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• Wednesdays 1:30-2:20pm (online)

• Wednesdays 3:30-4:20pm (in person)

Establish healthy habits for the term through exploring: Who am I? How can I clear away the layers that have been imposed on me? How do I live authentically in a world that isn’t always supportive of my true self? Experience guided reflection with symbols, imagination, and dreams as a path to exploring:

• Your true self emerging through guided visualization and creative expression
• Mindfulness and self-care practices to be present to who you are
• Deepen your trust and compassion towards self and others
• Discover more of who you are through using dreamwork and symbols

A chance to share ideas for authentic living with others who are asking similar questions. The course includes six 50 minute workshops with interactive group exercises, guided creative expression activities, self-compassion and mindfulness practices to try at home, and a meeting with a staff coach or a group coaching session. You will submit a short weekly reflection about your experiences of these exercises.  

To learn more, watch this short video: Samidha's story

Topics include:

Session 1: The Big Picture: What is my place in it all?
Session 2: Discovering my Inner Voice of Wisdom
Session 3: Opening to Love, Joy, and Fulfillment
Session 4: Listening to Dreams and Symbols for Guidance
Session 5: Living my Best Life: listening for my needs, feelings and joys
Session 6: Compassionately Committing to Be Myself

Register

• Open to all undergraduate and graduate students at no cost. You do not need to have completed other Parts of Becoming Yourself to benefit from this offering

• Register: Registration Form (new window)

• After Registering: set your e-mail to accept messages from socadmin@mcmaster.ca  ;Within one week of the start date, if you’ve not received further information, please check your spam folder.

The Becoming Yourself Series is funded by Student Open Circles.

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."