Join Hartford Happiness Club and open your mind to more positive thinking. The Club is a place where guest speakers deliver uplifting messages to our community. For anyone battling depression in the greater Hartford CT area, our inspirational meetings are just what the doctor ordered. Founded by Lionel Ketchian in 1983, the Happiness Club offers uplifting and inspirational monthly meetings for those who choose Happiness. Mr. Ketchian is well known for empowering and enlightening participants through seminars and workshops, teaching that the state of happiness is a conscious choice.
Choose to live your life consciously. Choose Happiness. We invite you to join us at our FREE monthly meetings at the Town and County Club the first Thursday of each month. Guest speakers are announced and their bios are summarized on our website every month.
The Town and County Club is located at 22 Woodland Street in Hartford CT. Meetings are held from 7 – 8:30 pm. Call (860) 841-5894 for more information. We are looking forward to meeting you.
presents insights regarding the practical, mystical and spiritual personal stories in his soon to be released book,
“No Beginnings and No Endings.”
Dr. Bernie Siegel is a writer and retired pediatric and general surgeon who writes and teaches about mind-body medicine and the relationship between the patient and the healing process. He is internationally known for his best-selling book, “Love, Medicine and Miracles”. In 1978 he founded Exceptional Cancer Patients, a specific form of individual and group therapy utilizing patient’s drawings, dreams, images and feelings. ECaP helped to facilitate personal lifestyle changes and personal empowerment of the individual’s life. He has been a global pioneer in improving and humanizing medical education and medical care.
Bernie’s book will be available, when released in May. Please bring any other of his books to be signed at the end of his presentation. Please come and give a warm Hartford welcome to CT’s own Bernie Siegel MD.
Please join me in welcoming my dear friend,
mentor and everyone’s CD (Chosen Dad) Bernie Siegel.
All are welcome!
Best in happiness and love,
Audrey
Hartford Happiness Club
Town & County Club
22 Woodland Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
Free Admission and Parking. All are welcome!!
audreybcarlson@cox.net
860.841.5894
R.S.V.P. Appreciated but optional.
7-8:30 PM
Come and join OMENA on an Interactive Journey About Your Soul. It begins with your Twin Flames – The Birth of Your Soul – The Essence of Your Soul – The 7 Growth Stages of Your Soul – and The 7 Soul Types.
OMENA will also discuss the 7 Soul Rays and which one you came in on – including your Soul Gifts – Your Soul’s Purpose – and how many Past Lives you’ve had on earth.
This is the perfect way to find out why you and others:
Act, Think and Feel the way you (they) do; and what you can do about it.
About OMENA
OMENA is an internationally known Clairvoyant Medium and Soul Historian, Certified Hypnotherapist, Rebirther (energy breathing), Spiritual counselor and REIKI Master Teacher.
She will delight and surprise you with her ability to know your inner personality – your fears – the people in your life – why you live life the way you do – significant events in your life and much more.
Her life’s mission is to educate people about their soul – and to bring people to a higher level of self-awareness “without feeling as if you are in therapy.”
OMENA offers soul readings for people seeking a deeper and more meaningful understanding of –
Self-awareness (past / present and future)
Relationship issues
Core issues & absolute decisions
Making Life decisions
Challenging life events
Fears
Root cause of health-related issues
Communication with loved one who has passed over
Past lives and Karma
She has made numerous guest appearances on several podcasts and is a guest on BBS Radio Stargate Roundtable the 3rd Thursday of each month.
The Emotional Pro / Affirmation for Living / The Empowered Light worker / Soul Curious Podcast / Awakened Path Show
All are welcome!
Best in happiness and love,
Audrey
Hartford Happiness Club
Town & County Club
22 Woodland Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
Free Admission and Parking. All are welcome!!
audreybcarlson@cox.net
860.841.5894
R.S.V.P. Appreciated but optional.
