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July, 2009
Your Calling Life Direction Workshop
Date: July 6, 2009
Time: 6pm-9pm
Number of spaces available: 20 (ONLY 12 left!)
Cost: $37
Reserve by emailing Sandi via sandi[at]mettfor.com
Download flyer HERE (www.exploringculture.net/workshops/alexyourcallingottawa.pdf)
Your Calling Workshop! AKA: 'the WHAT THE %#$@ AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE' Workshop ! ;-)
~ Alex Baisley
Is this for you? Let's see...
Perhaps you are a person with lots of talents, interests, and passions, but you just can't figure out how to put 'em all together.
Maybe you have a job or business you really don't care for anymore. You feel there is more to life, that you'd like to work at something meaningful, maybe work for yourself, help others, have a better lifestyle, but you just can't figure out what you should be doing.
You know you are creative, independent, and would prefer to make your living doing your 'own thing' if you could just figure out what...
Have you questioned leaving your job, going back to school, going to a life coach...? All good ideas by the way, but before going through another day frustrated and questioning... maybe come hear me out.
Maybe you are a parent, and you love the idea of having your work fit better with your family - allowing you to spend more time with your kids for instance, maybe even have them be involved in your work somehow a better life / work balance...
Do you ever get that 'panic' of feeling time is ticking along, and you still haven't figured out what the heck you're supposed to be doing with your life? This can be a very unpleasant experience - I know first hand what it felt like, and I'm sure glad I don't feel it any more!
There is hope! There are 5 steps to getting on track. The problem when it comes to work direction, as I see it: most people are looking for a noun, such as electrician, Reiki Master, consultant. But your calling will not be a noun. It will be more like a verb... It is not a destination but a way of living that you are really craving. You can be an electrician not living your calling, or an electrician living your calling - and I'll tell you about a friend of mine that made that very shift, and made a big contribution to a community doing it...
What is more important than choosing the work itself? The beautiful feeling that your life has more and more juicy meaning all the time - the feeling that you've made a contribution to the world and enjoyed the heck out of doing it, that you've seen your dreams coming true, felt the love of friends and family... you are able to continually explore and express your interests & your gifts in making a good living. You uplift and inspire others, your lifestyle has equal measures of excitement and space, and life evolves right along with you - no more being stuck. How does this sound?
In my humble opinion - we have to stop thinking about work separately and think instead about designing the ecosystem of our lives of which 'where does my money come from' is an important part and equal to the other parts. Let me give you a few examples of why this is important:
Let's say you love your work, but work way too many hours and start losing out on the time with the special people in your life that you SO want. Give it a couple of years, and the work you love is going to become the work you resent, right? What if you love your work but earn so little doing it, that it makes the rest of life a struggle, and you don't get to travel like you'd like... Again - in this situation, you may find that 'loving your work' will start to wear off pretty quick.
So clearly just choosing work you love is not enough! There is more to it, right? You've got a Life. To make much more enlightened decisions about our work and to feel like we are following our Calling, we need to take into account the Big Picture of our lives. When we do, then we start to see the sum total of what's important to us - life as an ecosystem. We start to see our 'work' in a new light! And this leads to our workshop...
What you will learn on the workshop:
In our evening, you will learn the 5 building blocks of the Calling Formula! I call them JRs - Juicy Realizations - and once you understand their importance in your life, I think you'll wonder how you ever left them out of your work direction decisions in the past! Funny enough - only one of these JRs has to do with your work and income! You will learn how to start making work decisions that are not only more successful and meaningful, but will enhance the other aspects of your fulfilling life - and THEN you start to feel you're on the right track!
You can start now: Remember how I said your Calling is not a destination, but a way of living ? That means you can start living your Calling right away! No more waiting... By the end of the Workshop, you will have generated at least one move forward in each of the 5 JRs, which will give you the feeling of fulfillment, and being on track. The good news is that you don't have to know the future then, you just have to be able to choose the next steps! Then it's just a matter of following your heart right into a new way of being, and isn't that ultimately what we want... to follow our hearts, and succeed doing it?
I will also be sharing several stories of amazing work direction moves that clients and acquaintances have taken, and how some of them were figured out in less than an hour and have enhanced their lives greatly... let these folks' stories help open your mind about 'what you do for a living' and how great things are often right in front of us all the time - we just hadn't put the pieces together!
To reserve your spot: send an email with your request to Sandi at sandi@mettafor.com
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Conscious Living and Workshop Series
Start Date: July 11, 2009
Class times: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Number of Classes: 6 weeks (July 11, 18, 25, August 8, 15, 22)
Spaces available: 6
Cost: $120 plus tax for all 6 classes ($126 taxes in). Payment can be made via PayPal below or in person.
Each class will include a guided meditation to release the attachment of ego. Notice it did not say release ego itself, just the attachment of it. We'll cover this and many more points in the workshops to raise awareness, introspection, and an overall feeling of well being because you will know that you have a great deal of control with the results of your life. Not to mention that you'll start to get what you want...finally.
You'll learn:
* why understanding the present will help explain the past and also the future, if nothing changes
* how to use The Passion Test methods to get in touch with what you truly want, not just what you're told you "should" want
* a unique 9-step system for Goal Achievement every day. This helps you experience what you would like to without the self-sabotage.
* daily habits that promote peace and healing
* tap into your strengths and use them to propel your life forward
* how to use effective communication with self and others
* how all relatives, friends, and society impacts our actions
* meditation techniques
* how to use focus to improve productivity
* what to do when you experience fear
* the role of the subconsious mind and how to use it to your advantage
* how to creatively and intentionally use visualization
* and much more!
This is an interactive workshop series where you will be ACTIVELY involved to improve the quality of your life if you so choose.
Remember, life is a choice.
Quality of life is also choice.
We're not encouraging anyone to change the direction of their career, only to learn how to live conscious lives in the manner they choose. If this results in positive career changes, then so be it.
Note: this is not a religious series and we're not promoting dogma, just perspectives that have been useful for us and others we have worked with over the years.
Attendance is limited to keep it intimate and interactive.
What we want most is for people to get great value from the experience and
walk away with exciting plans for them to act upon and feel excited about moving forward in their lives!
Workshop presenter/facilator: Matthew Cragg. Guest presenters may be in attendace from time to time.
*If you happen to miss a class, you'll be emailed the notes from the participants. While there is a curriculum, the class dynamics and participants have great influence over the class topics relating to the needs of those present.
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