ChoicePoints July 2005

"Our greatest challenge does not seem to be in waking up to our own potential but in finding ways to stay awake! We fall back so effortlessly into the coma of our habituated lives"  _{Louise LeBrun}

This issue released: Tuesday July 5, 2005

Spotlight On - people, products and pronouncements
Today's Thought
Coming Attractions!
Quick Updates
Thought Waves

Spotlight On — New Venture by WEL-Systems Catalyst

Anita Allen launches WELsprings Institute - Bolton, Ontario

If you've not yet met her in person, you've likely either read some of her articles and/or experienced her presentations, workshops or one-on-one coaching. If you have, you already know the power of her results and, if you haven't, you're in for a treat when you do!

Anita's passion is to educate the world, and especially health care practitioners, about the potential each of carries as a human being. Using her background as a Registered Physiotherapist, business owner and certified CODE Model Coach™, Anita invites you to consider a fresh and diverse perspective on traditional topics such as wellness, pain management and recovery from disease and medical disaster. As a WEL-Systems Associate, Anita has access to an extensive network of leading edge thinkers and practitioners who support her and her clients with innovative approaches to human evolution and wellness. Anita works extensively with The CODE Model™ as a Coach, Physiotherapist, seminar leader and speaker.

Anita writes a column featured in Caledon Living Magazine. She has authored "A New Perspective in Medicine", "Exponential Potential", "Putting the Magic Back In Medicine" and "Don't Forget Who You Are". Anita has created a workshop series entitled Exponential Potential™ and PhysioCatalyst™ based in WEL-Systems®.

Anita has recently founded the WELsprings Institute for Personal and Professional Evolution through which she extends an invitation to healthcare practitioners and medical consumers alike to consider the possibilities that exist within an autopoietic framework. She also continues to operate Albion Hills Physiotherapy in Bolton, Ontario where she integrates her groundbreaking thinking for clients who are interested in exploring accelerated approaches to healing.

Anita holds a BSc in Physiotherapy from the University of Toronto, and has achieved the following certifications from the WEL-Systems Institute: WEL-Systems Catalyst, CODE Model Coach™, and WEL-Systems Change Agent™. Anita is currently registered into the WEL-Systems Institute's InTurnship process and anticipates becoming a WEL-Systems Educator™ in 2006 upon completion of that process.

Anita can be reached at anita@WELsprings.com or Phone 416-254-6420

We welcome this opportunity to engage more profoundly and directly with Anita and look forward to creating adventures well into the future. Join Anita and Louise this summer for the following opportunities in Bolton, Ontario:

• DeCODEing Pain - a four-day CODE Model Guide™ Certification program for those already credentialed in their field of practice; and/or
• Awakening Body, Mind and Spirit - a two-day gentle entry into a powerful and effective process to create change in your life in all the ways that really count!

Today's Thought

"No amount of sophistication is going to allay the fact that all your knowledge is about the past and all your decisions are about the future."

Ian E. Wilson

Coming Attractions!

We are pleased to offer you the following seminars, workshops and programs. Each one designed to provide thought-provoking and life altering experiences for your on-going personal and professional development.

WEL-Systems Experiences: August to October

The listing above only shows the first scheduled date for Ottawa Ontario. For more details and the complete program schedule, see www.WEL-Systems.com/schedule.htm

Quick Updates

Creativity for Living and Creativity for Life

It's summertime and the learning is easy! As easy as showing up and discovering how amazingly creative you are. All you have to do is to register for one of the two learning and discovery opportunities coming up in August, book your room at the Oceanstone Inn (www.oceanstone.ns.ca) and prepare to amaze yourself with your own brilliance!

If you are new to a WEL-Systems perspective, you can join me and a small gang of other curious folks on August 7, 8 & 9 for Creativity for Living (for details see the web page www.TidePoolResources.com/poster/CreativityLiving08.htm). And for those who have already had the pleasure of experiencing a WEL-Systems certification intensive, you can join your colleagues on August 10 & 11 for two full days of creative exploration www.PortalsPassages.com/programs/CFL.htm.

These creativity programs are always fun, and I'm expecting that the ambiance and nurturing offered by Oceanstone will help us all produce even more spectacular results. I supply all the paints, paper and brushes. All you have to do is bring your curiosity and enthusiasm.

July 15th is our registration deadline so don't delay in confirming your spot. Call Gwen at 613-254-7218 or send an e-mail to Register@wel-systems.com.

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Fully Alive from 9 to 5 - Now available in Indonesian

Amazing but true! If you or someone you know would benefit from being able to read about WEL-Systems in Indonesian, we can now offer the ground-breaking concepts of Louise's first book Fully Alive from 9 to 5 in that language. We have a limited number of copies on hand so be sure to contact us if you want to reserve your copy.

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Attention WEL-Systems Facilitators and Catalysts!

With a full program already in place for January 2006, we are expanding the schedule to accommodate increased demand - we are taking registrations for a second Catalyst for Change experience in February.

If you'd like to take advantage of this rare opportunity, give us a call or send us a note for more information or to reserve your place. If you're already a Certified WEL-Systems Catalyst and want to engage this program experience as a Manifestation Spiral, beyond a 7th level expression, contact us to explore how this might make a difference for you.

Space is limited - there is a maximum of 10 places available.

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New Certification Experience: DeCODEing Pain ~ August 12th to 15th - Bolton, ON

Join other skilled and qualified healthcare practitioners in DeCODEing Pain, a four-day certification program experience offering deep personal insights into your own potential and creating the ability to guide others to discover theirs! Explore the isolation of pain, how it affects people as individuals and the impact it has on their families and society at large - and what to do about it that works. Discover the power of thought and its relationship to our experience in our real lives, in real time.

