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Betty Murray founded Living Well Dallas to create a dramatic
shift in people’s lives around health, happiness and fulfillment.
Betty’s focus is on Bio-Individuality; each
person is unique. There is no perfect way of eating that works for
everybody. Every body has its own chemical makeup and needs. Health
is accessible through intuitive eating based on the individual knowing
that one person's food may be another's poison.
Betty’s practice also recognizes that a person’s
relationship with nutrition and food is affected by other factors
that supersede the food. Our relationships, self-esteem,
exercise, spirituality and career can be a catalyst for health or
imbalance. The more satisfying our life is, the less we'll depend
on food to fill a void. This is true life changing holistic nutrition
integrated with the best technology nutrition has to offer.
Betty is a board certified Nutritionist and Holistic Health
Counselor with the American Association of Drugless Practitioners.
If you are ready to increase your health and vitality, you are invited
to schedule a Health Consultation with Betty. To read more about our nutrition services, click here.
To read Betty's Blog go to thetruthaboutthin.com
To order her book Cleanse, Your Body, Mind and Spirit, Click here.
For a free download of her Top 12 Changes to Make Now to Change Your Health, Click Here.
Jenny Bair improves the lives of her clients as a Lifestyle Counselor, Educator , Professional
Organizer, and Personal Motivator. With
over 14 years experience she has helped her clients to create change – lasting
change – to get their lives in order.
Jenny will help you to organize your life “from the inside out” by
working with your learning style, personality type, lifestyle, family/work
dynamics, dreams and desires.
Jenny creates a personalized Life Strategic Plan through a
unique, and powerful, process referred to as “Mapping Your
Life.” Through comprehensive discussion your personalized
life goals and desires, the Big Picture of Your Life, is developed
and serves as the foundation toward achieving your goals.
Jenny oversees our Professional Organizing division. Being organized and planning is often the missing link to making lasting changes - if things are not planned they do not, generally, happen. Jenny can help you get out of your way and get "unstuck" both mentally and physically. To read about our organizing services, click here.
If you’re ready to get your life in order and spend more time
doing the things that you love, Jenny Bair is ready to help you.
Dr. Suzanne Mack has had a life-long interest in healing and nutrition. These
passions lead her to study medicine in Canada at Dalhousie University
in Halifax Nova Scotia and McGill University in Montreal Quebec.
She later went on to be an associate professor in family medicine
at McGill University in Canada.
The call of the great outdoors and warm sunny climate drew Suzanne
to the great state of Texas. In addition, Texas provided the perfect
environment for her to pursue her other long-time passion for horse
breeding and riding. She lives happily on a ranch outside Denton with
her family and her 5 horses.
Dr Mack believes that the way medicine is practiced is in
need of a serious overhaul.
She is a Functional Medicine physician who specializes in looking
at the big picture of how all of the systems of the body are working
and are interrelated. Health is not a suppression of symptoms, rather
a symphony optimized to perfect harmony.
Through her all-encompassing approach, she can address various
troubling issues facing her patients.
One of these areas is environmental toxins and toxicity and their
impact on one’s health. We are only just beginning to understand
the impact of toxins on our health. Dr. Mack is a metabolic expert.
She has 20 years of experience working with people who struggle the
wide range of imbalances that can affect their bodies: weight loss
resistance, blood sugar management, and cholesterol. In addition she
works intimately with her patients in recognizing how stress (both
recognized and unconscious) can manifest in bodily aches, pains, aging
and disease.
She enjoys begin a facilitator of change – not only
helping her patients figure out what needs to be changed, but facilitating
her patients through that change: What do you need to take away that
is causing bad health? And what do you need more of to be healthy? She
has worked with many types of people ranging from women with hormone
problems, to professional athletes and body builders, and children
with autism and behavioral disorders.
Dr. Prescott received her BA in Philosophy from the University of Washington in 1986. Her interest in holistic health led her to meditation, yoga, massage, and cranial therapies; in 1991 she started her career as a massage therapist.
To further develop her skills in cranial sacral technique and increase her skills as a clinician, she then attended the University of North Texas, Health Science Center and graduated with a Doctor of Osteopathy degree in 2003.
