Perfect Moment Monday: Gratitude

Each week I hold the intention to participate in Perfect Moment Monday, sponsored by Weebles Wobblog. According to Weebles, Perfect Moment Monday is about noticing a perfect moment rather than creating one. Here is my Perfect Moment for this week.

I have to admit this week is a week filled with many perfect moments, and I have be struggling since yesterday—Monday—with which one to choose and share with you all. So to ease my stress regarding trying to choose just one, then I will just take this time to share my gratitude for being able to truly co-create my life.

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More Cancer Centers and Doctors Encouraging the Use of Reiki

I wanted to share with you an article forwarded to me from Mesothelioma.com and written by Jack Bleeker in April 2010. When I read it I realized it was definitely a wonderful article to share with all of you. We’ve all been affected by cancer either directly or indirectly, whether it’s knowing someone who found the courage of embracing the lessons within the experience and continuing to live out their soul’s purpose or if it is someone who was courageous, learned and moved into the next experience in the angelic realm. No matter what the final outcome is when someone is learning the meaning of this disease, they are courageous for requesting this learning experience in the first place.

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What Is NLP?

There has been quite a bit of talk and more training opportunities for the skill of Neurolinguistic Programming, more commonly known as NLP. The name itself reveals the philosophy of Neurolinguistic Programming: our neurological system controls how our minds and bodies function, linguistics or language determines how we interact with people, and programming refers to our conditioning and behavior. NLP is based on the interplay between our mind, language and behavior.

The healing approach helps people manage and alter their conscious and subconscious actions as well as thoughts so they can manage their life better. NLP’s main focus is understanding how an individual thinks and reacts in various situations. Unlike several other healing approaches, NLP deals with the present rather than the past.

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CranioSacral Therapy Explained

Over 100 years ago Dr. William Sutherland made an amazing discovery regarding the existence of subtle breathing motions of every living tissue in our body. According to Sutherland, these motions were produced by the life force that exists in every living organism’s body; he called this life force “The breath of Life.” The spinal fluid is believed to carry this breath of life within and around the central nervous system.

A few decades later Dr. John Upledger used these findings to develop what is today called CranioSacral Therapy (CST).

According to the generally accepted CST philosophy, stress, traumatic events and physical injuries create blockages, preventing the fee flow of the spinal fluid. This in turn has a direct impact on our natural health and well-being.

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Benefits of a Good Back and Neck Massage

Relax and Rejuvenate with Massage Therapy

Massages are relaxing, and that is exactly why all of us love them! But the fact is that a professionally done massage has several therapeutic effects apart from mere relaxation. A professional masseur’s expert strokes usually give rise to the reaction in the body during and after a massage of the body releasing the “feel-good” chemicals called endorphins that have pain-relieving and mood-elevating properties.

There are several energy points in the back and neck area. According to traditional massage therapists, energy points near the shoulder blades and the base of the neck control the circulation of blood to arms and legs, while the points at the base of the spine control the circulation to the legs and feet. Through massage these points are stimulated and improve the blood circulation in the limbs as well as support the reduction of pain and/or numbness in these areas.

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Getting Back to Basics

I am sitting here nursing my son and reflecting on my first day of training yesterday. I have three more full days and I am beginning to see how I needed to begin again and get back to the basic of rebuilding my business after taking some time off to be with my son.

Earlier this week we decided to inject a base amount to cover the next six months worth of expenses as a loan to the company. My intention is to build a strong enough marketing plan to provide a full client base by October 1 and then I can begin repaying the loan back with a goal of a repayment period of a year.

This has been an interesting exercise since I am having to balance caring for my son and two dogs with the business research and planning. Not the easiest when we are stilling getting him into a sleeping schedule etc. But I will survive :)

I made the decision last night that in order to make sure I get enough practice of what I am learning this weekend to offer free craniosacral sessions to the local LWL members. This acts two fold - obviously - one to gain practice hours in and two give exposure of one skill set to potential clients. Within an hour I had four women email and request a booking. So this makes me both excited and nervous all at the same time. I have a woman who will come over and look after the baby and dogs while in these sessions but the doors have not been installed and the 'decorating' of the practicum room has been on hold due to giving birth. The benefit of these four appointments is it will act as motivation to make changes in there weekly to ensure as more members come and then discuss with each other their experiences they will be noticing the changes to the environment as well. I am confident more women will be contacting me to take advantage of the offer. I am excited as this one step/approach has me fulfilling at least three goals I have set.

