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LAKE COUNTY – The Healthy Kids Are Contagious school site program of Sutter Lakeside Hospital and Center for Health invite the public Friday, March 21, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., for an evening of fun and games celebrating the release of “Ducky Love,” by Kelly Mather, author and Sutter Lakeside chief executive officer.
“Ducky Love” is Mather’s second children's book geared towards helping children understand and take charge of their health. The first, "The Five Keys to Wellness," introduced children to five basic principles for living a healthy lifestyle.
“Ducky Love” is written for younger children and focuses on the first key to wellness: self-love. Through a sweet and simple tale the main character Ducky learns, with the help of some other animal friends, that love of one’s self is the first important step towards true health and happiness.
Developed by Mather, both books and “The Five Keys to Wellness” concepts, which identify and promote five aspects of healthful living including self-love, breathing, positive choices, balance and trust, are an integral part of the Healthy Kids Are Contagious programs offered in schools throughout Lake County. These free programs bring health care professionals to classrooms to educate and inspire children about health.
“To improve health and lower health care costs in our county, we are reaching the kids,” said Mather. “The Healthy Kids Are Contagious program not only educates students about nutrition and exercise but it also addresses mental and emotional issues from our 'Five Keys to Wellness' principals, so they will be motivated to make healthier choices for a lifetime.”
The “Five Keys to Wellness” Mather refers to are self-love, breathing, positive choices, balance and trust.
The event will be held at the Marge Alakszay Center at Terrace Middle School in Lakeport.
Mather is a wife and mother of three children. She believes "healthy kids are contagious" and works with local schools and health care organizations to promote wellness.
She is on a mission put “health” back into “health care” by teaching that there are four levels of healing and using the "Five Keys to Wellness." She has written several books and teaches wellness and parenting classes across the country. For more information, visit HarmonyHealingHouse.com.
People of all ages are welcome to attend the free “Ducky Love” book release celebration and meet Ms. Mather, enjoy entertaining performances by local children, enjoy healthy snacks, play games and receive fun prizes.
For more information, please call the Sutter Lakeside Wellness Center for Health at 262-5171.
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Over half the pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, often due to contraception failures. The Essure procedure is 99.80-percent effective based on four years of followup and is covered by most health insurance plans.
The Essure procedure offers women permanent protection against pregnancy without cutting or general anesthesia. Soft, flexible coils called micro-inserts are placed into each fallopian tube. Over the next three months tissue naturally grows into the micro-inserts forming a barrier that prevents sperm from reaching and fertilizing the egg.
A confirmation test is performed at three months to let the woman know that she can rely on Essure for permanent birth control.
“It’s easy to foresee that Essure will become the preferred method of contraception for women who have completed their families and want the security of knowing they’re protected,” said Dr. Dhanda, an expert in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery who has practiced in Lake County for almost two decades. “Best of all it can be done in about 15 minutes in our office, avoiding the anxiety and expense of going to the hospital. Women return to their normal activities the next day.”
Tens of thousands of women worldwide have chosen the Essure procedure as their method of permanent birth control (sterilization) since 1998. In a clinical study on the Essure procedure, 96 percent of patients said they would recommend the procedure to a friend.
Contact Dr. Paula Dhanda, medical director of Specialty Care and Surgery Center, at 279-8733 for more information on the Essure procedure.
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LAKE COUNTY – Do you know your life’s mission?
We all have a purpose. There is likely a person or group of people who need exactly what you have to offer and they are patiently waiting for you to embrace your life’s mission.
Sutter Lakeside Hospital Wellness Center is hosting a new workshop, “Mission Finding: Living Your Life’s Mission,” on Wednesday, March 26, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
This workshop will provide information and tools to participants wishing to explore 18 different types of true work and will help participants recognize whether or not they are fulfilling their life mission.
Participants will learn how to align their talents with their work and be encouraged to wake up every day with excitement and inspiration.
The program will be presented by Kelly Mather, chief executive officer of Sutter Lakeside Hospital and Center for Health.
Mather has a passion for improving the health of our community and is an innovative and forward-thinking leader in the integration of wellness care in the current health care model.
The class will be held in the Wellness Center on the Sutter Lakeside Hospital campus in Lakeport. Space is limited.
To register or for more information call the Wellness Center at 262-5171.
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While growing up in the Central Valley, O’Donnell worked in the fields and was exposed to crop dusters and pesticides. She watched her mother, father, brother and two aunts die of cancer before she was diagnosed with cancer herself. Not only was she diagnosed with cancer, but was without health insurance.
“Watching members of her family die from cancer and her own diagnosis of cancer, Sara has set out to change the world,” said Berg, D-Eureka. “O’Donnell’s life journey embodies those qualities that I honor: courage, commitment and the will to succeed against all possible odds.”
In 1995, O'Donnell founded the Cancer Resource Center of Mendocino County to provide a support network for cancer patients and to help them with the cancer care maze.
The center provides a range of services for patients and their families, from counseling and support groups to the advocacy of benefits and the formulation of care.
“Her devotion to helping cancer patients and their families is boundless,” said Berg. “Sara is an inspiration to all of us.”
Last year, O’Donnell was one of 10 people to receive the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Award, which was presented to her in Washington D.C.
The Woman of the Year ceremony is an annual commemoration to recognize extraordinary women in California in honor of Women’s History Month.
Each state legislator picks an honoree in his or her district to commemorate Women’s History Month. The honoree receives recognition in the Assembly Chambers and spends the day with their legislator.
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