Divine Choices 16 week program

We are currently taking referrals and applications for women who recognize their need for healing from the effects of sexual abuse. Our next program will begin in February. This is a 16 week program that requires a participant’s commitment to themselves and to working and sharing in a group. All materials are provided and weekly homework is an important part of this group. All inquiries can contact us at:
Email: info@divinechocies.org
Tel: (949) 940-8991
 
Claire Heath
Divine Choices
www.divinechoices.org
Transforming Lives
Breaking The Silence, Healing The Wounds.

50 Ways to Motivate Yourself – By Mac Anderson

When you keep it in perspective, consider the power of making just one choice that’s different from what you’re currently doing.

Excerpted from Charging the Human Battery:
One choice, just one, can change your life forever. Simply put, your life today is what your choices have made it, but with new choices, you can change directions this very moment. For me, that idea alone is highly motivational because it offers tremendous hope, regardless of circumstances, for a better tomorrow.

Your life-changing choice may be to switch careers, to leave an abusive relationship, to go back to school, to stop drinking, to adopt a child, to start a business, to lose weight, to start a charity…to name a few. If you have the courage to do so, you could make any one of those choices, or others, today. And you would change your life.

Sometimes it’s a different kind of choice. It can be to not quit, to not give up in the face of adversity. We’ve all been there.

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen received 77 rejections for their idea Chicken Soup for the Soul. They had to make a decision each time…should they throw in the towel and say enough is enough, or should they keep trying to pursue their dreams? You know the rest of the story. The 78th publisher said “Yes” and they went on to sell over 100 million books.

So never forget that you are only one choice away from changing your life. Do you have the courage to make it?

Copyright Simple Truths, LLC, all rights reserved and reprinted with permission.

Welcome New CSI Board

Board of Directors

Founder / CEO    Patricia Wenskunas    Creative Coordinating
President               David Hayward           Hayward Appraisal Company
Vice President      Janet Wilson Irving     Boomers Irvine
Secretary                Emily Bollar                 Survivor / Student
Treasurer              Carolyn Perrier             Targus Inc.  
Board Member     Vincent De Vargas       Insurance
Board Member     Matt Regan                   Wells Fargo Bank
Board Member   Ernie Castelo             Freelance Broadcast Journalist
Board Member      Craig Boardman          Sea Point Capital
Board Member      Navid Tayebi               Boomers Irvine
Board Member      Laura Maldonado        Realtor
Board Member      Carolyn InmonProf     Emeritus / Speech Coach
Board Member      Tonna Rizzi                  Survivor / Mortgage Banker
Board Member      Michael Spitzer            Optometrist

 

ABOUT OUR CAUSE

Crime Survivors, Inc.
“All victims of crime have the right and responsibility to survive”

Vision
Crime Survivors vision is for victims of crime to recover from their experience mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially, by receiving the respect, support, and protection from law enforcement, the judicial system, and the community.

Mission Statement
The mission of Crime Survivors is to ensure the public knows victims’ rights and needs and to provide resources, support, and information to empower crime victims to survive and thrive.

WE ARE HERE TO HELP!
Crime Survivors is committed to serving our community by being an advocate and resource for crime victims and their families. If you don’t know where to turn, or are confused or frustrated with the public services that are available to you as you recover or seek justice, Crime Survivors can help. Our web site will provide information, resources and tools that will help you become a “Survivor”.

Victims Advocate
Crime Survivors works in your community to make victims’ rights a top priority. We facilitate communication and cooperation across various public service, government and non-profit organizations to ensure that Victims’ rights are understood, and that the services victims are entitled to are received. If you think you are not receiving the assistance you should, please contact us.
All victims of crime have the right and responsibility to survive.

FACEBOOK

Crime Survivors is on Facebook….

We have a page, a group and a cause so please join all three……..

SAVE THE DATES

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
25 Years of Rebuilding Lives:
Celebrating the Victims of Crime Act
April 26–May 2, 2009

Annual Awards Banquet 

Friday, May 1, 2009

Annual Crime Survivors Run Walk Health & Safety Expo

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base

www.crimesurvivorsrunwalk.org

Happy New Year

Here’s to the outgoing year, 2008:
May the good times live on in our memories,
and may we learn lessons from the troubling times
that will make us stronger and better than ever.  

Here’s to 2009:
For each and every one of you,
may it be filled with significant steps
toward the fulfillment of your fondest wishes. 

In this coming new year,
let us focus on our goals and work toward our dreams,
and yet (smile)
let’s all try to go with the flow a little more
and stress a little less.  

And most important,
(wave glass around to encompass the whole group)
here’s to all of you.
Appreciate yourselves and each other in the new year
as I appreciate all of you now.
Let’s focus on each other’s good points
and choose to overlook minor annoyances
to create mutual happiness and contentment in 2009. 

Here’s to 2009 (raise glass): Enjoy the journey! I sure plan to have all my dreams come to realities…… Wont you join me……. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!