FAIRFIELD HAPPINESS CLUB MEETING!
“Healing and Happiness,” by Henry Grayson, Ph.D. has been cancelled! The town has requested that we are take steps to limit community spread of the Disease (COVID 19).
Cancelled: Till further notice.
Place: the Fairfield Public Library, 1080 Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT 06824
Everyone is welcome; admission is free. Meet some wonderful people using happiness in their lives. Learn to have the peace of mind you need and experience happiness now.
Future meetings are held monthly on a Thursday and will be at the Fairfield Public Library. For further info: wwwHappinessClub.com e-mail PrintLRK@aol.com, call 203-258-7777.
WOODBRIDGE HAPPINESS CLUB, WOODBRIDGE, CT
Bernie Siegel M.D.
The town library has cancelled our meeting for the purpose of limiting community spread of the Disease (COVID 19).
Bernie Siegel, M.D. & Lionel Ketchian for a discussion on Happiness and its Benefits. Lionel Ketchian is the co-host with Dr. Bernie Siegel on Mind Health Matters radio programs. Lionel is also the co-host on "The Happiness Show," broadcast on TV by Cablevision of Connecticut.
Cancelled: Till further notice.
Place: The Woodbridge Town Library located at 10 Newton Road, Woodbridge, CT 06525.
Meetings are held once a month on a Tuesday. Meetings are free of charge and no reservations needed.
POWER LUNCH GROUP MEETING
This meeting has been cancelled for the purpose of limiting community spread of the Disease (COVID 19).
Cancelled: Till further notice.
Meeting Place: Osaka Hibachi Buffet (Chinese Buffet) 955 Ferry Blvd, Stratford, CT 06614 (The Dock Shopping Center) www.osakahibachibuffet.com
Cost: $10.00 for lunch with hot tea for everyone. $11.00 with soda. This price includes tax and tips.
Ask for the Happiness Club group tables. If you are interested in this group, make sure you register to get the latest update for future meeting dates. You can get on the mailing list for these meetings by sending an e-mail to Lionel at PrintLRK@aol.com. Including your name and e-mail and you will receive meeting notifications. Meetings are on the first Wednesday of each month. This group has been meeting since April 2016.
MADISON, CONNECTICUT - MADISON HAPPINESS CLUB
I decided to start a Happiness Club meeting in Madison, Ct. in October of 2006.
It has simply been a wonderful experience! I so enjoyed attending the meetings that Lionel Ketchian ran in Fairfield that I wanted to bring it to my own town. The response to it has been far greater than I imagined. People love attending and I have been told by some that it has helped them to make positive changes in their lives!!
I always hear very positive feedback from people who attend the meetings. I run the meetings very similar to the Fairfield ones, I hold them monthly at the Madison Library and I have a different speaker each month on all different topics related to Happiness. I also like to talk about something that I may have read or heard about
and I try to provide different handouts. It has truly brought greater happiness into my life
and I so enjoy having the speakers pass on their incredible knowledge!
Meetings include a presentation by professional speakers on happiness.
Tina Garrity is the group facilitator. Meeting: Held on the last Wednesday of each month.
Time: 7:00 - 8:45 PM
Place: Our library is closed for renovations and I now have to hold the meetings at Hubley Hall, the building right next to the First Congregational Church on Madison green, 26 Meeting House Lane, Madison, CT. It is in the church hall, a nice large space!
Tina Garrity is the group facilitator for over 12 years. For more info contact Tina Garrity at Ting45@aol.com. Tina's phone: 203-245-2632.
NEW BEGINNINGS COMMUNITY, MILFORD, CONNECTICUT
B.L.I.S.S = Believe Life Is Something Special. Because it is, and so are you!
On Sunday, May 8, 2016, Mother's Day, Rev. Lynette Turner offered a message on The Power of Nurturing. This offering will explore the dimensions "of mothering" as caring has importance whether in the role of mother, the reaching out we do for family, friends, and those in need, and the importance of nurturing and self-care for ourselves. Come feel the love! New Beginning is an interfaith/interspiritual community where all are welcome, all are appreciated, and none are judged.
