Project HUGS Parent Support Group

Upcoming dates:

Tuesday, Aug 8  6:30 – 8 pm  à Inspiring Support Group!

Topic – Practical Tools for More Powerful Living – You want this – read on!

Wendy Warren Grapentine will join us this Tuesday to share some quick, easy, powerful tools to Reclaim Your Brain from Fight or Flight and the continuous stress of your world.

-- These tools take anywhere from 30 seconds to 3 minutes and can help you start your day off powerfully, keep your energies running strong all day, and bring you back to a place of power when the inevitable "hit" comes your way.

Having a child with challenges can keep you in a constant state of Fight or Flight.

In addition to an unpredictable child who you don't always know how to help, you can have work or other responsibilities, , other children, a spouse, extended family and friends, illnesses, plus aging parents…  In the face off all that, it's extremely useful to find ways to put on YOUR oxygen mask first, so you can to be there for people who depend on you – and find time for yourself.

Wendy is a mind-body advocate, massage therapist and former television news medical reporter (Wendy Warren sound may familiar if you’ve lived in Madison a while).

Learn how to reclaim your self, engage in more powerful and confident parenting, and tap into your natural power,

Usually 2nd Tuesdays, 6:30-8 pm, Briarpatch Youth Services, 2720 Rimrock Road.

4th Saturdays, 10-11:30 am, Trinity Lutheran Church, 1904 Winnebago St. Park in the church parking lot, enter the Atwood Ave door next to church lot. (Next to Chase Bank/the old Youth Services.) Walk upstairs to room 215.

About Parent Support Groups:

- Free, no pre-registration required.

- Relaxed and comfortable atmosphere. Light refreshments are served.

- Confidentiality is respected - what is said at group stays at group.

- Enjoy conversation with other adults that care for/about teens. (This is an event for adults unless otherwise noted.)

- Questions? Contact Briarpatch Youth Services (608-251-1126, 800-798-1126) or Stacey Slotty (stacey.slotty@briarpatch.org or 245-2550 x 1104

About this Program:

- Project HUGS (Have yoU Gotten Support?) provides, information, support and resources to parents/caregivers of teens and providers of families that work with teens. Support groups, case management, consultations and outreach are offered through our program.