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Goddess Dr. Myrna-Elois Washington

University of the Rockies, Psychology Health and Wellness, Post-Doc

Ashford University, Psychology, Alumna

Howard University, Psychology, Alumna

University of California, San Diego, Biological Sciences, Alumna

University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Psychology, Alumna

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Los Angeles Southwest/Pierce Colleges, Behavioral & Social Sciences, Alumna

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Founder of #Philautiology's School of Higher Learning, Health Advocate, Promoter, and Educator; Integrative NRG Practioner, Empathic/Energy/Reiki/Pranic Healer, Yoga Practitioner, Mindfulness Expert, Open Minister, Awakened Goddess, and emerging Health and Wellness Psychologist. Born in Little Rock, AR, the seventh of ten children born to Curtis Lee and and Mattie Ware Davis. One of The First Twenty-Five African American students to desegregate Little Rock, AR's public junior high schools. Attended Little Rock Central High School, graduating in 1967 as one of the first African American to be selected to deliver the school's commencement address. Earned three scholarships to Ivy League schools, but chose Howard University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) for a full scholarship assisted by the National Negro College Fund. Worked throughout Los Angeles, CA, and Denver, CO from 1972 until the present as a contract health and wellness practitioner, an Empathic Integrative Energy Healer, Minister, Hypnotist, and Health and Wellness Advocate, Educator, and Entrepreneur. Has also owned several businesses, including "The Great American Workout" in Bakersfield, CA; "WestSide Fitness" in Los Angeles, CA; and "Luv N Happiness" in Aurora, CO. Served as "Mrs. Aurora-America from 1998 until 2003, promoting fitness and wellness triage with "Get Fit With Mrs. Aurora," in collaboration with Aurora Public Schools and Dalton Elementary School PTSO. Also the Mother of 5, Grandmother of 5, and wife of 35+ years, with 35+ years experience working as an independent certified dance/exercise contractor and health and wellness educator and promoter. Educational Background includes a BA in Psychology, an MA in health and wellness psychology, and a PsyD in Health and Wellness Psychology, focusing on mindfulness, self-efficacy, stress reduction, and self-mastery. Non-accredited certifications include IDEA Dance/Exercise, Hatha, Kundalini, and Pranayama Yoga, Reiki, Pranic Healing, Hypnotherapy/Hypnosis, Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP), Angelic Medicine, Sound Therapy, Mindful Deep Breathing, and Qi gong. Most recently, Dr. Washington has coined and trademarked the term "Philautiology"(the study and practice of self-love as self-care; an interdisciplinary field of study and self-therapy) as a new word and consideration as a new interdisciplinary field of study and research at schools, colleges, universities, and online.
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Personality disorders in the workplace

Occupational medicine (Oxford, England), 2014

Mindful Deep Breathing

Greek word for Self-Love, Philautia, and was coined and placed into the dictionaries by Myrna-Elo... more Greek word for Self-Love, Philautia, and was coined and placed into the dictionaries by Myrna-Elois Davis Washington (Goddess Dr. ME) in 2018, intended as a field of study and practice to be included in learning platforms and curriculums everywhere as a vehicle for developing the emotional intelligence so sorely needed not only in Corporate America, but also in our religious institutions, schools, and everyplace in the world.

Chakra Soul Danz Xrcize Therapy

MUSE Theory ME and the MUSE Project ME : Overview

This paper presents a general overview of the MUSE Theory ME and its application as a national an... more This paper presents a general overview of the MUSE Theory ME and its application as a national and international project. It is published on Academia.edu to make it accessible to students and professionals around the world who wish to research its components for further validation and application or to use it as the foundation for their own MUSE Projects ME. It is my belief as a seasoned professional health and wellness promoter and educator that the application of the MUSE Theory ME at the global level will lead to trust, collaboration, and peaceful coexistence among peoples, groups, and nations. What is MUSE Theory ME ? The acronym, MUSE, stands for Mutual Understanding through Self-Expression. From a theoretical perspective, MUSE is an evidence-based formula for self-mastery, sustainable health, conflict mediation, and world peace consisting of two basic components: 1) mutual understanding and 2) self-expression. MUSE Theory ME was developed by Myrna-Elois Davis Washington as part of her studies for masters and doctorate degrees in health and wellness psychology. A visionary healer, metaphysician, health minister, and psychologist with more than forty years as a certified health professional, Washington only returned to college in 2007 to qualify for what she described as the " call to heal " by studying the new biopsychosocial-spiritual model of psychology for its application as a transformative and mindful approach to health and healing. Washington presents MUSE Theory ME as her divinely inspired 'reward' for returning to school to qualify for the call to heal, first, herself and those closest to her, then, her community and ultimately, the world. With the goal of " qualifying for the call, " Washington focused her studies during her master's and doctorate on gathering empirical evidence to support MUSE Theory ME .

