Personal Growth

Description: A proven method to more powerful, positive thinking. Regardless of your life circumstances, the powerful groundbreaking techniques you will learn in this seminar will help you develop and maintain a positive mental attitude immediately and forever! Many people have made continuous efforts in their lives to change their thought patterns, hoping to develop a permanent positive attitude, only to find themselves falling back into destructive, negative patterns in just a short time. This course will show you there is much more to permanent attitude change than just making up your mind to do so. You will learn about the underlying factors, which are crucial to making an attitude adjustment permanent. You will also learn how to adjust your own personal settings within yourself to convert your negative thoughts into positive, useful energy. Learn how to overcome depression, anxiety, guilt and worry, tackle frustration and irritation, make stress work for you, and build a positive self-image. This dynamic seminar is your ticket to overcome the past, setting life goals, the courage to make those life changes and to overcome the detrimental effects of indecision and procrastination. Become the person you were fully meant to be.

Teacher Bio: EDWARD K. FRANK is an international speaker, published author and business consultant. He has encountered severe business and personal failures, including devastating physical injuries, and came back to conquer the “business of small business.” He has learned to transform the negativity in his life and teaches this powerful and constructive method to clients around the country. See Edward’s other class in Business: THE REAL WORLD OF SMALL BUSINESS Price: $45.00

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Class Name: PE015-The Joy of Singing

Location: mid Tampa Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: Joe Piervincenti

Days: Sat Time: 2pm to 5pm

Description: Yes, there is joy to singing. The spirit soars and the heart rejoices with a song. No one can be unhappy when they're singing. This is what I believe. Do you want to sing? This class, The Joy of Singing is for you then. In this class each participant will have an opportunity to learn the basics of voice and performance art. A PA system with microphone will be available as well as musical accompaniment. It's suggested to choose several favorite songs for class use. If you have something like karaoke cd's to bring along that would be great. By request, it may be possible for the instructor to furnish music if it's requested ahead of time.

Teacher Bio: Joe Piervincenti is a professional vocalist and vocal coach. His belief is that "if you can speak you can sing." Our voices are musical instruments. Learning how to use the voice for song can be learned. Come to this class and experience the joy of singing! Price: $25.00 karaoke cd's if available. Class size: 4-10

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Class Name: ENJOY THE POWER OF A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE Attitude Determines Altitude

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: JOHN S. NAGY

Days: Fri Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Description: Learn the proven method to a more powerful, positive attitude and stop struggling. There are 7 underlying elements, which make an attitude adjustment permanent. You will learn to develop and maintain a positive attitude immediately and forever! Stop falling back into destructive, negative patterns in a very short time. Learn to turn those negative thoughts into positive, useful energy. This dynamic seminar is your ticket to overcoming the stopping points, setting life goals, summoning the courage to make those life changes and to overcome the detrimental effects of indecision and procrastination.

Teacher Bio: Coach JOHN S. NAGY, M.S.E.M. is a multi-degreed professional business coach and technical advisor who provides individualized Business and Personal Coaching support to professionals throughout the nation and the world. He has been in the coaching field since Jan 1989, running his own successful coaching practice operating on the principles he asks his own clients to practice. Coach Nagy has a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE), a Masters of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) and is both a Coach U Graduate and a well recognized state certified mediator here in Florida since 1995. He is a published author since early 1990, writing and publishing many books, workbooks, articles and booklets on personal and professional development. Most recognized in the business world are his articles on business development and management effectiveness. John is known throughout the Tampa Bay area as a teacher, speaker and trainer on a wide variety of subjects related to business and personal development. He currently provides facilitation to the ACT! Users Group of Tampa Bay, Business Workshops within contracted business settings and classes at Baywinds Learning Centers. Price: $35.00 Materials fee to teacher: $3

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Class Name: IRRESISTIBLE ATTRACTION

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: JOHN S. NAGY

Days: Tue Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Description: What could you achieve if you had a knack to magically draw to you exactly what you want? It’s called “The Force” and people who have it are magical at attracting great people, opportunities and other “good stuff” at will. Making oneself attractive to this degree is a very learnable skill. Becoming irresistibly attractive is a necessary step along your path of personal development. Join our class and learn how to attract the good stuff unavoidably.