Dr. Prescott completed her residency in Family Practice, Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2006, and finished the Helms/UCLA Acupuncture for Physicians during her internship.
After residency, she spent several months at Native American Clinics practicing on the Hopi, Makah and Northern Cheyenne reservations. She also spent a month at a Buddhist monastery in Japan, and went to Myanmar for a spiritual and medical mission. Recently she has worked in New Zealand and at the ARCH clinic for the homeless.
Dr. Prescott has trained with the Institute of Functional Medicine and has continued her education in Complementary and Alternative treatment options for hormone balancing, mood disorders, neurological imbalances and bio-chemical imbalances. She has found her true calling embracing the best modern medicine has to offer with her balanced apporoach of mind-body medicine.
Dr. Claudia Harsh, an integrative gynecologist and physician acupuncturist. She is the author of the book “Finding Grace and Balance in the Cycle of Life: Exploring Integrative Gynecology” which was published earlier this year.
After receiving her M.D. from the University of Cincinnati she became a board certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist and owned a traditional ob-gyn practice for 14 years. She trained in medical acupuncture with Joe Helms, MD, through UCLA. She then joined the Alliance Institute for Integrative Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio as the Director of Integrative Gynecology and physician acupuncturist. In December 2010 she will conclude the two-year fellowship in Integrative Medicine started by Andrew Weil, MD at the University of Arizona.
“Twenty years ago your loving care helped me to become a mother – more recently, to accept my pain as part of me rather than an intruder from outside. I will always be grateful. ” – E
Dr. Harsh has a strong interest in a balanced approach (both western and eastern medicine) to women’s health. After a thorough assessment, she and her client decide the best plan of action, whether it is through functional medicine and nutritional assessments or a course of acupuncture treatments. She has a passion for working with couples who are interested in optimizing fertility with or without medical intervention, women with irregular cycles either due to fibroids or PCOS, perimenopausal women and post menopausal women. She has experience with both hormonal and non-hormonal treatments for menopausal symptoms. She has been prescribing bioidentical hormones (both compounded and pharmaceutically available) for over twenty years. Her knowledge and experience in functional and integrative medicine include nutragenomics, the genetic individuality of nutritional balance, and nutritional testing for food sensitivities. Between food sensitivity testing, supplement management and acupuncture treatments, she has an excellent track record treating irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation. She also can balance stress hormones (catabolic) and sex hormones (anabolic) and screen for optimal estrogen metabolism.
Her passion is to continue to ground her knowledge of new science in the ancient traditions of eastern medicine. She is exploring and applying an elemental awareness of the menstrual cycle with water, fire, air and earth. Her ultimate goal is clients who are educated and engaged in the cycle of life.
Dr. Harsh has been active in her community; she helped to found Heart to Heart, a non-profit that supports victims of domestic violence, she initiated a program to teach stress management techniques to incarcerated prostitutes, and she has served on the board or directors and professional advisory committees for the March of Dimes. Her hobbies include music and writing and she is married with one grown son.
Suzan learned of the powers of energy work through her own
path of healing using several energy clearing modalities: EFT, Rapid
Eye Technology and Reiki. She learned that the emotional experiences
in our lives contribute to our ill health and dis-ease through creating
imbalances in several of the body’s energy systems.
Suzan spent 10 years as a classroom teacher. Through that medium,
she experienced the power of education. In 2003, Suzan shifted her
focus from public school education of children to educating women and
their families to help them live a more connected and vibrant life.
Suzan now uses Rapid Eye Technology and Reiki together to
rebalance the subtle energy systems to uncover the sacred within
each person. Once layers of trauma, stress and dis-ease
are peeled away, an individual can see their true, originally perfect
selves more clearly. Once that vision is restored, once you begin
to see and remember who you really are, you will begin to make choices
for your life based on this truth, not the experiences and perceptions
that have covered YOU up for so long.
Suzan’s goal is to bring this gentle and empowering form of
healing to women and their families through the collaborative efforts
of Living Well Dallas.
