Workshops

Empowering Workshops to Help You “Take Charge of Your Health”

If you are interested in a particular workshop below, feel free to email us or call to put your name in the waiting list! Limited spots available!

Lifestyles for Illness Prevention and High-Level Wellness - is an educational workshop designed to teach you the importance of becoming proactive in your healthcare! You should not rely on your physician to automatically provide the recommended preventive health services but instead should become knowledgeable yourself. In this workshop, you’ll learn exactly what services are recommended for screening, how to get them, and how often. You’ll receive blood pressure and body mass index screening and will be given suggestions for follow-up care. Finally, you will be taught the dietary and exercise recommendations you should be following based on your individual age and health. There is no way your physician can take this amount of time to review your personal health and illness prevention and to teach you what you need to know to achieve High-Level Wellness!

Stress-Management Training is an educational workshop to teach you how to deal with stress in your life. Did you know that stress has been linked to all the major illnesses of our time? You do not need to go around with tension in your mind and muscles. It isn’t good for you! Learn how to beat stress in this workshop and receive guided practice in your choice of Progressive Muscle Relaxation or Guided Imagery.

Mind-Body Techniques for Healthier Heart and Blood Pressure is an educational workshop designed for individuals with coronary heart disease and/or hypertension. These are two of the major killers of Americans today! This workshop teaches you the basic pathophysiology of these diseases, their treatment recommendations, the effect of alcohol and smoking, how to eat better, the importance of exercise, and the benefits of stress management. After this workshop, you’ll be an expert at caring for your heart and blood pressure!

Individualized Intervention in Diabetes Mellitus is an educational workshop designed for newly diagnosed diabetics and those struggling to manage this common chronic disease. This program walks you through an understanding of this disease process, its complications, and management. Learn what markers you should monitor along with your physician. Learn how to check your blood sugar, how to give yourself insulin injections (if required), and what to do when you’re sick – everything you need to know and your physician doesn’t have the time to teach you. After this workshop, you’ll ask yourself “Why didn’t I do this sooner?”

Healthy Weight Loss is an educational workshop designed to give you the tools you need to determine the amount of calories you really need, how to develop a diet you can follow, and the role of exercise in weight management. Everything you need to know about losing weight in a healthy manner is offered here!

Smoking Cessation is an educational workshop for people contemplating giving up smoking. You know you should quit, but you find it harder than anyone can imagine. Don’t give up. Help is available here. Learn why you smoke in the first place and how to turn this to your advantage. Learn the importance of support and whether autogenic training and hypnosis may help you. This workshop walks you through not one, not two, but three methods to achieve a smokeless lifestyle once and for all!

How to Cope with Chronic Pain without Becoming an Addict is a must for anyone struggling with chronic pain. You think the only thing that can be done for chronic pain is to pop medication? Not true. Learn complementary methods to achieve improved pain control in this workshop. Learn about the Gate Control Theory of Pain. Learn about the vicious cycles associated with narcotics, anxiolytics, and surgeries. Learn the difference between dependence and addiction. Learn four different methods that can bring you the relief you need. Don’t let chronic pain manage you! Learn to manage your chronic pain.

Improving Communication for Couples is a workshop for couples caught in dysfunctional communication or just wishing to improve intimacy with their partners. Learn major patterns of ineffective communication and obtain guided practice in relating to your life partner. Think you may need therapy? Learn when couples and families should seek professional help.

Cognitive Techniques for Improving Self-Esteem is a workshop designed for individuals recovering from the negative effects of a dysfunctional family. You don’t need to be the adult child of an alcoholic or drug addict to have self-esteem issues. Exposure to dysfunctional patterns of relating comes in many forms and fashions. However, the results are devastating – shyness, low achievement, alcohol and drug abuse, social anxiety, depression, and narcissism among others! This workshop gives you simple, yet highly-effective, cognitive techniques to improve your sense of self.