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Class Name: IRRESISTIBLE ATTRACTION

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: JOHN S. NAGY

Days: Tue Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

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Class Name: BODY CHAT Hear With Your Eyes, Speak With Your Body

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: JOHN S. NAGY

Days: Fri Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Description: Learn to listen with your eyes and talk with your body! Your face, hands, and even the positioning of your body communicates over 50% of your message. Learn to be understood fully, due to rich communication skills. Learn to get your message across without saying a word. Learn to “see” what others are really saying. Learn how to tell how others are thinking, and, let them know that you know. This fun-filled, lively session gives you better personal connection skills and makes your connections better. You will see the difference and communicate more effectively!

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Class Name: BODY CHAT Hear With Your Eyes, Speak With Your Body

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: JOHN S. NAGY

Days: Fri Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

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Class Name: MAKE BETTER CHOICES, REAP THE REWARDS

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: JOHN S. NAGY

Days: Tue Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Description: “The choices we make dictate the life we lead.” Tired of missed opportunities? Fed up with attracting people who compound your problems? Looking for a better approach? Let life expert and coach John Nagy show you 4 vital tools to make better choices. Using specific examples from the group, we will discover and work through personal strategies to: • Uncover what holds you back • Gain more discipline • Create a clearer, more balanced reality • Get your needs met • Stop the “but’s” • Make satisfying choices for the life you deserve to lead

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Class Name: MAKE BETTER CHOICES, REAP THE REWARDS

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: JOHN S. NAGY

Days: Fri Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

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Class Name: LIVING WELL IN RETIREMENT

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: DONNA B. DAY & CLINTON E. DAY

Days: Thur Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: It may be a cliché, but "Your retirement can truly be the best years of your life!" For those already in or nearing retirement, this course will provide the latest information, ideas, and plans to insure success in retirement. Come to this highly-interactive evening hosted by successful retirees who retired first at age 44 and 40, and a second time at age 56 and 52. They'll share their personal expertise and experiences on how to: • Adapt to the changing trends in retirement • Gain an understanding of 3 elements for good retirement planning • Establish alternatives to traditional retirement, including retiring in-place and phased retirement • Manage your money and create financial security, even if you've started late • Benefit from the Baby Boomers impact on market demand in the coming years • Find fun and exciting things to do with your increased leisure time • Stay healthy and young for a more vibrant retirement • Renew existing relationships and create new friendships for a richer, happier retirement • Find personal meaning in retirement Includes resource list.

Teacher Bio: CLINTON E. DAY, CRPC, CPCU, a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, has 30 years' experience in the finance industry as a national broker. With his wife, DONNA B. DAY, RPT, are the founders of three business. Donna, a registered physical therapist, will co-present. They live between Atlanta, Georgia, and Sarasota, Florida. Price: $35.00 Special Offer: $35 per Individual or $50 per Couple

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Class Name: LIVING WELL IN RETIREMENT

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: DONNA B. DAY & CLINTON E. DAY

Days: Wed Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

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Class Name: THE LAST RESOLUTION YOU WILL EVER (NEED TO) MAKE

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: SANDRA KISCHUK

Days: Mon Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: What one resolution could you make that would impact your life completely? Each year, we are expected to make resolutions, only to fail in keeping most of them. Our response may be to make a BIGGER resolution this year and hope that it will “take”. Or just avoid another failure by NOT making any resolutions. Do resolutions really work? The Last Resolution You Will Ever (Need to) Make is the hardest and most challenging of all, but it is at the ROOT of all other resolutions, and provides a tool that will work throughout your life. It allows you to keep growing and changing, and whether you are 9 or 90, it will still “fit”. Application of this resolution to your life is the greatest gift you can give your children and other loved ones. And it can be life-changing as well as world-changing.

Teacher Bio: SANDRA KISCHUK is a professional business/personal life coach with a diverse corporate and governmental background. She has worked with both college-aged and adult students on personal and professional development and has facilitated 26 student societies at the USF College of Engineering. Price: $35.00 Materials fee to teacher: $5

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Class Name: FIND YOUR PASSION AND LIVE YOUR DREAM

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: SANDRA KISCHUK

Days: Sat Time: 9:30am-4:30pm

Description: A dynamic and interactive workshop designed to help you create a most successful, creative and exciting lifestyle, limited only by your imagination. This seminar will start you on the process of determining what defines your “individuality”, what your true interests are and where your true talents lie. Avoid being overwhelmed and move forward with your dreams and ideas. Are you considering a life change? Develop some tools and techniques to determine where you got “lost” and where you are heading. This day-long intensive class teaches you to implement the organizational ideas you have learned and sets you to create a “life plan”, establish priorities, and determine action options. Refocus your energies and apply your skills to make your life closely fit your goals and dreams.

