St. Monica Mental Wellness Series
Do you need somewhere to turn when your heart has become disillusioned amidst this seemingly endless crisis? In this truly unique times, join us for the Mental Wellness Series of outreach, hope, and support.
www.stmonica.net/wellness
Tuesday, September 22, 7:00
Part 2: Too Close and Too Far Away: Maintaining Relationships During Quarantine
The COVID-19 Pandemic has emphasized the importance of our personal relationships. During this time, we may be experiencing a sense of isolation, from those we want to be near, or tension with those people we see every day. Perhaps we are experiencing both. How do we emotionally connect with people, when we can’t spend time with them? How do we lovingly interact with people when we are quarantined with them, and perhaps they are driving us bonkers!
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Tuesday, September 15, 7:00
Part 1: Stop the Cycle: Centered & Peaceful State of Being
Have you been feeling anxious, sad & down, or irritable at some point over the past several months? Know that you are not alone! Many of us have found out emotions to be cycling up and down, completely understandable when we are trying to cope with these unique circumstances. It is possible to become more centered and to enter into a peaceful state of being.
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Partners During Pandemic
Presentation for St. Julie Billiart Catholic Church
September 17, 2020
As if relationships weren’t hard enough, along came a pandemic. Couples face greater challenges – managing the many uncertainties and stress of quarantine, parenting, financial hardship, each other and life!, Yet behind every crisis is an opportunity. Here, it is an opportunity to reflect upon the God’s purpose for relationships and how we can live that out with one another. And to keep it simple, you’ll be given The COVID-19 Relationship Survival Kit with practical tools to help you grow stronger as “Partners During Pandemic.”
The COVID-19 Relationship Survival Kit
Relationships are being challenged during this pandemic. Being together 24/7 exposes issues that cannot be avoided. in response, couples are either coming together as a team or experiencing greater conflict and division. I’m seeing this among the many individuals, couples, and families with whom I work.
Join me Wednesday, June 3 at 7:30 for a free one-hour Zoominar, “The COVID-19 Relationship Survival Kit.” I’ll offer you relationship first-aid during this time of crisis in our world. All couples – dating, engaged, or married; surviving or thriving – are invited to come learn and practice the tools in the survival kit. Partner can’t make it? You are welcome to join too! Learn and take the tools back to your partner, friends, and family.
The program is FREE. Registration is required.
To register: E-mail me your name and e-mail with “COVID-19 Relationship Survival Kit” in the subject line. You will be sent a Zoom link prior to the program.
In The COVID-19 Relationship Survival Kit, I’ll discuss the impact of COVID-19 on our relationships and give you::
- The COVID-19 Relationship Survival APP – three strategies to build the positive aspects of your relationship.
- A quick repair process that can serve as an “olive branch” to restore peace.
- Communication tips to help preserve and enhance your connection.
Spiritual Tools for Uncertain Times
“There is a dimension of delicate pain in this, but even in our aloneness we are together”
– Gerald May
If there is anything endemic in this pandemic it’s fear and anxiety. It has created what 4th-century monks referred to as “acedia” – a sense of restlessness, spiritual unease and an urge to escape the confines of the current condition. For the monks, it was the confines of monastic life, for us it is the new way of life imposed by COVID-19.
In response, I want to share with you Spiritual Tools for Uncertain Times, a video series to be broadcast on Facebook Live each Wednesday evening. Each episode will provide a reflection, specific strategies, and a brief meditation to help you not only learn, but experience the tools. Each will have a different focus such as the body, the spirit, and relationships. They will be about 10-15 minutes – just enough to give you some substance, but not too much to overwhelm you.
Spiritual Tools for Uncertain Times
Facebook Live
Wednesdays at 8:00
Starting April 15
www.facebook.com/Dr.DiPaolo/live
Videos from the series are below
Let’s stay connected…
Thanks,
Michael
Responding to the global pandemic with the different perspective of viewing it as a new, albeit temporary, normal, the importance of structure in responding to this trauma, three strategies to build structure, and a brief meditation to practice Sabbath breathing.
Understanding the impact of this global pandemic on the body. Learn about the brain’s responders – the fight or flight response – and strategies not to overwork them. Then experience a progressive muscle relaxation exercise to give your body a little TLC!
What if I told you that the barriers in your life could become your guides? That by befriending your anxiety, you could find amidst the uncertainty in today’s world. Learn and experience through guided meditation the three C’s to help you do it – curiosity, compassion, and Christ.
“Never let a good crisis go to waste” – Winston Churchill.
Relationships are being challenged right now. Symptoms exacerbated & issues exposed. Learn what’s going in the brain that can lead to conflict. Get the COVID-19 Relationship Survival APP & experience a guided meditation to build an essential tool – Compassion.