Be the Architect of Your Environment

Speakers

Heather Harlan, CRPS, MAADCI, Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services

Heather brings a wealth of information on a broad range of mental health and wellness topics. Currently, as a Health Educator for Columbia/Boone County Department of Health And Human Services with a focus on community outreach for the opioid response and adult mental health. Her experience also include adult and adolescent drug and alcohol counselor for many years at Phoenix Programs, Inc as well as working with the University of Missouri Department of Psychiatry MO-CPAP (Missouri Child Psychiatry Access Project) grant funded initiative to support pediatric providers to offer behavioral health treatment in primary care settings. She is a Certified Reciprocal Prevention Specialist, Missouri Associate Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor and serves as a volunteer family group facilitator for NAMI Columbia, MO and in her "spare time" she is a professional storyteller.

Session Description

Why KNOWING we need to change and information WHY we need to change aren't enough to produce change.

In this session, Heather will help you understand your "old" brain has the basic function to help you survive.

You will also see how that structure in the modern world transforms our brains into liars and bullies.

Learn a step-by-step process of how to initiate new habits to build a different environment to sustain wellness and help yourself and others begin to transform your daily routines into positive support for health.