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Happiness - The Key to Your Health

Lionel Ketchian, founder of  80 “Happiness Clubs” ,  will be speaking Wednesday, May 16 at Congregation Adath Israel, 115 Huntingtown Road, Newtown. The public is  invited.

Mr. Ketchian is the author of “Food for Thought, taught “happiness”  at Sacred Heart University  and was co-host of a radio show “Successful Living” he also co hosts “The Happiness Show on CT  Cablevision and was author of  the newspaper column: “Be Happy Zone”. Lionel  has been promoting  achieving “happiness” throughout the States and Canada for over twenty years and illustrates  how critical  happiness is to our health and how we have to work at it every day.  

“Happiness is within you, please don’t look to the outside for it”  says Lionel.  Many tips  till be  given on increasing greater peace of mind, and decreasing negative emotions such as sadness, worry, anxiety.   Being happy  is the most powerful skill we can learn.  

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Lionel, a Christian, bases his Happiness philosophy on the book: “Gateway to Happiness” , written by Orthodox Rabbi Zelig Pliskin . The Rabbi born in America, now lives in Jerusalem,The two have become fast friends and confer with each other constantly. 

There is a  Donation of $5.00,  reservations  are not needed but appreciated to assure space. 

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For further information call chair:  Rita Frost 203-426-8787.   Lionel’s web site is www.happinessclub.com  

Homemade cookies/Refreshments will be available at a small fee.  

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