relevant for people of all ages? What is Aging Maine? What is the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Project? What is dementia?  What is “dementia worry”? What do we need to do to maintain brain health– and why is exercise & diet so importan...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: 1  How does the Trauma Resiliency Model and Community Resiliency Model work to calm the nervous system? 2  How can Trauma Resiliency aid individuals & communities in the recovering process, after mass shootings? 3  What are some new strategies being used globally to...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: How do we hear? What can cause hearing loss? Are there differences in sensitivity in how individuals react to loud sounds? How can we protect our hearing? How do you know that you are experiencing hearing loss? What are some detriments to delaying or not getting hearing aids when they...

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: How does quantum physics play a role in our health & well-being? What is heart coherence? What is vibrational medicine? How does our breathing affect our nervous system? What is the importance of our being aware of our nervous system? Guest/s: Diana Maria Chapin, one of the foundin...