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Eve's Specialties
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I specialize in Coaching that:
Enriches & supports life transitions-- attracting & enhancing jobs or careers; attracting & enhancing relationships; planning for retirement; changing living environments; changing spiritual direction.
Rebalances your life (where do I really want to put my time, energy, and resources?)-- developing awareness of personal choices & commitments; decluttering; learning time management skills; connecting to a more authentic vision of living.
Opens your creative advantage-- developing & exploring your vision for fulfilled living; committing to choices that matter; asking directly for what you want; expressing your unique message; completing writing, art, other personal projects.
I also offer Body-Energy Therapy on its own-- and in conjunction with coaching-- for people who want to move with greater ease and depth through life transitions and challenges. In helping you feel and embody your energy for action, body-energy awareness is an integral aspect of bringing your goals to life and fulfillment! (Note: I also offer safe, focused, body-based work for survivors of sexual abuse and other trauma.)
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The Coach's Corner
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From Straw into Gold-- Transforming Obstacles into Fulfillment
What did you experience this summer that expanded your outlook and made you reach farther? How are you harvesting the summer energy and glow into ways of living and working right now that are authentic and satisfying?
As a life coach whose purpose is to help people create change and meaning at new stages in their lives, I found great heart and inspiration in two events this summer. One was watching the outcome of 18 months of professional development on the campaign trail of two distinctive candidates for the American presidency, one a woman, one an African-American man-- Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama-- at the Democratic national convention. The growth of their confidence and sense of purpose from the beginning of their campaigns with all the obstacles each had faced up until the very moments of their speeches at the convention was breathtaking.
The other was very personal-- a biking trip I took with some friends in Germany. Now in my late 50's, this was not, as I saw it, just a time to enjoy a greener summer in a landscape of castles and Gothic churches. It was also a physical challenge to myself. What am I capable of doing with my body? How far can I go carrying 40 pounds of gear? In the process, I quickly encountered my Saboteur who said, "You're going to fail, you have to be younger to do this." I didn't even dare communicate my fears to my friends at first for fear they would agree with my Saboteur. In retrospect, the power of that debilitating voice is really astonishing to me! I biked on, but was grim and exhausted for the first two days, fighting out my fears in lonely isolation.
On the third day, I twisted my ankle and worried that my biking trip was at an end. In those initial hours of pain, though, I felt a message from my body saying, "You need to slow down, be with what is, and feel what you really want." Since there was no alternative, I did slow down and listened from my body-therapist perspective with some curiosity to the message I heard from my ankle and heart: "I really want to do this biking trip, and I want to I enjoy everything about it. To do this, I need to communicate my needs and feelings to my friends, so that the rhythm of this trip is right for my body and I can relax."
As soon as I talked with my friends, the critical voice stopped, the fear drained away, and I felt light and carefree. The next day, I bandaged my ankle, continued biking at a modified pace, and had a wonderful time-- physically, culturally, and personally-- for the rest of the trip. The BIG learning for me, once again, was that there is no one "right" way to succeed. The
important thing was consciously acknowledging and dealing with my fear,
so that I could "feel out" what was best for me to do.
I biked fewer kilometers than I'd planned, but I felt so much better about who I was as a person and my trip as a whole. If
you want additional support for overcoming the obstacles that keep you
from the "gold" of living with joy and satisfaction, just call or email
me anytime for a free consultation.
So as you get in gear for the fall, remember that the source of all possibilities (as well as limitations) are inside yourself-- and you can choose to put your energy behind those thoughts that serve you best and let you live to your fullest measure! If you want additional support for overcoming the obstacles that keep you from living with joy and satisfaction, please feel free to call me for a free consultation.
With warm wishes,
Eve
"If you want your life to be different, you have to do something different. To do something different often means getting past a lifetime of conditioning and beliefs that grab you by the throat when you attempt to change." (from the section "Take on the Saboteurs")
-- Charlotte Kasl, author, If the Buddha Got Stuck (A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path)
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Upcoming Classes in September
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Creating New Options Using Curiosity!
Explore the potential for opening your life by being and doing with curiosity. Have fun and learn creative ways through coaching and body awareness techniques to keep your life growing, compelling, and moving in the direction of your true interests! TWO PLACES, TWO DATES (see below) . . .
Place: Elephant Alternative Pharmacy, Los Altos, CA. 4470 El Camino Real (if coming from Palo Alto, it's on the right- hand side just before San Antonio Rd.) Lots of free parking. When: Saturday, September 13, 2008 Time: 1 - 2 PM Cost: Free AND
Place: Elephant Alternative Pharmacy, Berkeley, CA. Shattuck Avenue at Cedar St. Free parking available. When: Thursday, September 18, 2008 Time: 7:30 - 8:30 PM Cost: Free Note: For groups & organizations, I offer classes and workshops tailored to your needs in the areas of: creating positive personal & professional changes and life transitions, developing lives in balance, and using creativity as a vehicle for fulfilled living.
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Share the Abundance!
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 Thank you for increasing the value of this mailing by sharing it with friends, family, and colleagues who can benefit by the sessions and classes I offer. My gift to you is a 20% discount on a coaching or body-energy session when someone you refer comes to me for a coaching or body-energy session. I also offer a 20% discount on your initial coaching "Discovery" 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, 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, & fulfill their purpose and heart's desires. Eve's delight is assisting people in moving out of stuckness into presence, energy, and aliveness-- so they are free to be who they are and accomplish what they wish with confidence, passion, and joy.
Her coaching specialties include: (1) enriching and supporting life transitions; (2) developing lives in balance; and (3) helping people open their creative advantage. She also offers body-based support-- on its own or in conjunction with coaching-- for moving with more energy and awareness through life transitions and healing from trauma. Offices in El Cerrito (near Berkeley) and Palo Alto, CA. Eve also offers coaching sessions by phone and makes presentations internationally. For further information about her work, please see her website-- www.kailasbodytherapy.com.
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