Birmingham Location:
750 South Old Woodward Ave. Birmingham, MI 48009 phone: 248.792.6570 fax: 248.792.6574
Dr. Rosemary Batanjski D.C.
Clinic Director
"Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action." -- Mother Teresa
Dr. Rosemary Batanjski D.C. believes that nothing is more valuable in this world than your health and your family. She is committed to providing optimal health and wellness to her patients and the community with excellent standards in chiropractic care and complementary health services. Dr. Batanjski is the owner and director of both BE WELL: A Creating Wellness Center in Birmingham MI and Complete Care Chiropractic & Wellness Center located in Warren MI. With over 12 years in the health & wellness field she has committed her life to pursing wellness and educating her patients on the importance of health and wellbeing. Dr. Batanjski is exclusively known for her "infectious" personality and her heart. She is truly committed to her patients and listens closely to their needs and goals and works together with her patients to achieve their optimal health. She treats a wide variety of conditions including musculoskeletal conditions & pain, stress, headaches. Her ultimate goal is for her patients to be pain free and WELL. Her nurturing character and love for her patients makes her every patient's "favorite Dr." She specializes in woman's health and pediatric care. Dr. Batanjski attended National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, IL and is pursing her post graduate certificate in pediatric care. Besides her commitment to both her practices, Dr. Batanjski enjoys spending time with her husband Milorad and her two beautiful children Dusan and Dijana. E-mail at: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Dr. Tina Maruszewski D.C
Chiropractic Physician
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.”
Dr. Tina Maruszewski has been practicing for over ten years. She is a Michigan native and practices here, but has practiced in South Carolina and Georgia. She was a patient of chiropractic before she actually became a chiropractor. At which time she suffered with awful headaches that would last for two weeks at a time, carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms, and all over back pain that was so severe that she would use a dozen of Tylenol daily just to make it through the day. She was 15 years old when these symptoms started, 9 years old when she broke her sacrum, a bone that is the base of your spine. At the age of 21 years old she answered an ad for a desk job thinking the job would be less physical. That desk job was at a chiropractic office. After experiencing the dramatic and wonderful changes first hand, that her chiropractor provided for her she decided to become a chiropractor herself. Like they say, the rest is history! During these last several years she has continued her education in different techniques and nutrition to better help her patience on their road to recovery.
Dr. Maruszewski loves the outdoors. She has climbed Mt. Ranier twice and Mt. Shasta. Her goals are to help as many people as possible and to live life to its fullest.
Anna Arciero, MA, LLPC, NCC
Licensed Therapist
"We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves." -- Galileo Galilei
Anna Arciero is a licensed therapist who emphasizes the importance of emotional wellness. She believes that everyone experiences difficulties in their lives and sees the counseling office as a space for clients to express feelings, receive validation and additional support. She believes that people have all of the components for a happy and healthy life but often need to see their own beauty reflected back to them, as she views that this is her biggest role as a therapist. Anna takes a holistic approach to counseling as she feels that unattended emotions will manifest themselves in both the physical and mental capacities. She views symptoms such as headaches, anxiety, a change in eating and/or digestion patterns, as well as sleep disturbances as indications that one may be experiencing emotional distress. Anna has a specialization in health promotion and has experience as a fitness instructor as well. She also specializes in grief and loss and as worked for Beaumont Hospice, Ele's Place as well as been an instructor at Schoolcraft College. With such a wealth of experience, her focus at the center remain with grief and loss, body image, disordered eating, as well as stress and anxiety. She also specializes in working with clients who have been recently diagnosed with digestive disorders such as Celiac Disease. She emphasizes that clients must feel comfortable with their therapist in order for change to occur. "The client/therapist fit is the most important part of the counseling process." E-mail at: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Corporate Wellness
Nick Tonkin
Director of Corporate Wellness
Nick Tonkin is owner of Engineered Athletics and Fitness, a high-performance sports and fitness studio located in BE WELL: A Creating Wellness Center in Birmingham, MI. His studio offers physiological testing, nutritional counseling and custom training programs for everyone at every fitness level. Engineered Athletics and Fitness’ services are different from the services offered by health clubs or personal trainers because his philosophy is based on a strong scientific foundation. This foundation is built to provide clients with optimal fitness and nutrition programs to meet their goals. Nick Tonkin has a broad athletic and academic background, bringing a refreshingly new approach to athletic testing and development. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University as well as an American Fitness Professionals and Associates (AFPA) certification. He is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology from Wayne State. He is also a board member of the Training and Research Institute of Athletic Development (T.R.I.A.D.) National research committee, which is responsible for selecting or creating national research protocols as well as selection of testing equipment or methods of data collection on athletes. Aside from overseeing the BE FIT services at the BE WELL clinic, Nick is the Director of Corporate Wellness. He gained corporate certification from the Creating Wellness Alliance, the only institute nationally with corporate training for wellness. His mission is to “create wellness everyday” and to teach corporations how their companies can BE FIT, EAT RIGHT & THINK WELL creating a healthier workforce and a healthier economy. Nick enjoys spending time with his wife Shannon, traveling, playing softball and working out. E-mail at: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Coaching
