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"Vital engagement does
not reside in the person or in the environment . . . Just as plants need
sun, water, and good soil to thrive, people need love, work, and connection to
something larger. It is worth striving to get the right relationships
between yourself and others, between yourself and your work, and between
yourself and something larger than yourself. If you get these relationships
right, a sense of purpose and meaning will emerge."
-- Jonathan Haidt, from The
Happiness Hypothesis
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Eve's Specialties
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Life Coaching
I specialize in coaching that helps professionals get off the treadmill-- and re-create their lives with confidence, clarity, and passion! In our work together, my clients are inspired and supported to make satisfying personal and professional changes in unique, creative ways, while balancing the many-faceted demands of their lives. My 20+ years' experience as a somatic therapist gives the professionals I work with extra help staying connected to their energy and aliveness for making successful changes & life transitions.
- attract, re-vision or enhance jobs and careers to counteract burnout and connect with a more authentic way of living
- plan for personal renewal & fulfillment in retirement
- create more space for yourself-- or for yourself and the people and activities you value-- by learning to commit to choices that matter
- renew health & fitness by getting in touch with what you makes you feel energized and alive
- attract new, mid-life relationships that enhance and support who you really are
Body-Energy Sessions
On its own-- and in conjunction with coaching-- body-energy work is for people who want to move with greater ease and depth through life transitions and challenges. By developing body-energy awareness through conscious touch work and movement, you will learn to feel and embody your energy for action and change-- an integral aspect of bringing your goals to life and fulfillment!
Note: For survivors of sexual abuse and other trauma, I also offer safe, focused, body-based work that helps relieve the effects of trauma and supports dealing with professional and personal life transitions.
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The Coach's Corner
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What Is It to Work and
Live with Engagement and Heart?
Can you imagine what it
would be like to be highly successful in your career and in your life? If
you are reading this article, I assume you're having questions about how to
pull it all together-- how to bring your professional interests and skills into
a direction that feels alive, flowing, and connected with something vital and
meaningful within yourself.
In his book, The
Happiness Hypothesis, psychologist Jonathan Haidt refers to psychologist
researcher, Mihalyi Csikszentmilhalyi-- creator of the concept of "flow"-- and his study of successful scientists and artists.
As Haidt says, "His interviews shared that every path is unique, yet most of
them led in the same direction: from initial interest and enjoyment, with moments
of flow, through a relationship to people, practices, and values that deepened
over many years thereby enabling even larger periods of flow . . . This
deepening process [he] . . . called 'vital engagement.'"
It is this quality of "vital engagement" that
everybody experiences who works at what they love or to which, at least, they
can bring their passion for something important in their life.
Unfortunately, a recent Gallup poll indicated that of those polled "74% of the
workforce is not engaged with their work." So what does this mean for you
if you're in a transitional place in your career? From a life coaching
perspective, you have a tremendous opportunity to align your personal values
(what you feel gives your life meaning) with activity in the world that
supports this sense of fulfillment.
In a recent class I gave I coached a woman who
wanted to change the focus of her work and use her professional skills in
administering organizations focused on world health care rather than financial
profit margins. When she began her career, shortly after receiving her
MBA degree, she wanted immediate work experience and wasn't sure of her inner
direction.
Now, five years later, she felt unfulfilled--
not with her profession per se, but with whom she was serving and the purpose
of her work. In our coaching, I asked her to tell me her top three
personal values, which were "service to others," "community," and
"self-expression." Her current position, she realized, offered her little
scope for living out these values. She decided to interview for several
positions that seemed more in alignment with her passion for promoting health
care internationally. She has now accepted one of these and is excited
about this new opportunity to "passionately engage" with her work-- and thereby
feel an increasing sense of connection between what she does for a living and
her personal relationships and interests.
If you want to live with heart and engagement in
your work and your life, discover for yourself how coaching can be a powerful
experience for creating positive change. Try a 30-minute free coaching
session with me about any aspect of your current life/career transition, and
feel the opening that can happen for you! You can also take my new group coaching tele-class
starting in September (see below for details). This is a great way to get started making the change you most want now at a third of my usual coaching fee.
