Welcome to THRIVE! Podcasts and Videos!
Through sounds and images, and with experts in nutrition, fitness and social/emotional counseling, we’re here to help you on your journey to better health!
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Want to learn more about healthy eating, preventing substance use, pre-diabetes and the latest innovative solutions for Wellington schools? Look no further than The Mind, Body, Spirit Project (MBS), a series of educational videos involving leading local support organizations.
THRIVE! Southern Lorain County teamed up with Educational Service Center and The LCADA Way’s Rural Response Network to provide vital information to help residents improve their emotional, physical and nutritional health. |
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Spotlight on ...
Liz Wolanski, MSEd, LPCC-S
Student Wellness and Success Coordinator, N. Ridgeville and Wellington Schools Educational Service Center of Lorain County Website: https://www.loraincountyesc.org/ Email: wolanski@esclc.org Tel. No.: 440-324-5777, ext. 1129 School: Not Just Academics, but Kids’ Social and Emotional Health In 2020, Liz was hired to promote Ohio’s Social/Emotional Learning (SEL) program for Wellington and North Ridgeville Schools. SEL is a program to help kids transition successfully from school to adulthood, with a focus on self-awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship skills and more. “The [COVID] pandemic hit kids hard,” says Liz. “There’s been a 25% increase in depression among three to 17 year-olds. A 20% increase in anxiety. Even little ones leave classrooms,” says Liz, because of anxiety. |
Liz Wolanski of ESC
Liz talks about solutions for kids in Wellington: “Vector Solutions,” a video series with peer-on-peer talks about substance abuse; “Yoga for Classrooms”; suicide prevention, the second leading cause of death among youth ages 10 to 24 years; and other topics. Watch, take notes and stay tuned for Liz’s plans for Wellington schools in the fall! |
Our Video Gallery ...
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"Don't hibernate in the winter," says Bill Berger with Carol Burke, offering tips on winter exercise.
Libby Showalter of THRIVE! and the YMCA; cooking demo. Go to our Recipes page for the recipe!
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Liz Wolanski of Educational Service Center
Jenny Arntz of Main Street Wellington talks about the importance of volunteering for non-profits. (See THRIVE!'s page on the benefits of volunteering here.)
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Debbie Kelley of The LCADA Way/Rural Response Network
Debbie Kelley and Liz Wolanski with WHS student
Baron Turner, discussing the dangers of substance abuse. |
Carol Burke of THRIVE!
Carole Klingler of LIFE: A Dementia Friendly Foundation and host of the weekly Memory Cafe in Wellington.
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Mark Johnson, Chief of Behavioral Health Services, MHARS, talking about
underage drinking. |
Lisa Goodwin, Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist,
The LCADA Way, talks about peer pressure and substance abuse. |
Nicole Poynter, Social Worker of Wellington Schools, provides resources for parents and helps children adjust in school.
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Andrea Rutger, Director
of Nutrition Services, Wellington Schools, talks about MyPlate.gov and what's in a nutrition label. Part I. |
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Andrea Rutger, Part II.
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Wellington High School's Dave Conklin
and His Digital Media Students What makes the MBS Project so exciting is that the videos are all taped and edited by students of teacher Dave Conklin’s Digital Media class at Wellington High School. Dave then posts the edited videos to the school’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLSPKmVhI3wjVHhZikfuZog?view_as=subscriber). |
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Meet the MBS Team!
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Rural Response Network (RRN)
Debbie Kelley, LISW-S LICDC-CS, is with The LCADA Way and is Grant Project Coordinator, Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP). Debbie works with partners on the Rural Response Network grant to bring education, awareness and services to help decrease the impact of substance abuse in the Wellington and Oberlin communities. From 2018 through August 2021, for instance, there were 43 overdoses in the area (OD Maps). One of Debbie’s key objectives in the video series is to decrease the shame and stigma of those with substance abuse disorder (SUD) by providing education on the brain and the disease of addiction. |
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Educational Service Center (ESC)
Liz Wolanski is Wellness and Success Coordinator of ESC of Lorain County for North Ridgeville and Wellington schools. The ESC is a premier provider of professional development opportunities striving to meet the ever-changing needs of administrators, service providers, teachers and classified staff serving children. Along with rolling out mandatory trainings from Ohio Department of Education to meet state requirements, ESC also provides customized trainings. In the MBS videos Liz will explore such topics as: what is the ESC and what services does it provide to Wellington Exempted Village schools; a Yoga for Classrooms (Y4C) Demo; and what is “Social Emotional Learning”? |
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THRIVE! Southern Lorain County
Carol Burke is Facilitator of THRIVE!, whose mission is to reduce Metabolic Syndrome – a cluster of conditions involving obesity, heart disease and diabetes – in the southern part of Lorain County. THRIVE! is focused on increasing physical activity, improving nutrition and providing social/emotional support among three target areas: Workplace, Schools and Community. In the MBS video series THRIVE! will feature experts from Mercy Health to talk about pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes; our dietitian Libby Showalter will do cooking demos with healthy, mouth-watering recipes; and fitness experts who will demonstrate exercises. |
Our Podcasts ...
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"Healthy Holiday Eating": Libby Showalter talks tips on eating healthy during the holidays! (And take some walks, too!) Click on "Download File" to the left. See Libby's bio, below.
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"The Same-Old,
Age-Old Problem: Getting Kids to Eat More Veggies!" Click on "Download File" to the right. |
THRIVE! DIETITIAN LIBBY SHOWALTER AND MARGARET SWENDSEID CHAT ABOUT YOUR HEALTH AND NUTRITION.
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LIBBY SHOWALTER, MS, RD, LD, Registered Dietitian
Libby Showalter is a Registered Dietitian for the YMCA of Greater Cleveland and for THRIVE! Southern Lorain County. She holds a Master's degree in Nutrition from Case Western Reserve University. She has been providing nutrition counseling for more than 25 years. Libby is a member of The American Dietetic Association, The Ohio Dietetic Association, and The Greater Cleveland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Libby has worked in both the public and private sectors and her scope of practice includes all areas of nutrition. She has been a keynote speaker at various conferences, lectures and schools and has provided continuing education to other healthcare professionals. She is passionate about helping her clients prevent disease, achieve their individual goals and improve their quality of life. |
For Margaret Swendseid's biography, go here.