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For our heroes and their families

?The services that our armed forces and first responders provide to all Americans are too numerous to mention. The sacrifices their families make are equally as important. 

The honor of being able to provide these services and activites is the least we can do for all of them.

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard – Active Duty, Reserves, National Guard, Retired, Veteran and their families.

First Responders, EMT, Trauma Doctors/Nurses and Mental Health Professionals, Firemen and Women, Policemen and Women and their families

Checkpoint One is a non-profit organization that provides, at no cost the following for our community’s First Responders (including ER Doctors/Nurses/Mental Health Professionals) and our nations active Military & Veterans AND all their immediate families and caregivers :

– Equine assisted Psychotherapy (EAGALA MODEL) & Equine Assisted Learning (including TEAM BUILDING &  personal growth with a focus on PTSD/Trauma/Compassion Fatigue)

– Restorative, gentle, yin, and Nidra Yoga

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– Meditation

 – Many nature/outdoor infused stress management resources (nature trails, fishing, gardening) 

www.checkpointone.org

Johnnie Calloway grew up in a small town in Kentucky, with the population at around 11,000. His mother passed when he was only five, leaving him to grow up with an angry, alcoholic, sexually confused father.

Johnnie was born into a reputation that he never wanted but was obligated to live up to. Still, Johnnie always wanted to be the “good guy.” The conflict between his personal desire and his sense of obligation to his dad’s/family’s reputation created a great torment that was oddly accompanied with an insatiable yearning to learn.

Eventually, Johnnie became a seeker of truth. And has now devoted himself to sharing what his seeking has taught him with others. He has written two books, “Taming the Dragon” and Dragons to Butterflies: The Metamorphosis of a Man, and is currently working on, “Within the Chrysalis, It’s an Inside Job”.

www.dragonstobutterflies.com

Dave Vigerust, Ph.D. is the Chief Science Officer of MyGenetx. Dr. Vigerust is a strategic scientist, consultant, teacher, and inventor, particularly in the areas of infectious disease, oncology, genetics, pharmacogenetics (PGx) and immunology. Dr. Vigerust earned his BS degree from the University of Texas at El Paso in Biology and Chemistry, a MS degree in Immunology and Microbiology from Texas Tech University and his Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Pathology from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He completed postdoctoral fellowships in infectious disease first at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and second at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the Department of Pediatrics. After completing his fellowships in 2009, he joined the faculty of Vanderbilt School of Medicine in the Department of Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology and was concurrently a Health Research Scientist for the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Vigerust currently maintains an Adjunct Assistant Professor position at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the Department of Neurological Surgery and is Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy. In 2014 he joined MyGenetx Clinical Laboratory as the Chief Scientific Officer and directs the scientific and educational missions of the lab.

Dr. Vigerust’s academic and research interests focus around areas of precision medicine in cardiology, behavioral medicine, infectious disease, traumatic brain injury, neuro-oncology, neuroinflammation, and neurodegeneration. Dr. Vigerust has been widely published, including in 2016, studies in Clinical Diabetes, Future Cardiology, Future Neurology and Postgraduate Medical Journal. Dr. Vigerust was a speaker at 2016 TEDxNashville on the topic of Precision Medicine.

www.mygenetx.com

For more than twenty-five years, Phil D’Agostino, a licensed therapist, life coach, and personal-development specialist, has spoken to thousands of individuals about what makes them miserable and stops them from achieving their greatest life goals. Almost always, it boils down to a single fact: they know what to do and even how to do what it takes to be happier or more effective, but their own emotions stop them in their tracks.

In Naked Thinking, D’Agostino explains his concept of thinking critically without the wet blanket of emotions stifling you. He outlines practical techniques that will energize your soul, help you take greater control of how you feel, and find the power and will within yourself to live a life by design and without regrets. He includes specific strategies for:

•improving the way you think;

•taking greater control of your emotional control panel;

•making the most of your life and all its vagaries;

•improving your relationships with your loved ones, children, boss, customers;

•focusing the power or your mind and what you already know to make great decisions that really work;

•becoming more self-confident to speak to groups and present your ideas to management and others; and

•taking greater control over your depression or anxiety disorder and just be happier.

Through real-life examples, Naked Thinking illustrates how to tame your emotions so you can focus your abilities and become more effective in decision-making and implementation, find the power within yourself, and become the master of your own life plan. Visit www.NakedThinking.Com.