For more information, Suzan invites you to contact her for a consultation. Together, you will determine your personal plan for growth. To read more about our energy psychology services click here.
Sara Osterhaus, counselor and coach, provides her
clients with a unique approach to healing and growth. Through through
the ups and downs of life, Sara helps people realize greater fulfillment
in their lives and their relationships.
Often times, life isn’t what we expected. We find ourselves
stuck in careers or lifestyles that don’t inspire us any longer.
We lose ourselves in the daily grind. Infertility may throw us for
a loop. As couples, we struggle to stay connected, to communicate effectively
and kindly, and to navigate the often messy field of marriage. Sometimes,
even with the best of intentions, we have to face the devastation of
divorce and the difficult journey back to health and peace.
Sara holds a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology
from Dallas Baptist University and completed her coach training with
Results Coaching Systems. Sara utilizes a solutions-focused
approach to coaching, mixed with a bit of humor - and is passionate
about helping others succeed. When working with individuals and couples
in counseling, Sara approaches situations from an approach that blends
family systems theory, cognitive theory, and a solutions focus to
achieve truly lasting change.
Sara balances a corporate career of coaching and teaching,
as well as her private practice. She is happily married
to her best friend, a stepmother two beautiful young ladies, and
the privileged mom of two precious dogs. God, a good cup of coffee,
a walk with the dogs, and a long conversation with her husband, are
the anchors of Sara’s life. She is a member of the American
Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and is licensed by
the Texas board of Licensed Professional Counselors and is actively
involved with the International Coach Federation.
For more information, Sara invites you to contact her for a consultation.
Together, you will determine your personal plan for growth. To read more about our counseling and assessment services click here.
Nancy is a Texas-licensed acupuncturist and Chinese herbologist. She earned her Master of Oriental Medicine degree from Dallas College of Oriental Medicine and is nationally board-certified (NCCAOM) in acupuncture and Chinese herbology.
In addition to private practice, Nancy has worked with hospice patients for pain relief and was a volunteer acupuncturist and herbologist for two years with Trinity Medical Center in Dallas. She is also a Reiki master.
"Most people think of acupuncture for pain relief, but it helps with so many other health concerns, from digestive problems to depression and stress to allergies and sinus problems. Acupuncture and herbs work with the body's own innate ability to balance and heal itself, without harsh side effects. This ancient system of medicine is new again, as people today search for more natural healing modalities".
For more information, Nancy invites you to contact her for a consultation. Together, you will determine your personal plan. To read more about acupuncture, click here.
Wendee has a passion for helping others embrace a healthy lifestyle, both mentally and physically. Since 1991, Wendee has spent several years in Hawaii gaining experience in the health and fitness industry working as a personal trainer, group exercise instructor, and health promotion coordinator for agencies such as the Navy and US Air Force as well as Gilad’s “ Bodies in Motion.” Her background includes a Masters degree in Exercise Physiology and experience in helping others make healthy lifestyle changes.
Specializing in female clients only, Wendee’s therapeutic approach is client-centered with the use of cognitive behavioral, reality therapy and many creative techniques to encourage behavior change . Her goal is to help clients not only work through challenging emotional issues but also to progress towards becoming physically healthy in the process. After an initial office consultation, Wendee offers her clients the unique opportunity to participate in Walk and Talk therapy sessions. Confidentiality issues are discussed before venturing outdoors. Traditional in-office counseling sessions are also welcomed. To read more about Wendee’s Walk and Talk Therapy.
Wendee focuses her practice in these areas: Coaching Healthy Behaviors, Divorce Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Christian Counseling, Relationship Issues and Weight Management.
Wendee also is a seasoned jewelry designer, and utilizes her talents in some of her creative counseling sessions. For more information, Wendee invites you to contact her for an initial consultation.
Massage therapy is far more than an occupation for Melody Brummett. She strongly believes that she was created to be a caregiver and nurturer. After working in the healthcare industry for over 15 years, she feels that she was called and led to massage as a way to fulfill her purpose of caring for others.
