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Gold Country Seniors Alive

 

Portfolio of Classes & Workshops

 

Judith Pruess-Mellow, Ph.D., M.Div., judithpm@theunion.net

Jackie Finley, M.A., jackie@theunion.net
 

 

 


Accentuating Positivity

Balance and Fall Prevention Workshop (also available as a general falls prevention class)

Being Positive People

Boomers without Babies: How to Age Positively without Children or Grandchildren

Boundary Setting

 * Capturing Life Stories: Memoir Writing

Caring for the Caregiver: How to Be a Caregiver with a Life of Your Own

Confronting Later Life Issues: Speaking About the Unspeakable

 * Congregational Care-giving Ministries: Visitor Training (day long workshop)

 * Creating Your Spiritual Legacy (two-day retreat)

 * Creativity and Spirituality in Later Life (three-session class)

Decreasing Negativity

Do You Remember? (three stand-alone classes: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s)

Embracing Curiosity: How to Capitalize on Yours to Enrich Your Life

Embracing Uncertainty: How to Deal with the Many Unexpected Changes of Later Life

Exploring and Experiencing Rituals

Exploring the Freedom of Later Life: How to Make the Most of It

Healthy Aging in the Skilled Nursing Home

* Heartsongs Later Life Planning (multi-session class)

Life (story), Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Living Joyfully

Magic of Movement

Midlife Transitions: Opportunities, Not Crises

Moving Meditations from Around the World

Moving to Music Oldies from the 40s, 50s and 60s

* Older Adult Transitions: How Adult Children Can Help (3 hours)

Positivity Toolkit

Preparing for Happy Older Age: Strategies for Midlife Individuals

Remembering Our Animals

 * Spiritual Brain Fitness (available as a single or multi-session class)

The Healing Power of Forgiveness

The Skilled Nursing Home Decision: How Adult Children Can Better Cope

Unhappy in Retirement? How to Successfully Redefine Life After Work

* Women’s Retreats (two or three day retreats)

 

* Unless indicated with an asterisk, classes and workshops are one-session and
60-90 minutes in length.

 

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Gold Country Seniors Alive is dedicated to providing quality educational, consulting and supportive services to seniors and mid-life individuals throughout the Gold Country and Sacramento regions. Believing that later life can be a time of healthy growth and active engagement, Gold Country Seniors Alive offers simple and enjoyable strategies for aging well physically, socially, intellectually and spiritually. GCSA is a member of the Eldercare Providers’ Coalition of Nevada County, of the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, and of the Northern California Council of Activity Coordinators.

 

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