Anne Marie Bennett

Join author Anne Marie Bennett and others who are traveling the Bright Side journey in these live workshops and talk backs.  You don’t have to have breast cancer to join in… they are for anyone who is facing any kind of detour on the highway of life.

Choosing to Walk on the
Bright Side of the Road:
How to Stay Connected
to Self and Spirit
When Going Through
Life’s Challenges

It happens to all of us at one time or other. We’re going along with our lives, minding our own business and then… wham!  Something completely unexpected and thoroughly unwelcome suddenly happens to us.  An illness, an accident, the loss of a relationship, a job transition, a minor health issue.

During a major life interruption or transition, it is important that we choose to stay connected to ourselves, to others, and to Spirit (however you choose to call Spirit). In this workshop we’ll explore 8 specific tools that will assist us on our quest to walk on the “bright side of the road” during any difficult time that we might face.  As a set, these tools soothe and energize us towards our own personal choices of self-connection, walking with Spirit, and staying linked to our communities of loved ones.

The tools include:  Affirmations, Gratitude, Notes to Self, Laughter, A Simple Prayer, Imagination, Creative Expression, and Bright Side Breathing.  The tools will be our catalyst towards a new walk on the bright side of the road, which will steady us enough to keep us on our personal journeys of wellness, serenity and renewal.

Each participant will receive a Treasure Bag of three-dimensional symbols for each of the tools. Our hope is that you will use these symbols as touchstones on your journey…. a special way to stay connected to yourself and Spirit during any rough patches in your daily life.

I received a sense of hope from today’s workshop.  I now know how to choose the bright side as I’m walking through my life.  — Cheryl, Waltham

I now really see and feel that we are all connected and that I am not alone.
I will definitely use the gratitude and “notes to self” exercise every day to change my negative outlook to positive.  — Michelle, Reading

This workshop was a very affirming experience for me. I am going to keep my Treasure Bag beside my bed to remind me of this bright side approach to life. — Mary, Wakefield

I am going to use the items in my Treasure Bag as constant reminders to laugh, to be grateful, to play and to keep looking inside.  — Linda, Lynnfield

I loved, loved, loved the guided meditation Anne Marie led on being in a circle of my loved ones. That was very powerful and healing for me.     — Carol, Gloucester

Sunday August 29, 2010

12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
$35.00

Circles of Wisdom
201-203 Washington St.
Andover, Massachusetts
Register here: 978-474-8010
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Saturday September 18, 2010

1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
$35.00

A Higher Balance Healing Center
201-203 Washington St.
Salem, Massachusetts
Register here: 781-639-1236

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Thursday November 6, 2010

9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
$48 before October 27 or $55 after October 27
(cost includes lunch!)

Rolling Ridge Retreat Center
660 Great Pond Rd.
Andover, Massachusetts
Please click here to register.