The Learning Well

Our individual and collective physical, emotional, and mental well-being depends a great deal on our environment. Examine this porous relationship between interior wellness and the health of the environment in our latest blog post: https://thelearningwell.org/the-world-around-us-inspires-well-being/

On National Grief Awareness Day, Aug. 30, we want to share and honor the work our WinterSpring team of skilled employees and compassionate volunteers does. They provide education and support to ensure grieving people are seen, heard, and can connect with others.

“There is no such thing as failure, only feedback.”
Maxwell Brooks, education manager at The Learning Well, reflects on this saying and other foundational lessons from Insight 1, an introduction to neuro-linguistic programming—a set of techniques that uses language to help people change their thoughts and behaviors.
Read more: https://thelearningwell.org/turning-failure-into-feedback/.

"Earthing," a practice of touching the ground, might have health benefits. And this is a great time of year to sit on the beach, walk barefoot, wiggle your toes in the grass, take a dip in a lake or river, or work in a garden.
Get outside and enjoy.

Could “Touching Grass” Actually Be Good for You? Is earthing common sense, just a trend or evidence-based medical practice? The quick answer: It’s complicated. A psychologist explains why.

Patty Casebolt leads The Learning Well service at La Clinica. With Sherrie Frank, she is co-facilitator of Namaste, a workshop that explores the mind-body-spirit connection. Here she explores mindful attention to the wisdom of our bodies:
https://thelearningwell.org/the-body-compass-aiming-toward-well-being-from-within/

Join us for our 2024 Learning Evenings, a series of free, two-hour sessions designed to provide practical information for living a healthier life.

Each session is packed with insights and tools for making positive changes in your daily routine. Whether you want to improve your physical health, mental well-being, or overall lifestyle, these evenings are a great opportunity to learn and grow.

These sessions are open to all. Come as you are, and leave with the knowledge to help you thrive. Don't miss out—mark your calendar and invite your friends!

Register for our September session here: https://thelearningwell.org/home/learning-evenings/

| The Learning Well Join us starting in September for Learning Evenings. These free two-hour sessions are designed to provide you with information you can use to live a healthier life.

Join us for Namaste, our annual workshop on how to become more spiritually aware. Sherrie Vav Rosky Frank and Patty Casebolt lead this 4-day workshop that explores the mystery of being alive and practices to support us spiritually.

Learn more and register here: https://thelearningwell.org/class-workshop/namaste/

Join us for Insight 1 from Sept. 24-27.

This four-day communication workshop is ideal for professionals in coaching, therapy, education, leadership and management, and more.

You'll learn communication tools that will improve every area of your life.

Register here: https://thelearningwell.org/class-workshop/the-insight-series/

Join us for a free series of Learning Evenings launching Thurs, Sept. 19.
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A Learning Evening is an opportunity for you to participate in a two-hour session on a well-being topic.
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The first session: How Full is Your Gas Tank?, is all about resilience. You'll learn five methods to increase resiliency in times of stress.
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Learn more and register here: https://thelearningwell.org/home/learning-evenings/

Don't let summer fly by without truly appreciating it!
We all have the tendency to derive less enjoyment from happy experiences as time passes. This article from The Greater Good Science Center has tips to guide you in savoring the good things, fixing the bad things, and focusing on living a good life.

How to Stop Taking Things for Granted A new book explains how we adapt to our experiences—and why it’s worth it to resist.

As a coach, workshop facilitator, and certified nurse midwife, Lori Jo Marlia-Larsen knows a lot about new beginnings. In the latest Root+Flow blog post, she reflects on how quieting the intellect and tapping into the unconscious mind can help us bring something new to life.
Read it here: https://thelearningwell.org/our-minds-are-amazing-and-intellect-doesnt-always-help/

We all want meaningful connection with friends. This TED talk has tips to create that.