Maria Lacombe
Certified Life Purpose and Instrinsic Coach (US)
Director of Public Relations
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face... Do the thing you think you cannot do!" -- Eleanor Roosevelt
A young woman with an old soul, Maria’s strength as a life coach lies in her no-nonsense directness, non-judgmental sincerity, and supportive way of getting right to the heart of the matter. She is deeply committed to helping others achieve the happiness they want out of life. Quite simply, a life coach is someone you hire to help motivate and inspire you in a structured way to accomplish your goals. This positive, supportive professional service uses motivational techniques and feedback to guide clients to take the steps necessary to achieve their personal goals. Not to be confused with psychotherapy, life coaching is for people in search of their best possible self. The coaching process helps clients define and achieve their personal goals faster and easier than they might on their own. Maria has been working as a life coaching professional for more than three years, after completing intensive studies with the Life Purpose Institute of San Diego, California. The Institute’s Coach Certification Program is accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF), the world’s largest professional association for life coaches, with more than 11,000 members in 80 countries. Most recently Maria completed her Intrinsic Coaching Certification . Intrinsic Coaching course work taught her how to help clients accomplish better results for, with, and through people in the workplace and beyond, by way of thinking better and together. Sher teaches her clients how to accomplish goals, for healthier lives, healthier organizations, and a healthier world. Maria utilizes her wealth of life experiences and coaching training to enable others to create joyful, meaningful, and fulfilling lives. E-mail at: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Cheryl Heppard
Board Certified Health & Wellness Counselor
"When you know better, you do better." Maya Angelou
Chery Heppard is a board certified health counselor, and has a B.A in Education and English. She graduated from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in New York, and has a certification from Columbia University. She is affiliated with the American Association of Drugless Practioners, and many other organizations such as Weston Price and Slow Foods. She is married to Mark who is a successful mortgage and real estate broker. They have two amazing daughters, Nicole & Julia, and a funny yellow Labrador named Penny who lives with them in West Bloomfield. She loves to read, cook, travel, do weight training, yoga and pilates in addition to spending time with her family.
She was raised on the SAD (standard American diet). Growing up, her family ate a lot of red meat, processed food, dairy products, and pop. In high school it became apparent that her metabolism was not cut out for this type of diet and she became overweight. This led to trying many diets over the years, such as a popular weight loss clinic, juice diets, soup diets, fasting diets, proper food combining, vegetarianism, Atkins, South Beach, etc. This past history allowed her to meet clients wherever they are and to help them weed through the media confusion and help them to discover what type of food plan works best for them. She has discovered the key to maintaining a healthy weight and it's very rewarding to help others discover and travel the same path to improved health and self acceptance.
Health Coaching is a process that relies on the fact that you know what is best for you, and that is what I will help you to discover. She will give you a lot of information, support and motivation along the way, but ultimately it is you who will determine what works best based on your own bioindividuality. When your diet and physical activity levels are balanced, your whole life will become better.
She differs from a traditional nutritionist or dietitian in that doesn't give you a lot of directions to follow, diets to adhere to, ask you to count calories, or require you to weigh or measure portions. She offers a practical and common sense approach to get you back on track and help you accomplish your goals. Email at: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Suzanne Bosek
Yoga Instructor
Yoga is a gift of the heart, body and mind.
Suzanne (Suzie) Bosek is a 5 year registered yoga teacher (RYT), credentialed through the Yoga Alliance. Her yoga style is unique to her, bringing spirituality, meditation, and movement to the practice of Hatha. Suzanne's love for yoga started by accident one day when she joined a friend at the gym to "try this thing called yoga". After her first class, she decided that a path had opened up for her that lead her to self awareness, generosity and self love. Through her training and teaching, Suzanne has been able to convince the average person that you do not need to be flexible to practice yoga. I would like to encourage everyone to take a moment to breathe life into their everyday existence through yoga. Namaste Email: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Laura Rolands
Attention Coach & ADHD Coach
Laura Rolands is an Attention and ADHD Coach whose passion is to support, lead and inspire independence and success for children, teens and adults who experience attention-related challenges. Through her coaching, clients are able to achieve improvements in areas such as time management, organization, study skills and focusing. Some of Laura’s clients are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD or ADD) while others simply want assistance with their specific challenges and do not have a diagnosis of ADHD.
The process involves partnering with individuals or parents of individuals who experience attention related challenges in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to establish clear goals and maximize the potential to reach those goals. One key consideration is that there are no right or wrong goals. Clients have a wide variety of goals that can be addressed through coaching.
