What Do You Feed Your Ears?
Jill Woolworth, MA, LMFT
Yesterday, I watched an attractive middle-aged woman back her convertible out of a driveway. A car zipped by on the main road and she had to brake suddenly. "@*$%!" she exclaimed angrily to no one in particular. Her face looked contorted for a few seconds before she zoomed off.
What message did her body receive? How was her cortisol level? Her anxiety? How did she interact with her family later that evening?
I wonder about the messages we feed our ears. We're aware of the deleterious effect on our psyche that comes from watching and listening to bad news and violence, but do we consider the bad news and violence that we speak over ourselves? What do we feed our ears and the ears of those we love?
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GCHR In the Community...and Beyond
This coming November 19th, GCHR Executive Director Heather Wright will speak at Stanwich Congregational Church for the Leadership Project on Incarnation and Advent.
In addition to leading numerous trainings throughout the country, George Faller will be GCHR's lead trainer here at the Center as we host a 4-day intensive EFT Externship.
Nancy Sadock will be leading a book discussion Thursday night, November 13th at 7pm and again on Sunday morning, November 16th at 9:15am at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Riverside. The Price of Privilege by Madeline Levine, Ph.D. will be the featured material and the topic will discuss "how parental pressure and material advantage are creating a generation of disconnected and unhappy kids".
Jill Woolworth will be leading a morning retreat on the subject of forgiveness in Palm Beach, FL on January 26, 2015, for an organization called "Women at the Well".
Nicole Zasowski is currently co-leading "Walking the Journey Together", a divorce support and healing group on Monday evenings from 7p-8:30p at The Congregational Church of New Canaan. This program offers a safe and confidential haven to support healing from the pain of divorce.
Nicole will be also be participating in Trinity Church's series of talks on understanding today's kids in today's world, through the Trinity Church Student Ministries. On Sunday, January 18, 2015, at Temple Sholom in Greenwich, she will discuss "A Stressed-Out Generation: Helping Your Children Wade through the World of Anxiety, High Pressure and Overcoming Fears". Steve Gilbert just spoke this past October 5th at Greenwich Baptist Church on the topic of "Fostering Faith in the Home".
Susan Gestal is in the midst of leading an 8-week, Boundaries Group at PCOG in Greenwich. She is currently in Houston, Texas, attending the National Association for Play Therapy Conference, to participate in numerous seminars aimed at enhancing her already broad Play Therapy experience.
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Giving to the Center
Thank you to all who have generously given to the Center. We are wonderfully supported and blessed.
The Greenwich Center for Hope & Renewal is a non-profit organization under IRS 501(c)(3) supported through the generosity of individuals, churches, foundations and businesses. All gifts to the Center are tax deductible and are immediately acknowledged through a gift receipt letter. We honor the principles of confidentiality and anonymity in all areas of giving and participation.
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Greenwich Center for Hope & Renewal 237 Taconic Road Greenwich, CT 06831
To make a designated donation of funds to the Center, please contact Heather Wright, our Executive Director, to outline how you advise the allocation of your gift. She can be reached via email or at 203-340-9816. In the past, Donors have sponsored individuals, family members and friends, as well as marketplace and ministerial leaders. Please note: if the funds are not used within an 18-month period, these proceeds will go to the general operating fund.
To make a donation of securities or mutual funds to the Center, please contact one of the two following individuals for delivery instructions:
Andrew Boles, CFP Edward Jones (973) 377-2377 or Heather P. Wright, Executive Director Greenwich Center for Hope & Renewal (203) 340-9816 or email
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If you are a therapist and want to enhance your training in EFT, we are pleased to offer an EFT Externship. This 4 day training is being offered Oct. 20 - 23, 2014. This will be led by George Faller. For more information, please
The next level of EFT training, beginning in January, 2015, is called Core Skills and meets for two days a month for four sessions. George Faller is the instructor. For more information, please click here.
GCHR hosts a Connection Course for couples. For more information, please
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Leadership
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