Melody received her initial training at Sterling Health Care Center and School for Massage. After earning her Texas state license in massage therapy, she developed a private practice in Carrollton, Texas. She has also been able to volunteer much of her time serving individuals with chronic or terminal illnesses.
Her Care Philosophy: “In order to facilitate healing, I care for the whole person.
I am a devout believer in the power of massage in promoting physical, mental and emotional well-being. I work from the heart and focus completely on my clients during their massage.”
Trained and experienced in the following modalities: Swedish, Deep Tissue, Trigger Point, Stretching, Hot Stone, Reflexology and Reiki I. Because each of us are different and because our needs may change from visit to visit, Melody relies heavily on communication and feedback to create a customized massage addressing individual client's specific issues. Any or all of the above techniques may be used in an integrative massage depending upon the issues involved.
Melody has a strong desire to learn and grow, both as an individual and as a therapist. In order to better serve, understand, and care for her clients, she actively seeks opportunities to continue her education. Through this training, her techniques are continually evolving and the range of modalities used are ever expanding.
For more information, Melody invites you to contact her for a consultation.
As a licensed clinical psychologist and performing classical musician, Dr. Humphrey is experienced in integrating the beneficial aspects of both art and science in her approach to conducting psychotherapy. She brings a unique understanding of harmony and balance to her practice, originating in the therapeutic relationship and resulting ultimately in the enhancement of the individual or couple seeking therapy. She is adept at understanding that we all encounter dilemmas at various points in our lives, yet often aren’t resolved on their own. When that occurs, individual or relational therapy will have a profound impact on obtaining resolution. Dr. Humphrey listens, understands, provides comfort, and pursues the appropriate therapeutic approach for each individual or relational conflict.
Working with couples is one area of specialty for Dr. Humphrey. She has completed Advanced Couples Training from the Gottman Institute in Seattle, Washington, which has conducted therapeutic, assessment, and intervention research on couples and relationships since 1975. In addition to heterosexual marriages and relationships, Dr. Gottman’s research and results have also been applied to gay and lesbian couples. Dr. Humphrey has experience working with all types of relationships, including “mixed-orientation” marriages, with the understanding that each relationship is unique and that treatment is tailored accordingly.
If hearing the term “mixed-orientation” is unclear, a brief explanation might be helpful. It isn't about marriages of different races or religions, but about a marriage in which one person is gay or lesbian, and the other person is straight. While many gay couples have become more open in terms of accepting their sexual orientation and “coming out” to others, those who are in a mixed-orientation relationship are much more closeted. When a gay spouse agonizes about disclosure, determining how to resolve the predicament can be petrifying. Upon divulging one’s homosexual orientation, profoundly traumatic issues for both partners usually arise, including loss of trust, depression, betrayal, shame, how or if to inform the children (if any), whether to remain together or depart, etc. Therapeutic interaction will help them address this delicate dilemma and make the most comfortable decision about how to proceed.
In addition to resolving relational concerns, Dr. Humphrey also helps individuals with problems in the areas of Depression, Abandonment, Anxiety, Adoption, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and Family of Origin issues.
Dr. Humphrey also provides psychological assessments. Psychological assessments are administered to identify a wide range of functioning including our strengths, weaknesses, personality styles, and areas needing improvement. Assessment results help inform and enhance therapy, as well as determine whether medication might be helpful. In addition to utilizing standard clinical assessment instruments that pinpoint depression, anxiety, stress, personality features, attention deficit problems and body image issues, additional instruments are informative as well. Examples include emotional intelligence, resilience to stress, attitude and lifestyle, and relational compatibility.
For more information, Denise invites you to contact her for a consultation. Together, you will determine your personal plan for growth. To read more about our counseling and assessment services click here.
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Chris Lowe was called to be a massage therapist over 13 years ago. Her anointed touch has brought relief, healing and relaxation to men, women and children in Texas for over 4 years. Chris, a licensed massage therapist (LMT), is a life learner and seeks new and innovative treatment methods, modalities and beneficial information to enhance the massage experience for her clients. Her heart's desire is to provide relief of pain and stress, education and optimal health maintenance to bring about healing within every body.
