| 2008 Breakout Sessions |
| Saturday Morning Breakout Sessions 10:50 am - 11:40 am Choose 1 of these 10 sessions |
| Saturday Afternoon Breakout Sessions 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Choose 1 of these 10 sessions |
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"Disposophobia" - The Fear of Letting Go of Your Stuff!
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Jane Armstrong
Where did it all come from? Learn about the reasons we have clutter, where it
comes from, and what we can do about letting it go! Together we will clarify
definitions, focus on key terms, discuss concepts, and explore the organizing
jargon for helping improve our homes, offices, cars and pocketbooks.
Discovering the Super Powers of Smart Skin Care
Sponsored by: L’Oreal Paris, Maybelline New York and Garnier
Speaker: TBD
Map out your Battle Plan in the War on Skin Aging! Fend Off the Attack of The
Wrinkles! Partner with The Protective Powers of Sunscreens! Combat the
Villainous Dark Eye Circles! Build the skills needed each day to become a
lifetime member of the Smart Skin Care Super Heroes Team!!!!
Your Joint Pain is Personal… So is Your Treatment.
Sponsored by: Stryker Orthopaedics
Speaker: TBD
Can you no longer participate in an activity you enjoy because of chronic joint
pain? Do you feel like you are on the sidelines of your life rather than in the game?
Learn about arthritis and personalized treatment options for your pain.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Ask your Gynecologist – but
were Afraid to…
Sponsored by: WakeMed Health & Hospitals
Speaker: Lisa Roberts, MD Gynecology & Laparoscopic Surgeons, PC & Kim
Genardo, NBC-17
Be part of an informal forum during which attendees may confidentially write
down, or openly ask their questions pertaining to women’s health and
gynecologic issues.
Discover Your Everyday ‘Me Time’
Sponsored by: Huggies
Speaker: TBD
As moms, we’re used to juggling our family and work lives. Find out how to relax,
renew and restore – and how to make everyday moments a chance to engage
with your child. Discover how to find time everyday to take care of you, too!
Get Some Exercise – Go Belly Dance!
Sponsored by:
Speaker: Qadria & Belly Revelations
Put a shimmy in your shake! Enjoy this group of fun-loving dancers who bring
smiles and spirit to this exciting Middle Eastern art form. Learn the basic
moves that make belly dancing unique. Learn the culture and history of belly
dancing. Dance every day just for fun!
Making Your Goals a Reality!
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Sherry Essig
Do the choices you make create the results you want? Are your days a reflection
of the way you want to live your life? Are you focusing your time and energy on
what's most important? If not, this session will provide you with the tools to arm
yourself to move from your goal to your reality.
Taming Stress through Tapping: Relaxation of the Body & Mind
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Walter Schmitt, DC
Learn the ‘Tapping Touch Technique’ for managing stress. The technique
involves light tapping with the fingertips and has been found to encourage
relaxation, reduce stress and anxiety, renew energy, and enhance creativity,
among other things.
The Impact of your Ecological Footprint
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Panel
Do you realize that your consumption on our planet really does effect our
environment? Everyone has a carbon footprint (home energy & transportation)
and a food footprint – as well as others. This informative session will show you
simple ways to change your impact on the environment by simply modifying
some of the ways you live your life.
Preventing Aging Naturally
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Joanne Pizzino, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Program write up to follow shortly…
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Jane Armstrong
Where did it all come from? Learn about the reasons we have clutter, where it
comes from, and what we can do about letting it go! Together we will clarify
definitions, focus on key terms, discuss concepts, and explore the organizing
jargon for helping improve our homes, offices, cars and pocketbooks.
Discovering the Super Powers of Smart Skin Care
Sponsored by: L’Oreal Paris, Maybelline New York and Garnier
Speaker: TBD
Map out your Battle Plan in the War on Skin Aging! Fend Off the Attack of The
Wrinkles! Partner with The Protective Powers of Sunscreens! Combat the
Villainous Dark Eye Circles! Build the skills needed each day to become a
lifetime member of the Smart Skin Care Super Heroes Team!!!!
Your Joint Pain is Personal… So is Your Treatment.
Sponsored by: Stryker Orthopaedics
Speaker: TBD
Can you no longer participate in an activity you enjoy because of chronic joint
pain? Do you feel like you are on the sidelines of your life rather than in the game?