MUSE Theory ME and the MUSE Project ME : Overview

This paper presents the MUSE TheoryME and an overview of its application as a national and intern... more This paper presents the MUSE TheoryME and an overview of its application as a national and international project. It is published here to make it accessible to students and professionals around the world who wish to research its components for further validation or to use it as the foundation for their own MUSE ProjectsME. It is the author’s belief that application of this formula at the global level will lead to trust, collaboration, and peaceful coexistence among peoples, groups, and nations.

Primed to Kill - Addressing the Disproportionate Rate at Which Law Enforcers Shoot and Kill People of Color.docx

The paper contains a copy of an e-mail and Facebook message sent to President Obama on October 10... more The paper contains a copy of an e-mail and Facebook message sent to President Obama on October 10, 2016. It represents a revised copy of a letter previously sent to Denver 9News and Denver Police Chief Robert C. White addressing the disproportionate rate at which law enforcers shoot and kill people of color.

Workplace Diversity: Individual vs. Systemic Change (Updated)

Based on Coil’s and Rice’s 1993 article “Managing Work-force Diversity in the Nineties: The Impac... more Based on Coil’s and Rice’s 1993 article “Managing Work-force Diversity in the Nineties: The Impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1991,” this paper considers the following question: Do you believe individual or systemic change would have a greater impact on workplace diversity? Because it is written from a personal perspective, it is written in first person.

Mindfulness as Self-Care

This paper is a self-selected topic paper on how the author, as a health and wellness consultant,... more This paper is a self-selected topic paper on how the author, as a health and wellness consultant, would apply mindfulness to the optimal organizational setting. Based on previous assignments and research conducted throughout this course, the author employs a personal voice to critically analyze the topic of mindfulness, discuss the evidence base supporting the use of mindfulness as self-care for counselors and consultants in organizational settings, present a proposal for incorporating mindfulness into an optimal organizational setting, and conclude with specific bullets summarizing the information presented throughout the paper.

Preventing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Noise-induced hearing loss is damage to the structures of the inner ear caused by long-lasting an... more Noise-induced hearing loss is damage to the structures of the inner ear caused by long-lasting and high levels of environmental sound (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders [NIDCD], 2015). In the hospital operating room, for instance, these may be caused by high-pitched bone-cutting drills or suctioning devices (Friis. 2012).

Waste disposal is one of the most daunting problems facing industrialized countries today. As a b... more Waste disposal is one of the most daunting problems facing industrialized countries today. As a byproduct of maintaining the associated advanced infrastructure required to support its industrial processes, the United States produced more than 254 million tons of municipal solid waste in 2014 (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], 2015). In the context of waste disposal, these “solid wastes,” which are discarded or abandoned as having negative value, can be solid, liquid, semi-solid or containerized gaseous with significant potential for endangering human lives and the environment (Friis, 2012; New York State Department of Environmental Conservation [NYSDEC], 2015). Everyone here at this facility - employees, management, owners, families, and other stakeholders - should be concerned about the disposing of solid waste because there are significant health problems that can occur as the result of the ground, air, and water pollution caused by improper disposal or the disposal process itself (Friis, 2012). As informed citizens of this country, they have a right and an obligation to be informed about solid waste management and source reduction strategies (Friis, 2012).

This presentation looks at “dioxin,” the most highly-researched toxic byproduct of solid waste found in industrial and hazardous waste sites (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [NIH], 2012). Most of you will likely not remember the “Agent Orange” scare in 1982, when returning war veterans began to exhibit the symptoms of exposure to dioxin through herbicides and other byproducts of wartime combustion processes. However, here we are, almost 40 years later with dioxin emissions being reduced by 90%, and the familiar threat of dioxin is in the public’s view again and demands your – our – attention.

A Workplace Toxicant Intervention: Addressing Hazardous Levels of Noise in the Workplace

The purpose of this paper Project is to create a workplace toxicant intervention for Metropolitan... more The purpose of this paper Project is to create a workplace toxicant intervention for Metropolitan Hospital of Denver, a large top-rated surgical facility located in Denver, Colorado. The project lays out the steps necessary to make contact with and gain entry into the organization, assess their needs, create a series of educational and intervention workshops to meet those needs, and display mastery of interventions that will benefit the hospital’s employees in reducing exposure to hazardous noise and responding to the associated health condition. The sample letter/ e-mail introduction, the needs assessment (the ‘Noise and Risk of Hearing Loss Assessment’), the educational and intervention PowerPoint presentations (‘Your Hearing and the Effects of Hazardous Noise’ and ‘Preventing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss’), and the Hearing Conservation Program are included as Appendices following the references page.

