This course is designed to help you: - Define what heroin is. - Describe the difference between opiates and opioids and their respective uses. - List risk factors for drug use in children and adolescents. - Describe protective factors in avoiding drug use in children and teens. - Examine various aspects of conventional treatment approaches.

This resource explores what amino acid therapy is and teaches you about its varied, effective, and non-toxic uses and benefits outside of normal thinking. It also teaches you where to find natural sources of amino acids in foods and which supplements will help your body synthesize them for better effectiveness. I hope you enjoy this information!

Grieving is a normal part of everyday life. It's how you manage it that can make the difference whether you come out of it healthy or get bogged down and fall into long-term depression. This course goes beyond conventional approaches and shows you how to handle it in a true holistic fashion, leading back to a state of happiness.

Stress, anxiety, and mood fluctuations are common challenges in modern life — and your wellness toolkit should go beyond therapy or medication alone. In this course, Dr. Donna guides you through the safe, effective use of herbs and supplements to support emotional balance and overall mental well-being.

This course discusses more specifically what herbs are, how we take them, why we use them for healing of mind/body, and their health benefits.

This resource explores some alternative, non-traditional strategies for creating excellent health and recovering from health problems, including avoiding the trap of substance use.

This resource explores some alternative, non-traditional strategies for building immunity, thereby positively impacting overall health, mental health, and recovering from health problems, including the trap of substance use.

This holistic guide discusses several aspects of love and how to love others and oneself functionally and successfully. Included are topics such as giving scholarly definitions of love, 7 types of love, love and food correlations, love, food, and addiction connections, and finally, how to love functionally, including using emotional intelligence, and 5 love languages.

This resource explores what mindfulness is and teaches you how to incorporate living more in each present moment. I've even included 10 prompts to help you on your way to being more mindful.

This course discusses the benefits of movement, with a special focus on mental health, including physiological and cognitive/affective benefits. A section on benefits of movement for recovering individuals is included, as well as physical health, self-care, lifestyle fitness and wellbeing, and finally, modalities of physical fitness to support individual's needs.

This course helps you understand the critical connection between the food we eat and our mental health. We'll take an in-depth look at the current research into how nutrition affects our bodies and minds, and how you can leverage diet to improve your mental health.

Cancer is still the #2 Cause of Death in the United States in 2024. Since so many of us will be affected by the devastation of this disease, we should be educated about what a diagnosis means for our nutritional needs, & our mental health. Download this guide to explore the relationship between nutrition, cancer, & begin to understand its impact on mental health, according to scholarly & other authoritative sources.

Raise resilient, healthy kids with Dr. Donna Poppendieck in Raising Resilient Kids: Immunity Health. This holistic online course empowers parents with practical strategies for strong immunity, balanced nutrition, restful sleep, and emotional well-being. Learn how to nurture thriving children and create lifelong healthy habits with ease.

Are you concerned about recognizing when a loved one is using drugs? This holistic guide reviews the many faceted signs of drug use over many dimensions, such as gender, race, socio-economic status, etc. It looks at street drugs, as well as drugs available by prescription. Signs of drug use for adults as well as children and teens are reviewed. Included are some tips on what one can do if drug use is suspected.

Are you concerned about people using drugs at your place of work? Learn signs and symptoms to watch for on the job, and how this impacts you plus more!

This holistic guide will focus on spirituality as opposed to religious identification and practices, and how to define and practice it for maximum benefit to one’s mental health – feelings, thoughts, behavior, moods, etc.

This resource explores some alternative, non-traditional strategies for creating excellent health and recovering from health problems, especially as we age.

Delve into the science of wellbeing in this course, based on Dr. Martin Seligman's work in positive psychology. We'll take a look at a scholarly definition of the term and discuss what wellbeing truly is. We'll examine the concept of resilience, alongside Dr. Seligman's PERMA model, and examine the link between wellbeing and addiction recovery. Finally, we'll empower you with 5 tips to achieve your own wellbeing.

This resource describes the Endocannabinoid System, talks about the health risks and benefits, explores the use of CBD oil for physiological and mental health, and teaches you what to look for to find reputable sources for your CBD products. There's also a sweet recipe for chocolate lovers!

This holistic guide explores a brief current as well as historical controversy of whether to vaccinate ourselves and our kids. A pro-vaccination view will be presented, as well as an anti-vaccination view. A view of vaccinations potentially for treating and helping to prevent substance use will also be discussed. Holistic prevention and treatment approaches in lieu of vaccinating will be showcased.

Everything you need to know about approaching ADHD from a holistic health point of view.

This guide explores alternative methods of detoxification & subsequent treatment, with an emphasis on treating opiates & opioids. The natural methods I will explore are increasingly becoming more mainstream in their practice. The goal is to educate about the deleterious side effects of conventional treatment protocols, & on alternative treatment protocols. It also demonstrates holistic approaches to pain reduction.

A parent-friendly guide to holistic support for autism. Learn evidence-informed approaches to nutrition, gut health, detoxification, sensory regulation, and natural therapies. Gain practical steps you can use at home to help your child feel calmer, more connected, and confident.

This guide defines and describes the four major parenting styles and presents behavioral outcomes of each style. It discusses co-parenting (reconcile differences in parenting styles), the impact of parenting on nutrition, the importance of emotional intelligence, and the difficulties of parenting children with differences and special needs. A special section is devoted to parenting styles and substance abuse.