DES Wellness Week

Powell Cucchiella is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) working as a clinician at HPA LiveWell, as the mental health counselor at The Albany Academies, and as the mental performance coach for sports teams and individual athletes.

Powell believes in a proactive approach to well-being and performance through understanding, managing, and training the mind. His areas of interest include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Anxiety/Stress Reduction, Mindfulness, Performance Psychology, and Positive Psychology.

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Dr. Rebecca Evans grew up in Glenville, NY, and attended Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High school. As a youngster, Dr. Evans was always fond of watching her Dad provide dental treatment and care for patients, which inspired her to be the second generation of her family to become a dentist.

Dr. Evans has practiced with her husband at Pine Ridge Dental and has served the surrounding community since 2012. She lives with her husband and two children. In her free time, she enjoys reading, gardening, cooking and sewing.

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Jodie Fitz is the creator of the Price Chopper and Market 32 Kids Cooking Club. She has spent the last 11 years traveling in a six state area making fun and easy recipes with children and families. She specializes in making fruit and veggies fun to eat and teaches everything in moderation. New releases this month include a Chocolate Covered Strawberry Smoothie (no high fructose corn syrup used in the making of this recipe) and her Valentine's Red Velvet Cupcakes using beets. Sound gross? But it's not! And, it reduces the 1/2 cup of red food dye found in traditional Red Velvet Cupcakes to 1 tablespoon.

Jodie is a children's book author, mother of three and is married to her college sweetheart. She currently teaches free community classes on ZOOM and VIP Classes for a nominal fee of $15 per household.

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Berry-licious Tie Dye Smoothie Recipe

of Schoharie Yoga Barn

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Lindsay Phillips is First New York Federal Credit Union’s School Banking Outreach and Marketing Coordinator. She has been working on the KID$ Program for the past two years and oversees all of First New York’s social media. Prior to joining First New York Federal Credit Union she grew her media skills at iHeart Media, oversaw the Marketing at Colonie Center, and built many connections in the Capital District during her time at the Capital Region Chamber. Lindsay spent a majority of her career in sales at the Times Union newspaper and as Vice President of the Albany Newspaper Guild, winning a national award.

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