Lynette is a Positivoligist™, motivational speaker, and Positivity/Life Strategist coach. She is also a certified dream teacher with the Robert Moss School of Active Dreaming, an Angelspeake facilitator, and an ordained interfaith/interspiritual minister.
She presents one Sunday each month from 10:00 - 11:00 AM.
Location: Mystics By The Sea, 394 New Haven Avenue, Milford, CT 06460
Rev. Lynette Turner phone: (203) 257-9120. E-mail: lynettepositivebliss@gmail.com Website: www.positivebliss.com
Sign up on Lynette's website for her free weekly Positivity Message and tell your friends!
Sessions and Workshops for Health & Happiness www.positivebliss.com. http//www.twitter.com/lynettebliss and http/www.facebook.com/608418443
HARTFORD HAPPINESS CLUB, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
The first meeting was on Thursday, May 1, 2014.
Meetings are the first Thursday of every month.
Date & Time: First Thursday each month from 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Place: Town and County Club, 22 Woodland Street, Hartford, CT 06105
Beverage Bar available. Free admission and parking
Town and County Club, 22 Woodland Street, Hartford, CT. 06105 Free parking.
Audrey Carlson is the club facilitator.
R.S.V.P. Appreciated but optional. By e-mail to: audreybcarlson@cox.net or call: 860-841-5894
Please help us make these events successful, share the post on your Social Media accounts, invite friends, and family. All Happiness Club events are open to the public!
I welcome anyone and everyone to join me to share, learn and grow together. I believe we are all connected for a reason. There are no coincidences, this I know for sure. Please accept my heartfelt gratitude for your continued support in helping make the Hartford Happiness Club the best it can be! - With Love & Happiness, Audrey.
The time has come to spread happiness in Hartford Ct! I graduated with certification in Positive Psychology from the Wholebeing Institute taught by Tal Ben Shahar. I am excited to share and continue to grow as a lifelong learner giving my life meaning and purpose. My studies include a Masters of Arts in Experiential Health and Healing from the Graduate Institute in 2008. Dr. Bernie Siegel was my mentor who put me on a path to learn, grow and share. Bernie taught me how to take life and all it's complexities and make it simple. Through Bernie, I met Lionel at a workshop.
It was at this point where I was introduced to The Happiness Clubs. I never looked back. Lionel was put on this earth to plant seeds of happiness around the world. I am humbled to have Lionel in my life and be part of something larger than life.
BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT - BRIDGE HOUSE HAPPINESS CLUB
The first meeting was on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 from 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.|
Bridge House is a Clubhouse which is modeled on the Fountain House model of psychiatric rehabilitation. The men and women who attend assist with the running of the program, which helps to restore their sense of purpose, dignity and self worth. Members also work at part time jobs, with staff providing intensive supports.
I have known Lionel Ketchian, and his unique passion for sharing happiness, for 5 years. When he offered to bring a Happiness Group to Bridge House, I jumped at the opportunity. The adults in this program, a non-clinical psychiatric rehabilitation program, have been extremely responsive to his message. They hear the valuable nuggets that he offers: make a choice! Your life is more than the things which happen to you.Your thoughts and choices can bring happiness moment by moment,
despite what life seems to throw at you. Lionel and the Bridge House members learn from one another: practice gratitude, we are surrounded with things to be grateful for. Lionel is surely at the top of the list things we are grateful for!
Lionel Ketchian is the group facilitator.
Phyllis phone is 203 335-5339 & e-mail: intake@bridgehousect.org
Meeting: First Thursday of each month for a happy hour meeting!
