Prepare to kick off the New Year with strategies to improve your life and get focused! Amy Wood, trained psychologist and life coach, brings her expertise to Kennebunk Free Library for a series of ten sessions, held on the first Thursday of each month, designed to help you feel happier and more productive at home and work. These workshops will teach you a proven formula for making your life more rewarding – with resources you already have. You’ll learn to create a fresh vision for making your goals a reality and making you feel more empowered and happy at home and work in 2010.

Amy Wood is a psychologist with a deep knowledge of human nature and an ardent knack for helping adults become their own version of successful. She has worked with a diverse client base over the years, from psychiatric patients to community leaders to corporate executives. The session topics for the upcoming Lifewise at Lunch series include Improving Your Intuition, Thriving in the Face of Change, Overcoming Overwhelm, Emotional Intelligence, Getting Unstuck, Boosting Your Creativity, What’s the Use of Worrying, Living From a Strengths-Based Perspective, and Letting Go of Self-Limiting Beliefs. Each session will be held on the first Thursday of the month and no registration is required. Participants are welcome to bring a lunch along with them to eat while they enjoy the program.

If you have any questions, please contact the Kennebunk Free Library at 985-2173. Please take advantage of these free, life-changing seminars!

Thursday, January 7^th: The Secret to Success: Make 2010 your year to feel more empowered and happy at home and work. This workshop will teach you a proven formula for making your life more rewarding – with resources you already have. You’ll create a fresh vision for making your goals a reality in the coming year.

Thursday, February 4^th: Improving Your Intuition: All of us have intuition, an inner guidance system that can help us make better choices and be more successful in all areas of life – if we're willing to listen to what it has to say.  This workshop will help you to understand and rely on your intuition as your most vital solution-finding resource.  You’ll learn how to tap into your inner wisdom, with specific strategies for increasing your intuitive power.

Thursday, March 4^th: Thriving in the Face of Change: The one constant in life is change, so why are we so unsettled by it? This workshop will show you how to weather the inevitable transitions of life -- everything from break-ups to corporate downsizing -- from a more grounded perspective. You’ll learn how to view change as a welcome opportunity for personal growth, not just a jarring interruption.

Thursday, April 1^st: Overcoming Overwhelm: With so much information out there on how to improve every area of your life – family, work, friendships, your health, your home, the list goes on – it’s easy to feel pressured from a sense that you have to "do it all, be it all, have it all." This workshop will show you how to keep all the vital areas of your life thriving, with less stress and a greater sense of peace and accomplishment.

Thursday, May 6^th: Emotional Intelligence: A high IQ doesn’t necessarily translate into academic, career or social success. The most accurate predictor of success is emotional intelligence, or EQ – the capacity to understand one’s self and others and apply that understanding effectively in real world situations. This workshop will cover the components of emotional intelligence, why it’s essential, ways to increase it, and how to leverage it to enhance success in all areas of life.

Thursday, June 3r^d:  Getting Unstuck:   No matter what your goals or how ambitious you are, it is normal to occasionally feel unmotivated, uninspired, and unable to reach the finish line.   This workshop will show you how to get going again when you’re feeling discouraged, confused or just plain out of steam so that you can accomplish what’s important to you at the office and at home. 

Thursday, July 1^st: Boosting Your Creativity: This workshop is for anyone, even if you don’t consider yourself a creative type, who wants to live from a place of greater imagination and personal expression. You’ll learn how to move past creative blocks, get more in touch with your inner artist, and bring more innovation into your life.

Thursday, September 2^nd: What’s the Use of Worrying?: Worrying can be a healthy warning signal that alerts us to real dangers and helps us prepare for the future. But worrying for no reason only leads to frantic days and sleepless nights. This workshop will help you differentiate between what’s worth worrying about and what’s not worth another thought. You’ll learn how to curb needless worrying so that you can give your attention to what really matters – and get more sleep.

Thursday, October 7^th: Living from a Strengths-based Perspective: Research shows that people are most successful when they delegate what they’re not so good at and channel their energy into getting even better at what they’re already good at. (Think Tiger Woods and Donald Trump) This workshop will help you to appreciate and capitalize on your existing strengths so that you can experience a greater sense of mastery and productivity – and much less wasted energy.

Thursday, November 4^th: Letting Go of Self-Limiting Beliefs: Inner doubts – and we all have them – can sabotage even the best laid plans. This workshop will help you to take negative thinking less seriously, and create the mindset you need to get out of your way and move forward with confidence.