OLLI-UA Online Zoom Offerings

The author Brené Brown states that “Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.” Utilizing Brown’s book Daring Greatly as a springboard to discussion, this class will explore the power of vulnerability. Participants will have the opportunity to understand better the concepts of shame, guilt, and trauma, and how these struggles can be transformed into authentic resilience, compassion, and self-compassion. Please join us and bring your experiences, wisdom and insights to share in this discussion.

Instructor: Mary Ellen Klawiter

Mary Ellen lived her first fifty years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she worked as an educator, a Director of Religious Education, and a Hospice Chaplain. Since moving to Sahuarita, Mary Ellen received an M.S. in Mental Health Counseling and counseled at-risk teens, pre-teens, and people struggling with loss. Her undergraduate work was in History and Theology and her graduate theological studies were in Religious Education and Clinical Pastoral Education.