January, 2012 - Update
SPIRITUALITY
As we begin a new year and some of us are celebrating holidays while others of us have just finished our celebrations I am struck by how much we women tend to be the heart of the spirituality in our families.
When women are missing this link in ourselves I observe our well being suffers. Before I go further I want to be clear I am not talking about "religion" per se. I am talking about a feeling of connectedness to a larger universe. That can be through a religion or not.
For some women Spirituality got thrown out when they were abused by a religious system or by a person from a particular religious system. For example, the religious system I grew up in was extremely discriminatory for women. So I embarked on a plan to learn as much as I could about the core of my religion so I could eventually participate the way I wanted to.
I didn't want to "throw the baby out with the bath water". That is I didn't want to not be a spiritual person but I refused to be spiritual in a system that didn't respect who I was.
For me during the 60's I had to seek out a form of my religion that was not gender discriminatory. I found a group of women who developed a system of my religion that had full participation from women as well as men.
So my spirituality was able to remain in tact while I became who I was meant to be including spiritually. Ultimately the religion of my youth changed and in some ways caught up with my way of being. However it took years and in some ways may never get to where I am.
I routinely encourage women to be even more spiritual then they are and to seek out new ways to do so especially if they were abused within a particular religious system. Sometimes to do so women must leave the religious community they were raised in and express their spirituality somewhere else.
If you have an experience with this you would like to share let me know. I think we are all growing and evolving spiritually and this evolution only ends when we do!
Susan
2012 Webinar Schedule
Each webinar $195/person. Buy the whole series for $995 save $565 if you purchase by 12/20/11. For more details on each session and to register go to our website www.svanvleetconsult.com. Only 20 slots available in each session. Register Now!
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Susan's Schedule in 2012 Limited!!
I will only be able to lead 6 Women Moving Forward® Workshops in 2012 and I am already scheduled to lead 4. That means there are only 2 more I can schedule in 2012. If you or your company want to hold a Women Moving Forward® in 2012 please contact Susan ASAP!!!
ANSWERING SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS
Q. "Are you the only one who leads Women
Moving Forward®?"
A. The only people certified to lead WMF® are myself and Lorrie Tietze. If someone, who is not Lorrie or me, is leading a course for women and saying it is WMF® or is leading a course they say is like WMF® they are not being truthful! Sometimes companies try to design their own course to avoid our fees and our demands for the correct placement of WMF®. So we have had companies who say their course is as good or better then WMF®. Since it takes 2 years to fully train a WMF® trainer that is almost always not true!! You can always contact us and check out whether it is WMF® or not. We'd be happy to speak with you.
Q. "Can you schedule a WMF® course or
Advanced WMF® Course in my city or country and what do I need to do to have you come to my area?"
A. YES - We can schedule a WMF® workshop in
your area or country if you can guarantee 8-12
women for the workshop. You can also purchase a WMF® for your company or organization. Then you have 12-14 spaces to fill all from your company.
Q. "Why do you have the pre-work you have for Women Moving Forward® and why do you have a pre-call?"
A. We have the pre-work and pre-call we have
for several reasons:
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We want to make sure everyone is well prepared to take the workshop from Day 1!
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After 33 years we know that some people do not do well in the workshop so we want to make sure we help them to find what will work for them. Sometimes this looks like the person hates us and the workshop because they would rather displace their anger on to us then begin the process of dealing with the issues. Simply they are just not ready for the level of accountability for your life that WMF® demands when you take the workshop.
If you have a question you would like answered
you can submit it to us via E-mail.
ADVANCED WOMEN MOVING FORWARD® RETURNS!
Many years ago, before The Women's Leadership Retreat©, we did a version of Women Moving Forward®.
For Graduates who wanted to enhance the experience they had in Women Moving Forward®
We are bringing back this workshop but with some changes;
First
The New Advanced Women Moving Forward® will be 2 days long and cost $2500 USD.
Second
It will cover some of the work in Women Moving Forward® like the completion exercise©.
But it's primary focus will be to assist you in:
1. Discovering or Actualizing your purpose in life.
2. How to lead a more purposeful life in your current job/life.
3. How you to use your intention to create a successful life at home and at work.
NOTE: You cannot attend the Advanced Women Moving Forward® without having taken Women Moving Forward®.
This workshop and Women Moving Forward® will be the prerequisite to attend The Women's Leadership Retreat©.
Since we are only doing one Advanced Women Moving Forward® in 2012 we advise you to reserve you space as soon as possible. There are only 12 spaces available.
Please contact Susan if you want to do one inside your company with the Graduates of WMF® at your company.
We're looking forward to seeing some of you in this new workshop!
Note to Grads:
John, Susan, and Leisha will be in Singapore to lead
Women Moving Forward
April 10-12, 2012
The Graduate Lunch will be on Monday April 9
Noon
Location to be announced later
RSVP via E-mail
Observing a Workshop
Observing is attending the workshop and looking at how far you have come since taking the workshop. It also helps you to keep the learnings you got as impactful as they were when you took the workshop.
The side benefit of Observing is supporting the women attending by modeling what it is to complete the workshop. If you would like to Observe any of the community based workshops in 2011 all you need to do is contact us to make a reservation and pay the $250 fee.
Seats in each workshop are limited and are given on a first come first serve basis. You do not have to be at all three days of the workshop. You can be at one day or several or you can come for an afternoon. The schedule is up to you when you Observe. Some Graduates bring their workshop buddies with them to Observe and some bring their old notebooks!