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Class Name: MEGA SPEED READING AND LEARNING Attention: Students, Business Professionals, Teachers, Entrepreneurs!!

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: HOWARD STEPHEN BERG

Days: Sat Time: 9:00am-1:00pm

Description: Information overload threatens your success in an information-based economy. Did you know more information is published each week than in all of human history through the year 1800? Are you keeping up? In just a few hours, national reading expert Howard Stephen Berg will show you how to: • Read faster than before • Internalize what you read • Retain vital facts and details • Save time and money (up to 50%) • Profit from increased productivity Testimonial: “I feel you have moved one step beyond speed reading to speed learning, bringing the discipline into the 21st Century.” – Maurice C. Thompson Jr., past President and Chairman of Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics

Teacher Bio: HOWARD STEPHEN BERG is C.E.O. of “Mega Learning Corporation.” His reading timed has claimed him as the world’s fastest reader by the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records. Reading over 25,000 words per minute, Mr. Berg researched into how to harness the power of the mind. Mr. Berg has attracted international attention for reading, writing and math skills. Price: $69.00 Special Offer: With Mega Speed Reading: Two-Class Special Price $129

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Class Name: LOVE YOURSELF, HEAL YOURSELF

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: FAUSTINE JUDD

Days: Thur Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: Loving yourself is your magic wand for transformations in your life. Experience this Louise Hay Workshop with a Certified Leader. Learn, have fun as we grow in our ability to manifest good in every area of our lives through discussion and safe experiential exercises. Expect growth in any or all aspects of your life including: Health, Relationships, Career, Self-Esteem, Prosperity, and Spirituality.

Teacher Bio: FAUSTINE JUDD has been trained to present Louise Hay Workshops. She has practiced the principles found in You Can Heal Your Life since 1989, and is committed to assisting others in creating what they want in life. Price: $29.00

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Class Name: DETERMINE WHAT YOU WANT! Make this the year to fall awake to the life of your dreams

Location: Pinellas Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: JO-ANN SLOAN

Days: Thur Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: This is not a goal setting workshop. The purpose of this workshop is for you to determine what you want for your life. What do you want right this moment? What do you want this year, and then five years from now? What do you want in your relationships, in your finances, in your health? What is really important for you to have, do and be in this lifetime? Don’t worry about how you will get there. Simply clarify what you want. From this point of clarity, you will be pulled forward to create promises, plans, dreams, and goals to capture the new vision of your future. You will leave quite inspired as you fall awake to the intricate details of the life of your dreams. A few of the many topics and exercises we will cover: • Trust your desires • Get unstuck from “I don’t know” • Create boldly • Clarify what you want to have, do and be • Free your future from your past • Zero-based planning • Life coaching follow-up session included

Teacher Bio: JO-ANN SLOAN is a life coach, business consultant, author, speaker, and facilitator. She specializes in transformational practices and projects, and works with individuals, groups, organizations and institutions around the world. Her real world sessions are inspiring and motivating, and designed to bring you to higher levels of achievement and happiness. Price: $30.00 Materials fee to teacher: $7 Special Offer: See Jo-Ann’s other classes in Recreation and Social: ART OF CONVERSATION

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Class Name: DETERMINE WHAT YOU WANT! Make this the year to fall awake to the life of your dreams

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: JO-ANN SLOAN

Days: Tue Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Teacher Bio: JO-ANN SLOAN is a life coach, business consultant, author, speaker, and facilitator. She specializes in transformational practices and projects, and works with individuals, groups, organizations and institutions around the world. Her real world sessions are inspiring and motivating, and designed to bring you to higher levels of achievement and happiness. Price: $30.00 Special Offer: See Jo-Ann’s other classes in Recreation and Social: ART OF CONVERSATION

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Class Name: CHANGE YOUR HABITS Take any intention out of a New Year’s Resolution and make it a reality!