Frientimacy: the three requirements of all healthy friendships | Shasta Nelson | TEDxLaSierraUniversity Our world is getting better at connecting us, and yet we report feeling more disconnected than ever. The issue is loneliness. The solution is understanding the three requirements of relationship that lead to belonging and intimacy. Shasta Nelson is passionate about all things friendship. As founder....

Looking for a tool you can use to navigate difficult conversations? The awareness wheel is one that come up in several workshops from The Learning Well.
This blog provides an overview on how to get clear about what is happening, take responsibility, and communicate that openly and directly:
https://tamarathorpe.com/having-difficult-conversations-the-awareness-wheel-a-tried-and-true-method/

From our most recent quarterly career newsletter: This infographic from Catalyst, a nonprofit working to make sure workplaces work for women, offers easy, practical, intentional actions you can apply every day to be more inclusive.
https://www.catalyst.org/research/be-inclusive-every-day/

Healthy relationships with significant others, family, friends, co-workers, and ourselves lead us to social well-being. Stefanie Tebo, a wellness coach and class facilitator at The Learning Well and La Clinica, reflects on the relationships that mean the most to her: https://thelearningwell.org/our-most-important-relationship-is-with-ourselves/.

Looking for ways to make work more satisfying?
This Science of Happiness podcast has tips to align work tasks with your strengths and passions so you can be happier, more productive, and live a more meaningful life:
https://pod.link/1340505607/episode/6288649700cd388173f4e960e1b4a5e

Are you looking for a career mentor but unsure where to start?

Read our latest Working Well blog post, where Maxwell Brooks lists four steps to finding and nurturing your working mentor relationship.

https://thelearningwell.org/category/working-well/

Here's an upcoming training from the WinterSpring branch of our services.

Creating a Grief-Informed Community | The Learning Well Learn to understand grief in a series of free community trainings Through the WinterSpring grief support and education program, The Learning Well offers free Saturday grief trainings open to anyone 18 and older. Topics and focuses vary and are aimed at supporting grief understanding and awareness in...

On the blog: Facilitator Sherrie Frank reminds us that now is always the right time to seek learning, fulfillment, and happiness.
https://thelearningwell.org/where-could-your-dreams-take-you/

A reminder that our True Colors info night is tonight.

Please join us, even if you haven't registered.

When: Thursday, April 18, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m

Where: La Clinica’s Center for Learning and Innovation, 931 Chevy
Way, Medford

What: Leaders and teens who attended last year will describe the
experience and answer questions

Hope to see you there. If you cannot attend but would like more information, please call us at 541-494-4796 or email [email protected].

Learn more about True Colors this summer here: https://thelearningwell.org/class-workshop/true-colors/

Shared in our latest newsletter: Want to put a spring back in your step and get active after cold, wet weather? Try these tips from Harvard Health.

Stepping up activity if winter slowed you down - Harvard Health If you've been cocooning due to winter's cold, who can blame you? But lack of activity isn't good for body or mind during any season. Any day is a good day to start exercising, but i...

⛺True Colors info night is coming up on April 18.

In our True Colors workshop, teens ages 14 to 18 discover inner resources they never knew they had and learn to apply these to making choices now, even in the face of peer pressure, to create the future they truly want.

Teens join educator and wilderness adventure program facilitator Tom Shelstad for nearly a week at southern Oregon’s Camp Latgawa. They have a great time while making friends more quickly and easily than they would have believed possible.

Learn about True Colors at our April 18 information night. Facilitator Tom Shelstad, other leaders, and teens who attended last year will describe the experience and answer questions during our information night open house from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18, at La Clinica’s Center for Learning and Innovation in Medford. You can listen in virtually if you're not in the area. Please reserve a spot at the session by entering your contact information at https://laclinica.activehosted.com/f/29

InSight facilitator and life coach Stephanie Lyon loves words, but she also understands the power of body language in communicating and building real connection.

https://thelearningwell.org/how-the-body-can-speak-louder-than-words/