ChoicePoints June 2004

"Telling ourselves the truth is an act of courage; telling our truth out loud to other people is an act of transformation."  _{Louise LeBrun}

This issue released: Tuesday June 1, 2004

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

Spotlight On — Personal Evolution Can be Contagious!

Imagine what your world could become if you were to invite others along for the ride of your own evolution! Our journey of personal discovery need not be one that leaves people behind or excludes the ones we love. Nor does it have to be a process that costs a lot of money and/or demands a lot of time.

One of the most effective ways to build a community of others who can share in your interests and enthusiasm for becoming 'more', is to offer them information to ponder. There are a number of ways to do this.

• If you've completed any of our program experiences, rather than let your books and audio tapes collect dust, listen for opportunities to offer these to your family/friends/colleagues in a way that will help them find what they're looking for. There is never a need to impose evolution - it will always awaken to its own desire to be fed!
• Take the time to engage in conversations with others that go beyond the mundane topics of the weather, your golf swing and the latest DVD. As you become more willing to reveal yourself, you also become a much safer context into which others can reveal their own interest and curiosity about the unknown.
• When you find an article that is meaningful to you in some way - large or small - take the time to consider who else in your life might also value this same expression and send them the article by email or a hotlink to one that's on a website, with a personal note from you. It helps them when you let them know what you've discovered for yourself.

The Institute offers a broad range of articles for you to visit - and revisit! - and to share with others. Keeping in mind that what you can 'see' in what you read is dependent on who you are in the moment as 'reader', as you move forward in your own evolution, the same words read a year later may well carry a very different message! Don't take our word for it - go back and take another look at one of your favorites and discover for yourself how much your world has changed. For the full list of free articles, visit: www.WEL-Systems.com/articles

Louise LeBrun's most recent offerings include:

• Sacred Spaces - Inner Places (Edition 17 Body Mind Spirit Magazine)
• Voices and Choices - Tapestry of Sounds (Edition 18 Body Mind Spirit Magazine)
• Parenting: The Other Gift that Keeps on Giving
  an excerpt from her new book When the Horse Dies, Get Off... and Stop Dragging It Around!

If you're looking for something oriented to corporate and career evolution, Gwen McCauley has written:

• On 'Being' Coach explores what it takes to move beyond 'doing' coaching to becoming 'coach'
• Leadership in a Quantum Age an original and cutting-edge exploration of what leadership could become.

We continue to expand our list of Free Articles as they become available from those who have experienced a WEL-Systems perspective and create original material in their field of practice, i.e., health and wellness, corporate renewal, law enforcement, retirement, etc. We invite you to monitor our web sites for more as we continue to share with you!

Today's Thought

"New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason,
then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths"

George Bernard Shaw

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: June to September

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

Quick Updates

Igniting the Self - registration deadline approaching

Our Portals Passages certification intensives have developed a well-deserved reputation for their quality of content as well as unsurpassed capacity to create the results participants are seeking. Specifically designed to gratify the intellect while providing opportunities for deep, rich and frequently sacred encounters with Self, Igniting the Self ...awakening creativity and the ability to connect is a critical starting point for anyone on a journey of self discovery, personal evolution or accelerated consciousness. If you are interested in learning more about our unique perspective on how we see certifications as a form of self-initiation, visit www.PortalsPassages.com/approach.htm

We know from our many clients that the journey begins long before you enter the program experience. Our pre-study materials have been created and selected so that your voyage of self discovery starts while you absorb the basics. When you arrive for the program experience, you are already prepared to quickly move into the deep waters of discovery, reclaiming the link between mind and body and rediscovering your capacity for self awareness and living with creativity.

Your next opportunity to experience Igniting the Self is July 17-23 at our Program Centre in Kanata. In order for you to obtain the full benefit from our pre-study materials, the registration deadline for Igniting the Self is June 29th. For more information, visit www.PortalsPassages.com/programs/its.htm

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Creativity for Living - June & September

Last month we announced the launch of our new Creativity for Living weekend program experience, co-sponsored by TidePool Resources and Telling Your Story. The Creativity for Living launch event is June 11,12 & 13 in Belleville, Michigan. Creativity for Living is a weekend journey into your creative potential; an opportunity to reclaim the creative force that you are; re-energize your relationships, your work, your life; rediscover the joy of living life as a creative force. No previous evidence of creativity is required. All you need is the authentic desire to express yourself. You'll have the opportunity to select from an array of creative media: scrapbooking, journaling, painting, drawing, writing. And over the weekend you'll have ample opportunity to discover WEL-Systems, a new lens through which to consider your potential. The registration fee of US$295 includes all supplies. For more information, visit www.TidePoolResources.com/programs/Creativity.htm

We have just added another Creativity for Living weekend, at our Program Centre in Kanata, on September 24, 25 & 26. Both sessions are facilitated by Gwen McCauley. Reserve your place by sending an email to Creativity@WEL-Systems.com

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Halifax Wake-Up Call!

