Healthcare is on the ballot this November. As a healthcare provider, I care about the quality and availability of healthcare for my clients, family, friends, and, well, everyone! Proposition 188 is about the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program. A "Yes" will help protect families with serious health issues. Here are the facts. 

​Proposition 118: Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program 
Proposition 118 proposes amending the Colorado statutes to: 

• create a paid family and medical leave insurance program for Colorado employees administered by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment; 
• require employers and employees in Colorado to pay a payroll premium to finance paid family and medical leave insurance benefits beginning January 1, 2023; 
• allow eligible employees up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave insurance benefits annually starting January 1, 2024; and 
• create job protections for employees who take paid family and medical leave. 

What Your Vote Means 

• A “yes” vote on Proposition 118 means the state will create an insurance program to provide paid family and medical leave benefits to eligible employees in Colorado funded by employers and employees’ premiums. 
• A “no” vote on Proposition 118 means the state will not create a paid family and medical leave insurance program.

For more objective information, read Ballot Issues for November 2020.

Cathy co-hosted a virtual meeting entitled Navigating Healthcare on September 12, 2020, with various healthcare legislators and experts about the future of healthcare. Speakers included were former State Senator Jeanne Nicholson and Diane Dunn a Health IT Consultant with 30+ years of experience with Medicaid. Slides from the talks are available to download. They also met with met with Representative Ed Perlmutter to discuss improvements to Medicare. There was a lot of great information and discussion on healthcare topics that affect you. Your health matters! Check out the article and discover the latest happenings in healthcare in Colorado. 

Dr. Elaine Aron has a new documentary for highly sensitive persons based on the book "Sensitive And In Love." The movie is titled ​"Sensitive Lovers: A Deeper Look at their Relationships." The movie trailer can can be viewed here​.

Sensitive and In Love is a new movie premiering on January 29th 2020 by bestselling author -psychologist Dr. Elaine Aron (THE HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON); one of the world’s leading scientists of love and relationships, author of 36 QUESTIONS – Dr. Arthur Aron; Sensitive and in Love’s Emmy award-winning director Will Harper; producer Diana Sinelnikova; and members of the cast – Jose Rosete and Bianca Rogoff.

Sensitive and in Love follows in the footsteps of the original documentary Sensitive-The Untold Story featuring Alanis Morissette (2015).

Over 1.4 billion people on this planet are highly sensitive and they are changing the way we view the world. Sensitive and in Love captures another side of a highly sensitive person and is a film not to be missed!

What is high sensitivity? In not only our species, but over a hundred others, a minority of individuals come with an inborn survival strategy of greater sensitivity to what is going on around them. The foundation of the trait, found in 20%, is DOES: Depth of processing, being easily overstimulated, emotional responsiveness, including intense empathy, and sensitivity to the subtleties. Often misunderstood, highly sensitive people can be called “too sensitive”, “too shy”, “too high maintenance”. Without the understanding of this innate trait, many couples and families struggle in the dark with this feature of their lives. Sensitive and in Love will help bring some light to this darkness.

Our team feels passionate about this film. Mainly because the first film, Sensitive—The Untold Story, which was a groundbreaking documentary on the subject of high sensitivity, provided insight into the central features of the trait and research on it. Sensitive and In Love, a feature film,  focuses on what perhaps matters most: how high sensitivity affects your relationships with loved ones.

STORY:

What do you do when you feel you are born with an unbearable flaw, and you don’t know yet that you share it with 1.4 billion people.  Rob and Jessica grew up feeling just that. Inspired by the international bestseller, The Highly Sensitive Person and global media sensation 36 Questions that lead to love, SENSITIVE AND IN LOVE tells their story. Besides their sensitivity, the brother and sister share a traumatic childhood.  Jessica is an accomplished writer in San Francisco, but every one of her romantic relationships have crashed and burned.  Rob, a successful music producer in Manila, has a seemingly happy marriage, but it is headed for a cliff.  Robbie insists Jessica comes to the Philippines for a much-needed break. While there, a single mistake opens Jessica to the world and a terrifying moment for Robbie opens him to a real family connection.


Watch the trailer here. https://vimeo.com/328766462​

Melissa Schwartz, Author, Coach, and Public Speaker, is holding a Sensitivity Summit with dozens of great speakers.
Register for the Summit
15-25% of the population is highly sensitive. That means 1 in 5 people share this genetic trait!

More than a billion HSPs are walking around on the planet right now!!!

This free summit was created for highly sensitive adults and parents of highly sensitive children.

Register to get access to the world’s leading voices in high sensitivity who have gathered together for an unprecedented event!

Starting on September 16th you’ll receive a daily email with a link to view a new conversation with a leader in the field of high sensitivity.

You’ll be able to watch the videos from any device that connects to the internet.

Register at thesensitivitysummit.com 

Cathy Blake and Laura Collins were presenters at the Fourth Annual Universal Healthcare Conference in Denver on June 29, 2019. Their presentation was on Self-Care For Advocates. Session goals included:

• Learners experienced a variety of embodied practice that integrate and celebrate mind, body, and spirit.
• Learners explored the joys and pitfalls of activism and brainstorm self-care tips to create a self-care plan that work for the attendee.

A groundbreaking documentary about the temperament trait of high sensitivity found in 20% of the population in both men and women. Based on the findings of bestselling author-psychologist Dr. Elaine Aron ("The Highly Sensitive Person")

Open to everyone.

Presented by Catherine M. Blake, LPC and Scott F. Olds, RP

Call Cathy at ​(303) 464-9803 or Scott at (303) 817-8369 for more information.

​Buy DVD Here.

Sun, July 22, 2018
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MDT

​Standley Lake Library, Meeting Room

8485 Kipling St

Arvada, CO 80005