Join Dr. Joe Orovecz as he presents a noontime webinar for anyone interested in learning more about suicide intervention and prevention. Joe’s presentation will include how to recognize warning signs of suicide and communicate supportively with an individual experiencing emotional distress. Joe will also share resources that can be helpful in times of crisis and …
Events: 1st April 2025
As we navigate our environments, form our world views, and create impact, we have choice and agency about how we show up. Our presence, mindset, and heartset matter. In this session, we will explore how to notice, pay attention to, and cultivate our ways of being with intention so that we connect compassion with wisdom and …
Anyone can become more self-compassionate. We can cultivate self-compassion with contemplative practices like meditation and also by simple acts of kindness in response to stress. What are common obstacles to practice? What are two hidden factors that determine whether self-compassion practice will succeed or not? Participants will learn key principles and practices to bring self-compassion …
Between each observation we make and each thought that we think, there is a moment. With training, we can stop, become aware, and transform a moment of conflict into a moment of understanding. Grounded in the work of Marshall Rosenberg, Werner Erhardt, and Albert Ellis, Thom will share how we can differentiate between disconnecting habitual …
Today, as we are often compellingly called to acknowledge the horrors of humanity’s past and the probability of our extinction, we are frequently frightened or shamed into inactivity and despair. However, the exquisitely important call is the one that supports us to recognize what we are, and acknowledges the spiritual import of our evolution, looking …
Brief breathwork exercises such as cyclic sighing and self-hypnosis stress management exercises will be demonstrated. The capacity to rapidly regulate somatic response to stressors by inducing self-soothing physical responses — ‘rest and digest’ rather than ‘fight or flee’— will be explored. A cognitive mindset of focusing on what you are for rather than fighting what …
This guided meditation uses the in-breath as a reminder to include ourselves in the circle of our compassion. It can be practiced as a formal meditation or in daily life, especially in the midst of challenging relationships. Another name for this meditation is, “In for me, out for you,” and it is one of three …
When you're not working, do you feel “lazy?” Do you remember when the “break” in Winter Break or Summer Break meant something? Did you know that there is more than one type of rest and ironically, not all of them leave you feeling rested? Join us to gain a deeper understanding of the integrative nature …
This discussion group offers parents and caregivers of infants and children (up to 10 years of age) an opportunity to connect and share their experiences balancing work lives with the needs of their child(ren). Participants are asked to attend all four meetings (10/26, 11/2, 11/9, and 11/16), and group size is limited to 20. Register …
Come bob for pumpkins at the Avery Rec Pool! Take a gourd home for your Halloween festivities. Dippin' Dots will be available; bring a swimsuit to participate! There will be special youth and family hours at the pool!