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Becoming Yourself Series 5.0

Six week series free from cost, stress, and exams

Resilience through Reflection

January 17th - February 29th, 2024, in person

Weekly sessions - choose from:

  • Wednesdays 2:30-3:20, starting January 17th
  • Fridays 10:30-11:20, starting January 19th

At the start of the new year, take a journey into asking: What are my strengths? Who do I want to be? How can I ground myself during uncertainty? How can I live my own values and stand up against pressures to conform? How do I live authentically when I feel judged?

“When the voice and vision on the inside is more profound, and more clear and loud than all opinions on the outside, you’ve begun to master your life.” – John Demartini

Learn about yourself and hear your own voice through mindfulness practice, writing, body awareness, movement, music, and visual creative expression. Series will include weekly 50-minute workshops with interactive group exercises, reflective exercises to practice each day, a meeting with a staff coach, and creative activities designed to support you to:

  • Grow your courage to be who you really are
  • Learn how to stick to habits that support you in living fully alive
  • Be kind to yourself while taking risks
  • Discover how to hear your own voice more clearly
  • Question expectations around you instead of being complacent
  • Set relational boundaries, while bringing forth your authentic self
  • Realize your strengths and transform your fears and challenges

Watch Samidha describe her experience in the series

Weekly Topics:

  • Session 1: Centering in my strengths, values, and qualities
  • Session 2: Discovering Resilience - what qualities create resilience?
  • Session 3: Gratitude Practice to support your Resilience
  • Session 4: Grow your Courage to Live your Values and Strengths
  • Session 5: Validating my Authentic Self, Needs and Feelings
  • Session 6: Self-Compassion & Habits to Support the Real Me

Registration:

  • Open to all students. You do not need to have completed previous parts to benefit from this Course.
  • Register to reserve your spot: Registration Form (New Window)

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