Time: 1:30- 2:30 PM
Place: Bridge House
Address: 880 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, CT
RECOVERY INTERNATIONAL FREE MEETINGS
Dr. Shawn Blau, Ph.D., leads a free online Recovery International meeting, every Thursday evening
from 8:00 - 9:30 PM (Eastern Time). Recovery International offers meetings to men and women of all ages. The meetings ease suffering from mental health issues and life's frustrations. By gaining skills to lead more peaceful and productive lives, many are helped. In the last 80 years RI has equipped over 1 million people with tools to control behavior and change attitudes. The mission of Recovery International is to use the cognitive-behavioral, peer-to-peer, self-help training system developed by Abraham Low, MD, to help individuals.
To attend the free online meeting, just follow this link and register:
https://recoveryinternational.webex.com/mw3300/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=recoveryinternational
Additional information is available on the Recovery International website at:
https://recoveryinternational.org/
GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT CHAPTER OF THE DBSA
(National Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) Eighteen years ago, the Greenwich Chapter,
recognizing the need within our community, started a chapter in Greenwich, Connecticut.
We have been pleased both with the response to the program and with our ability to have helped hundreds of patients and family members. We hold weekly meetings on Fridays from 2:30 - 4:30 PM in a lovely residence in Greenwich, CT.
How Does It Work? The only requirement for participation in our group, which is open to patients and family members, is that the participant with depression or bipolar disorder be under the supervision of a psychiatrist.
There is no charge. Individuals with Depression or Bipolar Disorder from Fairfield and Westchester Counties are welcome to attend as are their friends and family who wish to learn more and be supportive.
John Tamerin, M.D. is the group facilitator and a psychiatrist. phone #: 203-661-8282
e-mail: jtamerin@optonline.net website: http://www.dbsagreenwichct.com/homepage.htm
THE BENCHMARK SENIORS LIVING HAPPINESS CLUB, WOODBRIDGE, CT
Thanks to Dr. Bernie Siegel we have a new Happiness Club in Connecticut! Bernie was our speaker for our first meeting on Tuesday, October 4th at 6:30 P.M.
Meetings are held at Coachman Square, 21 Bradley Road, Woodbridge at 6:30pm on the first Tuesday of the month.
Theresa Waldron-Yancoskie facilitates this club. It is designed for seniors both within our community and the community at large who choose to be happy and want to learn more about the happiness response! Our lecture & performance series for 2012 is themed Embracing Happiness through (you name it). (We currently are searching for a person who will lead Meditation and/or Guided Imagery. Please contact Theresa if you know someone can help.)
At our next meeting on Tuesday, April 3rd at 6:30, our theme is Embracing Happiness through Song! We will host powerful vocalist Karen Wagner, and she has prepared a program of tunes we can sing together as well as joyous solos!
On Tuesday, May 1st at 6:30pm, our theme is Embracing Happiness through Cinema! Our speaker will be Michael Kerbel, the Director of the Film Study Center at Yale. He will share with us some of the most inspirational scenes from movies!
Please email twyancoskie@benchmarkquality.com or call 203-787-8141 Theresa to RSVP.
Website is: www.coachmansquareatwoodbridge.com
BENCHMARK SENIOR LIVING HAPPINESS CLUB, SHELTON, CT
The first meeting was on Tuesday, September 9, at: 3:00 P.M.
Meetings are at Benchmark Senior Living at Split Rock, 708a Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, CT 06484
Theresa Waldron-Yancoskie is the club facilitator. Her e-mail is: twyancoskie@benchmarkquality.com Theresa is the Director of Resident Lifestyle at Benchmark at Split Rock. Her phone is: 203-929-1111
Everyone is welcome; admission is free. Meet some wonderful people using happiness in their lives. Learn to have the peace of mind you need and experience happiness now. Future meetings at the Benchmark Senior Living at Split Rock will be every second Tuesday. This is a Happiness Club for Seniors that has been created to share the benefits of being happy. Happiness Club meetings will give you a rational, common sense approach to accept a positive view of life and deal with the things you cannot change.