Sunday, October 18, 2009 - North Shore News - A15 Botox • TUMMY TUCK • BREAST ENHANCEMENT • ULTRASONIC LIPOSCULPTURE • RESTYLANE, PERLANE • JUVEDERM • TEOSYAL • BOTOX • SKINCARE • EYELID LIFT • FACE LIFT • COSMETIC NASAL SURGERY 201–126 E. 15th Street, North Vancouver www.drkerluke.com • 604-983-9985 LESLIE D. KERLUKE, MD, FRCS (C) PLASTIC & COSMETIC SURGERY Leslie D. Kerluke MD Inc. Restore your Youthful Beauty with Long Lasting Results LIVE YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to ACTIVE LIVING QUESTION: My husband and I sepa- rated a year ago and we have two kids, ages eight and 10. Last year they spent Christmas with me and this year they will be with him (and his new girlfriend). I feel so sad about not getting to be with them at Christmas. Any suggestions so I don’t completely lose it when the day finally comes around? Answer: The loneliness of being without one’s children during the holidays can be a big shock, but there are things that you can do to help yourself, and your children, when the day arrives. Your question actually reminded me of an issue a client brought to me in therapy that related to how sad she felt when her ex-husband took their three kids to Disneyland for the first time. (I am changing details to protect the privacy of the cli- ent). Since her kids were born, she had imagined their wide- eyed excitement as they entered Disneyland, saw Mickey Mouse and went on Space Mountain Normal to find first holiday alone hard HEALTH NOTES page 16 WEEKEND GETAWAY Columnist Dave Norona works and plays on Thanksgiving Weekend. page 18 Erin McPhee [email protected]LONG days at the office, hectic home lives and faint glimpses of rest and relaxation are the norm for many in today’s society. While the pace of modern life can dictate when we find time to exercise, help does exist. For those interested in practising yoga, a new North Shore company has been built on the principal of “if there’s a will there’s a way” and brings yoga to clients, either at their workplace, or by offering classes at odd hours. “Yoga can fit into everybody’s world,” says Amber Rodgers, 36, founder of North Vancouver Yoga, which teaches the traditional Hatha style. She’s all too familiar with trying to navigate a healthy work- life balance, having a business background. “I didn’t ever have time for yoga, even though I loved it and it made me feel good . . . it just became the last priority,” she says. Rodgers made a conscious decision to change that in her own life, and said goodbye to her former career and became a yoga instructor and is now hoping to do the same for others through the launch of her company two months ago. “I came up with the idea that I can bring it to you,” she says. Rodgers hopes to encourage workplaces to have her, or her staff members, come in at times that are appropriate for them, no matter what the hour, and lead group sessions. “There’s no rushing, there’s no commuting, it’s beyond convenient, you’re not wasting time trying to get to a class and it’s inexpensive,” she says. If a space doesn’t exist in the workplace, an additional aspect of North Vancouver Yoga is that Rodgers will seek one out A flexible approach NEWS photo Paul McGrath YOGA instructor Amber Rodgers, of North Vancouver Yoga, fine-tunes Chelsie Hodge’s pose during a recent class. Rodgers offers classes at workplaces and other locations, as well as for plus-sized individuals. NV company works with clients to fit classes into busy schedules See All page 16 See Parents page 19
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Sunday, October 18, 2009 - North Shore News - A15
Botox • TUMMY TUCK
• BREAST ENHANCEMENT
• ULTRASONIC LIPOSCULPTURE
• RESTYLANE, PERLANE
• JUVEDERM • TEOSYAL
• BOTOX • SKINCARE
• EYELID LIFT
• FACE LIFT
• COSMETIC NASAL SURGERY
201–126 E. 15th Street, North Vancouverwww.drkerluke.com • 604-983-9985
LESLIE D. KERLUKE, MD, FRCS (C)PLASTIC & COSMETIC SURGERYLeslie D. Kerluke MD Inc.
Restore your Youthful Beautywith Long Lasting Results
LIV
EYOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to ACTIVE LIVING
QUESTION:
My husband and I sepa-rated a year ago and we have two kids, ages eight and 10. Last year they spent Christmas with me and this year they will be with him (and his new girlfriend). I feel so sad about not getting to be with them at Christmas. Any suggestions so I don’t completely lose it when the day fi nally comes around?Answer:
The loneliness of being without one’s children during the holidays can be a big shock, but there are things that you can do to help yourself, and your children, when the day arrives.
Your question actually reminded me of an issue a client brought to me in therapy that related to how sad she felt when her ex-husband took their three kids to Disneyland for the fi rst time. (I am changing details to protect the privacy of the cli-ent). Since her kids were born, she had imagined their wide- eyed excitement as they entered Disneyland, saw Mickey Mouse and went on Space Mountain
LONG days at the offi ce, hectic home lives and faint glimpses of rest and relaxation are the norm for many in today’s society.