7-8:30 PM
The Hartford Happiness Club is a wonderful depression support club in Hartford CT. Founded by Lionel Ketchian in 1983, the Happiness Club offers uplifting and inspirational monthly meetings for those who choose Happiness. Mr. Ketchian is well known for empowering and enlightening participants through seminars and workshops, teaching that the state of happiness is a conscious choice.
Choose to live your life consciously. Choose Happiness. We invite you to join us at our FREE monthly meetings at the Town and County Club the first Thursday of each month. Guest speakers are announced and their bios are summarized on our website every month.
The Town and County Club is located at 22 Woodland Street in Hartford CT. Meetings are held from 7 – 8:30 pm. Call (860) 841-5894 for more information. We are looking forward to meeting you.
Generous Listening is a core emotional intelligence skill requiring attention, intention and effort. While it unquestionably takes continued practice, generous listening offers tremendous potential to build trust, strengthen interpersonal relationships and enhance problem solving.
Because the purpose of all listening is to move things forward.
In this engaging workshop, you will experience and gain a specific technique to improve your listening skills. You will also experience what it feels like to be heard and understood – in two minutes and how to engage a key emotional intelligence skill in your listening.
For a short read on building trust in under 2 minutes click here.
Deene Morris, Interpersonal Adventure Guide and president of Inspire Leadership LLC, knows that leadership is a relationship – first and foremost with yourself, and then with others. Because teams and systems don’t change – you do.
Deene believes in living a congruent life and knows that teams with greater diversity in thought and perspective take longer to make decisions, and also make better decisions.
She provides fun, engaging and insightful workshops, curriculum, retreats and leadership coaching to non-profit and entrepreneurial organizations. Her clients include administrative teams, emerging leaders, directors, superintendents, teachers and board of directors.
The journey of self-awareness is hard work, but the outcome is exhilarating and her clients regularly report breakthroughs in innovation, collaboration and problem solving – moving from resistance to resiliency and conflict to creative solutions.
Deene’s professional background spans corporate, foundation and entrepreneurial leadership. She is a Master MBTI practitioner and holds numerous certifications in the field of emotional intelligence with a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership (concentration in Servant-Leadership) from Gonzaga University. She recently served as adjunct faculty with the University of Hartford, MS Organizational Psychology.
Gain some free tips at www.inspireleadershiptoday.com. Sign up for bi-monthly stories, inspiration and insights at https://inspireleadershiptoday.com/our-blog/
All are welcome!
Best in happiness and love,
Audrey
Hartford Happiness Club
Town & County Club
22 Woodland Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
Free Admission and Parking. All are welcome!!audreybcarlson@cox.net
860.841.5894
R.S.V.P. Appreciated but optional.
7-8:30 PM
Greg is a dynamic and mesmerizing keynote speaker, workshop leader and Use The Power of Your Mind, Former Illusionist Reveals Five Secrets For Your Success author on a mission to assist you to use the power of your mind in a more effective way. More than just a speaker, Greg provides support training and resources long after your event to assure competence. Greg is a business and marketing strategist, author and professional speaker on the role communication plays in leadership. He knows the secrets of influence and communication which will make a difference in your personal and professional career.
• Greg was seen by over six million people in 1995 when he made his television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman.
• Greg is an ordained minister and continues as a church consultant and speaker. He holds a MDiv and a MA.
• He is the recipient of the Dale Carnegie Highest Award for Achievement
Learn more about Greg Dwyer at his website GregDwyer.com. Contact him at his email address: Greg@GregDwyer.com.
Best in happiness and love,
Audrey
Hartford Happiness Club
Town & County Club
22 Woodland Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
Free Admission and Parking. All are welcome!!audreybcarlson@cox.net
860.841.5894
R.S.V.P. Appreciated but optional.
