Workshops at women's centre
The Peninsula Women's Health Centre will host a nutrition workshop and six-week program helping women communicate confidently in their relationships in October.
The nutrition workshop will commence from Thursday, October 15, from 10am with nutrition counsellor Ms Sandy Butow.
The workshop will explore nutrition and how it affects health and wellbeing.
Community development worker Ms Kate Bradfield said the session would discuss the ins and outs of vitamins and minerals including who needs them and why as well as the different foods rich in vitamins and minerals.
She said food labels and nutrition content would also be looked at and women would be encouraged to bring along their own nutrition questions to be answered.
Ms Bradfield said the Communicating with Confidence workshop would be run starting later this month.
"Effective communication is an integral part of any relationship; be it with friends, family, partners, neighbours or children," Ms Bradfield said.
"Communicating with Confidence is a six-week program that has been designed to encourage and assist women to utilise cooperative communication strategies so that their relationships can become more fulfilling and supporting.
"During this group we will explore various tools and strategies to further develop our skills, so that we can communicate our intentions with confidence.
"We will discuss the nature and various levels of conflict, the win-win approach, the use of empathy, creative responses, managing emotions, and how to solve problems as partners and not as opponents.
"We will develop our skills of 'active listening' and practise 'I messages' as well as some self-care strategies to help reduce stress and develop more rewarding relationships."
The program will run every Thursday from 10am to 12pm starting from October 29 until December 3 with facilitator Ms Honor McGill.
Bookings for the workshop and program are essential and can be made by contacting 4342 5905 or drop into the centre at 20A McMasters Rd, Woy Woy.
The workshop and six-week program is free however a gold coin donation would be appreciated.
Press release, 30 Sep 2009
Kate Bradfield, Peninsula Women's Health Centre