Everyone needs a personal road map pointing to a desirable healthy living goal. In different people, healthy living can mean seeing to eating habits, giving more attention to exercise, and some hand-holding in tackling bad habits.
By Al Warr
Healthy living means taking control of the pieces of your life. But taking control can frequently mean you must seek help from experts.
Anyone can do lots of reading and research on healthy living. The amount of information is overwhelming, however, and it always leads to more questions and more blind alleys.
Everyone needs a personal road map pointing to a desirable healthy living goal. In different people, healthy living can mean seeing to eating habits, giving more attention to exercise, and some hand-holding in tackling bad habits.
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"My passion is to see people healed," said Brad Snyder. "What I do is sit with people and put together protocols."
Brad is widely known in this area. He owned and operated the Balance Health store on Route 22 in Lebanon for years. He sold that operation about 10 years ago - it still operates, now named Healthy Balance. Today, Brad devotes full time to his Innovative Therapies operation.
"People have different genetic conditions," he told me. "The beauty of sitting down with individuals is that the protocol is specific to that person. The goal is to use herbal supplements and dietary regimens to bring the body back to homeostasis."
Brad works with all types and ages of people, as well as with doctors practicing traditional medicine and who are open to complementary therapies. Some of his clients are elderly and in need of dietary modifications. Others are youngsters in need of nutritional requirements for sports or getting back to healthy living.
He is currently formulating a therapeutic drink for a biotech company, and he is developing his own line of products. He currently serves as the president of the New Jersey chapter of the American Herbalist Guild.
For more information, call Brad at 908-310-6505. Innovative Therapies is located at 75 East Washington St., Washington.
You can meet Brad for a consultation at the Healthy Balance store, located at The Annex at Lebanon Plaza, 1265 Route 22, Lebanon. He is there most Saturdays, from 11 to 3. Stop in to learn more and make an appointment.
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"Counseling differs from social work," said Ruth Altamura-Roll. She is a licensed professional counselor, and she has more than 30 years experience.
She handles a variety of problems, including couples and marriage problems, addictions, eating disorders, post traumatic stress, obsessive compulsive disorders, depression, grief and others. She concentrates on the whole person.
"Heroin is a major disorder currently," she noted. "Eating disorders frequently fall into a form of addiction, and I might want them to work with a nutritionist."
She approaches problems with a certain detachment, she explained. Having some detachment, she can be empathetic.
"We are taught how to counsel, bringing different theories to the process," she added.
Every Wednesday, beginning at noon, she holds an hour-long Counselor's Chat on local radio. You can listen at HunterdonChamberRadio.com.
For more information, call 908-237-2899 and visit AltaRollCounselor.net. Her office is located at 26 Main St., Flemington.
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Healthy living requires attention to the physical body. And that is what the Hunterdon Pilates operation is all about.
"We concentrate on building strong core muscles, correcting muscle imbalances, building strength and flexibility," said Connie Fazekas.
She started Hunterdon Pilates back in February of 2000. The operation was located at 23 West Main, Clinton. Last May, there was a devastating fire, and she moved to 65 Route 22.
"We were in the process of manufacturing our own equipment, called the Exero system," she explained. "Exero is now out and running. It's a vertical Pilates machine, and it's in a class by itself."
Her Exero machine took over seven years to develop, and it required lots of engineering expertise and inputs. Today, the unique machine is used in her operation, and sales to other Pilates studios are well underway.
Connie employs certified instructors, and she invites the public to see demonstrations. She offers private sessions and classes in Pilates, including the vertical Exero and yoga flow, both here and in other locations. She is planning an open house during May - stay tuned.
For more information, call 908-730-0300 and visit HunterdonPilates.com.
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Barry Wolfson has a Master's Degree in counseling and 30 years experience in hypnosis.
His Hypnosis Counseling Center Flemington has scheduled a special set of three workshops on three consecutive Saturday mornings in May. The separate sessions cover Smoking Cessation, Weight Loss, and Better Sleep.
"Hypnosis is a medically approved method of tapping the normally inaccessible power of the mind and correcting negative behavior," he said.
The sessions are set for May 6, May 13 and May 20. Stop Smoking is from 9 to 10. Weight Loss is from 10 to 11. And Better Sleep is from 11 to noon. Classes are limited to 10 people, and the cost is $119. Attendees get a reinforcement CD, journaling, and group support.
For more information and to register, call 908-303-7767. Visit HypnosisNJ.com. The Flemington center is located at 28 Mine St.
Al Warr can be reached at 610-253-0432 or AlWarr16@gmail.com