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Use Your Words
Use Your Words Did you know you have 60,000 thoughts a day? According to Fred Luskin, Ph.D., we do a lot of thinking, and much of it creates undue stress. Old beliefs can trigger unnecessary fears and worries. We all have an assortment of beliefs from many phases in our life. An old belief can be something you heard when young,...
Just a Spoonful
Just a spoonful of "what" makes the medicine go down? Think of something happy, or better yet "imagine" and let's see. Grab your spoon and join me. In 2014, let's shoot for the stars! "Mary Poppins" was a popular movie when I was a little girl. This musical brought many fun songs that delighted and inspired us, including "Just a...
Here's Your Snapshot
Here's Your Snapshot of 2014 - We Invite You to Click How was 2013 for you? Did you make a difference? Would you make any changes in what you accomplished? What you chose? I wonder what would happen if we could look back on our year, take stock, and just use a "delete" button here ... an "insert" here or there? Using your...
Creating Better Ways to Learn
Creating better ways to learn may change the way we all experience life. Let's begin with a question: When are YOU at your best? Love science, art, music, sound, hands-on learning? Tradition has governed education for years. We use many of the same topics our parents learned, albeit they are updated with higher math, science, and...
Pediatric Coaching Videobook Pilot February 8, 2014
Pediatric Coaching Videobook by Cat and Becca is coming February 8, 2014. Would you like to be a part of the Pilot for the Pediatric Coaching Videobook? We are looking for parents, teachers, coaches or childcare providers. "Pilot" Pediatric Coaching Videobook Workshop with Co-Pilots Cat & Becca Saturday, February 8, 2014...
Listening, Recording Family Stories: Loving Mambone
Listening, recording family stories is a GREAT activity for the HOLIDAYS. Have you looked through family photo albums with an elder relative or sage? Grab an elder, a photo album, and start listening, recording family stories and sharing life. Sharing family stories is a priceless activity in life. It warms the heart and revives...
Merry Beary Christmas!
Merry Beary Christmas! May you feel LOVE in your heart, hear WISDOM in your mind, and see AWARENESS thru your intuition. Merry Beary Christmas & Happy New Year! Blessings and Peace to you from Us at Apositiva Institute. Cat Wilson, Richard Aanrich & Cyn Wilson
Had Your Serving of Guilt Today?
"Been to Guilt" lately? I hear it's highly overrated. How about options for a happier experience and tips for living guilt free? If you are partaking in an activity that hurts you, like substance abuse, then guilt is a natural consequence. If you are in "toxic" relationships, then it just plain hurts. You can change that and get...
NLP Master Practitioner Training at Apositiva Starts January 17th
NLP Master Practitioner Training at Apositiva Starts January 17th, 2014. Calling all NLP Practitioners. It's time for the NLP MASTERS CLASS. We are still open for enrollment. NLP Master Practitioner Training Brings You to Unconscious Competence Your Packet of NLP Master Practitioner Training Information is waiting on our desk. ...
Merry-Go-Round of Memories
People carry stories inside of them. Time tales revolve around from the past and the present and the future like a merry-go-round. Isn't it amazing how once one steps on board that ride, one can instantaneously travel back in time in their mind, and whip immediately to the present moment, and then ... find oneself ... imagining...
Ahh … Nothing!
Reflections on Nothing by Rich Aanrich Most of us have seen the cartoon where a guru opens up a box with a great big smile and says " ahh... Just what I always wanted, nothing," and he means it! Nothing is: 1. (Indefinite) no thing, not anything, as of an implied or specified class of things: I can give you nothing; 2. no...
My Thoughts = My Life
What kinds of ideas move you? What thoughts stop you in your tracks? It's a time of reflection for many people as we end a year, and many of you may be wishing it could have been different. How could you have done it better? I walk along a winding trail, looking out at the clear open space in the park, and enjoy the vastness of...
Your Path
"Following another's path leads to who they are, not to who you are." People tell me that they see others doing something they want to do, and yet they are living another life with distinctly different values and views. Opportunity shows up every day in a form that may or may not appear to be what one expects, but it is yours...
How to Use Your Creativity for Gifts
It's the Season for Giving Gifts. What if you could share a natural gift instead of shopping for one? Look around and notice how people around you are gifted. Now look at you. What is your gift? How can you share that gift with others? The shopping rush after Thanksgiving came with Cyber Friday through Monday, and my email box...
Top Words … to Your Goal
"OK" is the most understood word in the world. Interesting. What words do you hear the most? According to the "Global Language Monitor's 14th Annual Survey of Global English," there are 1,025,109.8 words in the English Language. In 2013, the top word was "404," followed by "fail!" Who would have guessed the top word would have...
Civil War vs. Idea Day
The American Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865 and ended. Yet, there is a "Civil War" regularly in football every year. How about a "Civil Peace" or "Celebrations of Harmony" or "Misty Landscape Day" or "Idea Day?" I hear the door open. "Hello," rings a cheery voice. "Oregon Ducks pulled out a 1 Point win in the last...
Happy Thanksgivukkah!
