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Nature as a Healing Practice

This program is being offered virtually via Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, you must register or by emailing carla@smithcenter.org with Capital Nature Bud Break Walk with Melanie Choukas-Bradley on Theodore Roosevelt Island (Photo: Ana Ka’ahanui) Nature has an amazing power to heal. If you’ve ever taken a walk to clear … Continue reading Nature as a Healing Practice

Tea and Conversation

This program is being offered virtually through Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, you must register here or by emailing carla@smithcenter.org with Smith Center Staff Join Smith Center staff for a social hour of community and connection! Click the Zoom link to join us: https://zoom.us/j/95583981339 Tea and Conversation will be held Monthly … Continue reading Tea and Conversation

SC Writing Space

This program is being offered virtually via Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, you must register or by emailing carla@smithcenter.org with Kiersten Gallagher and Mindy Brodsky, LCSWA This program was born out of our SC Writes program offered to young adults living with cancer. The effect of writing and sharing our … Continue reading SC Writing Space

Give Your Voice Life After Death: An Ethical Will Writing Workshop

This program is now full. To be added to the waitlist, please email carla@smithcenter.org with Mindy Brodsky, LCSWA A typical legal will is about property and assets you will leave behind. But what about the intangible parts of you that you hope your loved ones will remember? Join us for a program where you will … Continue reading Give Your Voice Life After Death: An Ethical Will Writing Workshop

Did You Know? Managing Stress

DYK? celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the founding of Smith Center. Each DYK? talk will highlight one of eight healing practices that research and practice tell us is important to the health and well-being of cancer patients/survivors, and their loved ones.

Ongoing Healing Circle for Grief and Loss of a Life Partner

DC, United States

Please email Kiersten at kiersten@smithcenter.org to register. with Wendy Miller & Larry Kanter This ongoing healing circle will focus on the unique needs of those experiencing the loss, recently or not, of a spouse or partner. No matter where you find yourself in your journey with grief, this chance to be with others who have … Continue reading Ongoing Healing Circle for Grief and Loss of a Life Partner

Give Your Voice Life After Death: An Ethical Will Writing Workshop

This program series is being offered virtually through Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, you must have attended the first session in the series. with Mindy Brodsky, LCSWA A typical legal will is about property and assets you will leave behind. But what about the intangible parts of you that you … Continue reading Give Your Voice Life After Death: An Ethical Will Writing Workshop

Listen Like a Poet

This program is being offered virtually through Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, you must register here or by emailing carla@smithcenter.org with Ravenna Raven If you’re a good listener, people will trust you with their stories. The Good Listening Project is a nonprofit that promotes cultures of listening to support healing. In … Continue reading Listen Like a Poet

Healing Circle for People Living with Lymphedema

DC, United States

This program is being offered virtually through Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, you must register or by emailing carla@smithcenter.org with Maude Fish & Bonnie Vermillion This ongoing healing circle will focus on the unique needs that people who are living with Lymphedema face. No matter where you find yourself on your … Continue reading Healing Circle for People Living with Lymphedema

Mindfulness and the Art of Image Making

DC, United States

This program is being offered virtually through Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, you must register here or by emailing carla@smithcenter.org with Julie McCarter In this creative workshop, you'll have the opportunity to learn and practice mindfulness through the art of image making. In a series of photographic assignments, we'll focus … Continue reading Mindfulness and the Art of Image Making

One Pot, One Bowl Meals

This program is being offered virtually through Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, you must register here or by emailing carla@smithcenter.org with Laura Pole, RN, MSN, Chef It's just about Spring, the weather will be warming up and we’ll want to shift our energy from being inside and spending lots of time … Continue reading One Pot, One Bowl Meals

Virtual Nature Immersion for Health and Wellbeing

This program is being offered virtually via Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, you must register here or by emailing carla@smithcenter.org with Ana Leilani Ka’ahanui of Capital Nature Reston Bioblitz (Photo: Ana Ka’ahanui) Need a little dose of green to destress and reconnect with yourself? Restorative nature-based practices are available to … Continue reading Virtual Nature Immersion for Health and Wellbeing

Give Your Voice Life After Death: An Ethical Will Writing Workshop

This program series is being offered virtually through Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, you must have attended the first session in the series. with Mindy Brodsky, LCSWA A typical legal will is about property and assets you will leave behind. But what about the intangible parts of you that you … Continue reading Give Your Voice Life After Death: An Ethical Will Writing Workshop

Knitwell in the Cloud

Please email instruction@knitwell.org to schedule an Individual Knitting Instruction appointment. with Project Knitwell During these stressful times, we need the wellness benefits of knitting now more than ever. Project Knitwill invites you to join Knitwell in the Cloud, a new program offering private, one-on-one knitting lessons via Zoom. It’s a safe, effective way to knit … Continue reading Knitwell in the Cloud

Ongoing Healing Circle for Grief and Loss of a Life Partner

DC, United States

Please email Kiersten at kiersten@smithcenter.org to register. with Wendy Miller & Larry Kanter This ongoing healing circle will focus on the unique needs of those experiencing the loss, recently or not, of a spouse or partner. No matter where you find yourself in your journey with grief, this chance to be with others who have … Continue reading Ongoing Healing Circle for Grief and Loss of a Life Partner

Body Groove

This program is being offered virtually through Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, you must register here or by emailing carla@smithcenter.org with Johnnette Armstrong Groove Method is a delicious and fun group dance experience with simple steps and movement that nurtures the body, mind, heart and soul. We invite you for one … Continue reading Body Groove

Hot Topics for Young Adults: Keep Moving, Stay Strong After a Cancer Diagnosis

This program is being offered virtually through Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, you must email info@hopeconnectionsforcancer.org to register. In Partnership with Hope Connections, 2Unstoppable, and Life with Cancer Join DC Metro Young Adult Cancer community partners: 2Unstoppable, Hope Connections, Life with Cancer and Smith Center for inspiration and support to … Continue reading Hot Topics for Young Adults: Keep Moving, Stay Strong After a Cancer Diagnosis

A Conversation with Judith Pearson, Author of From Shadows to Life: A Biography of the Cancer Survivorship Movement

This program is being offered virtually through Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, you must register here or by emailing carla@smithcenter.org with author Judith Pearson and Julia Rowland, PhD In 1971, the world’s most feared disease might suddenly be survivable. Yet millions with a cancer history remained in the shadows. Fifty years … Continue reading A Conversation with Judith Pearson, Author of From Shadows to Life: A Biography of the Cancer Survivorship Movement

Tea and Conversation

This program is being offered virtually through Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, you must register here or by emailing carla@smithcenter.org with Smith Center Staff Join Smith Center staff for a social hour of community and connection! Click the Zoom link to join us: https://zoom.us/j/91456812779 Tea and Conversation will be held Monthly … Continue reading Tea and Conversation