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Aging Well

Heidi Roth
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 12:00 - 1:00PM, Remote

Learn how to eat healthier, live a longer life and look fabulous! Discover what foods boost your energy levels throughout your workday and your workouts. Instead of buying expensive anti-aging creams and lotions, eat those vitamin-rich foods that will help you age gracefully.

Act As If

Pam Garramone
Thursday, March 17th, 2022 12:00 - 1:00PM, Walsh Room

Victorian Philosopher William James, also known as the 'father of psychology' said, " If you want a quality, act as if you already have it." We know that our thoughts lead to decisions and our decisions lead to actions. If we can change our thoughts, we can change our life. AND in this fun, interactive presentation, you will learn how you can change your thoughts through physical behavior. Don't just think, do!

Cooking Demonstration

Heidi McIndoo
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 12:00 - 1:00PM, Walsh Room

Follow step by step and learn a fresh, new, tasty spring dish. Recipe TBD

Power of Positivity

Sue Lunt
Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 12:00 - 1:00PM, Walsh Room

What happens when you discover how to view your cup as half full? Join this program to learn about the research on positivity. Positivity impacts our health, our co-workers, and overall success. The session also provides participants with an interactive exercise on creating a positive mind.

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It's Not What you Eat, It's How Much You Eat

Tuesday, October 6th, 2022 12:00 - 1:00pm,听Murray Room Yawkey

Ever wonder why you can't lose weight when you are eating all those healthy foods? Do you know what is considered to be a single serving? We will review how to read food labels as well as take a look at what exactly is considered a serving size. It's probably much smaller than you think.

Program Facilitator:
Leeann Simmons听- registered dietician and certified diabetes instructor

Sleep for Health

Thursday, October 20th, 2022 12:00 - 1:00pm, Walsh Conference Room

Sleep is an essential component for maintaining good health. Sleep helps restore both the body and mind. Lack of sleep contributes to higher levels of stress, irritability, lack of concentration, and even weight gain.

This seminar will review the different phases of sleep (REM and non-REM) and describe common sleep problems or forms of insomnia. There can be many causes of sleep disturbance, but the most frequent cause is worry听 and anxiety. The seminar will outline what you can do to help prevent sleep disturbance and how best to handle the problem once you have gone to bed.The seminar will also address the sleep problems arising from shift work and jet lag.

Program Facilitator:
Rose Marie Knickles, Ed.D.听- graduate of BU with a B.S. in Physical Education, an Ed.M. and an Ed.D. in Health and Movement Education.

Overcoming Procrastination

Thursday, November 17th, 2022 12:00 - 1:00pm, Walsh Conference Room

Feeling overwhelmed with unfinished tasks? Learn several simple techniques that allow you to conquer your avoidance behavior, easily organize your life, find more energy and accomplish more than you could ever dream possible. What you resist, persists. Do it now and feel good about yourself.

Program Facilitator:
Aileen Axelmeyer听-听 Aileen helps exhausted professionals manage their stress and land work they love. She has a Master of Science, Applied Educational Psychology; a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Certification; 200-Hour Certified Yoga Instructor and Meditation Teacher.

Resilience and Life Skills for a Healthier You:

Rachel Shanshiry
Thursday, January 14th, 2021 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.听

Start 2021 off right by building a practice of self-care that will strengthen and sustain you throughout the year! Learn evidence-based relaxation and mindfulness skills that will shed stress and build joy. In this upbeat webinar, you will explore the psychology of resilience and leave with practical tools that are guaranteed to build your mental toughness. Leave with a handful of strategies that will foster optimism, gratitude, and hone your focus on opportunities for growth.

Valentine鈥檚 Heart Health Cooking Demo:

Heidi Roth
Wednesday, February 10th, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1 p.m.

February is Heart Health Month! Join us for a fun cooking demonstration of various appetizers and even a mocktail!

