Top Left: Donna Powell-Goings has been a physician’s assistant for 21 years. She chose Clayton College because she wanted to reinvent her career and provide a deeper level of body/mind/spirit care for clients with chronic conditions. Natural Reader Note: “Make sure you balance work and rest. I have a life that’s important, a family life that is much more important than my job.” Top Right: One highlight At the Heart of Natural Health was the unveiling of a new book entitled Mountain Medicine and published by Clayton College Natural Reader Press. Author Darryl Patton served as 12-year herbal apprentice to the late Tommie Bass, a legendary Appalachian herbal healer. Phyllis Light, CCNH Director of Herbal Studies, wrote the book’s Preface. Natural Reader Note: From the book Mountain Medicine, Crossvine leaves make a potent tonic. Native American healers combined Crossvine with other energy giving plants such as Sarsaparilla, Ginseng and Greenbrier. Bottom Left: (L-R) Conference registration coordinator Chris Ballard met quite a few registered nurses At the Heart of Natural Health, including M.S.N.H. candidate Deborah Troxell, B.S.N.H. candidate Cherie Sivak and B.S.N.H. graduate Ellen Forst. Natural Reader Note: Herbal research is blossoming as a field of science with its own research base and pharmacopoeia. Bottom Right: From Florida and Maryland, holistic nurses Rosemary Linn (a second time attendee) and Michelle Borodinsky enjoy networking during Happy Hour at the book signing. As two good examples of choosing healthy habits, that’s bottled water they're drinking! Natural Reader Note: The docile patient of yesteryear is now an empowered client in partnership with his or her healthcare team. Practitioners thus become dual healers: able to pass along what some might call folk or eclectic herbal wisdom, confidently supported by a mounting supply of scientific evidence. |
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