Introduction “Body-Mind-Spirit” Creative Divorce Adjustment Click to listen: [...]
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ENTERPRISING AUTHOR The Widowed to Widowed Program became a reality through the dream of Helen Antoniak. Helen organized this effective program for widowhood adjustment in 1972. Not a widow herself, Helen envisioned this program because of her father’s death and what her own mother experienced. As Executive Director of the Widowed to Widowed Program, Helen [...]
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When Mom Needs Help, Call The Governess By KAREN KENYON The word "governess" - the brave Jane Eyre, her struggles and eventual happy ending -strikes a romantic chord in just about everyone's heart. And while most real-life situations are not so dramatic, being a governess definitely has its moments, according to Helen Antoniak. She has [...]
Parents Magazine Editorial March 25, 1987 Parents Magazine P.O. Box 7000 Bergenfield, NJ 07621 ATTN: Editor Dear Editor: This is in response to your article about the dislikes of "babysitters" in your April 1987 edition. I am sure I have the strictest childcare provider in the world - heaven forbid I should slip and call [...]
Grief Recovery Center alvarado arts and sciences bldg. 6310 alvarado court san diego, ca 92120 (714) 286-1010 A team approach to grief recovery counseling (death, separation, divorce, transitions), and to the psychological management of chronic illness and life-threatening disease. the need Research indicates that there is a link t=between unresolved grief and chronic depression, physical [...]
CREDIT OFFICE ORIENTATION GUIDE Welcome to the I. Magnin credit office! You are probably the sort of person who likes working with people and are happiest when you are busy helping people. This is your job as a customer service representative in the I. Magnin credit office. You will be helping many people in a [...]
Dear Parents, You want the very best for your infant. I have established a daycare home of exceptional quality. I am calling my facility The Baby University because babies learn so much in their first years of life. Through The Baby University, I will provide a pleasant, nurturing, and stimulating environment for your infant. It [...]
Fifty versus “THE FIFTIETH” When I was approaching my fiftieth birthday, I decided that I would celebrate that milestone with a party. I invited classmates from grammar school, high school, and college who had or soon would be celebrating their own “half century” milestone. Clearly, after fifty years, I had not kept up with all [...]
Make a Basket List, Not a Bucket List A bucket list has a negative connotation. “Kicking the bucket” is a not too inspiring reference to death. A “bucket list” is a list of things a person hopes to have the opportunity to do before dying. Nobody knows when they are going to die. On the [...]
Never Tease a Tiger Recently I was sitting at a table with two fellow toastmasters at a Toastmasters’ training event. This was during a break and we had just polished off some very nice refreshments. One gentleman asked the other about a recent Toastmaster’s conference which took place in Las Vegas. Before the second man [...]
The Third Time I Performed CPR Helen Antoniak CPR – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation – is the action taken in an emergency situation to restore the heartbeat and breathing of a fellow human being. I have taken CPR training too many times to count. I have performed CPR three times. The first time was in June of [...]
MLK, UCLA, and Kay On Thursday evening April 5 Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot. On the afternoon of Friday, April 6, 1968 I was looking forward to a camping experience organized by my college, UCLA. I saw the buses were there where they should have been as I arrived with my suitcase and [...]
Introduction to my Friend Nancy at Financial Seminar IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I WELCOME YOU TO THE SECOND FINANCIAL SEMINAR SPONSORED BY LA JOLLA BANK AND TRUST COMPANY ON BEHALF OF THE WIDOWED TO WIDOWED PROGRAM. COULD I SEE A SHOW OF HAND OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE HERE FOR THE LAST SEMINAR? [...]
The Best Reunion Ever 11-11-2015 This past Veteran’s Day I participated in the best class reunion ever. Like many Catholic schools of the last century, my grammar school and high school no longer exist. Nonetheless, I have organized many reunions for my high school class and even some for my whole high school which was [...]
How One Thing Led to Another My Toastmaster experience has been a remarkable experience of friendships. Recently, my desire to demonstrate a point in a speech I was giving about technological advances, I had to dig out an old art portfolio from a very inaccessible part of my garage. Once I found the old portfolio [...]