Jumping on twitter https://twitter.com/kmkleinwort has forced me to really become aware of how I am spending time - thanks twitter! Please follow me by the way and I will follow you too! I have decided because of this new found awareness that my blog postings will begin to be and need to be more of what my original intentions were - focus on the building of my business - what is new and exciting while giving some of my business wisdom away and offering tidbits of guidance on how to handle change in our lives.

My goal is to keep these short as well. So until next time ... embrace your inner wisdom!

Thanks for reading.

Namaste,
Karen

What's in a name?

This posting is one in which I would like to express and air my discontent regarding an issue I seem to be facing and most certainly am having challenges with. What’s in a name? It amazes me how engrained society is with names and how it is assumed and expected the wife will take the husband’s last name. More women marry later and therefore are creating an individual identity for themselves with their maiden names in business and social networks. Before Jerry and I got married envelopes were addressed to Mr. Jerry Artache and Ms. Karen Kleinwort then when Jerry and I got married everyone, business associates, family and friends, who were told I kept my maiden name got all twisted and nervous about how to address envelopes and packages now. Nothing changes regarding mailings; the government now just sees us as one entity instead of two separate individuals. The government has no question as to how to address mailings to us but society in general goes into a frenzy of ‘what now!’ When packages, cards or letters arrive I am always surprised at how people jump into the peer pressure and general society rules when addressing these communications. So to set the record straight; if you would like to send something to us you can address it to one of the following – Mr. Jerry Artache and Ms. Karen Kleinwort; Mr. Artache and Ms. Kleinwort; or The Artache & Kleinwort Family. Whenever I see an envelope addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Artache or Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Artache the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and I have to take some really deep breathes to let go of the feelings my identity is slipping away. My issue … most definitely it is my issue and is one I keep working on but my individual identity is really important to me so it is one which will most likely I will work on till my last breathe in this life journey. I know my husband takes issue when something gets mailed to ‘The Kleinwort Family’ which happens from company’s who are trying to get me to buy or try their baby products. Why? Because as the man of the house it has been engrained in him that his last name is the name of the house and so everyone should just already know that but company’s only know me as my name so they are therefore jumping to the conclusion that Kleinwort is my married name and therefore the name of the household. I do my best to intercept these types of mailings because I know and understand his feelings.

Now that we have a child with a hyphenated last name I am beginning to see the frenzy swirling out of control, hair loss is on a rise and all sorts of different labels being used. When it came to naming our son the first name was easy where we came into the challenge is what would his last name be? I kept my maiden name which was already adding confusion and we settled, Jerry conceded actually – thank you honey!, to have Caden use a hyphenated last name … Artache-Kleinwort. With this added to the mix people are extra confused regarding how to send mailings. So to make life simple and everyone happy just send things to “The Artache & Kleinwort Family”; want to send something just to Caden, address it to “Caden Artache-Kleinwort,” to me? “Karen Kleinwort,” Jerry? “Jerry Artache.” Does that make things simple? Or is it still confusing?

Alright enough purging, the questions of naming I believe really come down to labels and titles for us, so what is in a name? I personally believe names are so important because society in 1st world countries tie everything about us as individuals to these labels and until recently (in respect to the calendar year timeline being 2008) women had no rights and therefore their identity was tied to that of their husbands. But now in the 21st century is it really not too much of a stretch to believe more women will want to keep their individual identities. At what point or under what circumstances would it be for the husband to take the wife’s name? I would definitely be interested in hearing other people’s thoughts on this topic.

Thanks for listening. Until next time … embrace your inner wisdom!

