On, Advanced Living



July 25, 2009: Dr. Emily Smith Ph.D. speaks about overcoming anxiety



Emily holds a BS in Exercise Science and Wellness with a minor in Nutrition from Jacksonville State University. She has a Masters of Philosophy and a PhD specializing in Comparative Religion from the University of Sedona. She is a graduate of the Atlanta School of Massage in Clinical and Neuromuscular Massage Therapy as well as a Dr. Vodder Manual Lymph Drainage Therapist. She is a Universal Yoga Teacher in Sivananda Yoga, as well as a Usui and Karuna Ki Reiki Master. She is also a Seven Rays practitioner, working directly with the Ascended Masters.



With all of her studies in the health and healing field it was still not enough to prevent her from suffering for years with anxiety and panic. She tried for seven full years to heal from anxiety without the help of medication. Finally, after those years and life got more difficult, she caved and gave it a try. It turns out that a small dose of medication did change her life for the better. She does not promote medication, but does not in any way dismiss it either, anymore. She now understands that the brain is indeed an organ and sometimes it needs medical intervention to help it get balanced. She also understands that the mind is not the same thing as the brain and also requires a great deal of healing and coping skills to make the combination of intervention and authentic healing possible.



Emily's mission statement is: To help facilitate the healing and retraining of the body's ability to heal itself.