Register Here for Part 1
Thursday, October 26, 2023, 10:00 AM -12:00 PM Eastern Time
Register for Part 2, Thursday, November 9, 2023, 10:00 AM -12:00 PM Eastern Time on our Collections Page
Wintering is nature’s yearly invitation to slow down and take better care of ourselves, and that means different things to different people. For some it means more sleep and hearty comfort foods. Long walks in layered clothing, big, bulky colorful knitted scarves and warm boots for rustling through the fall leaves and winter snow. Small pleasures that we give ourselves permission to embrace and relish in.
For others, wintering can have a serious triggering effect, making them feel off center, heavy and oppressed by all the seasonal changes. Some individuals are more prone to experience loneliness, depression and long periods of isolation during the colder months. Shorter days, longer nights and a decrease in sunlight can disrupt emotional stability and sleeping patterns keeping us from feeling grounded.
What if instead of fighting the winter season we learned to embrace it by a better understanding of its practical, cyclical process of unfolding? Wintering is a yearly, cyclical process that is designed for rest and restoration. It is the rhythm of nature. It is nature’s way of teaching us that change, transition and transformation requires us to slow down, change our pace and reflect, all in preparation for what we have learned and for what is to come. It prepares us for the next season of flourishing productivity. We can learn a great deal from nature, animals and the changing seasons about the importance of hibernation periods.
Join us for this interactive 2 Part workshop on wintering and the reframing of all of its natural and practical restorative offerings. We will be using nature, art, poetry and mindfulness exercises. Come learn and share as we prepare ourselves for another wintering (growth period) where we develop more resiliency and compassion for ourselves and for others.
About the Presenter
Carmen Caraballo, MSW, is a seasoned bilingual Master’s Level Social Worker with over 27 years of experience working with children, youth, adults, families, communities, and organizations throughout the Philadelphia area. She possesses a strong clinical background working with various populations, such as pregnant and parenting women, pre-term prevention, home visitation services, early childhood education, child welfare, at-risk youth and violence prevention, reunification, homelessness and housing, smoking cessation, addiction, and substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, trauma work, and critical incidence, hospice, and end of life care. She has provided services along the continuum of direct service practice, case management, clinical counseling and therapy, supervisory and management functions, director of programs and executive leadership, and executive coaching. She has a passion for coaching and partnering with individuals to unlock their fullest potential in order to attain their most desired personal, professional, and creative goals. In her personal time, she enjoys reading, writing, appreciating the wide range of creative arts, listening to jazz really loud, tending to her many plants, and spending quality time with her three amazing adult children, her nine beautiful grandchildren, and her beloved circle of female friends.
About the Resilience Session Themes
After learning skills for workplace resilience - skills that help counter burnout, help prevent secondary traumatic stress, and help strengthen your work within your team and with those to whom you provide service - how do you sustain these skills? This Resilience Series is currently themed each month around one of the letters in CHIME - Connectedness, Hope & optimism, Identity, Meaning, and Empowerment. Using CHIME can help you keep track of your own skills and check in with yourself on how you are doing.
Supported in part by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health
This Resiliency Series is specially offered for community members and organizations who through their work are First Responders or are involved with those affected by the Substance Use Crisis in Philadelphia. The stress of caring for others can affect our bodies and minds. This free virtual series is here to support our workplaces and community and is open to anyone.
For information on Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS), visit #TakeCarePHL at https://www.philadelphiaaces.org/sts. Visit the Events page to sign up for notifications of future events.
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