As Halagonians gather for the June 12 and 13th Self Healing for Body, Mind and Spirit, not only will they have the opportunity to change their lives, they'll get a taste of what else they're capable of. This two-day program opens portals and passages to the 'transformation' that we've been seeking for so long... and yet far too often have found only disappointment.

Connect with others who desire to awaken and move more authentically through the world! Join them and Louise at the Radisson Suites hotel for this rare opportunity to participate in this program with the creator of a WEL-Systems® approach to living consciously! Click here for more information

Thought Waves

The following is an article that outlines one person's recent experience with Igniting the Self, the starting point of a journey through our Portals Passages intensives for accelerated consciousness and generative change. Graham Wiseman is an experienced project manager, with a long career in the fast-paced hi-tech telecommunications sector, working with a highly diverse community of specialists. A Certified WEL-Systems:NLP Practitioner, Graham shares his evolution with you and invites you to consider the potential for your own.

I've changed and I ain't going back!

I found Igniting the Self to be a truly life-altering experience in a caring and safe environment among others who are willing to share themselves and their experiences also. It was an opportunity to devote time to myself in order to fully experience how my own body reacts to situations I face, then to have some models to use to explore why I feel the way I do and how I might begin to behave differently. This experience has woken me up. It has woken my sense of wonder at the awesome power of the human body. It has woken my curiosity to the possibilities that there are other ways of being in the world than what I was brought up to believe. It has woken in me a need to keep exploring both in terms of how my body sends me signals and how I respond to those signals.

If I was to choose one thing that was most significant for me about Igniting the Self, it was the opportunity to learn how to "go inside" my body and be able to sense things I was unaware of before. For me, this appears to be the key to my being able to detect the 'warning signs' of when there is a conflict somewhere within. What I once ignored as just an irritation now fascinates me. For me, it holds the key to being able to break the bonds of the limiting behaviours, values and attitudes contained within my Androgynous Baby.

Immediately after the program I found myself seeing and hearing the world around me differently. I was able to pick out language patterns and ask questions that I would not have thought of before. I also found myself paying more attention to my body and using what I learned to work through to a successful conclusion, things which would have previously caused me profound stress. My energy level has gone up, I feel different in my body and I act with more confidence than before.

For example, I had a wonderful experience last Friday with a guy I work with. Early the previous week he told me that my boss "had high expectations" of me and this comment caused some anxiety in me. This guy told me on Friday morning that he was expecting a complex project plan from me by lunchtime. I remembered Louise's discussion about filters (especially B/V/A) and how they can turn a resounding "NO!" into a squeaky "ok". My body cried out "NO!", but I could feel the tension building inside as my Culturally Conditioned Self started to drive things.

I decided to take a short walk to clear my mind and calm myself. When I got back I decided to go to see this guy. I sat down in his office and said "I would like to discuss this nominalization called 'PLAN' - what exactly does it mean for you?" He turned around with a smile and said "Good Question. I'm not sure I know myself!" As we sat together at his table to go through what I had so far, I distracted him by commenting on a photo on his shelf. It was his wife in a graduation photo from 5 years ago having graduated with a MA in Social Work. We talked about that for 5 minutes and by the time we were ready to work we were in pretty good rapport. I saw the guy later that day and he said "by the way, I spoke to your boss and told him where we were with the plan and he said that would be fine - Monday or Tuesday will be good!"

It's been a long time since I felt that resourceful. It was also so good to recognize the 'symptoms' in my body and be able to take some action rather than do what I used to do. Things have definitely changed - more correctly - I've Changed and I ain't going back!

Graham Wiseman
May 2004

Visit  www.PortalsPassages.com/Discoveries/Bookshelf.htm  for shared Portals Passages experiences.

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