# Event Details - **Event Name**: Find Your Calm: Reduce Stress, Beat Burnout, & Boost Mental Well-Being - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Free event features a panel of mental health and wellness experts, along with a resource fair to support adults and high school students.About this EventFind Your Calm: Tools to Reduce Stress, Beat Burnout, & Boost Mental Well-BeingAn evening of real stories, expert guidance, and practical tools to help you manage stress, prevent burnout, and strengthen your mental well-being—with local resources you can use right away. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/d9866880-edea-11f0-85e6-27bcc0c427f1-rimg-w572-h740-dcfefffe-gmir.jpg Agenda?: 06:00 PMResource Room - Visit tables of local organizations to obtain resourcesInfo: Open 6:00-6:30 pm and 8:00-8:30 pm. Organizations with tables include: OptWell, All Star Pediatrics**, Chiro One**, The Community House Counseling Center, Dayrise Wellness**, Fusion Academy Oak Brook**, Grief Connection Space, Hello College **, Just Lift Fitness**, Lyons Township High School**, Lyons Township Mental Health Commission**, The Loft at 8 Corners, NAMI Metro Suburban, The Maley Way, No Retreat No Surrender**, The OCD & Anxiety Center**, Pillars Community House, Positively Psyched**, Senseory, and more to come. **designates sponsor?: 06:30 PMWelcome: Leslie Owens, PhD (LTHS) & Kris Lonsway, PhD (OptWell Founder)Learning to Share SelfishlyHost: Jim MaleyInfo: Jim Maley is a former All State basketball player from Lyons Township who went on to live out his dream of playing Big Ten basketball at Northwestern. As a starter, life looked like it was headed exactly where he always wanted it to go, until he suddenly found himself in a deep depression. Over the next eight years, he tried to push through it alone, but it was his mom sharing her story that finally convinced him to admit he needed help. Jim found a lot of temporary fixes along the way, but it was his hospitalization during Covid that allowed him to recommit to self care and truly understand the power of sharing his story. Today, Jim is a high school teacher, a former varsity basketball coach, and a father of four who uses his experience to help others know they are not alone.Mental Health 101: Awareness, Warning Signs, & ResourcesHost: Alma Jimenez Tapia, MSW, LCSWInfo: Alma is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and certified Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructor. Alma currently works at Pillars Community Health as a bilingual supervising therapist in the outpatient mental health program. Alma has over five years of experience in the mental health field, providing outpatient therapy, mental health consultation, and facilitating groups for children, adolescents, and parents. Alma graduated from the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois in Chicago with a concentration in clinical social work with children and adolescents. She has experience working with children, adolescents, their families, and young adults. Alma also enjoys biking, walking her dog, doing crafts and art projects, as well as keeping up with her house plants. Slow Down, Cozy MoreHost: Michelle AndersonInfo: Michelle Anderson, Co-Host of Cozy Conversations with The Sister Project Podcast Michelle Anderson is the co-creator of The Sister Project and co-host of the popular leisure podcast Cozy Conversations with The Sister Project. A writer, speaker, and slow-living advocate, Michelle helps people navigate overwhelm by embracing the simple art of slowing down, caring less about the noise, and intentionally doing more of nothing. After experiencing profound burnout while raising twins and caring for her mother through dementia, Michelle rebuilt her life around calm, presence, and sustainable well-being. Today she teaches others how to reconnect with themselves, settle into the stillness, and seek out the simple pleasures life has to offer. Mindful Moments: A Pause to ResetHost: Michelle Halm, LPC, FTInfo: Michelle Halm, LPC, PEL, FT. Founder, Grief Connection Space In this session, we’ll explore simple, easy-to-incorporate strategies to pause and be mindful—whether you need to find your calm space within, refocus, or reenergize. You’ll leave with practical options for yourself and tools you can share with others. Michelle is a licensed professional counselor and a former high school teacher and school counselor who also has over a decade of experience working in community mental health. She is the founder and lead facilitator of Grief Connection Space and is currently also a staff therapist at Bridgepoint Psychology Center. Michelle serves on the advisory council of Optwell and the planning committee for OptWell’s Mindful Movement program. She is also an instructor for Mental Health First Aid. Michelle lives in Lyons Township with her family.Unstuck: Practical Tools to Reverse Tech-Driven BurnoutHost: Stef SchodrofInfo: Stef Schodrof is a speaker, founder, and wellness innovator dedicated to disrupting technology-driven burnout. Through SENSEORY, her science-backed wellness brand and education platform, she combines decades in private equity, IP, corporate leadership, and a 4x wellness business exit. After experiencing her own burnout in 2023, Stef began studying the effects of constant digital stimulation on the body and brain. She now speaks nationally, delivering energizing, evidence-based tools, tips, hacks and head-turning facts that help people reboot their well-being and mindset—fast.More Resources & Wrap-up Host: Kris Lonsway, PhD, Founder & President, OptWellInfo: Kris is an organizational psychologist, certified leadership and life coach, and founder of OptWell, promoting healthy habits and brain health across Chicago’s western suburbs. She also serves on the board of Community Memorial Foundation and as an Awareness Champion for the Illinois Brain Health Project and the Alzheimer’s Association. Growing up in a Texas hometown that experienced a tragic teen suicide epidemic in the 1980s that received national media attention shaped her lifelong commitment to mental health, prevention, and community wellness.?: 08:00 PM - 08:30 PMResource Fair Open Again - Visit tables of organizations to obtain resources Info: Organizations with tables include: OptWell, All Star Pediatrics**, Chiro One**, The Community House Counseling Center, Dayrise Wellness**, Fusion Academy Oak Brook**, Grief Connection Space, Hello College **, Just Lift Fitness**, Lyons Township High School**, Lyons Township Mental Health Commission**, The Loft at 8 Corners, NAMI Metro Suburban, The Maley Way, No Retreat No Surrender**, The OCD & Anxiety Center**, Pillars Community House, Positively Psyched**, Senseory, and more to come. **designates sponsor - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/western-springs/find-your-calm-reduce-stress-beat-burnout-and-boost-mental-well-being/100001975144121236 - **Event Categories**: health-wellness, mental-health, art, literary-art, dog - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 2 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Western Springs - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: Lyons Township High School South Campus - **lat**: 41.8015015 - **long**: -87.891025 - **full address**: Lyons Township High School South Campus, 4900 Willow Springs Road, Western Springs, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Find Your Calm: Reduce Stress, Beat Burnout, & Boost Mental Well-Being - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/607b8a85da8383b1709e728104629422d8da81f0eab2d54145d48907bfff0159-rimg-w1200-h600-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1768025355 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Find Your Calm: Reduce Stress, Beat Burnout, & Boost Mental Well-Being being held? - **A:** Find Your Calm: Reduce Stress, Beat Burnout, & Boost Mental Well-Being takes place on Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Lyons Township High School South Campus, 4900 Willow Springs Road, Western Springs, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Find Your Calm: Reduce Stress, Beat Burnout, & Boost Mental Well-Being? - **A:** Find Your Calm: Reduce Stress, Beat Burnout, & Boost Mental Well-Being is organized by OptWell. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Find Your Calm: Reduce Stress, Beat Burnout, & Boost Mental Well-Being is ideal for learners, working professionals, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Western Springs, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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