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Menopause and Gracefully Aging Skin
Tuesday, 5/18/21, 7-8:30 PM EST | THIS NANA CHAT HAS PASSED
We all have seen the commercials on acne showing up in adolescents, with monthly hormonal changes, and now thanks to our distancing precautions due to COVID, we have introduced Maskne.
But with Menopause along with the changes that are happening with other organs in your body, the largest organ, the skin, goes through changes of its own. It can run the gamut from cosmetic to a warning sign that something internal may need immediate attention.
The Nana Chat will discuss the various ways Menopause impacts the skin, how to retain the optimum care for your skin, and how skin can be a great partner in improving your health.
We all have seen the commercials on acne showing up in adolescents, with monthly hormonal changes, and now thanks to our distancing precautions due to COVID, we have introduced Maskne.
But with Menopause along with the changes that are happening with other organs in your body, the largest organ, the skin, goes through changes of its own. It can run the gamut from cosmetic to a warning sign that something internal may need immediate attention.
The Nana Chat will discuss the various ways Menopause impacts the skin, how to retain the optimum care for your skin, and how skin can be a great partner in improving your health.
The Peacock Table: The Health of Our Seasoned LGBTQ+ Community
Friday, 6/18/21, 7-8:30 PM EST | THIS NANA CHAT HAS PASSED
This Peacock Roundtable creates safe space for the discussion with advocates, providers, seasoned ciswomen, and our LGBTQ+ community on the barriers to receiving health care, which can include feeling concerned about disclosing sexual orientation to their doctor, discrimination, limited access to healthcare, and limited understanding in their health risks, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Our seasoned LGBTQ+ citizens have the same healthcare needs as straight women, but they’ll have different health risks unique to them. They often smoke more, drink more alcohol, and are more often obese compared to straight women. They are also at greater risk for mental health issues, such as depression, substance abuse, and are at greater risk for intimate partner violence.
This RoundTable discussion provides an opportunity for a variety of women in our community to be made aware of and understand the unique experiences of our seasoned LGBTQ+ citizens. We will discuss the unique health risks, discuss ways to reduce health risks, and provide strategies for improving overall health. We provide a safe space for inclusive personal conversations and hope for an engaged interactive and inspiring discussion.
This Peacock Roundtable creates safe space for the discussion with advocates, providers, seasoned ciswomen, and our LGBTQ+ community on the barriers to receiving health care, which can include feeling concerned about disclosing sexual orientation to their doctor, discrimination, limited access to healthcare, and limited understanding in their health risks, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Our seasoned LGBTQ+ citizens have the same healthcare needs as straight women, but they’ll have different health risks unique to them. They often smoke more, drink more alcohol, and are more often obese compared to straight women. They are also at greater risk for mental health issues, such as depression, substance abuse, and are at greater risk for intimate partner violence.
This RoundTable discussion provides an opportunity for a variety of women in our community to be made aware of and understand the unique experiences of our seasoned LGBTQ+ citizens. We will discuss the unique health risks, discuss ways to reduce health risks, and provide strategies for improving overall health. We provide a safe space for inclusive personal conversations and hope for an engaged interactive and inspiring discussion.
Nana Too: Muting in the Season of Me Too
Tuesday, 7/13/21, 7-8:30 PM EST | THIS NANA CHAT HAS PASSED
The voices often heard in the Me Too movement are often of young women. Left out of conversations are many women of color and those from diverse economic backgrounds. When we think about the aging voices, seasoned women, when part of the conversation, are discussing, for the most part, situations that occurred in the past, in their younger days. But what about our seasoned women who suffer without public support in facilities and inside their homes? Some disclosures are dismissed with the excuse that the woman has altered mental status. Some women are fearful to discuss their abuse because it might jeopardize their care. Still some women have had their sense of agency dimmed so much that they don't think reporting will make a difference. All women deserve us to listen and to hold space for them, especially our seasoned sisters.
This Nana Chat will break the silence on our Nana Too movement and will allow us to bear witness to women and their personal stories, provide a sense of community, and offer steps to move forward.
