You won’t want to miss the 4th annual Good With Me Festival, a day of fun to celebrate YOU! Co-sponsored by the City of St. Petersburg and the Good With Me Foundation, it will be held outdoors at the Historic Williams Park from 10 AM to 4 PM on Saturday, September 18.
The day begins with a resounding call to fun by the Police Athletic Youth Drum Corps and will continue with activities for all ages throughout the day. Johanna Zenobia’s Hip Expressions belly dancers will perform at 11:30 AM, and continuous hands-on activities will be going on with something for everyone. They include the NOMAD Art Bus, belly dancing lessons, skateboarding lessons, relay and obstacle races, rock climbing, yoga, fishing lessons and rock painting. There will be several Make & Takes such as a “Good With Me” Essential Oil Blend, a Henna Tattoo or a peace flag. You can even make your own drum or play along in a drum circle with Steve Turner of Giving Tree Music.
The festival will also feature local favorite musical acts such as the rocking sounds of Urban Gypsies of Florida, The Banyan Bunch and more. Attendees can perform during the “Good With Me” Theme Song contest and dancers can perform during the “Good With Me” dance contest. All activities are FREE.
The festival is the brainchild of Patricia Noll, a licensed mental health counselor, certified addictions counselor, acupuncture physician and author of Good With Me: A Simple Approach to Real Happiness From the Inside Out. After 30 years of experience in private practice, she realized there was one theme in common with her clients: they didn’t feel good about themselves since society had taught them to be “other-dependent” on things such as the right relationship partner, plenty of money, and being the best. “If we get our self-esteem from others, we don’t own it,” Noll believes. “Each of us needs to learn how to experience real happiness from the inside out.”
Today the Good With Me Foundation in St. Petersburg offers community leader training and corporate programs, as well as continuing education for counselors and addiction recovery professionals.
For more information about the festival or any of the Good With Me Foundation programs, please visit www.GoodWithMeFoundation. org or call 727-424-1270. Sponsorship and vendor activity opportunities are still available for the festival.