Statistical Decision Model

Based on the knowledge garnered during an advanced statistics course for a doctoral program in he... more Based on the knowledge garnered during an advanced statistics course for a doctoral program in health and wellness psychology, this paper presents an overview of inferential statistics detailing a basic procedure for choosing the appropriate statistical procedure to use for a study. Included in the paper are: 1) the statistical decision flowchart (attached); 2) the steps involved in creating the model; 3) two studies of interest utilizing the model; and 4) a demonstration of how the statistical decisions model will be used to determine the appropriate statistical test for the two studies described.

Program Proposal: OMG! Obesity Must Go!

This paper presents a proposal for OMG! Obesity Must Go! (OMG!), an employee assistance program (... more This paper presents a proposal for OMG! Obesity Must Go! (OMG!), an employee assistance program (EAP) to be implemented at Thereyouare University (TU), a large university located in Arkansas, one of the top five states for obesity in the United States. It is intended for consideration by TU’s initial hiring entity, which is composed of the human resources and finance departments, the occupational health, labor/management, and leadership staff; and all entities within the EAP and health promotion communities. The mission of the OMG! program is to educate, inform, and raise the awareness of obesity and its impact on health, to encourage and empower employees to lead healthier, more meaningful lives; and to substantially improve the identified health outcomes by reducing the percent overweight by 5 points in the first year, reducing cholesterol and blood pressure levels, and providing a healthier environment for all.

The Alpha Chi Alpha (AXA) Study: A Qualitative Study of the Experience of Chronic Pain Among Older African American Women

The experience of chronic pain is a complex mind/body experience that is highly-subjective, socia... more The experience of chronic pain is a complex mind/body experience that is highly-subjective, socially-mediated and culturally-defined. Although it is known that chronic pain affects older people, women, and African Americans more frequently and intensely, little is known about the health threat or illness “representations” (the ideas, attitudes, and beliefs about chronic pain, coping behaviors, and the perceived barriers to seeking and receiving adequate treatment) that underpin its perceptions and guide its treatment and outcomes. The purpose of the proposed qualitative research is to explore how chronic pain is experienced by older African American women as captured in the descriptions of their representations and analyzed using the Common Sense Model (CSM), an organizing framework for knowledge development that postulates that people use common sense beliefs to construct these representations. Over the past ten years, an emerging concept has been that failure to provide pain management may not only be unethical and poor practice, but a violation of basic human rights. The current study aims to inform a culturally-competent healthcare delivery system in the development of culturally-sensitive and culturally-appropriate assessment tools and management strategies for chronic pain. This paper presents a proposal for the study and includes discussions on the rationale/problem statement, the research questions, a review of the literature, the research methodology, methods of achieving validity, potential ethical problems, and limitations.

Case Study: Leadership Assessment at Robinson Insurance Agency

Succession planning is a widely-used, effective, and efficient business and organizational practi... more Succession planning is a widely-used, effective, and efficient business and organizational practice that involves a clearly articulated definition of leadership potential and its key factors, assessing for career development, professional training, leadership development; and the internal processes of training, promotion, and the maintenance of leadership stability. The purpose of this paper is to describe a comprehensive assessment for succession planning for the Robinson Insurance Company, a 30-year-old, family-owned insurance company with 13 branch offices in five different cities in the greater Portland metropolitan area. Based upon the premise that Todd Robinson, the company’s president, has retained the services of this writer to help plan an assessment-based professional development program to identify people within the company who have the potential for greater levels of responsibility and authority, this paper discusses the key factors of leadership potential, identifies an assessment-based approach for identifying potential, examines three specific assessment instrument, and discusses the practical considerations and potential legal ramifications of the assessment approach.