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: JO-ANN SLOAN

Days: Tue Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Description: Imagine for a moment that many of our emotional problems, basic character traits, and even “genetic defects” are just habits. Those nagging feelings of inadequacy – perhaps just a habit. Fear of success? A habit – perhaps. That state of depression we blame on a failed relationship – habit, possibly? Stress, procrastination, high debts, money shortages, and a whole host of other problems might be habits, too – nothing less, nothing more. Likewise, happiness, health loving relationships, or wealth might be habits. There are many possible approaches to changing a habit. The habit changing strategies, practiced in this workshop, are powerful. Use them to make simple, small changes in behavior to solve what you consider to be the biggest problem in your life and/or to achieve any specific goal. A few of the many topics and exercises we will cover: • Maybe it’s just a habit? • Three steps to changing a habit • What to do with excuses • Managing your associations • Substitution, not retribution • Habits and values • Life coaching follow-up session included

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Class Name: ASSERTIVENESS

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: SANDRA CONTRERAS

Days: Mon Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: Learn your style of communication and change the way you speak to others. Identify what words or behavior triggers an unwanted response from others. Change the way people think about you and get what you want by creating a positive environment. Join us for a dynamic, interactive seminar that teaches ways that work!

Teacher Bio: SANDRA CONTRERAS gives you the tools you need to reach your ultimate goals, professionally and personally. Step out of your box and invest in your own success. Price: $35.00

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Class Name: ASSERTIVENESS

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: SANDRA CONTRERAS

Days: Mon Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Teacher Bio: SANDRA CONTRERAS gives you the tools you need to reach your ultimate goals, professionally and personally. Step out of your box and invest in your own success. Price: $35.00

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Class Name: CREATE YOUR LEGACY, NOT A MESS™ Organizing Yourself to Live Life Fully and Give Your Best to the Next Generation

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: MICHELLE PASSOFF

Days: Wed Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: A course for people thinking of retirement, in retirement, or adult children of retirees In this class, we focus on “getting your house in order,” not as a signal that your days are numbered, but as a way to open the space for greater vitality, ease and joy in your everyday life. We show you how getting organized not only is a boost to your aliveness, but is a contribution to generations to come. The notion that retirement is a time to sit back in a rocking chair on a porch and do nothing is a fantasy few people really want. We encourage a more active and realistic approach to retirement and do exercises, which invite participants to seize it as an opportunity to review, rethink, recreate and fulfill their lives. Next, we work with you on taking practical steps that lead to clarity, focus and productivity and which lay the groundwork for the transfer of tangible and intangible assets to loved ones. This includes how to: • Set up a filing system that makes storing and retrieving important papers – financial, medical and personal projects – quick and easy • Design a plan of action to organize closets, drawers, attics, and garages to simply everyday life • Make an inventory of collectibles and heirlooms so that you and your family are clear on what is valuable and important to you • Document life stories including strengths and weaknesses, joys, disappointments, accomplishments and triumphs so that an understanding of family roots and compassion for the human experience give substance to the next generation • Take steps to foster open communication, creative relationships, and family ties

Teacher Bio: MICHELLE PASSOFF, author of LIGHTEN UP! Free Yourself From Clutter, and Andre Kupfermunz are co-founders of Estate Organization and Resolution Services, Inc. (EORS) – www.estateresolutionservices.com They live in New York City and the Hudson Valley, NY. Price: $45.00

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Class Name: FROM BATTLE GROUND TO COMMON GROUND: ™ Cleaning Clutter for Couples Opening a Pathway to Communication, Flow, and Results

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: MICHELLE PASSOFF

Days: Sat Time: 9:30am-4:30pm

Description: So often the biggest and deepest desires we have for living life with the one we love are derailed, and even endangered, by differences over otherwise simple, daily routines. Too much stuff – paper overload, jammed closets, and paraphernalia here, there and everywhere, often get in the way of productivity, creativity, and ease. Not only does physical clutter lead to struggle, strife, and finger pointing, but non-physical clutter limits growth and comes between your partner and you. In this course, we will work on converting these relationship minefields into playing fields for communication, flow, and intimacy. We will discuss principles, practices, perspectives, skills and actions that will open space for your partner and you to enjoy the qualities of life that relationship can offer. There will be a 1-hour break at lunch Price is PER COUPLE

Teacher Bio: MICHELLE PASSOFF author of LIGHTEN UP! Free Yourself From Clutter, and Andre Kupfermunz co-created this course out of a shared commitment to the possibility of communication, relationship, and contribution. They live in New Your City and the Hudson Valley, NY. Visit www.freefromclutter.com Price: $115.00

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Class Name: LIGHTEN UP! Free Yourself From Clutter ™ With author Michelle Passoff

Location: Pinellas Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: MICHELLE PASSOFF

