Education Archives - Rancho La Puerta
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Stronger Bones, Longer Life with Dr. Lani Simpson

Week of March 29, 2025

Dr. Simpson’s presentation will provide practical tips to promote strong bones and strong muscles so that we can maintain our physical independence as we age....

Dr. Lani Simpson
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Following Your Gifts with Nicole Andreatta

Week of April 19, 2025

Learn about the discipline of positive psychology and explore the life-changing opportunity of understanding and accepting your unique gifts. Glimmer Gazing What triggers us seems...

Nicole Andreatta
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Happy Hour for Hormones with Nancy Cetel

Week of May 10, 2025

Hormones Through the Ages This comfortable, warm and welcoming discussion will involve the women’s health journey through the ages and the relationship of our hormonal...

Nancy Cetel, MD
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Dawn Saldancidi

Week of May 10, 2025

Dawn Sandalcidi, PT, RCMT, BCB-PMD specializes in pelvic muscle dysfunction and orthopedic manual therapy. She has trained medical professionals in manual therapy both nationally and...

Dawn Saldancidi, PT, RCMT, BCB-PMD
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Beyond Kegels: A Lifetime of Pelvic Health with Kathe Wallace and Dawn Sandalcidi

Week of May 24, 2025

How Fit is Your Pelvic Floor? Let’s Explore! Learn how the pelvic floor (Kegel) muscles control urine leakage, urges and frequency as well as bowel...

Kathe Wallace and Dawn Sandalcidi
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Happy Hour for Hormones with Nancy Cetel

Week of May 31, 2025

Hormones Through the Ages This comfortable, warm and welcoming discussion will involve the women’s health journey through the ages and the relationship of our hormonal...

Nancy Cetel, MD
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Cultivating a Brain Healthy Environment with Stephanie Peabody

Week of June 7, 2025

Brain Health Capital: Investing in Your Greatest Asset for a Thriving Life Brain-Healthy Environments: Creating Spaces That Fuel Your Mind and Soul The Joy of...

Dr. Stephanie Peabody
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Secrets of Give and Take

Week of June 28, 2025

Imagine what your life would be like if everyone you interact with – at work and at home - would value and reward you for...

Maggie van de Griend
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Happy Hour for Hormones with Nancy Cetel

Week of June 28, 2025

Hormones Through the Ages This comfortable, warm and welcoming discussion will involve the women’s health journey through the ages and the relationship of our hormonal...

Nancy Cetel, MD
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Cutting Edge Nutrition with Patti Milligan

Week of July 5, 2025

Nutritional Resilience & Performance Our food choices also impact anxiety levels and stress, both of which can impair the inner shield of our resilience. Saliva...

Patti T. Milligan, PhD, RD, CNS
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The Functionality of Your Eye Brain Connection with Dana Dean

Week of July 5, 2025

The Functionality of Your Eye Brain Connection Integrating Periphery and Affecting Balance and Movement Vision is learned, and 75% of all sensory input is vision....

Dana Dean
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Organizing with Amy Carstensen

Week of July 19, 2025

Learning to Live with Less and Why it Matters What are the financial and psychological costs that clutter can have on your personal and professional...

Amy Carstensen
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How Many Mondays Do You Have Left with Jodi Wellman

Week of July 19, 2025

How Many Mondays Do You Have Left? The practice of memento mori—acting on the Latin phrase that translates to “remember we must die,” has the...

Jodi Wellman
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Eating Well and Feeling Great! with Sabrina Falquier

Week of August 2, 2025

Understanding Foods That Are Delicious AND Fantastic for Your Body Learn about the evidence-based world of Culinary Medicine and leave understanding how to optimize your...

Sabrina A. Falquier
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Get Your Nature Groove On! with Judie Lincer

Week of August 9, 2025

Get Your Nature Groove on! Be Dazzled by Signs of Wildlife up Close and Personal Examine a variety of nature items and explore some of...

Judie Lincer
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Cutting Edge Nutrition with Patti Milligan

Week of September 6, 2025

Nutritional Resilience & Performance Our food choices also impact anxiety levels and stress, both of which can impair the inner shield of our resilience. Saliva...

