Mindful Living: Accessing More Peace in Your Every Day

Mindful Living: Accessing More Peace in Your Every Day

Date

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
6:00–8:00 PM

Location

PEACE Psychotherapy, 47 Queen’s Park Crescent East, 2nd Floor, Toronto

Cost

Free

In this interactive seminar, designed with Jewish artists and creatives in mind, you will learn skills to help navigate uncertainty, conflict, and demanding situations with:

 

  • less stress and anxiety
  • ⁠less anger and irritability
  • fewer negative thoughts, rumination, and distraction
  • ⁠less self-consciousness, confusion, and loneliness
  • ⁠more clarity and calmness
  • more capacity to “turn the mind” towards goals
  • more connection, trust, and balance
  • more access to truth and wisdom

 

This workshop is ideal for artists, creatives, and cultural workers. We’ll also have time set aside for schmoozing so you can connect with fellow Jewish creatives. Light refreshments will be served. Kashrut observed.

 

This is a free event—registration is required.

 

Supported by UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, CANVAS, and the Kultura Collective.

For any questions, please email Sam at [email protected].  

SPEAKER

Melanie Cheskes

Melanie is the co-founder and owner of PEACE Psychotherapy, a DBT clinic in downtown Toronto that Promotes Empathy, Acceptance, and Compassion for Everyone. Her career began as a fine artist and teacher before earning her master’s in social work in 2012. Melanie provides psychotherapy and psychoeducation for individuals, couples, families, and groups. Her expertise and passion for teaching and experiential learning shows in her group facilitation, with a sensitive and responsive approach to what her group members bring to the room.