Creating Your Health: Now more than ever...

Creating Your Health

Welcome to Creating Your Health! My Blog to introduce my business, Creative Arts Counseling and Consulting and to post ideas, links, resources as to how one can create their own health. I'm Chris, a Licensed Creative Arts Psychotherapist, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor. I see clients individually, or in groups, couples, and families. I work with children, adolescents and adults with mental health issues. I specialize in working with those recovering from trauma, eating disorders, mood disorders, and various other Women's issues. I am available for consultation and provide workshops on various topics to groups and organizations. Most recent topics include: " The Shadow in the Workplace", "Moving through Bereavement"--Creative Arts in the grief process; "Movement in the Classroom".

My clients include those who choose to work from either a mind and/or body approach to wholeness!

Use of the arts: dance, music, art, drama, poetry, allows for access to the unconscious realm. Simply put, Change takes place first in the Imaginal Realm. If you can't imagine it, how can the change manifest?

My approach to health is a holistic one, embracing the mind, body, and spirit connection and is deeply grounded in psychological theory and orientation. Stay tuned...More to come as the blog progresses.

Christine Matteson
LCAT, LMHC, ADTR, NCC
Licensed Creative Arts Psychotherapist.
Independent USANA Health Sciences associate
Healthy Living Consultant
Team Northrup

contact me @ cfmatteson@hotmail.com
for more information.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Now more than ever...

Today I got home from the hospital, from having had a heart attack Thursday morning. 5 stents to the LAD, completely blocked. I had one in 2004 (pretty significant)and one in 2006 (luckily a smaller one). Once I made it through 2008, I thought, "Ok, this is not a pattern..I'm going to be fine". Truth is, this was the biggest, most deadly one yet, and I'd be lying if I said that it hasn't shaken me to my core. My initial thought was, "Take down the damn website, and Facebook group", its impossible to "Create Your Health", this is a fraudulent claim! As I further observed my thoughts and feelings today, I realized that "Now more than ever" I have to use what I have already learned and applied in my life about Health and Wellness. If I hadn't been in such good health, this would have been deadly. I'm really tired, but sat out in the sunshine today, read, and listened to music. I don't know why this happened. I'm not sure that I'm in a place to really convey any lessons learned, express any big claims of wisdom (maybe I never will be). What I do know right now is that gratitude, love, and moment to moment experiencing without judgment have been what's helped, and the support I've received has been powerfully moving, and has nourished my heart. Thank you.

Creating Your Health with USANA Health Sciences and Team Northrup

What is USANA?
USANA was founded in 1992, and is a company with integrity and vision that manufactures the highest quality science-based nutritional products and skin health products. Comprehensive nutrition from the inside-out! To view my USANA Health Sciences Website, click:
http://www.cmatteson.usana.com/

What is Team Northrup?
It's a group of entrepreneurial women and men who are philosophically aligned with the work fo women's wellness pioneer, world renowned author, and one of the country's
most respected authorities on women's health....
Dr. Christiane Northrup.
Founded in 2003, this unique team has joined together
to build a lucrative global health and wellness home-based business, while also helping others around the world to improve their health.
"You have the ability to create vibrant health and vibrant wealth! Join Team Northrup and me in making this vision your reality. Begin today." ~Dr. Christiane Northrup
What will your life look like in 5 years if you keep doing what you are doing today? To see if you qualify to be a member of Team Northrup, fill out the short survey, and check out my USANA website.
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Creating Your Health