Patti T. Milligan, PhD, RD, CNS
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A Women in Sustainability Week

Week of September 26, 2025

Celebrate the Earth and women who are passionate about making a positive impact. Engage in inspiring talks, workshops, and hands-on experiences with sustainability experts. Connect,...

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Beyond Kegels: A Lifetime of Pelvic Health with Kathe Wallace and Dawn Sandalcidi

Week of September 27, 2025

How Fit is Your Pelvic Floor? Let’s Explore! Learn how the pelvic floor (Kegel) muscles control urine leakage, urges and frequency as well as bowel...

Kathe Wallace and Dawn Sandalcidi
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Sustainability with Vasser Seydel

Week of September 27, 2025

Vasser Seydel is the President of The Oxygen Project, an organization on a mission to ignite a community of nature champions and accelerate collective action...

Vasser Seydel
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Sustainability with Laura Turner Seydel

Week of September 27, 2025

Laura Turner Seydel works with organizations that are solving the biggest existential threats facing humanity. Laura serves on the board for the Turner Foundation, the UN Foundation, Project...

Laura Turner Seydel
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A Women in Sustainability Week

Week of September 27, 2025

Celebrate the Earth and women who are passionate about making a positive impact. Engage in inspiring talks, workshops, and hands-on experiences with sustainability experts. Connect,...

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Connected Women Leaders with Pat Mitchell

Week of September 27, 2025

Pat Mitchell is a lifelong advocate for womenʼs leadership who has used her diverse spheres of influence to elevate womenʼs stories and representation and to...

Pat Mitchell
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Living With A Green Heart with Gay Browne

Week of September 27, 2025

Gay Browne, CEO of Greenopia, is an environmental advisor and author of Living With A Green Heart: How to Keep Your Body, Your Home and...

Gay Browne
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Happy Hour for Hormones with Nancy Cetel

Week of November 8, 2025

Hormones Through the Ages This comfortable, warm and welcoming discussion will involve the women’s health journey through the ages and the relationship of our hormonal...

Nancy Cetel, MD
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Chinese Calligraphy as Self Expression with Li Huai

Week of January 17, 2026

Chinese Calligraphyt Workshops During the workshop we will treat Chinese calligraphy as a form of art and a platform for self-expression.  Participants will learn how...

Li Huai
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Chinese Film with Paul Pickowicz

Week of January 17, 2026

Women in Chinese Silent Cinema This event highlights rare and intriguing film clips from the 1920-1935 silent-era cinema of Shanghai.  The emphasis is on the...

Paul Pickowicz
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Diane Arkin | Mexican Art

Week of November 1, 2025

The Power of Mexican Women Artists Friday Kahlo, Tina Modotti, Maria Izquierdo, and Lola Bravo were among the great Mexican artists of the 20th century...

Diane Arkin
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Diane Arkin | Mexican Art

Week of November 15, 2025

The Power of Mexican Women Artists Friday Kahlo, Tina Modotti, Maria Izquierdo, and Lola Bravo were among the great Mexican artists of the 20th century...

Diane Arkin
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Empower Your Mind: A Journey Through Stress, Resilience, and EQ for Total Well-Being

Week of April 26, 2025

A Mindful Approach to Stress In today’s ever-evolving world, stress is an inevitable part of life. However, stress doesn’t have to be a nemesis; it...

Gyll Turteltaub
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A Path for Personalized Wellness

Week of October 4, 2025

Lifestyle Approaches to Reduce Chronic Medical Conditions The Mediterranean diet can lower the risk of chronic diseases. We’ll explore tips about not only nutrition but...

Nicola Finley
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A Path for Personalized Wellness

Week of March 29, 2025

Lifestyle Approaches to Reduce Chronic Medical Conditions The Mediterranean diet can lower the risk of chronic diseases. We’ll explore tips about not only nutrition but...

Nicola Finley
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Visual Fitness 4 All: Engaging Creativity & Insight®

Week of May 10, 2025

Develop your visual fitness by exercising and building your creative muscles while enhancing your discernment skills. Enjoy unique interactive conversations and fun hands-on experiences that...

Renee Sandell
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Nourishing Your Health with Integrative Medicine

Week of December 27, 2025

Reversing Illness: Lessons from Integrative Medicine Given the incredible advances of modern medicine, it is surprising that its focus is more often on managing chronic...

