Owning your Life Fully Series:

20/20 Vision for 2020

Making our Focus Clearer

This month we will focus on four of the nine principles of the Blue Zones lifestyle:

Plant Slant, Move More, Belonging and Purpose

We are very excited about the speakers! They are each sharing powerful suggestions in small amounts of time. Each of us will leave this discussion with some powerful tools for starting the new year with more clarity and commitment to make it our best year yet.

Chef Jeremy Miller is joining us for this event. Jeremy came to Augusta in 2016 as the executive chef for Champions Retreat and presently is the manager of The Southern Salad. Jeremy is a vegan chef and will encourage us in our efforts to incorporate a plant based diet into our lives (he will not insist that we become vegans but will do a demo and share some of his recipes for both a dessert and appetizer with us).

Jeremy has spent time in such notable kitchens as Jean-Georges in New York City and Thomas Keller’s French Laundry. And according to an AJC article September 6, 2016, Chef Jeremy Miller “helmed” the kitchen of American Food & Beverage in Buckhead and was the plant-loving chef who held a vegan pop-up called Herbivore at Cafe Sunflower.

Another special guest for the evening is Teena Marie from Ballroom in Motion! As we discuss the MOVE MORE portion of our program, Teena is going to each us ALL a fun line dance.

The details of the program are below along with the menu.

Menu and Program for the Evening

Menu

Aubergine and chickpea curry

Brown Rice

Sweet Potato Topped Shepherd’s Pie with Apricots (vegetarian and locally grown beef option)

Broccoli Apple Salad

Dessert (vegan by Jeremy)

Whole Wheat French Bread

Tea, Coffee, Water

Program

Creative meal planning: How can I cook at home more and make it healthy? Karen Cota, RD and Gail Pendergrast, MS, CPC

Increasing the Plant Slant in 2020: Jeremy Miller, Executive Chef: his journey as a vegan chef, demo and sampling.

Move More: This month instead of reading a book we are just asking you to watch at 20 minute TED talk by a neuroscientist on exercise and the power of it to change our lives. We will have some discussion of this material and then a short line dance lesson from Teena Marie.

Here's the link for the TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHY0FxzoKZE

What's the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today? "Exercise!" says neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. Get inspired to go to the gym as Suzuki discusses the science of how working out boosts your mood and memory, and protects your brain against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.

Misunderstood Power Foods: Robert Pendergrast, MD, MPH

Don’t Let your Past Stop your Future: Alice R. Murphy, MS, LAPC, DCC

QiGong for building energy: Robert Pendergrast, MD,MPH

Wrap up and Door Prizes: Gail Pendergrast, MS, CPC and Robert Pendergrast, MD, MPH

We are thrilled to be at a space that is centrally located and so beautiful. If you have any questions, feel free to email us at aikenaugustaholistichealth@gmail.com or call the office at 803-426-1421 .

Please note refunds are granted until January 12th. After that date, we are not able to issue refunds.