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Avoiding the Zingers of Unhappy Relationships

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October 25
Free workshop presented by Timothy J. Furness, LCPC, LMFT
Monday, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Changing the pattern of criticism and defensiveness in your relationship is essential to its long-term stability and success. While empathy and understanding go a long way toward maintaining a healthy connection with your partner, it is the zingers, the negative behaviors, which are truly destructive. Tim will explore some of the negative ways many couples inadvertently use to communicate with each other and find healthier, more useful ways of communicating to help insure the long term stability and success of your relationship.

Monthly Conversations: Parenting Separation & Divorce: After the Beginning

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November 8
Free presentation sponsored by Jefferson St. Counseling & Consulting
2nd Monday of Every Month, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
After surviving countless changes in early separation or divorce, numerous other challenges may emerge only later. Decisions about changing schools and housing, splitting holidays, renewed dating– and of course the ongoing coparenting with your “ex”- can all raise new questions and doubts. Learn concrete tips and considerations in facing these new challenges, so you can make your own family’s adjustment smoother for children and parents alike. November’s topic: presented by Stephen H. Hill, Ph.D.

Outsmart The Winter Blues

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October 21
Free workshop presented by Dr. Sara Rodgers
Thursday, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Dr. Sara Rodgers, Naturopathic Physician, and Susan Reuling Furness team up to introduce you to health practices that will make this winter a winner. Learn to make helpful, healthful food and supplements choices. Discover the best activities to ward off Seasonal Affect Disorder (a.k.a. SAD.) Uncover more effective ways to keep your mind on a bright and upbeat channel during the long days of winter. We want you to enjoy springtime in December.

Sara Rodgers, NMD, is a Licensed Naturopathic Physician practicing in Boise, Idaho. The foundation of her general medicine naturopathic practice is to treat the whole person by utilizing nutrition, herbs, supplementation, cleansing, and lifestyle changes. She has written numerous articles which can be found at www.boisenaturalhealth.com

Monthly Conversations: Successful Stepfamilies: Maintaining Our Loving Marriage

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October 11
Free presentation sponsored by Jefferson St. Counseling & Consulting
2nd Monday of Every Month, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Every successful stepfamily takes time to develop. And every couple faces particular challenges in their relationship that only stepfamilies can provide. Come and explore some of the steps for success in your own marriage, meet those challenges head on, and enrich your stepfamily home environment.
October’s topic: presented by Timothy J. Furness, LCPC, LMFT

Monthly Conversation: How To Parent In Cyberspace

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September 13, 2010
Free presentation sponsored by Jefferson St. Counseling & Consulting
2nd Monday of Every Month, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Today’s technology has opened new vistas for our children and new challenges for parenting. How can parents leave the door open for learning and knowledge and still protect and guide them in a world with few appropriate boundaries? New studies reveal (surprise, surprise) the best protection comes from parents and caregivers who understand technology and understand how to set limits and boundaries. This class is intended to help guide parents in this other reality of parenting.
September’s topic presented by Lorn H. Adkins, LCPC, LMFT.

Rightsize Your Life

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September 20
Free workshop presented by Lori Davies with Perfect Order
Monday, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
In this program, Lori Davies will show you how to get started downsizing-or rightsizing your life including your physical possessions and treasures, paper, your to-do list, activities, etc. Learn how and why to pare down your possessions to fit your lifestyle.

Youth Suicide Prevention

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September 30
Free workshop presented by Kim Kane, MPA, Executive Dir. of SPAN Idaho
Thursday, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
This class will examine facts about youth suicide, dispel common myths, and review warning signs, risk factors and protective factors. The class will also cover what is known about the suicidal mind, how to talk to youth about suicide and where to turn for help when a child is at risk.

Eating Your Way to Better Health: Mind, Body and Soul

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Title: Eating Your Way to Better Health: Mind, Body and Soul
Location: jefferson Street Counseling & Consulting
Description: Date: Monday, March 15
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Are you overwhelmed by the abundance of confusing nutrition messages? Frustrated with trying to put together a healthy meal for yourself and your family? Unsatisfied by flavorless yet “healthy” meals? Eating well doesn’t have to be difficult, flavorless or unsatisfying. Join Rhonda O’Brien, Registered Dietitian, as she shatters some common nutrition myths, teaches strategies to put together delicious, nutritious “meals in minutes,” and helps you feed your soul at the same time. Free workshop presented by Rhonda O’Brien, RD, CDE

Rhonda O’Brien, MS, RD, CDE is a Registered, Licensed Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator. She has a nutrition consultation private practice in Boise’s North End, and has over 21 years experience providing nutrition education and counseling for individuals and groups. Her specialties include: Assisting in the nutritional recovery of people with eating disorders and disordered eating. Empowering individuals to self-manage their diabetes. Nutrition for preventive health, particularly heart health, targeting cholesterol and blood pressure. Rhonda teaches Diet-Free Living, a 6 week class series for people who are ready to recover from chronic dieting and develop a peaceful relationship with food and their body. For more information, please visit her website at www.dietfreeidaho.com
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-03-15

Monthly Conversation: Keep Calm and Cool in Chaotic Times

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Title: Keep Calm and Cool in Chaotic Times
Location: jefferson Street Counseling & Consulting
Description: Date: Monday, May 10, 2010
Free presentation sponsored by Jefferson St. Counseling & Consulting
2nd Monday of Every Month, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Learn a variety of ways to manage the stressors life presents. May’s topic: “Keep Calm and Cool in Chaotic Times” presented by Cheryle Jones Andrews, LCPC, LMFT.

Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-05-10

Monthly Conversation: Learning to Trust Your Intuition: Waking Up to Your Own Intuitive Potentials

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Title: Monthly Conversation: Learning to Trust Your Intuition: Waking Up to Your Own Intuitive Potentials
Location: jefferson Street Counseling & Consulting
Description: Date: Monday, March 8, 2010
Time: 2nd Monday of Every Month, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
We are all born with Intuition. This discussion will cover the basic types and how we can start to learn to interpret them in order to benefit most from their full impact. How many times have you had a “gut” feeling, and decided not to listen to it? How often do you use your “knee jerk reaction” to make important decisions in your life. Perhaps it’s time for you to pay more attention, and begin to explore intuition with a deeper awareness. March’s topic: “Learning to Trust Your Intuition: Waking Up to Your Own Intuitive Potentials” presented by Randall D. Meenach, LPC.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-03-08