Our daily conversations can become automatic, pressured, and careless. However, with the right mindset, even ordinary interactions become rich territory for effectively expressing our deepest values. Join others to explore ways to see conversation as an opportunity to practice a special kind of attentiveness, transforming our encounters with colleagues into meaningful moments of genuine exchange. Prerequisite: Intro to Mindfulness or existing mindfulness practice.

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Read more about KGA Service Overview with Managers

We will focus on caring for an older child or adult with disabilities, rights concerning education and employment, protecting and providing for your special needs child, as well as legal and financial issues and effective family management.

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April is National Alcohol Awareness month. Studies tell us that substance use problems impact 1 in 7 people in their lifetime—but only 1 in 10 will ask for help. We’ll explore our relationship with substances, and how you can take helpful action if you or a loved one want to cut back.

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Learn the ecological and economic benefits of going green. This webinar provides concrete methods to make our homes greener, saving both money and the environment. Read more about Care Talks–Your Healthy Lifestyle: Green Tips for Your Home

This webinar discusses planning ideas for families, including childcare, summer camps, and how to support teens with their summer jobs. Read more about Care Talks– Confident Parenting: Summer Planning for Families

This webinar discusses how to successfully manage family and work responsibilities. We will cover the advantages/challenges of dual-earner relationships, how to develop a work/life plan and strategies for combining career and work. Read more about Care Talks – Succeed at Work: Strategies for Working Couples

We will focus on caring for an older child or adult with disabilities, rights concerning education and employment, protecting and providing for your special needs child, legal and financial issues and effective family management.

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Read more about Care Talks– Raising Children with Disabilities

Part of well home design is removing obstacles to better health. We'll share tips on how to use principles from “The Home Edit” and Marie Kondo but with a twist for seniors living at home. This session also covers “visitability” which is how to make your home age-friendly for visiting relatives, and how to help seniors with “solastalgia,” or distress that comes from environmental changes.

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Read more about Care Talks–Caring For Older Loved Ones

Now more than ever the majority of our waking hours are spent in front of a screen – work, shopping, school, mail, news, and entertainment. And this list doesn’t account for texting, scrolling through social media, or Zooming with friends and family. Did you know the average person checks their phone 150 times a day? That 69% of people check their device first thing in the morning? And that people spend an average of 6+ years on social media in a lifetime?

This class will help you become more aware of some uncomfortable truths about your digital habits. You will learn why it is so...

Read more about Digital Wellness – What it Means, Why It Matters, and How to Begin

In these sessions, we will continue to explore mindfulness, using visual art exercises as a vehicle for practicing present-moment attention, an awareness that is open, curious, and non-judgmental.

This workshop requires no art experience. In fact, we won’t actually be “making art.” Our focus will be on mindfulness; if something delightful happens on paper, that will be a welcome bonus.

Each session will follow the same basic format: some sitting meditation to start, then a mindful art session, and then questions and discussion.

After registering, you will receive an...

Read more about Drawing from the Present: Mindfulness and Art

In these sessions, we will continue to explore mindfulness, using visual art exercises as a vehicle for practicing present-moment attention, an awareness that is open, curious, and non-judgmental.

This workshop requires no art experience. In fact, we won’t actually be “making art.” Our focus will be on mindfulness; if something delightful happens on paper, that will be a welcome bonus.

Each session will follow the same basic format: some sitting meditation to start, then a mindful art session, and then questions and discussion.

After registering, you will receive an...

Read more about Drawing from the Present: Mindfulness and Art

In these sessions, we will continue to explore mindfulness, using visual art exercises as a vehicle for practicing present-moment attention, an awareness that is open, curious, and non-judgmental.

This workshop requires no art experience. In fact, we won’t actually be “making art.” Our focus will be on mindfulness; if something delightful happens on paper, that will be a welcome bonus.

Each session will follow the same basic format: some sitting meditation to start, then a mindful art session, and then questions and discussion.

After registering, you will receive an...

Read more about Drawing from the Present: Mindfulness and Art

KGA, your Employee Assistance Program, is a free and confidential benefit that provides support for employees and their family members. Additionally, we can be a valuable resource to you as a manager or supervisor. Learn how at our upcoming EAP Overview for Managers.

The literal definition of “burnout” is this: “The reduction of a fuel or substance to nothing, through use or combustion.” As every individual knows, however, burnout is not just a scientific phenomenon — it’s what happens when inner resources become depleted, and no spark is left to start them up again. It’s no surprise this should sometimes be the case, when daily work life and family life collide in what feels like a persistent energy burn, and the path towards greater resilience is not always clear. In this training, we will explore how the essential foundations of mindfulness...

Read more about Mindfulness Practices for Burnout Relief, with Rebecca Wing

How often do we go to the market and end up purchasing groceries we didn’t intend to purchase? Plan to eat healthfully but find that we did not? Look in our refrigerator for a snack to meet an emotional need? Avoid food altogether for any number of reasons? Completely miss the taste and nourishment of a special meal because distracting thoughts carried us away from the moment? These all-too-common experiences happen to us when we feel distanced from our bodies, our thoughts, and our emotions. This session delves into how a consistent practice of mindfulness can help participants close...

Read more about Mindful Eating, with Greg Topakian