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5 Ways to Keep Children Safe and Stay Connected at any Age
Women’s Personal Safety: How to feel confident, safe, and in your power
Self-Defense for Tweens
Self-Defense for Teens

Amy Oliveyah Salvage Fisch (known as Liv) is a master coach and international best-selling author with over 15 years of experience in the coaching industry. As a self-defense and personal safety instructor, she has empowered countless individuals to transform their lives. Liv’s impressive qualifications include a master’s degree in Exercise Science, certifications in Yoga, Meditation, Reiki, Health Coaching, Life Coaching, and Awareness and Mindfulness Training. She’s a Performance Enhancement Specialist and holds a Black Belt in Kung Fu San Soo, with expertise in fighting tandem, staff, sword, nunchuk, cane, and escrima sticks. With a prestigious list of corporate partners like Forager Project, YouTube, Salesforce, Allbirds, and Google, Liv’s programs are praised for being refreshing, fun, educational, engaging, and results-driven. She offers practical tools and techniques that bring value to her audience and create lasting change. Passionate about personal safety, empowered health, and fostering joy, Liv is dedicated to helping others achieve transformation. Join her on a journey to unlock your true potential and embrace a future filled with safety, vitality, and boundless joy.

David Williams (aka Super Dave) has studied martial arts for 30 years, starting with Tae Kwon Do. Then 29 years ago, he met Grand Master André Salvage, who opened his eyes to the Master’s path of Kung Fu San Soo. Dave received his Master’s Degree (8th-degree black belt) 12 years ago and continues to work on his art as he teaches Kung Fu San Soo and Assault Prevention. Teaching self-defense to all ages is a passion of his, and he strives to empower all with his knowledge. As a business owner since 2000 of Super Dave Dog, Inc. in San Francisco, he walks and trains dogs through exercise, discipline, and affection. Another passion is pickleball, which he picked up five years ago at the Ranch and now plays almost daily and in amateur tournaments. His routine of fitness and meditation keeps him grounded and enables him to be a loving husband and father of two sons, both of whom are assisting him at the Ranch this week.

Join Jeffrey Breslow, the man behind the scenes, to hear about where your favorite toys and games have come from and spark your imagination to create your own toys and games.

These presentations will provide you with a fascinating look into the game industry. You will hear about where some of your favorite games have come from. Then you will learn how you can create your own games, how you learn from failure and celebrate fun by reaching into your own inner child.

How Do You Spark Genius?
Jeffrey will also talk about the importance of the concept and idea of failing and how failing contributes to the creativity of genius work. He will also discuss how deadlines and pressure stimulate inspiration and innovation.

Game Designing 101: Where Do You Start? Where Do You Go from There?
In this presentation Jeffrey will talk about where do ideas come from to make a game. He will then provide a pathway for those ideas to turn them into reality. Your friends and family will have a blast hearing about the games you may be able to create after attending this presentation.

Jeffrey Breslow is a preeminent toy and game designer having spent 41 years inventing and playing games since graduating with a BFA in Industrial Design from the University of Illinois. Jeffrey became the youngest managing partner of Marvin Glass and Associates, the leading toy and game design company in the world. And he was a founding partner of Big Monster Toys which is a landmark tourist destination in Chicago. Jeffrey has been inducted into the Toy Manufacturers Hall of Fame and he won two Good Housekeeping awards for best game of the year. Currently he is a full-time sculptor and author.

Fabián Sigala works as a keyboardist and percussionist for Rancho La Puerta Fiesta Band and has significantly transcended his experience in popular music through artistic tours of Mexico and the United States with different musical groups and his versatile skills as a drummer, percussionist, keyboardist, and guitarist.

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 door is by training like an athlete? Think you’re too old for this? Think again! The revelation of neuroplasticity tells us that our brains are always changing and adapting. If we feed the brain the right information and test it through movement, we can fight off cognitive decline. In this 4 session series, we will have 2 fitness training sessions and 2 hybrid lecture with movement classes. Our fitness sessions focus on using movement and exercise to challenge our brain and nervous system to keep us sharp and mobile as we age. This class can be modified for all fitness levels. Our hybrid lecture sessions will dive into the constantly emerging research that shows us how we can preserve and optimize our brain health while teaching some easy but powerful techniques to maximize brain function and while improving mobility and joint health.

Bettylou Deyoung began her life in fitness as a competitive dancer at a young age. The extreme physical demands of dance led her into physical therapy numerous times and ignited her interest in health and fitness.  She received her BS in Kinesiology in 2018 and earned a Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2021. During her pursuit of becoming a Physical Therapist, she noticed that physical therapy often focuses on the bare minimum to get patients out of bed and is less concerned with helping them live a vibrant, active lifestyle. To change this experience, Bettylou has focused her practice on connecting the physical therapy world to the fitness world while providing a space where patients can heal emotionally and mentally as well as physically. Her combined education in the neurological connection between rehabilitation and optimal human performance has led Dr. Bettylou to work with many of the toughest patients. Those that the traditional physical therapy clinic has failed because they require a focus more on maximizing and constantly improving function, not just preserving remaining function. These populations commonly include those with neurological conditions (MS, Parkinson’s, spinal cord injuries, and traumatic brain injuries). It is with these populations that addressing the mental as well as the physical becomes of paramount importance. Her mission is to help her patients alleviate pain, optimize function, and rise to confidence in one’s self. This ensures her patients ability to maintain lifelong health and wellness.