Namaste,
Karen

Cinco de Mayo ... New Moon ... 71F ... all causes for celebration!

So it's been a while ... okay longer than a while but I am finally getting back into the swing of things. Let's see what's happened since the 18th of January. Oh yes ... my son was born on April 9, 2008 at 6:43am weighing in at 6lbs 3.3oz and 19" long. So the last month has been a blur but one of the commitments I kept to myself was to post a blog posting on the Ladies Who Launch website weekly for the months of March and April and I did just that! I am very excited that I joined FaceBook as well. So it is finally getting warmer in Wilsonville OR … finally! The 71 degrees F is definitely more my style of spring weather not the hail or 40 degrees we have been getting lately. It is a great day to set new goals and aspirations as well with the power of the new moon today. I realize it has been 10 days or 4 days past my ‘due’ date of posting weekly but hey this is a new month and I did only commit to posting a weekly blog until the end of April – which I might add and give myself a pat on the back for completely. So let see what my new aspirations are until the next new moon on June 3, 2008 …
1) I am going to post twice weekly a blog posting on the LWL network
2) I am going to post once weekly on Tito’s Wisdom blog on blog spot
3) I am going to walk with Caden and my two pups 5 days a week
4) I am going to work out with weights 3 days a week
5) I am going to go on one hike with my husband, son and pups
6) I am going to post and email invites for the marketing/advertisement for the Seraphim Sphere to begin in August 1, 2008
7) I am going to have coffee with girl friends twice a week
8) I am going to get my hair cut
9) I am going to get a manicure and pedicure at least once
10) I am going to write the first week’s meditation and outline for the Seraphim Sphere gathering
Alright, I think 10 things on my goal list is enough but let’s see about what is it I would like to manifest for myself during this same period of time …
1) I am receiving full payment for work completed from a company with outstanding contract invoices
2) I am receiving full payment for current work being completed in a timely manner
3) I am loosing 10 lbs of pregnancy weight by walking, running, doing weights, meditating, and doing yoga.
4) I am absolutely going to enjoy 100% of my time with my parents visiting for two week starting tomorrow May 6th
5) I am going to make one new friend
6) I am going to plan and set a vacation trip to England with my husband in for this July
7) I am going to establish a regular sleeping and eating pattern for my son
8) I am going to begin attracting my 12 weekly clients
9) I am going to read the two books for my class being held June 5 – 8th, 2008
10) I am going to read for pleasure and make time to meditate daily
There, I am now complete and I am really excited about completing these goals and aspirations. Thanks for reading and until next time … embrace your inner wisdom!
Nameste,
Karen

Happy New Year - Change is a comin'

Happy New Year ... Between vacation, Christmas, New Years, and my computer crashing twice within a two week period I am finally back up and blogging.

I'll keep it short today, just wanted to post a note to wish everyone all the best of prosperity, love and peace in 2008.

Much love and gratitude ... embrace your inner wisdom!

Karen

Welcome

Hey ... it is the Summer Solstice today and what a great way to celebrate by starting something new and completely different. I am new to blogging and haven't really thought of myself as a blogger but this morning I was hit with the inspiration to become one. As I was sitting drinking my morning coffee while working on the website of my new company I received this, I guess the best word to describe it is inspiration. Ironically I still have not even read any other blogs to see what people are writing about and discussing but I trust my intuition that starting this blog is something which will be good for all those which are drawn to read, comment, and share.

My intention is to post four or five times a week to share my experiences of starting my own business - Therapy in Transition. Oh I grew up in a family owned business so being in business is not new and I started a non-profit organization called Sponsor a Teacher Program which ironically and surprisingly has been a long time in the making; but this organization my husband and I are starting is really about me embracing my own personal growth experience while truly allowing my passion for helping others to shine through without allowing fear to enter into the race of finding success.

I hope by sharing my experiences of starting my own business that those individuals which read my blog will enjoy it, learn something, and be willing to share it.

Embrace your inner wisdom!

Until next time, I'm in gratitude for all you do.

Karen