WE Horse Workshop on the Ranch – Saturday August 27th

SATURDAY,  AUGUST 27,  2011
TIME:  9AM TO 4PM – Includes lunch

Developing Empowering Relationships

Experience authentic power through mutual respect

A one-day experiential workshop
No horse experience necessary

As we begin to relate to horses, we learn some amazing things – how we can clearly contribute to a relationship by honouring our companion’s strengths and recognizing our own.

Horses can be intimidating creatures. They are large and powerful, keenly aware of their environment and with a strongly developed flight response due to their place on the food chain. We are small, weak and slow compared to them, and yet we often see people directing the behaviour of horses.

Phenomenal things can happen when the strength and power of a horse can be directed and influenced by the thoughts, emotions and energy of a human. This happens most brilliantly when the handler has earned the trust and respect of the horse. Combining and honouring the talents of each leads to a much greater result than either could achieve alone.

Becoming clear on our own emotions helps us to become a leader that has earned the trust of those we are in any relationship with. Honouring the perspectives of others helps build the relationships that feed our souls. The lessons we learn from these experiences relating to the horses are directly applicable to our relationships with humans, too.

Come play with us and grow your relational skills. You CAN do it, too!

Maximum of 12 participants.  COST: $95 plus GST.

Here’s how to get in touch with Jocelyn to register:

Telephone: 1-403-601-2500

Email: info@celestinaranch.com

Jocelyn Hastie, B. Comm., C.G.A. – Jocelyn is a speaker, a writer, a horsewoman.  She currently works as accounting manager at the Mazeppa Gas Processing Facility south of Calgary. She has been presenting her horses at the Calgary Stampede for more than fifteen years and loves talking horses and personal empowerment.  Her articles have been published in various horse-related magazines throughout Canada and the United States.  She can be reached through her website at  www.CelestinaRanch.com.

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UP COMING LUNCHEONS TO MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

September 15, 2011 – Topic:  Squeezing Every Drop Out of Life!

Speaker:  Pam Ryan

More information on the workshop will be posted soon!

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News from our Charity of Choice:
Servants Anonymous Society of Calgary

WE Book Club

Hello Everyone

We had a beautiful evening for our drive out to Shane’s in High River.  Many thanks to our chauffeur’s Vera and Audrey.  We had a great evening discussing Denmark while feasting on a Danish smorgasbord and sipping on Akvait!  A big thank you to Shane for hosting and providing such wonderful snacks. Denmark turned out to have a fairly peaceful past with an emphasis on the equality of it’s people, which was a nice change from many other countries we have visited.

We will take a break for the summer and resume in September, when we will be off to Austria, the birthplaces of Mozart, Adolf Hitler and Arnold Schwarzenegger!  Wow, that should give us some interesting reading!

Enjoy your summer and . . . . we’ll see you in September!

WE MasterMind Mentoring Program

If you are interested in joining this MM Group contact Pam at 403 278-7839

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We need help at the luncheons to sell 50/50 tickets and help set up!

Contact Pam 278-7839 if you can help!

MEMBERS ANNOUNCEMENTS

WE Luncheon July 21, 2011

THURSDAY,  July 21,  2011

TOPIC:   Living a Life of Purpose, Passion and Personal Power

SPEAKER:   Jocelyn Hastie

Facilitating personal growth through experiencing the gentleness, beauty, majesty and wisdom of the horse

Mustangs.  My Little Pony.  The Calgary Stampede Rodeo.  Spruce Meadows.  Cavalia.  The Horse Whisperer.  National Velvet. Seabiscuit.  Secretariat.  Equines call up visions of power and freedom, of longing for connection with that wild part of ourselves that sometimes gets lost in a busy, modern world.

Horses are an integral part of my life.  I believe they give me a mirror to “check in” on my personal progress and spirituality.  My world was changed forever when I met first Trigger, then Lila.  My personal journey to living an authentic life was kick-started by these noble creatures.  Their honesty and transparency humbles me, and they see through to my soul.  They see my true intentions clearly – often more clearly than I do – and their sensitivity to and forgiveness of my human frailties is inspiring.  They get it right when I get it right, and the more often I work with them, the more I learn about understanding and accepting that the perceptions of others (either two legged or four legged) are every bit as valid and reasonable to them as mine are to me.

Twenty years ago, I was nearing thirty, climbing the corporate ladder in downtown Calgary working for a major oil company and trying to be the perfect corporate wife.  Then I had the opportunity to be around horses for the first time and although I thought they were breathtakingly beautiful, they scared the soup out of me.  I preferred to brush them from across the fence in my efforts to keep myself safe.