The Cultural Chronic Pain Self-Efficacy Scale (CCPSES)

Chronic pain (CP) is a widespread, complex, and highly-subjective health problem that affects mor... more Chronic pain (CP) is a widespread, complex, and highly-subjective health problem that affects more people than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined; 1.5 people globally and 116 million Americans. Due to its ability to undermine quality of life and its reliance on neural, cognitive, behavioral, and biochemical processes; studies have shown CP to be highly correlated with self-efficacy (SE), a highly-researched construct which has long been associated with academic, social, and job/career success. Research has also demonstrated that the perception, coping behaviors, and treatment outcomes of chronic pain are socially-defined and culturally-mediated. In response to a “call-to-arms” for the development of culturally-competent pain treatment to ensure each citizen’s inalienable “right to health,” this paper presents a proposal for an instrument to measure the construct of “chronic pain self-efficacy” (CPSE) from a cultural perspective. The proposed instrument (the Cultural Chronic Pain Self-efficacy Scale, CCPSES) is a 15-item, Likert-type rating scale that assesses participants’ beliefs about their abilities to function on specific tasks despite their pain and their beliefs about their healthcare providers’ cultural competencies in six key areas. The test development proposal contains the following sections: 1) Rationale/Problem Statement; 2) Research Question; 3) Literature Review; 4) Methodology; and 5) a Discussion of CCPSES’s Strengths and Weaknesses, Ethical Considerations, and Limitations.

Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behavior

The human body has approximately 1 trillion neurons, each of which has a cell body with a nucleus... more The human body has approximately 1 trillion neurons, each of which has a cell body with a nucleus that contains the genetic material that determines how the cell functions (Feldman, 2008). By thinking of the nervous system as the highway and the neurons as the vehicles on that highway, we can see how “the nervous system is (considered to be) the pathway for the instructions that permit our bodies to carry out such precise activities” (p. 61). In this paper, we discover why neurons are called “the basic elements of behavior” by examining them as the nerve cells that allow our brains to transport and coordinate the messages of our thoughts, actions, and deeds.

US Healthcare and the Elderly

In this paper, we gather more information for our international comparison of health insurance sy... more In this paper, we gather more information for our international comparison of health insurance systems by exploring the healthcare system in the US as it exists for the elderly today and discussing the effectiveness of the Medicare program. We also discuss what effect the Affordable Care Act has on older adults.

The United States, Sweden, and South Africa: Comparison of Healthcare Spending

In this paper, we continue the international comparison of health insurance systems by examining ... more In this paper, we continue the international comparison of health insurance systems by examining healthcare spending in the United States and comparing it to another developed country (Sweden) and one underdeveloped or developing country (South Africa). In the first section, we discuss the healthcare spending of the U.S., in the second we examine Sweden’s healthcare expenditures and discuss how U.S. and Swedish spending differ, and in the third, we describe healthcare spending in South Africa and discuss how it is similar or different to the U.S.

Achieving Quality Healthcare for All: A Comparison of Healthcare Systems in the U.S. and England

In this paper, we examine the healthcare systems of two developed countries: the United States (r... more In this paper, we examine the healthcare systems of two developed countries: the United States (ranked 11th of 11 countries surveyed in international comparison surveys) and the United Kingdom (ranked number 1). Our discussion begins with an overview of each country’s healthcare system and concludes with a discussion of the similarities and differences between the two systems. Specifically, the following topics will be addressed: 1) the government’s role; 2) the key governing entities; 3) who and what is covered; 4) how the system is financed; and 5) how health care services are organized, financed, and delivered (Thomson, Osborn, Squires, and Jun, 2013). The goal of this comparison is to enhance our understanding of healthcare in the United States and another developed country (Holtz, 2013; Thomson et al., 2013).

Personality disorders in the workplace

Occupational medicine (Oxford, England), 2014

Mindful Deep Breathing

Greek word for Self-Love, Philautia, and was coined and placed into the dictionaries by Myrna-Elo... more Greek word for Self-Love, Philautia, and was coined and placed into the dictionaries by Myrna-Elois Davis Washington (Goddess Dr. ME) in 2018, intended as a field of study and practice to be included in learning platforms and curriculums everywhere as a vehicle for developing the emotional intelligence so sorely needed not only in Corporate America, but also in our religious institutions, schools, and everyplace in the world.

