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Archive for February, 2010
Flower Power Mom- the Truth About Motherhood After 40, is a blog and website, launched by Angel La Liberte, for Moms over 40, to support them and help them join together in community.
I met Angel in Vancouver several years ago. She’s an awesome Mom and a skilled professional woman and I’d like to support her work; it’s very near and dear to her heart.
This is the latest offering of Flower Power Mom:
FLOWER POWER MOM LAUNCHES SOCIAL NETWORKING GROUP
Flower Power Mom—The Truth About Motherhood After 40, has this week launched a unique social networking group online for mothers having children after 40 to get together in cyberspace with childbirth, wellness, parenting, and financial experts with a special interest in their needs.                                                                              
According to Angel La Liberte, Founder and Editor of the FPM website and blog—which launched in October 2009 to widespread regional media coverage—“I thought it would be a fantastic opportunity to connect over-40 moms with many of the experts and professionals I interview for blog articles—it’s a meeting of hearts and minds!â€
Professionals, their over-40 mom patients and clients are invited to join:
To join the FPM Networking Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=310289838109
To subscribe to FPM News: http://www.flowerpowermom.com/#pages/newsletter.html
To visit the online resource and blog:Â http://www.flowerpowermom.com/
It’s been a long road back home in many ways after my three months sabbatical in India. It was time to return and I was ready to be home. But when one spends that long in a culture that is so other there are usually a few repercussions.
A re-entry period is necessary for most travellers. There’s tiredness from the long return trip (a fog-enforced layover in Hong Kong lessened our exhaustion this time), reverse culture shock (never heard of it until I had a firsthand experience), potential health issues like flu or colds, then finally the picking up of the pieces of one’s life at home. It usually takes about two weeks to feel fully back in your life. Read more
I like the city of Delhi – many don’t. I should really say I like Paharganj, the area of New Delhi where we usually stay. It’s a 5 minute walk from the Metro, so quite handy to get around. This is our hotel ‘before – last fall’ & after – in January. All the wires were being put under the street before the 2010 Commonwealth Games, hosted by India in about 8 months. It’s a huge task. The front steps of our hotel, & other buildings were encroaching on city land, so they had to be pushed in.
That’s the back of me in the Old Delhi market, not far from Paharganj. That area is really very old, a fascinating throwback, & mostly Muslims live & work there. The second pic, also Old Delhi, shows the fog in January. I’m sure the polution plays a part in it, but mainly it’s because of the cold air coming down from the Himalayas in the north (this is the fog that prevented us from flying in, then out of Delhi in the days before our departure for Canada – See ‘Re-entry: Reverse Culture Shock – Jan. 22nd)
There are more street scenes below.
Finally, here they are…some of my India pictures! Had a glitch with the sizing of them; too big for this blog program.
This first section of pics are of McLeod Ganj, or Upper Dharamsala, home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. This is where we spent the first 6 weeks of our 14 week journey & it was the most formative experience. It’s difficult to put into words the specialness of the place, & the effect it had on me, but I am changed from my time there. I was able to relax into the place, felt very at home there. It was a rich experience, being immersed in the energy of the meditating monks (we lived in a monastery guest house right in the middle of a temple complex, nextdoor to the main temple of HH the Dalai Lama). The many Tibetan friends we made, & the experience of getting to know our Tibetan doctor friend & her whole family better made it hard to leave, as you can imagine.
Just had an email from one of our Tibetan friends from the Hope Center where we volunteered. It’s Losar, The Tibetan Budhist New Year and HH the Dalai Lama is giving teachings at his temple. Many people are attending despite the cold weather.
The pictures include one from our deck at Kirti Monastery Guesthouse, the candlelight vigil for 4 teenage nuns shot escaping from Tibet in early November, & pics of friends.
More pictures to come…Delhi, Rajasthan, Mumbai, Goa
Coaching can be many things to many people. The content and type of session depends on the needs and goals of you, the client. Coaching practices vary as widely as the coaching professionals who offer their services.
Coaching is different from counseling, yet it is on the same continuum. If someone needs and wants to embark on deep trauma work or grief work, then counseling techniques are an appropriate choice. If they want to assess where their life is now and where they’re going, then coaching could be a great choice.
Coaching is similar to forward-moving styles of counseling, such as Solution Focused Therapy or Acceptance & Commitment Therapy. In fact many coaches use the former in their work, while our Martha Beck training incorporated the latter therapy.
Coaching is unlike counseling work that deals with serious past unresolved issues. Both have their place.
I worked with women for many years, in women and violence support services and as a life skills worker, before my first formal training in masters level counseling at City University followed by Martha Beck life coaches training.
Over the years, as I have shifted within myself, I’ve moved into a very positive, forward way of looking at the world. That’s why coaching is such a great fit for me and why I’m able to help women move forward in their life. That naturally is reflected in my work with my clients at Ellen Besso Coaching.
What are common questions women bring to our work together?
- How do I find time for me?
- How can I be a caregiver without collapsing?
- How do I deal with all the stress in my life?
- My relationship is stale; what should I do?
- Should I change my career?
- How do I make a good life a great one?
- How can I contribute my gifts to the world more?
- How can I find excitement in my life again?
- What’s holding me back in my business?
- How can I arrange to take time off to travel & volunteer?
- How do I know when it’s time to stop working?
If not now, when will your time be? I invite you to contact me for more information, or to book your 1/2 hour complementary session:
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