Days: Mon Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: There is no better time than the present to make space in your life for what you want. When there is too much paper, clothes and other paraphernalia in the way, it is difficult to move effortlessly and joyfully in the direction of accomplishment. By letting go of what is irrelevant and organizing what supports and nurtures your goals, you will boost your productivity, effectiveness, creativity, spontaneity, energy and ease in achieving your greatest desires. In this class you will identify what is most important to you in your life, access the things in your physical surroundings that thwart your progress, create a game plan to clean clutter that is hindering you, learn skills so that filing, wardrobe, management, and dealing with other “stuff” gives you leverage in life management, and you will be inspired to take the actions that makes a difference in your life! Michelle Passoff is an internationally-known authority on clutter and author of the book LIGHTEN UP! Free Yourself From Clutter. Her humor on the subject of clutter will entice you to cleaning clutter from a chore to an adventure!

Teacher Bio: MICHELLE PASSOFF is the author of LIGHTEN UP! Free Yourself From Clutter. She travels throughout the U.S., Australia, and the U.K. teaching and consulting on how to free oneself from clutter as a path for personal development. She is based in New York City and the Hudson Valley. Her website is located at www.freefromclutter.com Price: $45.00

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Class Name: LIGHTEN UP! Free Yourself From Clutter ™ With author Michelle Passoff

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: MICHELLE PASSOFF

Days: Tue Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

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Class Name: PRIVATE CLUTTER CLEANING SESSIONS With Michelle Passoff and Andre Kupfermunz

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: MICHELLE PASSOFF, ANDRE KUPFERMUNZ

Days: Mon through Sun Time: 3 or 4 Hour session for 2 professionals

Description: This is an opportunity to be trained one-on-one during a hands-on clutter cleaning session in your home or office. Learn the principles and practices Passoff teaches in LIGHTEN UP! Free Yourself From Clutter firsthand as you roll up your sleeves and go to the work with the author cleaning a designated clutter “hot spot”. This energizing experience not only transforms your environment from being a liability to an asset, it profoundly and positively impacts your life. Sessions with Michelle Passoff are $100 per hour for 3-4 hour sessions. High-powered cleaning sessions with Passoff and Kupfermunz are priced for accessibility at $135 per hour. Monday, Jan 26 through Sunday, Feb 1 $450 for a 3-hour session for 2 professionals

Teacher Bio: MICHELLE PASSOFF is the author of LIGHTEN UP! Free Yourself From Clutter and she co-consults and leads classes with Andre Kupfermunz entitled From Battleground to Common Ground: Cleaning Clutter For Couples. They are co-founders of Estate Organization and Resoulution Services, Inc. and co-lead Leave A Legacy, Not a Mess. Price: $450.00 Special Offer: $600 for a 4-hour session for 2 professionals

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Class Name: FOR EMPTY NESTERS: Adapting to Change

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: BARBARA RHODE

Days: Tue Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: FOR MEN AND WOMEN whose child is getting ready to move out of the family home and for those already in the midst of this significant and inevitable time of transition, the empty nest can be both a challenge and an opportunity. Through a series of exercises, self-assessment, and group discussion, you will discover: • Behaviors that could be blocking your future • How your personal beliefs affect you daily • 5 Ways to maximize a transitional stage like this • How to balance the challenges and opportunities • An holistic approach for adapting to the empty nest During a self-hypnosis exercise, participants will have the opportunity to plant the seeds for positive, life altering change. You will leave this workshop recharged and renewed with a list of personal goals to achieve a smoother, more fulfilling life.

Teacher Bio: BARBARA RHODE is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Wellness/Relationship Coach. She has been in group and private practice in St. Petersburg for almost 15 years and has also been an adjunct professor of psychology at St. Petersburg Junior College. Price: $34.00

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Class Name: FOR EMPTY NESTERS: Adapting to Change

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: BARBARA RHODE

Days: Tue Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

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Class Name: UPDATE YOUR WARDROBE Do-It-Yourself-Alterations and Pattern Making - Includes Personalized Advice On A Garment You Bring

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: MIMI VIGH

Days: Mon Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: If you’ve been looking for a solution to those perfectly good, but out-of-style fashions in your closet, you will not want to miss this clothing update session. Whether you need to shorten or lengthen a pair of pants, let the seams out on a jacket, or otherwise adjust your garment to size, our expert tailor will demonstrate how to perform professional alterations on your own. $$ Save money $$ Learn to turn thrift shop buys into up-to-date, crisp fashions too! A demonstration in drape pattern making techniques and tips for choosing fabrics to compliment designs, will also be discussed. PLUS class fee includes personalized advice for updating or altering a garment you bring. Bring a garment for updating