7-8:30 PM
Until 23 years ago I could be described as ‘Alexia Bouckoms, a dentist and public health researcher, mother of three children, and wife of Anthony John Bouckoms’. Then on February 25, 1996 while driving home from an indoor soccer game during a terrible windstorm my life was altered in unfathomable ways when a tree fell on our car resulting in the death of my husband and six year old son sitting in the back seat, in a spinal cord injury for me, and non-life-threatening injuries for my other two children. Since regaining consciousness 39 days later I have strived to fashion a life out of the rubble. Most importantly I can say that Sarah and Miles have gone on to lead enviable, well-adjusted lives. Upon gathering my physical, emotional and psychological strengthens I was able to provide a stable homestead and did my best to raise money and awareness regarding the possibility of restoring function following my spinal cord injury. At first I couldn’t imagine living without half of my body functioning. But now I can truly say I’ve had a remarkable time in spite of Not Walking. Sure I would be delighted if there were a ‘cure’ for my paralysis. However, I can’t wait to walk to live my life. I have to live it now.
All are welcome!
Best in happiness and love,
Audrey
Hartford Happiness Club
Town & County Club
22 Woodland Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
Free Admission and Parking. All are welcome!!audreybcarlson@cox.net
860.841.5894
R.S.V.P. Appreciated but optional.
7-8:30 PM
Through a minimum of scientific data and a maximum of humor, this session will deal with the trials and tribulations of being a Senior! Combining research about this important topic for the “senior citizen” set (those of us who are old but not dead!), Joyce will show the beauty of having loving relationships rather than Olympic sex, how insignificant “perfect bodies” are (when our vision is not that good anyway!), and how to see all of our aging issues in a humorous light.
Joyce Saltman is a professor Emeritus of Special Education at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT. She chose to receive her doctoral degree from Columbia, because she loved the color of their doctoral gown. It was no small feat that she was able to persuade her mentor to allow her to write her dissertation on “Humor in Adult Learning.” She also holds four graduate degrees in the fields of Special Education and Counseling. Joyce’s innovative teaching style has led to the development of a graduate course entitled. “The Enhancement of Learning Through Humor,” as well as a summer institute called, “Healing, Education Laughter and Play (HELP).”
Her experience in the areas of education, therapy, and comedy has provided an outstanding background for her research on “The Therapeutic Value of Laughter.” Since 1983, when Joyce began lecturing on “Laughter,” she has been interviewed by national radio and TV. Her dynamic seminars and articles, always peppered with humor, address such topic as dealing with difficult people, laughter as therapy, parenting, and relationships. Her goal is to enlighten, educate, and entertain while the audience laughs. Joyce has been speaking on “Laughter” and related uplifting topics since 1983, and hopes to be able to die laughing – but not too soon!!!
Joyce is the 2015 recipient of the Doug Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for the Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH). She also is the first winner of the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Academy for Continuing Education, (ACE) Boynton Beach, FL, as well as the 2015 First prize joke-telling award from the International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS).
As a result of her speaking engagements she has so far been able to donate over one million dollars to her favorite various charities. Intermittently referred to as the “Guru of Laughter,” and “The Chubby Broad from Brooklyn, Joyce helps people lighten up wherever she goes!
All are welcome!
Best in happiness and love,
Audrey
Hartford Happiness Club
Town & County Club
22 Woodland Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
Free Admission and Parking. All are welcome!!audreybcarlson@cox.net
860.841.5894
R.S.V.P. Appreciated but optional.
7-8:30 PM
PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME
OUR OCTOBER 3rd GUEST SPEAKERS:
DANA HILMER and WENDY PERROTTI.
October 3rd, 2019
7-8:30 pm
Life Reimagined – with Dana Hilmer and Wendy Perrotti
Come play with us and reimagine what is possible in your life!
In this engaging and interactive conversation, life coaches Dana Hilmer and Wendy Perriotti will help you get back in touch with your playful side…the you that is YOU… so that you can reimagine exciting possibilities and start charting a path toward your true north.
Our evening together is based on two key beliefs:
1. The life that you have already lived does not dictate who you choose to be in the future.
2. It is never too late to pursue a dream.
Together we will:
Rewind: Tap into joy and the truest, most core version of yourself.
