The Wright Center to Host Tinnitus Support Group

The Tinnitus Support Group of Northeast Pennsylvania will meet on Friday, May 2, at 2 p.m. at The Wright Center for Community Health Mid Valley, 5 S. Washington Ave., Jermyn. Virtual meeting options are available for those unable to attend in person.

The support group welcomes individuals living with tinnitus, their loved ones, and anyone interested in learning more about this complex audiological and neurological condition. Participants can connect, share their experiences, and explore coping strategies in a compassionate and supportive environment.

At the May meeting, Lisa Rigau, a registered nurse, nutrition counselor, and community educator of health, wellness, mindfulness, and nutrition, will guide mindfulness practices and offer daily exercises to support attention and self-care while living with tinnitus.

Since 2003, she has been the owner of Healthy Lifestyle Management, where she provides private and group nutrition counseling, stress management through mindfulness, and educates clients on the six pillars of Lifestyle Medicine: Plant-Predominant Nutrition, Exercise, Stress Management, Sleep, Social Relationships, and Avoidance of Risky Substances.

Rigau is a certified mindfulness teacher of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction through the Mindfulness Center at Brown University and the Brown School of Professional Studies and School of Public Health.

She is a certified Mindful Eating-Conscious LivingTM teacher and certified mentor through the University of California, San Diego, having trained directly with the program’s creators, Jan Chozen Bays, M.D., and Char Wilkins, LCSW.

Over the last 20 years, she has taught numerous workshops and lectures, eight-week courses, team-building retreats, and wellness programs. Her passion is to experientially teach health and wellness to support every individual’s greatest health potential.

The support group meets the first Friday of each month from 2-3 p.m. For more information or to obtain the virtual meeting link, contact Nicole Flynn, director of the geriatrics service line at The Wright Center for Community Health, at flynnn@TheWrightCenter.org or 570-230-0019.