Elizabeth Lewis Life Coach

Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (Part 3)
2019-01-24 00:00 UTC | Shorewood Senior Resource Center, 2010 E. Shorewood Blvd., Shorewood, WI, 53211, United States
See January 10 for details.

Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (Part 2)
2019-01-17 00:00 UTC | Shorewood Senior Resource Center, 2010 E. Shorewood Blvd., Shorewood, WI, 53211, United States
See part 1, January 10 for details.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (Part 1)
2019-01-10 00:00 UTC | Shorewood Senior Resource Center, 2010 E. Shorewood Blvd., Shorewood, WI, 53211, United States
The key to maintaining emotional, mental, and physical balance is to respond to stress not with frustration and self-criticism, but with mindful, non-judgmental awareness of your body and mind.
In this workshop series, we will explore research-based mindfulness-based stress reduction tools and techniques that are designed to alleviate stress and reduce chronic pain. Come learn how to replace stress-producing habits with mindful ones. Optional supplies: yoga mat or blanket.

Healing Your Grief About Getting Older
2018-11-28 09:00 - 10:30 UTC | Shorewood Senior Resource Center, 2010 E. Shorewood Blvd., Shorewood, WI, 53211, United States
“I just can’t do the things I used to be able to do.”
“My mind no longer works like it used to.”
In our culture, we tend to avoid the realities of aging. As our bodies change, we lose function and, society tells us, beauty and value. We lose our careers, and sometimes our finances and lifestyles. Once by one we lose our friends and family members. Our children grow-up and move away. Although our society dictates that we should fight the normal aging process – go around aging rather than through it – we know the reality of what we are experiencing. And so we can’t help but grieve for what is lost.
Grief is the constellation of internal thoughts and feelings we have when we lose something or someone we love or deeply value – including aspects and parts of ourselves. Grief is the anxiety, confusion, anger, sadness and other emotions we feel in response to loss. Grief in aging is normal and necessary. Mourning our losses by embracing and acknowledging the outward expressions of our grief is necessary to healing your grief about getting older.
In this workshop, we will explore: how to cope with grief due to age-related loss; how to distinguish between what is helpful or necessary for you and what is not; how to re-imagine your final decades and years of life with renewed confidence, purpose, and meaning.

Tools for Resilience
2018-11-21 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
A workshop for teachers of Maple Dale school district.

Re-Imaging Dementia
2018-11-08 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | Shorewood Senior Resource Center, 2010 E. Shorewood Blvd., Shorewood, WI, 53211, United States
Age is the #1 factor for dementia: by age 65, one in seven people have signs or symptoms of dementia. By age 72 that number is one in three., by age 85 one in two. Dementia affects us all in some way either as caregivers or those who will need care. In this workshop, we will explore the latest perspective and approach to dementia based on: life-long well-being as a primary outcome rather than cure; refocusing on assets and changing abilities (what can you still do?) rather than deficits (what can you no longer do?),; and more.

Healing Your Grief About Loss
2018-11-07 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Chicago) | Shorewood Senior Resource Center, 2010 E. Shorewood Blvd., Shorewood, WI, 53211, United States
Grief is the constellation of internal thoughts and feelings we have when we lose something or someone we love or deeply value. Grief is the anxiety, confusion, anger, sadness and other emotions we feel in response to loss. Grief is normal and necessary. Mourning our losses by embracing and acknowledging the outward expressions of our grief is necessary to healing your grief.
In this workshop we will explore: how to cope with grief related to loss; how to distinguish between what is helpful or necessary for you and what is not; how to re-imagine your life after loss with renewed confidence, purpose and meaning.

HeartMath Tools for Building Resilience: Part 3
2018-11-01 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Shorewood Senior Resource Center, 2010 E. Shorewood Blvd., Shorewood, WI, 53211, United States

HeartMath Tools for Building Resilience: Part 2
2018-10-25 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Shorewood Senior Resource Center, 2010 E. Shorewood Blvd., Shorewood, WI, 53211, United States
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HeartMath Tools for Building Resilience
2018-10-18 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Shorewood Senior Resource Center, 2010 E. Shorewood Blvd., Shorewood, WI, 53211, United States
Resilience-building is an important new approach to understanding and regulating stress. HeartMath tools and techniques can help you respond to events and communications in ways that reduce stress, enhance life performance and enjoyment, improve health, build effective relationships, and more. In this workshop, you will learn easy-to-learn, on-the-go, self-regulation tools and resilience-building practices aimed at teaching you how to take positive effective action throughout the day during times of pressures, challenge and change.
In this workshop we will cover The Resilience Advantage Program, a cutting edge, high impact program developed by the Institute of HeartMath. http://www.heartmath.org. The Resilience Advantage program is widely used by the U.S. Military and military hospitals to help increase resilience and combat PTSD in active service personnel and veterans. 20-years of group and individual HeartMath client results show significant, sustained improvements in health costs, productivity, stress levels, resilience, cognition and emotional well-being.
This is a three week course: October 18 and 25 and Novemeber 1.
The purchase of a $15 workbook is required.

Grief Support Specialist Certification Training
2018-10-03 09:00 - 2018-10-07 16:00 UTC | University of Wisconsin-Madison

There's No Such Thing as Writer's Block!
2018-09-29 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | Treehaven, W2540 Pickerel Creek Road, Tomahawh, WI, 54487, United States
Do you frequently get “stuck” while writing? Is focusing on your “end product” sapping your creative expression and energies? In this workshop, you’ll discover how to focus on process instead of product to help keep your creative juices flowing. And you’ll learn how to implement techniques such as guided visualization and breath-work to “unstick” you when you feel “stuck”. We will also do short writing exercises after each stress resilience technique so that participants get practical experience of how these tools help the writing process.
Bring a pen and paper.
Take home a variety of stress management techniques to avoid and/or work through writer’s block.

Writing To Heal the Soul
2018-09-28 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Rhinelander District Library
There is extensive research showing that writing that describes life changing events in detail and how we feel about those events is one of the most powerful and effective ways to transform loss. Through writing, we are able to fully break through to the other side of grief, anxiety and confusion to regain hope and find healing. In this workshop, we will do a variety of short writing exercises (no longer than 20 minutes each) and relaxation techniques that use writing as a tool for self-communication and healing. No writing experience required.
Bring a pen and paper or electronic device for writing.
Take home a variety of short writing exercises and relaxation techniques designed to help you work through times of grief, loss and change.

WRAP Conference Annual Conference Workshops
2018-09-21 08:00 - 10:30 (America/Chicago) | The Hotel Marshfield, 2700 S. Central Avenue, Marshfield, WI, 54449, United States
Wisconsin Representatives of Activity Professionals Annual Conference. Two workshops will be presented:
Self-Compassion: Learn to be Kinder to Yourself
Coping with Compassion Fatigue

Coping with Compassion Fatigue: A Workshop for Caregivers
2018-08-25 08:30 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | St. Anthony Spirituality Center, Marathon City, WI, United States
Compassion fatigue is a form of care-giver burnout, manifesting in deep physical, emotional and spiritual exhaustion. Those who have experienced compassion fatigue describe it as being sucked into a vortex that slowly pulls them down, eroding empathy, compassion and connection for and to others – and one’s best self.
In this workshop we will explore: the causes, signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue; how to develop a self-care action plan; and strategies and tools for comping and continuous renewal.
Retreat begins with a check-in and continental breakfast from 8:30 – 9 a.m. Included is a delicious lunch.