With best wishes for living passionately
engaged,
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TipsFor Growing Your Life
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- Let yourself sit in a way that's comfortable for you. Follow your breathing for several breaths until you feel at ease within yourself. Close your eyes and visualize yourself in a place that expresses just how you would like to live. Notice who is there with you, what you are seeing, and what you are feeling. Listen quietly for the message from your heart and what you want to do. Bring this message back with you when you open your eyes.
- Take the online positive psychology Signature Strengths test at http://tinyurl.com/5pyg72. Find a relaxing place to be, then register for free (hit the register button) and fill out the VIA Signature Strengths assessment. Plan to spend 30 - 40 minutes responding to these questions that explore the 24 character strengths determined by positive psychologist Martin Seligman.
- You will receive almost instant feedback about your top 5 strengths, as well as the ranked listing of your 24 core strengths. Now look at your top 5 strengths. How do they align with the work that you do and the life you are living? What do they tell you about "the path with heart" that you would like to find or create personally and professionally in your life?
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Upcoming Class & Tele-class
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New Class!
How Do I Get from Here to There?
For Stanford University Alumni Association Members
Are you looking for work that expresses who you really are and is truly satisfying? You are not alone. Join Eve Siegel, certified life coach and popular presenter in a lively, interactive session to help you and other Stanford grads in career transitions loosen up, shake up old mindsets, and move forward in more fulfilling ways. Using group discussion and coaching exercises, we will explore the nature of transitions and the process of creating desired work and career changes.
Date: Wed, August 19, 2009
Time: 2 - 3:30 PM (including networking time)
Where: Main Library, San Francisco, CA
Cost: Free
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NOTE: This presentation is sponsored by the San Francisco chapter of the Stanford University Alumni Association. Pre-registration is required. To register, go to http://e.stanfordalumni.org/Clubs/sf/events.asp#0819jl
Special Group Coaching Tele-Class!
Mapping the Path of Your Desire
Join Eve Siegel, certified life coach, in a group coaching class for people new to life coaching, experiencing a career or life transition, and on a budget. Learn to create the changes you want while discovering
- your purpose
- how to make choices that feel right
- how to know if you're moving in a satisfying direction
- how to take the steps that lead to personal and professional success and well-being
This group will be limited to 4 - 10 people, so please sign up soon!
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Sept. - Dec., 2009 |
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Wed., Sept. 2nd, 12 - 1:30 PM
Classes on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month. |
Cost:
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$120 per month if registered by August 15th $130 per month if registered after August 15th |
Special offers--
- $120 per month if you register by August 15th
- $120 per month if you enroll with a friend or colleague (for both you and your friend or colleague)
RSVP -- Tele-class call-in number and payment information will be given when you register at http://www.kailaslifecoaching.com/?id=presentations. If you have any questions about this class, please email me directly at eve@kailaslifecoaching.com.
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Share the Abundance!
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20% discount on a coaching or body-energy session for you when someone you refer comes to me for a coaching or body-energy session. |
20% discount on your first coaching session-- or your first body-energy session-- when you take a class or tele-class with me. |
What about a gift certificate for someone special who's wanting support for creating new choices and new directions? Contact me to give the gift with real life impact! |
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About Eve
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Eve Siegel, M.S., CPCC, ACC, CMT, is a Certified Life Coach and the founder of Kailas Life Transitions Coaching & Body-Energy Therapy. Since 1989, she has guided people in creating new ways to envision, embody, and fulfill their purpose and heart's desires. She specializes in working with professionals who want to get off the treadmill-- and re-create their lives with confidence, clarity, and passion. She also offers body-based support-- on its own or in conjunction with coaching-- for moving with more energy, awareness, and ease through life transitions. Eve coaches and gives tele-classes worldwide by phone. In addition, she also offers coaching and body therapy sessions in her office in El Cerrito (near Berkeley), California. Eve is available for workshops, classes and presentations on creating change and dealing successfully with life transitions for organizations and private groups. For further information about her work and access to her free articles and newsletter archive, please see her website-- www.kailaslifecoaching.com. For free consultation and sample coaching session, please contact Eve now at eve@kailaslifecoaching.com.
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