** Change of DAY:  This event is on TUESDAY this month... ** Spirit at Work presents

TUESDAY, November 18th, 2008               12:00 - 1:30pm   Addictions, Hope and the Challenges of Work & Living with John Kuchenthal,  Business and Professional Development Consultant and Charles S., his AA Sponsor Do you ever feel driven by the pressures of work & daily living? How do you cope, or find peace? Sometimes, living ain't easy...  Whether it's the pressures inside or around us, we often do things our better selves tell us we shouldn't. We over-work, shop or consume, or take substances that can hurt us. Yet we're all doing the best we can. This session will explore the drivers in life towards addictions and destructive habits/thinking, and what we can do about them. Drawing on their own experiences in business, spirituality and "Alcoholics Anonymous," our speakers will help us to consider:            - the pressures and challenges that affect us all            - the behaviours we use to cover over our pain/feelings            - how insights from A.A. can help us move beyond our ego/small self              at work, and create cultures of respect via common experience. These insights will then be used to help us: draw on our own experiences, listen to ourselves more deeply, share with others, and give us tools we can use in our work and daily life.                                            - - - - - - - - - What helps us heal is to serve others, do "God's will" (or the will of our own higher understanding), and to release our white knuckle control of situations and others. As we see that "control" is an illusion, we experience humility, release judgement and become teachable. We begin to experience an identity shift – from a self centred, ego-motivated, individual to a more divinely inspired being. - John Kuchenthal Alcoholics Anonymous has become woven into the very fabric of modern society. AA and its offshoot organizations have been estimated to affect, in one way or another, the lives of about 50 percent of Americans… There are now close to 300 "anonymous" 12-step self-help organizations dealing with every form of human suffering. - Dr. David Hawkins, psychiatrist, author of Power vs. Force                                           - - - - - - - - -                     click here to RSVP  or  phone: 604.685-6560 DATE:           TUESDAY, November 18, 2008 -- 12:00 - 1:30 pm LOCATION:   Main Floor, Conference Rooms, Terasen Building,                      1111 W. Georgia St. (at Thurlow), Vancouver Cost:             Without lunch: $10                      With lunch:  non-members - $20;  members - $15 Lunch:          Catered sandwiches, salad, tea and coffee                               __________________________ About Our Speakers: John Kuchenthal joined Alcoholics Anonymous over a year ago to come to terms with his addictions and to deal with his own physical and psychological pain. There he discovered that his pain was not just a frustration/challenge, but a motivation to heal and to embrace his deeper spirituality. A Board member of Workplace Centre for over 15 years, John has a wide range of skills and experience in personal & professional development. Previously a vocational counsellor at Malaspina College and a program designer with the Federal government creating re-employment programs for professionals, John has 20 years' experience as a business consultant (in resolving conflicts and creating common ground among workers and management) and 35 years as a personal development trainer in organizations. Joining John will be his AA sponsor, Charles S., who has been a member of Alcoholics Anonymous for 18 years.                click here to RSVP  or  phone: 604-685-6560 back to top