Fitness, Health, & Self-Interests   

The class is intended for healthy individuals who will benefit from increased stress-coping skills  and for individuals with diseases where stress coping can promote an enhanced sense of wellbeing and influence the course of disease. Examples of diseases that may benefit from enhanced stress coping skills include hypertension, depression, asthma, arthritis, cancer, atherosclerotic heart disease, chronic pain, sleep disturbances, psoriasis, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, lupus, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and inflammatory bowel disease.

This course is based on Positive Psychology, or the science of human flourishing. We will explore what your ideal self and living your best life looks like, framing this content around the Wholebeing  Institute's SPIRE acronym for Integrative Health , which stands for Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Relationship, and Emotional. We will use this framework to introduce tools to raise happiness and health. The introduction of healthy habit formation will be introduced. The main goal of this course is to think about current habits and how they can be improved.

Telling stories behind photographs makes them more powerful. Where do we start?  With the thousands of digital photos we have on our phones and albums from generations before, it can be a daunting process. Members will  learn how to reduce the photos overwhelming their lives by learning how to organize (and declutter) photo libraries on phones, tablets, and computers with the instructor, a Certified Photo Organizer. The goal of this class is to produce one meaningful photo album together, complete with stories and relevant photos.

Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED), a nonprofit organization that promotes “ideas worth spreading,” features talks by some of the world’s most engaging speakers on a wide variety of subjects. The TED website features more than 3,900 talks on video. In this class be prepared for discussion! We will discuss, debate, and reflect on a few of these talks each week. Some talks are informational, and some are just plain fun. Group members are encouraged to select talks that inspire or intrigue them to kick off the discussion.