Sandy Dirks LMT, CBPM

06/16/2025

04/10/2025

Enid and Sandy interview Ajax Greene, a Mountain Climber who attended the Bonnie Prudden School, taught Climbing at the School, and now is a Business Coach w...

04/07/2025

About 13 years ago, "Dr. Google" became my bestie.

My daughter had just turned one, and I was sick – the kind of sick that stops you from living how you want to live.

My primary care provider sent me to a rheumatologist. After lots of tests, I was given a blue post-it note with three things scrawled on it:

- systemic lupus erythematosus
- antiphospholipid antibodies
- undifferentiated connective tissue disease

I was sent on my merry way – sick and scared.

Years passed. The tests continued. I was given meds. I was sent to more specialists. My doctors kept me out of the hospital. But my quality of life still suffered.

I was sick and scared. And stubborn. So I did what any sick, scared, and stubborn person does: I began to do my own research. I found things that helped and many things that didn't. And I uncovered an entire worldview shaped by pseudoscience and misinformation, courtesy of Dr. Google.

It felt like a full circle moment to be able to sit down with two scientists, Aimee Pugh Bernard, PhD and Laura D Scherer, to take an honest look at what's happening in the world around science and misinformation. Grateful to my boss Chris Casey for letting me join him as co-host for this chat on Health Science Radio where we tackle the question:

How Do We ‘Trust the Science’ in an Age of Misinformation?

It's a great listen for anyone who has ever googled a symptom, and a must listen for scientists and science communicators (like me) who serve on the front line for communicating health-related information. You can find the Health Science Radio Podcast wherever you listen. Linked in comments.

(Apologies for the pixilated pic of me and my one & only girl at a lupus walk many years ago!)

03/01/2025

12/29/2024

New Vlog: Enid and Sandy Interview Diane Drummond Sutkowski. Find it on the Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy YouTube Channel.

https://youtu.be/DPtfhJwipYs?si=oKvQrRieZ4xt6MZ0

07/23/2024

Did you know Pilates is available in Chelsea on Thursday mornings for only $5 per session? Instructed by Mrs. FAIRCLOTH and open to the public. Connect with the library for more information.

05/15/2024

Tomorrow 8:30-9:15 a.m. there will be a $5 Pilates class in our community room. Many participants are also going for a walk afterwards, and all are welcome to join the class and/or walk. The public can use this room for free by putting down a damage deposit and scheduling the day/time with library staff. Thanks!