Chakra Soul Danz Xrcize Therapy

MUSE Theory ME and the MUSE Project ME : Overview

This paper presents a general overview of the MUSE Theory ME and its application as a national an... more This paper presents a general overview of the MUSE Theory ME and its application as a national and international project. It is published on Academia.edu to make it accessible to students and professionals around the world who wish to research its components for further validation and application or to use it as the foundation for their own MUSE Projects ME. It is my belief as a seasoned professional health and wellness promoter and educator that the application of the MUSE Theory ME at the global level will lead to trust, collaboration, and peaceful coexistence among peoples, groups, and nations. What is MUSE Theory ME ? The acronym, MUSE, stands for Mutual Understanding through Self-Expression. From a theoretical perspective, MUSE is an evidence-based formula for self-mastery, sustainable health, conflict mediation, and world peace consisting of two basic components: 1) mutual understanding and 2) self-expression. MUSE Theory ME was developed by Myrna-Elois Davis Washington as part of her studies for masters and doctorate degrees in health and wellness psychology. A visionary healer, metaphysician, health minister, and psychologist with more than forty years as a certified health professional, Washington only returned to college in 2007 to qualify for what she described as the " call to heal " by studying the new biopsychosocial-spiritual model of psychology for its application as a transformative and mindful approach to health and healing. Washington presents MUSE Theory ME as her divinely inspired 'reward' for returning to school to qualify for the call to heal, first, herself and those closest to her, then, her community and ultimately, the world. With the goal of " qualifying for the call, " Washington focused her studies during her master's and doctorate on gathering empirical evidence to support MUSE Theory ME .

MUSE Theory ME and the MUSE Project ME : Overview

This paper presents the MUSE TheoryME and an overview of its application as a national and intern... more This paper presents the MUSE TheoryME and an overview of its application as a national and international project. It is published here to make it accessible to students and professionals around the world who wish to research its components for further validation or to use it as the foundation for their own MUSE ProjectsME. It is the author’s belief that application of this formula at the global level will lead to trust, collaboration, and peaceful coexistence among peoples, groups, and nations.

Primed to Kill - Addressing the Disproportionate Rate at Which Law Enforcers Shoot and Kill People of Color.docx

The paper contains a copy of an e-mail and Facebook message sent to President Obama on October 10... more The paper contains a copy of an e-mail and Facebook message sent to President Obama on October 10, 2016. It represents a revised copy of a letter previously sent to Denver 9News and Denver Police Chief Robert C. White addressing the disproportionate rate at which law enforcers shoot and kill people of color.

Workplace Diversity: Individual vs. Systemic Change (Updated)

Based on Coil’s and Rice’s 1993 article “Managing Work-force Diversity in the Nineties: The Impac... more Based on Coil’s and Rice’s 1993 article “Managing Work-force Diversity in the Nineties: The Impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1991,” this paper considers the following question: Do you believe individual or systemic change would have a greater impact on workplace diversity? Because it is written from a personal perspective, it is written in first person.

Mindfulness as Self-Care

This paper is a self-selected topic paper on how the author, as a health and wellness consultant,... more This paper is a self-selected topic paper on how the author, as a health and wellness consultant, would apply mindfulness to the optimal organizational setting. Based on previous assignments and research conducted throughout this course, the author employs a personal voice to critically analyze the topic of mindfulness, discuss the evidence base supporting the use of mindfulness as self-care for counselors and consultants in organizational settings, present a proposal for incorporating mindfulness into an optimal organizational setting, and conclude with specific bullets summarizing the information presented throughout the paper.

Preventing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Noise-induced hearing loss is damage to the structures of the inner ear caused by long-lasting an... more Noise-induced hearing loss is damage to the structures of the inner ear caused by long-lasting and high levels of environmental sound (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders [NIDCD], 2015). In the hospital operating room, for instance, these may be caused by high-pitched bone-cutting drills or suctioning devices (Friis. 2012).

Waste disposal is one of the most daunting problems facing industrialized countries today. As a b... more Waste disposal is one of the most daunting problems facing industrialized countries today. As a byproduct of maintaining the associated advanced infrastructure required to support its industrial processes, the United States produced more than 254 million tons of municipal solid waste in 2014 (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], 2015). In the context of waste disposal, these “solid wastes,” which are discarded or abandoned as having negative value, can be solid, liquid, semi-solid or containerized gaseous with significant potential for endangering human lives and the environment (Friis, 2012; New York State Department of Environmental Conservation [NYSDEC], 2015). Everyone here at this facility - employees, management, owners, families, and other stakeholders - should be concerned about the disposing of solid waste because there are significant health problems that can occur as the result of the ground, air, and water pollution caused by improper disposal or the disposal process itself (Friis, 2012). As informed citizens of this country, they have a right and an obligation to be informed about solid waste management and source reduction strategies (Friis, 2012).

This presentation looks at “dioxin,” the most highly-researched toxic byproduct of solid waste found in industrial and hazardous waste sites (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [NIH], 2012). Most of you will likely not remember the “Agent Orange” scare in 1982, when returning war veterans began to exhibit the symptoms of exposure to dioxin through herbicides and other byproducts of wartime combustion processes. However, here we are, almost 40 years later with dioxin emissions being reduced by 90%, and the familiar threat of dioxin is in the public’s view again and demands your – our – attention.

