ChoicePoints May 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: Monday May 10, 2004

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

Spotlight On — New WEL-Systems Publications

Ready for more insights? Want something to chew on that will not only entertain you but change your life? Looking for a way to move through those tough conversations with your family, colleagues and friends? From WEL-Systems Institute Productions, two new books for you to explore! click here for details

When the Horse Dies, Get Off...and Stop Dragging It Around!
If you're ready to have your buttons pushed, your edges pressed and your world-view expanded, Louise's new book will open your eyes - and your heart - to another way of moving through the world. Written from the deepest place where courage lives, and with more than 20 years experience in working with people from all walks of life, this book makes it impossible for you not to notice your own dead horses - and what to do about them.

Tired of having the same old conversations over and over again - and nothing changes?
Take advantage of our special pre-order rates and buy extra copies to give to your friends and family.
Let this book say what you frequently are thinking and can't find a way to express!

For more information, visit: www.WEL-Systems.com/products/WHD.htm

The Alchemy of Energy: Exploring the CODE Model™
Attention all Coaches, HR Professionals, Managers, Supervisors… and anyone else who works with people! The Alchemy of Energy offers you a cutting-edge approach to creating the kind of conversations that will actually make a difference in your life, starting with the one you have with yourself. Gwen's new book guides you step-by-step on how to engage The CODE Model to create more powerful, effective and life-altering conversations. Gwen combines extensive experience, her own unique blend of irreverence and humour with her Masters degree in Human Systems Intervention, and her CODE Model mastery, to notch up your results in moving effectively through conversations with others. For those who live/work with people (and that would be YOU!), this book is a 'must'!

…so simple yet so powerful …helped me to start valuing and trusting my whole self …what an eye opener!

For more information, visit: www.WEL-Systems.com/products/AOE.htm

Today's Thought

"Human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance,
particularly our own ignorance about ourselves."

Carl Sagan

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: May to July

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

Creativity for Living

For years I longed to be "creative". So many of my friends had talents as painters, singers, actors, dancers, potters, writers …where had I been when creativity was being handed out? And then I discovered that what made a difference to the quality of my life was not how creative I could be …but whether I could see the creativity I was already expressing in my life. And lo and behold, previously hidden talents as a painter surfaced … as if by magic; a book began to write itself …as if by magic; graphic design abilities became apparent …as if by magic!

Creativity for Living is the next evolution of that magical process. A weekend journey into your creative potential. The 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. Did you know that studies show that 98% of children starting school score at the genius level for creativity. By the time they're finished high school only 2% still score that high. Where does all that creativity go?

No previous evidence of creativity is required. All you need is the serious desire to express yourself. You'll have the opportunity to select from an array of creative media through which to choose: 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.

Creativity for Living is being co-sponsored by TidePool Resources and Telling Your Story on June 11,12 & 13, facilitated by Gwen McCauley. Our launch event will be held at Telling Your Story, Belleville, Michigan. Registration fee of US$325 includes all supplies. Visit www.TidePoolResources.com/programs/Creativity.htm for more information.

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Evolving Through Practice …and Practice Evolving

Attention WEL-Systems Practitioners, Master Facilitators and Catalysts

Another Evolving Through Practice series is about to be launched in both in-person and teleclass editions. Offered exclusively to WEL-Systems alumni, Evolving Through Practice is an opportunity for you to continue your growth by engaging The CODE Model™ for on-going evolution …and for improving your skills in working with others.

The next Evolving Through Practice is offered by Gwen McCauley at the WEL-Systems Institute Program Centre on Tuesday evenings from 7-10 on June 1, 8, 15 and 22. Maximum 6 participants are accepted. The format is an Open Forum exploration of what's unfolding in your life through the lens of The CODE Model. Under the guidance of a skilled facilitator, you have the opportunity to coach others through their life challenges using The CODE Model as your guide. And you discover just how resourceful you are while learning how to make working with others a playful experience! For more details visit www.PortalsPassages.com/programs/alumni.htm#evolve

The next Evolving Through Practice Teleclass Edition is offered via teleconferencing on Thursday evenings from 7 - 9:00 p.m. EST on May 20, 27 and June 3, 10, 17, and 24. Maximum 4 participants are accepted and the same Open Forum approach applies. For more details visit www.PortalsPassages.com/programs/alumni.htm#tele

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Catalyst for Change - January 2005

The upcoming Catalyst for Change experience is now more than half full! If you're considering taking a quantum leap through your own evolution, keep in mind that this July is your last opportunity to complete the Portals Passages requirements essential to be prepared for what Catalyst invites.

Catalyst for Change goes far beyond what you consider possible. In keeping with the mysteries of our own potential, Catalyst introduces you to aspects of your own consciousness that bring practical meaning to the notions of 'magic' and 'manifestation'. For more info, visit: www.PortalsPassages.com/programs/catalyst.htm

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Self Healing - for Body, Mind and Spirit - in Ottawa and Halifax

With a maximum of 20 participants, the Halifax program is almost full! If you want to be part of the two-day WELness experience June 12 and 13, be sure to contact us today to register at Halifax@WEL-Systems.com.

You can count on this invitation to your own evolution, facilitated by Louise LeBrun, to awaken your senses to new possibilities. Join Louise and others 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

May 29 and 30th are the dates for the Ottawa program, co-facilitated by Louise and Koreen Kimakowich - join us at our Program Centre in Kanata. To find out more or to register, please visit: www.TidePoolResources.com/self/index.htm

 

Thought Waves

The following is the fourth and final installment of an article that chronicles one person's journey of discovery through the four program levels of Portals Passages - intensives for accelerated consciousness and generative change. Koreen Kimakowich is an experienced police officer, with a long career in working with others in often difficult and sometimes dangerous situations. A Certified WEL-Systems Catalyst and CODE Model Coach™, Koreen shares her evolution with you and invites you to consider the potential for your own. This month, Koreen shares her Catalyst for Change experience.