My world is a very different place now.  I live with my horses and dogs on 120 acres half an hour from the city limits.  I haven’t left corporate life behind, but now I work ten minutes from the farm and have two afternoons off each week to work and play with the horses.  I run a herd of two yearlings, three stallions, six mares, and five geldings.  Every day, I touch the animals, get my hands dirty and go to bed tired.  This is not the life for everyone, but for me, it lets me live in my truth and touches my soul.  It also provides a place where others can come and test their authenticity, face their fear and practice standing calmly in their own power side by side with a horse – a marvellous being that lives in authenticity every moment of every day.  I am exceedingly grateful for the opportunity to share that with you.

Jocelyn Hastie, B. Comm., C.G.A. – Jocelyn is a speaker, a writer, a horsewoman.  She currently works as accounting manager at the Mazeppa Gas Processing Facility south of Calgary. She has been presenting her horses at the Calgary Stampede for more than fifteen years and loves talking horses and personal empowerment.  Her articles have been published in various horse-related magazines throughout Canada and the United States.  She can be reached through her website at  www.CelestinaRanch.com.

 

WE Luncheon June 16, 2011

THURSDAY, June 16, 2011

TOPIC: Living in a Toxic World

SPEAKER: Dr. Margaret Norwotarki

Chemicals in Our Environment

We live in a toxic world with chemicals. Each year more than 4 billion pounds of toxins and pollutants are released into the environment. They are everywhere – in water, food, soil, air, dust, and everyday products and objects at home and in the workplace.

Those environmental toxins have a wide range of damaging effects upon the human system and often we don’t realize that we are being affected by them until we come down with a health condition after years of exposure to a combination of these chemicals.

What can we do? How can we protect ourselves and the health of our children from harmful environmental exposures?

There are many circumstances out of our control and it’s impossible to eliminate all the chemicals from our life, however we can control and influence our immediate home environment and reduce the exposure as far as possible.

Please join us and learn about the solutions how you can protect yourself and your loved ones from the hidden dangers of chemicals in your environment and how you can create a healthy and toxin free home.

About Me

Dr. Margaret Nowotarski has graduated from the University in Poland as a biochemist and immunologist. She has spent over 20 years in the health field working in research institutions and pharmaceutical industry in Sweden and in Montreal.

Margaret is passionate about educating people on the importance of a healthy and toxin free lifestyle in preventing and reversing chronic diseases. Her main focus is on finding the possible root causes of WHY the person’s health is out of balance and HOW she can help restore the optimal function and balance.

Margaret operates a holistic health practice – BioEnergetic Santé – where she can help you achieve an optimal health through the FirstLine Therapy Program, Detoxification, Healthy Body Composition and Energetic Medicine. She also offers natural solutions to creating a healthy and toxic-free home.

Margaret Nowotarski, Ph.D.

Certified FirtLine Therapy® Practitioner

NES Health Assessment and Therapy

403-228-9940, 403-714-0517

www.BioEnergeticSante.com

 

WE Luncheon May 19, 2011

THURSDAY, May 19, 2011

TOPIC: Feminine Soul Power – Access your Passion! Activate your Power!

Change Everything!

SPEAKER: Kerry Parsons – The Soulful Coach

Something big is happening for women… there is a stirring in our souls…a longing for more…more joy, more passion, more meaning. Feminine Soul Power, a powerful, new program in the Soulful Women’s Series is the key to making this year where you finally agree to accept the life you have been waiting to live and learn how to make it your reality…the New You!

For women everywhere who are ready to have your heart’s desire become your experience – to enjoy the love, the work and career, the health and wealth you long for. To truly…transform your life.

Kerry Parsons, The Soulful Coach and evolutionary woman offers the principles, processes and practices to create all that we most value and care about: love, intimacy, connection, belonging, creativity, self-expression, aliveness, meaning purpose, contribution and brighter future for generations to come. So….Let’s go!

 

WE Luncheon April 21, 2011

THURSDAY, April 21, 2011

TOPIC: LIVING THE LIFE YOU NEVER DREAMED OF!

SPEAKER: KATHLEEN D. MAILER

How can creating a C.A.R.E package move you beyond your wildest dreams into dreams into outrageous dreams that you never DARED to think about?

Find out how a country girl who had NO self-esteem and was wishing for the day her BIG dreams could come true…found herself living a DREAM BIGGER THAN LIFE- joyfully, passionately, and peacefully.

Your Time Has Come To Step UP, Step OUT, and MOVE FORWARD!

Kathleen D. Mailer, International Speaker, Founder/Editor-In-Chief of Today’s Businesswoman Magazine is on a mission to change the world.

“Women WILL Eradicate Poverty In the Nations!- Mark MY Words!”

This mandate shows up as a mission in all 7 of her businesses. It continues from the magazine- to Aurora Publishing (helping YOU write, publish and market YOUR book)- she has the tools to make your dreams come true and full fill your God-Given Destiny!