Having studied locally at Sterling Health Center and Texas Massage Institute, along with years of independent study and continuing education, Chris has developed a deep, therapeutic Swedish massage technique which is customized to benefit the needs of each individual client, from infants to adults and the elderly.
Chris is also a licensed massage therapy instructor (LMTI) and certified infant massage instructor (CIMI) and teaches group classes, including massage school courses and couples massage classes. Near and dear to her heart are her group classes teaching infant massage to parents (and babies). The purpose of each class is to teach the benefits and methods of massage, while increasing the bond and deepening the levels of intimacy in every relationship.
Kym Glass, is a natural bridger and connector which is why she is called the "People Person." She is a speaker, facilitator, and business connection maker. Kym has the innate ability to bring out the best in everyone she meets. When you meet her, you instantly "get" the concept of six degrees of separation.
She is a seasoned entrepreneur and has owned several of her own businesses. She previously spent over 20 years in telecommunications, customer service, project & process management and organizational development. She has always been the "Go -To-Girl" responding to over 3500 employees' needs.
She offers her diverse experience to create innovative, high energy, workshops and trainings for small business owners and corporations. Kym's passion and expertise reside in the areas of sales, marketing, customer service and networking. She has a strong desire to educate business owners and provide them with the resources, tools and support to grow their business to exceed their goals. It is Kym's philosophy "that it's not who you know, but how your treat who you know."
Terri Cox, known as the Clutter Control Consultant, has been helping others get organized in their lives professionally for eight years. She has a diversified background in textiles, teaching, decorating, household management and retail leadership. Terri graduated with an Associate of Science Degree Grayson Co. College in 1977.
Being a natural organizer Terri was led to make a career change and get into the field of organizing in 2001. She began Organized By Terri in ’01 and has joined the Living Well Team in 2008.
Terri remarks, “I have always enjoyed the creative side to making environments functional and appealing to the eye as well as the psyche. While creating personal designs for effective style and organization, we obtain order and regain control over many areas of our life. By incorporating time management skills to coordinate work, home schedules and tasks, it frees my clients to spend time with the people and activities that are most important to them.”
You will learn so much when organizing with Terri. Terri shares our holistic view of wellness and teaches in a fun, non-judgmental way as she organizes to help individuals get to their state of balance. Terri loves to work with stuff and paper in the home and offices; additionally she has a real talent for decorating spaces. She also has a real knack for making those sewing, craft, scrap booking rooms make sense and look appealing enough to come get on the “craft train” an easy task instead of a chore.
Christine Shanklin, otherwise known as “Chicka”, The Organization Queen,
graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas in 1991 with a Bachelors degree in Fashion Merchandising and a minor in General Business. After graduating from college she worked in Buying, Merchandising, and Sales for several companies around the Dallas Metroplex for 15 years. The last sales job she had was for 8 years. She sold to department stores across the country and was traveling constantly. She has been all over the United States, from California to New York and even India for a week for a textile show; what a great experience that was!
Chicka got into organizing because she says, “I have always been one of the most organized people I have ever met. All of my friends and family have been telling me forever that I should start my own organizing business. So I started out slowly by organizing part-time. In the spring of 2006 that is when the magic began….I started Closets by Chicka!!!”
She is excited to be an addition to the Living Well Team and ready to get organizing. Chicka loves working on out of control papers and stuff in all rooms of the house and office. She loves transforming closets of all sizes and types.
Chicka has a very outgoing personality, high energy, and a great sense of humor; you will never be bored while organizing again. She also shares our vision that physical clutter can create emotional and mental clutter that starts invading your thoughts and creates too much additional stress.
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Jenny
Bair, MHE 
Suzanne Mack, MD
Alice Prescott, DO 
Claudia Harsh , MD
Suzan Perez, MEd, MRET 
Sara
Osterhaus, MA, LPC
Nancy Cosaro, LAc
Wendee Kukuwich , MA, LPCi, MS, ACSM-HFS 
Melody Brummett , LMT 
Denise Humphrey , PhD, 
Terri Cox 
Christine Shanklin