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Coaching – Be Present on the Path
Where does coaching come in with being present? Being present isn't just standing in place, listening to a phone meeting, and staring. It's about unplugging and paying attention. To hear the forest, you need to unplug from your phone and listen. Hear the birds? Rustle of the tall trees, brushing against another tree, playing a...
Flashes of Intuition
How's life going? Is something old starting to rag on you? We will find moments when time stops briefly and suddenly there is a flash in time! You get it! Then ... it's gone. Did you get it? Flashes of intuition come in waves. Do you get these flashes of things to come, too? When I get exhausted... and stop ... too tired to push...
Coaching is About Possibilities – Get Your Ideas Out
Are you curious about what is possible? Got an idea? Are you wanting to get your ideas out? Do you dream of writing and finishing a book, making a difference in the world, or you have a great idea for an invention that would enrich the lives of others as well as your own? Want help to get started? Coaching is about possibilities,...
Exploring First Class in Coaching
When did you say your first word as a baby? Seven months, a year old? You were there, but it’s hard to remember when you said that first word... when you've been doing it for so long. After a while... you feel like you’ve always done it. Coaching, is something that you’ve known about, been curious about, or maybe you’ve even done...
It Takes Super Powers
By Cat Wilson Happy July! People are heading out for vacations and fun in the sun here in Oregon. Whether a day, week or month – it’s nice to separate from work and get a new perspective. Recently, my daughter’s husband was off camping with the older boys. My daughter invited me to join her and the girls for an overnight visit....
Be a Producer of Happiness
Helen Keller found a silent voice of happiness despite being blind and deaf, while she brought happiness to others in her work. How could she find and be a producer of happiness? Learning was a major hurdle for Helen Keller, because everything was harder -- reading by braille, seeing by touch with fingers. Yet, Helen Keller was...
The Beach of Self Care
By Cat Wilson You are a person, busy, tired out from the day. You need self care. Wait! What is self care? How do you go about getting something you don’t have when you don’t know what will help? You could look to nature. Let’s go to the beach. Join me for a moment in a memory of a beach excursion with my friend at her cozy beach...
Beginnings and Endings
Yesterday, we received a notice from Marylhurst University that they were closing at the end of 2018. I felt sad. As an Alumni, I've been proud to support continuing education through the years with donations of time, money, and effort. When we see an institution make a choice like this, I feel it is one of the hardest decisions...
Go Fish, Go Play
School is finishing. It’s a time of change for kids, and summer vacation is great! “I’m a second grader now! Yay! We get the summer to go fish, go play!” It works for kids. How about bigger kids? Young adults who graduate from High School or College are in for a bigger change. After years of taking the summer to go fish, go play,...
One Change Makes a Difference
Photo by Xan Griffin on Unsplash Are you feeling frustrated in life? People? Need a shift? This blog is to share how you can improve your life experience in simple ways. One change makes a difference. These tips could help you feel better about people and dealing with processes in your life. My brother told me the other day that...
Writing Gets Up to Play at 2:22 am
Writing takes flight when all it needs is right. A stretch of the neck. Flex of the hands and fingers. Clearing of energy with rubbing the hands and face and shoulders. My cup of chamomile tea, nice and hot, sits on a reachable point on a small table called “Dave.” I wish I had more tables like Dave. He's so flexible. Paper and...
The Joy of Tea Cups
Tea cups, I have noticed, all have their unique personality. When I awaken in the wee hours of the morning they speak differently to me, so I am careful who I bring to my lips. If it is around 2 AM to 4 AM, I reach for a light, white cup with soft butterflies, flowers, leaves, and words that begin with “a mother is love," and...
Bargaining With Your Life
Bargain - an agreement between parties on the value of something. Included in the bargains (agreements) are the conditions that each party is agreeing to. Acceptance by all parties then allows for retaining, transferring, or receiving possession of what was bargained for. Remember the saying about contracts, “the big print giveth...
International Women's Day and Inspiring Women
Today is designated as International Women's Day. What does that mean to you? Women generally run around taking care of everyone but themselves. If you are a woman, this could be one of those days when you take a break, and celebrate yourself with "Peace Time." How to do that? How about reading a book by a renown woman? My...
March Forward With Intentions, and Live Better
Awakening to a month called “March” is motivating! This action word makes me feel the marching, moving, motivating state of being. We relate “marching” to going forward. You may even remember being at a parade where you watched and heard people in a marching band, twirling batons and playing instruments. As the band played, they...
Passports to Learning
Buckle up and Get Ready! It's time to travel on your learning ship! Apositiva is transitioning as we make our services more accessible to people for experiential and distance training. Workshops for you to sample. Some to grow. Cat has been analyzing the needs and designing and developing new approaches to meet the needs of...
Sky Artist Cat
Life Artist Catches Sky Artist Each day I meditate and use mindfulness. It guides me as I work with people in transition, transformation, and training. This morning, I awoke to an amazing transformation in the day, watching the fog lift and open the morning! Can you imagine what a wonderful moment I experienced? Today, this blog...
