The Family Institute for Creative Well-Being

Helping families with life-changing health challenges.

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Welcome to the Family Institute for Creative Well-Being. Our programs focus on managing the roller coaster of thoughts and emotions that accompany demanding health conditions. These are conditions such as disabilities or chronic illnesses that have an impact on daily life. It could be brain injury, cancer or cystic fibrosis just to mention a few of many, many life-changing health conditions.

This groups sustains me and gives me strength. Family Institute programs use creative ways to address the tough stuff like anger, sorrow, stress, fear and the whole truck load of emotions that come with these conditions. Creative forms of expression are important tools in helping us to think about difficult question such as “why me?” Creative arts give us ways to explain what is happening to us when ordinary words fail. They help us to feel “normal”.

BENEFITS:

Reduced stress and anxiety
Increased ability to manage stress
Builds connection with self and others
Increased sense of strength and hope
Enhanced self-esteem, understanding, and personal value
Improved vision of possibilities
Improved ability to communicate needs
Validates and documents important life experience
Increased ability for problem solving and conflict resolution

The Family Institute for Creative Well-Being

FAMILY INSTITUTE RECEIVES FEDERAL GRANT

The Family Institute for Creative Well-Being is pleased to be one of the recipients of a grant award through the federal government's Compassion Capital Fund. Download the press release for more information.

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