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July 2009 
Heading Home
Posted on Nov 18th, 2008
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Gemstar
Gemstar
Well, my time in Florida is almost over, for now. I know that I will be back - perhaps in a year or two - and hopefully I will be smart enough to rent a car so I can get around to more places than I did this time around.
I feel absolutely wonderful!!! I feel much stronger than I did when I arrived here. In spite of the fact that I managed to get a raging bronchial infection (probably from recirculated air-plane air), with the help of the group I was with, and some timely antibiotics from the instructor, I was pretty much over the worst by Saturday, and feeling really good by Sunday. On Monday I just vegged around the hotel, went for a walk to get some water and caught up on some internet surfing.
I met seven wonderful new friends - six students, and the instructor's wonderful wife who video-taped us, made sure we had a good supply of water, and made us feel totally special all the time. We will always have a strong connection, and I am now looking forward to the convention next August to reconnect - and we'll probably do a lot of phoning and emailing until then.
Each day I power-walked (because I was generally running close to late) about half a mile from the hotel to the Chamber of Commerce building where the classes were held. Some of that was in high humidity, and until Sunday, over 80 degree heat. Fortunately, most evenings we went out to eat and I got a lift back in someone's car. I can tell you that I will probably not want to eat in a restaurant for another year, at least. Which is just fine, because I had my coaching session with the instructor today, as well as some great hypnosis, and I have a feeling that the work I started here (getting a good workout with that power walk each morning) is something I am going to continue, and I plan on being a whole lot "lighter" by next August. I also got some help on doing some weight-loss hypnosis work. Today I did a late afternoon excursion around town on foot - walked four blocks over to Venice Avenue, and then down four blocks, and reversed the trip back, with a stop-over for supper at "The Clock" restaurant, where I also ate last night.
I will not have a lot of time to veg once I get home, as I have a bit of a financial deadline to get something moving. Depending on how bad my home bedroom smells when I get there, I may also be putting the Condo up for sale and planning to move again. What I did notice is that since I have arrived in Florida, my nose stopped bleeding and my complexion (especially my arms and upper chest to neck area) cleared up quite a bit, so whatever has been causing the stink back in Canada must be pretty toxic.
Regardless, I learned so much about how to power myself up to be ready to teach a series of three-to-five-day weekend courses, and how to extend that knowledge into working with corporations, I am really looking forward to plunging head-first into this new phase of my career. The nice thing is that I now have a good support group in the other students, as well as the instructor who is happy to see that we push forward in whatever and wherever we want to take this training.
I also learned that I can make myself at home almost anywhere, and I am no longer putting the brakes on travelling, which has been a large part of why I hadn't promoted the other side of my life - the channeling part - almost from the beginning. I know that I will probably pack a whole lot less next time I travel. LOL!!! I know I can carry a heck of a lot more than I thought I could - I lugged a large bag with heavy binders, my laptop and my normally heavy (at least 7 or 8 pounds) purse with me on those half mile power-walks. I learned that I can book my own trips, plan transportation, handle money carefully and appreciate the people who work hard to make my travels as comfortable as possible. For those of you who have travelled more in your lives, some of this may sound very elementary, but these were the things that challenged me, mentally and emotionally (and worrying about the physical) about travelling previously. No more!!!
So - Look out world - Sheila is coming through!!!!
I feel absolutely wonderful!!! I feel much stronger than I did when I arrived here. In spite of the fact that I managed to get a raging bronchial infection (probably from recirculated air-plane air), with the help of the group I was with, and some timely antibiotics from the instructor, I was pretty much over the worst by Saturday, and feeling really good by Sunday. On Monday I just vegged around the hotel, went for a walk to get some water and caught up on some internet surfing.
I met seven wonderful new friends - six students, and the instructor's wonderful wife who video-taped us, made sure we had a good supply of water, and made us feel totally special all the time. We will always have a strong connection, and I am now looking forward to the convention next August to reconnect - and we'll probably do a lot of phoning and emailing until then.
Each day I power-walked (because I was generally running close to late) about half a mile from the hotel to the Chamber of Commerce building where the classes were held. Some of that was in high humidity, and until Sunday, over 80 degree heat. Fortunately, most evenings we went out to eat and I got a lift back in someone's car. I can tell you that I will probably not want to eat in a restaurant for another year, at least. Which is just fine, because I had my coaching session with the instructor today, as well as some great hypnosis, and I have a feeling that the work I started here (getting a good workout with that power walk each morning) is something I am going to continue, and I plan on being a whole lot "lighter" by next August. I also got some help on doing some weight-loss hypnosis work. Today I did a late afternoon excursion around town on foot - walked four blocks over to Venice Avenue, and then down four blocks, and reversed the trip back, with a stop-over for supper at "The Clock" restaurant, where I also ate last night.
