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Gluten-free, a Safe Place to Play
Gluten-free, a Safe Place to Play Recently I made a visit home. How many of you go back to a safe place you used to call home? It's an odd experience. Why? Well, because there is another me living back there that is still "her." The 8-year-old kid. It's like when I left I stayed that age back there, and moved on to grow up...
Bumps Ahead
Bumps Ahead Over the last year, I've worked with hundreds of people who want to change something. Habits, attitudes, shape of their body, focus ability, and you name it. Everyone who comes in has a few gifts that another person who came in would have loved. As a matter of fact, there wasn't a single something that one person came...
Life Scripts – On the Journey
Life Scripts - On the Journey Stuck between a rock and a hard place? Life challenging you too much? Looking for a new perspective or to hear another plan? Cat has something special JUST FOR YOU! First, allow me to share a story. A young woman who is close to me talked to me about feeling stuck in her life. She was working two...
Dreary to Dreamy – Part II
Dreary to Dreamy - Part II The blog "Dreary to Dreamy" elicited so many responses and one person asked me to expand on it. So, here is another expansion on one aspect... creating the fuel to get you going. Given the circumstances you find yourself in, life may or may not be what you want.. exactly. One woman I know lives in...
Making Wishes Come True with Goals
Making Wishes Come True with Goals Recently I was listening to a speech by Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of "Eat, Pray, Love" on TED.com. Gilbert talked about genius and creativity and where it comes from. In ancient times, people saw creativity as being a power of the Gods, fairies, elves, or magic. She also talked about fears...
Dream of a Lifetime
Dream of a Lifetime "Hello! Welcome! Hair cut today? Nails?" "Yes," I said, actually only coming in for a hair trim. "Five, maybe 10 minutes. You come sit and relax." She directed me to a comfortable chair with controls to massage my back... patiently waiting until I sat down, she set up the controls and asked if ok. Nodding, I...
Today's World of Distress from a Cat's Perspective
Today's World of Distress from a Cat's Perspective Hi, I'm Dancer, the local cat mascot for Apositiva and today is my turn to write a blog. I've been watching my humans and listening. You seem to be in a conversation about your world. I'm only in the background and people typically don't ask me for advice, but I could give it....
Dreary to Dreamy
Dreary to Dreamy Dreary morning... pouring rain, blowing wind... you feel alone... and a little bit of depression sets in. Weather taking a bite out of our day - eh? I know when this happens to many people it can feel sad or scary. Sometimes being around dreary people can take a bite out of you, too. Unless you are trained as...
Happy Dippy Holiday
Happy Dippy Holiday Christmas brings out the "dipping" response. We dip into food, we dip into our Christmas accounts, and we dip into activities. Healthy dipping is a good thing. A dip in the pool is nice. A dip of wheat-free cookies into 67{8b3a2f999ba59642dfe826ddd554f6c9ff0174d7b182d4f1913e29042ced5c7c} cocoa chocolate is...
Nuts on a Gluten-Free Holiday
Nuts on a Gluten-Free Holiday Have you ever made a decision to quit, stop, or change how you eat? Then you found yourself going nuts? Let's crack an egg and enjoy a moment. Rich and I decided to go "gluten-free" in September. It took emptying the pantry of a myriad of staples such as wheat flour, crackers, anything with modified...
Bringing More of You into "You"
Bringing More of You into "You" Fall! A season of change. Weather, trees, fashions, and even the foods we eat change. One October afternoon I was watching people walking through a park, and naturally there were many children with parents going for walks. Children who were one on one with parents, such as little boys with a dad,...
Feels Right
Pondering Intuition Have you ever walked through a place, and something near you looked smart, cool, joyful, or just really right? We have a natural sense of intuition that takes place wherever we go. Many of you may be aware of it through a feeling in your spine, your stomach, or a twitch here or there. Intuition. Men and women...
What is and is not Coaching?
What Is and Is Not Coaching? FREE 90 Minute Coach Class: OCT. 15TH at 3pm Apositiva. This is an open and crazy time in life, and so many people are on a journey. Successful people talk about how their coaches help them reach their dreams. Coaching. Hmmm. Being the light to help others is rewarding. You could learn to be a...
Pediatric Hypnosis Workshop
Pediatric Hypnosis Workshop June 4 & 5, 2016 10am - 4pm $245 Do we have to always color in the lines? Let's find out. Pediatric Hypnosis Workshop for Hypnotherapists offers advanced training. Contact Cat for sign up and more info. 503.816.5104 Two days of fun instruction with an experienced Children’s Hypnotherapist This...
Your Mind or Your Life
Years ago, my brother told me about a book he read that talked about life and choices. It was "Your Money or Your Life" by Vickie Robin and Joe Dominguez. He said it really made him stop and think about all the ways he spent his "time and thoughts." When you choose to spend your money on a stereo, he said, it would bring great...
