SPECIAL INTERESTS
What Were You Born to Do? (SPEC 361)
You were born to make a unique contribution to humanity. Progressing toward this purpose brings joy and abundance. Straying from it causes stress and emptiness. To accomplish this mission, one of the 33 Natural Talents is wired into your DNA. It’s so subtle, you rarely notice it; yet so powerful, it’s the source of your highest potential. Elvis, Oprah, and Einstein were all just “doin’ what comes naturally.” Applying your Natural Talent relentlessly will magnetically attract all the desires of your heart. The presenter, Curtis Adney, M.S., J.D., is a life coach and author of the forthcoming book: Pinpoint Your Destiny. He conducts this seminar regularly across the Western U.S.
Curtis Adney
Saturday, October 31, 1:00pm-5:00pm
Location: De Anza College
Room: L-72
$59 (Additional $30 materials fee payable to the instructor during class)
Successful Dating for Mid-Life Singles (SPEC 362)
For whatever reason, you find yourself single in the mid-life years. You have an established lifestyle, managed a career, raised a family – and you feel pretty good about all that. You’re in a comfortable place now and would like to share your best years with someone really special.
But the art and science of dating has changed since you were in your 20’s and 30’s. So how do you find a good romantic relationship when you’re in your forties, fifties or later?
The seminar teaches how to be successful at the dating game. Discover how to take charge of your quest, build your confidence, find a compatible match, and set the foundation for a lasting relationship.
You will learn how to:
Determine what you really want in a partner
Develop a new and better approach to dating
Reveal where to find quality candidates
Present yourself to your best advantage
Avoid common dating mistakes
Decide if someone is worth pursuing
Chuck Bradley
Saturdays, Oct. 17 & Oct. 24, 1:00pm-4:00pm
Location: De Anza College
Room: E-31
$89
Get Yourself Happy! (SPEC 363)
Are you truly happy? What would it take to make you happy or happier? A fulfilling career, a perfect relationship or maybe fame and fortune? Maybe you are content with yourself and your lifestyle, but feel that a deeper satisfaction is still missing. Everyone wants to be happy, but too often we follow misguided ways to achieve it.
The course will show you a practical way to achieve a deeper level of lasting happiness. The kind of happiness that comes from within and is sustained for years to come. Learn ten easy steps that won’t cost a dime, including:
What science can now tell us
You don’t have to be rich
The life/wealth correlation
The habits of happy people
Finding your passion
Ten steps to true happiness
Chuck Bradley
Thursday, Nov. 12, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Location: Foothill College
Room: 3203
$59
Mastering Creativity (SPEC 364)
Through a series of carefully crafted exercises, you will learn how to benefit from your incredible power to be creative. Successful artists, authors, and composers have learned to tap into this powerful source of creative energy. But, for most people, the ability to use this power was either never learned or trained out of them. A free creative spirit resides in all of us and is just waiting to be released. In this workshop, you will discover how you can:
Master your creativity and be more productive
Change your point of view about anything
Find two more hours in your day to be creative, to learn, to play
Use an easy sequence of steps to solve any problem
Trust your imagination, your intuition, and your gut feelings
Find a vehicle to capitalize on your creativity
You will learn simple and effective processes—ways to master your creativity. By the end of this lively workshop, you will feel renewed and confident.
Robert Dvorak
Saturday, October 17, 9:00am-Noon
Location: De Anza College
Room: E-35
$49 (Additional $10 materials fee payable to instructor during class)
Beauty Makeover for 40+ (SPEC 365)
Our San Francisco beauty consultant, Helene René, will show you how to quickly transform your face from ordinary to extraordinary. Learn the secrets of:
• How you can make it happen in 10 minutes
• Contouring to erase age and stress lines
• Personal facial skin care for anti-aging
• Colors to wear from head to toe
• Hairstyle analysis—short, colored or permed
• Makeup colors that work best for you
• How to glamorize your look for that special evening or occasion
Come with a clean face. Bring makeup you are currently using and a good-sized mirror. Helene will help you select the colors and textures from your own collection, or you can use makeup that Helene will bring to class. Register early—class fills up fast!
Helene René
Saturday, September 26, 10:30am-2:00pm
Location: De Anza College
Room: G-7
$65
Personal Beauty Image (SPEC 366)
Makeup Application & Hairstyling
This workshop, presented by a San Francisco makeup artist and salon owner, is designed to teach basic makeup techniques to individuals who wish to improve their overall makeup look. Learn “hands-on” the application of makeup, for daytime and evening, plus the proper preparation of the skin prior to makeup application. Discover custom blending, contouring, shading, and special effects for eyes, lips and cheeks. Also covered will be tips on hair color, perms and hair and skin care products. If you have been stock piling makeup for years, bring it to class and we will decide what to keep and what to throw away. Remember, you never get a second chance to make a great first impression! Register early.
Note: Come with a clean face, your own makeup and a mirror. If you do not have your own makeup, the instructor will have some that you can use.
Helene René
Saturday, October 17, 10:30am-2:00pm
Location: De Anza College
Room: G-7
$65
Secrets of a Super Memory (367)
Success, personally and professionally, is based on memory ability. What would happen if someone took away 10, 20, or even 30% of your memory. It would be absolutely devastating. Your confidence, self-esteem, and power are intertwined with your memory. If memory is so important to who you are, what would happen if you could increase your memory ability by up to 30%? This class is an opportunity to become “memory literate,” and to learn skills used by memory superstars. Within hours, you will see your memory improve.
Topics include:
How to memorize a book, a genius skill
How someone can remember the names of 400 people they have just met
How to learn 300 words in a foreign language in one weekend
Four habits that make or break your memory
Jim Wiltens
Thursday, November 19, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Location: Foothill College
Room: 3201
$59