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Navigating Life with Fibromyalgia
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What My Clients Are Saying...

Life Beyond Fibromyalgia: A Personal Guide for Moving Forward and Leaving Struggle Behind (Kindle Edition)

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My Experience with Health and Wellness:
  • Have been leading classes and support groups since 1987 when my biofeedback instructor asked if I might start a group for some of her women patients. I discovered I love working with groups!  The focus of some of my other groups has included women’s self image, women living creatively, and introduction to mindful awareness.
  • Worked in healthcare as a Registered Nurse in various healthcare settings until I developed fibromyalgia. I left nursing in 1993 due to my health issues. In 2000, I was able to return to work in healthcare and began teaching at a metro Portland, OR. hospital health education center. My specialties were fibromyalgia and stress management. Created and taught a  4-week fibromyalgia education class for over 9 years beginning in 2000 and led a monthly Fibromyalgia support group for 8 of those years. Also taught at The Frida Center for Fibromyalgia between 2012-2018
  • Began facilitating online groups (Healing Circles)  Fall 2018
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Other Background Experiences:
  • BS degree in sociology from Portland State University, Portland, OR
  • 3 month biofeedback training course that instilled my deep respect for the mind/body relationship
  • Experiential workshop with Joan Borysenko, PhD, pioneer in mind & body medicine and stress reduction  (author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind)
  • Experiential workshop re Guided imagery and Healing with Belleruth Naparstek, ACSW, creator of guided imagery recordings for various medical diagnoses and founder of HealthJourneys.com
  • 3 day SoulCollage facilitator certification training in 2010
  • In 2001, I began studying mindfulness with several practitioners and continue my personal practice to the present (2020)

My teachers have included:  
  • materials created by Jon Kabat -Zinn , founding director of UMass Stress Reduction Center, where mindfulness (MBSR) was first introduced into healthcare in the US 
  • workshop taught by Elana Rosenbaum, instructor from the UMass Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program
  • Two 3-day retreats  at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center #1 led by Rebecca Bradshaw from Barre, Mass. Insight Society and #2 led by Dr Adrianne Ross, MD, Vancouver, BC  physician who incorporates mindfulness training in working with patients who live with chronic disease
  • 40-day Mindfulness Daily online course taught by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield 
  • 7-week online Power of Awareness course (mindfulness training) taught by Tara Brach, PhD Psychologist  and Jack Kornfield, PhD  Psychologist
  • 8-week online Consciousness and Presence course taught by Eckhart Tolle

For Additional Information, Questions, and Appointments:

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eemerryfield@gmail.com

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