Wholeness

The holiday season can be fun but indulgent, and sometimes it's hard to stay on track with your health goals. Join cookbook author Katie Farmand in the CHWB Nutrition Theatre to learn recipes that will help you make healthy yet still delicious choices this holiday season. During this cooking demonstration, you’ll learn how to make...

Feeling stuck? Fighting writer’s block? Ready to give up writing and take up needlepoint?  Before you abandon your dream of penning the Great American Novel, join writing coach Chris Hicks and professional improviser Anthony Francis for an afternoon session of fun and productivity. In this dynamic workshop, you’ll be guided through a series of improv...

The winter holidays will be here before you know it. Stumped for what gifts to give friends and family? How about something hand-made? Try your hand at painting your own holiday ornaments. Program note: The registration fee includes all program materials. This program is presented by Liz Kitchens and hosted by the Winter Park Health...

It can be so difficult this time of year to take a breath, relax and focus on all there is to be grateful about. Join us for an activity that is sure to inspire deep feelings of gratitude during this upcoming holiday season. In this workshop, psychologist and artist Monica Vidal of the Atlantic Center...

With a steady stream of colds, flus and the COVID pandemic over the past few years, we’ll all come to appreciate the power and importance of our immune system. Optimal functioning of our immune system is critical for fighting off both bacterial and viral infections and even cancer. As we head into cold and flu...

Planting a garden is good for your body, mind and soul, and it’s a nurturing and empowering hobby that will serve you and your family well for life. In this class, led by Melissa Goltermann of the nonprofit Momma G Farms, you will learn how to grow a plant from a cutting and from seeds....

Join licensed mental health counselor Jill Hamilton Buss to explore ways you can thoughtfully create a season of meaning this holiday season Between now and the end of the year, it can feel like everyone else is celebrating all of the holidays, all the time. What if you’re just not feeling festive or like celebrating?...

Join Allison in the CHWB Nutrition Theatre, where she’ll prepare dishes including an Arugula Wreath Salad and Pomegranate Guacamole. Transform your holiday meals by learning how to create healthy, delicious side dishes that will impress your guests and nourish your body. Led by Allison Harrell, Registered Dietitian and Culinary Medicine Specialist, this class will guide...

Join experienced sound healing practitioners from the Peggy & Philip B. Crosby Wellness Center at the Center for Health & Wellbeing for a relaxing guided meditation and sound healing experience. The use of sound therapy has existed across cultures and throughout history to promote health and wellbeing. Research shows that sound healing therapy can minimize...

November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to honor, celebrate and recognize the crucial role of and the many contributions of family caregivers in the U.S. It’s also a time to raise awareness about caregiving issues and boost support for these unsung heroes. To provide inspiration and nurture the spark of creativity in both...

Happiness is a positive mental and emotional state -- the presence of positive emotions and the absence of negative ones. Meaning, on the other hand, is bigger; it lies in connecting and contributing to something beyond the self. Carl Jung, one of the great pioneers of psychology, said, “The least of things with a meaning...

A common misconception is grief only follows the death of a loved one, but many other life events are also associated with loss and result in grief.  These losses and the grief that follows can be dismissed by others, remain hidden from others, or be unacknowledged, even to ourselves. Things like unemployment; migration; moving houses; separation...