Author
         Dr. Joy Koenig is a board-certified preventive medicine physician, and the owner of BALANCE & Shared Paths, a non-profit health education company. She became convinced of the strong link between our thoughts, emotions and physical health through her experiences in massage therapy school. Optimism and personality type concepts (O.P.T.) are the cornerstones of her mind-body medicine programs.

         In addition to her conventional medical training at Ohio State University College of Medicine, she has completed Harvard's clinical training in Mind Body Medicine and is qualified to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®. She has formal training in a variety of complementary medicine techniques, including therapeutic massage, Reiki, and breathwork therapy.

        Personal accomplishments include finishing four marathons (Columbus, Silicon Valley, Napa Valley, Big Sur), participating in many sprint and international distance triathlons, and completing the Vineman ironman distance triathon (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run). She also occasionally water skis, snow skis, sails, and rows crew. On the artistic side, she enjoys making quilts using a sewing machine, and hand crafts such as crewel and counted cross stitch. She won an Honorable Mention in a juried art show for her nature photography: Joy's Nature Photography.

        Please feel free to drop a note and say hello, although she can't promise a response to everyone.