Teacher Bio: MIMI VIGH has been designing and fitting clothing since an early age. She has worked in design businesses in New York City and Sarasota, as well as owned her own shops in St. Petersburg. Mimi also served as chairperson and fashion design advisor for the Pinellas Technical Education Center. Price: $29.00

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Class Name: UPDATE YOUR WARDROBE Do-It-Yourself-Alterations and Pattern Making - Includes Personalized Advice On A Garment You Bring

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: MIMI VIGH

Days: Mon Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

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Class Name: CLOTHING ALTERATIONS A Business How-To Class

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: MIMI VIGH

Days: Mon Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: Learn from an expert Taylor the steps to professional alterations, including shortening or lengthening, tailoring to size, and letting seams out to increase fit. We’ll cover: • Features of drape pattern making • Choosing fabrics to compliment designs • Selecting patterns to assist designs • The differences between various styles and patterns • What you need to know to form a Clothing Design and Alterations Business – licensing, banking details, tax number requirements, etc. FREE consultation – Bring a garment for updating

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Class Name: CLOTHING ALTERATIONS A Business How-To Class

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: MIMI VIGH

Days: Mon Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

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Class Name: GET OFF THE FENCE

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: KENNETH EMERY

Days: Mon Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: If you are committed to achieving an extraordinary quality of life... If you are unwilling to settle for less than you can be... If you are uncertain about your future—and want to shape it rather than react... If you have resolved to improve your communications, your finances, your business, your career... Then you MUST attend and discover THE ELEMENTS OF EXCELLENCE program. Isn't it time to let go and eliminate what limits the results you desire? Are you tired of the loop of procrastination? Ready to create momentum toward your dreams and goals? Those who achieve extraordinary lives are ordinary people that resolve to do extra-ordinary things. Discover and model these principles of success and you will reap the results that your old beliefs and patterns have limited. Learn to use the fundamental power of Courage. Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the resolve to defy the odds and take action in the face of fear. Change your perceptions and transform your destiny—take action today! This is not "another seminar"—it is a WAY OF LIFE. By the end of this session, you will execute your new power of perception and courage by shattering a one-inch board as the ultimate metaphor for life's many challenges and personal limiting beliefs. This will be an experience you will not forget!!

Teacher Bio: KENNETH EMERY is one of the nation's foremost authorities on peak performance, personal influence, and leadership excellence. His workshops and techniques have helped a wide audience of executives, teachers, managers, and young professionals find the power within to define and live life to its absolute fullest. As the author of a number of recognized programs and books, Mr. Emery has presented to thousands from every walk of life. Price: $39.00 Materials fee to teacher: $5

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Class Name: GET OFF THE FENCE

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: KENNETH EMERY

Days: Tue Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

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Class Name: THE POWER OF INFLUENCE AND PEAK PERFORMANCE

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: KENNETH EMERY

Days: Wed Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: Imagine this: Everything in life is either the result of, or experienced through, the physical and emotional "state"in which you choose to live. Peak performance and results are not shaped when all things "externally" fall in order. Excellence is achieved when all things "internally" are powerfully united and congruent. Master the Triangle of Transformation and you will gain the ability and power to have greater influence on yourself and others. Learn to tap into your most resourceful states, produce peak performance and positive results with much greater consistency. Everyone has tapped the emotions of power, love, success, and fulfillment. The secret is to unleash the "recipe" with greater resolve and consistency. Attend this highly motivational seminar to: • Discover and master your most resourceful states • Discover the power of physical health and vibrancy • Combine the power of your senses to produce profound results • Take charge of your Neurology, Physiology, and Terminology

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Class Name: THE POWER OF INFLUENCE AND PEAK PERFORMANCE

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: KENNETH EMERY

Days: Tue Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: Imagine this: Everything in life is either the result of, or experienced through, the physical and emotional "state" in which you choose to live. Peak performance and results are not shaped when all things "externally" fall in order. Excellence is achieved when all things "internally" are powerfully united and congruent. Master the Triangle of Transformation and you will gain the ability and power to have greater influence on yourself and others. Learn to tap into your most resourceful states, produce peak performance and positive results with much greater consistency. Everyone has tapped the emotions of power, love, success, and fulfillment. The secret is to unleash the "recipe" with greater resolve and consistency. Attend this highly motivational seminar to: • Discover and master your most resourceful states • Discover the power of physical health and vibrancy • Combine the power of your senses to produce profound results • Take charge of your Neurology, Physiology, and Terminology