Escape to Your Dreams
Want an escape? TV, DSI's, computers, i-pads, e-pads ... they all offer a bit of fun and escape. Yet, too much of this sort of escape can make you wonder what happened with your days. Your life is made up of what you do with your time. We need to be watchful how we use this precious resource and what distracts us from using our...
The Bond
"In order to understand a person, we must temporarily merge with them," at least according to a new book by Lynne McTaggart called "The Bond." And how exactly is that? McTaggart uses the many studies of scientists and neurologists to decipher important discoveries about how we all connect. She pulls studies from Alexander...
Pittock Mansion for Healthy Eating
Are you a person who likes to walk? Would you like to go on a journey to have more control over your weight? Let’s go to the Pittock Mansion in Portland, Oregon with Rich Aanrich. On the way, you will find a surprise. This is Rich, and you are going to venture with me to a place that is very hidden and wonderful. We will start at...
Learning, Growing, Becoming
What question will you ask the world today? How do you learn and grow and become? Let's explore how Albert Einstein became a genius. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) drove a vehicle for curiosity, discovery and creativity... a mind. A man of science, math, music and philosophy he loved learning and opened up to the world a vast base...
Helping Kids Through Pediatric Hypnotherapy & NLP
Adults and college students come in for hypnotherapy and work through habits, confidence, and health, So, how about children? Can hypnosis and NLP help young people? Yes. Cat has been working with children for many years. Children have needs that can be met in a session using hypnotherapy, NLP and EFT. Parents have brought their...
Honey, help me exercise…
Rich and I enjoy helping people make and achieve exercise goals. Walking our talk means doing what we share, and we do, too. We take long walks together, ballroom dance, and enjoy taking up movement exercises, such as Tai Chi. It works for us, but does it work for everyone? An article came out in Scientific American Mind...
Stress: Can You Handle It?
Face it. Handle it. Deal with it. Put your finger on it. Take care of it. What exactly is "it"? When I was little, maybe 8 years or so, my father said, "What's that mess? Take care of it." In my young mind, a marker for "it" was placed, so that now when people introduce the "it" into conversation I see a group of Barbie dolls on...
Walking with Strangers
Being part of the community means helping in unexpected ways with strangers.
18 Big Life Questions
You are a wonderful, evolving being. Ask Big Questions and Join Us at Apositiva Institute in Portland, Oregon on the Road to Discovery and Success.
Honoring Your Earth Day 2011
Taking time today to honor the Earth is important, outside and inside your own planet.
Five Thoughts on Positive Change
Five Thoughts on positive change in a rapidly changing world.
Who Am I?
In looking over my journals from the past decade, and talking to lots of clients, I realized that the question of "Who am I?" came up several times. More from earlier years, as we explore in time and questions are answered in our story... and our deeds. Yet, on a walk in the healthy, growing forest which brings satisfying...
Congrations to Apositiva Institute's Graduating Class of Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists
Congrations to Apositiva Institute's Graduating Class of Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists!
All Aboard! Train to Masters Boarding Now!
Board the Train for the Master's Ride! On Friday, February 25th at 4pm, board the flight to Higher Training! NLP Practitioners ready to go on to Master Practitioner begin their journey to mastery. It's amazing what we can do when we give ourselves permission to learn, so we can really make that difference in the world. Students...
Dream Coaching
Dream Coaching - A Dream Telecourse Inspire. Dream. Live. Begins May 3rd, 2011 While you sit and contemplate what you wish you could be doing. Someone is doing just that! Isn't it time you tool time to journey on a new path for you? Let's check out the signs and begin! Dream Coaching is a delicious experience of exploring old...
Resplendent Lives – Week-end Retreat
Resplendent Lives A Personal Development Experience for Women Sept. 16-18, 2011 (See 2015 Retreat) Hidden Lake Retreat re splend ent (ri splen'dent) adj. [ Latin re-, again + splendere, to shine] shining brightly; dazzling Feeling overstressed? Overstuffed, disorganized, chaotic? Need a break? YES, But... Hey! Stop. You may be a...
Executive Coaching – May 14-15
Executive Coaching Workshop for Coaches! Are you ready to work with executives in your coaching practice? Want to get the tools and strategies? Well, this is the class for you. Dr. Marci Nemhauser and Cat Wilson are presenting a class just for you. This is for coaches new to working with professionals and executives. Objectives:...
Managing the Holidays with NLP
Managing the Holidays with NLP Relationship Strategies By Cat Wilson Melodies are playing, you catch a whiff of cinnamon in the air, and you feel at peace with images of laughing children, parties, and holiday decorations lighting the corners of your mind with red and green bows. Then the wicked “Ex” show up! The one who belongs...