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Lifestyle Medicine: SOCIAL CONNECTION & SUPPORT
Creative Tuesdays
with Estelle Krestos RN, BSN
Join us in our lobby at 329 Maine Street, Brunswick, for some creative time.
- 10:15am - Art Demos (time will vary from 30 - 60 minutes every Tuesday) All Supplies included, Projects will vary each week, No Registration Required, Open to All
- 1:15 to 2:15 - Handwork Group, Bring your own small project (knitting, crochet, embroidery, quilting, or a project of your choice) to work, be inspired to create with others in our Social Hub, and enjoy good conversation with community members. No Registration Required, Open to All.
Call 207-373-6585 for more information .
Health Within Reach: Grief at the Holidays
with Lifestyle Medicine Staff
Grief at the Holidays - a Conversation
Coping strategies for dealing with grief and loss during the holidays.
Presenter: Andy Sokoloff, LMSW, Bereavement Coordinator, MaineHealth CHANS Home Health and Hospice
MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick, 329 Maine Street Brunswick, ME 04011
Registration is required.
For more information call 207-373-6585.
Healthy Weight for a Lifetime
available
with Lifestyle Medicine Staff
The Healthy Weight for a Lifetime program focuses on creating a long-term solution for weight loss by addressing the emotional, physical, and nutritional issues contributing to obesity. This 10-week mindful living program is set apart due to the multidisciplinary approach that includes:
Nutrition Counseling: Our Registered Dietitian will encourage participants to eat with awareness and define weight and health goals.
Behavioral Health: Our licensed psychotherapist teaches participants to live with awareness while setting realistic goals for lifestyle changes.
Exercise Coaching: Our certified exercise coach helps participants to move with awareness for life-long behavior change.
This physician-supervised program will help participants create a foundation to ensure sustained success and maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle.
Program participants will learn the following:
- Tools to ensure sustained success and maintenance of a healthy weight and lifestyle
- How to develop a healthy body and self-image
- Instruction in meal and exercise planning
- Discover personal barriers or sabotaging behaviors • Identify unhealthy lifestyle patterns with food
- The difference between emotional and physical hunger
- How to set realistic weight and lifestyle goals
Program participants must be 18 years of age or older.
Enrollment requires referral from your primary care physician.
COSTS VARY BASED ON INSURANCE COVERAGE; the program is not currently covered by Medicare or MaineCare.
Call 207-373-6585 for more information.
Healthy Weight for a Lifetime Aftercare Program
available
with Lifestyle Medicine Staff
Monthly education sessions to help graduates continue living an improved lifestyle and to maintain weight loss.
For more information, please call 207-373-6585.
Healthy Weight for a Lifetime Education Series
available
with Lifestyle Medicine Staff
A six-week educational series focusing on long-term solutions for weight loss. Similar to the full 12-week program, it will focus on emotional, physical, and nutritional issues.
Call 207-373-6585 for more information.
Lifestyle Medicine Social Hub
with Lifestyle Medicine Staff
MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Social Hub at Parkview
Please visit our new Lifestyle Medicine Social Hub at Parkview to get some work done, hang out, wait for an appointment, or enjoy our activities when available:
- Wellness Library
- Healthy Cooking Demonstrations
- Art of Wellness Demonstrations
- Lifestyle and Wellness Movies
- Social Games
- Mindful coloring and Puzzles
For more information or to volunteer, please call 207-373-6585.
MBSR Continuing Practice and Retreats
available
with Lifestyle Medicine Staff
Continue the practices learned in the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction class with events and retreats focused on reinforcing and supporting.
Please call 207-373-6585 for more information.
Summer Meditation Series
with Rebecca Porter
Join us for one-hour of mindfulness practice outside among the beautiful pines on the Parkview Campus. Class will consist of mindful stretching, walking in nature, meditation, and discussion. Beginners welcome! Seating will be provided, but feel free to bring your favorite outdoor chair with you. If there is inclement weather, we will move inside.
Registration required.
We meet outside on the Parkview Campus next to the duck pond located at the front of the building. In case of rain, we will meet inside.
329 Maine Street, Main (south) Entrance, Brunswick
For more information, call (207) 373-6585.