In addition to her individual coaching sessions, Laura provides workshops here at Be Well and throughout the community. For more information regarding Laura’s services, please visit her website at http://www.MyAttentionCoach.com or email her at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Esther Morton McCormick
Community Health Educator & Public Speaker, Licensed Acupuncturist
Known in Sweden as "the therapist’s therapist," Esther is a licensed acupuncturist, with a degree in Community Health Education. A respected, charismatic and inspiring, international facilitator, as well as an innovative and inspiring instructor, she has taught in Sweden, England Germany, America, and South Africa.
An acupuncture/acupressure therapist for twenty years, Esther has worked for the last twelve years to develop Core Health Institute, an integrative medicine training consultancy, which combines the insights of Western Trans personal Psychology and Medicine, with the time proven techniques of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
She has conducted numerous workshops and trainings in Africa & Europe over the last 12 years. She has come to Michigan to join her husband, Robert McCormick, a registered nurse. The Serenity Self Care System is her response to the present socioeconomic situation, providing easy to learn, effective, low cost preventative self care skills to those who have limited access to both insurance-based pharmaceutical, as well as expensive alternative, medical interventions. Her emphasis on self awareness, and realistic cognitive and lifestyle changes, empowers her students to create health for themselves and their families from the 'inside'.
A mother of five with seven grandchildren, Esther is gifted with the ability to nourish and support the development of each individual she encounters. She is available on a consultancy basis for curriculum and program development for private, corporate and public service agency contracts. Visit Esthers website at corehealthinstitute.com for more information or email her at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Dr. Alice Thomas
Licenced Acupuncurist & Chinese Herbalist
Dr. Alice Thomas was born Feng Xian Huang in Changsa, Hunan, China, and graduated as a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) from Hunan University in 1983. Following in her grandfather's footsteps, who was also a doctor and well-known herbalist, Alice continued her studies with Acupuncture and Massage training at the “Chinese Medical School” in Hunan.
Alice practiced TCM, acupuncture and massage theraphy in China for five years before moving her practice to Canada, where she immigrated in 1989, and later to the U.S. in 2003. Alice has lectured on acupuncture and TCM in Toronto and Vancouver and is a clinical supervisor and instructor for OSHIO College of Acupuncture and Herbology in Victoria, British Columbia. She also co-edited Advanced Modern Chinese Acupuncture Therapy, a widely-used practical handbook for the intermediate and advanced study for acupuncture. Alice is also an instructor at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, Michigan. Subjects taught include "Relieve Arthritis Pain without Drugs" and "Neck and Shoulder Pain" among others. Alice operates from two locations: Discover Chiropractic in Dearborn and Body & Soul Tai Massage & Wellness in Farmington Hills. Alice's success in treating her patients' conditions has earned her the unofficial title of "Miracle Worker." For more information visit Dr. Alice Thomas's website at http://www.alicehuangs.com or email her at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Nikki Fayne
Certified Fitness Instructor, Yoga& Pilates Instructor
Since 1999 Nikki Fayne has been a passionate force in the fitness industry. Nikki is a certified Pilates Instructor through the Pilates Method Alliance. In addition, she is certified as a group fitness instructor and personal trainer through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). Also, she has certification in Zumba Fitness, Nancy Ruby’s Yoga Motion, Pure Element Pilates Barre Intensity®, and Aquatic training. Proudly, Nikki has been chosen as a lululemon athletica Ambassador for two consecutive years.
Nikki’s passion comes to her rightfully after a major weight loss of one hundred and fifty pounds. Her transformation was achieved solely through simultaneous discipline of the mind and body. Nikki uses the experience of her own life to help move her clients forward. She believes exercise is 90% mental and 10% physical and that a strong mind is a strong body. Her own training regimen consists of weight training, walking, jogging, Pilates, biking, swimming, kickboxing, and martial arts. Also, Nikki has participated in four marathons.
Nikki is thrilled to be part of the dynamic and inspirational team at BeWell Wellness center. As the Be Well Fitness Expert, she is looking forward to helping you achieve your goals and reach optimum health and wellness today. For more information please email her at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Missy Sape
Reconnective Healer & Reiki Master
Missy Sape is opening up a new avenue on her soul’s path and widening the scope of her long time healing abilities. She has cultivated healing roots for 17 years in the Cosmetology Industry as a hair stylist. Using her heart-centered creative talents, Missy has helped heal many hearts and minds by artistically uplifting them with a new and/or different personal style. Through the years, Ms. Sape had been told of her “healing hands”, and heart by clients, friends and family, but hadn’t given it her full attention until the last few years. Since then, she has been actively taking Energy Healing classes specializing in Reconnective Healing® and the Reconnection®. She is also a Usui Reiki Master as is currently completing classes in Tuning Fork Vibrational Healing. Missy also plans on continuing to grow by taking additional classes with The Reconnection, and other healing modalities such as Matrix Energetics.
Alongside her passion for healing, Missy is happily married to Jeff and the mother of two beautiful daughters, Mia and Kylie. She enjoys spending free time with her family and friends. For more information email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
