Engrams are what neurophysiologists call learned behaviour, neural patterns put to memory. They are coded step by step instructions for each habitual movement. The first time we do anything, whether learning to dance, swim, drive or walk, we have no engrams to rely on, so our movement is erratic and sloppy. With repeated practice, the engrams, for … [Read more...]
Julia von Flotow is an executive coach, Therapeutic Touch Teacher and Practitioner, mindfulness instructor and founder of the Kaizen Leadership Institute and Therapeutic Touch Institute, Toronto, Canada. Her 12 step program to becoming an authentic and mindful leader kaizenleadershipinstitute.com/12steps/ has helped hundreds of independent professionals and business owners live happier lives and build more sustainable businesses. www.kaizenleadershipinstitute.com.
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Four Powerful Questions for an Empowered Life Journey
December 30, 2016 by
Questions are powerful tools for prompting shifts in perspective and deep reflection that create insight and awareness. Questions invite imagination and activate possibilities thinking that is energizing and fun. They encourage creativity and out of the box thinking. Being asked a question or posing one to oneself is like opening a file. It helps … [Read more...]
An Invitation to Open to the Magic of the Holiday Season
December 20, 2016 by
Give yourself a break from the hustle and bustle of your life to open to the magic of the season. You owe it to yourself. Simply pause, tune inwards and take a few deep breaths to quiet your mind. Now, listen to your heart. Trust that it will guide you – move you to attend to that which wants your attention. Stay present to your heart and give … [Read more...]
Therapeutic Touch Healing – A Personal Experience
December 2, 2016 by
My mother-in-law, a visual artist of some renown, who is legally blind due to macular degeneration, was run over by a vehicle the last Friday in August, a few years back. It was a freak accident. After careful examination of her pants cut from her by the hospital staff and much thoughtful discussion, we reconstructed what had happened - we … [Read more...]
Mindfulness Coaching for Stress Relief, Focus and Success
October 19, 2016 by
What makes someone start looking for a coach may range from wanting to develop some new skills, have more confidence, improve balance and alignment in life, better time or business management skills to navigating a career or life transition or help with orchestrating a whole life makeover. People want to release old, outmoded ways of thinking … [Read more...]
Stuck on Money? Make Peace with Money and Enjoy Abundance!
October 3, 2016 by
Many people are stuck on money, obsess and feel conflicted about their relationship with money. What about you? Whatever we’re stuck on and obsess about has a hold on us – traps and entangles us in a mess and mire of limiting and conflicting beliefs that keep us blind to possibilities and compromise our success and happiness. This inner … [Read more...]
Coaching for Professional Development, Business Best-Practices and Personal Growth
July 4, 2016 by
I signed up for a 12 session coaching program with Kaizen Leadership Institute to develop my ability to manage in a more organized and efficient manner without changing my commitment to the democratic organizational structure at Pure and Simple, my business of 20 years. After 3 months of coaching, I’ve enjoyed significant improvement in my … [Read more...]
TT for Tokyo – Japan Welcomes Therapeutic TouchTM
April 13, 2016 by
Mariko Tsunoda, Executive of a long-term care facility, Naomi Ide and Etsuko Makita, Physiotherapists at the same facility, and Mayumi Kobayashi, Supervisor of a Rehabilitation Centre and First Response Operation took the 12 hour flight from Tokyo to Toronto to take Therapeutic Touch Level 1 and Level 2 with Julia von Flotow, TTRT, April 8 – 10, … [Read more...]
Healing Wounds One Layer at a Time
February 18, 2016 by
Illnesses, loss of loved ones, career missteps and relationship failures, accidents, traumas or past abuse are part of the human conditions we are all subject to. Whether minor or serious these setbacks can leave their mark. They are part of our history and life story. What matters is not the thing itself but how we relate to it…how we see it … [Read more...]
Success and Fulfillment –Two Sides of the Same Coin
February 1, 2016 by
It is impossible to realize a fuzzy goal, one that you have yet to articulate with clarity and simplicity. Clarity is what it takes … “If you can imagine it, you can believe it and if you believe it, you can create it.” Success begins with a clear and inspired vision; one that is rooted in yourself – your understanding of yourself, your values, … [Read more...]