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Class Name: IMPROVE YOUR VOICE - IMPROVE YOUR IMAGE

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: GINNY KOPF

Days: Sat Time: 9:30am-12:30pm

Description: What kind of first impression do you make? Is it a positive and lasting one? What IMAGE do clients, co-workers and friends have of you? In a competitive business world you are judged as much on HOW you say something as on WHAT you say. Could your voice and body language be limiting the impression you make? Give yourself every advantage. Pinpoint what your body language (gestures, facial expressions, movements) says before you ever speak a word. Discover where you look tense and how to release it, and what personality your voice may convey. You will learn specific exercises to develop more control of your tone of voice, diction, pronunciation, pitch, projection, and overall vocal expression. Take home dozens of practical tips to increase your professionalism, polish your personal image, and communicate more confidently NOW! Your image is projected through both your voice and body language. Testimonial: “Excellent content and presentation. I learned a lot from Ms. Kopf” - Shirley Patterson

Teacher Bio: GINNY KOPF has been a voice, speech and dialect trainer to actors, singers and voice-over artists for over 20 years. She teaches Acting, Voice, and Dialects courses at Valencia Community College, and Voice-over and Dialect courses at L.A. Acting Workshop in Orlando, and privately at her Orlando studio. Kopf, author of The Dialect Handbook and Accent Reduction Workshop and several journal articles, holds an MA in Theatre Speech and an MFA in Vocal Science. Price: $45.00

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Class Name: IMPROVE YOUR VOICE - IMPROVE YOUR IMAGE

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: GINNY KOPF

Days: Sat Time: 9:30am-12:30pm

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Class Name: UNLEASH YOUR WINNING PERSONALITY As seen in The Tampa Tribune

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: BRIAN J. MARINELLI

Days: Thur Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: Would you like to know the secrets of being more successful in your business, personal and social life? If so, you must acquire the skills necessary to create a winning personality. In this course you will discover how to: • Make people like you • Increase your self-confidence tenfold in a matter of seconds • Create instant rapport with anyone you meet • Become a great communicator • Use the four components of charismatic people in your life for maximum benefit Unlock the wonderful personality that exists inside you. Start having more fulfilling relationships in all areas of your life! Testimonial: “I highly recommend your lectures to those who want to improve human relation skills, experience personal growth, as well as learn to maintain a positive outlook on life, day after day.” – Jim M.

Teacher Bio: BRIAN J. MARINELLI is an award-winning speaker, publisher, and interpersonal communications expert. He is the author of the e-book Keys to Charisma. Brian is a charter member of the Professional Speakers Guild and has been a member of Toastmasters International since 1997. Price: $39.00 Materials fee to teacher: $5

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Class Name: UNLEASH YOUR WINNING PERSONALITY As seen in The Tampa Tribune

Location: Pinellas Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: BRIAN J. MARINELLI

Days: Thur Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

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Class Name: FABULOUS FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: BRIAN J. MARINELLI

Days: Fri Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm

Description: In our fast-paced society we have only four to five seconds to make a good first impression; however, it can mean the difference between failure and success in your life. This interactive workshop will provide you with a step-by-step guide to creating a favorable first impression in any situation. Discover how to greet new people with confidence and ease; be an effective communicator even if you’re shy; command respect from those around you, and present an air of sincerity and authenticity. Take control of your destiny by learning the secrets to making great impressions!

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Class Name: FABULOUS FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Location: Pinellas Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: BRIAN J. MARINELLI

Days: Thur Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm

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Class Name: CONFLICT MANAGEMENT – Tampa Learn to Handle Confrontation With Ease and Confidence

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: TERRY WATSON

Days: Mon Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Description: Do your differences become battles and your battles become wars? Do you sometimes feel that your emotions control you instead of you controlling your emotions? Are conflicts damaging your career or your relationships? We all face conflicts at home and the workplace. In this 3-hour course, you will learn ways to handle these difficult situations more effectively, ways to change your reactions and the reactions of others. Learn to identify anger triggers, predict problem situations, avoid communication traps and repair damaged relationships. You will begin to manage your conflicts so that the results in your life will be constructive rather than destructive. Testimonial: “Terry’s approach is trusting and kind, but challenging. He has made the entire process feel like a natural progression of fine-tuning me, not changing me!” – client MD

