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**Spring LC100 ** Our coaching program is growing and we already have students enrolled for Spring 2012! The weekend intensive will be January 13-14, 2012. If you are interested in joining us, please contact us here. Students are welcome to participate in training either in person or through web conferencing. This class will be limited to (10) students; first come, first served. October 15, 2011 Workshop "Connecting Your Body with your Mind and Spirit: Tools for Healthier Living." 9am - 2pm, with a one hour break for lunch (on your own) Learn the fundamentals of meditation, EFT (emotional freedom techniques), and more! $60 per person Click here for details and to register. Email Vicy for more information and to register. Transformational Coaches Network Our next meeting will revolve around the theme "Solstice for the Soul," and will help us all focus on our own experiences of transformation and change during this year. We will celebrate with a bonfire, good food, and the opportunity just to take good care of ourselves! Please click here for details. You can see more details by visiting the TCN page on Facebook. Please let us know if you would like to be added to our mailing list by emailing us. TCN Statement of Purpose: We provide a comfortable place for coaches to talk and promote life coaching. We are an informal group devoted to social and professional development for transformational life coaches. MeaningSight: Spiritual Development for Meaning, Empowerment and Living Your Purpose Dr. Greyerbiehl is beginning a spirituality--based initiative. It  is focused on serving those who want meaning, purpose and spirituality (self-defined) in their lives. This initiative is particularly interested in those who feel that they don't fit in any particular religious denomination but are deeply spiritual or those who are in a specific religion but want a deeper personal spirituality. The initiative will provide discussions, forums, socials and learning opportunities for those interested. Let us know if you're interested by emailing Dianne.

Acceptance by Steven Huskey, Transformational Life Coach "Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." ~Saint Francis of Assisi "I am what I am." ~Popeye What are you struggling with right now?  Are you beating yourself up because of things you should have done but didn't?  Ought to do but haven't?  Must do but don't wanna'? There is another way.  It's called "acceptance". Acceptance doesn't mean approval or agreement or condoning, consenting or endorsement.  It simply means you understand that things are what they are and that what is, is.   This doesn't mean you can't change things.  (Well, some things are genetic and you probably can't change them -- and I accept that.)  But struggling and fighting and expending great amounts of effort are usually not the best ways to make changes.  Once you accept the situation, you can relax and explore the possibilities for change.  (Hint:  The change almost always involves changing yourself.)  Once you accept the situation, you may realize there is nothing that needs to change. Some people believe that everything that comes to us in life (or that we bring to ourselves), both good things and bad things, brings a lesson.  (I happen to be one of those people.)  If you accept that AND accept the things that happen -- good and bad -- you perceive the lessons more quickly.  And learning the lessons leads to growth. Look around.  What are you struggling against?  There's a lesson in there somewhere.  Accept it. You can find Excelerator Coaching on Facebook! "Everything in life changes you in some way. Even the smallest things. If you do not accept these changes you do not accept yourself. For through these changes brings new and greater things to you, making you wiser, as time progresses. To avoid these changes is a loss. You only live your life once. Do not waste a minute of it avoiding things. Let them come to you, and learn from them. There is always tomorrow." ~Adam R. Gwizdala Recommended Reading: How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist by Andrew Newberg, M.D. Click here to view on Amazon Over the past decade or so, numerous studies have suggested that prayer and meditation can enhance physical health and healing from illness. In this stimulating and provocative book, two academics at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Spirituality and the Mind contend that contemplating God actually reduces stress, which in turn prevents the deterioration of the brain's dendrites and increases neuroplasticity. The authors conclude that meditation and other spiritual practices permanently strengthen neural functioning in specific parts of the brain that aid in lowering anxiety and depression, enhancing social awareness and empathy, and improving cognitive functioning. The book's middle section draws on the authors' research on how people experience God and where in the brain that experience might be located. Finally, the authors offer exercises for enhancing physical, mental and spiritual health. Their suggestions are commonsensical and common to other kinds of health regimens: smile, stay intellectually active, consciously relax, yawn, meditate, exercise aerobically, dialogue with others and trust in your beliefs. Although the book's title is a bit misleading, since it is not God but spiritual practice that changes the brain, this forceful study could stir controversy among scientists and philosophers. Illus. (Mar. 24) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours. ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross~ Check out our Blog Peace in ourselves, peace in the world. ~Thich Nhat Hanh~ Upcoming Meetups Meetup Information: 6-8pm at Earthfare on Pelham Road http://www.meetup.com/LIfe-Coaching-Institute/ Print the LCI Meetup Schedule here. Monday, October 17, 2011 More Happiness Rules with Steve Huskey, Certified Transformational Life Coach More Happiness Rules: When you face an adverse situation, do you know how to "bounce forward" and not just "bounce back"?  When you are faced with adversity, do you withdraw to save your energy and marshal your resources or do you seek out people on whom you can rely?  Your choices make a huge difference in how you deal with adversity. "More Happiness Rules : Using the principles of positive psychology to create positive changes in your life", is a follow-up to the May Meet Up, in which Steven Huskey continues with additional exercises based on the research and results from the field of positive psychology.  These exercises help you discover skills that you can call upon to help create the positive changes you want to make.  Let Steven show you ways to change your brain's structure using More Happiness Rules, so you can implement positive change. Steven Huskey, CTC is certified as a transformational coach through the Life Coaching Institute. Steven is a Change Master at Excelerator Coaching Services where he delights in working with people who want or need to make positive changes in their lives in order to create the life they want. Monday, November 21, 2011 - details TBA with Darla Thompson, Mariola Gorska, Paul Handford, and Tony Medlin Having sufficient, professional support is the cushion that makes owning and operating a business less of a burden on you, the business owner.  If you operate in isolation, without input from colleagues who can listen and advise you, you are going about business the hard way. (The Business and Practice of Coaching, p. 134)  Life Coaching Institute’s newest coaches, Mariola Gorska, Paul Handford, Tony Medlin, and Darla Thompson, will discuss methods of support you can utilize to improve the efficiency, profitability and growth of both your business and personal life.  Demonstration of an Advisory Circle, one easy and HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL support method, will be the focus of our time together.  In the interactive portion of the meeting, you will have the opportunity to “try your hand” at an Advisory Circle experience and gain insight on your present business or personal concerns. Monday, December 19, 2011 - details TBA Joy to the World - Minimizing Holiday Stress to Maximize JOY In Your Life! with Vicy L. Wilkinson, MA, Certified Transformational Life Coach Meet up Information: Third Monday - 6-8pm Earthfare (Near I-85/Michelin) 3620 Pelham Road Greenville, SC 29615 Click here for more info on Earthfare. For more information, please visit www.LifeCoachingInstitute.net, call Life Coaching Institute 282-8989 or email mailto:Vicy@LifeCoachingInstitute.net.