Just Breathe and Trust
Just breathe and trust. This great piece of advice comes from Nena Johnson, Speech Language Pathologist at Polinsky Medical Rehabilitation Center, and can be helpful in just about every aspect of life. Nena has recently experienced the unimaginable loss of her son Reese, and her team at Polinsky wanted to do something to honor Reese and Nena. They reached out
Coping Skills That Will Change Your Brain Webinar
Coping Skills That Can Change Your Brain
With Chelsey Harju, Psychotherapist at Amberwing โ Center for Youth & Family Well-Being
Abby: Learning to Cope Ahead
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Watch the video to see Abby’s transformation! How do people manage the emotional turmoil caused by a traumatic life event? The kind of pain that surfaces at unexpected moments, splashing into life and relationships without warning. For the Fermenich family, their saying is: โTake a deep breath and just keep swimming.โ Tune into humor and hold onto faith. Use the
No Matter Your Age, You Should have a Will
Do you know exactly when you will die? If the answer is, โno,โ then you should have a will. Whether youโre 27 or 82, a will can save your loved oneโs additional distress after youโre gone. And if youโre a parent of children, having a will is doubly important. Yes, we’re talking about a will to detail how your property
ARTcetera meets CYBERcetera: A Historical Look Back
Pat Burns remembers the nervous excitement of launching ARTcetera with her team at the Miller-Dwan Foundation. It was 1999 and the Foundation, with its history of high impact medical philanthropy, needed a boost for its efforts to support life-saving treatments and therapies in the region. โWhat if no one comes?โ says Pat, who served as president of the Foundation from
Stepping up to construct hope for the regionโs health
Solvay Hospice House has a special place in the heart of Shane Johnson. His company, Johnson Wilson Constructors, constructed the Duluth healthcare facility in 2007 following a Miller-Dwan Foundation campaign to create the regionโs first residential hospice house. Thatโs when the Foundation, which owns and maintains Solvay, got on Shaneโs radar as a charity worth paying closer attention to. โWorking
Giving Intensive Support for Intense Mental Health Needs
When it comes to helping people deal with a life-threatening mental health crisis, thereโs one place in northern Minnesota that treats more patients, more intensively, than anywhere else. The 38-bed Adult Behavioral Health Unit in Essentia Healthโs Miller-Dwan Building sees patients diagnosed with mental illness from throughout Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The unit is always
Remembering Mary M. Dwan
Author Francis H. Cook, in his book The Jewel Net of Indra, describes a vast net that reaches infinitely in all directions. In that net are an infinite number of glittering jewels. Each individual jewel reflects all of the other jewels, and the reflected jewels also reflect all of the other jewels. As a reflection of generosity and serenity passed
Virtual Physical Therapy: Meet Zeek.
Zeek is a six-year-old with endless energy and a smile that makes the world better. He has Cerebral Palsy and has been a patient at Polinsky Medical Rehabilitation Center since before he was one-year-old. He is motivated and when he says โYes, I can do this,โ, and โI want to do this,โ he makes it happen. Due to the COVID-19
Meet Uncle John.
We recently received the following letter and wanted to share it with you. I think itโs an inspiration and a testament to the kind of care we have right here in our own backyards. โOn Christmas Eve, while vacationing in Lutsen for the holidays, our Uncle John suffered a massive stroke, rendering him unable to speak or clearly understand verbal
