Mind Body Health Connections

Speaker: Vicki Griffin, MS Human Nutrition, MPA (Research Director, Author, Member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics).

12 presentations on 6 DVDs

Brain/body systems are connected—this is especially true with your brain and gut. Together, they work as a “relay team” that powerfully affect mood, depression, and anxiety, as well as energy, weight, immune health, and addictions. Discover “keystone” brain-gut strategies for building solid mental, physical, and spiritual health—for good!

Titles:

1. Engineered for Success
2. Brain/Body Health Connections
3. Hearts on Fire
4. Depression: Lifestyle Keys for Beating the Blues
5. Mindset Matters
6. From Wanting to Winning
7. The Buzz on Beverages
8. Your Internal Environment
9. Habits That Last
10. Stress & The Entertainment Trap
11. Thank You Power
12. Finding Peace

About the speaker:

Vicki Griffin co-founded Lifestyle Matters with her husband Dane before his passing, and was the Director of Health Ministries for the Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists for 20 years, until August 2023.  She is passionate about blended message ministry (health and gospel) and continues to be available for speaking engagements.  The health outreach programs she has produced include the Balanced Living PowerPoint and Video Series; and the Lifestyle Matters Health Intervention Series, Quit Nicotine, Living Free: Finding Freedom from Habits that Hurt, and Living Free: Mind/Body Health Connections.  She is the Editor of Balance magazine and Balanced Living Tracts.

Vicki has authored numerous books and teaching materials for community health education.  Her books for the Lifestyle Matters series include Diet and Stress: Is What You’re Eating, Eating You? Foods for Thought: Nutrition’s Link with Mood, Memory, Learning, and Behavior; and Living Free: Finding Freedom from Habits that Hurt.  She authored 3 cookbooks (Guilt Free Gourmet) with her daughter, Gina Stearman, RN, which feature easy, fast, economical, and nutritious plant-based recipes.  Balance magazine has been widely used in community health outreach programs and features a wide variety of practical lifestyle articles, recipes, and tips.

As a science writer, her special area of interest and research is lifestyle stressors and simple stress solutions; that is, the relationship between diet, lifestyle, stress mechanisms, addictions, and brain health.  She has conducted numerous nutritional labs worldwide and specializes in economical, easy, plant-based recipes. 

Vicki has a Master’s degree in Human Nutrition; a Master’s degree in Public Administration; and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. She is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the American College of Nutrition.