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The Catholic Parishes in Waterloo Present
Seven Choices
Seminar
February 12, 19, 26, March 5, 2009
7:00-8:30pm
in the Board Room at
Kimball Ridge Center, Waterloo
Facilitated by Jane Scott
Special Reduced Fee: $30.00
Collected at the first session
[Partial Need-Scholarships available to a limited
number of participants]
To Register
Call 319-234-9912
or email:
DBQ208s3@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us
To register online click here
Description of the Workshop
This four-part seminar
is based on the book Seven Choices--Finding Daylight After
Loss Shatters Your World by Elizabeth Harper Neeld. It is designed for adults
who have experienced traumatic change or loss due to death,
divorce, illness, employment or natural disaster.
Elizabeth Harper Neeld writes:
"When we are experiencing a devastating loss, it hardly seems
that there could be anything helpful associated with such an
unbalancing, painful experience. Yet,...there is a process
of active grieving...that is natural to human beings. This
active grieving process...can result -- if we make the right
choices -- in our finding a way to integrate the loss into our
lives and to gain freedom from the domination of our grief.
"Movement through this active
grieving process is not a function of the passage of time.
Rather, it is our choices that determine whether or not we rach
Integration or Daylight. For at critical junctures in the
process, we do make particular choices that move us forward
toward constructive, creative outcomes or move us backward
toward debilitating, destructive outcomes...."
Content of the Sessions
Here
is an outline of what will be covered in the four sessions:
Week 1/ February 12
Introduction/Overview
of the Seven Choices
"Experiencing the Unthinkable" -- We can choose to experience
and express
our grief fully.
Week 2/February
19
"Stumbling in
the Dark" -- We can choose to endure with patience
"Linking Past to Present" -- We can choose to look honestly
Week 3/February 26
"Turning Into the Wind" -- We can choose to change
our life to include but not
be dominated by the loss
"Picking Up the Pieces" -- We can choose to take specific
actions
Week 4/March 5
"Finding Solid Ground" -- We can choose to engage in the
conflicts
"Daylight/Integration" -- We can choose to continue to make
and remake
choices
Note: Participants who wish may purchase
copy of the book, Seven Choices--Finding Daylight After Loss
Shatters Your World or Seven
Choices Pocket Guide online or from a local
bookseller. It is not necessary to have a copy of the book to
participate in the seminar.
About the
Author
Elizabeth Harper
Neeld is former Professor of English and
Assistant to the President at Texas A&M
University. For the past two decades she
has researched, written, spoken and consulted
about the possibilities of living a centered,
balanced life, the steps to new normal after
suffering grief and loss; the possibilities of
prayer and quiet time, and personal and
organizational change.
Dr. Neeld is an
internationally recognized author, consultant,
and advisor who has published 21 books.
She regularly consults with leaders from
businesses and social service agencies who face with the challenge of
responding to rapid, unpredictable, and
devastating change.
Her books include:
Tough Transitions: Navigating Your Way
Through Difficult Times; Seven Choices--Finding
Daylight After Loss Shatters Your World; A
Sacred Primer--The Essential Guide to Quiet Time
and Prayer; and Sister Bernadette--
Cowboy Nun from Texas. She writes a blog
that can be found on her website:
http://www.elizabethharperneeld.com.
Dr. Neeld lives with
her husband, Jerele, in Austin, Texas.
What to Expect
[Copyright Protected/The
Catholic Parishes in Waterloo]
This format of this seminar will
include presentations of the information, provided by the
facilitator, and discussion among the participants. If you choose to
participate in the Seven Choices seminar you should expect:
to grow in your understanding of,
and ability to respond constructively to
traumatic events in your life;
to be treated with respect and understanding at all times;
to be encouraged and supported, not criticized or judged;
that your opinions, insights, convictions and experiences
will be treated with
reverence and confidentiality;
that you will never be forced to say or do anything which would be
uncomfortable,
dishonest or embarrassing to yourself or another person.
The experiences, opinions
and insights shared during the group discussion are confidential and should not be repeated or
alluded to, even anonymously, outside the group.
Facilitator's Role. It
is the role of the facilitators to support, encourage and guide
the group's discussion. It is also the facilitators'
responsibility, if necessary, to determine when an individual's
continued participation in the process is no longer sufficiently beneficial
to the group or individual. Facilitators will honor
the confidentiality of the group's discussion unless doing so
would place a member of the group, other participants, or other
individuals in physical or legal jeopardy.
For information contact:
Director of Adult
Faith Formation
320 Mulberry St., Waterloo IA 50703. Phone:
319-234-9912
Email: DBQ208s3@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us
Posted 08.29.08
Last Update: 01.23.09
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