Dare to Connect!
Hello! Welcome to our ongoing FREE workshops to help you stock your self-improvement toolbox and expand your World of Wellness.
This is our fourth year offering you Dare to Connect.
Great presenters! Fun and Enlightening workshops!
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2025 Workshops
We're taking a rejuvenation break after the Fair.
Watch for Dare to Connect Workshops in June!
IN PERSON
Introduction to Vedic Meditation
with Jason Gember
Date: March 13, 2025
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: Center for Creative Learning
10919 W Bluemound Rd #50, Wauwatosa, WI
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Let’s start the New Year off by learning something new and different about Meditation! Please come join me in hearing all about a specific meditation practice that has changed my personal and professional life in so many ways! Vedic Meditation can help you decrease and eliminate stresses in the mind and body which will help increase happiness in your personal and professional life.
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Vedic Meditation is a very simple and natural process with profound effects that helps quiet the mind. Please join me in discovering and learning about all the benefits of Vedic Meditation. I will talk about the history of where this meditation came from, all of the benefits, how this meditation works and how it is different from other types of meditations. I will also explain what is involved in learning.
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My name is Jason Gember and I am a Vedic Meditation teacher from the Chicagoland area. In my own past I had a history of spending a lot of my time and energy thinking about things that happened in the past, as well as thinking of things that could happen in the future which caused a lot of anxiety in my life. I sometimes had difficulty enjoying the present moment and all the happiness it could bring until I found Vedic Meditation.
Once I discovered Vedic Meditation it changed my personal and professional life for the better in so many ways. Because of all the benefits I gained in my own practice, this inspired me to want to teach others. I paused my career and personal life and traveled to Rishikesh, India and spent 3 months in the base of the beautiful Himalayan mountains to train to become a Vedic Meditation teacher.
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Website: https://www.jasongembermeditation.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasongember
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VIRTUAL
You Can Be a Leader in a Sometimes-Chaotic World with Chris Kann
Date: March 26, 2025
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Location: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89333504669?pwd=Pqg3OP3oODTflo0TK07cTEpH7fRN3C.1
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It is more important than ever for those who want to lead in companies, non-profits and volunteer groups to be prepared for environments that can be experiencing varying levels of uncertainty and even chaos. As the dialogue around us becomes polarizing, we can lose sight of how much we have internalized this stress into our own communications.
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Organizations need leaders who can successfully navigate and respond to these situations with maturity and awareness and guide teams to healthy dynamics.
In this presentation, Chris Kann will share helpful tips on identifying and diffusing our own and others’ emotions, as well as how to identify communication practices that can help lead to keeping the focus on working together in healthy and productive ways. We’ll take a look at our speaking and listening patterns, seeking ways to prevent building unnecessary narrative and distraction into our interactions with others. This session will be helpful for both personal and professional situations.
Chris Kann has had a business career spanning over 35 years that has included time in public and private corporations, and over 25 years as an entrepreneur. She brings her knowledge of career transitions and work/life challenges to her speaking engagements, and her work with clients as a Registered Corporate Coach®. Chris is an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with Bachelors and Masters degrees in Business and Marketing.
Chris is a frequent presenter and published author on marketing and market research topics. She shared her coaching insights and tips as the host of the Mind Body Spirit Living personal growth/lifestyle radio show/podcast, with episodes available on Apple Podcasts. She has been a presenter at many conferences and events, including at the UW-Milwaukee Womens Leaders Conference, and for the American Family Dreambank.
@chriskanncoaching (Instagram)
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