About Us
Jeanette Bronée, CHHC is a Nourishment Counselor, board certified with the AADP as a Holistic Health Counselor from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and has been educated in Macrobiotic healing. She is certified as a Compassionate Integration Counselor with the Tom Monte Method and focuses on the emotional healing and behavioral modifications that need to be an integrative part of our nutrition and nourishment habits for lasting change. She is a certifed in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy which is a powerful way of helping the individual connect with their inner resources for healing. She practices different modalities to bridge the gap of transformation and healing of the mind/body connection as she believes there is not one answer and the individual holds their own within.
In 2004, she started Path for Life Self-Nourishment Center in New York City after a complete change of career. As an ex-fashion-executive and designer, and being a woman living with the so-called high-risk for cancer, she knows about the importance and challenges of living a healthy and balanced life in a busy world. When both her parents died of cancer 1 year apart she decided to devote all her time and energy to help people heal. As her practice grew from healing through food-choices to integrating the emotional healing that needs to take place for a truly integrative and holistic healing, she found what she had been looking for. Her own Path for Life.
Jeanette has developed the Path for Life Nine-Step System that she teaches to her clients. On this enlightening journey, she guides each client toward finding their own individual way to health through conscious food choices, improved daily self-care habits and through shifting negative behavioral patterns. Her approach to food is educational, upbeat and non-dogmatic. But it is not just about food; Jeanette teaches us to be aware of "how and why we eat."
Jeanette’s wish is for each client to step into awareness and take charge of their life, health, wellbeing, and daily joy. She loves being both the Sherlock Holmes of health to find the root cause of the symptoms, and the change motivator for each individual client to uncover the root of what is holding them back from healing and changing their habits for good. She believes that emotional healing is an essential component of living life fully. Jeanette has a deeply compassionate understanding of the emotional issues we struggle with in our challenges to change our habits. She is dedicated to being a resource and inspiration for those who are looking for a new way to a healthy and balanced life, for people living with illness, and for those who seek prevention by transitioning from living with "high risk" to living with "high awareness". Being a guide in finding the freedom of leaving behind feeling dis-empowered by our own eating habits to being empowered to practice great self-nourishment everyday. And to help everyone change their relationship to food and self to grown their life.
Erica Duryea, CHHC is a Certified Holistic Health Counselor certified by the AADP and Columbia Teacher's College through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She has studied the macrobiotic approach to nutrition and healing at the Kushi Institute and is an active student of Tom Monte's Program for Healers. Erica works with her clients to educate them about food and the power of their choices and to help them understand and overcome the obstacles, both physical and emotional, which stand between them and their optimal wellness.
Erica discovered Macrobiotics and holistic health counseling after she was diagnosed with malignant melanoma at 25 years old and embarked on her own path to wellness and balance. She first came to Path for Life as a client, knowing that she had been called to this work for a reason and seeking to find ways of helping others with the same questions in life. Since then her journey has been guided by passion, curiosity, and a deep and profound desire to spread this force that has changed her life. She joined Path for Life as a counselor in 2008, and is also working with counseling groups of young women in the supportive and healing environment that PFL offers. As a young woman raised in the modern American culture and living in the fast-paced, hyper-extended world of New York, Erica understands the myriad challenges facing young women today: how to make healthy food and lifestyle choices on a budget, how to find the time to buy and prepare healthful, quality food with a hectic schedule, how to integrate a desire to be healthy and balanced with an active and vivacious social life, and how to navigate pressure and isolation in a culture of comparison. Erica also holds small group sessions at Path for Life, to create more access to receiving counseling and support.
Heike Weld - Life in Transition Coaching
Heike has been a professional coach for individuals, couples and teams in both Europe and the USA for over 14 years. Her clients have successfully navigated life and career transitions, relationship dilemmas, and leadership challenges through her focused, insightful and compassionate approach. Heike has advanced training in systemic family therapy, gestalt therapeutic counseling, poetry therapy, and Ericksonian hypnotherapy.
Her expertise in Dance Therapy and the Feldenkrais “Awareness through Movement Method” has deepened her approach to coaching to include the whole self, thereby strengthening the connection between body, mind and soul. The foundation of her work is her passion for practical philosophy and the creative arts. She holds a Master degree in Philosophy and Literature and has explored the wisdom traditions in Western and Eastern Philosophy.
In 2006, Heike moved from Europe to New York and experienced the challenges of beginning a new life. This transition led her to an even deeper understanding of the dimensions of change. She integrates her experience and her expertise in supporting her clients to connect with their inner wisdom and to move forward by creating their own path in life.
Jonna Knudsen, LMT has studied and practiced various massage therapy techniques in both Europe and the States for more than two decades. She has extensive training from accredited and renowned schools in Denmark as well as being a NYS Licensed Massage Therapist.