Reboot: Get clear on what you love in your life, what you are tolerating, and what you’d like to change.
Re-engage: Get some clarity on what you really want so you can start moving in the direction you want to go.
Let’s do this! We look forward to seeing you.
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Dana Hilmer
Dana Hilmer is a certified coach, positive psychology consultant, speaker and leadership trainer and she is passionate about helping people live courageously so they can build their dream and love their life. She is the founder of THRIVEitude, Inc, a women’s leadership and personal development coaching and training company that brings the science of human flourishing and resilience to all those she serves. Through her coaching, speaking and training programs she helps women (and a few good men) elevate their confidence, ignite their potential and be the person they most want to be. Dana has been featured on hundreds of radio and television shows across the country and she speaks on topics related to mastering your mindset, optimal living, the habits of success and creating the life and work you love. Dana lives in Madison, CT with her husband and their three teenage boys. To receive free tips and videos to help you create the life and work you love, go to DanaHilmer.com.
Wendy Perrotti
Wendy Perrotti is an ICF Credentialed and Professional Certified Coach, speaker and leadership trainer with over 25 years experience in helping individuals and groups nationwide to affect change in themselves and others.
A thought leader in metacognition and personal transformation, Wendy’s unique approach to coaching combines her work and study in psychology, communications, and neuroscience with a passion for growth through exploration, humor, and creativity,
Wendy is the Co-Founder of The Energy Initiative, a neuroscience based executive coaching and leadership development firm as well as the Founder of LIVE BIG, a professional coaching company guiding women in their 40s and 50s to reclaim their passions and transform their lives. She is the author of the forthcoming book, Reclaiming Muchness: Tap in to a Life of Love, Purpose and Connection.
Together… Wendy and Dana are launching CAMP REINVENTION™… a 6-month transformational program designed to help you get back in touch with you and live a life of joy, purpose and connection. Stay tuned for details.
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September 5th, 2019
7-8:30pm
Leader Mom Presents: Self-Care 5.0: What thriving Folk know Author of:
“A Short Course after Happiness after Loss”(and other dark, difficult times)
Catherine has over 25 years of experience in engagement, leadership and culture. Her niche found her: making very smart people smarter, happier, and more effective leading themselves and diverse teams.
She has supported leaders in financial services, scientists, executives in private equity, physicians, sales superstars, senior leaders and executives charged with shaping culture, leaders in hospitality, and national candidates – all the while collecting wisdom about what works and synthesizing unique perspectives.
Deeply grounded in research on leadership and engagement, emotional intelligence and positive psychology, she enables successful people to target and practice small changes that lead to seismic gains. And she has a keen awareness of how bias works and how inclusion benefits us all.
Her consulting firm, Whole Leader, is about strategically leveraging assets and managing risks, whether the span of leadership is managing oneself, leading others, leading leaders or leading organizations. Her passion is her “LeaderMom”™ project, which addresses a primary challenge to the pipeline. With original research from high-performing senior and executive leaders who are admired as highly engaged mothers, the firm builds skills for women and their managers as well, and offers a model for how to kill it at work and have a rich, healthy personal life. The firm’s membership platform has been described as an oasis of positivity and practical wisdom, as part leadership development and part social movement.
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Dr. Maria Sirois is an inspirational speaker, consultant, and licensed psychologist who has worked in the fields of wellness and positive psychology for twenty years. As a positive psychologist (Psy.D.) she focuses on the resilience of the human spirit particularly when under chronic stress, during significant transitions, and/or feeling the shock of wholesale change. Known for her wisdom, authenticity and rampant humor, Maria brings a depth of experience in personal and leadership development for corporate and non‐profit professionals, as well as community members, parents, and those who serve in the health and wellness arenas. Her work in the medical, legal, human service, financial, technology and educational sectors focuses on building capacity and engagement around chronic stressors such as conflicting goals, difficult conversations, unrealistic expectations and moments of failure — using such moments to leverage sustained positive shifts in perspective and ability.
