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WEL-Systems® For Moms-To-Be: Nova Scotia

Louise — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:03:15 +0000

Here’s a great opportunity for Moms-to-be to connect to themselves and their growing New Life in unique and powerful ways!

Join Raina McDonald – current participant in ACES 2012 – as she combines the practical wisdom of her own experience with the expanding awareness of her own potential, in ways that will open and expand… and invite and allow New Life to be engaged. In her own words:

“For those seeking a deeper connection to Self as their physical body transforms, this experience will invite transformation to flow into all aspects of life.”

To find out more, visit Raina’s website for details. Contact her directly and explore your interests. You’ll be glad you did!

Paying Attention

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:31:17 +0000

This is one ball we should really keep our eyes on! Choose wisely where you spend your time… your real-estate dollars…. your holidays…

The oceans are rising. It’s scary. It’s important. But it’s not complicated.

A few weeks ago, five experts testified before Congress on sea level rise and its impacts on the United States. To capture a few points:

Sea levels are rising today. It’s not a problem for the future. It’s happening now.
Here’s why global warming leads to sea level rise: First, glaciers melt and add extra water to the oceans.
Second, water expands when it gets warmer, so that means the oceans get bigger.
On average, sea levels have increased 8 inches in the past 130 years.

Sea level rise isn’t a problem for tomorrow. It is here today. But that doesn’t mean it needs to be complicated. Even the most basic understanding of sea level rise will help you and your community prepare for its impacts. Watch this PBS Video (via The Climate Reality Project)

Watch Rising tide on PBS. See more from Need To Know.

Parenting and Mental Health

Louise — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:58:15 +0000

Much conversation is occurring in Canada as we strive to put in place a national Mental Health Plan. As much as attention is being given to dealing with the problems as they present, we believe that prevention is a far more effective and compelling exploration… and one that has its roots in parenting. In the world of our children, all of us – parents, teachers, coaches, aunts, uncles, etc. – have the power to shape lives. ’Parenting’ is a process that shapes lives and one that has shaped us all.

Louise’s article Parenting: The Other Gift That Keeps on Giving is appearing in today’s edition of OmPlace/AltWire – Conscious Living and Best Bets From the Alternative Web. Excerpted from her book When the Horse Dies, Get Off… and Stop Dragging It Around!, this topic is often a difficult one for parents to engage. Doing so requires that we reconsider our own experience of having been parented, often surfacing experiences and memories that are painful to recall. And yet, without our willingness to do so, we find ourselves mindlessly repeating the habits of the past as a hope for the future – and we all know, that does not work.

Take a moment and revisit; then ask yourself: “Would I want to be parented by me?”

Lisa Weiss: New Conversations with Men

Louise — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:38:18 +0000

Lisa Weiss – WEL-Systems® Institute Affiliate and principal of I of the Storm Consulting & Coaching – was recently a guest on Roger’s Daytime Ottawa discussing “Conversations with Men“.

See the Video at RogersTV.com - this may be your best-spent 7 minutes!

Lynn Andrews on Shamanism

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:20:47 +0000

Lynn Andrews‘ work changed my life. Long ago, at a time when I had become lost to mySelf, her bold and unique expressions of potential being, for women, called me home. I read every word; and read many of her works several times. Dog-eared and imprinted by the moments of my life, her books awakened, cajoled, compelled and propelled me forward into seeing myself… and my world… as I sought to create it. I have never looked back! Lynn’s offering of The Power Deck has been a constant in my work with women since they were created; and I keenly await the arrival of her new book Coming Full Circle: Ancient Teachings for a Modern World… and encourage you to do so, as well.

I am honoured to say that when the 3rd edition of Fully Alive: Awakening Health, Humor, Compassion and Truth was released, Lynn graciously accepted my invitation to write the Foreword for the book. Having long been a fan, it was indeed, a thrill for me to be in such good company as we sought to create a ‘virtual place’ – through language and shared thought – that would allow others to engage themselves, and their world, differently. I share with you the words of Lynn’s Foreword to Fully Alive that you might discover the Shaman in you; that you might become willing to trust… and test… the expression of your own inner genius. I know that through her presence, I discovered the power of my own.

If you have not done so, check out Lynn’s new book Coming Full Circle

Enjoy!

Thinking About… Repetition

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:07:59 +0000

“It’s more comfortable for us to repeat a miserable past than it is to create an unknown future because we already know how to do that!”

Louise LeBrun

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Sexual, Sensual and Spiritual Beings : a Great Success!

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:17:43 +0000

The recent four-day Emerging Futures retreat ‘Sexual, Sensual and Spiritual Beings‘ was of huge impact! Significant and extensive insights for all; profound and life-altering shifts evoked from this core exploration.

“This exploration of us as sexual, sensual and spiritual beings – in a significantly different context – both overrides and underpins how we hold ourselves as women, in our culture.”

To be sure, this compelling and provocative conversation created and designed by Louise will make it’s way to CD. Stay tuned!

Jane Fonda on Aging: Life’s Third Act

Louise — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:52:27 +0000

No place to go but up!

Within this generation, an extra 30 years have been added to our life expectancy — and these years aren’t just a footnote or a pathology. At TEDxWomen, Jane Fonda asks how we can think about this new phase of our lives.

Drinking Water: Solution

Louise — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:47:25 +0000

An amazingly simple solution to a seemingly overwhelming problem!

Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it — inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds.

Living Lean!

Louise — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:02:36 +0000

If we stop buying it, they’ll stop making it!

From the web site Becoming Minimalist,
check out: 7 Common Problems Solved by Owning Less