Jonna offers Swedish massage and deep tissue work to ease acute and chronic muscular discomfort. She incorporates focused point work to achieve deep tension release and reflexology to balance and stimulate the inner workings of organs and glands. Jonna's massages are deep yet gentle, strong yet comfortable. All her work is conducted with respect and care for the client's current physical and emotional condition.
Gilles Obermayer, LMT became a Certified Shiatsu Practitioner and Certified Ohashiatsu® Consultant in 2004 and licensed Massage Therapist in 2008. He grew up in France and lived twenty years in Scandinavia, working as a musician and composer, before moving to NYC in 2000. As a musician for the Ballet Academy in Stockholm, he witnessed the daily aches and pains of the dancers, which inspired him to learn bodywork. He studied Swedish massage and Shiatsu before being introduced to Ohashiatsu® in 2002. Besides his practice as Certified Ohashiatsu® Consultant with Path for Life, Gilles is the Music Coordinator in the Dance Department at Barnard College / Columbia University.
Anne Brunn, L.Ac., is an acupuncturist and Chinese herbal practitioner, nationally board certified (NCCAOM) and licensed in New York State. She received her Master's degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine from New York City's Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, where her training encompassed acupuncture, biomedicine, herbal medicine, Chinese massage (tui na) and nutrition.
In addition, Anne studied acupuncture techniques for weight management and facial rejuvenation at Beijing's College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where she earned her certification in Cosmetic Acupuncture. She has also undergone intensive internships in Japanese and Five Element as well as traditional Chinese acupuncture systems. A yoga practitioner for many years, she completed her teaching certification and has studied the healing of injury through therapeutic exercise and yoga poses.
Anne believes that a person's state of health arises from a unique set of patterns and tendencies, developed over a lifetime and in continual response to numerous external and internal influences. Every condition requires individualized treatment to resolve symptoms and realign deeper imbalances. Anne has brought this approach to her extensive clinical experience, blending the appropriate modalities for each patient to provide highly personalized care. She has treated hundreds of patients with a range of health concerns including headaches, digestive irregularities, acute and chronic pain, HIV, high blood pressure, insomnia, anxiety, depression and other emotional disorders. Her particular focus has been on women's health issues, from menstrual difficulties to infertility to menopause.
Veronica Farje, LMT is a Swedish Institute graduate and New York State Licensed Massage Therapist. She is also a certified Pilates and yoga teacher, group fitness instructor, and personal trainer. Veronica draws from her knowledge of bodywork and movement therapies to create individualized sessions for specific needs. She studied and uses deep tissue and trigger point work, stretching, joint mobilization, and acupressure to stimulate the body's innate ability to heal itself. Additional skills and professional experience include sports massage, Polarity Therapy (an energy practice), Thai yoga massage, and Shiatsu.
In her yoga and Pilates practice, Veronica builds fresh workouts that challenge multiple muscle groups simultaneously, improving strength, coordination, and mind/body focus. She believes that every session is an opportunity to start or revitalize a commitment to health. Most importantly, Veronica works to ensure that exercise continues to be challenging and enjoyable throughout the journey to wellness. Veronica has six years of experience in gyms and corporate settings working with populations ranging from elite athletes to the elderly.
Anthony Luciano is a certified Reiki Master through Reiki Arts Continuum of NYC. He studied holistic health at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and is a complementary care practitioner for Miracle House of NYC. Anthony actively studies natural healing with Tom Monte and satisfies his passion for health and fitness through endurance training, triathlon and yoga. He is a compassionate healer and attends classes at Sacred Center New York, a New Thought Spiritual Center. To the Path for Life center, Anthony brings the ability to deeply relax both the mind and physical body, reduce stress and alleviate chronic aches and pains.
Gordon Scarritt has been teaching meditation and leading spiritual retreats since the late 70s. His style is non-dogmatic, direct, practical and humorous while teaching people how to use their innate awareness to naturally transform confusion and emotional distress into the clear mind of genuine wellbeing.
Gordon studied with Oscar Ichazo of the Arica Institute for 15 years and met his Buddhist meditation teacher, Dzogchen Master Shyalpa Rinpoche in 1988.
He works in multiple formats, from individual and couple to groups and is the author of the forthcoming book, Walking with the Tiger: Being Real in an Illusory World. Gordon has used his years of personal experience of meditative awareness to develop a self-healing methodology that uses a simple method to guide his clients to the life they are meant to live.
Diane April, ARCB, HHC is a certified reflexologist and Reiki practitioner. She is a board member of the New York State Reflexology Association, a complimentary care practitioner for Hospice and Palliative Care of Westchester, and a participant in a reflexology project at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in Manhattan. To her work at the Path for Life center, Diane brings a deep understanding of ways to relieve stress, alleviate chronic aches and pains and reach the point of total relaxation.
