I have been on the frontlines of Hurricane Katrina organizing infrastructures with the Red Cross to assist displaced individuals and families. In 1993, I was stuck out at sea on a tiny sailboat for two days during the Storm of the Century. We just keep twirling the pieces around until they fit and then AHH! we can relax, look back, and see the whole picture resulting in an integrated self.

Working with trauma is often like solving a puzzle. I also draw from the knee-deep research and training I have done in breath work and polyvagal theory to bring a full-bodied approach to helping individuals regulate their nervous systems. I am an avid Bowen's System Theorist, and see individuals within the framework of their complex environments, often delivered to them without welcome. Compassion meditation is a revolutionary method using analytical meditation to help benefit others without burning out. I work collaboratively with Emory University's Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion Based Ethics, and am a certified instructor of CBCT® Compassion & Resiliency Training. In addition to my private practice, I train healthcare professionals on the frontlines of care, in prevention of the deleterious effects of burnout and fatigue. In 2014 I opened my private practice, Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC where I have intersected my training and understanding of trauma and meditation. I have worked in Emergency Rooms, Hospital ICUs, Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities, Jails, Court Ordered Treatment, and several Academic Universities. Even though I treat each client through the lens of a 'beginner's mind,' my experience in the field has helped along the way. I have worked in the mental health field since 2001 and as the commercial tagline suggests: I know a thing or two, because I have seen a thing or two. SE™ Advanced Certificates: Chronic Pain & Syndromes and Ventilator Trauma, Post-ICU, and Trauma Relating to COVID. However, they are found throughout Florida in swampy areas like the Everglades, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. They are sometimes found in storm drainage systems, which they may emerge from during floods.Jennifer Finch LPC, SEP, Realization Process Instructor, Psychotherapist/Educator, Founder Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC These catfish, which breathe air and 'walk' on their pectoral fins, are native to freshwater in Southeast Asia. How did they end up there? Though the type of catfish wasn't confirmed Wednesday, it's possible they were walking catfish. Hurricane Ian tracker: Where is powerful storm headed next? Live updates: Hurricane Ian makes landfall on Florida's southwest coast as major Category 4 storm Both were released to another neighborhood pond. Hours later, another was found thrashing in the grass in her backyard. One fish measured about 6 or 7 inches long and was found flopping in the driveway in a shallow puddle of water. Sangalang doesn't live near a pond or lake. USA TODAY Network-Florida producer Jennifer Sangalang spotted two catfish at her home near Wickham Park in Melbourne, about 50 miles southeast of Orlando. Hours before Ian made landfall in Cayo Costa in southwest Florida, its impacts were being felt in Brevard County in the eastern part of the state by way of catfish appearing in driveways and yards. Something fishy happened on the day Hurricane Ian made landfall.

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