What are "Arts of Wellness"?

The Arts of Wellness uses multiple forms of the arts - visual, musical, theatrical, literary, or movement-based - to support wellness across physical, emotional, and social dimensions.

MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick currently has opportunities to use visual art and dance to improve wellness and we are working toward adding programs using other arts as well. Current opportunities include:

• Health in Motion
• Neurographic Art
• Intuitive Painting
• Collage Workshop

Please call 207-373-6585 for more information. If you can't find what you're looking for, ask!

What is Lifestyle Medicine?

Lifestyle Medicine is a medical specialty that uses therapeutic lifestyle interventions as a primary modality to prevent and treat chronic conditions. These conditions include, but are not limited to, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.

Grounded in evidence-based practice, lifestyle medicine takes a whole-person, prescriptive approach that expands the scope of preventive care by addressing the root causes of illness through sustainable behavior change. Its foundation rests on six core pillars: whole-food, plant-predominant diet, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and positive social connections.

• Optimal nutrition - focus on eating more plant predominant whole foods
• Physical activity - engage in regular and consistent physical activity
• Stress management - develop healthy coping skills
• Restorative sleep - allow for 7-9 hours of quality sleep every night
• Connectedness - foster and support relationships that bring meaning and purpose to life
• Avoid risky substances - avoid consumption or exposure to harmful substances

MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick offers numerous opportunities in many of these six pillars. 

We welcome you to explore our currently offered classes and events on this site! 

Please call 207-373-6585 with questions or for more information. If you don't see something you're looking for, just ask!

What is the "Stress Management" Lifestyle Medicine Pillar?

Managing negative stress can lessen anxiety, depression, and immune dysfunction and contribute to improved well-being.

MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick has a variety of opportunities to manage stress:

• Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
• Yoga for daily Living
• Summer Meditation
• Mindful Moment
• Mindfulness for Daily Living
• Book Club – Mindfulness- A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Hectic World
• Peggy Huddleston Prepare for Surgery
• Health Within Reach
• The Arts of Wellness
• A Morning of Intention

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
• Livestyle and Wellness Movies
• Social Games
• Mondful coloring and Puzzles

For more information or to volunteer, please call 207-373-6585.

This program is designed to help people better cope with stress and life’s challenges. Mindfulness is an awareness that arises by intentionally paying attention to the present moment.

This 8-week course consists of 2½-hour weekly group classes, and a 6-hour weekend retreat.

• Some scholarships are available.
• Payment plans are available.

For more information call (207) 373-6585.

MH Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick, 329 Maine Street in Brunswick

This six-week program is designed for individuals with chronic disease or illness, with a goalto improve quality of life, support mental and physical endurance, and promote healing.What you can expect:• A better sense of well being• Stimulated immune system• Increased strength and flexibility• Reduced stress• Decreased pain for arthritis and fibromyalgia

The Arts of Wellness: Writing Through Grief

We will all face intense grief at various times in our lives.  Sometimes, it will come in the form of the death of a loved one, and at other times it may take different forms: illness or injury, divorce, natural disasters, disability, family estrangement, loss of a job, taking on a caregiving role, and many others.

In this free workshop, participants will join writer Sarah Kilch Gaffney to learn how expressive writing and journaling can help us navigate grief in all its forms. Participants will hear readings, try out writing prompts, and learn about the benefits of expressive writing and journaling, as well as take home some helpful tools and ideas. No writing experience is necessary, anyone experiencing any kind of grief is welcome, and all workshop participants will get to bring a journal home with them to continue their practice.

Registration is required. Space is limited.

For more information call 207-373-6585.