Smoking is So Elegant
Smoking is so elegant... or so people used to think. I quit over 37 years ago, so I'm a great testimony that it's possible. It means a lot to me to help a person overcome a habit that does them so much harm. If you are a smoker or know someone who is, let's change that. Start now with a Healthier experience in 2018. How does it...
Circle of Women
Circle of Women If you are a woman working through transitions, or at a time in her life where you just want a little camaraderie, we have a time, place, and space. Take a moment and consider this. What do I wish I could do, have or be? Are you ready to make some changes? NOW is the season for blooming. (Yes, even in winter.) Cat...
Create a New Story in "A Master's Cloak" WEBINAR
Create a New Story in "A Master's Cloak" WEBINAR Starts November 28, 2017 ** FIRST THIRTY (30) PEOPLE TO REGISTER GET IN FREE! *** Where does your self want to go? Come find out in "A Self Creation class". Take the YOU experience to a higher level. This is an online class to guide YOU in "your story." I want to get you started...
Get Your Mind Aligned with Your Heart – Mindmap Class
Get your mind aligned with your heart in mindmapping. Come expand your imagination with this fun, art-filled process, find useful solutions, develop greater creativity. This Mind Mapping class with Cat Wilson will include exercises to enhance creative ideas, including vision boards, writing exercises, and surprise activities to...
Develop Your People Skills
People Mapping Are you a Leader or a Task person? A Free Spirit or a People person? Find out! Executive coaches know the importance of understanding how people work together. Rebecca Hufford is a People Map Instructor. She brings a delightful sense of humor along with activities to help you understand how you best work with...
Don't Let Them Pick Your Brain! You Pick it!
The other day someone came along and asked me, "Could I pick your brain?" "Pick my brain? Thank you, but I'd rather pick my own," I said. You are more than you know. You are experiences, beliefs, senses, and as the creators of Neuro-linguistic Programming would say, "You are more than you know. So be it!" Get secrets for living...
Reincarnation or Reality
Reincarnation & Reality Explore your past, present & future Presentation by Marie Friend DATE: Sat., Dec. 2, 2017 TIME: Arrive at 1:45 p.m., 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. What is reincarnation? What is reality? Is it your imagination or is it a chance for you to come back and correct a mistake from a former life? Come find out....
Live a Higher Life! NLP Master Program – Starting January, 2017
Live a Higher Life! NLP Master Practitioner Program - Starting January, 2017 Yes! Become a Master! You graduated from the NLP Practitioner or you received your Practitioner at a different training center. You are ready to move on and become a Master Practitioner. We provide creative training where you get there and have fun!...
She Purrs
This day has been one of my hardest with personal life events. It was hard to say, "Today is a good day." I won't go into the details of the avalanche that buried me under a mountain of rocks today, and I mean an avalanche, but I will share one rock - the hardest rock. She Purrs My beloved cat is at the end of her life and I'm...
Positive Changes Hypnosis
No one wants to be a closing business, nor a customer of it. Our sympathies to the business employees and clients of the Positive Changes Hypnosis that closed its doors. Here is a story at KGW.com on the closing. We have no affiliation with Positive Changes, but we are alternative therapists who offer hypnotherapy, behavior...
Pediatric Coach Magic! Training – June 28th, 2019
Want to learn how to communicate with kids better? Are you a Kid's Coach? Want to learn more and prepare? Cat Wilson and Rebecca Hufford offer a one day class called Pediatric Coach Magic class to: Learn to communicate with kids better. Learn to establish rapport with youth. Inspire youth to live their dreams. Overcome poor...
Enjoy Coffee and Art
Enjoy coffee and art in Beaverton at the most recent Cafe Character Art Show at Solace Tea and Fine Espresso! We started putting pictures up on March 19, and as of the 21st Moose has curated all the pictures. Misa, Owner, and Art Enthusiast has put pockets of my "Art Cards" for sharing as post cards or framing, as well as some...
Where's Cat?
Where's Cat? Here! Over there! Back yonder! Front and Center! Oh, I know. I've been away from my blog for a while. I realize it's really important to keep these things up, but the overwhelm of lots of computer stuff got to me and I ran away from home for a while. Please forgive me. So, where did I go? Well, actually I have been...
Upcoming Series of Mastery Skills Training
Upcoming Series of Mastery Skills Training Webinar and Experiential Classes Hypnotherapy, NLP, and More! Once you get a taste of the fun, food and frolic people experience in learning you will want to keep growing. If you like a casual atmosphere, where people connect, learn, and grow you will enjoy how we present. Join us!...
Snowbound, Creativity Gets to Play
Snowbound. Does this strike fear into your very core? Part of me gets fear and part of me doesn't. Creativity helps. Let me share. When the snow first came down, it was pretty. I loved watching it. Yet, Portland, Oregon is new to this weather and we are on a hill, so it's been lonely. Small businesses set themselves up to help...
Inspiring Writers
Are you a writer? What is needed in inspiring writers? Then what keeps them going? I held a class with coaching students who I inspired to write a book together. We all wanted to write a book. Why not make it one in which we each contributed? How about creating a book to inspire other people? So, what happened next? Process My...