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Join Presentations Welcome to the Enrichment & Wellness Festival! If you are seeking new ways to educate and enhance your life, you have come to the right place. Join us for a day of empowering experiences designed to uplift and inspire. Choose from our list of presenters and experience everything from finding financial peace and the power of forgiveness to the ease of living green and the adventure of travel. The Enrichment & Wellness festival is a powerful opportunity for you to embrace the richness of life and to connect with the people in your community. Click below for our complete list of presentations. The Presentations are free but space is limited so register today! Presentation BiosSimple 'n Healthy Raw CuisineHow to Make 100% Healthy "Pasta" with E-Z 'n Scrumptious Sauces Delicious meals can also be simple to prepare, and be health-promoting too! Ellen Livingston will demonstrate how you can make scrumptious vegetable "pasta" with easy homemade sauces, and you'll get to have a taste. Healthy eating never tasted so good! Don Bennett is a health researcher and the author of the book, Avoiding Degenerative Disease and numerous articles on health related topics; his work as a Disease Avoidance Specialist has helped many people improve their physical health and emotional well-being. Ellen Livingston has more than twenty years of independent research on the topics of health and nutrition. Her studies in the complementary fields of raw food nutrition, physical fitness, and sustainable living practices, has empowered Ellen as she pursues her passion for the field of health creation. Prospering Power of Forgiveness Charles was born in Washington, D.C. and has been living in Detroit since March 1978. He is married with three daughters, one granddaughter and attends Detroit Unity Temple. He is a retired Electrical Engineer from Ford Motor Company with degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Now, Charles dedicates his time to helping people enrich their experience of Life through the practice of forgiveness and spiritual prosperity. His approach to spiritual practice and teaching is influenced by his interest in science and technology, an affinity to metaphysics, his appreciation of mysticism and his attraction to the Best that is in people. Charles founded and is currently the Lay Minister of the Detroit Unity Temple Forgiveness Ministry. The DUT Forgiveness Ministry serves people with information about forgiveness and provides support in the practice of forgiveness. The Forgiveness Ministry meets the 4th Sunday of every month in the Family Room of Detroit Unity Temple. Visitors are welcomed at each meeting and are encouraged to ask questions and share their forgiveness experiences. Charles is a certified 5 GIFTS for Living an Abundant Life Facilitator. He facilitates the eight week 5 GIFTS for Living and Abundant Life course which enables participants to experience more abundance in their lives through giving and receiving the spiritual gifts of Gratitude, Intention, Forgiveness, Tithing and Surrender. He was also one of the first Certified 5 GIFTS Spiritual Prosperity Coaches. His coaching practice serves individual and small group clients. Charles combines his original work Prosperity's 12 Affirmations with the 5 GIFTS to offer his clients a rich spiritual context to contect with the Power of Spirit to fulfill their destiny of authentic and prospering self expression. His coaching practice includes face to face one on one coaching and small group coaching. He also does e-mail and telephone coaching for clients outside the Detroit Metropolitan area. Trevor Johnson is a organic farmer and sustainability activist in Southeast Michigan. He is committed to the sustainability of Michigan and has taken on a handful of projects to make his commitment manifest. In Lapeer he manages a thirty-five member Community Supported Agriculture Farms. In Ferndale he has started a community garden and is spearheading a local only farmers market. In the business world Trevor has started a landscape design business that creates edible forest gardens and sustainable farms. Trevor holds a B/S in Horticulture from Michigan State University and spend his academic career working at the MSU Student Organic Farm where he helped grow vegetables 365 days a year for a 60-100 person CSA. Trevor says he is full of "well composted manure". He also holds a Permaculture design certificate from a course he attended in Stelle Illinois as well as a Ecovillage Design certificate from the Findhorn Ecovillage in Scotland. Financial Peace University Through a combination of personal testimonial and an audio visual presentation, Lorna will present an Introduction to Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University (FPU). FPU is an amazing 13 week program, created (and led via video by Dave Ramsey) that teaches you how to make the right decisions with your money. You'll be empowered with the practical skills and confidence needed to achieve your financial goals and experience true financial peace! Each of the 13 lessons deals with a different topic that will change the way you think about personal finance. You will learn about how to save money, live on a budget, communicate about money, eliminate debt, find bargains, and experience the joy of giving. Over 650,000 families have completed FPU with amazing success. On average, they pay off $5,300 in debt and save $2,700 in just 13 weeks. That's an $8,000 change in position in just 91 days! Lorna Servetter is an active member of the Association for Youth Empowerment's Community Financial Empowerment committee. The Association for Youth Empowerment (AYE) is a North America-based nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to bringing to schools and communities transformational youth programs. Through sponsorship and support of social change and leadership programs, AYE assists communities in eliminating isolation, violence and social oppression. As an expression of her commitment to the mission, Lorna volunteers to organize and facilitate the delivery of Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University in the Detroit Metro area. Lorna is married and is the mother of one son. Drumming Circle Come drum with us and ride the wave of energy created by drumming. No experience necessary, drummers of all levels are welcome. Expand your connection between yourself, your drum and Mother Earth's energy. Feel the heartbeat and let the rhythm course through your veins and carry you away. Bring a drum if you have one! Ralph Koziarski has been studying woodwinds and music since 1958, including at Wayne State University. He’s performed since 1968 and has been playing with his own group Expedition, which performs jazz-fusion since 1981. He also performs solo to big band, freelances and records with numerous Detroit area groups. He currently performs with 10 different groups and is on more than 20 recordings. In 1985 he was voted “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” by the Detroit Metro Times newspaper. Thai Vinyasa Massage with Lucille Palancher director of Spectrum Yoga. Thai Vinyasa is a natural evolution from Thai Massage, an ancient healing method rooted in Ayurveda and Chinese medicine, traditionally used on buddhist monks, yogis, and martial art practitioners. You're a Genius--And I Can Prove It! Do you feel like you're losing your memory as you age, losing your mind from constant stress of everyday life and doubting what you are capable of achieving? Oh, probably not--I'm sure I'm just speaking for myself. But JUST IN CASE, I will prove to you that when you learn HOW you learn best, by capitalizing on your strengths versus focusing on your weaknesses, not only does your memory improve--but all learning accelerates! With humor, real life examples, and interaction-- you will learn how you learn best and apply what you've learned immediately, by memorizing 20 words forwards and backwards in two minutes. Then you'll apply the concept to everyday life. Without a doubt, you will leave amazed while asking yourself, WHAT ELSE IS POSSIBLE?! (Disclaimer, these 20 words will haunt you for months--you will NEVER forget them!) Kimberly Kassner is the author of, You're a Genius-And I Can Prove It! and the founder of EmpowerMind a company that teaches adaptive learning from ages 10-adult. Previously she was a top performer in the country for a Fortune Forty Company while working less than 35 hours a week. For the past 20 years on over 100 radio and TV shows she's proclaimed and proven that everyone has a unique genius inside SCREAMING to get out! Her mission from turning gang kids into honor students, cutting work and study time in half and helping professionals achieve more than they dreamed possible-- is to help everyone see their full potential and actualize it in the world. Herbal Alternatives To Medicine Come join Yusef A. Hardy, a Certified Herbal Health Practitioner, in the class, Herbal Alternatives To Medicine. Yusef is committed to a Medicine-free Society and people's health and happiness through the use of natural herbs. In this class you will experience the Healing Power of Natural Herbs through sampling and learning practical uses of various herbs. |
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