Archive for September, 2009

Don’t Miss the Free Call!

Thursday, September 24th, 2009
The Latest News!

The Latest News!

I’ve got two announcements today! (We’ll be back to your regularly scheduled programming next week.)

First - I’ve scheduled a FREE call in October that you won’t want to miss! (More below.)

Second – Coaches! Want to be a Mind-Body Coach?  Click Here: Take the Mind-Body Coach Training!

FREE CALL DETAILS:

Join me on Wednesday, Oct. 14 for a chance to hear the latest in mind-body healing, ask questions about anything you’re dying to know, and learn more about applying mind-body healing to your life.

The first few minutes of the call will be informational, but I really want to hear what’s on your mind!  Bring questions, whether they’re about coaching, anything mind-body, the Healthy Mind Toolbox, or whatever else. Whether you’re a client or not, I’d love to connect.  Graduates – you’re welcome to stop in and tell us what’s up!

I also want your feedback – I want to find out what you need, want, and like/don’t like so that I can do what serves you best.  So, let’s chat!  This is your chance to get a little support, information, and share your thoughts.  I can’t wait!

Call Info:

When: Wed., Oct. 14, 10 am Pacific Time
Where:  On the Phone!
How:  Dial 1-712-432-1690 and enter the Access Code when prompted: 983035# – it’s just a big conference line, so there’s room for all of us to be on the phone together!

Register: Please send me a quick email letting me know you’ll be on the call!

Welcome to the New Site!

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

It’s time to celebrate!

The new website is finally complete!  Check out the new digs and take a look around!

Here’s what I’m excited about: all the new stuff!

Let me take you on a tour…

In the Online Store, you can easily purchase a variety of helpful products, from the complete Healthy Mind Toolbox Course (which includes everything you need to utilize a mind-body approach) to the Mind-Body Coaching in Action recording (which lets you eavesdrop on a coaching session).  I LOVE the new products page because it’s so easy for you to get what you need, instantly!

You can also get a clear, detailed idea of what coaching entails on the fully updated Coaching page.  Keep your eyes out for upcoming telecourses on the Coaching page as well.  If you need the support of a complete, organized program, that is easily accessible on the Programs page.

If you want to see what clients have to say, you can stop in at the Success Stories page, and if you have questions you can check out the various informational pages such as FAQ, Resources, TMS/Mind Body Syndrome, Is This You, and Vulvodynia/IC.

The best part is that the new site makes it so easy for me to offer up more resources, classes, helpful tools, and more!  The blog posts are just the foundation for the variety of exciting happenings around here.  I’ll be offering all kinds of new things – the idea bank is completely full and I’m super inspired to create lots of great resources!

Since we’re celebrating, I think this is a great time to hear from you!  Tell me what’s going on with you – is there something you would find useful?  Something you wish was available?  Something you want more of?  I love hearing your ideas/wishes, so I’m all ears!

Horses for your Health…WHAT?

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

If you read last week’s post, you know just how important play is in your journey to fabulous health.  Your body LOVES play, so I’m excited to talk about it for the next couple of weeks.

But first, let me invite you to play with me, in person!

That’s right – there’s something REALLY FUN coming up, and I’d like to extend an invitation to you.

Next month…

Oct. 9-11, in Loveland, Colorado

I’ll be assisting fellow Master Martha Beck Coach Koelle Simpson in her Primal Leadership: Taught through the eyes of a horse workshop.  This is play, fun, learning, personal growth, and emotional healing all in one weekend!

Koelle is an experienced, dynamic coach.  During this workshop, she’ll be using the incredible power of her unique brand of coaching (never been coached by a horse?  It’s amazing!) to teach leadership and strength.

What does this have to do with mind-body healing?

A LOT.  When you’re in the ring with a horse, you quickly discover how your thinking is affecting your body.  The horse is a highly effective bio-feedback tool that shows you just what you’re doing with your own powerful energy.  Are you harnessing it effectively? ?  Are you putting pressure on yourself to do things perfectly and therefore not accessing your true strength?  Are you trying to get approval from others and in the meantime, draining your own energy?  Are you leading your own life, from your inner guidance, or are you letting external issues and people direct you?

