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Upcoming Programs
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Introduction to Victories
(general info session)
More TBA
Facilitating Personal Growth Groups
Wisdom Years Leadership Training
Weekend Celebrations
BreakThrough
Apr 30
Jun 11
Wisdom Years
May 7
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BreakThrough Weekend Celebration
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Join us tonight, Thursday, to celebrate the participants of this past weekend's BreakThrough Weekend. We congratulate the leadership team of Niles Frantz and Mark Hagen, as well as all their staff, for a wonderful weekend
Thursday, April 30, 2015
7:00-9:00pm
(formal program starts at 7:30pm)
Location: Evanston Ecology Center
2024 McCormick Boulevard, Evanston
These celebrations are open to the public, and all members of the Victories community, friends and family, are welcome to attend.
Next Thursday, May 7th, join us for the Wisdom Years weekend celebration. Same time, same place!
More details on both celebrations here.
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Victories Will Celebrate 30 Years!
A Day of Victories Workshop Proposals
Now Being Accepted!
Workshop proposals for our third annual A Day of Victories on Saturday, November 7, 2015 are now being accepted.
As in years past, workshops should be applicable to both men and women, and they should be interactive and engaging. Workshops are one hour in length and will accommodate between 20-50 participants.
Please note that the deadline for workshop proposals will be Friday, May 29, 2015. Proposal applications can be
downloaded here. Final decisions on proposals will be made by mid-July 2015.
More details on A Day of Victories and proposals can be found
here
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2015 Spring Weekend Dates
Register Now to Reserve Your Space!
Victories Co-Founder Bob Mark Returns to Lead a Wisdom Years Weekend
Victories weekends are not just for men new to Victories. If you've done one Victories weekend and had a good experience, try another. We aim to be a resource for men throughout your entire life's journey. Each core weekend (BreakThrough, BreakThrough II, Shadow, and Wisdom Years) has a unique format and has been carefully designed to help men continue on their journey.
Join Victories co-founder Bob Mark who will join the leadership team of the May Wisdom Years Weekend!
BreakThrough Weekend (more info here)
Jun 5-7
Wisdom Years Weekend
(more info
here
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May 1-3
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Introduction to Victories
Free Informational Sessions
Know a man who you think would benefit from a Victories weekend? Tell him about our free informational sessions, or bring him along to learn about our Weekend Programs. Weekend leaders and other Victories volunteers, weekend staff and alums of our weekends will be in attendance to share their own experiences with Victories programs.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
7:00-8:30pm
Location:
Unity Lutheran Church, Magnolia Room
1212 W Balmoral Ave, Chicago
(ring buzzer at red doors on Balmoral for entry)
Download flyer
here.
Additional Introduction to Victories sessions for Fall 2015 will be announced soon.
If you wish to arrange an Introduction session for your place of worship, work, or other organization, we are happy to work with you to set this up. Please contact tim.winkler@victoriesformen.org for more information.
Register
If you plan to attend, please register in advance below or by emailing admin@victoriesformen.org or calling 312.604.5013. Walk-ins are always welcome.
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Social Gatherings
The Victories community is rich in talent, passions, and experiences, and there are never enough opportunities to share them with each other. We hope to change this with Victories Social Gatherings, which will foster meaningful experiences within the community while raising money for the organization.
Host a Gathering!
Victories is looking for Alumni and their Significant Others and friends to host Social Gatherings and to share their talents, passions, and experiences with the community. These Social Gatherings will be hosted throughout 2015, so whenever you can host, we'd love to have you.
The gatherings are for 6-8 people at your home, business, or other location of your choosing. You set the date, time, and program, and Victories handles the registration. These are social afternoons or evenings where people can gather and meet others in the Victories community.
Previous Gatherings have included the following:
- Italian Dinner & Conversation
- Relationships: Dinner & Discussion
- Storytelling Through Poetry: Dessert & Conversation
- Greek Village Fare Dinner
See sample gatherings and find out more here.
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Significant Others Meeting Hosts Needed!
During every BreakThrough and Wisdom Years Weekend, we offer significant others, close family, and friends the opportunity to attend a meeting and learn a little about the impact of the weekend experience and how they might wish to respond when their men return home.
Victories is looking for BeakThrough and Wisdom Years Alumni and their spouses or significant others who would like to host a Significant Others Meeting for BreakThrough and/or Wisdom Years Weekends in 2015.
The meetings are held at your home on either a Saturday or Sunday of a BreakThrough or Wisdom Year Weekend. The meetings usually last from one to two hours. It is a great opportunity to share your experience and wisdom with others.