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Hartford Happiness Club
Town & County Club
22 Woodland Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
Free Admission and Parking. All are welcome!!
audreybcarlson@cox.net
860.841.5894
Please join me in welcoming Maria Sirois, Psy.D. on September 5th for “LeaderMom Presents Self-Care 5.0 – What Thriving Folk Know! ”
All are welcome!
Best in happiness and love,
Audrey
Dr. Maria Sirois is an inspirational speaker, consultant, and licensed clinical psychologist who has worked in the fields of wellness and positive psychology for twenty years. As a lecturer and motivational speaker, Maria has been invited to keynote at conferences for wellness organizations, businesses, hospitals, hospices, religious and philanthropic institutions internationally. A master storyteller, her lectures and workshops combine powerful and moving anecdotes with rigorous research to enable teams, families and individuals to build a work life and a home life of capacity, grit, meaning and happiness. Addressing topics as diverse as “The Art and Science of Resilience,” “Flourishing No Matter What,” and “A Course in Happiness,” she has been called both a “true teacher,” and “an orator of great power and beauty.”
Recently, she has created a webinar series for presenters, keynoters, teachers and workshop leaders who seek to enable audiences to successfully sustain positive transformation. Teaching for Transformation combines the wisdom of positive psychology with the art of mastery teaching and attendees from around the world have begun to implement her understandings of how to craft a program so that audiences are informed, deeply inspired, and motivated to integrate habit change.
Her clinical work brings the bounty of positive psychology and mind/body medicine to families and children facing terminal illness, and to the staff who care for them. Trained at the New England Deaconness Mind/Body Clinic (Boston, Mass.) and at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Mass.) she currently works as a consultant to families, psychology staffs and hospital and hospice organizations. She received her doctorate from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology in 1993.
An author as well, Maria has published two works: A Short Course in Happiness After Loss (and Other Dark, Difficult Times) brings together the science of positive psychology and the art of resilience to offer a curriculum of sorts for those who are seeking strength, uplift and meaning while wrestling with the harshness of life. Each reflection offers wisdom and practical guidance for those who are suffering from pain, loss, shock, managing chronic stress, or experiencing the disappointments and loneliness of life.
Every Day Counts: Lessons in Love, Faith and Resilience From Children Facing Illness is the tale of Maria’s psychology internship at Dana-Farber. Every Day Counts brings to us the wisdom of the children she treated, wisdom that reminds us in essence that there is no time but now to live life with an open heart. Fearless when facing the suffering of our children, and determined to bring forth the gifts they offer, it is a book, as Paul Newman has written, “{of} great courage, something to lean on in tough times.” Compassion abounds in this book, for the children, for those that love them, and for the caregivers of our world.
Armed with her B.S. Degree in Biology from The College of William and Mary, Catherine enjoys debunking fitness and nutrition myths to help her clients achieve lasting results and uncover the many benefits of an active lifestyle. Catherine has been quoted for her expertise in WebMD magazine, on SparkPeople.com, LiveStrong.com, EmpowHER, Fitbie, and WorldLifestyle, and writes as a blogger for the Huffington Post. Catherine has zero tolerance for diets, supplements, and detoxes (and not just because she’s a huge fan of gluten-full bread!), but lots of love for those new to fitness. An avid runner, she has competed in races from the 1500m to the full marathon, and loves helping others start a running routine. While no longer a classroom teacher, Catherine enjoys using her Master’s in Education from The University of Connecticut to promote literacy as a volunteer tutor in local schools.
Maris Sirois Links and Contact Information
http://mariasirois.com/site
Author page: http://mariasirois.com/books
mariasirois1 -at- gmail -dot- com
Speaking Agent Phone: 215-693-1925
Hartford Happiness Club
Town & County Club
22 Woodland Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
Free Admission and Parking. All are welcome!!
Beverage Bar Available
audreybcarlson@cox.net
860.841.5894
R.S.V.P. Appreciated but optional.