“We ALL have what we need to find freedom in our finances, our health, our relationships, and our spiritual walk… right at our fingertips… some of us just need to be shown the way. Once you do that? You have a PLAN! Work your PLAN & SUCCESS IS YOURS!“ –Kathleen D. Mailer

 

WE Luncheon February 17, 2011

THURSDAY – February 17, 2011

Lisa “Longball” Vlooswyk – Canadian Long Drive Champion – Speaker, Golf Entertainer, Golf /Travel Journalist

Topic: Drive Determines Distance

Lisa is a passionate energetic speaker whose enthusiasm is often referred to as contagious. Her nick name, “Lisa Longball”, is well deserved as she is the reigning 6-Time Canadian Long Drive Champion for women and currently ranked second in the World. Her longest drive in competition was a World Record at 350 yards.

Lisa will share her journey with you, how she went from a high handicap recreational golfer 10 years ago to a professional player who hits it farther than most men.

Through her fun, humorous and heartbreaking story Lisa will share tips and insights about discovering what DRIVES you…and how being clear and committed to that purpose determines how far you will go and what you are able to achieve both personally and professionally.

For the golfers in the crowd, Lisa will share a few secrets that help all 5 foot 6 and ¾ of her hit it over the length of 3 ½ NFL Football Fields.

Lisa Vlooswyk, B.Ed, BA – In addition to being a professional speaker Lisa entertains at Corporate and Charity Golf outings, Is the Alberta Director for Links for Women Golf Schools, was a weekly columnist for 7 years with the Calgary Herald and writes for several golf publications including the national magazine Score Golf. She can be reached at www.lisalongball.com

 

WE Luncheon January 20, 2011

THURSDAY – January 20, 2011

BEV TOSH – Speaker

Topic: Bottled Tears: the Stow-away War Bride

Experience the power and connectivity of story-telling as you explore “one of the strangest migrations in modern history” (BBC). In the wake of World War Two, tens of thousands of war brides made one-way voyages to their husbands’ distant homelands. Imagine forsaking home and family to walk up a gangplank in the 1940s to embark on a solitary journey – a leap of faith.

Enjoy a visually-rich multimedia presentation as artist Beverley Tosh weaves the tales of lasses who came of age in wartime Britain, the extraordinary events that followed as they found themselves transplanted from Newfoundland to New Zealand. Her passion resonates as it blends women’s history, storytelling, art and artifact. Bottled Tears demonstrates the power of love and redemption; it educates, entertains, and empowers.

This presentation is scheduled to coincide with the 65th anniversary of most war brides’ voyages when troopships doubled as “bride ships” ferrying their cargoes of women to distant shores. Marie’s story is unique. She was a stow-away…

Beverley Tosh, MFA, RCA is the daughter of a Second World War pilot and his war bride. An acclaimed artist (Master of Fine Arts, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Distinguished Alumna of the Alberta College of Art & Design), she has lectured and exhibited internationally. Her awards include Woman of Vision (YWCA), the Alberta Centennial Medal and the Rotary Club’s Integrity Award. Bev lives and works in Calgary.

 

WE Luncheon December 16, 2010

THURSDAY – December 16, 2010

Natashia Halikowski Principal and Founder of IntuitionworksTM – Speaker

Topic: STRAIGHT TO THE CORE: Intuition Works

Here’s the story: You get busy, rushing about, taking phone calls, checking email when a fleeting thought rolls through. In that split second you have a gut feeling to postpone lunch with your buddies. You ignore it and take off. You come back an hour later and find out the biggest client of your life wanted to see you. Then you find out he went across the street – to your competitors! You lost an opportunity of meeting what could have become your biggest sale of the year! Or what else did you miss out on in your life because of lack focus or you got side tracked?

Natashia’s keynote sends you STRAIGHT TO THE CORE and brings you on track. Yes, Intuition is a vital skill-set that works. Motivational and dynamic, Natashia guarantees you will feel different in your personal life and learn about the power of that inner voice. Natashia will show you how to achieve full clarity in your decision-making process and own empowerment and excitement in your business and personal life.

Natashia has a BA Economics (University of Victoria) and Certified Executive Coach CEC (Royal Roads University).

Natashia is a dynamic, personable and sought after expert who establishes immediate rapport with the audience by speaking with passion, inspirational insight, practical solutions and light-hearted humor. There are some true gems for take-aways you cannot afford to miss.

During a period of more than 20 years, Natashia has mentored, trained and inspired over 1000 entrepreneurs, executives and individuals to realize their goals by harnessing their intuitive wisdom, embracing dynamic relationships, creating ultimate clarity and business success. Her goal is to coach you to gain access to your most powerful personal ally… your own intuition. Trusting your intuition will give you the edge you need to create business success.

