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The purpose of this page is to provide more information about meeting speakers, topics, handouts and cited sources from prior monthly meetings. |
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| 2002 | |
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Sunday, Dec 15
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Speaker: Fr. Joe Breighner (web
site) Direct from his sleigh, Fr. Joe offered us his 12 Gifts of Christmas: 1. Accept the hospitality of this group And exchange these gifts: |
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Sunday, Nov 17 |
Speaker: Cindi Callanan Cindi share several Relationship Truths with us:
In Imago Therapy (as explained by Harville Hendrix - www.imagotherapy.com):
Our best hope to deal with this wounding is to become aware of our issues, deal with the feelings associated with these issues, and ultimately, to change our behaviors. Cindi Callanan is relationship counselor. He office phone number is 410-771-4293. |
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Sunday, Oct 20 |
Speaker: Dottie Levesque Dottie helped us answer the following questions: Dottie Levesque directs the Ministry with Separated, Divorced,
Remarried and Widowed in Rhode Island. She is a dear friend of
FOM and a frequent speaker at our meetings. |
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Sunday, Sept 15 |
15th Anniversary Mass and Dinner Over 100 members and numerous former co-leaders joined in celebrating
the 15th anniversary of Friends of Mercy. The afternoon (and early
evening) was filled with good food, great entertainment, and a
few games of chance. |
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Sunday, Aug 18 |
Speaker: Marlene Shapiro, LCSW-C Marlene Shapiro, from Sheppard Pratt, joined FOM members in exploring
the warning signs of stress, the sources of stress and the effects
stress can have on our physical, psychological, and emotional
health. She then gave us some skills and methods to manage the
stress that exists in our lives.. |
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Sunday, July 21 |
Speaker: Dr. Jim Dasinger Dr. Dasinger talked about what a difficult person was, and the
different kinds of difficult people: There are several ways to deal with difficult people: Instead of reacting, we can ask ourselves, what's wrong with this person today? What could be upsetting them? Or, we could disarm them by using neutral language, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with them. Empathy also gives the difficult person what they need while protecting our own integrity. We could also use "blending": Talk softly if they are shouting. Talk slowly if they are talking fast. Dr. Jim Dasinger is always one of our most entertaining speakers.
He peppered his talk with jokes and amusing stories about his
own life. And a Dr. Jim visit would not be complete without some
songs with the Dr. Jim banjo. |
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Sunday, June 16 |
Speaker: Joseph Brown Joe started by asking us what we wanted out of life. Then he reminded us that life is tough. The "package of life" is make up of some things we can control and some things we cannot. We need to treasure each moment of our lives. We find ourselves living from the outside in and not the inside out. Again he asked what we want out of life and what is keeping up from achieving our goals. The audience enjoyed Joe's entertaining and motivational discussion. |
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Sunday, May 19 |
Speaker: Dawn Ader O'Meally, LCSW-C Dawn O'Meally started with a definition of intimacy: "I allow you to see me." A highly interactive session followed, where both thing that support emotional intimacy and things that get in the way of emotional intimacy were discussed. Fair fighting rules were distributed. During fair fighting, the partners should attack the problem, not each other. Dawn made reference to the following books during her talk: |
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Sunday, Apr 21 |
Speaker: Karen Klein, LCSW-C Conflicts result when some underlying needs are not being met. We need to feel secure, independent, accepted and validated, and to belong. If a need is not being met, it is translated into fear, especially a fear of loss. Conflict represents a problem to be solved. You can either address
it, avoid it, or a little of both. You can resolve the conflict
or walk away. The choice should be made by comparing the "cost"
of both options. It is okay to walk away sometimes. Anger often
hinders conflict resolution. Anger is often misunderstood and
sometimes not appropriately expressed. It is better if the angry
person can release their anger in a non-threatening manner. |
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Sunday, Mar 17 |
Speaker: Sr. Sharon Burns Sr. Sharon defined the "fully alive" person as one who sees that life is full of wonder. Attitude has everything to do with the course of our life. Life is transitory. Everyday is precious. Life is a journey. Almost everything you do is good and holy. A sense of humor is important too. Sister shared many of her experiences in hospice work, as well
as a number of inspirational and humorous stories. She quoted
two books: |
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Sunday, Feb 17 |
Speaker: Woody Powell Woody Powell talked about various aspects of "change". Before we can be comfortable with change, we need to know our "home base", the aspects of our personality that color how we view the world. It is where we feel safe. Change: You either get it or you don't. You have a choice. That is the beauty of it, but it is also the scary part. It means you also have the responsibility. Change is both a challenge and an opportunity. We can value change as a chance to have a new start. Woody also suggested that we view change as a project. Be an active participant in shaping change, not the passive victim of change. Dr. Powell recommended the following books during his talk: |
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