Not aligning with your own power, your inner guidance, and your truth creates a great deal of internal stress, both emotionally and physically.  Your body lets you know via physical pain, physical tension, and emotional tension that you’re off track.

So – come learn from the best teachers available: horses.  I can’t think of a faster way to unwind unhealthy mental and emotional patterns.  I’m so excited about this opportunity for you!  It’s so important that I can’t emphasize it enough – it will truly change your life and speed up your inner work process (which, as you know, is the key to your physical health).  You’ll get some seriously amazing coaching from Koelle and her horses, and I’ll be there, too, to answer any mind-body healing questions you might have and coach here and there.

Why am I assisting Koelle? Because, having experienced the magic of her work, I am planning to host one of her workshops here in Wyoming next year.  YAY!   (I’m there to learn, too!  I’ll be gathering info on all the setup details and processes to prepare for next year.)  I’d love to meet you in person, so I hope you check out the workshop.

I’m so excited about this that I’m offering a special coaching option for workshop participants!

SPECIAL OFFER:  The first 3 people to register for the workshop after reading this post will receive a FREE post-workshop coaching session with me!

This will help you digest and process the entire experience after you’ve had time to internalize what you learned and discovered during the workshop.  Simply forward me your proof of purchase email and we’ll set up your FREE session (a $95 value)!

To learn more about the workshop and register, click HERE.

P.S.  If you’re really excited about this, register ASAP.  The workshop fills at 12 and is already filling as we speak.  Also, you’ll want to take advantage of the Early Bird special and register today for great savings.

Don't Miss this Health Secret

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

If you’ve been reading up on mind-body healing via my blog, you’ve probably bounced all over the internet and stuck your nose in many books.  You’ve learned about the fight or flight response, emotional suppression, the power of the mind, and much more.  You’ve implemented many things into your life.  Today, however, I’m going to talk about something you might have missed along the way, and it is vital to your health and overall well-being.

I’m talking about play.

It’s an innocent, childlike, often overlooked magic weapon.

When you’re continually stressed out, your body is producing a lot of hormones and neurotransmitters associated with the fight or flight response.  Lots of things happen as a result – you get muscle tension, increased heart rate and blood pressure, shallow breathing, less blood flow throughout your body, digestion slows to a crawl, your body stores fat more easily, your metabolism slows down, and many of the biochemical processes in your body are in breakdown mode.  No healing happens, no recovery happens, and you begin to feel muscle fatigue and pain, overall exhaustion, and your immune function plummets.

When you are playing, it is quite the opposite.  A playful energy energizes and relaxes your body, allowing it to shift into the rest and digest response, fight or flight’s fraternal twin.  In rest and digest, your body is deluged with healing processes and everything takes time to repair, regenerate, and recover.  Your metabolism speeds up, your digestion speeds up, everything becomes more efficient, and you feel better.

Emotional work, thought work, mind-body work, and all those other things I talk about are all vital to your health.  But play deserves its own spot, front and center, as one of the most critical elements of healing.

Sometimes we have to do a lot of emotion and thought work to get to a play space, but once we’re there, it’s time to play like kids.  Literally.  Find a kid and study their play patterns.  Notice how they abandon themselves entirely to play.  Watch how they could care less about outcomes – it’s the actual process of play that brings them to life.  Delight in their vibrant good health as they play.

Then, bring play back into your life.  It’s much more valuable than we realize, so I’m banking on the experience, the feeling, the life energy flowing through you as you play to convince you that it is just as important (in fact, more so) than work.

This week, just ask yourself the following question to begin moving toward more play:

What feels or sounds like play to me?

Keep adding to this list all week long until you’ve got a page full, at least.  Then challenge yourself to come up with two more.  I’m serious about play!