One of my favorite stories that my husband, Cary, tells is about my older daughter Kayla. I was at work while Cary was at home with the girls. Kayla had fallen down and scraped her knee. She came in crying and pleaded with Cary to “fix it!” Being the dutiful father, Cary cleaned the wound, put on an antibiotic cream and a band-aid. He gave Kayla a kiss and said, “There you go”, very proud of his first aid skills. But Kayla didn’t move. She sat with a pout on her face; her arms crossed, and began to cry again.

It was obvious she was very frustrated, which caused my husband to be frustrated. He asked what was wrong. Kayla asked,”You are not done, are you?” Cary looked bewildered. “Honey, what else do you need?” Now in complete frustration, Kayla put her hands on her hips and said, “Well aren’t you going to do energy on it or something?” Whenever there was a boo-boo, I always did polarity and healing on the area to take out the pain and calm down the central nervous system. Kayla didn’t know exactly what I did, but she did know that it worked!

I love this story because I want all children to have this education of whole healing. I want them and their families to know all the options to creating wellness in the body.

Of course, there is more to holistic healing than energy work. Many wonderful modalities can support the body in healing. My daughters know they have two doctors. One is a holistic chiropractor along with his therapists, and the other a loving and open-minded pediatrician. Both teams want what is best for my children and their bodies. As a parent, it is my responsibility to choose what my children need and who best can serve them. As an advocate for this type of holistic teamwork, I feel it is my responsibility to educate everyone with the opportunity of whole health and wellness.

With the help of Jackie Kosednar and many wonderful healers in our community, I am helping to put together a free children’s clinic for holistic health. We have been running this program for several months, and each time we are getting busier and having more success. It takes everybody’s hard work and dedication to create such a venture. I am grateful for the hard work and dedication of an entire team working together to make this happen.

What happens at our sessions? We begin with an assessment of each child and then hand pick the team of holistic practitioners that will support these children with health and healing. We have a diverse array of health challenges with these children, who range in age. Some families have never done anything out of conventional medicine, while others have supported holistic modalities for many years. No matter which background, all children walk out feeling better and loved!

In October 2002, we decided to open the clinic up to expectant mothers in addition to children. Holistic healing was a wonderful tool for me when I was pregnant, and I’m happy we can offer this to many moms-to-be.

As always, we need the support and dedication of all of you in our community to continue to make this clinic a success. Being caregivers, we all do some of our work for free or lowered costs for our clientele who don’t have insurance or who are struggling financially. We are grateful to Dr. Richard Newman for his generosity in letting us use his clinic on the second Saturday of every month. Others are now offering their clinics as well. Please come join us, and encourage anyone you know who needs more holistic work to come and visit the clinic.