Victoria Maizes
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TODAY MATTERS: Why Today Impacts Tomorrow’s Success

Week of July 5, 2025

Join us for a transformative four-session journey as we unveil the art of crafting a fulfilling day and its profound impact on your tomorrow. In...

Mark Wuttke
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TODAY MATTERS: Why Today Impacts Tomorrow’s Success

Week of July 12, 2025

Join us for a transformative four-session journey as we unveil the art of crafting a fulfilling day and its profound impact on your tomorrow. In...

Mark Wuttke
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Food as Medicine: Optimizing Your Health and Well-Being

Week of July 19, 2025

Food Myths – What Should I Be Eating? Am I getting enough protein? Should I limit carbs? What about fat?  Do I need to eat...

Sarah-Anne Schumann
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Food as Medicine: Optimizing Your Health and Well-Being

Week of November 15, 2025

Food Myths – What Should I Be Eating? Am I getting enough protein? Should I limit carbs? What about fat?  Do I need to eat...

Sarah-Anne Schumann
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Breath Work with Shanti Tilling

Week of August 2, 2025

You can survive weeks without food, days without water, but only minutes without air!!  Breath is absolutely vital for our survival and while every functional...

Shanti Tilling
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Amp Up Your Interpersonal Effectiveness! With Denise Dudley

Week of August 30, 2025

It All Starts with YOU—and How You Come Across to Others How do you look and sound? We’ll examine the seven essential communication components that...

Denise Dudley
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Amp Up Your Interpersonal Effectiveness! With Denise Dudley

Week of October 18, 2025

It All Starts with YOU—and How You Come Across to Others How do you look and sound? We’ll examine the seven essential communication components that...

Denise Dudley
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Amp Up Your Interpersonal Effectiveness! With Denise Dudley

Week of November 22, 2025

It All Starts with YOU—and How You Come Across to Others How do you look and sound? We’ll examine the seven essential communication components that...

Denise Dudley
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Be Quiet, Be Heard

Week of April 12, 2025

Hidden Communication: Why People Hear What We Don’t Say A world of communication lurks below the surface of our awareness. When we are in conflict,...

Peter Glaser and Susan Glaser
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The Power of Purpose

Week of March 29, 2025

Bestselling author, life coach, and speaker, Richard Leider brings the power of purpose to life helping us to find meaning, live longer, better. To get...

Richard Leider
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Beyond Kegels: A Lifetime of Pelvic Health

Week of November 8, 2025

OVERVIEW- This series of presentations empowers you to understand your pelvic floor muscles and the associated core control, bowel, bladder and sexual functions. It includes...

Kathe Wallace
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Unleash Your Inner Athlete for Brain Health and Longevity

Week of June 28, 2025

We all want to live a long and (more importantly) vibrant life. What if I told you the key to unlocking this through the exercise...

Eric Cruz
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Navigating the Menopausal Transition

Week of July 12, 2025

While we grow in wisdom and confidence, we also may be challenged with hot flashes, night sweats, sleep disturbances, irritability, vaginal dryness, decreased libido and...

Amanda Williams
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Navigating the Menopausal Transition

Week of October 11, 2025

While we grow in wisdom and confidence, we also may be challenged with hot flashes, night sweats, sleep disturbances, irritability, vaginal dryness, decreased libido and...

Amanda Williams
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Handwriting Analysis

Week of May 3, 2025

The Secret in Your Script You will be amazed at what your handwriting reveals! Learn how your handwriting is developed by your physical, intellectual, and...

Lena Rivkin
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Healthy Pleasures

Week of April 5, 2025

Healthy Pleasures: Why Everything that Feels Good is Not Bad- Monday 1 pm Olmeca Gym Many people think that to promote health they must undertake...

David S. Sobel
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Busy But Fit with Brandee Waite

Week of August 23, 2025

Tales from the Outdoor Adventure Medical Tent: Brandee Waite, MD shares humorous and harrowing medical tent stories from the world of outdoor adventure: a 7-day, 150-mile...

Brandee Waite
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Your Best Year

Week of September 6, 2025

Your Best Year: Finding Fulfillment in Unfulfilling Times Our world today is rife with chaos and uncertainty. There is so much happening and a great...

Karen Kimsey-House
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