I will not have a lot of time to veg once I get home, as I have a bit of a financial deadline to get something moving. Depending on how bad my home bedroom smells when I get there, I may also be putting the Condo up for sale and planning to move again. What I did notice is that since I have arrived in Florida, my nose stopped bleeding and my complexion (especially my arms and upper chest to neck area) cleared up quite a bit, so whatever has been causing the stink back in Canada must be pretty toxic.
Regardless, I learned so much about how to power myself up to be ready to teach a series of three-to-five-day weekend courses, and how to extend that knowledge into working with corporations, I am really looking forward to plunging head-first into this new phase of my career. The nice thing is that I now have a good support group in the other students, as well as the instructor who is happy to see that we push forward in whatever and wherever we want to take this training.
I also learned that I can make myself at home almost anywhere, and I am no longer putting the brakes on travelling, which has been a large part of why I hadn't promoted the other side of my life - the channeling part - almost from the beginning. I know that I will probably pack a whole lot less next time I travel. LOL!!! I know I can carry a heck of a lot more than I thought I could - I lugged a large bag with heavy binders, my laptop and my normally heavy (at least 7 or 8 pounds) purse with me on those half mile power-walks. I learned that I can book my own trips, plan transportation, handle money carefully and appreciate the people who work hard to make my travels as comfortable as possible. For those of you who have travelled more in your lives, some of this may sound very elementary, but these were the things that challenged me, mentally and emotionally (and worrying about the physical) about travelling previously. No more!!!
So - Look out world - Sheila is coming through!!!!
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I really enjoyed reading this and hearing all the positive stuff that you learned and that happened to you. All this good energy will carry you through lots of stuff when you get back. Nothing like a good confidence boost to get your jets going again.
Change is good. We all avoid change and stay with the devil we know in some kind of fake comfort zone. But life gives us chances, or with a knock on the head to make some new crazy moves physically, emotionally, spiritually. Then we wonder why we were so stilted…..scared ?
Look forward to hearing more when you get back. We will meet soon too.
(((hugs)))
Look out world! :-D
You seem all ready to go to the next level after all of this accelerated preparation! WooHoo! :-D
So happy for you and may you continue to feel better and better and better and…
Hi Mimi and Ariela:
Thanks for stopping by to comment and share your support. Right now I'm spinning a bit - soooooo much email to catch up on - was only able to do part of it while away. I still have a lot more studying to do - I guess that's something that isn't going to ever stop. I'm hoping I can stay on this mental high I'm on - not sure if the physical can keep up right now - need to take a day to sort of veg, I guess, because the trip home (running the gamut through three airports) took a bit of a toll on me physically. Probably would have been worse had I not done the power-walking in Florida.
Looking forward to sharing more as time permits!
~~^v^~~
I moved to florida in march… i am enjoying it quite a bit, though it's not my favorite state. it does seem to be a melting pot in itself, ranging with people of colors of ethic groups… you from canada. it's nice being part of a mixed culture.
Great going, Gem! I liked catching up on all that you’ve been doing. So you’ll be doing NLP courses in corps.?
Good for you, walking in the heat; NOT my favorite part of Florida. [waving for Fellow Floridian Katherine and to friends Ariela and Mimi]
Hi Meenakshi:
Not so much doing NLP courses in corps as using the NLP techniques to help companies, especially in the sales and marketing areas, something that is going to be in increasingly greater demand with the current economic climate. I will, however, be teaching both the Basic and Master’s level NLP courses under the NFNLP banner, and some companies may prefer to send their Sales & Mktg trainersto those courses instead.
I am currently the only person East of Alberta in Canada that is certified thru that organization to do so, as far as I know - at least if there is someone else, they do not have their info on the NFNLP directory, which is where most people would probably look. Once the directory is updated shortly, my info will be there. There are, of course, quite a few other NLP Trainers in Canada, especially Toronto area, but they have been certified by UK instructors, and may be somewhat out-of-touch with the kind of technology Dr. Wil Horton has created for NFNLP trainers.
I wished I could have had more time and a car so I could have got around to visiting some of my online friends while down there - next time for sure!
Namaste
Gem ~~^v^~~