7-8:30 PM
Everyone experiences cognitive distortions, where our brains play tricks on us. During this session we will explore how counterproductive thinking can increase our anxiety in stressful situations. Participants will learn a strategy to control their anxiety, build resilience, and increase thought control during these moments. This will be a helpful session for individuals who struggle with anxiety or just want to be proactive by finding ways to be more resilient in their day to day lives.
Please join me in welcoming Katrina Steady August 1st for her session entitled Train Your Brain to be More Resilient.
All are welcome!
Best in happiness and love,
Audrey
Hartford Happiness Club
Katrina Steady is a performance consultant providing leadership development to managers, athletes, and coaches. She has worked with the U.S. Army for 5 years, teaching Soldiers resilience & performance enhancement techniques. She received her Bachelor’s in Psychology from Central Connecticut State University, and her Master’s in Movement Science with a specialization in Sport & Exercise Psychology from Barry University. She is a member of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, and currently teaches a Sport Psychology Graduate course at Springfield College. Katrina has consulted youth sports, college level athletes, and adults. She has experience teaching mental toughness to the following sports: golf, squash, rugby, baseball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, mixed martial arts, track & field, wrestling, lacrosse, basketball, swimming, CrossFit, and Jiu Jitsu.
Katrina Steady Contact Information
Instagram: @steadfast_pc
Twitter: @Steadfast_PC
Facebook: Steadfast Performance Consulting LLC
www.steadfastperformanceconsulting.com
860-593-7641
Hartford Happiness Club
Town & County Club
22 Woodland Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
Free Admission and Parking. All are welcome!!
audreybcarlson@cox.net
860.841.5894
R.S.V.P. Appreciated but optional.
7-8:30 PM
I will be away in Alaska and Facilitating for me will be Jim McNerney. Please help me Welcome him as he will be presenting the Hartford Happiness Club on June 6th with guest speakers Ron DiBona and Pam Garramone.
This talk will explore the manifold reasons our teens are struggling so mightily with anxiety, depression, and thoughts of suicide. We will examine the factors that result in such troubled teens and the way an active happiness club can cultivate happier and healthier students. We will share the incredible changes in culture and morale the 40% Club has made in our school community and where we are going in the future.
Ron DiBona is a dynamic, passionate English teacher who inspires students through philosophy and humor to achieve and dream. Teaching, for him, provides a most authentic state of “flow”. He is also the founder of the 40% Club at Franklin High School, which actively promotes happiness through student actions of kindness, gratitude, and frivolity.
Pam Garramone,M.Ed. Is a Positive Psychology Speaker and Life Coach and the founder of Thrive Now Boston.
Hartford Happiness Club
Town & County Club
22 Woodland Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
Free Admission and Parking. All are welcome!!
audreybcarlson@cox.net
860.841.5894
R.S.V.P. Appreciated but optional.
June 6, 2019
7-8:30 pm
Please give a warm welcome to Scarlett Lewis as she will speak about her journey after Sandy Hook and the loss of her son Jesse Lewis. She will appear on Thursday May 23rd at the Happiness Club from 7-8:30pm.
Scarlett Lewis founded the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement after her son was murdered during the Sandy Hook tragedy in December 2012. Scarlett decided to be part of the solution to the issues in society—and that also caused the tragedy. She became an advocate for social and emotional learning (SEL) teaching children how to manage emotions, feel connected, and have healthy relationships.
Scarlett promotes the Choose Love Enrichment Program, a no cost, comprehensive SEL program empowering educators and students to choose love. The Choose Love Enrichment Program has been downloaded in all 50 states and in more than 70 countries.
All are welcome!
Best in happiness and love,
Audrey
Hartford Happiness Club
Town & County Club
22 Woodland Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
Free Admission and Parking. All are welcome!!audreybcarlson@cox.net
860.841.5894
R.S.V.P. Appreciated but optional.
7-8:30 PM