Mile High Magazine Podcast Bonneville Denver

Guest: Alison Salutz Historic Denver

People love historic buildings or houses and own/ live in them but can get overwhelmed by knowing if something would be a big concern or what the maintenance they should be doing on the property.  Historic Denver is hosting an expo that will be bring in masonry, window experts, flooring departments that will help people better understand what they need.  There will also be sessions with experts that would talk about people could face when owning an older property.  The expo is on May 18th from 12p-4p, there is a small cost to attend the event.  When the expo ends guest can walk down to the Molly Brown house, there they will be talking about some of the projects they have done at the house.  May is National Preservation Month Historic Denver has bunch of events going on.  Another event is on May 22nd that will be a walking tour and you will even get to go into some of the historic buildings in Denver.      

https://historicdenver.org/tours-events/walking-tours/ 

www.histroicdenver.org

 

Guest: Seth Dean Director of Development

Parkinson is movement disorder that impaired balance and coordination, it leads to slow movement and tremors and stiffness of limbs.  It is caused by a degeneration of dopamine producing cells in parts of the brain.  Parkinson is progressive and it will not go away.  It is the second fastest neurological disorder.  No one person will have the same journey.  It can be a combination of genetics and environment.  It is more common in males.  The average age for diagnosis is 65.  Medication can help your symptoms but the best thing for a person with Parkinson is exercise.  Parkinson Association of the Rockies have over 80 exercise programs throughout the state and they are free.  They also offer support groups, educational events, social workers on staff, and equipment rentals.         

 https://parkinsonrockies.org/

Guest: Sheryl Barto Founder/Executive Director

Smiling Goat Ranch is an animal therapy program, they bring the healing effects of horses, movement, nature, and an impassioned support of community to people with neuropsychiatric condition.  The horse boy method of equine therapy is an approach based on neuroscience.  The horse boy method is an approach that is done out in nature and following the child or the person, and it's not designed to teach horsemanship skills, but uses horses and small social animals and movement based activities.  It is a tool to reduce stress, improve communication and ultimately the quality of life for individuals with autism, PTSD, depression, anxiety.  Last year they did 630 therapeutic sessions.  All the services they provide are free. 

smilinggoatranch.com

Guest: Finn Murphy Program Manager 

Adaptive sports are sports for people with disabilities, it could be physically or cognitive.  You can be born with the disability or have been in an accident or had trauma.  Adaptive sports use specialized equipment and require special training.  Ignite Adaptive Sports is at a ski resort, they help people with snow sports.  They have all kinds of special equipment for people to enjoy winter sports.  This past season they gave over 1,300 lessons for people with disabilities, that is over 350 different individuals.  They had to turn away people this season because they didn’t have the space or the instructors.  They have almost 300 instructors that are all volunteers that are instructors, but they are always looking for more.   

https://igniteadaptivesports.org/

Guest: Barbara Lotze Director of Business Development

Cycling Without Age Littleton’s goal is that the most vulnerable never become the least visible, and that everyone has the opportunity to feel the wind in their hair, to be in nature, and to break the isolation barrier with our older adults and those with challenges.  Cycling Without Age Littleton serves people off all ages young or old and people with challenge to help them be outside.  The bikes they use have the seats in front and the person peddling and not behind them.  There is no cost for people to enjoy these services, but you need to make an appointment.       

https://cwalittleton.com/

Guest:  Kevin Petersen LMFT Founder

Anxiety is the moment between heartbeats, meaning it's the anxiety of will my heartbeat again.  With anxiety, it's this overall, I'm not going to make it to the next second.  Depression can come in all sorts of sizes and colors.  Everyone thinks depression is being mopey, can't get out of bed,  got the curtains drawn.  There can be different kinds of depression, it can be seasonal, situational, it can be mild, it can be severe.  Depression is a battle to just get my head just above water where I can breathe and survive and get through the day.  There can be good days, there can be days you are just showing up, other days might be you just can’t.  The majority of people that struggle with this stuff struggle with it on a day to day basis.  One of the best thing a person can do on a day to day basis is making sure they are crossing off their mental health checklist, which is, nutrition, exercise, therapy community.

www.chronichope.us

www.petersenfamilycounseling.com