A Workplace Toxicant Intervention: Addressing Hazardous Levels of Noise in the Workplace

The purpose of this paper Project is to create a workplace toxicant intervention for Metropolitan... more The purpose of this paper Project is to create a workplace toxicant intervention for Metropolitan Hospital of Denver, a large top-rated surgical facility located in Denver, Colorado. The project lays out the steps necessary to make contact with and gain entry into the organization, assess their needs, create a series of educational and intervention workshops to meet those needs, and display mastery of interventions that will benefit the hospital’s employees in reducing exposure to hazardous noise and responding to the associated health condition. The sample letter/ e-mail introduction, the needs assessment (the ‘Noise and Risk of Hearing Loss Assessment’), the educational and intervention PowerPoint presentations (‘Your Hearing and the Effects of Hazardous Noise’ and ‘Preventing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss’), and the Hearing Conservation Program are included as Appendices following the references page.

Statistical Decision Model

Based on the knowledge garnered during an advanced statistics course for a doctoral program in he... more Based on the knowledge garnered during an advanced statistics course for a doctoral program in health and wellness psychology, this paper presents an overview of inferential statistics detailing a basic procedure for choosing the appropriate statistical procedure to use for a study. Included in the paper are: 1) the statistical decision flowchart (attached); 2) the steps involved in creating the model; 3) two studies of interest utilizing the model; and 4) a demonstration of how the statistical decisions model will be used to determine the appropriate statistical test for the two studies described.

Program Proposal: OMG! Obesity Must Go!

This paper presents a proposal for OMG! Obesity Must Go! (OMG!), an employee assistance program (... more This paper presents a proposal for OMG! Obesity Must Go! (OMG!), an employee assistance program (EAP) to be implemented at Thereyouare University (TU), a large university located in Arkansas, one of the top five states for obesity in the United States. It is intended for consideration by TU’s initial hiring entity, which is composed of the human resources and finance departments, the occupational health, labor/management, and leadership staff; and all entities within the EAP and health promotion communities. The mission of the OMG! program is to educate, inform, and raise the awareness of obesity and its impact on health, to encourage and empower employees to lead healthier, more meaningful lives; and to substantially improve the identified health outcomes by reducing the percent overweight by 5 points in the first year, reducing cholesterol and blood pressure levels, and providing a healthier environment for all.

The Alpha Chi Alpha (AXA) Study: A Qualitative Study of the Experience of Chronic Pain Among Older African American Women

The experience of chronic pain is a complex mind/body experience that is highly-subjective, socia... more The experience of chronic pain is a complex mind/body experience that is highly-subjective, socially-mediated and culturally-defined. Although it is known that chronic pain affects older people, women, and African Americans more frequently and intensely, little is known about the health threat or illness “representations” (the ideas, attitudes, and beliefs about chronic pain, coping behaviors, and the perceived barriers to seeking and receiving adequate treatment) that underpin its perceptions and guide its treatment and outcomes. The purpose of the proposed qualitative research is to explore how chronic pain is experienced by older African American women as captured in the descriptions of their representations and analyzed using the Common Sense Model (CSM), an organizing framework for knowledge development that postulates that people use common sense beliefs to construct these representations. Over the past ten years, an emerging concept has been that failure to provide pain management may not only be unethical and poor practice, but a violation of basic human rights. The current study aims to inform a culturally-competent healthcare delivery system in the development of culturally-sensitive and culturally-appropriate assessment tools and management strategies for chronic pain. This paper presents a proposal for the study and includes discussions on the rationale/problem statement, the research questions, a review of the literature, the research methodology, methods of achieving validity, potential ethical problems, and limitations.

Case Study: Leadership Assessment at Robinson Insurance Agency

Succession planning is a widely-used, effective, and efficient business and organizational practi... more Succession planning is a widely-used, effective, and efficient business and organizational practice that involves a clearly articulated definition of leadership potential and its key factors, assessing for career development, professional training, leadership development; and the internal processes of training, promotion, and the maintenance of leadership stability. The purpose of this paper is to describe a comprehensive assessment for succession planning for the Robinson Insurance Company, a 30-year-old, family-owned insurance company with 13 branch offices in five different cities in the greater Portland metropolitan area. Based upon the premise that Todd Robinson, the company’s president, has retained the services of this writer to help plan an assessment-based professional development program to identify people within the company who have the potential for greater levels of responsibility and authority, this paper discusses the key factors of leadership potential, identifies an assessment-based approach for identifying potential, examines three specific assessment instrument, and discusses the practical considerations and potential legal ramifications of the assessment approach.

