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Becoming Yourself Series 1.0

Six week series free from cost, stress, and exams

Embracing the Real Me

Fridays 1:30-2:20pm, January 17 - March 7

Six week series free from cost, stress, and exams

New term, new you! In this new beginning, take a journey into asking: Who am I? How do I strip away the layers and uncover the original me? Why am I here? What would it look like for me to live authentically in a world that isn’t always supportive of my true self? How can I motivate myself with kindness?

A chance to find support with other travelers on the path who are asking similar questions. Try a variety of mindfulness practices and experiment with integrating them into your daily life.

Series will include weekly 50 minute workshops with interactive group exercises, mindfulness exercises to practice daily, a meeting with a staff coach, and self-awareness and creative activities.

  • Week 1: Who Am I? (Journey to an undivided life)
  • Week 2: Showing Up: finding freedom to be who you are
  • Week 3: From Self-Criticism to Self-Kindness
  • Week 4: Being Enough: motivating myself from love instead of self-criticism
  • Week 5: Recognizing My Sufficiency - gifts, qualities and capabilities
  • Week 6: Life Purpose: What is calling me? What am I passionate about?

Watch Samidha describe her experience in the series

Registration:

  • Open to all students. You do not need to have completed previous parts to benefit from this Course.
  • Registration Form (New Window) AFTER REGISTERING, REGULARLY CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER IN CASE MESSAGES END UP THERE!

The Becoming Yourself series is funded by Student Open Circles and is open to post-secondary students at no cost

From a former participant: For me, Open Circle’s Becoming Yourself Series allowed me to pause and reflect on some very important questions around who I am, what my values are, and how I enact and would like to enact them in my daily life. More importantly, it reminded me that I am not alone in my journey and I am not alone in my courage—we are all connected by our shared humanity.