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Personal Growth Events: 2010 

Light-Hearted Recovery: 
Saturday March 27th

Light-Hearted Transformations:
Friday to Sunday, April 23-25th
  

A Powerful One-Day Workshop!
Light-Hearted Recovery
                          for Stress, Anxiety, Depression or Abuse Issues                     

Saturday March 27th, 2010
 with Kari Joys MS

      Who will benefit?

• men and women of all ages 

• anyone who feels stressed or overwhelmed

• anyone with depression or anxiety 

• anyone who has experienced abuse or trauma

• anyone who feels lonely and doesn't know how to connect

• anyone who wants to learn how to laugh and have more fun in their life

Facing our challenges in today's world often feels overwhelming. It feels like being tossed out into a sea of stress, responsibilities and expectations with no rudder to our ship and no guidance for how to get from where we are to where we want to be. When we add the weight of emotional issues like anxiety, depression or abuse issues to our load, it often feels too heavy to bear. 

Every day we see elaborate commercials on TV that tell us if we face emotional issues, we are chemically imbalanced and we obviously need medication to live a normal life. But while medication can certainly be helpful in times of crisis, it can never replace learning to deal with our emotional issues directly.

We learn trigonometry and ancient history in high school, but no one teaches us skills for living happy, healthy lives. No one shows us how to release emotional pain, how to communicate with love and respect or how to love ourselves and each other. Yet, when our families fall apart, or our jobs fail, or our lives don’t go the way we hoped; we blame ourselves and hide behind fake smiles. Often, we pretend  everything is fine until a crisis hits and we’re no longer able to function.

The truth for living happy, healthy lives is actually very simple. The challenge is in trusting someone enough to open your heart and let them show you a new way. As a psychotherapist and a survivor of depression, anxiety and abuse herself, Kari Joys has worked extensively with these issues for the past 25 years. Kari works experientially, utilizing both laughter and tears to bring about healing and inner peace. Kari feels strongly that people need to experience compassion, safety and support in their emotional healing journey. 

What to expect at the workshop:

Light-Hearted Recovery is an experiential workshop, which means that along with discussing what it takes to overcome stress, depression, anxiety, and abuse issues, you'll get to actually see and experience the changes happening. You'll hear others share their emotional healing experiences. You'll do easy, one-on-one communication processes with another person there. You'll have the opportunity to do some emotional healing, but only if you want to. 

Light-Hearted Recovery is very gentle and non-threatening. You never have to do anything you don't want to do! It's perfectly okay to come and learn quietly, without sharing anything you're not ready to share. You will see both laughter and tears throughout the day, but no one will ask you to participate in anything you feel uncomfortable with.

One of the gifts of Light-Hearted Recovery is the opportunity to meet and connect with other beautiful people who are also growing and changing in their lives. It can make a tremendous difference in you staying committed to your growth just to know other people who can love you and support you in your process.

Kari Joys' workshops are always very positive and uplifting. You will generally come away from the workshop at the end of the day wishing the world outside was more like this group!

Light-Hearted Recovery will be held Saturday, March 27th, 2010
from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM at the Providence Center for Faith and Healing 
in the Sacred Heart Medical Center complex, 101 W. 8^th Ave , Spokane, WA .

Your prepaid fee of only $30 (or $35 at the door on March 27th)
includes a copy of Kari's beautiful book "Choosing Light-Heartedness!"

To reserve your place, please go to EZ Payments, scroll down and type in the workshop fee. 

If your finances are tight, you can apply for a scholarship by contacting kari@kari-joys.com.

For more information, call Kari Joys at 509-534-7374, 
or e-mail her at kari@kari-joys.com.

Please tell your friends about the workshop!

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A Weekend Personal Growth Workshop 
Light-Hearted Transformations!

for Stress, Anxiety, Depression and Abuse Issues

Friday to Sunday April 23-25th, 2010

with Kari Joys MS

* Heal and Release Your ‘Pain-Body’                    * Enjoy the Present Moment          

* Release Your Stress                                                *Overcome Depression and Anxiety        

* Heal Your Abuse Issues                                         * Empower Yourself  

* Become the Person You Want to Be                   * Laugh from the Inside Out

Light-Hearted Transformations is designed to help you release unresolved issues from the past and become the person you were meant to be. During this powerful, weekend experience, you'll go deeper within yourself and remember more regularly how to access the confident, joyous place within you that is your true spirit. 

Through personal journaling exercises, guided visualizations, one-to-one processes and deep group sharing, you'll have the opportunity to identify and release the emotional blocks that keep you stuck in old patterns. These blocks may include unresolved family issues like divorce, abandonment, addictions, and abuse or neglect, as well as losses and traumas you may have experienced as an adult. 

There is something magical that happens when people come together with open hearts to love and support each other’s healing. When you attend Kari's workshop, you'll be in a safe, supportive environment with people who really care. You’ll have the opportunity to search the depths of your soul to get in touch with your truest self. 

You’ll never believe it till you experience it yourself!  People who have attended Kari’s personal growth  workshops in the past will tell you that they are an incredible life-changing experience! When you feel the acceptance and support of an entire group of people, it frees you from deep inside to let your spirit shine!