Human Connections PLUS

Date: Sunday, September 14, 2025

Timing: Arrive 2:00pm - socializing, settling in

Workshop 2:30pm-5:00pm

Potluck 5:00pm-6:00pm

Clean Up 6:00pm-6:30pm

No admissions after 2:30PM

Refunds/Credits: Scroll to the end for REFUND POLICY

Location: Private home in West Newton, MA; address sent with confirmation.

Parking: Free street parking

Cost: $27 advance tickets only

Please Bring: a potluck contribution; a backjack if you like (chairs and cushions at site)

Attire: Comfortable clothes (think yoga pants!), outdoor shoes off

Humans are social beings, designed to thrive through our connections with each other: emotionally, physically, intellectually, sexually, spiritually. We are not built to go it alone! So why do we often get mired down in our differences and allow those differences to keep us separate, preventing ourselves and each other from being our best selves? Join this exploration of self while engaging with others. Each interactive 2 1/2 hour workshop has it’s own theme with invitations to acknowledge our shared strengths through our shared vulnerabilities.

Do you wish that your conversations with yourself and interactions with others filled up your emotional “gas tank"? That they had a more nurturing feel to them? That they resulted in feeling deep human connections? In this swirling world in which we live in, it can be challenging to find that place of balance, that place of calm and ease. Finding our way to our own peace is key to creating satisfying engagement with others. It is healthy for our bodies, minds, and emotional well-being, and it’s contagious!

Revel in a relaxed, non-judgmental environment to practice tapping into your true self, deepen connections with others, and strengthen our common humanity.

Innovative and creative ways to interact and connect with people in all areas of your life! Give yourself this treasure and add a few extra ways to connect. - Lynn T.

Light hearted personal growth, much needed connection. - Niri T.

I am better for having gone. - Debbie R.

I just want to tell you how much I enjoyed the gathering! You provided such a warm, welcoming, and accepting environment that made everyone feel comfortable. Lucy also expressed her appreciation of how welcome she felt. With much gratitude. - Deb C.

• Invitations to participate in a variety of activities - some lighthearted, some with a more serious feel. And as with any true invitation, YOU choose the degree of your engagement.

• Opportunities for social engagement with others via pairs, small groups or the larger group.

• Time for self-reflection.

• Group of no more than 20 adults (only 18 years of age and older please!)

To create a safe and welcoming space for all, partaking in this event means that you agree to:

• Respect yourself

• Respect others

• Maintain Confidentiality

• Inclusivity

If you don't feel well, please stay home. Let me know before the start of the event and I will issue you a credit to be applied towards on eof my future events.

Lydia Carbone, MSW

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Mediator, group leader, trainer, facilitator, Lydia has been leading groups of humans for over a decade in finding their voice and building their connections with others. She brings teachings from her experience as a social worker, yoga practitioner, massage therapist, and personal growth workshop attendee, mixed in with her sense of humor and compassion. Lydia's core beliefs include:

• Humans are more like each other than different.
• “Othering” is one of the most destructive forces on our planet (including when we “other” ourselves).
• Each of us is genuinely doing the best we can in any given moment (even when what we are doing doesn’t meet others’ needs, somewhere in there it is meeting a need we ourself have).

If your plans change and you email me at least seven days prior to the event, I will provide you with a PROMO code that you can use at any future event that I lead.

If you are sick, please stay home; email me PRIOR TO THE START of the event and I will provide you with a PROMO code that you can use at any future event that I lead.

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