Fertility, for the Mind and Body
November 2008
In
This Issue:
LAST
One-Night Workshop for 2008 - AND it's a FULL MOON!
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November 13, 2008
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Slow down, come inside, get your bearings...before the holidays
take hold
- From
my friends at the Pastoral Counseling and Consultation
Centers of Washington, DC
Mind/Body
Fertility Workshop 2009
- Starts
January 14, 2009
One-Night Workshop
November 13, 2008
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
This will be the last evening workshop
for 2008. I’d love to see you all here. It’s such a
perfect place to meet with old friends and welcome new
faces. We’re all the same you know, quite marvelous
creatures actually, and just trying to be OK. This is a
special evening where kindred spirits meet and slow
ourselves into stillness so that we can actually hear our
heart’s song, rather than our head’s cacophony. You can take
the stillness with you. It’s a much kinder companion than
the ones we carry in our heads.
Please call if you plan to attend: 202-244-2289. Details can
be found at: www.Heal-From-Within.com.
6:30 – 7:00 Arrive, meet others, settle in, submit
your topic of interest - what’s up for you now
7:00 – 8:00 Learn technique to
slow down and create stillness, lower stress, connect mind
to body
8:00 – 9:00 Discussion
The $10 fee for this session will be donated to RESOLVE.
Location:
Heal From Within
4545 42nd Street NW, Suite
301
Washington, DC 20016
Surviving the Holidays
November 12, 2008
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Stay sane during this stressful time. Strategies from
mental health experts for surviving the holidays with your
sanity intact.
Jones Day Building
51 Louisiana NW
Washington, DC
Weathering Holiday Stress
by Cate Shea Riihimaki,M.Ed.,
LPC
www.pastoralcounselingdc.com
Giving thanks. Joy to the World. Peace on Earth.
Festivals of Light. Goodwill to Men. While these
wonderful holiday sayings and notions can warm our
hearts and spirits, the reality is that often thanks,
joy, and peace do not find their way into our own homes
and lives during the holiday season. Instead, people
feel overwhelmed with budget woes, long "to-do" lists,
visiting relatives, and mall traffic. It's no surprise
that as the holidays approach couples report an increase
in relational tension and disconnection. Often times,
it's the people we love most upon whom we "unload" or
displace our holiday worries and anxiety.
One way to avoid or lessen some of the holiday stress is
to set common priorities and realistic expectations as a
couple before the holidays begin. It is important to
make time to explore these holiday expectations and
desires. Examine what is most important to each of you
and then try to come up with two or three common
priorities (i.e., attending worship services, staying
within a budget, doing some form of holiday charity,
hosting a neighborhood cocktail party). Remember during
this conversation(s) that it is just as important to
listen as to be heard. The key is to be preventative and
not remedial. Having a conversation in early November
about what is most important and realistic about the
upcoming holidays promotes understanding and lessens the
chance for the miscommunication and frustration that can
occur "in the moment." Throughout the holiday season,
remember to focus on the ones you love, honor your
common priorities and attempt to be realistic about "all
the other stuff."
Bottled Water
Environment Working Group (www.ewg.org)
tests reveal a surprising array of chemical contaminants
in bottled water. Laboratory tests conducted for EWG at
one of the country’s leading water quality laboratories
found that 10 popular brands of bottled water, purchased
from grocery stores and other retailers in 9 states and
the District of Columbia, contained 38 chemical
pollutants altogether, with an average of 8 contaminants
in each brand. The bottled water industry does not
disclose the results of any contaminant testing that it
conducts. At prices 1,900 times the price of tap water,
consumers are clearly led to believe that they are
buying a product that has been purified to a level
beyond the water that comes out of the garden hose. For
the complete article, go to
www.ewg.org/reports/bottledwater.
MAY YOU BE WELL, HAPPY AND PEACEFUL
For those who are new to the Heal From
Within newsletter, welcome! It is always
your choice to receive it or not. If you
have feedback, I appreciate it. If you don't
care to receive it, you can cancel at any
time.
Feel free to contact me directly, by
email:
LisaEaves@Heal-From-Within.com
or by phone: 202-244-2289. My
acupuncture work is a focused practice
for women and men who are having
difficulty conceiving. My workshops are
for the fertility conscious community. I
welcome your questions, your feedback
and your participation with us on your
life's journey, wherever it may lead.
I am
grateful to you!
Respectfully,
Lisa Eaves
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