Learn about arthritis and personalized treatment options for your pain.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Ask your Gynecologist – but
were Afraid to…
Sponsored by: WakeMed Health & Hospitals
Speaker: Lisa Roberts, MD Gynecology & Laparoscopic Surgeons, PC & Kim
Genardo, NBC-17
Be part of an informal forum during which attendees may confidentially write
down, or openly ask their questions pertaining to women’s health and
gynecologic issues.
Discover Your Everyday ‘Me Time’
Sponsored by: Huggies
Speaker: TBD
As moms, we’re used to juggling our family and work lives. Find out how to relax,
renew and restore – and how to make everyday moments a chance to engage
with your child. Discover how to find time everyday to take care of you, too!
Get Some Exercise – Go Belly Dance!
Sponsored by:
Speaker: Qadria & Belly Revelations
Put a shimmy in your shake! Enjoy this group of fun-loving dancers who bring
smiles and spirit to this exciting Middle Eastern art form. Learn the basic
moves that make belly dancing unique. Learn the culture and history of belly
dancing. Dance every day just for fun!
Making Your Goals a Reality!
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Sherry Essig
Do the choices you make create the results you want? Are your days a reflection
of the way you want to live your life? Are you focusing your time and energy on
what's most important? If not, this session will provide you with the tools to arm
yourself to move from your goal to your reality.
Taming Stress through Tapping: Relaxation of the Body & Mind
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Walter Schmitt, DC
Learn the ‘Tapping Touch Technique’ for managing stress. The technique
involves light tapping with the fingertips and has been found to encourage
relaxation, reduce stress and anxiety, renew energy, and enhance creativity,
among other things.
The Impact of your Ecological Footprint
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Panel
Do you realize that your consumption on our planet really does effect our
environment? Everyone has a carbon footprint (home energy & transportation)
and a food footprint – as well as others. This informative session will show you
simple ways to change your impact on the environment by simply modifying
some of the ways you live your life.
Preventing Aging Naturally
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Joanne Pizzino, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Program write up to follow shortly…
Protect Yourself: Practical Self Defense Strategies
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Darrin Thomas, N-Shape Personal Fitness
Learn to recognize a dangerous situation and learn tips on finding assistance or
protection. Discover some simple and very basic techniques that can help you
escape from, or totally avoid a physical confrontation. Attendees may try some
hands-on and evasion tactics.
The Skinny on Nutrition
Sponsored by: WakeMed Health & Hospitals
Speaker: TBD
Explore the context and importance of eating nutritiously. Yes – you’ve heard it all before –
but – were you listening? Take the steps today to become your own super hero by
learning to incorporate practical guidelines that may lower the risk for obesity-related
diseases.
Getting enough sleep? NO? It’s affecting your weight and memory!
Sponsored by: WakeMed Health & Hospitals
Speaker: Lisa Feierstein, Active Healthcare
Did you realize that if you don’t sleep enough it can affect your weight and your memory?
You can make sleep the foundation for good health so that you can look good and feel
great. Learn about the importance and benefits of sleep, sleep deprivation, recognizing
problems and disorders, treatment options and assessment tools while getting tips on
healthier sleep.
Making the Most of Your Doctor’s Appointment
Sponsored by: Stryker Orthopaedics
Speaker: TBD
Do you know how to make the most of your time with your doctor? Learn what you can do
to make your 15 minutes with your doctor beneficial for both of you.
Health News Below Your “Super Hero” Belt: For Women and the Girls
in Their Lives
Sponsored by: Merck
Speaker: TBD
Moms and other women of influence need to know the facts about healthy living and
being the positive health example for the girls and young women in their lives– especially
during adolescence and young adulthood. What will you say when "the time is right"?
Everyday is the right time to be a girl’s healthy role model–because what you do is so
much more important than what you say.
Strong Women, Strong Bones
Sponsored by: Novartis
Speaker: TBD
Affecting about 28 million people in the United States, osteoporosis is a disease that
thins and weakens bones to the point where they can break easily. Learn more about
maintaining your bone health as you age and how to build stronger bones.
Creating a Balanced Environment with Feng Shui
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Jenna Boyd, Elements of Harmony Feng Shui
Affecting about 28 million people in the United States, osteoporosis is a disease that
thins and weakens bones to the point where they can break easily. Learn more about
maintaining your bone health as you age and how to build stronger bones.