Teacher Bio: TERRY WATSON is a Certified Business Coach specializing in “ReRailment Coaching and Training,” the process of getting managers back on track. In addition to his work with individual coaching clients, he delivers over 100 seminars a year nationally and internationally in management and supervision skills, career development, conflict management, and communications skills. He also serves as an adjunct professor for the MBA program at the University of Tampa. Price: $49.00

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Class Name: CONFLICT MANAGEMENT – Tampa Learn to Handle Confrontation With Ease and Confidence

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: TERRY WATSON

Days: Mon Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

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Class Name: ENJOY THE POWER OF A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE Attitude Determines Altitude

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: JOHN S. NAGY

Days: Tue Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

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Class Name: HOW TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS AND PERSONAL COACH One Of The Hottest And Fastest Growing Professions In The Country

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: RACHELLE DISBENNET-LEE

Days: Sat Time: 9:30am-12:30pm

Description: Companies and Individuals are hiring coaches to help them discover what is truly important, set value-based goals that are aligned with their mission and vision, achieve peak performance, and overcome challenges. As a business and personal coach, you can work full or part-time and be highly paid while supporting your clients in setting goals, creating change and staying in action both in their professional and personal lives. Coaches work one-on-one with clients, in groups or with companies and organizations either by telephone or in person. In this interactive workshop we will discuss the history of coaching, the process for becoming a coach and how coaching is different from other professions. You will take a self-assessment test to discover if coaching is for you. In addition you will learn how to profitably set-up your coaching practice, define your market niche, how to set fees and how to obtain clients.

Teacher Bio: Coach RACHELLE DISBENNET-LEE, MS, MCC, is the contributing author of A Guide To Getting It, Self Esteem, and Achieving Extraordinary Success as a Coach. She is the publisher and author of 365 Days of Coaching, an award winning e-zine. Coach Lee is the Training Director at the International Coach Academy, and is now working on a Doctorate Degree with a specialization in Business Coaching. Coach Lee runs a successful international coaching practice in Denver, Colorado. Price: $45.00 Materials fee to teacher: $8

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Class Name: READY, SET, COACH Personal and Professional Coaching Techniques

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: RACHELLE DISBENNET-LEE

Days: Sat Time: 1:30pm-5:00pm

Description: This interactive program will teach you the five keys to coaching effectively, how to begin and maintain a powerful coaching relationship, and how to facilitate substantial personal and professional growth for clients. You will learn the power of listening, KITA coaching, communicating for action, and gain insight into nurturing, supporting, and endorsing. Learn how to get started in your career in the coaching business and become an international coach of business owners and professionals.

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Class Name: CHANGE YOUR HABITS Take any intention out of a New Year’s Resolution and make it a reality!

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: JO-ANN SLOAN

Days: Wed Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

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Class Name: ASSERTIVELY DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: LINNDA DURRÉ

Days: Sat Time: 10:00am-1:00pm

Description: Dr. Durré will teach you communication skills and techniques that will help you stand up for yourself against bullies, sugar coaters, smiling cobras, back stabbers, idea stealers, passive aggressive people, doormats, and incompetents. Learn a simple systematic method to convey your needs, get your desires met, and collaborate with others on creative solutions where both you and the “difficult person” will be satisfied in win/win resolution.

Teacher Bio: LINNDA DURRÉ, Ph.D., licensed psychotherapist has been in private practice for 25 years, assisting individuals, couples, teens, children, and families. Since 1997, she was and adjunct professor at Rollins College teaching “Life Span Development” and a course she designed called “Life Transitions.” Dr. Durré has appeared on Oprah, 60 Minutes, The Today Show, Donahue, Good Day Orlando, The O’Reilly Factor, and hosted “The Dr. Linnda Durré Show” on WDBO Orlando, as well as “Ask The Family Therapist”, on America’s Health Network. Price: $34.00

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Class Name: MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!

Location: Category: PERSONAL GROWTH Teacher: LINNDA DURRÉ

Days: Sat Time: 2:00pm-5:00pm

Description: By focusing your imagination, energy, and determination, you can bring your own heart’s desires into your life, career, soul mate, or whatever your wishes are. Learn how to use visualization techniques, goal setting, and creative problem solving. You will learn to use list making, guided imagery, and techniques to minimize your fears, Dr. Durré will show you how to set goals, visualize, and manifest your dreams into reality.

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