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Happy New Year!
by Resiliency Center Director, Elizabeth Venart
 As we open new calendars and focus on our plans, hopes and resolutions for these next 365 days, I invite you to consider what best supports your own deep resiliency. What is the most reliable way you have found so far to replenish your wellspring so that, no matter what curveballs life may throw your way, you can face them and persevere? Are there new things you want to try? Consider ways you can you nourish yourself in the coming year in order to be your most healthy, vibrant, creative, flexible, loving self.
Perhaps you desire more quiet, play, meaningful connection with others, physical activity, travel, time to write, time with your children. What is one simple step you could take this month to honor this desire? Write it down. Share it with a loved one. Make it happen. When it becomes hard (and it will), ask for support. Change becomes much harder than it needs to be when we try to do it on our own.
I love the promise a new year brings. Positive change is always possible. As we enter 2014 together, I wish you peace, joy, love, and the fulfillment of your most heart-centered dreams. Happy New Year!
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Balancing Joy in Your Hands: Creativity and Ambition
by Karen Steinbrecher
 As the ground hardens and the air chills, we are drawn to go ‘inside.’
In Taoist traditions, winter is the season when you are called to explore what lives below the surface, to pay attention to the internal workings of your intuition.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, winter is the time to focus upon the Kidneys, Yin, and the Bladder, Yang, as well as the adrenals.
This is a crucial time to nourish, warm and fuel your physical, mental and spiritual energy. These winter practices have a cumulative effect upon your physical health, mental clarity, and innovative spirit.
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Life is Like a Game of Candy Crush
By Delia Nessim
 It seems like life is one long game of candy crush. Sometimes you spin your wheels and get nowhere. Other times you make a little progress and it feels good but you wonder how it’s going to help you reach your goal. It seems like it should be easy to plan your next move with some amount of certainty about the outcome but it never seems to turn out that way. It all seems so confusing. Once in a while, you bumble along just doing the obvious things and lo and behold there’s an explosive chain reaction of events that get you further along than you could ever have imagined. When that happens the only thing to do is sit back and say, “sweet.â€
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Announcement
The Resiliency Center is excited to welcome ASCEND Psychological Services to our community of practitioners!
Beginning this month, these three dynamic and compassionate psychologists will be offering Psycho-educational evaluations for children, adolescents, and young adults. A Psycho-educational evaluation can help a family understand a child’s learning style, can pinpoint educational strengths and barriers, and can recommend strategies, treatments, or therapies to help improve achievement, learning, and behavior.
- Gretchen Britton, Ph.D., is a PA Licensed Psychologist and Certified School Psychologist who specializes in school neuropsychological evaluations of children and adolescents.
- Todd Mendelsohn, a graduate of Temple University, is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist who specializes in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) and the diagnosis of learning disabilities.
- Tracy Paskiewicz, Ph.D., is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist who specializes in investigating learning and behavioral concerns, and assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
» For more information, please visit: www.ascendpsych.com
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Featured Events
Mindful Parenting Workshop
Free!
Saturday, 1/25, 2:00-3:30 pm
Mindful parenting is based on current neuroscience and attachment research and can help you to be more fully present and connected with your children. In this workshop you will learn brain-based parenting strategies that will improve effective communication, promote emotional intelligence, and encourage resilience. Specific tools will be presented for a variety of age groups – from infants through teenagers. We will discuss ways to promote self-care for parents, and how to handle common parenting difficulties. The workshop will include experiential activities and resources for parents to further their learning.
This workshop is appropriate for new and experienced parents, expecting parents, grandparents, caregivers, and professionals – really anyone who is interested in learning about this approach to parenting and child care. It will be facilitated by Dr. Laura Gambrel, is an assistant professor at La Salle University. Her research and clinical work focus on mindfulness and relationship enhancement.
Integrative Medicine Self-Care Series
Located at MoyoYoga, 4335 Skippack Pike, Schwenksville, 1/25 & 2/8
Cost: $45
Dr. Georgia Tetlow will be hosting two talks, the first entitled “Relax into Your Yoga Practice†and the second entitled, “An Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle-Focus on Omega-3’s.â€
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