This program is designed to help people better cope with stress and life’s challenges. Mindfulness is an awareness that arises by intentionally paying attention to the present moment.

This 8-week course consists of 2½-hour weekly group classes, and a 6-hour weekend retreat.

• Some scholarships are available.
• Payment plans are available.

For more information call (207) 373-6585.

MH Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick, 329 Maine Street in Brunswick

Food is Medicine MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital

MaineHealth is offering a FREE 15-week program to help people improve their health with nutritious food and lifestyle changes. Eating healthy foods can help with conditions like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity. Your journey toward better health can start today!

Who can join? This free program is for people who:

• Are age 18+
• Have a chronic health condition (like type 2 diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol or high blood pressure)
• Have limited access to affordable, healthy food
• Want to make healthy lifestyle changes

What you can expect

• Weekly bags of healthy food and accompanying recipes from MaineHealth Food Pantry Brunswick
• Connect with and support others in your community
• Resources to help manage your health conditions

For More Information:

• call: 207-373-4513
• email: midcoastchi@mainehealth.org  
• visit: https://mainehealth.org/fimbrunswick  

A collaboration between MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick and the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program.

Please join our mindfulness instructors for a free 15-minute online mindful moment. We will gather on Zoom for an opportunity to slow down, take a breath, and reconnect with our bodies and minds in this busy world.

For more information, please call 207-373-6585.

A Morning of Intention

You’re invited to join us for A Morning of Intention — a thoughtfully curated experience designed to nourish your body, mind, and spirit.

Health in Motion

Begin your morning with an invigorating, improvisational movement. This joyful session will help build stamina, strength, and confidence — all while moving to music in a supportive and uplifting environment. 

Mindfulness

Next, enjoy a guided mindfulness session led by our facilitators. You’ll connect with the present moment and engage in a short writing exercise to encourage personal reflection.

Mindful Watercolor

Take some time to slow down and appreciate the world around you. We’ll use supplied watercolors to paint in a water coloring journal.

A Healthful Lunch

We’ll conclude our morning together with a wholesome, nourishing lunch — a chance to relax and socialize in good company.

In the event of inclement weather class will be rescheduled.

$60 per person

Registration is required 

329 Maine St., Brunswick, ME - we will meet inside in the Lifestyle Medicine Hub.

Facilitators – Rebecca Porter, Hannah Reese, Estelle Krestos, Jessie Laurita-Spanglet

Aging With Vitality Series

Join us for an open discussion on understanding and embracing the process of aging with intention. Aging is a lifelong journey that encompasses both physical and psychological changes. While it’s often viewed through a lens of decline, it can also provide meaningful opportunities to reflect, change, and grow through choices and mindset.

We encourage you to register for all three sessions.

• Session 1 – Age is A State of Mind 
• Session 2 – New Chapters 
• Session 3 – Are You Thriving? 

Facilitators

Allison Basile, LCPC: Allison Basile is a licensed psychotherapist and life coach who has had a private psychotherapy practice for years. She loves working with people around transitions in their lives and helping facilitate intentional changes. She is a co-founder of A Mindful Midlife (tm), a venture that provided retreats, seminars and life coaching to men and women in midlife. Allison has entered her midlife years with a personal commitment to experience this passage with health, grace and an adventurous spirit. However, she continually asks herself. "How did I get to be my grandmother's age?"

Cate Parker, MS, RN, ACSM-CEP: Cate is a nurse, clinical exercise physiologist and wellcoach who is currently the director of Lifestyle Medicine at Maine Health Brunswick. She loves developing programs and providing opportunities for people to learn how to live a healthy well balanced life. Cate is also a mother and caregiver of a very special child. She has learned that some challenges are gifts and that life can still be wonderful. She is excited to share her optimism and encouragement on how to live your best life.

Meghan Perham, Certified WellCoach: Meghan is a wellcoach. She has been the Program Coordinator at Lifestyle Medicine at MaineHealth Brunswick for 8 years. She is a fifty plus year old who is currently adjusting to an empty nest and looking forward to what this next phase of life will bring.

Need help quitting Tobacco Use or maybe just trying to start with cutting down? There are free resources available:

MaineHealth MidCoast Hospital BeFree (Local) Program offers cost free support to help your quit journey. Appointments are available for phone, Zoom, or in-person. Call 207-844-4582 to speak to a Tobacco Treatment Specialist to help develop a personalized plan that works with your lifestyle or ask your Provider to submit a referral and our team will contact you.  

Maine Quitlink (ME State program)  can be reached by calling 1-800-Quit-Now or www.mainequitlink.com  - this is a free program offering phone and text support.

Military Members or Veterans enrolled in VA health care may contact any of the above programs and also:

• https://veterans.smokefree.gov/ 
• Smokefree\VET Text Program: text VET to 47848.
• VA’s free telephone quitline: 1-855-QUIT-VET (1-855-784-8838)
• YouCanQuit2 (Depart of Defense) https://www.ycq2.org/ 

Call for more information or with any questions 207-844-4582.

The Art of Wellness: Collage Workshop

Art and creativity can help you connect to your feelings, increase your self-awareness and ability to think of new ways to problem solve and develop healthy habits and routines. 

• Learn how to let go of stress and improve your overall sense of well-being through a creative drawing experience.
• Learn how to use simple creative exercises to create your own sense of calm.
• No drawing or artistic skill is required.

Enjoy a mindful and meditative experience with this Collage Workshop!

• Learn how collage can spark ideas, creativity, and self-expression. 
• Create your own art through the use of various mixed media, paper, fabric, or found objects for a one of kind piece of art!
• Supplies will be provided - participants are encouraged to also bring any favorite images, memorabilia, or items you would like to use in your collage. You may also bring favorite pens markers or other supplies desired.

Cost for this series is $15. Registration is required.

Mid Coast Center for Community Health & Wellness 329 Maine Street-MAIN ENTRANCE, Brunswick

For more information call (207) 373-6585.

IMPROVment® | Improvisational Movement for Brain Body Health

Fun, creative, and lively, this series of evidence-based dance classes encourage participants to build stamina, strength, and confidence all while moving to music in a joyful and non-judgemental atmosphere. No prior experience is necessary, and attendees are invited to take the class at their own pace and slow down or rest at any time. 

Program aims: 

• to build strength and endurance 
• to focus on balance and agility
• to have fun and be creative in a non-judgemental and non-competitive atmosphere

Any adult 65 years of age or older is encouraged to participate in this class series! Those with PD, early dementia, or individuals looking for cardiac rehabilitation are especially encouraged to participate.

Registration is Required for EACH session - Participants are welcome to join for one class or all eight! Cost is $8/class or $40 for the series (call to register for all 8 to receive discount). Payment accepted by credit card or check payable to "Community Health & Wellness". Checks may be delivered to the front desk at Parkview prior to the class.

For more information call (207) 373-6585.

About the teaching artist: Jessie Laurita-Spanglet is a dance artist, educator, and arts administrator based in Brunswick, Maine. Jessie’s work at the intersection of movement and health has led to her current role as Intervention Coordinator on a cross-disciplinary dance and neuroscience research team at Wake Forest University. In addition to her work at Wake Forest, Jessie has taught courses on the topic of Dance and Health at Colby College and the University of Southern Maine, where she is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Theater. Jessie holds an MFA in dance from the University of Maryland, and is a 2024 National Arts Strategies Creative Community Fellow.