The voices often heard in the Me Too movement are often of young women. Left out of conversations are many women of color and those from diverse economic backgrounds. When we think about the aging voices, seasoned women, when part of the conversation, are discussing, for the most part, situations that occurred in the past, in their younger days. But what about our seasoned women who suffer without public support in facilities and inside their homes? Some disclosures are dismissed with the excuse that the woman has altered mental status. Some women are fearful to discuss their abuse because it might jeopardize their care. Still some women have had their sense of agency dimmed so much that they don't think reporting will make a difference. All women deserve us to listen and to hold space for them, especially our seasoned sisters.
This Nana Chat will break the silence on our Nana Too movement and will allow us to bear witness to women and their personal stories, provide a sense of community, and offer steps to move forward.
The Peacock Table: Women of All Seasons - An Intergenerational Dialogue
Friday, 8/6/21, 7-8:30 PM EST | THIS NANA CHAT HAS PASSED
Some of you may be familiar with the following phrase, "children should be seen and not heard." Although parent-adolescent dialogues take place privately, many young women do not have the opportunity to hear from older women - on an even playing field, as women of all seasons without roles. The idea that young people should be heard by adults in social interaction, is not common in many cultures. However more young people get their first bit of information from in the home, and in many cultures, it is a multigenerational home, so the predominant information source is a seasoned woman.
When it comes to healthcare, the pockets for women's health have been predetermined, maternal health only addresses the reproductive season, and geriatrics or primary care doesn't address the particular needs of a post-menopausal woman. If we are to educate and empower women on how to be a good healthcare partner, improve their health and wellness, and overall quality of life, then one way to reach that goal is to address women's health with a lifespan perspective. But health and quality of life are impacted by a variety of factors. Our behaviors are primarily formed by what we see or hear around us. Different generations of women working together can effectively promote and influence health equity.
The Peacock Roundtable discussion aims at creating the space seasoned women to share their approaches to, lessons learned, and experiences with regards to their health and wellness to speak about the value of owning agency. As well the opportunity for dialogue that is necessary to develop transformative strategies and perspectives on maximizing the development potentials of youth and re-engaging, transforming and advocating for the seasoned woman.
Some of you may be familiar with the following phrase, "children should be seen and not heard." Although parent-adolescent dialogues take place privately, many young women do not have the opportunity to hear from older women - on an even playing field, as women of all seasons without roles. The idea that young people should be heard by adults in social interaction, is not common in many cultures. However more young people get their first bit of information from in the home, and in many cultures, it is a multigenerational home, so the predominant information source is a seasoned woman.
When it comes to healthcare, the pockets for women's health have been predetermined, maternal health only addresses the reproductive season, and geriatrics or primary care doesn't address the particular needs of a post-menopausal woman. If we are to educate and empower women on how to be a good healthcare partner, improve their health and wellness, and overall quality of life, then one way to reach that goal is to address women's health with a lifespan perspective. But health and quality of life are impacted by a variety of factors. Our behaviors are primarily formed by what we see or hear around us. Different generations of women working together can effectively promote and influence health equity.
The Peacock Roundtable discussion aims at creating the space seasoned women to share their approaches to, lessons learned, and experiences with regards to their health and wellness to speak about the value of owning agency. As well the opportunity for dialogue that is necessary to develop transformative strategies and perspectives on maximizing the development potentials of youth and re-engaging, transforming and advocating for the seasoned woman.
The Peacock Table: The Seasoned Experience with GYN Cancer
Tuesday, 9/14/2021| 7-8:30 PM EST | THIS NANA CHAT HAS PASSED
Please join us for a roundtable to discuss Seasoned Woman’s personal experience with cancer. Women will share individual stories about the many ways in which cancer impacted their lives. Presenters will describe physical signs and symptoms that led to their initial diagnoses, share what emotions they experienced, explain how they made complex decisions about treatment and how they found a way to advocate for themselves. Learn what resources they found most useful and what they most want other women in their shoes to know. Cancer professionals will also join us to provide information about cancer risk factors you need to know.