The Cultural Chronic Pain Self-Efficacy Scale (CCPSES)

Chronic pain (CP) is a widespread, complex, and highly-subjective health problem that affects mor... more Chronic pain (CP) is a widespread, complex, and highly-subjective health problem that affects more people than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined; 1.5 people globally and 116 million Americans. Due to its ability to undermine quality of life and its reliance on neural, cognitive, behavioral, and biochemical processes; studies have shown CP to be highly correlated with self-efficacy (SE), a highly-researched construct which has long been associated with academic, social, and job/career success. Research has also demonstrated that the perception, coping behaviors, and treatment outcomes of chronic pain are socially-defined and culturally-mediated. In response to a “call-to-arms” for the development of culturally-competent pain treatment to ensure each citizen’s inalienable “right to health,” this paper presents a proposal for an instrument to measure the construct of “chronic pain self-efficacy” (CPSE) from a cultural perspective. The proposed instrument (the Cultural Chronic Pain Self-efficacy Scale, CCPSES) is a 15-item, Likert-type rating scale that assesses participants’ beliefs about their abilities to function on specific tasks despite their pain and their beliefs about their healthcare providers’ cultural competencies in six key areas. The test development proposal contains the following sections: 1) Rationale/Problem Statement; 2) Research Question; 3) Literature Review; 4) Methodology; and 5) a Discussion of CCPSES’s Strengths and Weaknesses, Ethical Considerations, and Limitations.

Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behavior

The human body has approximately 1 trillion neurons, each of which has a cell body with a nucleus... more The human body has approximately 1 trillion neurons, each of which has a cell body with a nucleus that contains the genetic material that determines how the cell functions (Feldman, 2008). By thinking of the nervous system as the highway and the neurons as the vehicles on that highway, we can see how “the nervous system is (considered to be) the pathway for the instructions that permit our bodies to carry out such precise activities” (p. 61). In this paper, we discover why neurons are called “the basic elements of behavior” by examining them as the nerve cells that allow our brains to transport and coordinate the messages of our thoughts, actions, and deeds.

US Healthcare and the Elderly

In this paper, we gather more information for our international comparison of health insurance sy... more In this paper, we gather more information for our international comparison of health insurance systems by exploring the healthcare system in the US as it exists for the elderly today and discussing the effectiveness of the Medicare program. We also discuss what effect the Affordable Care Act has on older adults.

The United States, Sweden, and South Africa: Comparison of Healthcare Spending

In this paper, we continue the international comparison of health insurance systems by examining ... more In this paper, we continue the international comparison of health insurance systems by examining healthcare spending in the United States and comparing it to another developed country (Sweden) and one underdeveloped or developing country (South Africa). In the first section, we discuss the healthcare spending of the U.S., in the second we examine Sweden’s healthcare expenditures and discuss how U.S. and Swedish spending differ, and in the third, we describe healthcare spending in South Africa and discuss how it is similar or different to the U.S.

Achieving Quality Healthcare for All: A Comparison of Healthcare Systems in the U.S. and England

In this paper, we examine the healthcare systems of two developed countries: the United States (r... more In this paper, we examine the healthcare systems of two developed countries: the United States (ranked 11th of 11 countries surveyed in international comparison surveys) and the United Kingdom (ranked number 1). Our discussion begins with an overview of each country’s healthcare system and concludes with a discussion of the similarities and differences between the two systems. Specifically, the following topics will be addressed: 1) the government’s role; 2) the key governing entities; 3) who and what is covered; 4) how the system is financed; and 5) how health care services are organized, financed, and delivered (Thomson, Osborn, Squires, and Jun, 2013). The goal of this comparison is to enhance our understanding of healthcare in the United States and another developed country (Holtz, 2013; Thomson et al., 2013).

Mindful Deep Breathing

Winning Ways: The Art and Science of Philautiology, 2020

A Yoga-based Integrative practice based on over 20 different evidence-based practices included in... more

Primed to Kill - Addressing the Disproportionate Rate at Which Law Enforcers Shoot and Kill People of Color.docx

The paper contains a copy of an e-mail and Facebook message sent to President Obama on October 10... more The paper contains a copy of an e-mail and Facebook message sent to President Obama on October 10, 2016. It represents a revised copy of a letter previously sent to Denver 9News and Denver Police Chief Robert C. White addressing the disproportionate rate at which law enforcers shoot and kill people of color.