DeCODEing Pain, provides you an experience of the WEL-Systems® approach to change - a non-allopathic, non-therapy model that turns insights into a capacity for action. Successful completion of this program provides certification as a CODE Model Guide™ from the WEL-Systems Institute.

Offered from August 12th to 15th, in association with the WELsprings Institute, this experience is being held in inviting and open facilities located in Bolton, Ontario These intensive 4 days are of particular interest to: Physiotherapists, Chiropractors, Nurses, Doctors, Psychologists, Counsellors, Coaches, etc. For more info, please visit: www.TidePoolResources.com/programs/decodepain.htm

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New Article by Louise

"Body Mind Spirit" Magazine has dedicated its summer issue to the topic of "Overcoming Abuse". Louise's new article "From Victim to Victorious Voice" can be found at : www.saskworld.com/bodymindspirit/edition21/14_article_lebrun.htm

If you have any questions or comments, you can reach Louise directly at: Louise@WEL-Systems.com

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Magic and Miracles

From Linda Laplante, Ottawa, on her experience of the  Creativity for Living

“ Shortly after the "Igniting the Self" program I signed up for the "Creativity for Living" workshop. I truly have to say that I strongly recommend this workshop as quickly as possible to keep with the momentum of the "Igniting the Self" experience. As for me having done it within the three weeks timeframe and because I was still very much grounded with all my chakras it has allowed me to discover more than I would have ever imaged and/or expected had I not experienced the "Igniting the Self" program first. This past weekend my energy level was so strong that by Sunday I had a hard time keeping it under control because I had discovered so much about myself through painting.

I was experiencing constant chakra energy and because of that I painted in ways which I would have never thought possible for me.The one thing I know for sure know is that the road to my personal discovery has just begun and I know there is much much more for me to SAY....”

The next scheduled offering of our Creativity for Living   is August 7 - 9

Thought Waves

Thoughts on — Abundance

by Louise LeBrun

When I think of abundance, I am reminded of a picture that was given to me by a very close friend. A budding photographer, she had captured a cluster of cherry blossoms as they vied for space to become fully expressive on the tree in Japan that was their home. So fertile … and so ripe ... each small blossom seemed to be pushing and shoving to find a sliver of space within which to expand. The picture of fertility and abundance!

The notion of abundance calls to mind wheat fields, bursting with color and movement, swaying in an early morning breeze. Or perhaps, schools of fish as they move with one mind, sharp turns in one direction or the other. Or for you, it may be the bottom line on your financial statement!

The notion of abundance calls to mind thoughts of more than … an excess of … plenty to go around – and then some. And yet, perhaps this notion is only the obvious while there resides an even more powerful invitation to abundance that stands on the shoulders of much less.

The mark of a good manager, leader, parent, etc. is not the capacity to be effective when things are going well but to be able to be effective in scarcity; in those times when things do not fall easily into place; and events invite dissension and conflict. There is something that beckons to the greater self; to the part of us that desires to stretch and grow and extend, and in so doing continually seeks opportunities for just such a moment to unfold.

There are those among us who, when faced with what we would call scarcity or a perceived experience of 'lack', move to higher ground and into deeper levels of mind and find, within this moment of scarcity, the kernel that if attended to and nurtured and watered, will become the roots of tomorrow's abundance.

There are those among us who look at devastation and see the opportunity to rebuild; who can touch the parched, dry ground and move deeper into their faith that the rains will come. There are those among us who, when touched in some way by adversity or struggle or pain, allow themselves to fall into the reservoir of strength that sits just under the surface of their hardship – and rise to the occasion.

Things are not always what they seem. Consider for a moment the common occurrence of those we would consider to be blessed with abundance who have been known to take their own lives. To the naked eye, their abundance and even excesses are easy to tally. If only that were my life, we think to ourselves, I would be so happy! And yet, the headlines of the local tabloid scream evidence to the contrary. Perhaps abundance is not so easily measured and weighed. Perhaps even abundance has its price.

We tend to seek to fulfill our need or desire for an experience of abundance from the outside. We look around us; or beside us and rarely ever inside us to find what we're looking for. We defer to external standards to tell us what we should want; how much and when we'll know that we've gone as far as we need to. Rarely do we move into those still, silent places inside of us and ask: what do I really want? If I were to die tomorrow, how will I know I've made a difference? How will my presence have enriched my world? What will really have mattered?

Sometimes, in our frantic search for more and bigger and better, we overlook the possibility that the roots of abundance lie in what we give and not just what we get. We forget those moments when we could burst – from the inside out – with a sense of joy of accomplishment or contribution or simple satisfaction from a job well done … and with an attitude of grace and elegance. Ironic, isn't it, that the more we give to others, the greater our sense of having received.

As the summer months unfold and offer up their bounty of cool, refreshing swims and BBQ's with family and friends, Mother Nature offers up an abundance of opportunities to feel the wind and the sun; to hear the delight of water-logged play; and to see the glorious moment when the sun drops below the horizon, holding the promise to come again. If we let ourselves pay attention, we begin to notice that the absence of the sun is always followed by the gentle offering of the moon. Where else in our lives have we perhaps not yet noticed that when one gift fulfills its time, another will always come to take its place – if we pay attention.

Abundance is everywhere; in all things and in all moments. When was the last time we noticed? It may be useful to remind ourselves that energy flows where attention goes … and our lives will be filled with what we look for. Looking for and finding the moment of truth that offers up its potential for us to grow may wear the disguise of scarcity but is, in fact, abundance dressed up for the fun of it!

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