Please join us for a roundtable to discuss Seasoned Woman’s personal experience with cancer. Women will share individual stories about the many ways in which cancer impacted their lives. Presenters will describe physical signs and symptoms that led to their initial diagnoses, share what emotions they experienced, explain how they made complex decisions about treatment and how they found a way to advocate for themselves. Learn what resources they found most useful and what they most want other women in their shoes to know. Cancer professionals will also join us to provide information about cancer risk factors you need to know.
Health Disparities in Seasoned Women of Color - An International Conversation (New Delhi, India)
Friday, 10/15/2021| 7-8:30 PM EST | THIS NANA CHAT HAS PASSED
Disparities in healthcare quality and outcomes for women (including people who are transgender) and race are receiving more attention in the season of COVID. When including aging we have to look closely at the higher prevalence and mortality rates of disease than their counterparts. It has been widely reported that in the COVID rollout seasoned women of color had a slower response to access healthcare, testing and distribution of the vaccine.
The causes of health disparities are dynamic and multidimensional, and to address them adequately, the Nana Chat will consider environmental, social cultural, behavioral, and biological factors. We will also discuss the history, systems, and personal biases that contribute, in a multitude of ways, to these disparities.
Disparities in healthcare quality and outcomes for women (including people who are transgender) and race are receiving more attention in the season of COVID. When including aging we have to look closely at the higher prevalence and mortality rates of disease than their counterparts. It has been widely reported that in the COVID rollout seasoned women of color had a slower response to access healthcare, testing and distribution of the vaccine.
The causes of health disparities are dynamic and multidimensional, and to address them adequately, the Nana Chat will consider environmental, social cultural, behavioral, and biological factors. We will also discuss the history, systems, and personal biases that contribute, in a multitude of ways, to these disparities.
Caregivers: Supporting Our Seasoned Selves
Nov 12, 2021 | 7:00 PM EST | THIS NANA CHAT HAS PASSED
Many seasoned women find themselves in the role of caregiver, either to children, grand children, partners or other loved ones who need continuing care and support. As caregivers, seasoned women focus so much on trying to meet their care recipient’s needs that they lose sight of what their own needs are. It can then become difficult for them to recognize how stressed out they really are. This Nana Chat will focus on how to avoid burnout, deal with personal health issues and become “mindful caregivers.”
Participants will be able to identify how unrealistic expectations, caregiver beliefs, difficulty with saying no and holding onto guilt, can fuel stress. Participants will learn how to utilize mindfulness approaches and appreciate how the “spirit-side of caring” can transform the caregiving experience.
Many seasoned women find themselves in the role of caregiver, either to children, grand children, partners or other loved ones who need continuing care and support. As caregivers, seasoned women focus so much on trying to meet their care recipient’s needs that they lose sight of what their own needs are. It can then become difficult for them to recognize how stressed out they really are. This Nana Chat will focus on how to avoid burnout, deal with personal health issues and become “mindful caregivers.”
Participants will be able to identify how unrealistic expectations, caregiver beliefs, difficulty with saying no and holding onto guilt, can fuel stress. Participants will learn how to utilize mindfulness approaches and appreciate how the “spirit-side of caring” can transform the caregiving experience.
It’s Not All About Sex, It’s Intimacy
FRIDAY, February 11,2022 | 7-8:30 PM EST | Meeting Has Passed
What happens when your relationship changes due to aging, health, or other life experiences? This presentation will help you learn how to spark the light in your new season.
Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMucempqDIsGNAEzIkkYJXbnikzDQUOKg3g
What happens when your relationship changes due to aging, health, or other life experiences? This presentation will help you learn how to spark the light in your new season.
Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMucempqDIsGNAEzIkkYJXbnikzDQUOKg3g
Mental Health & Wellness During COVID-19
FRIDAY, March 25, 2022 | 7-8:30 PM EST | Meeting Has Passed
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the needs for awareness, education and action as it relates to mental
health and wellness in our communities. Through a guided discussion, panelists will explore themes related to:
• Exploring mental health stigma and barriers to care
• Challenges in our current support systems
• Finding solutions to enhance mental health support
• Identifying existing and emerging programs, initiatives and
strategies to support mental health and wellness
Register in advance for this meeting:
www.sentara.com/hampton-roads-virginia/classesevents/events/mental-health-wellness-during-covid-19-952.aspx?utm_source=Flyer&utm_medium=Flyer
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the needs for awareness, education and action as it relates to mental
health and wellness in our communities. Through a guided discussion, panelists will explore themes related to:
• Exploring mental health stigma and barriers to care
• Challenges in our current support systems
• Finding solutions to enhance mental health support
• Identifying existing and emerging programs, initiatives and
strategies to support mental health and wellness
Register in advance for this meeting:
www.sentara.com/hampton-roads-virginia/classesevents/events/mental-health-wellness-during-covid-19-952.aspx?utm_source=Flyer&utm_medium=Flyer
Beyond Pharma & Hormones: Using Food & Mindfulness to Improve Post-menopausal Health & Wellness
FRIDAY, April 22, 2022 | 7-8:30 PM EST Meeting Has Passed
Are you unable to take certain hormones because of your diagnoses? Do you choose to take a more natural approach when it comes to hormone therapy? Is HRT better for you? This presentation will provide a comprehensive view at the latest findings to improve quality of life as you go through menopause and beyond.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvd--upzktE9OV_DTqUFPvS1eNhr-rXQPj
Are you unable to take certain hormones because of your diagnoses? Do you choose to take a more natural approach when it comes to hormone therapy? Is HRT better for you? This presentation will provide a comprehensive view at the latest findings to improve quality of life as you go through menopause and beyond.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvd--upzktE9OV_DTqUFPvS1eNhr-rXQPj
Faith, Service & Depression: Reigniting Seasoned Women When They’re Burned Out
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 | 7-8:30 PM EST Meeting Has Passed
Faith, Service & Depression: Reigniting Seasoned Women When They’re Burned Out
Are you in a state where your joy is a struggle to embrace? Are your Amens more of a mask than what you truly feel? This presentation will walk you through steps to identify and manage depression among the faithful.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscOqsrD4pHtY0sFRAwvvvx9m4vuAUOX5j
Faith, Service & Depression: Reigniting Seasoned Women When They’re Burned Out
Are you in a state where your joy is a struggle to embrace? Are your Amens more of a mask than what you truly feel? This presentation will walk you through steps to identify and manage depression among the faithful.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscOqsrD4pHtY0sFRAwvvvx9m4vuAUOX5j
Post-Traumatic Growth: 5 Principles to Leverage Trauma and Rebuild Relationships
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 | 7-8:30 PM EST Meeting Has Passed
What happens when you get caught up in the world of wealth, drugs, fast cars and designer clothes, risking your life and the lives of who you love? Join us for a conversation with the mother and daughter who survived that journey through tears to testimony.
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https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqcOuvqz4qGdLxRYp4TdXzIdnU2jWyVMh5
What happens when you get caught up in the world of wealth, drugs, fast cars and designer clothes, risking your life and the lives of who you love? Join us for a conversation with the mother and daughter who survived that journey through tears to testimony.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqcOuvqz4qGdLxRYp4TdXzIdnU2jWyVMh5
SOS: Saving Our Seniors - Suicide Prevention Workshop co-sponsored with Sentara Healthcare
FRIDAY, July 22, 2022 | 7-8:30 PM EST Meeting Has Passed
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Coming Soon
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Intergenerational Conversation - A Talk For All Seasons
FRIDAY, August 19, 2022 | 7-8:30 PM EST Meeting Has Passed
We need to rethink the saying “children should be seen and not heard.” As women, we can share in the advice given by women of all seasons. This roundtable is an honest discussion of pitfalls and wisdom on how to navigate life.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAocO-tqDwpHd2TsoQFlYF9XfZnHojlnh23