The Super Powers of Negotiating to Get What you Want
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Sarah Lindemann Butte, Esq., Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice
Learn about the theory behind negotiation including how gender may impact both
negotiating style and how that style is perceived. Learn practical strategies and advice for
successfully negotiating different situations; and participate in a role-play, where
participants put theory and advice into practice.
The Importance of Being Fiscally Healthy
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Ameriprise Financial, First Citizens Bank, NY Life
Financial experts in our area will share their tips on the importance of maintaining good
credit, how best to plan for the needs of everyone in your family – for today and tomorrow –
and more.
Law of Attraction – Law of Forgiveness
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Connie Domino, Author
Sometimes our thinking, feelings and strategies only need fine tuning a fraction of an inch
for our grandest goals and dreams to come true. Through the familiar structure of goal
setting, learn the all important "How" to word your goals and fine tune your thinking,
feelings and self-talk for very quick results.
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Darrin Thomas, N-Shape Personal Fitness
Learn to recognize a dangerous situation and learn tips on finding assistance or
protection. Discover some simple and very basic techniques that can help you
escape from, or totally avoid a physical confrontation. Attendees may try some
hands-on and evasion tactics.
The Skinny on Nutrition
Sponsored by: WakeMed Health & Hospitals
Speaker: TBD
Explore the context and importance of eating nutritiously. Yes – you’ve heard it all before –
but – were you listening? Take the steps today to become your own super hero by
learning to incorporate practical guidelines that may lower the risk for obesity-related
diseases.
Getting enough sleep? NO? It’s affecting your weight and memory!
Sponsored by: WakeMed Health & Hospitals
Speaker: Lisa Feierstein, Active Healthcare
Did you realize that if you don’t sleep enough it can affect your weight and your memory?
You can make sleep the foundation for good health so that you can look good and feel
great. Learn about the importance and benefits of sleep, sleep deprivation, recognizing
problems and disorders, treatment options and assessment tools while getting tips on
healthier sleep.
Making the Most of Your Doctor’s Appointment
Sponsored by: Stryker Orthopaedics
Speaker: TBD
Do you know how to make the most of your time with your doctor? Learn what you can do
to make your 15 minutes with your doctor beneficial for both of you.
Health News Below Your “Super Hero” Belt: For Women and the Girls
in Their Lives
Sponsored by: Merck
Speaker: TBD
Moms and other women of influence need to know the facts about healthy living and
being the positive health example for the girls and young women in their lives– especially
during adolescence and young adulthood. What will you say when "the time is right"?
Everyday is the right time to be a girl’s healthy role model–because what you do is so
much more important than what you say.
Strong Women, Strong Bones
Sponsored by: Novartis
Speaker: TBD
Affecting about 28 million people in the United States, osteoporosis is a disease that
thins and weakens bones to the point where they can break easily. Learn more about
maintaining your bone health as you age and how to build stronger bones.
Creating a Balanced Environment with Feng Shui
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Jenna Boyd, Elements of Harmony Feng Shui
Affecting about 28 million people in the United States, osteoporosis is a disease that
thins and weakens bones to the point where they can break easily. Learn more about
maintaining your bone health as you age and how to build stronger bones.
The Super Powers of Negotiating to Get What you Want
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Sarah Lindemann Butte, Esq., Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice
Learn about the theory behind negotiation including how gender may impact both
negotiating style and how that style is perceived. Learn practical strategies and advice for
successfully negotiating different situations; and participate in a role-play, where
participants put theory and advice into practice.
The Importance of Being Fiscally Healthy
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Ameriprise Financial, First Citizens Bank, NY Life
Financial experts in our area will share their tips on the importance of maintaining good
credit, how best to plan for the needs of everyone in your family – for today and tomorrow –
and more.
Law of Attraction – Law of Forgiveness
Sponsored by: TBD
Speaker: Connie Domino, Author
Sometimes our thinking, feelings and strategies only need fine tuning a fraction of an inch
for our grandest goals and dreams to come true. Through the familiar structure of goal
setting, learn the all important "How" to word your goals and fine tune your thinking,
feelings and self-talk for very quick results.
Raleigh Convention Center - Raleigh, NC September 27, 2008
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