Natashia is a member of CAPS (Canadian Professional Speakers Association) and past president of Calgary Chapter 2006 & 2007, CAPC (Calgary Association of Professional Coaches), ICF (International Coaching Federation), and TTI (Target Training International). Natashia has also been a consulting instructor and entrepreneurial business coach at MKS Learning Centre (Calgary) since 1998 and authored more than 30 articles.

 

WE Luncheon October 21, 2010

THURSDAY – October 21, 2010

SPEAKER: Betty Cooper

Topic: SPEAK WITH POWER

Winning through “Power Speaking”

In today’s technologically focused world, people will no longer stand or sit quietly by while someone “prattles on”. To get listeners to “buy-in” to what you are say, you need to speak with power and persuasion. AND you need to keep your comments both brief and focused. Listeners are influenced by such things as television. Where TV ads used to be a minute long, advertisements today are as short as TWO SECONDS!

This Keynote shows an audience how to Hook; Hold; and Handle any one they may be speaking. They will learn the Seven Secret Keys of Connecting when you speak – and how to apply successfully.

Betty K. Cooper

Betty Helps people at every level of business become more powerful, effective speakers through her individual coaching, her workshops and seminars and her talks to businesses and organizations.

She has worked in the communicating field for over thirty-five years. She is recognized as one of Canada’s leading communications specialists and successfully operates her own Calgary-based communicating business.

Her professional background includes five years as a Daily TV host; eight years as a daily CBC Radio commentator; two years as Executive Producer CBC Radio, Calgary. In this capacity she brought Talk Radio to Calgary. She produced hundreds of documentaries, interviews, and programs, for local, regional, national and international broadcast.

She then moved to Mount Royal College where she redesigned the Broadcasting Program. Her efforts turned this department into one of the most successful in Canada.

Since returning to the private sector, her communication capabilities have established her as one of the top coaches and workshop facilitators and speakers in North America. Her clients embrace such diversified organizations as Insurance, Government, Petroleum, Power Generation, Health and Education. She coaches senior personnel in a variety of disciplines ranging from the Petroleum Industry Health Organizations Educational leaders and political people. This enables people with something important to say to be able to say it effectively.

Her writing credits include magazine and newspaper articles, training film scripts, educational radio and television scripts, speeches, workbooks to augment her many communicating courses. Her first book “Speak with Power” is a Canadian Best Seller, her second book “Your PipeLine To Pow!-R-Ful Presentations” was commissioned by TransCanada PipeLines Ltd for use of all their employees throughout the world. This book will be available publicly later this year.

 

WE Luncheon September 16, 2010

THURSDAY – September 16, 2010

SPEAKER: Annette Stanwick

Topic: FORGIVE – LET GO – LIVE FREE

Professional Speaker, Award-Winning Author and

Global Freedom Facilitator

“Annette Stanwick talks about things we all need to hear,

in ways no one else could possibly talk about!”

Hello! I’m Annette Stanwick. I’m one of thousands of professional speakers you’ll find on the Internet. I’m also one of even thousands more who’ve written a book. So, what is it that makes me different than the thousands of other speakers and authors?

As a Freedom Facilitator I speak on topics that make a profound difference in the way you relate to yourself, to life experiences and the way you relate to others-in your workplace, in your community and right there in your own home and in your family.

With decades of experience as a health care executive I empathize with the challenges of leadership, but I also have a deep appreciation for the importance of relationships in everything we do.

I talk about overcoming the struggles that we all face form time to time-like facing our fears, dealing with frustration, finding our way through relationship issues and other trials that come our way. I talk about resolving conflicts, and the challenges of overcoming trauma, grief and even murder.

Many are astonished that I could forgive my brother’s murderer. Some have called me a Forgiveness Ambassador, not only because I’ve written FORGIVENESS: THE MYSTERY AND MIRACLE, but because I empower audiences to let go of the tuff stuff that hurts, moving them to a place of peace and freedom, and a life of growth and success in spite of painful past experiences.

I speak from a heart of compassion that understands what you’re going through because I’ve been there. But I also speak with a heart of joy and enthusiasm because my deep faith in God has helped me experience the exhilarating freedom of rising above some very difficult situations..

You see, I believe we all will experience difficulties of some type-we can’t prevent that, but it’s our personal choices in those situations that make all the difference. Throughout my life I’ve been inspired by others who’ve conquered their difficulties and have emerged to a life of liberated joy in spite of their own unique circumstances.

My passion is to inspire, guide and bring you hope in spite of the difficulties you face. My goal is to help you see life through another set of lenses that will challenge you to think and act in a way that propels you into a life of success, happiness and freedom from pain.

FORGIVENESS: The Mystery and Miracle is profoundly touching and transforming.

This book heals hearts and lives through the power of personal choice and forgiveness.