If interested, Victories will provide information about what the meetings entail and how you can best facilitate these meetings.
If you would like to be a host for a weekend this spring or fall,
please contact the Victories Office:
admin@victoriesformen.org or 312.604.5013.
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Happiness is Only the Cart: Love is the Horse
Special Events with George E Vaillant MD
We wanted to share information about this special event next week. Dr. Vaillant was the Director of the Harvard Grant Study of Adult Development for 30 years. This study followed two cohorts of men since 1938/1940. Come out and hear about the findings of the study which followed these men for over 70 years. This study's goal was to identify predictors of health aging. The results show that happiness is achieved by loving and being loved.
May 5, 2015, 7pm
Glenbrook South High School, Glenview
May 6, 2015, 7pm
New Trier High School, Winnetka
More information on the events
here
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Save the Date
2015 A Day of Victories
Celebrating 30 Years!
Saturday, November 7, 2015
This annual event is a day of interaction and engagement. We interact with friends, family, colleagues, and strangers every day. How do we continue to expand and enrich our connections to each other? A Day of Victories brings together people who want to explore this question and evolve their relationships.
Please invite your partners, friends, family, and neighbors who wish to spend a day of learning, personal growth, and community. Please note that this day is open to both men and women.
Location:
Irish American Heritage Center
4626 N Knox, Chicago
Schedule:
12:45-1:15pm Registration
1:15-1:25pm Opening Remarks
1:30-5:00pm Workshops (15 min break between sessions)
5:15-6:00pm Town Hall Meeting
6:00-8:00pm Reception and Social, Substantial Appetizers, Cash Bar
Full workshop details will be announced in September 2015.
We will announce more details as they come available, or continue to check our website here.
Want to run a workshop?
Workshop proposals are being accepted until Friday, May 29, 2015. Call the Victories office for more information or download the Workshop Proposals application
here.
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Happiness is Only the Cart: Love is the Horse. An evening with George E Vaillant, MD to discuss the results of the Harvard Grant Study of Adult Development from 1938-present. May 5, 7pm in Glenview. May 6 7pm in Winnetka. More info here:
www.familyactionnetwork.net
Woman Within Training Weekend
. The next Chicago area retreat is November 13-15, 2015 in Racine, WI. Learn more about the weekend here:
www.womanwithin.org/woman-within-training-weekend
Other resources for women's programs in metro Chicago:
NOTE:
Victories announces these program(s) as a service to our community. The presenters are known to us as professionals or volunteers with expertise in the subject matter of their workshops. However, their programs are neither sponsored by nor affiliated with Victories.
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Victories transforms the lives of men through weekend and group programs which lead them to deeper self-awareness, greater self-confidence, and stronger relationships. Our weekends and group programs are designed by professionals, supervised by licensed practitioners, and based on widely accepted clinical principles.
The BreakThrough Weekend is a decisive and vital step towards removing the barriers that stand between the lives we lead and the lives we seek.
Wisdom Years Weekend
The Wisdom Years Weekend helps men over the age of 50 begin to answer a challenging and profound question: How do I want to live the rest of my life?
Shadow Weekend: Discovery, Acceptance & Empowerment
The Shadow Weekend helps men achieve greater wholeness, increased power, and improved relationships by guiding them to discover and own unacknowledged parts of themselves.
BreakThrough Weekend II: The Best Self |
The BreakThrough II weekend offers an advanced opportunity for BreakThrough alumni to continue their personal work, reconnect with their initial weekend, and discover and celebrate their best selves.
Personal Growth Groups
Victories Personal Growth Groups offer weekend participants a place to continue their growth with the support of their peers and the larger Victories community.
Victories Open Circle (www.meetup.com/victories)
This is a weekly, drop-in, support group. The purpose of this meeting is to provide a safe place for men to share, find support, and offer support to other men.
A Day of Victories (Annual Event)
For Mental Health Professionals
Victories programs accelerate men's progress in therapy by helping them build an increased capacity to engage openly and effectively in the therapeutic process.
Our organization and its founders, Bob Mark and the late Buddy Portugal, have been honored by The American Family Therapy Academy with its Innovative Contribution to Family Therapy award. Bob and Buddy also received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Family Institute at Northwestern University.
Victories of the Heart, NFP is an Illinois not-for-profit organization exempt from federal income tax under Sec. 501 of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations (but not weekend registrations) are deductible under IRS rules.
Victories of the Heart, NFP does not offer professional services that require its regulation or registration by any state or professional licensing body.
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