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| TA Lessons | |
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| Introduction |
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Each of us is faced with the challenge of authoring our own lives. How your life is going
for you at this very moment may not be how you want it to go tomorrow, and as the author
only you can write a new tomorrow. You might be affected by the actions of others, and you
might be affected by other outside forces; but even so, it's you who will decide how to
turn your life around. Some changes are so easy they're hardly worth that label; but other changes are so difficult, they require psychiatric medications or hospitalization. I coach people with the changes between these two extremes. From 24 years of experience here's my take on the art of change. Some changes require the fundamentals: clarity of the goal, an action plan to the goal, commitment to the plan and a support system or cheerleading section. Some changes require the fundamentals plus another component to handle the 'stoppers'. Stoppers are those intangible inner forces that keep you from doing the fundamentals. Stoppers are often feelings like anxiety, agitation or fear, anger or frustration or impatience, depression, sadness. Stoppers can be confusion or lack of clarity or direction, about goals, about who you are, about your future, about love and relationships. Ok so to handle the stoppers you'll need an extra component - problem solving with a coach, counselor, therapist, ie. somebody trained to help in that area. As a site visitor, I extend to you my wish that you engage yourself in a new tomorrow. A tomorrow that offers you the means to be fully who you can be and want to be. A tomorrow in which you express the glorious uniqueness of you. Celebrate yourself by charting a true course. Good Luck and Good skill! |
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This site is devoted to personal change artists, especially my current and former clients. You are an amazing group of individuals! Despite huge challenges, you made and continue to make your life into what you want. I've been tremendously honored and inspired to be involved. Thank you. |
| The Adult Strategy Series of Workshops |
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The model of human personality I choose to use in all my coaching work is called Transactional Analysis or TA for short. One central feature of TA is what we call the Adult Ego State. It's primary characteristic is that it has a 'thinking' function or capability. When you use your Adult, you gather information, assess possible actions, determine consequences, calculate probabilities of various strategies, and make present tense current reality decisions. I've called this series of workshops the Adult series because they will focus on developing, building, strengthening and using participants Adult ego state, and applying it to the subject matter.
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| My Life Has Too Much Drama. |
| Creating An Easy Christmas |
| Quiet Assertiveness |
| Problem Solving Life Issues |
| I'm Running Myself Ragged |
| Sparking Intuitive Health |
| The Adult Strategy Series are not offerred in 2002/3 in liew of The Dynamics of Health and Change. |
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The Dynamics of Health and Change |
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When quantum physicists began speculating about the
possibility that reality was influenced by their thoughts, beliefs and
attitudes they probably didn’t extend that theory to their personal health
challenges. After all, they were working with light, not bacteria and
viruses.Yet here we are about thirty years later, on the verge of a momentous
surge in our understanding of health based on the energy-matter dynamic. In
this workshop we’ll explore and more importantly, practice changing our health.
We’ll do that with intentionality, fun, focus, and creativity. Naturopathic Doctor Barbara McKinstry will co-lead this workshop with me.
For complete details and registration form ... |
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Picture this section as a tool box. A bunch of handy dandy techniques or skills that you can pull out and apply when required. They're time tested and proven effective when used with practice. Like an adjustable wrench, you may have to tweak a tool to make it work for any specific situation; but with effort and thoughtfulness you can be a personal power master. |
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| Transaction Analysis Lessons |
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One of the most powerful models of personality is Transactional Analysis or TA for short. TA has a rich history of success in education, counselling, and psychotherapy. In other words - a proven model and methods for facilitating personal change. The following mini-lessons are short descriptive pages that give the basic TA ideas. Consider it an introductory series or a TA 100.
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| Resources (Books and Stuff) |
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My personal choices when I need more information. I update this page from time to time.
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| About the guy that did this site ... that is, of course ... me. | ||||
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| Psychotherapy or Therapy |
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For many people, the word therapy or psychotherapy has a negative connotation - and they avoid using the services of a therapist as if doing so would get them committed to a "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" facility. If you're shackled by this mistaken belief, fear not. Therapy is concerned with changing your life in a positive direction. Remember those stoppers I talked about in the Intro? Many or most of those can be reduced or elliminated with guidance from a therapist. Hey, if you don't like the idea of therapy, call it whatever you want. |