This program will explore an integrative medicine approach to health with a holistic view of mind, body and spirit.  Wellness is not a one size fits all pathway. We each have our own unique ways of striving for wellness.   Join us as Dr. Finley translates the science into easy to understand steps that you can incorporate into your own wellness journey. The highlights of the program include lifestyle approaches, wellness hot topics, spirituality and sleep.

Lifestyle Approaches To Reducing Chronic Medical Conditions:  The Mediterranean diet can lower the risk of chronic diseases. We’ll explore tips about not only nutrition but also about lifestyle approaches.  Discover how the Mediterranean lifestyle improves health and how you can include this into your daily habits.

Hot Topics in Wellness: Wellbeing, Joy and Weight Loss Drugs: How we take care of ourselves has a significant influence on our health. We’ll have a holistic discussion about the various dimensions of wellbeing, pros and cons of weight loss drugs as well as the often overlooked elements of fun and joy. Learn how you can incorporate unique strategies for wellness into your everyday life.

What’s Spirituality Got to Do With It?  Did you know that people with a higher sense of spirituality live longer? Spirituality in wellness embraces a sense of purpose as well as a connection to self and others. This is important at all stages of life. Find out about the research behind the significance of spirituality in wellness and discover ways you can augment your own sense of spirituality.

Pillow Talk: A Sleep Conversation: You may know that sleep impacts wellness. Do you know why sleep is important? It’s not just the amount of sleep but it’s the quality of sleep too. What can you do to get better sleep? We’ll take a deep dive into sleep for everyone and also for specific groups like women. Come hear about strategies for improving sleep.

Nicola Finley, MD, is a clinician and an innovative educator in integrative medicine with over 20 years of experience working with clients of a luxury wellness resort environment, as well as underserved communities in Arizona. She is an international speaker known for her evidence-based, engaging seminars. Dr. Finley is a board-certified internal medicine physician, fellowship trained in integrative medicine, and an adjunct faculty member at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. Currently, she runs a boutique consulting business which focuses on a holistic view of wellness – mind, body and spirit.  www.nicolafinleymd.com

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 skin changes. Let’s discuss how to minimize discomforts, optimize wellbeing and make the most of this life stage in four sessions:

Thriving in the Perimenopause, Parts 1 and 2
Thriving in the Postmenopause, Parts 1 and 2

Amanda P. Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG, is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and strategic physician leader focused on leveraging virtual women’s health care and eliminating health disparities. She currently oversees clinical innovations for the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative at Stanford University where she is adjunct faculty. In addition, she advises multiple digital women’s health endeavors. She is clinically based in the Kaiser Permanente, Northern California system, where until Summer ‘22 she led the maternity continuum across 15 medical centers. Dr. Williams’ publications have included: prenatal optimization, peripartum depression and minimally and non-invasive perimenopausal bleeding solutions.

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 skin changes. Let’s discuss how to minimize discomforts, optimize wellbeing and make the most of this life stage in four sessions:

Thriving in the Perimenopause, Parts 1 and 2
Thriving in the Postmenopause, Parts 1 and 2

Amanda P. Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG, is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and strategic physician leader focused on leveraging virtual women’s health care and eliminating health disparities. She currently oversees clinical innovations for the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative at Stanford University where she is adjunct faculty. In addition, she advises multiple digital women’s health endeavors. She is clinically based in the Kaiser Permanente, Northern California system, where until Summer ‘22 she led the maternity continuum across 15 medical centers. Dr. Williams’ publications have included: prenatal optimization, peripartum depression and minimally and non-invasive perimenopausal bleeding solutions.

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 skin changes. Let’s discuss how to minimize discomforts, optimize wellbeing and make the most of this life stage in four sessions:

Thriving in the Perimenopause, Parts 1 and 2
Thriving in the Postmenopause, Parts 1 and 2

Amanda P. Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG, is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and strategic physician leader focused on leveraging virtual women’s health care and eliminating health disparities. She currently oversees clinical innovations for the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative at Stanford University where she is adjunct faculty. In addition, she advises multiple digital women’s health endeavors. She is clinically based in the Kaiser Permanente, Northern California system, where until Summer ‘22 she led the maternity continuum across 15 medical centers. Dr. Williams’ publications have included: prenatal optimization, peripartum depression and minimally and non-invasive perimenopausal bleeding solutions.

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 skin changes. Let’s discuss how to minimize discomforts, optimize wellbeing and make the most of this life stage.

Four sessions:
Thriving in the Perimenopause, Parts 1 & 2
Thriving in the Postmenospause, Parts 1 & 2

Amanda P. Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and strategic physician leader focused on leveraging virtual women’s health care and eliminating health disparities. She currently oversees clinical innovations for the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative at Stanford University where she is adjunct faculty. In addition, she advises multiple digital women’s health endeavors. She is clinically based in the Kaiser Permanente, Northern California system, where until Summer ‘22 she led the maternity continuum across 15 medical centers.

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 skin changes. Let’s discuss how to minimize discomforts, optimize wellbeing and make the most of this life stage.

Four sessions:
Thriving in the Perimenopause, Parts 1 & 2
Thriving in the Postmenospause, Parts 1 & 2

Amanda P. Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and strategic physician leader focused on leveraging virtual women’s health care and eliminating health disparities. She currently oversees clinical innovations for the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative at Stanford University where she is adjunct faculty. In addition, she advises multiple digital women’s health endeavors. She is clinically based in the Kaiser Permanente, Northern California system, where until Summer ‘22 she led the maternity continuum across 15 medical centers.