Imagine that a Peace Angel is delivering a message of Joy to YOU. You feel it ... a Healthy sweet sense of the finest, most gentle and Loving communication. Imagine harps playing. Be Aware to aromas of nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon. Now taste a nice hot cup of tea with Care. Take a deep breath. Ahhhh. Inside you is a Patient...
Be a Beam of Light
Have you been approached by a person in ragged clothes, asking for money for a meal? What did you do? Listen to this story of personal dragons. Perhaps you will be encouraged to be a beam of light. Kindness. Years ago I was Principal of a small design firm in Santa Cruz, California, and I used to walk with clients to local...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! Everything starts with a vision. May I give you a vision I had and the way I arrived? It's just about Thanksgiving time, and every year I love to cook. We have a gluten-free household, so what I make is free of wheat and very little sugar, however, it is amazingly fun and delicious. Years ago, I started with...
If You Could Talk to the Animals
If you could have a conversation with your pet, how would that go? Dr. Doolittle could talk to the animals, why not you? Recently, we watched a video that opened our eyes to a new thought: "The animal world is connected with us." What if all the animals could hear you? How would I be different with them? In this video we...
How to Handle College Kids Moving Home
"Hi, Mom. Hi, Pops. Mind if I stay awhile?" Do you have young adults living at home after time away? How do you do "Home Again" with your kids after college? Here are some ideas on how you can live with more peace of mind. Times are Interesting "Empty Nesters" may be re-feathering their nests again. Are you one of the lucky...
Awakening the Inner Samurai
How do you know you are awake? I mean, really aware and enlightened? What is the story you carry inside you? I watched a Spiritual Cinema Circle movie called "A Monk's Awakening" on Motivation Thursday here at Apositiva. This is an early, early morning time when I sit with colleagues and friends. We play a motivational video or...
How Can You Make a Difference? Volunteer.
Life is complicated. Relationships, economy, environment, you name it! So what can you do about it? Begin where you are now. Think Outside Holidays sadly can bring up lots of stuff. Got a relative who shuns you or your family members? Dealing with heartbreak? You are not alone. Relationships may be uncomfortable due to...
What Opens Your Heart?
What Opens Your Heart? Look around you and see all the amazing brilliance of Autumn! Isn't it amazing what glory nature exhibits in the final show before Winter comes to help us rest? Nature provides an abundant banquet on the planet, whether you are in Anchorage, Alaska or Santa Cruz, California or Paris, France. Where are you...
Coaching Students Graduate!
Today, our Growing Coach Team graduated with honors! What does it feel like to know you have graduated? Here is a personal interview with coaches graduating from Apositiva. Cat: So, Linda, how does it feel now that you've completed the Growing Coach Training Course? Linda: First of all, I'm very excited to get started as a...
Encouraging Soup Words by Buddha
Do words inspire you? On a stormy day, warm soup, good company, and wise words can warm us. Wrap yourself up and grab a bowl, I have fresh warm words for you. In our office two wall hangings are printed with words to remind us that we can give ourselves interior support. Buddha is one of many inspirational leaders and here are...
Make a Better Future Partnership by Transformation
Want some enlightening thoughts regarding being a better you? I was watching some pretty cool videos from online with my friends the last two Friday nights in October. They were enlightening videos about how single people can prepare to be in a committed relationship. The videos talked about all the ways we can prepare ourselves...
Spaces in Your Togetherness
Does your relationship need a refresh? Kahil Gibran suggests, "Let there be spaces in your togetherness." Kahlil Gibran basically suggests friends and couples to take separate time to renew ... apart. One way that comes to mind right away for me is to go on little vacations or take days off by yourself. You started out as an...
Trick or Treat? Treat Please!
Hi, Cyn here! Happy Halloween Ladies and Gentlemen! Whenever asked, 'Trick or Treat?' this time of year, I always pick treat. I also choose to give out treats too. Why? Did you know that today was a day specifically for scaring away bad things going on in this country, the United States of America? This is a day where for a...
How Motivating is Your Office?
How motivated do you feel in your workspace? Want to REALLY get motivated? Will you do something simple to motivate you at work?
Cloudy with a Chance of Reality Check
Do you remember an “AH HA!” moment? I do. Could I share it with you, because we all share common journeys? Thoughts by Cyn Wilson This last week I came to a startling reality check about home … about where home really is for me. I used to believe I would return to California after I graduated from university, but I didn’t. After...
Women Business Mentorship
Are you a woman starting a business? Would you like help from a sassy, fun, smart lady to get you started? Here's your chance to explore with Tearei. Tearei Locke came online to meet with our Growing Coach Training at Apositiva on Sunday. She spoke with the class about her passion to help women in business get going. My class was...
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE
NLP and HYPNOSIS CLASS Want to learn just a little bit more about what NLP and Hypnosis might be like? Here's your "Golden Opportunity" to check it out! Apositiva offers NLP and Hypnosis in a series of two sections: 1) Essentials and 2) Advanced. In just a few days of training you learn the basics in hypnotherapy...