I Am Special I am special. In the entire world there is nobody like me. Since the beginning of time, there has never been another person like me. Nobody has my smile. Nobody has my eyes, my nose, my hair, my hands, my voice. I am special No one can be found who has my [...]
If you’re there, please pick up! By Helen Antoniak I graduated from high school in1966 so it’s time for our fiftieth reunion. I need to contact my classmates. Half a century ago, communication was simple. Back then, we could either call or send a letter. All I needed was a phone number or an address. [...]
One Hundred and Fifty-Three Big Fish This Sunday morning I was contemplating the many things I wish to do and feeling frustrated that I just do not prioritize them and get myself into action. I am not accomplishing my dreams. It was with this mind set that I attended 9 o’clock Mass. I found myself [...]
An Abnormal Death Near Normal Street I was one of many millions of people who were caught up in the Royal wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markel. I set my alarm for 4:00am Saturday May 19th. Perhaps you too were caught up in this highly publicized event. One of the many interesting traditions which [...]
You Too Can Make Your Fortune Please raise your hand if you have made a million dollars selling Amway, Tupperware or Mary Kay Cosmetics. Right now, the owners of 23 and Me and Ancestry dot com are raking in billions of dollars. Customers are sending in big money and a little test tube of spit [...]
How I Spent My Summer Vacation During the summer, some people head to the mountains. Others may migrate to the coast. I went to a place that made me think I was in the mountains but was referred to as the "coast". Since this sounds rather confusing, perhaps I ought to start at the beginning. [...]
Writing About Jeanne Gill Jeanne Gill gave me a ride when I was hitchhiking. I was working as resident manager of Julian’s Anchorage, a home for women and children who had been homeless; I went to the groundbreaking ceremony for the San Diego Hospice. A friend gave me a ride there and dropped me off [...]
Sister Frances Quiroz, CSJ My family had its roots in Mexico. My parents, Bartolo and Maria, as well as my oldest brother, Augustine who was only an infant at the time, came to the United States in the early 1900s during the Mexican Revolution. Before coming to the U.S., my father supported the family by [...]
Adoption in San Diego This is an overview of adoption in San Diego County. Adoption is legally simple and straight forward but emotionally and socially it is convoluted and complex. Simply put, adoption replaces a child’s birth parents with another couple or individual who will parent that child for the rest of their lives. The [...]
It Doesn’t Ring a Bell Pepper Psalm 17 has a phrase which says “guard me as the apple of your eye.” Recently since I have been paying more attention to fruits and vegetables, and less to my former favorite candy bars, this phrase caught my attention. Apparently in ancient biblical times, apples were special. This [...]
Note: this program existed in the 1980's, it is not in operation today Widowed to Widowed Program Incorporated Why is there such a program? The death of a spouse can be a very traumatic experience. Help with normal grief problems can often prevent them from becoming overwhelming. Many people use Widowed to Widowed to transform [...]
Positive Power People HELEN ELIZABETH ANTONIAK, Ph.D. Helen Antoniak organized the San Diego Widowed-to-Widowed Program. She is co-author of ALONE: Emotional Legal and Financial Help for the Widowed or Divorced Woman. In cooperation with Ann Bennett Sturgis, Director of the Stress Management Training Institute, she designed a series of cassettes for people adjusting to the [...]
Reflections of the Mother of an Eighth Grader Where did the time go? As I began writing this, my daughter was taking the entrance examination for The Academy of Our Lady of Peace. It seems like only yesterday that I was ‘sweating bullets’ hoping my daughter would be accepted into kindergarten at The School of [...]
“Thank you for sending a copy of the tapes. We shall keep it in our “Resource Bank.” Peggy S., County Mental Health Professional “Day by day I am growing stronger and stronger. The loss of my husband was a blow that left me way down, with the help of the Widowed-to-Widowed cassettes I am conquering [...]
If you have been widowed recently, these words may be familiar Shock: I was numb. Everyone thought I was so strong but I was really in a fog. Health Problems: “The flu just keeps hanging on” Social Isolation: “The phone never rings anymore. I feel like a fifth wheel” Confusion: “At the time, I thought [...]