The Passage Way Back to Me - Part IV

Catalyst for Change - Shape or Be Shaped by the World

This was the fourth level of program/certification. It was being held in the same room as the previous two and though the room had not manifested its physical size to be larger, there seemed to be a larger physical area that would ultimately allow for the expansion of all the participants. So then, I would suggest a manifestation had occurred, at least on my holodeck, in my universe. The space of the room, from moment to moment, created an environment for further discovery, expansion and evolution. The truth about my ability and commitment to shape or be shaped by the world would surely come into my awareness here… and I would leave the program room after twelve days certain of it. The program participants were small in number, however huge with intention. It was compelling to be in a room filled with the energy of intention and its manifestation.

Still, what was so amazing was that I came to discover the strangle-hold of the Androgynous Baby™ (culturally conditioned self). Even after all of those waves of change and choice, had I let it, it could have "stopped me dead in my tracks". This I came to know as the "presence of the absence of my core value". Think about that for a moment. It is not just that my core value is absent, it is that something else has taken its place. It is not 'empty' space but 'something' that holds the potential for other than what I mindfully desire. This is such a prolific perspective to take on something that I would have otherwise framed as an impassable obstacle. It was as simple as coming to know what I would identify as my core value such that without it, life would not be worth living.

My core value would be 'expansion'. And though I can't hold expansion in the palm of my hand and conduct a show and tell for you, this much I can say for sure: without it, that which is present when it is not has, "stopped me dead in my tracks". It took on the unmistakable representation of constriction/confinement. I was perpetuating it in my life and where confinement was, so was the square room, even though I could've physically been in a field of daisies, breathing the fresh air. Much like the Androgynous Baby™, never underestimate the power of, the presence of the absence of your core value. Know for sure whether intelligent or not in the moment, we are creating its presence, most likely in the form of an habituated response. You know how that works - the engaging of a behavior or response that is not resourceful for us, yet we do it because it is familiar and gets us to the other side of the moment we don't want to be in. Know for sure the next moment that follows, is the opportunity to change your mind.

It is incredibly powerful to come to know, with your body, that which is your core value and what is present when it isn't. It has become for me an internal gauge whereby I can easily now notice when I am breathing, following my impulse, and knowing my own truth - and when I'm not. The moments one lives thereafter are difficult to be anything but authentic. This Authentic Self came as a result of change at the level of body tissue where, except for what I use here to share this with you, the intellect and language play no role.

While I have spoken to specific waves in each program level, before I speak to the one in Catalyst, it important for me to share with you that waves occurred in me each moment I was present in the program room, and always thereafter. So the specific waves I speak of here are those that occurred as a result of the gentler tides rolling in and out with each moment… rather than the twenty and thirty foot waves of energy presented.

In Catalyst a significant wave of great heights presented… and I call it the Fourth Wave. With that wave it all came together for me and interestingly, while it was this one that encapsulated literally the vision of me as I came to realize my highest intention (which one must hold if shaping their world is to occur), it was such a gentle process that quantum leaps of energy and valuable information processed literally in seconds within my body. With the generosity of those in the room and the facilitators, a gentle reminder to breathe allowed me to open and relax into the wave as it moved. Nothing to fear, nothing to fight against - just Life seeking its own expression through the tissue of my being. In that moment it was perfectly clear that shaping the world in which I lived was indeed possible, and that there was simply no other way to live in this lifetime.

The concept of living on the Cause or Effect Side of life was very profound for me during Catalyst. In this moment of writing, I feel compelled to write that as a young child, I recall myself being creative, humorous, excited by nature and an enthusiastic, vibrant living system. Through this process of growing in a society perpetuated by the unrelenting cultural conditioning of mediocrity, all of this and more of me was silenced. Though my screams could not be heard, they were nonetheless expressed each and every day… in un-resourceful and dying ways. This was life lived on the effect side.

As an adult, and choosing to stand on the Cause side of the equation, I now know that what was is not what has to be. With WEL-Systems and my intuitive sense that there was so much more of me, in that program room, the creative me was birthed again for the second time in my life. With that new birthing, I have come to acknowledge and reclaim an offering I possess, to be shared with other living systems, and an offering that had been silenced with my childhood. It has resurfaced and once again, has found its voice. It plays continuously, joyfully and effortlessly! I embrace it now and it is, to know my Self and my intention to be "The Awakening Wave".

By virtue of us living and being on this plane, there is an awakening for all of us to experience, and that while it is only you who can choose to invite that into your life, with the energy that is me, I am a "facilitator of finding", for the awakening that too awaits you.

Conclusion

In closing I will share with you a conversation I had with another about my own awakening. It is a certainty that I got my life back.

The other said, "what if people don't need to get their life back". With that I asked one question, "How many times have you said yes, when you meant no?" And with a smile, a sigh and her head lowering towards the bowl from which she feasted, our conversation about getting one's life back continued. You too, can get your life back. The WEL-Systems Concepts can guide you to it. You will certainly know when you are there… and then there is so much more!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With all of my physical spaces manifested round, I am The Awakening Wave. This as a direct result of finally allowing the waves of information to process after forty very long and arduous years. One doesn't have to wait that long. One doesn't have to wait at all. The industrial age is concluding and the age of spirituality and internal energy is at hand.

I am back home. Thank you for this opportunity for sharing.

Koreen Kimakowich
December 2003

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