Recipes will include:

• Goat cheese and chorizo stuffed mushrooms
• Flourless chocolate cookies
• Parmesan walnut stuffed dates
• Pomegranate ginger sparkler or Strawberry passion no-jito

Caring for the Caregiver:

Catherine Collins
Monday, March 8th, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Though often overlooked, it is crucial for caregivers to also care for themselves. Join us to learn personal wellbeing strategies to incorporate while taking care of others. These will听include specific hints related to caring for elders as well as nuances related to the current pandemic.

Caregiver Self Care Resource List听

Change Old Unhealthy Habits into New Healthy Ones:

Pam Garramone
Tuesday, April 13th, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Feeling stressed? There's a habit for that. Feeling lethargic? There's a habit for that too. We all know how to feel healthier and happier but how many of us actually do these things? In this workshop, learn how to form healthy habits that last!

Eldercare Finances and Legality:

Ron Kearns
Wednesday, May 5th, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Caring for Elders is multifaceted and includes some potentially overwhelming financial and legal ramifications.听 Ron Kerns will discuss topics and help lessen some of the unknown, answer questions and ease your mind during this informative and helpful presentation.

Senior Assist Employee Workshop Slides

Return to Work Roadmap

Rachel Shanshiry
Thursday, September 23rd, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., Zoom

RTW Roadmap: Holding Down the Fort and Re-Building Routines Are you mourning the loss of the zoom mullet (business on top, PJs on bottom)? You are not alone. While pivoting to remote was a major challenge, many of us have grown accustomed to the conveniences of working from home. Returning to work may upset the routines you put into place for childcare, pet care, exercise, and leisure. What are we missing, what are we gaining, and how can we re-calibrate? Join us to find ways to reconfigure the important pieces of your life. Together we will restore balance, build hope for our new normal, and throw in a few laughs along the way!

Pandemic Relief

Heidi Roth
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1 p.m., Zoom

Post-pandemic Grief; Healing from Loss and Hardship Did the pandemic take someone or something important away from you? Do you find it difficult to move forward given the changes in your life? Loss of loved ones, long-haul covid symptoms, financial hardship, and other struggles have been a reality for many. If 鈥済etting back to normal鈥� does not apply to you, then join this session to begin building a healthy new normal. Learn the essentials of self-care and compassion and how to navigate common experiences that accompany loss. Together we will explore ways to honor your loss, build hope, find peace, compartmentalize, and get support.听

Ways to Wellness

Heidi Roth
Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1 p.m., Murray Room - Lunch will be provided

What would you be willing to change in your life to feel amazing, and have increased energy, healthier digestion and overall better mood? We will share ways to achieve enhanced wellbeing from how we speak to our friends and family, to our daily thoughts, our work, sleep, food and home environment.

Taking Care of Aging Parents

Sue Lunt
Wednesday, December 8th, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., Walsh - Lunch will be provided

Program will help establish goals for their elderly loved ones and discuss the realities of reaching these goals. Topics include:

• The Situation: How Did You Get Here?
• The Balancing Act
• Elder Services
  • Understanding and Coping with Dementia
  • Case Management: Who Should be Involved with Elder Care
  • Elder Medical Information

Acupuncture for Common Uses and Chronic Pain

Kathy Seltzer

Thursday, February 6, 12 - 1:30 p.m. | Walsh Hall Conference Room

Whether you have experience with the practice or not, join us for this opportunity to learn more about acupuncture. The needles that are used in acupuncture treatments are relatively pain free. In this session participants will observe how a trained skilled practitioner can stimulate the specific points on the body by inserting very thin needles into the skin.

Discussion will include the benefits of this treatment and how it can be useful in alleviating everything from common conditions to chronic pain!

Happier, even in Winter!

Pam Garramone

Thursday, February 13, 12 - 1:30 p.m. | Walsh Hall Conference Room

How do you deal with disappointment? failure? Or a general feeling of blah? Do you bounce back or stay down? Are you sadder this time of year because of Seasonal Affective Disorder? How can you become more resilient? In this lunch and learn, acquire strategies to help you feel resilient, optimistic and productive even in difficult times.

