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100% of your one-time donation will be used to provide a partial scholarship for counseling, life coaching or support groups. It also enables us to reach more women with the life changing message of Hope, Healing and Wholeness.
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About Us
Since 2006, GateWay of Hope, a faith-based non-profit organization, has offered women a safe, confidential, and hope-centered environment of support. Our vision is to serve as the premier place where women can transform their lives and create new legacies — positively impacting themselves and future generations. Located in Olathe, Kansas, women come to GateWay of Hope from Metropolitan Kansas City receiving counseling, coaching, and support group services. GateWay of Hope takes a comprehensive approach to meeting the needs of women. Annually, GateWay of Hope provides nearly 300 women with supportive services, which benefits children, families, and the entire community and contributes to breaking the impact of dysfunctional families and the cycle of family violence.
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Workshop Descriptions
Day 1
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
9AM — Dr. Nancy Spangler – Building Resilience Skills Sets
Workshop Highlights:
- Exploring and contrasting examples of automatic versus intentional brain circuits and the effects on our lives
- Experiencing and practicing skillsets, such as mindful awareness, extended exhale breathing as a calming tool, reframing thoughts, setting if/then intentions, and resilience-building postures and movements
- Planning to rebuild a personal connection with someone who might help you turn your resilience practices into resilience habits
12PM — Cyndi Swall – Living at the Speed of Insanity: How to Reduce Unnecessary Stress and Focus on What’s Important
Workshop Highlights:
- Being introduced to the 5 primary choices that you make daily that have greatest impact on productivity and quality of life
- Recognizing how “multi-tasking” is reducing your effectiveness and stressing you out
- Seeing where women tend to be their own worst enemy when it comes to scheduling
- Becoming aware of habits and triggers that move you into counter-productive activities
- Remembering how to “chill” and why it’s essential to your mental and physical health
7PM — Rachel Keck – Breathing Space for Women
Workshop Highlights:
- Tapping into your inner voice
- Gaining awareness on where you are and what you need next
- Connecting to yourself and others
Day 2
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
9AM — Dr. Michelle Robin – Building Rhythm and Resilience
Our world has been turned upside down. There’s a lot of change and uncertainty for our health, livelihood, and daily life. We can get through this together, but we need to focus on building rhythm and resilience in our day-to-day life by living the Quadrants of Wellbeing: Mechanical, Chemical, Energetic, and Psychospiritual. We will focus on motivation, health, and wellbeing, in addition to wisdom for these times. We hope participants will walk away with small steps they can start incorporating into their daily life that will improve their physical and mental health during these times.
12PM — Leon Bauman – Financial Preparedness
Workshop Highlights:
- Living the life you want
- Protecting your most valuable asset
- Learning to pay it forward
Attend this workshop to hear stories about six women who have figured out a few things about money — and enriched their lives in ways that are about more than money. In this session, we’ll also address how to manage your money within a budget you design to reflect your values and goals.
7PM — Robin Todd – Mindfulness: Our Anchor to Cultivating Emotional Wellbeing
Workshop Highlights:
- Participants will understand the importance of emotional wellbeing
- Participants will recognize the science behind mindful practices and how they lead to personal change
- Paricipants will experience two simple mindful practices that can be implemented immediately
Day 3
Saturday, April 24th, 2021
9AM — Lea & Dr. Cynthia – How to Live a Richer Life Without Being Rich
The presentation will walk through at least five real-life topics that each relate to mental wellbeing and financial education. We will show evidence how mental perspective, knowledge, and focus can make us all feel wealthier and happier.
Workshop Highlights:
- Shifting our mindset from focusing on the past to living in the present and managing money for the present and future can help minimize negative self talk
- Focusing on gradtitude for what we have can positively impact our bottom line and reduce toxic emotions such as resentment and envy
- Focusing on a few small wins first can set us up for huge wins down the road. Small wins equal a feeling of accomplishment, which increases our enthusiasm and confidence for tackling bigger challenges
- Choosing relationships that are supportive are critical to happiness. You will apply the strategies we provide for building close relationships and finding financial professionals that will support what attendess want most
10AM — Debra Kunz – Unlock Your Inner Leader: Reveal and Redesign Your Resilient Power
Workshop Highlights:
- The #1 decision that optimizes how you spend your time
- How to manage the obstacles that interfere with your growth
- Recalibrate how you use your energy, and what to give your mental time and focus to
- The most critical question that creates productive breakthroughs
- What you must do first
11AM — Caroline Hammond – Ladies Who Launch: Living a Platinum Platter Life
Workshop Highlights:
- How to become your own soulmate, so you can realize how incredibly beautiful, talented, intelligent, and fabulous YOU are
- How to infuse gratitude into every single moment of your day, so you can shift focus in your external world
- How to pause and be present when life is flashing by at 65mph, so you can engage with the people you love the most
This will be an interactive presentation with case studies and FREE PDFs creating simple skills and priorities to build a life filled with joy and gradtitude. And at the same time, recognize the need to implement boundaries where needed.
Hope. Healing. Wholness.
Testimonials
“I think I am a better example and a stronger woman”
“Since coming to GateWay, I have quit my dangerous addictions and am learning ways to change, improve, cope, and heal.”
“I was full of fear and intimidation and now can go through situations with confidence. I have lifelong tools to help me navigate through life now.”
Rebuilding Resilience
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