Finding Strength Together: A New Tool for Couples
with Marty Nason, RN, MN,
and Peggy Johnston, MFT
Four Thursdays, Oct 28th, Nov 4th, 11th and 18th
6:30-8:30 pm

This workshop series brings couples affected by a breast cancer diagnosis together to discuss issues that can arise during the cancer journey. Together couples will learn and practice problem solving techniques that have proven effective for tackling the challenges that cancer can have on a relationship.

Registration required. Please RSVP by calling 805.379.4777 or via email.

This program is made possible by a grant from the Cancer Support Community and the Breast Cancer Fund of National Philanthropic Trust and is limited to couples affected by breast cancer.

To download a program flyer, click here.

Meditation Group with Catherine Baum
Monday, November 1, 7-8pm

This is not a class, but rather an opportunity for people affected by cancer to practice meditation together, check in with each other, and discuss their meditation practice. The group is open to meditators and past participants in the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course that is offered occasionally at The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura and other locations. Facilitator Catherine Baum has studied with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder of MBSR, and teaches MBSR courses at a variety of Ventura County locations.

To RSVP, please call 805.379.4777 or send us an email.

Kids Circle Family Fun-Mosaic Art
with Sharon Riley, ceramic artist
Sunday, November 7, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Join us in a fun and creative activity led by Sharon Riley, ceramic artist. Using colorful tiles we will create our own displayable mosaic that can represent your family's interests, hobbies, feelings and memories. To enhance your mosaic you may wish to incorporate a special object into your design. You may create an individual or a family project. We will close with a dessert social.

This activity is supported by an educational donation provided by Amgen and The RED Family Fund administered by the Ventura County Community Foundation.

Pain Control and Management through Self Hypnosis
with Paul Fieger, CHT
Monday, November 8, 5-6pm

Most participants can control and manage their physical pain. You can use the extraordinary power of your own mind to lower pain in conjunction with any other medical program in which you are now participating. Through the use of visualizations and feelings using "The Control Room," The Shrinking Blob of Pain'" and others, it is possible for participants to lower the pain that they may be experiencing.

You will learn how to do this on your own in the privacy of your home or office; you will take from this workshop mental scripts and mental formulas that will permit you to take control of your pain.

Paul Feiger is a certified instructor of hypnosis and has been actively working with clients for the past six years in Thousand Oaks. He has earned his Master's degree in Counseling Psychology and is working towards his license in Marriage and Family Therapy as an intern at the Wellness Community.

Please RSVP by calling 805.379.4777 or via email .

Comedy Night with Phil Perrier
Monday, November 8
7:00-8:00 PM

Laugh the night away as professional standup comic Phil Perrier entertains you and your friends at TWCVV!

Phil Perrier is a freelance writer, (Leno, Letterman, Ferguson, Martin Short, Arsenio Hall) standup comic and radio personality based in Los Angeles. Phil's humor columns appear often in the L.A. Daily News and on various web sites.

Please RSVP for this night of laughs by calling 805.379.4777 or send us an email.

3rd Annual Gingerbread House Event
Sunday, November 14, 1-3:30pm

The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura invites friends and neighbors to the 3rd Annual Gingerbread House Event!

Amazing gingerbread houses, created by leading local chefs, will be on display and children will be able to reserve time slots to make their own gingerbread creations. An "opportunity drawing" will be held (drawing tickets are $5) for the chance to win one of the amazing chef-created gingerbread houses.

The cost for the event is $5 per family (of up to four persons). The $5 charge to participate in this fun event can be used toward the purchase of a Holiday Homes Tour ticket if you purchase the ticket at the Gingerbread Event. The event will be held at The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura, 530 Hampshire Rd., Westlake Village. Please call (805) 379-4777 to RSVP and reserve a time slot for your children.

Chinese Herbal Medicine and Cancer Care-
Realities and Myths
with Huabing Wen, MD (China), MS, L.Ac., OMD
Monday, November 15, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Dr. Wen will discuss how Chinese medicine can be applied to each phase of a cancer patient's journey --upon diagnosis, during active treatment (surgery, chemo, radiation), and for survivorship care, to restore and maintain wellness and prevent recurrence. This workshop is one in a series on integrative medicine and cancer.

Wen graduated from the world-renowned Beijing University of Chinese Medicine's 6-year Integrative Medicine program in Western and Oriental Medicine and did a 3-year residency program there. He has served on the faculty of Yo San University and Emperor's College and has a private practice where he specializes in integrative oncology, internal medicine, and women's health. He is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Senior Clinical Director of the Life Cycle Health Center. This activity is supported by an educational donation provided by Amgen. Please RSVP by calling (805) 379-4777 or send us an email.

You may be busy picking out Halloween costumes, but here at TWCVV we're busy preparing for the 19th Annual Holiday Homes Tour, Saturday and Sunday, December 4 and 5 from 10am to 6pm!

Here's how you can help make this event a success:
Join us on the tour: Save $5 on tickets when you buy before Nov. 1. Purchase tickets online, in person at 530 Hampshire Rd, Westlake Village, by phone at 888.557.3177, or at a local outlet.

Be a Volunteer: We still need many volunteers to help! Click here for more info.

Text the word COMMUNITY to the phone number 90999 to donate $10 to help families affected by cancer. Full terms and conditions at www.mgive.com/a.

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