Good Hearts Podcast with Kristen Harness Kristen Harness

On this episode, you will hear from Sarah Reed, a missionary and nonprofit Founder in Mexico City. Sarah shares her journey from Denver, CO to Mexico City and what life is like as a missionary living full-time among some of the poorest people in Mexico City. Sarah is full of life and joy, and you will be inspired when you listen to her courageous story.

My guest in this episode is Elizabeth Govostis. She is a Registered Behavioral Therapist and Teacher at a school for autistic children. Elizabeth shares her experience, challenges, and vision for the future she wishes for the students she works with.

Today you will hear the story of Stephanie Botts, a Clinical Dental Hygienist turned entrepreneur and small business owner. She’s been a clinical dental hygienist for 13 years and recently founded her company, Posturepros, to help her fellow dental professionals with their ergonomics and posture. You will hear as she explains some hard truths around pain and disabilities being far too common in dentistry, She experienced it herself and decided she wanted to do something to help. She still see patients 2 days a week, but now also cares for dental professionals.

During covid she experienced the fear and fatigue so many of us did and she really felt it in her work, especially being a front line worker. Stephanie has a fascinating story to tell and I can’t wait for you to hear more. 

You can learn more about her consulting business at www.posturepros.net

You can follow Stephanie at LINKEDIN

Kelly Craighead is the Owner, Invoke Arts LLC

She describes herself as a teacher and at the core as someone who holds space for others and allows them to express themselves as she lifts them up and fills them with high spirits and optimism.

She began her work with adults with special needs/persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities in 2007. In her 8 years as a Community Partner and Life Skills Specialist she gained the experience and excellent training in the history of developmental disabilities, person centered practices and grew a passion for working with persons with cerebral palsy, down syndrome, traumatic brain injury, autism/neurodiverse, spina bifida and behavior disorders.

She guides her students in a process of sharing with her what they enjoy about life, their passions and interests, who they are in the world and how they approach creating.

In 2017, she saw an opportunity to take a leap of faith and create what she had been dreaming of, her own art program, Invoke Arts LLC.

She is eager to continue to grow Invoke Arts and the individuals she serves. She began making connections with agencies and educating herself on dementia in early 2020 and intends on expanding her work in 2021 to serve those with Alzheimer’s, and dementia. 

Learn more about her work on her Facebook page, Invoke Arts Denver.

Loni Mashke, LMT Licensed Massage and Somatic Therapist has been in practice for over 20 years. Loni is a long standing ABMP Member, CPR/AED/ First Aid certified and licensed in massage therapy by the California Association of Massage Therapy Council. She has over 2000 hours of educational training in modalities ranging from clinical Myofascial Release and Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) to corporate health coaching and chair massage. Loni has advanced training and specializes in Lymphatic and Detox Massage, Pre/Post-Natal Massage, Myofascial Release, Trigger Point Therapy, Clinical, and Condition Specific Massage.

As a Somatic Bodywork Therapist, Loni has over 10 years of advanced training and practice in Jin Shin Do Acupressure (www.jinshindo.org) which incorporates a combination of Reichian theory, Eriksonian technique, Qi Gong breath-work and Acupressure meridian theory.

As an Integrative Somatic Practitioner, she is trained in NLP, Hypnotherapy, Time-line Therapy, Somatic Meditation, Transformational Breathing, Bioenergetics, The Hakomi Method, and other Body-Centered Psychotherapeutic applications and is Certified through the AIP (Assoc. of Integrative Psychology) and a member of USABP (United States Association for Body Psychotherapy®) You can learn more about Loni's services at www.momentofserenity.com. 

Special guest is Tawanda Felicianna. She was born and raised in Denver, CO and has always loved photography. She’s been in front or behind the camera all of her life. For her, taking photographs is more than a profession; it’s a true lifelong passion, ever since she was a little girl with her pink barbie camera that used film. 

She loves to capture genuine moments in interesting and unique ways and loves to create beautiful photos in all types of photography. She has such a beautiful heart for young girls to help them build up their confidence. 

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