Make and Take: Toxic Free Cleaning Agents

Wednesday, March 11, 12 - 1:30 p.m. | Walsh Hall Conference Room

Learn to protect your family from harmful chemicals by making non-toxic household cleaners. These homemade cleansers cost pennies to make, get your house gleaming and best of all, they are made from natural ingredients and do not contain any potentially toxic chemicals. This interactive make and take demonstration provide participants everything they need to know and how to get started without being overwhelmed!

Participants will make their own customized all-purpose cleaner and will be provided with recipes, tips, tricks and secrets to keep clean safe homes.

Blending for Health: A Smoothie Demonstration

Thursday, April 16, 12 - 1:30 p.m. | Walsh Hall Conference Room

Blending and Juicing ... what is the best choice? Both blending and juicing your fruits and vegetables are hot topics right now. Are you wondering what combinations of fruits and vegetables work best? What should you avoid? How often should you have one of these drinks? What about fruit...can it cause you to gain weight? We will cover these topics and more. There will be a few yummy concoctions to taste and recipes for you to try at home.

Make and Take: Creating Your Own Health & Beauty Items (Body Scrubs, Facial Masks, Hair Care, etc.)

Friday, May 1, 12 - 1:30 p.m. | Murray Room

Creating your own body care products can be very rewarding for a variety of reasons. These reasons can range from having control over what goes in them, to customizing according to your preferences, to reducing waste, saving money, along with reducing the use of chemicals, artificial colors and additives in your household.

This session looks at the health benefits of making your own products and teaches participants the tips and tricks to creating a perfect customized product for them. If making your own personal care products is not for you, this program will help you identify the worst offending chemicals in your personal care products. Come to this interactive session and make your own customized personal body scrub.

Parenting with Current Day Challenges:

Rachel Shanshiry

Thursday, September 24, 12 - 1:00 p.m.

Session will include tips on helping children manage fear and uncertainty, identifying parents' and children's core needs, assessing a child's well-being, flexibility in parenting, parenting self-care and outlets for stress, quality versus quantity of family time, modeling hope and resilience for children, positive implications of the pandemic on personal growth and relationships for parents and their children (creating meaning and an empowering narrative).

MBSR - Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction:

Filippa Anzalone, Associate Dean for Library & Technology Services, Law School

Friday, September 25, 2020 - Friday, December 4, 2020

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, known as MBSR, was conceptualized and created by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in the 1970s. MBSR is an established and well-researched form of mindfulness meditation. The practice of MBSR helps to cultivate self-awareness. It also encourages practititioners to change habitual patterns, to respond instead of reacting to stress, and to generally improve relationships with others. The MBSR training is an 8-week long program. Each class is 2.5 hours (classes 1 and 8 may be longer) and there is an all-day, silent retreat (8 hours) between weeks 6 and 7. There is a mandatory 2.5-hour Orientation two weeks before the start of the MBSR program. The Orientation, the 8 classes, and the retreat will all be presented online on Zoom. Once you are accepted into the program, you will receive a Zoom link.

Work Life Balance:

Rachel Shanshiry

Wednesday, October 14, 12 - 1:00 p.m.

Feeling overwhelmed with unfinished tasks? Learn several simple techniques that allow you to conquer your avoidance behavior, easily organize your life, find more energy, and accomplish more than you could ever dream possible. What you resist, persists. Do it now and feel good about yourself!

Senior Assist to Address Eldercare and Related Financial Topics:

Rob Kearns

Wednesday, November 4, 12 - 1:00 p.m.

More details to come.

Cooking for the Holidays Demo:

Heidi Roth

Tuesday, December 8, 12 - 1:00 p.m.

Join this cooking demo to learn some easy, festive and healthy holiday appetizer and mocktail recipes.