Winning Ways - Practicing Philautiology (First Edition)

Winning Ways: Practicing Philautiology (First Edition), 2019

This Workbook is designed to help you PRACTICE your Winning Spread in The Solitary Game of Life. ... more This Workbook is designed to help you PRACTICE your Winning Spread in The Solitary Game of Life. It is based on the book:
Winning Ways (2nd Ed.) The ART & SCIENCE OF Philautiology:
Mindful Practices for Programming Your Mind to WIN at the Game of Life In Health, Happiness, Transformation, and Self-Mastery

Winning Ways 2nd Ed

Winning Ways 2nd Ed. , 2018

Mindful Practices for Programming Your Mind to WIN at the Game of Life - In Health, Happiness, Tr... more

Introduction to Winning Ways.docx

An Introduction to the second edition of "Winning Ways: The Art and Science of Philautiology." Th... more An Introduction to the second edition of "Winning Ways: The Art and Science of Philautiology." This book, Introduces the emerging field of Philautiology, which is based on the study and practice of Philautia, the Greek word for Self-Love, which is considered to be the highest and most powerful form of LOVE. Written in easy-to-understand language, this book presents tried-and-proven, evidence-based, heuristic, neuro-linguistic "Mind Hacks" for developing a winning mindset for winning at health, happiness, self-mastery, and world peace.

ChakraSoul Danz-Xrcize Therapy

ChakraSoul Danz-Xrcize Therapy, 2018

A one-week Introductory course consisting of three one-and-a-half hour classes and an individual ... more

Awakening the Goddess Within Module 10: Activating the Awakened Goddess Mindset

Winning Ways: The Art and Science of Philautiology, 2018

This paper presents Module 10 of Philautiology's Awakening the Goddess Within Self-Love Self-Chal... more

Winning Ways Mind Hacks.docx

Winning Ways: The Art and Science of Philautiology, 2018

This Paper contains the 58 "Mind Hacks" to reprogram your thinking which serve as the foundation ... more

awakening the goddess within - Module 9 - Cultivating the Awakened Goddess Mindset.docx

Winning Ways: The Art and Science of Philautiology, 2018

This Paper contains Module 9 of #Philautiology's AWAKENING THE GODDESS WITHIN 28-Day Self-Love Se... more

AWAKENING THE GODDESS WITHIN - Module 8 - ACTIVATING THE AWAKENED GODDESS MINDSET.docx

Winning Ways: The Art and Science of Self-Love, 2018

This Paper contains Module 8 of AWAKENING THE GODDESS WITHIN, a 28-Day Self-Love Self-Challenge i... more

AWAKENING THE GODDESS WITHIN MODULE 7: The Awakened Goddess Mindset.docx

Winning Ways: The Art and Science of Philautiology, 2018

This Paper contains Module 7 of AWAKENING THE GODDESS WITHIN, a 28-Day Self-Love Self-Challenge i... more

AWAKENING THE GODDESS WITHIN - MODULE 6 - LETTING GO.docx

Winning Ways: The Art and Science of Philautiology, 2018

This Paper contains Module 6 of AWAKENING THE GODDESS WITHIN, a 28-Day Self-Love Self-Challenge i... more

AWAKENING THE GODDESS WITHIN - MODULE 5 - The Goddess Within Mission.docx

Winning Ways: The Art and Science of Philautiology, 2018

This Paper contains Module 5 of AWAKENING THE GODDESS WITHIN, A 28-DAY Self-Love Self-Challenge i... more

AWAKENING THE GODDESS WITHIN - Module 4 - Tough Self-Love as Self-Care.docx

Wionning Ways: The Art and Science of Philautiology, 2018

This Paper contains Module 4 of AWAKENING THE GODDESS WITHIN, a 28-Day Self-Love Self-Challenge i... more

AWAKENING THE GODDESS WITHIN - Module 3: Developing the Right "Deitude".docx

Winning Ways: The Art and Science of Philautiology, 2018

This Paper Presents the third of twenty-six Modules in a 28-Day Self-Love Challenge: Awakening th... more

AWAKENING THE GODDESS WITHIN - Module 2: Operationalizing Love and Vibrating Higher.docx

Winning Ways: The Art and Science of Philautiology, 2018

This Paper Presents the second of twenty-six Modules in a 28-Day Self-Love Challenge: Awakening t... more

AWAKENING THE GODDESS WITHIN - Module 1: Welcome to the Secret Garden.docx

Winning Ways: The Art and Science of Philautiology, 2018

This Paper Presents the first of twenty-six Modules in a 28-Day Self-Love Challenge: Awakening th... more