Many people are stuck on money, obsess and feel conflicted about their relationship with money. What about you? Whatever we’re stuck on and obsess about has a hold on us – traps and entangles us in a mess and mire of limiting and conflicting beliefs that keep us blind to possibilities and compromise our success and happiness. This inner … [Read more...]
Coaching for Professional Development, Business Best-Practices and Personal Growth
July 4, 2016 by
I signed up for a 12 session coaching program with Kaizen Leadership Institute to develop my ability to manage in a more organized and efficient manner without changing my commitment to the democratic organizational structure at Pure and Simple, my business of 20 years. After 3 months of coaching, I’ve enjoyed significant improvement in my … [Read more...]
TT for Tokyo – Japan Welcomes Therapeutic TouchTM
April 13, 2016 by
Mariko Tsunoda, Executive of a long-term care facility, Naomi Ide and Etsuko Makita, Physiotherapists at the same facility, and Mayumi Kobayashi, Supervisor of a Rehabilitation Centre and First Response Operation took the 12 hour flight from Tokyo to Toronto to take Therapeutic Touch Level 1 and Level 2 with Julia von Flotow, TTRT, April 8 – 10, … [Read more...]
Healing Wounds One Layer at a Time
February 18, 2016 by
Illnesses, loss of loved ones, career missteps and relationship failures, accidents, traumas or past abuse are part of the human conditions we are all subject to. Whether minor or serious these setbacks can leave their mark. They are part of our history and life story. What matters is not the thing itself but how we relate to it…how we see it … [Read more...]
Success and Fulfillment –Two Sides of the Same Coin
February 1, 2016 by
It is impossible to realize a fuzzy goal, one that you have yet to articulate with clarity and simplicity. Clarity is what it takes … “If you can imagine it, you can believe it and if you believe it, you can create it.” Success begins with a clear and inspired vision; one that is rooted in yourself – your understanding of yourself, your values, … [Read more...]
Just For Today, Put Yourself First
July 28, 2015 by
How often have you said to yourself and others, “after I do this, or once I’ve done that, then I’ll ….go for a walk, read a book, book a massage, take a trip, go out for a night on the town, take that course I’ve wanted to take, take some time off work etc…the list goes on. Ask yourself, “What am I letting get in the way?” If you’re like most … [Read more...]
Where are You Looking for Happiness?
July 14, 2015 by
The key to happiness is to give yourself permission to experience it…to simply be your happy self. Instead of allowing ourselves to be happy, we get busy seeking it out, judging that we have to first deserve or earn the right to be happy and so, we often end up looking for happiness in all the wrong places. For some reason, it seems, we’ve come … [Read more...]
Transcendence: Key to Transformation
June 30, 2015 by
It’s the dramas in life, the story we tell ourselves and each other that get us entangled and stuck. A conflict, whether with yourself or another, is a variation on this theme. It’s an entanglement. Some people, addicted to drama, seek out conflict. It feeds their passion and makes them feel alive and strong. Others like conflict especially if they … [Read more...]
Trust Thyself – A Path of Healing and Self Regulation
June 22, 2015 by
We have the gift of so many kinds and qualities of attention of the mind and, as healers, how well do we use them? It’s in assessing the situation clearly, without prejudice, that we gain information that informs our response and our next action. Our ability to be fully present yet unattached to the outcome of the situation is often skewed by … [Read more...]
On the Healing Experience
June 9, 2015 by
I’ve partnered with Karen for over 4 years now. She first approached me in April 2011 and wanted me to help her become more at peace with herself. At the time she also disclosed that she had an inoperable brain tumour resulting in epilepsy (Grand Mal) with severe vomiting type migraine headaches and seemed to stress easily due to the trauma she … [Read more...]
