BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.insightmcc.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:36e034d4-5b31-4c35-b0e9-4bde3d9f8eab X-WR-CALDESC:Join us for this special Caregiver Workshop with Pete Shrock\, nationally known grief and crisis responder\, focusing on building resili ence through caregiving challenges. This is a free event\, and all caregiv ers and family members are invited to attend. Lunch will be provided!\n \n 11:00-12:30 | Discussing Grief\nMany think of grief as something that on ly happens after a loved one’s death. However\, as a caregiver\, you may e xperience grief for your loved with a diagnosis of dementia while they are still living. It is important to recognize this grief and take steps to m anage your stress as a caregiver\, and even more importantly\, keep yourse lf healthy!\n\n1:30-3:00 | Juggling Act of the Modern Caregiver\nThe mod ern caregiver is overworked and exhausted: between providing care for fami ly members\, upholding social relationships and career commitments\, and m anaging mental and physical health\, life can feel like a juggling act. Le arn practical steps a caregiver can take to balance these commitments\, an d tackle stigmas and negative self-talk caregivers sometimes face.\n\nThis event is provided in partnership with AARP\, Fairfax County\, Insight Mem ory Care Center\, George Mason University\, and the Virginia Geriatric Edu cation Center.\n\nPresenter:\nPete Shrock is the Co-Found er & Chief People Officer of WayForth. Pete has been immersed in active cr isis support for over 15 years. He trained grief experts responding to 9/1 1 and the shootings at Sandy Hook and Virginia Tech. He works directly wit h U.S. special forces Gold Star families\; and created programs for grievi ng children at Comfort Zone Camp\, gang violence workers and gang members in Chicago and Los Angeles\, New York Life insurance agents processing dea th claims\, and National Fallen Firefighters. Pete cuts through academic l anguage with a direct\, hands-on approach to grief and stressful life tran sitions. When he isn’t traveling to support those in distress\, he lives i n Richmond with his wife and two daughters.\n X-WR-RELCALID:2556ceb34cf1ff43569e375d74b16778 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20191103T020000 RDATE:20201101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20200308T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31ba89b9-17be-42f2-be0a-46825ac2f43f DTSTAMP:20260602T143109Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for this special Caregiver Workshop with Pete Shrock\, nationally known grief and crisis responder\, focusing on building resilie nce through caregiving challenges. This is a free event\, and all caregive rs and family members are invited to attend. Lunch will be provided!\n \n1 1:00-12:30 | Discussing Grief\nMany think of grief as something that onl y happens after a loved one’s death. However\, as a caregiver\, you may ex perience grief for your loved with a diagnosis of dementia while they are still living. It is important to recognize this grief and take steps to ma nage your stress as a caregiver\, and even more importantly\, keep yoursel f healthy!\n\n1:30-3:00 | Juggling Act of the Modern Caregiver\nThe mode rn caregiver is overworked and exhausted: between providing care for famil y members\, upholding social relationships and career commitments\, and ma naging mental and physical health\, life can feel like a juggling act. Lea rn practical steps a caregiver can take to balance these commitments\, and tackle stigmas and negative self-talk caregivers sometimes face.\n\nThis event is provided in partnership with AARP\, Fairfax County\, Insight Memo ry Care Center\, George Mason University\, and the Virginia Geriatric Educ ation Center.\n\nPresenter:\nPete Shrock is the Co-Founde r & Chief People Officer of WayForth. Pete has been immersed in active cri sis support for over 15 years. He trained grief experts responding to 9/11 and the shootings at Sandy Hook and Virginia Tech. He works directly with U.S. special forces Gold Star families\; and created programs for grievin g children at Comfort Zone Camp\, gang violence workers and gang members i n Chicago and Los Angeles\, New York Life insurance agents processing deat h claims\, and National Fallen Firefighters. Pete cuts through academic la nguage with a direct\, hands-on approach to grief and stressful life trans itions. When he isn’t traveling to support those in distress\, he lives in Richmond with his wife and two daughters.\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190608T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190608T150000 LOCATION:Hollin Hall Senior Center\, 1500 Shenandoah Road\, Alexandria\, VA 22308 SUMMARY:Caregiver Workshop with Pete Shrock END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR