Presentations - October/November 2005
| The Men's Center Board appreciates the volunteer presenters who return from time to time and welcome first timers. Their presentations add a new dimension to our weekly Wednesday night gatherings.
Please take time to read the descriptions and plan to attend if they stimulate your interest. Bring a friend to share the experience and acquaint him/her with the Men's Center. Each presentation is intended to promote personal growth, stimulate your interest in a topic, and to give you an opportunity to interact with other attendees. We are always looking for new presenters and topics. Please call Randy at The Men's Center, 612-822-5892 with your ideas and names. We appreciate your help. |
Presentations are the sole responsibility of the presenter(s). The Men's Center does not endorse, takes no specific position, nor does it hold any opinion on the presentations, or of any information imparted, or of the presenter(s) themselves.
The Men's Center is a RESOURCE for the community, a clearing house for information of all kinds, agreeable or not, to one's beliefs. Listen, participate and make your own decisions. All groups meet at TMC, 3249 Hennepin Ave. So, Suite 55, unless otherwise noted. These low cost presentations are shown in the Calendar of Events and a more extensive description follows. No pre-registration is needed; entrance fees collected at the door are:
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October/November 2005
Addiction Busters
Presenter: Tommy Jones
When: Wed, Oct. 5, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Open to Men and Women
Struggling with chemical or behavioral addiction? AA not helping you? Frustrated with 12-step programs? Don't like feeling powerless? Would you like to hear about Rational Recovery, SMART Recovery, the works of Stanton Peele, Ann Fletcher, James Prochaska and others? Come to Addiction Busters informational presentation and learn about alternative, cognitive approaches that may help you battle your addiction in new and different ways.
Tommy, a teacher for 26 years, struggled with alcohol and other addictions for most of his adult life. Frustrated with 12-step programs, Tommy would like to share his knowledge of programs and approaches that provide alternatives to AA and similar 12-step programs; roads that helped him on his journey to abstinence and good chemical health.
A Circle of Warriors
Presenter: Andy Mickel
When: Wed, Oct. 12, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
The ManKind Project is an organization of men working together to improve their lives and help other men. As New Warriors we are an order of men called to reclaim the sacred masculine and provide a model for men to generate and maintain a world for the betterment of ourselves, our families, tribes, communities and cultures.
We are all familiar with a man’s physical tools (a hammer, a sword, a plow...). Is this enough? What about integrity, commitment, authenticity and clarity? Observe—ask Questions—or Participate if you like with a group of men who are practicing authentic connection to feeling in a safe container. The New Warrior Training Adventure is an “Inventuring” opportunity that has changed men’s lives.
The initiation of men is the hope of the world. - Don Jones, former chairman, ManKind Project.
Positive Psychology: Research That Benefits You
Presenter: Joe Stuart
When: Wed, Oct. 19, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Open to Men and Women
Positive Psychology is a dynamic new trend that goes beyond what is often referred to as "pop psychology" and into legitimate research with practical applications. Positive psychology hopes to advance the field of psychology beyond the study of deficiencies and problems of the human psyche, such as depression or aggression, and into the realm of what makes human beings happy and their lives worthwhile. A few topics to be discussed in the presentation are the factors in life that make us happy, identification and nurturance of virtues, and dispelling myths about how having more money makes us happy. This introductory presentation is derived from a semester long course taught in Autumn of '05 by Professor Donna McMillan at St. Olaf College.
Joe Stewart is a "wet behind the ears" 2005 graduate of St. Olaf College, receiving a B.A. in psychology. Currently, Joe is working and living in Minneapolis while pondering the next step of his life that will invariably take him to graduate school for an advanced degree in counseling psychology and/or masculine studies.
No Presentation
When: Wed, Oct. 26, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Weight-Management for Men:
A Commonsense Approach
Presenter: Jim Lovestar
When: Wed, Nov. 2, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Few men live without weight and appearance related issues. Jim will cover the research and offer coaching on simple and effective techniques to manage your weight. You will learn basic nutrition, how to make peace with food, and tools to maintain the weight you desire.
Jim Lovestar is the founder and president of the Institute for Men’s Health and Well-Being. He has worked with men individually and in groups for over 25 years.
A Circle of Warriors
Presenter: Andy Mickel
When: Wed, Nov. 9, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
The ManKind Project is an organization of men working together to improve their lives and help other men. As New Warriors we are an order of men called to reclaim the sacred masculine and provide a model for men to generate and maintain a world for the betterment of ourselves, our families, tribes, communities and cultures.
We are all familiar with a man’s physical tools (a hammer, a sword, a plow...). Is this enough? What about integrity, commitment, authenticity and clarity? Observe—ask Questions—or Participate if you like with a group of men who are practicing authentic connection to feeling in a safe container. The New Warrior Training Adventure is an “Inventuring” opportunity that has changed men’s lives.
The initiation of men is the hope of the world. - Don Jones, former chairman, ManKind Project.
The Elements of BEING
Presenter: Daniel Farris Braun
When: Wed, Nov. 16, 23, 30,
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Open to Men and Women
Have you read self-help books? One will suggest 7 principles and another 11 or 12. So be it. As a seeker, Mr. Braun intuited and discovered that there is but 1 principle by which to live. As an educator and popularizer, he sought to reduce all the verbiage to one formula. Understand this ONE-Principle and everything else falls in place. As a guide, Mr. Braun simply points at a path, your Path. With just a bit of orienteering your Path becomes the Way of being fully your SELF!
One can spend thousands of dollars on therapy or thousands of hours searching a better way. Save time and money by coming to a three-part workshop to learn and practice a simpler Way of BEING. The three two-hour sessions will each be comprised of lecture, practice/exercises, and discussion. The time between sessions will help for applying and internalizing the method. This workshop provides tools for being your fullest SELF.
A hardcopy of Mr. Braun’s newest manual “The Elements of BEING” will be given to those attending. In addition to the TMC nightly entrance fee (see Presentations), a one-time fee of $10 for materials will be requested. Please, come and bring your friends.
Greatly influenced by his involvement in the ecology movement of the 60’s, Mr. Braun has traveled an amazing spiritual journey, one of meditation, contemplation, and artistry. As an indicator of his arrival he boldly says, “ HERE I am!”. Yes, HERE we are. He hopes to johnnyappleseed it about this wondrous world to show just how simple it is to be fully HERE… to live the good life. As a neurolinguistic philosopher, consultant, counselor, and life-coach, he helps point the Way. To contact Mr. Braun (via the Men’s Center) call 612-822-5892.
Issues Relating to Divorce
Presenter: Kelley Lorix
When: Wed, Dec. 7, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Open to Men and Women
Kelley’s presentation will include how to prepare financially and strategically for divorce, child support, spousal maintenance, custody and visitation – what the options are and how it will affect support, property – what happens to the house, pensions and other items acquired during the marriage. This session will include question and answer session geared — helping you with the exact problems you may be faced with in your lives.
A private practice attorney, Kelley Lorix has better than fourteen years in state courts throughout Minnesota litigating, arbitrating and mediating the issues of concern to all of us as we go through divorce. Kelley has presented numerous times at the Men’s Center.