While the pace of modern life can dictate when we fi nd time to exercise, help does exist. For those interested in practising yoga, a new North Shore company has been built on the principal of “if there’s a will there’s a way” and brings yoga to clients, either at their workplace, or by offering classes at odd hours.
“Yoga can fi t into everybody’s world,” says Amber Rodgers, 36, founder of North Vancouver Yoga, which teaches the traditional Hatha style.
She’s all too familiar with trying to navigate a healthy work-life balance, having a business background.
“I didn’t ever have time for yoga, even though I loved it and it made me feel good . . . it just became the last priority,” she says.
Rodgers made a conscious decision to change that in her own life, and said goodbye to her former career and became a yoga instructor and is now hoping to do the same for others through the launch of her company two months ago.
“I came up with the idea that I can bring it to you,” she says.Rodgers hopes to encourage workplaces to have her, or her
staff members, come in at times that are appropriate for them, no matter what the hour, and lead group sessions.
“There’s no rushing, there’s no commuting, it’s beyond convenient, you’re not wasting time trying to get to a class and it’s inexpensive,” she says.
If a space doesn’t exist in the workplace, an additional aspect of North Vancouver Yoga is that Rodgers will seek one out
A fl exible approach
NEWS photo Paul McGrath
YOGA instructor Amber Rodgers, of North Vancouver Yoga, fi ne-tunes Chelsie Hodge’s pose during a recent class. Rodgers offers classes at workplaces and other locations, as well as for plus-sized individuals.
NV company works with clients to fi t classes into busy schedules
See All page 16 See Parents page 19
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - North Shore News - A19
mogram, women must attend an education ses-sion the week prior at North Shore Multi-cultural Society, 207-123 East 15th St., North Vancouver. Friday, Oct. 23, 12:30-2p.m., Chinese session; Monday, Oct. 26, 12:30-2 p.m., Korean session and Wednesday, Oct. 28, 4-6 p.m., Farsi session. Info and registration: 604-988-2931.
Alzheimer’s Disease — The Connection Be-tween Brain and Behaviour: Learn the connec-tion between what is happening in the brain and how this leads to specifi c behaviours of dementia. Free telephone workshop from the Alzheimer So-ciety of B.C. Learn from home, Tuesday, Oct. 29 from 7-8 p.m. To register visit the Care-ring Voice website at www.careringvoice.com/tele-learning.php or call 1-866-396-2433.
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SUPPORT GROUPSLife After Diagnosis: A workshop offered by appointment the fi rst Monday of each month for people with dementia and their families to learn more about the diagnosis, services available and strategies for living well. Held at the Alzheimer Resource Centre, 148 East Second St., North Vancouver. Info and registration: 604-984-8348 or [email protected].
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Mood Disorders Support Group meets the sec-ond and fourth Tuesday of the month, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Highlands United Church, 3255 Edge-mont Blvd., North Vancouver. Info and registra-tion: 604-988-4327 or 604-873-0103.
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for the fi rst time. But she was going to miss it. A lot of our work involved separating out what her loss was and what loss her children might have. This was very important because she didn’t want her own sadness to impact her kids’ enjoyment.
We decided that the most important part of her sadness was her feeling disconnected from their experience, so we put the following in place: the weeks before her kids left, they downloaded a map of Disney-land and her kids mapped out their route. I asked her to have them imagine what rides they would go on fi rst, what they might eat and which characters they would meet. She gave her kids a camera and asked them to take pictures during the day (when they thought about it
as she didn’t want them to feel too much pressure) and that when they got back they could make a photo album so they could remember, and share with her, their memories of the trip. They wanted to call her after the fi rst day to tell her how it was going so they set a time for that. She realized that once she felt she was a part of the experience, she felt less sad and noticed she was sharing in the excitement they were feeling about the trip.
I give you this example because you can do this around Christmas too. Sit down with your kids and ask them what they think they will be doing on the day. Will they open presents early in the day or later? Where will they hang their stockings at Dad’s new house? It is also important to tell your kids what you will be doing. Where will
you be for the day? Who will you be with? When will you be opening presents from them? Let them know that when you eat Christmas dinner you will be wondering about what they are doing at the same time. In therapy, we call this internaliz-ing the other person — basi-cally connecting with them in one’s mind when we can’t connect in person.
These strategies and others you can think of with your children will help you stay con-nected to them and will likely ease your sadness.
Of course you will need to plan a good day for yourself too. Make sure you talk to other family or friends about spending the day together so that you are not alone. If you don’t have family or friends for the day, you might want to think about volunteering in the
community. Or simply try to do something relaxing, enjoyable and rejuvenating — something that is hard to remember to do
as a parent most of the time anyway!Julia Staub-French, M.A., R.C.C., is director of clinical pro-
grams at Family Services of the North Shore. Questions? [email protected] or call 604-988-5281.
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