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Spring 2025


Leveraging Your Emotions to Fuel Drive and Purpose

Tuesday, January 21 from 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Location: Commerce St. Building, Rm. C-100

Speaker: Dr. Laura MitchellWoman yoga stretching on the deck at sunrise.

Do you often react before you think, or say things you later regret? Emotional Intelligence is learning how to navigate challenging emotions within seconds; from being a reaction to a response. Do you want to react and say things that might hurt or that you regret, or do you want to respond to those emotions appropriately? In this hands-on workshop, we will explore how to become self-aware in order to self-manage our emotions to fuel our purpose and goals.

During this time, we will also explore where we find those emotions in our bodies through an innovative yoga practice. As we move through the workshop, we will complete yoga like movements. We will explore where the emotions are in our bodies and how we can shift the emotions to work for us rather than against us.

Dr. Laura Mitchell
Dr. Laura Mitchell


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Skills For Disagreeing Better

Skills For Disagreeing Better Workshop, Jan. 23, Milam Travis Room, UHD Welcome Center
Thursday, January 23 from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Milam/Travis rm.

Do you want to have better conversations with those you often disagree with about politics without them becoming your mortal enemy?

Do you want family members, friends, and coworkers on the other side of the political aisle to listen better to your views?

If so, join us to learn how to share your perspectives in constructive ways - even when you disagree sharply. This workshop helps you to understand the values and concerns of those who differ from you politically and teaches essential skills for communicating across differences and finding common ground.

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A Participatory Workshop Series

Situational Awareness Workshop

Wednesday, January 29 from 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Situational Awareness Workshop
A participatory workshop featuring the UHD police department. Now more than ever we need to be aware of our surroundings and plan what to do should the unthinkable occur. Participate and learn.

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Self Defense Techniques Workshop

Thursday, January 30 from 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Self Defense Techniques Workshop

A participatory workshop featuring the UHD police department for a hands-on workshop presentation to learn valuable self-defense techniques to help you fight off an attacker and escape. Participate and learn.

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Lieutenant Trinity Delafance
Lieutenant Trinity Delafance
 

For more information contact Steven Villano, director of the Center for Public Service and Community Research at villanos@uhd.edu.