We need to rethink the saying “children should be seen and not heard.” As women, we can share in the advice given by women of all seasons. This roundtable is an honest discussion of pitfalls and wisdom on how to navigate life.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAocO-tqDwpHd2TsoQFlYF9XfZnHojlnh23
Peer Support Advocate Training
TUESDAY, September 13, 2022 | 9am-5pm EST | SPECIAL REGISTRATION
Learn the fundamental skills to become a lay community health support advocate and how to use those skills to be a difference in the lives of others. YOU MUST MEET THE PRE-REQUISITES
Learn the fundamental skills to become a lay community health support advocate and how to use those skills to be a difference in the lives of others. YOU MUST MEET THE PRE-REQUISITES
Women's Cancers: Warrior Witness Testimonies
FRIDAY, September 16, 2022 | 7-8:30PM EST
Did you know that the risk of gynecologic cancers increases with age? Yet, how many women seasoned women have stopped getting an annual pelvic examination or know the signs and symptoms associated with these cancers? Why do women of color have worse outcomes? How do we stop late-stage diagnoses if post-menopausal women are not encouraged to continue gynecologic examinations? This presentation is aimed at empowering you to save the lives of the women in your life through the witness testimonies of those warrior women who have battled these insidious diseases.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckdOGhqzIpGN22lxqeqRx15iMOg5cuFQXl
Did you know that the risk of gynecologic cancers increases with age? Yet, how many women seasoned women have stopped getting an annual pelvic examination or know the signs and symptoms associated with these cancers? Why do women of color have worse outcomes? How do we stop late-stage diagnoses if post-menopausal women are not encouraged to continue gynecologic examinations? This presentation is aimed at empowering you to save the lives of the women in your life through the witness testimonies of those warrior women who have battled these insidious diseases.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckdOGhqzIpGN22lxqeqRx15iMOg5cuFQXl
Mind, Body, Spirit Wellness Fair & Suicide Prevention Walk
SATURDAY, September 17, 2022 | 8 AM-1PM EST | REGISTRATION TO BE ANNOUNCED
Fall Forward into better Holistic health at the Mind Body Spirit Wellness Fair. Show up ready to move with a day of education, free health screenings, food, healthy living demonstrations, door prizes, and much more. Hampton University Convocation Center, 700 Emancipation Dr. | Hampton, VA 23668 Register here https://hamptonu.jotform.com/222126388917058
Fall Forward into better Holistic health at the Mind Body Spirit Wellness Fair. Show up ready to move with a day of education, free health screenings, food, healthy living demonstrations, door prizes, and much more. Hampton University Convocation Center, 700 Emancipation Dr. | Hampton, VA 23668 Register here https://hamptonu.jotform.com/222126388917058
BRCA: What You Should Know, The Links & Benefits of Family Conversations
FRIDAY, October 21, 2022 | 7-8:30 PM EST
BRCA: What You Should Know, The Links & Benefits of Family Conversations
Did you know there is a link between cancers that are normally only gender associated? BRCA known for increasing risks of breast and ovarian cancer is also linked to prostate cancer. Are you at risk? Early detection is possible. This presentation will help you understand the role of continued screenings, genetic testing and family conversations in cancer prevention and early detection. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qfuisqDIqE9aRfxEdG9LsuIrNaz-WlqHD
BRCA: What You Should Know, The Links & Benefits of Family Conversations
Did you know there is a link between cancers that are normally only gender associated? BRCA known for increasing risks of breast and ovarian cancer is also linked to prostate cancer. Are you at risk? Early detection is possible. This presentation will help you understand the role of continued screenings, genetic testing and family conversations in cancer prevention and early detection. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qfuisqDIqE9aRfxEdG9LsuIrNaz-WlqHD
Medicare and Planning Financial, Health & Wellness in Your Seasoned Years
FRIDAY, November 18, 2022 | 7-8:30 PM EST
With all the confusion around Medicare, long-term care plans, and other financial management plans, we must empower ourselves to understand how to optimize and avoid major pitfalls. This presentation will provide knowledge on healthcare insurance options, and financial wellness plans so you are confident when choosing what's right for your longevity and wellbeing.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qfuisqDIqE9aRfxEdG9LsuIrNaz-WlqHD
With all the confusion around Medicare, long-term care plans, and other financial management plans, we must empower ourselves to understand how to optimize and avoid major pitfalls. This presentation will provide knowledge on healthcare insurance options, and financial wellness plans so you are confident when choosing what's right for your longevity and wellbeing.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qfuisqDIqE9aRfxEdG9LsuIrNaz-WlqHD
