Caregivers: The Secret Power of Self Care

FREE Preview Teleclass!
Monday, Sept 20, 2010
8-9pm Eastern
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Do you feel guilty saying “No”?
Is caregiving draining your energy?
Do you find yourself short on patience with those you care for?
Are you often overwhelmed or frustrated in your role as caregiver?
Are you exhausted by the demands made on your time and energy?
Is it difficult to find time and space for yourself in the midst of caring?

If so, this 8 week teleclass program is for you!

You will be part of a supportive group while learning how to:

Discover an oasis of inner peace
Reclaim your time and energy
Develop balance in your day, heart and mind

Caregivers have unique stresses and risks for burn out. A compassionate, heart centered, whole person approach to self care can reduce stress, and eliminate your danger of burn out!

This program teaches you how to renew, rebuild and restore your energy.

You will learn about:

Heartfelt care VS “overcare”
Caregiving as a spiritual journey
Tools to develop energetic limits and boundaries
How to maintain a sense of self in the midst of a sea of demands
Methods to rebuild restore and renew mental, emotional and physical energy
Techniques to maintain mental and emotional equilibrium in the face of stress

Program Overview: Participants call in via phone from wherever you are located. Each class is recorded. If the time is not convenient for you or you miss a class, you can download each class to your computer and listen at your convenience. Each class will include information about releasing stress, time for group sharing and discussion and a meditation or energy exercise.

FREE Preview Teleclass!
Monday, Sept 20, 2010
8-9pm Eastern
Register for this call.

Program Schedule:
Monday Evernings: September 27 - November 22, 2010
No class Monday, October 11, 2010 (Columbus Day)
8:00pm - 9:30pm EDT
From Your Telephone!

The eight sessions include:
-       Presentation of the topic
-    Class discussion and sharing
-    A guided group meditation and exercise to help release stress and build energy

Program Outline:

1. Caregiving: Preventing an energy crisis—yours!

2. The brain-stress connection: develop inner peace, reducing stress and maintaining health

3. The heart-mind connection: secrets to compassion and the healthy heart of care

4. The caregiver network: community, lifelines and support

5. Shifting negative mental and emotional states: techniques for sanity

6. Perception: your viewpoint affects your care and well being

7. Caregiving as a spiritual journey: surrender, detachment, letting go and forgiveness

8. Lost in a sea of care: maintaining a sense of self as you navigate the waves