The Renewal Times
March, 2010.
ISSN 1705-3773 The Renewal Times
The Renewal Times is a publication of Renewal Technologies Inc. and is edited by Roger Ellerton.
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Included in this newsletter:
- Thought for the day
- Health Notes
- Upcoming Seminars
- Feature Article
- Humour
- More Information
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Thought for the Day
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Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Health Notes
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Ginger for Your Knees?
When people with stiff, sore, osteoarthritic knees took a ginger extract for 6 weeks, they felt significantly better than their placebo-dosed pals who got fake ginger. Long used in Eastern medicine to treat musculoskeletal problems, ginger contains a complex mix of compounds that researchers suspect helps thwart inflammation in several ways. And in the study, side effects (stomach upset) were mild.
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Housework can Make You Feel Better?
When you feel a little down in the dumps, just 20 minutes of brisk housework could have you back to your happy, toe-tapping self. Worth a try, right? Hate mopping and sweeping? Go for a walk instead. As long as it lasted for at least 20 minutes, making the place sparkle or walking at least once a week reduced depression by up to 20 percent in a study. Why? Because when physical activity goes up, physical stress goes down -- and your mood benefits.
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It's taken longer than I planned and finally, my latest book Parents' Handbook: NLP & Common Sense Guide for Family Well-Being is available for purchase. For more information, see www.parents-handbook.com.
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Upcoming Seminars / Workshops
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We are pleased to offer the following public workshops/seminars in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada:
Introductory NLP Evening
April 14 or 20, 2010 7:00pm - 9:00pm. Because of demand, we are offering this introductory presentation on two evenings in April. The April 20th evening will focus on NLP and parenting. Pick the evening that works best for you.
Please come as our guest. Invite a friend to come with you. Registration is required so that we can reserve a seat for you. E-mail your name and the number of people attending to info@renewal.ca. For more information, please see www.renewal.ca/freeseminar.htm.
During these events, we will have book signings for Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You and Parents' Handbook: NLP and Common Sense Guide for Family Well-Being.
NLP Practitioner Training
Seven consecutive days: July 5 - 11, 2010.
NLP Master Practitioner Training
Four weekends: March 26 - 28, April 16 - 18, April 30, May 1 - 2 and May 28 - 30, 2010.
For our most recent schedule and a description of these workshops/seminars, please visit www.renewal.ca/neurolinguistic.htm
Click on the following link for the location of our NLP Training Centre in Ottawa (Stittsville), Ontario, Canada.
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Feature Article
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This article may be reproduced, provided it is reproduced in full, including author bio and a link to renewal.ca. If you republish this or any of our other articles without including the author's name, bio and a link to renewal.ca, you will be in violation of copyright law and sent an invoice.
Six Primary Parenting Roles
By Roger Ellerton Phd, ISP, CMC, Renewal Technologies Inc. www.renewal.ca
Each child is a unique individual, and each has their own schedule for growing up. At each stage of growth, their needs and expectations from their parents will change. To meet these needs, parents play six primary roles - sometimes two or three at the same time - and communicate with each child according to that child's focus, style and age requirements.
Caretaker/guide. Promote your children's development by providing safe and supportive environments, while providing guidance and direction on possible paths they can take to achieve their desired outcomes.
Coach. Help your children perform to the best of their abilities by identifying and encouraging specific action steps they can take to reach a successful conclusion.
Teacher. Help your children develop new strategies, skills and capabilities for thinking and taking action, rather than focusing on a particular accomplishment in a specific situation.
Mentor. Provide guidance and influence to generate and strengthen important beliefs and values for your children, while functioning as an appropriate role model.
Sponsor. Recognize, acknowledge and promote an attribute or identity that is already within your children, but that is not yet fully developed or that they are not yet aware of.
Awakener. Bring to your children's attention the purpose/vision that is awaiting them beyond the bounds of their family or community.
Each of the above roles provides respectful and timely feedback that includes praise and suggestions for improvement to help your children learn and grow. For example, as a coach you provide feedback with regard to the actions your children have or have not taken, while a mentor will model and provide direction on specific beliefs or values that are important.
The skills related to a particular role include and also transcend the skills of all of the previous levels. That is, a teacher must have and exhibit the skills and abilities of a coach, a caretaker/guide and more. On the other hand, a guide may not possess or need to exhibit the skills and abilities of a coach.
Although presented from a parenting perspective, these ideas and concepts are equally valid for managers, life/executive coaches or anyone involved in supporting another person. In fact, an article similar to this was published in The Costco Connection. The main difference? "Manager" replaced the word "parent" and "staff" replaced the word "children".
Author: Roger Ellerton PhD, CMC is a certified NLP trainer, coach, certified management consultant and
the founder and managing partner of Renewal Technologies. This article is based on his most recent book Parents' Handbook: NLP and Common Sense Guide for Family Well-Being. Available from
Amazon.com
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Humour
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Ever wonder ...
- Why do people sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" when they are already there?
- Does anybody actually enjoy the music they hear when they're on "hold"?
- Why is it called a hamburger when it is beef?
- Why are they called apartments when they're all together?
- Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?
- How come permanents are temporary?
- Before they invented golf balls, how did they measure hail?
- Why aren't they called bakies instead of cookies?
- Why isn't the word "phonetic" spelled the way it sounds?
- Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
- If a 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?
- If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
- Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
- Why is it cargo on a ship and a shipment in a car?
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More Information
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For more information, please visit our NLP-based website or contact us at 613 692-1424 or info@renewal.ca
Copyright © 2010, Renewal Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.
Books, ebooks and CDs by Roger Ellerton
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Click on the following links to obtain more information on these products:
- Book/e-book: Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You.
- e-book: Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: 5 Step Action Plan.
- Book/e-book: Parents' Handbook: NLP and Common Sense Guide for Family Well-Being.
- e-book: NLP Techniques Anyone Can Use. Discover the power of NLP.
- CD: Ho'oponopono, a meditation to bringing balance into your life.
- CD: Balancing Modalities, a meditation to improve access to the visual, auditory, kinesthetic and auditory digital modalities.
- CD: Outcome MASTERY, a process and meditation to help you achieve what you desire - more comprehensive than SMART goals.
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Training and Coaching Centre
8B Sweetnam Drive
Ottawa (Stittsville), Ontario, Canada
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