Everyone experiences stress, loss, pain, shame, sadness, fear, anger… and of course we prefer to spend more time feeling our joy, peace, love, strength, and courage.
If we have high resiliency, we can still function well and recover — both physically and psychologically – when adversity or trauma strikes.
Resilience is our ability to adapt to difficult or life changing experiences. Anyone can learn skills to better support our emotional, mental, physical, and behavioral flexibility (what we feel, think, body, actions).
These trainings introduce people to concepts and some possible steps they might take. People feel less resistant, more comfortable with change, and curious to try new ways of living and working.
These trainings are for people who feel ready to explore new actions and different perspectives, and commit to practicing with the skills. Support to identify and surmount obstacles is part of the experience.
Each program is tailored to meet the needs of specific audiences.
See into what sabotage is and stop getting in your own way. Procrastination, self-doubt, perfectionism, and limiting beliefs are a few examples. In this 8-week course, explore the roots of self-sabotage and some meditation, psychology, and other practical tools to overcome what holds you back. You’ll identify the protective behaviors that go too far and cultivate enriching qualities that empower you to foster happiness and personal growth.
The human mind has remained fundamentally unchanged for millennia, and ancient contemplative practices developed to help us unlock our innate creativity and resilience. Modern science is now revealing the effectiveness of these time-tested methods and how they rewire our physiology, thinking, and emotional responses. In this 1+ hour workshop, learn some history, science, and simple meditative practices that can enhance your health, collaboration, and innovation.
Listening is the act of mindfully hearing and attempting to understand both verbal and nonverbal communication. This 2-hour workshop shares context on why listening fully is very important for building strong leadership, healthy relationships and thriving organizations. We practice several techniques to improve how to pay attention and comprehend what is being shared through readings and your own case studies.
Realize the vital link between effective communication and organizational culture. Success depends on nurturing relationships through meaningful conversations. Drawing from Nonviolent Communication, Crucial Conversations, and Conversation Intelligence, participants in the 2-hour workshop practice techniques to foster empathy, reinforcing that transformative conversations can significantly enhance both personal and professional environments, even during challenging situations.
Our daily habits create conditions of good health or dysfunction. The intent of Lifestyle Medicine is to enable long term habits that support a happy productive life (‘feeling good’) and prevent chronic diseases (‘feeling bad’). This 1- or 2-hour workshop, or 10-week course, shares science-based information on the 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine: positive social connections, stress management, restorative sleep, regular physical activity, proper nutrition/hydration, and avoiding known health risks/toxicants. We also share what is involved with coaching behavior changes – in yourself or others – and how to improve motivation to change personal habits
Over 30 years, I’ve developed dozens of trainings for public and private settings. More examples: Behavior Change, Healthy Breathing, Emotional Intelligence, Positive Psychology and Gratitude, Mental Health First Aide, Stress Reduction by Resolving Grief… Environmental Sustainability (beginner, intermediate, advanced).
To give you a sense of the range of topics, here is some of what we have looked into over the last couple of years…
BioEnergy Essentials, Sabotage & Forgiveness, Somatic Meditations, the Inner Senses, the Origination of habits and changing behavior, Stories we tell ourselves, Lifestyle Medicine, Emotional Intelligence, Positive Psychology and Gratitude, meditation across Cultures and History, the Upper Limit Problem, Morita therapy, Naikan, the Human Energy Field/major & minor chakras, Tonglen and other healing arts, Mental Health First Aide, Essays on Living by Krishnamurti, Resolving Grief / loss / significant change…
I also take requests and suggestions!
May everyone who seeks physiological, psychological, and spiritual benefits discover ease and transformation from these simple practices.
Take care, Annie
